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today.<00:12:01.659><c> So</c><00:12:02.000><c> the</c><00:12:03.019><c> links</c><00:12:03.399><c> and</c><00:12:04.200><c> cross</c><00:12:04.519><c> references</c>

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fascinating.<00:12:11.980><c> One</c><00:12:12.259><c> could</c><00:12:12.500><c> spend</c>

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replied.<00:13:09.139><c> The</c><00:13:09.379><c> servants</c><00:13:09.539><c> asked</c><00:13:09.879><c> him,</c>

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do<00:13:10.679><c> you</c><00:13:10.820><c> want</c><00:13:10.980><c> us</c><00:13:11.159><c> to</c><00:13:11.259><c> go</c><00:13:11.379><c> and</c><00:13:11.580><c> pull</c><00:13:11.700><c> them</c><00:13:11.840><c> up?</c><00:13:12.500><c> No,</c><00:13:12.799><c> he</c><00:13:12.980><c> answered,</c><00:13:13.360><c> because</c>

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while<00:13:14.179><c> you</c><00:13:14.360><c> are</c><00:13:14.519><c> pulling</c><00:13:14.700><c> up</c>

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the<00:13:15.120><c> weeds,</c><00:13:15.399><c> you</c><00:13:15.539><c> may</c><00:13:15.820><c> root</c><00:13:16.059><c> out</c><00:13:16.259><c> the</c><00:13:16.419><c> wheat</c><00:13:16.559><c> with</c><00:13:16.820><c> them.</c><00:13:17.659><c> Let</c>

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both<00:13:18.299><c> grow</c><00:13:18.559><c> together</c><00:13:19.100><c> until</c><00:13:19.600><c> the</c><00:13:19.860><c> harvest.</c><00:13:20.580><c> At</c><00:13:20.899><c> that</c>

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time,<00:13:21.659><c> I</c><00:13:21.980><c> will</c><00:13:22.179><c> tell</c><00:13:22.360><c> the</c><00:13:22.659><c> harvesters,</c><00:13:23.480><c> first</c><00:13:23.820><c> collect</c><00:13:24.159><c> the</c>

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weeds<00:13:24.740><c> and</c><00:13:25.179><c> tie</c><00:13:25.419><c> them</c><00:13:25.600><c> in</c><00:13:25.799><c> bundles</c><00:13:26.100><c> to</c><00:13:26.299><c> be</c><00:13:26.519><c> burned,</c>

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then<00:13:27.659><c> gather</c><00:13:28.120><c> the</c><00:13:28.340><c> wheat</c><00:13:28.539><c> and</c><00:13:29.139><c> bring</c><00:13:29.320><c> it</c><00:13:29.539><c> into</c><00:13:29.720><c> my</c><00:13:30.039><c> barn.</c>

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Now,<00:13:33.759><c> the</c><00:13:34.639><c> story</c><00:13:34.940><c> is</c><00:13:35.440><c> absolutely</c><00:13:35.960><c> accurate.</c><00:13:36.820><c> It's</c><00:13:37.519><c> a</c><00:13:37.720><c> real</c>

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life<00:13:38.320><c> story</c><00:13:38.799><c> that</c><00:13:39.440><c> the</c><00:13:40.240><c> Lord</c><00:13:40.440><c> Jesus</c><00:13:40.860><c> Christ</c><00:13:41.279><c> tells</c>

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in<00:13:42.340><c> terms</c><00:13:42.639><c> of</c><00:13:42.799><c> its</c><00:13:43.019><c> possibilities.</c><00:13:45.220><c> The</c><00:13:45.399><c> darnal,</c><00:13:46.080><c> the</c><00:13:47.559><c> weed</c><00:13:47.860><c> which</c><00:13:48.159><c> is</c><00:13:48.500><c> sown,</c><00:13:49.539><c> is</c><00:13:50.139><c> a</c>

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real<00:13:50.759><c> difficulty,</c><00:13:51.340><c> apparently,</c>

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in<00:13:52.019><c> the</c><00:13:52.080><c> Middle</c><00:13:52.299><c> East,</c><00:13:52.919><c> according</c><00:13:53.159><c> to</c><00:13:54.059><c> various</c><00:13:54.460><c> commentators.</c><00:13:55.500><c> There</c><00:13:55.799><c> are</c><00:13:56.559><c> accounts</c><00:13:56.879><c> of</c><00:13:57.460><c> travelers,</c>

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particularly<00:13:58.460><c> earlier</c><00:13:59.000><c> in</c><00:13:59.460><c> this</c><00:13:59.740><c> century</c><00:14:00.059><c> and</c><00:14:00.179><c> in</c><00:14:00.320><c> the</c><00:14:00.480><c> 19th</c>

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century,<00:14:01.460><c> who</c><00:14:01.879><c> saw</c><00:14:02.419><c> these</c><00:14:02.779><c> very</c><00:14:03.019><c> things,</c>

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as<00:14:03.480><c> it</c><00:14:03.620><c> were,</c><00:14:04.039><c> happening</c><00:14:04.139><c> in</c><00:14:04.379><c> the</c><00:14:04.539><c> fields</c><00:14:04.779><c> of</c><00:14:05.440><c> Palestine.</c><00:14:07.639><c> The</c>

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trouble<00:14:07.960><c> with</c><00:14:08.159><c> the</c><00:14:08.360><c> darnal</c><00:14:08.580><c> is</c><00:14:08.779><c> that</c><00:14:08.960><c> you</c><00:14:09.080><c> can't</c>

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distinguish<00:14:09.820><c> it</c><00:14:10.039><c> from</c><00:14:10.200><c> the</c><00:14:10.399><c> wheat</c><00:14:10.620><c> until</c><00:14:11.519><c> it</c><00:14:11.960><c> heads</c><00:14:12.240><c> out,</c><00:14:12.600><c> until</c><00:14:12.820><c> it</c>

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is<00:14:13.519><c> in</c><00:14:13.799><c> air.</c><00:14:14.879><c> By</c><00:14:15.100><c> that</c><00:14:15.379><c> stage,</c><00:14:15.580><c> of</c><00:14:15.720><c> course,</c>

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it's<00:14:16.039><c> too</c><00:14:16.320><c> late.</c><00:14:18.340><c> All</c><00:14:18.519><c> the</c><00:14:18.720><c> while</c><00:14:18.940><c> that</c><00:14:19.100><c> it's</c><00:14:19.320><c> growing,</c><00:14:20.379><c> it</c>

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looks<00:14:20.940><c> exactly</c><00:14:21.580><c> like</c><00:14:21.860><c> the</c><00:14:22.059><c> wheat.</c>

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And<00:14:24.179><c> then,</c><00:14:24.679><c> even</c><00:14:25.000><c> when</c><00:14:25.279><c> you</c><00:14:25.500><c> have</c><00:14:26.139><c> harvested</c><00:14:26.519><c> it,</c><00:14:28.220><c> and</c><00:14:28.419><c> you've</c>

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threshed<00:14:29.220><c> it,</c><00:14:30.679><c> still</c><00:14:30.980><c> the</c><00:14:31.220><c> seeds</c><00:14:31.480><c> look</c>

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very<00:14:32.340><c> similar,</c><00:14:32.659><c> the</c><00:14:32.840><c> grains</c><00:14:33.159><c> look</c><00:14:33.399><c> very</c><00:14:33.720><c> similar,</c><00:14:34.360><c> and</c><00:14:34.600><c> it</c>

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requires<00:14:35.240><c> very</c><00:14:35.860><c> careful</c><00:14:36.279><c> sorting,</c>

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just<00:14:38.100><c> in</c><00:14:38.259><c> terms</c><00:14:38.440><c> of</c><00:14:38.600><c> the</c><00:14:38.779><c> color,</c><00:14:40.399><c> which</c><00:14:40.539><c> apparently</c><00:14:40.960><c> the</c><00:14:41.440><c> darnal</c><00:14:41.740><c> seeds</c><00:14:42.100><c> are</c>

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a<00:14:42.779><c> different</c><00:14:43.019><c> color,</c>

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to<00:14:43.679><c> get</c><00:14:43.879><c> rid</c><00:14:44.080><c> of</c><00:14:44.299><c> those.</c><00:14:45.000><c> And</c><00:14:45.100><c> if</c><00:14:45.179><c> you</c><00:14:45.259><c> don't</c><00:14:45.440><c> get</c><00:14:45.639><c> rid</c><00:14:45.799><c> of</c>

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them,<00:14:46.279><c> they're</c><00:14:46.519><c> slightly</c><00:14:47.120><c> poisonous,</c>

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slightly<00:14:50.240><c> hallucinogenic.</c><00:14:51.399><c> And</c><00:14:51.879><c> certainly,</c><00:14:52.419><c> if</c><00:14:52.620><c> you</c><00:14:52.860><c> bake</c>

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your<00:14:53.340><c> bread</c><00:14:53.500><c> and</c><00:14:53.639><c> mix</c><00:14:53.879><c> them</c><00:14:54.019><c> with</c><00:14:54.240><c> your</c><00:14:54.899><c> breadcorn,</c>

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you'll<00:14:56.059><c> end</c><00:14:56.220><c> up</c><00:14:56.419><c> with</c><00:14:56.580><c> something</c><00:14:56.840><c> which</c><00:14:57.039><c> is</c><00:14:57.580><c> bitter</c><00:14:57.820><c> to</c><00:14:58.039><c> the</c><00:14:58.240><c> taste.</c>

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And<00:15:02.200><c> apparently,</c><00:15:03.279><c> the</c><00:15:03.419><c> detail</c><00:15:03.820><c> of</c><00:15:04.000><c> the</c><00:15:04.179><c> enemy</c><00:15:04.419><c> sowing</c><00:15:04.840><c> weeds</c>

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is<00:15:05.620><c> not</c><00:15:05.759><c> impossible.</c><00:15:06.779><c> It's</c><00:15:07.259><c> a</c><00:15:07.399><c> kind</c><00:15:07.700><c> of</c>

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be<00:15:13.639><c> practiced</c><00:15:14.019><c> now</c><00:15:14.779><c> in</c><00:15:16.480><c> that</c><00:15:16.940><c> kind</c><00:15:17.240><c> of</c><00:15:17.500><c> basic</c><00:15:17.759><c> economy.</c><00:15:18.679><c> And</c>

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we<00:15:19.440><c> read</c><00:15:20.120><c> amongst</c><00:15:20.539><c> the</c><00:15:20.860><c> commentators</c><00:15:21.340><c> that</c><00:15:21.519><c> there's</c>

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even<00:15:22.120><c> a</c><00:15:22.399><c> reference</c><00:15:22.659><c> in</c><00:15:23.139><c> Roman</c><00:15:23.480><c> law</c><00:15:24.299><c> giving</c><00:15:25.519><c> a</c><00:15:25.840><c> man</c><00:15:26.259><c> restitution</c><00:15:27.100><c> for</c><00:15:27.580><c> that</c>

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kind<00:15:28.019><c> of</c><00:15:28.220><c> action.</c>

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Well,<00:15:31.559><c> the</c><00:15:31.700><c> link</c><00:15:32.019><c> is</c><00:15:32.779><c> with</c><00:15:34.340><c> the</c><00:15:34.639><c> sower.</c><00:15:36.220><c> The</c><00:15:36.399><c> same</c><00:15:36.720><c> sower</c><00:15:37.679><c> apparently</c><00:15:38.980><c> sows</c>

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the<00:15:39.980><c> seed.</c>

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Well,<00:15:42.460><c> we</c><00:15:42.720><c> have</c><00:15:43.620><c> an</c><00:15:44.139><c> explanation</c><00:15:44.639><c> for</c><00:15:44.860><c> the</c><00:15:45.080><c> parable</c><00:15:45.379><c> over</c><00:15:46.259><c> the</c>

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page,<00:15:46.860><c> as</c><00:15:47.059><c> it</c><00:15:47.240><c> were,</c><00:15:48.279><c> in</c><00:15:48.740><c> verse</c><00:15:49.340><c> 36.</c><00:15:51.019><c> Because</c><00:15:51.220><c> the</c>

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disciples<00:15:51.799><c> come</c><00:15:52.120><c> to</c><00:15:52.840><c> the</c><00:15:52.980><c> master</c><00:15:53.259><c> and</c><00:15:53.440><c> they</c><00:15:53.740><c> say,</c><00:15:55.240><c> explain</c><00:15:55.740><c> this</c><00:15:56.639><c> parable</c><00:15:57.019><c> to</c>

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us.<00:15:59.299><c> Obviously,</c><00:15:59.580><c> they</c><00:15:59.700><c> were</c><00:15:59.899><c> puzzled</c>

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by<00:16:00.480><c> it.</c><00:16:02.019><c> He</c><00:16:02.360><c> answered,</c><00:16:03.139><c> the</c><00:16:03.220><c> one</c><00:16:03.440><c> who</c><00:16:03.740><c> sowed</c><00:16:04.000><c> the</c><00:16:04.139><c> good</c><00:16:04.379><c> seed</c>

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is<00:16:05.320><c> the</c><00:16:05.440><c> son</c><00:16:05.600><c> of</c><00:16:05.779><c> man.</c><00:16:06.960><c> The</c><00:16:07.259><c> field</c><00:16:07.600><c> is</c><00:16:08.000><c> the</c><00:16:08.200><c> world,</c>

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and<00:16:09.340><c> the</c><00:16:09.440><c> good</c><00:16:09.720><c> seed</c><00:16:10.059><c> stands</c><00:16:10.620><c> for</c><00:16:10.919><c> the</c><00:16:11.100><c> sons</c><00:16:11.320><c> of</c><00:16:11.480><c> the</c><00:16:11.620><c> kingdom.</c>

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and<00:16:15.360><c> the</c><00:16:15.519><c> enemy</c><00:16:15.779><c> who</c><00:16:16.080><c> sows</c><00:16:16.320><c> them</c><00:16:16.500><c> is</c><00:16:16.679><c> the</c><00:16:16.820><c> devil.</c><00:16:17.779><c> The</c><00:16:18.039><c> harvest</c>

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is<00:16:18.919><c> the</c><00:16:19.120><c> end</c><00:16:19.279><c> of</c><00:16:19.419><c> the</c><00:16:19.620><c> age,</c><00:16:20.360><c> and</c><00:16:20.539><c> the</c><00:16:20.740><c> harvesters</c>

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are<00:16:21.620><c> the</c><00:16:21.799><c> angels.</c><00:16:22.779><c> As</c><00:16:22.960><c> the</c><00:16:23.159><c> weeds</c><00:16:23.360><c> are</c><00:16:23.600><c> pulled</c><00:16:23.799><c> up</c><00:16:24.019><c> and</c><00:16:24.240><c> burned</c>

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in<00:16:24.600><c> the</c><00:16:24.759><c> fire,</c><00:16:25.279><c> so</c><00:16:25.460><c> will</c><00:16:25.600><c> it</c><00:16:25.740><c> be</c><00:16:25.879><c> at</c><00:16:26.080><c> the</c><00:16:26.159><c> end</c><00:16:26.320><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:26.639><c> age.</c><00:16:27.279><c> The</c><00:16:27.379><c> son</c><00:16:27.580><c> of</c><00:16:27.799><c> man</c><00:16:28.120><c> will</c><00:16:28.379><c> send</c><00:16:28.559><c> out</c><00:16:28.779><c> his</c><00:16:29.000><c> angels</c><00:16:29.419><c> and</c>

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they<00:16:29.940><c> will</c><00:16:30.200><c> weed</c><00:16:30.379><c> out</c><00:16:30.620><c> of</c><00:16:30.720><c> his</c><00:16:30.960><c> kingdom</c><00:16:31.299><c> everything</c>

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that<00:16:32.419><c> causes</c><00:16:32.840><c> sin</c><00:16:33.279><c> and</c><00:16:33.740><c> all</c><00:16:34.059><c> who</c><00:16:34.240><c> do</c><00:16:34.500><c> evil.</c><00:16:35.059><c> They</c><00:16:35.279><c> will</c><00:16:35.580><c> throw</c>

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them<00:16:36.000><c> into</c><00:16:36.179><c> the</c><00:16:36.480><c> fiery</c><00:16:36.759><c> furnace</c><00:16:37.279><c> where</c><00:16:37.840><c> they</c><00:16:38.039><c> will</c>

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weeping<00:16:38.679><c> and</c><00:16:38.919><c> gnashing</c><00:16:39.179><c> of</c><00:16:39.440><c> teeth.</c><00:16:40.240><c> Then</c><00:16:40.740><c> the</c><00:16:41.279><c> righteous</c><00:16:41.700><c> will</c><00:16:42.220><c> shine</c><00:16:42.580><c> like</c><00:16:42.879><c> the</c>

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sun<00:16:43.480><c> in</c><00:16:43.919><c> the</c><00:16:44.080><c> kingdom</c><00:16:44.299><c> of</c><00:16:44.500><c> their</c>

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father.<00:16:45.899><c> He</c><00:16:46.100><c> who</c><00:16:46.240><c> has</c><00:16:46.539><c> ears</c><00:16:46.779><c> to</c><00:16:47.059><c> hear,</c><00:16:48.179><c> let</c><00:16:48.299><c> him</c><00:16:48.539><c> hear.</c><00:16:50.759><c> Well,</c>

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the<00:16:51.500><c> explanation</c><00:16:51.960><c> is</c><00:16:52.240><c> very</c><00:16:52.480><c> useful</c><00:16:52.860><c> to</c><00:16:53.080><c> us,</c>

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and<00:16:54.139><c> it</c><00:16:54.379><c> gives</c><00:16:54.519><c> us</c><00:16:55.000><c> a</c><00:16:55.139><c> general</c><00:16:55.480><c> guideline.</c><00:16:57.500><c> But</c><00:16:58.139><c> the</c><00:16:58.580><c> parable</c>

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keeps<00:16:59.980><c> opening</c><00:17:00.360><c> out</c><00:17:01.120><c> also</c><00:17:01.700><c> beyond</c><00:17:02.240><c> that</c>

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application<00:17:03.879><c> which</c><00:17:04.740><c> the</c><00:17:04.960><c> Lord</c><00:17:05.140><c> gives</c><00:17:05.440><c> to</c><00:17:05.640><c> his</c><00:17:05.839><c> disciples.</c>

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But<00:17:07.000><c> let's</c><00:17:07.579><c> just</c><00:17:08.039><c> check</c><00:17:08.279><c> through,</c>

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as<00:17:08.880><c> it</c><00:17:09.059><c> were,</c><00:17:09.339><c> the</c><00:17:09.759><c> aspects.</c><00:17:11.839><c> The</c><00:17:12.000><c> sower</c><00:17:12.220><c> is</c><00:17:12.500><c> the</c><00:17:12.640><c> Lord</c><00:17:12.799><c> himself.</c><00:17:14.160><c> The</c><00:17:14.400><c> field</c><00:17:14.759><c> is</c>

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the<00:17:15.220><c> world.</c><00:17:16.119><c> That's</c><00:17:16.279><c> what</c><00:17:16.400><c> he</c>

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says.<00:17:17.940><c> The</c><00:17:18.220><c> seed</c><00:17:18.819><c> are</c><00:17:19.940><c> the</c><00:17:20.380><c> children</c><00:17:20.819><c> of</c><00:17:21.519><c> the</c><00:17:21.700><c> kingdom,</c><00:17:22.940><c> the</c>

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good<00:17:23.380><c> seed,</c><00:17:24.359><c> and</c><00:17:24.700><c> the</c><00:17:25.380><c> bad</c><00:17:25.720><c> seed</c><00:17:26.039><c> of</c><00:17:26.299><c> the</c><00:17:26.660><c> weed</c>

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are<00:17:27.819><c> the</c><00:17:28.200><c> children</c><00:17:28.500><c> of</c><00:17:28.720><c> the</c><00:17:28.920><c> evil</c><00:17:29.119><c> one.</c><00:17:30.259><c> And</c><00:17:30.420><c> the</c><00:17:30.559><c> enemy</c><00:17:30.759><c> is</c><00:17:30.960><c> the</c><00:17:31.079><c> devil,</c><00:17:32.240><c> the</c><00:17:32.460><c> harvest</c><00:17:32.779><c> is</c>

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the<00:17:33.099><c> judgment,</c>

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and<00:17:34.779><c> from</c><00:17:35.319><c> that</c><00:17:35.700><c> we</c><00:17:36.000><c> have</c><00:17:36.220><c> destruction</c><00:17:36.900><c> for</c><00:17:37.420><c> the</c><00:17:37.660><c> evil</c><00:17:38.000><c> and</c>

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glory<00:17:39.859><c> for</c><00:17:41.660><c> shining</c><00:17:42.000><c> like</c><00:17:42.299><c> the</c><00:17:42.519><c> sun</c><00:17:42.980><c> for</c><00:17:43.460><c> those</c>

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who<00:17:44.460><c> are</c><00:17:44.660><c> granted</c><00:17:44.960><c> entry</c><00:17:45.319><c> into</c><00:17:45.539><c> the</c><00:17:45.740><c> kingdom.</c><00:17:47.700><c> Now,</c><00:17:48.019><c> we</c><00:17:48.220><c> have</c>

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no<00:17:48.579><c> difficulty</c><00:17:49.559><c> identifying</c>

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the<00:17:52.359><c> evil</c><00:17:52.740><c> one</c><00:17:53.059><c> who</c><00:17:53.359><c> sows</c><00:17:53.640><c> the</c><00:17:53.940><c> seed.</c><00:17:55.079><c> It's</c><00:17:55.220><c> none</c><00:17:55.380><c> other</c><00:17:55.559><c> than</c>

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ourselves<00:17:56.599><c> with</c><00:17:57.539><c> our</c><00:17:57.740><c> evil</c><00:17:58.059><c> propensities</c>

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and<00:18:02.119><c> its</c><00:18:02.759><c> human</c><00:18:03.000><c> nature,</c><00:18:03.319><c> in</c><00:18:03.539><c> other</c><00:18:03.660><c> words,</c><00:18:05.400><c> and</c><00:18:06.279><c> those</c><00:18:06.900><c> who</c>

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obey<00:18:08.619><c> the</c><00:18:10.119><c> human</c><00:18:10.660><c> propensities</c><00:18:11.619><c> to</c><00:18:11.880><c> the</c><00:18:12.119><c> full</c>

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are<00:18:13.200><c> going</c><00:18:13.339><c> to</c><00:18:13.519><c> be</c><00:18:13.640><c> like</c><00:18:13.880><c> the</c><00:18:14.099><c> weeds</c><00:18:14.400><c> growing</c><00:18:14.740><c> up</c><00:18:15.380><c> amongst</c><00:18:15.619><c> the</c>

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good<00:18:16.059><c> seed.</c>

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So<00:18:18.240><c> that</c><00:18:18.700><c> helps.</c><00:18:19.079><c> It</c><00:18:19.200><c> gives</c><00:18:19.380><c> us</c><00:18:19.619><c> the</c><00:18:19.779><c> main</c><00:18:19.960><c> ideas.</c><00:18:22.299><c> And</c><00:18:22.700><c> its</c>

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obvious<00:18:24.400><c> application,</c><00:18:25.220><c> and</c><00:18:25.359><c> the</c><00:18:25.599><c> important</c><00:18:25.880><c> application,</c>

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is<00:18:27.039><c> between</c><00:18:27.440><c> true</c><00:18:27.779><c> and</c><00:18:27.980><c> false</c><00:18:28.380><c> religion.</c><00:18:28.839><c> That's</c><00:18:29.099><c> the</c><00:18:29.259><c> main</c>

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thrust<00:18:29.880><c> of</c><00:18:31.119><c> the</c><00:18:31.880><c> parable.</c><00:18:33.319><c> And</c><00:18:33.480><c> it's</c><00:18:34.299><c> applied,</c>

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obviously,<00:18:35.059><c> to</c><00:18:35.220><c> the</c><00:18:35.359><c> time</c><00:18:35.539><c> of</c><00:18:35.700><c> the</c><00:18:35.799><c> Lord</c><00:18:35.960><c> Jesus</c><00:18:36.319><c> Christ,</c><00:18:37.599><c> and</c>

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it's<00:18:41.920><c> immediate</c><00:18:42.519><c> application,</c><00:18:43.460><c> the</c><00:18:43.579><c> difference</c>

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between<00:18:44.559><c> the</c><00:18:45.319><c> corrupt</c><00:18:45.700><c> religion</c><00:18:46.119><c> of</c><00:18:46.339><c> Judaism</c><00:18:46.819><c> of</c><00:18:47.259><c> that</c><00:18:47.539><c> time</c>

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and<00:18:48.980><c> the</c><00:18:50.759><c> teaching</c><00:18:51.119><c> of</c><00:18:51.759><c> the</c><00:18:51.920><c> Lord</c><00:18:52.119><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:18:53.799><c> since</c><00:18:54.079><c> then,</c><00:18:55.440><c> looking</c><00:18:55.779><c> back</c><00:18:56.099><c> at</c><00:18:56.240><c> it</c><00:18:56.440><c> now,</c><00:18:56.680><c> if</c><00:18:56.839><c> we</c><00:18:57.000><c> can</c><00:18:57.200><c> step</c><00:18:57.420><c> for</c>

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a<00:18:57.779><c> moment</c><00:18:58.160><c> out</c><00:18:58.519><c> of</c><00:18:58.779><c> our</c><00:18:59.880><c> straitjacket,</c>

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which<00:19:00.579><c> I've</c><00:19:00.819><c> been</c><00:19:00.980><c> imposing</c><00:19:01.319><c> upon</c><00:19:01.640><c> us,</c><00:19:02.940><c> when</c><00:19:03.099><c> we</c><00:19:03.259><c> look</c><00:19:03.460><c> back,</c>

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there's<00:19:04.440><c> always</c><00:19:04.900><c> been</c><00:19:05.220><c> that</c><00:19:05.519><c> contrast</c><00:19:06.079><c> between</c>

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apostasy<00:19:07.019><c> and</c><00:19:07.299><c> truth,</c><00:19:09.039><c> between</c><00:19:09.420><c> the</c><00:19:09.700><c> appearance</c><00:19:10.059><c> of</c><00:19:10.339><c> religion</c><00:19:10.799><c> and</c><00:19:12.160><c> its</c>

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claims,<00:19:13.759><c> that</c><00:19:14.000><c> appearance,</c>

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and<00:19:15.900><c> those</c><00:19:16.279><c> who</c><00:19:16.839><c> truly</c><00:19:17.220><c> practice</c><00:19:18.160><c> the</c><00:19:19.279><c> faith.</c><00:19:21.059><c> It's</c><00:19:21.920><c> the</c><00:19:22.119><c> difference</c><00:19:22.359><c> between</c><00:19:22.720><c> the</c>

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sheep<00:19:23.019><c> and</c><00:19:23.160><c> the</c><00:19:23.299><c> goats,</c>

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in<00:19:23.839><c> fact,</c><00:19:25.599><c> those</c><00:19:25.880><c> who</c><00:19:26.299><c> claim</c><00:19:26.740><c> to</c><00:19:28.400><c> be</c><00:19:29.200><c> the</c><00:19:29.559><c> followers</c><00:19:29.839><c> of</c><00:19:30.039><c> Christ</c><00:19:30.599><c> as</c>

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against<00:19:31.420><c> those</c><00:19:31.900><c> who</c><00:19:32.700><c> are.</c>

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And<00:19:36.400><c> when</c><00:19:36.859><c> one</c><00:19:37.220><c> thinks</c><00:19:37.500><c> of</c><00:19:37.619><c> it</c><00:19:37.720><c> in</c><00:19:37.880><c> those</c><00:19:38.099><c> terms,</c><00:19:38.880><c> one</c><00:19:39.059><c> is</c><00:19:39.799><c> struck</c><00:19:40.000><c> by</c>

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the<00:19:40.819><c> mercy</c><00:19:41.099><c> of</c><00:19:41.400><c> God,</c><00:19:42.140><c> that</c><00:19:42.279><c> he</c><00:19:42.480><c> should</c>

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leave<00:19:44.119><c> everything</c><00:19:44.720><c> to</c><00:19:45.019><c> the</c><00:19:45.220><c> harvest</c><00:19:45.640><c> time.</c><00:19:47.460><c> All</c><00:19:47.799><c> those</c><00:19:48.259><c> crops,</c><00:19:48.700><c> as</c><00:19:48.920><c> it</c>

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were,<00:19:49.440><c> which</c><00:19:49.559><c> have</c><00:19:50.519><c> reached</c><00:19:50.940><c> maturity</c>

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age<00:19:52.160><c> by</c><00:19:52.440><c> age,</c><00:19:53.839><c> from</c><00:19:54.059><c> the</c><00:19:54.259><c> time</c><00:19:54.539><c> when</c><00:19:54.779><c> the</c><00:19:54.920><c> words</c><00:19:55.140><c> were</c><00:19:55.380><c> spoken,</c>

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have<00:19:57.039><c> been</c><00:19:57.279><c> allowed</c><00:19:57.519><c> to</c><00:19:57.819><c> mature.</c>

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And<00:20:00.779><c> finally,</c><00:20:01.859><c> at</c><00:20:02.059><c> the</c><00:20:02.180><c> time</c><00:20:02.319><c> of</c><00:20:02.480><c> the</c><00:20:02.599><c> end,</c><00:20:03.240><c> when</c><00:20:03.420><c> the</c><00:20:03.539><c> reaping</c>

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takes<00:20:04.160><c> place,</c><00:20:05.619><c> will</c><00:20:05.720><c> be</c><00:20:06.200><c> the</c><00:20:06.500><c> time</c><00:20:06.660><c> of</c><00:20:06.880><c> judgment.</c>

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Ultimately,<00:20:09.420><c> and</c><00:20:09.759><c> we</c><00:20:10.160><c> take</c><00:20:10.400><c> comfort</c><00:20:10.740><c> in</c><00:20:10.940><c> verse</c><00:20:11.220><c> 41</c><00:20:12.180><c> and</c><00:20:13.180><c> 42,</c>

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ultimately,<00:20:15.099><c> there</c><00:20:15.319><c> will</c><00:20:15.539><c> be</c><00:20:15.720><c> quite</c><00:20:16.019><c> literally</c><00:20:16.460><c> an</c>

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eradication,<00:20:17.900><c> that</c><00:20:18.099><c> means</c><00:20:18.400><c> a</c><00:20:18.640><c> rooting</c><00:20:18.880><c> up</c><00:20:19.480><c> of</c><00:20:20.400><c> all</c><00:20:21.339><c> man's</c><00:20:21.920><c> evil</c><00:20:22.140><c> desires</c><00:20:22.720><c> and</c>

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practices,<00:20:24.539><c> and</c><00:20:24.839><c> all</c><00:20:25.039><c> those</c><00:20:25.279><c> things</c>

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which<00:20:25.880><c> lead</c><00:20:27.380><c> men</c><00:20:28.200><c> away</c><00:20:28.779><c> from</c><00:20:30.059><c> being</c><00:20:30.480><c> able</c><00:20:30.759><c> to</c><00:20:31.059><c> recognize</c><00:20:31.579><c> and</c>

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therefore<00:20:32.740><c> serve</c><00:20:33.220><c> God.</c>

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But<00:20:36.099><c> it</c><00:20:36.660><c> also</c><00:20:37.119><c> leaves</c><00:20:37.359><c> us</c><00:20:37.740><c> with,</c><00:20:38.740><c> inevitably,</c><00:20:39.880><c> those</c><00:20:40.240><c> who</c><00:20:40.519><c> are</c>

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the<00:20:40.859><c> good</c><00:20:41.140><c> seed</c><00:20:41.599><c> having</c><00:20:42.440><c> to</c><00:20:42.940><c> endure</c>

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in<00:20:44.299><c> the</c><00:20:44.519><c> world</c><00:20:45.019><c> alongside</c><00:20:45.720><c> the</c><00:20:46.000><c> bad</c><00:20:46.259><c> seed.</c><00:20:48.400><c> And</c><00:20:48.700><c> so</c><00:20:48.799><c> it</c><00:20:48.980><c> speaks</c>

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to<00:20:49.460><c> us</c><00:20:50.119><c> of</c><00:20:51.079><c> a</c><00:20:51.539><c> role</c><00:20:52.000><c> for</c><00:20:52.720><c> the</c><00:20:52.859><c> good</c><00:20:53.059><c> seed.</c>

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The<00:20:54.119><c> good</c><00:20:54.339><c> seed</c><00:20:54.480><c> isn't</c><00:20:55.160><c> carefully</c><00:20:55.759><c> protected</c><00:20:56.460><c> and</c><00:20:56.980><c> put</c><00:20:57.160><c> in</c><00:20:57.279><c> a</c>

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little<00:20:57.660><c> patch</c><00:20:58.119><c> all</c><00:20:58.839><c> on</c><00:20:59.039><c> its</c><00:20:59.240><c> own.</c>

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No,<00:21:01.740><c> the</c><00:21:01.859><c> master</c><00:21:02.259><c> leaves</c><00:21:02.960><c> the</c><00:21:03.380><c> whole</c><00:21:04.000><c> lot</c><00:21:04.259><c> mixed</c><00:21:04.680><c> together</c>

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for<00:21:06.980><c> very</c><00:21:07.220><c> good</c><00:21:07.420><c> reasons.</c>

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For<00:21:09.240><c> one</c><00:21:09.480><c> thing,</c><00:21:09.940><c> the</c><00:21:10.099><c> good</c><00:21:10.319><c> seed</c><00:21:10.599><c> shows</c><00:21:10.920><c> up</c><00:21:11.160><c> the</c><00:21:11.339><c> bad</c><00:21:11.599><c> seed.</c>

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It<00:21:14.319><c> makes</c><00:21:14.720><c> the</c><00:21:14.940><c> division</c><00:21:15.240><c> perfectly</c><00:21:15.940><c> clear</c><00:21:16.339><c> between</c>

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the<00:21:16.940><c> two.</c><00:21:19.599><c> And</c><00:21:20.119><c> I</c><00:21:20.299><c> suppose</c><00:21:20.759><c> if</c><00:21:21.200><c> one</c><00:21:21.640><c> could,</c><00:21:22.240><c> just</c><00:21:22.359><c> as</c><00:21:22.539><c> it</c><00:21:22.700><c> were</c>

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for<00:21:23.019><c> a</c><00:21:23.180><c> moment,</c><00:21:23.440><c> step</c><00:21:23.759><c> outside</c><00:21:24.500><c> the</c><00:21:25.019><c> bounds</c><00:21:25.400><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:26.640><c> metaphor,</c><00:21:28.579><c> for</c><00:21:28.900><c> exhortation's</c><00:21:29.700><c> sake,</c><00:21:30.819><c> the</c><00:21:30.960><c> object</c><00:21:31.259><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:31.880><c> good</c><00:21:32.099><c> seed</c><00:21:32.299><c> being</c><00:21:32.700><c> there</c><00:21:33.160><c> is</c><00:21:33.619><c> to</c><00:21:33.960><c> try</c><00:21:34.240><c> to</c><00:21:34.660><c> turn</c>

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men<00:21:35.720><c> to</c><00:21:36.619><c> being</c><00:21:37.000><c> good</c><00:21:37.400><c> seed.</c><00:21:40.220><c> Well,</c><00:21:41.019><c> that</c><00:21:41.240><c> doesn't</c><00:21:41.440><c> quite</c><00:21:41.680><c> work,</c><00:21:42.200><c> does</c>

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it?<00:21:42.359><c> Because</c><00:21:42.660><c> the</c><00:21:42.940><c> seed</c><00:21:43.140><c> is</c><00:21:43.519><c> sown</c>

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by<00:21:45.019><c> the</c><00:21:45.700><c> master.</c><00:21:47.819><c> And</c><00:21:48.480><c> at</c><00:21:49.519><c> all</c><00:21:49.700><c> events,</c><00:21:50.519><c> we</c><00:21:50.599><c> are</c><00:21:50.940><c> there,</c><00:21:51.700><c> if</c><00:21:51.960><c> we</c>

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are<00:21:52.220><c> the</c><00:21:52.359><c> good</c><00:21:52.619><c> seed,</c><00:21:53.559><c> as</c><00:21:53.839><c> witnesses</c>

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of<00:21:56.140><c> the</c><00:21:56.500><c> master's</c><00:21:57.000><c> intention.</c>

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Well,<00:22:02.980><c> we</c><00:22:03.140><c> can</c><00:22:03.680><c> start</c><00:22:04.539><c> moving</c><00:22:05.500><c> a</c><00:22:05.740><c> little</c><00:22:05.920><c> further</c><00:22:06.220><c> into</c><00:22:06.500><c> this</c>

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parable<00:22:07.099><c> now.</c>

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For<00:22:09.140><c> instance,</c><00:22:09.960><c> what</c><00:22:10.220><c> about</c><00:22:10.720><c> the</c><00:22:11.000><c> way</c><00:22:11.180><c> in</c><00:22:11.339><c> which</c><00:22:11.940><c> we</c><00:22:12.339><c> judge</c><00:22:12.599><c> things?</c><00:22:14.140><c> How</c><00:22:14.400><c> difficult</c><00:22:14.779><c> it</c>

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is,<00:22:15.339><c> isn't</c><00:22:15.339><c> it,</c>

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for<00:22:15.599><c> us</c><00:22:15.859><c> to</c><00:22:16.319><c> distinguish</c><00:22:16.839><c> between</c><00:22:17.480><c> those</c><00:22:17.980><c> two</c><00:22:18.240><c> things</c><00:22:18.599><c> until</c>

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they<00:22:19.859><c> begin</c><00:22:20.099><c> to</c><00:22:20.359><c> bear</c><00:22:20.519><c> some</c><00:22:20.880><c> sort</c><00:22:21.059><c> of</c><00:22:21.299><c> fruit?</c>

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How<00:22:23.140><c> difficult</c><00:22:23.480><c> it</c><00:22:23.660><c> is</c><00:22:23.779><c> for</c><00:22:23.940><c> us</c><00:22:24.119><c> to</c><00:22:24.359><c> keep</c><00:22:24.559><c> them</c><00:22:25.200><c> apart?</c><00:22:26.880><c> Now,</c><00:22:27.000><c> let's</c><00:22:27.160><c> follow</c><00:22:27.380><c> that</c><00:22:27.640><c> train</c><00:22:27.819><c> of</c><00:22:28.059><c> thought</c><00:22:28.180><c> for</c><00:22:28.400><c> a</c>

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moment.<00:22:29.680><c> Let's</c><00:22:30.059><c> follow</c><00:22:30.279><c> it</c><00:22:30.440><c> into</c><00:22:30.640><c> the</c><00:22:31.180><c> little</c><00:22:31.460><c> worlds</c><00:22:32.039><c> of</c><00:22:32.779><c> our</c>

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lives,<00:22:34.460><c> the</c><00:22:34.779><c> little</c><00:22:35.019><c> world</c><00:22:35.259><c> of</c><00:22:35.440><c> the</c><00:22:35.619><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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The<00:22:38.180><c> little</c><00:22:38.460><c> world</c><00:22:38.740><c> of</c><00:22:38.940><c> the</c><00:22:39.200><c> individual.</c>

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And<00:22:42.579><c> there</c><00:22:42.720><c> again,</c><00:22:43.779><c> the</c><00:22:43.880><c> good</c><00:22:43.940><c> and</c><00:22:44.079><c> the</c><00:22:44.279><c> bad</c><00:22:44.460><c> seem</c><00:22:44.740><c> to</c><00:22:45.259><c> grow</c>

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up,<00:22:45.640><c> don't</c><00:22:45.880><c> they,</c><00:22:46.160><c> together?</c>

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And<00:22:49.740><c> it's</c><00:22:49.799><c> very</c><00:22:50.019><c> difficult</c><00:22:50.380><c> for</c><00:22:50.559><c> us</c><00:22:50.700><c> sometimes</c><00:22:51.140><c> to</c><00:22:51.420><c> recognize</c>

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which<00:22:52.839><c> is</c><00:22:53.059><c> which.</c>

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Now,<00:22:57.819><c> we</c><00:22:58.119><c> could</c><00:22:58.339><c> be</c><00:22:58.539><c> like</c><00:22:58.700><c> the</c><00:22:58.920><c> servants</c><00:22:59.200><c> and</c><00:22:59.400><c> rush</c><00:22:59.599><c> in</c><00:22:59.839><c> there</c>

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and<00:23:00.460><c> root</c><00:23:00.599><c> the</c><00:23:00.799><c> whole</c><00:23:00.960><c> lot</c><00:23:01.059><c> up</c><00:23:01.299><c> and</c><00:23:01.660><c> end</c><00:23:01.859><c> up</c><00:23:02.099><c> by</c>

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the<00:23:04.299><c> good</c><00:23:04.539><c> up</c><00:23:04.799><c> along</c><00:23:05.059><c> with</c><00:23:05.279><c> the</c><00:23:05.420><c> bad.</c>

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Are<00:23:08.480><c> we</c><00:23:08.680><c> perhaps</c><00:23:09.000><c> called</c><00:23:09.200><c> to</c><00:23:09.380><c> be</c><00:23:09.619><c> patient,</c><00:23:10.839><c> to</c><00:23:11.160><c> watch,</c><00:23:12.480><c> to</c><00:23:12.539><c> be</c>

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vigilant,<00:23:14.019><c> not</c><00:23:14.339><c> to</c><00:23:14.559><c> allow</c><00:23:15.039><c> the</c><00:23:15.539><c> good</c><00:23:16.019><c> seed</c><00:23:16.299><c> to</c><00:23:16.640><c> be</c>

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damaged<00:23:17.819><c> and</c><00:23:18.640><c> destroyed</c><00:23:19.140><c> by</c><00:23:19.559><c> its</c><00:23:19.799><c> contact</c><00:23:20.160><c> with</c><00:23:20.400><c> the</c><00:23:20.539><c> bad,</c><00:23:21.119><c> but</c><00:23:22.240><c> to</c>

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be<00:23:22.859><c> very</c><00:23:23.279><c> clear</c><00:23:23.420><c> in</c><00:23:23.640><c> our</c><00:23:23.839><c> minds</c>

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what<00:23:24.720><c> that</c><00:23:25.140><c> seed</c><00:23:25.359><c> is</c><00:23:25.759><c> and</c><00:23:25.859><c> what</c><00:23:26.079><c> the</c><00:23:26.339><c> quality</c><00:23:26.640><c> is,</c><00:23:27.960><c> to</c><00:23:28.240><c> be</c><00:23:28.559><c> meticulous</c><00:23:29.259><c> in</c>

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our<00:23:29.960><c> sorting</c><00:23:30.200><c> out,</c><00:23:31.500><c> ultimately,</c>

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of<00:23:33.220><c> which</c><00:23:33.460><c> is</c><00:23:33.680><c> which,</c><00:23:34.920><c> throwing</c><00:23:35.180><c> the</c><00:23:35.400><c> bitter</c><00:23:35.640><c> away,</c><00:23:36.059><c> which</c><00:23:36.299><c> will</c><00:23:36.920><c> give</c><00:23:37.299><c> no</c>

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pleasure<00:23:37.960><c> to</c><00:23:38.160><c> the</c><00:23:38.359><c> palate</c>

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of<00:23:39.279><c> the</c><00:23:39.440><c> master</c><00:23:39.920><c> when</c><00:23:40.880><c> he</c><00:23:41.220><c> makes</c><00:23:41.400><c> up</c><00:23:41.740><c> the</c><00:23:41.940><c> loaf</c><00:23:42.259><c> from</c><00:23:43.319><c> that</c><00:23:43.660><c> seed.</c>

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And<00:23:48.319><c> within</c><00:23:48.900><c> ourselves?</c>

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Difficult<00:23:53.700><c> parable</c><00:23:54.079><c> to</c><00:23:54.480><c> use</c><00:23:54.720><c> about</c><00:23:55.019><c> ourselves,</c><00:23:55.559><c> isn't</c><00:23:55.700><c> it?</c>

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But<00:23:56.460><c> perhaps</c><00:23:56.859><c> we</c><00:23:57.019><c> can</c><00:23:57.240><c> take</c><00:23:57.440><c> it</c><00:23:57.759><c> this</c>

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far,<00:23:58.240><c> that</c><00:23:58.420><c> we</c><00:23:58.539><c> can</c><00:23:58.759><c> at</c><00:23:58.859><c> least</c><00:23:59.160><c> begin</c><00:23:59.500><c> to</c><00:24:00.039><c> recognize</c><00:24:00.759><c> that</c><00:24:02.339><c> we</c>

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are<00:24:03.619><c> a</c><00:24:04.359><c> very</c><00:24:04.740><c> mixed</c><00:24:05.140><c> kind</c><00:24:05.539><c> of</c><00:24:05.819><c> field</c><00:24:06.359><c> within</c>

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each<00:24:07.299><c> one</c><00:24:07.440><c> of</c><00:24:07.559><c> us,</c><00:24:07.720><c> that</c><00:24:07.920><c> little</c><00:24:08.220><c> world</c><00:24:08.619><c> which</c><00:24:08.859><c> makes</c><00:24:09.119><c> us</c><00:24:09.380><c> up.</c>

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And<00:24:11.920><c> the</c><00:24:12.259><c> one</c><00:24:12.480><c> thing</c><00:24:12.779><c> which</c><00:24:13.039><c> is</c><00:24:13.480><c> absolutely</c><00:24:14.059><c> certain</c>

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is<00:24:15.740><c> that</c><00:24:16.740><c> if</c><00:24:17.200><c> we</c><00:24:18.220><c> are</c><00:24:18.460><c> to</c><00:24:18.720><c> be</c><00:24:19.079><c> seed</c><00:24:19.420><c> for</c><00:24:19.700><c> the</c><00:24:19.900><c> Father,</c><00:24:21.619><c> we</c><00:24:22.000><c> are</c>

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there<00:24:22.920><c> for</c><00:24:23.319><c> his</c><00:24:23.660><c> glory.</c>

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And<00:24:26.799><c> we</c><00:24:26.980><c> have</c><00:24:27.299><c> somehow</c><00:24:27.680><c> to</c><00:24:27.980><c> try</c><00:24:28.259><c> to</c><00:24:28.839><c> get</c><00:24:29.180><c> rid</c><00:24:29.359><c> of</c><00:24:29.559><c> the</c><00:24:29.819><c> poison,</c>

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the<00:24:30.559><c> bitterness,</c><00:24:31.940><c> which</c><00:24:32.180><c> arises</c><00:24:32.640><c> out</c><00:24:32.940><c> of</c><00:24:33.119><c> our</c>

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sin<00:24:33.680><c> and</c><00:24:34.160><c> of</c><00:24:34.400><c> our</c><00:24:35.579><c> disobedience,</c><00:24:37.799><c> to</c><00:24:38.140><c> bring</c><00:24:38.519><c> forth</c><00:24:39.059><c> that</c><00:24:39.519><c> good</c>

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fruit.<00:24:42.940><c> And</c><00:24:43.200><c> if</c><00:24:43.299><c> we</c><00:24:43.619><c> think</c><00:24:43.819><c> back</c><00:24:44.180><c> for</c><00:24:44.319><c> a</c><00:24:44.420><c> moment</c><00:24:44.579><c> to</c>

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:48.799
the<00:24:44.980><c> parable</c><00:24:45.240><c> of</c><00:24:45.940><c> the</c><00:24:46.140><c> sower,</c><00:24:47.519><c> that's</c><00:24:47.920><c> it,</c><00:24:48.019><c> isn't</c><00:24:48.220><c> it?</c><00:24:48.460><c> The</c>

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hundred,<00:24:49.440><c> the</c><00:24:49.599><c> sixty,</c><00:24:50.200><c> the</c><00:24:50.319><c> thirty,</c><00:24:51.220><c> the</c><00:24:51.400><c> good</c><00:24:51.559><c> grain,</c>

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multiplying<00:24:52.779><c> out</c><00:24:53.420><c> into</c><00:24:54.660><c> something</c><00:24:55.059><c> which</c><00:24:55.279><c> is</c><00:24:55.440><c> of</c><00:24:55.619><c> use</c><00:24:55.839><c> and</c><00:24:56.099><c> glory.</c>

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There's<00:24:59.359><c> another</c><00:24:59.579><c> warning</c><00:24:59.900><c> here</c><00:25:00.220><c> to</c><00:25:00.420><c> us,</c><00:25:00.680><c> and</c><00:25:00.779><c> that</c><00:25:00.920><c> is</c><00:25:01.099><c> that</c>

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:06.519
the<00:25:02.740><c> bad</c><00:25:03.099><c> seed</c><00:25:03.319><c> is</c><00:25:03.759><c> sown</c><00:25:04.259><c> while</c><00:25:04.799><c> men</c><00:25:05.160><c> are</c><00:25:05.599><c> sleeping.</c>

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And<00:25:07.200><c> it's</c><00:25:07.299><c> very</c><00:25:07.539><c> interesting</c><00:25:07.839><c> that</c><00:25:08.200><c> in</c><00:25:08.400><c> this</c><00:25:08.740><c> very</c><00:25:09.140><c> first</c><00:25:09.579><c> parable</c><00:25:10.140><c> of</c>

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:14.240
the<00:25:10.759><c> kingdom,</c><00:25:12.119><c> the</c><00:25:12.960><c> thought</c><00:25:13.160><c> of</c><00:25:13.599><c> people</c><00:25:13.900><c> being</c>

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off<00:25:14.599><c> guard,</c><00:25:15.940><c> which</c><00:25:16.079><c> is</c><00:25:16.299><c> picked</c><00:25:16.500><c> up</c><00:25:16.720><c> in</c><00:25:16.960><c> the</c><00:25:17.319><c> thief</c><00:25:17.480><c> of</c><00:25:17.640><c> the</c><00:25:17.759><c> night</c><00:25:17.940><c> parable,</c><00:25:18.579><c> the</c>

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virgins<00:25:19.420><c> who</c><00:25:19.579><c> do</c><00:25:19.759><c> not</c><00:25:19.940><c> know</c><00:25:20.119><c> when</c>

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what<00:25:20.880><c> hour</c><00:25:21.059><c> the</c><00:25:21.220><c> master</c><00:25:21.519><c> comes</c><00:25:21.859><c> and</c><00:25:21.960><c> so</c><00:25:22.160><c> on,</c><00:25:22.579><c> it's</c><00:25:22.740><c> full</c><00:25:22.940><c> of</c>

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those<00:25:24.099><c> ideas,</c><00:25:25.460><c> all</c><00:25:25.640><c> the</c><00:25:25.799><c> other</c><00:25:26.000><c> parables,</c>

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that<00:25:27.359><c> that's</c><00:25:27.680><c> right</c><00:25:27.960><c> here.</c><00:25:29.079><c> When</c><00:25:29.319><c> the</c><00:25:29.579><c> servants</c><00:25:29.740><c> are</c><00:25:30.000><c> off</c><00:25:30.220><c> guard,</c><00:25:31.720><c> when</c><00:25:32.039><c> we're</c><00:25:32.299><c> not</c>

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paying<00:25:32.680><c> attention,</c>

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that's<00:25:34.180><c> when</c><00:25:34.380><c> the</c><00:25:34.960><c> bad</c><00:25:35.279><c> seed</c><00:25:35.900><c> gets</c><00:25:36.859><c> thrown</c><00:25:37.319><c> in.</c><00:25:38.079><c> And</c><00:25:38.279><c> who</c><00:25:38.519><c> throws</c><00:25:38.839><c> it,</c>

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brethren<00:25:39.579><c> and</c><00:25:39.779><c> sisters?</c><00:25:40.339><c> Nobody</c><00:25:40.660><c> from</c>

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outside.<00:25:42.059><c> We</c><00:25:42.279><c> don't</c><00:25:42.480><c> have</c><00:25:42.740><c> that</c><00:25:43.279><c> nice,</c><00:25:43.819><c> comfortable,</c><00:25:46.079><c> what</c>

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you<00:25:46.319><c> might</c><00:25:46.480><c> call</c><00:25:46.740><c> uncle,</c><00:25:47.660><c> the</c><00:25:47.839><c> devil,</c><00:25:48.619><c> whom</c><00:25:48.700><c> we</c><00:25:48.859><c> can</c>

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put<00:25:49.700><c> the</c><00:25:50.319><c> blame</c><00:25:50.539><c> onto.</c><00:25:52.359><c> If</c><00:25:52.480><c> the</c><00:25:52.740><c> seed</c><00:25:52.900><c> is</c><00:25:53.180><c> there,</c><00:25:54.180><c> we've</c><00:25:54.640><c> sown</c>

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:56.980
it,<00:25:55.240><c> whether</c><00:25:55.500><c> it's</c><00:25:55.660><c> in</c><00:25:55.839><c> the</c><00:25:55.980><c> ecclesia</c>

00:25:57.059 --> 00:26:03.000
or<00:25:57.579><c> whether</c><00:25:57.799><c> it's</c><00:25:57.940><c> in</c><00:25:58.180><c> ourselves.</c><00:26:00.880><c> We're</c><00:26:01.220><c> responsible</c><00:26:01.720><c> for</c><00:26:01.960><c> it.</c>

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:08.140
Well,<00:26:04.819><c> how</c><00:26:05.099><c> is</c><00:26:05.240><c> it</c><00:26:05.500><c> a</c><00:26:05.740><c> parable</c><00:26:05.900><c> of</c><00:26:06.119><c> the</c><00:26:06.299><c> kingdom?</c><00:26:07.720><c> Well,</c><00:26:07.920><c> it's</c>

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:10.220
in<00:26:08.380><c> several</c><00:26:08.640><c> ways,</c><00:26:08.960><c> isn't</c><00:26:09.160><c> it?</c><00:26:09.359><c> It's</c><00:26:09.740><c> a</c><00:26:09.900><c> parable</c><00:26:10.039><c> of</c>

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:14.480
the<00:26:10.359><c> kingdom</c><00:26:10.720><c> now</c><00:26:11.460><c> in</c><00:26:11.900><c> the</c><00:26:12.079><c> sense</c><00:26:12.319><c> that</c><00:26:13.259><c> the</c><00:26:13.759><c> believers</c><00:26:14.059><c> are</c>

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:17.599
in<00:26:14.720><c> the</c><00:26:14.940><c> world</c><00:26:15.380><c> for</c><00:26:15.920><c> the</c><00:26:16.140><c> Lord</c><00:26:16.319><c> Jesus.</c><00:26:17.259><c> They're</c><00:26:17.480><c> not</c>

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:21.180
in<00:26:17.680><c> the</c><00:26:17.839><c> world</c><00:26:18.079><c> for</c><00:26:18.259><c> themselves,</c><00:26:18.759><c> they're</c><00:26:18.940><c> in</c><00:26:19.220><c> there</c><00:26:20.000><c> for</c><00:26:20.880><c> His</c>

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:31.380
purpose.<00:26:24.859><c> And</c><00:26:25.539><c> they</c><00:26:27.700><c> await</c><00:26:28.180><c> the</c><00:26:30.259><c> fulfillment,</c>

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:36.880
that<00:26:33.599><c> fulfillment</c><00:26:34.259><c> which</c><00:26:34.519><c> comes</c><00:26:35.019><c> as</c><00:26:35.779><c> a</c><00:26:35.900><c> result</c><00:26:36.140><c> of</c><00:26:36.440><c> judgment</c>

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:39.299
and<00:26:37.559><c> the</c><00:26:37.819><c> eradication</c><00:26:38.319><c> of</c><00:26:38.579><c> evil.</c>

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:43.839
That's<00:26:40.220><c> also</c><00:26:40.559><c> why</c><00:26:40.900><c> it</c><00:26:41.059><c> is</c><00:26:41.259><c> a</c><00:26:41.420><c> parable</c><00:26:41.599><c> of</c><00:26:41.779><c> the</c><00:26:41.940><c> kingdom.</c><00:26:42.160><c> It</c><00:26:42.299><c> looks</c><00:26:42.779><c> forward</c><00:26:43.319><c> to</c>

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:45.259
that<00:26:44.099><c> time</c><00:26:44.299><c> when</c><00:26:44.740><c> finally</c>

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:50.359
everything<00:26:45.880><c> is</c><00:26:46.200><c> sorted</c><00:26:46.380><c> out</c><00:26:46.940><c> and</c><00:26:48.200><c> what</c><00:26:48.500><c> is</c><00:26:48.799><c> evil</c><00:26:49.559><c> and</c><00:26:50.079><c> causes</c>

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:52.769
sin<00:26:50.839><c> is</c><00:26:51.759><c> taken</c><00:26:52.019><c> out.</c>

00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:57.759
But<00:26:54.480><c> what</c><00:26:54.720><c> about</c><00:26:54.900><c> our</c><00:26:55.160><c> two</c><00:26:55.359><c> friends?</c><00:26:56.900><c> How</c><00:26:57.119><c> are</c><00:26:57.220><c> they</c><00:26:57.400><c> puzzling</c>

00:26:57.759 --> 00:27:00.920
it<00:26:58.000><c> out?</c><00:26:58.859><c> Well,</c><00:26:59.339><c> no</c><00:26:59.539><c> doubt</c><00:26:59.920><c> they</c><00:27:00.500><c> would</c><00:27:00.660><c> have</c>

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:03.680
two<00:27:01.220><c> different</c><00:27:02.240><c> views</c><00:27:02.579><c> of</c><00:27:02.720><c> it,</c><00:27:02.900><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:03.000><c> they?</c><00:27:03.220><c> I</c><00:27:03.220><c> mean,</c><00:27:03.579><c> the</c>

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:05.410
first<00:27:03.980><c> time</c><00:27:04.220><c> they</c><00:27:04.420><c> heard</c><00:27:04.660><c> it,</c>

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:08.640
it<00:27:06.299><c> might</c><00:27:06.519><c> have</c><00:27:06.759><c> struck</c><00:27:06.940><c> them</c><00:27:07.119><c> in</c><00:27:07.259><c> one</c><00:27:07.440><c> particular</c><00:27:07.839><c> way.</c><00:27:08.420><c> For</c>

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:10.660
instance,<00:27:09.440><c> for</c><00:27:09.559><c> that</c><00:27:09.880><c> they</c><00:27:10.180><c> might</c><00:27:10.420><c> have</c>

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:14.779
immediately<00:27:11.119><c> recognized,</c><00:27:12.380><c> ah,</c><00:27:12.640><c> this</c><00:27:12.960><c> is</c><00:27:13.839><c> an</c><00:27:14.099><c> anti</c><00:27:14.380><c>-Jewish</c>

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:18.359
establishment<00:27:15.480><c> parable</c><00:27:16.619><c> and</c><00:27:17.039><c> recognized</c><00:27:17.559><c> the</c><00:27:18.079><c> division</c>

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:22.660
between<00:27:19.079><c> false</c><00:27:19.460><c> and</c><00:27:19.740><c> corrupt</c><00:27:20.000><c> worship</c><00:27:20.460><c> and</c><00:27:21.339><c> true</c><00:27:21.660><c> worship.</c>

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:25.539
But<00:27:23.539><c> now</c><00:27:23.759><c> perhaps</c><00:27:24.119><c> as</c><00:27:24.380><c> they</c><00:27:24.599><c> begin</c><00:27:24.759><c> to</c><00:27:24.980><c> think</c><00:27:25.119><c> about</c><00:27:25.400><c> it,</c>

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:28.680
it's<00:27:25.720><c> more</c><00:27:26.140><c> the</c><00:27:26.519><c> future</c><00:27:26.779><c> aspects</c><00:27:27.299><c> which</c><00:27:27.559><c> become</c><00:27:28.119><c> important</c>

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:32.519
to<00:27:28.980><c> them.</c><00:27:29.500><c> The</c><00:27:29.960><c> recognition</c><00:27:30.579><c> of</c><00:27:31.420><c> the</c><00:27:31.539><c> Lord</c><00:27:31.700><c> Jesus</c><00:27:32.079><c> Christ</c>

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:40.079
as<00:27:32.960><c> the</c><00:27:33.180><c> judge</c><00:27:33.420><c> who</c><00:27:33.640><c> comes</c><00:27:33.940><c> back</c><00:27:34.259><c> with</c><00:27:34.420><c> his</c><00:27:34.680><c> angels</c><00:27:35.160><c> to</c><00:27:37.980><c> make</c>

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:43.519
the<00:27:40.299><c> division,</c><00:27:41.579><c> to</c><00:27:41.819><c> take</c><00:27:42.019><c> out</c><00:27:42.200><c> what</c><00:27:42.380><c> is</c><00:27:42.579><c> evil.</c>

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:49.799
And<00:27:45.940><c> in</c><00:27:46.539><c> line</c><00:27:46.759><c> with</c><00:27:47.160><c> how</c><00:27:47.460><c> we've</c><00:27:47.839><c> been</c><00:27:48.079><c> developing</c><00:27:48.539><c> their</c><00:27:48.940><c> thought,</c><00:27:49.660><c> it's</c>

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:52.240
that<00:27:50.019><c> individual</c><00:27:50.720><c> responsibility</c><00:27:51.680><c> which</c>

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:55.019
would<00:27:52.599><c> be</c><00:27:52.759><c> coming</c><00:27:53.039><c> more</c><00:27:53.559><c> and</c><00:27:53.779><c> more</c><00:27:53.980><c> to</c><00:27:54.160><c> the</c><00:27:54.359><c> fore</c><00:27:54.559><c> in</c><00:27:54.799><c> their</c>

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:58.700
thought.<00:27:57.200><c> Particularly</c><00:27:57.599><c> after</c><00:27:57.900><c> the</c><00:27:58.160><c> explanation,</c>

00:27:58.700 --> 00:28:01.779
what<00:27:59.200><c> are</c><00:27:59.339><c> they</c><00:27:59.440><c> left</c><00:27:59.700><c> with?</c><00:28:00.319><c> They're</c><00:28:00.519><c> left</c><00:28:00.740><c> with</c><00:28:00.960><c> themselves</c>

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:08.680
in<00:28:03.339><c> the</c><00:28:03.579><c> face</c><00:28:04.180><c> of</c><00:28:05.299><c> the</c><00:28:05.660><c> demands</c><00:28:06.240><c> of</c><00:28:07.759><c> God.</c>

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:17.200
And<00:28:11.259><c> that's</c><00:28:12.099><c> it.</c><00:28:13.680><c> They</c><00:28:13.940><c> have</c><00:28:14.420><c> to</c><00:28:14.720><c> be</c><00:28:14.900><c> responsible</c><00:28:15.920><c> before</c><00:28:16.799><c> God</c>

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:19.940
for<00:28:17.559><c> what</c><00:28:17.819><c> they</c><00:28:18.160><c> are</c><00:28:18.619><c> and</c><00:28:18.940><c> do.</c>

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:28.000
And<00:28:21.480><c> before</c><00:28:21.819><c> them</c><00:28:22.299><c> is</c><00:28:23.259><c> this</c><00:28:23.819><c> wonderful</c><00:28:24.339><c> choice,</c><00:28:25.440><c> because</c><00:28:27.059><c> there's</c><00:28:27.740><c> no</c>

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:31.359
choice<00:28:28.640><c> in</c><00:28:29.579><c> being</c><00:28:30.220><c> a</c><00:28:30.539><c> darnel</c><00:28:30.839><c> which</c><00:28:31.019><c> is</c><00:28:31.259><c> fit</c>

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:37.220
only<00:28:31.660><c> for</c><00:28:31.940><c> fire,</c><00:28:32.279><c> for</c><00:28:32.440><c> the</c><00:28:32.660><c> furnace,</c><00:28:34.980><c> a</c><00:28:35.220><c> fiery</c><00:28:35.460><c> furnace,</c><00:28:36.859><c> which</c><00:28:36.960><c> will</c>

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:41.420
destroy<00:28:37.980><c> absolutely,</c><00:28:39.740><c> leave</c><00:28:40.039><c> nothing</c><00:28:40.420><c> left,</c>

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:45.140
reduce<00:28:41.900><c> to</c><00:28:42.160><c> ashes</c><00:28:42.519><c> which</c><00:28:43.160><c> are</c><00:28:43.339><c> fit</c><00:28:43.440><c> only</c><00:28:43.720><c> to</c><00:28:43.859><c> be</c><00:28:44.059><c> thrown</c><00:28:44.240><c> out,</c>

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:49.420
or<00:28:45.759><c> to</c><00:28:46.440><c> shine</c><00:28:46.680><c> as</c><00:28:46.900><c> the</c><00:28:47.099><c> sun.</c><00:28:48.000><c> What</c><00:28:48.380><c> an</c><00:28:48.720><c> extraordinary</c>

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:54.740
distance<00:28:49.940><c> there</c><00:28:50.099><c> is</c><00:28:50.299><c> between</c><00:28:50.759><c> those</c><00:28:51.220><c> two</c><00:28:51.420><c> ideas.</c><00:28:52.700><c> What</c><00:28:52.839><c> a</c><00:28:52.980><c> wonderful</c><00:28:53.259><c> distance</c><00:28:53.680><c> there</c><00:28:53.880><c> is.</c>

00:28:56.420 --> 00:29:01.500
And<00:28:57.140><c> it's</c><00:28:57.859><c> that</c><00:28:58.220><c> kind</c><00:28:58.539><c> of</c><00:28:59.539><c> inspiration,</c><00:29:00.160><c> as</c><00:29:00.400><c> it</c><00:29:00.559><c> were,</c><00:29:00.779><c> in</c><00:29:01.220><c> the</c>

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:04.200
walk<00:29:01.779><c> which</c><00:29:02.339><c> they</c><00:29:02.599><c> might</c><00:29:03.039><c> perhaps</c>

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:13.960
beginning<00:29:04.900><c> to</c><00:29:05.920><c> glean</c><00:29:06.259><c> from</c><00:29:06.720><c> this.</c><00:29:12.799><c> We</c><00:29:13.119><c> have</c><00:29:13.299><c> to</c><00:29:13.440><c> be</c><00:29:13.640><c> careful</c>

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:15.920
about<00:29:14.319><c> judgments,</c><00:29:14.839><c> don't</c><00:29:15.059><c> we?</c>

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:24.839
The<00:29:18.200><c> only</c><00:29:18.460><c> judgments</c><00:29:18.880><c> that</c><00:29:19.299><c> is</c><00:29:19.700><c> absolute</c><00:29:20.160><c> is</c><00:29:20.420><c> God's,</c><00:29:22.299><c> and</c><00:29:23.480><c> ours</c><00:29:24.039><c> is</c>

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:27.599
necessarily<00:29:25.660><c> superficial.</c>

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:33.140
You<00:29:30.420><c> know</c><00:29:30.500><c> how</c><00:29:30.700><c> difficult</c><00:29:31.140><c> it</c><00:29:31.339><c> is</c><00:29:31.539><c> to</c><00:29:32.119><c> separate</c><00:29:32.500><c> our</c><00:29:32.799><c> motives</c>

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:34.660
and<00:29:33.400><c> our</c><00:29:33.660><c> feelings.</c>

00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:37.799
Think<00:29:36.119><c> about</c><00:29:36.279><c> what</c><00:29:36.359><c> the</c><00:29:36.480><c> Apostle</c><00:29:36.819><c> Paul</c><00:29:37.119><c> says</c><00:29:37.400><c> in</c><00:29:37.559><c> the</c><00:29:37.619><c> letter</c>

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:41.400
to<00:29:37.960><c> the</c><00:29:38.099><c> Romans,</c><00:29:39.059><c> where</c><00:29:39.299><c> he</c><00:29:40.140><c> mourns</c><00:29:40.640><c> that</c>

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:44.799
inability,<00:29:43.000><c> because</c><00:29:43.319><c> of</c><00:29:43.660><c> the</c><00:29:43.759><c> weakness</c><00:29:44.019><c> of</c><00:29:44.240><c> the</c><00:29:44.400><c> flesh,</c><00:29:44.680><c> to</c>

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:47.400
do<00:29:45.039><c> what</c><00:29:45.480><c> he</c><00:29:45.700><c> knows</c><00:29:46.039><c> he</c><00:29:46.200><c> ought</c><00:29:46.440><c> to</c><00:29:46.619><c> do,</c><00:29:46.799><c> what</c><00:29:46.960><c> he</c><00:29:47.119><c> wants</c>

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:53.599
to<00:29:47.640><c> do.</c><00:29:49.680><c> And</c><00:29:49.880><c> we</c><00:29:49.980><c> need</c><00:29:50.160><c> to</c><00:29:50.339><c> be</c><00:29:50.960><c> aware</c><00:29:51.400><c> of</c><00:29:51.880><c> that</c><00:29:52.220><c> mixed</c><00:29:52.660><c> seed</c><00:29:52.960><c> present</c><00:29:53.400><c> in</c>

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:56.619
ourselves,<00:29:55.539><c> ever</c><00:29:55.720><c> watchful,</c>

00:29:57.920 --> 00:30:01.220
trying<00:29:58.160><c> not</c><00:29:58.400><c> to</c><00:29:58.680><c> sleep</c><00:29:58.880><c> so</c><00:29:59.099><c> that</c><00:29:59.279><c> more</c><00:29:59.579><c> seed</c><00:29:59.839><c> doesn't</c><00:30:00.119><c> get</c><00:30:00.460><c> sown.</c>

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:09.460
Well,<00:30:04.640><c> let's</c><00:30:05.180><c> press</c><00:30:05.440><c> on,</c><00:30:06.519><c> as</c><00:30:06.740><c> the</c><00:30:06.940><c> clock</c><00:30:07.019><c> is,</c><00:30:08.240><c> to</c><00:30:08.700><c> look</c><00:30:08.980><c> at</c><00:30:09.200><c> some</c><00:30:09.380><c> of</c>

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:11.059
these<00:30:09.619><c> other</c><00:30:09.859><c> parables</c><00:30:10.180><c> and</c><00:30:10.500><c> perhaps</c><00:30:10.819><c> a</c><00:30:10.839><c> little</c>

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:16.539
more<00:30:11.720><c> summary</c><00:30:13.019><c> form.</c><00:30:14.740><c> For</c><00:30:14.880><c> instance,</c><00:30:15.099><c> if</c><00:30:15.259><c> we</c><00:30:15.400><c> look</c><00:30:15.599><c> at</c><00:30:15.900><c> the</c><00:30:16.180><c> parable</c><00:30:16.400><c> of</c>

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:18.880
the<00:30:16.720><c> mustard</c><00:30:16.960><c> seed,</c><00:30:17.680><c> what</c><00:30:17.920><c> might</c><00:30:18.240><c> our</c>

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friends<00:30:19.240><c> get</c><00:30:19.599><c> out</c><00:30:19.839><c> of</c><00:30:20.019><c> that?</c><00:30:20.240><c> The</c><00:30:20.420><c> seed</c><00:30:20.799><c> which</c><00:30:21.240><c> grows,</c><00:30:22.059><c> the</c><00:30:22.180><c> seed</c><00:30:22.380><c> which</c><00:30:22.559><c> is</c>

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:26.920
planted<00:30:23.500><c> in</c><00:30:24.859><c> the</c><00:30:25.039><c> field.</c><00:30:26.460><c> And</c><00:30:26.779><c> we</c>

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:30.700
notice<00:30:27.160><c> that</c><00:30:27.599><c> the</c><00:30:27.859><c> details</c><00:30:28.180><c> of</c><00:30:28.359><c> this</c><00:30:28.859><c> are</c><00:30:29.240><c> that</c><00:30:29.380><c> it</c><00:30:29.519><c> is</c><00:30:30.160><c> a</c><00:30:30.400><c> very</c>

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:32.940
small<00:30:30.920><c> seed,</c><00:30:31.200><c> but</c><00:30:31.380><c> becomes</c><00:30:31.740><c> a</c><00:30:31.980><c> very</c><00:30:32.200><c> large</c><00:30:32.539><c> tree,</c>

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:40.619
and<00:30:33.380><c> it</c><00:30:33.900><c> provides</c><00:30:34.779><c> shelter.</c><00:30:37.779><c> From</c><00:30:38.000><c> the</c><00:30:38.180><c> least</c><00:30:38.500><c> comes</c><00:30:38.920><c> the</c><00:30:39.119><c> greatest</c><00:30:39.440><c> of</c><00:30:39.700><c> herbs,</c>

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:45.240
full<00:30:40.819><c> of</c><00:30:41.079><c> food</c><00:30:41.519><c> for</c><00:30:42.579><c> those</c><00:30:42.980><c> who</c><00:30:43.319><c> seek.</c><00:30:44.000><c> And</c><00:30:44.200><c> there's</c><00:30:44.799><c> part</c><00:30:45.079><c> of</c>

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:50.700
the<00:30:47.539><c> meaning</c><00:30:47.980><c> of</c><00:30:49.480><c> it</c><00:30:49.680><c> for</c><00:30:49.880><c> our</c><00:30:50.140><c> two</c><00:30:50.319><c> friends.</c>

00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:54.599
Those<00:30:51.240><c> who</c><00:30:51.579><c> seek</c><00:30:51.799><c> will</c><00:30:52.079><c> find</c><00:30:52.599><c> shelter</c><00:30:53.000><c> and</c><00:30:53.339><c> food</c><00:30:53.640><c> in</c><00:30:54.160><c> the</c><00:30:54.420><c> seed</c>

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:56.900
which<00:30:54.819><c> is</c><00:30:55.019><c> planted.</c><00:30:55.720><c> And</c><00:30:55.859><c> perhaps</c>

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that's<00:30:58.380><c> a</c><00:30:59.059><c> comfort</c><00:30:59.359><c> to</c><00:30:59.640><c> them,</c><00:31:00.079><c> in</c><00:31:00.140><c> that</c><00:31:00.900><c> looking</c><00:31:01.319><c> out</c><00:31:01.640><c> of</c><00:31:01.819><c> their</c><00:31:02.019><c> situation</c><00:31:02.660><c> of</c>

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:06.019
despair<00:31:03.660><c> and</c><00:31:04.299><c> apparent</c><00:31:04.700><c> disaster,</c>

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:10.180
there<00:31:06.779><c> might</c><00:31:07.059><c> be</c><00:31:07.299><c> just</c><00:31:07.559><c> the</c><00:31:07.839><c> beginnings</c><00:31:08.119><c> of</c><00:31:08.480><c> hope,</c><00:31:09.660><c> just</c><00:31:09.920><c> the</c>

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:13.720
beginnings<00:31:10.420><c> of</c><00:31:10.660><c> the</c><00:31:10.799><c> thought</c><00:31:11.000><c> that</c><00:31:12.019><c> this</c><00:31:12.440><c> is</c><00:31:12.619><c> only</c>

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:17.140
a<00:31:14.160><c> small</c><00:31:14.539><c> beginning</c><00:31:14.960><c> to</c><00:31:15.160><c> something</c><00:31:15.460><c> which</c><00:31:15.660><c> is</c><00:31:15.859><c> going</c><00:31:16.019><c> to</c><00:31:16.200><c> be</c>

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:21.380
even<00:31:17.140><c> greater,</c><00:31:18.140><c> ever</c><00:31:18.380><c> greater,</c><00:31:19.400><c> as</c><00:31:19.859><c> time</c><00:31:20.200><c> goes</c><00:31:20.539><c> on.</c>

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:27.220
They<00:31:22.579><c> might</c><00:31:22.819><c> even</c><00:31:23.660><c> think</c><00:31:24.180><c> of</c><00:31:24.579><c> a</c><00:31:24.940><c> small</c><00:31:25.299><c> stone</c><00:31:25.799><c> cut</c><00:31:26.099><c> out</c><00:31:26.339><c> which</c>

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:30.339
grows<00:31:27.720><c> to</c><00:31:28.000><c> fill</c><00:31:28.240><c> the</c><00:31:28.460><c> whole</c><00:31:28.700><c> world.</c><00:31:29.799><c> That's</c><00:31:30.180><c> the</c>

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:37.380
same<00:31:30.559><c> sort</c><00:31:30.819><c> of</c><00:31:32.319><c> metaphor</c><00:31:32.779><c> which</c><00:31:33.640><c> they</c><00:31:34.559><c> might</c><00:31:34.839><c> be</c><00:31:35.500><c> drawing</c><00:31:35.700><c> upon.</c><00:31:37.259><c> But</c>

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:38.920
the<00:31:37.500><c> principle</c><00:31:37.779><c> of</c><00:31:38.000><c> growth</c><00:31:38.240><c> is</c><00:31:38.480><c> important,</c>

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:43.740
and<00:31:39.119><c> that's</c><00:31:39.779><c> again</c><00:31:40.099><c> another</c><00:31:40.859><c> important</c><00:31:41.420><c> thing</c><00:31:41.619><c> for</c><00:31:41.799><c> us.</c><00:31:43.460><c> Just</c>

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:47.299
as<00:31:43.980><c> the</c><00:31:44.200><c> kingdom</c><00:31:44.480><c> grows,</c><00:31:44.900><c> so</c><00:31:45.799><c> we</c><00:31:46.180><c> must</c><00:31:46.420><c> grow.</c><00:31:47.039><c> There</c>

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:53.819
is<00:31:47.720><c> no</c><00:31:48.880><c> course</c><00:31:49.460><c> other</c><00:31:50.220><c> than</c><00:31:50.440><c> growth</c><00:31:50.900><c> in</c><00:31:52.299><c> the</c><00:31:52.420><c> way</c><00:31:52.539><c> of</c><00:31:52.779><c> truth.</c>

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:57.539
No<00:31:55.000><c> course</c><00:31:55.359><c> other</c><00:31:55.619><c> than</c><00:31:55.779><c> growth.</c><00:31:57.059><c> You</c><00:31:57.180><c> can't</c>

00:31:57.539 --> 00:32:03.000
stagnate.<00:31:58.880><c> Stagnation</c><00:31:59.400><c> is</c><00:31:59.599><c> death.</c><00:32:01.440><c> Growth</c><00:32:01.880><c> is</c><00:32:02.480><c> all</c><00:32:02.680><c> you</c><00:32:02.779><c> can</c>

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:07.500
offer<00:32:03.440><c> if</c><00:32:04.019><c> you</c><00:32:04.180><c> wish</c><00:32:04.319><c> to</c><00:32:04.859><c> bring</c><00:32:05.140><c> seed</c><00:32:05.640><c> to</c><00:32:06.519><c> the</c><00:32:06.700><c> father.</c>

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:14.980
And<00:32:08.720><c> then</c><00:32:08.740><c> there's</c><00:32:09.500><c> the</c><00:32:09.859><c> leaven.</c><00:32:11.720><c> Now</c><00:32:12.400><c> that</c><00:32:14.259><c> introduces</c><00:32:14.680><c> a</c>

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:18.799
difficulty<00:32:15.259><c> because</c><00:32:16.279><c> just</c><00:32:16.619><c> about</c><00:32:16.740><c> every</c><00:32:18.400><c> reference</c>

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:22.460
to<00:32:19.000><c> leaven</c><00:32:19.259><c> in</c><00:32:19.460><c> scriptures</c><00:32:19.759><c> is</c><00:32:20.059><c> to</c><00:32:20.220><c> something</c><00:32:20.480><c> which</c><00:32:20.980><c> is</c><00:32:21.180><c> evil.</c><00:32:22.200><c> But</c>

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:25.240
within<00:32:22.799><c> the</c><00:32:23.140><c> context</c><00:32:23.720><c> of</c><00:32:24.339><c> this</c><00:32:24.799><c> metaphor</c>

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:29.480
looked<00:32:25.619><c> at</c><00:32:26.180><c> in</c><00:32:27.079><c> this</c><00:32:27.380><c> way,</c><00:32:27.900><c> and</c><00:32:28.119><c> it's</c><00:32:28.279><c> something</c><00:32:28.500><c> which</c><00:32:28.680><c> we</c><00:32:29.059><c> need</c><00:32:29.259><c> to</c>

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:33.019
take<00:32:29.559><c> into</c><00:32:29.799><c> account,</c><00:32:31.019><c> the</c><00:32:31.180><c> leaven</c><00:32:31.880><c> has</c>

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:40.539
the<00:32:33.920><c> meaning</c><00:32:34.140><c> of</c><00:32:34.299><c> something</c><00:32:34.579><c> which</c><00:32:35.140><c> makes</c><00:32:35.880><c> things</c><00:32:36.420><c> grow.</c><00:32:37.859><c> It's</c><00:32:38.140><c> hidden.</c><00:32:39.519><c> It's</c><00:32:40.200><c> not</c>

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:42.559
seen,<00:32:41.380><c> and</c><00:32:41.579><c> yet</c><00:32:41.720><c> it</c><00:32:41.839><c> is</c><00:32:42.099><c> effective.</c>

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:48.400
It<00:32:43.220><c> affects</c><00:32:43.500><c> the</c><00:32:43.799><c> entire</c><00:32:44.160><c> thing.</c><00:32:45.619><c> It</c><00:32:45.740><c> works</c><00:32:46.920><c> underneath</c><00:32:47.900><c> there,</c><00:32:48.319><c> and</c>

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:51.680
suddenly<00:32:48.880><c> what</c><00:32:49.220><c> was</c><00:32:49.519><c> small</c><00:32:49.980><c> becomes</c><00:32:50.579><c> large.</c>

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:57.599
It's<00:32:51.980><c> another</c><00:32:52.380><c> description</c><00:32:53.099><c> of</c><00:32:53.880><c> the</c><00:32:54.140><c> growth.</c><00:32:57.000><c> And</c><00:32:57.180><c> it</c><00:32:57.319><c> grows,</c>

00:32:57.720 --> 00:33:00.720
one<00:32:57.900><c> notices,</c><00:32:59.079><c> until</c><00:32:59.680><c> heat</c><00:33:00.079><c> is</c><00:33:00.460><c> applied.</c>

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:05.240
What<00:33:01.220><c> stops</c><00:33:01.700><c> yeast</c><00:33:02.039><c> growing</c><00:33:02.420><c> is</c><00:33:02.599><c> when</c><00:33:02.960><c> you</c><00:33:03.240><c> put</c><00:33:03.359><c> it</c><00:33:03.480><c> in</c><00:33:03.559><c> the</c><00:33:03.720><c> oven.</c><00:33:05.160><c> If</c>

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:08.380
you<00:33:06.079><c> mix</c><00:33:06.559><c> yeast</c><00:33:07.099><c> into</c><00:33:07.420><c> flour</c>

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:11.480
and<00:33:08.880><c> put</c><00:33:09.059><c> it</c><00:33:09.200><c> straight</c><00:33:09.400><c> into</c><00:33:09.640><c> the</c><00:33:09.859><c> pan</c><00:33:10.299><c> and</c><00:33:11.019><c> put</c><00:33:11.160><c> it</c><00:33:11.319><c> straight</c>

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:13.740
into<00:33:11.680><c> the</c><00:33:11.839><c> oven,</c><00:33:12.579><c> you</c><00:33:12.799><c> won't</c><00:33:13.059><c> get</c><00:33:13.299><c> bread.</c>

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:20.220
You'll<00:33:14.380><c> get</c><00:33:14.500><c> a</c><00:33:14.660><c> rather</c><00:33:14.920><c> nasty</c><00:33:15.319><c> lump.</c><00:33:17.160><c> But</c><00:33:17.319><c> if</c><00:33:17.480><c> you</c><00:33:17.559><c> let</c><00:33:17.680><c> it</c><00:33:17.880><c> rise</c><00:33:18.579><c> until</c><00:33:19.339><c> it's</c><00:33:20.059><c> at</c>

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:21.680
the<00:33:20.359><c> right</c><00:33:20.599><c> size</c><00:33:21.059><c> and</c><00:33:21.259><c> then</c><00:33:21.480><c> you</c>

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:26.079
put<00:33:21.759><c> it</c><00:33:21.920><c> in</c><00:33:22.000><c> the</c><00:33:22.160><c> oven,</c><00:33:22.880><c> that's</c><00:33:23.200><c> when</c><00:33:23.640><c> the</c><00:33:23.940><c> heat</c><00:33:24.180><c> stops</c><00:33:24.559><c> it.</c><00:33:25.599><c> And</c><00:33:25.700><c> the</c><00:33:25.779><c> heat</c><00:33:25.880><c> of</c>

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:27.460
judgment<00:33:26.400><c> is</c><00:33:26.660><c> going</c><00:33:26.779><c> to</c><00:33:26.920><c> do</c><00:33:27.039><c> exactly</c>

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:33.420
that.<00:33:28.799><c> So</c><00:33:29.519><c> it's</c><00:33:29.960><c> another</c><00:33:30.259><c> parable</c><00:33:30.640><c> which</c><00:33:30.920><c> looks</c><00:33:31.319><c> ahead</c><00:33:31.839><c> to</c><00:33:32.380><c> judgment,</c><00:33:33.319><c> to</c>

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:37.019
the<00:33:33.619><c> testing</c><00:33:33.920><c> by</c><00:33:34.299><c> fire</c><00:33:34.680><c> of</c><00:33:35.859><c> what</c><00:33:36.160><c> has</c>

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:42.400
become.<00:33:38.900><c> So</c><00:33:39.119><c> it's</c><00:33:40.059><c> a</c><00:33:40.220><c> slightly</c><00:33:40.420><c> different</c><00:33:40.799><c> one</c><00:33:41.039><c> from</c><00:33:41.339><c> the</c><00:33:41.940><c> parable</c><00:33:42.200><c> of</c>

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:45.220
the<00:33:42.579><c> tares.</c><00:33:43.980><c> There's</c><00:33:44.380><c> to</c><00:33:44.579><c> be,</c><00:33:44.859><c> in</c><00:33:45.039><c> other</c>

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:48.099
words,<00:33:45.460><c> they</c><00:33:45.599><c> might</c><00:33:45.819><c> understand</c><00:33:46.359><c> no</c><00:33:46.940><c> sudden</c><00:33:47.339><c> manifestation</c>

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:51.700
at<00:33:48.359><c> this</c><00:33:48.599><c> stage,</c><00:33:49.259><c> but</c><00:33:49.480><c> patience</c><00:33:49.900><c> and</c><00:33:50.160><c> hope,</c><00:33:51.180><c> a</c><00:33:51.299><c> gradual</c>

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:59.680
growth.<00:33:53.720><c> The</c><00:33:53.920><c> kingdom</c><00:33:54.799><c> includes,</c><00:33:56.240><c> works</c><00:33:56.480><c> its</c><00:33:56.740><c> way</c><00:33:57.059><c> into</c><00:33:57.799><c> every</c><00:33:58.319><c> aspect</c><00:33:58.960><c> of</c>

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:01.140
that<00:33:59.980><c> world,</c>

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:07.160
ultimately<00:34:02.740><c> transforming</c><00:34:03.539><c> it</c><00:34:04.259><c> utterly.</c><00:34:05.180><c> But</c><00:34:05.559><c> it</c><00:34:06.180><c> has</c><00:34:06.460><c> to</c><00:34:06.680><c> do</c>

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:12.179
with<00:34:08.099><c> a</c><00:34:08.539><c> coming</c><00:34:08.760><c> out,</c><00:34:09.900><c> ultimately</c><00:34:10.539><c> in</c><00:34:11.619><c> the</c><00:34:11.820><c> heat</c><00:34:11.940><c> of</c>

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:19.800
judgment.<00:34:15.219><c> Then</c><00:34:15.480><c> there's</c><00:34:15.679><c> the</c><00:34:15.840><c> hidden</c><00:34:16.039><c> treasure.</c><00:34:17.579><c> The</c><00:34:17.800><c> kingdom</c><00:34:18.059><c> is</c><00:34:18.420><c> like</c><00:34:18.719><c> treasure</c><00:34:19.159><c> hidden</c><00:34:19.559><c> in</c>

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.739
a<00:34:19.940><c> field.</c>

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:23.599
And<00:34:21.420><c> when</c><00:34:21.599><c> we</c><00:34:21.780><c> think</c><00:34:21.900><c> of</c><00:34:22.079><c> this</c><00:34:22.440><c> parable,</c><00:34:22.800><c> and</c><00:34:23.059><c> I'm</c><00:34:23.320><c> not</c><00:34:23.460><c> going</c>

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:25.219
to<00:34:23.719><c> read</c><00:34:23.860><c> them</c><00:34:24.099><c> through</c><00:34:24.219><c> to</c><00:34:24.380><c> you</c><00:34:24.500><c> because</c><00:34:24.719><c> you</c>

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:28.719
you<00:34:25.320><c> know</c><00:34:25.420><c> them</c><00:34:25.599><c> so</c><00:34:25.920><c> well,</c><00:34:27.159><c> what</c><00:34:27.360><c> one</c><00:34:27.539><c> notices</c><00:34:27.940><c> about</c><00:34:28.320><c> this</c><00:34:28.599><c> is</c>

00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:31.739
that<00:34:28.900><c> there</c><00:34:29.139><c> is</c><00:34:29.300><c> an</c><00:34:29.639><c> accidental</c><00:34:30.260><c> finding</c><00:34:30.820><c> of</c>

00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:37.159
this<00:34:32.159><c> treasure.</c><00:34:34.059><c> And</c><00:34:34.559><c> once</c><00:34:34.820><c> it's</c><00:34:35.179><c> found,</c><00:34:35.639><c> one</c><00:34:35.840><c> notices</c><00:34:36.340><c> that</c>

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:42.360
the<00:34:37.900><c> man</c><00:34:38.380><c> leaves</c><00:34:39.739><c> everything,</c><00:34:40.400><c> doesn't</c><00:34:40.500><c> he?</c><00:34:41.840><c> He</c>

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:48.760
sells<00:34:42.860><c> everything</c><00:34:43.679><c> he</c><00:34:43.880><c> has</c><00:34:44.940><c> and</c><00:34:45.579><c> he</c><00:34:46.760><c> buys</c><00:34:47.059><c> that</c><00:34:47.440><c> field</c><00:34:47.780><c> where</c>

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:51.139
the<00:34:49.000><c> pearl</c><00:34:49.300><c> is</c><00:34:50.159><c> to</c><00:34:50.300><c> be</c><00:34:50.460><c> found,</c><00:34:50.579><c> the</c><00:34:50.699><c> treasure</c><00:34:50.940><c> is</c>

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:59.139
to<00:34:51.239><c> be</c><00:34:51.440><c> found.</c><00:34:53.579><c> And</c><00:34:54.059><c> the</c><00:34:54.840><c> idea</c><00:34:55.059><c> of</c><00:34:55.219><c> that</c><00:34:55.440><c> is</c><00:34:55.860><c> perhaps</c><00:34:56.880><c> the</c><00:34:57.699><c> sacrifice</c><00:34:58.159><c> that</c>

00:34:59.139 --> 00:35:00.980
we<00:34:59.280><c> have</c><00:34:59.460><c> to</c><00:34:59.619><c> make</c><00:34:59.820><c> for</c><00:35:00.360><c> the</c><00:35:00.719><c> treasure</c>

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:05.119
of<00:35:01.239><c> God.</c><00:35:02.480><c> And</c><00:35:02.719><c> we</c><00:35:02.840><c> think</c><00:35:02.980><c> of</c><00:35:03.099><c> it</c><00:35:03.219><c> as</c><00:35:03.360><c> a</c><00:35:03.539><c> sacrifice,</c><00:35:04.719><c> but</c><00:35:04.880><c> really</c>

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:10.380
we<00:35:05.239><c> ought</c><00:35:05.360><c> to</c><00:35:05.480><c> put</c><00:35:05.639><c> inverted</c><00:35:05.980><c> commas</c><00:35:06.320><c> around</c><00:35:06.619><c> the</c>

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:14.139
things<00:35:10.940><c> that</c><00:35:11.400><c> we</c><00:35:11.920><c> have</c><00:35:12.159><c> so</c><00:35:12.440><c> carefully</c><00:35:12.860><c> gathered,</c><00:35:13.619><c> that</c><00:35:13.719><c> we</c><00:35:13.940><c> so</c>

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:17.039
carefully<00:35:14.519><c> use</c><00:35:14.940><c> to</c><00:35:15.239><c> shield</c><00:35:15.500><c> us</c><00:35:16.159><c> from</c>

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:20.900
the<00:35:18.179><c> difficulties</c><00:35:18.679><c> of</c><00:35:18.900><c> the</c><00:35:19.059><c> world.</c><00:35:20.000><c> They're</c><00:35:20.340><c> worth</c><00:35:20.420><c> nothing</c>

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:24.039
in<00:35:21.599><c> comparison</c><00:35:22.079><c> with</c><00:35:22.980><c> the</c><00:35:23.239><c> treasure</c><00:35:23.500><c> of</c><00:35:23.780><c> God.</c>

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:30.340
So<00:35:24.619><c> there</c><00:35:24.820><c> it</c><00:35:25.039><c> is.</c><00:35:26.119><c> It's</c><00:35:26.719><c> everywhere</c><00:35:27.219><c> for</c><00:35:27.699><c> finding,</c><00:35:28.920><c> if</c><00:35:29.360><c> we</c><00:35:29.840><c> want</c><00:35:30.079><c> to</c>

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:34.619
find<00:35:30.559><c> it.</c><00:35:32.079><c> And</c><00:35:32.340><c> again,</c><00:35:33.619><c> the</c><00:35:33.719><c> idea</c><00:35:34.000><c> of</c><00:35:34.320><c> seeking</c>

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:39.119
is<00:35:34.960><c> one</c><00:35:35.159><c> of</c><00:35:35.320><c> those</c><00:35:36.300><c> cardinal</c><00:35:36.920><c> ideas</c><00:35:37.420><c> in</c><00:35:37.719><c> this</c><00:35:37.980><c> whole</c><00:35:38.699><c> series</c>

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:42.139
of<00:35:39.579><c> parables.</c><00:35:40.699><c> It</c><00:35:40.940><c> always</c><00:35:41.239><c> comes</c><00:35:41.519><c> back</c><00:35:41.820><c> to</c><00:35:41.980><c> the</c>

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:46.980
seeking<00:35:42.400><c> heart.</c><00:35:44.199><c> The</c><00:35:44.400><c> truth</c><00:35:44.579><c> depends</c><00:35:45.079><c> so</c><00:35:45.440><c> much</c><00:35:45.940><c> upon</c><00:35:46.260><c> how</c><00:35:46.539><c> much</c><00:35:46.719><c> we</c>

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:49.920
want<00:35:47.659><c> that</c><00:35:48.059><c> truth.</c><00:35:48.900><c> If</c><00:35:49.139><c> we</c><00:35:49.300><c> don't</c><00:35:49.579><c> want</c><00:35:49.780><c> it,</c>

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:57.039
we<00:35:50.039><c> won't</c><00:35:50.320><c> find</c><00:35:50.659><c> it.</c><00:35:52.280><c> And</c><00:35:52.539><c> it's</c><00:35:52.699><c> interesting</c><00:35:53.139><c> that</c><00:35:53.539><c> in</c><00:35:53.739><c> the</c><00:35:54.139><c> next</c><00:35:54.500><c> parable,</c><00:35:55.800><c> you</c><00:35:56.079><c> have</c><00:35:56.260><c> the</c><00:35:56.460><c> results</c><00:35:56.820><c> of</c>

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.559
the<00:35:57.219><c> search,</c>

00:35:57.780 --> 00:36:01.920
but<00:35:58.019><c> in</c><00:35:58.139><c> this</c><00:35:58.360><c> case,</c><00:35:59.000><c> this</c><00:35:59.320><c> is</c><00:35:59.760><c> not</c><00:35:59.960><c> just</c><00:36:00.199><c> an</c><00:36:00.480><c> accidental</c><00:36:01.019><c> finding,</c><00:36:01.719><c> but</c>

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:04.119
it's<00:36:02.380><c> of</c><00:36:02.559><c> a</c><00:36:02.699><c> man,</c><00:36:03.320><c> if</c><00:36:03.559><c> you</c><00:36:03.699><c> think</c><00:36:03.840><c> of</c><00:36:03.940><c> the</c>

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:10.659
merchant<00:36:04.519><c> who</c><00:36:05.039><c> looks</c><00:36:05.360><c> for</c><00:36:05.679><c> fine</c><00:36:05.960><c> pearls,</c><00:36:07.099><c> he</c><00:36:07.400><c> is</c><00:36:07.820><c> a</c><00:36:08.000><c> connoisseur.</c><00:36:09.239><c> He's</c><00:36:09.619><c> a</c><00:36:09.739><c> man</c><00:36:09.940><c> who</c><00:36:10.159><c> knows</c><00:36:10.420><c> a</c>

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:10.960
pearl<00:36:10.780><c> when</c>

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:16.280
he<00:36:11.199><c> sees</c><00:36:11.400><c> it.</c><00:36:12.139><c> And</c><00:36:12.400><c> he's</c><00:36:13.019><c> looked</c><00:36:13.199><c> at</c><00:36:13.380><c> all</c><00:36:13.559><c> sorts</c><00:36:13.860><c> of</c><00:36:14.119><c> pearls.</c><00:36:15.300><c> He</c><00:36:15.639><c> has</c><00:36:16.059><c> a</c>

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:18.880
knowledge<00:36:16.519><c> of</c><00:36:16.679><c> them.</c><00:36:18.059><c> And</c><00:36:18.340><c> so</c><00:36:18.460><c> when</c><00:36:18.679><c> he</c>

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:23.659
comes<00:36:19.139><c> across</c><00:36:20.139><c> the</c><00:36:20.800><c> ultimate</c><00:36:21.300><c> pearl,</c><00:36:22.860><c> his</c><00:36:23.039><c> discrimination</c>

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:27.800
allows<00:36:24.019><c> him</c><00:36:24.559><c> to</c><00:36:24.960><c> understand</c><00:36:25.340><c> it</c><00:36:25.539><c> and</c><00:36:25.679><c> see</c><00:36:25.880><c> it</c><00:36:26.739><c> and</c>

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:33.079
sacrifice<00:36:28.599><c> again</c><00:36:29.119><c> all</c><00:36:29.559><c> for</c><00:36:29.820><c> it.</c><00:36:30.960><c> We</c><00:36:31.400><c> have</c><00:36:31.619><c> to</c><00:36:31.840><c> choose</c><00:36:32.519><c> between</c>

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:36.260
that<00:36:33.519><c> pearl</c><00:36:33.820><c> and</c><00:36:34.599><c> others</c><00:36:35.000><c> once</c><00:36:35.440><c> again.</c>

00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:46.039
We<00:36:40.380><c> now</c><00:36:40.679><c> move</c><00:36:41.000><c> to</c><00:36:41.500><c> the</c><00:36:41.699><c> next</c><00:36:41.920><c> one</c><00:36:42.239><c> of</c><00:36:43.380><c> the</c><00:36:43.460><c> of</c><00:36:43.460><c> the</c><00:36:43.599><c> in</c><00:36:43.820><c>-gathering</c><00:36:44.539><c> parables,</c><00:36:45.360><c> the</c><00:36:45.559><c> net</c>

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.960
let<00:36:46.380><c> down</c>

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:49.780
into<00:36:47.420><c> the</c><00:36:47.639><c> water.</c><00:36:48.159><c> And</c><00:36:48.280><c> one</c><00:36:48.400><c> notices</c><00:36:48.780><c> in</c><00:36:48.980><c> that</c><00:36:49.199><c> one</c><00:36:49.380><c> that</c><00:36:49.539><c> it</c>

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:51.340
gathers<00:36:50.059><c> all</c><00:36:50.500><c> kinds</c><00:36:50.800><c> of</c><00:36:51.039><c> fish,</c>

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:56.340
and<00:36:51.739><c> it</c><00:36:51.860><c> is</c><00:36:52.119><c> absolutely</c><00:36:52.760><c> full.</c><00:36:53.619><c> So</c><00:36:54.219><c> it</c><00:36:54.780><c> refers</c><00:36:55.119><c> obviously</c><00:36:55.599><c> to</c>

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:57.650
the<00:36:56.579><c> time</c><00:36:56.780><c> of</c><00:36:56.960><c> the</c><00:36:57.099><c> end</c><00:36:57.320><c> when</c>

00:36:58.019 --> 00:37:02.820
all<00:36:58.539><c> are</c><00:36:58.820><c> caught</c><00:36:59.059><c> up</c><00:36:59.340><c> into</c><00:36:59.599><c> the</c><00:36:59.719><c> net</c><00:36:59.840><c> of</c><00:37:00.559><c> judgment.</c><00:37:01.940><c> And</c><00:37:02.599><c> there</c>

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:06.260
again,<00:37:03.400><c> there</c><00:37:03.579><c> is</c><00:37:03.820><c> the</c><00:37:04.059><c> careful</c><00:37:04.679><c> sorting</c><00:37:05.139><c> process.</c>

00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:10.480
The<00:37:06.460><c> good</c><00:37:06.619><c> are</c><00:37:06.960><c> collected</c><00:37:07.239><c> into</c><00:37:07.519><c> baskets,</c><00:37:08.780><c> like</c><00:37:08.920><c> those</c><00:37:09.239><c> remnants</c><00:37:09.579><c> gathered</c><00:37:09.920><c> together</c><00:37:10.340><c> in</c>

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:12.000
the<00:37:10.659><c> baskets</c><00:37:11.159><c> for</c>

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:19.579
after<00:37:13.159><c> the</c><00:37:13.500><c> feeding</c><00:37:13.699><c> of</c><00:37:13.900><c> the</c><00:37:14.119><c> 5</c><00:37:14.360><c>,000.</c><00:37:16.300><c> And</c><00:37:16.780><c> the</c><00:37:17.280><c> bad</c><00:37:17.599><c> are</c><00:37:18.320><c> thrown</c><00:37:18.619><c> away.</c>

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:22.099
And<00:37:21.159><c> there's</c><00:37:21.280><c> work</c><00:37:21.500><c> for</c><00:37:21.679><c> the</c><00:37:21.900><c> angels,</c>

00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:28.599
isn't<00:37:22.380><c> there?</c><00:37:22.619><c> And</c><00:37:22.760><c> sorting</c><00:37:22.920><c> out</c><00:37:23.239><c> this</c><00:37:24.400><c> rather</c><00:37:25.460><c> mixed</c><00:37:27.579><c> batch,</c>

00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:31.199
catch<00:37:29.320><c> rather,</c><00:37:30.039><c> of</c><00:37:30.239><c> fish.</c><00:37:30.719><c> I'm</c><00:37:30.860><c> getting</c><00:37:30.980><c> mixed</c>

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:34.739
up<00:37:31.360><c> between</c><00:37:31.820><c> bread</c><00:37:32.119><c> and</c><00:37:32.280><c> fish,</c><00:37:32.559><c> aren't</c><00:37:32.760><c> I?</c><00:37:33.900><c> Mixed</c><00:37:34.340><c> catch</c><00:37:34.500><c> of</c>

00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:39.900
fish.<00:37:37.219><c> Then</c><00:37:37.599><c> there's</c><00:37:38.260><c> the</c><00:37:38.900><c> parable</c><00:37:39.119><c> of</c><00:37:39.280><c> the</c><00:37:39.519><c> unjust</c>

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:44.659
servant.<00:37:40.880><c> And</c><00:37:41.079><c> let's</c><00:37:41.920><c> turn</c><00:37:42.480><c> ahead</c><00:37:42.920><c> to</c><00:37:43.119><c> that.</c><00:37:43.760><c> That's</c><00:37:44.320><c> Matthew</c>

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:47.519
chapter<00:37:44.980><c> 18</c><00:37:45.699><c> and</c><00:37:46.280><c> verse</c><00:37:46.500><c> 23.</c>

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:58.920
I<00:37:56.880><c> see</c><00:37:57.019><c> I</c><00:37:57.179><c> shall</c><00:37:57.360><c> have</c><00:37:57.460><c> to</c><00:37:57.619><c> be</c><00:37:57.860><c> extremely</c><00:37:58.260><c> brisk</c><00:37:58.579><c> over</c><00:37:58.780><c> the</c>

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.900
next<00:37:59.179><c> few.</c>

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:04.239
And<00:38:01.360><c> the</c><00:38:01.519><c> context</c><00:38:01.800><c> of</c><00:38:02.000><c> this</c><00:38:02.179><c> has</c><00:38:02.480><c> to</c><00:38:02.679><c> do</c><00:38:02.960><c> with</c><00:38:03.280><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:07.960
And<00:38:05.559><c> it,</c><00:38:06.320><c> if</c><00:38:06.500><c> one</c><00:38:06.880><c> places</c><00:38:07.139><c> it</c><00:38:07.420><c> in</c>

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:12.059
context<00:38:08.440><c> of</c><00:38:08.599><c> the</c><00:38:08.739><c> chapter</c><00:38:09.019><c> as</c><00:38:09.420><c> a</c><00:38:09.639><c> whole,</c><00:38:10.340><c> there</c><00:38:10.500><c> is</c><00:38:10.699><c> the</c><00:38:11.400><c> battle</c><00:38:11.679><c> about</c>

00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:13.539
the<00:38:12.519><c> greatest</c><00:38:12.840><c> of</c><00:38:13.019><c> the</c><00:38:13.159><c> kingdom</c>

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:17.360
and<00:38:13.760><c> the</c><00:38:13.880><c> kingdom</c><00:38:14.119><c> of</c><00:38:14.340><c> heaven,</c><00:38:16.360><c> the</c><00:38:16.599><c> parable</c><00:38:16.840><c> of</c><00:38:17.000><c> the</c><00:38:17.119><c> lost</c>

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:26.380
sheep,<00:38:18.280><c> and</c><00:38:19.179><c> then</c><00:38:19.920><c> the</c><00:38:21.599><c> question</c><00:38:22.179><c> which</c><00:38:23.500><c> Peter</c><00:38:23.960><c> asks.</c>

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:36.039
And<00:38:28.139><c> the</c><00:38:28.420><c> answer</c><00:38:28.940><c> which</c><00:38:29.480><c> follows</c><00:38:29.900><c> is</c><00:38:30.820><c> in</c><00:38:31.019><c> verse</c><00:38:31.440><c> 21.</c><00:38:35.000><c> After</c><00:38:35.159><c> Peter's</c><00:38:35.539><c> question,</c><00:38:35.980><c> or</c>

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.860
rather<00:38:36.320><c> Peter's</c><00:38:36.599><c> question</c>

00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:39.860
in<00:38:37.179><c> verse</c><00:38:37.179><c> 21,</c><00:38:37.679><c> Peter</c><00:38:37.880><c> came</c><00:38:38.099><c> to</c><00:38:38.260><c> Jesus</c><00:38:38.579><c> and</c><00:38:38.739><c> asked,</c><00:38:39.340><c> Lord,</c><00:38:39.719><c> how</c>

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:41.539
many<00:38:40.139><c> times</c><00:38:40.440><c> shall</c><00:38:40.639><c> I</c><00:38:40.780><c> forgive</c><00:38:40.980><c> my</c><00:38:41.260><c> brother</c>

00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:45.019
when<00:38:41.920><c> he</c><00:38:42.099><c> sins</c><00:38:42.320><c> against</c><00:38:42.679><c> me?</c><00:38:42.860><c> Up</c><00:38:43.019><c> to</c><00:38:43.219><c> seven</c><00:38:43.460><c> times?</c><00:38:44.659><c> And</c><00:38:44.800><c> Jesus</c>

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:47.239
answers,<00:38:45.840><c> I</c><00:38:45.960><c> tell</c><00:38:46.139><c> you</c><00:38:46.280><c> not</c><00:38:46.500><c> seven</c><00:38:46.860><c> times,</c>

00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:51.260
but<00:38:47.579><c> seventy</c><00:38:48.000><c>-seven</c><00:38:48.199><c> times.</c><00:38:50.179><c> Which</c><00:38:50.440><c> obviously</c><00:38:50.699><c> doesn't</c><00:38:50.940><c> mean</c>

00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:53.880
seventy<00:38:51.679><c>-seven.</c><00:38:52.460><c> I</c><00:38:52.659><c> suppose</c><00:38:53.000><c> if</c><00:38:53.179><c> you</c><00:38:53.400><c> were</c>

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:57.800
an<00:38:54.219><c> absolute</c><00:38:54.579><c> in</c><00:38:55.159><c> the</c><00:38:55.360><c> Pharisaical</c><00:38:55.900><c> method,</c><00:38:56.639><c> you'd</c><00:38:57.219><c> sit</c><00:38:57.559><c> down</c>

00:38:57.800 --> 00:38:59.579
with<00:38:57.920><c> your</c><00:38:58.059><c> notebook</c><00:38:58.420><c> and</c><00:38:58.659><c> say,</c><00:38:59.579><c> right,</c>

00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:04.139
one,<00:39:01.400><c> two.</c><00:39:02.500><c> When</c><00:39:02.679><c> you</c><00:39:02.800><c> got</c><00:39:02.940><c> to</c><00:39:03.139><c> seventy</c><00:39:03.460><c>-six,</c><00:39:03.679><c> you'd</c><00:39:03.840><c> have</c><00:39:03.960><c> to</c>

00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:07.139
say,<00:39:04.780><c> watch</c><00:39:05.019><c> it,</c><00:39:05.760><c> you've</c><00:39:06.019><c> got</c><00:39:06.199><c> one</c><00:39:06.480><c> more</c><00:39:06.780><c> chance</c>

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:11.739
of<00:39:07.400><c> forgiveness.</c><00:39:07.820><c> And</c><00:39:07.980><c> after</c><00:39:08.260><c> that,</c><00:39:09.000><c> I'm</c><00:39:09.280><c> finished.</c><00:39:11.219><c> After</c>

00:39:11.739 --> 00:39:14.559
the<00:39:12.000><c> seventy</c><00:39:12.300><c>-seventh,</c><00:39:13.599><c> the</c><00:39:13.679><c> Lord</c><00:39:13.800><c> means</c>

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:21.840
what?<00:39:18.699><c> Onwards</c><00:39:18.940><c> and</c><00:39:19.119><c> onwards,</c><00:39:19.579><c> doesn't</c><00:39:19.659><c> he?</c><00:39:20.820><c> Necessarily.</c>

00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:24.980
So<00:39:22.719><c> therefore,</c><00:39:23.659><c> he</c><00:39:23.960><c> says,</c><00:39:24.400><c> therefore,</c>

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:27.380
the<00:39:25.260><c> kingdom</c><00:39:25.559><c> of</c><00:39:25.739><c> heaven</c><00:39:25.920><c> is</c><00:39:26.139><c> like</c><00:39:26.360><c> a</c><00:39:26.559><c> king</c><00:39:26.679><c> who</c><00:39:26.900><c> wanted</c><00:39:27.079><c> to</c>

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:28.699
settle<00:39:27.539><c> accounts</c><00:39:27.880><c> with</c><00:39:28.099><c> his</c><00:39:28.340><c> servants.</c>

00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:32.579
And<00:39:29.139><c> we</c><00:39:29.260><c> know</c><00:39:29.659><c> the</c><00:39:30.000><c> story.</c><00:39:30.559><c> The</c><00:39:30.760><c> servant</c><00:39:31.000><c> with</c><00:39:31.440><c> the</c><00:39:31.800><c> huge</c><00:39:32.179><c> debt</c>

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:35.639
which<00:39:33.099><c> he</c><00:39:33.199><c> had</c><00:39:33.360><c> to,</c><00:39:33.599><c> he</c><00:39:33.780><c> could</c><00:39:34.019><c> not</c><00:39:34.260><c> repay.</c><00:39:35.199><c> The</c>

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:41.199
threat<00:39:35.960><c> of</c><00:39:37.039><c> enslavement</c><00:39:37.960><c> for</c><00:39:38.320><c> his</c><00:39:39.420><c> family</c><00:39:39.900><c> to</c><00:39:40.579><c> at</c><00:39:40.719><c> least</c><00:39:40.960><c> make</c>

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:45.860
up<00:39:41.420><c> some</c><00:39:41.659><c> part</c><00:39:41.920><c> of</c><00:39:42.039><c> it.</c><00:39:42.719><c> And</c><00:39:42.860><c> yet</c><00:39:43.559><c> the</c><00:39:44.760><c> king</c><00:39:45.119><c> cancels</c>

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:54.119
the<00:39:46.139><c> debt.</c><00:39:46.659><c> He</c><00:39:46.880><c> forgives</c><00:39:47.679><c> absolutely</c><00:39:48.519><c> the</c><00:39:49.360><c> debt.</c><00:39:50.760><c> And</c><00:39:51.079><c> the</c><00:39:51.280><c> servant</c><00:39:51.780><c> doesn't</c><00:39:52.699><c> forgive.</c><00:39:53.800><c> And</c><00:39:54.000><c> as</c>

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:54.840
soon<00:39:54.239><c> as</c><00:39:54.400><c> the</c><00:39:54.519><c> king</c>

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:58.639
hears<00:39:55.159><c> that</c><00:39:55.380><c> the</c><00:39:55.559><c> servant</c><00:39:55.780><c> doesn't</c><00:39:56.159><c> forgive,</c><00:39:57.000><c> so</c><00:39:57.480><c> that</c><00:39:58.039><c> forgiveness</c><00:39:58.420><c> which</c>

00:39:58.639 --> 00:40:00.800
was<00:39:58.880><c> offered</c><00:39:59.239><c> is</c><00:39:59.760><c> withdrawn.</c>

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:04.920
And<00:40:01.639><c> it</c><00:40:01.800><c> is</c><00:40:02.340><c> a</c><00:40:02.480><c> telling</c><00:40:02.719><c> parable.</c><00:40:03.659><c> And</c><00:40:03.860><c> this</c><00:40:04.059><c> one</c><00:40:04.199><c> needs</c><00:40:04.440><c> some</c>

00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:07.840
thought,<00:40:05.480><c> how</c><00:40:05.739><c> it</c><00:40:05.960><c> is</c><00:40:06.139><c> a</c><00:40:06.360><c> parable</c><00:40:06.599><c> of</c><00:40:06.820><c> the</c><00:40:07.000><c> kingdom.</c>

00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:10.760
And<00:40:08.260><c> I</c><00:40:08.380><c> think</c><00:40:08.639><c> as</c><00:40:08.940><c> soon</c><00:40:09.019><c> as</c><00:40:09.139><c> you</c><00:40:09.300><c> begin</c><00:40:09.500><c> to</c><00:40:10.039><c> work</c><00:40:10.300><c> on</c><00:40:10.460><c> it,</c><00:40:10.599><c> you</c>

00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:14.900
see<00:40:10.940><c> how</c><00:40:11.159><c> it</c><00:40:11.440><c> does</c><00:40:11.980><c> speak</c><00:40:12.539><c> very</c><00:40:13.099><c> clearly</c><00:40:13.480><c> of</c><00:40:14.420><c> one</c><00:40:14.760><c> of</c>

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:17.059
the<00:40:15.059><c> things</c><00:40:15.219><c> that</c><00:40:15.380><c> we</c><00:40:15.619><c> need</c><00:40:15.719><c> to</c><00:40:15.920><c> get</c><00:40:16.139><c> thoroughly</c><00:40:16.519><c> straight</c><00:40:16.840><c> in</c>

00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:21.800
our<00:40:17.280><c> minds</c><00:40:17.739><c> about</c><00:40:19.199><c> our</c><00:40:20.480><c> wish</c><00:40:20.760><c> to</c><00:40:21.019><c> be</c><00:40:21.219><c> in</c><00:40:21.400><c> the</c><00:40:21.559><c> kingdom</c>

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:27.679
of<00:40:21.900><c> God.</c><00:40:22.420><c> It</c><00:40:22.599><c> involves</c><00:40:23.099><c> our</c><00:40:23.860><c> ability</c><00:40:24.360><c> to</c><00:40:25.079><c> forgive.</c><00:40:26.260><c> And</c><00:40:26.420><c> if</c><00:40:26.519><c> one</c><00:40:26.719><c> thinks</c><00:40:27.159><c> of</c>

00:40:27.679 --> 00:40:30.500
this<00:40:27.900><c> principle</c><00:40:28.420><c> in</c><00:40:28.940><c> terms</c><00:40:29.199><c> of</c><00:40:29.500><c> ourselves,</c>

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:34.619
in<00:40:31.059><c> terms</c><00:40:31.300><c> of</c><00:40:31.539><c> judgment,</c><00:40:32.800><c> what</c><00:40:32.980><c> we</c><00:40:33.219><c> have</c><00:40:33.380><c> done</c><00:40:33.599><c> with</c><00:40:33.840><c> our</c><00:40:34.119><c> time,</c><00:40:34.460><c> what</c>

00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:37.119
we<00:40:34.760><c> have</c><00:40:35.000><c> done</c><00:40:35.219><c> with</c><00:40:35.719><c> what</c><00:40:35.940><c> God</c><00:40:36.139><c> has</c><00:40:36.400><c> given</c><00:40:36.539><c> us,</c>

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:42.599
if<00:40:38.119><c> God's</c><00:40:38.599><c> judgment</c><00:40:38.900><c> was</c><00:40:39.119><c> to</c><00:40:39.239><c> be</c><00:40:39.480><c> absolute,</c><00:40:41.199><c> well,</c><00:40:42.039><c> there</c><00:40:42.219><c> would</c><00:40:42.400><c> be</c>

00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:45.880
no<00:40:42.780><c> hope.</c><00:40:44.539><c> We</c><00:40:44.920><c> can</c><00:40:45.119><c> only</c>

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:56.679
pray<00:40:46.599><c> for</c><00:40:46.760><c> his</c><00:40:47.000><c> grace</c><00:40:47.280><c> and</c><00:40:47.480><c> his</c><00:40:47.699><c> mercy.</c><00:40:49.639><c> But</c><00:40:50.280><c> it's</c><00:40:55.280><c> a</c><00:40:55.360><c> salutary</c><00:40:55.860><c> thought</c>

00:40:58.119 --> 00:41:03.599
to<00:40:58.760><c> weed</c><00:40:59.039><c> out</c><00:40:59.239><c> of</c><00:40:59.380><c> our</c><00:40:59.579><c> hearts</c><00:41:00.099><c> the</c><00:41:00.739><c> bad</c><00:41:01.059><c> seed</c><00:41:01.539><c> of</c><00:41:02.579><c> resentment,</c>

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:06.539
of<00:41:04.880><c> holding</c><00:41:05.719><c> back.</c>

00:41:07.719 --> 00:41:11.599
Forgiving<00:41:08.039><c> is</c><00:41:08.260><c> difficult.</c><00:41:09.860><c> I</c><00:41:09.960><c> think</c><00:41:10.119><c> we'll</c><00:41:10.260><c> come</c><00:41:10.440><c> back</c><00:41:10.619><c> to</c><00:41:10.719><c> that</c><00:41:11.360><c> at</c>

00:41:11.599 --> 00:41:14.699
another<00:41:11.780><c> time.</c><00:41:12.659><c> But</c><00:41:13.119><c> when</c><00:41:13.420><c> we</c><00:41:13.659><c> consider</c>

00:41:14.820 --> 00:41:19.699
the<00:41:15.119><c> gap</c><00:41:15.539><c> between</c><00:41:16.460><c> even</c><00:41:17.099><c> the</c><00:41:17.500><c> worst</c><00:41:17.800><c> things</c><00:41:18.320><c> that</c><00:41:18.519><c> we</c><00:41:18.719><c> are</c><00:41:18.980><c> called</c><00:41:19.139><c> upon</c><00:41:19.440><c> to</c>

00:41:19.699 --> 00:41:21.980
forgive<00:41:20.139><c> and</c><00:41:20.840><c> the</c><00:41:21.019><c> forgiveness</c><00:41:21.300><c> of</c><00:41:21.559><c> God</c>

00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:28.000
of<00:41:22.360><c> ourselves,</c><00:41:23.820><c> we</c><00:41:24.300><c> should</c><00:41:24.579><c> be</c><00:41:25.840><c> perhaps</c><00:41:26.139><c> humbled</c><00:41:26.659><c> if</c><00:41:27.659><c> we</c><00:41:27.840><c> are</c>

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:30.300
ever<00:41:28.179><c> high</c><00:41:28.440><c>-minded</c><00:41:28.860><c> about</c><00:41:29.539><c> who</c><00:41:29.780><c> we</c><00:41:30.119><c> are</c>

00:41:30.300 --> 00:41:33.980
and<00:41:30.400><c> what</c><00:41:30.579><c> our</c><00:41:30.840><c> rights</c><00:41:31.159><c> are.</c><00:41:32.780><c> This</c><00:41:32.980><c> has</c><00:41:33.139><c> got</c><00:41:33.260><c> nothing</c><00:41:33.480><c> to</c><00:41:33.719><c> do,</c>

00:41:33.980 --> 00:41:37.800
obviously,<00:41:35.159><c> with</c><00:41:35.559><c> matters</c><00:41:36.079><c> within</c><00:41:37.000><c> an</c><00:41:37.239><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:41.780
but<00:41:38.320><c> with</c><00:41:38.559><c> those</c><00:41:38.820><c> things</c><00:41:39.099><c> which</c><00:41:39.699><c> affect</c><00:41:40.079><c> us,</c><00:41:41.119><c> what</c><00:41:41.360><c> is</c><00:41:41.579><c> done</c>

00:41:41.780 --> 00:41:43.900
to<00:41:42.019><c> us</c><00:41:42.579><c> as</c><00:41:42.820><c> individuals.</c>

00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:57.829
But<00:41:47.139><c> in</c><00:41:47.519><c> the</c><00:41:47.699><c> ecclesial</c><00:41:48.340><c> life,</c><00:41:49.699><c> we</c><00:41:51.559><c> need</c><00:41:51.980><c> to</c><00:41:52.300><c> work</c><00:41:52.579><c> hard</c><00:41:53.300><c> and</c><00:41:53.739><c> to</c><00:41:53.880><c> be</c><00:41:54.079><c> alert</c><00:41:54.559><c> if</c><00:41:55.679><c> we</c><00:41:55.900><c> are</c><00:41:56.119><c> going</c><00:41:56.460><c> to</c><00:41:56.760><c> have</c><00:41:56.920><c> a</c><00:41:57.039><c> healthy</c>

00:41:58.079 --> 00:42:02.880
relationship<00:41:58.659><c> with</c><00:41:58.920><c> those</c><00:41:59.179><c> about</c><00:41:59.480><c> us.</c><00:42:01.639><c> And</c><00:42:01.920><c> in</c><00:42:02.139><c> a</c><00:42:02.199><c> sense,</c><00:42:02.599><c> brothers</c><00:42:02.760><c> and</c>

00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:05.579
sisters,<00:42:04.380><c> don't</c><00:42:04.559><c> many</c><00:42:04.880><c> of</c><00:42:05.059><c> the</c><00:42:05.260><c> troubles</c>

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:10.300
which<00:42:05.840><c> assail</c><00:42:06.239><c> us</c><00:42:06.420><c> in</c><00:42:06.619><c> our</c><00:42:06.780><c> ecclesias,</c><00:42:07.920><c> and</c><00:42:08.000><c> let's</c><00:42:08.260><c> be</c><00:42:08.500><c> honest,</c><00:42:09.300><c> I</c><00:42:09.460><c> don't</c><00:42:09.760><c> think</c><00:42:09.960><c> there</c><00:42:10.099><c> is</c>

00:42:10.300 --> 00:42:10.800
an<00:42:10.440><c> ecclesia</c>

00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:16.500
anywhere<00:42:11.260><c> which</c><00:42:11.559><c> hasn't</c><00:42:12.559><c> some</c><00:42:13.460><c> skeleton</c><00:42:14.199><c> or</c><00:42:14.860><c> part</c><00:42:15.159><c> of</c><00:42:15.280><c> a</c><00:42:15.460><c> skeleton,</c><00:42:15.900><c> perhaps</c><00:42:16.280><c> a</c>

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:17.780
rather<00:42:16.739><c> bony</c><00:42:17.059><c> finger</c><00:42:17.380><c> lying</c>

00:42:17.780 --> 00:42:22.179
in<00:42:18.360><c> the</c><00:42:18.460><c> bottom</c><00:42:18.599><c> of</c><00:42:18.760><c> the</c><00:42:18.940><c> cupboard,</c><00:42:19.539><c> but</c><00:42:19.699><c> somewhere.</c><00:42:21.739><c> And</c><00:42:22.019><c> it</c>

00:42:22.179 --> 00:42:24.780
all<00:42:22.360><c> depends</c><00:42:22.860><c> upon</c><00:42:23.260><c> how</c><00:42:23.699><c> much</c><00:42:24.019><c> each</c><00:42:24.440><c> one</c><00:42:24.659><c> of</c>

00:42:24.780 --> 00:42:28.760
us<00:42:25.000><c> individually</c><00:42:25.559><c> is</c><00:42:25.860><c> prepared</c><00:42:26.179><c> to</c><00:42:26.440><c> put</c><00:42:26.579><c> into</c><00:42:27.559><c> that</c><00:42:27.960><c> life</c><00:42:28.420><c> of</c>

00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:32.000
the<00:42:28.960><c> ecclesia.</c><00:42:30.159><c> It's</c><00:42:30.500><c> no</c><00:42:30.699><c> good</c><00:42:30.840><c> leaving</c><00:42:31.119><c> it</c><00:42:31.460><c> to</c>

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:35.059
the<00:42:32.239><c> arranging</c><00:42:32.679><c> brethren.</c><00:42:33.880><c> Obviously,</c><00:42:34.440><c> you</c><00:42:34.519><c> have</c><00:42:34.739><c> to</c><00:42:34.920><c> leave</c>

00:42:35.059 --> 00:42:37.079
it<00:42:35.320><c> to</c><00:42:35.440><c> them</c><00:42:35.659><c> in</c><00:42:35.840><c> the</c><00:42:36.000><c> sense</c><00:42:36.179><c> that</c><00:42:36.340><c> they</c><00:42:36.519><c> are</c><00:42:36.800><c> there</c>

00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:41.659
in<00:42:38.119><c> exercising</c><00:42:38.599><c> the</c><00:42:39.000><c> authority</c><00:42:39.340><c> which</c><00:42:39.519><c> has</c><00:42:39.679><c> been</c><00:42:39.940><c> placed</c><00:42:40.179><c> upon</c><00:42:40.460><c> them.</c><00:42:41.440><c> But</c>

00:42:41.659 --> 00:42:43.739
the<00:42:41.980><c> responsibility</c><00:42:42.739><c> for</c><00:42:43.079><c> relationships</c>

00:42:43.739 --> 00:42:48.659
is<00:42:44.639><c> equally</c><00:42:45.019><c> upon</c><00:42:45.380><c> every</c><00:42:45.780><c> one.</c><00:42:47.539><c> And</c><00:42:47.840><c> if</c><00:42:47.920><c> you</c><00:42:48.119><c> start</c><00:42:48.340><c> getting</c>

00:42:48.659 --> 00:42:50.559
huffy<00:42:48.940><c> and</c><00:42:49.199><c> moving</c><00:42:49.460><c> away</c><00:42:49.840><c> because</c><00:42:50.199><c> somebody</c>

00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:53.739
has<00:42:50.820><c> said</c><00:42:50.980><c> something</c><00:42:51.300><c> or</c><00:42:51.480><c> whatever,</c><00:42:52.820><c> you</c><00:42:53.079><c> are</c><00:42:53.320><c> never</c><00:42:53.539><c> going</c>

00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:55.579
to<00:42:54.059><c> contribute</c><00:42:54.500><c> towards</c><00:42:54.880><c> the</c><00:42:55.059><c> health</c><00:42:55.219><c> of</c><00:42:55.420><c> that</c>

00:42:55.579 --> 00:43:01.460
ecclesia.<00:42:57.739><c> And</c><00:42:58.059><c> perhaps</c><00:42:58.980><c> that's</c><00:42:59.360><c> one</c><00:42:59.559><c> of</c><00:42:59.739><c> the</c><00:43:00.260><c> valuable</c><00:43:00.639><c> things</c><00:43:01.019><c> which</c><00:43:01.280><c> can</c>

00:43:01.460 --> 00:43:04.900
come<00:43:01.639><c> out</c><00:43:01.820><c> of</c><00:43:02.019><c> this</c><00:43:03.340><c> parable</c><00:43:03.699><c> for</c><00:43:03.920><c> us.</c>

00:43:05.300 --> 00:43:11.059
Well,<00:43:06.920><c> so</c><00:43:07.139><c> we</c><00:43:07.320><c> could</c><00:43:08.159><c> go</c><00:43:08.900><c> on.</c><00:43:09.880><c> Noticing,</c><00:43:10.280><c> for</c><00:43:10.460><c> instance,</c><00:43:10.860><c> in</c>

00:43:11.059 --> 00:43:12.739
the<00:43:11.260><c> parable</c><00:43:11.539><c> of</c><00:43:11.739><c> the</c><00:43:11.900><c> laborers,</c>

00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:16.519
that<00:43:13.659><c> the</c><00:43:14.099><c> householder</c><00:43:14.619><c> is</c><00:43:14.840><c> generous</c><00:43:15.400><c> and</c><00:43:15.880><c> kind</c><00:43:16.179><c> and</c><00:43:16.340><c> that</c>

00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:18.059
although<00:43:16.719><c> its</c><00:43:17.059><c> immediate</c><00:43:17.400><c> application</c>

00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:21.820
is<00:43:18.460><c> to</c><00:43:18.679><c> grumbling</c><00:43:19.000><c> Israel,</c><00:43:19.820><c> this</c><00:43:20.000><c> is</c><00:43:20.199><c> in</c><00:43:20.360><c> chapter</c><00:43:20.599><c> 20</c><00:43:20.980><c> in</c><00:43:21.179><c> verses</c><00:43:21.440><c> 1</c><00:43:21.739><c> to</c>

00:43:21.820 --> 00:43:25.519
6,<00:43:23.239><c> although</c><00:43:24.059><c> Israel</c><00:43:24.920><c> grumbles,</c>

00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:29.400
is<00:43:26.019><c> going</c><00:43:26.219><c> to</c><00:43:26.440><c> grumble</c><00:43:26.800><c> because</c><00:43:27.619><c> here</c><00:43:28.000><c> are</c><00:43:28.099><c> these</c><00:43:28.300><c> who've</c><00:43:28.579><c> come</c><00:43:28.760><c> in</c>

00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:31.079
after<00:43:29.659><c> the</c><00:43:29.840><c> heat</c><00:43:29.960><c> of</c><00:43:30.139><c> the</c><00:43:30.280><c> day</c><00:43:30.400><c> as</c><00:43:30.539><c> they</c><00:43:30.719><c> would</c><00:43:30.920><c> see</c>

00:43:31.079 --> 00:43:34.260
it<00:43:31.239><c> and</c><00:43:31.619><c> are</c><00:43:31.760><c> being</c><00:43:31.960><c> given</c><00:43:32.179><c> the</c><00:43:32.420><c> same</c><00:43:32.639><c> reward</c><00:43:33.019><c> as</c><00:43:33.719><c> those</c><00:43:34.079><c> who</c>

00:43:34.260 --> 00:43:37.280
are<00:43:34.380><c> faithful.</c><00:43:35.219><c> The</c><00:43:35.440><c> point</c><00:43:35.579><c> is</c><00:43:35.940><c> that</c><00:43:36.260><c> the</c><00:43:36.440><c> master</c><00:43:36.719><c> is</c>

00:43:37.280 --> 00:43:43.019
generous<00:43:37.840><c> and</c><00:43:39.119><c> that</c><00:43:39.559><c> he's</c><00:43:40.119><c> calling</c><00:43:40.659><c> people</c><00:43:41.500><c> to</c><00:43:41.820><c> serve.</c><00:43:42.820><c> And</c>

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:45.340
it's<00:43:43.239><c> not</c><00:43:43.440><c> the</c><00:43:43.659><c> fault</c><00:43:43.880><c> of</c><00:43:44.139><c> those</c><00:43:44.639><c> who</c><00:43:44.880><c> are</c><00:43:45.119><c> called</c>

00:43:45.340 --> 00:43:50.139
that<00:43:45.900><c> they</c><00:43:46.260><c> have</c><00:43:46.960><c> worked</c><00:43:47.260><c> least.</c><00:43:47.840><c> It</c><00:43:48.079><c> just</c><00:43:48.239><c> happens</c><00:43:48.519><c> to</c><00:43:48.699><c> be</c><00:43:48.800><c> where</c><00:43:49.019><c> they</c><00:43:49.280><c> came</c><00:43:49.679><c> in</c>

00:43:50.139 --> 00:43:51.219
the<00:43:50.320><c> order</c><00:43:50.519><c> of</c><00:43:50.719><c> the</c><00:43:50.860><c> day</c>

00:43:51.219 --> 00:43:56.460
and<00:43:51.719><c> what</c><00:43:51.920><c> is</c><00:43:52.579><c> important</c><00:43:52.980><c> is</c><00:43:53.199><c> the</c><00:43:53.380><c> quality</c><00:43:53.800><c> of</c><00:43:54.039><c> work</c><00:43:54.219><c> which</c><00:43:54.500><c> they</c><00:43:55.179><c> offer.</c><00:43:56.059><c> And</c><00:43:56.300><c> if</c>

00:43:56.460 --> 00:43:57.460
the<00:43:56.619><c> master</c><00:43:56.860><c> is</c><00:43:57.079><c> generous</c>

00:43:57.460 --> 00:44:00.480
enough<00:43:57.760><c> to</c><00:43:57.980><c> offer</c><00:43:58.159><c> to</c><00:43:58.340><c> them</c><00:43:58.699><c> what</c><00:43:59.099><c> he</c><00:43:59.340><c> offers</c><00:43:59.519><c> to</c><00:43:59.960><c> the</c><00:44:00.179><c> others,</c>

00:44:00.820 --> 00:44:03.059
well,<00:44:01.380><c> that</c><00:44:01.559><c> is</c><00:44:01.820><c> his</c><00:44:02.079><c> prerogative</c><00:44:02.679><c> and</c><00:44:02.880><c> has</c>

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:07.900
nothing<00:44:03.280><c> to</c><00:44:03.480><c> do</c><00:44:03.559><c> with</c><00:44:03.719><c> us.</c><00:44:05.239><c> Then</c><00:44:05.500><c> there's</c><00:44:05.860><c> the</c><00:44:06.099><c> parable</c><00:44:06.300><c> of</c><00:44:06.460><c> the</c><00:44:06.539><c> wicked</c><00:44:06.719><c> husbandman,</c><00:44:07.360><c> which</c><00:44:07.579><c> we</c>

00:44:07.900 --> 00:44:08.320
looked<00:44:08.079><c> at</c>

00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:13.800
briefly<00:44:09.199><c> earlier</c><00:44:09.760><c> in</c><00:44:09.980><c> chapter</c><00:44:10.280><c> 21</c><00:44:10.860><c> in</c><00:44:11.099><c> verses</c><00:44:11.400><c> 33</c><00:44:11.840><c> to</c><00:44:12.019><c> 40,</c><00:44:13.320><c> and</c>

00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:15.300
the<00:44:14.099><c> parable</c><00:44:14.380><c> of</c><00:44:14.579><c> the</c><00:44:14.739><c> wedding</c><00:44:14.980><c> feast,</c>

00:44:15.380 --> 00:44:18.559
which<00:44:15.539><c> is</c><00:44:15.820><c> the</c><00:44:15.980><c> other</c><00:44:16.099><c> one</c><00:44:16.260><c> which</c><00:44:16.420><c> I</c><00:44:16.619><c> hope</c><00:44:16.760><c> to</c><00:44:16.880><c> look</c><00:44:17.079><c> at</c><00:44:17.219><c> in</c><00:44:17.400><c> detail</c><00:44:17.739><c> today.</c><00:44:18.280><c> That</c><00:44:18.440><c> is</c>

00:44:18.559 --> 00:44:19.400
what<00:44:18.639><c> you</c><00:44:18.820><c> might</c><00:44:18.980><c> call</c>

00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:21.619
presumption,<00:44:20.079><c> wasn't</c><00:44:20.199><c> it,</c><00:44:20.440><c> to</c><00:44:20.599><c> think</c><00:44:20.780><c> that</c><00:44:20.900><c> you'd</c><00:44:21.079><c> get</c><00:44:21.219><c> that</c>

00:44:21.619 --> 00:44:25.500
far.<00:44:22.639><c> But</c><00:44:23.119><c> there</c><00:44:23.780><c> it's</c><00:44:24.340><c> a</c><00:44:24.440><c> familiar</c><00:44:24.760><c> one</c><00:44:25.079><c> and</c><00:44:25.300><c> so</c>

00:44:25.500 --> 00:44:31.780
perhaps<00:44:26.360><c> you'll</c><00:44:29.199><c> be</c><00:44:29.420><c> more</c><00:44:29.699><c> than</c><00:44:30.019><c> able</c><00:44:30.300><c> to</c><00:44:30.980><c> find</c><00:44:31.219><c> whatever</c><00:44:31.559><c> I</c>

00:44:31.780 --> 00:44:33.500
was<00:44:31.920><c> going</c><00:44:32.059><c> to</c><00:44:32.300><c> suggest</c><00:44:32.559><c> to</c><00:44:32.739><c> you.</c>

00:44:33.500 --> 00:44:38.300
But<00:44:34.039><c> the</c><00:44:35.400><c> pattern</c><00:44:35.679><c> is</c><00:44:35.960><c> there.</c><00:44:36.400><c> The</c><00:44:36.500><c> original</c><00:44:36.800><c> invitation</c><00:44:37.500><c> by</c>

00:44:38.300 --> 00:44:42.000
the<00:44:38.539><c> king</c><00:44:38.820><c> is</c><00:44:39.300><c> refused,</c><00:44:40.500><c> obviously</c><00:44:40.940><c> referring</c><00:44:41.619><c> at</c>

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:45.980
the<00:44:42.159><c> first</c><00:44:42.340><c> level</c><00:44:42.599><c> to</c><00:44:42.760><c> Israel.</c><00:44:43.980><c> There</c><00:44:44.400><c> are</c><00:44:44.659><c> the</c><00:44:44.860><c> repeated</c><00:44:45.219><c> calls</c><00:44:45.679><c> via</c>

00:44:45.980 --> 00:44:48.980
the<00:44:46.260><c> prophets.</c><00:44:47.599><c> There's</c><00:44:47.840><c> the</c><00:44:48.059><c> attitude</c><00:44:48.559><c> of</c>

00:44:48.980 --> 00:44:53.880
the<00:44:49.159><c> guests.</c><00:44:50.739><c> They</c><00:44:50.980><c> go</c><00:44:51.199><c> about</c><00:44:51.519><c> their</c><00:44:51.780><c> daily</c><00:44:52.059><c> business</c><00:44:52.599><c> and</c><00:44:52.960><c> then</c><00:44:53.260><c> finally</c><00:44:53.539><c> some</c><00:44:53.780><c> of</c>

00:44:53.880 --> 00:44:54.920
them<00:44:53.980><c> turn</c><00:44:54.239><c> nasty</c><00:44:54.639><c> and</c>

00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:58.000
start<00:44:55.079><c> to</c><00:44:55.559><c> beat</c><00:44:55.719><c> up</c><00:44:55.940><c> the</c><00:44:56.139><c> king's</c><00:44:56.559><c> servants</c><00:44:56.739><c> and</c><00:44:56.940><c> kill</c><00:44:57.159><c> them.</c>

00:44:58.139 --> 00:44:59.880
Then<00:44:58.360><c> there's</c><00:44:58.639><c> the</c><00:44:58.760><c> destruction</c><00:44:59.239><c> of</c><00:44:59.420><c> the</c><00:44:59.559><c> city</c>

00:44:59.880 --> 00:45:06.579
because<00:45:00.380><c> it</c><00:45:00.559><c> is</c><00:45:00.760><c> no</c><00:45:00.920><c> longer</c><00:45:01.219><c> God's,</c><00:45:02.300><c> and</c><00:45:02.480><c> Daniel</c><00:45:02.820><c> chapter</c><00:45:03.099><c> 9</c><00:45:03.440><c> verse</c><00:45:03.679><c> 26</c><00:45:04.239><c> might</c><00:45:04.500><c> be</c><00:45:04.679><c> just</c><00:45:05.300><c> a</c>

00:45:06.579 --> 00:45:09.139
quick<00:45:06.820><c> cross</c><00:45:07.119><c>-reference</c><00:45:07.539><c> there.</c><00:45:08.159><c> There's</c><00:45:08.400><c> the</c><00:45:08.599><c> invitation</c>

00:45:09.139 --> 00:45:13.059
of<00:45:09.659><c> those</c><00:45:10.199><c> who</c><00:45:10.639><c> were</c><00:45:11.659><c> originally</c><00:45:12.280><c> excluded,</c>

00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:16.739
and<00:45:13.480><c> logically</c><00:45:13.780><c> that</c><00:45:14.360><c> must</c><00:45:14.619><c> refer</c><00:45:14.920><c> to</c><00:45:15.079><c> the</c><00:45:15.199><c> Gentiles</c><00:45:15.820><c> and</c><00:45:16.199><c> confirmed</c><00:45:16.480><c> in</c>

00:45:16.739 --> 00:45:20.920
Acts<00:45:16.940><c> chapter</c><00:45:17.280><c> 13</c><00:45:18.099><c> and</c><00:45:19.219><c> Acts</c><00:45:19.559><c> chapter</c><00:45:19.840><c> 15.</c>

00:45:21.079 --> 00:45:25.820
There's<00:45:21.559><c> the</c><00:45:22.519><c> puzzle</c><00:45:22.980><c> of</c><00:45:23.500><c> the</c><00:45:23.860><c> good</c><00:45:23.980><c> and</c><00:45:24.260><c> bad</c><00:45:24.619><c> in</c><00:45:24.980><c> verse</c><00:45:25.280><c> 10,</c>

00:45:26.059 --> 00:45:29.619
but<00:45:26.619><c> it's</c><00:45:28.400><c> the</c><00:45:28.519><c> call</c><00:45:28.820><c> of</c><00:45:29.380><c> faith,</c>

00:45:29.619 --> 00:45:35.039
which<00:45:29.800><c> is</c><00:45:30.139><c> being</c><00:45:30.860><c> stressed</c><00:45:32.099><c> in</c><00:45:32.460><c> that</c><00:45:32.800><c> parable.</c><00:45:33.960><c> Finally,</c><00:45:34.900><c> the</c>

00:45:35.039 --> 00:45:36.099
other<00:45:35.239><c> part</c><00:45:35.440><c> of</c><00:45:35.579><c> the</c><00:45:35.780><c> parable,</c>

00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:39.219
which<00:45:36.559><c> has</c><00:45:36.800><c> to</c><00:45:36.980><c> do</c><00:45:37.079><c> with</c><00:45:37.340><c> the</c><00:45:37.559><c> lack</c><00:45:37.699><c> of</c><00:45:37.880><c> the</c><00:45:38.000><c> wedding</c><00:45:38.199><c> garment,</c>

00:45:39.559 --> 00:45:41.300
follows<00:45:39.820><c> the</c><00:45:40.059><c> logic,</c><00:45:40.320><c> doesn't</c><00:45:40.539><c> it?</c>

00:45:42.619 --> 00:45:45.780
We<00:45:43.139><c> are</c><00:45:43.360><c> to</c><00:45:43.460><c> be</c><00:45:43.739><c> part</c><00:45:44.000><c> of</c><00:45:44.239><c> that</c><00:45:44.480><c> wedding</c><00:45:44.820><c> feast,</c><00:45:45.219><c> part</c><00:45:45.460><c> of</c><00:45:45.619><c> the</c>

00:45:45.780 --> 00:45:47.719
bride,<00:45:46.599><c> and</c><00:45:46.800><c> we</c><00:45:46.920><c> are</c><00:45:47.000><c> not</c><00:45:47.199><c> properly</c>

00:45:47.719 --> 00:45:51.659
clothed<00:45:48.380><c> because</c><00:45:48.900><c> we</c><00:45:49.440><c> haven't</c><00:45:50.639><c> sought</c><00:45:51.039><c> the</c><00:45:51.300><c> righteousness</c>

00:45:51.659 --> 00:45:54.739
of<00:45:51.960><c> the</c><00:45:52.099><c> saints,</c><00:45:53.019><c> that</c><00:45:53.320><c> faith</c><00:45:53.519><c> which</c><00:45:53.760><c> we</c><00:45:53.900><c> need</c><00:45:54.099><c> to</c><00:45:54.320><c> have,</c>

00:45:54.739 --> 00:45:59.179
that<00:45:55.619><c> faith</c><00:45:55.880><c> which</c><00:45:56.119><c> Abraham</c><00:45:56.599><c> showed</c><00:45:57.300><c> the</c><00:45:58.139><c> pattern</c><00:45:58.440><c> of,</c><00:45:59.059><c> that</c>

00:45:59.179 --> 00:46:01.320
faith<00:45:59.460><c> which</c><00:45:59.940><c> culminates</c><00:46:00.519><c> absolutely</c><00:46:01.059><c> in</c><00:46:01.239><c> the</c>

00:46:01.320 --> 00:46:04.840
life<00:46:01.500><c> of</c><00:46:01.679><c> the</c><00:46:01.739><c> Lord</c><00:46:01.900><c> Jesus</c><00:46:02.239><c> Christ.</c><00:46:02.760><c> How</c><00:46:02.980><c> can</c><00:46:03.199><c> we</c><00:46:03.380><c> possibly</c><00:46:03.780><c> expect</c><00:46:04.400><c> to</c>

00:46:04.840 --> 00:46:07.800
be<00:46:05.639><c> accepted</c><00:46:06.139><c> at</c><00:46:06.800><c> the</c><00:46:06.960><c> feast?</c>

00:46:10.780 --> 00:46:14.780
When<00:46:11.199><c> one</c><00:46:11.380><c> comes</c><00:46:11.659><c> finally</c><00:46:12.039><c> to</c><00:46:12.360><c> the</c><00:46:12.659><c> parable</c><00:46:12.940><c> of</c><00:46:13.219><c> the</c>

00:46:14.780 --> 00:46:19.039
sheep<00:46:14.960><c> and</c><00:46:15.099><c> the</c><00:46:15.239><c> goats,</c><00:46:16.400><c> then</c><00:46:16.719><c> judgment</c><00:46:17.079><c> has</c><00:46:17.380><c> come.</c><00:46:18.699><c> Work</c><00:46:18.880><c> is</c>

00:46:19.039 --> 00:46:21.860
at<00:46:19.219><c> an</c><00:46:19.320><c> end.</c><00:46:20.800><c> In</c><00:46:20.940><c> that</c><00:46:21.159><c> dispensation,</c>

00:46:21.860 --> 00:46:25.739
work's<00:46:22.380><c> about</c><00:46:22.559><c> to</c><00:46:22.760><c> begin</c><00:46:22.940><c> in</c><00:46:23.119><c> the</c><00:46:23.199><c> new</c><00:46:23.360><c> dispensation</c><00:46:24.159><c> for</c><00:46:24.699><c> those</c><00:46:25.179><c> who</c>

00:46:25.739 --> 00:46:28.039
have<00:46:26.239><c> done</c><00:46:26.619><c> the</c><00:46:27.099><c> Father's</c><00:46:27.739><c> will</c>

00:46:28.039 --> 00:46:32.349
and<00:46:28.519><c> have</c><00:46:29.139><c> exercised</c><00:46:29.940><c> the</c><00:46:30.280><c> faith</c><00:46:30.480><c> which</c><00:46:30.739><c> was</c><00:46:31.000><c> required</c><00:46:31.340><c> of</c><00:46:31.539><c> them.</c>

00:46:34.099 --> 00:46:38.900
But<00:46:34.719><c> let's</c><00:46:35.340><c> try</c><00:46:35.800><c> in</c><00:46:35.960><c> a</c><00:46:36.079><c> minute</c><00:46:36.179><c> or</c><00:46:36.380><c> two</c><00:46:36.780><c> just</c><00:46:37.099><c> to</c><00:46:38.059><c> catch</c><00:46:38.280><c> up</c><00:46:38.460><c> where</c><00:46:38.639><c> our</c>

00:46:38.900 --> 00:46:41.039
friends<00:46:39.119><c> might</c><00:46:39.380><c> have</c><00:46:39.539><c> got</c><00:46:39.739><c> to</c><00:46:40.320><c> and</c><00:46:40.619><c> where</c><00:46:40.800><c> we</c>

00:46:41.039 --> 00:46:46.820
are.<00:46:42.960><c> We</c><00:46:43.179><c> certainly,</c><00:46:43.980><c> as</c><00:46:44.239><c> they</c><00:46:44.400><c> have</c><00:46:44.599><c> been,</c><00:46:45.900><c> faced</c><00:46:46.079><c> with</c><00:46:46.480><c> our</c>

00:46:46.820 --> 00:46:48.900
individual<00:46:47.280><c> responsibility,</c><00:46:48.059><c> and</c><00:46:48.199><c> it's</c><00:46:48.360><c> an</c><00:46:48.539><c> awesome</c>

00:46:48.900 --> 00:46:52.260
responsibility<00:46:49.599><c> which</c><00:46:49.800><c> each</c><00:46:50.000><c> of</c><00:46:50.139><c> us</c><00:46:50.260><c> has,</c><00:46:51.840><c> there's</c><00:46:52.039><c> nothing</c>

00:46:52.260 --> 00:46:57.570
we<00:46:52.440><c> can</c><00:46:52.599><c> hide</c><00:46:52.860><c> behind.</c><00:46:54.539><c> We</c><00:46:55.019><c> are</c><00:46:56.039><c> up</c><00:46:56.400><c> against</c><00:46:56.739><c> it,</c>

00:46:59.079 --> 00:47:02.739
up<00:46:59.219><c> against</c><00:46:59.480><c> ourselves,</c><00:47:00.860><c> up</c><00:47:01.000><c> against</c><00:47:01.260><c> the</c><00:47:01.519><c> world,</c><00:47:02.300><c> in</c><00:47:02.539><c> the</c>

00:47:02.739 --> 00:47:05.000
world<00:47:02.980><c> for</c><00:47:03.159><c> the</c><00:47:03.300><c> Lord</c><00:47:03.440><c> Jesus</c><00:47:03.780><c> Christ,</c>

00:47:05.539 --> 00:47:12.019
and<00:47:05.760><c> called</c><00:47:05.900><c> upon</c><00:47:06.360><c> to</c><00:47:06.960><c> keep</c><00:47:07.219><c> ourselves</c><00:47:07.960><c> in</c><00:47:09.280><c> good</c><00:47:10.039><c> shape,</c><00:47:11.800><c> the</c>

00:47:12.019 --> 00:47:13.280
good<00:47:12.340><c> seed.</c>

00:47:14.800 --> 00:47:18.599
And<00:47:15.420><c> it's</c><00:47:15.940><c> that</c><00:47:16.460><c> faith</c><00:47:16.780><c> and</c><00:47:17.119><c> life</c><00:47:17.400><c> now</c><00:47:17.719><c> which</c><00:47:17.980><c> seems</c><00:47:18.219><c> to</c><00:47:18.400><c> be</c>

00:47:18.599 --> 00:47:21.840
emphasised,<00:47:19.860><c> knowing</c><00:47:20.099><c> that</c><00:47:20.440><c> inevitably</c><00:47:21.320><c> judgment</c>

00:47:21.840 --> 00:47:24.940
comes.<00:47:22.659><c> And</c><00:47:22.780><c> whatever</c><00:47:23.019><c> we</c><00:47:23.300><c> do</c><00:47:23.539><c> between</c><00:47:23.880><c> now</c><00:47:24.199><c> and</c><00:47:24.420><c> that</c><00:47:24.719><c> day,</c>

00:47:25.079 --> 00:47:28.800
brethren<00:47:25.239><c> and</c><00:47:25.500><c> sisters,</c><00:47:26.980><c> whatever</c><00:47:27.300><c> we</c><00:47:27.619><c> do,</c>

00:47:29.019 --> 00:47:36.300
there's<00:47:29.280><c> no</c><00:47:29.659><c> way</c><00:47:30.039><c> out</c><00:47:30.260><c> of</c><00:47:30.420><c> us</c><00:47:30.639><c> facing</c><00:47:30.940><c> that</c><00:47:31.239><c> judgment.</c><00:47:35.579><c> It's</c><00:47:36.199><c> a</c>

00:47:36.300 --> 00:47:38.920
foregone<00:47:36.679><c> conclusion.</c><00:47:37.179><c> We've</c><00:47:37.360><c> got</c><00:47:37.460><c> to</c><00:47:37.619><c> be</c><00:47:37.780><c> there.</c>

00:47:39.039 --> 00:47:45.460
There's<00:47:39.420><c> not</c><00:47:39.559><c> much</c><00:47:39.780><c> point</c><00:47:40.159><c> being</c><00:47:40.599><c> there</c><00:47:41.360><c> with</c><00:47:42.599><c> the</c><00:47:42.739><c> wrong</c><00:47:43.000><c> clothing.</c><00:47:45.179><c> Better</c><00:47:45.320><c> not</c>

00:47:45.460 --> 00:47:47.280
to<00:47:45.679><c> have</c><00:47:45.820><c> started</c><00:47:46.019><c> at</c><00:47:46.300><c> all.</c>

00:47:47.340 --> 00:47:53.139
Better<00:47:47.500><c> not</c><00:47:47.699><c> to</c><00:47:47.900><c> have</c><00:47:48.019><c> come</c><00:47:48.159><c> in</c><00:47:49.139><c> to</c><00:47:49.500><c> the</c><00:47:50.139><c> house.</c><00:47:52.420><c> So</c><00:47:52.699><c> perhaps</c>

00:47:53.139 --> 00:47:57.360
that's<00:47:53.599><c> where</c><00:47:54.280><c> the</c><00:47:54.559><c> weight</c><00:47:54.780><c> finally</c><00:47:56.199><c> falls.</c>

00:47:58.400 --> 00:48:01.780
But<00:47:58.500><c> it</c><00:47:58.619><c> is</c><00:47:58.800><c> an</c><00:47:59.039><c> encouragement</c><00:47:59.500><c> to</c><00:47:59.820><c> us</c><00:48:00.039><c> to</c><00:48:00.280><c> remember</c><00:48:01.179><c> that</c>

00:48:01.780 --> 00:48:05.079
judgment,<00:48:03.420><c> although</c><00:48:03.820><c> terrifying,</c>

00:48:05.539 --> 00:48:12.920
is<00:48:05.980><c> also</c><00:48:06.659><c> the</c><00:48:07.539><c> end</c><00:48:08.000><c> of</c><00:48:08.340><c> what</c><00:48:08.539><c> is</c><00:48:08.940><c> evil</c><00:48:09.280><c> and</c><00:48:09.980><c> causes</c><00:48:10.400><c> men</c><00:48:10.980><c> to</c><00:48:11.440><c> offend</c><00:48:12.039><c> our</c>

00:48:12.920 --> 00:48:16.559
Heavenly<00:48:13.300><c> Father.</c><00:48:15.219><c> And</c><00:48:15.539><c> thanks</c><00:48:15.880><c> be</c><00:48:16.260><c> that</c>

00:48:16.559 --> 00:48:22.199
that<00:48:16.980><c> time</c><00:48:17.239><c> will</c><00:48:17.579><c> come.</c><00:48:19.500><c> We</c><00:48:19.719><c> pray</c><00:48:20.440><c> that</c><00:48:21.400><c> we</c><00:48:21.579><c> won't</c><00:48:21.739><c> be</c><00:48:21.960><c> amongst</c>

00:48:22.199 --> 00:48:25.559
those<00:48:23.039><c> who</c><00:48:24.039><c> go</c><00:48:24.139><c> into</c><00:48:24.380><c> outer</c><00:48:24.539><c> darkness.</c>

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Amen.