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And<00:11:22.620><c> without</c><00:11:22.820><c> a</c><00:11:23.019><c> moment's</c><00:11:23.419><c> hesitation</c><00:11:23.860><c> they</c><00:11:24.200><c> said,</c><00:11:24.659><c> Caesar's.</c>

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Remember<00:11:42.340><c> they</c><00:11:42.480><c> were</c><00:11:42.740><c> trying</c><00:11:42.899><c> to</c><00:11:43.139><c> accuse</c><00:11:43.519><c> him</c><00:11:44.379><c> of</c><00:11:45.059><c> toading</c>

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into<00:11:45.700><c> Caesar.</c>

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And<00:11:48.620><c> he</c><00:11:48.919><c> confounded</c><00:11:49.519><c> them</c><00:11:49.840><c> by</c><00:11:50.399><c> showing</c><00:11:50.679><c> them</c><00:11:50.860><c> that</c><00:11:51.000><c> they</c><00:11:51.179><c> were</c>

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glad<00:11:52.259><c> to</c><00:11:52.559><c> use</c><00:11:52.899><c> Caesar's</c><00:11:53.539><c> things</c><00:11:53.840><c> if</c><00:11:54.220><c> it</c><00:11:54.480><c> suited</c><00:11:54.720><c> them.</c>

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Render<00:11:55.779><c> therefore</c><00:11:56.159><c> to</c><00:11:56.460><c> Caesar,</c><00:11:57.039><c> he</c><00:11:57.039><c> said,</c><00:11:57.240><c> the</c><00:11:57.399><c> things</c><00:11:57.620><c> which</c>

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are<00:11:58.059><c> Caesar's</c><00:11:59.000><c> and</c><00:11:59.080><c> to</c><00:11:59.360><c> God</c><00:11:59.779><c> the</c><00:12:00.100><c> things</c><00:12:00.399><c> which</c><00:12:00.659><c> are</c><00:12:00.840><c> God's.</c>

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And<00:12:01.620><c> the</c><00:12:01.759><c> principle</c><00:12:02.059><c> is</c><00:12:02.340><c> this,</c><00:12:02.840><c> that</c><00:12:03.000><c> for</c><00:12:03.259><c> the</c><00:12:03.460><c> true</c><00:12:03.679><c> man</c><00:12:04.100><c> doing</c><00:12:04.539><c> the</c>

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second<00:12:05.159><c> will</c><00:12:05.399><c> ensure</c><00:12:05.779><c> the</c><00:12:06.080><c> first.</c>

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Later<00:12:07.460><c> on</c><00:12:08.100><c> the</c><00:12:08.399><c> New</c><00:12:08.620><c> Testament</c><00:12:09.000><c> writers</c><00:12:09.440><c> will</c><00:12:09.700><c> be</c><00:12:10.200><c> developing</c>

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this<00:12:11.200><c> principle</c>

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part<00:12:15.580><c> of</c><00:12:15.779><c> doing</c><00:12:15.980><c> the</c><00:12:16.159><c> will</c><00:12:16.259><c> of</c><00:12:16.580><c> God.</c>

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The<00:12:18.220><c> King</c><00:12:18.440><c> declares</c><00:12:18.940><c> that</c><00:12:19.559><c> in</c><00:12:19.899><c> all</c><00:12:20.220><c> the</c><00:12:20.419><c> forces</c><00:12:20.720><c> of</c><00:12:21.039><c> human</c><00:12:21.279><c> life</c>

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which<00:12:22.440><c> might</c><00:12:22.879><c> come</c><00:12:23.600><c> to</c><00:12:23.860><c> be</c><00:12:24.960><c> classed</c><00:12:25.580><c> as</c><00:12:25.840><c> Caesar's,</c>

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his<00:12:28.019><c> disciples,</c><00:12:28.899><c> his</c><00:12:29.120><c> men</c><00:12:29.299><c> and</c><00:12:29.440><c> women,</c><00:12:30.159><c> must</c><00:12:30.340><c> never</c><00:12:30.659><c> forget</c><00:12:31.179><c> that</c>

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notwithstanding<00:12:33.879><c> that</c><00:12:34.299><c> truth,</c><00:12:35.019><c> their</c><00:12:35.179><c> first</c><00:12:35.580><c> and</c><00:12:35.799><c> final</c><00:12:36.279><c> allegiance</c><00:12:36.740><c> is</c>

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Which<00:12:40.200><c> means</c><00:12:40.539><c> that</c><00:12:40.720><c> they</c><00:12:40.879><c> must</c><00:12:41.200><c> seek</c><00:12:41.440><c> to</c><00:12:41.679><c> realize</c><00:12:42.100><c> in</c><00:12:42.259><c> the</c><00:12:42.500><c> world</c><00:12:42.960><c> the</c>

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their<00:12:50.399><c> unqualified</c><00:12:51.639><c> allegiance</c><00:12:53.240><c> and</c><00:12:53.659><c> loyalty.</c>

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And<00:12:56.120><c> then</c><00:12:56.379><c> recall</c><00:12:56.779><c> how</c><00:12:57.039><c> he</c><00:12:57.139><c> looks</c><00:12:57.700><c> upon</c><00:12:58.659><c> the</c><00:12:59.019><c> restlessness</c><00:12:59.879><c> of</c><00:13:00.279><c> men.</c>

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He<00:13:02.840><c> is</c><00:13:03.139><c> not</c><00:13:03.379><c> saying</c><00:13:03.740><c> to</c><00:13:03.919><c> us</c><00:13:04.240><c> that</c><00:13:04.600><c> anxiety</c><00:13:05.320><c> is</c><00:13:05.679><c> wrong.</c>

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He<00:13:08.279><c> knows</c><00:13:08.919><c> that</c><00:13:09.320><c> anxiety</c><00:13:10.100><c> is</c><00:13:10.440><c> part</c><00:13:10.779><c> of</c><00:13:11.539><c> human</c><00:13:11.799><c> nature.</c>

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He<00:13:13.740><c> knows</c><00:13:14.200><c> that</c><00:13:15.039><c> men</c><00:13:15.299><c> and</c><00:13:15.399><c> women</c><00:13:15.980><c> will</c><00:13:16.740><c> seek</c><00:13:17.340><c> and</c><00:13:18.440><c> sometimes</c>

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He<00:13:21.100><c> knows</c><00:13:21.659><c> that</c><00:13:22.659><c> sometimes</c><00:13:23.159><c> anxiety</c><00:13:23.779><c> is</c><00:13:24.059><c> the</c><00:13:24.220><c> inspiration</c><00:13:24.779><c> of</c>

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But<00:13:27.919><c> he</c><00:13:28.559><c> draws</c><00:13:28.919><c> our</c><00:13:29.299><c> mind</c><00:13:29.659><c> to</c><00:13:29.820><c> what</c><00:13:30.000><c> is</c><00:13:30.419><c> important</c><00:13:30.759><c> concerning</c>

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To<00:13:37.899><c> be</c><00:13:38.159><c> anxious</c><00:13:38.539><c> about</c><00:13:38.960><c> the</c><00:13:39.259><c> things</c><00:13:40.100><c> which</c><00:13:40.659><c> abide</c><00:13:41.279><c> is</c><00:13:42.519><c> the</c><00:13:42.779><c> ethic</c><00:13:42.980><c> of</c>

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That's<00:13:45.220><c> what</c><00:13:45.379><c> he's</c><00:13:45.720><c> saying.</c><00:13:45.919><c> Yes,</c><00:13:46.360><c> be</c><00:13:46.500><c> anxious,</c><00:13:47.519><c> but</c><00:13:47.539><c> most</c><00:13:48.179><c> of</c>

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Seek<00:13:53.059><c> ye</c><00:13:53.399><c> first</c><00:13:54.200><c> the</c><00:13:54.879><c> kingdom</c><00:13:55.360><c> of</c><00:13:55.679><c> God.</c>

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And<00:13:57.019><c> his</c><00:13:57.179><c> view</c><00:13:57.340><c> of</c><00:13:57.500><c> life</c><00:13:57.700><c> is</c><00:13:57.980><c> that</c><00:13:58.539><c> it</c><00:13:58.740><c> is</c><00:13:59.200><c> full...</c>

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He<00:14:01.120><c> is</c><00:14:01.299><c> not</c><00:14:01.539><c> an</c><00:14:01.779><c> ascetic,</c><00:14:02.179><c> he</c><00:14:02.320><c> is</c><00:14:02.500><c> not</c><00:14:02.639><c> a</c><00:14:02.759><c> man</c><00:14:02.940><c> with</c><00:14:03.220><c> blinkers</c><00:14:03.740><c> on.</c>

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Of<00:14:05.379><c> course</c><00:14:05.620><c> they</c><00:14:05.840><c> once</c><00:14:06.139><c> said</c><00:14:06.320><c> of</c><00:14:06.440><c> him,</c><00:14:06.620><c> he</c><00:14:06.620><c> was</c><00:14:06.820><c> a</c><00:14:06.980><c> gluttonous</c>

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man<00:14:07.639><c> and</c><00:14:07.820><c> a</c><00:14:08.000><c> wine</c><00:14:08.340><c>-bibber.</c>

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It<00:14:09.279><c> was</c><00:14:09.580><c> untrue,</c><00:14:11.159><c> but</c><00:14:11.299><c> he</c><00:14:11.500><c> was</c><00:14:11.740><c> a</c><00:14:11.919><c> man</c><00:14:12.080><c> who</c><00:14:12.360><c> lived</c><00:14:12.559><c> his</c><00:14:12.899><c> life</c>

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fully<00:14:15.340><c> and</c><00:14:15.960><c> freely.</c>

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He<00:14:17.700><c> is</c><00:14:17.940><c> not</c><00:14:18.480><c> like</c><00:14:19.000><c> a</c><00:14:19.220><c> monk</c><00:14:19.440><c> in</c><00:14:19.679><c> a</c><00:14:19.879><c> monastery.</c>

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His<00:14:22.039><c> view</c><00:14:22.200><c> of</c><00:14:22.379><c> life</c><00:14:22.620><c> is</c><00:14:22.860><c> that</c><00:14:22.919><c> it</c><00:14:23.120><c> is</c><00:14:23.299><c> full</c><00:14:23.639><c> and</c><00:14:23.919><c> free</c><00:14:24.080><c> and</c><00:14:24.360><c> wonderful,</c>

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but<00:14:25.539><c> only</c><00:14:26.460><c> when</c><00:14:27.179><c> all</c><00:14:27.580><c> its</c><00:14:27.879><c> varied</c><00:14:28.240><c> ways</c><00:14:28.639><c> and</c><00:14:28.860><c> all</c><00:14:28.960><c> its</c>

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wonderful<00:14:29.639><c> possibilities</c>

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are<00:14:30.399><c> related</c><00:14:30.919><c> to</c><00:14:31.139><c> the</c><00:14:31.360><c> one</c><00:14:31.600><c> center</c><00:14:31.980><c> of</c><00:14:32.220><c> life,</c><00:14:32.419><c> that</c><00:14:32.580><c> is</c><00:14:32.980><c> the</c><00:14:33.259><c> throne</c><00:14:33.659><c> of</c><00:14:33.940><c> God.</c>

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This<00:14:35.259><c> is</c><00:14:35.500><c> the</c><00:14:35.759><c> central</c><00:14:36.159><c> passion</c><00:14:36.679><c> of</c><00:14:37.240><c> the</c><00:14:37.399><c> Messiah's</c><00:14:38.059><c> teaching.</c>

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And<00:14:39.559><c> then</c><00:14:39.720><c> he</c><00:14:39.820><c> declares</c><00:14:40.360><c> that</c><00:14:42.240><c> character</c><00:14:42.879><c> is</c><00:14:43.419><c> the</c><00:14:43.600><c> vital</c><00:14:43.960><c> thing.</c>

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As<00:14:46.720><c> we've</c><00:14:47.000><c> seen</c><00:14:47.179><c> already</c><00:14:47.960><c> in</c><00:14:48.559><c> this</c><00:14:48.820><c> series,</c><00:14:49.960><c> he</c><00:14:50.139><c> places</c><00:14:50.580><c> no</c><00:14:50.960><c> blessing</c><00:14:51.580><c> on</c><00:14:52.659><c> having.</c>

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He<00:14:54.299><c> places</c><00:14:54.639><c> no</c><00:14:54.919><c> blessing</c><00:14:55.240><c> on</c><00:14:55.559><c> doing.</c>

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He<00:14:57.120><c> places</c><00:14:57.519><c> his</c><00:14:57.820><c> beatitude</c><00:14:58.519><c> and</c><00:14:58.659><c> his</c><00:14:58.879><c> benediction</c><00:14:59.460><c> on</c><00:15:00.519><c> being.</c>

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The<00:15:02.600><c> man</c><00:15:02.879><c> of</c><00:15:03.259><c> character</c><00:15:03.659><c> is</c><00:15:04.039><c> greater</c><00:15:04.480><c> than</c><00:15:04.620><c> the</c><00:15:04.799><c> man</c><00:15:04.980><c> of</c><00:15:05.279><c> property</c><00:15:05.659><c> or</c><00:15:06.019><c> the</c><00:15:06.100><c> man</c><00:15:06.320><c> of</c><00:15:06.539><c> attainment.</c>

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Now,<00:15:09.700><c> brethren</c><00:15:09.879><c> and</c><00:15:10.200><c> sisters,</c><00:15:10.460><c> let's</c><00:15:10.899><c> be</c><00:15:11.220><c> frank</c><00:15:11.399><c> with</c><00:15:11.580><c> one</c><00:15:11.779><c> another.</c>

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is<00:15:20.039><c> there</c><00:15:20.399><c> not</c><00:15:20.820><c> the</c><00:15:21.080><c> ring</c><00:15:21.440><c> of</c><00:15:22.000><c> absolute</c><00:15:22.519><c> truth?</c><00:15:23.659><c> You</c><00:15:24.000><c> tell</c><00:15:24.259><c> me.</c>

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Do<00:15:25.860><c> you</c><00:15:26.100><c> not</c><00:15:26.360><c> know</c><00:15:26.539><c> in</c><00:15:26.679><c> your</c><00:15:26.899><c> deepest</c><00:15:27.279><c> heart</c><00:15:27.980><c> that</c><00:15:28.600><c> this</c><00:15:29.080><c> man</c>

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is<00:15:29.679><c> right?</c>

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It<00:15:31.519><c> is</c><00:15:31.740><c> the</c><00:15:31.840><c> man</c><00:15:32.019><c> of</c><00:15:32.379><c> character</c><00:15:32.940><c> in</c><00:15:33.720><c> the</c><00:15:33.980><c> end</c><00:15:34.299><c> who</c><00:15:34.419><c> is</c><00:15:34.620><c> the</c><00:15:34.740><c> true</c><00:15:35.000><c> man.</c>

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To<00:15:37.019><c> those</c><00:15:37.259><c> who</c><00:15:37.419><c> have</c><00:15:37.679><c> accepted</c><00:15:38.039><c> his</c><00:15:38.399><c> lordship,</c><00:15:39.039><c> he</c><00:15:39.039><c> reveals</c>

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the<00:15:39.700><c> vital</c><00:15:40.080><c> importance</c><00:15:40.600><c> of</c><00:15:41.379><c> influence.</c>

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The<00:15:44.759><c> man</c><00:15:44.879><c> of</c><00:15:45.179><c> character</c><00:15:45.539><c> is</c><00:15:45.740><c> the</c><00:15:45.820><c> man</c><00:15:45.980><c> of</c><00:15:46.279><c> influence.</c>

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And<00:15:48.000><c> the</c><00:15:48.320><c> influence</c><00:15:48.779><c> he</c><00:15:50.639><c> draws</c><00:15:50.960><c> our</c><00:15:51.200><c> attention</c><00:15:51.639><c> to</c><00:15:51.919><c> is</c><00:15:52.100><c> the</c>

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influence<00:15:52.740><c> which</c><00:15:53.019><c> men</c><00:15:53.220><c> need</c><00:15:53.559><c> most.</c>

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He<00:15:54.940><c> said</c><00:15:55.179><c> to</c><00:15:55.299><c> those</c><00:15:55.639><c> who</c><00:15:55.799><c> are</c><00:15:55.960><c> his</c><00:15:56.159><c> ones,</c>

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ye<00:15:57.759><c> are</c><00:15:58.000><c> the</c><00:15:58.320><c> salt</c><00:15:58.620><c> of</c><00:15:58.919><c> the</c><00:15:59.100><c> earth.</c>

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He<00:16:00.899><c> said</c><00:16:01.019><c> to</c><00:16:01.179><c> them,</c><00:16:01.340><c> ye</c><00:16:01.659><c> are</c><00:16:02.220><c> the</c><00:16:02.519><c> light</c><00:16:02.879><c> of</c><00:16:03.299><c> the</c><00:16:03.580><c> world.</c>

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Now<00:16:05.720><c> think</c><00:16:05.980><c> about</c><00:16:06.320><c> it.</c><00:16:07.039><c> Salt</c><00:16:07.500><c> is</c><00:16:08.659><c> pungent,</c><00:16:10.200><c> antiseptic,</c>

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it<00:16:11.720><c> hurts</c><00:16:11.960><c> when</c><00:16:12.179><c> it</c><00:16:12.360><c> is</c><00:16:12.519><c> in</c><00:16:12.679><c> the</c><00:16:12.820><c> vicinity</c><00:16:13.220><c> of</c><00:16:13.440><c> the</c><00:16:13.679><c> wound,</c>

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but<00:16:14.480><c> at</c><00:16:14.740><c> last</c><00:16:15.000><c> it</c><00:16:15.220><c> heals,</c><00:16:15.899><c> it</c><00:16:16.039><c> saves</c><00:16:16.500><c> and</c><00:16:17.240><c> it</c><00:16:17.620><c> preserves.</c>

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By<00:16:19.059><c> its</c><00:16:19.659><c> aseptic</c><00:16:20.419><c> influence</c><00:16:21.019><c> it</c><00:16:21.519><c> halts</c><00:16:22.039><c> the</c><00:16:22.240><c> spread</c><00:16:22.519><c> of</c><00:16:22.820><c> corruption.</c>

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Think<00:16:26.419><c> of</c><00:16:26.580><c> that.</c><00:16:27.080><c> Ye</c><00:16:27.379><c> are</c><00:16:27.799><c> the</c><00:16:28.039><c> salt</c><00:16:28.279><c> of</c><00:16:28.519><c> the</c><00:16:28.679><c> earth.</c>

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In<00:16:29.500><c> the</c><00:16:29.679><c> little</c><00:16:30.019><c> world</c><00:16:30.500><c> in</c><00:16:30.759><c> which</c><00:16:31.059><c> you</c><00:16:31.399><c> move,</c><00:16:32.179><c> your</c><00:16:32.240><c> business,</c>

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your<00:16:33.419><c> aseptic</c><00:16:34.139><c> influence</c><00:16:34.639><c> is</c><00:16:35.059><c> to</c><00:16:35.259><c> halt</c><00:16:35.480><c> the</c><00:16:35.720><c> spread</c><00:16:35.960><c> of</c><00:16:36.259><c> corruption.</c>

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And<00:16:37.820><c> then</c><00:16:37.980><c> he</c><00:16:38.139><c> said,</c><00:16:38.519><c> ye</c><00:16:38.659><c> are</c><00:16:38.879><c> the</c><00:16:39.039><c> light</c><00:16:39.279><c> of</c><00:16:39.500><c> the</c><00:16:39.639><c> world.</c>

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Think<00:16:40.059><c> of</c><00:16:40.179><c> the</c><00:16:40.320><c> power</c><00:16:40.519><c> of</c><00:16:40.799><c> light.</c>

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Light<00:16:41.740><c> flashes</c><00:16:42.220><c> and</c><00:16:42.559><c> flames</c><00:16:42.799><c> and</c><00:16:43.340><c> is</c><00:16:43.519><c> not</c><00:16:43.759><c> by</c><00:16:43.980><c> any</c><00:16:44.179><c> means</c><00:16:44.440><c> welcome</c><00:16:44.860><c> to</c>

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the<00:16:45.220><c> man</c><00:16:45.419><c> who</c><00:16:45.799><c> has</c><00:16:46.059><c> something</c><00:16:46.460><c> to</c><00:16:46.779><c> hide,</c>

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but<00:16:47.220><c> in</c><00:16:47.419><c> the</c><00:16:47.580><c> end</c><00:16:47.840><c> it</c><00:16:48.240><c> is</c><00:16:48.419><c> the</c><00:16:48.620><c> only</c><00:16:49.039><c> way,</c><00:16:49.440><c> really,</c>

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to<00:16:50.179><c> be</c><00:16:50.320><c> led</c><00:16:50.460><c> out</c><00:16:50.700><c> of</c><00:16:50.899><c> darkness</c><00:16:51.419><c> and</c><00:16:51.919><c> doom</c><00:16:52.139><c> into</c><00:16:52.399><c> liberty</c><00:16:52.759><c> and</c><00:16:53.080><c> freedom.</c>

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And<00:16:55.720><c> is</c><00:16:55.980><c> not</c><00:16:56.279><c> this,</c><00:16:56.620><c> in</c><00:16:56.799><c> your</c><00:16:57.039><c> experience,</c>

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I<00:16:58.299><c> ask</c><00:16:58.600><c> you</c><00:16:58.759><c> the</c><00:16:58.899><c> question,</c><00:16:59.259><c> in</c><00:16:59.360><c> your</c><00:16:59.620><c> experience,</c>

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is<00:17:00.700><c> not</c><00:17:00.940><c> this</c><00:17:01.120><c> the</c><00:17:01.279><c> very</c><00:17:01.559><c> science</c><00:17:01.960><c> of</c><00:17:02.220><c> life?</c>

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We<00:17:03.220><c> may</c><00:17:03.500><c> hide</c><00:17:03.919><c> the</c><00:17:04.279><c> truth</c><00:17:04.519><c> for</c><00:17:04.880><c> a</c><00:17:04.980><c> long</c><00:17:05.299><c> time,</c>

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we<00:17:06.119><c> may</c><00:17:06.380><c> cover</c><00:17:06.680><c> it</c><00:17:06.980><c> up,</c><00:17:08.099><c> we</c><00:17:08.119><c> may</c><00:17:08.859><c> practice</c><00:17:09.339><c> guile</c><00:17:09.819><c> with</c><00:17:10.099><c> God,</c>

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but<00:17:11.200><c> then</c><00:17:11.480><c> in</c><00:17:11.660><c> our</c><00:17:11.839><c> deepest</c><00:17:12.240><c> heart</c><00:17:12.539><c> we</c><00:17:12.660><c> know</c><00:17:12.900><c> that</c><00:17:13.160><c> one</c><00:17:13.400><c> day,</c>

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one<00:17:14.839><c> day</c><00:17:15.339><c> we</c><00:17:15.640><c> must</c><00:17:15.859><c> bring</c><00:17:16.099><c> it</c><00:17:16.339><c> out</c><00:17:16.460><c> into</c><00:17:16.680><c> the</c><00:17:16.880><c> light,</c>

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we<00:17:17.240><c> must</c><00:17:17.519><c> confess</c><00:17:17.920><c> it,</c><00:17:18.220><c> we</c><00:17:18.259><c> must</c><00:17:18.519><c> repudiate</c><00:17:19.140><c> it,</c>

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and<00:17:20.059><c> on</c><00:17:20.460><c> that</c><00:17:20.859><c> day,</c><00:17:23.740><c> when</c><00:17:24.039><c> it</c><00:17:24.240><c> happens,</c><00:17:24.700><c> on</c><00:17:24.859><c> that</c><00:17:25.160><c> day,</c>

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it<00:17:26.220><c> is</c><00:17:26.279><c> the</c><00:17:26.440><c> day</c><00:17:26.640><c> of</c><00:17:26.940><c> freedom</c><00:17:27.519><c> and</c><00:17:28.140><c> restfulness</c><00:17:29.039><c> and</c><00:17:29.720><c> release.</c>

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It<00:17:39.019><c> is</c><00:17:39.059><c> your</c><00:17:39.240><c> business,</c><00:17:40.240><c> in</c><00:17:40.259><c> the</c><00:17:40.380><c> little</c><00:17:40.619><c> world</c><00:17:40.920><c> in</c><00:17:41.099><c> which</c><00:17:41.279><c> you</c><00:17:41.599><c> move,</c>

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to<00:17:42.039><c> throw</c><00:17:42.299><c> back</c><00:17:42.579><c> the</c><00:17:42.779><c> frontiers</c><00:17:43.119><c> of</c><00:17:43.380><c> darkness.</c>

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I<00:17:46.839><c> said</c><00:17:47.000><c> that</c><00:17:47.200><c> his</c><00:17:47.380><c> word</c><00:17:47.619><c> sometimes</c><00:17:48.240><c> scorches</c><00:17:48.700><c> us,</c><00:17:49.440><c> and</c><00:17:49.640><c> so</c><00:17:49.779><c> it</c><00:17:49.920><c> does.</c>

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He<00:17:52.519><c> that</c><00:17:52.759><c> looketh</c><00:17:53.140><c> on</c><00:17:53.380><c> sin</c><00:17:53.519><c> with</c><00:17:53.799><c> desire</c><00:17:54.140><c> hath</c><00:17:54.400><c> committed</c><00:17:54.779><c> it</c>

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already<00:17:55.359><c> in</c><00:17:55.539><c> his</c><00:17:55.839><c> heart.</c>

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Do<00:17:57.519><c> we</c><00:17:57.779><c> not</c><00:17:58.000><c> know</c><00:17:58.200><c> that</c><00:17:58.420><c> the</c><00:17:58.599><c> king's</c><00:17:59.019><c> estimate</c><00:17:59.279><c> of</c><00:17:59.519><c> guilt</c>

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is<00:18:00.759><c> absolutely</c><00:18:01.480><c> right?</c>

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Has<00:18:05.779><c> it</c><00:18:05.940><c> never</c><00:18:06.140><c> happened</c><00:18:06.500><c> to</c><00:18:06.680><c> you</c><00:18:06.900><c> like</c><00:18:07.220><c> this?</c>

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We<00:18:08.640><c> would</c><00:18:09.319><c> if</c><00:18:10.440><c> we</c><00:18:10.740><c> could,</c><00:18:12.180><c> but</c><00:18:12.359><c> for</c><00:18:12.619><c> the</c><00:18:12.799><c> present</c><00:18:13.240><c> we</c><00:18:14.059><c> cannot.</c>

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We'd<00:18:16.359><c> like</c><00:18:16.619><c> to</c><00:18:17.119><c> if</c><00:18:17.400><c> we</c><00:18:17.559><c> had</c><00:18:17.700><c> the</c><00:18:17.960><c> chance,</c><00:18:18.940><c> but</c><00:18:19.140><c> the</c><00:18:19.359><c> chance</c>

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hasn't<00:18:20.059><c> come.</c>

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Let's<00:18:21.579><c> hope</c><00:18:21.799><c> it</c><00:18:22.019><c> will.</c>

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And<00:18:26.819><c> do</c><00:18:27.099><c> you</c><00:18:27.380><c> not</c><00:18:27.720><c> really</c><00:18:28.079><c> know</c><00:18:28.359><c> now,</c><00:18:28.759><c> come</c><00:18:29.019><c> on,</c><00:18:29.220><c> let's</c><00:18:29.460><c> be</c><00:18:29.700><c> honest,</c>

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do<00:18:30.180><c> you</c><00:18:30.380><c> not</c><00:18:30.599><c> really</c><00:18:30.900><c> know</c><00:18:31.099><c> that</c><00:18:31.299><c> the</c><00:18:31.480><c> king's</c><00:18:31.920><c> estimate</c><00:18:32.160><c> of</c><00:18:32.460><c> guilt</c>

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He<00:18:35.380><c> that</c><00:18:35.579><c> looketh</c><00:18:35.960><c> on</c><00:18:36.259><c> sin</c><00:18:36.599><c> with</c><00:18:37.259><c> lust</c><00:18:37.559><c> hath</c><00:18:37.859><c> committed</c><00:18:38.240><c> it</c><00:18:38.460><c> already</c><00:18:38.819><c> in</c>

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people<00:18:43.920><c> straight</c>

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is<00:18:44.460><c> the</c><00:18:44.519><c> lack</c><00:18:44.740><c> of</c><00:18:45.000><c> opportunity</c><00:18:45.420><c> to</c><00:18:45.559><c> be</c><00:18:45.839><c> crooked.</c>

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So<00:18:53.500><c> we</c><00:18:53.759><c> would</c><00:18:53.960><c> if</c><00:18:54.119><c> we</c><00:18:54.279><c> could</c><00:18:54.480><c> sometimes,</c><00:18:55.119><c> but</c><00:18:55.240><c> for</c><00:18:55.500><c> the</c><00:18:55.640><c> present</c><00:18:55.779><c> we</c><00:18:56.059><c> cannot,</c>

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and<00:18:56.579><c> when</c><00:18:56.779><c> we</c><00:18:56.900><c> are</c><00:18:57.119><c> like</c><00:18:57.339><c> that,</c><00:18:57.660><c> Jesus</c><00:18:57.960><c> says</c><00:18:58.220><c> we</c><00:18:58.319><c> are</c><00:18:58.539><c> guilty.</c>

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As<00:19:00.279><c> a</c><00:19:00.440><c> man</c><00:19:00.680><c> thinketh</c><00:19:01.000><c> in</c><00:19:01.200><c> his</c><00:19:01.460><c> heart,</c><00:19:01.779><c> so</c><00:19:02.000><c> is</c><00:19:02.220><c> he.</c>

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His<00:19:04.220><c> words</c><00:19:04.519><c> cut</c><00:19:04.900><c> incisively</c><00:19:05.660><c> like</c><00:19:05.980><c> a</c><00:19:06.180><c> knife</c>

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through<00:19:06.880><c> all</c><00:19:07.140><c> their</c><00:19:07.339><c> faux</c><00:19:07.700><c> sophistry</c><00:19:08.339><c> and</c><00:19:08.559><c> through</c><00:19:08.680><c> all</c>

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their<00:19:09.160><c> guile.</c>

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I<00:19:10.640><c> know</c><00:19:10.920><c> it</c><00:19:11.240><c> well,</c><00:19:11.579><c> my</c><00:19:11.980><c> comrades,</c><00:19:12.359><c> I</c><00:19:12.480><c> know</c><00:19:12.720><c> it.</c>

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I'm<00:19:13.059><c> half</c><00:19:13.319><c> ashamed</c><00:19:13.680><c> to</c><00:19:13.920><c> tell</c><00:19:14.079><c> you</c><00:19:14.200><c> I</c><00:19:14.319><c> know</c><00:19:14.500><c> it</c><00:19:14.720><c> too</c><00:19:15.019><c> well.</c>

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I<00:19:19.500><c> confess</c><00:19:19.900><c> it,</c><00:19:20.140><c> we</c><00:19:20.619><c> sometimes</c><00:19:21.180><c> try</c><00:19:21.500><c> to</c><00:19:21.700><c> make</c><00:19:21.880><c> wrong</c><00:19:22.180><c> things</c><00:19:22.480><c> right</c>

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by<00:19:22.980><c> giving</c><00:19:23.240><c> them</c><00:19:23.539><c> high</c><00:19:23.880><c> sounding</c><00:19:24.259><c> names</c><00:19:24.799><c> and</c><00:19:25.259><c> trying</c><00:19:25.480><c> to</c><00:19:25.680><c> make</c>

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them<00:19:26.059><c> plausible,</c>

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but<00:19:26.720><c> in</c><00:19:26.960><c> the</c><00:19:27.099><c> presence</c><00:19:27.319><c> of</c><00:19:27.559><c> the</c><00:19:27.700><c> king's</c><00:19:28.160><c> measurement</c>

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we<00:19:29.119><c> are</c><00:19:29.779><c> made</c><00:19:30.079><c> to</c><00:19:30.599><c> be</c><00:19:30.839><c> openly</c><00:19:31.279><c> what</c><00:19:31.539><c> we</c><00:19:31.720><c> are</c><00:19:31.980><c> secretly.</c>

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Our<00:19:33.480><c> inwardness</c><00:19:34.019><c> is</c><00:19:34.220><c> brought</c><00:19:34.480><c> out</c><00:19:34.960><c> not</c><00:19:35.359><c> to</c><00:19:35.640><c> destroy</c><00:19:36.039><c> us,</c>

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but<00:19:36.819><c> at</c><00:19:37.140><c> last</c><00:19:37.319><c> to</c><00:19:37.579><c> save</c><00:19:37.740><c> us</c><00:19:37.920><c> from</c><00:19:38.140><c> ourselves,</c><00:19:38.640><c> to</c><00:19:38.819><c> make</c><00:19:39.000><c> us</c><00:19:39.220><c> true</c><00:19:39.460><c> and</c><00:19:39.759><c> honest.</c>

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And<00:19:42.160><c> then</c><00:19:42.359><c> you</c><00:19:42.619><c> mark</c><00:19:42.819><c> his</c><00:19:43.039><c> measurement</c><00:19:43.400><c> about</c><00:19:43.779><c> righteousness.</c>

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The<00:19:45.480><c> scribes</c><00:19:45.779><c> and</c><00:19:45.980><c> the</c><00:19:46.200><c> Pharisees</c><00:19:46.680><c> had</c><00:19:47.079><c> a</c><00:19:47.460><c> measurement</c><00:19:47.740><c> about</c><00:19:48.079><c> righteousness</c>

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and<00:19:48.799><c> it</c><00:19:48.920><c> was</c><00:19:49.140><c> this,</c><00:19:49.400><c> they</c><00:19:49.599><c> said</c><00:19:50.039><c> that</c><00:19:50.740><c> you</c><00:19:51.000><c> ought</c><00:19:51.140><c> to</c><00:19:51.319><c> do</c><00:19:51.539><c> right</c>

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in<00:19:51.940><c> order</c><00:19:52.200><c> to</c><00:19:52.960><c> sustain</c><00:19:53.339><c> your</c><00:19:53.660><c> reputation.</c>

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They<00:19:55.380><c> said</c><00:19:55.480><c> it</c><00:19:55.599><c> was</c><00:19:55.799><c> important</c><00:19:56.200><c> to</c><00:19:56.400><c> be</c><00:19:56.680><c> seen</c><00:19:56.960><c> to</c><00:19:57.160><c> do</c><00:19:57.380><c> right.</c>

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They<00:19:58.440><c> said</c><00:19:58.619><c> that</c><00:19:58.839><c> they</c><00:19:59.000><c> had</c><00:19:59.200><c> a</c><00:19:59.440><c> standard</c><00:19:59.700><c> to</c><00:19:59.920><c> uphold</c>

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and<00:20:00.859><c> a</c><00:20:01.019><c> law</c><00:20:01.119><c> to</c><00:20:01.400><c> keep</c><00:20:01.619><c> and</c><00:20:01.960><c> fulfill.</c>

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Well,<00:20:05.740><c> very</c><00:20:05.980><c> well,</c><00:20:06.279><c> but</c><00:20:06.700><c> the</c><00:20:07.059><c> truth</c><00:20:07.220><c> is</c><00:20:07.480><c> that</c><00:20:07.720><c> at</c><00:20:07.960><c> its</c><00:20:08.220><c> best</c>

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that<00:20:09.000><c> motive</c><00:20:09.519><c> that</c><00:20:09.720><c> they</c><00:20:09.940><c> had</c><00:20:10.400><c> is</c><00:20:11.099><c> really</c><00:20:11.359><c> a</c><00:20:11.579><c> faulty</c><00:20:11.819><c> motive</c>

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because<00:20:12.539><c> it's</c><00:20:13.000><c> not</c><00:20:13.259><c> strong</c><00:20:13.500><c> enough</c><00:20:13.740><c> to</c><00:20:13.940><c> ensure</c><00:20:14.319><c> righteousness</c>

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when<00:20:15.619><c> things</c><00:20:15.920><c> are</c><00:20:16.220><c> against</c><00:20:16.680><c> it.</c>

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It<00:20:17.539><c> works</c><00:20:17.819><c> very</c><00:20:18.180><c> well,</c><00:20:18.359><c> I</c><00:20:18.500><c> think,</c>

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and<00:20:21.759><c> it</c><00:20:21.980><c> keeps</c><00:20:22.180><c> people</c><00:20:22.500><c> straight</c><00:20:22.900><c> whilst</c><00:20:23.240><c> all</c><00:20:23.519><c> is</c><00:20:23.799><c> well,</c>

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whilst<00:20:24.339><c> things</c><00:20:24.619><c> are</c><00:20:24.880><c> going</c><00:20:25.079><c> well</c><00:20:25.480><c> and</c><00:20:25.880><c> whilst</c><00:20:26.160><c> the</c><00:20:26.319><c> sun</c><00:20:26.539><c> is</c><00:20:26.859><c> shining,</c>

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but<00:20:28.160><c> in</c><00:20:28.440><c> times</c><00:20:28.759><c> of</c><00:20:29.039><c> adversity</c><00:20:29.579><c> or</c><00:20:30.119><c> in</c><00:20:30.299><c> times</c><00:20:30.599><c> of</c><00:20:30.960><c> ridicule</c>

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or<00:20:32.200><c> when</c><00:20:32.559><c> some</c><00:20:32.759><c> alluring</c><00:20:33.259><c> self</c><00:20:33.700><c>-advancement</c><00:20:34.400><c> presents</c><00:20:34.779><c> itself</c>

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which<00:20:35.380><c> can</c><00:20:35.640><c> only</c><00:20:35.920><c> be</c><00:20:36.180><c> gained</c><00:20:36.660><c> by</c><00:20:37.519><c> lowering</c><00:20:38.000><c> the</c><00:20:38.339><c> standard</c>

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or<00:20:38.859><c> compromising</c><00:20:39.460><c> the</c><00:20:39.660><c> principle,</c>

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then<00:20:41.220><c> that</c><00:20:41.539><c> kind</c><00:20:41.960><c> of</c><00:20:42.180><c> motive,</c><00:20:42.960><c> keeping</c><00:20:43.420><c> to</c><00:20:43.740><c> your</c><00:20:44.079><c> reputation,</c>

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it<00:20:45.559><c> fails.</c>

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So<00:20:48.119><c> let's</c><00:20:48.480><c> mark</c><00:20:48.799><c> the</c><00:20:49.019><c> wisdom</c><00:20:49.279><c> of</c><00:20:49.480><c> the</c><00:20:49.599><c> Messiah.</c>

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Accept<00:20:51.200><c> your</c><00:20:51.579><c> righteousness,</c><00:20:52.420><c> exceed</c><00:20:52.680><c> the</c><00:20:52.920><c> righteousness</c>

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of<00:20:53.680><c> the</c><00:20:53.819><c> scribes</c><00:20:54.259><c> and</c><00:20:54.440><c> Pharisees,</c><00:20:55.220><c> he</c><00:20:55.220><c> said.</c>

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You<00:20:56.380><c> shall</c><00:20:56.640><c> in</c><00:20:56.880><c> no</c><00:20:57.180><c> wise</c><00:20:57.539><c> enter</c><00:20:57.980><c> into</c><00:20:58.220><c> the</c><00:20:58.339><c> Kingdom</c><00:20:58.640><c> of</c><00:20:58.900><c> God.</c>

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No<00:21:00.019><c> compromise,</c><00:21:00.980><c> no</c><00:21:01.180><c> ifs,</c><00:21:01.599><c> no</c><00:21:01.819><c> buts,</c><00:21:02.319><c> categoric,</c><00:21:03.180><c> emphatic.</c>

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Ye<00:21:04.480><c> shall</c><00:21:05.140><c> in</c><00:21:05.680><c> no</c><00:21:06.019><c> wise</c><00:21:06.380><c> enter</c><00:21:06.779><c> into</c><00:21:07.039><c> the</c><00:21:07.200><c> Kingdom</c><00:21:07.480><c> of</c><00:21:07.759><c> God.</c>

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The<00:21:08.859><c> righteousness</c><00:21:09.319><c> which</c><00:21:09.700><c> exceeds</c><00:21:10.539><c> is</c><00:21:11.339><c> that</c><00:21:11.599><c> which</c><00:21:12.000><c> acts</c><00:21:12.460><c> in</c><00:21:12.680><c> response</c>

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to<00:21:13.299><c> the</c><00:21:13.480><c> love</c><00:21:13.619><c> of</c><00:21:13.920><c> God</c><00:21:14.079><c> and</c><00:21:14.240><c> for</c><00:21:14.440><c> the</c><00:21:14.660><c> glory</c><00:21:14.940><c> of</c><00:21:15.200><c> God.</c>

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For<00:21:16.180><c> love's</c><00:21:17.180><c> sake,</c><00:21:17.859><c> that's</c><00:21:18.119><c> the</c><00:21:18.240><c> motive.</c>

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For<00:21:19.799><c> love's</c><00:21:20.359><c> sake,</c><00:21:20.740><c> that's</c><00:21:20.880><c> the</c><00:21:21.039><c> only</c><00:21:21.259><c> force</c><00:21:21.500><c> which</c><00:21:21.779><c> will</c>

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hold<00:21:22.299><c> strong</c>

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against<00:21:23.019><c> all</c><00:21:23.299><c> the</c><00:21:23.539><c> insidious</c><00:21:24.000><c> temptations</c><00:21:25.180><c> to</c><00:21:26.200><c> compromise.</c>

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You'll<00:21:31.359><c> remember</c><00:21:31.779><c> the</c><00:21:31.980><c> old</c><00:21:32.420><c> proverb,</c>

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I'm<00:21:34.000><c> sure</c><00:21:34.259><c> it's</c><00:21:35.059><c> in</c><00:21:35.599><c> America</c><00:21:36.019><c> just</c><00:21:36.380><c> as</c><00:21:36.660><c> it</c><00:21:36.680><c> is</c><00:21:36.819><c> in</c><00:21:36.940><c> England,</c>

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honesty<00:21:38.359><c> is</c><00:21:38.680><c> the</c><00:21:38.839><c> best</c><00:21:39.099><c> policy.</c>

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Do<00:21:39.819><c> you</c><00:21:39.859><c> know</c><00:21:40.019><c> that</c><00:21:40.240><c> proverb?</c>

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Honesty<00:21:42.440><c> is</c><00:21:42.720><c> the</c><00:21:42.839><c> best</c><00:21:43.119><c> policy?</c>

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Well,<00:21:46.079><c> the</c><00:21:46.180><c> truth</c><00:21:46.400><c> is</c><00:21:46.619><c> that</c><00:21:46.779><c> a</c><00:21:46.900><c> man</c><00:21:47.039><c> who</c><00:21:47.240><c> is</c><00:21:47.460><c> honest</c><00:21:47.819><c> as</c><00:21:48.119><c> a</c><00:21:48.180><c> matter</c><00:21:48.440><c> of</c><00:21:48.759><c> policy</c>

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is<00:21:50.319><c> really</c><00:21:50.680><c> a</c><00:21:50.859><c> rogue.</c>

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If<00:21:53.180><c> that's</c><00:21:53.720><c> the</c><00:21:53.720><c> only</c><00:21:54.039><c> reason</c><00:21:54.420><c> for</c><00:21:54.579><c> being</c><00:21:54.839><c> honest,</c>

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because<00:21:55.599><c> it</c><00:21:55.859><c> pays</c><00:21:56.299><c> to</c><00:21:56.460><c> be</c><00:21:56.660><c> honest,</c><00:21:57.039><c> it's</c><00:21:57.140><c> not</c><00:21:57.319><c> a</c><00:21:57.420><c> very</c><00:21:57.640><c> good</c><00:21:57.819><c> motive,</c><00:21:58.240><c> is</c><00:21:58.319><c> it?</c>

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Secretly<00:22:00.220><c> he's</c><00:22:00.440><c> a</c><00:22:00.579><c> rogue.</c>

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I<00:22:03.779><c> once</c><00:22:04.140><c> read</c><00:22:04.339><c> of</c><00:22:04.539><c> a</c><00:22:04.619><c> man</c><00:22:04.779><c> who</c><00:22:05.039><c> said</c><00:22:05.279><c> this.</c>

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Listen<00:22:07.740><c> carefully</c><00:22:08.240><c> what</c><00:22:08.440><c> he</c><00:22:08.619><c> said.</c>

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He<00:22:08.940><c> said,</c><00:22:10.240><c> my</c><00:22:10.480><c> quarrel</c><00:22:10.980><c> with</c><00:22:11.299><c> Christ</c><00:22:12.000><c> is</c><00:22:12.700><c> that</c><00:22:12.819><c> he's</c><00:22:13.119><c> not</c><00:22:13.460><c> practical.</c>

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Christ<00:22:16.200><c> says,</c><00:22:16.859><c> love</c><00:22:16.980><c> your</c><00:22:17.259><c> enemies,</c><00:22:17.839><c> but</c><00:22:18.559><c> that</c><00:22:18.799><c> is</c><00:22:19.059><c> impractical.</c>

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I<00:22:20.640><c> cannot</c><00:22:20.940><c> do</c><00:22:21.200><c> that,</c><00:22:21.359><c> it's</c><00:22:21.660><c> beyond</c><00:22:21.960><c> me.</c>

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That's<00:22:22.680><c> my</c><00:22:22.900><c> quarrel</c><00:22:23.119><c> with</c><00:22:23.380><c> Christ,</c><00:22:23.960><c> he</c><00:22:23.960><c> said.</c>

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Now<00:22:27.039><c> doubtless</c><00:22:27.420><c> it</c><00:22:27.559><c> was</c><00:22:27.759><c> an</c><00:22:27.920><c> honest</c><00:22:28.180><c> criticism,</c>

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but<00:22:30.619><c> the</c><00:22:30.920><c> one</c><00:22:31.119><c> to</c><00:22:31.279><c> whom</c><00:22:31.400><c> it</c><00:22:31.519><c> was</c><00:22:31.759><c> made</c><00:22:32.079><c> replied</c><00:22:32.579><c> this.</c>

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Yes,<00:22:34.980><c> but</c><00:22:35.420><c> suppose</c><00:22:36.079><c> you</c><00:22:36.400><c> could</c><00:22:36.680><c> be</c><00:22:36.920><c> brought</c><00:22:37.140><c> to</c><00:22:37.359><c> love</c><00:22:37.539><c> your</c>

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enemies,<00:22:38.140><c> what</c><00:22:38.440><c> then?</c>

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And<00:22:41.440><c> the</c><00:22:41.759><c> man</c><00:22:41.920><c> who</c><00:22:42.059><c> was</c><00:22:42.259><c> honest</c><00:22:42.579><c> said,</c>

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well,<00:22:45.400><c> so</c><00:22:45.700><c> help</c><00:22:45.960><c> me</c><00:22:46.240><c> God,</c>

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it<00:22:48.500><c> will</c><00:22:48.759><c> solve</c><00:22:48.920><c> all</c><00:22:49.259><c> my</c><00:22:49.539><c> problems</c>

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and<00:22:52.299><c> all</c><00:22:52.599><c> the</c><00:22:52.819><c> problems</c><00:22:53.140><c> of</c><00:22:53.400><c> the</c><00:22:53.539><c> world.</c>

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Now,<00:22:57.579><c> that's</c><00:22:57.960><c> an</c><00:22:58.200><c> interesting</c><00:22:59.880><c> comment</c>

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because<00:23:01.380><c> it</c><00:23:02.059><c> was</c><00:23:02.380><c> a</c><00:23:02.559><c> compulsive</c><00:23:03.279><c> recognition</c><00:23:04.319><c> of</c><00:23:05.200><c> the</c><00:23:05.380><c> authority</c><00:23:05.920><c> of</c><00:23:06.180><c> the</c><00:23:06.380><c> king.</c>

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Do<00:23:06.880><c> you</c><00:23:07.000><c> see</c><00:23:07.220><c> that?</c>

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That<00:23:09.019><c> man</c><00:23:09.259><c> was</c><00:23:09.619><c> compelled.</c>

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I<00:23:11.940><c> suppose</c><00:23:12.359><c> half</c><00:23:12.819><c> reluctantly</c><00:23:13.480><c> to</c><00:23:13.700><c> admit</c><00:23:13.960><c> that</c><00:23:14.740><c> this</c><00:23:15.039><c> Jesus</c>

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was<00:23:15.700><c> right.</c>

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Now<00:23:18.779><c> that's</c><00:23:18.960><c> all</c><00:23:19.160><c> we</c><00:23:19.440><c> need,</c><00:23:19.740><c> isn't</c><00:23:19.940><c> it?</c>

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I<00:23:21.599><c> put</c><00:23:21.759><c> it</c><00:23:21.960><c> to</c><00:23:22.019><c> you</c><00:23:22.240><c> bluntly.</c>

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Has<00:23:24.799><c> he</c><00:23:24.960><c> ever</c><00:23:25.380><c> said</c><00:23:26.180><c> a</c><00:23:26.799><c> false</c><00:23:27.099><c> thing?</c>

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Have<00:23:28.599><c> you</c><00:23:28.759><c> heard</c><00:23:29.039><c> him</c><00:23:29.259><c> say</c><00:23:29.480><c> a</c><00:23:29.640><c> false</c><00:23:29.980><c> thing?</c>

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Has<00:23:32.599><c> he</c><00:23:32.759><c> ever</c><00:23:32.980><c> said</c><00:23:33.180><c> anything</c><00:23:33.519><c> which</c><00:23:34.200><c> you</c><00:23:34.599><c> could</c><00:23:34.859><c> overthrow?</c>

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Where<00:23:37.599><c> do</c><00:23:38.039><c> we</c><00:23:38.200><c> differ</c><00:23:38.559><c> with</c><00:23:38.819><c> him</c><00:23:39.180><c> about</c><00:23:39.599><c> anything</c><00:23:40.099><c> or</c><00:23:40.660><c> his</c><00:23:40.859><c> position?</c>

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Where<00:23:43.460><c> does</c><00:23:43.720><c> our</c><00:23:43.980><c> criticism</c><00:23:44.519><c> commence?</c>

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At<00:23:47.039><c> what</c><00:23:47.319><c> point</c><00:23:47.539><c> are</c><00:23:47.700><c> we</c><00:23:47.839><c> beginning</c><00:23:48.140><c> to</c><00:23:48.380><c> say,</c>

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I<00:23:49.220><c> think</c><00:23:49.500><c> this</c><00:23:49.819><c> Christ</c><00:23:50.099><c> is</c><00:23:50.359><c> mistaken?</c>

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We<00:23:55.359><c> know</c><00:23:55.960><c> that</c><00:23:56.619><c> all</c><00:23:56.819><c> he</c><00:23:57.059><c> says</c><00:23:57.339><c> is</c><00:23:57.559><c> designed</c><00:23:57.920><c> to</c><00:23:58.099><c> realize</c><00:23:58.559><c> the</c>

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glory<00:23:59.039><c> of</c><00:23:59.279><c> God</c>

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and<00:24:00.180><c> he</c><00:24:00.420><c> is</c><00:24:00.599><c> doing</c><00:24:00.839><c> it</c><00:24:01.440><c> by</c><00:24:01.920><c> securing</c><00:24:02.380><c> the</c><00:24:02.660><c> salvation</c><00:24:03.140><c> of</c><00:24:03.400><c> men.</c>

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I<00:24:05.259><c> put</c><00:24:05.559><c> it</c><00:24:05.680><c> to</c><00:24:05.819><c> you,</c><00:24:05.980><c> was</c><00:24:06.140><c> there</c><00:24:06.359><c> anything</c><00:24:06.599><c> better</c><00:24:06.920><c> than</c><00:24:07.200><c> that?</c>

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Was<00:24:08.859><c> there</c><00:24:09.079><c> anything</c><00:24:09.339><c> nobler</c><00:24:09.779><c> than</c><00:24:09.980><c> that?</c>

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Is<00:24:11.420><c> he</c><00:24:11.640><c> not</c><00:24:12.079><c> the</c><00:24:12.339><c> Lord</c><00:24:12.660><c> of</c><00:24:12.880><c> the</c><00:24:13.039><c> universe,</c>

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the<00:24:15.140><c> high</c><00:24:15.480><c> priest</c><00:24:15.839><c> of</c><00:24:16.079><c> humanity,</c>

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the<00:24:17.720><c> voice</c><00:24:18.380><c> of</c><00:24:19.079><c> God?</c>

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This,<00:24:22.200><c> my</c><00:24:22.519><c> comrades,</c><00:24:23.819><c> is</c><00:24:24.039><c> Matthew's</c><00:24:25.220><c> Messiah.</c>

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Let<00:24:30.660><c> us</c><00:24:31.359><c> pass</c><00:24:31.779><c> on.</c>

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I<00:24:34.039><c> bring</c><00:24:34.359><c> you</c><00:24:35.259><c> to</c><00:24:35.640><c> Matthew</c><00:24:36.019><c> chapter</c><00:24:36.460><c> 8,</c>

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another<00:24:38.880><c> insight</c><00:24:39.440><c> into</c><00:24:39.700><c> the</c><00:24:39.900><c> King's</c><00:24:40.299><c> authority.</c>

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Have<00:24:41.160><c> a</c><00:24:41.220><c> look</c><00:24:41.380><c> at</c><00:24:41.460><c> Matthew</c><00:24:41.759><c> chapter</c><00:24:42.140><c> 8,</c><00:24:42.519><c> verse</c><00:24:42.619><c> 5.</c>

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Verse<00:24:51.059><c> 5,</c><00:24:51.619><c> Matthew</c><00:24:51.900><c> 8.</c>

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And<00:24:52.259><c> when</c><00:24:52.400><c> he</c><00:24:52.539><c> was</c><00:24:52.720><c> entered</c><00:24:52.900><c> into</c><00:24:53.240><c> Capernaum,</c>

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there<00:24:54.599><c> came</c><00:24:54.920><c> unto</c><00:24:55.200><c> him</c><00:24:55.440><c> a</c><00:24:55.619><c> centurion,</c><00:24:56.359><c> beseeching</c><00:24:56.819><c> him,</c>

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and<00:24:57.680><c> sang,</c><00:24:57.880><c> Lord,</c><00:24:58.180><c> my</c><00:24:58.420><c> servant</c><00:24:58.799><c> lieth</c><00:24:59.059><c> in</c><00:24:59.240><c> the</c><00:24:59.460><c> house,</c>

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sick<00:24:59.980><c> of</c><00:25:00.200><c> the</c><00:25:00.380><c> palsy,</c><00:25:00.819><c> grievously</c><00:25:01.400><c> tormented.</c>

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And<00:25:02.740><c> he</c><00:25:02.759><c> said</c><00:25:02.960><c> unto</c><00:25:03.200><c> him,</c><00:25:03.359><c> I</c><00:25:03.480><c> will</c><00:25:03.700><c> come</c><00:25:03.940><c> and</c><00:25:04.140><c> heal</c><00:25:04.299><c> him.</c>

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And<00:25:04.960><c> the</c><00:25:05.200><c> centurion</c><00:25:05.660><c> answered</c><00:25:06.019><c> and</c><00:25:06.220><c> said,</c>

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Lord,<00:25:06.720><c> I</c><00:25:06.920><c> am</c><00:25:07.079><c> not</c><00:25:07.319><c> worthy</c><00:25:07.619><c> that</c><00:25:07.839><c> thou</c><00:25:08.000><c> shouldest</c><00:25:08.359><c> come</c><00:25:08.519><c> unto</c>

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my<00:25:09.000><c> roof,</c>

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but<00:25:09.759><c> only</c><00:25:10.119><c> say</c><00:25:10.519><c> the</c><00:25:10.680><c> word,</c><00:25:11.279><c> and</c><00:25:11.420><c> my</c><00:25:11.700><c> servant</c><00:25:12.220><c> shall</c><00:25:12.619><c> be</c><00:25:12.819><c> healed.</c>

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For<00:25:13.519><c> I</c><00:25:13.980><c> am</c><00:25:14.319><c> a</c><00:25:14.400><c> man</c><00:25:14.559><c> under</c><00:25:14.900><c> authority,</c><00:25:15.480><c> having</c><00:25:15.599><c> unto</c><00:25:15.880><c> me</c><00:25:16.059><c> soldiers,</c>

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and<00:25:16.619><c> I</c><00:25:16.759><c> say</c><00:25:16.900><c> to</c><00:25:17.079><c> this</c><00:25:17.259><c> one,</c><00:25:17.539><c> go,</c><00:25:17.660><c> and</c><00:25:17.759><c> he</c><00:25:17.960><c> goeth,</c>

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and<00:25:18.279><c> to</c><00:25:18.380><c> this</c><00:25:18.599><c> one,</c><00:25:18.859><c> come,</c><00:25:19.000><c> and</c><00:25:19.119><c> he</c><00:25:19.259><c> cometh,</c>

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and<00:25:19.640><c> to</c><00:25:19.720><c> this</c><00:25:19.920><c> one,</c><00:25:20.200><c> do</c><00:25:20.279><c> this,</c><00:25:20.500><c> and</c><00:25:20.579><c> he</c><00:25:20.819><c> doeth</c><00:25:21.079><c> it.</c>

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And<00:25:22.579><c> when</c><00:25:22.759><c> Jesus</c><00:25:23.099><c> heard</c><00:25:23.339><c> this,</c><00:25:23.559><c> he</c><00:25:23.759><c> marveled</c><00:25:24.279><c> and</c><00:25:24.359><c> said</c><00:25:24.559><c> to</c>

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them<00:25:24.920><c> that</c><00:25:25.180><c> followed,</c>

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Verily<00:25:25.980><c> I</c><00:25:26.220><c> say</c><00:25:26.359><c> unto</c><00:25:26.619><c> you,</c>

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I<00:25:27.819><c> have</c><00:25:28.160><c> not</c><00:25:28.700><c> found</c><00:25:29.220><c> such</c><00:25:29.579><c> great</c><00:25:30.039><c> faith,</c><00:25:30.779><c> no,</c><00:25:31.559><c> not</c><00:25:32.000><c> in</c><00:25:32.359><c> Israel.</c>

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Let's<00:25:35.440><c> mark</c><00:25:35.680><c> it</c><00:25:35.980><c> carefully.</c>

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The<00:25:37.480><c> centurion</c><00:25:38.160><c> confessed</c><00:25:38.640><c> that</c><00:25:38.900><c> Jesus</c><00:25:39.259><c> had</c><00:25:39.460><c> the</c><00:25:39.680><c> power</c><00:25:39.859><c> to</c><00:25:40.119><c> cure</c><00:25:40.319><c> from</c><00:25:40.559><c> a</c><00:25:40.740><c> distance</c>

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without<00:25:41.880><c> standing</c><00:25:42.259><c> in</c><00:25:42.480><c> the</c><00:25:42.579><c> very</c><00:25:42.880><c> presence</c><00:25:43.359><c> of</c><00:25:43.940><c> the</c><00:25:44.099><c> sickness</c><00:25:44.420><c> itself.</c>

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That<00:25:45.420><c> was</c><00:25:45.680><c> a</c><00:25:45.839><c> faithful</c><00:25:46.220><c> confession,</c><00:25:47.039><c> certainly.</c>

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But<00:25:48.400><c> I</c><00:25:48.619><c> ask</c><00:25:48.859><c> you</c><00:25:49.039><c> a</c><00:25:49.119><c> question.</c>

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Was<00:25:49.940><c> this</c><00:25:51.039><c> the</c><00:25:51.539><c> faith</c><00:25:51.819><c> that</c><00:25:52.099><c> excelled</c><00:25:52.539><c> any</c><00:25:52.819><c> other</c><00:25:52.980><c> in</c><00:25:53.119><c> the</c><00:25:53.259><c> land</c><00:25:53.440><c> of</c><00:25:53.700><c> Israel?</c>

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Was<00:25:54.180><c> this</c><00:25:55.640><c> the</c><00:25:55.799><c> thing</c><00:25:56.000><c> that</c><00:25:56.140><c> made</c><00:25:56.359><c> Jesus</c><00:25:56.759><c> marvel?</c>

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Well,<00:25:58.740><c> let's</c><00:25:58.940><c> have</c><00:25:59.140><c> a</c><00:25:59.279><c> closer</c><00:25:59.480><c> look</c><00:25:59.680><c> at</c><00:25:59.900><c> it.</c>

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I'm<00:26:00.660><c> going</c><00:26:00.859><c> to</c><00:26:01.019><c> ask</c><00:26:01.259><c> you</c><00:26:01.460><c> now</c><00:26:01.599><c> to</c><00:26:01.819><c> perform</c><00:26:02.640><c> something</c><00:26:03.299><c> of</c><00:26:03.519><c> an</c>

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acrobatic<00:26:04.819><c> trick,</c>

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because<00:26:06.680><c> I</c><00:26:07.140><c> want</c><00:26:07.440><c> you</c><00:26:07.700><c> to</c><00:26:07.960><c> keep</c><00:26:08.140><c> your</c><00:26:08.400><c> finger</c><00:26:08.619><c> in</c><00:26:08.759><c> Matthew</c><00:26:09.200><c> chapter</c><00:26:09.599><c> 8</c>

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and<00:26:10.519><c> your</c><00:26:10.680><c> eyes</c><00:26:10.940><c> on</c><00:26:11.180><c> verse</c><00:26:11.559><c> 9.</c>

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That<00:26:13.220><c> is,</c><00:26:14.079><c> you</c><00:26:14.319><c> remember,</c><00:26:15.720><c> I</c><00:26:15.940><c> am</c><00:26:16.319><c> a</c><00:26:16.480><c> man</c><00:26:16.700><c> under</c><00:26:17.099><c> authority,</c>

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having<00:26:18.039><c> unto</c><00:26:18.299><c> me</c><00:26:18.500><c> soldiers,</c><00:26:19.279><c> etc.</c>

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If<00:26:20.500><c> you</c><00:26:20.640><c> can</c><00:26:21.579><c> remember</c><00:26:22.140><c> that</c><00:26:22.460><c> carefully,</c>

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I<00:26:23.180><c> am</c><00:26:23.559><c> a</c><00:26:23.799><c> man</c><00:26:24.039><c> under</c><00:26:24.480><c> authority.</c>

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If<00:26:26.619><c> you</c><00:26:26.779><c> can</c><00:26:27.099><c> remember</c><00:26:27.539><c> that</c><00:26:27.839><c> then,</c>

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now<00:26:28.400><c> turn</c><00:26:28.640><c> over</c><00:26:28.920><c> to</c><00:26:29.059><c> Luke</c><00:26:29.319><c> chapter</c><00:26:29.839><c> 7</c><00:26:30.539><c> and</c><00:26:31.140><c> have</c><00:26:31.339><c> a</c><00:26:31.420><c> look</c><00:26:31.579><c> at</c><00:26:31.740><c> verse</c><00:26:31.980><c> 8.</c>

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I'll<00:26:33.980><c> just</c><00:26:34.079><c> wait</c><00:26:34.319><c> for</c><00:26:34.480><c> you</c><00:26:34.599><c> while</c><00:26:34.839><c> you</c><00:26:34.980><c> do</c><00:26:35.180><c> it.</c>

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Luke<00:26:37.660><c> chapter</c><00:26:38.059><c> 7</c><00:26:38.500><c> verse</c><00:26:38.839><c> 8.</c>

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It's<00:26:39.619><c> the</c><00:26:39.759><c> same</c><00:26:40.700><c> incident.</c>

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Are<00:26:44.619><c> you</c><00:26:45.420><c> there?</c>

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Right.

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Now<00:26:49.839><c> then,</c><00:26:50.579><c> do</c><00:26:50.779><c> you</c><00:26:50.819><c> notice</c><00:26:51.200><c> anything</c><00:26:51.579><c> different?</c>

00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:58.599
There's<00:26:55.839><c> one</c><00:26:56.319><c> difference</c><00:26:56.880><c> in</c><00:26:57.220><c> Luke's</c><00:26:57.660><c> record.</c>

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:03.180
This<00:27:01.180><c> is</c><00:27:01.339><c> one</c><00:27:01.460><c> of</c><00:27:01.619><c> the</c><00:27:01.740><c> cases</c><00:27:02.000><c> I</c><00:27:02.200><c> hinted</c><00:27:02.539><c> at</c><00:27:02.640><c> at</c><00:27:02.779><c> the</c><00:27:02.940><c> beginning,</c>

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:05.640
that<00:27:03.740><c> we</c><00:27:04.019><c> might</c><00:27:04.240><c> be</c><00:27:04.460><c> able</c><00:27:04.599><c> to</c><00:27:04.700><c> turn</c><00:27:04.920><c> to</c><00:27:05.039><c> one</c><00:27:05.200><c> of</c><00:27:05.299><c> the</c><00:27:05.420><c> other</c>

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Gospel<00:27:05.960><c> writers</c>

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to<00:27:06.519><c> illuminate</c><00:27:07.059><c> something</c><00:27:07.359><c> in</c><00:27:07.539><c> Matthew.</c>

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:10.599
Well,<00:27:08.480><c> as</c><00:27:08.700><c> you</c><00:27:08.839><c> look</c><00:27:09.019><c> at</c><00:27:09.140><c> those</c><00:27:09.380><c> two</c><00:27:09.559><c> passages,</c><00:27:10.019><c> there</c><00:27:10.099><c> is</c><00:27:10.299><c> a</c><00:27:10.460><c> difference.</c>

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:12.279
I<00:27:10.819><c> expect</c><00:27:11.099><c> Luke</c><00:27:11.500><c> spotted</c><00:27:11.759><c> it.</c>

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:15.259
It<00:27:12.799><c> is</c><00:27:13.140><c> the</c><00:27:13.500><c> extra</c><00:27:14.059><c> word,</c><00:27:14.480><c> isn't</c><00:27:14.740><c> it?</c>

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:22.460
In<00:27:15.779><c> verse</c><00:27:16.079><c> 8</c><00:27:16.319><c> of</c><00:27:16.500><c> Luke</c><00:27:16.759><c> 7,</c><00:27:17.980><c> the</c><00:27:17.980><c> word</c><00:27:18.359><c> is,</c><00:27:19.339><c> say</c><00:27:19.759><c> it,</c><00:27:21.559><c> also.</c>

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:27.619
I<00:27:24.960><c> also</c><00:27:25.539><c> am</c><00:27:25.819><c> a</c><00:27:25.920><c> man</c><00:27:26.099><c> under</c><00:27:26.500><c> authority.</c>

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:30.640
I<00:27:28.400><c> ought</c><00:27:28.539><c> to</c><00:27:28.740><c> tell</c><00:27:28.960><c> you</c><00:27:29.200><c> in</c><00:27:29.420><c> perfect</c><00:27:29.660><c> honesty</c><00:27:30.079><c> that</c><00:27:30.299><c> in</c><00:27:30.440><c> the</c>

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revised<00:27:30.980><c> version,</c>

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:34.759
which<00:27:31.539><c> is</c><00:27:31.740><c> the</c><00:27:31.839><c> one</c><00:27:31.940><c> I</c><00:27:32.259><c> use,</c><00:27:33.099><c> the</c><00:27:33.220><c> word</c><00:27:33.440><c> also</c><00:27:33.819><c> is</c><00:27:34.059><c> in</c><00:27:34.220><c> Matthew.</c>

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:38.859
I<00:27:35.579><c> missed</c><00:27:35.859><c> it</c><00:27:36.160><c> out</c><00:27:37.200><c> to</c><00:27:38.079><c> make</c><00:27:38.299><c> the</c><00:27:38.519><c> point.</c>

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:41.000
The<00:27:39.099><c> word</c><00:27:39.319><c> also</c><00:27:39.660><c> is</c><00:27:39.859><c> in</c><00:27:39.980><c> Matthew.</c>

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:44.440
I<00:27:42.819><c> also</c><00:27:43.240><c> am</c><00:27:43.480><c> a</c><00:27:43.539><c> man</c><00:27:43.720><c> under</c><00:27:44.079><c> authority,</c>

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:45.440
having<00:27:44.680><c> under</c><00:27:44.920><c> me</c><00:27:45.099><c> soldiers.</c>

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I<00:27:45.680><c> say</c><00:27:45.900><c> to</c><00:27:46.059><c> one,</c><00:27:46.420><c> go,</c><00:27:46.519><c> and</c><00:27:46.599><c> he</c><00:27:46.759><c> goeth,</c><00:27:47.059><c> to</c><00:27:47.220><c> this</c><00:27:47.420><c> one,</c><00:27:47.660><c> come,</c>

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:50.740
and<00:27:47.900><c> he</c><00:27:48.059><c> cometh,</c><00:27:48.660><c> to</c><00:27:48.759><c> this</c><00:27:48.960><c> one,</c><00:27:49.220><c> do</c><00:27:49.299><c> this,</c><00:27:49.519><c> and</c><00:27:49.660><c> he</c><00:27:49.819><c> doeth</c><00:27:50.119><c> it.</c>

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:53.259
The<00:27:51.339><c> word</c><00:27:51.700><c> also</c><00:27:52.140><c> is</c><00:27:52.400><c> the</c><00:27:52.579><c> supreme</c><00:27:52.980><c> word.</c>

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:56.599
It<00:27:53.519><c> reveals</c><00:27:54.299><c> the</c><00:27:54.799><c> centurion's</c><00:27:55.619><c> insight</c><00:27:55.880><c> and</c><00:27:56.119><c> his</c><00:27:56.380><c> faith,</c>

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:58.319
because<00:27:57.059><c> what</c><00:27:57.299><c> he</c><00:27:57.500><c> is</c><00:27:57.640><c> saying</c><00:27:57.839><c> is</c><00:27:58.099><c> this.</c>

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I<00:27:58.779><c> perceive,</c><00:27:59.240><c> Jesus,</c><00:28:00.000><c> that</c><00:28:00.319><c> you</c><00:28:00.799><c> also</c><00:28:01.619><c> are</c><00:28:02.259><c> like</c><00:28:02.619><c> me,</c>

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under<00:28:04.119><c> authority</c><00:28:04.559><c> yourself,</c><00:28:05.180><c> and</c><00:28:05.359><c> having</c><00:28:05.539><c> unto</c><00:28:05.779><c> you</c><00:28:06.000><c> those</c>

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who<00:28:06.420><c> you</c><00:28:06.700><c> can</c><00:28:06.880><c> command.</c>

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:10.599
You<00:28:08.279><c> see,</c><00:28:08.420><c> to</c><00:28:08.640><c> the</c><00:28:08.920><c> centurion,</c><00:28:09.460><c> this</c><00:28:09.660><c> was,</c><00:28:09.900><c> in</c><00:28:10.079><c> the</c><00:28:10.299><c> sphere</c><00:28:10.440><c> of</c>

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his<00:28:10.819><c> upbringing,</c>

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:13.039
the<00:28:11.859><c> highest</c><00:28:12.259><c> ideal</c><00:28:12.619><c> of</c><00:28:12.880><c> life.</c>

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And<00:28:13.200><c> when</c><00:28:13.299><c> he</c><00:28:13.420><c> looked</c><00:28:13.680><c> at</c><00:28:13.799><c> Jesus,</c>

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:17.640
he<00:28:14.660><c> saw</c><00:28:14.859><c> it</c><00:28:15.099><c> fulfilled</c><00:28:15.779><c> in</c><00:28:16.059><c> the</c><00:28:16.279><c> noblest</c><00:28:16.720><c> and</c><00:28:16.980><c> finest</c><00:28:17.240><c> sense.</c>

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It<00:28:18.140><c> was</c><00:28:18.480><c> a</c><00:28:18.900><c> recognition</c><00:28:19.539><c> that</c><00:28:20.759><c> true</c><00:28:21.059><c> responsibility</c><00:28:21.880><c> can</c><00:28:22.099><c> be</c>

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exercised<00:28:22.940><c> only</c>

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:26.660
if<00:28:23.500><c> there</c><00:28:23.700><c> is,</c><00:28:24.099><c> first</c><00:28:24.420><c> of</c><00:28:24.599><c> all,</c><00:28:25.279><c> true</c><00:28:25.579><c> submission.</c>

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:30.900
This<00:28:27.359><c> was</c><00:28:27.759><c> what</c><00:28:28.900><c> the</c><00:28:29.200><c> centurion</c><00:28:29.660><c> saw,</c><00:28:30.019><c> it</c><00:28:30.200><c> seems</c><00:28:30.460><c> to</c><00:28:30.660><c> me.</c>

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:35.420
He<00:28:31.400><c> saw</c><00:28:31.640><c> it</c><00:28:31.859><c> in</c><00:28:31.980><c> Jesus,</c><00:28:32.779><c> and</c><00:28:33.180><c> he</c><00:28:33.400><c> was</c><00:28:34.140><c> ready</c><00:28:34.440><c> to</c><00:28:34.720><c> confess</c><00:28:35.039><c> it.</c>

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:38.539
I<00:28:35.980><c> think</c><00:28:36.200><c> it</c><00:28:36.339><c> was</c><00:28:36.519><c> this</c><00:28:36.740><c> that</c><00:28:36.920><c> made</c><00:28:37.119><c> our</c><00:28:37.380><c> Lord</c><00:28:37.579><c> marvel.</c>

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Now,<00:28:38.980><c> I'm</c><00:28:39.119><c> not</c><00:28:39.319><c> going</c><00:28:39.519><c> to</c><00:28:39.779><c> say</c><00:28:40.099><c> that</c><00:28:40.339><c> the</c><00:28:40.579><c> centurion</c><00:28:41.140><c> had</c><00:28:41.680><c> formulated</c><00:28:42.119><c> this</c><00:28:42.420><c> idea</c>

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:46.019
after<00:28:43.180><c> a</c><00:28:43.720><c> result</c><00:28:43.900><c> of</c><00:28:44.140><c> a</c><00:28:44.259><c> long</c><00:28:44.400><c> and</c><00:28:44.660><c> deep</c><00:28:44.839><c> thought</c><00:28:45.160><c> or</c><00:28:45.400><c> disputation.</c>

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.880
I'm<00:28:46.160><c> not</c><00:28:46.400><c> saying</c><00:28:46.599><c> that.</c>

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It<00:28:47.279><c> may</c><00:28:47.460><c> be</c><00:28:47.619><c> that</c><00:28:47.720><c> he</c><00:28:47.880><c> never</c><00:28:48.200><c> expressed</c><00:28:48.619><c> it</c><00:28:48.859><c> before</c><00:28:49.279><c> in</c><00:28:49.519><c> these</c><00:28:49.779><c> words.</c>

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:52.779
But<00:28:50.940><c> seeing</c><00:28:51.119><c> it</c><00:28:51.339><c> in</c><00:28:51.460><c> the</c><00:28:51.660><c> King,</c><00:28:51.819><c> he</c><00:28:51.900><c> was</c><00:28:52.140><c> compelled</c><00:28:52.440><c> to</c><00:28:52.599><c> put</c>

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.319
into<00:28:53.039><c> words</c>

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the<00:28:53.519><c> method</c><00:28:53.779><c> which</c><00:28:54.140><c> controlled</c><00:28:54.480><c> and</c><00:28:54.819><c> regulated</c><00:28:55.220><c> his</c><00:28:55.539><c> own</c><00:28:55.740><c> life.</c>

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:59.799
Notice<00:28:57.519><c> the</c><00:28:57.880><c> philosophy</c><00:28:58.480><c> is</c><00:28:58.779><c> made</c><00:28:59.000><c> up</c><00:28:59.140><c> of</c><00:28:59.339><c> two</c><00:28:59.559><c> parts.</c>

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:02.920
First<00:29:00.119><c> of</c><00:29:00.259><c> all,</c><00:29:00.440><c> the</c><00:29:00.579><c> condition,</c><00:29:01.519><c> and</c><00:29:01.700><c> then</c><00:29:01.859><c> the</c><00:29:02.099><c> result.</c>

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:05.299
Submission<00:29:03.579><c> is</c><00:29:04.099><c> the</c><00:29:04.240><c> condition.</c>

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:07.000
Responsibility<00:29:06.220><c> is</c><00:29:06.539><c> the</c><00:29:06.720><c> result.</c>

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Let's<00:29:07.759><c> think</c><00:29:08.039><c> of</c><00:29:08.480><c> submission</c><00:29:08.819><c> first.</c>

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:12.539
I<00:29:09.880><c> am</c><00:29:10.660><c> a</c><00:29:10.880><c> man</c><00:29:11.319><c> under</c><00:29:11.859><c> authority.</c>

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That<00:29:12.920><c> is</c><00:29:13.180><c> submission.</c>

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Having<00:29:14.500><c> under</c><00:29:14.900><c> me</c><00:29:15.119><c> soldiers,</c><00:29:15.980><c> that</c><00:29:16.160><c> is</c><00:29:16.359><c> the</c><00:29:16.619><c> responsibility.</c>

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:20.839
The<00:29:17.819><c> Roman</c><00:29:18.140><c> centurion</c><00:29:18.960><c> was</c><00:29:19.220><c> submitted</c><00:29:19.720><c> to</c><00:29:20.079><c> the</c><00:29:20.400><c> cause</c><00:29:20.559><c> of</c><00:29:20.759><c> the</c>

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.660
Roman<00:29:21.180><c> Empire,</c>

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and<00:29:21.980><c> that</c><00:29:22.319><c> cause</c><00:29:22.500><c> was</c><00:29:23.180><c> personified</c><00:29:23.940><c> in</c><00:29:25.119><c> the</c><00:29:25.400><c> Roman</c><00:29:25.880><c> emperor.</c>

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:31.279
All<00:29:27.799><c> loyalty</c><00:29:28.279><c> was</c><00:29:28.539><c> submitted</c><00:29:28.920><c> to</c><00:29:29.119><c> the</c><00:29:29.339><c> master</c><00:29:29.700><c> person</c><00:29:30.019><c> on</c><00:29:30.279><c> the</c><00:29:30.480><c> throne.</c>

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:35.039
Now,<00:29:32.039><c> what</c><00:29:32.059><c> was</c><00:29:32.380><c> submitted</c><00:29:33.019><c> in</c><00:29:33.299><c> the</c><00:29:33.440><c> case</c><00:29:33.619><c> of</c><00:29:33.819><c> the</c><00:29:33.900><c> Roman</c><00:29:34.200><c> centurion?</c>

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:37.259
Well,<00:29:36.259><c> everything.</c>

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:40.559
The<00:29:38.000><c> Roman</c><00:29:38.380><c> soldier</c><00:29:38.799><c> surrendered</c><00:29:39.259><c> his</c><00:29:39.599><c> will,</c><00:29:40.079><c> his</c><00:29:40.259><c> property,</c>

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.559
his<00:29:41.039><c> relations,</c>

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:44.900
his<00:29:42.019><c> time,</c><00:29:42.480><c> his</c><00:29:42.660><c> clothes,</c><00:29:43.420><c> his</c><00:29:43.660><c> food,</c><00:29:44.039><c> all</c><00:29:44.279><c> his</c><00:29:44.460><c> ability.</c>

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:48.559
All<00:29:45.519><c> this</c><00:29:45.779><c> was</c><00:29:46.000><c> submitted</c><00:29:46.440><c> to</c><00:29:46.779><c> the</c><00:29:47.200><c> control</c><00:29:47.539><c> of</c><00:29:48.019><c> the</c><00:29:48.200><c> master</c>

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.299
on<00:29:48.839><c> the</c><00:29:49.039><c> throne.</c>

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:51.420
And<00:29:49.859><c> that</c><00:29:50.099><c> act</c><00:29:50.359><c> of</c><00:29:50.559><c> submission</c><00:29:50.859><c> had</c><00:29:51.119><c> a</c><00:29:51.299><c> name.</c>

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:55.519
The<00:29:51.640><c> Romans</c><00:29:51.920><c> called</c><00:29:52.240><c> it</c><00:29:52.460><c> his</c><00:29:53.480><c> sacramentum.</c>

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:59.980
What<00:29:58.599><c> was</c><00:29:58.819><c> the</c><00:29:58.920><c> purpose</c><00:29:59.279><c> of</c><00:29:59.480><c> the</c><00:29:59.599><c> submission?</c>

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:02.319
Well,<00:30:00.759><c> the</c><00:30:00.859><c> Roman</c><00:30:01.240><c> soldier</c><00:30:01.559><c> was</c><00:30:01.779><c> submitted</c>

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:05.140
so<00:30:02.859><c> that</c><00:30:03.019><c> he</c><00:30:03.099><c> could</c><00:30:03.299><c> make</c><00:30:03.539><c> himself</c><00:30:04.019><c> fit</c><00:30:04.279><c> for</c><00:30:04.500><c> his</c><00:30:04.799><c> calling.</c>

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:08.880
The<00:30:05.980><c> ultimate</c><00:30:06.460><c> aim</c><00:30:06.799><c> was</c><00:30:07.119><c> the</c><00:30:07.380><c> perfection</c><00:30:07.799><c> of</c><00:30:08.000><c> the</c><00:30:08.119><c> one</c><00:30:08.279><c> submitted</c>

00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:12.559
so<00:30:09.400><c> that</c><00:30:09.559><c> he</c><00:30:09.619><c> could</c><00:30:09.819><c> render</c><00:30:10.079><c> his</c><00:30:10.380><c> service</c><00:30:10.900><c> truly</c><00:30:11.420><c> to</c><00:30:11.640><c> that</c><00:30:11.900><c> one</c>

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to<00:30:12.900><c> whom</c><00:30:13.000><c> he'd</c><00:30:13.160><c> been</c><00:30:13.420><c> called</c><00:30:13.660><c> or</c><00:30:13.799><c> by</c><00:30:14.099><c> whom</c><00:30:14.200><c> he'd</c><00:30:14.359><c> been</c><00:30:14.599><c> called.</c>

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Notice<00:30:16.720><c> the</c><00:30:16.900><c> responsibility.</c>

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Having<00:30:18.680><c> under</c><00:30:19.279><c> me</c><00:30:19.839><c> soldiers.</c>

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The<00:30:21.619><c> centurion</c><00:30:22.200><c> submits</c><00:30:22.740><c> to</c><00:30:22.980><c> the</c><00:30:23.220><c> throne</c>

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:27.339
so<00:30:24.299><c> that</c><00:30:24.519><c> he</c><00:30:24.779><c> himself</c><00:30:25.259><c> may</c><00:30:25.700><c> exert</c><00:30:25.960><c> the</c><00:30:26.279><c> authority</c><00:30:26.640><c> of</c><00:30:26.839><c> the</c><00:30:27.079><c> throne</c>

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over<00:30:28.000><c> others</c><00:30:28.339><c> for</c><00:30:28.579><c> whom</c><00:30:28.720><c> he</c><00:30:28.880><c> is</c><00:30:29.079><c> responsible.</c>

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:34.420
He<00:30:30.500><c> said</c><00:30:30.599><c> in</c><00:30:30.859><c> effect,</c><00:30:31.380><c> I</c><00:30:31.660><c> submit</c><00:30:32.259><c> to</c><00:30:32.579><c> the</c><00:30:32.839><c> authority</c><00:30:33.259><c> of</c><00:30:33.539><c> the</c><00:30:33.799><c> empire</c>

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so<00:30:35.039><c> that</c><00:30:35.220><c> I</c><00:30:35.420><c> can</c><00:30:35.660><c> represent</c><00:30:36.640><c> the</c><00:30:37.200><c> authority</c><00:30:37.619><c> of</c><00:30:37.880><c> the</c><00:30:38.059><c> empire.</c>

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Those<00:30:40.480><c> who</c><00:30:40.720><c> wield</c><00:30:40.920><c> authority</c><00:30:41.440><c> must</c><00:30:42.119><c> be</c><00:30:42.799><c> in</c><00:30:42.980><c> a</c><00:30:43.099><c> right</c><00:30:43.259><c> relationship</c>

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:46.000
to<00:30:44.140><c> the</c><00:30:44.359><c> source</c><00:30:44.579><c> of</c><00:30:44.799><c> the</c><00:30:44.980><c> authority.</c>

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:50.980
The<00:30:46.279><c> Roman</c><00:30:46.680><c> centurion</c><00:30:47.579><c> perceived</c><00:30:48.619><c> what</c><00:30:50.000><c> was</c><00:30:50.400><c> true</c><00:30:50.579><c> in</c><00:30:50.720><c> his</c>

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own<00:30:51.259><c> life</c>

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to<00:30:52.779><c> be</c><00:30:53.880><c> splendidly,</c><00:30:55.099><c> magnificently</c><00:30:55.900><c> true</c><00:30:56.359><c> in</c><00:30:56.720><c> the</c><00:30:56.920><c> life</c><00:30:57.099><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:57.460><c> king.</c>

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I<00:30:57.900><c> think</c><00:30:58.079><c> this</c><00:30:58.279><c> is</c><00:30:58.420><c> what</c><00:30:58.640><c> made</c><00:30:58.799><c> Jesus</c><00:30:59.200><c> marvel.</c>

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:04.039
The<00:31:01.359><c> secret</c><00:31:01.920><c> of</c><00:31:02.200><c> true</c><00:31:02.420><c> authority</c><00:31:02.900><c> spoken</c><00:31:03.460><c> and</c><00:31:03.779><c> applied</c>

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by<00:31:04.359><c> this</c><00:31:04.700><c> one</c><00:31:05.039><c> Roman</c><00:31:05.440><c> soldier.</c>

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:11.240
Now<00:31:07.980><c> you</c><00:31:08.160><c> see,</c><00:31:09.779><c> think</c><00:31:09.960><c> of</c><00:31:10.140><c> it</c><00:31:10.279><c> in</c><00:31:10.460><c> the</c><00:31:10.500><c> case</c><00:31:10.759><c> of</c><00:31:11.019><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:12.799
Christ<00:31:11.599><c> was</c><00:31:11.819><c> under</c><00:31:12.180><c> authority.</c>

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:16.019
The<00:31:13.400><c> authority</c><00:31:13.779><c> of</c><00:31:13.980><c> the</c><00:31:14.160><c> great</c><00:31:14.480><c> empire</c><00:31:14.980><c> we</c><00:31:15.220><c> call</c><00:31:15.480><c> the</c><00:31:15.680><c> kingdom</c>

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.740
of<00:31:16.279><c> God</c>

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:20.039
which<00:31:17.400><c> was</c><00:31:17.720><c> personified</c><00:31:18.339><c> in</c><00:31:18.599><c> God</c><00:31:18.799><c> himself.</c>

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:21.559
The<00:31:20.400><c> sovereign</c><00:31:20.720><c> on</c><00:31:21.000><c> the</c><00:31:21.200><c> throne.</c>

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:24.180
The<00:31:22.140><c> ruler</c><00:31:22.420><c> over</c><00:31:22.740><c> the</c><00:31:22.859><c> whole</c><00:31:23.140><c> empire.</c>

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:27.420
And<00:31:25.359><c> Jesus</c><00:31:25.660><c> was</c><00:31:25.940><c> a</c><00:31:26.079><c> man</c><00:31:26.299><c> under</c><00:31:26.759><c> authority.</c>

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:29.519
He<00:31:28.039><c> said,</c><00:31:28.380><c> I</c><00:31:28.380><c> do</c><00:31:28.579><c> nothing</c><00:31:28.819><c> of</c><00:31:28.980><c> myself.</c>

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:31.859
I<00:31:29.759><c> do</c><00:31:29.980><c> always</c><00:31:30.259><c> the</c><00:31:30.440><c> things</c><00:31:30.599><c> which</c><00:31:30.799><c> are</c><00:31:30.980><c> pleasing</c><00:31:31.200><c> to</c><00:31:31.519><c> him.</c>

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:36.220
My<00:31:32.539><c> meat</c><00:31:32.740><c> is</c><00:31:32.920><c> to</c><00:31:33.000><c> do</c><00:31:33.119><c> the</c><00:31:33.279><c> will</c><00:31:33.359><c> of</c><00:31:33.460><c> him</c><00:31:33.599><c> that</c><00:31:33.900><c> sent</c><00:31:34.099><c> me</c><00:31:34.339><c> to</c><00:31:34.519><c> accomplish</c><00:31:34.960><c> his</c><00:31:35.339><c> work.</c>

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:39.859
It<00:31:36.440><c> was</c><00:31:36.720><c> a</c><00:31:36.839><c> life</c><00:31:37.079><c> under</c><00:31:37.539><c> complete</c><00:31:38.039><c> and</c><00:31:38.339><c> absolute</c><00:31:38.759><c> authority.</c>

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:43.619
And<00:31:40.680><c> it</c><00:31:40.779><c> was</c><00:31:41.019><c> a</c><00:31:41.119><c> life</c><00:31:41.299><c> of</c><00:31:41.660><c> perfect</c><00:31:41.940><c> and</c><00:31:42.400><c> absolute</c><00:31:43.019><c> submission.</c>

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:45.480
And<00:31:43.920><c> therefore</c><00:31:44.180><c> it</c><00:31:44.319><c> was</c><00:31:44.559><c> a</c><00:31:44.700><c> life</c><00:31:44.859><c> responsible.</c>

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:47.859
Having<00:31:46.319><c> under</c><00:31:46.799><c> me</c><00:31:47.339><c> soldiers.</c>

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:51.720
That<00:31:48.119><c> is</c><00:31:48.619><c> to</c><00:31:48.940><c> say,</c><00:31:49.559><c> all</c><00:31:49.880><c> the</c><00:31:50.079><c> forces</c><00:31:50.319><c> of</c><00:31:50.559><c> the</c><00:31:50.720><c> kingdom</c><00:31:50.980><c> of</c><00:31:51.240><c> God</c>

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:56.519
given<00:31:52.180><c> into</c><00:31:52.559><c> his</c><00:31:53.059><c> hands</c><00:31:53.700><c> over</c><00:31:54.700><c> which</c><00:31:54.900><c> he</c><00:31:55.039><c> has</c><00:31:55.240><c> control</c><00:31:55.700><c> and</c><00:31:56.019><c> authority.</c>

00:31:56.519 --> 00:32:01.200
The<00:31:57.539><c> authority</c><00:31:58.099><c> he</c><00:31:58.420><c> exercises</c><00:31:59.079><c> is</c><00:31:59.720><c> the</c><00:31:59.980><c> authority</c><00:32:00.579><c> to</c><00:32:01.000><c> which</c>

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he<00:32:02.440><c> is</c><00:32:02.819><c> submitted.</c>

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:07.160
Now<00:32:04.500><c> this</c><00:32:04.680><c> is</c><00:32:04.960><c> the</c><00:32:05.140><c> great</c><00:32:05.440><c> principle</c><00:32:06.019><c> which</c><00:32:06.440><c> underlies</c><00:32:06.880><c> the</c>

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:08.220
authority<00:32:07.519><c> of</c><00:32:07.720><c> the</c><00:32:07.880><c> king</c>

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:12.259
and<00:32:08.980><c> which</c><00:32:09.180><c> is</c><00:32:09.619><c> always</c><00:32:10.180><c> applicable</c><00:32:10.759><c> to</c><00:32:11.019><c> those</c><00:32:11.480><c> who</c><00:32:11.779><c> at</c><00:32:11.940><c> last</c>

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:13.660
would<00:32:12.539><c> rule.</c>

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Listen<00:32:14.319><c> to</c><00:32:14.519><c> this.</c>

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:20.400
He<00:32:17.220><c> that</c><00:32:17.579><c> overcometh</c><00:32:18.180><c> and</c><00:32:18.440><c> keepeth</c><00:32:18.740><c> my</c><00:32:19.039><c> works</c><00:32:19.380><c> unto</c><00:32:19.599><c> the</c><00:32:19.920><c> end,</c>

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.700
that<00:32:21.000><c> is</c><00:32:21.119><c> submission,</c>

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:24.839
to<00:32:22.519><c> him</c><00:32:22.720><c> will</c><00:32:22.900><c> I</c><00:32:23.039><c> give</c><00:32:23.180><c> authority</c><00:32:23.720><c> over</c><00:32:24.079><c> the</c><00:32:24.299><c> nations.</c>

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:26.839
That<00:32:25.380><c> is</c><00:32:25.539><c> responsibility.</c>

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:34.039
What<00:32:28.380><c> men</c><00:32:28.619><c> are</c><00:32:28.859><c> going</c><00:32:29.039><c> to</c><00:32:29.279><c> be</c><00:32:29.700><c> eventually</c><00:32:30.400><c> is</c><00:32:31.200><c> related</c><00:32:31.680><c> directly</c><00:32:32.140><c> to</c><00:32:32.319><c> what</c><00:32:32.500><c> they</c><00:32:32.680><c> are</c><00:32:32.980><c> now.</c>

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:40.160
If<00:32:36.000><c> at</c><00:32:36.259><c> last</c><00:32:36.460><c> any</c><00:32:36.779><c> man</c><00:32:36.980><c> or</c><00:32:37.140><c> woman</c><00:32:37.440><c> wishes</c><00:32:37.740><c> to</c><00:32:38.059><c> hold</c><00:32:38.240><c> the</c><00:32:38.559><c> scepter</c><00:32:38.900><c> of</c><00:32:39.180><c> authority,</c>

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:43.700
they<00:32:40.779><c> must</c><00:32:41.039><c> first</c><00:32:41.359><c> have</c><00:32:41.680><c> bent</c><00:32:41.920><c> and</c><00:32:42.200><c> kissed</c><00:32:42.539><c> it.</c>

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:46.859
That's<00:32:44.299><c> the</c><00:32:44.460><c> secret</c><00:32:44.680><c> of</c><00:32:44.900><c> the</c><00:32:45.039><c> king's</c><00:32:45.440><c> right</c><00:32:45.619><c> to</c><00:32:45.880><c> rule.</c>

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:50.880
It's<00:32:48.440><c> there</c><00:32:49.099><c> in</c><00:32:49.420><c> the</c><00:32:49.599><c> Philippian</c><00:32:50.000><c> letter.</c>

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:52.079
Remember?

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:56.700
Who,<00:32:54.460><c> being</c><00:32:54.900><c> in</c><00:32:55.079><c> the</c><00:32:55.299><c> form</c><00:32:55.480><c> of</c><00:32:55.740><c> God,</c>

00:32:57.160 --> 00:33:00.180
made<00:32:57.559><c> himself</c><00:32:58.400><c> of</c><00:32:58.819><c> no</c><00:32:59.200><c> reputation</c>

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:04.740
and<00:33:01.359><c> took</c><00:33:01.660><c> upon</c><00:33:02.039><c> himself</c><00:33:02.779><c> the</c><00:33:03.079><c> form</c><00:33:03.460><c> of</c><00:33:03.759><c> a</c><00:33:04.059><c> servant</c>

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:09.960
and<00:33:05.740><c> became</c><00:33:06.200><c> obedient</c><00:33:06.740><c> unto</c><00:33:07.079><c> death,</c><00:33:07.700><c> yea,</c><00:33:08.039><c> the</c><00:33:08.180><c> death</c><00:33:08.380><c> of</c><00:33:08.559><c> the</c><00:33:08.799><c> cross.</c>

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:11.720
That<00:33:10.440><c> is</c><00:33:10.640><c> submission.</c>

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:16.480
For<00:33:13.440><c> which</c><00:33:13.839><c> cause</c><00:33:14.339><c> God</c><00:33:15.259><c> hath</c><00:33:15.380><c> highly</c><00:33:15.839><c> exalted</c><00:33:16.259><c> him</c>

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:18.740
and<00:33:16.640><c> given</c><00:33:16.779><c> him</c><00:33:17.000><c> a</c><00:33:17.119><c> name</c><00:33:17.299><c> which</c><00:33:17.519><c> is</c><00:33:17.680><c> above</c><00:33:17.859><c> every</c><00:33:18.279><c> name,</c>

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:21.180
that<00:33:19.099><c> at</c><00:33:19.259><c> the</c><00:33:19.359><c> name</c><00:33:19.579><c> of</c><00:33:19.759><c> Jesus</c><00:33:20.119><c> every</c><00:33:20.519><c> knee</c><00:33:20.740><c> should</c><00:33:21.019><c> bow</c>

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:24.059
and<00:33:21.400><c> every</c><00:33:21.680><c> tongue</c><00:33:21.839><c> should</c><00:33:22.079><c> confess</c><00:33:22.519><c> that</c><00:33:22.720><c> Jesus</c><00:33:23.160><c> Christ</c><00:33:23.599><c> is</c><00:33:23.839><c> Lord,</c>

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:28.160
to<00:33:24.279><c> the</c><00:33:24.460><c> glory</c><00:33:24.720><c> of</c><00:33:24.880><c> God</c><00:33:25.160><c> the</c><00:33:25.319><c> Father,</c><00:33:26.400><c> that</c><00:33:26.619><c> is</c><00:33:26.799><c> responsibility.</c>

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:34.480
So<00:33:29.279><c> the</c><00:33:29.440><c> law</c><00:33:29.740><c> of</c><00:33:30.000><c> life</c><00:33:30.279><c> which</c><00:33:30.599><c> in</c><00:33:31.240><c> a</c><00:33:31.440><c> restricted</c><00:33:32.180><c> sense</c><00:33:32.799><c> motivated</c><00:33:33.740><c> the</c>

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.500
Roman<00:33:34.859><c> soldier</c>

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:38.289
when<00:33:36.119><c> it</c><00:33:36.359><c> is</c><00:33:36.720><c> magnified</c><00:33:37.640><c> and</c><00:33:38.019><c> glorified</c>

00:33:38.289 --> 00:33:41.910
is<00:33:39.210><c> seen</c><00:33:39.529><c> to</c><00:33:39.710><c> be</c><00:33:39.829><c> at</c><00:33:39.950><c> the</c><00:33:40.029><c> very</c><00:33:40.349><c> center</c><00:33:40.609><c> of</c><00:33:40.809><c> the</c><00:33:40.930><c> life</c><00:33:41.109><c> of</c><00:33:41.390><c> the</c><00:33:41.529><c> king</c>

00:33:41.910 --> 00:33:45.650
and<00:33:42.589><c> eventually</c><00:33:43.210><c> at</c><00:33:43.549><c> the</c><00:33:43.690><c> center</c><00:33:43.950><c> of</c><00:33:44.130><c> the</c><00:33:44.230><c> life</c><00:33:44.470><c> of</c><00:33:44.670><c> all</c><00:33:44.869><c> those</c>

00:33:45.650 --> 00:33:47.930
who<00:33:45.990><c> are</c><00:33:46.130><c> the</c><00:33:46.309><c> king's</c><00:33:46.670><c> men</c><00:33:46.849><c> and</c><00:33:47.029><c> women.</c>

00:33:48.710 --> 00:33:52.109
The<00:33:48.730><c> Roman</c><00:33:48.970><c> soldier</c><00:33:49.349><c> had</c><00:33:49.630><c> authority</c><00:33:50.150><c> over</c><00:33:50.549><c> a</c><00:33:50.730><c> hundred</c><00:33:51.109><c> men.</c>

00:33:52.190 --> 00:33:54.809
That<00:33:52.329><c> is</c><00:33:52.549><c> why</c><00:33:52.670><c> he</c><00:33:52.849><c> is</c><00:33:52.970><c> called</c><00:33:53.190><c> a</c><00:33:53.569><c> centurion.</c>

00:33:55.490 --> 00:33:58.529
The<00:33:55.670><c> king</c><00:33:55.930><c> claims</c><00:33:56.269><c> authority</c><00:33:56.849><c> at</c><00:33:57.049><c> last</c><00:33:57.349><c> over</c><00:33:57.710><c> a</c><00:33:58.170><c> great,</c>

00:33:58.529 --> 00:34:00.009
unnumbered<00:33:59.250><c> multitude.</c>

00:34:00.609 --> 00:34:04.710
Though<00:34:00.829><c> they</c><00:34:01.049><c> are</c><00:34:01.809><c> diverse</c><00:34:02.329><c> in</c><00:34:02.490><c> many</c><00:34:02.849><c> things,</c><00:34:03.650><c> they</c><00:34:03.769><c> are</c><00:34:04.089><c> alike</c><00:34:04.430><c> in</c>

00:34:04.710 --> 00:34:05.250
one<00:34:05.049><c> thing.</c>

00:34:05.289 --> 00:34:07.089
They<00:34:05.410><c> are</c><00:34:05.650><c> all</c><00:34:05.849><c> alike</c><00:34:06.230><c> in</c><00:34:06.470><c> one</c><00:34:06.750><c> thing.</c>

00:34:07.089 --> 00:34:10.150
They<00:34:07.490><c> have</c><00:34:07.710><c> all</c><00:34:07.990><c> kissed</c><00:34:08.289><c> the</c><00:34:08.610><c> scepter,</c><00:34:09.429><c> they</c><00:34:09.550><c> have</c><00:34:09.750><c> all</c><00:34:10.030><c> bent</c>

00:34:10.150 --> 00:34:11.409
their<00:34:10.469><c> knee</c><00:34:10.670><c> to</c><00:34:10.869><c> the</c><00:34:11.090><c> throne</c>

00:34:11.409 --> 00:34:15.110
and<00:34:11.889><c> they</c><00:34:12.030><c> have</c><00:34:12.269><c> all</c><00:34:12.550><c> gladly</c><00:34:12.909><c> submitted</c><00:34:13.329><c> to</c><00:34:13.550><c> the</c><00:34:13.690><c> king's</c><00:34:14.170><c> authority.</c>

00:34:15.550 --> 00:34:18.010
And<00:34:15.670><c> at</c><00:34:15.869><c> last</c><00:34:16.130><c> they</c><00:34:16.250><c> are</c><00:34:16.409><c> going</c><00:34:16.590><c> to</c><00:34:16.730><c> sing</c><00:34:16.909><c> a</c><00:34:17.070><c> great</c><00:34:17.429><c> song</c><00:34:17.710><c> upon</c>

00:34:18.010 --> 00:34:18.809
Mount<00:34:18.429><c> Zion.</c>

00:34:19.150 --> 00:34:20.150
You<00:34:19.269><c> know</c><00:34:19.489><c> it</c><00:34:19.750><c> well.</c>

00:34:20.369 --> 00:34:23.550
Thou<00:34:20.489><c> art</c><00:34:20.869><c> worthy,</c><00:34:21.510><c> they</c><00:34:21.610><c> will</c><00:34:21.949><c> say,</c><00:34:22.550><c> thou</c><00:34:22.710><c> art</c><00:34:23.030><c> worthy,</c>

00:34:23.750 --> 00:34:26.670
for<00:34:23.909><c> thou</c><00:34:24.170><c> wast</c><00:34:24.469><c> slain</c><00:34:25.030><c> and</c><00:34:25.190><c> hast</c><00:34:25.409><c> redeemed</c><00:34:25.849><c> us</c><00:34:26.030><c> to</c><00:34:26.210><c> God</c><00:34:26.429><c> by</c>

00:34:26.670 --> 00:34:27.349
thy<00:34:26.889><c> blood</c>

00:34:27.349 --> 00:34:29.989
and<00:34:27.769><c> thou</c><00:34:27.909><c> hast</c><00:34:28.070><c> made</c><00:34:28.289><c> us</c><00:34:28.489><c> to</c><00:34:28.590><c> be</c><00:34:28.730><c> kings</c><00:34:29.090><c> and</c><00:34:29.309><c> priests</c>

00:34:29.989 --> 00:34:33.130
and<00:34:30.670><c> we</c><00:34:30.929><c> shall</c><00:34:31.150><c> reign</c><00:34:31.610><c> upon</c><00:34:31.929><c> the</c><00:34:32.210><c> earth.</c>

00:34:34.269 --> 00:34:35.670
Submission<00:34:34.789><c> and</c><00:34:35.170><c> authority.</c>

00:34:35.670 --> 00:34:40.889
So<00:34:36.730><c> that</c><00:34:36.909><c> is</c><00:34:37.130><c> the</c><00:34:37.289><c> nature</c><00:34:37.710><c> and</c><00:34:38.269><c> the</c><00:34:38.530><c> effect</c><00:34:38.929><c> of</c><00:34:39.250><c> the</c><00:34:39.429><c> king's</c><00:34:39.909><c> authority.</c>

00:34:41.630 --> 00:34:45.670
It<00:34:41.630><c> is</c><00:34:41.849><c> not</c><00:34:42.210><c> some</c><00:34:42.730><c> arbitrary</c><00:34:43.510><c> thing</c><00:34:44.110><c> without</c><00:34:44.929><c> sense</c><00:34:45.389><c> or</c>

00:34:45.670 --> 00:34:46.389
without<00:34:46.010><c> reason.</c>

00:34:46.730 --> 00:34:49.690
It<00:34:46.829><c> is</c><00:34:47.030><c> based</c><00:34:47.289><c> upon</c><00:34:47.610><c> principles</c><00:34:48.210><c> and</c><00:34:48.449><c> upon</c><00:34:48.710><c> forces</c><00:34:49.110><c> which</c><00:34:49.369><c> are</c>

00:34:49.690 --> 00:34:51.309
divinely<00:34:50.210><c> natural.</c>

00:34:51.469 --> 00:34:54.530
And<00:34:51.670><c> out</c><00:34:51.809><c> of</c><00:34:52.010><c> those</c><00:34:52.349><c> very</c><00:34:52.670><c> principles</c><00:34:53.110><c> emerges</c><00:34:53.670><c> the</c><00:34:54.050><c> power</c>

00:34:54.530 --> 00:34:56.329
which<00:34:55.130><c> accompanies</c><00:34:55.610><c> the</c><00:34:55.909><c> authority.</c>

00:34:56.769 --> 00:35:01.570
Trown<00:34:57.050><c> the</c><00:34:57.329><c> ideal</c><00:34:57.849><c> and</c><00:34:59.070><c> you</c><00:34:59.250><c> have</c><00:34:59.530><c> tapped</c><00:34:59.750><c> the</c><00:34:59.989><c> source</c><00:35:00.250><c> of</c><00:35:00.449><c> the</c><00:35:00.630><c> power.</c>

00:35:02.030 --> 00:35:06.030
I<00:35:02.630><c> bring</c><00:35:02.949><c> you</c><00:35:03.190><c> next</c><00:35:03.590><c> then,</c><00:35:04.269><c> the</c><00:35:04.389><c> last</c><00:35:04.730><c> few</c><00:35:04.969><c> minutes,</c>

00:35:06.769 --> 00:35:11.010
to<00:35:07.070><c> ask</c><00:35:07.289><c> you</c><00:35:07.469><c> to</c><00:35:07.690><c> fix</c><00:35:07.889><c> your</c><00:35:08.210><c> minds</c><00:35:08.530><c> upon</c><00:35:08.769><c> the</c><00:35:09.030><c> power</c><00:35:09.590><c> of</c><00:35:09.869><c> the</c><00:35:09.989><c> Messiah</c>

00:35:11.070 --> 00:35:14.309
as<00:35:11.550><c> it</c><00:35:11.769><c> is</c><00:35:11.889><c> revealed</c><00:35:12.190><c> in</c><00:35:12.349><c> the</c><00:35:12.510><c> Gospel</c><00:35:12.869><c> of</c><00:35:13.030><c> Matthew.</c>

00:35:14.530 --> 00:35:18.329
First<00:35:14.929><c> of</c><00:35:15.170><c> all,</c><00:35:15.869><c> think</c><00:35:16.170><c> of</c><00:35:16.250><c> that</c><00:35:16.650><c> splendid</c><00:35:17.409><c> declaration</c><00:35:18.150><c> of</c>

00:35:18.329 --> 00:35:19.070
the<00:35:18.489><c> Messiah</c>

00:35:19.070 --> 00:35:22.030
recorded<00:35:19.889><c> in</c><00:35:20.030><c> Matthew</c><00:35:20.389><c> chapter</c><00:35:20.809><c> 28</c><00:35:21.369><c> verse</c><00:35:21.670><c> 18.</c>

00:35:22.150 --> 00:35:23.110
You<00:35:22.150><c> will</c><00:35:22.269><c> remember</c><00:35:22.570><c> it</c><00:35:22.750><c> well.</c>

00:35:23.369 --> 00:35:25.409
Jesus<00:35:23.750><c> came</c><00:35:24.130><c> and</c><00:35:24.309><c> spoke</c><00:35:24.670><c> to</c><00:35:24.889><c> them</c><00:35:25.030><c> and</c><00:35:25.170><c> said,</c>

00:35:25.510 --> 00:35:28.969
All<00:35:25.829><c> power</c><00:35:26.269><c> is</c><00:35:26.469><c> given</c><00:35:26.690><c> to</c><00:35:26.949><c> me</c><00:35:27.190><c> in</c><00:35:27.389><c> heaven</c><00:35:27.889><c> and</c><00:35:28.429><c> on</c><00:35:28.650><c> earth.</c>

00:35:28.969 --> 00:35:32.289
Now,<00:35:30.250><c> when</c><00:35:30.389><c> you</c><00:35:30.590><c> think</c><00:35:30.789><c> about</c><00:35:31.050><c> those</c><00:35:31.349><c> words,</c>

00:35:32.409 --> 00:35:36.409
is<00:35:32.489><c> that</c><00:35:32.889><c> not</c><00:35:33.210><c> the</c><00:35:33.329><c> most</c><00:35:33.809><c> comprehensive</c><00:35:34.449><c> affirmation</c><00:35:35.050><c> of</c><00:35:35.230><c> power</c><00:35:35.570><c> that</c><00:35:35.949><c> there</c><00:35:36.170><c> has</c>

00:35:36.409 --> 00:35:36.969
ever<00:35:36.690><c> been?</c>

00:35:37.090 --> 00:35:38.989
Think<00:35:37.309><c> about</c><00:35:37.630><c> it.</c>

00:35:40.190 --> 00:35:43.170
All<00:35:40.949><c> power,</c><00:35:41.929><c> he</c><00:35:42.250><c> said.</c>

00:35:44.110 --> 00:35:45.929
All<00:35:44.690><c> power.</c>

00:35:46.090 --> 00:35:49.630
It<00:35:46.309><c> is</c><00:35:46.530><c> not</c><00:35:46.750><c> partial,</c><00:35:47.909><c> it</c><00:35:48.030><c> is</c><00:35:48.269><c> not</c><00:35:48.570><c> selective,</c>

00:35:50.210 --> 00:35:53.329
nothing<00:35:50.489><c> is</c><00:35:50.869><c> excluded,</c><00:35:52.150><c> nothing</c><00:35:52.449><c> is</c><00:35:52.769><c> qualified.</c>

00:35:53.750 --> 00:35:55.849
All<00:35:54.510><c> power.</c>

00:35:56.349 --> 00:36:01.070
And<00:35:56.889><c> then</c><00:35:57.190><c> the</c><00:35:57.349><c> sphere</c><00:35:57.590><c> of</c><00:35:57.789><c> the</c><00:35:57.989><c> operation,</c><00:35:58.989><c> in</c><00:35:59.530><c> heaven</c><00:36:00.050><c> and</c>

00:36:01.070 --> 00:36:02.650
on<00:36:01.670><c> earth.</c>

00:36:03.010 --> 00:36:04.130
Think<00:36:03.210><c> of</c><00:36:03.369><c> it.</c>

00:36:04.610 --> 00:36:12.110
All<00:36:05.090><c> power</c><00:36:05.789><c> in</c><00:36:06.550><c> heaven</c><00:36:07.070><c> and</c><00:36:07.949><c> on</c><00:36:08.329><c> earth,</c><00:36:09.429><c> that</c><00:36:09.630><c> is</c><00:36:10.570><c> the</c><00:36:11.050><c> universe.</c>

00:36:12.650 --> 00:36:16.090
He<00:36:12.869><c> is</c><00:36:13.210><c> Lord</c><00:36:14.030><c> of</c><00:36:14.769><c> the</c><00:36:14.989><c> universe.</c>

00:36:18.250 --> 00:36:20.510
And<00:36:18.429><c> in</c><00:36:18.570><c> the</c><00:36:18.690><c> Gospel</c><00:36:18.949><c> of</c><00:36:19.090><c> Matthew</c><00:36:19.429><c> there</c><00:36:19.610><c> are</c><00:36:19.789><c> many</c><00:36:20.010><c> examples</c>

00:36:20.510 --> 00:36:21.309
of<00:36:20.670><c> his</c><00:36:20.909><c> power.</c>

00:36:21.309 --> 00:36:24.530
I<00:36:21.630><c> must</c><00:36:21.849><c> tell</c><00:36:22.190><c> you,</c><00:36:22.909><c> my</c><00:36:23.530><c> comrades,</c>

00:36:26.989 --> 00:36:31.489
that<00:36:27.570><c> it</c><00:36:28.150><c> was</c><00:36:28.329><c> difficult</c><00:36:28.750><c> to</c><00:36:28.929><c> know</c><00:36:29.130><c> which</c><00:36:30.230><c> evidences</c><00:36:30.730><c> of</c><00:36:31.090><c> power</c><00:36:31.230><c> to</c>

00:36:31.489 --> 00:36:32.789
fix<00:36:31.670><c> on</c>

00:36:32.789 --> 00:36:34.530
and<00:36:33.110><c> to</c><00:36:33.289><c> ponder</c><00:36:33.530><c> as</c><00:36:33.769><c> an</c><00:36:33.969><c> illustration,</c>

00:36:34.630 --> 00:36:38.570
but<00:36:34.769><c> in</c><00:36:35.010><c> the</c><00:36:35.190><c> end</c><00:36:35.710><c> I</c><00:36:36.690><c> settled</c><00:36:37.050><c> for</c><00:36:37.250><c> Matthew</c><00:36:37.710><c> chapter</c><00:36:38.090><c> 9.</c>

00:36:38.949 --> 00:36:41.630
So<00:36:38.949><c> that</c><00:36:39.670><c> is</c><00:36:39.710><c> what</c><00:36:39.849><c> was</c><00:36:40.070><c> read</c><00:36:40.250><c> to</c><00:36:40.449><c> us,</c><00:36:40.670><c> you</c><00:36:40.670><c> will</c><00:36:40.789><c> remember,</c>

00:36:41.829 --> 00:36:42.510
this<00:36:42.070><c> morning.</c>

00:36:42.630 --> 00:36:45.349
Matthew<00:36:43.130><c> chapter</c><00:36:43.630><c> 9.</c>

00:36:46.650 --> 00:36:53.090
Have<00:36:47.130><c> a</c><00:36:47.190><c> look</c><00:36:47.489><c> at</c><00:36:48.690><c> that</c><00:36:48.929><c> first</c><00:36:49.250><c> incident,</c><00:36:50.630><c> verses</c><00:36:50.889><c> 1</c><00:36:51.289><c> to</c><00:36:51.409><c> 8.</c>

00:36:53.590 --> 00:36:55.349
I<00:36:53.590><c> don't</c><00:36:53.750><c> think</c><00:36:53.929><c> we</c><00:36:54.130><c> need...</c>

00:36:55.610 --> 00:36:59.429
Well,<00:36:55.809><c> he</c><00:36:55.829><c> entered</c><00:36:56.389><c> into</c><00:36:56.929><c> a</c><00:36:57.110><c> boat</c><00:36:57.309><c> and</c><00:36:57.909><c> crossed</c><00:36:58.170><c> and</c><00:36:58.889><c> came</c><00:36:59.110><c> into</c><00:36:59.329><c> his</c>

00:36:59.429 --> 00:37:01.210
own<00:36:59.690><c> city,</c><00:37:00.130><c> Capernaum.</c>

00:37:01.269 --> 00:37:04.329
And<00:37:01.269><c> behold,</c><00:37:01.730><c> they</c><00:37:01.869><c> brought</c><00:37:02.110><c> unto</c><00:37:02.369><c> him</c><00:37:02.550><c> a</c><00:37:02.650><c> man</c><00:37:02.849><c> sick</c><00:37:03.010><c> of</c><00:37:03.150><c> the</c><00:37:03.329><c> palsy,</c><00:37:03.630><c> lying</c><00:37:03.889><c> on</c><00:37:04.110><c> a</c><00:37:04.190><c> bed.</c>

00:37:04.469 --> 00:37:07.150
And<00:37:04.570><c> Jesus,</c><00:37:05.389><c> seeing</c><00:37:05.710><c> their</c><00:37:06.010><c> faith,</c><00:37:06.250><c> said</c><00:37:06.389><c> unto</c><00:37:06.650><c> the</c><00:37:06.789><c> man</c><00:37:07.010><c> sick</c>

00:37:07.150 --> 00:37:07.789
of<00:37:07.289><c> the</c><00:37:07.469><c> palsy,</c>

00:37:07.789 --> 00:37:11.809
Son,<00:37:08.670><c> be</c><00:37:08.849><c> of</c><00:37:09.010><c> good</c><00:37:09.289><c> cheer,</c><00:37:10.170><c> thy</c><00:37:10.329><c> sins</c><00:37:10.590><c> are</c><00:37:10.949><c> forgiven.</c>

00:37:12.610 --> 00:37:16.210
Let's<00:37:13.190><c> notice</c><00:37:13.550><c> the</c><00:37:13.750><c> words</c><00:37:13.929><c> carefully,</c><00:37:14.570><c> the</c><00:37:14.730><c> words</c><00:37:14.929><c> of</c><00:37:15.090><c> the</c><00:37:15.190><c> Messiah.</c>

00:37:16.449 --> 00:37:19.409
He<00:37:16.449><c> said</c><00:37:16.650><c> to</c><00:37:16.789><c> the</c><00:37:16.989><c> broken,</c><00:37:18.469><c> suffering</c><00:37:18.829><c> man,</c>

00:37:19.710 --> 00:37:22.969
Son,<00:37:20.949><c> be</c><00:37:21.309><c> of</c><00:37:21.590><c> good</c><00:37:21.949><c> cheer.</c>

00:37:24.349 --> 00:37:27.829
Now,<00:37:25.230><c> can</c><00:37:25.429><c> I</c><00:37:25.610><c> tell</c><00:37:25.809><c> you,</c><00:37:26.289><c> you</c><00:37:26.449><c> can</c><00:37:26.650><c> be</c><00:37:26.849><c> sure</c><00:37:26.969><c> of</c><00:37:27.210><c> one</c><00:37:27.489><c> thing,</c>

00:37:28.289 --> 00:37:30.650
he<00:37:28.429><c> was</c><00:37:28.670><c> not</c><00:37:28.889><c> telling</c><00:37:29.150><c> the</c><00:37:29.389><c> man</c><00:37:29.610><c> to</c><00:37:29.889><c> cheer</c><00:37:30.190><c> up.</c>

00:37:30.949 --> 00:37:32.550
Can<00:37:31.110><c> I</c><00:37:31.329><c> tell</c><00:37:31.489><c> you</c><00:37:31.670><c> that?</c>

00:37:32.650 --> 00:37:36.530
He<00:37:32.869><c> was</c><00:37:33.230><c> not</c><00:37:33.610><c> telling</c><00:37:34.010><c> the</c><00:37:34.309><c> man</c><00:37:34.590><c> to</c><00:37:34.949><c> cheer</c><00:37:35.349><c> up.</c>

00:37:37.789 --> 00:37:39.309
That's<00:37:38.309><c> no</c><00:37:38.570><c> good.</c>

00:37:39.369 --> 00:37:42.289
You<00:37:39.769><c> can</c><00:37:40.090><c> be</c><00:37:40.650><c> sure</c><00:37:40.829><c> that</c><00:37:40.989><c> he</c><00:37:41.110><c> was</c><00:37:41.269><c> not</c><00:37:41.449><c> telling</c><00:37:41.670><c> him</c><00:37:41.789><c> to</c><00:37:41.969><c> do</c><00:37:42.150><c> that,</c>

00:37:42.469 --> 00:37:44.269
because<00:37:42.550><c> it's</c><00:37:42.789><c> too</c><00:37:43.150><c> superficial.</c>

00:37:44.730 --> 00:37:48.130
I'm<00:37:45.130><c> not</c><00:37:45.349><c> against</c><00:37:45.829><c> cheering</c><00:37:46.150><c> up,</c><00:37:46.449><c> don't</c><00:37:46.610><c> misunderstand</c><00:37:47.389><c> me.</c>

00:37:48.610 --> 00:37:51.289
I<00:37:48.610><c> mean,</c><00:37:48.849><c> if</c><00:37:49.030><c> I'm</c><00:37:49.530><c> in</c><00:37:49.690><c> a</c><00:37:49.849><c> poor</c><00:37:49.969><c> way</c><00:37:50.250><c> and</c><00:37:50.530><c> somebody</c><00:37:50.750><c> comes</c><00:37:51.010><c> to</c><00:37:51.150><c> me</c>

00:37:51.289 --> 00:37:52.210
and<00:37:51.389><c> lays</c><00:37:51.650><c> down</c><00:37:51.909><c> the</c><00:37:52.110><c> law</c>

00:37:52.210 --> 00:37:55.250
and<00:37:52.389><c> says,</c><00:37:52.670><c> Dennis,</c><00:37:53.429><c> you</c><00:37:53.590><c> ought</c><00:37:53.789><c> to</c><00:37:53.909><c> do</c><00:37:54.050><c> better,</c><00:37:54.710><c> or,</c><00:37:54.889><c> Dennis,</c>

00:37:55.389 --> 00:37:55.829
cheer<00:37:55.630><c> up.</c>

00:37:55.889 --> 00:37:58.570
I<00:37:56.090><c> prefer</c><00:37:56.309><c> the</c><00:37:56.510><c> way</c><00:37:56.630><c> it</c><00:37:56.710><c> says,</c><00:37:56.969><c> Dennis,</c><00:37:57.449><c> cheer</c><00:37:57.650><c> up.</c>

00:37:59.030 --> 00:37:59.929
I'm<00:37:59.230><c> not</c><00:37:59.329><c> against</c><00:37:59.769><c> it.</c>

00:37:59.929 --> 00:38:02.230
I'm<00:38:00.090><c> only</c><00:38:00.389><c> saying</c><00:38:00.550><c> that</c><00:38:00.730><c> it</c><00:38:00.869><c> does</c><00:38:01.030><c> no</c><00:38:01.210><c> good</c><00:38:01.409><c> in</c><00:38:01.610><c> the</c><00:38:01.769><c> end,</c><00:38:02.130><c> really.</c>

00:38:02.369 --> 00:38:04.510
It<00:38:02.610><c> lasts</c><00:38:02.889><c> for</c><00:38:03.150><c> half</c><00:38:03.369><c> an</c><00:38:03.570><c> hour,</c><00:38:03.789><c> doesn't</c><00:38:04.070><c> it?</c>

00:38:04.710 --> 00:38:07.190
But<00:38:04.889><c> it</c><00:38:05.130><c> soon</c><00:38:05.309><c> passes</c><00:38:05.650><c> and</c><00:38:05.809><c> then</c><00:38:06.050><c> the</c><00:38:06.190><c> old</c><00:38:06.389><c> agony</c><00:38:06.710><c> returns.</c>

00:38:07.190 --> 00:38:13.230
You<00:38:07.710><c> know,</c><00:38:08.230><c> the</c><00:38:08.530><c> word</c><00:38:09.570><c> cheer,</c><00:38:10.289><c> rightly</c><00:38:10.670><c> translated,</c><00:38:11.590><c> is</c><00:38:11.989><c> courage.</c>

00:38:13.889 --> 00:38:14.710
That's<00:38:14.050><c> what</c><00:38:14.190><c> he</c><00:38:14.369><c> said.</c>

00:38:15.110 --> 00:38:18.889
Son,<00:38:16.210><c> be</c><00:38:16.650><c> of</c><00:38:17.090><c> good</c><00:38:17.690><c> courage.</c>

00:38:19.170 --> 00:38:21.510
And<00:38:19.309><c> then</c><00:38:19.409><c> he</c><00:38:19.630><c> forgave</c><00:38:20.070><c> his</c><00:38:20.289><c> sins</c><00:38:20.510><c> and</c><00:38:20.710><c> made</c><00:38:20.929><c> him</c><00:38:21.250><c> sound</c>

00:38:21.510 --> 00:38:24.670
and<00:38:21.869><c> told</c><00:38:22.090><c> him</c><00:38:22.250><c> to</c><00:38:22.409><c> take</c><00:38:22.590><c> up</c><00:38:22.750><c> his</c><00:38:22.989><c> bed</c><00:38:23.110><c> and</c><00:38:23.250><c> go</c><00:38:23.409><c> into</c><00:38:23.590><c> his</c><00:38:23.869><c> house.</c>

00:38:25.489 --> 00:38:28.190
And<00:38:25.730><c> those</c><00:38:26.050><c> who</c><00:38:26.409><c> saw</c><00:38:26.530><c> it</c><00:38:26.869><c> knew</c><00:38:27.110><c> that</c><00:38:27.269><c> it</c><00:38:27.469><c> was</c><00:38:27.750><c> power.</c>

00:38:28.650 --> 00:38:30.710
There<00:38:28.789><c> was</c><00:38:28.949><c> no</c><00:38:29.349><c> half</c><00:38:29.750><c> measures</c><00:38:30.110><c> about</c><00:38:30.469><c> this.</c>

00:38:30.989 --> 00:38:34.570
There<00:38:31.090><c> was</c><00:38:31.309><c> no,</c><00:38:31.909><c> well,</c><00:38:32.329><c> keep</c><00:38:32.610><c> taking</c><00:38:32.949><c> the</c><00:38:33.230><c> tablets,</c><00:38:34.030><c> my</c><00:38:34.269><c> boy.</c>

00:38:34.969 --> 00:38:35.929
There<00:38:35.070><c> was</c><00:38:35.230><c> none</c><00:38:35.429><c> of</c><00:38:35.630><c> that.</c>

00:38:35.929 --> 00:38:40.690
Some<00:38:36.789><c> men's</c><00:38:37.289><c> cures,</c><00:38:38.110><c> some</c><00:38:38.510><c> men's</c><00:38:38.929><c> cures</c><00:38:39.070><c> are</c><00:38:39.489><c> gradual,</c>

00:38:40.969 --> 00:38:43.489
but<00:38:41.190><c> this</c><00:38:41.489><c> man's</c><00:38:41.969><c> cure</c><00:38:42.309><c> is</c><00:38:42.769><c> not</c><00:38:42.889><c> like</c><00:38:43.210><c> that.</c>

00:38:43.650 --> 00:38:46.110
It's<00:38:44.030><c> instant</c><00:38:44.550><c> and</c><00:38:44.889><c> comprehensive.</c>

00:38:46.289 --> 00:38:47.190
And<00:38:46.289><c> so</c><00:38:46.469><c> they</c><00:38:46.730><c> marveled.</c>

00:38:47.190 --> 00:38:50.369
Remember<00:38:47.530><c> it</c><00:38:47.730><c> said</c><00:38:47.829><c> they</c><00:38:48.070><c> marveled</c><00:38:49.150><c> and</c><00:38:49.269><c> gave</c><00:38:49.550><c> glory</c><00:38:49.849><c> to</c><00:38:50.070><c> God</c>

00:38:50.369 --> 00:38:54.929
who<00:38:50.869><c> had</c><00:38:51.170><c> given</c><00:38:51.449><c> such</c><00:38:51.949><c> power</c><00:38:52.949><c> to</c><00:38:53.969><c> man.</c>

00:38:57.489 --> 00:39:02.769
Next,<00:38:57.929><c> have</c><00:38:58.070><c> a</c><00:38:58.170><c> look</c><00:38:58.489><c> in</c><00:38:58.690><c> Matthew</c><00:38:59.010><c> 9</c><00:38:59.250><c> at</c><00:38:59.489><c> verses</c><00:38:59.809><c> 20,</c><00:39:00.989><c> 20</c><00:39:01.349><c> to</c><00:39:01.550><c> 22.</c>

00:39:04.469 --> 00:39:07.030
And<00:39:04.909><c> behold,</c><00:39:05.349><c> a</c><00:39:05.349><c> woman</c><00:39:05.769><c> who</c><00:39:05.969><c> had</c><00:39:06.130><c> an</c><00:39:06.309><c> issue</c><00:39:06.510><c> of</c><00:39:06.710><c> blood,</c>

00:39:07.050 --> 00:39:09.610
twelve<00:39:07.389><c> years,</c><00:39:07.989><c> came</c><00:39:08.190><c> behind</c><00:39:08.590><c> him</c><00:39:08.750><c> and</c><00:39:08.849><c> touched</c><00:39:09.230><c> the</c><00:39:09.409><c> border</c>

00:39:09.610 --> 00:39:10.889
of<00:39:09.809><c> his</c><00:39:10.030><c> garment.</c>

00:39:11.389 --> 00:39:12.690
For<00:39:11.530><c> she</c><00:39:11.730><c> said</c><00:39:12.010><c> within</c><00:39:12.289><c> herself,</c>

00:39:12.769 --> 00:39:15.070
If<00:39:12.889><c> I</c><00:39:13.070><c> do</c><00:39:13.170><c> but</c><00:39:13.329><c> touch</c><00:39:13.510><c> his</c><00:39:13.769><c> garment,</c><00:39:14.030><c> I</c><00:39:14.130><c> shall</c><00:39:14.269><c> be</c><00:39:14.449><c> made</c><00:39:14.710><c> whole.</c>

00:39:15.570 --> 00:39:17.409
But<00:39:15.750><c> Jesus,</c><00:39:16.250><c> turning</c><00:39:16.510><c> and</c><00:39:16.690><c> seeing</c><00:39:16.949><c> her,</c><00:39:17.190><c> said,</c>

00:39:17.469 --> 00:39:18.929
Daughter,<00:39:17.789><c> be</c><00:39:17.989><c> of</c><00:39:18.170><c> good</c><00:39:18.409><c> comfort.</c>

00:39:19.429 --> 00:39:21.429
Thy<00:39:19.590><c> faith</c><00:39:19.909><c> hath</c><00:39:20.130><c> made</c><00:39:20.329><c> thee</c><00:39:20.570><c> whole.</c>

00:39:21.449 --> 00:39:24.090
And<00:39:21.530><c> the</c><00:39:21.670><c> woman</c><00:39:21.889><c> was</c><00:39:22.090><c> made</c><00:39:22.369><c> whole</c><00:39:22.650><c> from</c><00:39:22.909><c> that</c><00:39:23.269><c> hour.</c>

00:39:26.289 --> 00:39:28.469
Well,<00:39:26.630><c> now</c><00:39:26.809><c> the</c><00:39:26.869><c> words</c><00:39:27.150><c> that</c><00:39:27.369><c> Jesus</c><00:39:27.769><c> addressed</c><00:39:28.110><c> to</c><00:39:28.309><c> this</c>

00:39:28.469 --> 00:39:29.250
suffering<00:39:28.849><c> woman</c>

00:39:29.250 --> 00:39:32.389
are<00:39:29.909><c> exactly</c><00:39:30.449><c> the</c><00:39:30.750><c> same</c><00:39:30.949><c> as</c><00:39:31.110><c> the</c><00:39:31.269><c> words</c><00:39:31.469><c> he</c><00:39:31.750><c> addressed</c><00:39:31.989><c> to</c><00:39:32.230><c> the</c>

00:39:32.389 --> 00:39:33.889
palsied,<00:39:33.030><c> paralyzed</c><00:39:33.489><c> man.</c>

00:39:34.369 --> 00:39:38.349
I<00:39:34.429><c> know</c><00:39:34.690><c> in</c><00:39:34.849><c> your</c><00:39:35.150><c> A</c><00:39:35.369><c>.V.</c><00:39:35.570><c> it</c><00:39:35.670><c> says</c><00:39:35.989><c> in</c><00:39:36.110><c> verse</c><00:39:36.369><c> 22,</c><00:39:36.949><c> be</c><00:39:36.989><c> of</c><00:39:37.230><c> good</c><00:39:37.409><c> comfort.</c>

00:39:38.369 --> 00:39:41.750
I<00:39:38.449><c> want</c><00:39:38.710><c> to</c><00:39:38.889><c> tell</c><00:39:39.050><c> you</c><00:39:39.269><c> that</c><00:39:39.429><c> what</c><00:39:39.570><c> he</c><00:39:39.789><c> said</c><00:39:39.949><c> was</c><00:39:40.150><c> be</c><00:39:40.349><c> of</c><00:39:40.530><c> good</c><00:39:40.829><c> cheer.</c>

00:39:42.030 --> 00:39:44.610
It's<00:39:42.190><c> the</c><00:39:42.250><c> very</c><00:39:42.449><c> same</c><00:39:42.769><c> word</c><00:39:43.010><c> that</c><00:39:43.190><c> he</c><00:39:43.329><c> used</c><00:39:43.489><c> to</c><00:39:43.650><c> the</c><00:39:43.829><c> palsied</c><00:39:44.210><c> man.</c>

00:39:45.010 --> 00:39:49.130
And<00:39:45.110><c> of</c><00:39:45.289><c> course,</c><00:39:45.409><c> what</c><00:39:45.570><c> he</c><00:39:45.750><c> really</c><00:39:46.110><c> said</c><00:39:46.349><c> was</c><00:39:46.650><c> be</c><00:39:47.150><c> of</c><00:39:47.550><c> good</c><00:39:48.010><c> courage.</c>

00:39:49.610 --> 00:39:53.969
The<00:39:49.869><c> despairing</c><00:39:50.469><c> agony</c><00:39:50.789><c> of</c><00:39:50.989><c> a</c><00:39:51.190><c> suffering</c><00:39:51.550><c> woman</c><00:39:51.909><c> was</c><00:39:52.289><c> ended</c><00:39:52.630><c> in</c><00:39:52.969><c> a</c><00:39:53.170><c> moment.</c>

00:39:54.570 --> 00:39:56.329
He<00:39:54.789><c> said,</c><00:39:55.190><c> Thy</c><00:39:55.190><c> faith</c><00:39:55.530><c> hath</c><00:39:55.690><c> made</c><00:39:55.949><c> thee</c><00:39:56.170><c> whole,</c>

00:39:56.329 --> 00:39:58.150
but<00:39:56.510><c> she</c><00:39:56.690><c> was</c><00:39:56.929><c> cured</c><00:39:57.170><c> before</c><00:39:57.510><c> he</c><00:39:57.769><c> said</c><00:39:57.949><c> it,</c>

00:39:58.150 --> 00:40:01.269
because<00:39:58.809><c> Mark</c><00:39:59.329><c> tells</c><00:39:59.670><c> us</c><00:40:00.130><c> she</c><00:40:00.530><c> touched</c><00:40:01.010><c> him,</c>

00:40:01.590 --> 00:40:04.969
and<00:40:01.590><c> immediately</c><00:40:02.289><c> he</c><00:40:02.550><c> perceived</c><00:40:02.969><c> that</c><00:40:03.469><c> power</c><00:40:04.150><c> had</c><00:40:04.510><c> gone</c><00:40:04.670><c> out</c>

00:40:04.969 --> 00:40:06.769
of<00:40:05.090><c> him.</c>

00:40:07.929 --> 00:40:17.750
Old<00:40:08.909><c> fear,</c><00:40:10.889><c> like</c><00:40:11.210><c> a</c><00:40:11.449><c> black</c><00:40:11.929><c> raven,</c><00:40:15.550><c> dropped</c><00:40:16.010><c> dead.</c>

00:40:19.030 --> 00:40:26.650
That<00:40:20.010><c> woman's</c><00:40:20.989><c> fear,</c><00:40:22.429><c> twelve</c><00:40:22.949><c> years</c><00:40:23.389><c> of</c><00:40:23.690><c> agony,</c><00:40:24.670><c> twelve</c><00:40:24.969><c> years</c><00:40:25.250><c> of</c><00:40:25.469><c> ostracism,</c>

00:40:26.650 --> 00:40:38.610
her<00:40:28.530><c> fear</c><00:40:29.050><c> dropped</c><00:40:29.570><c> dead,</c><00:40:31.170><c> like</c><00:40:31.429><c> a</c><00:40:31.550><c> black</c><00:40:31.929><c> raven,</c><00:40:34.349><c> in</c><00:40:34.510><c> the</c><00:40:34.750><c> high</c><00:40:35.030><c> street,</c><00:40:36.389><c> where</c><00:40:36.630><c> he</c><00:40:36.809><c> was.</c>

00:40:41.590 --> 00:40:46.030
Come<00:40:42.150><c> to</c><00:40:42.269><c> Matthew</c><00:40:42.690><c> 14,</c><00:40:44.469><c> verse</c><00:40:44.670><c> 22.</c>

00:40:52.110 --> 00:40:56.250
Now,<00:40:53.110><c> in</c><00:40:53.150><c> Matthew</c><00:40:53.690><c> 14,</c><00:40:54.750><c> verse</c><00:40:54.949><c> 22,</c>

00:40:56.449 --> 00:41:02.510
we<00:40:56.570><c> have</c><00:40:56.989><c> the</c><00:40:57.510><c> account</c><00:40:58.150><c> of</c><00:40:59.650><c> those</c><00:41:00.010><c> disciples</c><00:41:00.710><c> on</c><00:41:01.030><c> the</c><00:41:01.349><c> sea,</c>

00:41:03.389 --> 00:41:08.409
in<00:41:04.150><c> a</c><00:41:04.329><c> boat,</c><00:41:04.570><c> of</c><00:41:04.809><c> course,</c><00:41:05.710><c> and</c><00:41:05.889><c> they</c><00:41:06.110><c> are</c><00:41:06.869><c> enveloped</c><00:41:07.489><c> by</c><00:41:08.090><c> a</c>

00:41:08.409 --> 00:41:09.849
great<00:41:08.710><c> storm.</c>

00:41:09.949 --> 00:41:15.050
The<00:41:10.250><c> waves</c><00:41:10.690><c> are</c><00:41:11.050><c> rough,</c><00:41:12.070><c> and</c><00:41:12.190><c> the</c><00:41:12.289><c> wind</c><00:41:12.570><c> is</c><00:41:12.969><c> contrary,</c><00:41:13.769><c> and</c><00:41:13.909><c> they</c><00:41:14.110><c> are</c><00:41:14.289><c> in</c><00:41:14.550><c> trouble.</c>

00:41:15.050 --> 00:41:19.989
And<00:41:15.510><c> they</c><00:41:15.570><c> are</c><00:41:15.889><c> afraid.</c><00:41:17.489><c> You</c><00:41:17.710><c> can</c><00:41:18.429><c> read</c><00:41:18.650><c> it</c><00:41:18.889><c> there.</c>

00:41:20.809 --> 00:41:23.630
And<00:41:20.909><c> then</c><00:41:21.130><c> suddenly</c><00:41:21.469><c> they</c><00:41:21.710><c> see</c><00:41:22.210><c> something</c><00:41:22.730><c> walking</c><00:41:23.110><c> over</c><00:41:23.449><c> the</c>

00:41:23.630 --> 00:41:26.190
tempest<00:41:24.369><c>-tossed</c><00:41:25.250><c> sea,</c>

00:41:26.789 --> 00:41:30.230
and<00:41:26.989><c> they</c><00:41:27.170><c> are</c><00:41:27.710><c> even</c><00:41:28.090><c> more</c><00:41:28.389><c> afraid</c><00:41:28.909><c> and</c><00:41:29.210><c> troubled.</c>

00:41:30.389 --> 00:41:36.570
They<00:41:30.670><c> think</c><00:41:30.989><c> it</c><00:41:31.250><c> is</c><00:41:31.809><c> a</c><00:41:32.050><c> phantom,</c><00:41:33.349><c> a</c><00:41:33.590><c> ghost,</c><00:41:35.090><c> a</c><00:41:35.329><c> specter.</c>

00:41:37.150 --> 00:41:42.510
And<00:41:37.469><c> then</c><00:41:38.289><c> the</c><00:41:38.929><c> phantom</c><00:41:39.429><c> speaks</c><00:41:40.190><c> and</c><00:41:40.389><c> says,</c><00:41:41.030><c> verse</c><00:41:41.250><c> 27,</c>

00:41:42.809 --> 00:41:45.250
Can<00:41:43.369><c> you</c><00:41:43.510><c> guess</c><00:41:43.730><c> what</c><00:41:43.929><c> the</c><00:41:44.110><c> phantom</c><00:41:44.389><c> said?</c>

00:41:46.530 --> 00:41:49.550
Be<00:41:47.090><c> of</c><00:41:47.650><c> good</c><00:41:48.610><c> cheer.</c>

00:41:51.289 --> 00:41:55.130
Be<00:41:51.369><c> of</c><00:41:51.610><c> good</c><00:41:51.889><c> courage.</c><00:41:52.849><c> It</c><00:41:52.929><c> is</c><00:41:53.190><c> I</c><00:41:53.590><c> be</c><00:41:53.929><c> not</c><00:41:54.130><c> afraid.</c>

00:41:55.369 --> 00:41:57.730
And<00:41:55.590><c> afterwards</c><00:41:55.969><c> there</c><00:41:56.150><c> was</c><00:41:56.329><c> a</c><00:41:56.489><c> great</c><00:41:56.730><c> calm.</c>

00:41:57.929 --> 00:42:01.210
They<00:41:58.070><c> were</c><00:41:58.329><c> frightened</c><00:41:58.630><c> by</c><00:41:58.889><c> the</c><00:41:59.050><c> unknown,</c><00:41:59.989><c> but</c><00:41:59.989><c> by</c><00:42:00.349><c> his</c><00:42:00.710><c> power</c>

00:42:01.210 --> 00:42:04.750
the<00:42:01.650><c> storm</c><00:42:02.110><c> was</c><00:42:03.710><c> abated,</c>

00:42:04.829 --> 00:42:07.070
and<00:42:05.010><c> their</c><00:42:05.250><c> fears</c><00:42:05.530><c> were</c><00:42:05.909><c> calmed.</c>

00:42:07.369 --> 00:42:09.469
Now,<00:42:07.550><c> what</c><00:42:07.750><c> I</c><00:42:07.909><c> want</c><00:42:08.070><c> you</c><00:42:08.230><c> to</c><00:42:08.349><c> notice,</c><00:42:08.869><c> brethren</c><00:42:09.090><c> and</c><00:42:09.329><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:09.469 --> 00:42:10.130
is<00:42:09.730><c> this,</c>

00:42:10.130 --> 00:42:12.969
that<00:42:10.369><c> in</c><00:42:10.510><c> all</c><00:42:10.789><c> these</c><00:42:11.070><c> cases</c><00:42:11.469><c> that</c><00:42:11.670><c> we</c><00:42:11.829><c> have</c><00:42:11.889><c> looked</c><00:42:12.210><c> at,</c>

00:42:13.130 --> 00:42:14.829
Jesus<00:42:13.510><c> spoke</c><00:42:13.869><c> the</c><00:42:14.090><c> same</c><00:42:14.369><c> words,</c>

00:42:15.130 --> 00:42:19.789
be<00:42:15.369><c> of</c><00:42:15.730><c> good</c><00:42:16.050><c> cheer,</c><00:42:17.309><c> which</c><00:42:17.489><c> means</c><00:42:17.889><c> be</c><00:42:18.170><c> of</c><00:42:18.449><c> good</c><00:42:18.710><c> courage.</c>

00:42:20.289 --> 00:42:24.170
But<00:42:20.389><c> what</c><00:42:21.489><c> ought</c><00:42:21.909><c> to</c><00:42:22.090><c> interest</c><00:42:22.590><c> us</c><00:42:22.869><c> most</c><00:42:23.110><c> is</c><00:42:23.329><c> why</c><00:42:23.750><c> should</c><00:42:23.969><c> they</c>

00:42:24.170 --> 00:42:25.530
have<00:42:24.489><c> courage?</c>

00:42:26.670 --> 00:42:29.289
You<00:42:26.849><c> will</c><00:42:26.949><c> notice</c><00:42:27.269><c> in</c><00:42:27.449><c> no</c><00:42:27.789><c> case</c><00:42:28.110><c> does</c><00:42:28.309><c> he</c><00:42:28.469><c> seek</c><00:42:28.610><c> to</c><00:42:28.889><c> minimise</c>

00:42:29.289 --> 00:42:31.170
the<00:42:29.489><c> forces</c><00:42:29.829><c> which</c><00:42:30.150><c> cause</c><00:42:30.309><c> them</c><00:42:30.510><c> to</c><00:42:30.670><c> be</c><00:42:30.829><c> afraid</c>

00:42:31.170 --> 00:42:33.630
or<00:42:31.429><c> the</c><00:42:31.489><c> forces</c><00:42:31.869><c> which</c><00:42:32.150><c> cause</c><00:42:32.309><c> them</c><00:42:32.610><c> to</c><00:42:33.090><c> be</c><00:42:33.269><c> suffering.</c>

00:42:33.710 --> 00:42:37.250
He<00:42:33.849><c> didn't</c><00:42:34.690><c> say,</c><00:42:35.170><c> oh,</c><00:42:35.190><c> it</c><00:42:35.250><c> is</c><00:42:35.409><c> nothing,</c><00:42:36.070><c> think</c><00:42:36.329><c> nothing</c><00:42:36.630><c> of</c><00:42:36.849><c> it.</c>

00:42:37.250 --> 00:42:39.289
He<00:42:37.889><c> didn't</c><00:42:37.889><c> say</c><00:42:38.150><c> that.</c>

00:42:39.389 --> 00:42:43.030
He<00:42:39.469><c> didn't</c><00:42:39.769><c> minimise</c><00:42:40.550><c> the</c><00:42:41.429><c> enormity</c><00:42:41.949><c> of</c><00:42:42.110><c> the</c><00:42:42.250><c> forces</c><00:42:42.530><c> which</c>

00:42:43.030 --> 00:42:44.250
were<00:42:43.429><c> ranged</c><00:42:43.670><c> against</c><00:42:44.090><c> them.</c>

00:42:44.250 --> 00:42:46.849
In<00:42:44.369><c> every</c><00:42:44.750><c> case</c><00:42:45.010><c> he</c><00:42:45.150><c> recognised</c><00:42:45.750><c> the</c><00:42:45.929><c> reality</c><00:42:46.349><c> of</c><00:42:46.530><c> the</c><00:42:46.670><c> things</c>

00:42:46.849 --> 00:42:48.210
which<00:42:47.090><c> were</c><00:42:47.309><c> assaulting</c><00:42:47.809><c> them</c>

00:42:48.210 --> 00:42:50.849
and<00:42:48.909><c> the</c><00:42:49.309><c> desperation</c><00:42:49.949><c> of</c><00:42:50.150><c> their</c><00:42:50.429><c> need.</c>

00:42:51.250 --> 00:42:53.510
In<00:42:51.369><c> every</c><00:42:51.710><c> case</c><00:42:51.929><c> he</c><00:42:52.050><c> called</c><00:42:52.269><c> upon</c><00:42:52.510><c> them</c><00:42:52.730><c> nevertheless</c><00:42:53.289><c> to</c>

00:42:53.510 --> 00:42:54.670
have<00:42:53.730><c> courage.</c>

00:42:54.849 --> 00:42:57.650
Now,<00:42:55.250><c> why</c><00:42:55.250><c> should</c><00:42:55.449><c> they</c><00:42:55.650><c> have</c><00:42:55.869><c> courage</c><00:42:56.309><c> and</c><00:42:56.630><c> why</c><00:42:56.869><c> should</c><00:42:57.329><c> he</c>

00:42:57.650 --> 00:42:59.250
tell<00:42:57.829><c> them</c><00:42:58.030><c> to</c><00:42:58.190><c> have</c><00:42:58.389><c> courage?</c>

00:42:59.389 --> 00:43:02.630
Well,<00:42:59.929><c> because</c><00:43:00.449><c> in</c><00:43:00.590><c> every</c><00:43:00.989><c> case</c><00:43:01.269><c> he</c><00:43:01.469><c> placed</c><00:43:01.789><c> his</c><00:43:02.210><c> power</c>

00:43:02.630 --> 00:43:05.989
between<00:43:03.170><c> the</c><00:43:03.469><c> assaulted</c><00:43:03.869><c> person</c><00:43:04.389><c> and</c><00:43:04.630><c> the</c><00:43:04.809><c> assaulting</c><00:43:05.469><c> foe.</c>

00:43:05.989 --> 00:43:09.369
It<00:43:06.590><c> was</c><00:43:06.829><c> the</c><00:43:07.010><c> fact</c><00:43:07.309><c> of</c><00:43:07.449><c> himself</c><00:43:07.969><c> that</c><00:43:08.349><c> gave</c><00:43:08.590><c> reason</c><00:43:09.010><c> why</c><00:43:09.210><c> they</c>

00:43:09.369 --> 00:43:10.210
should<00:43:09.570><c> have</c><00:43:09.849><c> courage.</c>

00:43:10.630 --> 00:43:13.190
You<00:43:10.710><c> go</c><00:43:10.989><c> back</c><00:43:11.289><c> with</c><00:43:11.489><c> me</c><00:43:11.809><c> over</c><00:43:12.090><c> the</c><00:43:12.309><c> cases</c><00:43:12.610><c> and</c><00:43:12.769><c> let's</c><00:43:12.969><c> see</c><00:43:13.130><c> if</c>

00:43:13.190 --> 00:43:14.809
that<00:43:13.369><c> isn't</c><00:43:13.690><c> true.</c>

00:43:14.909 --> 00:43:17.170
The<00:43:15.050><c> paralysed</c><00:43:15.650><c> man</c><00:43:15.829><c> who</c><00:43:15.969><c> was</c><00:43:16.230><c> steeped</c><00:43:16.610><c> in</c><00:43:16.849><c> sin,</c>

00:43:17.630 --> 00:43:19.230
Jesus<00:43:17.789><c> went</c><00:43:18.070><c> to</c><00:43:18.250><c> the</c><00:43:18.449><c> heart</c><00:43:18.670><c> of</c><00:43:18.909><c> it,</c>

00:43:19.670 --> 00:43:21.590
he<00:43:19.909><c> stood</c><00:43:20.070><c> between</c><00:43:20.429><c> the</c><00:43:20.610><c> man</c><00:43:20.809><c> and</c><00:43:20.949><c> his</c><00:43:21.230><c> sins,</c>

00:43:21.730 --> 00:43:23.349
and<00:43:21.789><c> with</c><00:43:21.969><c> the</c><00:43:22.150><c> authority</c><00:43:22.469><c> of</c><00:43:22.650><c> God</c><00:43:22.869><c> he</c><00:43:23.090><c> said,</c>

00:43:23.769 --> 00:43:24.969
thy<00:43:24.010><c> sins</c><00:43:24.289><c> are</c><00:43:24.570><c> forgiven,</c>

00:43:25.409 --> 00:43:28.349
and<00:43:25.670><c> then</c><00:43:25.809><c> he</c><00:43:25.909><c> was</c><00:43:26.070><c> able</c><00:43:26.289><c> to</c><00:43:26.590><c> speak</c><00:43:26.750><c> the</c><00:43:26.949><c> words</c><00:43:27.110><c> of</c><00:43:27.389><c> commanding</c><00:43:27.989><c> power,</c>

00:43:28.730 --> 00:43:30.789
take<00:43:28.909><c> up</c><00:43:29.110><c> thy</c><00:43:29.329><c> bed</c><00:43:29.610><c> and</c><00:43:29.949><c> walk.</c>

00:43:31.329 --> 00:43:33.469
He<00:43:31.590><c> dealt</c><00:43:31.809><c> with</c><00:43:31.969><c> the</c><00:43:32.190><c> principle</c><00:43:32.489><c> of</c><00:43:32.670><c> evil</c><00:43:32.869><c> out</c><00:43:33.070><c> of</c><00:43:33.170><c> which</c><00:43:33.309><c> the</c>

00:43:33.469 --> 00:43:35.070
man's<00:43:33.849><c> condition</c><00:43:34.150><c> had</c><00:43:34.489><c> sprung</c>

00:43:35.070 --> 00:43:37.690
and<00:43:35.429><c> brought</c><00:43:35.909><c> him</c><00:43:36.329><c> restoration.</c>

00:43:38.349 --> 00:43:41.110
And<00:43:38.469><c> so</c><00:43:38.570><c> it</c><00:43:38.650><c> was</c><00:43:38.869><c> with</c><00:43:39.050><c> the</c><00:43:39.190><c> poor</c><00:43:39.389><c> woman</c><00:43:39.929><c> stricken</c><00:43:40.369><c> by</c><00:43:40.630><c> a</c><00:43:40.829><c> disease</c>

00:43:41.110 --> 00:43:44.929
that<00:43:41.769><c> brought</c><00:43:41.969><c> not</c><00:43:42.130><c> only</c><00:43:42.530><c> suffering</c><00:43:42.889><c> but</c><00:43:43.150><c> excommunication.</c>

00:43:45.110 --> 00:43:47.250
An<00:43:45.369><c> issue</c><00:43:45.789><c> of</c><00:43:46.170><c> blood.</c>

00:43:48.070 --> 00:43:50.309
Someone<00:43:48.530><c> touch</c><00:43:48.949><c> me,</c><00:43:49.389><c> he</c><00:43:49.389><c> said,</c>

00:43:50.730 --> 00:43:53.610
for<00:43:50.889><c> I</c><00:43:51.070><c> perceive</c><00:43:51.389><c> that</c><00:43:51.690><c> power</c><00:43:51.969><c> has</c><00:43:52.210><c> gone</c><00:43:52.309><c> out</c><00:43:52.570><c> of</c><00:43:52.750><c> me.</c>

00:43:54.409 --> 00:43:56.650
That<00:43:54.670><c> was</c><00:43:55.050><c> his</c><00:43:55.469><c> reason</c><00:43:55.929><c> for</c><00:43:56.329><c> courage.</c>

00:43:56.750 --> 00:44:02.429
His<00:43:57.090><c> power</c><00:43:57.829><c> came</c><00:43:58.349><c> between</c><00:43:58.929><c> that</c><00:43:59.409><c> poor</c><00:43:59.670><c> woman</c><00:44:00.030><c> and</c><00:44:00.349><c> her</c><00:44:00.670><c> awful</c><00:44:01.110><c> disability.</c>

00:44:02.889 --> 00:44:06.570
Her<00:44:03.409><c> pain</c><00:44:03.750><c> was</c><00:44:04.030><c> cancelled,</c><00:44:04.570><c> her</c><00:44:04.710><c> fear</c><00:44:04.929><c> was</c><00:44:05.250><c> banished.</c>

00:44:06.869 --> 00:44:09.730
Do<00:44:07.010><c> you</c><00:44:07.030><c> know</c><00:44:07.269><c> the</c><00:44:08.150><c> Greek</c><00:44:08.489><c> word</c><00:44:08.769><c> translated</c><00:44:09.309><c> virtue?</c>

00:44:09.809 --> 00:44:11.469
I<00:44:09.809><c> think</c><00:44:10.010><c> it's</c><00:44:10.289><c> virtue,</c><00:44:10.750><c> isn't</c><00:44:10.949><c> it?</c>

00:44:11.909 --> 00:44:14.989
In<00:44:12.110><c> the</c><00:44:12.389><c> A</c><00:44:12.469><c>.V.</c><00:44:12.929><c> he</c><00:44:13.090><c> perceived</c><00:44:13.429><c> that</c><00:44:13.690><c> virtue</c><00:44:14.110><c> had</c><00:44:14.289><c> gone</c><00:44:14.409><c> out</c><00:44:14.650><c> of</c><00:44:14.769><c> him?</c>

00:44:15.170 --> 00:44:19.250
Well,<00:44:16.469><c> the</c><00:44:16.530><c> word</c><00:44:16.809><c> that</c><00:44:16.989><c> is</c><00:44:17.269><c> translated</c><00:44:17.710><c> virtue</c><00:44:18.170><c> in</c><00:44:18.369><c> the</c><00:44:18.550><c> A</c><00:44:18.769><c>.V.</c>

00:44:19.710 --> 00:44:24.489
and<00:44:19.949><c> power</c><00:44:20.449><c> in</c><00:44:21.650><c> the</c><00:44:22.190><c> revised</c><00:44:22.590><c> version</c><00:44:22.929><c> and</c><00:44:23.150><c> other</c><00:44:23.409><c> versions,</c>

00:44:25.210 --> 00:44:27.170
the<00:44:25.730><c> power</c><00:44:26.250><c> which</c><00:44:26.489><c> went</c><00:44:26.650><c> out</c><00:44:26.909><c> of</c><00:44:27.050><c> him</c>

00:44:27.170 --> 00:44:29.510
and<00:44:27.289><c> came</c><00:44:27.510><c> between</c><00:44:27.889><c> that</c><00:44:28.250><c> poor</c><00:44:28.510><c> woman</c><00:44:28.769><c> and</c><00:44:28.929><c> her</c><00:44:29.150><c> sickness,</c>

00:44:29.510 --> 00:44:30.590
it's<00:44:30.010><c> a</c><00:44:30.150><c> Greek</c><00:44:30.309><c> word.</c>

00:44:30.630 --> 00:44:32.929
Do<00:44:30.730><c> you</c><00:44:30.769><c> know</c><00:44:30.869><c> what</c><00:44:31.030><c> the</c><00:44:31.190><c> word</c><00:44:31.369><c> is?</c>

00:44:33.690 --> 00:44:34.670
Dynamite.

00:44:35.969 --> 00:44:36.750
That's<00:44:36.289><c> the</c><00:44:36.369><c> word</c><00:44:36.510><c> there.</c>

00:44:36.949 --> 00:44:40.849
It<00:44:36.949><c> is</c><00:44:37.190><c> untranslated</c><00:44:37.889><c> in</c><00:44:38.050><c> the</c><00:44:38.250><c> Greek</c><00:44:39.750><c> version.</c>

00:44:41.010 --> 00:44:43.190
What<00:44:41.210><c> went</c><00:44:41.449><c> out</c><00:44:41.670><c> of</c><00:44:41.789><c> him</c><00:44:41.889><c> was</c><00:44:42.389><c> dynamite.</c>

00:44:43.610 --> 00:44:46.449
That<00:44:43.809><c> woman</c><00:44:44.489><c> realized</c><00:44:45.170><c> it.</c>

00:44:47.449 --> 00:44:50.989
And<00:44:47.530><c> those</c><00:44:47.730><c> men</c><00:44:48.030><c> in</c><00:44:48.210><c> peril</c><00:44:48.369><c> on</c><00:44:48.610><c> the</c><00:44:48.849><c> sea</c><00:44:49.010><c> are</c><00:44:49.269><c> frightened,</c><00:44:50.150><c> bewildered.</c>

00:44:51.289 --> 00:44:52.429
Notice<00:44:51.630><c> what</c><00:44:51.789><c> he</c><00:44:51.929><c> said</c><00:44:52.090><c> to</c><00:44:52.269><c> them.</c>

00:44:52.530 --> 00:44:55.429
Be<00:44:52.690><c> of</c><00:44:52.909><c> good</c><00:44:53.230><c> cheer,</c><00:44:54.150><c> it</c><00:44:54.289><c> is</c><00:44:54.530><c> I.</c>

00:44:55.610 --> 00:44:58.309
The<00:44:55.829><c> fact</c><00:44:55.989><c> of</c><00:44:56.170><c> himself</c><00:44:56.670><c> was</c><00:44:56.909><c> the</c><00:44:57.070><c> answer</c><00:44:57.349><c> to</c><00:44:57.570><c> their</c><00:44:57.769><c> foreboding.</c>

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It,<00:44:59.349><c> that</c><00:45:00.889><c> is</c><00:45:01.230><c> the</c><00:45:01.449><c> ghost,</c><00:45:01.789><c> the</c><00:45:02.210><c> mystery,</c><00:45:02.610><c> it</c><00:45:03.230><c> is</c><00:45:04.050><c> I.</c>

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He<00:45:05.309><c> came</c><00:45:05.550><c> between</c><00:45:05.909><c> them</c><00:45:06.250><c> and</c><00:45:06.409><c> their</c><00:45:06.690><c> fears</c><00:45:06.949><c> and</c><00:45:07.150><c> their</c><00:45:07.409><c> terror</c>

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and<00:45:07.750><c> their</c><00:45:08.050><c> trauma.</c>

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A<00:45:09.150><c> dim</c><00:45:09.349><c> vision</c><00:45:09.630><c> of</c><00:45:09.829><c> their</c><00:45:10.230><c> messiah</c><00:45:11.090><c> had</c><00:45:12.329><c> turned</c><00:45:12.610><c> him</c><00:45:12.730><c> into</c><00:45:12.989><c> a</c><00:45:13.210><c> phantom</c><00:45:13.489><c> and</c><00:45:13.670><c> a</c><00:45:13.829><c> ghost,</c>

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but<00:45:14.449><c> when</c><00:45:14.710><c> he</c><00:45:14.889><c> spoke</c><00:45:15.130><c> to</c><00:45:15.250><c> them</c><00:45:15.429><c> they</c><00:45:15.590><c> knew</c><00:45:15.829><c> him</c><00:45:16.429><c> and</c><00:45:16.690><c> there</c><00:45:16.909><c> came</c><00:45:17.150><c> a</c>

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great<00:45:17.610><c> calm.</c>

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They<00:45:19.130><c> said</c><00:45:19.309><c> afterwards,</c><00:45:19.949><c> of</c><00:45:19.969><c> a</c><00:45:20.210><c> truth.</c>

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Of<00:45:22.070><c> a</c><00:45:22.289><c> truth,</c><00:45:22.789><c> thou</c><00:45:22.789><c> art</c><00:45:22.989><c> the</c><00:45:23.130><c> Son</c><00:45:23.269><c> of</c><00:45:23.429><c> God.</c>

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So<00:45:25.489><c> let's</c><00:45:25.829><c> ponder</c><00:45:26.170><c> it,</c><00:45:26.429><c> brothers</c><00:45:26.550><c> and</c><00:45:26.769><c> sisters,</c>

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as<00:45:27.190><c> we</c><00:45:27.309><c> look</c><00:45:28.030><c> reverently</c><00:45:28.730><c> at</c><00:45:28.929><c> this</c><00:45:29.150><c> majestic</c><00:45:29.789><c> figure</c>

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who<00:45:30.969><c> moves</c><00:45:31.230><c> through</c><00:45:31.429><c> the</c><00:45:31.590><c> Gospel</c><00:45:31.929><c> narrative</c><00:45:32.349><c> of</c><00:45:32.510><c> Matthew</c>

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and<00:45:35.809><c> in</c><00:45:35.949><c> whose</c><00:45:36.730><c> footsteps</c><00:45:37.590><c> truly</c><00:45:38.809><c> we</c><00:45:38.989><c> cannot</c><00:45:39.289><c> place</c><00:45:39.570><c> our</c><00:45:39.829><c> own</c><00:45:40.030><c> footsteps</c>

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for<00:45:40.570><c> he</c><00:45:40.690><c> walks</c><00:45:40.989><c> too</c><00:45:41.230><c> majestically</c><00:45:41.809><c> for</c><00:45:42.030><c> that.</c>

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But<00:45:44.050><c> let</c><00:45:44.230><c> us</c><00:45:44.329><c> be</c><00:45:44.570><c> sure</c><00:45:44.690><c> in</c><00:45:44.889><c> our</c><00:45:45.090><c> hearts</c><00:45:45.309><c> that</c><00:45:45.489><c> he</c><00:45:45.650><c> is</c><00:45:45.889><c> a</c><00:45:45.949><c> man</c><00:45:46.090><c> of</c>

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infinite<00:45:46.730><c> authority</c>

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and<00:45:47.670><c> unlimited</c><00:45:48.230><c> power.</c>

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He<00:45:49.710><c> is</c><00:45:49.989><c> the</c><00:45:50.190><c> King</c><00:45:50.550><c> to</c><00:45:50.730><c> whom</c><00:45:50.909><c> is</c><00:45:51.050><c> given</c><00:45:51.289><c> all</c><00:45:51.690><c> power</c><00:45:52.349><c> in</c><00:45:53.210><c> heaven</c>

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and<00:45:53.769><c> on</c><00:45:53.929><c> earth</c>

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and<00:45:54.869><c> for</c><00:45:55.030><c> those</c><00:45:55.309><c> who</c><00:45:55.469><c> have</c><00:45:55.750><c> faith</c><00:45:56.349><c> he</c><00:45:57.070><c> still</c><00:45:57.369><c> speaks</c><00:45:57.730><c> the</c><00:45:58.050><c> same</c><00:45:58.309><c> words.</c>

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Be<00:46:00.110><c> of</c><00:46:01.090><c> good</c><00:46:02.110><c> courage.</c>

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And<00:46:03.929><c> it</c><00:46:04.050><c> means</c><00:46:04.349><c> that</c><00:46:04.670><c> finally</c><00:46:05.050><c> he</c><00:46:05.250><c> puts</c><00:46:05.469><c> himself</c><00:46:05.909><c> between</c><00:46:06.769><c> the</c>

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believing<00:46:07.510><c> disciple</c>

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and<00:46:09.369><c> all</c><00:46:09.690><c> those</c><00:46:10.050><c> forces</c><00:46:10.409><c> which</c><00:46:10.690><c> apart</c><00:46:11.050><c> from</c><00:46:11.289><c> him</c><00:46:11.750><c> would</c><00:46:12.329><c> harm</c>

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us<00:46:12.909><c> and</c><00:46:13.210><c> doom</c><00:46:13.289><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:46:15.170><c> my</c><00:46:15.510><c> prayer</c><00:46:15.889><c> that</c><00:46:16.389><c> everybody</c><00:46:16.829><c> in</c><00:46:17.070><c> this</c><00:46:17.369><c> house</c><00:46:17.670><c> today</c><00:46:19.130><c> will</c><00:46:19.590><c> believe</c><00:46:19.929><c> it</c>

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to<00:46:20.369><c> be</c><00:46:20.610><c> true.</c>

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Amen.