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prophets</c><00:14:15.240><c> also</c><00:14:15.860><c> among</c><00:14:16.059><c> the</c><00:14:16.259><c> people,</c> 00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:20.279 even<00:14:17.840><c> as</c><00:14:18.039><c> there</c><00:14:18.240><c> shall</c><00:14:18.440><c> be</c><00:14:18.639><c> false</c><00:14:18.879><c> teachers</c><00:14:19.200><c> among</c><00:14:19.500><c> you,</c><00:14:20.080><c> who</c> 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:21.679 privily<00:14:20.659><c> shall</c><00:14:20.840><c> bring</c><00:14:21.059><c> in</c><00:14:21.320><c> damnable</c> 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:26.279 heresies,<00:14:23.299><c> even</c><00:14:23.480><c> denying</c><00:14:23.860><c> the</c><00:14:24.080><c> Lord</c><00:14:24.460><c> that</c><00:14:24.759><c> bought</c><00:14:24.899><c> them,</c><00:14:26.139><c> and</c> 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:29.679 bring<00:14:26.440><c> upon</c><00:14:26.679><c> themselves</c><00:14:27.059><c> swift</c><00:14:27.320><c> destruction.</c><00:14:29.179><c> And</c><00:14:29.480><c> many</c> 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seeing</c><00:15:26.500><c> and</c> 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:29.500 hearing,<00:15:27.460><c> vexed</c><00:15:27.679><c> his</c><00:15:27.840><c> righteous</c><00:15:28.200><c> soul</c><00:15:28.580><c> from</c><00:15:28.860><c> day</c><00:15:29.080><c> to</c><00:15:29.240><c> day</c> 00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:31.299 with<00:15:29.679><c> their</c><00:15:29.860><c> unlawful</c><00:15:30.320><c> deeds.</c> 00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:35.799 The<00:15:32.179><c> Lord</c><00:15:32.480><c> knoweth</c><00:15:32.940><c> how</c><00:15:33.139><c> to</c><00:15:33.299><c> deliver</c><00:15:33.500><c> the</c><00:15:33.740><c> godly</c><00:15:34.019><c> out</c><00:15:34.120><c> of</c><00:15:34.299><c> temptations,</c><00:15:35.379><c> and</c> 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:39.659 to<00:15:36.019><c> reserve</c><00:15:36.320><c> the</c><00:15:36.600><c> unjust</c><00:15:37.000><c> unto</c><00:15:37.279><c> the</c><00:15:37.480><c> day</c><00:15:37.639><c> of</c><00:15:37.840><c> judgment</c><00:15:38.179><c> 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the</c><00:16:53.320><c> madness</c><00:16:53.539><c> of</c><00:16:53.720><c> the</c><00:16:53.879><c> prophet.</c> 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:59.240 These<00:16:55.600><c> are</c><00:16:55.879><c> wells</c><00:16:56.120><c> without</c><00:16:56.480><c> water,</c><00:16:57.700><c> clouds</c><00:16:58.200><c> that</c><00:16:58.419><c> are</c><00:16:58.620><c> carried</c><00:16:58.879><c> with</c><00:16:59.080><c> a</c> 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:03.299 tempest,<00:17:00.460><c> to</c><00:17:00.639><c> whom</c><00:17:00.820><c> the</c><00:17:01.019><c> mist</c><00:17:01.179><c> of</c><00:17:01.419><c> darkness</c><00:17:01.720><c> is</c><00:17:01.980><c> reserved</c><00:17:02.320><c> forever.</c> 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:06.640 For<00:17:04.619><c> when</c><00:17:04.740><c> they</c><00:17:04.980><c> speak</c><00:17:05.200><c> great</c><00:17:05.539><c> swelling</c><00:17:05.819><c> words</c><00:17:06.140><c> of</c><00:17:06.359><c> vanity,</c> 00:17:06.859 --> 00:17:14.079 they<00:17:07.059><c> allure</c><00:17:07.460><c> through</c><00:17:07.700><c> the</c><00:17:07.880><c> lust</c><00:17:08.039><c> of</c><00:17:08.220><c> the</c><00:17:08.400><c> flesh,</c><00:17:09.519><c> through</c><00:17:09.680><c> much</c><00:17:09.980><c> wantonness</c><00:17:10.640><c> those</c><00:17:11.059><c> that</c><00:17:11.220><c> were</c><00:17:11.400><c> clean</c><00:17:11.799><c> escape</c><00:17:12.200><c> from</c><00:17:12.440><c> them</c><00:17:12.660><c> who</c><00:17:12.900><c> live</c><00:17:13.079><c> in</c><00:17:13.319><c> error.</c> 00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:17.339 While<00:17:14.680><c> they</c><00:17:14.920><c> promise</c><00:17:15.319><c> them</c><00:17:15.579><c> liberty,</c><00:17:16.400><c> they</c><00:17:16.460><c> themselves</c><00:17:17.140><c> are</c> 00:17:17.339 --> 00:17:22.039 the<00:17:17.500><c> servants</c><00:17:17.759><c> of</c><00:17:18.000><c> corruption,</c><00:17:19.519><c> four</c><00:17:19.720><c> of</c><00:17:19.900><c> whom</c><00:17:20.019><c> a</c><00:17:20.200><c> man</c><00:17:20.299><c> is</c><00:17:20.519><c> overcome,</c><00:17:21.920><c> of</c> 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:24.460 the<00:17:22.259><c> same</c><00:17:22.480><c> as</c><00:17:22.599><c> he</c><00:17:22.779><c> brought</c><00:17:23.039><c> in</c><00:17:23.339><c> bondage.</c> 00:17:25.059 --> 00:17:27.619 For<00:17:25.240><c> if</c><00:17:25.420><c> after</c><00:17:25.779><c> they</c><00:17:26.079><c> have</c><00:17:26.279><c> escaped</c><00:17:26.660><c> the</c><00:17:26.940><c> pollutions</c><00:17:27.240><c> of</c><00:17:27.420><c> the</c> 00:17:27.619 --> 00:17:29.539 world<00:17:27.859><c> through</c><00:17:28.039><c> the</c><00:17:28.240><c> knowledge</c><00:17:28.559><c> of</c><00:17:28.740><c> the</c><00:17:28.900><c> Lord</c><00:17:29.119><c> and</c><00:17:29.299><c> Savior</c> 00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:30.960 Jesus<00:17:29.900><c> Christ,</c> 00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:35.559 they<00:17:31.220><c> are</c><00:17:31.400><c> again</c><00:17:31.619><c> entangled</c><00:17:32.180><c> therein</c><00:17:32.819><c> and</c><00:17:33.180><c> overcome,</c><00:17:34.640><c> the</c><00:17:34.920><c> latter</c><00:17:35.099><c> end</c><00:17:35.299><c> is</c> 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:37.940 worse<00:17:35.900><c> with</c><00:17:36.180><c> them</c><00:17:36.640><c> than</c><00:17:36.859><c> the</c><00:17:37.099><c> beginning.</c> 00:17:38.339 --> 00:17:40.940 For<00:17:38.819><c> it</c><00:17:38.980><c> had</c><00:17:39.099><c> been</c><00:17:39.200><c> better</c><00:17:39.519><c> for</c><00:17:39.700><c> them</c><00:17:39.980><c> not</c><00:17:40.240><c> to</c><00:17:40.359><c> have</c><00:17:40.539><c> known</c><00:17:40.799><c> the</c> 00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:44.259 way<00:17:41.119><c> of</c><00:17:41.319><c> righteousness,</c><00:17:42.559><c> than</c><00:17:42.819><c> after</c><00:17:43.259><c> they</c><00:17:43.539><c> have</c><00:17:43.759><c> known</c><00:17:43.900><c> it,</c> 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:47.539 to<00:17:44.619><c> 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forward</c><00:18:31.460><c> now,</c><00:18:32.299><c> give</c><00:18:32.400><c> us</c> 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:34.079 his<00:18:32.720><c> exaltation.</c> 00:18:48.420 --> 00:18:51.160 Well<00:18:48.660><c> good</c><00:18:48.819><c> morning</c><00:18:49.220><c> brethren</c><00:18:49.599><c> and</c><00:18:49.920><c> sisters</c><00:18:50.440><c> in</c><00:18:50.779><c> our</c><00:18:50.960><c> Lord</c> 00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:52.720 Jesus<00:18:51.660><c> Christ.</c> 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:56.700 I<00:18:53.759><c> bring</c><00:18:54.059><c> with</c><00:18:54.259><c> me</c><00:18:54.700><c> the</c><00:18:55.039><c> love</c><00:18:55.299><c> and</c><00:18:55.640><c> the</c><00:18:55.819><c> fraternal</c><00:18:56.200><c> greetings</c> 00:18:56.700 --> 00:18:59.900 of<00:18:57.140><c> your</c><00:18:57.380><c> brethren</c><00:18:57.640><c> and</c><00:18:57.980><c> sisters</c><00:18:58.299><c> from</c><00:18:58.579><c> our</c><00:18:58.880><c> home</c><00:18:59.140><c> Ecclesia</c> 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difficulty,</c><00:20:25.859><c> apparently</c><00:20:26.380><c> without</c><00:20:27.400><c> any</c><00:20:27.900><c> end,</c> 00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:42.599 human<00:20:31.819><c> strength</c><00:20:32.720><c> and</c><00:20:34.339><c> patience</c><00:20:35.200><c> is</c><00:20:37.299><c> eventually</c><00:20:37.859><c> going</c><00:20:38.299><c> to</c><00:20:38.619><c> ebb</c><00:20:39.640><c> and</c><00:20:40.740><c> ultimately</c><00:20:41.460><c> it's</c><00:20:42.180><c> going</c><00:20:42.339><c> to</c> 00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:43.900 give<00:20:42.779><c> way.</c> 00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:51.819 And<00:20:46.359><c> Israel's</c><00:20:47.000><c> journey</c><00:20:47.339><c> was</c><00:20:47.759><c> long</c><00:20:48.140><c> and</c><00:20:48.339><c> it</c><00:20:48.480><c> was</c><00:20:48.859><c> trying,</c><00:20:50.339><c> like</c><00:20:50.700><c> ours.</c> 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:58.500 But<00:20:54.380><c> under</c><00:20:54.660><c> God's</c><00:20:55.299><c> divine</c><00:20:55.680><c> leadership</c><00:20:56.319><c> that</c><00:20:57.039><c> we</c><00:20:57.259><c> saw</c><00:20:57.500><c> yesterday</c><00:20:58.000><c> in</c><00:20:58.240><c> our</c> 00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:59.660 studies<00:20:58.779><c> together,</c> 00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:06.420 the<00:21:01.039><c> cloud</c><00:21:01.400><c> by</c><00:21:01.759><c> day</c><00:21:02.319><c> and</c><00:21:03.779><c> the</c><00:21:03.960><c> pillar</c><00:21:04.220><c> of</c><00:21:04.559><c> fire</c><00:21:04.880><c> by</c><00:21:05.240><c> night,</c> 00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:12.039 with<00:21:07.579><c> the</c><00:21:07.880><c> cherubim</c><00:21:09.420><c> dwelling</c><00:21:10.200><c> in</c><00:21:10.640><c> the</c><00:21:10.700><c> very</c><00:21:11.339><c> centre,</c><00:21:11.700><c> in</c><00:21:11.880><c> the</c> 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:14.420 very<00:21:12.599><c> heart</c><00:21:12.839><c> of</c><00:21:13.059><c> that</c><00:21:13.299><c> encampment,</c> 00:21:16.599 --> 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strangers</c><00:21:39.799><c> or</c><00:21:40.099><c> pilgrims</c><00:21:41.740><c> about</c><00:21:43.480><c> having</c><00:21:43.720><c> been</c><00:21:44.140><c> redeemed</c><00:21:44.799><c> by</c> 00:21:45.140 --> 00:21:46.700 Almighty<00:21:45.700><c> God.</c> 00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:56.640 But<00:21:50.960><c> brethren</c><00:21:51.200><c> and</c><00:21:51.480><c> sisters,</c><00:21:52.220><c> have</c><00:21:52.259><c> we,</c><00:21:53.119><c> have</c><00:21:53.279><c> we</c><00:21:53.559><c> ever</c><00:21:53.799><c> considered</c><00:21:54.539><c> why</c> 00:21:56.640 --> 00:22:01.859 did,<00:21:57.900><c> why</c><00:21:59.500><c> did</c><00:22:00.000><c> God</c><00:22:00.440><c> redeem</c><00:22:01.039><c> Israel?</c> 00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:08.220 Why<00:22:05.759><c> did</c><00:22:05.920><c> he</c><00:22:06.119><c> bring</c><00:22:06.279><c> them</c><00:22:06.400><c> out</c><00:22:06.599><c> of</c><00:22:06.720><c> the</c><00:22:06.819><c> land</c><00:22:07.019><c> of</c><00:22:07.259><c> Egypt?</c> 00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:13.680 What<00:22:11.619><c> was</c><00:22:11.940><c> Yahweh's</c><00:22:12.460><c> purpose?</c> 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:21.819 Well,<00:22:17.880><c> we</c><00:22:18.019><c> know,</c><00:22:18.539><c> don't</c><00:22:18.640><c> we,</c><00:22:18.940><c> brethren</c><00:22:19.140><c> and</c><00:22:19.500><c> sisters,</c><00:22:20.559><c> that</c> 00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:26.819 it<00:22:21.940><c> was</c><00:22:22.160><c> for</c><00:22:22.359><c> the</c><00:22:22.680><c> express</c><00:22:22.940><c> reason</c><00:22:23.400><c> that</c><00:22:23.640><c> God</c><00:22:24.720><c> might</c><00:22:25.180><c> dwell</c><00:22:25.900><c> in</c> 00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:28.099 their<00:22:27.119><c> midst.</c> 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:33.339 And<00:22:30.480><c> He</c><00:22:30.759><c> commanded</c><00:22:31.240><c> them</c><00:22:31.599><c> to</c><00:22:31.819><c> make</c><00:22:32.000><c> a</c><00:22:32.259><c> sanctuary</c><00:22:32.740><c> for</c><00:22:33.039><c> that</c> 00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:34.779 very<00:22:33.660><c> reason.</c> 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:39.960 And<00:22:36.319><c> the</c><00:22:36.640><c> tabernacle,</c><00:22:37.319><c> brethren</c><00:22:37.559><c> and</c><00:22:37.920><c> sisters,</c><00:22:38.940><c> in</c><00:22:39.119><c> the</c><00:22:39.259><c> middle</c><00:22:39.640><c> of</c> 00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:41.160 that<00:22:40.259><c> nation,</c> 00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:48.940 served<00:22:43.339><c> as</c><00:22:43.740><c> a</c><00:22:44.140><c> parable</c><00:22:44.819><c> as</c><00:22:45.339><c> to</c><00:22:45.480><c> what</c><00:22:45.839><c> God</c><00:22:46.339><c> expected</c><00:22:47.140><c> of</c><00:22:47.539><c> His</c><00:22:47.799><c> people.</c> 00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:57.099 And<00:22:51.759><c> in</c><00:22:51.960><c> that</c><00:22:52.220><c> tabernacle</c><00:22:52.839><c> dwelt</c><00:22:53.119><c> the</c><00:22:53.400><c> cherubim,</c><00:22:55.140><c> at</c><00:22:55.460><c> the</c><00:22:55.779><c> very</c><00:22:56.380><c> heart</c><00:22:56.819><c> of</c> 00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:58.380 that<00:22:57.339><c> nation.</c> 00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:04.400 And<00:23:00.980><c> we</c><00:23:01.200><c> learned</c><00:23:01.420><c> yesterday,</c><00:23:01.980><c> didn't</c><00:23:02.259><c> we,</c><00:23:03.299><c> that</c><00:23:03.359><c> it</c><00:23:03.420><c> was</c><00:23:03.740><c> in</c> 00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:08.539 that<00:23:04.680><c> cherubim</c><00:23:05.380><c> that</c><00:23:05.740><c> God's</c><00:23:06.559><c> glory</c><00:23:07.019><c> dwelt.</c> 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:11.339 He<00:23:09.220><c> was</c><00:23:09.539><c> enthroned</c><00:23:10.039><c> there.</c> 00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:17.299 And<00:23:14.160><c> what</c><00:23:14.359><c> was</c><00:23:14.519><c> God's</c><00:23:14.920><c> glory?</c><00:23:15.579><c> It</c><00:23:15.720><c> was</c><00:23:15.920><c> His</c><00:23:16.220><c> character.</c> 00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:21.980 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nation,</c> 00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:48.839 was<00:23:43.140><c> a</c><00:23:43.500><c> constant</c><00:23:44.140><c> focal</c><00:23:44.519><c> point,</c><00:23:45.599><c> a</c><00:23:45.980><c> constant</c><00:23:46.440><c> parable</c><00:23:47.200><c> of</c><00:23:48.539><c> the</c> 00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:52.960 purpose<00:23:49.579><c> that</c><00:23:50.160><c> God</c><00:23:50.539><c> had</c><00:23:50.880><c> set</c><00:23:51.079><c> out</c><00:23:51.339><c> from</c><00:23:51.579><c> the</c><00:23:51.660><c> very</c><00:23:51.920><c> beginning.</c> 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:57.500 That<00:23:54.500><c> He</c><00:23:54.779><c> might</c><00:23:55.160><c> dwell</c><00:23:55.619><c> amongst</c><00:23:56.160><c> them.</c> 00:23:58.039 --> 00:24:02.279 That<00:23:58.099><c> they</c><00:23:58.319><c> might</c><00:23:58.599><c> be,</c><00:23:58.819><c> as</c><00:23:59.019><c> we</c><00:23:59.220><c> learned</c><00:23:59.420><c> yesterday,</c><00:24:00.200><c> cherubic</c><00:24:00.740><c> vehicles.</c> 00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:06.480 Vehicles<00:24:04.059><c> which</c><00:24:04.460><c> allowed</c><00:24:04.799><c> the</c><00:24:05.160><c> glory</c><00:24:05.500><c> of</c><00:24:05.759><c> God</c><00:24:06.000><c> to</c><00:24:06.299><c> dwell</c> 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:08.240 amongst<00:24:06.900><c> them.</c> 00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:17.390 But<00:24:11.980><c> the</c><00:24:12.200><c> irony</c><00:24:12.460><c> is,</c><00:24:14.940><c> and</c><00:24:15.140><c> we</c><00:24:15.299><c> know</c><00:24:15.539><c> this</c><00:24:15.880><c> all</c><00:24:16.259><c> too</c><00:24:16.539><c> well,</c> 00:24:18.109 --> 00:24:25.869 the<00:24:18.869><c> sad</c><00:24:19.410><c> legacy</c><00:24:20.029><c> of</c><00:24:20.690><c> that</c><00:24:21.069><c> nation's</c><00:24:22.109><c> very</c><00:24:22.410><c> sad</c><00:24:22.769><c> history</c><00:24:23.549><c> is</c> 00:24:25.869 --> 00:24:30.289 outlined<00:24:26.349><c> for</c><00:24:26.670><c> us</c><00:24:27.630><c> in</c><00:24:28.670><c> Ezekiel</c><00:24:29.150><c> 1.</c> 00:24:31.150 --> 00:24:35.490 Because<00:24:31.430><c> in</c><00:24:31.630><c> Ezekiel</c><00:24:32.049><c> 1</c><00:24:32.569><c> we</c><00:24:32.829><c> saw</c><00:24:33.089><c> yesterday,</c><00:24:33.789><c> albeit</c><00:24:34.190><c> briefly,</c> 00:24:36.549 --> 00:24:39.170 that<00:24:36.710><c> that</c><00:24:37.029><c> cherubim,</c><00:24:37.829><c> the</c><00:24:37.970><c> vision</c><00:24:38.250><c> of</c><00:24:38.450><c> the</c><00:24:38.609><c> cherubim</c><00:24:38.950><c> which</c> 00:24:39.170 --> 00:24:41.009 the<00:24:39.470><c> prophets</c><00:24:39.730><c> saw</c><00:24:40.049><c> there,</c> 00:24:41.309 --> 00:24:45.250 in<00:24:41.529><c> exile,</c><00:24:43.630><c> banished</c><00:24:44.009><c> from</c><00:24:44.250><c> the</c><00:24:44.390><c> land</c><00:24:44.609><c> of</c><00:24:44.869><c> promise,</c> 00:24:45.250 --> 00:24:52.529 he<00:24:45.990><c> was</c><00:24:46.269><c> 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of</c><00:25:28.430><c> him</c><00:25:28.589><c> going</c><00:25:28.869><c> in</c> 00:25:29.990 --> 00:25:32.990 and<00:25:30.509><c> punishing</c><00:25:31.089><c> that</c><00:25:31.849><c> people.</c> 00:25:33.329 --> 00:25:36.410 And<00:25:33.890><c> taking</c><00:25:34.170><c> them</c><00:25:34.509><c> away</c><00:25:34.930><c> into</c><00:25:35.329><c> captivity.</c> 00:25:37.769 --> 00:25:40.910 And<00:25:38.009><c> so</c><00:25:38.150><c> the</c><00:25:38.349><c> very</c><00:25:38.690><c> thing</c><00:25:39.009><c> that</c><00:25:39.210><c> God</c><00:25:39.390><c> intended</c><00:25:39.869><c> from</c><00:25:40.130><c> the</c><00:25:40.329><c> beginning</c><00:25:40.569><c> in</c> 00:25:40.910 --> 00:25:42.869 drawing<00:25:41.190><c> that</c><00:25:41.509><c> people</c><00:25:41.869><c> out</c><00:25:42.150><c> of</c><00:25:42.390><c> Israel,</c> 00:25:42.869 --> 00:25:48.049 and<00:25:44.009><c> desiring</c><00:25:45.150><c> that</c><00:25:46.029><c> his</c><00:25:46.289><c> 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saw</c><00:26:08.950><c> that,</c> 00:26:10.549 --> 00:26:14.450 and<00:26:11.069><c> the</c><00:26:11.309><c> prophecy</c><00:26:11.670><c> outlined</c><00:26:12.450><c> what</c><00:26:12.750><c> was</c><00:26:13.009><c> going</c><00:26:13.150><c> to</c><00:26:13.430><c> happen,</c> 00:26:16.869 --> 00:26:22.809 his<00:26:16.990><c> contemporary</c><00:26:17.650><c> prophet,</c><00:26:19.309><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:26:20.490><c> he</c><00:26:20.930><c> hears</c><00:26:21.289><c> from</c><00:26:21.569><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:26:24.190 --> 00:26:28.890 And<00:26:24.710><c> I'd</c><00:26:24.930><c> ask</c><00:26:25.089><c> your</c><00:26:25.329><c> very</c><00:26:25.730><c> close</c><00:26:25.950><c> attention</c><00:26:26.569><c> to</c><00:26:26.829><c> Jeremiah</c><00:26:27.470><c> chapter</c><00:26:27.930><c> 13</c> 00:26:28.890 --> 00:26:31.789 verses<00:26:29.670><c> 10</c><00:26:30.230><c> and</c><00:26:30.450><c> 11.</c> 00:26:34.730 --> 00:26:39.490 Jeremiah<00:26:35.269><c> chapter</c><00:26:35.789><c> 13</c><00:26:36.990><c> verses</c><00:26:38.529><c> 10</c><00:26:38.849><c> and</c><00:26:39.029><c> 11.</c> 00:26:39.849 --> 00:26:43.349 Now<00:26:40.430><c> Jeremiah</c><00:26:40.769><c> is</c><00:26:40.950><c> the</c><00:26:41.170><c> prophet</c><00:26:41.450><c> who</c><00:26:41.670><c> is</c><00:26:41.950><c> back</c><00:26:42.210><c> up</c><00:26:42.609><c> in</c><00:26:42.849><c> the</c><00:26:42.970><c> land</c><00:26:43.190><c> of</c> 00:26:43.349 --> 00:26:45.210 Israel,<00:26:43.769><c> prophesying</c><00:26:44.430><c> to</c><00:26:44.589><c> the</c><00:26:44.730><c> people,</c> 00:26:45.569 --> 00:26:48.589 and<00:26:45.670><c> is,</c><00:26:45.869><c> as</c><00:26:46.130><c> we've</c><00:26:46.390><c> said,</c><00:26:46.589><c> a</c><00:26:46.849><c> contemporary</c><00:26:47.349><c> prophet</c><00:26:47.809><c> to</c><00:26:48.250><c> the</c> 00:26:48.589 --> 00:26:52.910 prophet<00:26:48.789><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:26:49.769><c> who</c><00:26:49.910><c> is</c><00:26:50.170><c> in</c><00:26:50.410><c> exile</c><00:26:51.049><c> in</c><00:26:51.849><c> Babylon.</c> 00:26:55.329 --> 00:27:00.730 And<00:26:55.509><c> of</c><00:26:55.690><c> the</c><00:26:55.930><c> people,</c><00:26:58.150><c> Jeremiah</c><00:26:58.690><c> says</c><00:26:59.109><c> this,</c> 00:27:01.609 --> 00:27:03.970 verse<00:27:02.349><c> 10</c><00:27:02.609><c> and</c><00:27:02.730><c> 11.</c> 00:27:04.750 --> 00:27:11.779 This<00:27:05.490><c> evil</c><00:27:06.190><c> people,</c><00:27:08.049><c> which</c><00:27:08.329><c> refuse</c><00:27:09.109><c> to</c><00:27:09.529><c> hear</c><00:27:09.970><c> my</c><00:27:10.910><c> words,</c> 00:27:13.269 --> 00:27:17.069 which<00:27:13.490><c> walk</c><00:27:13.750><c> in</c><00:27:13.930><c> the</c><00:27:14.150><c> imagination</c><00:27:14.849><c> of</c><00:27:15.609><c> their</c><00:27:15.970><c> heart,</c> 00:27:18.069 --> 00:27:22.059 and<00:27:18.230><c> walk</c><00:27:18.490><c> after</c><00:27:18.890><c> other</c><00:27:19.250><c> gods</c><00:27:19.630><c> to</c><00:27:19.890><c> serve</c><00:27:20.289><c> them</c><00:27:20.509><c> and</c><00:27:20.650><c> to</c><00:27:20.890><c> worship</c><00:27:21.190><c> them,</c> 00:27:22.210 --> 00:27:26.410 shall<00:27:22.349><c> even</c><00:27:22.670><c> be</c><00:27:23.029><c> as</c><00:27:23.349><c> this</c><00:27:23.630><c> girdle</c><00:27:23.970><c> which</c><00:27:24.230><c> is</c><00:27:24.569><c> good</c><00:27:25.009><c> for</c><00:27:25.490><c> nothing.</c> 00:27:27.710 --> 00:27:31.609 For<00:27:28.309><c> as</c><00:27:28.589><c> the</c><00:27:28.789><c> girdle</c><00:27:29.190><c> cleaveth</c><00:27:29.630><c> to</c><00:27:29.849><c> the</c><00:27:30.009><c> loins</c><00:27:30.309><c> of</c><00:27:30.490><c> a</c><00:27:30.630><c> man,</c> 00:27:31.789 --> 00:27:35.910 so<00:27:31.970><c> have</c><00:27:32.210><c> I</c><00:27:32.529><c> cause</c><00:27:32.829><c> to</c><00:27:33.069><c> cleave</c><00:27:33.490><c> unto</c><00:27:33.750><c> me</c><00:27:34.130><c> the</c><00:27:34.390><c> whole</c><00:27:34.970><c> house</c><00:27:35.349><c> of</c><00:27:35.490><c> Israel,</c> 00:27:36.210 --> 00:27:38.430 and<00:27:36.269><c> the</c><00:27:36.569><c> whole</c><00:27:36.849><c> house</c><00:27:37.150><c> of</c><00:27:37.349><c> Judah,</c><00:27:37.809><c> saith</c><00:27:37.930><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:27:38.910 --> 00:27:41.630 You<00:27:39.210><c> see,</c><00:27:39.430><c> that</c><00:27:39.630><c> was</c><00:27:39.910><c> the</c><00:27:40.109><c> divine</c><00:27:40.410><c> ideal.</c><00:27:40.890><c> That's</c><00:27:41.150><c> what</c><00:27:41.349><c> God</c> 00:27:41.630 --> 00:27:42.750 wanted<00:27:41.990><c> for</c><00:27:42.190><c> his</c><00:27:42.410><c> people.</c> 00:27:42.950 --> 00:27:47.509 He<00:27:43.250><c> desired</c><00:27:43.950><c> that</c><00:27:44.509><c> he</c><00:27:45.049><c> may</c><00:27:45.349><c> dwell</c><00:27:45.750><c> in</c><00:27:45.990><c> their</c><00:27:46.289><c> hearts.</c> 00:27:50.930 --> 00:27:55.089 He<00:27:51.529><c> desired</c><00:27:52.130><c> for</c><00:27:52.490><c> them</c><00:27:52.690><c> to</c><00:27:53.089><c> cleave</c><00:27:53.589><c> unto</c><00:27:53.950><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:27:56.690 --> 00:28:00.430 That<00:27:57.190><c> they</c><00:27:57.549><c> might</c><00:27:57.809><c> be</c><00:27:58.029><c> a</c><00:27:58.190><c> people,</c><00:27:58.470><c> as</c><00:27:58.650><c> we</c><00:27:58.829><c> read</c><00:27:59.029><c> in</c><00:27:59.230><c> verse</c><00:27:59.450><c> 11,</c> 00:28:00.910 --> 00:28:06.869 unto<00:28:01.210><c> me</c><00:28:01.529><c> for</c><00:28:01.690><c> a</c><00:28:01.869><c> people,</c><00:28:02.470><c> and</c><00:28:02.529><c> for</c><00:28:02.730><c> a</c><00:28:02.890><c> name,</c><00:28:03.769><c> and</c><00:28:03.990><c> for</c><00:28:04.250><c> a</c><00:28:04.410><c> praise,</c><00:28:05.369><c> and</c><00:28:05.549><c> for</c><00:28:05.750><c> a</c><00:28:05.910><c> glory.</c> 00:28:08.109 --> 00:28:10.430 But<00:28:08.609><c> they</c><00:28:08.829><c> would</c><00:28:09.089><c> not</c><00:28:09.410><c> hear.</c> 00:28:13.890 --> 00:28:16.109 That's<00:28:14.250><c> why</c><00:28:14.450><c> God</c><00:28:14.670><c> pulled</c><00:28:14.930><c> them</c><00:28:15.109><c> out</c><00:28:15.289><c> of</c><00:28:15.470><c> Ephesians,</c><00:28:15.809><c> brethren</c> 00:28:16.109 --> 00:28:16.529 and<00:28:16.369><c> sisters,</c> 00:28:16.609 --> 00:28:20.470 that<00:28:16.769><c> they</c><00:28:16.950><c> might</c><00:28:17.170><c> be</c><00:28:17.829><c> unto</c><00:28:18.190><c> me</c><00:28:18.670><c> for</c><00:28:18.869><c> a</c><00:28:19.089><c> people,</c><00:28:19.710><c> for</c><00:28:19.890><c> a</c><00:28:20.170><c> name,</c> 00:28:20.650 --> 00:28:22.950 for<00:28:20.930><c> a</c><00:28:21.089><c> praise,</c><00:28:21.509><c> and</c><00:28:21.650><c> for</c><00:28:21.809><c> a</c><00:28:22.069><c> glory.</c> 00:28:23.809 --> 00:28:26.930 And<00:28:24.650><c> we</c><00:28:24.869><c> learned</c><00:28:25.130><c> yesterday,</c><00:28:25.750><c> didn't</c><00:28:25.990><c> we,</c><00:28:26.250><c> that</c><00:28:26.349><c> it</c><00:28:26.430><c> was</c><00:28:26.670><c> the</c> 00:28:26.930 --> 00:28:28.509 glory<00:28:27.349><c> of</c><00:28:27.690><c> Almighty</c><00:28:27.970><c> God</c> 00:28:28.509 --> 00:28:31.450 that<00:28:29.029><c> dwelt</c><00:28:29.390><c> in</c><00:28:29.569><c> those</c><00:28:29.890><c> Kerabic</c><00:28:30.269><c> vehicles.</c> 00:28:32.130 --> 00:28:38.549 And<00:28:32.970><c> God</c><00:28:33.230><c> wanted</c><00:28:33.670><c> those</c><00:28:34.769><c> children</c><00:28:35.329><c> of</c><00:28:35.549><c> Israel</c><00:28:36.049><c> to</c><00:28:37.109><c> be</c><00:28:37.430><c> Kerabic</c><00:28:37.930><c> vehicles</c> 00:28:38.549 --> 00:28:43.230 in<00:28:39.210><c> which</c><00:28:39.829><c> the</c><00:28:40.230><c> glory</c><00:28:40.670><c> of</c><00:28:41.009><c> God</c><00:28:41.549><c> they</c><00:28:42.109><c> bared.</c> 00:28:44.990 --> 00:28:49.990 But<00:28:45.589><c> the</c><00:28:45.789><c> prophet</c><00:28:46.009><c> says,</c><00:28:47.630><c> they</c><00:28:49.029><c> would</c><00:28:49.289><c> not</c><00:28:49.569><c> hear.</c> 00:28:49.990 --> 00:28:55.190 And<00:28:50.789><c> that,</c><00:28:51.490><c> brethren</c><00:28:51.609><c> and</c><00:28:51.829><c> sisters,</c><00:28:53.069><c> is</c><00:28:53.269><c> the</c><00:28:53.490><c> divine</c><00:28:54.130><c> lament.</c> 00:28:55.369 --> 00:28:57.950 They<00:28:55.509><c> would</c><00:28:55.829><c> not</c><00:28:56.750><c> hear.</c> 00:29:02.690 --> 00:29:04.509 They<00:29:02.890><c> would</c><00:29:03.210><c> not</c><00:29:03.690><c> hear.</c> 00:29:08.690 --> 00:29:10.910 That<00:29:08.809><c> was</c><00:29:08.990><c> the</c><00:29:09.150><c> legacy</c><00:29:09.470><c> of</c><00:29:09.710><c> that</c><00:29:09.910><c> nation.</c> 00:29:11.089 --> 00:29:16.430 Come<00:29:11.190><c> across</c><00:29:11.470><c> to</c><00:29:11.730><c> Hosea.</c><00:29:13.750><c> Hosea,</c><00:29:14.369><c> the</c><00:29:14.569><c> prophet,</c><00:29:15.029><c> a</c><00:29:15.170><c> little</c><00:29:15.329><c> earlier.</c> 00:29:18.589 --> 00:29:25.190 But<00:29:19.470><c> again,</c><00:29:20.210><c> illustrating</c><00:29:20.710><c> the</c><00:29:20.950><c> point</c><00:29:21.630><c> that</c><00:29:23.549><c> this</c><00:29:23.890><c> was</c><00:29:24.650><c> a</c> 00:29:25.190 --> 00:29:28.529 consistent<00:29:25.890><c> problem</c><00:29:26.589><c> with</c><00:29:27.150><c> that</c><00:29:27.410><c> nation,</c> 00:29:28.549 --> 00:29:32.509 going<00:29:28.809><c> against</c><00:29:29.250><c> the</c><00:29:29.529><c> grain</c><00:29:29.970><c> of</c><00:29:30.390><c> what</c><00:29:30.569><c> God</c><00:29:30.890><c> had</c><00:29:31.250><c> intended</c><00:29:31.690><c> from</c> 00:29:32.509 --> 00:29:33.690 the<00:29:32.750><c> beginning.</c> 00:29:36.390 --> 00:29:39.849 Hosea,<00:29:36.869><c> chapter</c><00:29:37.109><c> 4</c><00:29:37.609><c> and</c><00:29:37.869><c> verse</c><00:29:38.190><c> 6.</c> 00:29:41.450 --> 00:29:49.109 My<00:29:42.170><c> people</c><00:29:42.890><c> are</c><00:29:44.650><c> destroyed</c><00:29:45.410><c> for</c><00:29:46.309><c> a</c><00:29:46.569><c> lack</c><00:29:47.069><c> of</c><00:29:47.930><c> knowledge.</c> 00:29:51.769 --> 00:29:54.049 Because<00:29:51.789><c> thou</c><00:29:52.029><c> hast</c><00:29:52.309><c> rejected</c><00:29:52.750><c> knowledge,</c><00:29:53.369><c> I</c><00:29:53.549><c> will</c><00:29:53.809><c> also</c> 00:29:54.049 --> 00:29:54.769 reject<00:29:54.430><c> thee,</c> 00:29:54.829 --> 00:30:00.089 that<00:29:54.990><c> thou</c><00:29:55.269><c> shalt</c><00:29:55.509><c> be</c><00:29:55.869><c> no</c><00:29:56.130><c> priest</c><00:29:56.390><c> to</c><00:29:56.569><c> me,</c><00:29:59.450><c> seeing</c><00:29:59.549><c> thou</c><00:29:59.789><c> hast</c> 00:30:00.089 --> 00:30:02.630 forgotten<00:30:00.609><c> the</c><00:30:01.069><c> law</c><00:30:01.269><c> of</c><00:30:01.450><c> thy</c><00:30:01.650><c> God.</c> 00:30:02.930 --> 00:30:05.990 I<00:30:03.309><c> will</c><00:30:03.549><c> also</c><00:30:04.049><c> forget</c><00:30:04.490><c> thy</c><00:30:04.849><c> children.</c> 00:30:07.930 --> 00:30:11.950 And<00:30:08.630><c> brethren</c><00:30:08.910><c> and</c><00:30:09.210><c> sisters,</c><00:30:10.150><c> that</c><00:30:10.349><c> there,</c><00:30:10.829><c> in</c><00:30:11.049><c> verse</c><00:30:11.269><c> 6,</c><00:30:11.650><c> was</c> 00:30:11.950 --> 00:30:16.309 the<00:30:12.329><c> root</c><00:30:12.690><c> cause</c><00:30:13.549><c> of</c><00:30:14.529><c> Israel's</c><00:30:15.269><c> failure.</c> 00:30:17.329 --> 00:30:21.009 And<00:30:18.009><c> as</c><00:30:18.509><c> the</c><00:30:18.789><c> prophet</c><00:30:19.009><c> says,</c><00:30:19.589><c> it's</c><00:30:19.690><c> for</c><00:30:19.930><c> that</c><00:30:20.170><c> reason</c><00:30:20.670><c> that</c> 00:30:21.009 --> 00:30:24.329 Yahweh<00:30:21.349><c> says,</c><00:30:22.670><c> they're</c><00:30:22.809><c> cut</c><00:30:23.069><c> off.</c> 00:30:28.289 --> 00:30:32.309 My<00:30:28.630><c> people</c><00:30:29.210><c> are</c><00:30:29.549><c> destroyed</c><00:30:30.069><c> for</c><00:30:30.369><c> a</c><00:30:30.509><c> lack</c><00:30:30.730><c> of</c><00:30:31.130><c> knowledge.</c> 00:30:32.970 --> 00:30:37.069 And<00:30:33.650><c> Jeremiah</c><00:30:34.069><c> tells</c><00:30:34.450><c> us,</c><00:30:35.569><c> they</c><00:30:35.730><c> wouldn't</c><00:30:36.089><c> hear.</c> 00:30:37.210 --> 00:30:41.569 They<00:30:37.410><c> walked</c><00:30:37.750><c> after</c><00:30:38.049><c> the</c><00:30:38.410><c> imaginations</c><00:30:39.349><c> of</c><00:30:39.769><c> their</c><00:30:40.029><c> hearts.</c> 00:30:46.349 --> 00:30:49.609 We<00:30:47.029><c> need</c><00:30:47.190><c> to</c><00:30:47.390><c> think</c><00:30:47.529><c> about</c><00:30:47.809><c> that,</c><00:30:48.170><c> brethren</c><00:30:48.289><c> and</c><00:30:48.569><c> sisters.</c> 00:30:51.569 --> 00:30:55.670 Because<00:30:52.170><c> God</c><00:30:52.490><c> had</c><00:30:52.829><c> intended,</c><00:30:53.369><c> God</c><00:30:53.630><c> had</c><00:30:53.950><c> desired</c><00:30:54.190><c> in</c><00:30:54.490><c> delivering</c><00:30:54.890><c> that</c><00:30:55.210><c> people</c><00:30:55.490><c> out</c> 00:30:55.670 --> 00:30:57.470 of<00:30:55.890><c> bondage</c><00:30:56.289><c> in</c><00:30:56.569><c> Egypt,</c> 00:30:57.769 --> 00:31:02.730 He<00:30:58.410><c> had</c><00:30:58.710><c> desired</c><00:30:59.069><c> that</c><00:30:59.230><c> He</c><00:30:59.390><c> might</c><00:30:59.710><c> dwell</c><00:31:00.170><c> richly</c><00:31:01.009><c> in</c><00:31:01.130><c> their</c><00:31:01.450><c> hearts.</c> 00:31:06.049 --> 00:31:12.750 And<00:31:06.690><c> they</c><00:31:06.970><c> failed.</c><00:31:08.849><c> They</c><00:31:09.069><c> wouldn't</c><00:31:09.349><c> hear.</c><00:31:10.849><c> And</c><00:31:10.970><c> they</c><00:31:11.210><c> lacked</c><00:31:11.509><c> knowledge.</c> 00:31:15.869 --> 00:31:19.549 Let's<00:31:16.130><c> come</c><00:31:16.329><c> across</c><00:31:16.630><c> then</c><00:31:16.970><c> to</c><00:31:17.289><c> the</c><00:31:17.549><c> prophecy</c><00:31:17.970><c> of</c><00:31:18.410><c> Ezekiel.</c> 00:31:20.250 --> 00:31:23.490 And<00:31:20.569><c> we</c><00:31:20.670><c> want</c><00:31:20.769><c> to</c><00:31:20.910><c> come</c><00:31:21.069><c> to</c><00:31:21.250><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:31:22.130><c> chapter</c><00:31:22.130><c> 33.</c> 00:31:23.930 --> 00:31:28.450 And<00:31:24.250><c> this</c><00:31:24.390><c> is</c><00:31:24.589><c> very</c><00:31:24.849><c> interesting,</c><00:31:25.390><c> because</c><00:31:26.109><c> the</c><00:31:26.890><c> first</c><00:31:27.470><c> few</c> 00:31:28.450 --> 00:31:29.690 chapters<00:31:28.910><c> of</c><00:31:29.150><c> Ezekiel,</c> 00:31:29.829 --> 00:31:32.809 we<00:31:29.970><c> know</c><00:31:30.289><c> particularly</c><00:31:30.809><c> chapters</c><00:31:31.230><c> 1</c><00:31:31.509><c> and</c><00:31:31.670><c> 10,</c><00:31:32.089><c> give</c><00:31:32.210><c> a</c><00:31:32.410><c> very</c> 00:31:32.809 --> 00:31:33.950 detailed,<00:31:33.710><c> pricey,</c> 00:31:33.950 --> 00:31:36.490 an<00:31:34.150><c> outline</c><00:31:34.470><c> of</c><00:31:34.690><c> the</c><00:31:34.890><c> vision</c><00:31:35.069><c> of</c><00:31:35.269><c> the</c><00:31:35.490><c> Cherubim,</c> 00:31:38.509 --> 00:31:44.130 which<00:31:38.690><c> Ezekiel</c><00:31:39.190><c> saw</c><00:31:39.650><c> to</c><00:31:40.829><c> sustain</c><00:31:41.329><c> him</c><00:31:41.650><c> with</c><00:31:41.869><c> a</c><00:31:42.230><c> message</c><00:31:42.529><c> of</c><00:31:42.809><c> hope</c><00:31:43.349><c> as</c> 00:31:44.130 --> 00:31:47.650 they<00:31:44.470><c> were</c><00:31:44.809><c> exiled</c><00:31:46.170><c> in</c><00:31:46.650><c> Babylon.</c> 00:31:48.450 --> 00:31:51.390 And<00:31:48.789><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:31:49.410><c> message</c><00:31:49.670><c> was</c><00:31:49.910><c> very</c><00:31:50.190><c> much</c><00:31:50.450><c> like</c><00:31:50.750><c> Jeremiah's.</c> 00:31:51.390 --> 00:31:53.890 It<00:31:51.390><c> was</c><00:31:51.609><c> a</c><00:31:51.750><c> message</c><00:31:52.089><c> of</c><00:31:52.369><c> woe.</c> 00:31:55.589 --> 00:32:00.509 And<00:31:55.670><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:31:56.109><c> chapter</c><00:31:56.349><c> 33,</c><00:31:58.410><c> is</c><00:31:58.630><c> a</c><00:31:58.710><c> very</c><00:31:59.049><c> interesting</c><00:31:59.990><c> break</c> 00:32:00.509 --> 00:32:02.170 point<00:32:00.789><c> in</c><00:32:01.049><c> the</c><00:32:01.309><c> prophecy.</c> 00:32:03.690 --> 00:32:06.730 In<00:32:03.829><c> fact,</c><00:32:04.089><c> it</c><00:32:04.109><c> begins,</c><00:32:04.930><c> the</c><00:32:05.170><c> prophet</c><00:32:05.369><c> here</c><00:32:05.630><c> begins</c><00:32:06.109><c> a</c><00:32:06.450><c> new</c> 00:32:06.730 --> 00:32:07.509 section<00:32:07.150><c> here,</c> 00:32:07.529 --> 00:32:11.190 because<00:32:07.869><c> we're</c><00:32:08.170><c> shown</c><00:32:08.349><c> in</c><00:32:08.529><c> this</c><00:32:08.930><c> chapter</c><00:32:09.690><c> that</c><00:32:10.650><c> the</c><00:32:10.950><c> turning</c> 00:32:11.190 --> 00:32:13.230 point<00:32:11.670><c> of</c><00:32:11.930><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:32:12.569><c> ministry</c> 00:32:13.230 --> 00:32:18.089 was<00:32:13.890><c> in</c><00:32:14.269><c> fact</c><00:32:14.750><c> the</c><00:32:15.450><c> eventual</c><00:32:16.170><c> downfall</c><00:32:16.910><c> of</c><00:32:17.250><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:32:19.029 --> 00:32:23.329 of<00:32:19.890><c> the</c><00:32:20.069><c> destruction</c><00:32:20.630><c> of</c><00:32:20.890><c> the</c><00:32:21.029><c> temple</c><00:32:21.430><c> as</c><00:32:21.809><c> Esorah</c><00:32:22.670><c> prophesied</c> 00:32:23.329 --> 00:32:26.410 in<00:32:23.450><c> that</c><00:32:23.730><c> vision</c><00:32:24.150><c> of</c><00:32:24.609><c> chapter</c><00:32:24.930><c> 1.</c> 00:32:27.910 --> 00:32:31.170 And<00:32:28.049><c> the</c><00:32:28.309><c> destruction</c><00:32:28.829><c> of</c><00:32:29.349><c> that</c><00:32:29.650><c> city</c><00:32:30.029><c> and</c><00:32:30.390><c> of</c><00:32:30.569><c> that</c><00:32:30.769><c> temple</c> 00:32:31.170 --> 00:32:33.440 was<00:32:31.470><c> the</c><00:32:31.869><c> single</c><00:32:32.509><c> event</c> 00:32:34.109 --> 00:32:39.769 which<00:32:34.970><c> vindicated</c><00:32:35.829><c> all</c><00:32:37.450><c> the</c><00:32:37.769><c> prophets'</c><00:32:39.049><c> previous</c><00:32:39.230><c> warnings</c> 00:32:39.769 --> 00:32:43.480 of<00:32:40.150><c> a</c><00:32:40.390><c> coming</c><00:32:40.829><c> and</c><00:32:41.390><c> absolute</c><00:32:42.029><c> final</c><00:32:42.549><c> judgement.</c> 00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:49.180 A<00:32:46.579><c> judgement</c><00:32:47.039><c> which</c><00:32:47.500><c> was</c><00:32:47.720><c> going</c><00:32:47.839><c> to</c><00:32:48.039><c> occur</c><00:32:48.339><c> with</c><00:32:48.559><c> those</c><00:32:48.900><c> Jews</c> 00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:51.680 who<00:32:49.380><c> were</c><00:32:49.579><c> still</c><00:32:49.819><c> up</c><00:32:50.039><c> in</c><00:32:50.240><c> the</c><00:32:50.380><c> land</c><00:32:50.599><c> of</c><00:32:50.880><c> Israel.</c> 00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:57.859 And<00:32:54.400><c> whereas</c><00:32:54.799><c> in</c><00:32:55.359><c> the</c><00:32:55.559><c> earlier</c><00:32:55.859><c> chapters</c><00:32:56.259><c> of</c><00:32:56.480><c> Ezekiel,</c> 00:32:57.960 --> 00:33:03.500 we<00:32:58.559><c> had</c><00:32:58.880><c> a</c><00:32:59.259><c> message</c><00:32:59.859><c> to</c><00:33:00.859><c> those</c><00:33:01.720><c> exiles,</c><00:33:02.559><c> to</c><00:33:02.680><c> those</c><00:33:02.980><c> strangers,</c> 00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:06.579 to<00:33:03.740><c> those</c><00:33:04.059><c> captives</c><00:33:04.680><c> who</c><00:33:04.980><c> were</c><00:33:05.160><c> down</c><00:33:05.420><c> in</c><00:33:05.619><c> Babylon,</c> 00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:10.799 a<00:33:08.079><c> message</c><00:33:08.599><c> of</c><00:33:08.920><c> the</c><00:33:09.200><c> coming</c><00:33:09.480><c> destruction</c><00:33:10.039><c> that</c><00:33:10.259><c> was</c><00:33:10.460><c> going</c><00:33:10.599><c> to</c> 00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:14.500 occur<00:33:11.059><c> up</c><00:33:11.299><c> in</c><00:33:11.519><c> Jerusalem</c><00:33:12.079><c> of</c><00:33:12.740><c> the</c><00:33:13.319><c> temple.</c> 00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:20.500 In<00:33:15.539><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:33:16.500><c> chapter</c><00:33:16.799><c> 33,</c><00:33:17.400><c> that</c><00:33:17.579><c> day's</c><00:33:18.019><c> come,</c><00:33:18.819><c> the</c><00:33:18.980><c> temple's</c><00:33:19.559><c> destroyed.</c> 00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:24.500 The<00:33:21.599><c> message</c><00:33:21.960><c> of</c><00:33:22.279><c> the</c><00:33:22.480><c> prophet</c><00:33:22.759><c> has</c><00:33:23.039><c> come</c><00:33:23.259><c> to</c><00:33:23.519><c> fruition.</c> 00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:29.920 And<00:33:25.180><c> the</c><00:33:25.380><c> prophet</c><00:33:25.700><c> now</c><00:33:26.220><c> turns</c><00:33:27.019><c> and</c><00:33:28.579><c> he</c><00:33:28.920><c> concerns</c><00:33:29.240><c> himself</c><00:33:29.740><c> in</c> 00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:31.420 a<00:33:30.140><c> beautiful</c><00:33:30.519><c> way</c> 00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:38.799 with<00:33:32.559><c> encouragement</c><00:33:33.460><c> and</c><00:33:35.119><c> with</c><00:33:35.480><c> prophecies</c><00:33:36.160><c> of</c><00:33:36.559><c> future</c><00:33:37.339><c> restoration.</c> 00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:46.339 And<00:33:41.079><c> so</c><00:33:41.420><c> we</c><00:33:41.680><c> read</c><00:33:42.339><c> in</c><00:33:42.900><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:33:43.359><c> chapter</c><00:33:43.680><c> 33,</c><00:33:44.700><c> verse</c><00:33:45.000><c> 11,</c> 00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:50.500 God<00:33:47.980><c> says</c><00:33:48.240><c> to</c><00:33:48.420><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:33:49.019><c> say</c><00:33:49.039><c> unto</c><00:33:49.240><c> them,</c><00:33:49.460><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:33:50.079><c> as</c><00:33:50.220><c> I</c> 00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:52.440 live,<00:33:51.480><c> saith</c><00:33:51.559><c> Adonai</c><00:33:51.960><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:56.460 I<00:33:52.940><c> have</c><00:33:53.299><c> no</c><00:33:53.839><c> pleasure</c><00:33:54.299><c> in</c><00:33:54.559><c> the</c><00:33:54.759><c> death</c><00:33:55.019><c> of</c><00:33:55.420><c> the</c><00:33:55.599><c> wicked,</c> 00:33:57.180 --> 00:34:01.660 but<00:33:57.779><c> that</c><00:33:58.059><c> the</c><00:33:58.200><c> wicked</c><00:33:58.559><c> turn</c><00:33:59.200><c> from</c><00:33:59.440><c> his</c><00:33:59.720><c> evil</c><00:34:00.019><c> way</c><00:34:00.400><c> and</c><00:34:00.859><c> live.</c> 00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:06.900 Turn<00:34:03.480><c> ye,</c><00:34:04.140><c> turn</c><00:34:04.440><c> ye</c><00:34:04.720><c> from</c><00:34:04.859><c> your</c><00:34:05.099><c> evil</c><00:34:05.319><c> ways,</c><00:34:05.619><c> for</c><00:34:05.859><c> why</c><00:34:06.380><c> will</c><00:34:06.680><c> ye</c> 00:34:06.900 --> 00:34:09.039 die,<00:34:07.380><c> O</c><00:34:07.559><c> house</c><00:34:07.859><c> of</c><00:34:08.039><c> Israel?</c> 00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:13.320 There's<00:34:11.280><c> a</c><00:34:11.380><c> pill,</c><00:34:11.639><c> brethren</c><00:34:11.920><c> and</c><00:34:12.179><c> sisters.</c> 00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:17.960 Jeremiah<00:34:15.199><c> says</c><00:34:15.800><c> they</c><00:34:16.480><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:16.780><c> hear.</c> 00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:23.119 Hosea<00:34:19.559><c> says</c><00:34:20.039><c> they</c><00:34:20.440><c> were</c><00:34:20.619><c> destroyed</c><00:34:21.159><c> because</c><00:34:21.380><c> of</c><00:34:21.559><c> a</c><00:34:21.659><c> lack</c><00:34:21.800><c> of</c><00:34:22.039><c> knowledge.</c> 00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:27.320 Jeremiah<00:34:24.940><c> says</c><00:34:25.300><c> they</c><00:34:25.559><c> walked</c><00:34:26.000><c> after</c><00:34:26.300><c> the</c><00:34:26.599><c> imaginations</c><00:34:27.159><c> of</c> 00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:29.159 their<00:34:27.579><c> own</c><00:34:27.840><c> heart.</c> 00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:35.360 And<00:34:30.159><c> Ezekiel</c><00:34:30.619><c> says,</c><00:34:31.860><c> turn</c><00:34:32.079><c> ye,</c><00:34:32.940><c> turn</c><00:34:33.179><c> ye</c><00:34:33.679><c> from</c><00:34:34.059><c> your</c><00:34:34.340><c> evil</c><00:34:34.559><c> ways</c><00:34:34.960><c> that</c><00:34:35.119><c> ye</c> 00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:36.960 might<00:34:35.719><c> live.</c> 00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:44.619 And<00:34:39.460><c> they</c><00:34:39.800><c> had</c><00:34:40.019><c> the</c><00:34:40.400><c> full</c><00:34:40.760><c> evidence</c><00:34:41.639><c> and</c><00:34:43.800><c> the</c><00:34:44.079><c> proof</c> 00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:49.119 that<00:34:46.019><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:34:47.019><c> earlier</c><00:34:47.320><c> prophecies</c><00:34:48.159><c> had</c><00:34:48.480><c> been</c><00:34:48.739><c> fulfilled</c> 00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:50.800 and<00:34:49.300><c> had</c><00:34:49.500><c> come</c><00:34:49.639><c> to</c><00:34:49.880><c> fruition.</c> 00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:59.559 Turn<00:34:53.719><c> ye,</c><00:34:54.440><c> turn</c><00:34:54.860><c> ye</c><00:34:55.260><c> from</c><00:34:55.500><c> your</c><00:34:55.900><c> evil</c><00:34:56.360><c> ways</c><00:34:56.960><c> that</c><00:34:57.260><c> ye</c><00:34:57.760><c> might</c><00:34:58.400><c> live.</c> 00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:05.380 We<00:35:02.679><c> need</c><00:35:02.880><c> to</c><00:35:03.019><c> think</c><00:35:03.179><c> about</c><00:35:03.440><c> that,</c><00:35:03.800><c> brethren</c><00:35:03.960><c> and</c><00:35:04.260><c> sisters.</c> 00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:14.360 Turn<00:35:08.079><c> ye,</c><00:35:09.559><c> turn</c><00:35:09.780><c> ye</c><00:35:10.139><c> from</c><00:35:10.380><c> your</c><00:35:10.719><c> evil</c><00:35:11.059><c> ways</c><00:35:11.659><c> that</c><00:35:11.920><c> ye</c><00:35:12.239><c> might</c><00:35:12.780><c> live.</c> 00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:20.000 You<00:35:17.480><c> see,</c><00:35:17.659><c> there's</c><00:35:17.820><c> purpose</c><00:35:18.320><c> in</c><00:35:18.559><c> what</c><00:35:18.800><c> Yahweh's</c><00:35:19.239><c> doing.</c> 00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:24.000 Let's<00:35:21.320><c> come</c><00:35:21.519><c> across</c><00:35:22.139><c> to</c><00:35:22.539><c> John</c><00:35:22.880><c> chapter</c><00:35:23.280><c> 17</c> 00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:29.380 and<00:35:24.719><c> see</c><00:35:25.000><c> how</c><00:35:25.179><c> we</c><00:35:25.380><c> get</c><00:35:25.500><c> a</c><00:35:25.619><c> beautiful</c><00:35:25.940><c> insight</c><00:35:26.639><c> into</c><00:35:27.639><c> this</c><00:35:28.000><c> life</c> 00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:32.960 that's<00:35:29.659><c> been</c><00:35:29.940><c> provided</c><00:35:30.679><c> if</c><00:35:31.599><c> we</c><00:35:31.920><c> turn.</c> 00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:37.920 And<00:35:35.420><c> for</c><00:35:35.559><c> all</c><00:35:35.739><c> of</c><00:35:35.840><c> us</c><00:35:36.019><c> here</c><00:35:36.239><c> gathered</c><00:35:36.480><c> this</c><00:35:36.719><c> morning,</c><00:35:37.159><c> brethren</c><00:35:37.300><c> and</c><00:35:37.599><c> sisters,</c> 00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:41.900 it<00:35:38.420><c> requires</c><00:35:38.860><c> us</c><00:35:39.400><c> to</c><00:35:40.079><c> open</c><00:35:40.260><c> up</c><00:35:40.500><c> our</c><00:35:40.719><c> ears</c> 00:35:42.260 --> 00:35:45.360 and<00:35:42.820><c> to</c><00:35:43.079><c> understand</c><00:35:43.539><c> and</c><00:35:43.760><c> to</c><00:35:44.000><c> apply</c><00:35:44.219><c> ourselves</c><00:35:44.780><c> faithfully</c> 00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:46.039 and<00:35:45.619><c> diligently</c> 00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:49.320 in<00:35:46.820><c> an</c><00:35:47.039><c> application</c><00:35:47.619><c> to</c><00:35:47.860><c> the</c><00:35:47.980><c> word</c><00:35:48.099><c> of</c><00:35:48.280><c> our</c><00:35:48.480><c> God.</c> 00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:53.139 And<00:35:50.360><c> in</c><00:35:50.519><c> John</c><00:35:50.780><c> chapter</c><00:35:51.159><c> 17,</c><00:35:52.019><c> verse</c><00:35:52.219><c> 3,</c> 00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:57.239 this<00:35:54.599><c> is</c><00:35:55.219><c> life</c><00:35:55.820><c> eternal,</c> 00:35:58.940 --> 00:36:01.380 that<00:35:59.019><c> ye</c><00:35:59.300><c> might</c><00:35:59.719><c> know</c><00:36:00.340><c> thee,</c> 00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:07.400 the<00:36:02.260><c> only</c><00:36:02.659><c> true</c><00:36:02.960><c> God</c><00:36:03.320><c> and</c><00:36:03.679><c> Jesus</c><00:36:04.239><c> Christ</c><00:36:05.059><c> whom</c><00:36:05.400><c> thou</c><00:36:05.659><c> hast</c><00:36:06.000><c> sent.</c> 00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:14.019 Turn<00:36:08.579><c> ye,</c><00:36:09.619><c> turn</c><00:36:09.960><c> ye</c><00:36:10.360><c> from</c><00:36:10.619><c> your</c><00:36:10.880><c> evil</c><00:36:11.099><c> ways</c><00:36:11.780><c> that</c><00:36:12.219><c> ye</c><00:36:12.500><c> might</c><00:36:12.820><c> live.</c> 00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:19.300 And<00:36:17.340><c> we</c><00:36:17.500><c> read</c><00:36:17.719><c> here</c><00:36:18.019><c> that</c><00:36:18.179><c> this</c><00:36:18.400><c> is</c><00:36:18.619><c> life</c><00:36:18.840><c> eternal,</c> 00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:24.400 this<00:36:20.019><c> is</c><00:36:20.199><c> how</c><00:36:20.360><c> we</c><00:36:20.599><c> live,</c><00:36:21.079><c> that</c><00:36:21.280><c> we</c><00:36:21.519><c> might</c><00:36:21.960><c> know</c><00:36:23.039><c> thee.</c> 00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:29.480 And<00:36:27.639><c> you</c><00:36:27.739><c> know,</c><00:36:28.019><c> brethren</c><00:36:28.199><c> and</c><00:36:28.500><c> sisters,</c> 00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:33.019 it<00:36:30.500><c> is</c><00:36:30.780><c> of</c><00:36:31.019><c> absolute</c><00:36:32.059><c> significance</c> 00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:40.219 that<00:36:35.539><c> this</c><00:36:35.980><c> same</c><00:36:36.460><c> word</c><00:36:37.099><c> for</c><00:36:38.320><c> knowledge</c><00:36:38.739><c> or</c><00:36:39.039><c> to</c><00:36:39.380><c> know</c><00:36:39.760><c> that</c><00:36:40.019><c> we</c> 00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:42.639 read<00:36:40.380><c> in</c><00:36:40.639><c> verse</c><00:36:40.860><c> 3,</c> 00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:47.739 which<00:36:43.659><c> is</c><00:36:44.199><c> described</c><00:36:44.619><c> here</c><00:36:45.139><c> as</c><00:36:45.460><c> bringing</c><00:36:45.900><c> eternal</c><00:36:46.599><c> life,</c> 00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:55.940 is<00:36:49.719><c> 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a</c><00:37:33.099><c> union</c><00:37:34.079><c> between</c><00:37:36.539><c> two</c><00:37:37.019><c> people.</c> 00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:42.769 That<00:37:39.519><c> ultimately</c><00:37:40.159><c> bears</c><00:37:40.719><c> fruit</c><00:37:41.179><c> in</c><00:37:41.559><c> new</c><00:37:41.880><c> life.</c> 00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:52.400 And<00:37:47.400><c> this</c><00:37:47.619><c> new</c><00:37:47.820><c> life</c><00:37:48.179><c> comes</c><00:37:48.480><c> about,</c><00:37:49.039><c> doesn't</c><00:37:49.239><c> it,</c><00:37:49.480><c> by</c><00:37:49.800><c> a</c><00:37:50.199><c> knowledge</c><00:37:50.860><c> of</c> 00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:53.980 God's<00:37:52.900><c> ways,</c> 00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:57.320 of<00:37:55.579><c> God's</c><00:37:56.019><c> purpose.</c> 00:37:58.400 --> 00:38:01.780 That<00:37:58.780><c> purpose</c><00:37:59.340><c> that</c><00:37:59.739><c> dwells</c><00:38:00.199><c> in</c><00:38:00.219><c> those</c><00:38:00.559><c> 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in</c><00:39:15.380><c> Genesis,</c> 00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:23.480 God<00:39:18.579><c> placed</c><00:39:19.119><c> at</c><00:39:19.440><c> the</c><00:39:19.780><c> east</c><00:39:20.219><c> of</c><00:39:20.519><c> the</c><00:39:20.659><c> Garden</c><00:39:20.980><c> of</c><00:39:21.179><c> Eden,</c><00:39:22.340><c> carabine,</c> 00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:30.739 and<00:39:24.800><c> its</c><00:39:25.079><c> charter</c><00:39:25.539><c> was</c><00:39:26.019><c> to</c><00:39:26.300><c> keep</c><00:39:26.639><c> the</c><00:39:26.940><c> way</c><00:39:27.519><c> to</c><00:39:27.920><c> the</c><00:39:28.139><c> tree</c><00:39:28.599><c> of</c><00:39:29.159><c> life.</c> 00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:40.719 The<00:39:35.280><c> carabine,</c><00:39:35.659><c> brethren</c><00:39:36.000><c> and</c><00:39:36.300><c> sisters,</c><00:39:36.860><c> is</c><00:39:37.179><c> all</c><00:39:37.599><c> about</c><00:39:38.780><c> protecting</c><00:39:39.980><c> and</c> 00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:43.679 preserving<00:39:41.480><c> the</c><00:39:42.340><c> way.</c> 00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:51.739 And<00:39:48.320><c> that</c><00:39:48.800><c> introduces</c><00:39:49.380><c> us</c><00:39:49.719><c> to</c><00:39:49.900><c> a</c><00:39:50.119><c> theme</c><00:39:50.300><c> that</c><00:39:50.519><c> runs</c><00:39:50.900><c> all</c><00:39:51.340><c> over</c> 00:39:51.739 --> 00:39:52.840 the<00:39:52.000><c> Bible.</c> 00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:56.860 A<00:39:54.559><c> preservation</c><00:39:55.039><c> of</c><00:39:55.739><c> the</c><00:39:56.039><c> way.</c> 00:39:57.440 --> 00:40:01.539 And<00:39:57.599><c> brethren</c><00:39:57.820><c> and</c><00:39:58.059><c> sisters,</c><00:39:58.340><c> as</c><00:39:58.539><c> we</c><00:39:58.739><c> gather</c><00:39:58.900><c> here</c><00:39:59.099><c> this</c><00:39:59.340><c> morning,</c><00:39:59.980><c> we're</c><00:40:00.199><c> not</c><00:40:00.460><c> exempt.</c> 00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:10.820 The<00:40:07.579><c> way</c><00:40:07.760><c> began,</c><00:40:08.280><c> didn't</c><00:40:08.519><c> it,</c><00:40:09.019><c> in</c><00:40:09.199><c> the</c><00:40:09.380><c> Garden</c><00:40:09.579><c> of</c><00:40:09.780><c> Eden,</c> 00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:17.159 with<00:40:13.360><c> the</c><00:40:13.659><c> promise</c><00:40:14.300><c> to</c><00:40:15.440><c> the</c><00:40:15.559><c> woman</c><00:40:15.800><c> in</c><00:40:16.000><c> Genesis</c><00:40:16.420><c> chapter</c><00:40:16.760><c> 3,</c> 00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:18.000 verse<00:40:17.440><c> 15,</c> 00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:24.519 that<00:40:18.199><c> she</c><00:40:18.420><c> would</c><00:40:18.619><c> have</c><00:40:18.840><c> a</c><00:40:19.139><c> seed</c><00:40:19.739><c> who</c><00:40:21.519><c> would</c><00:40:21.900><c> destroy</c><00:40:22.559><c> sin</c><00:40:23.219><c> and</c> 00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:25.840 all<00:40:24.699><c> its</c><00:40:24.960><c> effects.</c> 00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:34.420 And<00:40:28.659><c> Genesis</c><00:40:29.039><c> chapter</c><00:40:29.519><c> 4,</c><00:40:29.940><c> the</c><00:40:30.199><c> next</c><00:40:30.539><c> chapter,</c><00:40:31.960><c> describes</c><00:40:32.679><c> the</c><00:40:33.460><c> division</c><00:40:33.880><c> of</c> 00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:37.320 mankind<00:40:35.000><c> into</c><00:40:35.639><c> two</c><00:40:36.019><c> groups.</c> 00:40:40.719 --> 00:40:43.599 And<00:40:40.940><c> after</c><00:40:41.260><c> the</c><00:40:41.420><c> murder</c><00:40:41.679><c> of</c><00:40:41.960><c> Abel,</c><00:40:42.219><c> there</c><00:40:42.480><c> were</c><00:40:42.800><c> on</c><00:40:43.139><c> the</c><00:40:43.300><c> one</c> 00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:46.800 hand<00:40:43.940><c> the</c><00:40:44.519><c> descendants</c><00:40:45.179><c> of</c><00:40:45.659><c> Cain.</c> 00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:52.840 And<00:40:48.739><c> on</c><00:40:48.960><c> the</c><00:40:49.159><c> other</c><00:40:49.360><c> hand,</c><00:40:49.920><c> there</c><00:40:50.000><c> were</c><00:40:50.300><c> the</c><00:40:50.619><c> descendants</c><00:40:51.260><c> of</c><00:40:51.840><c> Seth.</c> 00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:57.219 And<00:40:54.159><c> of</c><00:40:54.400><c> the</c><00:40:54.599><c> descendants</c><00:40:55.079><c> of</c><00:40:55.340><c> Seth,</c><00:40:55.940><c> it</c><00:40:55.960><c> is</c><00:40:56.219><c> said,</c> 00:40:57.800 --> 00:41:03.820 then<00:40:57.900><c> began</c><00:40:58.519><c> men</c><00:40:59.199><c> to</c><00:40:59.800><c> call</c><00:41:00.340><c> upon</c><00:41:01.739><c> the</c><00:41:02.039><c> name</c><00:41:02.559><c> of</c><00:41:02.980><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:10.420 There's<00:41:07.880><c> a</c><00:41:08.000><c> way</c><00:41:08.119><c> that's</c><00:41:08.320><c> been</c><00:41:08.599><c> preserved,</c><00:41:09.159><c> calling</c><00:41:09.659><c> upon</c><00:41:10.119><c> the</c> 00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:12.420 name<00:41:10.760><c> of</c><00:41:11.239><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:16.460 What<00:41:13.820><c> a</c><00:41:13.980><c> bleak</c><00:41:14.239><c> contrast</c><00:41:14.719><c> to</c><00:41:14.960><c> Jeremiah</c><00:41:15.500><c> and</c><00:41:15.780><c> to</c><00:41:15.960><c> Hosea.</c> 00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:19.760 They<00:41:17.079><c> were</c><00:41:17.300><c> cut</c><00:41:17.539><c> off</c><00:41:17.719><c> because</c><00:41:17.920><c> of</c><00:41:18.199><c> a</c><00:41:18.300><c> lack</c><00:41:18.460><c> of</c><00:41:18.699><c> knowledge.</c> 00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:22.119 Jeremiah<00:41:20.139><c> says</c><00:41:20.420><c> they</c><00:41:20.659><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:21.099><c> hear.</c> 00:41:22.900 --> 00:41:27.280 And<00:41:22.980><c> of</c><00:41:23.139><c> the</c><00:41:23.239><c> descendants</c><00:41:23.719><c> of</c><00:41:24.139><c> Seth,</c><00:41:24.900><c> we're</c><00:41:25.139><c> told,</c><00:41:26.440><c> they</c><00:41:26.599><c> called</c><00:41:27.000><c> upon</c> 00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:29.820 the<00:41:27.639><c> name</c><00:41:28.099><c> of</c><00:41:28.639><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:41:34.139 --> 00:41:38.539 And<00:41:34.500><c> it</c><00:41:34.679><c> is</c><00:41:34.940><c> to</c><00:41:35.199><c> these</c><00:41:35.619><c> two</c><00:41:35.980><c> groups</c><00:41:36.380><c> of</c><00:41:36.679><c> people,</c><00:41:37.159><c> brethren</c><00:41:37.300><c> and</c><00:41:37.599><c> sisters,</c> 00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:43.380 that<00:41:38.760><c> I</c><00:41:39.019><c> believe</c><00:41:39.599><c> 1</c><00:41:40.059><c> John</c><00:41:40.360><c> chapter</c><00:41:40.780><c> 3</c><00:41:41.659><c> firmly</c><00:41:42.219><c> has</c><00:41:42.519><c> its</c><00:41:42.780><c> base</c> 00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:45.139 in<00:41:43.920><c> Genesis</c><00:41:44.300><c> chapter</c><00:41:44.639><c> 4.</c> 00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:48.340 Let's<00:41:45.639><c> just</c><00:41:45.840><c> come</c><00:41:46.019><c> across</c><00:41:46.340><c> to</c><00:41:46.619><c> 1</c><00:41:46.820><c> John</c><00:41:47.119><c> chapter</c><00:41:47.639><c> 3.</c> 00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:51.900 And<00:41:48.880><c> we're</c><00:41:49.639><c> going,</c><00:41:49.900><c> we're</c><00:41:50.300><c> exploring</c><00:41:50.619><c> these</c><00:41:51.199><c> two</c><00:41:51.440><c> groups,</c> 00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:55.940 these<00:41:52.380><c> two</c><00:41:52.619><c> families,</c><00:41:53.639><c> these</c><00:41:54.320><c> two</c><00:41:54.780><c> ways.</c> 00:41:59.219 --> 00:42:05.920 We<00:41:59.380><c> read</c><00:41:59.719><c> in</c><00:42:00.059><c> 1</c><00:42:00.360><c> John</c><00:42:00.719><c> chapter</c><00:42:01.119><c> 3,</c><00:42:03.559><c> verse</c><00:42:04.179><c> 10.</c> 00:42:10.219 --> 00:42:18.019 In<00:42:10.960><c> this,</c><00:42:12.960><c> the</c><00:42:13.059><c> children</c><00:42:13.559><c> of</c><00:42:14.059><c> God</c><00:42:14.420><c> are</c><00:42:14.840><c> manifest,</c><00:42:16.079><c> and</c><00:42:16.260><c> the</c><00:42:17.440><c> children</c><00:42:17.800><c> of</c> 00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:19.039 the<00:42:18.159><c> devil.</c> 00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:24.659 Whosoever<00:42:20.860><c> doeth</c><00:42:21.219><c> not</c><00:42:21.599><c> righteousness</c><00:42:22.260><c> is</c><00:42:22.860><c> not</c><00:42:23.059><c> of</c><00:42:23.219><c> God,</c><00:42:24.159><c> neither</c><00:42:24.340><c> he</c> 00:42:24.659 --> 00:42:26.219 that<00:42:24.940><c> loveth,</c><00:42:25.500><c> not</c><00:42:25.699><c> his</c><00:42:25.960><c> brother.</c> 00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:30.860 For<00:42:26.539><c> this</c><00:42:26.940><c> is</c><00:42:27.320><c> the</c><00:42:27.460><c> message</c><00:42:27.780><c> that</c><00:42:28.099><c> ye</c><00:42:28.300><c> heard</c><00:42:28.619><c> from</c><00:42:28.900><c> the</c><00:42:29.179><c> beginning,</c><00:42:30.480><c> that</c> 00:42:30.860 --> 00:42:33.260 we<00:42:31.360><c> should</c><00:42:31.679><c> love</c><00:42:32.059><c> one</c><00:42:32.300><c> another.</c> 00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:39.119 Not<00:42:34.320><c> as</c><00:42:34.719><c> Cain,</c><00:42:35.119><c> who</c><00:42:35.340><c> was</c><00:42:35.719><c> of</c><00:42:36.000><c> that</c><00:42:36.360><c> wicked</c><00:42:36.639><c> one,</c><00:42:37.480><c> and</c><00:42:37.719><c> slew</c><00:42:37.860><c> his</c><00:42:38.139><c> brother.</c> 00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:42.860 And<00:42:39.920><c> wherefore</c><00:42:40.440><c> slew</c><00:42:40.840><c> he</c><00:42:41.059><c> him,</c><00:42:41.440><c> because</c><00:42:41.760><c> his</c><00:42:41.980><c> own</c><00:42:42.260><c> works</c><00:42:42.519><c> were</c> 00:42:42.860 --> 00:42:46.579 evil,<00:42:44.159><c> and</c><00:42:44.320><c> his</c><00:42:44.599><c> brother's</c><00:42:45.719><c> righteous.</c> 00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:52.480 So<00:42:48.960><c> John</c><00:42:49.199><c> tells</c><00:42:49.539><c> us,</c><00:42:49.800><c> brethren</c><00:42:50.000><c> and</c><00:42:50.260><c> sisters,</c><00:42:51.099><c> two</c><00:42:51.340><c> groups,</c> 00:42:53.300 --> 00:42:58.300 two<00:42:53.619><c> ways,</c><00:42:55.639><c> evilness</c><00:42:56.360><c> and</c><00:42:56.980><c> righteousness.</c> 00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:08.260 And<00:43:04.360><c> then</c><00:43:04.619><c> later</c><00:43:04.880><c> on,</c><00:43:06.119><c> we</c><00:43:06.320><c> move</c><00:43:06.559><c> on</c><00:43:06.900><c> from</c><00:43:07.260><c> Genesis</c><00:43:07.619><c> chapter</c><00:43:07.920><c> 4</c> 00:43:08.260 --> 00:43:12.360 of<00:43:08.480><c> Cain</c><00:43:08.900><c> and</c><00:43:09.179><c> Abel,</c><00:43:09.940><c> and</c><00:43:10.139><c> we</c><00:43:10.340><c> come</c><00:43:10.500><c> to</c><00:43:10.679><c> the</c><00:43:10.840><c> man</c><00:43:11.179><c> Abraham.</c> 00:43:13.659 --> 00:43:17.639 And<00:43:13.880><c> I</c><00:43:14.420><c> ask</c><00:43:14.760><c> you</c><00:43:14.960><c> to</c><00:43:15.159><c> turn</c><00:43:15.300><c> up,</c><00:43:15.480><c> if</c><00:43:15.559><c> you</c><00:43:15.679><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:15.840><c> mind,</c><00:43:16.139><c> Genesis</c><00:43:16.579><c> chapter</c><00:43:16.980><c> 18,</c> 00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:19.400 verse<00:43:18.159><c> 19.</c> 00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:23.619 Because<00:43:21.280><c> you</c><00:43:21.460><c> see,</c><00:43:21.559><c> this</c><00:43:21.820><c> was</c><00:43:22.119><c> God's</c><00:43:22.659><c> intention</c><00:43:23.139><c> from</c><00:43:23.460><c> the</c> 00:43:23.619 --> 00:43:24.300 very<00:43:23.980><c> beginning.</c> 00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:27.719 This<00:43:24.639><c> is</c><00:43:24.840><c> why</c><00:43:25.039><c> he</c><00:43:25.260><c> called</c><00:43:25.380><c> his</c><00:43:25.619><c> people</c><00:43:25.840><c> out</c><00:43:26.019><c> of</c><00:43:26.139><c> Israel,</c><00:43:27.219><c> as</c><00:43:27.480><c> we</c> 00:43:27.719 --> 00:43:31.320 remarked<00:43:28.119><c> earlier,</c><00:43:28.440><c> that</c><00:43:28.719><c> God</c><00:43:29.039><c> might</c><00:43:29.380><c> dwell</c><00:43:29.900><c> amongst</c><00:43:30.440><c> them.</c> 00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:36.780 But<00:43:33.579><c> prior</c><00:43:33.980><c> to</c><00:43:34.179><c> that,</c><00:43:34.340><c> he's</c><00:43:34.599><c> working</c><00:43:35.099><c> in</c><00:43:35.840><c> Abraham</c><00:43:36.300><c> here,</c><00:43:36.679><c> in</c> 00:43:36.780 --> 00:43:39.409 Genesis<00:43:37.119><c> chapter</c><00:43:37.500><c> 18,</c><00:43:38.159><c> verse</c><00:43:38.519><c> 19.</c> 00:43:42.239 --> 00:43:50.659 Where<00:43:42.380><c> we</c><00:43:42.619><c> read,</c><00:43:44.159><c> for</c><00:43:44.159><c> I</c><00:43:45.300><c> know</c><00:43:45.880><c> him,</c><00:43:47.539><c> know</c><00:43:47.980><c> him,</c><00:43:50.079><c> that</c><00:43:50.260><c> he</c><00:43:50.440><c> will</c> 00:43:50.659 --> 00:43:53.360 command<00:43:51.039><c> his</c><00:43:51.380><c> children</c><00:43:51.880><c> and</c><00:43:52.179><c> his</c><00:43:52.480><c> household</c><00:43:52.800><c> after</c><00:43:53.079><c> him,</c> 00:43:53.480 --> 00:43:59.920 and<00:43:53.699><c> they</c><00:43:54.059><c> shall</c><00:43:54.920><c> keep</c><00:43:56.239><c> the</c><00:43:57.280><c> way</c><00:43:58.079><c> of</c><00:43:58.880><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:44:00.340 --> 00:44:05.599 To<00:44:00.679><c> do</c><00:44:00.960><c> justice</c><00:44:01.440><c> and</c><00:44:01.619><c> judgment,</c><00:44:02.219><c> that</c><00:44:02.500><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:02.860><c> may</c><00:44:03.119><c> bring</c><00:44:03.280><c> upon</c><00:44:03.539><c> Abraham</c><00:44:04.239><c> that</c><00:44:04.880><c> which</c><00:44:05.260><c> he</c> 00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:07.920 hath<00:44:05.880><c> spoken</c><00:44:06.380><c> of</c><00:44:06.820><c> him.</c> 00:44:09.960 --> 00:44:14.159 So<00:44:10.639><c> God</c><00:44:10.880><c> says,</c><00:44:12.739><c> I've</c><00:44:12.940><c> known</c><00:44:13.099><c> him.</c> 00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:18.260 There's<00:44:15.360><c> that</c><00:44:15.539><c> word</c><00:44:15.760><c> known,</c><00:44:16.179><c> brethren</c><00:44:16.420><c> and</c><00:44:16.659><c> sisters,</c><00:44:17.599><c> and</c><00:44:17.900><c> we</c> 00:44:18.260 --> 00:44:21.119 know,<00:44:18.699><c> we</c><00:44:19.119><c> know</c><00:44:19.519><c> all</c><00:44:19.980><c> too</c><00:44:20.280><c> well</c> 00:44:23.360 --> 00:44:27.719 what<00:44:24.039><c> the</c><00:44:24.699><c> implications</c><00:44:25.300><c> of</c><00:44:25.579><c> that</c><00:44:25.800><c> word</c><00:44:26.000><c> known</c><00:44:26.320><c> are</c><00:44:26.599><c> in</c><00:44:26.900><c> this</c><00:44:27.199><c> verse.</c> 00:44:27.719 --> 00:44:32.000 There's<00:44:28.760><c> two</c><00:44:29.380><c> seeds</c><00:44:29.780><c> coming</c><00:44:30.079><c> together</c><00:44:30.519><c> and</c><00:44:30.800><c> bearing</c><00:44:31.079><c> fruit.</c> 00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:35.519 Our<00:44:32.300><c> hope,</c><00:44:32.860><c> brethren</c><00:44:32.960><c> and</c><00:44:33.219><c> sisters,</c><00:44:33.539><c> is</c><00:44:33.980><c> bound</c><00:44:34.280><c> up</c><00:44:34.480><c> in</c><00:44:34.619><c> that.</c> 00:44:38.619 --> 00:44:41.880 And<00:44:39.199><c> a</c><00:44:39.440><c> seed</c><00:44:39.659><c> was</c><00:44:40.039><c> conceived,</c><00:44:40.619><c> why?</c> 00:44:50.420 --> 00:44:54.139 That<00:44:51.219><c> the</c><00:44:52.019><c> way</c><00:44:52.420><c> may</c><00:44:52.980><c> be</c><00:44:53.239><c> kept.</c> 00:44:56.159 --> 00:45:02.559 And<00:44:56.760><c> so</c><00:44:57.000><c> God</c><00:44:57.199><c> raised</c><00:44:57.500><c> up</c><00:44:57.800><c> Abraham</c><00:44:58.219><c> as</c><00:44:58.440><c> a</c><00:44:58.599><c> vehicle</c><00:44:59.099><c> to</c><00:45:01.159><c> allow</c><00:45:01.559><c> his</c><00:45:01.900><c> glory</c><00:45:02.280><c> to</c> 00:45:02.559 --> 00:45:05.340 reside<00:45:02.940><c> in</c><00:45:03.119><c> that</c><00:45:03.300><c> man,</c><00:45:03.659><c> his</c><00:45:03.820><c> character,</c><00:45:04.300><c> his</c><00:45:04.539><c> purpose.</c> 00:45:05.860 --> 00:45:11.599 Why?<00:45:07.139><c> That</c><00:45:07.440><c> the</c><00:45:07.619><c> way</c><00:45:07.800><c> may</c><00:45:08.059><c> be</c><00:45:08.300><c> preserved</c><00:45:08.960><c> to</c><00:45:09.539><c> the</c><00:45:09.679><c> tree</c><00:45:09.840><c> of</c><00:45:10.079><c> life.</c> 00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:20.900 And<00:45:15.599><c> it</c><00:45:15.780><c> was</c><00:45:16.159><c> the</c><00:45:16.480><c> family</c><00:45:17.079><c> of</c><00:45:17.699><c> this</c><00:45:18.000><c> man,</c><00:45:18.480><c> Abraham,</c><00:45:20.500><c> who's</c><00:45:20.719><c> now</c> 00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:22.280 a<00:45:21.119><c> nation,</c> 00:45:23.820 --> 00:45:28.940 who<00:45:24.039><c> leaves</c><00:45:24.599><c> Egypt</c><00:45:25.420><c> under</c><00:45:26.360><c> the</c><00:45:26.719><c> leadership</c><00:45:27.280><c> of</c><00:45:27.739><c> Moses.</c> 00:45:29.880 --> 00:45:32.920 And<00:45:30.559><c> look</c><00:45:30.699><c> what</c><00:45:30.900><c> we</c><00:45:31.179><c> read,</c><00:45:31.539><c> brethren</c><00:45:31.719><c> and</c><00:45:32.000><c> sisters,</c><00:45:32.460><c> of</c><00:45:32.679><c> the</c> 00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:37.320 way<00:45:33.280><c> in</c><00:45:33.619><c> God</c><00:45:33.840><c> bringing</c><00:45:34.179><c> that</c><00:45:34.559><c> nation</c><00:45:35.280><c> out</c><00:45:36.059><c> of</c><00:45:36.239><c> that</c><00:45:36.440><c> land.</c> 00:45:37.349 --> 00:45:41.300 Come<00:45:37.920><c> across</c><00:45:38.300><c> to</c><00:45:38.820><c> Exodus</c><00:45:39.260><c> chapter</c><00:45:39.739><c> 23.</c> 00:45:50.039 --> 00:45:54.380 Exodus<00:45:50.340><c> chapter</c><00:45:50.739><c> 23</c><00:45:51.639><c> verses</c><00:45:52.219><c> 20</c><00:45:52.840><c> and</c><00:45:53.099><c> 21.</c> 00:45:57.320 --> 00:46:05.139 Behold,<00:45:59.159><c> I</c><00:45:59.780><c> send</c><00:46:00.260><c> an</c><00:46:00.519><c> angel</c><00:46:00.860><c> before</c><00:46:01.340><c> thee</c><00:46:01.880><c> to</c><00:46:03.059><c> keep</c><00:46:03.719><c> thee</c><00:46:04.420><c> in</c> 00:46:05.139 --> 00:46:06.659 the<00:46:05.559><c> way.</c> 00:46:06.880 --> 00:46:10.239 And<00:46:07.519><c> to</c><00:46:07.820><c> bring</c><00:46:08.099><c> thee</c><00:46:08.420><c> in</c><00:46:08.619><c> the</c><00:46:08.840><c> place</c><00:46:09.119><c> which</c><00:46:09.380><c> I</c><00:46:09.599><c> have</c><00:46:09.800><c> prepared.</c> 00:46:10.559 --> 00:46:14.599 Beware<00:46:10.980><c> of</c><00:46:11.199><c> him</c><00:46:11.400><c> and</c><00:46:11.739><c> obey</c><00:46:12.300><c> his</c><00:46:13.139><c> voice.</c> 00:46:16.400 --> 00:46:18.519 Jeremiah<00:46:16.639><c> says</c><00:46:17.019><c> they</c><00:46:17.280><c> wouldn't</c><00:46:17.519><c> hear.</c> 00:46:18.900 --> 00:46:21.300 God<00:46:19.139><c> says,</c><00:46:19.900><c> obey</c><00:46:20.260><c> my</c><00:46:21.059><c> voice.</c> 00:46:21.420 --> 00:46:27.599 Provoke<00:46:21.719><c> him</c><00:46:21.940><c> not,</c><00:46:23.340><c> for</c><00:46:23.559><c> he</c><00:46:23.940><c> will</c><00:46:24.280><c> not</c><00:46:24.539><c> pardon</c><00:46:24.880><c> your</c><00:46:25.300><c> transgressions,</c><00:46:26.420><c> for</c><00:46:26.840><c> my</c> 00:46:27.599 --> 00:46:30.139 name<00:46:28.000><c> is</c><00:46:28.659><c> in</c><00:46:29.000><c> him.</c> 00:46:31.719 --> 00:46:34.480 There's<00:46:32.099><c> a</c><00:46:32.219><c> vehicle,</c><00:46:32.440><c> brethren</c><00:46:32.840><c> and</c><00:46:33.099><c> sisters,</c><00:46:33.400><c> with</c><00:46:33.619><c> the</c><00:46:33.920><c> glory</c><00:46:34.199><c> of</c> 00:46:34.480 --> 00:46:36.380 God<00:46:34.719><c> in</c><00:46:35.239><c> him.</c> 00:46:37.420 --> 00:46:41.559 My<00:46:38.320><c> name,</c><00:46:38.980><c> my</c><00:46:39.300><c> purpose,</c><00:46:39.960><c> my</c><00:46:40.159><c> character.</c> 00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:47.500 There's<00:46:44.739><c> God</c><00:46:44.940><c> manifestation,</c><00:46:45.960><c> brethren</c><00:46:46.139><c> and</c><00:46:46.460><c> sisters.</c> 00:46:49.900 --> 00:46:56.320 And<00:46:50.800><c> the</c><00:46:51.000><c> charter</c><00:46:51.219><c> was</c><00:46:52.019><c> to</c><00:46:53.039><c> keep</c><00:46:53.320><c> thee</c><00:46:53.900><c> in</c><00:46:54.739><c> the</c><00:46:54.940><c> way.</c> 00:47:01.159 --> 00:47:04.659 But<00:47:01.840><c> we</c><00:47:02.079><c> know,</c><00:47:02.519><c> don't</c><00:47:02.760><c> we,</c><00:47:03.340><c> the</c><00:47:03.460><c> legacy</c><00:47:03.820><c> of</c><00:47:03.980><c> that</c><00:47:04.199><c> nation,</c><00:47:04.559><c> and</c> 00:47:04.659 --> 00:47:08.619 it<00:47:04.820><c> was</c><00:47:05.099><c> compromised</c><00:47:05.639><c> time</c><00:47:06.300><c> and</c><00:47:06.579><c> time</c><00:47:07.039><c> and</c><00:47:07.260><c> time</c><00:47:07.579><c> again.</c> 00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:14.119 But,<00:47:09.139><c> brethren</c><00:47:09.340><c> and</c><00:47:09.659><c> sisters,</c><00:47:10.880><c> the</c><00:47:11.079><c> purpose</c><00:47:11.539><c> of</c><00:47:11.860><c> God</c><00:47:12.079><c> moved</c><00:47:12.460><c> on.</c> 00:47:14.579 --> 00:47:20.960 And<00:47:15.179><c> that</c><00:47:15.500><c> carabic</c><00:47:16.059><c> vehicle,</c><00:47:18.579><c> through</c><00:47:18.920><c> the</c><00:47:19.320><c> different</c><00:47:19.739><c> mediums</c><00:47:20.760><c> which</c> 00:47:20.960 --> 00:47:26.239 God<00:47:21.260><c> chooses,</c><00:47:23.300><c> continues</c><00:47:23.840><c> to</c><00:47:24.219><c> keep</c><00:47:24.500><c> the</c><00:47:24.699><c> way</c><00:47:25.039><c> preserved.</c> 00:47:27.260 --> 00:47:32.119 God<00:47:27.920><c> is</c><00:47:28.199><c> engaging</c><00:47:28.739><c> different</c><00:47:29.199><c> mediums,</c><00:47:29.980><c> different</c><00:47:30.179><c> channels,</c><00:47:30.780><c> different</c><00:47:31.179><c> vehicles,</c><00:47:31.739><c> as</c><00:47:31.920><c> we</c> 00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:35.119 learnt<00:47:32.300><c> yesterday</c><00:47:32.780><c> the</c><00:47:33.000><c> term</c><00:47:33.500><c> carabim</c><00:47:33.980><c> means.</c> 00:47:35.320 --> 00:47:38.699 To<00:47:35.599><c> preserve</c><00:47:36.179><c> the</c><00:47:36.480><c> way</c><00:47:36.760><c> to</c><00:47:36.960><c> the</c><00:47:37.119><c> tree</c><00:47:37.300><c> of</c><00:47:37.599><c> life.</c> 00:47:39.699 --> 00:47:43.960 And<00:47:39.800><c> out</c><00:47:40.000><c> of</c><00:47:40.119><c> that</c><00:47:40.340><c> nation,</c><00:47:41.760><c> he</c><00:47:42.099><c> chose</c><00:47:42.599><c> a</c><00:47:43.039><c> tribe.</c> 00:47:45.719 --> 00:47:47.780 The<00:47:45.980><c> tribe</c><00:47:46.460><c> of</c><00:47:46.960><c> Judah.</c> 00:47:49.780 --> 00:47:53.460 And<00:47:50.039><c> out</c><00:47:50.179><c> of</c><00:47:50.280><c> the</c><00:47:50.480><c> tribe</c><00:47:50.699><c> of</c><00:47:50.960><c> Judah,</c><00:47:52.079><c> a</c><00:47:52.239><c> house.</c> 00:47:53.960 --> 00:47:57.219 And<00:47:54.719><c> it</c><00:47:54.800><c> was</c><00:47:55.019><c> the</c><00:47:55.139><c> family</c><00:47:55.739><c> of</c><00:47:56.019><c> David.</c> 00:47:59.800 --> 00:48:04.400 And<00:47:59.840><c> in</c><00:48:00.039><c> this</c><00:48:00.300><c> family,</c><00:48:00.940><c> brethren</c><00:48:01.119><c> and</c><00:48:01.400><c> sisters</c><00:48:01.960><c> of</c><00:48:02.300><c> David,</c><00:48:04.239><c> in</c> 00:48:04.400 --> 00:48:10.980 the<00:48:04.639><c> fullness</c><00:48:04.900><c> of</c><00:48:05.300><c> time,</c><00:48:07.940><c> God</c><00:48:08.340><c> raised</c><00:48:08.780><c> up</c><00:48:09.179><c> a</c><00:48:09.360><c> man</c><00:48:09.639><c> who</c><00:48:09.980><c> said,</c> 00:48:11.840 --> 00:48:17.780 I<00:48:12.360><c> am</c><00:48:12.599><c> the</c><00:48:12.820><c> way,</c><00:48:14.780><c> the</c><00:48:15.039><c> truth,</c><00:48:16.360><c> and</c><00:48:16.739><c> the</c><00:48:16.900><c> life.</c> 00:48:19.380 --> 00:48:24.699 No<00:48:20.019><c> one</c><00:48:20.400><c> cometh</c><00:48:20.780><c> unto</c><00:48:21.139><c> the</c><00:48:21.360><c> Father</c><00:48:21.920><c> but</c><00:48:23.059><c> by</c><00:48:23.400><c> me.</c> 00:48:26.300 --> 00:48:29.179 And<00:48:26.579><c> we</c><00:48:26.800><c> come,</c><00:48:27.500><c> gathered</c><00:48:27.659><c> this</c><00:48:27.960><c> morning,</c><00:48:28.360><c> brethren</c><00:48:28.539><c> and</c><00:48:28.800><c> sisters,</c><00:48:28.980><c> to</c> 00:48:29.179 --> 00:48:35.659 remember<00:48:30.159><c> the</c><00:48:31.099><c> enormity</c><00:48:32.199><c> of</c><00:48:33.539><c> that</c><00:48:33.800><c> work</c><00:48:34.039><c> which</c><00:48:34.280><c> was</c><00:48:34.599><c> performed.</c> 00:48:38.039 --> 00:48:44.480 The<00:48:38.760><c> way</c><00:48:39.420><c> to</c><00:48:39.739><c> our</c><00:48:40.000><c> Father,</c><00:48:40.480><c> brethren</c><00:48:40.760><c> and</c><00:48:41.079><c> sisters,</c><00:48:42.539><c> and</c><00:48:42.679><c> access</c><00:48:43.579><c> to</c> 00:48:44.480 --> 00:48:49.219 the<00:48:44.599><c> tree</c><00:48:44.860><c> of</c><00:48:45.079><c> life,</c><00:48:47.500><c> is</c><00:48:47.619><c> through</c><00:48:47.820><c> the</c><00:48:47.980><c> one</c><00:48:48.440><c> which</c><00:48:48.800><c> we</c><00:48:48.980><c> are</c> 00:48:49.219 --> 00:48:51.039 remembering<00:48:49.619><c> this</c><00:48:49.980><c> morning.</c> 00:48:53.500 --> 00:48:57.019 That<00:48:53.739><c> way</c><00:48:54.019><c> that</c><00:48:54.159><c> was</c><00:48:54.460><c> preserved</c><00:48:54.940><c> in</c><00:48:55.179><c> the</c><00:48:55.260><c> very</c><00:48:55.519><c> beginning,</c><00:48:56.820><c> is</c> 00:48:57.019 --> 00:48:58.619 before<00:48:57.400><c> us.</c> 00:48:58.980 --> 00:49:02.159 And<00:48:59.219><c> we</c><00:48:59.500><c> have</c><00:49:00.199><c> hope</c><00:49:00.880><c> as</c><00:49:01.619><c> a</c><00:49:01.780><c> result.</c> 00:49:02.159 --> 00:49:05.400 And<00:49:03.079><c> we</c><00:49:03.260><c> learnt</c><00:49:03.440><c> yesterday,</c><00:49:03.940><c> didn't</c><00:49:04.179><c> we,</c><00:49:04.460><c> that</c><00:49:04.579><c> the</c><00:49:04.820><c> carabim</c> 00:49:05.400 --> 00:49:11.440 portrays<00:49:05.980><c> a</c><00:49:06.119><c> principle</c><00:49:06.639><c> of</c><00:49:07.260><c> hope</c><00:49:07.679><c> to</c><00:49:08.360><c> a</c><00:49:08.579><c> people</c><00:49:09.059><c> who</c><00:49:09.440><c> are</c><00:49:09.920><c> in</c><00:49:10.320><c> exile.</c> 00:49:11.500 --> 00:49:14.500 And<00:49:11.760><c> we</c><00:49:11.940><c> go</c><00:49:12.199><c> through</c><00:49:12.500><c> this</c><00:49:12.820><c> barren</c><00:49:13.119><c> wilderness</c><00:49:13.460><c> as</c><00:49:13.980><c> strangers</c> 00:49:14.500 --> 00:49:17.320 and<00:49:14.900><c> pilgrims,</c><00:49:15.760><c> and</c><00:49:15.860><c> we</c><00:49:16.079><c> have</c><00:49:16.280><c> hope.</c> 00:49:18.320 --> 00:49:22.909 And<00:49:18.559><c> the</c><00:49:18.719><c> way</c><00:49:18.860><c> to</c><00:49:19.019><c> the</c><00:49:19.139><c> tree</c><00:49:19.360><c> of</c><00:49:19.599><c> life</c><00:49:19.820><c> has</c><00:49:19.880><c> been</c><00:49:20.199><c> preserved,</c><00:49:22.099><c> faithfully.</c> 00:49:27.150 --> 00:49:36.429 So<00:49:28.230><c> as</c><00:49:29.030><c> we</c><00:49:29.190><c> come</c><00:49:29.369><c> here</c><00:49:29.590><c> this</c><00:49:29.809><c> morning,</c><00:49:32.590><c> to</c><00:49:32.630><c> associate</c><00:49:33.190><c> with</c><00:49:33.489><c> him,</c><00:49:36.289><c> is</c> 00:49:36.429 --> 00:49:38.710 to<00:49:36.670><c> join</c><00:49:37.230><c> the</c><00:49:37.670><c> way.</c> 00:49:41.750 --> 00:49:43.309 What<00:49:41.969><c> a</c><00:49:42.170><c> responsibility.</c> 00:49:45.329 --> 00:49:52.150 But<00:49:45.969><c> we</c><00:49:46.369><c> know,</c><00:49:46.769><c> we</c><00:49:47.130><c> know</c><00:49:47.570><c> all</c><00:49:47.969><c> too</c><00:49:48.250><c> well,</c><00:49:50.690><c> and</c><00:49:50.789><c> this</c><00:49:51.030><c> is,</c><00:49:51.789><c> in</c> 00:49:52.150 --> 00:49:54.989 many<00:49:52.369><c> ways,</c><00:49:52.710><c> it's</c><00:49:52.849><c> our</c><00:49:53.050><c> frustration,</c><00:49:53.710><c> isn't</c><00:49:53.909><c> it?</c> 00:49:55.170 --> 00:49:59.909 Because<00:49:55.809><c> it</c><00:49:56.429><c> comes</c><00:49:56.750><c> with</c><00:49:57.090><c> trials</c><00:49:57.590><c> in</c><00:49:58.469><c> keeping</c><00:49:58.730><c> that</c><00:49:59.030><c> way.</c><00:49:59.690><c> It</c> 00:49:59.909 --> 00:50:01.469 comes<00:50:00.230><c> with</c><00:50:00.489><c> challenges.</c> 00:50:01.829 --> 00:50:04.369 And<00:50:01.969><c> perhaps</c><00:50:02.309><c> for</c><00:50:02.550><c> some</c><00:50:02.730><c> of</c><00:50:02.829><c> us</c><00:50:02.989><c> gathered</c><00:50:03.150><c> here</c><00:50:03.349><c> this</c><00:50:03.550><c> morning,</c><00:50:03.909><c> we</c><00:50:04.150><c> come</c> 00:50:04.369 --> 00:50:12.170 here<00:50:04.590><c> with</c><00:50:04.829><c> our</c><00:50:05.090><c> hearts</c><00:50:05.449><c> absolutely</c><00:50:06.230><c> laden</c><00:50:07.469><c> with</c><00:50:09.030><c> the</c><00:50:09.449><c> complexities</c><00:50:09.909><c> and</c><00:50:10.150><c> the</c><00:50:10.510><c> difficulties</c><00:50:10.829><c> of</c><00:50:11.130><c> life.</c> 00:50:12.469 --> 00:50:15.969 And<00:50:13.030><c> it</c><00:50:13.150><c> is</c><00:50:13.469><c> so</c><00:50:13.789><c> very,</c><00:50:14.289><c> very</c><00:50:14.769><c> difficult.</c> 00:50:17.550 --> 00:50:19.789 But<00:50:17.710><c> coming</c><00:50:17.889><c> here</c><00:50:18.150><c> this</c><00:50:18.389><c> morning,</c><00:50:19.110><c> brethren</c><00:50:19.269><c> and</c><00:50:19.550><c> sisters,</c> 00:50:19.889 --> 00:50:24.650 with<00:50:20.050><c> the</c><00:50:20.349><c> burdens</c><00:50:20.730><c> of</c><00:50:20.969><c> this</c><00:50:21.210><c> life</c><00:50:21.969><c> upon</c><00:50:22.289><c> us,</c><00:50:22.989><c> being</c><00:50:23.210><c> here</c><00:50:23.510><c> gathered</c><00:50:23.750><c> this</c><00:50:24.050><c> morning</c><00:50:24.230><c> with</c><00:50:24.469><c> our</c> 00:50:24.650 --> 00:50:28.409 brethren<00:50:24.869><c> and</c><00:50:25.190><c> sisters</c><00:50:25.389><c> around</c><00:50:25.989><c> this</c><00:50:26.730><c> man</c><00:50:26.909><c> we</c><00:50:27.110><c> come</c><00:50:27.230><c> to</c><00:50:27.449><c> remember,</c><00:50:28.210><c> is</c> 00:50:28.409 --> 00:50:31.349 the<00:50:28.730><c> best</c><00:50:29.130><c> thing</c><00:50:29.630><c> for</c><00:50:29.989><c> us.</c> 00:50:33.010 --> 00:50:38.210 Because<00:50:33.610><c> we've</c><00:50:34.010><c> joined</c><00:50:34.309><c> that</c><00:50:34.630><c> way,</c><00:50:35.670><c> and</c><00:50:36.550><c> we've</c><00:50:36.889><c> all</c><00:50:37.070><c> got</c><00:50:37.210><c> a</c><00:50:37.369><c> responsibility</c><00:50:37.889><c> to</c> 00:50:38.210 --> 00:50:42.210 preserve<00:50:38.550><c> the</c><00:50:38.789><c> way,</c><00:50:40.130><c> and</c><00:50:40.289><c> to</c><00:50:40.530><c> honour</c><00:50:40.710><c> it</c><00:50:40.969><c> faithfully.</c> 00:50:43.789 --> 00:50:49.909 Now<00:50:43.889><c> let's</c><00:50:44.150><c> look</c><00:50:44.449><c> what</c><00:50:44.630><c> we</c><00:50:44.889><c> read</c><00:50:45.070><c> about</c><00:50:45.329><c> this</c><00:50:45.610><c> way</c><00:50:45.969><c> that</c><00:50:46.329><c> we</c><00:50:46.570><c> are</c><00:50:46.789><c> enduring,</c><00:50:48.090><c> the</c><00:50:48.389><c> trials</c><00:50:48.769><c> that</c><00:50:49.489><c> we</c> 00:50:49.909 --> 00:50:52.550 encounter<00:50:50.449><c> in</c><00:50:51.010><c> preserving</c><00:50:51.449><c> and</c><00:50:51.710><c> keeping</c><00:50:52.010><c> the</c><00:50:52.269><c> way.</c> 00:50:52.670 --> 00:50:55.070 Come<00:50:52.829><c> across</c><00:50:53.090><c> to</c><00:50:53.289><c> Acts</c><00:50:53.550><c> chapter</c><00:50:53.869><c> 9.</c> 00:51:03.110 --> 00:51:06.170 Of<00:51:03.670><c> the</c><00:51:03.869><c> great</c><00:51:04.090><c> man</c><00:51:04.849><c> Saul.</c> 00:51:07.289 --> 00:51:08.670 Acts<00:51:07.289><c> chapter</c><00:51:07.590><c> 9.</c> 00:51:09.510 --> 00:51:12.210 These<00:51:09.650><c> are</c><00:51:09.869><c> the</c><00:51:10.030><c> trials</c><00:51:10.309><c> that</c><00:51:10.550><c> the</c><00:51:10.789><c> ecclesia</c><00:51:11.110><c> of</c><00:51:11.289><c> God</c><00:51:11.469><c> are</c><00:51:11.650><c> subject</c><00:51:11.949><c> to,</c> 00:51:12.329 --> 00:51:13.190 brethren<00:51:12.469><c> and</c><00:51:12.789><c> sisters.</c> 00:51:13.570 --> 00:51:15.329 Verse<00:51:13.849><c> 1</c><00:51:14.050><c> and</c><00:51:14.250><c> 2.</c> 00:51:15.389 --> 00:51:19.469 Saul,<00:51:15.949><c> yet</c><00:51:16.190><c> breathing</c><00:51:17.050><c> out</c><00:51:18.110><c> threatenings</c><00:51:18.829><c> and</c><00:51:19.110><c> slaughters</c> 00:51:19.469 --> 00:51:23.590 against<00:51:19.849><c> the</c><00:51:20.250><c> disciples</c><00:51:20.949><c> of</c><00:51:21.409><c> the</c><00:51:21.550><c> Lord,</c><00:51:22.690><c> went</c><00:51:22.929><c> unto</c><00:51:23.230><c> the</c><00:51:23.369><c> high</c> 00:51:23.590 --> 00:51:25.949 priest,<00:51:23.909><c> and</c><00:51:23.969><c> he</c><00:51:24.190><c> desired</c><00:51:24.409><c> of</c><00:51:24.510><c> him</c><00:51:24.710><c> letters</c><00:51:25.030><c> to</c><00:51:25.250><c> Damascus,</c><00:51:25.789><c> to</c> 00:51:25.949 --> 00:51:30.389 the<00:51:26.130><c> synagogues,</c><00:51:26.989><c> that</c><00:51:27.110><c> if</c><00:51:27.369><c> he</c><00:51:27.789><c> found</c><00:51:28.090><c> any</c><00:51:28.550><c> of</c><00:51:28.929><c> this</c><00:51:29.650><c> way,</c> 00:51:33.230 --> 00:51:35.889 whether<00:51:33.429><c> they</c><00:51:33.650><c> were</c><00:51:33.769><c> men</c><00:51:34.190><c> or</c><00:51:34.429><c> women,</c><00:51:34.769><c> he</c><00:51:35.010><c> might</c><00:51:35.230><c> bring</c><00:51:35.469><c> them</c> 00:51:35.889 --> 00:51:37.829 bound<00:51:36.389><c> to</c><00:51:36.610><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:51:39.969 --> 00:51:43.289 That's<00:51:40.449><c> a</c><00:51:40.570><c> reality,</c><00:51:41.070><c> brethren</c><00:51:41.269><c> and</c><00:51:41.510><c> sisters,</c><00:51:41.630><c> of</c><00:51:41.829><c> ecclesial</c><00:51:42.230><c> life.</c> 00:51:44.829 --> 00:51:50.130 And<00:51:45.389><c> whilst</c><00:51:45.510><c> we</c><00:51:45.670><c> don't</c><00:51:45.929><c> endure,</c><00:51:46.889><c> in</c><00:51:47.190><c> most</c><00:51:47.469><c> instances,</c><00:51:49.269><c> physical</c><00:51:49.590><c> trials</c> 00:51:50.130 --> 00:51:58.329 like<00:51:50.429><c> we</c><00:51:50.590><c> have</c><00:51:50.809><c> here,</c><00:51:52.849><c> we're</c><00:51:53.190><c> enduring</c><00:51:53.510><c> all</c><00:51:54.489><c> the</c><00:51:54.690><c> nuances,</c><00:51:55.650><c> all</c><00:51:55.809><c> the</c><00:51:55.989><c> innuendo,</c><00:51:56.630><c> all</c><00:51:56.869><c> the</c><00:51:57.090><c> subtleties</c><00:51:57.849><c> of</c> 00:51:58.329 --> 00:52:00.889 this<00:51:58.630><c> world</c><00:51:58.929><c> that's</c><00:51:59.190><c> just</c><00:51:59.409><c> getting</c><00:51:59.570><c> a</c><00:51:59.929><c> grip.</c> 00:52:02.909 --> 00:52:05.610 And<00:52:03.250><c> slaughters</c><00:52:03.550><c> are</c><00:52:03.769><c> being</c><00:52:04.110><c> breathed</c><00:52:04.429><c> out.</c><00:52:04.889><c> Why?</c><00:52:05.369><c> Because</c> 00:52:05.610 --> 00:52:08.989 they<00:52:05.849><c> are</c><00:52:06.349><c> attacking</c><00:52:06.889><c> the</c><00:52:08.010><c> way.</c> 00:52:10.650 --> 00:52:14.570 So<00:52:11.409><c> ecclesial</c><00:52:11.969><c> life</c><00:52:12.389><c> does</c><00:52:12.769><c> come</c><00:52:13.030><c> with</c><00:52:13.250><c> its</c><00:52:13.510><c> challenges.</c> 00:52:15.590 --> 00:52:18.909 Our<00:52:15.730><c> service</c><00:52:16.130><c> in</c><00:52:16.309><c> the</c><00:52:16.570><c> truth</c><00:52:16.929><c> does</c><00:52:17.429><c> present</c><00:52:17.869><c> for</c><00:52:17.949><c> us</c><00:52:18.329><c> trials</c> 00:52:18.909 --> 00:52:20.130 and<00:52:19.250><c> tribulations.</c> 00:52:21.469 --> 00:52:24.710 We<00:52:21.630><c> are</c><00:52:21.969><c> challenged</c><00:52:22.369><c> constantly,</c><00:52:23.289><c> brethren</c><00:52:23.469><c> and</c><00:52:23.750><c> sisters.</c> 00:52:27.190 --> 00:52:32.809 But<00:52:27.909><c> this</c><00:52:28.269><c> same</c><00:52:28.630><c> Saul,</c><00:52:30.510><c> who</c><00:52:30.889><c> breathed</c><00:52:31.309><c> out</c><00:52:31.789><c> these</c><00:52:32.190><c> slaughters</c> 00:52:32.809 --> 00:52:37.809 and<00:52:34.170><c> threatenings</c><00:52:35.730><c> against</c><00:52:36.389><c> people</c><00:52:36.889><c> who</c><00:52:37.050><c> were</c><00:52:37.309><c> endeavouring</c> 00:52:37.809 --> 00:52:39.710 to<00:52:38.030><c> preserve</c><00:52:38.409><c> the</c><00:52:38.650><c> way,</c> 00:52:40.670 --> 00:52:43.349 this<00:52:40.909><c> same</c><00:52:41.170><c> man,</c><00:52:41.630><c> he</c><00:52:41.769><c> ultimately,</c><00:52:42.230><c> we</c><00:52:42.510><c> know</c><00:52:42.730><c> all</c><00:52:42.969><c> too</c><00:52:43.150><c> well,</c> 00:52:43.389 --> 00:52:43.730 don't<00:52:43.610><c> we?</c> 00:52:43.730 --> 00:52:48.030 He<00:52:43.989><c> came</c><00:52:44.269><c> to</c><00:52:44.489><c> know</c><00:52:44.650><c> the</c><00:52:44.989><c> responsibilities</c><00:52:45.730><c> which</c><00:52:47.070><c> are</c><00:52:47.489><c> brought</c><00:52:47.670><c> about</c> 00:52:48.030 --> 00:52:51.329 by<00:52:48.289><c> an</c><00:52:48.510><c> association</c><00:52:49.269><c> with</c><00:52:50.130><c> our</c><00:52:50.369><c> Lord.</c> 00:52:51.650 --> 00:52:56.789 And<00:52:52.230><c> the</c><00:52:52.489><c> trials</c><00:52:52.889><c> and</c><00:52:53.170><c> difficulties</c><00:52:53.809><c> that</c><00:52:54.929><c> come</c><00:52:55.710><c> when</c><00:52:55.969><c> we</c><00:52:56.289><c> try</c> 00:52:56.789 --> 00:53:00.349 to<00:52:57.469><c> seek</c><00:52:57.809><c> faithfully</c><00:52:58.489><c> and</c><00:52:58.849><c> tread</c><00:52:59.090><c> the</c><00:52:59.309><c> way.</c> 00:53:00.429 --> 00:53:04.329 Look<00:53:00.550><c> what</c><00:53:00.670><c> he</c><00:53:00.909><c> says</c><00:53:01.170><c> in</c><00:53:01.369><c> Acts</c><00:53:01.610><c> chapter</c><00:53:01.869><c> 19,</c><00:53:02.429><c> a</c><00:53:02.530><c> few</c><00:53:02.710><c> pages</c><00:53:03.070><c> across.</c> 00:53:04.769 --> 00:53:08.269 Acts<00:53:05.010><c> chapter</c><00:53:05.289><c> 19,</c><00:53:05.929><c> the</c><00:53:06.070><c> Apostle</c><00:53:06.409><c> Paul's</c><00:53:06.929><c> at</c><00:53:07.190><c> Ephesus</c><00:53:07.809><c> to</c><00:53:08.130><c> the</c> 00:53:08.269 --> 00:53:09.610 Ecclesia<00:53:08.590><c> there.</c> 00:53:10.269 --> 00:53:16.429 And<00:53:10.510><c> we</c><00:53:10.690><c> read</c><00:53:10.909><c> in</c><00:53:11.130><c> verse</c><00:53:11.429><c> 8</c><00:53:11.769><c> and</c><00:53:11.829><c> 9</c><00:53:12.670><c> that</c><00:53:13.110><c> he</c><00:53:13.349><c> went</c><00:53:13.610><c> into</c><00:53:13.929><c> the</c><00:53:14.190><c> synagogue</c><00:53:14.510><c> and</c><00:53:14.809><c> spake</c><00:53:15.130><c> boldly</c><00:53:15.690><c> for</c><00:53:15.829><c> the</c><00:53:16.030><c> space</c><00:53:16.210><c> of</c> 00:53:16.429 --> 00:53:16.929 three<00:53:16.610><c> months,</c> 00:53:16.929 --> 00:53:21.610 disputing<00:53:17.710><c> and</c><00:53:17.829><c> persuading</c><00:53:18.369><c> the</c><00:53:18.650><c> things</c><00:53:19.050><c> concerning</c><00:53:19.610><c> the</c><00:53:19.929><c> kingdom</c><00:53:20.269><c> of</c><00:53:20.570><c> God.</c> 00:53:21.949 --> 00:53:25.610 But<00:53:22.289><c> when</c><00:53:22.590><c> divers</c><00:53:22.889><c> were</c><00:53:23.230><c> hardened,</c><00:53:23.809><c> and</c><00:53:24.050><c> believe</c><00:53:24.329><c> not,</c><00:53:25.389><c> but</c> 00:53:25.610 --> 00:53:28.909 spake<00:53:26.170><c> evil</c><00:53:26.889><c> of</c><00:53:27.349><c> that</c><00:53:27.769><c> way,</c> 00:53:29.849 --> 00:53:33.929 before<00:53:30.289><c> the</c><00:53:30.489><c> multitude,</c><00:53:31.050><c> he</c><00:53:31.210><c> departed</c><00:53:31.590><c> from</c><00:53:31.889><c> them</c><00:53:32.469><c> and</c><00:53:33.230><c> separated</c><00:53:33.650><c> the</c> 00:53:33.929 --> 00:53:37.590 disciples,<00:53:34.510><c> disputing</c><00:53:34.929><c> daily</c><00:53:35.210><c> in</c><00:53:35.389><c> the</c><00:53:35.550><c> school</c><00:53:35.710><c> of</c><00:53:35.929><c> one</c><00:53:36.170><c> Tyranus.</c> 00:53:38.409 --> 00:53:45.010 So<00:53:38.869><c> as</c><00:53:39.090><c> a</c><00:53:39.250><c> brother,</c><00:53:39.969><c> as</c><00:53:40.210><c> a</c><00:53:40.389><c> convert</c><00:53:40.769><c> to</c><00:53:40.969><c> the</c><00:53:41.130><c> truth,</c><00:53:42.650><c> he</c><00:53:42.969><c> was</c><00:53:43.230><c> challenged,</c><00:53:43.889><c> brethren</c><00:53:44.070><c> and</c><00:53:44.309><c> sisters,</c><00:53:44.650><c> because</c><00:53:44.809><c> of</c> 00:53:45.010 --> 00:53:46.030 the<00:53:45.170><c> way.</c> 00:53:47.929 --> 00:53:50.730 He<00:53:48.650><c> endured</c><00:53:49.110><c> trials.</c> 00:53:54.269 --> 00:53:58.170 And<00:53:54.409><c> all</c><00:53:54.650><c> of</c><00:53:54.769><c> us,</c><00:53:55.090><c> brethren</c><00:53:55.250><c> and</c><00:53:55.489><c> sisters,</c><00:53:55.769><c> we</c><00:53:56.130><c> come</c><00:53:56.349><c> this</c><00:53:56.610><c> morning,</c><00:53:56.989><c> don't</c><00:53:57.230><c> we?</c> 00:53:58.670 --> 00:54:06.070 We<00:53:58.969><c> come</c><00:53:59.550><c> and</c><00:54:01.050><c> we</c><00:54:01.389><c> remember</c><00:54:01.789><c> the</c><00:54:02.409><c> great</c><00:54:02.670><c> work</c><00:54:03.309><c> which</c><00:54:03.809><c> was</c><00:54:04.130><c> performed</c><00:54:04.849><c> in</c> 00:54:06.070 --> 00:54:07.150 our<00:54:06.309><c> Lord.</c> 00:54:07.469 --> 00:54:13.210 We<00:54:07.750><c> come</c><00:54:08.070><c> having</c><00:54:08.409><c> believed</c><00:54:09.170><c> the</c><00:54:09.530><c> truth.</c><00:54:10.710><c> We</c><00:54:11.070><c> come</c><00:54:11.369><c> having</c><00:54:11.730><c> become</c><00:54:12.190><c> part</c><00:54:12.650><c> of</c> 00:54:13.210 --> 00:54:14.550 the<00:54:13.409><c> way.</c> 00:54:15.369 --> 00:54:18.849 And<00:54:15.949><c> so</c><00:54:16.150><c> a</c><00:54:16.469><c> consideration</c><00:54:17.070><c> of</c><00:54:17.269><c> the</c><00:54:17.489><c> Cherubim</c><00:54:17.750><c> is</c><00:54:17.989><c> not</c><00:54:18.329><c> merely</c> 00:54:18.849 --> 00:54:21.719 an<00:54:20.449><c> academic</c><00:54:20.929><c> exercise.</c> 00:54:21.989 --> 00:54:25.190 We<00:54:22.190><c> are</c><00:54:22.610><c> involved</c><00:54:23.230><c> personally.</c><00:54:23.869><c> We</c><00:54:23.989><c> saw</c><00:54:24.210><c> that</c><00:54:24.429><c> yesterday,</c> 00:54:25.389 --> 00:54:26.829 didn't<00:54:25.590><c> we?</c> 00:54:26.969 --> 00:54:28.969 Because<00:54:27.230><c> it</c><00:54:27.389><c> was</c><00:54:27.550><c> the</c><00:54:27.730><c> glory,</c><00:54:28.090><c> the</c><00:54:28.269><c> character,</c><00:54:28.630><c> the</c><00:54:28.690><c> purpose</c> 00:54:28.969 --> 00:54:31.949 of<00:54:29.170><c> God</c><00:54:29.389><c> that</c><00:54:29.789><c> inhabits</c><00:54:30.989><c> the</c><00:54:31.389><c> Cherubim.</c> 00:54:32.309 --> 00:54:36.849 There<00:54:32.429><c> was</c><00:54:32.630><c> a</c><00:54:32.869><c> relationship</c><00:54:33.449><c> there.</c><00:54:34.570><c> It</c><00:54:34.889><c> involves</c><00:54:35.349><c> us</c><00:54:35.769><c> personally.</c> 00:54:37.849 --> 00:54:39.750 That's<00:54:38.269><c> the</c><00:54:38.409><c> name</c><00:54:38.630><c> we</c><00:54:38.909><c> bear.</c> 00:54:42.650 --> 00:54:45.889 And<00:54:43.329><c> we</c><00:54:43.610><c> are,</c><00:54:44.070><c> brethren</c><00:54:44.250><c> and</c><00:54:44.510><c> sisters,</c><00:54:44.869><c> we</c><00:54:44.929><c> are</c><00:54:45.269><c> called</c><00:54:45.510><c> to</c><00:54:45.730><c> a</c> 00:54:45.889 --> 00:54:47.170 lofty<00:54:46.329><c> calling.</c> 00:54:48.409 --> 00:54:53.090 And<00:54:48.590><c> what's</c><00:54:48.829><c> that</c><00:54:49.090><c> calling?</c><00:54:50.170><c> To</c><00:54:50.409><c> be</c><00:54:50.869><c> intimately,</c><00:54:52.409><c> intimately</c> 00:54:53.090 --> 00:54:57.389 involved<00:54:54.050><c> in</c><00:54:55.070><c> keeping</c><00:54:55.550><c> the</c><00:54:56.409><c> way.</c> 00:55:00.809 --> 00:55:07.190 And<00:55:01.329><c> the</c><00:55:01.530><c> Apostle</c><00:55:01.989><c> Paul,</c><00:55:03.690><c> sorry,</c><00:55:04.050><c> the</c><00:55:04.210><c> Apostle</c><00:55:04.570><c> Peter,</c><00:55:05.949><c> he</c><00:55:06.449><c> introduces</c><00:55:06.869><c> us</c> 00:55:07.190 --> 00:55:09.989 to<00:55:07.329><c> this</c><00:55:07.590><c> work</c><00:55:07.849><c> of</c><00:55:08.050><c> the</c><00:55:08.269><c> Cherubim</c><00:55:08.610><c> in</c><00:55:08.809><c> his</c><00:55:09.110><c> second</c><00:55:09.309><c> letter</c><00:55:09.630><c> that</c><00:55:09.769><c> was</c> 00:55:09.989 --> 00:55:11.530 read<00:55:10.190><c> in</c><00:55:10.429><c> our</c><00:55:10.670><c> hearing</c><00:55:10.929><c> this</c><00:55:11.230><c> morning.</c> 00:55:11.530 --> 00:55:14.030 Second<00:55:11.889><c> of</c><00:55:12.050><c> Peter</c><00:55:12.230><c> chapter</c><00:55:12.590><c> 2.</c> 00:55:23.650 --> 00:55:27.170 Second<00:55:23.889><c> of</c><00:55:24.110><c> Peter</c><00:55:24.329><c> chapter</c><00:55:24.630><c> 2</c><00:55:25.070><c> and</c><00:55:25.250><c> the</c><00:55:25.429><c> first</c><00:55:25.670><c> couple</c><00:55:25.949><c> of</c><00:55:26.110><c> verses.</c> 00:55:52.510 --> 00:55:56.710 So<00:55:53.090><c> here's</c><00:55:53.670><c> a</c><00:55:53.750><c> group</c><00:55:53.849><c> of</c><00:55:54.090><c> people</c><00:55:54.710><c> that</c><00:55:54.929><c> are</c><00:55:55.130><c> following</c><00:55:55.469><c> a</c><00:55:55.849><c> way.</c> 00:55:58.889 --> 00:56:02.730 As<00:55:59.610><c> it's</c><00:55:59.969><c> described</c><00:56:00.389><c> in</c><00:56:00.630><c> 1</c><00:56:00.809><c> John</c><00:56:00.989><c> 3</c><00:56:01.530><c> verse</c><00:56:01.809><c> 12,</c><00:56:02.210><c> the</c><00:56:02.289><c> way</c><00:56:02.489><c> of</c> 00:56:02.730 --> 00:56:05.449 the<00:56:02.929><c> evil</c><00:56:03.150><c> one</c><00:56:04.590><c> came.</c> 00:56:06.750 --> 00:56:12.489 By<00:56:06.829><c> reason</c><00:56:07.210><c> of</c><00:56:07.510><c> whom</c><00:56:07.650><c> the</c><00:56:08.110><c> way</c><00:56:08.690><c> of</c><00:56:09.190><c> truth</c><00:56:09.650><c> shall</c><00:56:10.010><c> be</c><00:56:10.449><c> evil</c><00:56:10.969><c> spoken</c><00:56:11.510><c> of.</c> 00:56:15.329 --> 00:56:19.050 And<00:56:15.489><c> Peter</c><00:56:15.730><c> warns</c><00:56:16.130><c> us,</c><00:56:16.409><c> brethren</c><00:56:16.590><c> and</c><00:56:16.949><c> sisters,</c><00:56:17.710><c> on</c><00:56:17.929><c> the</c><00:56:18.150><c> basis</c><00:56:18.510><c> of</c> 00:56:19.050 --> 00:56:21.510 divinely<00:56:19.610><c> recorded</c><00:56:20.230><c> history.</c> 00:56:22.550 --> 00:56:27.590 Of<00:56:23.110><c> what</c><00:56:23.530><c> happens</c><00:56:24.150><c> to</c><00:56:24.630><c> such</c><00:56:25.030><c> perverters</c><00:56:25.750><c> of</c><00:56:26.130><c> the</c><00:56:26.349><c> way.</c> 00:56:29.630 --> 00:56:31.489 And<00:56:29.650><c> he</c><00:56:29.889><c> directs</c><00:56:30.170><c> our</c><00:56:30.369><c> minds</c><00:56:30.650><c> to</c><00:56:30.829><c> verse</c><00:56:31.010><c> 5.</c> 00:56:31.550 --> 00:56:35.110 And<00:56:31.949><c> spared</c><00:56:32.150><c> not</c><00:56:32.489><c> the</c><00:56:32.690><c> old</c><00:56:32.929><c> world,</c><00:56:33.250><c> but</c><00:56:33.389><c> saved</c><00:56:33.670><c> Noah,</c><00:56:34.170><c> the</c><00:56:34.349><c> eighth</c><00:56:34.570><c> person,</c><00:56:34.989><c> a</c> 00:56:35.110 --> 00:56:38.190 preacher<00:56:35.369><c> of</c><00:56:35.769><c> righteousness,</c><00:56:37.050><c> bringing</c><00:56:37.369><c> in</c><00:56:37.630><c> the</c><00:56:37.829><c> flood</c><00:56:37.949><c> upon</c> 00:56:38.190 --> 00:56:41.170 the<00:56:38.449><c> world</c><00:56:38.849><c> of</c><00:56:39.510><c> the</c><00:56:39.730><c> ungodly.</c> 00:56:43.949 --> 00:56:48.489 Why?<00:56:44.969><c> Because</c><00:56:45.289><c> we</c><00:56:45.590><c> read</c><00:56:45.789><c> of</c><00:56:45.929><c> that</c><00:56:46.250><c> generation,</c><00:56:46.949><c> of</c><00:56:47.010><c> Noah's</c><00:56:47.449><c> generation.</c> 00:56:48.710 --> 00:57:00.409 That<00:56:49.309><c> the</c><00:56:49.630><c> sons</c><00:56:50.309><c> of</c><00:56:50.690><c> God</c><00:56:52.190><c> saw</c><00:56:54.349><c> the</c><00:56:56.250><c> daughters</c><00:56:56.809><c> of</c><00:56:57.250><c> men</c><00:56:58.289><c> two</c><00:56:59.090><c> ways.</c> 00:57:03.610 --> 00:57:06.409 And<00:57:03.750><c> a</c><00:57:03.889><c> way</c><00:57:04.050><c> was</c><00:57:04.329><c> preserved</c><00:57:04.869><c> through</c><00:57:05.170><c> that</c><00:57:05.389><c> man</c><00:57:05.610><c> Noah.</c> 00:57:06.829 --> 00:57:10.449 And<00:57:07.030><c> God</c><00:57:07.190><c> raised</c><00:57:07.469><c> up</c><00:57:07.730><c> that</c><00:57:07.909><c> man</c><00:57:08.110><c> as</c><00:57:08.329><c> a</c><00:57:08.469><c> vehicle</c><00:57:08.949><c> in</c><00:57:09.949><c> whom</c><00:57:10.170><c> his</c> 00:57:10.449 --> 00:57:12.170 purpose<00:57:11.090><c> was</c><00:57:11.530><c> going</c><00:57:11.710><c> to</c><00:57:11.889><c> dwell.</c> 00:57:12.170 --> 00:57:15.570 You<00:57:12.829><c> see,</c><00:57:13.409><c> brethren</c><00:57:13.530><c> and</c><00:57:13.710><c> sisters,</c><00:57:13.909><c> God</c><00:57:14.050><c> is</c><00:57:14.309><c> not</c><00:57:14.570><c> mocked.</c> 00:57:15.929 --> 00:57:18.449 And<00:57:16.030><c> that</c><00:57:16.289><c> way</c><00:57:16.670><c> will</c><00:57:17.230><c> be</c><00:57:17.530><c> kept.</c> 00:57:20.030 --> 00:57:22.869 Verse<00:57:20.170><c> 6.</c><00:57:20.889><c> And</c><00:57:20.969><c> turning</c><00:57:21.329><c> the</c><00:57:21.570><c> cities</c><00:57:21.849><c> of</c><00:57:22.150><c> Sodom</c><00:57:22.429><c> and</c><00:57:22.530><c> Gomorrah</c> 00:57:22.869 --> 00:57:26.829 into<00:57:23.150><c> ashes,</c><00:57:23.670><c> condemn</c><00:57:23.929><c> them</c><00:57:24.389><c> with</c><00:57:24.710><c> an</c><00:57:24.969><c> overthrow,</c><00:57:25.809><c> making</c><00:57:26.130><c> them</c><00:57:26.610><c> an</c> 00:57:26.829 --> 00:57:30.150 example<00:57:27.389><c> unto</c><00:57:27.829><c> those</c><00:57:28.389><c> that</c><00:57:28.610><c> after</c><00:57:28.849><c> should</c><00:57:29.190><c> live</c><00:57:29.510><c> ungodly.</c> 00:57:30.510 --> 00:57:32.449 There's<00:57:30.789><c> an</c><00:57:30.949><c> example</c><00:57:31.329><c> for</c><00:57:31.570><c> us.</c> 00:57:32.570 --> 00:57:35.429 That's<00:57:33.090><c> the</c><00:57:33.250><c> dividend</c><00:57:33.530><c> that</c><00:57:33.690><c> gets</c><00:57:33.909><c> paid,</c><00:57:34.489><c> brethren</c><00:57:34.690><c> and</c><00:57:34.949><c> sisters,</c><00:57:35.210><c> when</c> 00:57:35.429 --> 00:57:37.769 we<00:57:35.829><c> fail</c><00:57:36.130><c> to</c><00:57:36.389><c> preserve</c><00:57:36.690><c> the</c><00:57:36.929><c> way.</c> 00:57:38.809 --> 00:57:42.289 And<00:57:39.489><c> so</c><00:57:39.769><c> we</c><00:57:39.949><c> read</c><00:57:40.210><c> in</c><00:57:40.429><c> verse</c><00:57:40.650><c> 12.</c> 00:57:42.550 --> 00:57:47.710 But<00:57:42.730><c> these,</c><00:57:43.429><c> as</c><00:57:43.869><c> natural</c><00:57:44.449><c> brute</c><00:57:44.969><c> beasts,</c><00:57:46.869><c> made</c><00:57:47.090><c> to</c><00:57:47.250><c> be</c><00:57:47.449><c> taken</c> 00:57:47.710 --> 00:57:52.449 and<00:57:47.989><c> destroyed,</c><00:57:48.889><c> speak</c><00:57:49.070><c> evil</c><00:57:49.429><c> of</c><00:57:49.730><c> things</c><00:57:50.070><c> that</c><00:57:50.349><c> they</c><00:57:50.809><c> understand</c><00:57:51.409><c> not.</c> 00:57:53.389 --> 00:57:55.010 They<00:57:53.510><c> understand</c><00:57:54.170><c> not.</c> 00:57:55.570 --> 00:57:58.570 Hosea<00:57:55.949><c> said</c><00:57:56.389><c> they</c><00:57:57.010><c> are</c><00:57:57.250><c> destroyed</c><00:57:57.590><c> for</c><00:57:57.849><c> a</c><00:57:58.010><c> lack</c><00:57:58.170><c> of</c><00:57:58.369><c> knowledge</c> 00:57:58.570 --> 00:57:59.909 they<00:57:58.789><c> didn't</c><00:57:59.070><c> understand.</c> 00:58:01.449 --> 00:58:04.889 And<00:58:01.909><c> shall</c><00:58:02.130><c> utterly</c><00:58:02.630><c> perish</c><00:58:03.110><c> in</c><00:58:03.349><c> their</c><00:58:03.590><c> own</c><00:58:03.829><c> corruption.</c> 00:58:07.489 --> 00:58:08.590 Why? 00:58:10.949 --> 00:58:13.150 Because<00:58:11.130><c> the</c><00:58:11.389><c> way</c><00:58:11.610><c> had</c><00:58:11.809><c> been</c><00:58:12.150><c> corrupted.</c> 00:58:13.170 --> 00:58:14.889 God's<00:58:13.610><c> way.</c><00:58:13.889><c> God's</c><00:58:14.309><c> purpose.</c> 00:58:15.090 --> 00:58:18.289 It<00:58:15.250><c> had</c><00:58:15.389><c> been</c><00:58:15.610><c> corrupted.</c><00:58:16.230><c> So</c><00:58:16.230><c> we</c><00:58:16.409><c> read</c><00:58:16.650><c> in</c><00:58:16.869><c> verse</c><00:58:17.050><c> 15.</c> 00:58:18.909 --> 00:58:22.829 Which<00:58:19.030><c> have</c><00:58:19.329><c> forsaken</c><00:58:20.369><c> the</c><00:58:21.409><c> right</c><00:58:21.769><c> way.</c> 00:58:23.449 --> 00:58:26.690 And<00:58:24.050><c> are</c><00:58:24.329><c> gone</c><00:58:24.530><c> astray,</c><00:58:25.269><c> following</c><00:58:25.630><c> the</c><00:58:25.789><c> way</c><00:58:25.989><c> of</c><00:58:26.250><c> Balaam,</c><00:58:26.610><c> the</c> 00:58:26.690 --> 00:58:30.070 son<00:58:26.889><c> of</c><00:58:27.110><c> Bozoa,</c><00:58:27.429><c> who</c><00:58:27.769><c> loved</c><00:58:28.150><c> the</c><00:58:28.530><c> wages</c><00:58:28.909><c> of</c><00:58:29.269><c> unrighteousness.</c> 00:58:30.449 --> 00:58:34.090 They<00:58:30.829><c> forsaked</c><00:58:31.550><c> the</c><00:58:32.230><c> right</c><00:58:33.050><c> way.</c> 00:58:37.110 --> 00:58:41.389 So<00:58:37.829><c> we</c><00:58:38.550><c> come</c><00:58:38.809><c> here</c><00:58:39.289><c> this</c><00:58:39.630><c> morning,</c><00:58:40.110><c> brethren</c><00:58:40.230><c> and</c><00:58:40.530><c> sisters,</c> 00:58:41.510 --> 00:58:47.710 ever<00:58:41.730><c> so</c><00:58:42.010><c> conscious</c><00:58:42.849><c> of</c><00:58:46.050><c> these</c><00:58:46.329><c> two</c><00:58:46.590><c> ways.</c> 00:58:48.150 --> 00:58:53.170 And<00:58:48.690><c> of</c><00:58:48.849><c> the</c><00:58:49.070><c> battle</c><00:58:49.449><c> that</c><00:58:49.750><c> we</c><00:58:50.130><c> wage</c><00:58:50.550><c> daily,</c><00:58:51.670><c> says</c><00:58:51.769><c> the</c><00:58:52.010><c> Apostle</c><00:58:52.369><c> Paul.</c> 00:58:53.250 --> 00:58:56.389 I<00:58:53.630><c> war</c><00:58:53.949><c> a</c><00:58:54.250><c> war</c><00:58:54.469><c> within</c><00:58:54.750><c> my</c><00:58:55.130><c> members.</c> 00:58:56.929 --> 00:59:04.570 Because<00:58:57.570><c> we've</c><00:58:57.849><c> got</c><00:58:58.030><c> a</c><00:58:58.190><c> bias</c><00:58:58.829><c> that</c><00:59:02.809><c> rolls</c><00:59:03.369><c> to</c><00:59:03.989><c> the</c><00:59:04.130><c> things</c><00:59:04.349><c> of</c> 00:59:04.570 --> 00:59:05.630 the<00:59:04.809><c> flesh.</c> 00:59:06.909 --> 00:59:09.170 And<00:59:06.909><c> how</c><00:59:07.230><c> appropriate</c><00:59:07.650><c> it</c><00:59:07.769><c> is</c><00:59:08.030><c> then,</c><00:59:08.469><c> that</c><00:59:08.570><c> of</c><00:59:08.690><c> the</c><00:59:08.849><c> one</c><00:59:09.030><c> that</c> 00:59:09.170 --> 00:59:11.630 we<00:59:09.449><c> remember</c><00:59:09.730><c> this</c><00:59:10.030><c> morning,</c><00:59:10.409><c> our</c><00:59:10.570><c> Lord</c><00:59:10.809><c> says.</c> 00:59:12.650 --> 00:59:15.889 Enter<00:59:12.730><c> ye</c><00:59:13.329><c> in</c><00:59:13.789><c> at</c><00:59:14.150><c> the</c><00:59:14.570><c> straight</c><00:59:14.809><c> gate.</c> 00:59:16.449 --> 00:59:24.190 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00:59:43.670 And<00:59:41.230><c> few</c><00:59:41.409><c> there</c><00:59:41.670><c> be</c><00:59:41.869><c> that</c><00:59:42.150><c> find</c><00:59:42.349><c> it.</c> 00:59:46.630 --> 00:59:49.989 And<00:59:47.010><c> this</c><00:59:47.210><c> way,</c><00:59:47.650><c> brethren</c><00:59:47.809><c> and</c><00:59:48.070><c> sisters,</c><00:59:48.349><c> is</c><00:59:48.889><c> preserved.</c> 00:59:50.110 --> 00:59:51.230 It's<00:59:50.289><c> been</c><00:59:50.489><c> kept</c><00:59:50.730><c> open.</c> 00:59:51.230 --> 00:59:55.210 It's<00:59:52.190><c> been</c><00:59:52.409><c> kept</c><00:59:52.650><c> open</c><00:59:53.030><c> by</c><00:59:53.369><c> a</c><00:59:53.750><c> sacrifice.</c> 00:59:57.730 --> 01:00:01.690 And<00:59:57.869><c> apart</c><00:59:58.170><c> from</c><00:59:58.449><c> sacrifice,</c><00:59:59.269><c> brethren</c><00:59:59.389><c> and</c><00:59:59.690><c> sisters,</c><01:00:01.489><c> the</c> 01:00:01.690 --> 01:00:02.909 way<01:00:01.869><c> is</c><01:00:02.110><c> barred.</c> 01:00:04.909 --> 01:00:07.809 As<01:00:05.170><c> Cain</c><01:00:05.449><c> discovered</c><01:00:05.989><c> to</c><01:00:06.210><c> his</c><01:00:06.409><c> eternal</c><01:00:06.789><c> loss.</c> 01:00:08.570 --> 01:00:11.650 That's<01:00:08.929><c> the</c><01:00:09.170><c> enormity</c><01:00:09.690><c> of</c><01:00:09.989><c> the</c><01:00:10.250><c> work</c><01:00:10.510><c> that</c><01:00:10.690><c> our</c><01:00:10.909><c> Lord</c><01:00:11.170><c> Jesus</c> 01:00:11.650 --> 01:00:13.250 Christ<01:00:11.989><c> has</c><01:00:12.289><c> performed.</c> 01:00:14.929 --> 01:00:18.329 And<01:00:15.690><c> so</c><01:00:15.929><c> the</c><01:00:16.090><c> Apostle</c><01:00:16.409><c> Paul</c><01:00:16.610><c> in</c><01:00:16.809><c> Hebrews</c><01:00:17.230><c> chapter</c><01:00:17.610><c> 10</c><01:00:17.989><c> says.</c> 01:00:18.710 --> 01:00:23.150 Having<01:00:18.710><c> therefore,</c><01:00:20.210><c> brethren,</c><01:00:20.750><c> boldness</c><01:00:21.309><c> to</c><01:00:21.590><c> enter</c><01:00:21.989><c> into</c><01:00:22.329><c> the</c><01:00:22.550><c> holiest</c><01:00:22.929><c> by</c> 01:00:23.150 --> 01:00:28.409 the<01:00:23.369><c> blood</c><01:00:23.610><c> of</c><01:00:23.889><c> Jesus</c><01:00:24.369><c> Christ,</c><01:00:25.309><c> by</c><01:00:25.530><c> a</c><01:00:25.809><c> new</c><01:00:26.030><c> and</c><01:00:26.369><c> a</c><01:00:26.929><c> living</c><01:00:27.530><c> way.</c> 01:00:30.489 --> 01:00:33.730 Which<01:00:31.250><c> leadeth</c><01:00:31.750><c> unto</c><01:00:32.130><c> life.</c> 01:00:37.710 --> 01:00:42.610 And<01:00:38.469><c> he's</c><01:00:38.750><c> consecrated</c><01:00:39.269><c> that</c><01:00:39.849><c> for</c><01:00:40.670><c> us</c><01:00:41.190><c> through</c><01:00:41.570><c> the</c><01:00:41.789><c> veil.</c> 01:00:42.989 --> 01:00:46.210 That<01:00:43.590><c> is</c><01:00:43.789><c> to</c><01:00:44.050><c> say,</c><01:00:44.690><c> his</c><01:00:45.030><c> flesh.</c> 01:00:47.329 --> 01:00:49.989 And<01:00:47.409><c> so</c><01:00:47.570><c> our</c><01:00:47.750><c> Lord,</c><01:00:48.170><c> brethren</c><01:00:48.369><c> and</c><01:00:48.630><c> sisters,</c><01:00:48.949><c> has</c><01:00:49.289><c> opened</c><01:00:49.730><c> the</c> 01:00:49.989 --> 01:00:53.969 way<01:00:50.530><c> which</c><01:00:51.429><c> leads</c><01:00:51.750><c> us</c><01:00:52.090><c> to</c><01:00:52.250><c> the</c><01:00:52.409><c> tree</c><01:00:52.570><c> of</c><01:00:52.869><c> life.</c> 01:00:55.010 --> 01:01:02.389 And<01:00:55.090><c> as</c><01:00:55.389><c> the</c><01:00:55.650><c> carabine</c><01:00:56.949><c> overshadowed</c><01:01:00.489><c> the</c><01:01:00.829><c> way</c><01:01:01.329><c> to,</c><01:01:02.090><c> in</c><01:01:02.250><c> the</c> 01:01:02.389 --> 01:01:04.170 Garden<01:01:02.610><c> of</c><01:01:02.849><c> Eden.</c> 01:01:05.489 --> 01:01:09.909 So<01:01:05.650><c> our</c><01:01:05.909><c> Lord</c><01:01:06.150><c> Jesus</c><01:01:06.550><c> Christ</c><01:01:07.050><c> overshadows</c><01:01:08.010><c> our</c><01:01:08.650><c> way</c><01:01:08.909><c> now.</c> 01:01:11.650 --> 01:01:22.489 Brethren<01:01:13.050><c> and</c><01:01:13.309><c> sisters,</c><01:01:16.250><c> let</c><01:01:16.269><c> us</c><01:01:16.610><c> all,</c><01:01:17.630><c> let</c><01:01:17.889><c> us</c><01:01:18.170><c> all</c><01:01:18.409><c> earnestly</c><01:01:19.070><c> and</c><01:01:20.230><c> sincerely</c><01:01:21.110><c> walk</c> 01:01:22.489 --> 01:01:27.809 along<01:01:23.170><c> that</c><01:01:24.510><c> narrow</c><01:01:24.949><c> way</c><01:01:25.730><c> which</c><01:01:26.489><c> leads</c><01:01:26.829><c> to</c><01:01:27.090><c> life.</c> 01:01:27.809 --> 01:01:35.309 In<01:01:29.230><c> confident,</c><01:01:30.030><c> confident</c><01:01:30.849><c> assurance</c><01:01:31.829><c> that</c><01:01:33.929><c> the</c><01:01:34.170><c> carabine</c> 01:01:35.309 --> 01:01:41.409 still<01:01:36.010><c> 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grace</c><01:02:18.409><c> we</c><01:02:18.630><c> pray</c><01:02:18.889><c> and</c><01:02:19.050><c> by</c><01:02:19.269><c> God's</c><01:02:19.670><c> mercy</c><01:02:20.110><c> we</c><01:02:21.769><c> shall</c><01:02:22.130><c> be</c> 01:02:22.449 --> 01:02:28.789 ultimately<01:02:22.849><c> granted</c><01:02:23.690><c> to</c><01:02:24.889><c> eat</c><01:02:25.409><c> of</c><01:02:26.210><c> the</c><01:02:26.429><c> tree</c><01:02:26.590><c> of</c><01:02:26.889><c> life</c><01:02:27.630><c> forever.</c> 01:02:29.170 --> 01:02:33.210 And<01:02:29.309><c> I'd</c><01:02:29.510><c> like</c><01:02:29.650><c> to</c><01:02:30.710><c> conclude</c><01:02:31.309><c> our</c><01:02:31.670><c> remarks</c><01:02:32.030><c> this</c><01:02:32.329><c> morning</c><01:02:32.670><c> by</c> 01:02:33.210 --> 01:02:38.389 thinking<01:02:33.690><c> about</c><01:02:34.230><c> this</c><01:02:34.630><c> verse</c><01:02:34.889><c> in</c><01:02:35.090><c> Revelation</c><01:02:35.610><c> chapter</c><01:02:36.030><c> 2</c><01:02:36.670><c> verse</c><01:02:37.150><c> 7.</c> 01:02:50.110 --> 01:02:53.690 And<01:02:50.789><c> while</c><01:02:51.230><c> we</c><01:02:51.409><c> read</c><01:02:51.610><c> this</c><01:02:51.929><c> we</c><01:02:52.090><c> need</c><01:02:52.389><c> to</c><01:02:52.570><c> have</c><01:02:52.889><c> rattling</c><01:02:53.130><c> through</c><01:02:53.469><c> our</c> 01:02:53.690 --> 01:02:55.510 minds<01:02:54.010><c> Jeremiah</c><01:02:54.630><c> and</c><01:02:54.969><c> Hosea.</c> 01:02:55.949 --> 01:02:59.369 They<01:02:55.969><c> wouldn't</c><01:02:56.289><c> hear</c><01:02:56.769><c> and</c><01:02:57.550><c> they</c><01:02:57.730><c> lack</c><01:02:57.869><c> knowledge.</c><01:02:58.909><c> Verse</c><01:02:59.050><c> 7</c> 01:02:59.369 --> 01:03:06.030 says,<01:03:00.909><c> He</c><01:03:01.250><c> that</c><01:03:01.670><c> hath</c><01:03:01.949><c> an</c><01:03:02.130><c> ear,</c><01:03:03.590><c> let</c><01:03:03.809><c> him</c><01:03:04.949><c> hear.</c> 01:03:06.630 --> 01:03:14.389 What<01:03:07.389><c> the</c><01:03:07.789><c> Spirit</c><01:03:08.230><c> saith</c><01:03:08.610><c> unto</c><01:03:08.929><c> the</c><01:03:09.130><c> Ecclesiastes,</c><01:03:11.010><c> and</c><01:03:11.110><c> to</c><01:03:11.389><c> him</c><01:03:11.750><c> that</c><01:03:12.150><c> overcometh,</c><01:03:14.010><c> will</c><01:03:14.150><c> I</c> 01:03:14.389 --> 01:03:20.070 give<01:03:14.670><c> to</c><01:03:15.050><c> eat</c><01:03:15.409><c> of</c><01:03:15.849><c> the</c><01:03:16.150><c> tree</c><01:03:16.389><c> of</c><01:03:16.590><c> life</c><01:03:17.289><c> which</c><01:03:18.949><c> is</c><01:03:19.210><c> in</c><01:03:19.389><c> the</c><01:03:19.489><c> midst</c> 01:03:20.070 --> 01:03:23.829 of<01:03:20.849><c> the</c><01:03:21.010><c> paradise</c><01:03:21.750><c> of</c><01:03:22.730><c> God.</c> 01:03:29.329 --> 01:03:37.730 Let<01:03:30.429><c> us</c><01:03:31.530><c> continue</c><01:03:34.949><c> our</c><01:03:35.510><c> service</c><01:03:35.869><c> by</c><01:03:36.190><c> singing</c><01:03:36.650><c> together</c><01:03:37.469><c> hymn</c> 01:03:37.730 --> 01:03:45.239 number<01:03:38.489><c> 216</c><01:03:40.030><c> in</c><01:03:40.269><c> the</c><01:03:40.329><c> new</c><01:03:40.469><c> book,</c><01:03:41.389><c> 163</c><01:03:42.670><c> in</c><01:03:43.730><c> the</c><01:03:43.909><c> old</c><01:03:44.190><c> book.</c> 01:03:51.179 --> 01:03:56.820 Beyond<01:03:52.059><c> where</c><01:03:52.360><c> Echidron's</c><01:03:53.039><c> waters</c><01:03:53.260><c> flow,</c><01:03:54.679><c> behold</c><01:03:54.940><c> the</c><01:03:55.239><c> suffering</c><01:03:55.559><c> Savior</c><01:03:55.980><c> go,</c> 01:03:57.280 --> 01:03:59.260 to<01:03:57.500><c> sad</c><01:03:57.780><c> Gethsemane.</c> 01:04:15.980 --> 01:04:33.619 Beyond<01:04:17.380><c> where</c><01:04:18.780><c> Echidron's</c><01:04:20.539><c> waters</c><01:04:22.420><c> flow,</c><01:04:24.880><c> behold</c><01:04:26.360><c> the</c><01:04:28.360><c> suffering</c><01:04:29.380><c> Savior</c><01:04:31.679><c> go,</c> 01:04:33.699 --> 01:04:39.739 to<01:04:34.539><c> sad</c><01:04:35.980><c> Gethsemane.</c> 01:04:39.739 --> 01:04:50.440 His<01:04:41.920><c> mountain</c><01:04:43.519><c> is</c><01:04:46.159><c> all</c><01:04:47.920><c> divine.</c> 01:04:50.820 --> 01:05:00.199 Let<01:04:51.639><c> me</c><01:04:53.219><c> come</c><01:04:54.300><c> here</c><01:04:55.340><c> near</c><01:04:56.599><c> every</c><01:04:58.900><c> find.</c> 01:05:00.199 --> 01:05:10.179 He<01:05:02.139><c> holds</c><01:05:03.739><c> me</c><01:05:04.980><c> near</c><01:05:05.880><c> the</c><01:05:06.739><c> spins</c><01:05:08.179><c> of</c><01:05:09.159><c> heaven.</c> 01:05:10.519 --> 01:05:19.519 He<01:05:11.840><c> cries</c><01:05:13.099><c> to</c><01:05:14.099><c> God</c><01:05:15.099><c> and</c><01:05:16.260><c> cries</c><01:05:17.880><c> again.</c> 01:05:19.519 --> 01:05:36.619 In<01:05:21.159><c> sad</c><01:05:22.659><c> Gethsemane,</c><01:05:28.139><c> he</c><01:05:28.880><c> lifts</c><01:05:30.199><c> his</c><01:05:31.480><c> tongue</c><01:05:32.380><c> for</c><01:05:33.380><c> eyes</c><01:05:34.980><c> of</c><01:05:35.920><c> love.</c> 01:05:36.619 --> 01:05:47.599 And<01:05:37.880><c> I</c><01:05:38.860><c> follow</c><01:05:40.760><c> him</c><01:05:42.179><c> in</c><01:05:43.239><c> his</c><01:05:43.960><c> cloudly</c><01:05:46.099><c> womb.</c> 01:05:47.599 --> 01:06:03.460 With<01:05:49.559><c> gentleness</c><01:05:53.260><c> in</c><01:05:54.199><c> gracious</c><01:05:56.099><c> will,</c><01:05:58.760><c> he</c><01:05:59.360><c> yieldeth</c><01:06:01.019><c> to</c><01:06:02.360><c> his</c> 01:06:03.460 --> 01:06:06.840 Father's<01:06:05.820><c> will.</c> 01:06:06.840 --> 01:06:23.539 In<01:06:08.099><c> sad</c><01:06:09.739><c> Gethsemane,</c><01:06:15.119><c> he</c><01:06:15.780><c> hold</c><01:06:17.199><c> me</c><01:06:18.000><c> near</c><01:06:18.920><c> thy</c><01:06:20.159><c> holy</c><01:06:22.199><c> sound.</c> 01:06:23.539 --> 01:06:34.260 And<01:06:25.099><c> fatherless,</c><01:06:29.420><c> I</c><01:06:29.960><c> will</c><01:06:31.639><c> be</c><01:06:32.900><c> gone.</c> 01:06:34.260 --> 01:06:53.420 The<01:06:36.039><c> Father,</c><01:06:40.260><c> an</c><01:06:41.059><c> angel</c><01:06:42.960><c> will,</c><01:06:45.079><c> the</c><01:06:45.860><c> Savior's</c><01:06:48.460><c> son</c><01:06:49.039><c> of</c><01:06:50.380><c> God</c><01:06:51.940><c> in</c><01:06:52.719><c> prayer.</c> 01:06:53.420 --> 01:07:10.900 In<01:06:55.079><c> sad</c><01:06:56.699><c> Gethsemane,</c><01:07:02.019><c> he</c><01:07:02.719><c> drank</c><01:07:04.199><c> the</c><01:07:05.159><c> drink</c><01:07:06.199><c> of</c><01:07:07.340><c> cup</c><01:07:08.679><c> of</c><01:07:09.739><c> drink.</c> 01:07:10.900 --> 01:07:21.179 And<01:07:12.000><c> then</c><01:07:12.920><c> rose</c><01:07:13.800><c> to</c><01:07:14.960><c> life</c><01:07:15.900><c> and</c><01:07:17.420><c> joy</c><01:07:19.019><c> again.</c> 01:07:51.380 --> 01:07:56.579 When<01:07:52.119><c> the</c><01:07:52.420><c> apostles</c><01:07:52.800><c> met</c><01:07:53.159><c> with</c><01:07:54.960><c> our</c><01:07:55.119><c> Lord</c><01:07:55.280><c> Jesus</c><01:07:55.659><c> Christ</c><01:07:56.260><c> for</c> 01:07:56.579 --> 01:08:02.619 the<01:07:56.760><c> Passover</c><01:07:57.139><c> feast,</c><01:07:58.699><c> they</c><01:07:59.159><c> were</c><01:07:59.300><c> looking</c><01:07:59.579><c> backward,</c><01:08:01.980><c> backward</c><01:08:02.199><c> to</c><01:08:02.420><c> a</c> 01:08:02.619 --> 01:08:06.900 time<01:08:02.800><c> of</c><01:08:03.139><c> deliverance</c><01:08:03.639><c> from</c><01:08:03.880><c> the</c><01:08:04.139><c> evil</c><01:08:05.079><c> of</c><01:08:05.480><c> Egyptian</c><01:08:05.800><c> slavery.</c> 01:08:11.519 --> 01:08:17.000 We<01:08:12.199><c> too</c><01:08:12.539><c> can</c><01:08:12.760><c> look</c><01:08:13.000><c> 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take</c><01:12:19.840><c> this</c><01:12:20.600><c> and</c><01:12:20.840><c> divide</c><01:12:21.039><c> it</c> 01:12:21.199 --> 01:12:24.140 among<01:12:21.380><c> yourselves,</c><01:12:22.560><c> for</c><01:12:22.699><c> I</c><01:12:22.859><c> say</c><01:12:22.960><c> unto</c><01:12:23.140><c> you</c><01:12:23.420><c> I</c><01:12:23.539><c> will</c><01:12:23.720><c> not</c><01:12:23.880><c> drink</c> 01:12:24.140 --> 01:12:26.640 of<01:12:24.279><c> the</c><01:12:24.439><c> fruit</c><01:12:24.520><c> of</c><01:12:24.699><c> the</c><01:12:24.899><c> vine</c><01:12:25.279><c> until</c><01:12:25.800><c> the</c><01:12:26.020><c> kingdom</c><01:12:26.220><c> of</c><01:12:26.380><c> God</c> 01:12:26.640 --> 01:12:27.859 shall<01:12:26.880><c> come.</c> 01:12:28.279 --> 01:12:34.399 And<01:12:28.880><c> he</c><01:12:28.920><c> took</c><01:12:29.140><c> bread,</c><01:12:30.159><c> gave</c><01:12:30.359><c> thanks</c><01:12:30.840><c> and</c><01:12:31.840><c> break</c><01:12:32.100><c> it</c><01:12:32.760><c> and</c><01:12:33.920><c> gave</c> 01:12:34.399 --> 01:12:37.800 unto<01:12:34.859><c> them</c><01:12:35.159><c> saying,</c><01:12:36.119><c> this</c><01:12:36.260><c> is</c><01:12:36.520><c> my</c><01:12:36.720><c> body</c><01:12:37.000><c> which</c><01:12:37.199><c> is</c><01:12:37.399><c> given</c><01:12:37.579><c> for</c> 01:12:37.800 --> 01:12:40.899 you,<01:12:38.699><c> this</c><01:12:38.979><c> due</c><01:12:39.180><c> in</c><01:12:39.460><c> remembrance</c><01:12:39.760><c> of</c><01:12:40.000><c> me.</c> 01:12:41.199 --> 01:12:45.180 Likewise<01:12:41.539><c> the</c><01:12:41.819><c> cup</c><01:12:42.439><c> after</c><01:12:43.180><c> supper</c><01:12:43.539><c> saying,</c><01:12:44.539><c> this</c><01:12:44.699><c> cup</c><01:12:44.880><c> is</c><01:12:45.060><c> the</c> 01:12:45.180 --> 01:12:49.260 New<01:12:45.340><c> Testament</c><01:12:45.699><c> in</c><01:12:45.920><c> my</c><01:12:46.220><c> blood</c><01:12:46.779><c> which</c><01:12:47.539><c> 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we</c><01:13:08.220><c> come</c><01:13:08.399><c> to</c><01:13:08.579><c> thee</c><01:13:08.699><c> now.</c> 01:13:10.329 --> 01:13:15.430 Sanatana<01:13:10.989><c> to</c><01:13:11.050><c> thee</c><01:13:11.449><c> for</c><01:13:11.689><c> this</c><01:13:12.029><c> provision</c><01:13:12.409><c> of</c><01:13:12.670><c> bread</c><01:13:13.270><c> which</c><01:13:15.149><c> is</c> 01:13:15.430 --> 01:13:20.149 to<01:13:15.609><c> sustain</c><01:13:15.970><c> us</c><01:13:16.529><c> spiritually,</c><01:13:18.890><c> that</c><01:13:19.010><c> we</c><01:13:19.149><c> may</c><01:13:19.390><c> be</c><01:13:19.710><c> spiritual</c> 01:13:20.149 --> 01:13:23.609 beings<01:13:20.810><c> as</c><01:13:21.670><c> we've</c><01:13:21.810><c> been</c><01:13:22.050><c> encouraged</c><01:13:22.510><c> today.</c> 01:13:25.029 --> 01:13:32.829 My<01:13:25.310><c> Father,</c><01:13:27.729><c> the</c><01:13:27.989><c> chariot</c><01:13:28.369><c> of</c><01:13:28.569><c> Israel</c><01:13:29.029><c> and</c><01:13:29.270><c> the</c><01:13:29.449><c> horsemen</c><01:13:29.930><c> thereof,</c><01:13:32.510><c> we</c> 01:13:32.829 --> 01:13:36.329 have<01:13:32.970><c> all</c><01:13:33.250><c> been</c><01:13:33.529><c> across</c><01:13:33.989><c> the</c><01:13:34.229><c> waters</c><01:13:34.489><c> of</c><01:13:34.729><c> Jordan</c><01:13:34.989><c> in</c><01:13:35.210><c> our</c><01:13:35.390><c> baptism.</c> 01:13:37.710 --> 01:13:41.649 We<01:13:38.430><c> pray,</c><01:13:38.789><c> O</c><01:13:38.789><c> Lord,</c><01:13:39.289><c> that</c><01:13:39.310><c> as</c><01:13:39.689><c> we</c><01:13:39.890><c> embrace</c><01:13:40.390><c> the</c><01:13:40.829><c> sacrifice</c><01:13:41.390><c> of</c> 01:13:41.649 --> 01:13:48.029 thy<01:13:41.829><c> Son,</c><01:13:43.489><c> exemplified</c><01:13:44.189><c> in</c><01:13:44.430><c> this</c><01:13:45.550><c> simple</c><01:13:46.289><c> act</c><01:13:46.590><c> of</c><01:13:46.810><c> eating</c><01:13:47.029><c> bread,</c> 01:13:49.569 --> 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to</c><01:15:30.989><c> ask</c><01:15:31.310><c> the</c><01:15:31.470><c> Lord's</c><01:15:31.810><c> blessing.</c> 01:15:36.569 --> 01:15:38.970 Merciful<01:15:36.789><c> and</c><01:15:36.989><c> gracious</c><01:15:37.229><c> Father,</c><01:15:37.750><c> we</c><01:15:37.890><c> thank</c><01:15:38.130><c> you</c><01:15:38.250><c> for</c><01:15:38.449><c> this</c> 01:15:38.970 --> 01:15:41.409 emblem<01:15:39.350><c> of</c><01:15:39.869><c> the</c><01:15:40.369><c> vine,</c> 01:15:42.229 --> 01:15:45.689 which<01:15:42.710><c> represents</c><01:15:43.050><c> to</c><01:15:43.050><c> us</c><01:15:43.409><c> the</c><01:15:43.710><c> new</c><01:15:43.930><c> way</c><01:15:44.449><c> consecrated</c><01:15:45.250><c> by</c> 01:15:45.689 --> 01:15:47.050 your<01:15:45.909><c> Son.</c> 01:15:47.710 --> 01:15:51.489 Now<01:15:48.170><c> that</c><01:15:48.329><c> we</c><01:15:48.489><c> have</c><01:15:48.729><c> been</c><01:15:49.010><c> shown</c><01:15:49.189><c> this</c><01:15:49.510><c> way,</c><01:15:50.430><c> our</c><01:15:50.430><c> prayer,</c><01:15:50.949><c> Lord,</c><01:15:51.409><c> is</c> 01:15:51.489 --> 01:15:54.010 that<01:15:52.189><c> we</c><01:15:52.609><c> will</c><01:15:52.789><c> keep</c><01:15:53.029><c> it,</c> 01:15:54.189 --> 01:15:58.229 not<01:15:54.409><c> departing</c><01:15:55.829><c> to</c><01:15:55.970><c> the</c><01:15:56.069><c> left</c><01:15:56.270><c> or</c><01:15:56.390><c> to</c><01:15:56.529><c> the</c><01:15:56.630><c> right,</c><01:15:57.369><c> but</c><01:15:57.569><c> realizing</c><01:15:57.949><c> this</c> 01:15:58.229 --> 01:16:00.390 is<01:15:58.409><c> the</c><01:15:58.470><c> way</c><01:15:58.590><c> that</c><01:15:58.729><c> we</c><01:15:58.850><c> ought</c><01:15:59.010><c> to</c><01:15:59.170><c> go,</c> 01:16:02.270 --> 01:16:07.710 until<01:16:02.729><c> the</c><01:16:03.189><c> race</c><01:16:03.369><c> is</c><01:16:03.590><c> run,</c><01:16:05.029><c> until</c><01:16:05.329><c> the</c><01:16:05.550><c> 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