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strangers<00:13:24.460><c> from</c><00:13:24.740><c> the</c><00:13:24.940><c> covenants</c><00:13:25.259><c> of</c><00:13:25.480><c> promise,</c><00:13:26.320><c> having</c><00:13:26.379><c> no</c><00:13:26.700><c> hope,</c><00:13:27.580><c> without</c><00:13:27.919><c> God</c><00:13:28.240><c> in</c>

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the<00:13:28.620><c> world.</c>

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But<00:13:31.039><c> now</c><00:13:31.559><c> in</c><00:13:32.100><c> Christ</c><00:13:32.480><c> Jesus,</c><00:13:33.600><c> ye</c><00:13:33.759><c> who</c><00:13:33.960><c> sometimes</c><00:13:34.620><c> were</c><00:13:34.919><c> far</c><00:13:35.220><c> off,</c>

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are<00:13:36.580><c> made</c><00:13:36.960><c> nigh</c><00:13:37.320><c> by</c><00:13:37.580><c> the</c><00:13:37.740><c> blood</c><00:13:37.960><c> of</c><00:13:38.240><c> Christ.</c>

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For<00:13:41.679><c> he</c><00:13:41.960><c> is</c><00:13:42.159><c> our</c><00:13:42.399><c> peace,</c><00:13:43.179><c> who</c><00:13:43.279><c> hath</c><00:13:43.480><c> made</c><00:13:43.840><c> both</c><00:13:44.279><c> one,</c><00:13:45.320><c> and</c><00:13:45.340><c> hath</c>

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broken<00:13:45.940><c> down</c><00:13:46.340><c> the</c><00:13:46.539><c> middle</c><00:13:46.759><c> wall</c><00:13:47.159><c> of</c><00:13:47.460><c> partition,</c>

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having<00:13:48.980><c> abolished</c><00:13:49.539><c> in</c><00:13:49.639><c> his</c><00:13:49.919><c> flesh</c><00:13:50.139><c> the</c><00:13:50.399><c> enmity.</c>

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And<00:13:53.000><c> so</c><00:13:53.379><c> we</c><00:13:54.159><c> have</c><00:13:54.519><c> hope,</c><00:13:55.720><c> for</c><00:13:55.980><c> he</c><00:13:56.200><c> has</c><00:13:56.460><c> of</c><00:13:56.600><c> himself</c><00:13:57.279><c> made</c><00:13:58.779><c> peace</c>

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one<00:14:00.440><c> new</c><00:14:00.960><c> man.</c>

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And<00:14:02.860><c> so,</c><00:14:03.120><c> brothers</c><00:14:03.259><c> and</c><00:14:03.379><c> sisters,</c><00:14:04.179><c> we</c><00:14:04.379><c> who</c><00:14:04.700><c> were</c><00:14:05.059><c> without</c><00:14:05.440><c> hope,</c><00:14:06.179><c> no</c>

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God,<00:14:06.759><c> no</c><00:14:06.879><c> hope,</c>

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we've<00:14:08.519><c> been</c><00:14:08.960><c> brought</c><00:14:09.360><c> near</c><00:14:09.799><c> not</c><00:14:10.259><c> because</c><00:14:10.639><c> we</c><00:14:10.879><c> know</c><00:14:11.100><c> enough,</c>

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although<00:14:12.799><c> knowledge</c><00:14:13.240><c> is</c><00:14:13.539><c> necessary,</c>

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not<00:14:14.679><c> because</c><00:14:15.000><c> we</c><00:14:15.159><c> are</c><00:14:15.340><c> good</c><00:14:15.539><c> enough,</c><00:14:17.139><c> although</c><00:14:17.379><c> a</c><00:14:17.759><c> grateful</c>

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life<00:14:18.500><c> is</c><00:14:19.100><c> necessary,</c>

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but<00:14:21.899><c> because</c><00:14:22.379><c> we</c><00:14:22.559><c> have</c><00:14:22.740><c> been</c><00:14:23.039><c> brought</c><00:14:23.340><c> near</c><00:14:23.960><c> by</c><00:14:24.519><c> the</c><00:14:24.759><c> blood</c><00:14:25.279><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:26.039><c> Lord</c><00:14:26.220><c> Jesus</c><00:14:26.679><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:14:29.340><c> so</c><00:14:29.759><c> we</c><00:14:30.259><c> have</c><00:14:30.860><c> peace,</c><00:14:32.019><c> a</c><00:14:32.220><c> peace</c><00:14:32.539><c> that</c><00:14:32.980><c> the</c><00:14:33.240><c> world</c><00:14:33.480><c> cannot</c><00:14:33.860><c> know,</c>

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a<00:14:34.440><c> peace</c><00:14:34.679><c> that</c><00:14:34.899><c> we</c><00:14:35.039><c> are</c><00:14:35.299><c> told</c><00:14:35.620><c> will</c><00:14:36.299><c> guard</c><00:14:36.700><c> our</c><00:14:37.100><c> hearts</c><00:14:37.460><c> and</c><00:14:37.820><c> minds</c><00:14:38.159><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:14:38.759><c> Jesus.</c>

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Beautiful<00:14:39.860><c> words</c><00:14:40.240><c> from</c><00:14:40.539><c> Philippians</c><00:14:41.039><c> 4</c><00:14:41.379><c> and</c><00:14:41.559><c> verse</c><00:14:41.740><c> 7.</c>

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A<00:14:43.059><c> peace</c><00:14:43.320><c> that</c><00:14:43.580><c> will</c><00:14:43.960><c> guard,</c><00:14:45.440><c> and</c><00:14:45.620><c> that</c><00:14:45.740><c> of</c><00:14:45.840><c> course</c><00:14:46.019><c> is</c><00:14:46.259><c> the</c><00:14:46.460><c> same</c><00:14:46.679><c> word</c><00:14:46.899><c> that</c><00:14:47.039><c> is</c>

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used<00:14:47.460><c> by</c><00:14:47.740><c> the</c><00:14:48.360><c> soldiers</c>

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that<00:14:49.360><c> guarded</c><00:14:49.559><c> the</c><00:14:49.840><c> tomb</c><00:14:49.960><c> of</c><00:14:50.120><c> Jesus.</c>

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But<00:14:51.919><c> of</c><00:14:52.059><c> course</c><00:14:52.220><c> they</c><00:14:52.399><c> were</c><00:14:52.559><c> ineffectual,</c><00:14:54.159><c> because</c><00:14:54.500><c> they</c>

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were<00:14:54.879><c> fleshly</c><00:14:55.340><c> human</c><00:14:55.600><c> guards,</c>

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and<00:14:56.059><c> when</c><00:14:56.179><c> the</c><00:14:56.379><c> power</c><00:14:56.539><c> of</c><00:14:56.720><c> God</c><00:14:56.879><c> came,</c><00:14:57.200><c> they</c><00:14:57.320><c> fell</c><00:14:57.519><c> flat.</c>

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They<00:14:59.179><c> couldn't</c><00:14:59.399><c> do</c><00:14:59.639><c> their</c><00:14:59.820><c> job.</c>

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Flesh<00:15:00.840><c> cannot</c><00:15:01.259><c> do</c><00:15:01.600><c> that.</c><00:15:02.460><c> Flesh</c><00:15:02.779><c> cannot</c><00:15:03.879><c> guard.</c>

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But<00:15:07.000><c> the</c><00:15:07.220><c> peace</c><00:15:07.399><c> of</c><00:15:07.700><c> God</c><00:15:07.980><c> that</c><00:15:08.279><c> guards</c><00:15:08.519><c> our</c><00:15:08.820><c> hearts</c><00:15:09.139><c> and</c><00:15:09.379><c> minds</c>

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in<00:15:09.879><c> Christ</c><00:15:10.179><c> Jesus</c>

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indeed<00:15:12.379><c> can</c><00:15:12.720><c> never</c><00:15:12.980><c> be</c><00:15:13.279><c> overcome,</c><00:15:15.460><c> unless</c><00:15:15.620><c> we</c><00:15:15.919><c> choose,</c>

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unless<00:15:17.860><c> we</c><00:15:18.240><c> allow</c><00:15:18.779><c> the</c><00:15:19.399><c> comments</c><00:15:19.759><c> of</c><00:15:20.039><c> people</c><00:15:20.240><c> who</c><00:15:20.600><c> irritate</c><00:15:21.120><c> us,</c>

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unless<00:15:21.879><c> we</c><00:15:22.419><c> allow</c><00:15:22.960><c> somebody</c><00:15:23.399><c> to</c><00:15:23.639><c> get</c><00:15:23.720><c> under</c><00:15:24.019><c> our</c><00:15:24.379><c> skin</c><00:15:24.720><c> and</c>

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disturb<00:15:25.399><c> that</c><00:15:25.720><c> peace</c><00:15:25.879><c> and</c><00:15:26.139><c> say,</c>

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you<00:15:26.940><c> are</c><00:15:27.200><c> more</c><00:15:27.480><c> powerful</c><00:15:27.820><c> than</c><00:15:28.080><c> God.</c>

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You've<00:15:29.399><c> managed</c><00:15:29.720><c> to</c><00:15:30.000><c> disturb</c><00:15:30.259><c> the</c><00:15:30.519><c> peace</c><00:15:30.659><c> of</c><00:15:30.919><c> God</c><00:15:31.100><c> in</c><00:15:31.279><c> my</c><00:15:31.539><c> heart.</c>

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That<00:15:33.340><c> should</c><00:15:33.519><c> never</c><00:15:33.720><c> happen,</c><00:15:34.179><c> brethren</c><00:15:34.360><c> and</c><00:15:34.639><c> sisters.</c>

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If<00:15:36.700><c> that</c><00:15:36.980><c> happens,</c><00:15:38.700><c> then</c><00:15:38.860><c> we</c><00:15:39.259><c> have</c><00:15:39.259><c> replaced</c><00:15:39.620><c> God.</c>

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We<00:15:41.360><c> put</c><00:15:41.559><c> somebody</c><00:15:42.000><c> in</c><00:15:42.200><c> the</c><00:15:42.340><c> seat</c><00:15:42.440><c> of</c><00:15:42.679><c> God,</c><00:15:44.200><c> saying</c><00:15:44.419><c> you</c><00:15:44.559><c> are</c><00:15:44.799><c> so</c><00:15:45.039><c> powerful,</c>

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and<00:15:45.659><c> you</c><00:15:45.659><c> can</c><00:15:45.879><c> disturb</c><00:15:46.200><c> the</c><00:15:46.419><c> peace</c><00:15:46.580><c> of</c><00:15:46.779><c> God</c><00:15:46.980><c> that</c><00:15:47.159><c> is</c><00:15:47.600><c> guarding</c>

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my<00:15:48.299><c> heart</c><00:15:48.700><c> and</c><00:15:49.080><c> my</c><00:15:49.419><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:15:53.159><c> so</c><00:15:53.399><c> God</c><00:15:54.259><c> has</c><00:15:55.340><c> cleansed</c><00:15:55.679><c> us</c><00:15:56.759><c> through</c><00:15:57.179><c> the</c><00:15:57.399><c> blood</c><00:15:57.960><c> of</c><00:15:58.600><c> his</c><00:15:58.860><c> Son.</c>

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And<00:16:01.480><c> we</c><00:16:01.960><c> are</c><00:16:02.240><c> joyful</c><00:16:02.720><c> because</c><00:16:03.600><c> we</c><00:16:04.340><c> have</c><00:16:04.580><c> been</c><00:16:05.000><c> cleansed.</c>

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We<00:16:07.039><c> know</c><00:16:07.179><c> how</c><00:16:07.440><c> lovely</c><00:16:07.740><c> it</c><00:16:08.019><c> feels</c><00:16:08.279><c> when</c><00:16:08.460><c> we've</c><00:16:08.700><c> been</c><00:16:08.860><c> doing</c>

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hard,<00:16:09.679><c> sweaty,</c><00:16:10.059><c> dirty</c><00:16:10.299><c> work,</c>

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and<00:16:11.259><c> we</c><00:16:11.419><c> get</c><00:16:11.580><c> in</c><00:16:11.759><c> the</c><00:16:11.940><c> shower</c><00:16:12.259><c> and</c><00:16:12.460><c> we</c><00:16:12.580><c> have</c><00:16:12.679><c> a</c><00:16:12.860><c> great</c><00:16:13.059><c> shower</c>

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and<00:16:13.700><c> we</c><00:16:14.159><c> change</c>

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and<00:16:14.980><c> we</c><00:16:15.159><c> feel</c><00:16:15.299><c> so</c><00:16:15.659><c> fresh,</c><00:16:16.620><c> so</c><00:16:16.899><c> nice,</c><00:16:18.340><c> so</c><00:16:18.500><c> at</c><00:16:18.820><c> peace.</c>

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So<00:16:21.480><c> is</c><00:16:21.720><c> the</c><00:16:21.940><c> cleansing</c><00:16:22.440><c> that</c><00:16:23.259><c> comes</c><00:16:23.559><c> to</c><00:16:23.820><c> us</c><00:16:23.980><c> in</c><00:16:24.259><c> Christ</c><00:16:24.580><c> Jesus</c>

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in<00:16:25.120><c> a</c><00:16:25.299><c> spiritual</c><00:16:25.580><c> sense.</c>

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We<00:16:26.059><c> just</c><00:16:26.360><c> feel</c><00:16:26.779><c> so</c><00:16:27.279><c> good</c><00:16:27.659><c> that</c><00:16:28.980><c> all</c><00:16:29.299><c> that</c><00:16:29.440><c> is</c><00:16:29.559><c> of</c><00:16:29.740><c> the</c><00:16:29.980><c> flesh</c>

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has<00:16:31.019><c> been</c><00:16:31.580><c> taken</c><00:16:31.919><c> away</c><00:16:32.539><c> from</c><00:16:32.960><c> us.</c>

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And<00:16:36.000><c> so,</c><00:16:36.519><c> in</c><00:16:36.759><c> the</c><00:16:36.879><c> words</c><00:16:37.480><c> of</c><00:16:38.220><c> Mark's</c><00:16:38.659><c> Gospel,</c><00:16:41.919><c> Chapter</c><00:16:42.320><c> 1.</c>

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This<00:16:53.360><c> is</c><00:16:54.039><c> a</c><00:16:54.320><c> joy</c><00:16:54.559><c> that</c><00:16:54.840><c> comes</c><00:16:55.159><c> from</c><00:16:55.519><c> cleansing,</c><00:16:57.519><c> Verse</c><00:16:58.080><c> 44</c><00:16:59.440><c> and</c><00:16:59.659><c> 45.</c>

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He<00:17:01.240><c> said</c><00:17:01.419><c> unto</c><00:17:01.639><c> him,</c><00:17:02.100><c> See</c><00:17:02.200><c> that</c><00:17:02.399><c> you</c><00:17:02.779><c> say</c><00:17:03.019><c> nothing</c><00:17:03.320><c> to</c><00:17:03.600><c> any</c><00:17:03.820><c> man,</c><00:17:04.599><c> but</c>

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go<00:17:05.140><c> your</c><00:17:05.440><c> way,</c>

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show<00:17:05.960><c> yourself</c><00:17:06.380><c> to</c><00:17:06.579><c> the</c><00:17:06.819><c> priest,</c><00:17:07.579><c> and</c><00:17:07.759><c> offer</c><00:17:08.019><c> for</c><00:17:08.279><c> your</c><00:17:08.559><c> cleansing</c><00:17:09.019><c> those</c><00:17:09.359><c> things</c>

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which<00:17:09.940><c> Moses</c><00:17:10.259><c> commanded</c><00:17:10.740><c> for</c><00:17:11.039><c> a</c><00:17:11.140><c> testimony</c><00:17:11.480><c> unto</c><00:17:11.740><c> them.</c>

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But<00:17:13.480><c> he</c><00:17:13.759><c> went</c><00:17:14.000><c> out</c><00:17:14.380><c> and</c><00:17:14.579><c> began</c><00:17:14.940><c> to</c><00:17:15.359><c> publish</c><00:17:15.859><c> much</c><00:17:16.420><c> and</c><00:17:17.000><c> to</c><00:17:17.319><c> blaze</c><00:17:17.759><c> abroad</c><00:17:18.140><c> the</c><00:17:18.380><c> matter.</c>

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He'd<00:17:20.980><c> been</c><00:17:21.440><c> cleansed</c><00:17:21.980><c> and</c><00:17:22.059><c> he</c><00:17:22.259><c> wanted</c><00:17:22.440><c> the</c><00:17:22.720><c> world</c><00:17:22.920><c> to</c><00:17:23.200><c> know.</c>

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He<00:17:25.119><c> published</c><00:17:25.720><c> it</c><00:17:26.079><c> much,</c><00:17:26.559><c> he</c><00:17:27.019><c> blazed</c><00:17:27.559><c> the</c><00:17:27.759><c> thing</c><00:17:27.960><c> about.</c>

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Everybody<00:17:29.579><c> should</c><00:17:30.000><c> know</c><00:17:30.460><c> that</c><00:17:30.920><c> he</c><00:17:31.319><c> had</c><00:17:31.640><c> been</c><00:17:32.039><c> cleansed.</c>

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Brothers<00:17:35.440><c> and</c><00:17:35.640><c> sisters,</c><00:17:36.000><c> that's</c><00:17:36.119><c> the</c><00:17:36.119><c> way</c><00:17:36.279><c> it</c><00:17:36.420><c> must</c><00:17:36.660><c> be.</c>

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Everybody<00:17:38.539><c> must</c><00:17:38.839><c> know,</c><00:17:39.000><c> we</c><00:17:39.160><c> must</c><00:17:39.480><c> blaze</c><00:17:39.920><c> this</c><00:17:40.119><c> about</c><00:17:40.579><c> with</c><00:17:42.960><c> joy.</c>

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This<00:17:44.920><c> was</c><00:17:45.279><c> a</c><00:17:45.559><c> happy</c><00:17:45.839><c> man.</c>

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He'd<00:17:47.920><c> been</c><00:17:48.240><c> cleansed</c><00:17:48.819><c> and</c><00:17:48.960><c> so</c><00:17:49.279><c> have</c><00:17:49.539><c> we.</c>

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We<00:17:50.880><c> must</c><00:17:51.500><c> blaze</c><00:17:52.180><c> it</c><00:17:52.480><c> about.</c>

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And<00:17:55.339><c> we</c><00:17:55.539><c> are</c><00:17:55.839><c> joyful,</c><00:17:56.339><c> aren't</c><00:17:56.500><c> we,</c><00:17:56.859><c> because</c><00:17:57.960><c> we</c><00:17:58.880><c> have</c><00:17:59.220><c> been</c><00:17:59.559><c> brought</c><00:17:59.740><c> near</c><00:18:00.180><c> by</c>

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the<00:18:00.720><c> blood</c><00:18:00.880><c> of</c><00:18:01.099><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:18:01.740><c> live</c><00:18:02.779><c> in</c><00:18:03.680><c> symbol</c><00:18:03.940><c> now,</c><00:18:04.619><c> not</c><00:18:04.900><c> in</c><00:18:05.119><c> reality</c><00:18:05.519><c> until</c><00:18:05.799><c> the</c><00:18:06.019><c> Kingdom,</c><00:18:06.839><c> in</c><00:18:07.039><c> the</c><00:18:07.380><c> presence</c><00:18:07.819><c> of</c><00:18:08.359><c> God.</c>

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We<00:18:10.259><c> walk</c><00:18:10.559><c> with</c><00:18:10.799><c> God.</c>

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The<00:18:13.579><c> whole</c><00:18:13.920><c> world</c><00:18:14.619><c> lies</c><00:18:15.140><c> in</c><00:18:15.420><c> wickedness,</c><00:18:15.980><c> says</c><00:18:16.039><c> the</c><00:18:16.259><c> Apostle.</c>

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They<00:18:18.220><c> stand</c><00:18:18.640><c> with</c><00:18:18.960><c> flesh</c><00:18:19.539><c> and</c><00:18:20.940><c> we</c><00:18:21.259><c> walk</c><00:18:21.740><c> with</c><00:18:22.299><c> the</c><00:18:22.579><c> infinite</c><00:18:23.039><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:25.039><c> in</c><00:18:25.180><c> the</c><00:18:25.440><c> same</c><00:18:25.880><c> Psalm,</c><00:18:26.359><c> Psalm</c><00:18:26.700><c> 51</c><00:18:27.180><c> that</c><00:18:27.400><c> we've</c><00:18:27.619><c> been</c><00:18:27.740><c> looking</c><00:18:27.960><c> at</c><00:18:28.200><c> today</c><00:18:28.519><c> in</c><00:18:28.859><c> part,</c>

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David<00:18:29.920><c> says,</c><00:18:30.480><c> cast</c><00:18:30.839><c> me</c><00:18:31.079><c> not</c><00:18:31.259><c> away</c><00:18:31.759><c> from</c><00:18:32.039><c> thy</c><00:18:32.299><c> presence.</c>

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He<00:18:35.059><c> can't</c><00:18:36.000><c> think</c><00:18:36.599><c> of</c><00:18:36.980><c> life</c><00:18:37.740><c> without</c><00:18:39.319><c> being</c><00:18:40.019><c> in</c><00:18:40.700><c> the</c><00:18:40.920><c> presence</c>

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of<00:18:42.000><c> his</c><00:18:42.220><c> God.</c>

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We<00:18:44.480><c> can't</c><00:18:44.960><c> think</c><00:18:45.240><c> of</c><00:18:45.440><c> life.</c>

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We<00:18:46.160><c> want</c><00:18:46.640><c> to</c><00:18:46.920><c> be</c><00:18:47.420><c> in</c><00:18:47.920><c> the</c><00:18:48.140><c> presence</c><00:18:48.440><c> of</c><00:18:48.740><c> God.</c>

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We<00:18:49.740><c> feel</c><00:18:50.160><c> safe.</c>

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We<00:18:51.440><c> feel</c><00:18:51.759><c> joyful</c><00:18:52.299><c> and</c><00:18:53.259><c> secure.</c>

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And<00:18:55.420><c> of</c><00:18:55.599><c> course,</c><00:18:56.819><c> this</c><00:18:56.920><c> presence</c><00:18:57.240><c> of</c><00:18:57.559><c> God</c><00:18:57.839><c> has</c><00:18:58.180><c> special</c><00:18:58.579><c> meaning</c><00:18:58.980><c> for</c>

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God's<00:19:00.140><c> children,</c><00:19:00.420><c> doesn't</c><00:19:00.720><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:19:01.980><c> we</c><00:19:02.240><c> are</c><00:19:03.039><c> of</c><00:19:03.420><c> the</c><00:19:03.660><c> seed</c><00:19:03.980><c> of</c><00:19:04.400><c> the</c><00:19:04.579><c> woman</c><00:19:04.920><c> through</c><00:19:05.299><c> Seth.</c>

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We<00:19:06.279><c> are</c><00:19:06.380><c> not</c><00:19:06.599><c> the</c><00:19:06.779><c> seed</c><00:19:06.900><c> of</c><00:19:07.099><c> the</c><00:19:07.259><c> serpent.</c>

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And<00:19:07.700><c> in</c><00:19:07.880><c> chapter</c><00:19:08.140><c> four</c><00:19:08.380><c> of</c><00:19:08.619><c> Genesis,</c><00:19:09.240><c> we</c><00:19:09.400><c> have</c><00:19:09.559><c> very</c><00:19:09.920><c> strongly</c>

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spoken<00:19:10.799><c> that</c><00:19:12.480><c> Cain</c><00:19:12.920><c> went</c><00:19:13.200><c> out</c><00:19:13.619><c> from</c><00:19:13.900><c> the</c><00:19:14.220><c> presence</c><00:19:14.559><c> of</c><00:19:14.819><c> the</c><00:19:14.960><c> Lord.</c>

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He<00:19:17.019><c> didn't</c><00:19:17.180><c> want</c><00:19:17.359><c> to</c><00:19:17.539><c> live</c><00:19:18.019><c> in</c><00:19:18.819><c> the</c><00:19:19.039><c> presence</c><00:19:19.279><c> of</c><00:19:19.480><c> the</c><00:19:19.599><c> Lord.</c>

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He<00:19:22.119><c> chose</c><00:19:22.680><c> to</c><00:19:23.779><c> walk</c><00:19:24.019><c> away,</c><00:19:25.599><c> to</c><00:19:25.740><c> dwell</c><00:19:25.960><c> in</c><00:19:26.160><c> the</c><00:19:26.339><c> land</c><00:19:26.519><c> of</c><00:19:26.799><c> wandering,</c>

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that<00:19:30.059><c> even</c><00:19:30.380><c> the</c><00:19:32.339><c> Satan</c><00:19:32.680><c> of</c><00:19:33.180><c> Job</c><00:19:33.359><c> was</c><00:19:34.000><c> ready</c><00:19:34.259><c> to</c><00:19:34.599><c> identify</c><00:19:35.160><c> himself</c><00:19:35.900><c> with</c>

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the<00:19:36.740><c> wandering</c><00:19:37.079><c> of</c><00:19:39.480><c> Cain</c><00:19:40.200><c> up</c><00:19:40.460><c> and</c><00:19:40.680><c> down</c><00:19:41.099><c> through</c><00:19:41.440><c> the</c><00:19:41.640><c> earth.</c>

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But<00:19:44.039><c> we</c><00:19:44.240><c> have</c><00:19:44.519><c> chosen,</c><00:19:45.099><c> brothers</c><00:19:45.259><c> and</c><00:19:45.519><c> sisters,</c><00:19:46.640><c> chosen</c><00:19:47.200><c> to</c>

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come<00:19:48.700><c> into</c><00:19:48.980><c> his</c><00:19:49.299><c> presence.</c>

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And<00:19:50.380><c> what</c><00:19:50.480><c> does</c><00:19:50.700><c> the</c><00:19:50.859><c> psalmist</c><00:19:51.140><c> say?</c>

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Sure,<00:19:53.039><c> we</c><00:19:53.079><c> know</c><00:19:53.319><c> so</c><00:19:53.579><c> many</c><00:19:53.839><c> psalms.</c>

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Come<00:19:56.019><c> into</c><00:19:56.279><c> his</c><00:19:56.640><c> presence</c><00:19:57.019><c> with</c><00:19:57.339><c> singing</c><00:19:57.660><c> and</c><00:19:57.920><c> with</c><00:19:58.240><c> joy.</c>

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It's<00:20:00.599><c> a</c><00:20:00.759><c> joyful</c><00:20:01.059><c> thing</c><00:20:02.000><c> to</c><00:20:02.539><c> be</c><00:20:03.000><c> in</c><00:20:03.420><c> the</c><00:20:03.640><c> presence</c><00:20:04.140><c> of</c><00:20:04.579><c> the</c><00:20:04.759><c> Lord.</c>

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The<00:20:07.420><c> Bible</c><00:20:07.680><c> is</c><00:20:08.019><c> clear,</c><00:20:08.539><c> sin.</c>

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Sin<00:20:10.279><c> cuts</c><00:20:10.660><c> us</c><00:20:10.980><c> off</c><00:20:11.519><c> from</c><00:20:12.660><c> the</c><00:20:13.140><c> Lord.</c>

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Leviticus<00:20:15.240><c> is</c><00:20:15.900><c> very</c><00:20:16.359><c> clear</c><00:20:16.559><c> on</c><00:20:16.759><c> this</c><00:20:16.940><c> in</c><00:20:17.099><c> all</c><00:20:17.359><c> its</c><00:20:17.680><c> commands.</c>

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Leviticus<00:20:19.140><c> 22</c><00:20:19.960><c> reminds</c><00:20:20.619><c> us</c><00:20:20.880><c> of</c><00:20:21.059><c> the</c><00:20:21.259><c> principle,</c><00:20:23.539><c> reading</c><00:20:23.720><c> from</c><00:20:24.759><c> the</c>

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third<00:20:27.039><c> verse</c><00:20:27.440><c> of</c><00:20:27.680><c> Leviticus</c><00:20:28.180><c> 22.</c>

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But,<00:20:50.299><c> brothers</c><00:20:50.500><c> and</c><00:20:50.720><c> sisters,</c><00:20:51.420><c> that's</c><00:20:51.700><c> not</c><00:20:51.920><c> our</c><00:20:52.140><c> position.</c>

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We<00:20:53.759><c> have</c><00:20:53.940><c> been</c><00:20:54.160><c> made</c><00:20:54.440><c> clean</c><00:20:54.740><c> in</c><00:20:54.940><c> the</c><00:20:55.079><c> blood</c><00:20:55.220><c> of</c><00:20:55.420><c> the</c><00:20:55.599><c> Lamb,</c>

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and<00:20:58.460><c> we</c><00:20:58.779><c> live</c><00:20:59.039><c> in</c><00:20:59.240><c> the</c><00:20:59.420><c> joy</c><00:21:00.039><c> of</c><00:21:00.700><c> his</c><00:21:01.039><c> presence.</c>

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And<00:21:02.579><c> indeed,</c><00:21:03.339><c> from</c><00:21:03.400><c> 1</c><00:21:04.220><c> Chronicles</c><00:21:04.680><c> 16,</c><00:21:05.259><c> we</c><00:21:05.480><c> learn</c><00:21:05.779><c> that</c><00:21:06.119><c> the</c><00:21:06.579><c> presence</c><00:21:06.920><c> of</c><00:21:07.200><c> the</c><00:21:07.359><c> Lord</c><00:21:07.759><c> is</c><00:21:08.299><c> indeed</c><00:21:08.680><c> a</c>

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place<00:21:09.160><c> of</c><00:21:09.519><c> joy.</c>

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We<00:21:12.160><c> pick</c><00:21:12.400><c> up</c><00:21:12.640><c> the</c><00:21:13.920><c> words</c><00:21:14.319><c> from</c><00:21:14.880><c> verse</c><00:21:15.440><c> 27.</c>

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Glory<00:21:19.480><c> and</c><00:21:19.900><c> honor</c><00:21:20.299><c> are</c><00:21:20.579><c> in</c><00:21:20.859><c> his</c><00:21:21.319><c> presence.</c>

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Strength<00:21:23.039><c> and</c><00:21:23.460><c> gladness</c><00:21:24.079><c> are</c><00:21:24.319><c> in</c><00:21:24.559><c> his</c><00:21:24.880><c> place.</c>

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Now,<00:21:26.339><c> in</c><00:21:26.559><c> fullness,</c><00:21:26.839><c> we</c><00:21:27.019><c> will</c><00:21:27.200><c> only</c><00:21:27.400><c> experience</c><00:21:28.000><c> that</c><00:21:28.460><c> in</c><00:21:28.839><c> the</c>

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age<00:21:29.279><c> to</c><00:21:29.559><c> come.</c>

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But<00:21:31.319><c> in</c><00:21:31.519><c> measure</c><00:21:31.740><c> now,</c><00:21:33.180><c> being</c><00:21:33.420><c> brought</c><00:21:33.740><c> near</c><00:21:34.059><c> by</c><00:21:34.299><c> the</c><00:21:34.440><c> blood</c>

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of<00:21:34.819><c> Christ,</c>

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strength<00:21:37.640><c> and</c><00:21:38.079><c> gladness</c><00:21:39.259><c> he</c><00:21:40.720><c> will</c><00:21:40.940><c> give</c><00:21:41.099><c> unto</c><00:21:41.339><c> us</c><00:21:42.339><c> that</c><00:21:42.740><c> we</c><00:21:42.960><c> might</c><00:21:43.339><c> do</c>

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his<00:21:44.160><c> work.</c>

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And<00:21:45.539><c> David</c><00:21:45.819><c> again</c><00:21:46.319><c> and</c><00:21:46.539><c> again</c><00:21:47.880><c> rejoices</c><00:21:49.019><c> in</c><00:21:49.900><c> this</c><00:21:50.640><c> glorious</c><00:21:51.400><c> fact.</c>

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Reading<00:21:54.660><c> from</c><00:21:55.019><c> Psalm</c><00:21:55.279><c> 95.</c>

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Come,<00:21:57.599><c> let</c><00:21:57.720><c> us</c><00:21:57.940><c> sing</c><00:21:58.119><c> unto</c><00:21:58.339><c> the</c><00:21:58.559><c> Lord,</c><00:21:58.960><c> make</c><00:21:59.119><c> us</c><00:21:59.640><c> joyful</c><00:22:00.119><c> noise</c>

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to<00:22:00.880><c> the</c><00:22:01.059><c> rock</c><00:22:01.180><c> of</c><00:22:01.359><c> our</c><00:22:01.559><c> salvation.</c>

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Let<00:22:02.759><c> us</c><00:22:03.059><c> come</c><00:22:03.400><c> before</c><00:22:03.819><c> his</c><00:22:04.240><c> presence</c><00:22:04.640><c> with</c><00:22:04.920><c> thanksgiving,</c>

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make<00:22:06.119><c> a</c><00:22:06.400><c> joyful</c><00:22:06.779><c> noise</c><00:22:07.339><c> unto</c><00:22:07.579><c> him</c><00:22:07.759><c> with</c><00:22:08.119><c> psalms,</c>

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for<00:22:09.279><c> the</c><00:22:09.500><c> Lord</c><00:22:09.759><c> is</c><00:22:10.019><c> a</c><00:22:10.319><c> great</c><00:22:10.539><c> God,</c><00:22:11.000><c> a</c><00:22:11.140><c> great</c><00:22:11.380><c> King</c><00:22:11.839><c> above</c><00:22:12.099><c> all</c><00:22:12.420><c> gods.</c>

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What<00:22:14.779><c> joy</c><00:22:15.299><c> do</c><00:22:17.960><c> we</c><00:22:18.200><c> have</c><00:22:18.359><c> it,</c><00:22:18.619><c> brothers</c><00:22:18.740><c> and</c><00:22:19.019><c> sisters?</c>

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When<00:22:19.819><c> we</c><00:22:19.980><c> get</c><00:22:20.160><c> up</c><00:22:20.299><c> in</c><00:22:20.400><c> the</c><00:22:20.539><c> morning</c><00:22:20.799><c> and</c><00:22:20.940><c> we're</c><00:22:21.160><c> so</c><00:22:21.339><c> concerned</c>

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about<00:22:22.140><c> work</c><00:22:22.440><c> and</c><00:22:22.599><c> about</c><00:22:22.779><c> the</c><00:22:23.019><c> children</c><00:22:23.240><c> and</c><00:22:23.440><c> about</c><00:22:23.660><c> all</c><00:22:23.880><c> sorts</c>

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of<00:22:24.400><c> things,</c>

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do<00:22:27.240><c> we</c><00:22:27.480><c> have</c><00:22:27.660><c> underneath</c><00:22:28.259><c> that</c><00:22:28.940><c> feeling?</c>

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I'm<00:22:31.119><c> in</c><00:22:31.160><c> the</c><00:22:31.319><c> presence</c><00:22:31.700><c> of</c><00:22:31.960><c> the</c><00:22:32.099><c> Almighty.</c>

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He<00:22:34.019><c> has</c><00:22:34.420><c> chosen</c><00:22:34.859><c> to</c><00:22:35.160><c> call</c><00:22:35.400><c> me</c><00:22:35.619><c> and</c><00:22:35.839><c> bring</c><00:22:36.359><c> me</c><00:22:36.680><c> unto</c><00:22:36.900><c> himself.</c>

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So<00:22:41.480><c> I'm</c><00:22:42.160><c> happy</c><00:22:42.460><c> today.</c>

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I'm<00:22:43.960><c> joyful</c><00:22:44.440><c> in</c><00:22:45.099><c> my</c><00:22:45.440><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:47.519><c> so</c><00:22:47.720><c> we</c><00:22:48.200><c> remember</c><00:22:48.559><c> again</c><00:22:48.900><c> those</c><00:22:49.200><c> words</c><00:22:49.519><c> which</c><00:22:49.779><c> we</c><00:22:50.000><c> sang.</c>

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None<00:22:50.859><c> have</c><00:22:51.220><c> such</c><00:22:51.519><c> reason.</c>

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Nobody<00:22:52.259><c> in</c><00:22:52.460><c> the</c><00:22:52.579><c> world</c><00:22:52.940><c> has</c><00:22:53.500><c> any</c><00:22:53.839><c> reason</c><00:22:54.160><c> to</c><00:22:54.359><c> be</c><00:22:54.740><c> happier</c><00:22:55.000><c> than</c>

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we<00:22:55.380><c> are</c><00:22:55.519><c> happy.</c>

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Because<00:22:56.960><c> we</c><00:22:57.140><c> are</c><00:22:57.740><c> reconciled</c><00:22:58.920><c> to</c><00:22:59.180><c> our</c><00:22:59.460><c> God.</c>

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Because<00:23:04.619><c> of</c><00:23:04.880><c> this,</c><00:23:07.220><c> because</c><00:23:07.700><c> of</c><00:23:08.200><c> the</c><00:23:08.400><c> great</c><00:23:08.640><c> love</c><00:23:09.180><c> wherewith</c>

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the<00:23:10.079><c> Lord</c><00:23:10.339><c> has</c><00:23:10.720><c> lifted</c><00:23:11.019><c> us</c><00:23:11.339><c> up,</c>

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surely<00:23:14.079><c> gratitude</c><00:23:14.759><c> must</c><00:23:15.180><c> overflow.</c>

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We<00:23:17.319><c> don't</c><00:23:17.619><c> preach</c><00:23:17.960><c> because</c><00:23:18.339><c> we</c><00:23:18.599><c> want</c><00:23:18.740><c> to</c><00:23:19.160><c> earn</c><00:23:19.500><c> our</c><00:23:19.859><c> way</c><00:23:20.059><c> into</c>

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the<00:23:20.440><c> kingdom.</c>

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We<00:23:21.559><c> know</c><00:23:21.759><c> that</c><00:23:22.019><c> God</c><00:23:22.259><c> does</c><00:23:22.559><c> not</c><00:23:22.799><c> need</c><00:23:23.059><c> us.</c>

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All<00:23:24.319><c> the</c><00:23:25.279><c> world</c><00:23:25.599><c> is</c><00:23:25.819><c> at</c><00:23:25.920><c> his</c><00:23:26.180><c> command.</c>

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But<00:23:28.279><c> in</c><00:23:28.500><c> his</c><00:23:28.779><c> love</c><00:23:29.099><c> he</c><00:23:29.279><c> has</c><00:23:29.640><c> chosen</c><00:23:30.119><c> to</c><00:23:31.579><c> bring</c><00:23:31.759><c> us</c><00:23:31.980><c> unto</c><00:23:32.220><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:23:34.240><c> out</c><00:23:34.400><c> of</c><00:23:34.700><c> gratitude</c><00:23:35.220><c> for</c><00:23:35.539><c> that</c><00:23:35.819><c> hope,</c><00:23:37.599><c> we</c><00:23:37.779><c> want</c><00:23:38.119><c> to</c><00:23:38.460><c> share,</c>

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we<00:23:38.859><c> want</c><00:23:39.099><c> to</c><00:23:39.240><c> go</c><00:23:39.519><c> forward</c><00:23:39.940><c> with</c><00:23:40.779><c> joy</c><00:23:41.500><c> and</c><00:23:42.599><c> thanksgiving.</c>

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And<00:23:45.039><c> again</c><00:23:45.319><c> I</c><00:23:45.619><c> say,</c><00:23:46.039><c> if</c><00:23:46.339><c> we</c><00:23:46.559><c> are</c><00:23:46.740><c> to</c><00:23:46.920><c> be</c><00:23:47.240><c> motivated</c><00:23:47.720><c> to</c><00:23:48.119><c> get</c><00:23:48.299><c> out</c><00:23:48.599><c> there</c>

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and<00:23:49.660><c> to</c><00:23:50.339><c> blaze</c><00:23:50.880><c> abroad</c><00:23:51.420><c> the</c><00:23:52.279><c> cleansing</c><00:23:52.720><c> that</c><00:23:52.920><c> has</c><00:23:53.140><c> come</c><00:23:53.400><c> to</c><00:23:53.579><c> us</c>

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through<00:23:53.900><c> the</c><00:23:54.000><c> Lord</c><00:23:54.180><c> Jesus</c><00:23:54.579><c> Christ,</c>

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then<00:23:56.660><c> we</c><00:23:56.839><c> must</c><00:23:57.099><c> appreciate</c><00:23:57.940><c> the</c><00:23:59.480><c> depth</c><00:23:59.880><c> and</c><00:24:00.119><c> the</c><00:24:00.359><c> love</c><00:24:00.740><c> and</c><00:24:01.279><c> the</c><00:24:01.480><c> riches</c><00:24:01.779><c> of</c><00:24:02.059><c> God</c>

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to<00:24:03.500><c> put</c><00:24:03.680><c> us</c><00:24:03.920><c> into</c><00:24:04.200><c> this</c><00:24:04.880><c> privileged</c><00:24:05.380><c> position.</c>

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The<00:24:08.380><c> moment</c><00:24:08.700><c> we</c><00:24:09.220><c> start</c><00:24:09.619><c> to</c><00:24:09.980><c> think</c><00:24:10.400><c> that</c><00:24:11.720><c> we</c><00:24:12.039><c> ourselves</c><00:24:12.720><c> are</c><00:24:13.420><c> by</c>

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our<00:24:14.019><c> efforts</c><00:24:14.339><c> earning</c><00:24:14.799><c> our</c><00:24:15.099><c> way</c><00:24:15.240><c> into</c><00:24:15.480><c> God's</c><00:24:15.900><c> kingdom,</c>

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:21.019
then<00:24:18.119><c> gratitude</c><00:24:18.660><c> will</c><00:24:18.960><c> start</c><00:24:19.180><c> to</c><00:24:19.460><c> flutter</c><00:24:19.619><c> out</c><00:24:19.900><c> the</c><00:24:19.980><c> window.</c>

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Because<00:24:21.900><c> we</c><00:24:22.440><c> will</c><00:24:22.680><c> start</c><00:24:23.000><c> thinking</c><00:24:23.420><c> that</c><00:24:24.660><c> God</c><00:24:25.000><c> is</c><00:24:25.220><c> going</c><00:24:25.359><c> to</c><00:24:25.500><c> give</c><00:24:25.579><c> us</c><00:24:25.799><c> a</c>

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kingdom<00:24:26.200><c> because</c><00:24:26.519><c> we</c><00:24:26.740><c> deserve</c><00:24:27.059><c> it.</c>

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And<00:24:28.200><c> we</c><00:24:28.400><c> start</c><00:24:28.759><c> to</c><00:24:29.559><c> do</c><00:24:29.759><c> things</c><00:24:30.119><c> because</c><00:24:30.480><c> we</c><00:24:30.619><c> think</c><00:24:30.819><c> we</c><00:24:31.599><c> can</c>

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earn<00:24:32.539><c> merit</c><00:24:33.019><c> with</c><00:24:33.259><c> him.</c>

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We<00:24:35.299><c> can't</c><00:24:35.539><c> do</c><00:24:35.740><c> that.</c><00:24:36.680><c> That's</c><00:24:36.960><c> not</c><00:24:37.200><c> the</c><00:24:37.400><c> reason</c><00:24:37.619><c> we</c><00:24:37.920><c> preach.</c>

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And<00:24:40.819><c> so</c><00:24:40.980><c> it</c><00:24:41.099><c> is</c><00:24:41.559><c> essential</c><00:24:42.160><c> that</c><00:24:42.400><c> we</c><00:24:42.579><c> have</c><00:24:42.880><c> clearly</c><00:24:43.359><c> this</c><00:24:43.700><c> doctrine</c><00:24:44.059><c> in</c>

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our<00:24:44.519><c> mind.</c>

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That<00:24:45.420><c> we</c><00:24:45.660><c> are</c><00:24:46.000><c> saved</c><00:24:46.279><c> by</c><00:24:46.599><c> grace</c><00:24:46.960><c> and</c><00:24:47.180><c> not</c><00:24:47.400><c> by</c><00:24:47.700><c> works,</c><00:24:49.559><c> lest</c><00:24:49.680><c> any</c>

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man<00:24:50.259><c> should</c><00:24:50.539><c> glory.</c>

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Whoever<00:24:54.019><c> it</c><00:24:54.279><c> is,</c><00:24:55.079><c> Abraham,</c><00:24:56.940><c> Daniel,</c><00:24:57.319><c> Moses,</c><00:24:59.519><c> John</c><00:24:59.720><c> the</c><00:24:59.900><c> Baptist,</c><00:25:00.420><c> Paul,</c>

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Peter,<00:25:03.059><c> anybody</c><00:25:03.380><c> we</c><00:25:03.660><c> know,</c>

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has<00:25:05.559><c> no</c><00:25:05.940><c> other</c><00:25:06.299><c> hope</c><00:25:06.759><c> but</c><00:25:07.519><c> by</c><00:25:08.059><c> the</c><00:25:08.279><c> grace</c><00:25:08.940><c> of</c><00:25:09.400><c> God.</c>

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We<00:25:12.779><c> must</c><00:25:13.099><c> realize</c><00:25:13.539><c> that</c><00:25:13.700><c> it</c><00:25:13.819><c> is</c><00:25:14.039><c> a</c><00:25:14.200><c> gift,</c><00:25:15.539><c> a</c><00:25:15.759><c> joyful</c><00:25:16.119><c> gift</c><00:25:16.559><c> that</c>

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we<00:25:16.900><c> have</c><00:25:17.019><c> been</c><00:25:17.279><c> given,</c>

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that<00:25:17.680><c> we</c><00:25:17.880><c> must</c><00:25:18.180><c> share</c><00:25:18.759><c> with</c><00:25:19.240><c> all</c><00:25:19.480><c> who</c><00:25:19.700><c> we</c><00:25:20.039><c> will</c><00:25:20.359><c> hear.</c>

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Inevitably<00:25:23.920><c> we</c><00:25:24.160><c> will</c><00:25:24.500><c> fail.</c><00:25:24.880><c> We're</c><00:25:25.240><c> thinking</c><00:25:25.579><c> that</c><00:25:25.799><c> we</c><00:25:25.980><c> can</c>

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be<00:25:26.700><c> good</c><00:25:26.900><c> enough</c><00:25:27.140><c> to</c><00:25:27.299><c> enter</c><00:25:27.460><c> the</c><00:25:27.720><c> kingdom.</c>

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Inevitably<00:25:29.380><c> we</c><00:25:29.559><c> will</c><00:25:29.920><c> fail</c><00:25:30.180><c> to</c><00:25:30.720><c> live</c><00:25:30.920><c> up</c><00:25:31.140><c> to</c><00:25:31.359><c> Christ's</c><00:25:31.960><c> standard</c><00:25:32.160><c> and</c><00:25:33.259><c> maybe</c><00:25:33.720><c> be</c>

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discouraged<00:25:35.319><c> by</c><00:25:36.720><c> that</c><00:25:36.980><c> weakness.</c>

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Because<00:25:38.079><c> we</c><00:25:38.339><c> are</c><00:25:38.559><c> weak.</c>

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It's<00:25:40.640><c> a</c><00:25:40.779><c> sad</c><00:25:40.960><c> thing</c><00:25:41.200><c> that</c><00:25:41.400><c> sometimes</c><00:25:41.880><c> on</c><00:25:42.059><c> a</c><00:25:42.180><c> Sunday</c><00:25:42.380><c> morning</c>

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you'll<00:25:42.960><c> get</c><00:25:43.079><c> brethren</c><00:25:43.380><c> and</c><00:25:43.640><c> sisters</c>

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who<00:25:45.220><c> come</c><00:25:45.519><c> to</c><00:25:45.740><c> the</c><00:25:45.900><c> breaking</c><00:25:46.160><c> of</c><00:25:46.500><c> bread.</c>

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And<00:25:48.859><c> then</c><00:25:49.059><c> suddenly</c><00:25:49.299><c> they</c><00:25:49.519><c> hear</c><00:25:49.759><c> the</c><00:25:50.180><c> presiding</c><00:25:50.539><c> brother</c><00:25:50.839><c> read</c><00:25:51.119><c> out</c>

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the<00:25:51.480><c> words,</c>

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He<00:25:52.220><c> that</c><00:25:52.400><c> eateth</c><00:25:52.700><c> and</c><00:25:52.900><c> drinketh</c><00:25:53.240><c> unworthily,</c><00:25:54.920><c> eateth</c><00:25:55.180><c> and</c><00:25:55.339><c> drinketh</c><00:25:55.660><c> condemnation</c><00:25:56.279><c> to</c><00:25:56.500><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:25:57.500><c> I've</c><00:25:57.660><c> known</c><00:25:57.779><c> brethren</c><00:25:58.119><c> and</c><00:25:58.359><c> sisters,</c><00:25:58.700><c> particularly</c><00:25:59.039><c> sisters</c><00:25:59.700><c> more</c><00:26:00.359><c> vulnerable</c><00:26:00.799><c> to</c>

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this<00:26:01.339><c> feeling</c><00:26:01.559><c> of</c><00:26:01.839><c> unworthiness,</c>

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that<00:26:02.819><c> don't</c><00:26:03.019><c> take</c><00:26:03.279><c> the</c><00:26:03.460><c> bread</c><00:26:03.559><c> and</c><00:26:03.759><c> wine.</c>

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Because<00:26:05.759><c> I</c><00:26:05.880><c> feel</c><00:26:06.319><c> they're</c><00:26:06.880><c> not</c><00:26:07.000><c> good</c><00:26:07.240><c> enough,</c><00:26:08.000><c> they're</c><00:26:08.160><c> not</c>

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worthy<00:26:08.740><c> to</c><00:26:08.960><c> do</c><00:26:09.119><c> it.</c>

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Of<00:26:10.539><c> course</c><00:26:10.759><c> we're</c><00:26:11.019><c> not</c><00:26:11.200><c> worthy,</c><00:26:11.460><c> that's</c><00:26:11.740><c> the</c><00:26:11.799><c> whole</c><00:26:12.039><c> point.</c>

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That's<00:26:13.539><c> why</c><00:26:13.900><c> Christ</c><00:26:14.220><c> died</c><00:26:14.500><c> for</c><00:26:14.720><c> us,</c><00:26:14.900><c> that's</c><00:26:15.059><c> why</c><00:26:15.339><c> we</c><00:26:15.559><c> have</c><00:26:15.700><c> the</c>

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reminders<00:26:16.240><c> of</c><00:26:16.440><c> his</c><00:26:16.619><c> death</c><00:26:17.099><c> and</c><00:26:18.019><c> resurrection.</c>

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He's<00:26:19.980><c> talking</c><00:26:20.240><c> of</c><00:26:20.500><c> course</c><00:26:21.019><c> about</c><00:26:22.119><c> the</c><00:26:22.799><c> discerning</c><00:26:23.299><c> of</c><00:26:23.980><c> it</c><00:26:24.400><c> as</c>

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a<00:26:24.779><c> symbol</c><00:26:24.980><c> of</c><00:26:25.160><c> the</c><00:26:25.279><c> Lord's</c><00:26:25.640><c> body</c>

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and<00:26:26.059><c> not</c><00:26:26.240><c> of</c><00:26:26.440><c> simply</c><00:26:27.519><c> food</c><00:26:27.859><c> and</c><00:26:28.099><c> drink</c><00:26:28.500><c> to</c><00:26:29.460><c> sustain</c><00:26:29.880><c> our</c>

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physical<00:26:30.460><c> bodies.</c>

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Not<00:26:31.660><c> talking</c><00:26:32.039><c> about</c><00:26:32.440><c> our</c><00:26:32.700><c> own</c><00:26:32.960><c> worthiness,</c><00:26:33.319><c> of</c><00:26:33.660><c> course.</c>

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We<00:26:35.740><c> are</c><00:26:35.920><c> all</c><00:26:36.119><c> unworthy.</c>

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And<00:26:37.980><c> that's</c><00:26:38.240><c> the</c><00:26:38.380><c> whole</c><00:26:39.220><c> focus</c><00:26:39.799><c> of</c><00:26:41.220><c> that</c><00:26:41.980><c> wonderful</c><00:26:42.480><c> ceremony.</c>

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:46.279
And<00:26:44.079><c> that's</c><00:26:44.259><c> why</c><00:26:44.500><c> we</c><00:26:44.740><c> should</c><00:26:44.940><c> come</c><00:26:45.259><c> away</c><00:26:45.700><c> from</c><00:26:45.900><c> the</c><00:26:46.059><c> breaking</c>

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of<00:26:46.539><c> bread,</c>

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not<00:26:47.259><c> with</c><00:26:47.480><c> a</c><00:26:47.680><c> feeling</c><00:26:47.980><c> of</c><00:26:49.099><c> being</c><00:26:49.880><c> down,</c><00:26:51.220><c> but</c><00:26:51.440><c> of</c><00:26:51.640><c> having</c><00:26:51.779><c> been</c>

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lifted<00:26:52.500><c> up</c><00:26:52.880><c> by</c><00:26:53.140><c> the</c><00:26:53.339><c> Lord,</c>

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:59.380
by<00:26:54.180><c> His</c><00:26:54.640><c> grace,</c><00:26:56.059><c> into</c><00:26:56.299><c> joy</c><00:26:56.859><c> of</c><00:26:57.319><c> fellowship</c><00:26:57.819><c> with</c><00:26:58.480><c> Him.</c>

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:07.160
And<00:27:01.519><c> of</c><00:27:01.700><c> course</c><00:27:02.460><c> joy</c><00:27:03.000><c> and</c><00:27:03.259><c> gratitude</c><00:27:04.259><c> are</c><00:27:04.779><c> just</c><00:27:05.400><c> companions</c><00:27:06.000><c> together.</c>

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If<00:27:07.839><c> you</c><00:27:08.059><c> are</c><00:27:08.380><c> a</c><00:27:08.559><c> grateful</c><00:27:09.019><c> person,</c><00:27:09.740><c> you</c><00:27:09.900><c> will</c><00:27:10.119><c> be</c><00:27:10.259><c> a</c><00:27:10.420><c> joyful</c><00:27:10.720><c> person.</c>

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:16.839
And<00:27:12.960><c> of</c><00:27:13.140><c> course</c><00:27:13.279><c> the</c><00:27:13.500><c> opposite</c><00:27:13.940><c> of</c><00:27:14.400><c> that</c><00:27:14.619><c> is</c><00:27:15.880><c> ingratitude.</c>

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:20.220
If<00:27:17.200><c> you</c><00:27:17.420><c> are</c><00:27:17.599><c> an</c><00:27:17.880><c> ungrateful</c><00:27:18.400><c> person,</c><00:27:19.420><c> then</c><00:27:19.619><c> your</c><00:27:19.859><c> life</c><00:27:20.019><c> will</c>

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have<00:27:20.460><c> bitterness</c><00:27:20.819><c> and</c><00:27:21.220><c> sorrow.</c>

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Because<00:27:23.000><c> they</c><00:27:23.859><c> come</c><00:27:24.119><c> together.</c>

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:30.859
We<00:27:26.019><c> are</c><00:27:26.319><c> people</c><00:27:26.759><c> of</c><00:27:27.339><c> thankfulness,</c><00:27:28.079><c> of</c><00:27:28.220><c> gratitude,</c><00:27:30.319><c> people</c>

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of<00:27:32.079><c> joy.</c>

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And<00:27:34.420><c> so</c><00:27:34.559><c> we</c><00:27:34.740><c> put</c><00:27:34.880><c> our</c><00:27:35.259><c> confidence,</c><00:27:36.579><c> our</c><00:27:36.839><c> confidence</c><00:27:37.240><c> not</c><00:27:37.440><c> in</c>

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flesh,<00:27:38.779><c> not</c><00:27:38.960><c> in</c><00:27:39.140><c> our</c><00:27:39.339><c> own</c><00:27:39.539><c> efforts,</c>

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:42.940
not<00:27:40.819><c> in</c><00:27:41.059><c> our</c><00:27:41.259><c> own</c><00:27:41.480><c> preaching</c><00:27:41.839><c> efforts,</c>

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:49.759
but<00:27:45.259><c> everything</c><00:27:46.220><c> in</c><00:27:46.440><c> the</c><00:27:46.640><c> hands</c><00:27:46.940><c> of</c><00:27:47.259><c> a</c><00:27:47.400><c> loving,</c><00:27:48.380><c> caring</c><00:27:49.140><c> Father</c>

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:53.559
who<00:27:50.640><c> wants</c><00:27:51.000><c> to</c><00:27:51.180><c> give</c><00:27:51.299><c> us</c><00:27:51.539><c> a</c><00:27:51.700><c> kingdom,</c><00:27:52.400><c> who</c><00:27:52.599><c> wants</c><00:27:53.000><c> people</c><00:27:53.339><c> to</c>

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.559
come<00:27:53.720><c> into</c><00:27:53.900><c> His</c><00:27:54.140><c> kingdom.</c>

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:57.900
Not<00:27:55.079><c> willing</c><00:27:55.339><c> that</c><00:27:55.559><c> any</c><00:27:55.700><c> should</c><00:27:55.960><c> perish,</c><00:27:56.279><c> He</c><00:27:56.440><c> wants</c><00:27:56.759><c> everybody.</c>

00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:02.059
But<00:27:59.640><c> not</c><00:27:59.839><c> everybody</c><00:28:00.180><c> wants</c><00:28:00.579><c> it,</c><00:28:00.700><c> that's</c><00:28:01.039><c> the</c><00:28:01.140><c> problem.</c>

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:04.259
God<00:28:02.460><c> wants</c><00:28:02.720><c> everybody</c><00:28:03.099><c> in</c><00:28:03.220><c> His</c><00:28:03.400><c> kingdom,</c><00:28:03.660><c> but</c><00:28:03.799><c> not</c><00:28:04.000><c> everybody</c>

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:05.940
wants<00:28:04.519><c> to</c><00:28:04.700><c> be</c><00:28:04.799><c> in</c><00:28:04.859><c> the</c><00:28:05.039><c> kingdom.</c>

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:10.279
Because<00:28:07.279><c> a</c><00:28:07.480><c> kingdom</c><00:28:07.740><c> is</c><00:28:08.000><c> a</c><00:28:08.160><c> place</c><00:28:08.359><c> of</c><00:28:08.640><c> doing</c><00:28:08.799><c> the</c><00:28:08.960><c> will</c><00:28:09.059><c> of</c><00:28:09.240><c> the</c><00:28:09.420><c> Father.</c>

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:12.359
Most<00:28:10.880><c> people</c><00:28:11.099><c> don't</c><00:28:11.259><c> want</c><00:28:11.440><c> to</c><00:28:11.559><c> do</c><00:28:11.640><c> the</c><00:28:11.799><c> will</c><00:28:11.900><c> of</c><00:28:12.059><c> the</c><00:28:12.200><c> Father,</c>

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:14.180
they<00:28:12.519><c> want</c><00:28:12.680><c> to</c><00:28:12.819><c> do</c><00:28:12.880><c> their</c><00:28:13.079><c> own</c><00:28:13.299><c> will.</c>

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:17.440
We<00:28:15.259><c> have</c><00:28:15.460><c> to</c><00:28:15.700><c> share</c><00:28:15.900><c> with</c><00:28:16.099><c> them,</c><00:28:16.279><c> we</c><00:28:16.380><c> have</c><00:28:16.599><c> to</c><00:28:16.900><c> tell</c><00:28:17.039><c> them</c>

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:20.859
how<00:28:18.279><c> wonderful</c><00:28:18.819><c> the</c><00:28:19.000><c> will</c><00:28:19.079><c> of</c><00:28:19.279><c> the</c><00:28:19.440><c> Father</c><00:28:19.640><c> is.</c>

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:24.299
And<00:28:21.640><c> that</c><00:28:21.779><c> a</c><00:28:21.920><c> life</c><00:28:22.099><c> of</c><00:28:22.400><c> eternity</c><00:28:22.779><c> doing</c><00:28:23.099><c> the</c><00:28:23.339><c> will</c><00:28:23.460><c> of</c><00:28:23.680><c> the</c><00:28:23.880><c> Father</c><00:28:24.140><c> and</c>

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.859
not<00:28:24.420><c> our</c><00:28:24.619><c> own</c><00:28:24.839><c> will,</c>

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will<00:28:26.160><c> be</c><00:28:26.460><c> joy</c><00:28:27.140><c> indeed.</c>

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Now,<00:28:38.000><c> don't</c><00:28:38.579><c> get</c><00:28:39.140><c> discouraged</c><00:28:39.839><c> by</c><00:28:40.180><c> feeling,</c><00:28:40.579><c> well,</c><00:28:40.960><c> what</c><00:28:41.279><c> can</c>

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.859
I<00:28:41.759><c> do?</c>

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As<00:28:44.140><c> Brother</c><00:28:44.420><c> Bob</c><00:28:44.559><c> reminded</c><00:28:45.000><c> us</c><00:28:45.759><c> at</c><00:28:46.240><c> the</c><00:28:46.400><c> close</c><00:28:46.579><c> of</c><00:28:46.799><c> the</c><00:28:46.940><c> last</c><00:28:47.200><c> talk,</c>

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:51.980
it's<00:28:48.819><c> not</c><00:28:49.099><c> what</c><00:28:49.579><c> we</c><00:28:49.880><c> can</c><00:28:50.059><c> do,</c><00:28:50.279><c> we</c><00:28:50.460><c> can</c><00:28:50.700><c> do</c><00:28:50.920><c> nothing.</c>

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:54.079
Paul<00:28:52.640><c> says</c><00:28:52.900><c> that</c><00:28:53.039><c> I</c><00:28:53.119><c> can</c><00:28:53.319><c> do</c><00:28:53.579><c> nothing,</c>

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:59.700
but<00:28:54.519><c> I</c><00:28:54.700><c> can</c><00:28:54.900><c> do</c><00:28:55.220><c> all</c><00:28:55.660><c> things</c><00:28:56.019><c> through</c><00:28:56.359><c> Christ</c><00:28:57.200><c> who</c><00:28:57.980><c> strengthens</c><00:28:58.619><c> me.</c>

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:03.440
It's<00:29:00.480><c> not</c><00:29:00.660><c> us</c><00:29:01.059><c> performing,</c><00:29:01.960><c> it's</c><00:29:02.359><c> God.</c>

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:07.839
One<00:29:04.400><c> of</c><00:29:04.519><c> our</c><00:29:04.599><c> very</c><00:29:04.880><c> lovely</c><00:29:05.160><c> hymns,</c><00:29:05.559><c> hymn</c><00:29:05.859><c> 267</c><00:29:06.819><c> says,</c>

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:13.359
Though<00:29:08.819><c> rough</c><00:29:09.220><c> winds</c><00:29:09.599><c> may</c><00:29:09.920><c> wrestle,</c><00:29:11.380><c> our</c><00:29:11.519><c> God</c><00:29:11.920><c> will</c><00:29:12.259><c> perform.</c>

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:16.460
With<00:29:13.700><c> Christ</c><00:29:14.119><c> in</c><00:29:14.380><c> the</c><00:29:14.500><c> vessel</c><00:29:14.779><c> we</c><00:29:15.119><c> smile</c><00:29:15.640><c> at</c><00:29:15.880><c> the</c><00:29:16.119><c> storm.</c>

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:18.359
God<00:29:16.980><c> will</c><00:29:17.259><c> perform.</c>

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:24.359
God<00:29:19.240><c> who</c><00:29:19.519><c> does</c><00:29:19.799><c> all</c><00:29:20.240><c> things</c><00:29:20.660><c> for</c><00:29:20.920><c> me,</c><00:29:22.420><c> says</c><00:29:22.579><c> the</c><00:29:22.819><c> Apostle.</c>

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:29.140
Just<00:29:25.660><c> turn</c><00:29:25.900><c> to</c><00:29:26.680><c> Romans</c><00:29:27.099><c> 6.</c>

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:37.200
We<00:29:33.680><c> know</c><00:29:33.940><c> the</c><00:29:34.079><c> chapter</c><00:29:34.400><c> well</c><00:29:34.799><c> when,</c><00:29:36.440><c> quite</c><00:29:36.759><c> often</c><00:29:37.019><c> when</c>

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there's<00:29:37.500><c> baptisms,</c>

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:42.180
we<00:29:38.740><c> read</c><00:29:39.019><c> it</c><00:29:39.220><c> as</c><00:29:39.400><c> well</c><00:29:39.559><c> as</c><00:29:39.740><c> our</c><00:29:39.920><c> daily</c><00:29:40.200><c> readings</c><00:29:40.539><c> so</c><00:29:40.980><c> often.</c>

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:47.460
And<00:29:44.619><c> it's</c><00:29:44.779><c> all</c><00:29:45.019><c> about</c><00:29:45.519><c> yielding</c><00:29:46.099><c> ourselves,</c><00:29:46.779><c> isn't</c><00:29:46.940><c> it?</c>

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:50.519
No<00:29:47.920><c> longer</c><00:29:48.259><c> to</c><00:29:48.579><c> sin,</c><00:29:48.940><c> but</c><00:29:49.119><c> to</c><00:29:49.380><c> God.</c>

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:52.380
Verse<00:29:51.099><c> 13.</c>

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Neither<00:29:53.079><c> yield</c><00:29:53.539><c> ye</c><00:29:53.740><c> your</c><00:29:54.000><c> members</c><00:29:54.420><c> as</c><00:29:54.920><c> instruments</c><00:29:55.339><c> of</c><00:29:55.640><c> unrighteousness</c><00:29:56.420><c> unto</c><00:29:56.680><c> sin,</c>

00:29:57.160 --> 00:30:00.720
but<00:29:58.000><c> yield</c><00:29:58.660><c> yourselves</c><00:29:59.339><c> unto</c><00:29:59.720><c> God,</c>

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:04.819
as<00:30:01.339><c> those</c><00:30:01.640><c> that</c><00:30:01.920><c> are</c><00:30:03.759><c> alive</c><00:30:04.019><c> from</c><00:30:04.259><c> the</c><00:30:04.460><c> dead,</c>

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:10.059
your<00:30:05.619><c> members</c><00:30:06.019><c> as</c><00:30:06.539><c> instruments</c><00:30:07.039><c> of</c><00:30:07.400><c> righteousness</c><00:30:08.000><c> unto</c><00:30:09.059><c> God.</c>

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Notice<00:30:12.400><c> that.</c>

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Yield<00:30:13.900><c> yourself.</c>

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:19.039
The<00:30:16.380><c> word</c><00:30:16.539><c> there</c><00:30:16.779><c> is</c><00:30:17.059><c> actually</c><00:30:18.180><c> paraskemo.</c>

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:24.460
It<00:30:19.240><c> means</c><00:30:19.740><c> to</c><00:30:20.420><c> lay</c><00:30:20.680><c> yourself</c><00:30:21.259><c> alongside</c><00:30:22.160><c> God.</c>

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:29.039
Not<00:30:25.700><c> lie</c><00:30:25.920><c> with</c><00:30:26.220><c> flesh,</c><00:30:26.619><c> not</c><00:30:26.700><c> lie</c><00:30:26.920><c> with</c><00:30:27.160><c> man,</c><00:30:28.359><c> but</c><00:30:28.539><c> with</c><00:30:28.799><c> God.</c>

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:33.019
The<00:30:29.220><c> same</c><00:30:29.400><c> word</c><00:30:29.640><c> is</c><00:30:30.480><c> in</c><00:30:31.220><c> Romans</c><00:30:31.559><c> 12,</c>

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:36.200
where<00:30:33.980><c> we</c><00:30:34.220><c> have</c><00:30:34.400><c> instead</c><00:30:34.779><c> the</c><00:30:35.000><c> word</c><00:30:35.200><c> present,</c><00:30:35.779><c> but</c><00:30:35.940><c> it's</c><00:30:36.160><c> the</c>

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:37.400
same<00:30:36.420><c> word.</c>

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:40.400
I<00:30:37.559><c> beseech</c><00:30:37.940><c> you</c><00:30:38.200><c> therefore,</c><00:30:38.859><c> brethren,</c><00:30:39.099><c> by</c><00:30:39.319><c> the</c><00:30:39.519><c> mercies</c><00:30:39.799><c> of</c><00:30:40.039><c> God,</c>

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:45.140
that<00:30:41.000><c> you</c><00:30:41.640><c> present,</c><00:30:42.839><c> yield,</c><00:30:43.400><c> yield</c><00:30:43.819><c> your</c><00:30:44.140><c> bodies,</c>

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:49.140
a<00:30:45.559><c> living</c><00:30:45.880><c> sacrifice</c><00:30:46.660><c> wholly</c><00:30:47.140><c> acceptable</c><00:30:47.759><c> unto</c><00:30:48.039><c> God.</c>

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:53.940
And<00:30:51.200><c> so</c><00:30:51.420><c> instead</c><00:30:51.779><c> of</c><00:30:51.940><c> lying</c><00:30:52.220><c> ourselves</c><00:30:52.720><c> down</c><00:30:53.160><c> beside</c><00:30:53.579><c> sin,</c>

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:56.960
feeling<00:30:54.460><c> comfortable</c><00:30:55.099><c> and</c><00:30:55.359><c> relaxed</c><00:30:55.740><c> with</c><00:30:56.019><c> sin,</c>

00:30:57.759 --> 00:31:00.240
we<00:30:58.000><c> lie</c><00:30:58.200><c> ourselves</c><00:30:58.680><c> down</c><00:30:59.059><c> beside</c><00:30:59.400><c> our</c><00:30:59.700><c> Father</c>

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:04.980
and<00:31:01.259><c> feel</c><00:31:01.619><c> safe</c><00:31:02.460><c> and</c><00:31:03.240><c> comfortable</c><00:31:03.680><c> with</c><00:31:03.920><c> Him.</c>

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:08.660
So<00:31:06.799><c> how</c><00:31:07.019><c> do</c><00:31:07.180><c> we</c><00:31:07.240><c> do</c><00:31:07.420><c> that?</c>

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:11.900
Well,<00:31:10.119><c> through</c><00:31:10.359><c> the</c><00:31:10.539><c> word</c><00:31:10.640><c> of</c><00:31:10.920><c> God.</c>

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:16.700
There's<00:31:13.980><c> a</c><00:31:14.460><c> beautiful</c><00:31:14.900><c> verse</c><00:31:15.319><c> for</c><00:31:15.579><c> this</c><00:31:15.839><c> in</c><00:31:16.059><c> 2</c><00:31:16.299><c> Timothy,</c>

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:20.519
a<00:31:17.079><c> verse</c><00:31:17.400><c> which,</c><00:31:18.480><c> if</c><00:31:18.640><c> there's</c><00:31:18.900><c> any</c><00:31:19.140><c> translation,</c>

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:24.059
unfortunate<00:31:22.059><c> translation</c><00:31:22.720><c> in</c><00:31:22.900><c> the</c><00:31:23.079><c> King</c><00:31:23.319><c> James</c><00:31:23.619><c> Version,</c>

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:28.440
it<00:31:24.700><c> comes</c><00:31:25.000><c> in</c><00:31:25.259><c> this</c><00:31:25.599><c> verse,</c><00:31:26.359><c> which</c><00:31:26.779><c> we</c><00:31:27.299><c> very</c><00:31:27.579><c> often</c><00:31:27.940><c> quote</c>

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:31.799
in<00:31:29.220><c> 2</c><00:31:29.480><c> Timothy</c><00:31:29.880><c> chapter</c><00:31:30.440><c> 2.</c>

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:36.039
This<00:31:32.980><c> is</c><00:31:33.099><c> what</c><00:31:33.240><c> the</c><00:31:33.420><c> King</c><00:31:33.619><c> James</c><00:31:33.940><c> says</c><00:31:34.299><c> in</c><00:31:34.539><c> verse</c><00:31:34.819><c> 15.</c>

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:39.880
Study<00:31:37.099><c> to</c><00:31:37.500><c> show</c><00:31:37.839><c> yourself</c><00:31:38.400><c> approved</c><00:31:39.019><c> unto</c><00:31:39.339><c> God,</c>

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:42.880
a<00:31:40.599><c> workman</c><00:31:40.920><c> that</c><00:31:41.220><c> needeth</c><00:31:41.599><c> not</c><00:31:41.880><c> to</c><00:31:42.220><c> be</c><00:31:42.420><c> ashamed,</c>

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:45.480
rightly<00:31:43.380><c> dividing</c><00:31:43.880><c> the</c><00:31:44.140><c> word</c><00:31:44.319><c> of</c><00:31:44.660><c> truth.</c>

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:49.759
Study<00:31:48.079><c> to</c><00:31:48.319><c> show</c><00:31:48.599><c> yourself?</c>

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:51.259
Who<00:31:49.960><c> are</c><00:31:50.059><c> you</c><00:31:50.140><c> going</c><00:31:50.279><c> to</c><00:31:50.460><c> show?</c>

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:53.940
You're<00:31:52.359><c> going</c><00:31:52.440><c> to</c><00:31:52.579><c> show</c><00:31:52.700><c> the</c><00:31:52.940><c> world?</c>

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:55.720
You're<00:31:54.339><c> going</c><00:31:54.460><c> to</c><00:31:54.559><c> show</c><00:31:54.799><c> God?</c>

00:31:57.119 --> 00:32:02.339
That<00:31:57.480><c> word</c><00:31:57.880><c> show</c><00:31:58.240><c> is</c><00:31:58.539><c> actually</c><00:31:59.859><c> paristimo,</c><00:32:01.359><c> yield.</c>

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:05.380
What<00:32:02.819><c> the</c><00:32:03.099><c> translator</c><00:32:03.440><c> should</c><00:32:03.700><c> have</c><00:32:03.839><c> given</c><00:32:04.039><c> us</c><00:32:04.359><c> is,</c>

00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:07.759
study<00:32:05.500><c> to</c><00:32:06.019><c> yield</c><00:32:06.460><c> yourself.</c>

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:12.240
You<00:32:09.420><c> can't</c><00:32:09.839><c> make</c><00:32:10.140><c> yourself</c><00:32:10.640><c> approved</c><00:32:11.119><c> to</c><00:32:11.420><c> God.</c>

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:15.400
You<00:32:13.799><c> have</c><00:32:14.000><c> to</c><00:32:14.359><c> yield</c><00:32:14.779><c> yourself.</c>

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:17.440
What<00:32:15.960><c> is</c><00:32:16.200><c> the</c><00:32:16.339><c> purpose</c><00:32:16.720><c> of</c><00:32:16.960><c> our</c><00:32:17.220><c> study?</c>

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:19.559
Rightly<00:32:17.960><c> dividing</c><00:32:18.279><c> the</c><00:32:18.519><c> word</c><00:32:18.700><c> of</c><00:32:19.299><c> truth</c>

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:23.779
so<00:32:20.079><c> that</c><00:32:20.259><c> we</c><00:32:20.440><c> can</c><00:32:20.859><c> yield</c><00:32:21.319><c> ourselves</c><00:32:22.039><c> unto</c><00:32:22.299><c> God,</c>

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:26.200
lay<00:32:24.299><c> ourselves</c><00:32:24.839><c> down</c><00:32:25.200><c> beside</c><00:32:25.660><c> Him</c>

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:29.640
and<00:32:27.460><c> not</c><00:32:27.779><c> on</c><00:32:28.119><c> the</c><00:32:28.299><c> side</c><00:32:28.440><c> of</c><00:32:28.700><c> man.</c>

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:33.599
That's<00:32:30.720><c> the</c><00:32:30.819><c> only</c><00:32:30.960><c> way</c><00:32:31.240><c> to</c><00:32:31.400><c> have</c><00:32:31.599><c> approval</c><00:32:32.019><c> from</c><00:32:32.259><c> the</c><00:32:32.440><c> Father.</c>

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:37.660
Not<00:32:34.299><c> to</c><00:32:34.619><c> show,</c><00:32:35.920><c> but</c><00:32:36.039><c> to</c><00:32:36.400><c> yield.</c>

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:40.980
Yield<00:32:38.599><c> ourselves</c><00:32:39.380><c> to</c><00:32:39.920><c> Him.</c>

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:45.779
And<00:32:42.500><c> so</c><00:32:42.940><c> it</c><00:32:43.500><c> is</c><00:32:44.380><c> that</c><00:32:44.720><c> we</c><00:32:45.019><c> give</c><00:32:45.279><c> diligence,</c>

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:47.339
that's<00:32:46.180><c> the</c><00:32:46.259><c> word</c><00:32:46.519><c> study</c><00:32:46.859><c> there</c><00:32:47.200><c> is,</c>

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:50.380
we<00:32:47.539><c> give</c><00:32:47.920><c> diligence</c><00:32:48.700><c> to</c><00:32:49.859><c> what?</c>

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.880
To<00:32:51.019><c> yield.</c>

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:53.619
It's<00:32:52.900><c> hard</c><00:32:53.079><c> work.</c>

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:56.000
We<00:32:54.220><c> might</c><00:32:54.440><c> think,</c><00:32:54.819><c> yielding,</c><00:32:55.420><c> just</c><00:32:55.559><c> lie</c><00:32:55.799><c> down.</c>

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:57.880
That's<00:32:56.240><c> simple,</c><00:32:56.660><c> it's</c><00:32:56.900><c> not.</c>

00:32:58.000 --> 00:33:00.559
Because<00:32:58.359><c> everything</c><00:32:58.720><c> else</c><00:32:59.140><c> in</c><00:32:59.519><c> us</c><00:32:59.779><c> wants</c><00:33:00.000><c> to</c><00:33:00.220><c> get</c><00:33:00.359><c> up</c>

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:02.740
and<00:33:00.680><c> do</c><00:33:00.799><c> what</c><00:33:01.000><c> we</c><00:33:01.220><c> want</c><00:33:01.359><c> to</c><00:33:01.559><c> do.</c>

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:06.140
But<00:33:04.220><c> we</c><00:33:04.400><c> are</c><00:33:04.640><c> told</c><00:33:04.839><c> to</c><00:33:05.220><c> yield.</c>

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:09.000
We<00:33:06.940><c> have</c><00:33:07.160><c> to</c><00:33:07.359><c> give</c><00:33:07.519><c> diligence,</c><00:33:08.039><c> we</c><00:33:08.200><c> have</c><00:33:08.380><c> to</c><00:33:08.579><c> work</c><00:33:08.759><c> hard,</c>

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:11.759
we<00:33:09.099><c> have</c><00:33:09.279><c> to</c><00:33:09.440><c> study</c><00:33:09.680><c> the</c><00:33:09.920><c> scripture</c><00:33:10.180><c> for</c><00:33:10.400><c> what</c><00:33:10.579><c> purpose?</c>

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:14.220
That<00:33:12.680><c> we</c><00:33:12.900><c> might</c><00:33:13.119><c> have</c><00:33:13.299><c> the</c><00:33:13.519><c> mind</c><00:33:13.640><c> of</c><00:33:13.799><c> the</c><00:33:14.019><c> Spirit</c>

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:15.019
and<00:33:14.400><c> not</c><00:33:14.480><c> of</c><00:33:14.640><c> the</c><00:33:14.859><c> flesh</c>

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:17.160
and<00:33:15.160><c> be</c><00:33:15.380><c> ready</c><00:33:15.559><c> to</c><00:33:15.819><c> lay</c><00:33:15.980><c> down</c><00:33:16.220><c> our</c><00:33:16.460><c> lives</c>

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:21.059
for<00:33:18.000><c> our</c><00:33:18.240><c> God</c><00:33:18.640><c> and</c><00:33:19.500><c> for</c><00:33:19.819><c> our</c><00:33:20.039><c> brethren.</c>

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:29.779
And<00:33:24.559><c> so</c><00:33:25.039><c> we</c><00:33:26.160><c> have</c><00:33:26.279><c> the</c><00:33:26.480><c> words</c><00:33:26.720><c> of</c><00:33:27.000><c> Ephesians</c><00:33:27.500><c> 5,</c>

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:35.480
reading<00:33:31.660><c> from</c><00:33:31.920><c> verse</c><00:33:32.220><c> 25</c><00:33:32.859><c> and</c><00:33:33.079><c> 27</c><00:33:33.759><c> to</c><00:33:34.039><c> 27.</c>

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Husbands,<00:33:36.880><c> love</c><00:33:37.160><c> your</c><00:33:37.420><c> wives,</c>

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even<00:33:38.059><c> as</c><00:33:38.359><c> Christ</c><00:33:38.819><c> loved</c><00:33:39.440><c> the</c><00:33:39.720><c> church</c>

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:43.480
and<00:33:40.220><c> gave</c><00:33:40.500><c> Himself</c><00:33:41.039><c> for</c><00:33:41.359><c> it,</c>

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yielded<00:33:43.980><c> Himself</c><00:33:44.500><c> for</c><00:33:44.799><c> it,</c>

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:47.960
that<00:33:45.920><c> He</c><00:33:46.099><c> might</c><00:33:46.420><c> sanctify</c><00:33:47.119><c> and</c><00:33:47.500><c> cleanse</c><00:33:47.759><c> it</c>

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:50.480
with<00:33:48.140><c> the</c><00:33:48.319><c> washing</c><00:33:48.579><c> of</c><00:33:48.779><c> the</c><00:33:48.980><c> water</c><00:33:49.180><c> by</c><00:33:49.440><c> the</c><00:33:49.660><c> word,</c>

00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:53.880
that<00:33:50.859><c> He</c><00:33:51.059><c> might</c><00:33:51.319><c> present</c><00:33:51.700><c> it</c><00:33:51.900><c> to</c><00:33:52.039><c> Himself</c><00:33:52.460><c> a</c><00:33:52.859><c> glorious</c><00:33:53.339><c> church,</c>

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:57.579
not<00:33:54.339><c> having</c><00:33:54.700><c> a</c><00:33:54.920><c> spot</c><00:33:55.119><c> or</c><00:33:55.380><c> a</c><00:33:55.519><c> wrinkle</c><00:33:55.700><c> or</c><00:33:55.880><c> any</c><00:33:56.119><c> such</c><00:33:56.359><c> thing,</c>

00:33:57.680 --> 00:34:01.299
but<00:33:57.819><c> that</c><00:33:58.039><c> it</c><00:33:58.220><c> should</c><00:33:58.319><c> be</c><00:33:58.680><c> holy</c><00:33:59.079><c> and</c><00:33:59.700><c> without</c><00:34:00.039><c> blemish.</c>

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:05.259
That<00:34:03.000><c> has</c><00:34:03.240><c> been</c><00:34:03.500><c> done</c><00:34:03.839><c> for</c><00:34:04.160><c> us,</c>

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:08.099
the<00:34:05.980><c> Bride</c><00:34:06.579><c> of</c><00:34:06.960><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:13.000
If<00:34:09.079><c> we</c><00:34:09.400><c> are</c><00:34:09.659><c> willing</c><00:34:09.980><c> to</c><00:34:10.360><c> yield,</c><00:34:11.260><c> God</c><00:34:11.699><c> will</c><00:34:12.000><c> perform.</c>

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:15.019
And<00:34:13.280><c> that's</c><00:34:13.400><c> what</c><00:34:13.579><c> the</c><00:34:13.860><c> prophets</c><00:34:14.079><c> did.</c>

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:18.559
Just<00:34:15.500><c> look,</c><00:34:16.099><c> we</c><00:34:16.280><c> haven't</c><00:34:16.460><c> got</c><00:34:16.679><c> time</c><00:34:17.000><c> to</c><00:34:17.199><c> look</c><00:34:17.360><c> at</c><00:34:17.599><c> Isaiah,</c><00:34:18.179><c> Jeremiah,</c>

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:20.019
Ezekiel<00:34:19.079><c> and</c><00:34:19.219><c> all</c><00:34:19.440><c> the</c><00:34:19.679><c> prophets,</c>

00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:22.099
but<00:34:20.519><c> all</c><00:34:20.739><c> of</c><00:34:20.860><c> them</c><00:34:20.960><c> had</c><00:34:21.099><c> a</c><00:34:21.340><c> similar</c><00:34:21.579><c> experience.</c>

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:25.539
We'll<00:34:22.280><c> just</c><00:34:22.519><c> take</c><00:34:23.280><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:34:24.260><c> experience.</c>

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:31.619
Very<00:34:28.119><c> briefly</c><00:34:28.920><c> in</c><00:34:29.679><c> Ezekiel</c><00:34:30.280><c> 3,</c>

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:34.519
and<00:34:32.260><c> apologies</c><00:34:32.699><c> for</c><00:34:32.900><c> many</c><00:34:33.099><c> from</c><00:34:33.500><c> San</c><00:34:33.800><c> Luis</c><00:34:34.019><c> Obispo</c>

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:36.900
who<00:34:34.840><c> have</c><00:34:35.420><c> been</c><00:34:35.900><c> referred</c><00:34:36.260><c> to</c><00:34:36.460><c> this</c><00:34:36.739><c> verse</c>

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:39.179
in<00:34:37.099><c> an</c><00:34:37.300><c> exhortation</c><00:34:37.860><c> last</c><00:34:38.219><c> week.</c>

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:44.519
Ezekiel<00:34:40.119><c> chapter</c><00:34:40.579><c> 3,</c><00:34:41.880><c> and</c><00:34:42.000><c> verse</c><00:34:42.300><c> 1</c><00:34:42.739><c> and</c><00:34:43.099><c> 2.</c>

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:47.539
Moreover,<00:34:45.960><c> He</c><00:34:46.219><c> said</c><00:34:46.360><c> unto</c><00:34:46.619><c> me,</c>

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:50.940
Son<00:34:48.179><c> of</c><00:34:48.420><c> man,</c><00:34:48.820><c> eat</c><00:34:49.280><c> that</c><00:34:49.739><c> thou</c><00:34:50.139><c> findest.</c>

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:55.079
Eat<00:34:51.599><c> this</c><00:34:52.059><c> roll</c><00:34:52.260><c> and</c><00:34:52.519><c> go</c><00:34:52.840><c> speak</c><00:34:53.199><c> unto</c><00:34:53.460><c> the</c><00:34:53.699><c> house</c><00:34:53.960><c> of</c><00:34:54.179><c> Israel.</c>

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:57.159
Simple<00:34:55.780><c> command.</c>

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:59.019
Here's<00:34:57.880><c> a</c><00:34:58.059><c> roll.</c>

00:34:59.059 --> 00:35:01.380
Son<00:34:59.139><c> of</c><00:34:59.340><c> man,</c><00:34:59.599><c> you</c><00:34:59.940><c> eat</c><00:35:00.159><c> it.</c>

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:02.900
Next<00:35:01.760><c> verse.</c>

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:05.800
So<00:35:03.519><c> I</c><00:35:04.079><c> opened</c><00:35:04.420><c> my</c><00:35:04.699><c> mouth,</c>

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:08.840
and<00:35:06.400><c> He</c><00:35:06.800><c> caused</c><00:35:07.159><c> me</c><00:35:07.400><c> to</c><00:35:07.559><c> eat</c><00:35:07.699><c> the</c><00:35:07.980><c> roll.</c>

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:14.099
All<00:35:11.340><c> that</c><00:35:11.780><c> Ezekiel</c><00:35:12.360><c> had</c><00:35:12.579><c> to</c><00:35:12.880><c> show</c><00:35:13.139><c> God</c><00:35:13.500><c> was</c>

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:16.139
that<00:35:14.519><c> He</c><00:35:14.760><c> was</c><00:35:15.159><c> willing.</c>

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:18.639
He<00:35:16.780><c> opened</c><00:35:17.179><c> His</c><00:35:17.480><c> mouth,</c>

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:21.659
and<00:35:19.699><c> God</c><00:35:20.179><c> caused</c><00:35:20.599><c> Him</c><00:35:20.800><c> to</c><00:35:20.980><c> eat</c><00:35:21.159><c> the</c><00:35:21.400><c> roll.</c>

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:24.719
That's<00:35:22.360><c> what</c><00:35:22.539><c> God</c><00:35:22.820><c> needs</c><00:35:23.079><c> from</c><00:35:23.300><c> us,</c><00:35:23.880><c> willingness.</c>

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:28.579
He'll<00:35:25.400><c> do,</c><00:35:26.000><c> He'll</c><00:35:26.340><c> perform,</c><00:35:27.059><c> He'll</c><00:35:27.280><c> work</c><00:35:27.639><c> through</c><00:35:27.880><c> us</c>

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:32.019
if<00:35:29.539><c> we</c><00:35:29.840><c> are</c><00:35:30.079><c> willing,</c><00:35:30.380><c> but</c><00:35:30.579><c> we</c><00:35:30.760><c> have</c><00:35:30.900><c> to</c><00:35:31.019><c> be</c><00:35:31.199><c> willing.</c>

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:35.539
We<00:35:32.699><c> now</c><00:35:33.139><c> know</c><00:35:33.320><c> how</c><00:35:33.539><c> impossible</c><00:35:34.119><c> it</c><00:35:34.320><c> is</c><00:35:34.460><c> to</c><00:35:34.699><c> feed</c><00:35:34.860><c> a</c><00:35:35.000><c> young</c><00:35:35.239><c> child</c>

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.920
who<00:35:35.699><c> will</c><00:35:35.920><c> not</c><00:35:36.059><c> open</c><00:35:36.380><c> their</c><00:35:36.579><c> mouth.</c>

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:38.940
We're<00:35:37.360><c> trying</c><00:35:37.519><c> to</c><00:35:37.599><c> get</c><00:35:37.719><c> the</c><00:35:37.980><c> spoon</c><00:35:38.199><c> in,</c>

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:41.199
and<00:35:39.000><c> the</c><00:35:40.219><c> custard</c><00:35:40.519><c> or</c><00:35:40.639><c> whatever</c><00:35:40.940><c> it</c><00:35:41.099><c> is</c>

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:43.380
goes<00:35:41.400><c> all</c><00:35:41.639><c> over</c><00:35:41.840><c> the</c><00:35:42.039><c> cheeks</c><00:35:42.280><c> and</c><00:35:42.539><c> everywhere</c><00:35:42.800><c> else,</c>

00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:45.719
because<00:35:43.980><c> the</c><00:35:44.219><c> child</c><00:35:44.400><c> is</c><00:35:44.599><c> not</c><00:35:44.800><c> willing.</c>

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:48.900
If<00:35:47.579><c> we</c><00:35:47.820><c> are</c><00:35:48.019><c> willing,</c>

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:51.139
if<00:35:49.119><c> we</c><00:35:49.420><c> open</c><00:35:49.659><c> our</c><00:35:49.840><c> mouth,</c><00:35:50.179><c> God</c><00:35:50.239><c> will</c><00:35:50.420><c> spoon</c><00:35:50.659><c> feed</c><00:35:50.940><c> us.</c>

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:52.480
God<00:35:51.420><c> will</c><00:35:51.659><c> do</c><00:35:51.820><c> it.</c>

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:54.699
That<00:35:53.179><c> was</c><00:35:53.500><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:35:54.059><c> experience.</c>

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:56.460
In<00:35:55.119><c> fact,</c><00:35:55.380><c> in</c><00:35:55.440><c> the</c><00:35:55.639><c> previous</c><00:35:55.960><c> chapter,</c>

00:35:56.780 --> 00:36:00.179
we've<00:35:57.000><c> got</c><00:35:57.780><c> time</c><00:35:58.039><c> briefly</c><00:35:58.380><c> to</c><00:35:58.639><c> just</c><00:35:58.860><c> see</c><00:35:59.019><c> chapter</c><00:35:59.360><c> two.</c>

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:03.420
The<00:36:00.699><c> same</c><00:36:00.960><c> thing</c><00:36:01.159><c> happens,</c><00:36:01.820><c> verse</c><00:36:02.079><c> one</c><00:36:02.300><c> and</c><00:36:02.559><c> two.</c>

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:04.460
He<00:36:03.760><c> said</c><00:36:03.920><c> unto</c><00:36:04.179><c> me,</c>

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:06.500
Son<00:36:04.679><c> of</c><00:36:04.880><c> man,</c><00:36:05.159><c> stand</c><00:36:05.519><c> upon</c><00:36:05.860><c> your</c><00:36:06.219><c> feet,</c>

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:08.900
and<00:36:06.960><c> I</c><00:36:07.119><c> will</c><00:36:07.360><c> speak</c><00:36:07.679><c> unto</c><00:36:07.920><c> thee.</c>

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:11.139
He<00:36:10.199><c> told</c><00:36:10.360><c> him</c><00:36:10.539><c> something</c><00:36:10.820><c> to</c><00:36:11.019><c> do,</c>

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:13.380
and<00:36:11.340><c> then</c><00:36:11.840><c> the</c><00:36:12.280><c> Spirit</c><00:36:12.519><c> entered</c><00:36:12.820><c> into</c><00:36:13.179><c> me</c>

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:16.119
when<00:36:13.579><c> he</c><00:36:13.679><c> spoke</c><00:36:14.000><c> unto</c><00:36:14.139><c> me</c><00:36:14.280><c> and</c><00:36:14.440><c> set</c><00:36:14.679><c> me</c><00:36:14.840><c> on</c><00:36:15.000><c> my</c><00:36:15.300><c> feet.</c>

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:17.659
He<00:36:16.739><c> was</c><00:36:16.940><c> told</c><00:36:17.059><c> to</c><00:36:17.239><c> do</c><00:36:17.400><c> something,</c>

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:19.980
and<00:36:17.860><c> then</c><00:36:18.280><c> God</c><00:36:18.480><c> did</c><00:36:18.699><c> it</c><00:36:18.920><c> for</c><00:36:19.059><c> him,</c>

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:26.280
because<00:36:20.780><c> he</c><00:36:21.260><c> was</c><00:36:21.699><c> yielding</c><00:36:23.639><c> that</c><00:36:24.260><c> God</c><00:36:24.559><c> might</c><00:36:24.960><c> lift</c><00:36:25.219><c> him</c><00:36:25.440><c> up.</c>

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.920
Now,<00:36:26.780><c> there</c><00:36:26.960><c> are</c><00:36:27.179><c> times,</c><00:36:27.519><c> of</c><00:36:27.760><c> course,</c>

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:30.380
when<00:36:28.139><c> Ezekiel</c><00:36:28.579><c> was</c><00:36:28.840><c> not</c><00:36:29.139><c> so</c><00:36:29.440><c> cooperative,</c>

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:32.219
but<00:36:31.300><c> he</c><00:36:31.440><c> had</c><00:36:31.639><c> made</c><00:36:31.800><c> a</c><00:36:32.039><c> start.</c>

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.900
And,<00:36:32.639><c> brethren</c><00:36:32.639><c> and</c><00:36:32.840><c> sisters,</c><00:36:32.960><c> that's</c><00:36:33.320><c> important.</c>

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:35.920
If<00:36:34.440><c> we</c><00:36:34.659><c> have</c><00:36:34.880><c> showed</c><00:36:35.139><c> ourselves</c><00:36:35.619><c> willing</c>

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:37.579
and<00:36:36.099><c> we</c><00:36:36.280><c> have</c><00:36:36.500><c> yielded</c><00:36:36.940><c> ourselves</c>

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:39.960
through<00:36:38.219><c> the</c><00:36:38.400><c> waters</c><00:36:38.599><c> of</c><00:36:38.840><c> baptism</c><00:36:39.260><c> to</c><00:36:39.539><c> him</c>

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:43.900
and<00:36:40.679><c> made</c><00:36:40.880><c> ourselves</c><00:36:41.320><c> willing</c><00:36:41.719><c> to</c><00:36:41.920><c> be</c><00:36:42.179><c> instruments</c><00:36:42.559><c> of</c><00:36:42.840><c> righteousness,</c>

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:47.420
there<00:36:44.940><c> are</c><00:36:45.179><c> times</c><00:36:45.500><c> when</c><00:36:45.699><c> God</c><00:36:45.980><c> will</c><00:36:46.380><c> override</c><00:36:46.760><c> our</c><00:36:47.099><c> wills</c>

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:50.659
and<00:36:47.579><c> pick</c><00:36:47.719><c> us</c><00:36:47.900><c> up</c><00:36:48.280><c> and</c><00:36:48.980><c> drag</c><00:36:49.400><c> us</c><00:36:49.659><c> to</c><00:36:49.760><c> where</c><00:36:49.880><c> he</c><00:36:50.000><c> wants</c><00:36:50.260><c> us,</c>

00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:53.300
because<00:36:51.380><c> he</c><00:36:51.519><c> knows</c><00:36:51.780><c> that</c><00:36:52.000><c> ultimately</c><00:36:52.360><c> that's</c><00:36:52.619><c> what</c><00:36:52.800><c> we</c><00:36:53.059><c> want.</c>

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:57.219
We<00:36:53.599><c> want</c><00:36:53.820><c> his</c><00:36:54.079><c> will,</c><00:36:55.000><c> even</c><00:36:55.139><c> though</c><00:36:55.579><c> at</c><00:36:55.880><c> times</c><00:36:56.239><c> we</c><00:36:56.460><c> feel</c><00:36:56.699><c> reluctant.</c>

00:36:57.579 --> 00:37:02.440
Just<00:36:57.780><c> see</c><00:36:57.940><c> that</c><00:36:58.280><c> in</c><00:36:58.539><c> Ezekiel</c><00:36:59.039><c> 3</c><00:37:00.380><c> and</c><00:37:01.039><c> verse</c><00:37:01.300><c> 14.</c>

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:06.480
Now,<00:37:03.079><c> the</c><00:37:03.300><c> NIV</c><00:37:03.619><c> has</c><00:37:03.900><c> a</c><00:37:04.059><c> slightly</c><00:37:04.340><c> different</c><00:37:05.519><c> translation</c><00:37:06.119><c> here,</c>

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:12.119
but<00:37:06.719><c> the</c><00:37:07.219><c> King</c><00:37:07.420><c> James</c><00:37:07.780><c> in</c><00:37:09.239><c> this</c><00:37:09.500><c> particular</c><00:37:09.880><c> verse</c><00:37:10.219><c> is</c><00:37:10.639><c> more</c><00:37:11.000><c> accurate.</c>

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:16.340
So<00:37:13.280><c> the</c><00:37:13.500><c> Spirit</c><00:37:13.800><c> lifted</c><00:37:14.179><c> me</c><00:37:14.420><c> up</c><00:37:14.619><c> and</c><00:37:14.800><c> took</c><00:37:15.039><c> me</c><00:37:15.300><c> away,</c>

00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:20.159
and<00:37:16.780><c> I</c><00:37:17.199><c> went</c><00:37:17.519><c> in</c><00:37:18.079><c> bitterness</c><00:37:18.440><c> in</c><00:37:19.000><c> the</c><00:37:19.199><c> heat</c><00:37:19.340><c> of</c><00:37:19.539><c> my</c><00:37:19.800><c> spirit,</c>

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:22.980
but<00:37:20.559><c> the</c><00:37:20.760><c> hand</c><00:37:20.900><c> of</c><00:37:21.059><c> the</c><00:37:21.199><c> Lord</c><00:37:21.340><c> was</c><00:37:21.579><c> strong</c><00:37:21.719><c> upon</c><00:37:22.000><c> me.</c>

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:25.039
He<00:37:23.559><c> didn't</c><00:37:23.760><c> want</c><00:37:23.960><c> to</c><00:37:24.139><c> go.</c>

00:37:26.219 --> 00:37:28.219
He<00:37:26.519><c> didn't</c><00:37:26.739><c> want</c><00:37:26.920><c> to</c><00:37:27.059><c> be</c><00:37:27.179><c> a</c><00:37:27.280><c> witness</c><00:37:27.539><c> at</c><00:37:27.800><c> that</c><00:37:28.019><c> time,</c>

00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:30.320
and<00:37:28.400><c> God</c><00:37:28.599><c> took</c><00:37:28.820><c> over</c><00:37:29.039><c> and</c><00:37:29.199><c> said,</c><00:37:29.380><c> well,</c><00:37:29.840><c> too</c><00:37:30.039><c> bad.</c>

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:33.619
And<00:37:30.820><c> he</c><00:37:30.920><c> picked</c><00:37:31.119><c> him</c><00:37:31.300><c> up,</c><00:37:32.019><c> the</c><00:37:32.119><c> hand</c><00:37:32.340><c> of</c><00:37:32.480><c> God</c><00:37:32.659><c> was</c><00:37:32.860><c> stronger</c><00:37:33.059><c> than</c><00:37:33.199><c> he</c><00:37:33.460><c> was,</c>

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:35.840
and<00:37:33.860><c> put</c><00:37:34.019><c> him</c><00:37:34.400><c> where</c><00:37:34.780><c> God</c><00:37:35.079><c> wanted</c><00:37:35.380><c> him.</c>

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:39.519
And<00:37:36.500><c> he</c><00:37:36.559><c> was</c><00:37:36.739><c> so</c><00:37:36.940><c> upset</c><00:37:37.340><c> by</c><00:37:37.699><c> this</c><00:37:37.880><c> that</c><00:37:38.019><c> for</c><00:37:38.260><c> one</c><00:37:38.440><c> week</c><00:37:38.619><c> he</c><00:37:38.780><c> shut</c><00:37:39.000><c> up,</c>

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:41.719
and<00:37:40.059><c> he</c><00:37:40.179><c> didn't</c><00:37:40.380><c> open</c><00:37:40.579><c> his</c><00:37:40.820><c> mouth.</c>

00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:44.179
And<00:37:42.300><c> God</c><00:37:42.460><c> finally</c><00:37:42.760><c> said,</c><00:37:42.980><c> look,</c><00:37:43.079><c> if</c><00:37:43.219><c> you</c><00:37:43.380><c> don't</c><00:37:43.539><c> open</c><00:37:43.739><c> your</c><00:37:43.980><c> mouth,</c>

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:45.900
you<00:37:44.360><c> are</c><00:37:44.659><c> guilty,</c><00:37:45.260><c> Ezekiel.</c>

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:48.400
You<00:37:46.280><c> are</c><00:37:46.579><c> guilty</c><00:37:46.840><c> of</c><00:37:47.019><c> the</c><00:37:47.260><c> lives</c><00:37:47.539><c> of</c><00:37:47.760><c> all</c><00:37:47.940><c> these</c><00:37:48.139><c> people</c>

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:52.179
who<00:37:48.599><c> I've</c><00:37:49.199><c> put</c><00:37:49.400><c> you</c><00:37:49.579><c> in</c><00:37:49.719><c> this</c><00:37:49.940><c> position</c><00:37:50.260><c> to</c><00:37:50.460><c> witness</c><00:37:50.739><c> to.</c>

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:54.260
Brothers<00:37:52.360><c> and</c><00:37:52.579><c> sisters,</c><00:37:52.739><c> that's</c><00:37:53.119><c> our</c><00:37:53.280><c> position.</c>

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:58.079
If<00:37:55.980><c> we</c><00:37:56.179><c> are</c><00:37:56.360><c> not</c><00:37:56.639><c> ready</c><00:37:56.960><c> to</c><00:37:57.239><c> witness</c><00:37:57.559><c> to</c><00:37:57.820><c> those</c>

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:59.760
with<00:37:58.340><c> whom</c><00:37:58.480><c> the</c><00:37:58.679><c> Lord</c><00:37:58.820><c> has</c><00:37:59.059><c> put</c><00:37:59.260><c> us</c><00:37:59.519><c> amongst,</c>

00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:03.559
whether<00:38:00.019><c> it</c><00:38:00.159><c> be</c><00:38:00.539><c> Los</c><00:38:00.840><c> Angeles,</c><00:38:01.719><c> or</c><00:38:02.400><c> San</c><00:38:02.780><c> Luis</c><00:38:03.019><c> Obispo,</c>

00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:08.199
or<00:38:03.800><c> whether</c><00:38:04.000><c> it</c><00:38:04.260><c> be</c><00:38:04.800><c> San</c><00:38:05.079><c> Diego,</c><00:38:06.019><c> or</c><00:38:06.320><c> Hyderabad,</c><00:38:06.940><c> it</c><00:38:07.019><c> doesn't</c><00:38:07.239><c> matter.</c>

00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:09.739
Wherever<00:38:08.420><c> the</c><00:38:08.639><c> Lord</c><00:38:08.760><c> has</c><00:38:09.139><c> put</c><00:38:09.320><c> us,</c>

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:14.000
he<00:38:10.099><c> has</c><00:38:10.500><c> put</c><00:38:10.679><c> us</c><00:38:11.260><c> with</c><00:38:11.559><c> the</c><00:38:11.760><c> responsibility</c><00:38:12.500><c> to</c><00:38:12.960><c> open</c><00:38:13.260><c> our</c><00:38:13.559><c> mouths,</c>

00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:18.320
not<00:38:14.619><c> be</c><00:38:14.900><c> dumb,</c><00:38:16.159><c> and</c><00:38:17.019><c> give</c><00:38:17.480><c> the</c><00:38:17.880><c> message,</c>

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:23.000
the<00:38:18.860><c> only</c><00:38:19.219><c> message</c><00:38:19.639><c> that</c><00:38:19.820><c> this</c><00:38:20.099><c> world</c><00:38:20.280><c> has</c><00:38:20.820><c> that</c><00:38:21.340><c> can</c><00:38:21.619><c> give</c><00:38:21.860><c> life.</c>

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:27.480
And<00:38:24.659><c> don't</c><00:38:25.219><c> say</c><00:38:25.500><c> to</c><00:38:25.639><c> yourself,</c><00:38:25.940><c> but</c><00:38:26.099><c> I</c><00:38:26.340><c> can't</c><00:38:26.739><c> do</c><00:38:26.940><c> it.</c>

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:30.360
I<00:38:28.099><c> just</c><00:38:28.320><c> can't</c><00:38:28.599><c> do</c><00:38:28.679><c> it.</c><00:38:28.820><c> Of</c><00:38:28.940><c> course</c><00:38:29.119><c> you</c><00:38:29.300><c> can't</c><00:38:29.659><c> do</c><00:38:29.860><c> it.</c>

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:33.380
It's<00:38:30.739><c> not</c><00:38:30.940><c> you.</c><00:38:32.079><c> It's</c><00:38:32.280><c> him.</c>

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He<00:38:34.539><c> can</c><00:38:34.760><c> do</c><00:38:34.980><c> it.</c>

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Do<00:38:36.639><c> we</c><00:38:36.780><c> ever</c><00:38:37.059><c> hear</c><00:38:37.219><c> at</c><00:38:37.460><c> our</c><00:38:37.860><c> committee</c><00:38:38.159><c> meetings</c>

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when<00:38:38.719><c> we're</c><00:38:39.000><c> discussing</c><00:38:39.340><c> preaching</c><00:38:39.820><c> plans</c><00:38:40.199><c> or</c><00:38:40.380><c> things,</c>

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well,<00:38:40.860><c> that's</c><00:38:41.079><c> too</c><00:38:41.280><c> big.</c><00:38:41.440><c> We</c><00:38:41.679><c> couldn't</c><00:38:41.960><c> do</c><00:38:42.219><c> that.</c>

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That's<00:38:44.099><c> too</c><00:38:44.400><c> big</c><00:38:44.519><c> for</c><00:38:44.719><c> us.</c><00:38:44.860><c> Well,</c><00:38:45.019><c> we</c><00:38:45.199><c> couldn't</c><00:38:45.440><c> do</c><00:38:45.699><c> that.</c>

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Of<00:38:46.960><c> course</c><00:38:47.039><c> you</c><00:38:47.199><c> can't</c><00:38:47.519><c> do</c><00:38:47.619><c> it.</c><00:38:47.780><c> Of</c><00:38:47.900><c> course</c><00:38:47.980><c> your</c><00:38:48.139><c> ecclesia</c><00:38:48.420><c> can't</c><00:38:48.840><c> do</c><00:38:48.940><c> it.</c>

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Your<00:38:49.199><c> committee</c><00:38:49.480><c> can't</c><00:38:49.880><c> do</c><00:38:50.000><c> it.</c>

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But<00:38:51.719><c> God</c><00:38:51.940><c> can</c><00:38:52.239><c> do</c><00:38:52.480><c> it.</c>

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Can<00:38:54.239><c> you</c><00:38:54.380><c> ever</c><00:38:54.539><c> say,</c><00:38:54.679><c> oh,</c><00:38:54.860><c> God</c><00:38:55.079><c> couldn't</c><00:38:55.320><c> do</c><00:38:55.559><c> that?</c>

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God's<00:38:56.760><c> not</c><00:38:56.980><c> so</c><00:38:57.260><c> strong</c><00:38:57.480><c> he</c><00:38:57.639><c> could</c><00:38:57.760><c> do</c><00:38:57.980><c> that.</c>

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Of<00:38:59.679><c> course</c><00:38:59.900><c> we</c><00:39:00.139><c> can't.</c>

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The<00:39:01.639><c> words</c><00:39:01.780><c> of</c><00:39:02.059><c> Jeremiah</c><00:39:03.019><c> spring</c><00:39:04.260><c> to</c><00:39:04.519><c> mind</c><00:39:04.800><c> in</c><00:39:05.260><c> chapter</c><00:39:05.619><c> 32,</c>

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words<00:39:10.539><c> of</c><00:39:11.079><c> great</c><00:39:11.400><c> encouragement</c><00:39:12.159><c> to</c><00:39:12.820><c> this</c><00:39:13.079><c> man</c>

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who<00:39:13.400><c> at</c><00:39:13.579><c> that</c><00:39:13.820><c> time</c><00:39:14.079><c> was</c><00:39:14.539><c> going</c><00:39:14.719><c> in</c><00:39:15.079><c> prison,</c><00:39:15.880><c> as</c><00:39:16.139><c> we</c><00:39:16.340><c> know.</c>

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Verse<00:39:19.119><c> 17,</c>

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Our<00:39:21.039><c> Lord</c><00:39:21.340><c> God,</c><00:39:21.860><c> behold,</c><00:39:22.320><c> thou</c><00:39:22.400><c> hast</c><00:39:22.619><c> made</c><00:39:22.880><c> the</c><00:39:23.139><c> heaven</c><00:39:23.380><c> and</c>

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the<00:39:23.719><c> earth</c>

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by<00:39:24.139><c> thy</c><00:39:24.400><c> great</c><00:39:24.719><c> power</c><00:39:25.059><c> and</c><00:39:25.300><c> stretched</c><00:39:25.599><c> out</c><00:39:25.840><c> arm.</c>

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And<00:39:26.719><c> there</c><00:39:26.940><c> is</c><00:39:27.659><c> nothing</c><00:39:28.099><c> too</c><00:39:28.519><c> hard</c><00:39:28.619><c> for</c><00:39:28.840><c> thee.</c>

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Nothing.<00:39:30.800><c> Absolutely</c><00:39:31.340><c> nothing.</c>

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So<00:39:32.239><c> let's</c><00:39:32.739><c> never</c><00:39:33.059><c> say</c><00:39:33.300><c> in</c><00:39:33.539><c> our</c><00:39:33.719><c> committee</c><00:39:34.019><c> meetings</c>

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or<00:39:34.539><c> in</c><00:39:34.659><c> our</c><00:39:34.920><c> personal</c><00:39:35.380><c> analysis</c><00:39:35.960><c> of</c><00:39:36.159><c> how</c><00:39:36.320><c> we're</c><00:39:36.519><c> going</c><00:39:36.619><c> to</c><00:39:36.760><c> witness</c>

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or<00:39:37.639><c> whatever</c><00:39:37.880><c> it</c><00:39:38.059><c> might</c><00:39:38.199><c> be,</c><00:39:38.400><c> oh,</c><00:39:38.699><c> we</c><00:39:38.920><c> couldn't</c><00:39:39.139><c> do</c><00:39:39.400><c> that.</c>

00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:46.920
There<00:39:41.539><c> is</c><00:39:42.000><c> nothing,</c><00:39:43.900><c> nothing</c><00:39:44.300><c> too</c><00:39:45.000><c> hard</c><00:39:45.500><c> for</c><00:39:45.880><c> thee,</c><00:39:46.420><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:39:48.019><c> it</c><00:39:48.199><c> is</c><00:39:48.340><c> God</c><00:39:48.619><c> that</c><00:39:48.960><c> worketh</c><00:39:49.179><c> in</c><00:39:49.340><c> us.</c>

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And<00:39:52.059><c> so</c><00:39:52.219><c> let</c><00:39:52.380><c> us</c><00:39:52.579><c> remind</c><00:39:52.940><c> ourselves</c><00:39:53.500><c> that</c><00:39:53.719><c> it</c><00:39:53.860><c> is</c><00:39:54.099><c> not</c><00:39:54.340><c> we</c><00:39:54.739><c> that</c><00:39:55.000><c> live.</c>

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We<00:39:56.000><c> died</c><00:39:56.280><c> in</c><00:39:56.480><c> the</c><00:39:56.579><c> waters</c><00:39:56.760><c> of</c><00:39:57.000><c> baptism.</c>

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It<00:39:57.460><c> is</c><00:39:57.719><c> Christ</c><00:39:58.320><c> that</c><00:39:59.239><c> liveth</c><00:39:59.460><c> in</c><00:39:59.659><c> us.</c>

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The<00:40:01.860><c> words</c><00:40:02.440><c> of</c><00:40:02.920><c> Psalm</c><00:40:03.340><c> 57</c><00:40:04.300><c> and</c><00:40:06.039><c> verse</c><00:40:06.320><c> 2,</c>

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I<00:40:11.300><c> will</c><00:40:11.579><c> cry</c><00:40:11.900><c> unto</c><00:40:12.199><c> God</c><00:40:12.599><c> most</c><00:40:13.079><c> high,</c><00:40:14.239><c> unto</c><00:40:14.500><c> God</c><00:40:15.039><c> that</c><00:40:15.579><c> performeth</c><00:40:16.420><c> all</c><00:40:17.119><c> things</c><00:40:17.619><c> for</c><00:40:17.940><c> me.</c>

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To<00:40:20.500><c> God</c><00:40:21.119><c> that</c><00:40:21.559><c> performeth</c><00:40:22.440><c> all</c><00:40:22.760><c> things</c><00:40:23.000><c> for</c><00:40:23.119><c> me.</c>

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God<00:40:23.500><c> performs,</c><00:40:25.019><c> perform</c><00:40:25.219><c> for</c><00:40:25.440><c> David,</c><00:40:27.119><c> will</c><00:40:27.280><c> perform</c><00:40:27.579><c> for</c><00:40:27.840><c> us.</c>

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If<00:40:29.500><c> we</c><00:40:29.760><c> yield</c><00:40:29.980><c> ourselves</c><00:40:30.519><c> to</c><00:40:30.719><c> him</c><00:40:30.980><c> and</c><00:40:31.159><c> not</c><00:40:31.300><c> to</c><00:40:31.480><c> the</c><00:40:31.699><c> flesh,</c>

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if<00:40:33.380><c> we</c><00:40:33.599><c> lay</c><00:40:33.760><c> ourselves</c><00:40:34.260><c> down</c><00:40:34.900><c> on</c><00:40:36.139><c> the</c><00:40:36.340><c> side</c><00:40:36.460><c> of</c><00:40:36.699><c> God</c><00:40:37.239><c> and</c><00:40:38.199><c> not</c>

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of<00:40:38.599><c> man,</c>

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if<00:40:40.659><c> we</c><00:40:40.860><c> are</c><00:40:41.059><c> willing,</c><00:40:42.300><c> how</c><00:40:42.500><c> God</c><00:40:42.860><c> can</c><00:40:43.460><c> and</c><00:40:44.179><c> will</c><00:40:44.539><c> perform.</c>

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Thank<00:41:10.400><c> you.</c>