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and<00:11:00.840><c> though</c><00:11:00.940><c> he</c><00:11:01.220><c> claimed</c><00:11:01.480><c> to</c><00:11:01.659><c> be</c><00:11:01.840><c> merely</c><00:11:02.299><c> a</c><00:11:02.580><c> voice,</c><00:11:03.139><c> he</c><00:11:03.279><c> was</c><00:11:03.519><c> a</c>

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little<00:11:04.039><c> more</c><00:11:04.519><c> than</c><00:11:04.720><c> a</c><00:11:04.899><c> voice.</c><00:11:05.700><c> Now</c><00:11:05.879><c> you</c><00:11:05.980><c> look</c><00:11:06.120><c> at</c><00:11:06.320><c> these</c>

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words<00:11:06.779><c> in</c><00:11:06.960><c> the</c><00:11:07.100><c> fourth</c><00:11:07.320><c> chapter</c><00:11:07.620><c> of</c><00:11:07.799><c> Deuteronomy.</c><00:11:12.519><c> And</c><00:11:12.720><c> seeing</c><00:11:12.840><c> you've</c><00:11:13.019><c> got</c>

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two<00:11:13.519><c> hands,</c><00:11:14.919><c> turn</c><00:11:15.159><c> up</c><00:11:15.360><c> also</c><00:11:15.700><c> the</c>

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Deuteronomy,<00:11:29.669><c> we'll</c><00:11:29.750><c> read</c><00:11:29.950><c> from</c><00:11:30.169><c> verse</c><00:11:30.389><c> 12,</c><00:11:44.509><c> and</c><00:11:44.830><c> the</c>

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voice,<00:11:46.529><c> but</c><00:11:48.330><c> it</c><00:11:48.370><c> was</c><00:11:48.570><c> with</c><00:11:48.710><c> a</c><00:11:48.850><c> difference.</c><00:11:50.690><c> And</c><00:11:50.850><c> John</c><00:11:51.049><c> said</c><00:11:51.269><c> he</c>

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was<00:11:51.549><c> a</c><00:11:51.690><c> mere</c><00:11:51.850><c> voice,</c><00:11:52.590><c> but</c><00:11:52.750><c> it</c><00:11:52.789><c> was</c><00:11:52.909><c> a</c><00:11:52.970><c> bit</c><00:11:53.110><c> different</c>

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than<00:11:53.509><c> this.</c><00:11:54.990><c> And</c><00:11:55.070><c> in</c><00:11:55.210><c> the</c><00:11:55.289><c> fourth</c><00:11:55.570><c> chapter</c><00:11:55.929><c> of</c><00:11:56.090><c> Deuteronomy,</c>

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brethren<00:11:56.769><c> and</c><00:11:56.970><c> sisters,</c><00:11:57.230><c> in</c><00:11:57.409><c> verse</c><00:11:57.669><c> 12,</c><00:11:58.070><c> we</c><00:11:58.169><c> read</c><00:11:58.429><c> these</c>

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words,<00:11:59.169><c> and</c><00:11:59.350><c> they</c><00:11:59.549><c> are</c><00:11:59.870><c> really</c><00:12:00.250><c> important</c><00:12:00.830><c> words.</c><00:12:03.309><c> And</c><00:12:03.529><c> Yahweh</c><00:12:04.049><c> spake</c>

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unto<00:12:04.809><c> you</c><00:12:05.250><c> out</c><00:12:05.490><c> of</c><00:12:05.649><c> the</c><00:12:05.789><c> midst</c><00:12:06.049><c> of</c><00:12:06.350><c> the</c><00:12:06.629><c> fire,</c>

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Ye<00:12:08.940><c> heard</c><00:12:09.360><c> the</c><00:12:09.620><c> voice</c><00:12:10.240><c> of</c><00:12:10.799><c> words,</c><00:12:12.860><c> but</c><00:12:13.399><c> saw</c><00:12:13.820><c> no</c><00:12:14.519><c> similitude,</c>

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or<00:12:16.000><c> as</c><00:12:16.120><c> the</c><00:12:16.360><c> Hebrew</c><00:12:16.639><c> has</c><00:12:16.960><c> it,</c><00:12:17.980><c> embodiment.</c><00:12:20.419><c> You</c><00:12:20.820><c> saw</c><00:12:21.120><c> no</c>

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embodiment.<00:12:22.860><c> You</c><00:12:23.039><c> only</c><00:12:23.639><c> heard</c><00:12:24.120><c> a</c><00:12:24.860><c> voice.</c><00:12:27.200><c> Now</c><00:12:27.500><c> you</c><00:12:27.659><c> mark</c><00:12:28.059><c> that.</c><00:12:28.879><c> Now</c>

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quotes<00:12:31.220><c> that,</c><00:12:31.480><c> and</c><00:12:31.600><c> he's</c><00:12:31.700><c> careful</c><00:12:32.419><c> to</c><00:12:32.919><c> say</c><00:12:33.120><c> the</c><00:12:33.340><c> same</c><00:12:33.620><c> thing</c>

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negatives<00:12:42.100><c> of</c><00:12:42.500><c> the</c><00:12:42.679><c> law,</c><00:12:43.539><c> things</c><00:12:43.840><c> which</c><00:12:44.120><c> couldn't</c>

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say,<00:12:45.679><c> among</c><00:12:45.960><c> which</c><00:12:46.259><c> in</c><00:12:46.440><c> verse</c><00:12:46.820><c> 19</c><00:12:47.639><c> was</c><00:12:48.360><c> the</c><00:12:48.539><c> sound</c><00:12:48.879><c> of</c><00:12:49.080><c> a</c><00:12:49.240><c> trumpet</c><00:12:49.639><c> and</c>

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that<00:12:55.559><c> about?</c><00:12:56.419><c> What</c><00:12:56.600><c> is</c><00:12:56.860><c> Yahweh</c><00:12:57.159><c> saying?</c><00:12:58.059><c> As</c><00:12:58.259><c> Moses</c><00:12:58.659><c> reminded</c>

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them,<00:12:59.600><c> in</c><00:12:59.600><c> the</c><00:12:59.740><c> words</c><00:13:00.000><c> of</c><00:13:00.240><c> Yahweh,</c><00:13:00.659><c> he</c><00:13:00.659><c> says,</c>

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look,<00:13:01.159><c> you</c><00:13:01.200><c> didn't</c><00:13:01.519><c> see</c><00:13:01.899><c> any</c><00:13:02.399><c> embodiment.</c><00:13:03.620><c> You</c><00:13:03.740><c> saw</c><00:13:04.000><c> nothing.</c>

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beyond<00:13:07.759><c> that.</c><00:13:08.059><c> No,</c><00:13:08.480><c> did</c><00:13:08.720><c> not.</c><00:13:09.019><c> It</c><00:13:09.100><c> was</c><00:13:09.299><c> like</c><00:13:09.500><c> a</c><00:13:09.820><c> blanket</c><00:13:10.059><c> over</c>

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the<00:13:12.740><c> thunder.</c><00:13:13.340><c> And</c><00:13:13.740><c> booming</c><00:13:14.059><c> out</c><00:13:14.320><c> over</c><00:13:14.539><c> that</c><00:13:14.860><c> plain,</c><00:13:16.320><c> after</c><00:13:16.679><c> the</c><00:13:17.100><c> trumpet</c><00:13:17.419><c> blared</c><00:13:18.019><c> forth</c><00:13:18.360><c> with</c><00:13:18.559><c> a</c><00:13:18.820><c> continuous</c>

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sound.<00:13:20.159><c> And</c><00:13:20.279><c> if</c><00:13:20.360><c> you</c><00:13:20.480><c> read</c><00:13:20.639><c> the</c><00:13:20.759><c> record</c><00:13:21.080><c> correctly,</c><00:13:21.539><c> you'll</c>

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that<00:13:27.899><c> plain,</c><00:13:28.220><c> and</c><00:13:28.279><c> ears</c><00:13:28.620><c> splittering</c><00:13:29.539><c> deep,</c>

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continuously<00:13:31.320><c> drumming</c><00:13:31.820><c> in</c><00:13:31.960><c> their</c><00:13:32.159><c> ears.</c><00:13:32.899><c> Then</c><00:13:33.039><c> all</c><00:13:33.159><c> of</c><00:13:33.379><c> a</c>

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sudden,<00:13:34.039><c> what?</c><00:13:36.659><c> Deathly</c><00:13:37.279><c> silence.</c><00:13:38.659><c> And</c><00:13:38.759><c> then</c><00:13:39.379><c> booming</c>

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out<00:13:40.039><c> across</c><00:13:40.320><c> that</c><00:13:40.659><c> plain,</c><00:13:41.679><c> thou</c><00:13:42.059><c> shalt</c><00:13:42.419><c> have</c><00:13:42.759><c> no</c><00:13:43.080><c> other</c><00:13:43.340><c> gods</c>

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you<00:13:49.940><c> only</c><00:13:50.259><c> heard</c><00:13:50.620><c> words.</c><00:13:52.539><c> And</c><00:13:52.820><c> you</c><00:13:52.980><c> never</c><00:13:53.419><c> saw</c><00:13:53.960><c> any</c><00:13:54.460><c> embodiment.</c><00:13:57.059><c> And</c><00:13:57.259><c> that's</c><00:13:57.600><c> why,</c>

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there<00:14:06.179><c> was</c><00:14:06.440><c> no</c><00:14:06.860><c> embodiment</c><00:14:07.559><c> behind</c><00:14:08.000><c> it.</c>

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one<00:14:18.299><c> thing</c><00:14:18.620><c> that</c><00:14:18.960><c> voice</c><00:14:19.200><c> had</c><00:14:19.700><c> was</c><00:14:20.320><c> embodiment.</c><00:14:21.720><c> Because</c><00:14:21.779><c> he</c><00:14:21.840><c> was</c><00:14:22.100><c> dressed</c><00:14:22.259><c> like</c><00:14:22.559><c> a</c>

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camel.<00:14:24.799><c> And</c><00:14:24.980><c> he</c><00:14:25.039><c> was</c><00:14:25.220><c> more</c><00:14:25.580><c> than</c>

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just<00:14:26.000><c> the</c><00:14:26.159><c> voice</c><00:14:26.360><c> of</c><00:14:26.659><c> words.</c><00:14:28.620><c> He</c><00:14:28.720><c> was</c><00:14:28.960><c> a</c><00:14:29.120><c> voice</c><00:14:29.399><c> saying</c><00:14:29.779><c> something</c><00:14:30.159><c> of</c><00:14:30.440><c> which</c><00:14:30.620><c> he,</c>

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brethren<00:14:31.159><c> and</c><00:14:31.500><c> sisters,</c>

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was<00:14:32.159><c> the</c><00:14:32.440><c> absolute</c><00:14:33.120><c> epitome</c><00:14:33.720><c> of</c><00:14:33.960><c> it.</c><00:14:36.179><c> And</c><00:14:36.360><c> though</c><00:14:36.460><c> he</c><00:14:36.559><c> may</c><00:14:36.720><c> not</c>

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have<00:14:37.080><c> been</c><00:14:37.240><c> the</c><00:14:37.620><c> Word</c><00:14:38.240><c> made</c><00:14:39.039><c> flesh,</c>

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he<00:14:41.320><c> was</c><00:14:41.580><c> that</c><00:14:41.879><c> voice</c><00:14:42.440><c> with</c><00:14:42.820><c> a</c><00:14:43.059><c> body.</c><00:14:45.080><c> And</c><00:14:45.220><c> he</c><00:14:45.259><c> didn't</c><00:14:45.519><c> claim</c><00:14:45.840><c> that,</c><00:14:46.139><c> but</c><00:14:46.240><c> that's</c><00:14:46.480><c> what</c><00:14:46.679><c> he</c>

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was.<00:14:48.500><c> And</c><00:14:48.740><c> it</c><00:14:48.840><c> was</c>

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awkward<00:14:49.659><c> for</c><00:14:49.940><c> them</c><00:14:50.659><c> that</c><00:14:51.799><c> he</c><00:14:51.919><c> was</c><00:14:52.279><c> so</c><00:14:53.000><c> constituted.</c><00:14:53.659><c> It</c><00:14:53.799><c> was</c>

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awkward<00:14:54.539><c> because</c><00:14:55.100><c> they</c><00:14:55.519><c> couldn't</c><00:14:55.779><c> get</c><00:14:56.139><c> past</c><00:14:56.480><c> the</c>

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said.<00:15:05.419><c> And</c><00:15:05.720><c> so</c><00:15:05.820><c> he</c><00:15:05.940><c> made</c><00:15:06.139><c> that</c><00:15:06.460><c> claim</c><00:15:06.740><c> to</c><00:15:06.899><c> be</c><00:15:07.539><c> a</c><00:15:07.860><c> voice,</c><00:15:09.059><c> and</c><00:15:09.200><c> a</c>

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that<00:15:13.120><c> record</c><00:15:13.360><c> in</c><00:15:13.659><c> John,</c><00:15:14.500><c> it's</c><00:15:14.899><c> staggering.</c><00:15:16.000><c> When</c><00:15:16.139><c> you</c><00:15:16.340><c> read</c><00:15:16.559><c> through</c><00:15:16.779><c> the</c><00:15:16.960><c> divine</c><00:15:17.259><c> record,</c><00:15:17.700><c> I</c>

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absolutely<00:15:18.840><c> marvel</c>

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at<00:15:19.320><c> this</c><00:15:19.559><c> record.</c><00:15:20.299><c> As</c><00:15:20.639><c> I</c><00:15:20.879><c> was</c><00:15:20.879><c> moving</c><00:15:21.220><c> through</c><00:15:21.539><c> this,</c><00:15:21.799><c> as</c><00:15:21.980><c> I</c>

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was<00:15:22.220><c> doing</c><00:15:22.440><c> this</c><00:15:22.700><c> study,</c><00:15:23.399><c> and</c><00:15:23.500><c> I'm</c><00:15:23.759><c> following</c><00:15:24.159><c> their</c>

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questions,<00:15:25.039><c> looking</c><00:15:25.279><c> at</c><00:15:25.440><c> him</c><00:15:25.600><c> and</c><00:15:25.879><c> asking</c><00:15:26.240><c> him</c><00:15:26.440><c> these</c><00:15:26.559><c> questions,</c><00:15:26.879><c> and</c><00:15:26.960><c> he's</c><00:15:27.379><c> giving</c><00:15:27.620><c> them</c><00:15:27.840><c> an</c>

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answer.<00:15:28.600><c> And</c>

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the<00:15:28.860><c> more</c><00:15:29.080><c> he's</c><00:15:29.460><c> saying,</c><00:15:29.620><c> the</c><00:15:29.740><c> less</c><00:15:30.000><c> he's</c><00:15:30.419><c> saying,</c><00:15:30.840><c> till</c><00:15:30.960><c> it</c>

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comes<00:15:31.259><c> to</c><00:15:31.399><c> his</c><00:15:31.559><c> own</c><00:15:31.799><c> opinion</c><00:15:32.059><c> of</c><00:15:32.179><c> himself.</c><00:15:32.500><c> And</c><00:15:32.659><c> he's</c>

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John<00:15:34.220><c> says</c><00:15:34.620><c> in</c><00:15:34.799><c> verse</c><00:15:35.159><c> 24,</c><00:15:36.460><c> and</c><00:15:36.620><c> they</c><00:15:36.960><c> which</c><00:15:37.139><c> were</c><00:15:37.480><c> sent</c><00:15:37.759><c> were</c>

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of<00:15:38.379><c> the</c><00:15:38.659><c> separate</c><00:15:39.240><c> ones.</c><00:15:41.139><c> Can</c><00:15:41.360><c> you</c><00:15:41.519><c> imagine</c><00:15:41.840><c> it?</c>

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All<00:15:43.320><c> these</c><00:15:43.639><c> separate</c><00:15:44.000><c> ones,</c><00:15:45.679><c> who</c><00:15:45.700><c> had</c><00:15:45.879><c> gone</c><00:15:46.139><c> through</c><00:15:46.759><c> the</c><00:15:47.500><c> streets</c><00:15:47.779><c> of</c>

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Jerusalem<00:15:48.480><c> and</c><00:15:48.879><c> in</c><00:15:49.059><c> the</c><00:15:49.080><c> cities</c><00:15:49.379><c> of</c><00:15:49.659><c> Judah,</c>

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keeping<00:15:51.080><c> themselves</c><00:15:51.620><c> clean</c><00:15:52.039><c> and</c><00:15:52.340><c> pure.</c><00:15:52.899><c> The</c><00:15:53.240><c> Pharisee,</c><00:15:54.259><c> the</c>

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separate<00:15:55.080><c> one,</c><00:15:55.840><c> who</c><00:15:56.080><c> fully</c><00:15:56.220><c> was</c><00:15:56.519><c> set</c><00:15:56.720><c> apart</c><00:15:57.039><c> from</c>

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all<00:15:57.519><c> men,</c><00:15:58.039><c> and</c><00:15:58.159><c> they're</c><00:15:58.299><c> looking</c><00:15:58.519><c> at</c><00:15:58.779><c> him,</c><00:16:00.100><c> who</c><00:16:00.480><c> are</c><00:16:00.620><c> you?</c><00:16:02.039><c> And</c>

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glaring<00:16:02.740><c> back</c><00:16:02.980><c> at</c><00:16:03.240><c> them</c><00:16:03.360><c> was</c><00:16:03.580><c> one</c><00:16:03.940><c> brethren,</c>

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sisters,<00:16:04.799><c> who</c><00:16:04.940><c> in</c><00:16:05.100><c> every</c><00:16:05.879><c> sense</c><00:16:06.240><c> of</c><00:16:06.460><c> the</c><00:16:06.759><c> word</c><00:16:07.080><c> was</c><00:16:07.360><c> separate</c>

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from<00:16:07.960><c> them.</c><00:16:09.879><c> And</c><00:16:10.100><c> it's</c><00:16:10.419><c> no</c><00:16:11.379><c> mean</c><00:16:11.720><c> feat</c><00:16:11.899><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:12.279><c> pen</c><00:16:12.399><c> that</c><00:16:12.659><c> John</c><00:16:12.960><c> just</c><00:16:13.340><c> puts</c><00:16:13.539><c> that</c><00:16:13.919><c> there.</c><00:16:14.919><c> They</c><00:16:15.200><c> were</c><00:16:15.460><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:15.960><c> separate</c><00:16:16.460><c> ones.</c><00:16:18.840><c> I</c><00:16:19.039><c> wouldn't</c><00:16:19.320><c> know</c><00:16:19.559><c> what</c>

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separateness<00:16:20.379><c> meant</c><00:16:21.019><c> until</c><00:16:22.019><c> they</c><00:16:22.259><c> came</c><00:16:22.460><c> in</c><00:16:22.740><c> contact</c><00:16:23.039><c> with</c><00:16:23.240><c> it</c>

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there.<00:16:24.860><c> There</c><00:16:25.120><c> was</c><00:16:25.379><c> separateness,</c><00:16:25.840><c> if</c><00:16:26.059><c> ever</c><00:16:26.240><c> there</c>

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was.<00:16:27.799><c> And</c><00:16:28.240><c> they</c><00:16:28.360><c> wanted</c><00:16:28.600><c> to</c><00:16:28.840><c> know</c><00:16:29.039><c> something.</c><00:16:30.639><c> And</c><00:16:30.720><c> you</c><00:16:30.840><c> know,</c>

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it<00:16:31.480><c> is</c><00:16:31.899><c> absolutely</c><00:16:32.899><c> true</c><00:16:33.500><c> to</c><00:16:33.720><c> their</c><00:16:34.100><c> colors,</c>

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that<00:16:35.559><c> the</c><00:16:35.720><c> thing</c><00:16:35.860><c> that</c><00:16:36.139><c> worried</c><00:16:36.360><c> them</c><00:16:36.820><c> was</c><00:16:37.220><c> the</c><00:16:37.519><c> external</c><00:16:38.159><c> right</c><00:16:38.559><c> of</c>

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baptism.<00:16:40.019><c> These</c><00:16:40.320><c> people</c><00:16:40.639><c> who</c><00:16:40.879><c> were</c><00:16:40.960><c> forever</c>

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preoccupied<00:16:42.539><c> with</c><00:16:42.919><c> washings</c><00:16:43.399><c> and</c><00:16:43.799><c> carnal</c><00:16:44.340><c> ordinances</c><00:16:45.159><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:46.039><c> law,</c><00:16:46.740><c> all</c><00:16:47.100><c> the</c><00:16:47.620><c> externals,</c><00:16:48.320><c> and</c><00:16:48.440><c> they</c><00:16:48.759><c> worried</c>

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about<00:16:49.480><c> him</c><00:16:49.700><c> baptizing.</c><00:16:50.919><c> Well,</c><00:16:51.240><c> if</c><00:16:51.299><c> you're</c><00:16:51.460><c> not</c><00:16:51.659><c> the</c><00:16:51.840><c> Christ,</c>

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if<00:16:53.879><c> you're</c><00:16:54.120><c> not</c><00:16:54.299><c> Elijah,</c><00:16:55.919><c> if</c><00:16:56.080><c> you're</c><00:16:56.259><c> not</c><00:16:56.559><c> the</c>

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prophet<00:16:57.220><c> of</c><00:16:57.539><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:16:57.960><c> 18,</c><00:17:00.840><c> who</c><00:17:01.279><c> told</c><00:17:01.639><c> you</c><00:17:02.360><c> to</c><00:17:03.419><c> go</c><00:17:03.679><c> around</c>

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baptizing<00:17:06.059><c> Israelites?</c><00:17:09.279><c> Who'd</c><00:17:09.799><c> give</c><00:17:09.880><c> you</c><00:17:10.019><c> that</c>

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sort<00:17:10.420><c> of</c><00:17:10.599><c> authority?</c><00:17:12.660><c> Implied</c><00:17:13.259><c> in</c><00:17:13.440><c> that</c><00:17:13.720><c> question,</c><00:17:14.160><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:17:14.599><c> sisters,</c><00:17:15.420><c> why</c><00:17:15.819><c> baptizes</c><00:17:16.519><c> thou</c><00:17:17.099><c> if</c><00:17:17.880><c> thou</c>

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be<00:17:18.319><c> not</c><00:17:18.420><c> the</c><00:17:18.599><c> Christ,</c><00:17:19.059><c> or</c><00:17:19.259><c> Elijah,</c><00:17:19.519><c> nor</c><00:17:19.619><c> the</c><00:17:19.819><c> prophet?</c><00:17:20.980><c> Implied</c><00:17:21.460><c> in</c><00:17:21.619><c> that</c><00:17:21.819><c> question</c><00:17:22.119><c> was</c>

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that<00:17:22.660><c> statement.</c><00:17:23.480><c> What</c>

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gives<00:17:24.160><c> you</c><00:17:24.559><c> the</c><00:17:24.779><c> right?</c><00:17:25.359><c> Who's</c><00:17:25.839><c> given</c><00:17:26.000><c> you</c><00:17:26.279><c> the</c><00:17:26.500><c> authority</c><00:17:26.920><c> to</c>

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baptize<00:17:27.960><c> Jews?</c><00:17:29.799><c> You</c><00:17:30.000><c> want</c><00:17:30.200><c> to</c><00:17:30.299><c> go</c><00:17:30.440><c> around</c><00:17:30.720><c> washing</c>

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these<00:17:31.500><c> swine</c><00:17:31.880><c> of</c><00:17:32.079><c> Gentiles,</c><00:17:33.660><c> all</c><00:17:33.880><c> these</c><00:17:34.099><c> pigs</c><00:17:34.420><c> and</c><00:17:34.640><c> dogs</c><00:17:34.900><c> around</c><00:17:35.200><c> the</c>

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place<00:17:35.660><c> that</c><00:17:35.799><c> we</c><00:17:35.980><c> won't</c><00:17:36.140><c> have</c><00:17:36.240><c> nothing</c><00:17:36.420><c> to</c>

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do<00:17:36.799><c> with?</c><00:17:37.220><c> Well,</c><00:17:37.380><c> we</c><00:17:37.480><c> might</c><00:17:37.779><c> bear</c><00:17:38.019><c> with</c><00:17:38.240><c> that.</c><00:17:38.539><c> We</c><00:17:38.640><c> can</c><00:17:38.859><c> understand</c><00:17:39.619><c> that.</c>

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But<00:17:40.359><c> who</c><00:17:40.660><c> told</c><00:17:40.960><c> you</c><00:17:41.240><c> to</c><00:17:41.420><c> baptize</c><00:17:42.000><c> Jews?</c>

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Do<00:17:42.759><c> you</c><00:17:42.940><c> know</c><00:17:43.119><c> what</c><00:17:43.279><c> his</c><00:17:43.559><c> answer</c><00:17:43.819><c> to</c><00:17:43.960><c> them</c><00:17:44.059><c> was?</c><00:17:45.799><c> It's</c><00:17:46.059><c> not</c><00:17:46.200><c> in</c>

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plain<00:17:46.720><c> language</c><00:17:47.160><c> here.</c><00:17:47.420><c> It's</c><00:17:47.680><c> inferred.</c><00:17:48.680><c> But</c><00:17:48.859><c> the</c>

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inference<00:17:49.299><c> is</c><00:17:49.640><c> terribly</c><00:17:50.119><c> strong.</c><00:17:51.940><c> And</c><00:17:52.039><c> when</c><00:17:52.160><c> they</c><00:17:52.359><c> put</c><00:17:52.480><c> that</c>

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question<00:17:53.039><c> to</c><00:17:53.259><c> him,</c><00:17:53.579><c> who</c><00:17:53.839><c> told</c><00:17:54.200><c> you</c><00:17:54.420><c> you</c><00:17:54.539><c> could</c><00:17:54.680><c> baptize</c>

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Israelites?<00:17:56.039><c> He</c><00:17:56.240><c> said,</c><00:17:56.359><c> you</c><00:17:56.500><c> know</c><00:17:56.599><c> what</c><00:17:56.680><c> my</c><00:17:56.900><c> answer</c><00:17:57.099><c> to</c><00:17:57.240><c> you</c>

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is?<00:17:59.220><c> I'm</c><00:17:59.660><c> going</c><00:17:59.880><c> to</c><00:18:00.200><c> baptize</c><00:18:01.839><c> the</c><00:18:02.200><c> Messiah.</c><00:18:11.839><c> And</c><00:18:12.279><c> you</c>

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said<00:18:12.920><c> also</c><00:18:14.079><c> that</c><00:18:15.140><c> that's</c><00:18:15.559><c> the</c><00:18:15.700><c> way</c><00:18:15.880><c> Messiah</c><00:18:16.319><c> was</c><00:18:16.519><c> going</c><00:18:16.619><c> to</c><00:18:16.740><c> be</c>

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manifested.<00:18:18.500><c> And</c><00:18:18.660><c> he</c><00:18:18.720><c> was</c><00:18:18.920><c> telling</c><00:18:19.140><c> them</c><00:18:19.319><c> by</c><00:18:19.680><c> a</c>

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very,<00:18:20.140><c> very</c><00:18:20.500><c> distinct</c><00:18:20.859><c> inference,</c><00:18:22.519><c> I'm</c><00:18:22.799><c> going</c><00:18:22.940><c> to</c><00:18:23.119><c> baptize</c>

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Israel's<00:18:25.559><c> Messiah.</c><00:18:29.279><c> Now</c><00:18:29.720><c> you</c><00:18:30.079><c> imagine</c><00:18:30.799><c> what</c><00:18:31.119><c> that</c><00:18:31.460><c> did.</c>

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It<00:18:33.140><c> would</c><00:18:33.319><c> have</c><00:18:33.680><c> absolutely</c><00:18:34.440><c> outraged</c><00:18:35.400><c> their</c><00:18:35.660><c> conscience</c><00:18:36.099><c> to</c>

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hear<00:18:36.500><c> that.</c><00:18:38.839><c> Incredible.</c><00:18:40.099><c> And</c><00:18:40.359><c> you</c><00:18:40.480><c> can</c><00:18:40.740><c> wonder,</c>

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that<00:18:42.819><c> as</c><00:18:42.940><c> John</c><00:18:43.339><c> said</c><00:18:43.640><c> that,</c><00:18:45.420><c> that</c><00:18:46.119><c> the</c><00:18:46.319><c> Messiah</c><00:18:46.599><c> would</c><00:18:46.839><c> be</c><00:18:47.059><c> baptized</c><00:18:47.519><c> in</c>

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that<00:18:47.859><c> water,</c><00:18:49.240><c> that</c><00:18:49.420><c> even</c><00:18:49.579><c> though</c><00:18:49.819><c> that</c>

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had<00:18:50.099><c> already</c><00:18:50.440><c> taken</c><00:18:50.799><c> place,</c><00:18:52.119><c> he</c><00:18:52.380><c> had</c><00:18:52.700><c> baptized</c><00:18:53.200><c> the</c><00:18:53.400><c> Messiah.</c>

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But<00:18:54.180><c> you</c><00:18:54.279><c> can</c><00:18:54.519><c> imagine</c><00:18:54.900><c> that</c><00:18:55.059><c> they</c><00:18:55.319><c> were</c>

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staggered<00:18:56.380><c> to</c><00:18:56.440><c> hear</c><00:18:56.579><c> that</c><00:18:56.740><c> because</c><00:18:56.900><c> they</c><00:18:57.059><c> didn't</c><00:18:57.319><c> believe</c>

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that<00:18:57.779><c> Jesus</c><00:18:58.039><c> was</c><00:18:58.240><c> the</c><00:18:58.440><c> Messiah.</c><00:18:59.000><c> And</c><00:18:59.099><c> they've</c><00:18:59.420><c> seen</c><00:18:59.680><c> John</c>

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do<00:19:00.200><c> that.</c><00:19:02.319><c> And</c><00:19:02.519><c> that</c><00:19:02.680><c> was</c><00:19:02.900><c> his</c><00:19:03.119><c> answer</c><00:19:03.380><c> to</c><00:19:03.559><c> the</c><00:19:03.700><c> question,</c><00:19:04.579><c> why</c>

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are<00:19:05.079><c> you</c><00:19:05.299><c> baptizing</c><00:19:05.799><c> Jews?</c><00:19:07.960><c> You</c><00:19:08.119><c> know,</c><00:19:08.180><c> that</c><00:19:08.319><c> would</c>

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have<00:19:08.660><c> been</c><00:19:08.660><c> a</c><00:19:08.839><c> staggering</c><00:19:09.640><c> answer.</c><00:19:10.720><c> And</c><00:19:10.759><c> of</c><00:19:10.980><c> course,</c><00:19:11.420><c> it</c><00:19:11.420><c> would</c><00:19:11.660><c> have</c>

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eaten<00:19:12.859><c> them</c><00:19:13.140><c> out</c><00:19:13.539><c> with</c><00:19:14.480><c> anger</c><00:19:14.880><c> that</c><00:19:15.039><c> that</c>

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man<00:19:15.539><c> should</c><00:19:15.740><c> make</c><00:19:16.000><c> even</c><00:19:16.279><c> that</c><00:19:16.539><c> by</c><00:19:16.799><c> inference.</c><00:19:17.740><c> But</c><00:19:17.799><c> that's</c><00:19:18.000><c> what</c><00:19:18.180><c> he</c>

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said.<00:19:19.720><c> Again,</c><00:19:19.880><c> he</c><00:19:20.000><c> went</c><00:19:20.180><c> on</c><00:19:20.400><c> to</c><00:19:20.539><c> say</c><00:19:20.700><c> in</c><00:19:20.819><c> verse</c>

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27,<00:19:22.440><c> here</c><00:19:22.619><c> it</c><00:19:22.859><c> is,</c><00:19:24.380><c> who</c><00:19:24.500><c> coming</c><00:19:24.799><c> after</c><00:19:25.119><c> me</c><00:19:25.319><c> is</c><00:19:25.559><c> preferred</c><00:19:25.960><c> before</c><00:19:26.299><c> me,</c>

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whose<00:19:27.019><c> shoes</c><00:19:27.400><c> latchet</c><00:19:27.839><c> I</c><00:19:28.059><c> am</c><00:19:28.200><c> not</c><00:19:28.460><c> worthy</c>

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to<00:19:28.980><c> unloose.</c><00:19:30.759><c> So</c><00:19:30.980><c> they</c><00:19:31.160><c> went</c><00:19:31.420><c> back</c><00:19:32.319><c> to</c><00:19:32.819><c> report</c><00:19:33.339><c> what</c><00:19:34.539><c> they</c><00:19:34.779><c> had</c>

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found<00:19:35.180><c> out.</c><00:19:35.859><c> Now</c><00:19:36.039><c> brethren</c><00:19:36.220><c> and</c><00:19:36.519><c> sisters,</c>

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a<00:19:37.000><c> very</c><00:19:37.400><c> interesting</c><00:19:38.000><c> thing</c><00:19:38.380><c> happened</c><00:19:38.799><c> or</c><00:19:39.200><c> didn't</c><00:19:39.660><c> happen.</c>

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There<00:19:43.000><c> is</c><00:19:43.240><c> no</c><00:19:43.579><c> record</c><00:19:44.240><c> of</c><00:19:44.759><c> what</c><00:19:45.000><c> they</c><00:19:45.259><c> decided</c><00:19:45.799><c> to</c><00:19:46.099><c> do.</c>

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Now<00:19:49.279><c> here's</c><00:19:49.460><c> an</c><00:19:49.660><c> official</c><00:19:50.039><c> delegation</c><00:19:50.640><c> from</c><00:19:51.980><c> the</c><00:19:52.180><c> hierarchy.</c>

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They've<00:19:53.759><c> got</c><00:19:53.960><c> their</c><00:19:54.200><c> report.</c><00:19:55.160><c> They've</c>

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gathered<00:19:55.640><c> their</c><00:19:55.839><c> information.</c><00:19:56.640><c> He's</c><00:19:56.900><c> got</c><00:19:57.019><c> no</c><00:19:57.339><c> authority,</c>

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whatever,<00:19:58.140><c> really.</c><00:19:59.700><c> And</c><00:19:59.819><c> the</c><00:19:59.900><c> man's</c>

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amendment<00:20:00.640><c> to</c><00:20:00.980><c> suggest</c><00:20:01.180><c> the</c><00:20:01.380><c> things</c><00:20:01.460><c> that</c><00:20:01.599><c> he's</c><00:20:01.720><c> been</c><00:20:01.980><c> suggesting.</c><00:20:02.819><c> That</c>

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would<00:20:03.039><c> have</c><00:20:03.119><c> been</c><00:20:03.200><c> their</c><00:20:03.380><c> opinion.</c>

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In<00:20:04.039><c> fact,</c><00:20:04.279><c> they</c><00:20:04.440><c> go</c><00:20:04.640><c> and</c><00:20:04.859><c> report.</c><00:20:06.220><c> They</c><00:20:06.440><c> would</c><00:20:06.619><c> have</c><00:20:06.799><c> considered</c><00:20:07.160><c> that.</c><00:20:08.599><c> There</c><00:20:08.759><c> is</c>

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silence<00:20:09.539><c> in</c><00:20:09.720><c> the</c><00:20:09.880><c> record</c>

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as<00:20:10.380><c> to</c><00:20:10.440><c> what</c><00:20:10.559><c> they</c><00:20:10.819><c> decided.</c><00:20:12.539><c> And</c><00:20:12.680><c> you</c><00:20:12.799><c> know,</c><00:20:12.940><c> they</c><00:20:13.099><c> were</c><00:20:13.440><c> caught</c><00:20:13.619><c> by</c>

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that<00:20:14.099><c> silence.</c><00:20:15.940><c> It</c><00:20:16.019><c> was</c><00:20:16.200><c> that</c><00:20:16.519><c> silence</c><00:20:16.920><c> that</c>

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caught<00:20:17.460><c> them.</c><00:20:18.400><c> Because</c><00:20:18.400><c> they</c><00:20:19.380><c> hesitated</c><00:20:20.160><c> to</c><00:20:20.519><c> pronounce</c><00:20:20.880><c> their</c><00:20:21.140><c> sentence</c><00:20:21.380><c> of</c>

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judgment,<00:20:22.599><c> John</c><00:20:22.660><c> was</c><00:20:22.940><c> left,</c>

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brethren<00:20:23.579><c> and</c><00:20:23.839><c> sisters,</c><00:20:24.059><c> with</c><00:20:24.240><c> the</c><00:20:24.460><c> credentials</c><00:20:24.960><c> of</c><00:20:25.299><c> a</c><00:20:25.519><c> prophet.</c><00:20:26.759><c> And</c>

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in<00:20:27.200><c> the</c><00:20:27.279><c> tenth</c><00:20:27.519><c> chapter</c><00:20:27.859><c> of</c><00:20:28.640><c> John,</c>

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it<00:20:29.299><c> is</c><00:20:29.480><c> recorded</c><00:20:29.900><c> that</c><00:20:30.160><c> all</c><00:20:30.380><c> the</c><00:20:30.539><c> people</c><00:20:30.960><c> counted</c><00:20:31.380><c> John</c><00:20:31.700><c> as</c><00:20:32.099><c> a</c>

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prophet<00:20:32.559><c> because,</c><00:20:33.539><c> it</c><00:20:33.779><c> says,</c><00:20:34.660><c> all</c><00:20:35.039><c> that</c><00:20:35.160><c> he</c><00:20:35.299><c> said</c>

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about<00:20:35.799><c> this</c><00:20:36.160><c> man</c><00:20:36.500><c> was</c><00:20:36.980><c> true.</c><00:20:39.200><c> And</c><00:20:39.420><c> it</c><00:20:39.480><c> was</c><00:20:39.759><c> too</c><00:20:40.160><c> late</c><00:20:40.500><c> for</c><00:20:40.819><c> the</c>

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Pharisees<00:20:41.380><c> to</c><00:20:41.519><c> come</c><00:20:41.740><c> forward</c><00:20:42.039><c> and</c><00:20:42.220><c> say,</c>

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no,<00:20:42.859><c> no,</c><00:20:42.880><c> no,</c><00:20:43.039><c> no,</c><00:20:43.240><c> no.</c><00:20:43.720><c> We</c><00:20:43.880><c> tested</c><00:20:44.200><c> him</c><00:20:44.539><c> and</c><00:20:44.759><c> his</c><00:20:44.920><c> credentials</c>

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were<00:20:45.500><c> wrong</c><00:20:45.799><c> because</c><00:20:46.220><c> the</c><00:20:46.519><c> report</c>

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had<00:20:46.859><c> never</c><00:20:47.059><c> been</c><00:20:47.259><c> issued.</c><00:20:49.819><c> And</c><00:20:50.339><c> the</c><00:20:50.460><c> Lord</c><00:20:50.660><c> knew</c><00:20:50.940><c> that.</c><00:20:52.160><c> And</c><00:20:52.380><c> that's</c><00:20:52.579><c> why</c><00:20:52.740><c> he</c>

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dragged<00:20:53.400><c> them</c><00:20:53.599><c> out</c><00:20:53.740><c> into</c><00:20:54.180><c> the</c><00:20:54.400><c> glare</c>

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of<00:20:54.759><c> the</c><00:20:54.920><c> public</c><00:20:55.240><c> and</c><00:20:55.380><c> said,</c><00:20:55.579><c> what</c><00:20:55.619><c> do</c><00:20:55.759><c> you</c><00:20:55.759><c> think</c><00:20:55.900><c> of</c><00:20:56.140><c> John?</c><00:20:57.920><c> And</c><00:20:58.200><c> they</c><00:20:58.440><c> shifted</c><00:20:58.680><c> all</c><00:20:58.980><c> around</c><00:20:59.140><c> the</c><00:20:59.339><c> place</c><00:20:59.539><c> because</c><00:20:59.779><c> he</c>

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knew<00:21:00.240><c> and</c><00:21:00.420><c> they</c><00:21:00.680><c> knew</c><00:21:01.059><c> that</c><00:21:01.319><c> there</c><00:21:01.480><c> was</c><00:21:01.599><c> no</c><00:21:01.819><c> report</c><00:21:02.160><c> ever</c><00:21:02.420><c> given.</c><00:21:03.779><c> And</c>

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they<00:21:04.079><c> knew</c><00:21:04.200><c> the</c><00:21:04.400><c> opinion</c><00:21:04.660><c> of</c><00:21:04.799><c> the</c><00:21:04.940><c> people.</c>

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And<00:21:05.619><c> now</c><00:21:05.839><c> it</c><00:21:05.880><c> was</c><00:21:06.019><c> too</c><00:21:06.259><c> late</c><00:21:06.380><c> to</c><00:21:06.539><c> deny</c><00:21:06.779><c> it</c><00:21:07.059><c> because</c><00:21:07.299><c> by</c><00:21:07.579><c> their</c>

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silence,<00:21:08.160><c> they</c><00:21:08.400><c> gave</c><00:21:08.640><c> tacit</c><00:21:09.059><c> agreement</c><00:21:09.420><c> that</c><00:21:09.579><c> he</c>

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was<00:21:10.140><c> a</c><00:21:10.380><c> prophet.</c><00:21:11.500><c> And</c><00:21:11.680><c> they</c><00:21:11.839><c> were</c><00:21:12.039><c> caught</c><00:21:12.220><c> with</c><00:21:12.380><c> him</c><00:21:12.480><c> and</c><00:21:12.559><c> left</c>

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with<00:21:12.940><c> him.</c><00:21:14.059><c> And</c><00:21:14.319><c> the</c><00:21:14.500><c> Lord</c><00:21:14.740><c> rung</c><00:21:15.119><c> them</c><00:21:15.480><c> dry.</c>

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And<00:21:17.460><c> he</c><00:21:17.500><c> says,</c><00:21:17.819><c> right,</c><00:21:19.099><c> you're</c><00:21:19.420><c> caught</c><00:21:19.740><c> with</c><00:21:19.940><c> him</c><00:21:20.059><c> now.</c><00:21:20.700><c> Why</c>

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didn't<00:21:21.359><c> you</c><00:21:21.640><c> obey</c><00:21:21.940><c> him?</c><00:21:23.180><c> And</c><00:21:23.500><c> you</c><00:21:23.680><c> can</c><00:21:23.880><c> imagine</c>

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every<00:21:25.200><c> way</c><00:21:25.500><c> to</c><00:21:25.619><c> get</c><00:21:25.759><c> out</c><00:21:25.920><c> of</c><00:21:26.019><c> his</c><00:21:26.259><c> sight.</c><00:21:28.160><c> They</c><00:21:28.180><c> were</c><00:21:28.380><c> fools,</c>

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absolute<00:21:30.319><c> fools.</c><00:21:31.539><c> And</c><00:21:31.779><c> they</c><00:21:31.920><c> couldn't</c>

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pronounce<00:21:32.539><c> a</c><00:21:32.779><c> sentence</c><00:21:32.960><c> against</c><00:21:33.240><c> him</c><00:21:33.500><c> because</c><00:21:33.920><c> no</c><00:21:34.079><c> matter</c><00:21:34.220><c> what</c><00:21:34.440><c> he</c>

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said<00:21:34.779><c> and</c><00:21:34.900><c> they</c><00:21:35.160><c> disagreed</c><00:21:35.500><c> with,</c>

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that<00:21:36.200><c> figure</c><00:21:36.440><c> was</c><00:21:36.779><c> so</c><00:21:36.920><c> awe</c><00:21:37.259><c>-inspiring</c><00:21:37.900><c> and</c><00:21:38.259><c> the</c><00:21:38.480><c> voice</c><00:21:38.720><c> was</c>

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such<00:21:39.279><c> authority</c><00:21:39.740><c> from</c><00:21:39.920><c> the</c><00:21:40.140><c> Scriptures</c><00:21:40.480><c> that</c><00:21:40.900><c> they</c>

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couldn't<00:21:41.539><c> do</c><00:21:41.680><c> anything</c><00:21:41.920><c> else</c><00:21:42.200><c> but</c><00:21:42.640><c> leave</c><00:21:42.920><c> him</c><00:21:43.119><c> alone.</c><00:21:45.140><c> And</c><00:21:45.259><c> so</c>

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John<00:21:45.640><c> left</c><00:21:45.960><c> them.</c><00:21:47.059><c> And</c><00:21:47.059><c> the</c><00:21:47.279><c> verse</c><00:21:47.519><c> 29</c><00:21:48.019><c> says,</c>

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the<00:21:48.660><c> next</c><00:21:48.880><c> day,</c><00:21:51.480><c> John</c><00:21:51.859><c> seeth</c><00:21:52.279><c> Jesus</c><00:21:52.740><c> coming</c><00:21:53.059><c> unto</c><00:21:53.319><c> him</c><00:21:54.039><c> and</c><00:21:55.019><c> said,</c><00:21:56.859><c> Behold</c><00:21:57.400><c> the</c><00:21:57.539><c> Lamb</c><00:21:57.880><c> of</c><00:21:58.119><c> God,</c>

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which<00:22:00.019><c> taketh</c><00:22:00.380><c> away</c><00:22:00.940><c> the</c><00:22:01.339><c> sin</c><00:22:01.720><c> of</c><00:22:02.140><c> the</c><00:22:02.339><c> world.</c><00:22:04.519><c> Now</c><00:22:04.759><c> that,</c><00:22:05.099><c> brethren</c><00:22:05.240><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:22:06.480><c> has</c><00:22:06.680><c> been</c><00:22:06.859><c> put</c><00:22:07.059><c> into</c><00:22:07.240><c> music.</c>

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It<00:22:09.059><c> has</c><00:22:09.200><c> been</c><00:22:09.339><c> the</c><00:22:09.480><c> subject</c><00:22:09.920><c> of</c><00:22:10.160><c> many</c><00:22:10.799><c> sermon</c><00:22:11.359><c> in</c><00:22:12.019><c> the</c><00:22:12.220><c> churches</c><00:22:12.680><c> and</c><00:22:13.720><c> sometimes</c><00:22:14.319><c> is</c>

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looked<00:22:14.700><c> upon</c><00:22:14.940><c> as</c><00:22:15.319><c> a</c>

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blind<00:22:16.160><c> statement</c><00:22:16.640><c> of</c><00:22:16.920><c> sentimentality.</c><00:22:17.960><c> It</c><00:22:17.960><c> is</c><00:22:18.299><c> nothing</c><00:22:18.599><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:18.960><c> sort.</c><00:22:20.920><c> That</c><00:22:21.279><c> statement</c><00:22:21.980><c> that</c><00:22:22.579><c> John</c><00:22:22.819><c> made</c><00:22:23.140><c> there</c>

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is<00:22:25.119><c> a</c><00:22:25.380><c> statement</c><00:22:25.740><c> which</c><00:22:25.980><c> is</c><00:22:26.279><c> based</c><00:22:26.539><c> upon</c><00:22:27.119><c> a</c><00:22:27.859><c> supreme</c><00:22:28.539><c> intelligence</c><00:22:29.279><c> look</c><00:22:29.640><c> at</c>

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the<00:22:30.180><c> law</c><00:22:30.380><c> of</c><00:22:30.640><c> Moses.</c><00:22:31.299><c> It</c><00:22:31.380><c> is</c><00:22:31.660><c> a</c>

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statement<00:22:32.160><c> of</c><00:22:32.539><c> fact</c><00:22:32.819><c> based</c><00:22:33.599><c> upon</c><00:22:34.500><c> a</c><00:22:35.079><c> supreme</c><00:22:35.539><c> intelligence</c><00:22:36.180><c> that</c><00:22:36.579><c> understands</c><00:22:37.099><c> the</c><00:22:37.380><c> law.</c><00:22:39.079><c> It</c><00:22:39.279><c> is</c><00:22:39.519><c> a</c><00:22:39.839><c> monumental</c>

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statement.<00:22:41.259><c> It</c><00:22:41.259><c> says</c><00:22:41.500><c> two</c><00:22:41.859><c> things</c><00:22:42.460><c> which</c><00:22:42.960><c> are</c><00:22:43.440><c> absolutely</c><00:22:44.180><c> monumental.</c><00:22:45.779><c> It</c>

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says<00:22:46.140><c> this,</c><00:22:47.720><c> Behold</c><00:22:48.180><c> the</c><00:22:48.500><c> Lamb</c><00:22:48.920><c> of</c><00:22:49.220><c> God</c>

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which<00:22:49.819><c> takes</c><00:22:50.240><c> away</c><00:22:50.680><c> sin.</c><00:22:52.460><c> From</c><00:22:52.799><c> Genesis</c><00:22:53.400><c> to</c><00:22:53.700><c> Malachi</c><00:22:54.220><c> you</c><00:22:54.500><c> will</c><00:22:54.960><c> never,</c><00:22:55.700><c> ever,</c><00:22:56.420><c> ever,</c><00:22:57.140><c> ever</c><00:22:57.660><c> find</c><00:22:58.160><c> a</c>

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male<00:22:59.440><c> lamb</c><00:22:59.700><c> as</c>

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a<00:23:00.180><c> sin</c><00:23:00.180><c> offering.</c><00:23:01.160><c> It's</c><00:23:01.680><c> not</c><00:23:02.059><c> there.</c><00:23:04.480><c> There</c><00:23:04.740><c> is</c><00:23:05.140><c> none.</c><00:23:06.980><c> You</c>

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don't<00:23:07.420><c> believe</c><00:23:07.740><c> me?</c><00:23:08.660><c> Search</c><00:23:08.920><c> the</c><00:23:09.160><c> Scriptures</c><00:23:09.519><c> and</c><00:23:09.859><c> see.</c>

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And<00:23:11.920><c> what</c><00:23:12.160><c> John</c><00:23:12.359><c> was</c><00:23:12.599><c> saying</c><00:23:12.920><c> was</c><00:23:13.180><c> this,</c><00:23:14.200><c> see</c><00:23:14.460><c> him.</c><00:23:16.859><c> Here</c><00:23:17.140><c> comes</c><00:23:17.460><c> one</c>

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that<00:23:18.079><c> God</c><00:23:18.319><c> is</c><00:23:18.500><c> going</c><00:23:18.640><c> to</c><00:23:18.819><c> make</c><00:23:19.000><c> a</c><00:23:19.200><c> sacrifice</c><00:23:19.640><c> with</c>

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for<00:23:20.640><c> the</c><00:23:20.799><c> sin</c><00:23:20.880><c> of</c><00:23:21.039><c> the</c><00:23:21.240><c> world</c><00:23:21.559><c> that</c><00:23:22.000><c> the</c><00:23:22.240><c> law</c><00:23:22.700><c> knows</c><00:23:23.400><c> nothing</c><00:23:24.119><c> about</c><00:23:24.839><c> other</c><00:23:26.200><c> than</c><00:23:26.339><c> being</c><00:23:26.619><c> a</c>

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shadow<00:23:27.140><c> pointing</c><00:23:27.519><c> forward</c>

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you<00:23:28.259><c> will</c><00:23:29.299><c> not</c><00:23:29.599><c> find</c><00:23:29.920><c> him</c><00:23:30.500><c> anywhere</c><00:23:31.240><c> in</c><00:23:31.559><c> the</c><00:23:31.680><c> system</c><00:23:32.119><c> of</c><00:23:32.440><c> the</c>

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law.<00:23:34.180><c> He's</c><00:23:34.500><c> not</c><00:23:34.920><c> there.</c>

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And<00:23:37.180><c> even</c><00:23:37.359><c> when</c><00:23:37.539><c> they</c><00:23:37.740><c> got</c><00:23:37.980><c> down</c><00:23:38.400><c> to</c><00:23:38.640><c> using</c><00:23:40.019><c> lambs</c><00:23:40.519><c> or</c><00:23:40.740><c> kids</c><00:23:40.920><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:41.200><c> goat</c><00:23:41.359><c> for</c><00:23:41.539><c> a</c><00:23:41.700><c> sin</c><00:23:41.819><c> offering</c><00:23:42.140><c> was</c><00:23:42.720><c> always</c><00:23:43.299><c> a</c><00:23:43.559><c> femur.</c>

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It<00:23:45.859><c> was</c><00:23:46.059><c> always</c><00:23:46.720><c> a</c><00:23:46.960><c> femur.</c><00:23:49.119><c> And</c><00:23:49.380><c> the</c><00:23:49.660><c> closest</c><00:23:50.039><c> that</c><00:23:50.240><c> the</c><00:23:50.440><c> Old</c>

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Testament<00:23:51.000><c> Scriptures</c><00:23:51.519><c> ever</c><00:23:52.339><c> came</c>

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to<00:23:54.279><c> using</c><00:23:54.579><c> a</c><00:23:54.859><c> male</c><00:23:55.019><c> lamb</c><00:23:55.259><c> for</c><00:23:55.480><c> a</c><00:23:55.599><c> sin</c><00:23:55.740><c> offering</c><00:23:56.299><c> was</c><00:23:57.680><c> in</c><00:23:57.819><c> Isaiah</c>

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53.<00:24:01.119><c> He</c><00:24:01.259><c> is</c><00:24:01.539><c> led</c><00:24:01.720><c> as</c><00:24:01.900><c> a</c><00:24:02.160><c> lamb</c><00:24:02.339><c> to</c><00:24:02.519><c> the</c><00:24:02.680><c> slaughter</c>

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and<00:24:04.220><c> even</c><00:24:04.539><c> in</c><00:24:04.839><c> that</c><00:24:05.099><c> chapter</c><00:24:05.660><c> it's</c><00:24:06.740><c> a</c><00:24:06.859><c> trespass</c><00:24:07.240><c> offering.</c>

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You<00:24:10.220><c> see</c><00:24:10.400><c> what</c><00:24:10.619><c> John</c><00:24:10.859><c> was</c><00:24:11.099><c> saying.</c><00:24:11.880><c> It</c><00:24:12.019><c> wasn't</c><00:24:12.319><c> an</c><00:24:12.660><c> emotional</c><00:24:13.119><c> outburst.</c>

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It<00:24:14.220><c> was</c><00:24:14.539><c> a</c><00:24:14.759><c> cool</c><00:24:15.220><c> calculated</c><00:24:16.119><c> statement</c><00:24:16.680><c> of</c><00:24:17.279><c> fact.</c><00:24:19.900><c> And</c><00:24:19.980><c> you</c>

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know<00:24:20.259><c> the</c><00:24:20.359><c> next</c><00:24:20.599><c> thing</c><00:24:20.839><c> was</c>

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that<00:24:22.700><c> if</c><00:24:22.819><c> that's</c><00:24:23.259><c> a</c><00:24:23.440><c> male</c><00:24:23.640><c> lamb</c><00:24:24.099><c> which</c><00:24:24.920><c> the</c><00:24:25.160><c> Old</c><00:24:25.380><c> Testament</c><00:24:25.759><c> knows</c><00:24:26.160><c> nothing</c><00:24:26.660><c> about</c><00:24:26.940><c> as</c>

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a<00:24:27.240><c> sin</c><00:24:27.380><c> offering</c>

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and<00:24:28.599><c> it's</c><00:24:28.900><c> a</c><00:24:29.119><c> male</c><00:24:29.339><c> lamb</c><00:24:29.539><c> to</c><00:24:29.779><c> take</c><00:24:29.940><c> away</c><00:24:30.220><c> sin</c><00:24:30.500><c> and</c><00:24:30.680><c> it</c><00:24:30.880><c> doesn't</c>

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belong<00:24:31.359><c> to</c><00:24:31.519><c> the</c><00:24:31.700><c> law</c><00:24:32.059><c> then</c><00:24:32.400><c> it</c><00:24:32.559><c> can</c><00:24:32.759><c> take</c><00:24:33.059><c> away</c>

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the<00:24:33.619><c> sin</c><00:24:34.160><c> of</c><00:24:34.720><c> the</c><00:24:35.160><c> world.</c><00:24:37.180><c> Imagine</c><00:24:37.559><c> the</c><00:24:37.859><c> Jews</c><00:24:38.279><c> staggering</c><00:24:38.859><c> back</c><00:24:39.140><c> at</c>

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that.<00:24:41.359><c> But</c><00:24:41.539><c> God</c><00:24:41.720><c> is</c><00:24:41.960><c> dealing</c><00:24:42.160><c> with</c><00:24:42.380><c> the</c><00:24:42.640><c> world.</c>

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And<00:24:45.740><c> Psalm</c><00:24:45.960><c> 147</c><00:24:47.079><c> and</c><00:24:47.259><c> other</c><00:24:47.500><c> references</c><00:24:47.839><c> which</c><00:24:48.140><c> they</c><00:24:48.519><c> would</c>

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have<00:24:48.920><c> treasured</c><00:24:49.359><c> misunderstanding</c>

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that<00:24:50.700><c> he</c><00:24:50.859><c> sent</c><00:24:51.000><c> his</c><00:24:51.279><c> word</c><00:24:51.480><c> into</c><00:24:51.680><c> Jacob</c><00:24:52.039><c> and</c><00:24:52.200><c> his</c><00:24:52.380><c> statutes</c><00:24:52.720><c> into</c><00:24:52.880><c> Israel.</c><00:24:53.400><c> He</c>

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has<00:24:53.859><c> not</c><00:24:54.059><c> dealt</c><00:24:54.259><c> so</c><00:24:54.519><c> with</c><00:24:54.680><c> any</c><00:24:54.900><c> nation.</c>

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Well<00:24:55.579><c> he's</c><00:24:55.759><c> dealing</c><00:24:56.019><c> with</c><00:24:56.259><c> them</c><00:24:56.400><c> now</c><00:24:56.980><c> as</c><00:24:58.500><c> he's</c><00:24:58.859><c> never</c><00:24:59.099><c> dealt</c>

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with<00:24:59.460><c> them</c><00:24:59.599><c> before.</c>

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Behold<00:25:02.319><c> the</c><00:25:02.519><c> Lamb</c><00:25:02.859><c> of</c><00:25:03.059><c> God</c><00:25:03.319><c> which</c><00:25:03.559><c> takes</c><00:25:03.880><c> away</c><00:25:04.140><c> the</c><00:25:04.440><c> sin</c><00:25:04.619><c> of</c><00:25:04.900><c> the</c><00:25:05.259><c> world.</c><00:25:06.940><c> And</c><00:25:07.200><c> when</c><00:25:07.319><c> that</c><00:25:07.700><c> statement</c><00:25:08.039><c> sunk</c><00:25:08.440><c> in</c>

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it<00:25:09.539><c> would</c><00:25:09.720><c> have</c><00:25:10.099><c> shattered</c><00:25:10.359><c> all</c><00:25:10.819><c> their</c><00:25:11.079><c> notions</c><00:25:11.480><c> of</c><00:25:11.640><c> whatever</c>

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the<00:25:12.099><c> Lord</c><00:25:12.220><c> ever</c><00:25:12.539><c> taught.</c>

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They<00:25:13.359><c> were</c><00:25:13.759><c> monumental</c><00:25:14.779><c> statements.</c><00:25:16.559><c> And</c><00:25:17.000><c> it</c><00:25:17.079><c> had</c><00:25:17.180><c> to</c><00:25:17.539><c> sink</c>

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into<00:25:18.019><c> the</c><00:25:18.279><c> minds</c><00:25:18.539><c> of</c><00:25:18.759><c> those</c><00:25:19.000><c> who</c><00:25:19.119><c> were</c><00:25:19.240><c> listening</c>

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to<00:25:19.660><c> him.</c><00:25:21.299><c> And</c><00:25:21.440><c> sinking</c><00:25:21.680><c> it</c><00:25:22.000><c> did.</c><00:25:24.079><c> And</c><00:25:24.259><c> John</c><00:25:24.420><c> went</c><00:25:24.579><c> in</c><00:25:24.720><c> to</c><00:25:24.799><c> say</c><00:25:24.980><c> this.</c><00:25:27.539><c> Verse</c><00:25:27.759><c> 30.</c><00:25:29.099><c> This</c><00:25:29.220><c> is</c><00:25:29.359><c> he</c><00:25:29.599><c> of</c><00:25:29.759><c> whom</c><00:25:29.920><c> I</c><00:25:30.140><c> said</c>

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after<00:25:30.619><c> me</c><00:25:30.839><c> come</c><00:25:31.039><c> with</c><00:25:31.140><c> a</c><00:25:31.279><c> man</c><00:25:31.400><c> which</c><00:25:31.599><c> is</c><00:25:31.779><c> preferred</c><00:25:32.099><c> before</c><00:25:32.440><c> me.</c><00:25:33.480><c> For</c><00:25:33.619><c> he</c>

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was<00:25:34.220><c> before</c><00:25:34.539><c> me.</c><00:25:36.000><c> And</c><00:25:36.279><c> I</c><00:25:36.460><c> knew</c><00:25:36.559><c> him</c><00:25:36.799><c> not.</c>

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But<00:25:38.279><c> that</c><00:25:38.440><c> he</c><00:25:38.579><c> should</c><00:25:38.720><c> be</c><00:25:38.900><c> made</c><00:25:39.259><c> plain</c><00:25:39.740><c> to</c><00:25:40.319><c> Israel.</c><00:25:42.299><c> Therefore</c>

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I<00:25:43.200><c> am</c><00:25:43.420><c> come</c><00:25:43.680><c> baptizing</c><00:25:44.400><c> with</c><00:25:44.779><c> water.</c>

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And<00:25:46.900><c> he</c><00:25:46.900><c> was</c><00:25:47.059><c> to</c><00:25:47.200><c> be</c><00:25:47.339><c> made</c><00:25:47.740><c> plain</c><00:25:48.200><c> or</c><00:25:49.880><c> manifest</c><00:25:50.660><c> to</c><00:25:52.200><c> Israel</c><00:25:52.859><c> who</c>

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were<00:25:53.400><c> they.</c>

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Those<00:25:56.259><c> among</c><00:25:56.579><c> the</c><00:25:56.799><c> Jews</c><00:25:56.980><c> who</c><00:25:57.119><c> were</c><00:25:57.279><c> princes</c><00:25:57.559><c> with</c><00:25:57.799><c> God,</c><00:25:58.220><c> brothers</c><00:25:58.319><c> and</c><00:25:58.500><c> sisters,</c>

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like<00:26:00.200><c> Nathaniel.</c><00:26:01.819><c> And</c><00:26:02.059><c> Israelite</c><00:26:02.680><c> indeed.</c><00:26:04.019><c> That's</c><00:26:04.400><c> to</c><00:26:04.519><c> whom</c>

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he<00:26:04.720><c> was</c><00:26:04.859><c> going</c><00:26:04.960><c> to</c><00:26:05.059><c> be</c><00:26:05.099><c> made</c><00:26:05.400><c> plain.</c><00:26:06.160><c> And</c><00:26:06.339><c> the</c>

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rest<00:26:06.839><c> didn't</c><00:26:07.259><c> see</c><00:26:07.400><c> any</c><00:26:07.619><c> difference</c><00:26:07.900><c> in</c><00:26:08.099><c> him</c><00:26:08.420><c> than</c><00:26:08.680><c> any</c><00:26:08.839><c> other</c>

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man.<00:26:09.599><c> But</c><00:26:09.799><c> Israel</c><00:26:10.160><c> did.</c><00:26:11.759><c> The</c><00:26:11.980><c> true</c><00:26:12.200><c> Israel</c><00:26:12.539><c> that</c>

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Nathaniel<00:26:13.980><c> being</c><00:26:14.240><c> one</c><00:26:14.480><c> of</c><00:26:14.579><c> them.</c><00:26:15.880><c> Now</c><00:26:16.019><c> the</c><00:26:16.200><c> time</c><00:26:16.359><c> has</c><00:26:16.640><c> come</c><00:26:16.839><c> for</c><00:26:17.079><c> John</c><00:26:17.559><c> to</c>

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tell<00:26:18.880><c> his</c><00:26:19.099><c> disciples</c><00:26:19.579><c> that</c><00:26:19.819><c> they</c>

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got<00:26:20.079><c> to</c><00:26:20.279><c> make</c><00:26:20.420><c> a</c><00:26:20.640><c> decision.</c><00:26:22.299><c> And</c><00:26:22.480><c> it's</c><00:26:22.759><c> a</c><00:26:22.920><c> big</c><00:26:23.119><c> decision.</c><00:26:24.779><c> And</c>

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that<00:26:25.079><c> decision</c><00:26:25.380><c> has</c><00:26:25.640><c> got</c><00:26:25.740><c> to</c><00:26:25.880><c> be</c><00:26:26.000><c> made,</c><00:26:26.420><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:26:26.660><c> sisters,</c><00:26:26.920><c> for</c><00:26:27.119><c> them</c><00:26:27.359><c> to</c><00:26:27.619><c> leave</c><00:26:27.920><c> him</c><00:26:28.099><c> and</c><00:26:28.220><c> to</c><00:26:28.440><c> follow</c><00:26:28.579><c> the</c>

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Christ.<00:26:30.440><c> He</c><00:26:30.619><c> is</c><00:26:30.859><c> a</c><00:26:31.039><c> very,</c><00:26:31.420><c> very</c><00:26:31.799><c> great</c><00:26:32.079><c> man.</c><00:26:32.380><c> He's</c>

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made<00:26:32.759><c> a</c><00:26:33.000><c> tremendous</c><00:26:33.779><c> impact</c><00:26:34.359><c> upon</c><00:26:34.619><c> those</c><00:26:34.940><c> disciples.</c><00:26:35.859><c> And</c><00:26:36.140><c> two</c><00:26:36.359><c> of</c>

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them<00:26:36.599><c> standing</c><00:26:36.920><c> there</c><00:26:37.200><c> at</c><00:26:37.299><c> that</c><00:26:37.519><c> moment</c><00:26:37.740><c> of</c>

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one<00:26:38.460><c> was</c><00:26:38.779><c> John</c><00:26:39.039><c> the</c><00:26:39.259><c> apostle</c><00:26:39.660><c> and</c><00:26:40.099><c> the</c><00:26:40.220><c> other</c><00:26:40.359><c> one</c><00:26:40.500><c> was</c><00:26:40.740><c> Andrew.</c><00:26:42.519><c> They</c>

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were<00:26:42.920><c> John</c><00:26:43.200><c> the</c><00:26:43.420><c> Baptist</c><00:26:43.779><c> disciples.</c>

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They<00:26:45.960><c> both</c><00:26:46.220><c> had</c><00:26:46.440><c> brothers.</c><00:26:48.400><c> John</c><00:26:48.640><c> went</c><00:26:48.859><c> and</c><00:26:49.039><c> got</c><00:26:49.200><c> James</c><00:26:49.640><c> and</c>

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Andrew<00:26:50.000><c> went</c><00:26:50.220><c> and</c><00:26:50.339><c> got</c><00:26:50.519><c> Peter.</c><00:26:51.119><c> But</c><00:26:51.279><c> it's</c><00:26:51.480><c> John</c>

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and<00:26:51.940><c> Andrew</c><00:26:52.099><c> that</c><00:26:52.240><c> are</c><00:26:52.440><c> standing</c><00:26:52.720><c> there.</c><00:26:53.480><c> And</c><00:26:53.599><c> you</c><00:26:53.720><c> know,</c><00:26:53.819><c> when</c><00:26:53.900><c> you</c>

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come<00:26:54.279><c> to</c><00:26:54.440><c> verse</c><00:26:54.660><c> 35,</c><00:26:55.400><c> the</c><00:26:55.539><c> third</c><00:26:55.819><c> day</c><00:26:56.119><c> of</c>

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witness,<00:26:56.640><c> when</c><00:26:56.740><c> John</c><00:26:57.019><c> witnessed</c><00:26:57.380><c> to</c><00:26:57.559><c> his</c><00:26:57.779><c> disciples,</c><00:26:59.079><c> look</c>

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what<00:26:59.319><c> he</c><00:26:59.519><c> says.</c><00:27:01.000><c> The</c><00:27:01.180><c> next</c><00:27:01.519><c> day</c><00:27:01.839><c> after</c><00:27:02.299><c> John</c><00:27:02.940><c> stood</c>

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there,<00:27:05.160><c> and</c><00:27:05.259><c> two</c><00:27:05.500><c> of</c><00:27:05.660><c> his</c><00:27:05.819><c> disciples,</c><00:27:06.660><c> John</c><00:27:06.859><c> and</c><00:27:07.000><c> Andrew,</c><00:27:08.559><c> and</c>

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looking<00:27:09.079><c> upon</c><00:27:09.480><c> Jesus</c><00:27:09.920><c> as</c><00:27:10.200><c> he</c><00:27:10.539><c> walked,</c>

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he<00:27:13.359><c> said,</c><00:27:13.599><c> Behold</c><00:27:14.059><c> the</c><00:27:14.180><c> Lamb</c><00:27:14.420><c> of</c><00:27:14.640><c> God.</c><00:27:16.339><c> And</c><00:27:16.400><c> you</c><00:27:16.519><c> know,</c><00:27:17.039><c> John</c><00:27:17.279><c> has</c><00:27:17.460><c> written</c><00:27:17.660><c> that</c><00:27:17.880><c> record</c><00:27:18.140><c> for</c><00:27:18.319><c> us</c><00:27:18.519><c> to</c><00:27:18.640><c> make</c><00:27:18.779><c> a</c>

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mental<00:27:19.119><c> picture</c><00:27:19.420><c> of</c><00:27:19.579><c> it.</c><00:27:21.200><c> So</c><00:27:21.400><c> the</c><00:27:21.539><c> day</c><00:27:21.720><c> follows.</c><00:27:22.700><c> He</c><00:27:22.819><c> announced</c><00:27:23.099><c> that</c><00:27:23.259><c> here</c><00:27:23.519><c> is</c>

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the<00:27:23.759><c> Lamb</c><00:27:23.940><c> of</c><00:27:24.180><c> God</c><00:27:24.299><c> which</c>

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takes<00:27:24.779><c> away</c><00:27:24.980><c> the</c><00:27:25.140><c> sin</c><00:27:25.240><c> of</c><00:27:25.359><c> the</c><00:27:25.519><c> world.</c><00:27:26.059><c> John</c><00:27:26.259><c> and</c><00:27:26.420><c> Andrew</c><00:27:26.579><c> have</c>

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had<00:27:26.819><c> a</c><00:27:27.039><c> sleep</c><00:27:27.220><c> that</c><00:27:27.460><c> night.</c><00:27:32.180><c> I</c><00:27:32.519><c> don't</c><00:27:32.579><c> know</c><00:27:32.579><c> whether</c>

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they're<00:27:33.019><c> pillows</c><00:27:33.299><c> to</c><00:27:33.500><c> think</c><00:27:33.660><c> about</c><00:27:33.920><c> that.</c><00:27:35.519><c> A</c><00:27:35.680><c> male</c><00:27:35.940><c> lamb</c><00:27:36.240><c> has</c>

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come<00:27:36.599><c> into</c><00:27:36.759><c> the</c><00:27:36.980><c> world,</c><00:27:38.579><c> a</c><00:27:38.720><c> new</c><00:27:39.039><c> sin</c><00:27:39.299><c> offering,</c>

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completely<00:27:40.799><c> new,</c><00:27:42.559><c> the</c><00:27:42.700><c> effect</c><00:27:43.000><c> of</c><00:27:43.200><c> which</c><00:27:43.339><c> is</c><00:27:43.500><c> to</c><00:27:43.619><c> go</c><00:27:43.720><c> outside</c>

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of<00:27:44.440><c> Israel</c><00:27:44.700><c> and</c><00:27:45.140><c> bring</c><00:27:45.339><c> in</c><00:27:45.460><c> the</c><00:27:45.700><c> whole</c><00:27:46.099><c> world.</c>

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Their<00:27:47.900><c> master,</c><00:27:48.700><c> John</c><00:27:48.900><c> the</c><00:27:49.119><c> Baptist,</c><00:27:49.460><c> has</c><00:27:49.599><c> told</c><00:27:49.859><c> them</c><00:27:50.000><c> that.</c>

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And<00:27:51.220><c> they</c><00:27:51.440><c> revered</c><00:27:51.900><c> him.</c><00:27:52.940><c> The</c><00:27:53.019><c> next</c><00:27:53.279><c> day,</c>

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they're<00:27:53.640><c> up</c><00:27:53.759><c> in</c><00:27:53.880><c> the</c><00:27:54.019><c> morning</c><00:27:54.220><c> and</c><00:27:54.440><c> down</c><00:27:54.579><c> on</c><00:27:54.720><c> the</c><00:27:54.859><c> banks</c><00:27:54.980><c> of</c><00:27:55.119><c> the</c><00:27:55.279><c> Jordan</c><00:27:55.500><c> again.</c><00:27:57.380><c> John's</c><00:27:57.819><c> going</c><00:27:58.019><c> along</c><00:27:58.220><c> and</c><00:27:58.339><c> he</c>

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stops.<00:27:59.740><c> Stand</c><00:28:00.019><c> still,</c><00:28:00.460><c> stand</c><00:28:00.619><c> still.</c><00:28:02.599><c> John</c><00:28:02.779><c> and</c><00:28:03.000><c> Andrew</c><00:28:03.140><c> stand</c><00:28:03.440><c> still.</c><00:28:04.920><c> It</c><00:28:05.000><c> was</c><00:28:05.180><c> a</c>

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symbolic<00:28:05.660><c> act.</c><00:28:06.279><c> He</c><00:28:06.339><c> stood</c><00:28:06.579><c> there</c>

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and<00:28:08.539><c> Jesus</c><00:28:08.900><c> walked</c><00:28:09.160><c> past</c><00:28:09.559><c> him.</c><00:28:11.339><c> He</c><00:28:11.440><c> looked</c><00:28:11.539><c> at</c><00:28:11.640><c> his</c><00:28:11.779><c> two</c><00:28:11.980><c> disciples</c><00:28:12.519><c> and</c>

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you<00:28:13.240><c> can</c><00:28:13.420><c> see</c><00:28:13.559><c> him</c><00:28:13.759><c> saying</c><00:28:13.980><c> and</c><00:28:14.180><c> watching</c>

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the<00:28:14.680><c> Lord,</c><00:28:15.700><c> Behold</c><00:28:16.220><c> the</c><00:28:16.380><c> Lamb</c><00:28:16.619><c> of</c><00:28:16.880><c> God.</c><00:28:19.380><c> And</c><00:28:19.480><c> away</c><00:28:19.660><c> they</c><00:28:19.880><c> went</c>

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with<00:28:20.200><c> him.</c><00:28:22.440><c> You</c><00:28:22.680><c> know,</c><00:28:22.680><c> just</c><00:28:22.859><c> like</c><00:28:23.140><c> that.</c>

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As<00:28:24.680><c> simple</c><00:28:24.960><c> as</c><00:28:25.220><c> that.</c><00:28:26.759><c> You</c><00:28:26.759><c> know,</c><00:28:27.180><c> John</c><00:28:27.259><c> and</c><00:28:27.519><c> Andrew</c><00:28:27.700><c> were</c><00:28:27.980><c> two</c>

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genuine<00:28:28.720><c> disciples</c><00:28:29.380><c> and</c><00:28:30.900><c> because</c><00:28:31.259><c> they</c><00:28:31.440><c> were</c>

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genuine,<00:28:32.839><c> their</c><00:28:33.039><c> reverence</c><00:28:33.579><c> and</c><00:28:34.000><c> respect</c><00:28:34.500><c> for</c><00:28:34.720><c> John's</c><00:28:35.200><c> teaching,</c><00:28:35.640><c> brethren</c><00:28:35.759><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:28:36.299><c> was</c><00:28:36.400><c> such</c><00:28:36.839><c> that</c><00:28:37.380><c> they</c>

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really<00:28:38.220><c> believed</c><00:28:38.640><c> him</c><00:28:39.220><c> that</c><00:28:39.420><c> when</c><00:28:39.599><c> he</c><00:28:39.859><c> stood</c><00:28:40.220><c> still</c><00:28:40.480><c> and</c><00:28:40.519><c> said,</c><00:28:40.680><c> I'll</c>

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stand<00:28:41.359><c> here.</c><00:28:41.500><c> I</c><00:28:41.539><c> won't</c><00:28:41.740><c> move.</c><00:28:42.539><c> You</c><00:28:42.700><c> watch</c><00:28:42.940><c> him.</c>

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Behold<00:28:43.859><c> the</c><00:28:44.019><c> Lamb</c><00:28:44.160><c> of</c><00:28:44.380><c> God.</c><00:28:44.839><c> Go</c><00:28:44.920><c> on.</c><00:28:45.700><c> They</c><00:28:45.960><c> walked</c><00:28:46.099><c> him</c><00:28:46.519><c> and</c>

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away<00:28:46.960><c> they</c><00:28:47.160><c> went</c><00:28:47.259><c> with</c><00:28:47.440><c> him.</c><00:28:48.880><c> Just</c><00:28:49.160><c> like</c><00:28:49.420><c> that.</c><00:28:50.160><c> And</c><00:28:50.339><c> those</c>

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two,<00:28:51.019><c> we</c><00:28:51.019><c> know</c><00:28:51.200><c> of</c><00:28:51.380><c> course,</c><00:28:51.819><c> became</c><00:28:51.980><c> very</c><00:28:52.359><c> faithful</c><00:28:52.680><c> followers</c><00:28:53.059><c> of</c><00:28:53.220><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:28:53.460><c> Jesus</c><00:28:53.920><c> Christ.</c><00:28:55.279><c> Thoroughly</c>

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prepared<00:28:56.259><c> by</c><00:28:56.559><c> the</c><00:28:56.740><c> Baptist.</c><00:28:58.039><c> Men</c><00:28:58.339><c> who</c><00:28:58.619><c> had</c><00:28:58.759><c> walked</c><00:28:58.960><c> into</c><00:28:59.180><c> that</c>

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shining<00:28:59.980><c> and</c><00:29:00.440><c> burning</c><00:29:00.759><c> light</c><00:29:01.200><c> which</c><00:29:01.579><c> had</c><00:29:01.839><c> illuminated</c>

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the<00:29:02.559><c> darkness</c><00:29:02.880><c> around</c><00:29:03.160><c> about</c><00:29:03.400><c> them</c><00:29:03.660><c> and</c><00:29:03.940><c> they</c><00:29:04.259><c> assessed</c><00:29:04.579><c> their</c><00:29:04.980><c> true</c>

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values.<00:29:07.700><c> And</c><00:29:07.819><c> the</c><00:29:07.940><c> record</c><00:29:08.259><c> of</c><00:29:08.500><c> Scripture</c>

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suggests<00:29:09.519><c> at</c><00:29:09.819><c> least</c><00:29:10.500><c> that</c><00:29:11.960><c> John</c><00:29:12.220><c> the</c><00:29:12.480><c> Apostle</c><00:29:13.079><c> was</c><00:29:13.380><c> quite</c><00:29:13.900><c> well</c><00:29:14.279><c> off.</c><00:29:16.240><c> Suggests</c><00:29:16.799><c> that</c><00:29:16.880><c> he</c>

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was<00:29:17.180><c> a</c><00:29:17.359><c> partner</c><00:29:17.579><c> in</c><00:29:17.740><c> a</c><00:29:17.880><c> big</c>

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fishing<00:29:18.339><c> business,</c><00:29:19.980><c> had</c><00:29:20.140><c> houses</c><00:29:20.519><c> both</c><00:29:20.880><c> in</c><00:29:21.140><c> Galilee</c><00:29:21.519><c> and</c><00:29:21.940><c> in</c>

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Jerusalem,<00:29:23.519><c> friends</c><00:29:23.880><c> in</c><00:29:24.099><c> the</c><00:29:24.299><c> court,</c><00:29:25.460><c> access</c><00:29:25.900><c> to</c><00:29:26.099><c> the</c>

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governor.<00:29:28.400><c> John</c><00:29:28.640><c> had</c><00:29:28.920><c> much</c><00:29:29.279><c> in</c><00:29:29.480><c> this</c><00:29:29.700><c> life</c><00:29:29.940><c> to</c><00:29:30.059><c> be</c><00:29:30.299><c> proud</c><00:29:30.519><c> of,</c>

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brethren<00:29:30.960><c> and</c><00:29:31.200><c> sisters.</c><00:29:31.799><c> But</c><00:29:31.920><c> he</c><00:29:32.059><c> had</c><00:29:32.279><c> assessed</c><00:29:32.559><c> his</c>

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true<00:29:33.079><c> value</c><00:29:33.640><c> before</c><00:29:34.579><c> that</c><00:29:34.880><c> burning</c><00:29:35.200><c> and</c><00:29:35.559><c> shining</c><00:29:35.799><c> light</c><00:29:36.259><c> and</c>

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he'd<00:29:36.819><c> thrown</c><00:29:36.960><c> his</c><00:29:37.200><c> lighting</c><00:29:37.380><c> with</c><00:29:37.619><c> him.</c><00:29:37.940><c> And</c><00:29:38.059><c> when</c>

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he<00:29:38.299><c> was</c><00:29:38.519><c> told</c><00:29:38.740><c> to</c><00:29:38.960><c> go,</c><00:29:39.119><c> he</c><00:29:39.339><c> went</c><00:29:39.599><c> and</c><00:29:39.799><c> followed</c><00:29:40.019><c> another</c><00:29:40.240><c> man.</c>

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That's<00:29:40.880><c> true</c><00:29:41.079><c> discipleship.</c><00:29:43.059><c> You</c><00:29:43.160><c> can</c><00:29:43.339><c> get</c><00:29:43.440><c> plenty</c>

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of<00:29:44.000><c> party</c><00:29:44.200><c> spirits.</c><00:29:45.880><c> There</c><00:29:45.980><c> are</c><00:29:46.099><c> people</c><00:29:46.339><c> today</c><00:29:46.940><c> who</c><00:29:47.980><c> live</c><00:29:48.160><c> a</c>

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life<00:29:48.480><c> of</c><00:29:48.740><c> misery</c><00:29:49.140><c> not</c><00:29:49.640><c> because</c><00:29:49.980><c> they</c><00:29:50.240><c> believe</c>

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error<00:29:50.779><c> but</c><00:29:50.900><c> because</c><00:29:51.220><c> they</c><00:29:51.400><c> will</c><00:29:51.740><c> not</c><00:29:52.019><c> leave</c><00:29:52.400><c> leaders</c><00:29:53.180><c> whose</c>

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charismatic<00:29:55.039><c> character</c><00:29:55.740><c> has</c><00:29:56.599><c> wedded</c><00:29:56.799><c> themselves</c><00:29:57.240><c> to</c>

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men.<00:29:57.900><c> They</c><00:29:57.960><c> will</c><00:29:58.400><c> not</c><00:29:58.660><c> do</c><00:29:58.900><c> that</c><00:29:59.200><c> in</c><00:29:59.799><c> the</c><00:29:59.980><c> light</c><00:30:00.119><c> of</c><00:30:00.259><c> what</c><00:30:00.400><c> the</c>

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Scripture<00:30:00.799><c> says</c><00:30:01.059><c> they</c><00:30:01.299><c> ought.</c><00:30:02.420><c> We're</c><00:30:02.720><c> not</c><00:30:02.720><c> here</c><00:30:02.859><c> to</c>

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follow<00:30:03.279><c> men,</c><00:30:03.720><c> brethren</c><00:30:03.880><c> and</c><00:30:04.039><c> sisters.</c><00:30:04.160><c> We're</c><00:30:04.240><c> here</c><00:30:04.440><c> to</c><00:30:04.640><c> follow</c><00:30:04.900><c> God.</c>

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:08.579
And<00:30:06.799><c> John</c><00:30:06.980><c> and</c><00:30:07.180><c> Andrew</c><00:30:07.539><c> are</c><00:30:08.059><c> wonderful</c>

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:11.400
disciples.<00:30:09.299><c> When</c><00:30:09.440><c> they</c><00:30:09.599><c> were</c><00:30:09.779><c> told</c><00:30:10.000><c> to</c><00:30:10.220><c> go,</c><00:30:10.359><c> they</c><00:30:10.640><c> went.</c><00:30:11.200><c> And</c>

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:13.319
one<00:30:11.559><c> can</c><00:30:11.799><c> imagine</c><00:30:12.140><c> as</c><00:30:12.359><c> John</c><00:30:12.640><c> stood</c><00:30:13.000><c> there</c>

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and<00:30:13.660><c> they</c><00:30:13.920><c> receded</c><00:30:14.440><c> away</c><00:30:14.700><c> in</c><00:30:14.819><c> the</c><00:30:14.900><c> distance,</c><00:30:15.859><c> Andrew</c><00:30:16.019><c> and</c><00:30:16.240><c> John</c><00:30:16.380><c> looking</c><00:30:16.660><c> over</c><00:30:16.920><c> their</c><00:30:17.119><c> shoulder.</c><00:30:18.019><c> And</c>

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really<00:30:18.359><c> I</c>

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suppose<00:30:18.960><c> heartbroken</c><00:30:19.619><c> to</c><00:30:19.859><c> think,</c><00:30:20.359><c> yes,</c><00:30:20.720><c> we</c><00:30:20.900><c> can</c><00:30:21.200><c> understand</c>

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:25.140
him.<00:30:22.200><c> He</c><00:30:22.440><c> is</c><00:30:22.740><c> the</c><00:30:22.980><c> greatest.</c><00:30:23.700><c> This</c><00:30:23.920><c> one</c><00:30:24.099><c> we've</c><00:30:24.420><c> now</c><00:30:24.759><c> found,</c>

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:28.839
so<00:30:25.660><c> they</c><00:30:25.980><c> said,</c><00:30:26.380><c> they</c><00:30:26.519><c> had</c><00:30:26.740><c> been</c><00:30:27.119><c> found.</c><00:30:27.619><c> But</c><00:30:27.740><c> they</c><00:30:27.980><c> said</c><00:30:28.079><c> they'd</c><00:30:28.480><c> found</c><00:30:28.640><c> the</c>

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:30.359
Messiah.<00:30:29.380><c> Messiah</c><00:30:29.720><c> had</c><00:30:29.960><c> found</c><00:30:30.119><c> them</c>

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:33.339
really.<00:30:30.900><c> But</c><00:30:30.980><c> as</c><00:30:31.140><c> they</c><00:30:31.319><c> look</c><00:30:31.480><c> back</c><00:30:31.779><c> to</c><00:30:32.019><c> John,</c><00:30:32.640><c> he</c><00:30:32.920><c> receding</c><00:30:33.200><c> in</c>

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:35.980
the<00:30:33.460><c> distance,</c><00:30:33.920><c> I</c><00:30:34.220><c> must</c><00:30:34.579><c> decrease.</c><00:30:35.460><c> There</c><00:30:35.599><c> must</c><00:30:35.839><c> have</c>

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:37.920
been<00:30:36.079><c> some</c><00:30:36.279><c> of</c><00:30:36.480><c> a</c><00:30:36.740><c> heartache</c><00:30:37.039><c> there,</c><00:30:37.380><c> brethren</c><00:30:37.539><c> and</c><00:30:37.759><c> sisters,</c>

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both<00:30:38.259><c> in</c><00:30:38.480><c> them</c><00:30:38.640><c> and</c><00:30:38.859><c> in</c><00:30:39.099><c> John.</c><00:30:39.579><c> And</c><00:30:39.740><c> yet</c><00:30:39.839><c> that</c>

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:44.440
heartache<00:30:40.680><c> was</c><00:30:41.299><c> overcome</c><00:30:41.839><c> by</c><00:30:42.119><c> the</c><00:30:42.319><c> sheer</c><00:30:42.579><c> joy</c><00:30:43.039><c> in</c><00:30:43.299><c> John's</c><00:30:43.740><c> mind</c><00:30:44.000><c> that</c><00:30:44.319><c> at</c>

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:46.240
least<00:30:44.720><c> two</c><00:30:45.039><c> of</c><00:30:45.140><c> them</c><00:30:45.299><c> had</c><00:30:45.599><c> listened</c><00:30:45.920><c> to</c><00:30:46.039><c> him</c>

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:50.359
to<00:30:46.380><c> the</c><00:30:46.619><c> degree</c><00:30:46.859><c> that</c><00:30:47.019><c> they</c><00:30:47.359><c> really</c><00:30:47.779><c> believed</c><00:30:48.240><c> him</c><00:30:49.200><c> to</c><00:30:50.039><c> walk</c>

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:55.200
away<00:30:51.220><c> while</c><00:30:51.980><c> he</c><00:30:52.480><c> stood</c><00:30:52.700><c> there</c><00:30:53.519><c> and</c><00:30:54.579><c> moved</c><00:30:54.799><c> off</c>

00:30:55.200 --> 00:31:00.240
with<00:30:55.400><c> the</c><00:30:55.579><c> Messiah</c><00:30:55.900><c> that</c><00:30:56.019><c> they</c><00:30:56.200><c> might</c><00:30:56.440><c> become</c><00:30:56.740><c> his</c><00:30:57.059><c> companions</c><00:30:57.559><c> in</c><00:30:58.220><c> preaching.</c><00:30:59.900><c> And</c><00:31:00.000><c> then</c><00:31:00.119><c> we</c>

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.619
read<00:31:00.440><c> in</c>

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:06.579
verse<00:31:00.859><c> 43</c><00:31:01.359><c> the</c><00:31:01.559><c> day</c><00:31:01.799><c> following</c><00:31:02.700><c> Jesus</c><00:31:05.099><c> would</c><00:31:05.380><c> go</c><00:31:05.759><c> forth</c><00:31:06.240><c> into</c>

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:09.599
Galilee.<00:31:08.160><c> And</c><00:31:08.420><c> that</c><00:31:08.660><c> statement,</c><00:31:09.140><c> brethren</c><00:31:09.319><c> and</c>

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:13.500
sisters,<00:31:09.940><c> opens</c><00:31:10.279><c> up</c><00:31:10.660><c> the</c><00:31:10.759><c> new</c><00:31:11.019><c> era</c><00:31:11.400><c> which</c><00:31:11.700><c> we</c><00:31:12.000><c> alluded</c><00:31:12.279><c> to</c><00:31:12.500><c> this</c><00:31:12.720><c> morning</c><00:31:13.039><c> in</c>

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.740
our<00:31:13.759><c> exhortation.</c>

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:18.440
Well,<00:31:15.519><c> it</c><00:31:15.680><c> was</c><00:31:15.720><c> the</c><00:31:15.859><c> apostle</c><00:31:16.200><c> Peter</c><00:31:16.500><c> who</c><00:31:16.720><c> said</c><00:31:16.940><c> to</c><00:31:17.119><c> Cornelius,</c>

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:21.140
but<00:31:18.920><c> this</c><00:31:19.099><c> was</c><00:31:19.299><c> that</c><00:31:19.519><c> Jesus</c><00:31:20.200><c> who</c><00:31:20.880><c> came</c>

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:26.460
preaching<00:31:21.480><c> peace</c><00:31:21.960><c> to</c><00:31:22.240><c> Israel,</c><00:31:23.940><c> which</c><00:31:24.140><c> began</c><00:31:24.539><c> in</c><00:31:24.900><c> Galilee</c><00:31:25.400><c> after</c><00:31:26.180><c> the</c>

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:28.819
baptism<00:31:26.799><c> which</c><00:31:27.180><c> John</c><00:31:27.500><c> preached.</c><00:31:28.420><c> And</c><00:31:28.559><c> Peter</c>

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:32.700
sets<00:31:29.119><c> that</c><00:31:29.480><c> forth</c><00:31:29.640><c> as</c><00:31:29.980><c> a</c><00:31:30.119><c> marker</c><00:31:30.380><c> of</c><00:31:30.680><c> time,</c><00:31:31.420><c> began</c><00:31:31.799><c> in</c><00:31:32.119><c> Galilee</c>

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:35.079
after<00:31:33.339><c> the</c><00:31:33.599><c> baptism</c><00:31:33.960><c> which</c><00:31:34.279><c> John</c><00:31:34.619><c> preached.</c>

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:38.119
And<00:31:35.539><c> the</c><00:31:35.740><c> people</c><00:31:36.079><c> that</c><00:31:36.420><c> walked</c><00:31:36.619><c> in</c><00:31:36.900><c> darkness</c><00:31:37.339><c> have</c><00:31:37.700><c> seen</c><00:31:37.859><c> a</c>

00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:42.079
great<00:31:38.740><c> light.</c><00:31:39.220><c> What</c><00:31:39.519><c> people?</c><00:31:40.319><c> The</c><00:31:40.579><c> Galilean</c><00:31:41.039><c> people.</c>

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:46.779
That's<00:31:43.380><c> what</c><00:31:43.579><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:43.940><c> had</c><00:31:44.220><c> said.</c><00:31:45.839><c> And</c><00:31:45.940><c> whilst</c><00:31:46.140><c> the</c><00:31:46.420><c> disciples</c>

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:48.900
had<00:31:47.079><c> walked</c><00:31:47.359><c> in</c><00:31:47.759><c> the</c><00:31:47.940><c> light</c><00:31:48.099><c> of</c><00:31:48.259><c> that</c><00:31:48.519><c> burning</c>

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:52.500
and<00:31:49.299><c> shining</c><00:31:49.700><c> portable</c><00:31:50.140><c> lamp,</c><00:31:51.259><c> when</c><00:31:51.400><c> they</c><00:31:51.599><c> went</c><00:31:51.720><c> into</c><00:31:51.880><c> Galilee</c><00:31:52.279><c> with</c>

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:54.380
Jesus,<00:31:53.099><c> according</c><00:31:53.539><c> to</c><00:31:53.700><c> the</c><00:31:53.839><c> prophecy</c><00:31:54.099><c> of</c>

00:31:54.380 --> 00:32:00.839
Isaiah,<00:31:55.079><c> the</c><00:31:55.240><c> people</c><00:31:55.500><c> that</c><00:31:55.759><c> walked</c><00:31:55.940><c> in</c><00:31:56.180><c> darkness</c><00:31:56.579><c> saw</c><00:31:57.059><c> a</c><00:31:57.619><c> great</c><00:31:58.079><c> light.</c><00:32:00.539><c> And</c>

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:02.339
John<00:32:01.099><c> and</c><00:32:01.119><c> Andrew</c><00:32:01.480><c> now</c><00:32:01.839><c> found</c><00:32:02.099><c> an</c>

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:05.220
illumination,<00:32:03.079><c> brethren</c><00:32:03.180><c> and</c><00:32:03.480><c> sisters,</c><00:32:04.680><c> which</c><00:32:04.759><c> they</c><00:32:04.940><c> could</c>

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:07.779
scarcely<00:32:05.700><c> credit</c><00:32:06.200><c> after</c><00:32:07.079><c> happening</c><00:32:07.400><c> being</c><00:32:07.599><c> in</c>

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:11.940
the<00:32:07.920><c> light</c><00:32:08.059><c> of</c><00:32:08.259><c> John's</c><00:32:08.680><c> preaching.</c><00:32:09.359><c> Now</c><00:32:09.579><c> they</c><00:32:09.819><c> found</c><00:32:10.039><c> a</c><00:32:10.299><c> new</c><00:32:10.519><c> illumination,</c><00:32:11.819><c> a</c>

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:14.299
brighter,<00:32:12.339><c> a</c><00:32:12.660><c> wider</c><00:32:12.960><c> illumination.</c>

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:16.579
An<00:32:14.579><c> illumination</c><00:32:15.059><c> that</c><00:32:15.200><c> didn't</c><00:32:15.400><c> only</c><00:32:15.680><c> show</c><00:32:15.960><c> them</c><00:32:16.339><c> what</c><00:32:16.440><c> are</c>

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:18.859
the<00:32:16.720><c> true</c><00:32:16.900><c> values</c><00:32:17.240><c> in</c><00:32:17.480><c> life,</c><00:32:17.980><c> but</c><00:32:18.140><c> to</c><00:32:18.380><c> show</c><00:32:18.519><c> them</c><00:32:18.640><c> how</c>

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:22.440
to<00:32:19.059><c> get</c><00:32:19.220><c> those</c><00:32:19.519><c> true</c><00:32:19.759><c> values</c><00:32:20.059><c> and</c><00:32:20.200><c> how</c><00:32:20.380><c> to</c><00:32:20.700><c> build</c><00:32:20.880><c> them</c><00:32:21.039><c> into</c><00:32:21.180><c> their</c><00:32:21.440><c> lives.</c><00:32:22.200><c> A</c>

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:23.640
baptism<00:32:22.740><c> not</c><00:32:23.000><c> of</c><00:32:23.200><c> water</c><00:32:23.400><c> which</c>

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:26.039
merely<00:32:23.960><c> cleanses,</c><00:32:24.559><c> brethren</c><00:32:24.740><c> and</c><00:32:24.980><c> sisters,</c><00:32:25.420><c> but</c><00:32:25.599><c> a</c><00:32:25.740><c> baptism</c>

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:30.740
of<00:32:26.380><c> fire</c><00:32:26.579><c> which</c><00:32:27.059><c> purges.</c><00:32:29.539><c> They</c><00:32:29.859><c> found</c><00:32:30.059><c> a</c><00:32:30.400><c> great</c>

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:35.039
light<00:32:31.240><c> and</c><00:32:31.779><c> that</c><00:32:32.039><c> great</c><00:32:32.400><c> light</c><00:32:32.740><c> walked</c><00:32:33.059><c> into</c><00:32:33.319><c> Galilee.</c><00:32:34.960><c> And</c>

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:37.759
as<00:32:35.240><c> Judea</c><00:32:35.619><c> had</c><00:32:36.079><c> marked</c><00:32:36.460><c> in</c><00:32:36.799><c> the</c><00:32:37.000><c> main,</c><00:32:37.240><c> turned</c><00:32:37.519><c> their</c>

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:40.380
back<00:32:37.920><c> upon</c><00:32:38.220><c> John's</c><00:32:38.720><c> teaching,</c><00:32:39.259><c> he</c><00:32:39.440><c> left</c><00:32:39.619><c> them</c><00:32:39.799><c> in</c><00:32:40.019><c> darkness</c>

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:42.099
and<00:32:40.740><c> illuminated</c><00:32:41.180><c> that</c><00:32:41.480><c> area</c><00:32:41.680><c> which</c><00:32:41.839><c> was</c>

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despised<00:32:42.640><c> by</c><00:32:42.839><c> the</c><00:32:43.000><c> Judeans</c><00:32:43.460><c> and</c><00:32:43.859><c> they</c><00:32:44.180><c> walked</c><00:32:44.420><c> in</c><00:32:44.599><c> a</c><00:32:44.900><c> great</c><00:32:45.200><c> light.</c><00:32:47.799><c> Now</c><00:32:47.980><c> picking</c><00:32:48.140><c> up</c>

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:49.319
the<00:32:48.500><c> history</c><00:32:48.759><c> from</c><00:32:48.920><c> that</c><00:32:49.099><c> point</c>

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:52.839
of<00:32:49.500><c> view,</c><00:32:50.700><c> before</c><00:32:50.960><c> we</c><00:32:51.180><c> come</c><00:32:51.339><c> again</c><00:32:51.759><c> to</c><00:32:52.000><c> see</c><00:32:52.180><c> the</c><00:32:52.279><c> work</c><00:32:52.480><c> of</c><00:32:52.680><c> John</c>

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:54.859
the<00:32:53.000><c> Baptist</c><00:32:53.240><c> in</c><00:32:53.480><c> relation</c><00:32:53.720><c> to</c><00:32:53.900><c> the</c><00:32:54.039><c> Lord,</c>

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:58.980
the<00:32:55.420><c> Lord</c><00:32:55.619><c> goes</c><00:32:55.920><c> into</c><00:32:56.119><c> Galilee.</c><00:32:57.980><c> He</c><00:32:57.980><c> attends</c><00:32:58.279><c> a</c><00:32:58.500><c> wedding</c><00:32:58.680><c> at</c>

00:32:58.980 --> 00:33:01.740
Cana,<00:33:00.799><c> visits</c><00:33:00.940><c> Capernaum,</c>

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north<00:33:02.140><c> of</c><00:33:02.299><c> the</c><00:33:02.440><c> lake,</c><00:33:03.720><c> comes</c><00:33:04.019><c> back</c><00:33:04.279><c> for</c><00:33:04.480><c> a</c><00:33:04.619><c> quick</c><00:33:04.759><c> visit</c><00:33:05.019><c> to</c>

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:07.519
Jerusalem,<00:33:06.039><c> cleanses</c><00:33:06.380><c> the</c><00:33:06.519><c> temple.</c>

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:10.700
There's<00:33:08.220><c> the</c><00:33:08.440><c> first</c><00:33:08.680><c> Passover</c><00:33:09.200><c> held.</c><00:33:09.779><c> Many</c><00:33:10.000><c> believe</c><00:33:10.420><c> on</c><00:33:10.579><c> the</c>

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:12.420
Lord<00:33:10.859><c> Jesus</c><00:33:11.299><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:16.980
He<00:33:13.119><c> receives</c><00:33:13.500><c> a</c><00:33:13.720><c> visit</c><00:33:13.859><c> from</c><00:33:14.039><c> Nicodemus</c><00:33:15.119><c> and</c><00:33:16.259><c> then</c><00:33:16.480><c> goes</c><00:33:16.720><c> into</c>

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:20.619
Judea<00:33:17.460><c> himself</c><00:33:18.099><c> to</c><00:33:19.279><c> supervise</c>

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:26.640
baptisms.<00:33:22.539><c> And</c><00:33:22.599><c> it's</c><00:33:22.880><c> absolutely</c><00:33:23.319><c> ironical</c><00:33:23.940><c> that</c><00:33:24.160><c> as</c><00:33:24.319><c> the</c><00:33:24.440><c> Lord</c><00:33:24.640><c> Jesus</c><00:33:25.059><c> Christ</c><00:33:25.319><c> came</c><00:33:25.579><c> back</c><00:33:25.839><c> to</c><00:33:26.099><c> Judea</c>

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:29.720
and<00:33:26.980><c> finally</c><00:33:27.380><c> went</c><00:33:27.579><c> down</c><00:33:27.940><c> there</c><00:33:28.200><c> to</c><00:33:28.519><c> supervise</c><00:33:29.000><c> baptisms</c><00:33:29.480><c> in</c>

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:32.059
Jordan,<00:33:30.460><c> the</c><00:33:30.559><c> very</c><00:33:30.880><c> region</c><00:33:31.220><c> where</c><00:33:31.480><c> John</c><00:33:31.680><c> was,</c>

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:37.059
John<00:33:32.500><c> is</c><00:33:32.660><c> up</c><00:33:32.819><c> in</c><00:33:33.039><c> Galilee</c><00:33:34.920><c> baptizing</c><00:33:35.680><c> at</c><00:33:35.779><c> the</c><00:33:35.980><c> same</c><00:33:36.279><c> time</c><00:33:36.759><c> and</c>

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:38.960
directing<00:33:37.480><c> men</c><00:33:37.720><c> and</c><00:33:37.819><c> women</c><00:33:38.019><c> up</c><00:33:38.299><c> there</c><00:33:38.460><c> to</c><00:33:38.640><c> go</c><00:33:38.799><c> down</c>

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:42.119
to<00:33:39.119><c> Judea</c><00:33:39.700><c> that</c><00:33:39.839><c> they</c><00:33:40.000><c> might</c><00:33:40.180><c> hear</c><00:33:40.359><c> the</c><00:33:40.539><c> Lord</c><00:33:40.660><c> Jesus</c><00:33:41.079><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:44.920
And<00:33:42.599><c> they'd</c><00:33:42.960><c> cross</c><00:33:43.200><c> paths,</c><00:33:44.420><c> they'd</c><00:33:44.680><c> change</c>

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:49.619
areas,<00:33:46.460><c> north</c><00:33:46.819><c> to</c><00:33:47.059><c> south</c><00:33:47.240><c> and</c><00:33:47.400><c> south</c><00:33:47.740><c> to</c><00:33:47.920><c> north.</c><00:33:48.839><c> The</c><00:33:48.980><c> Lord</c><00:33:49.119><c> was</c><00:33:49.319><c> there</c><00:33:49.460><c> in</c>

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:51.119
John's<00:33:50.079><c> territory,</c>

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:54.119
picking<00:33:51.259><c> up</c><00:33:51.500><c> those</c><00:33:51.819><c> disciples</c><00:33:52.220><c> that</c><00:33:52.460><c> John</c><00:33:52.740><c> had</c><00:33:52.940><c> already</c><00:33:53.420><c> prepared</c><00:33:53.900><c> for</c>

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:55.640
him.<00:33:54.579><c> And</c><00:33:54.720><c> John</c><00:33:54.839><c> had</c><00:33:55.000><c> gone</c><00:33:55.180><c> back</c><00:33:55.359><c> to</c><00:33:55.500><c> the</c>

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:59.140
Lord's<00:33:56.099><c> territory</c><00:33:56.440><c> and</c><00:33:56.880><c> getting</c><00:33:57.039><c> people</c><00:33:57.400><c> going</c><00:33:57.900><c> and</c><00:33:58.259><c> directing</c><00:33:58.519><c> them</c><00:33:58.740><c> down</c><00:33:59.000><c> to</c>

00:33:59.140 --> 00:34:00.200
the<00:33:59.220><c> Lord</c><00:33:59.400><c> Jesus</c><00:33:59.819><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:04.700
And<00:34:00.579><c> there</c><00:34:00.660><c> were</c><00:34:00.819><c> the</c><00:34:00.980><c> two</c><00:34:01.140><c> great</c><00:34:01.380><c> men</c><00:34:01.660><c> baptizing</c><00:34:02.200><c> at</c><00:34:02.339><c> the</c><00:34:02.500><c> same</c><00:34:02.799><c> time.</c><00:34:04.559><c> And</c>

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:06.240
the<00:34:04.839><c> third</c><00:34:05.039><c> chapter</c><00:34:05.359><c> of</c><00:34:05.539><c> John</c><00:34:05.779><c> records</c>

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:10.440
that,<00:34:07.720><c> which</c><00:34:07.960><c> was</c><00:34:08.139><c> our</c><00:34:08.300><c> reading</c><00:34:08.440><c> for</c><00:34:08.619><c> today.</c><00:34:09.860><c> And</c><00:34:10.059><c> that's</c><00:34:10.320><c> the</c>

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:15.079
history<00:34:10.800><c> of</c><00:34:10.960><c> the</c><00:34:11.079><c> case.</c><00:34:13.539><c> And</c><00:34:13.900><c> so</c><00:34:14.039><c> we</c><00:34:14.239><c> read,</c>

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:18.579
in<00:34:15.980><c> verse</c><00:34:16.300><c> 22</c><00:34:16.780><c> of</c><00:34:17.039><c> the</c><00:34:17.079><c> third</c><00:34:17.340><c> chapter</c><00:34:17.639><c> of</c><00:34:17.840><c> John,</c>

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:23.079
after<00:34:20.800><c> these</c><00:34:21.139><c> things</c><00:34:21.380><c> came</c><00:34:21.679><c> Jesus</c><00:34:22.059><c> and</c><00:34:22.219><c> his</c><00:34:22.420><c> disciples</c><00:34:22.860><c> into</c>

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:25.320
the<00:34:23.159><c> land</c><00:34:23.460><c> of</c><00:34:23.699><c> Judea.</c><00:34:24.179><c> And</c><00:34:24.420><c> there</c><00:34:24.559><c> he</c><00:34:24.780><c> tarried</c><00:34:25.099><c> with</c>

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:29.280
them<00:34:25.519><c> and</c><00:34:25.920><c> baptized.</c><00:34:28.059><c> Now</c><00:34:28.280><c> later</c><00:34:28.519><c> on,</c><00:34:28.860><c> of</c><00:34:28.900><c> course,</c><00:34:29.079><c> we're</c>

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:32.000
told<00:34:29.460><c> that</c><00:34:29.679><c> Jesus</c><00:34:30.000><c> didn't</c><00:34:30.300><c> baptize</c><00:34:30.860><c> personally.</c>

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:38.139
And<00:34:32.679><c> it's</c><00:34:32.800><c> just</c><00:34:33.039><c> as</c><00:34:33.219><c> well</c><00:34:33.340><c> that</c><00:34:33.480><c> he</c><00:34:33.599><c> didn't.</c><00:34:34.699><c> He</c><00:34:35.139><c> supervised</c><00:34:35.880><c> baptisms.</c><00:34:37.579><c> The</c><00:34:37.699><c> reason</c><00:34:37.900><c> I</c>

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:39.000
say<00:34:38.280><c> it</c><00:34:38.400><c> was</c><00:34:38.519><c> just</c><00:34:38.699><c> as</c><00:34:38.900><c> well</c>

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:41.920
that<00:34:39.119><c> he</c><00:34:39.219><c> didn't.</c><00:34:40.000><c> No</c><00:34:40.239><c> man</c><00:34:40.480><c> could</c><00:34:40.739><c> say</c><00:34:40.940><c> he</c><00:34:41.079><c> had</c><00:34:41.219><c> any</c><00:34:41.599><c> personal</c>

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:43.719
advantage<00:34:42.400><c> because</c><00:34:42.659><c> he</c><00:34:42.800><c> was</c><00:34:43.039><c> baptized</c><00:34:43.500><c> by</c>

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:49.440
the<00:34:43.800><c> Lord</c><00:34:44.000><c> Jesus</c><00:34:44.400><c> Christ.</c><00:34:44.760><c> Jesus</c><00:34:45.139><c> knew</c><00:34:45.420><c> all</c><00:34:45.739><c> men.</c><00:34:46.980><c> And</c><00:34:47.139><c> therefore</c><00:34:47.340><c> he</c><00:34:47.579><c> refrained</c><00:34:48.199><c> from</c><00:34:48.699><c> conducting</c><00:34:49.099><c> the</c><00:34:49.280><c> act</c>

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:52.219
himself,<00:34:50.280><c> but</c><00:34:50.360><c> merely</c><00:34:50.699><c> supervised</c><00:34:51.219><c> that</c><00:34:51.440><c> as</c><00:34:51.599><c> his</c><00:34:51.820><c> disciples</c>

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:55.079
did<00:34:52.460><c> it.</c><00:34:53.300><c> But</c><00:34:53.599><c> nonetheless,</c><00:34:54.019><c> he's</c><00:34:54.320><c> involved</c><00:34:54.679><c> in</c><00:34:54.900><c> that.</c>

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:59.579
It<00:34:55.659><c> is</c><00:34:55.840><c> in</c><00:34:55.960><c> effect,</c><00:34:56.500><c> he</c><00:34:57.039><c> is</c><00:34:57.579><c> baptizing.</c><00:34:58.659><c> And</c><00:34:58.860><c> while</c><00:34:58.980><c> he's</c><00:34:59.199><c> doing</c><00:34:59.340><c> that</c>

00:34:59.579 --> 00:35:01.360
in<00:34:59.699><c> Judea,</c><00:35:00.340><c> we</c><00:35:00.440><c> read</c><00:35:00.539><c> in</c><00:35:00.659><c> the</c><00:35:00.760><c> next</c><00:35:01.000><c> verse,</c>

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:05.380
and<00:35:01.840><c> John</c><00:35:02.039><c> was</c><00:35:02.280><c> also</c><00:35:02.739><c> in</c><00:35:03.099><c> Enom,</c><00:35:03.760><c> near</c><00:35:03.880><c> the</c><00:35:04.139><c> Salem,</c><00:35:05.079><c> because</c>

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:07.539
there<00:35:05.559><c> was</c><00:35:05.699><c> much</c><00:35:05.980><c> water</c><00:35:06.280><c> there</c><00:35:06.500><c> and</c><00:35:06.599><c> they</c><00:35:06.880><c> came</c><00:35:07.119><c> and</c><00:35:07.300><c> were</c>

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:10.559
baptized,<00:35:08.460><c> for</c><00:35:08.599><c> John</c><00:35:08.920><c> had</c><00:35:09.119><c> not</c><00:35:09.380><c> yet</c><00:35:09.539><c> been</c><00:35:09.840><c> cast</c><00:35:10.039><c> into</c><00:35:10.219><c> prison.</c>

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:13.400
And<00:35:10.920><c> so</c><00:35:11.039><c> the</c><00:35:11.179><c> two</c><00:35:11.400><c> men</c><00:35:11.559><c> are</c><00:35:11.820><c> baptizing</c><00:35:12.300><c> together.</c>

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:17.480
Now<00:35:14.559><c> it's</c><00:35:14.900><c> rather</c><00:35:15.400><c> strange,</c><00:35:16.179><c> brethren</c><00:35:16.280><c> and</c><00:35:16.539><c> sisters,</c><00:35:17.260><c> that</c>

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:19.519
John<00:35:17.659><c> has</c><00:35:17.860><c> left</c><00:35:18.159><c> the</c><00:35:18.320><c> River</c><00:35:18.519><c> Jordan</c>

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:25.980
and<00:35:21.239><c> he's</c><00:35:21.480><c> up</c><00:35:21.639><c> now</c><00:35:21.840><c> in</c><00:35:22.199><c> Enon,</c><00:35:22.559><c> near</c><00:35:22.719><c> the</c><00:35:23.039><c> Salem.</c><00:35:25.119><c> Now</c><00:35:25.440><c> that</c><00:35:25.679><c> is</c>

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:28.920
up<00:35:26.219><c> on</c><00:35:27.559><c> the</c><00:35:27.760><c> western</c><00:35:28.039><c> side</c><00:35:28.320><c> of</c><00:35:28.539><c> Jordan,</c>

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:32.639
north<00:35:29.519><c> of</c><00:35:30.139><c> the</c><00:35:30.260><c> Dead</c><00:35:30.460><c> Sea,</c><00:35:30.800><c> of</c><00:35:30.800><c> course,</c><00:35:31.820><c> over</c><00:35:32.099><c> on</c><00:35:32.239><c> the</c><00:35:32.460><c> western</c>

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.440
side<00:35:32.900><c> of</c><00:35:33.099><c> Jordan,</c>

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:38.460
and<00:35:33.940><c> it's</c><00:35:34.179><c> down</c><00:35:34.460><c> near</c><00:35:34.619><c> the</c><00:35:34.880><c> bottom</c><00:35:35.059><c> of</c><00:35:35.260><c> the</c><00:35:35.320><c> Valley</c><00:35:35.539><c> of</c><00:35:35.780><c> Jezreel.</c><00:35:37.659><c> Jezreel</c><00:35:38.139><c> runs,</c>

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:43.699
of<00:35:38.659><c> course,</c><00:35:38.940><c> from</c><00:35:39.059><c> the</c>

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:46.699
it<00:35:44.019><c> narrows</c><00:35:44.460><c> its</c><00:35:44.760><c> neck</c><00:35:44.900><c> as</c><00:35:45.039><c> it</c><00:35:45.239><c> goes</c><00:35:45.460><c> past,</c><00:35:45.940><c> more</c><00:35:46.079><c> on</c><00:35:46.219><c> the</c><00:35:46.440><c> left</c>

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.739
and<00:35:46.880><c> if</c><00:35:46.940><c> you'll</c><00:35:47.099><c> go</c><00:35:47.219><c> on</c><00:35:47.360><c> the</c><00:35:47.519><c> right,</c>

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:50.800
comes<00:35:48.219><c> to</c><00:35:48.440><c> a</c><00:35:48.579><c> narrow</c><00:35:48.800><c> neck</c><00:35:49.000><c> of</c><00:35:49.179><c> Jezreel</c><00:35:49.519><c> itself</c><00:35:49.960><c> and</c><00:35:50.280><c> then</c><00:35:50.519><c> takes</c><00:35:50.639><c> a</c>

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:53.500
very<00:35:51.139><c> sharp</c><00:35:51.599><c> plunge</c><00:35:52.239><c> into</c><00:35:52.579><c> the</c><00:35:52.780><c> Jordan</c><00:35:53.059><c> Valley.</c>

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:57.099
About<00:35:54.059><c> halfway</c><00:35:54.400><c> down</c><00:35:54.679><c> that</c><00:35:54.960><c> sharp</c><00:35:55.280><c> plunge,</c><00:35:56.119><c> John</c><00:35:56.179><c> was</c><00:35:56.360><c> down</c><00:35:56.659><c> there</c><00:35:56.780><c> and</c><00:35:56.840><c> there's</c><00:35:56.980><c> a</c>

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:59.119
lot<00:35:57.199><c> of</c><00:35:57.400><c> bubbling</c><00:35:57.719><c> springs</c><00:35:58.199><c> there.</c>

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:03.239
The<00:35:59.840><c> Well</c><00:35:59.940><c> of</c><00:36:00.199><c> Hared,</c><00:36:00.420><c> for</c><00:36:00.659><c> example,</c><00:36:00.900><c> is</c><00:36:01.039><c> up</c><00:36:01.199><c> the</c><00:36:01.360><c> top</c><00:36:01.659><c> and</c><00:36:01.900><c> there's</c><00:36:02.119><c> many</c><00:36:02.320><c> springs</c><00:36:02.619><c> like</c><00:36:02.920><c> it.</c>

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:06.900
Halfway<00:36:03.739><c> down</c><00:36:03.920><c> that</c><00:36:04.119><c> little</c><00:36:04.719><c> avalanche,</c><00:36:05.159><c> as</c><00:36:05.280><c> it</c><00:36:05.420><c> were,</c><00:36:05.639><c> it</c><00:36:05.739><c> runs</c><00:36:05.940><c> into</c><00:36:06.380><c> the</c><00:36:06.539><c> Valley</c><00:36:06.760><c> of</c>

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:07.320
the<00:36:07.059><c> Jordan,</c>

00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:10.840
down<00:36:07.860><c> near</c><00:36:08.119><c> Enon,</c><00:36:08.559><c> near</c><00:36:08.739><c> Salem.</c><00:36:09.500><c> And</c><00:36:09.659><c> there</c><00:36:09.840><c> John</c><00:36:10.119><c> found</c><00:36:10.480><c> much</c>

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:12.619
water<00:36:11.059><c> to</c><00:36:11.280><c> baptize</c><00:36:11.860><c> with.</c>

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:16.119
Enon,<00:36:13.340><c> by</c><00:36:13.500><c> the</c><00:36:13.719><c> way,</c><00:36:14.239><c> means</c><00:36:14.260><c> a</c><00:36:14.639><c> fountain.</c><00:36:15.559><c> It</c><00:36:15.760><c> comes</c><00:36:15.820><c> from</c><00:36:16.079><c> a</c>

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:18.000
word<00:36:16.300><c> which</c><00:36:16.820><c> means</c><00:36:17.159><c> the</c><00:36:17.519><c> eye,</c>

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:24.519
which<00:36:18.619><c> is</c><00:36:18.820><c> a</c><00:36:18.980><c> fountain</c><00:36:19.159><c> of</c><00:36:19.400><c> water</c><00:36:19.599><c> when</c><00:36:19.780><c> it</c><00:36:20.159><c> spreads</c><00:36:20.500><c> forth</c><00:36:20.780><c> its</c><00:36:21.039><c> tears.</c><00:36:22.500><c> Salem,</c><00:36:23.380><c> something</c><00:36:23.739><c> that</c><00:36:23.960><c> word</c><00:36:24.139><c> is</c><00:36:24.300><c> related</c>

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:30.000
to<00:36:25.280><c> Salem</c><00:36:25.539><c> or</c><00:36:26.139><c> Shalom,</c><00:36:26.500><c> but</c><00:36:26.599><c> it</c><00:36:27.340><c> means</c><00:36:27.539><c> to</c><00:36:27.860><c> agitate.</c><00:36:29.360><c> And</c><00:36:29.539><c> basically</c><00:36:29.860><c> what</c>

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:31.440
we've<00:36:30.179><c> been</c><00:36:30.400><c> told</c><00:36:30.559><c> in</c><00:36:30.679><c> those</c><00:36:30.900><c> two</c><00:36:31.159><c> words,</c>

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:34.559
it's<00:36:31.840><c> an</c><00:36:32.019><c> area</c><00:36:32.260><c> where</c><00:36:32.539><c> water</c><00:36:33.139><c> agitated</c><00:36:33.960><c> out</c><00:36:34.139><c> of</c><00:36:34.239><c> the</c><00:36:34.420><c> ground</c>

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:36.199
and<00:36:34.860><c> bubbled</c><00:36:35.280><c> forth.</c>

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:41.900
And<00:36:36.659><c> it</c><00:36:36.699><c> was</c><00:36:36.900><c> there</c><00:36:37.179><c> that</c><00:36:37.380><c> John</c><00:36:37.539><c> was</c><00:36:37.840><c> baptizing.</c><00:36:39.360><c> Now,</c><00:36:41.659><c> this</c>

00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:44.639
always<00:36:42.500><c> happens</c><00:36:43.119><c> among</c><00:36:43.880><c> great</c><00:36:44.219><c> men.</c>

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:48.159
You'll<00:36:45.280><c> never</c><00:36:45.500><c> find</c><00:36:45.760><c> any</c><00:36:45.980><c> different.</c><00:36:46.940><c> Here's</c><00:36:47.300><c> a</c><00:36:47.699><c> classical</c>

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:49.639
example,<00:36:48.960><c> brothers</c><00:36:49.039><c> and</c><00:36:49.280><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:53.900
of<00:36:50.239><c> people</c><00:36:50.679><c> who</c><00:36:50.900><c> can</c><00:36:51.199><c> never</c><00:36:51.519><c> ever</c><00:36:51.840><c> stop</c><00:36:52.159><c> from</c><00:36:52.460><c> stirring</c><00:36:52.699><c> up</c><00:36:52.980><c> mischief.</c>

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:59.760
And<00:36:54.920><c> it</c><00:36:55.159><c> brought</c><00:36:55.380><c> forth</c><00:36:55.719><c> one</c><00:36:55.900><c> of</c><00:36:56.000><c> the</c><00:36:56.139><c> most</c><00:36:56.400><c> glorious</c><00:36:57.019><c> dissertations</c><00:36:58.139><c> concerning</c><00:36:58.719><c> the</c><00:36:59.139><c> greatness</c><00:36:59.440><c> of</c><00:36:59.659><c> the</c>

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:03.579
Jesus<00:37:00.199><c> Christ</c><00:37:00.699><c> over</c><00:37:01.019><c> John,</c><00:37:02.159><c> this</c><00:37:02.480><c> little</c><00:37:02.800><c> controversy</c><00:37:03.300><c> that</c>

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:07.219
arose.<00:37:04.739><c> Now</c><00:37:04.880><c> listen</c><00:37:05.099><c> to</c><00:37:05.260><c> what</c><00:37:05.480><c> happened</c><00:37:06.039><c> in</c><00:37:06.920><c> verse</c>

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:13.059
25.<00:37:10.039><c> And</c><00:37:10.340><c> there</c><00:37:10.559><c> arose</c><00:37:10.900><c> a</c><00:37:11.179><c> question</c><00:37:11.500><c> between</c><00:37:12.039><c> some</c><00:37:12.380><c> of</c><00:37:12.599><c> John's</c>

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:19.860
disciples<00:37:13.659><c> and</c><00:37:15.500><c> the</c><00:37:15.840><c> Jews</c><00:37:16.360><c> about</c><00:37:18.000><c> purifying.</c>

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:24.900
Now,<00:37:22.039><c> the</c><00:37:22.260><c> first</c><00:37:22.440><c> thing</c><00:37:22.599><c> we've</c><00:37:22.760><c> got</c><00:37:22.860><c> to</c><00:37:22.880><c> know</c><00:37:22.920><c> about</c><00:37:23.139><c> that</c><00:37:23.360><c> verse</c><00:37:23.559><c> is</c><00:37:23.840><c> this,</c>

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:29.320
that<00:37:25.659><c> the</c><00:37:25.820><c> word</c><00:37:26.239><c> Jews</c><00:37:26.619><c> is</c><00:37:26.900><c> in</c><00:37:27.019><c> the</c><00:37:27.320><c> singular,</c><00:37:28.000><c> not</c><00:37:28.099><c> in</c><00:37:28.260><c> the</c><00:37:28.420><c> plural.</c>

00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:34.980
And<00:37:30.960><c> every</c><00:37:31.179><c> reliable</c><00:37:31.739><c> translation</c><00:37:33.079><c> translates</c><00:37:33.820><c> that</c><00:37:34.539><c> there</c>

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:36.739
arose<00:37:35.320><c> a</c><00:37:35.559><c> question</c><00:37:35.820><c> between</c><00:37:36.179><c> some</c><00:37:36.440><c> of</c>

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:45.119
John's<00:37:36.960><c> disciples</c><00:37:37.320><c> and</c><00:37:37.699><c> a</c><00:37:38.039><c> Jew</c><00:37:38.460><c> about</c><00:37:39.960><c> purifying.</c><00:37:42.400><c> And</c><00:37:42.659><c> you</c><00:37:42.820><c> can</c><00:37:43.119><c> just</c><00:37:43.480><c> imagine</c><00:37:44.079><c> what</c><00:37:44.360><c> happened.</c><00:37:44.639><c> I</c><00:37:44.900><c> can.</c>

00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:49.500
I've<00:37:45.800><c> seen</c><00:37:46.039><c> that</c><00:37:46.360><c> happen</c><00:37:46.860><c> so</c><00:37:47.460><c> many</c><00:37:47.739><c> times</c><00:37:48.039><c> in</c><00:37:48.280><c> a</c><00:37:48.360><c> collegial</c><00:37:48.679><c> life</c><00:37:49.019><c> that</c><00:37:49.340><c> it</c>

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:50.920
doesn't<00:37:49.719><c> bother</c><00:37:49.980><c> to</c><00:37:50.179><c> tell</c><00:37:50.300><c> you</c><00:37:50.440><c> about</c><00:37:50.559><c> it.</c>

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:54.780
But<00:37:51.159><c> you</c><00:37:51.360><c> can</c><00:37:51.639><c> just</c><00:37:51.860><c> imagine,</c><00:37:52.659><c> here's</c><00:37:52.900><c> John</c><00:37:53.099><c> baptizing</c><00:37:53.719><c> in</c><00:37:53.940><c> springs</c><00:37:54.300><c> of</c><00:37:54.579><c> water,</c>

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:58.059
not<00:37:55.079><c> down</c><00:37:55.300><c> in</c><00:37:55.500><c> Jordan</c><00:37:55.679><c> anymore.</c><00:37:56.099><c> He's</c><00:37:56.239><c> in</c><00:37:56.460><c> the</c><00:37:56.820><c> valley</c><00:37:57.079><c> of</c><00:37:57.300><c> Jezreel</c><00:37:57.679><c> where</c><00:37:57.900><c> the</c>

00:37:58.059 --> 00:38:00.159
water<00:37:58.219><c> is</c><00:37:58.519><c> clear</c><00:37:58.880><c> and</c><00:37:59.219><c> beautiful,</c>

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:03.599
bubbles<00:38:00.480><c> out</c><00:38:00.699><c> of</c><00:38:00.840><c> the</c><00:38:01.000><c> ground,</c><00:38:01.659><c> clear</c><00:38:01.940><c> as</c><00:38:02.139><c> crystal.</c><00:38:03.380><c> There's</c>

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:05.460
the<00:38:03.719><c> Lord</c><00:38:03.920><c> Jesus</c><00:38:04.380><c> Christ</c><00:38:04.719><c> down</c><00:38:04.980><c> there,</c>

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:11.460
baptizing<00:38:06.139><c> in</c><00:38:06.320><c> the</c><00:38:06.480><c> muddy</c><00:38:06.679><c> waters</c><00:38:06.940><c> of</c><00:38:07.139><c> Jordan.</c><00:38:08.659><c> And</c><00:38:08.980><c> this</c><00:38:09.440><c> mischief</c><00:38:10.019><c>-making</c><00:38:10.639><c> Jew</c>

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:14.000
goes<00:38:12.900><c> down</c><00:38:13.219><c> and</c><00:38:13.300><c> he</c><00:38:13.440><c> watches</c><00:38:13.699><c> the</c>

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:19.480
Lord.<00:38:14.760><c> Oh</c><00:38:14.760><c> yeah.</c><00:38:15.960><c> Trams</c><00:38:16.260><c> up</c><00:38:16.539><c> to</c><00:38:16.699><c> Galilee</c><00:38:17.079><c> and</c><00:38:17.239><c> he</c><00:38:17.320><c> watches</c><00:38:17.699><c> John.</c><00:38:18.960><c> Oh</c>

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:22.340
yeah.<00:38:20.679><c> And</c><00:38:20.840><c> then</c><00:38:20.980><c> gets</c><00:38:21.179><c> his</c><00:38:21.460><c> disciples</c><00:38:21.900><c> aside</c>

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:29.260
and<00:38:22.619><c> starts</c><00:38:22.900><c> an</c><00:38:23.320><c> argument</c><00:38:23.840><c> about</c><00:38:24.699><c> purifying</c><00:38:26.079><c> as</c><00:38:28.559><c> to</c><00:38:28.820><c> whose</c>

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:31.579
baptism<00:38:29.860><c> was</c><00:38:30.219><c> the</c><00:38:30.519><c> best.</c>

00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:37.440
You'll<00:38:33.500><c> always</c><00:38:34.219><c> have</c><00:38:34.460><c> that</c><00:38:34.820><c> sort</c><00:38:35.000><c> of</c><00:38:35.179><c> a</c><00:38:35.260><c> collegial</c><00:38:35.559><c> life,</c><00:38:35.900><c> brothers</c><00:38:36.199><c> and</c><00:38:36.320><c> sisters.</c>

00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:43.880
And<00:38:39.039><c> it</c><00:38:39.039><c> always</c><00:38:39.739><c> happens</c><00:38:40.159><c> like</c><00:38:40.519><c> that.</c><00:38:41.300><c> People</c><00:38:41.679><c> can't</c><00:38:42.260><c> help</c><00:38:42.659><c> themselves.</c>

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:49.980
And<00:38:44.539><c> if</c><00:38:44.699><c> there</c><00:38:44.800><c> are</c><00:38:45.019><c> two</c><00:38:45.440><c> leading</c><00:38:45.880><c> brethren</c><00:38:46.840><c> notorious</c><00:38:47.840><c> in</c><00:38:48.019><c> the</c><00:38:48.179><c> brotherhood</c><00:38:48.539><c> for</c><00:38:48.719><c> their</c><00:38:48.980><c> work</c><00:38:49.420><c> in</c>

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:50.679
one<00:38:50.260><c> meeting,</c>

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:58.340
they<00:38:51.179><c> will</c><00:38:51.460><c> always</c><00:38:52.360><c> have</c><00:38:52.659><c> to</c><00:38:52.860><c> contend</c><00:38:54.340><c> with</c><00:38:54.820><c> some</c><00:38:55.340><c> fool</c><00:38:55.739><c> in</c><00:38:55.920><c> the</c><00:38:56.059><c> middle</c><00:38:56.420><c> who</c><00:38:57.519><c> wants</c><00:38:57.940><c> to</c>

00:38:58.340 --> 00:39:00.679
make<00:38:58.679><c> an</c><00:38:59.019><c> odious</c><00:38:59.420><c> comparison.</c>

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:06.039
And<00:39:01.260><c> if</c><00:39:01.519><c> those</c><00:39:01.940><c> men,</c><00:39:02.900><c> in</c><00:39:03.059><c> all</c><00:39:03.380><c> their</c><00:39:03.760><c> importance,</c><00:39:04.460><c> are</c><00:39:04.579><c> not</c><00:39:04.940><c> little</c><00:39:05.179><c> enough</c><00:39:05.659><c> to</c>

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:07.099
recognize<00:39:06.719><c> that,</c>

00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:13.320
they'll<00:39:07.860><c> fall</c><00:39:08.139><c> for</c><00:39:08.340><c> the</c><00:39:08.579><c> trap.</c><00:39:10.519><c> How</c><00:39:11.000><c> easy</c><00:39:11.320><c> it</c><00:39:11.480><c> would</c><00:39:11.599><c> have</c><00:39:11.860><c> been</c><00:39:12.639><c> for</c>

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:15.679
John<00:39:13.659><c> to</c><00:39:13.900><c> pick</c><00:39:14.139><c> up</c><00:39:14.320><c> that</c><00:39:14.599><c> controversy.</c>

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:19.460
And<00:39:16.300><c> all</c><00:39:16.559><c> his</c><00:39:16.760><c> disciples</c><00:39:17.179><c> were</c><00:39:17.480><c> on</c><00:39:17.780><c> his</c><00:39:18.179><c> side.</c><00:39:18.960><c> It</c><00:39:19.139><c> doesn't</c>

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:21.099
say<00:39:19.780><c> whose</c><00:39:20.119><c> side</c><00:39:20.300><c> the</c><00:39:20.519><c> Jew</c><00:39:20.599><c> was</c><00:39:20.900><c> on,</c>

00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:24.539
because<00:39:21.480><c> he</c><00:39:21.639><c> was</c><00:39:21.820><c> on</c><00:39:22.079><c> neither.</c><00:39:22.400><c> All</c><00:39:22.619><c> he</c><00:39:22.780><c> wanted</c><00:39:23.019><c> was</c><00:39:23.340><c> mischief.</c>

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:31.260
But<00:39:26.480><c> he</c><00:39:26.659><c> soon</c><00:39:26.900><c> got</c><00:39:27.199><c> John's</c><00:39:27.940><c> disciples</c><00:39:27.960><c> upset.</c><00:39:30.460><c> And</c><00:39:30.559><c> they</c><00:39:30.679><c> never</c><00:39:30.920><c> would</c><00:39:31.099><c> have</c>

00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:32.119
been<00:39:31.400><c> upset</c><00:39:31.699><c> like</c><00:39:31.960><c> this,</c>

00:39:32.260 --> 00:39:36.519
hadn't<00:39:32.360><c> it</c><00:39:32.460><c> been</c><00:39:32.579><c> for</c><00:39:32.800><c> him.</c><00:39:34.880><c> But</c><00:39:35.059><c> you</c><00:39:35.119><c> know,</c><00:39:35.480><c> brothers</c><00:39:35.579><c> and</c><00:39:35.699><c> sisters,</c><00:39:36.320><c> he</c>

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:37.780
picked<00:39:36.780><c> a</c><00:39:37.000><c> loser.</c>

00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:43.880
He<00:39:39.840><c> picked</c><00:39:40.099><c> a</c><00:39:40.320><c> loser.</c><00:39:42.219><c> There's</c><00:39:42.460><c> no</c><00:39:42.739><c> way</c><00:39:42.920><c> in</c><00:39:43.079><c> the</c><00:39:43.280><c> wide</c><00:39:43.500><c> world</c>

00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:45.659
that<00:39:44.139><c> anyone</c><00:39:44.360><c> is</c><00:39:44.579><c> going</c><00:39:44.679><c> to</c><00:39:44.760><c> get</c><00:39:44.940><c> John</c><00:39:45.239><c> to</c><00:39:45.500><c> think</c>

00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:52.659
that<00:39:45.760><c> he's</c><00:39:45.960><c> greater</c><00:39:46.199><c> than</c><00:39:46.400><c> Christ.</c><00:39:48.519><c> But</c><00:39:48.820><c> you</c><00:39:49.000><c> know,</c><00:39:49.139><c> that's</c><00:39:49.380><c> not</c><00:39:49.619><c> always</c><00:39:49.960><c> the</c><00:39:50.159><c> case.</c><00:39:52.179><c> And</c><00:39:52.460><c> I</c>

00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:54.019
have<00:39:52.900><c> seen</c><00:39:53.320><c> instances</c>

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:58.420
when<00:39:54.840><c> the</c><00:39:55.219><c> equilibrium</c><00:39:55.860><c> of</c><00:39:56.179><c> very</c><00:39:56.460><c> wonderful</c><00:39:56.920><c> brethren</c><00:39:57.519><c> has</c>

00:39:58.420 --> 00:40:02.679
been<00:39:58.940><c> shaken</c><00:39:59.500><c> by</c><00:40:00.599><c> odious</c><00:40:01.280><c> comparisons</c>

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:17.420
about<00:40:03.820><c> purifying.</c><00:40:06.699><c> One</c><00:40:07.000><c> needs</c><00:40:07.360><c> to</c><00:40:07.559><c> keep</c><00:40:07.739><c> our</c><00:40:08.000><c> perspective</c><00:40:09.059><c> very,</c><00:40:10.159><c> very</c><00:40:10.800><c> clear.</c><00:40:12.940><c> All</c><00:40:14.300><c> flesh</c><00:40:15.059><c> is</c><00:40:16.039><c> grass.</c>

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:22.519
Every<00:40:19.280><c> valley</c><00:40:19.780><c> shall</c><00:40:20.119><c> be</c><00:40:20.420><c> exalted,</c><00:40:21.579><c> every</c><00:40:21.940><c> mountain</c><00:40:22.280><c> and</c>

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:27.340
hill<00:40:22.760><c> made</c><00:40:23.539><c> low,</c><00:40:24.699><c> crooked,</c><00:40:25.579><c> straight,</c><00:40:26.559><c> rough</c><00:40:26.880><c> places</c>

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:31.260
snooped<00:40:27.920><c> over.</c><00:40:28.659><c> And</c><00:40:28.739><c> when</c><00:40:28.940><c> we're</c><00:40:29.219><c> all</c><00:40:29.579><c> level,</c><00:40:30.500><c> we'll</c><00:40:30.800><c> see</c><00:40:31.019><c> the</c>

00:40:31.260 --> 00:40:37.079
glory<00:40:31.619><c> of</c><00:40:31.920><c> Yahweh.</c><00:40:34.559><c> They</c><00:40:34.900><c> tried</c><00:40:35.340><c> to</c><00:40:35.659><c> upset</c><00:40:36.039><c> John,</c>

00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:40.920
and<00:40:37.320><c> they</c><00:40:37.420><c> upset</c><00:40:37.639><c> his</c><00:40:37.900><c> disciples.</c><00:40:38.780><c> Now</c><00:40:38.900><c> look</c><00:40:39.000><c> what</c><00:40:39.099><c> his</c><00:40:39.360><c> disciples</c><00:40:39.760><c> said.</c>

00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:44.139
Verse<00:40:42.820><c> 26,</c>

00:40:44.090 --> 00:40:46.500
And<00:40:44.500><c> they</c><00:40:44.719><c> came</c><00:40:45.019><c> unto</c><00:40:45.219><c> John,</c><00:40:45.460><c> that</c><00:40:45.619><c> is</c><00:40:45.739><c> his</c><00:40:45.920><c> disciples,</c><00:40:46.420><c> and</c>

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:47.769
said<00:40:46.639><c> unto</c><00:40:46.860><c> him,</c>

00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:59.099
Rabbi,<00:40:51.739><c> teacher,</c><00:40:53.420><c> master,</c><00:40:55.880><c> he</c><00:40:56.559><c> that</c><00:40:57.519><c> was</c><00:40:57.840><c> with</c><00:40:58.219><c> thee</c><00:40:58.659><c> beyond</c>

00:40:59.099 --> 00:41:01.780
Jordan.<00:41:00.320><c> Look</c><00:41:00.480><c> at</c><00:41:00.599><c> the</c><00:41:00.739><c> language.</c>

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:11.320
Master,<00:41:04.840><c> he</c><00:41:05.199><c> that</c><00:41:05.739><c> was</c><00:41:06.099><c> with</c><00:41:06.500><c> you</c><00:41:07.539><c> beyond</c><00:41:09.239><c> Jordan.</c><00:41:10.800><c> See</c><00:41:11.059><c> the</c>

00:41:11.320 --> 00:41:14.940
inference?<00:41:13.219><c> And</c><00:41:13.340><c> they</c><00:41:13.480><c> were</c><00:41:13.840><c> peeved</c><00:41:14.639><c> because</c>

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:18.960
this<00:41:15.440><c> mischief</c><00:41:15.800><c>-making</c><00:41:16.239><c> Jew</c><00:41:16.480><c> had</c><00:41:16.719><c> made</c><00:41:16.960><c> some</c><00:41:17.219><c> odious</c><00:41:17.619><c> comparisons</c><00:41:18.260><c> and</c><00:41:18.619><c> had</c>

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:20.599
stirred<00:41:19.139><c> up</c><00:41:19.440><c> their</c><00:41:19.619><c> jealousy.</c>

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:24.139
And<00:41:21.619><c> so</c><00:41:21.719><c> they</c><00:41:21.840><c> come</c><00:41:22.119><c> to</c><00:41:22.280><c> John</c><00:41:22.440><c> and</c><00:41:22.579><c> the</c><00:41:22.719><c> very</c><00:41:22.980><c> terminology</c><00:41:23.440><c> they</c><00:41:23.679><c> used</c><00:41:23.920><c> to</c>

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:25.760
be.<00:41:24.340><c> John</c><00:41:24.679><c> knew</c><00:41:24.900><c> them.</c><00:41:25.139><c> He</c><00:41:25.199><c> read</c><00:41:25.400><c> them</c><00:41:25.539><c> like</c>

00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:28.679
a<00:41:25.900><c> book</c><00:41:26.000><c> what</c><00:41:26.139><c> they</c><00:41:26.320><c> were</c><00:41:26.500><c> saying.</c><00:41:27.460><c> And</c><00:41:27.579><c> then</c><00:41:27.699><c> they</c><00:41:27.960><c> say,</c><00:41:28.500><c> to</c>

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:30.960
whom<00:41:28.940><c> thou</c><00:41:29.280><c> bearest</c><00:41:29.639><c> witness.</c><00:41:30.079><c> We</c><00:41:30.300><c> know,</c><00:41:30.599><c> of</c><00:41:30.800><c> course,</c>

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:33.940
you<00:41:31.199><c> bore</c><00:41:31.440><c> witness</c><00:41:31.719><c> to</c><00:41:31.920><c> him,</c><00:41:32.440><c> but</c><00:41:32.619><c> do</c><00:41:32.920><c> you</c><00:41:33.139><c> know</c><00:41:33.360><c> what</c><00:41:33.539><c> he's</c>

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:40.400
doing?<00:41:36.460><c> The</c><00:41:36.840><c> same,</c><00:41:37.719><c> the</c><00:41:37.980><c> same</c><00:41:38.920><c> baptizers.</c><00:41:40.199><c> You</c>

00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:44.159
didn't<00:41:40.639><c> say</c><00:41:40.840><c> to</c><00:41:40.920><c> him,</c><00:41:41.199><c> do</c><00:41:41.199><c> that.</c><00:41:43.199><c> And</c><00:41:43.380><c> you</c><00:41:43.480><c> can</c><00:41:43.679><c> see</c><00:41:43.820><c> here</c><00:41:43.960><c> what</c>

00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:47.739
they<00:41:44.340><c> were</c><00:41:44.460><c> thinking.</c><00:41:45.900><c> He</c><00:41:46.119><c> was</c><00:41:46.360><c> their</c><00:41:47.320><c> master,</c>

00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:51.900
so<00:41:48.039><c> they</c><00:41:48.280><c> thought.</c><00:41:49.300><c> And</c><00:41:49.539><c> though</c><00:41:49.739><c> they</c><00:41:50.099><c> knew</c><00:41:50.340><c> that</c><00:41:50.519><c> their</c><00:41:50.699><c> master</c><00:41:51.199><c> witnessed</c><00:41:51.699><c> to</c>

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:53.019
this<00:41:52.059><c> one</c><00:41:52.159><c> as</c><00:41:52.360><c> being</c><00:41:52.579><c> greater,</c>

00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:56.880
they<00:41:53.639><c> didn't</c><00:41:53.820><c> really</c><00:41:54.079><c> want</c><00:41:54.219><c> to</c><00:41:54.380><c> believe</c><00:41:54.619><c> that.</c><00:41:56.139><c> But</c><00:41:56.260><c> they</c><00:41:56.440><c> thought,</c><00:41:56.579><c> well,</c><00:41:56.659><c> he</c>

00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:57.639
said<00:41:57.019><c> it,</c><00:41:57.199><c> so</c><00:41:57.340><c> I</c><00:41:57.480><c> suppose</c>

00:41:57.639 --> 00:41:59.280
we've<00:41:57.760><c> got</c><00:41:57.960><c> to</c><00:41:58.059><c> believe</c><00:41:58.280><c> it.</c><00:41:58.380><c> But</c><00:41:58.519><c> we</c><00:41:58.679><c> still</c><00:41:58.840><c> want</c><00:41:59.019><c> to</c><00:41:59.119><c> cling</c>

00:41:59.280 --> 00:42:03.340
to<00:41:59.500><c> John.</c><00:42:01.280><c> But</c><00:42:01.539><c> you</c><00:42:01.659><c> know</c><00:42:01.800><c> what</c><00:42:01.900><c> he's</c><00:42:02.079><c> gone</c><00:42:02.280><c> and</c><00:42:02.519><c> done.</c>

00:42:03.380 --> 00:42:06.820
This<00:42:03.559><c> one</c><00:42:03.739><c> that</c><00:42:03.900><c> he's</c><00:42:04.059><c> been</c><00:42:04.300><c> witnessing</c><00:42:04.639><c> to,</c><00:42:05.900><c> he</c><00:42:05.900><c> might</c><00:42:06.099><c> be</c><00:42:06.320><c> greater</c><00:42:06.579><c> in</c>

00:42:06.820 --> 00:42:07.239
some<00:42:07.000><c> sense,</c>

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:12.820
but<00:42:07.559><c> he's</c><00:42:07.760><c> got</c><00:42:07.920><c> no</c><00:42:08.099><c> right</c><00:42:08.199><c> to</c><00:42:08.400><c> baptize.</c><00:42:08.940><c> That's</c><00:42:09.300><c> your</c><00:42:09.500><c> job.</c><00:42:11.539><c> You</c><00:42:11.800><c> see,</c><00:42:12.340><c> there'd</c><00:42:12.460><c> been</c><00:42:12.579><c> a</c>

00:42:12.820 --> 00:42:15.340
controversy<00:42:13.119><c> about</c><00:42:13.920><c> purifying.</c>

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:19.940
And<00:42:17.159><c> I</c><00:42:17.260><c> can</c><00:42:17.360><c> imagine</c><00:42:17.619><c> that</c><00:42:17.900><c> mischief</c><00:42:18.239><c>-making</c><00:42:18.579><c> Jew</c><00:42:19.260><c> standing</c>

00:42:19.940 --> 00:42:22.659
off<00:42:20.340><c> and</c><00:42:20.659><c> enjoying</c><00:42:21.079><c> the</c><00:42:22.019><c> controversy</c><00:42:22.480><c> that</c>

00:42:22.659 --> 00:42:29.659
stirred<00:42:23.059><c> up</c><00:42:23.619><c> like</c><00:42:23.920><c> all</c><00:42:24.239><c> that</c><00:42:24.539><c> class</c><00:42:24.900><c> there.</c><00:42:26.380><c> They</c><00:42:26.980><c> have</c><00:42:27.179><c> a</c><00:42:27.320><c> sadistic</c><00:42:27.840><c> pleasure</c><00:42:28.260><c> in</c><00:42:28.500><c> that.</c>

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:34.320
And<00:42:31.199><c> John</c><00:42:31.380><c> now</c><00:42:31.719><c> found</c><00:42:31.900><c> himself</c><00:42:32.199><c> in</c><00:42:32.320><c> a</c><00:42:32.420><c> very</c><00:42:32.719><c> difficult</c><00:42:33.019><c> situation.</c>

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:39.679
And<00:42:35.519><c> do</c><00:42:35.679><c> you</c><00:42:35.719><c> know</c><00:42:35.900><c> those</c><00:42:36.239><c> brethren,</c><00:42:36.719><c> those</c><00:42:37.019><c> disciples</c><00:42:37.500><c> of</c><00:42:37.699><c> John</c><00:42:38.239><c> were</c><00:42:39.380><c> so</c>

00:42:39.679 --> 00:42:42.300
upset<00:42:40.159><c> that</c><00:42:41.260><c> they</c><00:42:41.440><c> even</c><00:42:41.760><c> exaggerated</c>

00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:45.360
the<00:42:42.559><c> effect</c><00:42:42.780><c> of</c><00:42:42.940><c> the</c><00:42:43.079><c> Lord.</c><00:42:43.460><c> They</c><00:42:43.659><c> said</c><00:42:43.780><c> he</c><00:42:43.960><c> baptizes</c><00:42:44.539><c> and</c><00:42:44.920><c> all</c>

00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:48.980
men<00:42:45.800><c> come</c><00:42:46.079><c> unto</c><00:42:46.320><c> him.</c><00:42:48.000><c> But</c><00:42:48.239><c> John</c><00:42:48.440><c> the</c><00:42:48.659><c> apostle</c>

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:52.400
recorded<00:42:49.440><c> at</c><00:42:49.960><c> the</c><00:42:50.099><c> bottom</c><00:42:50.300><c> of</c><00:42:50.440><c> this</c><00:42:50.619><c> chapter</c><00:42:51.179><c> that</c><00:42:51.920><c> no</c><00:42:52.179><c> man</c>

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received<00:42:52.739><c> his</c><00:42:52.920><c> testimony.</c>

00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:58.760
All<00:42:55.980><c> men</c><00:42:56.179><c> weren't</c><00:42:56.460><c> going</c><00:42:56.760><c> to</c><00:42:56.860><c> him</c><00:42:57.019><c> at</c><00:42:57.159><c> all.</c><00:42:57.639><c> But</c><00:42:57.719><c> what</c><00:42:57.960><c> was</c><00:42:58.239><c> happening</c><00:42:58.500><c> was</c>

00:42:58.760 --> 00:43:02.659
this.<00:43:00.519><c> Jesus</c><00:43:00.920><c> was</c><00:43:01.139><c> getting</c><00:43:01.320><c> the</c><00:43:01.679><c> crowds,</c>

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:09.420
and<00:43:03.719><c> John's</c><00:43:04.219><c> crowds</c><00:43:04.579><c> were</c><00:43:04.880><c> diminishing.</c><00:43:07.099><c> And</c><00:43:07.360><c> that's</c><00:43:07.719><c> a</c><00:43:07.920><c> marvelous</c><00:43:08.340><c> scene</c><00:43:08.880><c> for</c>

00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:11.579
any<00:43:09.659><c> mischief</c><00:43:10.119><c>-making</c><00:43:10.599><c> Jew.</c>

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:18.860
He<00:43:12.579><c> loves</c><00:43:12.880><c> that.</c><00:43:14.920><c> Do</c><00:43:15.000><c> you</c><00:43:15.059><c> know</c><00:43:15.159><c> how</c><00:43:15.300><c> many</c><00:43:15.460><c> were</c><00:43:15.599><c> at</c><00:43:15.599><c> your</c><00:43:15.900><c> class</c><00:43:16.440><c> Tuesday</c><00:43:16.900><c> night?</c><00:43:17.940><c> No,</c>

00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:21.179
there<00:43:19.059><c> was</c><00:43:19.360><c> about</c><00:43:19.980><c> 95.</c>

00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:24.539
Do<00:43:21.739><c> you</c><00:43:23.159><c> know</c><00:43:23.260><c> how</c><00:43:23.360><c> many</c><00:43:23.460><c> were</c><00:43:23.619><c> at</c><00:43:23.679><c> the</c><00:43:23.820><c> other</c><00:43:24.000><c> class</c><00:43:24.320><c> on</c><00:43:24.519><c> the</c>

00:43:24.539 --> 00:43:28.519
second<00:43:24.760><c> Tuesday</c><00:43:25.079><c> night?</c><00:43:26.019><c> No,</c><00:43:27.500><c> 96.</c>

00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:36.920
I've<00:43:32.360><c> had</c><00:43:32.519><c> that</c><00:43:32.780><c> said</c><00:43:33.000><c> to</c><00:43:33.159><c> me.</c><00:43:34.300><c> Don't</c><00:43:34.639><c> make</c><00:43:34.780><c> any</c><00:43:34.980><c> mistake</c><00:43:35.280><c> about</c><00:43:35.519><c> that.</c><00:43:36.760><c> And</c>

00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:38.840
I<00:43:37.139><c> know</c><00:43:37.360><c> what's</c><00:43:37.719><c> behind</c><00:43:37.960><c> that.</c>

00:43:39.059 --> 00:43:41.179
But<00:43:39.500><c> you</c><00:43:39.599><c> know,</c><00:43:39.880><c> brethren</c><00:43:40.000><c> and</c><00:43:40.159><c> sisters,</c><00:43:40.280><c> I</c><00:43:40.480><c> also</c><00:43:40.780><c> know</c><00:43:41.000><c> the</c>

00:43:41.179 --> 00:43:43.280
other<00:43:41.380><c> brethren</c><00:43:41.579><c> who</c><00:43:41.780><c> lead</c><00:43:41.880><c> that</c><00:43:42.159><c> class.</c>

00:43:44.159 --> 00:43:48.320
And<00:43:44.360><c> they're</c><00:43:44.519><c> just</c><00:43:44.780><c> as</c><00:43:45.059><c> small</c><00:43:45.179><c> as</c><00:43:45.400><c> me.</c><00:43:47.260><c> And</c><00:43:47.420><c> they</c><00:43:47.639><c> know</c><00:43:47.800><c> it,</c><00:43:48.099><c> and</c><00:43:48.239><c> I</c>

00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:50.579
know<00:43:48.519><c> it,</c><00:43:48.980><c> and</c><00:43:49.159><c> it</c><00:43:49.300><c> don't</c><00:43:49.500><c> work.</c>

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:56.639
And<00:43:51.280><c> it</c><00:43:51.579><c> won't</c><00:43:51.900><c> work.</c><00:43:52.880><c> And</c><00:43:53.119><c> it</c><00:43:53.300><c> didn't</c><00:43:53.559><c> work</c><00:43:53.840><c> here.</c><00:43:55.780><c> And</c><00:43:56.000><c> as</c><00:43:56.219><c> far</c><00:43:56.400><c> as</c>

00:43:56.639 --> 00:43:58.320
John<00:43:56.780><c> was</c><00:43:57.019><c> concerned,</c><00:43:57.539><c> though</c><00:43:57.739><c> he</c><00:43:57.900><c> had</c><00:43:58.000><c> never</c>

00:43:58.320 --> 00:44:00.460
said<00:43:58.559><c> that</c><00:43:58.719><c> the</c><00:43:58.840><c> Lord</c><00:43:58.960><c> would</c><00:43:59.219><c> baptize</c><00:43:59.659><c> with</c><00:43:59.880><c> water,</c><00:44:00.199><c> he</c><00:44:00.360><c> said</c>

00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:03.300
he<00:44:00.559><c> would</c><00:44:00.760><c> baptize</c><00:44:01.239><c> with</c><00:44:01.460><c> Holy</c><00:44:01.760><c> Spirit</c><00:44:01.980><c> and</c><00:44:02.099><c> with</c><00:44:02.340><c> fire.</c>

00:44:03.860 --> 00:44:06.539
And<00:44:04.420><c> they</c><00:44:04.619><c> are</c><00:44:04.739><c> now</c><00:44:04.900><c> suggesting</c><00:44:05.360><c> to</c><00:44:05.639><c> John</c><00:44:05.860><c> that</c><00:44:06.260><c> he</c><00:44:06.320><c> could</c><00:44:06.440><c> at</c>

00:44:06.539 --> 00:44:08.300
least<00:44:06.739><c> cling</c><00:44:06.980><c> to</c><00:44:07.139><c> one</c><00:44:07.320><c> aspect</c><00:44:07.699><c> of</c><00:44:07.980><c> greatness.</c>

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Let's<00:44:08.880><c> have</c><00:44:09.079><c> something</c><00:44:09.420><c> unique</c><00:44:09.800><c> to</c><00:44:10.019><c> ourselves.</c><00:44:10.840><c> Let</c><00:44:10.960><c> you</c><00:44:11.179><c> remain</c><00:44:11.559><c> the</c>

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Baptist<00:44:12.119><c> and</c><00:44:12.380><c> nobody</c><00:44:12.719><c> else.</c>

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That<00:44:13.480><c> was</c><00:44:13.679><c> what</c><00:44:13.900><c> they</c><00:44:14.179><c> were</c><00:44:14.360><c> thinking.</c><00:44:16.519><c> And</c><00:44:16.800><c> John's</c><00:44:17.380><c> answer</c>

00:44:17.619 --> 00:44:21.400
is<00:44:18.360><c> classic.</c><00:44:19.400><c> Oh,</c><00:44:19.719><c> it's</c><00:44:20.039><c> absolutely</c><00:44:20.480><c> classic.</c>

00:44:21.719 --> 00:44:25.519
And<00:44:21.880><c> you</c><00:44:22.019><c> need</c><00:44:22.139><c> a</c><00:44:22.260><c> little</c><00:44:22.440><c> pencil</c><00:44:22.800><c> with</c><00:44:23.000><c> you</c><00:44:23.239><c> to</c><00:44:23.599><c> mark</c><00:44:23.840><c> a</c><00:44:24.199><c> certain</c><00:44:24.420><c> word.</c>

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Because<00:44:25.980><c> here</c><00:44:26.260><c> it</c><00:44:26.500><c> comes,</c><00:44:27.659><c> verse</c><00:44:27.960><c> 27.</c>

00:44:30.860 --> 00:44:40.079
John<00:44:31.400><c> answered</c><00:44:31.940><c> and</c><00:44:32.239><c> said,</c><00:44:34.840><c> a</c><00:44:34.840><c> man.</c><00:44:36.659><c> That's</c><00:44:37.119><c> it.</c><00:44:38.860><c> A</c><00:44:39.099><c> man</c><00:44:39.679><c> can</c>

00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:43.840
receive<00:44:40.519><c> nothing</c><00:44:41.019><c> except</c><00:44:41.599><c> to</c><00:44:41.800><c> be</c><00:44:41.980><c> given</c><00:44:42.219><c> him</c><00:44:42.659><c> from</c><00:44:42.960><c> heaven.</c>

00:44:45.099 --> 00:44:49.179
That<00:44:45.320><c> was</c><00:44:45.599><c> a</c><00:44:45.960><c> perfect</c><00:44:46.579><c> answer.</c><00:44:47.980><c> You</c><00:44:48.039><c> know,</c><00:44:48.420><c> brethren</c><00:44:48.519><c> and</c><00:44:48.739><c> sisters,</c><00:44:49.000><c> the</c>

00:44:49.179 --> 00:44:50.960
more<00:44:49.380><c> you</c><00:44:49.679><c> study</c><00:44:49.960><c> John's</c><00:44:50.619><c> life,</c>

00:44:51.380 --> 00:44:53.199
you're<00:44:51.679><c> far</c><00:44:51.760><c> from</c><00:44:51.980><c> looking</c><00:44:52.199><c> at</c><00:44:52.360><c> him</c><00:44:52.500><c> as</c><00:44:52.559><c> something</c><00:44:52.780><c> like</c><00:44:53.019><c> a</c>

00:44:53.199 --> 00:44:54.360
hermit<00:44:53.420><c> down</c><00:44:53.679><c> there</c><00:44:53.820><c> who</c><00:44:53.980><c> didn't</c><00:44:54.099><c> know</c><00:44:54.260><c> what</c>

00:44:54.360 --> 00:44:59.440
he<00:44:54.440><c> was</c><00:44:54.599><c> talking</c><00:44:54.820><c> about.</c><00:44:55.380><c> The</c><00:44:55.599><c> man</c><00:44:55.800><c> is</c><00:44:56.019><c> a</c><00:44:56.320><c> genius</c><00:44:56.820><c> at</c><00:44:57.139><c> answering</c><00:44:57.400><c> questions.</c><00:44:59.159><c> You</c><00:44:59.320><c> see</c>

00:44:59.440 --> 00:45:00.719
what<00:44:59.579><c> he</c><00:44:59.699><c> was</c><00:44:59.940><c> saying?</c>

00:45:01.179 --> 00:45:04.059
Look,<00:45:02.340><c> you're</c><00:45:02.619><c> talking</c><00:45:02.860><c> about</c><00:45:03.059><c> this</c><00:45:03.280><c> fellow</c><00:45:03.460><c> getting</c><00:45:03.699><c> more</c>

00:45:04.059 --> 00:45:06.159
clouds.<00:45:04.760><c> You're</c><00:45:04.980><c> saying</c><00:45:05.280><c> that</c><00:45:05.500><c> this</c><00:45:05.780><c> Jew</c><00:45:05.980><c> is</c>

00:45:06.159 --> 00:45:08.539
suggesting<00:45:06.500><c> that</c><00:45:06.699><c> this</c><00:45:07.199><c> one</c><00:45:07.380><c> that</c><00:45:07.559><c> I</c><00:45:07.800><c> say</c><00:45:07.900><c> is</c><00:45:08.059><c> the</c><00:45:08.219><c> Messiah,</c>

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he<00:45:09.000><c> shouldn't</c><00:45:09.239><c> be</c><00:45:09.519><c> baptizing.</c><00:45:10.179><c> You're</c>

00:45:10.619 --> 00:45:12.559
saying<00:45:10.820><c> probably</c><00:45:11.099><c> that</c><00:45:11.260><c> I've</c><00:45:11.460><c> got</c><00:45:11.539><c> better</c><00:45:11.780><c> water</c><00:45:12.039><c> than</c><00:45:12.199><c> he's</c>

00:45:12.559 --> 00:45:15.900
got.<00:45:13.320><c> That</c><00:45:13.480><c> my</c><00:45:13.860><c> purification</c><00:45:14.420><c> is</c><00:45:14.679><c> cleaner</c><00:45:14.880><c> than</c><00:45:15.119><c> his.</c>

00:45:16.599 --> 00:45:20.719
Look,<00:45:17.159><c> he</c><00:45:17.280><c> says</c><00:45:17.320><c> you're</c><00:45:17.500><c> judging</c><00:45:17.820><c> on</c><00:45:18.000><c> the</c><00:45:18.139><c> wrong</c><00:45:18.300><c> level.</c><00:45:20.239><c> I</c><00:45:20.460><c> am</c>

00:45:20.719 --> 00:45:23.980
a<00:45:20.880><c> man.</c><00:45:22.320><c> He</c><00:45:22.579><c> is</c><00:45:22.840><c> a</c><00:45:23.019><c> man.</c>

00:45:25.199 --> 00:45:29.860
There<00:45:25.340><c> is</c><00:45:25.639><c> no</c><00:45:25.880><c> gradation</c><00:45:26.360><c> among</c><00:45:26.739><c> men.</c><00:45:28.980><c> And</c><00:45:29.139><c> therefore,</c><00:45:29.619><c> if</c><00:45:29.719><c> a</c>

00:45:29.860 --> 00:45:33.059
gradation<00:45:30.420><c> exists,</c><00:45:31.579><c> it</c><00:45:31.780><c> has</c><00:45:32.099><c> to</c><00:45:32.320><c> come</c><00:45:32.480><c> from</c><00:45:32.659><c> God.</c>

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If<00:45:33.639><c> his</c><00:45:33.880><c> clouds</c><00:45:34.059><c> are</c><00:45:34.320><c> bigger,</c><00:45:34.659><c> it's</c><00:45:34.760><c> because</c><00:45:35.039><c> he's</c><00:45:35.360><c> bigger</c><00:45:35.619><c> in</c>

00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:39.039
God's<00:45:36.519><c> sight.</c><00:45:37.679><c> If</c><00:45:37.900><c> his</c><00:45:38.159><c> baptism</c><00:45:38.519><c> is</c><00:45:38.800><c> better,</c>

00:45:39.099 --> 00:45:43.860
it's<00:45:39.280><c> better</c><00:45:39.599><c> in</c><00:45:39.900><c> God's</c><00:45:40.519><c> sight.</c><00:45:41.800><c> If</c><00:45:41.920><c> he's</c><00:45:42.139><c> a</c><00:45:42.300><c> greater</c><00:45:42.500><c> man,</c><00:45:42.840><c> it's</c><00:45:42.960><c> because</c><00:45:43.179><c> he's</c><00:45:43.360><c> greater</c><00:45:43.679><c> in</c>

00:45:43.860 --> 00:45:44.880
the<00:45:44.059><c> sight</c><00:45:44.199><c> of</c><00:45:44.480><c> God.</c>

00:45:44.880 --> 00:45:49.539
A<00:45:45.739><c> man</c><00:45:46.340><c> can't</c><00:45:48.079><c> receive</c><00:45:48.420><c> anything</c><00:45:48.699><c> except</c><00:45:49.039><c> to</c><00:45:49.159><c> be</c><00:45:49.260><c> given</c><00:45:49.400><c> to</c>

00:45:49.539 --> 00:45:50.119
him<00:45:49.539><c> from</c><00:45:49.719><c> heaven,</c>

00:45:50.619 --> 00:45:55.559
because<00:45:50.840><c> we</c><00:45:51.019><c> all</c><00:45:51.219><c> start</c><00:45:51.420><c> on</c><00:45:51.539><c> a</c><00:45:51.739><c> common</c><00:45:51.900><c> level.</c><00:45:53.659><c> Whatever</c><00:45:53.940><c> therefore</c><00:45:54.340><c> happens</c><00:45:54.659><c> after</c><00:45:55.039><c> that</c>

00:45:55.559 --> 00:45:57.179
is<00:45:56.219><c> God</c><00:45:56.480><c> given.</c>

00:45:57.900 --> 00:46:01.940
That<00:45:58.119><c> was</c><00:45:58.380><c> a</c><00:45:58.539><c> perfect</c><00:45:59.099><c> answer.</c><00:46:00.559><c> They</c><00:46:00.699><c> couldn't</c><00:46:00.940><c> deny</c><00:46:01.239><c> that</c><00:46:01.400><c> John</c><00:46:01.579><c> was</c><00:46:01.780><c> a</c>

00:46:01.940 --> 00:46:03.940
man<00:46:02.219><c> or</c><00:46:02.539><c> that</c><00:46:02.639><c> he</c><00:46:02.760><c> was</c><00:46:02.920><c> a</c><00:46:03.059><c> man.</c>

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:06.380
But<00:46:04.679><c> the</c><00:46:04.880><c> difference,</c><00:46:05.300><c> brothers</c><00:46:05.380><c> and</c><00:46:05.619><c> sisters,</c><00:46:05.860><c> was</c><00:46:06.099><c> still</c>

00:46:06.380 --> 00:46:08.980
great.<00:46:08.039><c> And</c><00:46:08.179><c> it</c><00:46:08.239><c> was</c><00:46:08.460><c> obvious</c><00:46:08.719><c> it</c>

00:46:08.980 --> 00:46:14.340
came<00:46:09.199><c> from</c><00:46:09.219><c> somewhere</c><00:46:09.619><c> else,</c><00:46:10.500><c> except</c><00:46:10.800><c> from</c><00:46:11.079><c> the</c><00:46:11.199><c> common</c><00:46:11.380><c> level</c><00:46:11.960><c> of</c><00:46:12.280><c> mankind.</c><00:46:13.760><c> That</c><00:46:14.000><c> was</c><00:46:14.239><c> a</c>

00:46:14.340 --> 00:46:15.179
perfect<00:46:14.820><c> answer.</c>

00:46:15.440 --> 00:46:21.099
Now,<00:46:15.880><c> it</c><00:46:16.000><c> may</c><00:46:16.300><c> be</c><00:46:16.519><c> true</c><00:46:17.079><c> that</c><00:46:17.900><c> in</c><00:46:18.059><c> the</c><00:46:18.300><c> world</c><00:46:18.800><c> there</c><00:46:19.219><c> are</c><00:46:19.420><c> gradations</c><00:46:19.940><c> among</c><00:46:20.280><c> men</c>

00:46:21.380 --> 00:46:25.420
according<00:46:22.019><c> to</c><00:46:22.260><c> men's</c><00:46:22.760><c> diligence,</c><00:46:23.699><c> perseverance,</c><00:46:25.019><c> ability,</c>

00:46:25.900 --> 00:46:28.760
money,<00:46:26.559><c> position,</c><00:46:27.719><c> connections.</c>

00:46:29.139 --> 00:46:32.380
It<00:46:29.460><c> may</c><00:46:29.780><c> be</c><00:46:30.019><c> true</c><00:46:30.360><c> that</c><00:46:30.659><c> among</c><00:46:30.980><c> men</c><00:46:31.179><c> in</c><00:46:31.340><c> the</c><00:46:31.500><c> world</c><00:46:31.960><c> there</c><00:46:32.159><c> are</c>

00:46:32.380 --> 00:46:34.119
differences<00:46:32.820><c> because</c><00:46:33.400><c> men</c><00:46:33.679><c> have</c><00:46:33.920><c> made</c>

00:46:34.119 --> 00:46:38.780
differences.<00:46:34.699><c> It</c><00:46:34.820><c> is</c><00:46:35.219><c> not</c><00:46:35.599><c> true</c><00:46:35.860><c> in</c><00:46:36.039><c> the</c><00:46:36.239><c> truth.</c><00:46:37.920><c> It</c><00:46:38.099><c> does</c><00:46:38.559><c> not</c>

00:46:38.780 --> 00:46:40.340
exist<00:46:39.179><c> in</c><00:46:39.340><c> the</c><00:46:39.519><c> truth.</c>

00:46:40.679 --> 00:46:44.239
We<00:46:40.940><c> come</c><00:46:41.139><c> into</c><00:46:41.280><c> the</c><00:46:41.539><c> truth,</c><00:46:41.920><c> we're</c><00:46:42.039><c> baptized</c><00:46:42.480><c> into</c><00:46:42.659><c> Jesus</c><00:46:43.059><c> Christ.</c>

00:46:45.880 --> 00:46:51.000
Farmers,<00:46:46.719><c> office</c><00:46:46.980><c> workers,</c><00:46:48.679><c> coal</c><00:46:48.940><c> miners,</c><00:46:50.679><c> call</c><00:46:50.840><c> them</c><00:46:50.940><c> what</c>

00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:53.139
you<00:46:51.179><c> like.</c><00:46:51.739><c> Go</c><00:46:51.920><c> out</c><00:46:52.019><c> in</c><00:46:52.099><c> the</c><00:46:52.280><c> water,</c>

00:46:53.539 --> 00:46:55.760
and<00:46:53.659><c> they</c><00:46:53.860><c> drown.</c><00:46:54.320><c> The</c><00:46:54.500><c> whole</c><00:46:54.659><c> lot</c><00:46:54.800><c> of</c><00:46:54.880><c> them</c><00:46:55.000><c> are</c><00:46:55.219><c> drowned</c><00:46:55.480><c> and</c>

00:46:55.760 --> 00:46:58.019
dead,<00:46:55.940><c> and</c><00:46:56.059><c> we're</c><00:46:56.260><c> dead</c><00:46:56.500><c> in</c><00:46:56.739><c> Christ</c><00:46:57.000><c> Jesus.</c>

00:46:58.360 --> 00:47:02.480
When<00:46:58.579><c> they</c><00:46:58.780><c> come</c><00:46:58.900><c> out</c><00:46:59.039><c> of</c><00:46:59.139><c> that</c><00:46:59.320><c> water,</c><00:46:59.639><c> brothers</c><00:46:59.780><c> and</c><00:46:59.920><c> sisters,</c><00:47:00.639><c> there's</c><00:47:00.920><c> a</c><00:47:01.199><c> common</c><00:47:01.460><c> level.</c><00:47:02.039><c> If</c><00:47:02.300><c> a</c>

00:47:02.480 --> 00:47:03.199
man<00:47:02.800><c> rises</c>

00:47:03.199 --> 00:47:06.820
up<00:47:03.519><c> after</c><00:47:04.000><c> that,</c><00:47:04.320><c> it</c><00:47:04.420><c> is</c><00:47:04.699><c> because</c><00:47:05.079><c> God</c><00:47:05.599><c> has</c><00:47:05.880><c> done</c><00:47:05.960><c> it.</c><00:47:06.440><c> That's</c>

00:47:06.820 --> 00:47:09.820
John's<00:47:07.239><c> answer,</c><00:47:07.739><c> and</c><00:47:07.880><c> it's</c><00:47:08.199><c> a</c><00:47:08.360><c> perfect</c><00:47:08.800><c> answer,</c>

00:47:10.300 --> 00:47:14.139
a<00:47:10.699><c> beautiful</c><00:47:11.199><c> answer,</c><00:47:12.139><c> to</c><00:47:12.280><c> which</c><00:47:12.420><c> they</c><00:47:12.659><c> would</c><00:47:12.840><c> have</c><00:47:12.960><c> no</c><00:47:13.199><c> reply.</c><00:47:14.039><c> And</c>

00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:15.760
they<00:47:14.320><c> didn't</c><00:47:14.480><c> have</c><00:47:14.639><c> any</c><00:47:14.860><c> reply.</c>

00:47:16.360 --> 00:47:24.760
Jesus<00:47:16.760><c> was</c><00:47:17.039><c> greater</c><00:47:17.500><c> because</c><00:47:18.099><c> God</c><00:47:18.460><c> had</c><00:47:18.639><c> made</c><00:47:18.840><c> him</c><00:47:19.059><c> greater.</c><00:47:21.119><c> But</c><00:47:21.320><c> now,</c><00:47:21.780><c> you</c><00:47:21.780><c> see,</c><00:47:23.019><c> there</c><00:47:23.179><c> still</c><00:47:23.380><c> exists</c><00:47:23.719><c> a</c><00:47:23.940><c> problem.</c>

00:47:26.099 --> 00:47:28.739
I<00:47:26.300><c> can</c><00:47:26.480><c> read</c><00:47:26.679><c> John's</c><00:47:27.159><c> line</c><00:47:27.380><c> as</c><00:47:27.679><c> you</c><00:47:27.820><c> read</c><00:47:28.000><c> down</c><00:47:28.320><c> through</c><00:47:28.579><c> here</c>

00:47:28.739 --> 00:47:30.480
what<00:47:28.900><c> he</c><00:47:29.159><c> said.</c><00:47:29.539><c> You</c><00:47:29.619><c> can</c><00:47:29.840><c> see</c><00:47:29.980><c> how</c><00:47:30.099><c> he</c><00:47:30.199><c> worked</c><00:47:30.360><c> it</c>

00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:35.139
out.<00:47:31.739><c> You</c><00:47:31.739><c> see,</c><00:47:32.019><c> there</c><00:47:32.039><c> still</c><00:47:32.219><c> exists</c><00:47:32.500><c> a</c><00:47:32.679><c> problem.</c><00:47:33.400><c> Those</c><00:47:33.480><c> disciples</c><00:47:33.960><c> would</c><00:47:34.239><c> stand</c><00:47:34.480><c> back</c><00:47:34.719><c> and</c><00:47:34.880><c> think,</c>

00:47:35.280 --> 00:47:38.619
yes,<00:47:35.599><c> well,</c><00:47:35.719><c> I</c><00:47:35.780><c> suppose</c><00:47:36.000><c> that's</c><00:47:36.300><c> true,</c><00:47:37.559><c> because</c><00:47:37.719><c> we</c><00:47:37.860><c> know</c><00:47:38.079><c> John's</c><00:47:38.480><c> a</c>

00:47:38.619 --> 00:47:40.559
man,<00:47:39.219><c> and</c><00:47:39.300><c> we</c><00:47:39.539><c> attribute</c><00:47:39.760><c> his</c><00:47:40.059><c> greatness</c><00:47:40.300><c> to</c>

00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:45.539
God.<00:47:42.300><c> So</c><00:47:42.539><c> I</c><00:47:42.639><c> suppose</c><00:47:42.860><c> that</c><00:47:43.019><c> he's</c><00:47:43.179><c> greater,</c><00:47:43.900><c> and</c><00:47:44.039><c> he</c><00:47:44.239><c> started</c><00:47:44.420><c> off</c><00:47:44.579><c> on</c><00:47:44.639><c> the</c><00:47:44.840><c> same</c><00:47:45.019><c> level</c><00:47:45.239><c> as</c><00:47:45.380><c> a</c>

00:47:45.539 --> 00:47:46.360
man.<00:47:46.280><c> There's</c>

00:47:46.360 --> 00:47:50.800
something<00:47:46.599><c> more</c><00:47:46.900><c> in</c><00:47:46.960><c> that</c><00:47:47.179><c> man's</c><00:47:47.519><c> life</c><00:47:47.679><c> than</c><00:47:47.840><c> he</c><00:47:48.059><c> is</c><00:47:48.260><c> from</c><00:47:48.539><c> God.</c><00:47:50.659><c> But</c>

00:47:50.800 --> 00:47:52.239
you<00:47:50.940><c> see</c><00:47:51.019><c> what</c><00:47:51.139><c> they're</c><00:47:51.340><c> thinking.</c>

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:54.860
They're<00:47:53.199><c> starting</c><00:47:53.440><c> now</c><00:47:53.659><c> to</c><00:47:53.860><c> think,</c><00:47:54.239><c> brothers</c><00:47:54.300><c> and</c><00:47:54.460><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:55.039 --> 00:47:56.940
that<00:47:55.139><c> perhaps</c><00:47:55.420><c> John</c><00:47:55.599><c> is</c><00:47:55.840><c> right,</c>

00:47:57.460 --> 00:48:01.400
and<00:47:57.920><c> that</c><00:47:58.059><c> the</c><00:47:58.199><c> two</c><00:47:58.420><c> men</c><00:47:58.940><c> are</c><00:47:59.179><c> different</c><00:47:59.699><c> in</c><00:48:00.659><c> this</c><00:48:00.920><c> respect,</c>

00:48:01.760 --> 00:48:03.579
that<00:48:01.900><c> their</c><00:48:02.039><c> work</c><00:48:02.340><c> is</c><00:48:02.559><c> different.</c>

00:48:04.159 --> 00:48:08.780
And<00:48:04.280><c> John</c><00:48:04.420><c> read</c><00:48:04.639><c> that.</c><00:48:06.280><c> John</c><00:48:06.480><c> knew</c><00:48:06.699><c> that.</c><00:48:08.159><c> So</c><00:48:08.280><c> he</c><00:48:08.420><c> called</c><00:48:08.619><c> them</c>

00:48:08.780 --> 00:48:10.679
together.<00:48:09.280><c> Now</c><00:48:09.360><c> he</c><00:48:09.480><c> says,</c><00:48:10.179><c> look,</c>

00:48:11.639 --> 00:48:15.599
and<00:48:11.760><c> he</c><00:48:11.900><c> gives</c><00:48:12.039><c> them</c><00:48:12.219><c> a</c><00:48:12.440><c> figure.</c><00:48:14.159><c> Verse</c><00:48:14.380><c> 28.</c>

00:48:16.820 --> 00:48:23.619
Ye<00:48:17.280><c> yourselves</c><00:48:17.739><c> bear</c><00:48:18.179><c> me</c><00:48:18.400><c> witness</c><00:48:18.820><c> that</c><00:48:19.139><c> I</c><00:48:19.480><c> said,</c><00:48:20.960><c> I</c><00:48:21.119><c> am</c><00:48:21.320><c> not</c><00:48:21.480><c> the</c><00:48:21.760><c> Christ,</c><00:48:23.079><c> but</c><00:48:23.360><c> that</c><00:48:23.480><c> I</c>

00:48:23.619 --> 00:48:24.599
am<00:48:23.739><c> sent</c><00:48:23.940><c> before</c><00:48:24.320><c> him.</c>

00:48:24.599 --> 00:48:27.780
You<00:48:25.019><c> can</c><00:48:25.960><c> just</c><00:48:26.119><c> picture</c><00:48:26.320><c> the</c><00:48:26.559><c> scene.</c><00:48:26.980><c> Now,</c><00:48:27.420><c> they're</c><00:48:27.780><c> talking</c>

00:48:27.780 --> 00:48:29.400
quietly.<00:48:28.260><c> Probably</c><00:48:28.460><c> the</c><00:48:28.699><c> Jews</c><00:48:28.860><c> gone</c><00:48:29.179><c> off</c>

00:48:29.400 --> 00:48:31.019
thinking<00:48:29.619><c> he's</c><00:48:29.920><c> caused</c><00:48:30.059><c> all</c><00:48:30.239><c> this</c><00:48:30.420><c> mischief.</c><00:48:30.780><c> He's</c><00:48:30.840><c> not</c><00:48:30.920><c> going</c><00:48:31.000><c> to</c>

00:48:31.019 --> 00:48:32.679
hear<00:48:31.139><c> anymore.</c><00:48:32.000><c> John</c><00:48:32.139><c> said,</c><00:48:32.280><c> now</c><00:48:32.440><c> look,</c>

00:48:32.940 --> 00:48:37.500
you<00:48:33.139><c> heard</c><00:48:33.320><c> me</c><00:48:33.539><c> say</c><00:48:33.780><c> that.</c><00:48:34.579><c> I</c><00:48:35.099><c> am</c><00:48:35.679><c> not</c><00:48:35.980><c> the</c><00:48:36.280><c> Christ.</c><00:48:36.840><c> So</c><00:48:37.079><c> I</c><00:48:37.300><c> am</c>

00:48:37.500 --> 00:48:40.460
John,<00:48:38.260><c> and</c><00:48:38.559><c> he</c><00:48:38.900><c> is</c><00:48:39.179><c> the</c><00:48:39.500><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:41.219 --> 00:48:46.460
He<00:48:41.500><c> is</c><00:48:41.760><c> greater</c><00:48:42.019><c> than</c><00:48:42.280><c> me.</c><00:48:43.820><c> But</c><00:48:44.039><c> I</c><00:48:44.239><c> don't</c><00:48:44.539><c> want</c><00:48:44.739><c> you</c><00:48:45.059><c> ever</c><00:48:45.719><c> to</c><00:48:45.940><c> see.</c>

00:48:57.579 --> 00:49:00.579
He<00:48:58.500><c> said,</c><00:48:58.500><c> our</c><00:48:58.699><c> work</c><00:48:59.039><c> is</c><00:48:59.380><c> different.</c>

00:49:02.539 --> 00:49:12.300
He<00:49:03.079><c> that</c><00:49:03.579><c> hath</c><00:49:03.960><c> the</c><00:49:04.280><c> bride</c><00:49:04.739><c> is</c><00:49:06.420><c> the</c><00:49:06.780><c> bridegroom.</c><00:49:09.320><c> Well,</c><00:49:09.539><c> that's</c><00:49:09.820><c> a</c><00:49:09.940><c> logical</c><00:49:10.300><c> deduction,</c><00:49:10.880><c> isn't</c><00:49:11.019><c> it?</c>

00:49:12.960 --> 00:49:21.219
Very<00:49:13.480><c> logical</c><00:49:13.940><c> deduction.</c><00:49:15.880><c> But</c><00:49:16.340><c> the</c><00:49:17.659><c> friend</c><00:49:18.380><c> of</c><00:49:18.780><c> the</c><00:49:19.059><c> bridegroom,</c><00:49:20.920><c> which</c>

00:49:21.219 --> 00:49:23.599
standeth<00:49:21.900><c> and</c><00:49:22.320><c> heareth</c><00:49:22.639><c> him,</c>

00:49:24.699 --> 00:49:28.079
rejoiceth<00:49:25.179><c> greatly</c><00:49:25.659><c> because</c><00:49:26.039><c> of</c><00:49:26.179><c> the</c><00:49:26.420><c> bridegroom's</c><00:49:27.059><c> voice.</c>

00:49:28.119 --> 00:49:30.880
This<00:49:28.420><c> my</c><00:49:28.820><c> joy</c><00:49:29.039><c> therefore</c><00:49:29.460><c> is</c><00:49:29.760><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:49:32.260 --> 00:49:34.760
And<00:49:32.400><c> you</c><00:49:32.559><c> see,</c><00:49:32.940><c> brethren</c><00:49:33.079><c> and</c><00:49:33.300><c> sisters,</c><00:49:33.480><c> by</c><00:49:33.780><c> taking</c><00:49:34.119><c> the</c><00:49:34.400><c> figure</c><00:49:34.579><c> of</c>

00:49:34.760 --> 00:49:35.699
the<00:49:34.980><c> bride</c><00:49:35.139><c> and</c><00:49:35.300><c> the</c><00:49:35.519><c> bridegroom,</c>

00:49:35.739 --> 00:49:40.860
which<00:49:35.940><c> may</c><00:49:36.239><c> seem</c><00:49:36.440><c> to</c><00:49:36.559><c> us</c><00:49:36.719><c> as</c><00:49:36.900><c> rather</c><00:49:37.139><c> strange</c><00:49:37.739><c> to</c><00:49:37.980><c> intrude</c><00:49:38.239><c> into</c><00:49:38.380><c> this</c><00:49:38.599><c> context,</c><00:49:39.980><c> John</c><00:49:40.139><c> was</c><00:49:40.440><c> alluding,</c>

00:49:40.860 --> 00:49:45.179
of<00:49:41.139><c> course,</c><00:49:41.780><c> to</c><00:49:41.960><c> a</c><00:49:42.280><c> very</c><00:49:42.940><c> common</c><00:49:43.360><c> practice,</c><00:49:44.159><c> which</c><00:49:44.380><c> all</c><00:49:44.820><c> of</c><00:49:44.900><c> them</c><00:49:44.960><c> at</c>

00:49:45.179 --> 00:49:46.199
some<00:49:45.460><c> stage</c><00:49:45.719><c> of</c><00:49:45.840><c> their</c><00:49:45.960><c> life</c><00:49:46.059><c> would</c>

00:49:46.199 --> 00:49:48.760
have<00:49:46.320><c> been</c><00:49:46.539><c> involved</c><00:49:46.920><c> in</c><00:49:47.019><c> with</c><00:49:47.199><c> friends</c><00:49:47.519><c> and</c><00:49:47.780><c> relations.</c><00:49:48.099><c> They</c><00:49:48.320><c> all</c>

00:49:48.760 --> 00:49:50.440
knew<00:49:49.139><c> the</c><00:49:49.440><c> practice.</c>

00:49:50.760 --> 00:49:56.699
And<00:49:51.440><c> the</c><00:49:51.800><c> bride</c><00:49:52.199><c> is</c><00:49:53.179><c> obviously</c><00:49:53.880><c> the</c><00:49:54.179><c> possession</c><00:49:54.579><c> of</c><00:49:55.059><c> the</c><00:49:55.380><c> bridegroom.</c><00:49:56.500><c> And</c>

00:49:56.699 --> 00:49:57.960
the<00:49:56.900><c> thing</c><00:49:57.079><c> that</c><00:49:57.340><c> made</c><00:49:57.619><c> the</c>

00:49:57.960 --> 00:50:00.679
bridegroom<00:49:58.920><c> and</c><00:49:59.139><c> the</c><00:49:59.400><c> friend</c><00:49:59.599><c> of</c><00:49:59.719><c> the</c><00:49:59.880><c> bridegroom</c><00:50:00.320><c> different</c>

00:50:00.679 --> 00:50:04.280
was<00:50:01.039><c> possession</c><00:50:01.820><c> of</c><00:50:02.440><c> the</c><00:50:02.739><c> bride.</c><00:50:03.280><c> But</c>

00:50:05.239 --> 00:50:11.320
they<00:50:05.920><c> were</c><00:50:06.280><c> like</c><00:50:06.719><c> that,</c><00:50:09.159><c> working</c><00:50:09.619><c> together</c><00:50:10.320><c> as</c><00:50:10.659><c> far</c><00:50:10.960><c> as</c><00:50:11.099><c> the</c>

00:50:11.320 --> 00:50:14.360
wedding<00:50:11.500><c> was</c><00:50:11.800><c> concerned,</c><00:50:12.500><c> the</c><00:50:12.780><c> one</c><00:50:13.099><c> for</c><00:50:13.360><c> the</c><00:50:13.559><c> other.</c>

00:50:14.579 --> 00:50:19.360
It<00:50:15.099><c> wasn't</c><00:50:15.500><c> two</c><00:50:15.860><c> separate</c><00:50:16.420><c> vocations.</c><00:50:18.179><c> And</c><00:50:18.360><c> this</c><00:50:18.519><c> is</c><00:50:18.599><c> what</c><00:50:18.780><c> the</c><00:50:19.079><c> friend</c><00:50:19.199><c> of</c>

00:50:19.360 --> 00:50:20.800
the<00:50:19.519><c> bridegroom</c><00:50:19.900><c> did.</c>

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The<00:50:21.599><c> word</c><00:50:21.860><c> friend</c><00:50:22.159><c> is</c><00:50:22.380><c> the</c><00:50:22.420><c> word</c><00:50:22.880><c> phileos,</c><00:50:23.460><c> philiae,</c><00:50:24.760><c> one</c><00:50:25.019><c> who</c>

00:50:25.179 --> 00:50:26.199
loves<00:50:25.519><c> the</c><00:50:25.760><c> bridegroom,</c>

00:50:26.360 --> 00:50:29.760
a<00:50:26.460><c> very</c><00:50:26.800><c> great</c><00:50:27.059><c> friend</c><00:50:27.380><c> of</c><00:50:27.519><c> him.</c><00:50:28.139><c> And</c><00:50:28.360><c> this</c><00:50:28.519><c> is</c><00:50:28.619><c> what</c><00:50:28.760><c> he</c><00:50:28.940><c> did.</c>

00:50:30.199 --> 00:50:33.000
The<00:50:30.460><c> bridegroom</c><00:50:30.940><c> would</c><00:50:31.119><c> be</c><00:50:31.340><c> a</c><00:50:31.440><c> spouse</c><00:50:31.760><c> to</c><00:50:32.039><c> a</c><00:50:32.199><c> bride.</c>

00:50:33.019 --> 00:50:36.960
It<00:50:33.139><c> would</c><00:50:33.300><c> be</c><00:50:33.460><c> an</c><00:50:33.679><c> arrangement,</c><00:50:34.179><c> a</c><00:50:34.179><c> family</c><00:50:34.579><c> arrangement,</c><00:50:35.599><c> mainly.</c><00:50:36.820><c> And</c>

00:50:36.960 --> 00:50:38.300
once<00:50:37.159><c> that</c><00:50:37.360><c> arrangement</c><00:50:37.639><c> has</c><00:50:37.820><c> been</c><00:50:38.039><c> made,</c>

00:50:38.579 --> 00:50:43.179
the<00:50:38.699><c> bridegroom</c><00:50:39.159><c> has</c><00:50:39.500><c> nothing</c><00:50:39.840><c> whatever</c><00:50:40.079><c> to</c><00:50:40.280><c> do</c><00:50:40.340><c> with</c><00:50:40.500><c> the</c><00:50:40.719><c> bride</c><00:50:41.000><c> until</c><00:50:41.599><c> the</c><00:50:41.820><c> given</c><00:50:42.019><c> time</c><00:50:42.380><c> comes</c><00:50:42.659><c> for</c><00:50:42.820><c> him</c><00:50:42.920><c> to</c>

00:50:43.179 --> 00:50:47.539
talk<00:50:43.360><c> to</c><00:50:43.500><c> her.</c><00:50:44.539><c> In</c><00:50:44.820><c> the</c><00:50:45.179><c> interim,</c><00:50:45.920><c> the</c><00:50:46.019><c> friend</c><00:50:46.199><c> of</c><00:50:46.380><c> the</c><00:50:46.559><c> bridegroom</c><00:50:47.019><c> is</c><00:50:47.280><c> the</c>

00:50:47.539 --> 00:50:49.599
go<00:50:47.780><c>-between.</c><00:50:48.880><c> He</c><00:50:49.159><c> arranges</c>

00:50:49.599 --> 00:50:53.239
the<00:50:49.880><c> marriage</c><00:50:50.179><c> contract</c><00:50:50.659><c> between</c><00:50:51.039><c> the</c><00:50:51.320><c> families.</c><00:50:52.820><c> He</c><00:50:52.940><c> goes</c>

00:50:53.239 --> 00:50:54.639
to<00:50:53.420><c> the</c><00:50:53.619><c> parents</c><00:50:53.860><c> of</c><00:50:54.019><c> the</c><00:50:54.219><c> bridegroom,</c>

00:50:54.739 --> 00:50:59.340
the<00:50:54.880><c> parents</c><00:50:55.139><c> of</c><00:50:55.300><c> the</c><00:50:55.500><c> bride,</c><00:50:55.780><c> and</c><00:50:55.880><c> he</c><00:50:55.940><c> arranges</c><00:50:56.199><c> the</c><00:50:56.480><c> marriage</c><00:50:56.760><c> contract.</c><00:50:58.219><c> He</c><00:50:58.539><c> organizes</c><00:50:59.019><c> all</c>

00:50:59.340 --> 00:50:59.760
the<00:50:59.519><c> wedding</c>

00:50:59.760 --> 00:51:05.119
festivities.<00:51:01.920><c> And</c><00:51:02.039><c> as</c><00:51:02.300><c> the</c><00:51:02.800><c> day</c><00:51:03.099><c> wears</c><00:51:03.480><c> on</c><00:51:03.739><c> and</c><00:51:03.880><c> comes</c><00:51:04.260><c> closer</c>

00:51:05.119 --> 00:51:08.000
and<00:51:05.320><c> closer,</c><00:51:06.039><c> he</c><00:51:06.260><c> begins</c><00:51:06.800><c> to</c><00:51:07.099><c> act</c><00:51:07.280><c> as</c><00:51:07.500><c> a</c><00:51:07.619><c> liaison</c>

00:51:08.000 --> 00:51:12.380
between<00:51:08.679><c> the</c><00:51:09.119><c> bridegroom</c><00:51:09.659><c> and</c><00:51:09.980><c> the</c><00:51:10.260><c> bride.</c><00:51:11.280><c> Carrying</c><00:51:11.679><c> kisses,</c><00:51:12.059><c> if</c><00:51:12.260><c> you</c>

00:51:12.380 --> 00:51:14.519
like.<00:51:13.219><c> But</c><00:51:13.280><c> they</c><00:51:13.840><c> don't</c><00:51:14.099><c> have</c><00:51:14.239><c> any</c>

00:51:14.519 --> 00:51:17.139
contact<00:51:14.880><c> sort</c><00:51:15.119><c> of</c><00:51:15.280><c> thing.</c><00:51:15.820><c> And</c><00:51:15.980><c> this</c><00:51:16.139><c> is</c><00:51:16.420><c> a</c><00:51:16.559><c> strange</c><00:51:16.840><c> custom</c>

00:51:17.139 --> 00:51:19.619
they<00:51:17.460><c> had.</c><00:51:18.360><c> To</c><00:51:18.420><c> our</c><00:51:18.579><c> young</c><00:51:18.760><c> people,</c><00:51:18.920><c> very</c><00:51:19.260><c> strange.</c>

00:51:19.719 --> 00:51:22.079
There's<00:51:19.780><c> a</c><00:51:19.900><c> lot</c><00:51:20.000><c> of</c><00:51:20.199><c> contact</c><00:51:20.400><c> goes</c><00:51:20.659><c> on</c><00:51:20.860><c> here,</c><00:51:21.019><c> I</c><00:51:21.119><c> can</c><00:51:21.340><c> tell</c><00:51:21.400><c> you.</c><00:51:21.920><c> But</c>

00:51:22.079 --> 00:51:24.739
he<00:51:23.260><c> would</c><00:51:23.460><c> have</c><00:51:23.760><c> all</c><00:51:24.179><c> this</c><00:51:24.380><c> to</c><00:51:24.539><c> do.</c><00:51:24.619><c> And</c><00:51:24.719><c> he</c>

00:51:24.739 --> 00:51:26.960
would<00:51:24.980><c> run</c><00:51:25.179><c> from</c><00:51:25.340><c> the</c><00:51:25.599><c> bridegroom</c><00:51:25.980><c> to</c><00:51:26.119><c> the</c><00:51:26.360><c> bride</c><00:51:26.539><c> with</c><00:51:26.719><c> these</c>

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messages<00:51:27.400><c> one</c><00:51:27.739><c> to</c><00:51:27.880><c> the</c><00:51:28.039><c> other.</c><00:51:28.179><c> And</c><00:51:28.320><c> they</c><00:51:29.000><c> would</c>

00:51:29.179 --> 00:51:32.840
get<00:51:29.320><c> to</c><00:51:29.619><c> know</c><00:51:29.739><c> each</c><00:51:30.039><c> other</c><00:51:30.440><c> through</c><00:51:30.820><c> the</c><00:51:31.139><c> friend</c><00:51:31.280><c> of</c><00:51:31.420><c> the</c><00:51:31.599><c> bridegroom.</c><00:51:32.480><c> Now,</c>

00:51:33.000 --> 00:51:33.679
brothers<00:51:33.099><c> and</c><00:51:33.179><c> sisters,</c>

00:51:33.679 --> 00:51:37.659
the<00:51:34.199><c> custom</c><00:51:34.619><c> said,</c><00:51:35.360><c> and</c><00:51:35.559><c> it</c><00:51:35.679><c> was</c><00:51:35.840><c> very</c><00:51:36.260><c> clearly</c><00:51:36.519><c> understood,</c>

00:51:38.179 --> 00:51:39.980
that<00:51:38.280><c> the</c><00:51:38.619><c> friend</c><00:51:38.900><c> of</c><00:51:39.099><c> the</c><00:51:39.300><c> bridegroom's</c>

00:51:39.980 --> 00:51:44.039
work<00:51:40.360><c> ceased.</c><00:51:41.739><c> When</c><00:51:41.780><c> he</c><00:51:41.880><c> went</c><00:51:42.059><c> to</c><00:51:42.199><c> the</c><00:51:42.340><c> wedding,</c><00:51:43.579><c> the</c><00:51:43.679><c> two</c><00:51:43.840><c> got</c>

00:51:44.039 --> 00:51:47.639
introduced,<00:51:45.019><c> and</c><00:51:45.179><c> as</c><00:51:45.639><c> soon</c><00:51:46.119><c> as</c><00:51:46.480><c> the</c><00:51:46.719><c> bridegroom</c>

00:51:47.639 --> 00:51:50.960
greeted<00:51:47.960><c> the</c><00:51:48.239><c> bride,</c><00:51:49.019><c> opened</c><00:51:49.340><c> his</c><00:51:49.599><c> mouth</c><00:51:49.780><c> and</c><00:51:50.000><c> said</c><00:51:50.179><c> something</c><00:51:50.400><c> to</c><00:51:50.579><c> her</c>

00:51:50.960 --> 00:51:53.900
that<00:51:51.239><c> was</c><00:51:51.480><c> the</c><00:51:51.739><c> signal</c><00:51:52.239><c> for</c><00:51:53.260><c> the</c>

00:51:53.900 --> 00:51:57.000
friend<00:51:54.039><c> of</c><00:51:54.179><c> the</c><00:51:54.340><c> bridegroom</c><00:51:54.920><c> to</c><00:51:55.699><c> fade</c><00:51:55.860><c> out</c><00:51:56.019><c> of</c><00:51:56.099><c> the</c><00:51:56.219><c> picture.</c>

00:51:57.199 --> 00:51:58.780
His<00:51:57.440><c> work</c><00:51:57.659><c> had</c><00:51:57.800><c> been</c><00:51:57.980><c> accomplished.</c><00:51:58.579><c> They</c>

00:51:58.780 --> 00:52:01.380
would<00:51:58.960><c> then</c><00:51:59.199><c> join</c><00:51:59.360><c> hand</c><00:51:59.679><c> in</c><00:51:59.880><c> hand,</c><00:52:00.460><c> and</c><00:52:00.559><c> they</c><00:52:00.599><c> would</c><00:52:00.780><c> go</c><00:52:01.000><c> through</c><00:52:01.179><c> the</c>

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festivities<00:52:01.719><c> together,</c><00:52:02.360><c> and</c><00:52:02.559><c> he</c><00:52:02.679><c> would</c>

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strung<00:52:03.320><c> along</c><00:52:03.559><c> the</c><00:52:03.739><c> back</c><00:52:03.860><c> and</c><00:52:04.079><c> lost</c><00:52:04.300><c> in</c><00:52:04.480><c> the</c><00:52:04.679><c> crowd.</c><00:52:06.780><c> And</c><00:52:06.900><c> that's</c><00:52:07.239><c> the</c>

00:52:07.400 --> 00:52:09.000
figure<00:52:07.579><c> that</c><00:52:07.780><c> John</c><00:52:07.940><c> took.</c>

00:52:10.300 --> 00:52:13.340
You<00:52:10.420><c> know,</c><00:52:10.519><c> it</c><00:52:10.599><c> was</c><00:52:10.699><c> wonderful.</c><00:52:12.000><c> And</c><00:52:12.119><c> he</c><00:52:12.260><c> said,</c><00:52:12.980><c> and</c><00:52:13.119><c> this</c><00:52:13.260><c> is</c>

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what<00:52:13.420><c> he</c><00:52:13.559><c> was</c><00:52:13.780><c> saying,</c>

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this<00:52:14.780><c> therefore</c><00:52:15.159><c> my</c><00:52:15.599><c> joy</c><00:52:16.019><c> is</c><00:52:16.480><c> fulfilled.</c><00:52:17.619><c> And</c><00:52:17.619><c> of</c><00:52:17.800><c> course,</c><00:52:18.880><c> John's</c><00:52:19.280><c> only</c><00:52:19.400><c> giving</c><00:52:19.599><c> us</c>

00:52:19.840 --> 00:52:20.300
a<00:52:19.980><c> praising,</c>

00:52:20.579 --> 00:52:23.099
but<00:52:20.699><c> I</c><00:52:20.840><c> would</c><00:52:20.960><c> have</c><00:52:21.059><c> reckoned</c><00:52:21.099><c> he</c><00:52:21.199><c> would</c><00:52:21.360><c> have</c><00:52:21.460><c> said</c><00:52:21.539><c> something</c><00:52:21.760><c> like</c><00:52:22.059><c> this,</c><00:52:22.719><c> pardon</c><00:52:22.920><c> me</c>

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for<00:52:23.320><c> paraphrasing,</c>

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but<00:52:23.960><c> I</c><00:52:24.199><c> do</c><00:52:24.360><c> really</c><00:52:24.619><c> believe</c><00:52:24.760><c> he</c><00:52:24.880><c> would</c><00:52:25.019><c> have</c><00:52:25.019><c> said</c><00:52:25.159><c> just</c><00:52:25.420><c> more</c>

00:52:25.599 --> 00:52:27.400
than<00:52:25.860><c> that.</c><00:52:26.579><c> And</c><00:52:26.760><c> he</c><00:52:26.840><c> would</c><00:52:26.960><c> have</c><00:52:27.099><c> said</c><00:52:27.219><c> to</c><00:52:27.300><c> them,</c>

00:52:27.400 --> 00:52:36.940
you<00:52:28.460><c> know,</c><00:52:29.000><c> you</c><00:52:29.420><c> fellows</c><00:52:29.780><c> here,</c><00:52:30.420><c> you're</c><00:52:30.639><c> upset,</c><00:52:32.019><c> you're</c><00:52:32.400><c> peeved,</c><00:52:34.019><c> you're</c><00:52:34.300><c> jealous</c><00:52:34.800><c> because</c><00:52:36.320><c> he's</c><00:52:36.719><c> getting</c>

00:52:36.940 --> 00:52:43.500
bigger<00:52:37.219><c> crowds</c><00:52:37.500><c> than</c><00:52:37.800><c> me.</c><00:52:39.179><c> That's</c><00:52:39.599><c> your</c><00:52:39.739><c> attitude.</c><00:52:40.820><c> I'm</c><00:52:41.239><c> thrilled.</c><00:52:43.199><c> I'm</c>

00:52:43.500 --> 00:52:45.780
absolutely<00:52:43.920><c> thrilled</c><00:52:44.639><c> at</c><00:52:44.980><c> that.</c>

00:52:46.300 --> 00:52:49.239
Not<00:52:46.519><c> only</c><00:52:46.719><c> am</c><00:52:46.880><c> I</c><00:52:47.139><c> thrilled,</c><00:52:48.099><c> but</c><00:52:48.260><c> it's</c><00:52:48.460><c> the</c><00:52:48.619><c> fulfillment</c><00:52:49.039><c> of</c>

00:52:49.239 --> 00:52:51.239
all<00:52:49.320><c> I've</c><00:52:49.519><c> ever</c><00:52:49.760><c> wanted</c><00:52:49.860><c> in</c><00:52:50.059><c> my</c><00:52:50.280><c> life.</c>

00:52:52.460 --> 00:52:55.800
They<00:52:52.659><c> were</c><00:52:52.980><c> not</c><00:52:53.619><c> John's</c><00:52:54.300><c> disciples,</c><00:52:54.780><c> were</c><00:52:54.940><c> they?</c>

00:52:57.639 --> 00:53:02.480
They<00:52:58.119><c> weren't,</c><00:52:58.599><c> were</c><00:52:58.760><c> they?</c><00:52:59.460><c> They</c><00:52:59.679><c> were</c><00:53:00.019><c> not</c><00:53:00.420><c> John's</c><00:53:00.960><c> disciples.</c><00:53:01.739><c> As</c><00:53:01.900><c> a</c><00:53:02.000><c> matter</c><00:53:02.199><c> of</c><00:53:02.360><c> fact,</c>

00:53:02.599 --> 00:53:04.840
brethren<00:53:02.760><c> and</c><00:53:02.960><c> sisters,</c><00:53:03.340><c> they</c><00:53:03.500><c> were</c><00:53:03.840><c> not</c><00:53:04.099><c> on</c><00:53:04.440><c> their</c><00:53:04.559><c> way</c><00:53:04.699><c> to</c>

00:53:04.840 --> 00:53:06.539
the<00:53:04.960><c> kingdom</c><00:53:05.179><c> of</c><00:53:05.420><c> God.</c><00:53:05.639><c> And</c><00:53:05.780><c> I'll</c><00:53:06.019><c> show</c><00:53:06.280><c> you</c><00:53:06.460><c> where</c>

00:53:06.539 --> 00:53:11.440
they<00:53:06.739><c> went.</c><00:53:08.320><c> Because</c><00:53:08.659><c> those</c><00:53:09.039><c> same</c><00:53:09.460><c> group</c><00:53:09.719><c> of</c><00:53:09.920><c> disciples,</c><00:53:10.480><c> doubtless,</c><00:53:11.079><c> were</c><00:53:11.219><c> the</c>

00:53:11.440 --> 00:53:12.599
group<00:53:11.599><c> that</c><00:53:11.860><c> accosted</c><00:53:12.260><c> our</c><00:53:12.420><c> Lord</c>

00:53:12.599 --> 00:53:15.860
Jesus<00:53:13.059><c> Christ</c><00:53:13.480><c> in</c><00:53:13.860><c> the</c><00:53:14.019><c> ninth</c><00:53:14.320><c> chapter</c><00:53:14.579><c> of</c><00:53:14.760><c> Matthew,</c><00:53:15.219><c> and</c><00:53:15.480><c> he</c>

00:53:15.860 --> 00:53:19.679
used<00:53:16.440><c> John's</c><00:53:17.340><c> figure.</c><00:53:18.460><c> Look</c><00:53:18.599><c> what</c><00:53:18.719><c> he</c><00:53:18.940><c> said</c>

00:53:20.659 --> 00:53:22.639
in<00:53:21.139><c> Matthew</c><00:53:21.559><c> chapter</c><00:53:21.880><c> nine.</c>

00:53:36.400 --> 00:53:39.239
I've<00:53:36.760><c> suggested</c><00:53:37.119><c> that</c><00:53:37.300><c> they're</c><00:53:37.599><c> not</c><00:53:37.840><c> true</c><00:53:38.179><c> disciples</c><00:53:38.619><c> of</c><00:53:38.820><c> John.</c><00:53:39.099><c> If</c>

00:53:39.239 --> 00:53:40.179
they<00:53:39.400><c> were,</c><00:53:39.699><c> they</c><00:53:39.739><c> would</c><00:53:39.940><c> have</c><00:53:40.079><c> followed</c>

00:53:40.179 --> 00:53:43.579
the<00:53:40.340><c> Lord</c><00:53:40.500><c> Jesus</c><00:53:40.860><c> Christ.</c><00:53:41.659><c> These</c><00:53:41.880><c> are</c><00:53:42.059><c> false</c><00:53:42.400><c> disciples.</c><00:53:43.400><c> And</c>

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here's<00:53:43.820><c> the</c><00:53:44.059><c> proof</c><00:53:44.219><c> of</c><00:53:44.380><c> it.</c>

00:53:45.380 --> 00:53:48.940
In<00:53:46.139><c> the</c><00:53:46.280><c> ninth</c><00:53:46.559><c> chapter</c><00:53:46.900><c> of</c><00:53:47.039><c> Matthew,</c><00:53:47.599><c> verse</c><00:53:47.960><c> 14,</c>

00:53:50.179 --> 00:53:55.420
then<00:53:50.679><c> came</c><00:53:51.139><c> to</c><00:53:51.360><c> him</c><00:53:52.219><c> the</c><00:53:52.739><c> disciples</c><00:53:53.239><c> of</c><00:53:53.440><c> John</c><00:53:53.960><c> saying,</c>

00:53:57.019 --> 00:54:06.039
why<00:53:57.420><c> do</c><00:53:58.099><c> we</c><00:53:58.679><c> and</c><00:53:59.460><c> the</c><00:53:59.820><c> Pharisees</c><00:54:02.000><c> fast</c><00:54:02.500><c> off,</c><00:54:03.380><c> but</c><00:54:03.559><c> thy</c><00:54:03.880><c> disciples</c><00:54:04.480><c> fast</c><00:54:05.000><c> not?</c>

00:54:07.320 --> 00:54:10.659
And<00:54:07.639><c> John's</c><00:54:08.079><c> disciples,</c><00:54:08.579><c> brethren</c><00:54:08.800><c> and</c><00:54:09.079><c> sisters,</c><00:54:10.239><c> were</c><00:54:10.400><c> now</c>

00:54:10.659 --> 00:54:14.159
in<00:54:10.960><c> fellowship</c><00:54:11.460><c> with</c><00:54:11.820><c> the</c><00:54:12.179><c> Pharisees'</c><00:54:12.960><c> disciples</c>

00:54:14.820 --> 00:54:20.139
on<00:54:15.300><c> that</c><00:54:15.699><c> score,</c><00:54:16.300><c> if</c><00:54:16.519><c> not</c><00:54:16.739><c> on</c><00:54:16.840><c> many</c><00:54:17.059><c> others.</c><00:54:18.559><c> They</c><00:54:18.739><c> had</c><00:54:19.099><c> misunderstood</c><00:54:19.800><c> John.</c>

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They<00:54:20.559><c> were</c><00:54:20.840><c> following</c><00:54:21.179><c> a</c><00:54:21.539><c> party</c>

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faction.<00:54:24.400><c> They</c><00:54:24.519><c> were</c><00:54:24.719><c> like</c><00:54:24.820><c> Brother</c><00:54:25.119><c> Frank</c><00:54:25.440><c> White</c><00:54:25.679><c> here,</c><00:54:25.880><c> who</c>

00:54:25.880 --> 00:54:28.059
belongs<00:54:26.119><c> to</c><00:54:26.320><c> the</c><00:54:26.460><c> Canberra</c><00:54:26.960><c> ecclesia,</c><00:54:27.659><c> full</c><00:54:27.840><c> of</c>

00:54:28.059 --> 00:54:34.579
politics.<00:54:31.460><c> I</c><00:54:31.940><c> don't</c><00:54:32.179><c> mean</c><00:54:32.360><c> that,</c><00:54:32.679><c> by</c><00:54:32.920><c> the</c><00:54:33.059><c> way,</c><00:54:33.159><c> I</c><00:54:33.239><c> must</c><00:54:33.400><c> apologize</c><00:54:33.880><c> to</c><00:54:34.059><c> the</c><00:54:34.179><c> Canberra,</c><00:54:34.460><c> I</c>

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couldn't<00:54:34.800><c> resist</c><00:54:35.260><c> the</c>

00:54:35.420 --> 00:54:39.619
joke,<00:54:35.659><c> that's</c><00:54:35.900><c> all.</c><00:54:37.239><c> But</c><00:54:37.519><c> no,</c><00:54:37.900><c> they</c><00:54:38.000><c> were,</c><00:54:38.480><c> not</c><00:54:38.659><c> like</c><00:54:38.960><c> that.</c>

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But<00:54:39.860><c> they</c><00:54:39.980><c> were</c><00:54:40.679><c> full</c><00:54:41.019><c> of</c><00:54:41.280><c> politics</c><00:54:41.519><c> in</c><00:54:41.699><c> this</c><00:54:41.920><c> sense,</c>

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they<00:54:42.360><c> had</c><00:54:42.639><c> joined</c><00:54:42.880><c> with</c><00:54:43.119><c> the</c><00:54:43.260><c> disciples</c><00:54:43.699><c> of</c><00:54:43.900><c> the</c><00:54:44.019><c> Pharisees.</c>

00:54:44.719 --> 00:54:46.119
Now<00:54:44.860><c> you</c><00:54:45.059><c> see,</c><00:54:45.260><c> they</c><00:54:45.260><c> were</c><00:54:45.539><c> not</c><00:54:45.860><c> true</c>

00:54:46.119 --> 00:54:48.679
disciples<00:54:46.519><c> of</c><00:54:46.719><c> John.</c><00:54:47.239><c> Look</c><00:54:47.420><c> at</c><00:54:47.539><c> the</c><00:54:47.719><c> devastating</c><00:54:48.199><c> answer</c><00:54:48.480><c> of</c>

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the<00:54:48.780><c> Lord.</c><00:54:50.059><c> Look</c><00:54:50.539><c> at</c><00:54:50.619><c> the</c><00:54:50.840><c> answer</c><00:54:51.079><c> of</c><00:54:51.239><c> the</c><00:54:51.420><c> Lord.</c>

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Look<00:54:52.079><c> at</c><00:54:52.199><c> it.</c><00:54:53.579><c> Jesus</c><00:54:53.960><c> said</c><00:54:54.219><c> unto</c><00:54:54.420><c> them,</c><00:54:56.199><c> can</c><00:54:56.579><c> the</c><00:54:57.099><c> children</c><00:54:57.840><c> of</c>

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the<00:54:58.559><c> bride</c><00:54:58.840><c> chamber</c><00:54:59.280><c> mourn</c><00:55:00.679><c> as</c><00:55:01.280><c> long</c><00:55:01.500><c> as</c><00:55:01.659><c> the</c><00:55:01.940><c> bridegroom</c>

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is<00:55:02.559><c> with</c><00:55:02.860><c> them?</c><00:55:04.760><c> But</c><00:55:04.920><c> the</c><00:55:05.099><c> days</c><00:55:05.320><c> will</c><00:55:05.579><c> come</c><00:55:05.880><c> when</c><00:55:06.059><c> the</c><00:55:06.300><c> bridegroom</c><00:55:06.760><c> shall</c>

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they<00:55:08.719><c> shall</c><00:55:08.880><c> fast.</c><00:55:10.739><c> Now</c><00:55:11.039><c> Jesus</c><00:55:11.420><c> didn't</c><00:55:11.719><c> only</c><00:55:12.179><c> say</c><00:55:12.400><c> that</c><00:55:12.639><c> to</c><00:55:12.860><c> defend</c><00:55:13.219><c> his</c><00:55:13.460><c> own</c><00:55:13.760><c> disciples,</c><00:55:14.820><c> but</c><00:55:15.019><c> looking</c><00:55:15.340><c> at</c><00:55:15.579><c> the</c>

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personality.<00:55:41.559><c> You're</c><00:55:41.840><c> dominated</c><00:55:42.320><c> by</c><00:55:42.659><c> a</c><00:55:42.760><c> man.</c><00:55:44.599><c> You</c><00:55:44.860><c> don't</c><00:55:45.119><c> belong</c><00:55:45.440><c> to</c>

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God.<00:55:47.000><c> If</c><00:55:47.199><c> you</c><00:55:47.380><c> belong</c><00:55:47.659><c> to</c><00:55:47.820><c> God,</c><00:55:48.059><c> you'd</c><00:55:48.239><c> be</c><00:55:48.380><c> here</c>

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bride<00:55:51.860><c> chamber.</c><00:55:52.820><c> The</c><00:55:53.059><c> proof</c><00:55:53.219><c> of</c><00:55:53.340><c> it</c>

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is<00:55:53.920><c> you're</c><00:55:54.119><c> fasting.</c><00:55:55.920><c> If</c><00:55:56.099><c> you</c><00:55:56.219><c> were</c><00:55:56.440><c> my</c><00:55:56.599><c> disciples,</c><00:55:57.139><c> you</c><00:55:57.219><c> wouldn't</c><00:55:57.500><c> be</c>

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fasting.<00:55:59.000><c> He</c><00:55:59.280><c> that</c><00:55:59.480><c> hath</c><00:55:59.659><c> the</c><00:55:59.920><c> bride</c>

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not<00:56:03.019><c> with</c><00:56:03.239><c> me.</c><00:56:04.340><c> That's</c><00:56:04.679><c> what</c><00:56:04.840><c> he</c><00:56:04.960><c> was</c><00:56:05.159><c> saying,</c>

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because<00:56:06.619><c> they</c><00:56:06.880><c> didn't</c><00:56:07.360><c> understand</c><00:56:08.039><c> what</c><00:56:08.320><c> John</c><00:56:08.559><c> meant.</c><00:56:10.320><c> And</c>

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when<00:56:10.559><c> men</c><00:56:10.760><c> and</c><00:56:10.880><c> women</c><00:56:11.099><c> will</c><00:56:11.400><c> not</c><00:56:11.659><c> listen</c><00:56:12.139><c> to</c><00:56:12.780><c> the</c>

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voice<00:56:13.199><c> of</c><00:56:13.440><c> God</c><00:56:13.860><c> and</c><00:56:14.860><c> still</c><00:56:15.199><c> cling</c><00:56:15.400><c> to</c><00:56:15.539><c> the</c><00:56:15.659><c> man</c><00:56:15.800><c> who</c><00:56:16.000><c> tells</c><00:56:16.219><c> them</c><00:56:16.519><c> that</c><00:56:16.739><c> they're</c><00:56:16.900><c> not</c>

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following<00:56:17.380><c> God,</c>

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they're<00:56:17.820><c> following</c><00:56:18.139><c> that</c><00:56:18.360><c> man.</c><00:56:19.340><c> And</c><00:56:19.579><c> Jesus</c><00:56:19.840><c> picked</c><00:56:20.079><c> that</c><00:56:20.239><c> up</c>

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very<00:56:20.719><c> beautifully,</c><00:56:21.079><c> and</c><00:56:21.500><c> he</c><00:56:21.699><c> launched</c><00:56:21.960><c> at</c><00:56:22.119><c> them</c><00:56:22.199><c> with</c>

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from<00:56:29.340><c> the</c><00:56:29.500><c> marriage</c><00:56:29.719><c> sub</c><00:56:29.940><c> to</c><00:56:30.039><c> the</c><00:56:30.219><c> land,</c>

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except<00:56:30.960><c> that</c><00:56:31.159><c> they</c><00:56:31.280><c> changed</c><00:56:31.820><c> sides</c><00:56:32.159><c> very</c><00:56:32.579><c> quickly.</c><00:56:33.980><c> And</c><00:56:34.179><c> that</c>

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was<00:56:34.539><c> a</c><00:56:34.679><c> telling</c><00:56:34.920><c> answer,</c><00:56:35.420><c> brothers</c><00:56:35.519><c> and</c><00:56:35.579><c> sisters,</c>

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picked<00:56:36.699><c> up</c><00:56:37.280><c> from</c><00:56:37.679><c> John.</c><00:56:39.239><c> And</c><00:56:39.420><c> John</c><00:56:39.639><c> finished,</c><00:56:40.039><c> as</c><00:56:40.239><c> I</c><00:56:40.420><c> will,</c><00:56:41.739><c> by</c>

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I<00:56:45.579><c> must</c><00:56:45.880><c> decrease</c><00:56:46.559><c> and</c><00:56:47.780><c> he</c><00:56:47.960><c> must</c><00:56:48.340><c> increase.</c><00:56:50.840><c> You</c><00:56:50.900><c> know,</c><00:56:51.059><c> the</c>

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word<00:56:51.360><c> decrease</c><00:56:51.820><c> means</c><00:56:52.039><c> to</c><00:56:52.260><c> grow</c><00:56:52.380><c> smaller.</c>

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I<00:56:54.639><c> must</c><00:56:54.860><c> grow</c><00:56:55.079><c> smaller,</c><00:56:55.619><c> said</c><00:56:55.719><c> John,</c><00:56:57.059><c> and</c><00:56:57.239><c> he</c><00:56:57.360><c> must</c><00:56:57.500><c> grow</c><00:56:57.699><c> bigger.</c><00:56:59.360><c> And</c>

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the<00:56:59.719><c> voice</c><00:57:00.079><c> that</c><00:57:00.280><c> was</c><00:57:00.500><c> crying,</c>

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brothers<00:57:01.219><c> and</c><00:57:01.440><c> sisters,</c><00:57:02.500><c> to</c><00:57:02.659><c> come</c><00:57:02.880><c> into</c><00:57:03.059><c> the</c><00:57:03.219><c> wilderness</c><00:57:03.500><c> and</c>

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to<00:57:03.940><c> prepare</c><00:57:04.199><c> the</c><00:57:04.420><c> way</c><00:57:04.559><c> of</c><00:57:04.780><c> Yahweh</c>

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was<00:57:06.079><c> fading</c><00:57:06.500><c> into</c><00:57:06.719><c> the</c><00:57:06.920><c> distance.</c><00:57:08.579><c> And</c><00:57:08.739><c> men</c><00:57:08.900><c> and</c><00:57:09.059><c> women</c><00:57:09.260><c> who</c>

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by<00:57:09.659><c> that</c><00:57:09.940><c> time</c><00:57:10.780><c> had</c><00:57:11.480><c> not</c><00:57:11.780><c> assessed</c><00:57:12.179><c> the</c><00:57:12.460><c> true</c><00:57:12.639><c> value</c>

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of<00:57:13.679><c> life</c><00:57:13.679><c> were</c><00:57:14.619><c> now</c><00:57:14.900><c> about</c><00:57:15.159><c> to</c><00:57:15.239><c> look</c><00:57:15.420><c> for</c><00:57:15.619><c> the</c><00:57:15.780><c> darkness</c><00:57:16.119><c> of</c><00:57:16.320><c> the</c><00:57:16.500><c> corners</c><00:57:17.099><c> so</c>

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they<00:57:18.179><c> wouldn't</c><00:57:18.400><c> be</c><00:57:18.659><c> illuminated</c><00:57:19.079><c> by</c>

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the<00:57:19.440><c> light</c><00:57:19.579><c> of</c><00:57:19.699><c> the</c><00:57:19.860><c> world</c><00:57:20.300><c> and</c><00:57:20.760><c> shown</c><00:57:20.920><c> up</c><00:57:21.119><c> for</c><00:57:21.199><c> what</c><00:57:21.360><c> they</c><00:57:21.679><c> were.</c><00:57:23.460><c> Better</c><00:57:23.820><c> for</c>

00:57:23.980 --> 00:57:26.260
us<00:57:24.659><c> in</c><00:57:25.380><c> the</c><00:57:25.579><c> time</c><00:57:25.719><c> that</c><00:57:25.900><c> remains,</c>

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brothers<00:57:26.559><c> and</c><00:57:26.760><c> sisters,</c><00:57:27.679><c> to</c><00:57:27.880><c> look</c><00:57:28.059><c> at</c><00:57:28.219><c> John</c><00:57:28.400><c> the</c><00:57:28.539><c> Baptist</c><00:57:28.780><c> this</c><00:57:29.099><c> weekend</c><00:57:29.500><c> and</c>

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assess<00:57:30.219><c> our</c><00:57:30.739><c> values</c><00:57:31.300><c> and</c><00:57:32.579><c> to</c><00:57:32.860><c> prove</c>

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that<00:57:33.219><c> we</c><00:57:33.320><c> are</c><00:57:33.500><c> his</c><00:57:33.739><c> true</c><00:57:34.039><c> disciples</c><00:57:34.679><c> by</c><00:57:35.860><c> turning</c><00:57:36.219><c> away</c><00:57:36.780><c> from</c>

00:57:37.019 --> 00:57:41.380
him<00:57:38.219><c> and</c><00:57:38.719><c> following</c><00:57:39.000><c> his</c><00:57:39.280><c> gaze</c><00:57:39.880><c> and</c><00:57:40.360><c> to</c><00:57:40.559><c> walk</c><00:57:40.760><c> after</c>

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the<00:57:41.780><c> Lamb</c><00:57:42.000><c> of</c><00:57:42.239><c> God</c><00:57:42.420><c> which</c><00:57:42.639><c> takes</c><00:57:42.920><c> away</c><00:57:43.420><c> the</c><00:57:43.739><c> sin</c><00:57:43.860><c> of</c><00:57:44.019><c> the</c><00:57:44.179><c> world.</c>