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manifesting</c><00:11:20.080><c> divine</c><00:11:20.639><c> mercy.</c> 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:24.539 I<00:11:22.500><c> will</c><00:11:22.799><c> have</c><00:11:23.259><c> mercy.</c> 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:27.919 Whereas<00:11:24.980><c> this</c><00:11:25.620><c> place,</c><00:11:25.960><c> the</c><00:11:26.200><c> temple,</c><00:11:26.799><c> is</c><00:11:27.080><c> matched</c><00:11:27.399><c> by</c><00:11:27.740><c> the</c> 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:29.399 word<00:11:28.519><c> sacrifice.</c> 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:33.879 So<00:11:29.759><c> in</c><00:11:29.940><c> my</c><00:11:30.220><c> Bible,</c><00:11:31.100><c> I've</c><00:11:31.440><c> got</c><00:11:31.559><c> a</c><00:11:31.720><c> line</c><00:11:32.019><c> drawn</c><00:11:32.360><c> between</c><00:11:32.899><c> the</c><00:11:33.019><c> word</c><00:11:33.320><c> temple</c><00:11:33.679><c> in</c> 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:34.519 verse<00:11:34.139><c> six,</c> 00:11:34.940 --> 00:11:37.340 and<00:11:35.059><c> 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itself.</c> 00:11:48.940 --> 00:11:49.919 So<00:11:49.080><c> what</c><00:11:49.240><c> have</c><00:11:49.360><c> we</c><00:11:49.480><c> got</c><00:11:49.639><c> here?</c> 00:11:50.100 --> 00:11:52.259 Now<00:11:50.259><c> we're</c><00:11:50.279><c> not</c><00:11:50.419><c> going</c><00:11:50.519><c> to</c><00:11:50.539><c> go</c><00:11:50.700><c> back</c><00:11:50.899><c> to</c><00:11:51.080><c> Hosea</c><00:11:51.379><c> 6</c><00:11:51.639><c> because</c><00:11:51.899><c> it's</c><00:11:52.080><c> on</c> 00:11:52.259 --> 00:11:53.039 the<00:11:52.440><c> screen</c><00:11:52.639><c> here.</c> 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:56.200 Hosea<00:11:53.840><c> 6</c><00:11:54.100><c> verse</c><00:11:54.320><c> 6,</c><00:11:54.559><c> which</c><00:11:54.740><c> he's</c><00:11:54.960><c> quoting,</c><00:11:55.720><c> says</c><00:11:55.799><c> this.</c> 00:11:56.200 --> 00:12:00.620 For<00:11:56.759><c> I</c><00:11:57.139><c> desired</c><00:11:57.720><c> mercy</c><00:11:58.500><c> 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to</c><00:14:18.279><c> sacrifice</c><00:14:18.840><c> and</c><00:14:19.039><c> to</c> 00:14:19.259 --> 00:14:19.919 burn<00:14:19.440><c> offerings,</c> 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:22.639 which,<00:14:20.679><c> of</c><00:14:20.700><c> course,</c><00:14:20.879><c> had</c><00:14:21.059><c> to</c><00:14:21.240><c> do</c><00:14:21.340><c> with</c><00:14:21.460><c> the</c><00:14:21.679><c> negatives.</c> 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:25.200 So<00:14:23.200><c> that</c><00:14:23.460><c> is</c><00:14:23.679><c> the</c><00:14:23.860><c> principle</c><00:14:24.139><c> of</c><00:14:24.340><c> the</c><00:14:24.480><c> Sabbath</c><00:14:24.639><c> being</c><00:14:24.960><c> brought</c> 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:27.879 out<00:14:25.480><c> here</c><00:14:25.840><c> in</c><00:14:26.139><c> Matthew</c><00:14:26.720><c> chapter</c><00:14:27.200><c> 12.</c> 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:30.539 And<00:14:28.220><c> then</c><00:14:28.360><c> in</c><00:14:28.519><c> Matthew</c><00:14:28.740><c> 12,</c><00:14:29.080><c> we</c><00:14:29.220><c> read</c><00:14:29.399><c> this</c><00:14:29.600><c> in</c><00:14:29.759><c> verse</c><00:14:30.000><c> 9.</c> 00:14:31.019 --> 00:14:33.679 And<00:14:31.080><c> when</c><00:14:31.200><c> he</c><00:14:31.320><c> was</c><00:14:31.500><c> departed,</c><00:14:32.080><c> thence</c><00:14:32.259><c> he</c><00:14:32.360><c> went</c><00:14:32.559><c> into,</c><00:14:33.480><c> I</c><00:14:33.559><c> want</c> 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:35.299 you<00:14:33.820><c> to</c><00:14:33.980><c> notice</c><00:14:34.139><c> the</c><00:14:34.340><c> language,</c> 00:14:36.700 --> 00:14:38.080 their<00:14:37.139><c> synagogue.</c> 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:41.100 It<00:14:38.299><c> was</c><00:14:38.639><c> not</c><00:14:39.220><c> God's</c><00:14:40.139><c> synagogue.</c> 00:14:41.659 --> 00:14:43.539 It<00:14:41.919><c> was</c><00:14:42.259><c> their</c><00:14:42.820><c> synagogue.</c> 00:14:43.539 --> 00:14:48.480 And<00:14:43.820><c> in</c><00:14:43.940><c> that</c><00:14:44.200><c> synagogue,</c><00:14:44.820><c> he</c><00:14:44.820><c> finds</c><00:14:45.200><c> a</c><00:14:45.460><c> man</c><00:14:45.779><c> with</c><00:14:46.360><c> a</c><00:14:46.820><c> withered</c><00:14:47.440><c> hand,</c> 00:14:48.539 --> 00:14:51.360 a<00:14:48.720><c> hand</c><00:14:49.120><c> that</c><00:14:49.460><c> is</c><00:14:50.179><c> locked</c><00:14:50.419><c> up.</c> 00:14:51.460 --> 00:14:52.179 It's<00:14:51.740><c> withered.</c> 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:55.240 And<00:14:52.759><c> we're</c><00:14:52.940><c> going</c><00:14:52.960><c> to</c><00:14:53.059><c> see</c><00:14:53.220><c> just</c><00:14:53.519><c> how</c><00:14:53.799><c> appropriate</c><00:14:54.299><c> that</c><00:14:54.539><c> is</c> 00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:59.519 for<00:14:56.000><c> the</c><00:14:56.360><c> context</c><00:14:56.759><c> of</c><00:14:57.039><c> the</c><00:14:57.259><c> principles</c><00:14:57.659><c> of</c><00:14:58.080><c> the</c><00:14:58.299><c> Sabbath</c><00:14:58.559><c> day.</c> 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the</c><00:16:11.480><c> grain,</c><00:16:12.240><c> or</c><00:16:12.399><c> the</c><00:16:12.600><c> result.</c> 00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:16.659 That's<00:16:14.200><c> almost</c><00:16:14.480><c> everything</c><00:16:14.799><c> to</c><00:16:15.039><c> do</c><00:16:15.220><c> with</c><00:16:15.620><c> harvesting.</c> 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:19.179 They<00:16:16.679><c> consider</c><00:16:17.019><c> it</c><00:16:17.340><c> to</c><00:16:17.340><c> be</c><00:16:17.580><c> deliberate</c><00:16:18.480><c> activity.</c> 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:22.279 And<00:16:19.639><c> that's</c><00:16:19.879><c> why</c><00:16:20.240><c> they</c><00:16:20.659><c> so</c><00:16:20.779><c> heavily</c><00:16:21.299><c> criticized</c><00:16:21.879><c> our</c><00:16:22.120><c> Lord</c> 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:23.019 Jesus<00:16:22.679><c> Christ</c> 00:16:23.019 --> 00:16:23.679 and<00:16:23.139><c> his</c><00:16:23.299><c> disciples.</c> 00:16:23.700 --> 00:16:26.620 And<00:16:23.860><c> they</c><00:16:23.940><c> want</c><00:16:24.039><c> to</c><00:16:24.200><c> use</c><00:16:24.340><c> it,</c><00:16:24.539><c> of</c><00:16:24.620><c> course,</c><00:16:25.179><c> to</c><00:16:25.320><c> try</c><00:16:25.519><c> and</c><00:16:25.659><c> get</c><00:16:25.820><c> rid</c><00:16:26.019><c> of</c><00:16:26.200><c> him.</c> 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:28.600 But<00:16:27.159><c> he</c><00:16:27.399><c> turns</c><00:16:27.779><c> it</c><00:16:28.139><c> on</c><00:16:28.299><c> them.</c> 00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:30.879 So<00:16:29.299><c> if</c><00:16:29.399><c> you're</c><00:16:29.500><c> in</c><00:16:29.620><c> the</c><00:16:29.740><c> record</c><00:16:29.960><c> of</c><00:16:30.120><c> Mark</c><00:16:30.340><c> chapter</c><00:16:30.659><c> 2,</c> 00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:32.940 I<00:16:31.019><c> want</c><00:16:31.100><c> to</c><00:16:31.220><c> pick</c><00:16:31.320><c> this</c><00:16:31.580><c> record</c><00:16:31.860><c> up</c><00:16:32.059><c> about</c><00:16:32.340><c> David.</c> 00:16:32.940 --> 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it<00:17:19.680><c> tells</c><00:17:19.900><c> us</c><00:17:20.240><c> that</c><00:17:20.799><c> it</c><00:17:21.240><c> was</c><00:17:21.480><c> a</c><00:17:21.720><c> special</c><00:17:22.000><c> class</c><00:17:22.440><c> of</c><00:17:23.160><c> Levites.</c> 00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:26.940 It<00:17:23.720><c> was</c><00:17:23.960><c> the</c><00:17:24.259><c> Coathites</c><00:17:24.900><c> who</c><00:17:25.839><c> prepared</c><00:17:26.400><c> the</c><00:17:26.680><c> bread.</c> 00:17:27.299 --> 00:17:28.380 We<00:17:27.579><c> know</c><00:17:27.779><c> that.</c> 00:17:28.859 --> 00:17:32.019 And<00:17:28.980><c> the</c><00:17:29.160><c> law</c><00:17:29.319><c> of</c><00:17:29.539><c> Exodus</c><00:17:29.779><c> 29,</c><00:17:30.359><c> 32</c><00:17:30.720><c> to</c><00:17:30.940><c> 33.</c> 00:17:33.099 --> 00:17:37.259 And<00:17:33.700><c> when</c><00:17:34.299><c> the</c><00:17:34.680><c> time</c><00:17:34.859><c> came,</c><00:17:35.799><c> on</c><00:17:36.180><c> the</c><00:17:36.420><c> Sabbath,</c> 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:38.720 the<00:17:37.779><c> priests</c><00:17:38.059><c> would</c><00:17:38.240><c> go</c><00:17:38.460><c> in,</c> 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:40.940 they<00:17:38.880><c> would</c><00:17:39.119><c> take</c><00:17:39.319><c> out</c><00:17:39.500><c> the</c><00:17:39.740><c> old</c><00:17:40.079><c> bread</c><00:17:40.240><c> that</c><00:17:40.420><c> had</c><00:17:40.579><c> been</c><00:17:40.740><c> there</c> 00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:41.819 for<00:17:41.119><c> seven</c><00:17:41.380><c> days,</c> 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:44.740 and<00:17:42.420><c> then</c><00:17:42.700><c> they</c><00:17:43.099><c> alone</c><00:17:43.640><c> could</c><00:17:43.980><c> eat</c><00:17:44.200><c> that</c><00:17:44.519><c> bread.</c> 00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:47.039 The<00:17:45.140><c> law</c><00:17:45.380><c> was</c><00:17:45.599><c> very</c><00:17:46.180><c> clear</c><00:17:46.460><c> about</c><00:17:46.799><c> that.</c> 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:52.599 Exodus<00:17:47.339><c> 29</c><00:17:48.160><c> and</c><00:17:48.700><c> Leviticus</c><00:17:49.099><c> 24</c><00:17:49.680><c> verses</c><00:17:49.980><c> 5</c><00:17:50.359><c> to</c><00:17:50.480><c> 9</c><00:17:50.700><c> make</c><00:17:50.920><c> it</c><00:17:51.240><c> very,</c><00:17:51.700><c> very</c><00:17:52.220><c> clear</c> 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:56.720 that<00:17:53.559><c> only</c><00:17:53.880><c> the</c><00:17:54.220><c> priests</c><00:17:54.660><c> could</c><00:17:55.420><c> eat</c><00:17:55.579><c> that</c><00:17:55.880><c> bread.</c> 00:17:56.859 --> 00:18:00.000 So<00:17:57.180><c> David</c><00:17:57.500><c> turns</c><00:17:57.839><c> up</c><00:17:58.059><c> to</c><00:17:58.220><c> the</c><00:17:58.420><c> tabernacle</c><00:17:58.980><c> on</c><00:17:59.420><c> a</c><00:17:59.640><c> Sabbath.</c> 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:03.779 The<00:18:00.759><c> priests</c><00:18:01.180><c> have</c><00:18:01.460><c> just</c><00:18:01.720><c> brought</c><00:18:01.960><c> out</c><00:18:02.220><c> the</c><00:18:02.460><c> old</c><00:18:02.759><c> bread</c><00:18:03.059><c> and</c> 00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:05.240 put<00:18:04.000><c> in</c><00:18:04.220><c> the</c><00:18:04.380><c> new.</c> 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:07.799 And<00:18:05.779><c> he</c><00:18:05.920><c> says</c><00:18:06.220><c> to</c><00:18:06.460><c> the</c><00:18:06.640><c> high</c><00:18:06.960><c> priest,</c> 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:09.279 I'll<00:18:08.019><c> take</c><00:18:08.220><c> that,</c><00:18:08.619><c> thank</c><00:18:08.740><c> you.</c> 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:10.660 Huh? 00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:12.200 How<00:18:11.220><c> can</c><00:18:11.319><c> you</c><00:18:11.539><c> do</c><00:18:11.799><c> this?</c> 00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:15.240 I<00:18:12.740><c> mean,</c><00:18:12.880><c> that's</c><00:18:13.299><c> pretension</c><00:18:13.640><c> of</c><00:18:13.839><c> the</c><00:18:14.039><c> highest</c><00:18:14.299><c> order,</c><00:18:14.720><c> isn't</c><00:18:14.940><c> it?</c> 00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:17.119 He's<00:18:16.180><c> not</c><00:18:16.400><c> a</c><00:18:16.680><c> priest.</c> 00:18:17.579 --> 00:18:19.099 He<00:18:17.799><c> can't</c><00:18:18.099><c> eat</c><00:18:18.299><c> this.</c> 00:18:19.180 --> 00:18:21.359 But<00:18:19.400><c> David</c><00:18:19.799><c> said,</c><00:18:20.420><c> I</c><00:18:20.579><c> want</c><00:18:20.839><c> that</c><00:18:21.180><c> bread.</c> 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:24.039 And<00:18:21.740><c> he</c><00:18:21.980><c> had</c><00:18:22.180><c> a</c><00:18:22.339><c> right</c><00:18:22.500><c> to</c><00:18:22.740><c> it,</c><00:18:22.940><c> in</c><00:18:23.119><c> a</c><00:18:23.240><c> sense,</c><00:18:23.460><c> you</c><00:18:23.640><c> know,</c> 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:27.240 because<00:18:24.819><c> David</c><00:18:25.140><c> had</c><00:18:25.339><c> already</c><00:18:25.619><c> been</c><00:18:25.920><c> anointed</c><00:18:26.259><c> the</c><00:18:26.460><c> king</c><00:18:26.599><c> of</c><00:18:26.779><c> Israel</c> 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:30.940 in<00:18:27.799><c> 1</c><00:18:28.180><c> Samuel,</c><00:18:28.599><c> chapter</c><00:18:28.960><c> 16,</c><00:18:29.740><c> verses</c><00:18:30.039><c> 1</c><00:18:30.400><c> and</c><00:18:30.519><c> 13.</c> 00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:32.619 We<00:18:31.160><c> read</c><00:18:31.380><c> about</c><00:18:31.660><c> that.</c> 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:35.900 His<00:18:32.940><c> understanding</c><00:18:33.480><c> of</c><00:18:33.700><c> the</c><00:18:33.859><c> role</c><00:18:34.000><c> of</c><00:18:34.160><c> the</c><00:18:34.259><c> Melchizedek</c><00:18:34.880><c> order</c><00:18:35.200><c> was</c><00:18:35.519><c> unique,</c> 00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:37.319 and<00:18:36.039><c> we</c><00:18:36.200><c> know</c><00:18:36.400><c> that</c><00:18:36.599><c> that's</c><00:18:36.880><c> true,</c> 00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:40.119 because<00:18:37.819><c> when</c><00:18:38.319><c> he</c><00:18:38.500><c> brought</c><00:18:38.740><c> the</c><00:18:39.079><c> ark</c><00:18:39.240><c> to</c><00:18:39.519><c> Zion</c><00:18:39.680><c> and</c><00:18:39.799><c> put</c><00:18:39.960><c> it</c><00:18:40.119><c> in</c> 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:41.420 his<00:18:40.400><c> own</c><00:18:40.700><c> tent,</c> 00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:43.900 bypassing<00:18:41.940><c> the</c><00:18:42.160><c> tabernacle,</c><00:18:42.640><c> by</c><00:18:42.859><c> the</c><00:18:43.059><c> way,</c> 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:47.740 that<00:18:44.079><c> would</c><00:18:44.240><c> have</c><00:18:44.380><c> been</c><00:18:44.619><c> hideous</c><00:18:45.539><c> to</c><00:18:46.019><c> strict</c><00:18:46.240><c> Orthodox</c><00:18:46.779><c> Jews,</c> 00:18:47.779 --> 00:18:49.900 he<00:18:47.960><c> put</c><00:18:48.200><c> the</c><00:18:48.680><c> ark</c><00:18:48.880><c> in</c><00:18:49.000><c> his</c><00:18:49.319><c> own</c><00:18:49.640><c> tent</c> 00:18:49.900 --> 00:18:53.880 because<00:18:50.220><c> he</c><00:18:50.339><c> wanted</c><00:18:50.880><c> uncircumcised</c><00:18:51.859><c> Philistines</c><00:18:52.500><c> to</c><00:18:52.700><c> worship</c><00:18:53.000><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:53.480><c> freely.</c> 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:55.380 And<00:18:54.339><c> the</c><00:18:54.400><c> only</c><00:18:54.500><c> way</c><00:18:54.559><c> that</c><00:18:54.680><c> was</c><00:18:54.839><c> going</c><00:18:54.960><c> to</c><00:18:55.119><c> happen</c> 00:18:55.380 --> 00:18:59.759 is<00:18:55.779><c> if</c><00:18:55.980><c> he</c><00:18:56.700><c> was</c><00:18:56.940><c> doing</c><00:18:57.180><c> it</c><00:18:57.359><c> under</c><00:18:57.599><c> the</c><00:18:57.759><c> Melchizedek</c><00:18:58.599><c> order.</c> 00:19:00.140 --> 00:19:02.619 So<00:19:00.180><c> that's</c><00:19:00.420><c> why</c><00:19:00.660><c> David</c><00:19:01.079><c> took</c><00:19:01.460><c> off</c><00:19:01.700><c> his</c><00:19:02.000><c> kingly</c><00:19:02.339><c> robes,</c> 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:05.160 which<00:19:02.819><c> Michael</c><00:19:03.160><c> was</c><00:19:03.359><c> quite</c><00:19:03.599><c> upset</c><00:19:03.940><c> with,</c><00:19:04.259><c> remember?</c> 00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:08.819 Yeah,<00:19:05.759><c> you've</c><00:19:06.079><c> reduced</c><00:19:06.420><c> yourself</c><00:19:06.839><c> in</c><00:19:07.000><c> the</c><00:19:07.160><c> eyes</c><00:19:07.319><c> of</c><00:19:07.519><c> Israel</c><00:19:07.839><c> today.</c> 00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:13.339 He<00:19:09.619><c> took</c><00:19:09.799><c> off</c><00:19:09.980><c> his</c><00:19:10.299><c> kingly</c><00:19:10.660><c> robes,</c><00:19:11.059><c> and</c><00:19:11.140><c> he</c><00:19:11.299><c> put</c><00:19:11.420><c> on</c><00:19:11.660><c> a</c><00:19:11.880><c> priestly</c><00:19:12.200><c> ephod,</c> 00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:16.160 and<00:19:13.619><c> he</c><00:19:13.920><c> handed</c><00:19:14.079><c> out</c><00:19:14.359><c> to</c><00:19:14.500><c> the</c><00:19:14.680><c> people,</c><00:19:15.240><c> both</c><00:19:15.380><c> Jew</c><00:19:15.519><c> and</c><00:19:15.720><c> Gentile,</c> 00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:18.539 including<00:19:16.740><c> uncircumcised</c><00:19:17.619><c> Philistines,</c> 00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:21.559 he<00:19:19.039><c> handed</c><00:19:19.359><c> out</c><00:19:19.980><c> bread</c><00:19:20.480><c> and</c><00:19:21.019><c> wine.</c> 00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:22.440 Why? 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:26.119 Because<00:19:23.000><c> that's</c><00:19:23.279><c> what</c><00:19:23.420><c> Melchizedek</c><00:19:24.039><c> did</c><00:19:24.500><c> in</c><00:19:24.819><c> Genesis</c><00:19:25.240><c> 14,</c> 00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:29.359 when<00:19:26.799><c> Abraham's</c><00:19:27.519><c> company</c><00:19:27.839><c> of</c><00:19:28.160><c> Jew</c><00:19:28.480><c> and</c><00:19:28.779><c> Gentile</c> 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:32.839 came<00:19:29.660><c> back</c><00:19:29.960><c> from</c><00:19:30.140><c> their</c><00:19:30.339><c> victory</c><00:19:30.640><c> over</c><00:19:30.960><c> Cedar</c><00:19:31.240><c> Leoma.</c> 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Jesus</c><00:19:58.400><c> Christ</c><00:19:58.920><c> picks</c><00:19:59.279><c> him</c><00:19:59.500><c> up</c><00:19:59.680><c> and</c><00:19:59.839><c> says,</c> 00:20:00.099 --> 00:20:00.740 well,<00:20:00.220><c> there</c><00:20:00.359><c> you</c><00:20:00.539><c> are.</c> 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:03.059 What<00:20:01.119><c> are</c><00:20:01.700><c> you</c><00:20:01.799><c> complaining</c><00:20:02.180><c> about?</c> 00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:06.319 Your<00:20:03.700><c> greatest</c><00:20:04.180><c> king,</c><00:20:04.900><c> your</c><00:20:05.200><c> greatest</c><00:20:05.640><c> king,</c> 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:10.740 ate<00:20:07.200><c> the</c><00:20:07.559><c> showbread</c><00:20:08.019><c> from</c><00:20:08.839><c> the</c><00:20:09.079><c> tabernacle</c><00:20:09.579><c> on</c><00:20:10.180><c> a</c><00:20:10.460><c> Sabbath,</c> 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:13.259 and<00:20:11.160><c> all</c><00:20:11.339><c> we're</c><00:20:11.579><c> doing</c><00:20:11.819><c> is</c><00:20:12.059><c> taking</c><00:20:12.259><c> a</c><00:20:12.420><c> handful</c><00:20:12.680><c> of</c><00:20:12.980><c> grain.</c> 00:20:13.619 --> 00:20:15.599 Come<00:20:13.859><c> on,</c><00:20:14.819><c> get</c><00:20:15.000><c> your</c><00:20:15.140><c> act</c><00:20:15.240><c> together.</c> 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:16.819 That's<00:20:15.920><c> what</c><00:20:16.019><c> he's</c><00:20:16.299><c> saying</c><00:20:16.359><c> to</c><00:20:16.559><c> him.</c> 00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:19.019 But<00:20:17.440><c> then</c><00:20:17.599><c> he</c><00:20:17.700><c> says</c><00:20:17.880><c> this,</c><00:20:18.299><c> brothers</c><00:20:18.400><c> and</c><00:20:18.660><c> sisters,</c> 00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:21.859 he<00:20:19.579><c> has</c><00:20:19.779><c> his</c><00:20:20.000><c> eye</c><00:20:20.200><c> on</c><00:20:20.400><c> the</c><00:20:20.559><c> future,</c><00:20:21.140><c> doesn't</c><00:20:21.519><c> he,</c> 00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:24.819 when<00:20:22.319><c> the</c><00:20:22.500><c> time</c><00:20:22.660><c> will</c><00:20:22.900><c> come</c><00:20:23.039><c> when</c><00:20:23.259><c> Christ</c><00:20:23.519><c> will</c><00:20:23.779><c> exercise</c><00:20:24.259><c> dominion</c><00:20:24.640><c> on</c> 00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:25.380 the<00:20:25.000><c> Sabbath</c><00:20:25.160><c> day,</c> 00:20:25.380 --> 00:20:26.799 and<00:20:25.500><c> that's</c><00:20:25.640><c> what</c><00:20:25.799><c> that</c><00:20:25.960><c> was</c><00:20:26.160><c> all</c><00:20:26.420><c> about.</c> 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:30.299 But<00:20:27.420><c> he</c><00:20:27.559><c> says</c><00:20:27.740><c> this</c><00:20:28.000><c> in</c><00:20:28.200><c> Mark</c><00:20:28.480><c> 2</c><00:20:28.680><c> verse</c><00:20:28.940><c> 27.</c> 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:31.339 He<00:20:30.640><c> said</c><00:20:30.759><c> unto</c><00:20:30.960><c> them,</c> 00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:37.779 The<00:20:31.940><c> Sabbath</c><00:20:32.240><c> was</c><00:20:32.500><c> made</c><00:20:33.079><c> for</c><00:20:33.700><c> man,</c><00:20:35.059><c> and</c><00:20:35.259><c> not</c><00:20:35.640><c> man</c><00:20:36.240><c> for</c><00:20:37.099><c> the</c><00:20:37.519><c> Sabbath.</c> 00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:41.319 Now,<00:20:38.380><c> there's</c><00:20:38.599><c> actually</c><00:20:39.099><c> a</c><00:20:39.279><c> couple</c><00:20:39.460><c> of</c><00:20:39.880><c> articles</c><00:20:40.359><c> in</c><00:20:40.980><c> the</c><00:20:41.200><c> Greek</c> 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:44.680 that<00:20:41.500><c> are</c><00:20:41.700><c> not</c><00:20:41.980><c> there</c><00:20:42.380><c> in</c><00:20:42.880><c> the</c><00:20:43.059><c> translation</c><00:20:43.559><c> in</c><00:20:43.779><c> the</c><00:20:43.980><c> KJV.</c> 00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:47.180 This<00:20:45.440><c> is</c><00:20:45.640><c> the</c><00:20:45.859><c> Diaglot,</c><00:20:46.500><c> very</c><00:20:46.759><c> literal.</c> 00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:53.400 The<00:20:48.180><c> Sabbath</c><00:20:48.740><c> because</c><00:20:49.420><c> of</c><00:20:50.339><c> that</c><00:20:50.619><c> man</c><00:20:51.200><c> was</c><00:20:52.319><c> made,</c> 00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:57.220 not<00:20:54.039><c> the</c><00:20:54.559><c> man</c><00:20:55.059><c> because</c><00:20:55.819><c> of</c><00:20:56.200><c> the</c><00:20:56.420><c> Sabbath.</c> 00:20:57.400 --> 00:21:01.819 Now,<00:20:57.539><c> this</c><00:20:57.680><c> is</c><00:20:58.140><c> clearly</c><00:20:58.460><c> based</c><00:20:58.799><c> on</c><00:20:59.039><c> Genesis</c><00:20:59.400><c> chapter</c><00:20:59.819><c> 1</c><00:21:00.859><c> verses</c><00:21:01.259><c> 26</c> 00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.519 and<00:21:02.000><c> 28.</c> 00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:06.779 Let<00:21:03.319><c> them</c><00:21:03.859><c> have</c><00:21:04.240><c> dominion,</c><00:21:05.359><c> said</c><00:21:05.519><c> the</c><00:21:05.859><c> angels.</c> 00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:09.119 When<00:21:07.039><c> did</c><00:21:07.160><c> they</c><00:21:07.339><c> exercise</c><00:21:07.839><c> the</c><00:21:08.019><c> dominion?</c> 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:11.279 On<00:21:09.720><c> the</c><00:21:10.000><c> Sabbath</c><00:21:10.200><c> day.</c> 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:13.579 So<00:21:11.660><c> why</c><00:21:11.859><c> was</c><00:21:12.039><c> the</c><00:21:12.220><c> Sabbath</c><00:21:12.400><c> day</c><00:21:12.720><c> brought?</c> 00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.960 To<00:21:14.140><c> lock</c><00:21:14.359><c> man</c><00:21:14.680><c> up?</c> 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.839 No. 00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:21.500 The<00:21:17.039><c> man,</c><00:21:18.019><c> the</c><00:21:18.319><c> man</c><00:21:18.880><c> was</c><00:21:19.640><c> given</c><00:21:20.039><c> the</c><00:21:20.299><c> Sabbath</c><00:21:20.500><c> day.</c> 00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:25.140 So<00:21:21.799><c> the</c><00:21:22.039><c> Sabbath</c><00:21:22.220><c> was</c><00:21:22.480><c> because</c><00:21:22.940><c> of</c><00:21:23.220><c> the</c><00:21:23.359><c> man</c><00:21:23.819><c> it</c><00:21:24.579><c> was</c><00:21:24.839><c> made,</c> 00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:28.140 not<00:21:25.640><c> the</c><00:21:25.880><c> man</c><00:21:26.359><c> because</c><00:21:26.940><c> of</c><00:21:27.160><c> the</c><00:21:27.359><c> Sabbath.</c> 00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:32.299 So<00:21:28.660><c> clearly</c><00:21:28.980><c> we</c><00:21:29.279><c> have</c><00:21:29.460><c> the</c><00:21:29.640><c> Lord</c><00:21:29.859><c> Jesus</c><00:21:30.259><c> Christ</c><00:21:30.640><c> here</c><00:21:31.019><c> claiming</c><00:21:31.460><c> to</c><00:21:31.819><c> be</c> 00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:33.480 the<00:21:32.700><c> last</c><00:21:33.079><c> Adam,</c> 00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:37.099 the<00:21:33.880><c> one</c><00:21:34.059><c> who</c><00:21:34.220><c> would</c><00:21:34.440><c> exercise</c><00:21:34.960><c> dominion</c><00:21:35.839><c> on</c><00:21:36.259><c> the</c><00:21:36.500><c> Sabbath</c><00:21:36.720><c> day.</c> 00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:40.700 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Jewish</c><00:21:52.779><c> life.</c> 00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:57.640 The<00:21:54.500><c> Sabbath</c><00:21:54.819><c> exercised</c><00:21:55.779><c> dominion</c><00:21:56.299><c> over</c><00:21:56.720><c> them.</c> 00:21:57.980 --> 00:22:01.019 But<00:21:58.140><c> the</c><00:21:58.339><c> whole</c><00:21:58.599><c> point</c><00:21:58.819><c> of</c><00:21:58.980><c> the</c><00:21:59.140><c> Sabbath</c><00:21:59.299><c> was</c><00:21:59.640><c> that</c><00:22:00.119><c> the</c><00:22:00.359><c> man</c> 00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:04.359 should<00:22:01.400><c> exercise</c><00:22:01.920><c> dominion</c><00:22:02.799><c> in</c><00:22:03.299><c> the</c><00:22:03.539><c> Sabbath.</c> 00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:06.960 See,<00:22:04.819><c> they</c><00:22:04.980><c> had</c><00:22:05.160><c> it</c><00:22:05.460><c> the</c><00:22:05.579><c> wrong</c><00:22:05.799><c> way</c><00:22:06.500><c> around,</c> 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:09.400 which<00:22:07.380><c> of</c><00:22:07.539><c> 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and</c><00:22:36.859><c> sisters,</c><00:22:37.880><c> the</c><00:22:38.079><c> last</c><00:22:38.720><c> Adam.</c> 00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:42.420 He<00:22:39.720><c> would</c><00:22:39.940><c> be</c><00:22:40.140><c> supreme</c><00:22:40.480><c> in</c><00:22:40.740><c> authority</c><00:22:41.160><c> over</c><00:22:41.880><c> the</c><00:22:42.200><c> Sabbath</c> 00:22:42.420 --> 00:22:44.819 and<00:22:42.559><c> he's</c><00:22:42.839><c> doing</c><00:22:43.119><c> that</c><00:22:43.519><c> right</c><00:22:43.900><c> here</c><00:22:44.339><c> and</c><00:22:44.579><c> now.</c> 00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:47.440 And<00:22:45.079><c> that's</c><00:22:45.299><c> why</c><00:22:45.579><c> on</c><00:22:45.859><c> seven</c><00:22:46.140><c> occasions</c><00:22:46.619><c> in</c><00:22:46.799><c> the</c><00:22:46.880><c> New</c><00:22:47.059><c> Testament</c> 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:50.480 it<00:22:47.579><c> is</c><00:22:47.740><c> recorded</c><00:22:48.140><c> that</c><00:22:48.359><c> the</c><00:22:48.460><c> Lord</c><00:22:48.660><c> Jesus</c><00:22:49.099><c> Christ</c><00:22:49.779><c> performed</c> 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:52.359 miracles<00:22:51.059><c> on</c><00:22:51.920><c> the</c><00:22:52.200><c> Sabbath.</c> 00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:57.720 It<00:22:52.619><c> was</c><00:22:53.039><c> a</c><00:22:53.420><c> moral</c><00:22:53.980><c> imperative</c><00:22:54.839><c> for</c><00:22:55.420><c> him</c><00:22:55.819><c> to</c><00:22:56.519><c> do</c><00:22:56.779><c> that.</c> 00:22:57.920 --> 00:23:00.740 So<00:22:58.339><c> that's</c><00:22:59.099><c> not</c><00:22:59.359><c> found</c><00:22:59.619><c> in</c><00:22:59.839><c> Matthew</c><00:23:00.119><c> chapter</c><00:23:00.440><c> 12,</c> 00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:02.880 but<00:23:00.880><c> we</c><00:23:01.019><c> are</c><00:23:01.160><c> going</c><00:23:01.259><c> to</c><00:23:01.339><c> go</c><00:23:01.559><c> back</c><00:23:01.759><c> to</c><00:23:01.920><c> Matthew</c><00:23:02.240><c> 12</c><00:23:02.619><c> 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Mark</c><00:23:16.460><c> 3,</c><00:23:17.059><c> verse</c><00:23:17.359><c> 3,</c> 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:21.920 we<00:23:19.880><c> read</c><00:23:20.160><c> the</c><00:23:20.319><c> words</c><00:23:20.539><c> of</c><00:23:20.740><c> the</c><00:23:20.819><c> Lord</c><00:23:21.019><c> Jesus</c><00:23:21.420><c> Christ</c> 00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:24.599 which<00:23:22.319><c> are</c><00:23:22.559><c> not</c><00:23:22.799><c> here</c><00:23:23.059><c> in</c><00:23:23.240><c> Matthew</c><00:23:23.599><c> 12</c> 00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:26.359 because<00:23:25.119><c> he</c><00:23:25.259><c> turns</c><00:23:25.519><c> to</c><00:23:25.740><c> this</c><00:23:25.960><c> man,</c> 00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:28.440 you<00:23:26.779><c> see</c><00:23:26.880><c> there</c><00:23:27.039><c> in</c><00:23:27.240><c> verse</c><00:23:27.440><c> 10</c><00:23:27.700><c> of</c><00:23:27.799><c> Matthew</c><00:23:28.140><c> 12</c> 00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:30.700 and<00:23:28.579><c> behold</c><00:23:28.960><c> there</c><00:23:29.099><c> was</c><00:23:29.319><c> a</c><00:23:29.460><c> man</c><00:23:29.640><c> which</c><00:23:29.859><c> had</c><00:23:29.980><c> his</c><00:23:30.180><c> hand</c><00:23:30.460><c> withered</c> 00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:34.500 and<00:23:31.519><c> they</c><00:23:31.720><c> asked</c><00:23:31.940><c> him</c><00:23:32.140><c> and</c><00:23:32.240><c> this</c><00:23:32.440><c> is</c><00:23:32.660><c> the</c><00:23:33.259><c> people</c><00:23:33.599><c> in</c><00:23:33.900><c> the</c><00:23:34.079><c> synagogue</c> 00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:37.319 and<00:23:35.059><c> they</c><00:23:35.180><c> asked</c><00:23:35.339><c> him</c><00:23:35.519><c> saying</c><00:23:35.740><c> is</c><00:23:35.900><c> it</c><00:23:36.140><c> lawful</c><00:23:36.440><c> to</c><00:23:36.720><c> heal</c><00:23:36.880><c> on</c><00:23:37.140><c> the</c> 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:37.779 Sabbath<00:23:37.480><c> days</c> 00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:39.779 that<00:23:37.920><c> they</c><00:23:38.119><c> might</c><00:23:38.359><c> accuse</c><00:23:38.720><c> him?</c> 00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:42.440 And<00:23:41.240><c> it's</c><00:23:41.660><c> not</c><00:23:41.779><c> recorded</c><00:23:42.160><c> here,</c> 00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:46.400 but<00:23:42.619><c> in</c><00:23:42.859><c> Luke</c><00:23:43.119><c> and</c><00:23:43.440><c> Mark</c><00:23:43.660><c> it</c><00:23:43.859><c> is</c><00:23:44.059><c> that</c><00:23:44.200><c> he</c><00:23:44.400><c> says</c><00:23:44.640><c> to</c><00:23:44.819><c> this</c><00:23:45.099><c> man,</c> 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:50.279 stand<00:23:48.180><c> forth</c><00:23:48.819><c> in</c><00:23:49.220><c> the</c><00:23:49.359><c> midst.</c> 00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:52.039 Now<00:23:50.799><c> you</c><00:23:50.960><c> can</c><00:23:51.079><c> imagine</c><00:23:51.420><c> this</c><00:23:51.700><c> guy,</c> 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:54.119 I<00:23:52.720><c> might</c><00:23:52.880><c> call</c><00:23:53.059><c> him</c><00:23:53.220><c> a</c><00:23:53.339><c> guy,</c> 00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:58.099 this<00:23:55.220><c> fellow</c><00:23:55.640><c> would</c><00:23:56.559><c> have</c><00:23:56.740><c> been</c><00:23:56.960><c> cringing</c><00:23:57.339><c> in</c><00:23:57.599><c> the</c><00:23:57.759><c> back</c><00:23:57.920><c> of</c> 00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:58.640 the<00:23:58.259><c> synagogue</c> 00:23:58.640 --> 00:24:02.640 because<00:23:59.259><c> you</c><00:23:59.420><c> see</c><00:23:59.579><c> under</c><00:23:59.740><c> Jewish</c><00:24:00.059><c> law</c><00:24:00.259><c> if</c><00:24:00.400><c> you</c><00:24:00.480><c> had</c><00:24:00.660><c> a</c><00:24:00.839><c> withered</c><00:24:01.160><c> hand</c><00:24:01.460><c> or</c><00:24:01.660><c> whatever,</c> 00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:05.299 well<00:24:02.940><c> then</c><00:24:03.099><c> you</c><00:24:03.259><c> know</c><00:24:03.380><c> you</c><00:24:03.599><c> were</c><00:24:03.740><c> sort</c><00:24:03.920><c> of</c><00:24:04.039><c> kept</c><00:24:04.119><c> in</c><00:24:04.259><c> the</c><00:24:04.400><c> background.</c> 00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:07.859 Now<00:24:05.640><c> this</c><00:24:05.740><c> is</c><00:24:06.019><c> a</c><00:24:06.059><c> guy</c><00:24:06.240><c> with</c><00:24:06.480><c> this</c><00:24:06.720><c> withered</c><00:24:07.000><c> hand,</c> 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:10.740 he's<00:24:08.480><c> cringing</c><00:24:08.940><c> in</c><00:24:09.140><c> the</c><00:24:09.259><c> back</c><00:24:09.380><c> of</c><00:24:09.539><c> the</c><00:24:09.680><c> synagogue</c><00:24:09.960><c> trying</c><00:24:10.339><c> to</c> 00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.799 stay<00:24:11.059><c> out</c><00:24:11.319><c> of</c><00:24:11.440><c> sight</c> 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:15.299 and<00:24:12.460><c> the</c><00:24:12.579><c> Lord</c><00:24:12.700><c> says</c><00:24:12.880><c> hey,</c><00:24:13.480><c> you,</c><00:24:14.400><c> you</c><00:24:14.599><c> mean</c><00:24:14.740><c> me?</c> 00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:17.420 Yeah,<00:24:15.940><c> I</c><00:24:16.099><c> 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you</c><00:24:32.420><c> see</c><00:24:32.579><c> his</c><00:24:32.900><c> withered</c><00:24:33.259><c> hand</c><00:24:33.559><c> is</c><00:24:33.819><c> actually</c><00:24:34.140><c> a</c><00:24:34.380><c> symbol</c> 00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:36.900 of<00:24:35.480><c> what's</c><00:24:35.839><c> going</c><00:24:35.980><c> on</c><00:24:36.119><c> in</c><00:24:36.299><c> their</c><00:24:36.500><c> minds</c> 00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:38.519 and<00:24:37.279><c> I</c><00:24:37.339><c> want</c><00:24:37.500><c> to</c><00:24:37.579><c> show</c><00:24:37.759><c> you</c><00:24:37.960><c> that.</c> 00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:41.240 A<00:24:38.980><c> withered</c><00:24:39.299><c> hand,</c><00:24:39.579><c> you</c><00:24:39.640><c> know</c><00:24:39.779><c> the</c><00:24:39.960><c> clenched</c><00:24:40.319><c> fist</c><00:24:40.619><c> mentality,</c> 00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:43.259 that's<00:24:41.680><c> what</c><00:24:41.859><c> they</c><00:24:42.140><c> had,</c><00:24:42.740><c> see?</c> 00:24:43.640 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moment.</c> 00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:08.299 So<00:25:03.700><c> he's</c><00:25:03.980><c> a</c><00:25:04.200><c> microcosm</c><00:25:05.220><c> of</c><00:25:05.579><c> all</c><00:25:05.960><c> present</c><00:25:06.599><c> with</c><00:25:06.980><c> their</c><00:25:07.539><c> withered</c><00:25:07.960><c> minds.</c> 00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:12.079 Now<00:25:08.680><c> there's</c><00:25:09.019><c> many</c><00:25:09.299><c> instances</c><00:25:09.779><c> of</c><00:25:10.079><c> withered</c><00:25:10.339><c> hands</c><00:25:10.640><c> in</c><00:25:10.799><c> the</c><00:25:10.980><c> scripture.</c> 00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:15.259 Remember<00:25:12.480><c> the</c><00:25:12.799><c> case</c><00:25:13.160><c> in</c><00:25:13.440><c> 1</c><00:25:13.680><c> Kings</c><00:25:14.039><c> chapter</c><00:25:14.619><c> 13</c> 00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:18.400 when<00:25:15.579><c> Jeroboam,</c><00:25:16.319><c> the</c><00:25:16.740><c> first</c><00:25:17.059><c> king</c><00:25:17.539><c> of</c><00:25:18.019><c> Israel,</c> 00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:22.480 when<00:25:18.599><c> the</c><00:25:18.779><c> kingdom</c><00:25:19.019><c> split</c><00:25:19.740><c> introduces</c><00:25:21.279><c> his</c><00:25:21.680><c> new</c><00:25:21.980><c> religion</c> 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:25.779 with<00:25:22.960><c> his</c><00:25:23.259><c> new</c><00:25:23.500><c> altar</c><00:25:23.839><c> and</c><00:25:24.400><c> his</c><00:25:24.680><c> new</c><00:25:24.980><c> priesthood</c> 00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:30.400 and<00:25:26.559><c> God</c><00:25:26.819><c> sends</c><00:25:27.220><c> the</c><00:25:27.920><c> man</c><00:25:28.319><c> of</c><00:25:28.559><c> God</c><00:25:28.740><c> out</c><00:25:28.960><c> of</c><00:25:29.220><c> Judah</c><00:25:29.460><c> to</c><00:25:30.019><c> blast</c> 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:31.640 his<00:25:30.740><c> system</c> 00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:34.900 and<00:25:32.339><c> Jeroboam,</c><00:25:32.859><c> of</c><00:25:33.059><c> course,</c><00:25:33.759><c> is</c><00:25:33.859><c> embarrassed</c><00:25:34.420><c> in</c><00:25:34.599><c> front</c><00:25:34.720><c> of</c> 00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.680 the<00:25:35.039><c> whole</c><00:25:35.299><c> nation</c> 00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:39.640 and<00:25:35.859><c> he</c><00:25:36.400><c> puts</c><00:25:36.640><c> out</c><00:25:36.859><c> his</c><00:25:37.059><c> right</c><00:25:37.380><c> hand,</c><00:25:37.660><c> he</c><00:25:37.700><c> says,</c><00:25:38.200><c> arrest</c><00:25:38.480><c> him!</c> 00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:45.119 And<00:25:42.640><c> he</c><00:25:43.160><c> ends</c><00:25:43.319><c> up</c><00:25:43.500><c> with</c><00:25:43.680><c> a</c><00:25:43.740><c> withered</c><00:25:43.960><c> hand.</c> 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:49.240 Why<00:25:47.759><c> has</c><00:25:47.900><c> he</c><00:25:47.940><c> got</c><00:25:48.059><c> a</c><00:25:48.140><c> withered</c><00:25:48.339><c> hand?</c> 00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:53.880 Well,<00:25:49.680><c> the</c><00:25:49.900><c> Psalm</c><00:25:50.140><c> says,</c><00:25:51.019><c> Psalm</c><00:25:51.220><c> 137</c><00:25:52.259><c> verse</c><00:25:52.539><c> 5,</c> 00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:56.759 If<00:25:54.440><c> I</c><00:25:54.759><c> forget</c><00:25:55.220><c> thee,</c><00:25:55.500><c> O</c><00:25:55.700><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:59.559 let<00:25:57.200><c> my</c><00:25:57.500><c> right</c><00:25:57.960><c> hand</c><00:25:58.619><c> forget</c><00:25:59.019><c> her</c><00:25:59.279><c> cunning.</c> 00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:02.319 So<00:26:00.019><c> why</c><00:26:00.420><c> did</c><00:26:00.599><c> he</c><00:26:00.700><c> set</c><00:26:00.880><c> up</c><00:26:01.000><c> his</c><00:26:01.200><c> new</c><00:26:01.420><c> religion?</c> 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:07.119 Because<00:26:03.599><c> he</c><00:26:03.759><c> didn't</c><00:26:04.079><c> want</c><00:26:04.539><c> God's</c><00:26:05.059><c> people</c><00:26:05.279><c> to</c><00:26:05.480><c> go</c><00:26:05.599><c> to</c><00:26:05.799><c> Jerusalem</c><00:26:06.180><c> three</c><00:26:06.579><c> times</c><00:26:06.920><c> in</c> 00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.539 a<00:26:07.299><c> year.</c> 00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.960 That's<00:26:07.980><c> why.</c> 00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:12.759 He<00:26:10.059><c> wanted</c><00:26:10.240><c> to</c><00:26:10.519><c> prevent</c><00:26:10.779><c> them</c><00:26:11.000><c> from</c><00:26:11.240><c> going</c><00:26:11.400><c> to</c><00:26:11.640><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:17.500 and<00:26:13.880><c> so</c><00:26:14.059><c> he</c><00:26:14.259><c> said,</c><00:26:16.099><c> come</c><00:26:16.259><c> and</c><00:26:16.359><c> worship</c><00:26:16.660><c> here</c><00:26:16.920><c> in</c><00:26:17.140><c> Bethel</c> 00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:20.539 and<00:26:17.700><c> he</c><00:26:17.839><c> put</c><00:26:18.000><c> a</c><00:26:18.220><c> calf</c><00:26:18.380><c> in</c><00:26:18.680><c> Dan</c><00:26:18.940><c> and</c><00:26:19.240><c> most</c><00:26:19.480><c> people</c><00:26:19.680><c> went</c><00:26:19.880><c> to</c><00:26:20.079><c> Dan</c> 00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:24.880 which<00:26:21.180><c> shows</c><00:26:21.440><c> you</c><00:26:21.579><c> the</c><00:26:21.740><c> perversity</c><00:26:22.200><c> of</c><00:26:22.359><c> human</c><00:26:22.539><c> nature</c><00:26:22.859><c> is</c><00:26:23.019><c> about</c><00:26:23.200><c> three</c><00:26:23.440><c> times</c><00:26:23.700><c> as</c><00:26:23.960><c> far.</c> 00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:28.140 They<00:26:25.660><c> went</c><00:26:25.819><c> to</c><00:26:26.000><c> Dan</c><00:26:26.559><c> and</c><00:26:27.059><c> became</c><00:26:27.259><c> a</c><00:26:27.460><c> sin</c><00:26:27.539><c> in</c><00:26:27.680><c> Israel.</c> 00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:32.019 This<00:26:29.000><c> man</c><00:26:29.480><c> had</c><00:26:29.980><c> deliberately</c><00:26:30.660><c> forgotten</c><00:26:31.440><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:33.660 and<00:26:32.319><c> wanted</c><00:26:32.440><c> his</c><00:26:32.700><c> people</c><00:26:32.920><c> to</c><00:26:33.160><c> forget</c><00:26:33.359><c> it</c> 00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:36.019 and<00:26:33.799><c> so</c><00:26:33.920><c> his</c><00:26:34.140><c> hand</c><00:26:34.420><c> is</c><00:26:34.640><c> withered</c><00:26:34.900><c> up.</c> 00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:38.279 He<00:26:36.180><c> got</c><00:26:36.359><c> that</c><00:26:36.859><c> as</c><00:26:37.160><c> a</c><00:26:37.240><c> symbol</c><00:26:37.539><c> of</c><00:26:37.920><c> a</c><00:26:38.059><c> mind.</c> 00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:40.519 That's<00:26:38.920><c> the</c><00:26:39.019><c> shape</c><00:26:39.240><c> of</c><00:26:39.420><c> his</c><00:26:39.599><c> mind.</c> 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:43.660 So<00:26:41.279><c> what</c><00:26:41.460><c> the</c><00:26:41.599><c> Lord</c><00:26:41.779><c> Jesus</c><00:26:42.160><c> Christ</c><00:26:42.460><c> is</c><00:26:43.099><c> doing</c><00:26:43.380><c> here</c> 00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:47.880 is<00:26:43.920><c> very</c><00:26:44.220><c> much</c><00:26:44.539><c> part</c><00:26:45.000><c> of</c><00:26:45.380><c> what</c><00:26:45.519><c> we've</c><00:26:45.839><c> found</c><00:26:46.019><c> elsewhere</c><00:26:46.500><c> in</c><00:26:46.960><c> Scripture.</c> 00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:50.640 So<00:26:48.519><c> how</c><00:26:48.740><c> about</c><00:26:48.940><c> the</c><00:26:49.279><c> appropriateness</c><00:26:49.839><c> of</c><00:26:50.019><c> a</c><00:26:50.160><c> man</c> 00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:54.420 who's<00:26:51.299><c> unable</c><00:26:51.859><c> to</c><00:26:52.200><c> work</c><00:26:52.420><c> or</c><00:26:52.660><c> help</c><00:26:52.900><c> others</c><00:26:53.299><c> to</c><00:26:53.579><c> be</c><00:26:53.759><c> restored</c><00:26:54.200><c> on</c> 00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:54.779 the<00:26:54.619><c> Sabbath?</c> 00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:58.259 Look<00:26:54.960><c> what</c><00:26:55.259><c> the</c><00:26:55.460><c> Lord</c><00:26:55.640><c> says</c><00:26:55.960><c> here</c><00:26:56.220><c> about</c><00:26:56.539><c> them</c><00:26:57.019><c> in</c><00:26:57.559><c> Matthew</c><00:26:57.920><c> 12</c> 00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:59.779 and<00:26:58.420><c> verse</c><00:26:58.660><c> 11.</c> 00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:03.019 They<00:27:01.059><c> asked</c><00:27:01.220><c> him</c><00:27:01.400><c> the</c><00:27:01.500><c> question,</c><00:27:01.900><c> is</c><00:27:01.900><c> it</c><00:27:02.160><c> lawful</c><00:27:02.440><c> to</c><00:27:02.680><c> heal</c><00:27:02.819><c> on</c> 00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.940 the<00:27:03.240><c> Sabbath?</c> 00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:06.119 And<00:27:04.579><c> he</c><00:27:04.700><c> said</c><00:27:04.839><c> unto</c><00:27:05.059><c> them</c><00:27:05.299><c> in</c><00:27:05.440><c> verse</c><00:27:05.700><c> 11,</c> 00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:10.480 what<00:27:06.720><c> man</c><00:27:07.200><c> shall</c><00:27:07.460><c> there</c><00:27:07.599><c> be</c><00:27:07.819><c> among</c><00:27:08.140><c> you</c><00:27:08.519><c> that</c><00:27:08.680><c> shall</c><00:27:08.859><c> have</c><00:27:09.099><c> one</c><00:27:09.519><c> sheep?</c> 00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:13.240 And<00:27:10.940><c> if</c><00:27:11.039><c> it</c><00:27:11.319><c> fall</c><00:27:11.440><c> into</c><00:27:11.720><c> a</c><00:27:11.900><c> pit</c><00:27:11.980><c> on</c><00:27:12.220><c> the</c><00:27:12.440><c> Sabbath</c><00:27:12.619><c> day,</c> 00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:16.599 will<00:27:13.839><c> he</c><00:27:14.000><c> not</c><00:27:14.140><c> lay</c><00:27:14.440><c> hold</c><00:27:14.660><c> on</c><00:27:14.880><c> it</c><00:27:15.200><c> and</c><00:27:15.400><c> lift</c><00:27:15.559><c> it</c><00:27:15.759><c> out?</c> 00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:20.700 How<00:27:17.119><c> much</c><00:27:17.400><c> then</c><00:27:17.660><c> is</c><00:27:17.940><c> a</c><00:27:18.180><c> man</c><00:27:18.640><c> better</c><00:27:19.160><c> than</c><00:27:19.619><c> a</c><00:27:19.880><c> sheep?</c> 00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:26.000 Wherefore,<00:27:21.519><c> it</c><00:27:21.539><c> is</c><00:27:22.200><c> lawful</c><00:27:22.740><c> to</c><00:27:22.960><c> do</c><00:27:23.200><c> well</c><00:27:23.779><c> on</c><00:27:24.539><c> the</c><00:27:24.779><c> Sabbath</c><00:27:24.980><c> days.</c> 00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:28.759 It<00:27:26.359><c> was</c><00:27:26.640><c> a</c><00:27:26.799><c> moral</c><00:27:27.059><c> imperative</c><00:27:27.680><c> to</c><00:27:27.980><c> heal</c><00:27:28.140><c> on</c><00:27:28.380><c> the</c><00:27:28.579><c> Sabbath</c> 00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:31.220 that<00:27:28.900><c> he</c><00:27:29.079><c> might</c><00:27:29.259><c> exercise</c><00:27:29.859><c> divine</c><00:27:30.220><c> dominion.</c> 00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:35.079 They,<00:27:31.880><c> of</c><00:27:32.019><c> course,</c><00:27:33.299><c> went</c><00:27:33.380><c> out</c><00:27:33.640><c> and</c><00:27:34.000><c> saved</c><00:27:34.180><c> their</c><00:27:34.460><c> own</c><00:27:34.680><c> animals</c> 00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:36.920 when<00:27:35.279><c> they</c><00:27:35.519><c> were</c><00:27:35.640><c> in</c><00:27:35.859><c> trouble,</c> 00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:41.180 but<00:27:37.259><c> they</c><00:27:37.680><c> criticized</c><00:27:38.279><c> him</c><00:27:38.779><c> for</c><00:27:39.420><c> healing</c><00:27:39.720><c> on</c><00:27:40.160><c> the</c><00:27:40.380><c> Sabbath.</c> 00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:42.819 And<00:27:41.440><c> he's</c><00:27:41.599><c> about</c><00:27:41.819><c> to</c><00:27:42.000><c> heal</c><00:27:42.099><c> this</c><00:27:42.420><c> man.</c> 00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.880 Verse<00:27:43.220><c> 13.</c> 00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:47.099 Then<00:27:44.599><c> saith</c><00:27:44.920><c> he</c><00:27:45.039><c> to</c><00:27:45.140><c> the</c><00:27:45.299><c> man,</c><00:27:45.779><c> stretch</c><00:27:45.880><c> forth</c><00:27:46.420><c> thine</c><00:27:46.779><c> hand.</c> 00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:51.140 So<00:27:47.259><c> here's</c><00:27:47.599><c> the</c><00:27:47.740><c> man</c><00:27:48.119><c> standing</c><00:27:48.700><c> in</c><00:27:48.920><c> the</c><00:27:49.000><c> middle</c><00:27:49.299><c> as</c><00:27:49.799><c> a</c><00:27:50.019><c> representative,</c> 00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:53.740 and<00:27:51.539><c> the</c><00:27:51.700><c> Lord</c><00:27:51.880><c> says</c><00:27:52.119><c> to</c><00:27:52.279><c> him,</c><00:27:52.660><c> you</c><00:27:52.799><c> just</c><00:27:53.019><c> get</c><00:27:53.140><c> the</c><00:27:53.299><c> picture.</c> 00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:57.380 He's<00:27:54.339><c> standing</c><00:27:54.440><c> there</c><00:27:55.039><c> like</c><00:27:55.440><c> this,</c><00:27:56.019><c> like</c><00:27:56.220><c> Jeroboam,</c> 00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:59.940 and<00:27:57.779><c> the</c><00:27:57.940><c> Lord</c><00:27:58.140><c> says,</c><00:27:58.680><c> stretch</c><00:27:59.059><c> forth</c><00:27:59.440><c> thine</c><00:27:59.720><c> hand.</c> 00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:01.440 You're<00:28:00.240><c> kidding</c><00:28:00.400><c> me?</c> 00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:03.579 I've<00:28:02.099><c> never</c><00:28:02.299><c> done</c><00:28:02.500><c> that.</c> 00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:07.700 And<00:28:05.400><c> he</c><00:28:05.480><c> goes</c><00:28:05.579><c> like</c><00:28:05.779><c> this.</c><00:28:06.500><c> What</c><00:28:06.680><c> have</c><00:28:06.740><c> you</c><00:28:06.920><c> got?</c> 00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:10.099 An<00:28:08.559><c> open</c><00:28:08.880><c> hand,</c> 00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:15.119 which<00:28:11.599><c> they</c><00:28:12.079><c> used</c><00:28:12.519><c> to</c><00:28:12.779><c> pull</c><00:28:12.940><c> their</c><00:28:13.200><c> own</c><00:28:13.440><c> animals</c><00:28:13.759><c> out</c><00:28:14.039><c> of</c><00:28:14.180><c> the</c><00:28:14.319><c> ditch.</c> 00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:18.740 Try<00:28:15.980><c> and</c><00:28:16.079><c> pull</c><00:28:16.160><c> an</c><00:28:16.279><c> animal</c><00:28:16.400><c> out</c><00:28:16.559><c> of</c><00:28:16.660><c> the</c><00:28:16.779><c> ditch</c><00:28:16.940><c> with</c><00:28:17.180><c> a</c><00:28:17.299><c> clenched</c><00:28:17.599><c> fist.</c> 00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:20.380 All<00:28:19.299><c> right?</c> 00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:22.420 They<00:28:20.779><c> used</c><00:28:21.059><c> an</c><00:28:21.319><c> open</c><00:28:21.519><c> hand,</c> 00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:25.460 and<00:28:23.119><c> the</c><00:28:23.259><c> Lord</c><00:28:23.440><c> now</c><00:28:23.660><c> gives</c><00:28:23.880><c> this</c><00:28:24.220><c> man</c><00:28:24.519><c> an</c><00:28:24.880><c> open</c><00:28:25.140><c> hand.</c> 00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:28.000 And<00:28:25.759><c> that's</c><00:28:25.880><c> what</c><00:28:26.019><c> he</c><00:28:26.180><c> wanted</c><00:28:26.359><c> them</c><00:28:26.700><c> to</c><00:28:27.039><c> do</c><00:28:27.160><c> in</c><00:28:27.359><c> their</c><00:28:27.579><c> minds.</c> 00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:30.640 He<00:28:28.220><c> wanted</c><00:28:28.440><c> them</c><00:28:28.839><c> to</c><00:28:29.039><c> have</c><00:28:29.160><c> an</c><00:28:29.440><c> open</c><00:28:29.680><c>-handed</c><00:28:30.019><c> approach</c><00:28:30.440><c> in</c> 00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.039 their<00:28:30.859><c> mind</c> 00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:35.019 of<00:28:31.480><c> a</c><00:28:31.799><c> liberal,</c><00:28:32.460><c> generous,</c><00:28:33.259><c> offering,</c><00:28:33.779><c> building</c><00:28:34.019><c>-up</c><00:28:34.559><c> approach.</c> 00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:36.299 Oh,<00:28:35.400><c> no.</c> 00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:38.660 Everything<00:28:37.119><c> they</c><00:28:37.319><c> did</c><00:28:37.519><c> was</c><00:28:37.720><c> out</c><00:28:37.839><c> of</c><00:28:38.000><c> self</c><00:28:38.200><c>-interest.</c> 00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:42.039 So<00:28:39.579><c> here</c><00:28:39.839><c> we've</c><00:28:40.160><c> got</c><00:28:40.420><c> Isaiah,</c><00:28:41.039><c> chapter</c><00:28:41.420><c> 58,</c> 00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:45.980 beautifully<00:28:42.619><c> illustrated</c><00:28:43.180><c> in</c><00:28:43.359><c> this</c><00:28:43.579><c> incident,</c><00:28:44.220><c> in</c><00:28:44.519><c> their</c><00:28:45.380><c> synagogue.</c> 00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:48.980 So<00:28:46.680><c> here</c><00:28:46.920><c> is</c><00:28:47.119><c> the</c><00:28:47.319><c> Pharisees'</c><00:28:48.039><c> mind.</c> 00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:52.259 Matthew<00:28:49.480><c> 12,</c><00:28:49.920><c> verse</c><00:28:50.099><c> 14,</c><00:28:51.099><c> says</c><00:28:51.240><c> this.</c> 00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:58.160 Then<00:28:53.160><c> the</c><00:28:53.440><c> Pharisees</c><00:28:53.880><c> went</c><00:28:54.059><c> out</c><00:28:54.759><c> and</c><00:28:55.339><c> held</c><00:28:55.700><c> a</c><00:28:56.099><c> council</c><00:28:56.740><c> against</c><00:28:57.559><c> him,</c> 00:28:58.539 --> 00:29:01.039 how<00:28:58.680><c> they</c><00:28:58.920><c> might</c><00:28:59.180><c> destroy</c><00:29:00.079><c> him.</c> 00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:03.940 Now,<00:29:01.279><c> the</c><00:29:01.380><c> word</c><00:29:01.599><c> destroy</c><00:29:02.099><c> there</c><00:29:02.359><c> is</c><00:29:02.640><c> appleumi</c><00:29:03.319><c> in</c><00:29:03.660><c> the</c><00:29:03.839><c> Greek.</c> 00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:08.259 It<00:29:04.119><c> means</c><00:29:04.380><c> to</c><00:29:04.720><c> destroy</c><00:29:05.380><c> fully</c><00:29:05.940><c> and</c><00:29:06.839><c> to</c><00:29:07.299><c> perish.</c> 00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:14.339 So<00:29:08.980><c> here</c><00:29:09.259><c> we've</c><00:29:09.619><c> got</c><00:29:10.259><c> their</c><00:29:10.819><c> policy</c><00:29:11.759><c> was</c><00:29:12.299><c> to</c><00:29:12.519><c> destroy</c><00:29:13.180><c> this</c><00:29:13.519><c> man.</c> 00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:16.059 So<00:29:15.000><c> what</c><00:29:15.119><c> was</c><00:29:15.299><c> their</c><00:29:15.519><c> mind</c><00:29:15.740><c> like?</c> 00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:19.119 Now,<00:29:16.740><c> this</c><00:29:16.880><c> is</c><00:29:17.039><c> what</c><00:29:17.539><c> your</c><00:29:17.740><c> brain</c><00:29:17.960><c> looks</c><00:29:18.180><c> like.</c> 00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:21.819 What<00:29:19.759><c> was</c><00:29:20.039><c> their</c><00:29:20.400><c> mind</c><00:29:20.779><c> like?</c> 00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:23.900 Well,<00:29:22.079><c> it</c><00:29:22.140><c> was</c><00:29:22.359><c> like</c><00:29:22.700><c> that.</c> 00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:28.519 When<00:29:24.839><c> you</c><00:29:25.059><c> looked</c><00:29:25.220><c> inside</c><00:29:25.839><c> their</c><00:29:26.299><c> brain,</c><00:29:28.000><c> that's</c><00:29:28.240><c> what</c><00:29:28.359><c> it</c> 00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.400 looked<00:29:28.680><c> like.</c> 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:30.720 Clenched<00:29:30.400><c> fist.</c> 00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.920 You<00:29:31.079><c> think</c><00:29:31.319><c> about</c><00:29:31.599><c> this.</c> 00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:33.880 When<00:29:32.240><c> they</c><00:29:32.400><c> went</c><00:29:32.519><c> out</c><00:29:32.740><c> and</c><00:29:32.880><c> took</c><00:29:33.039><c> council,</c><00:29:33.539><c> do</c><00:29:33.619><c> you</c><00:29:33.700><c> think</c> 00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:34.299 they<00:29:34.119><c> said,</c> 00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:36.880 well,<00:29:34.519><c> look,</c><00:29:34.920><c> let's</c><00:29:35.140><c> be</c><00:29:35.299><c> very</c><00:29:35.559><c> gentle</c><00:29:35.819><c> with</c><00:29:36.039><c> this</c><00:29:36.240><c> man,</c><00:29:36.480><c> Jesus,</c> 00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:39.180 and,<00:29:37.180><c> you</c><00:29:37.440><c> know,</c><00:29:37.619><c> we'll</c><00:29:37.779><c> take</c><00:29:37.980><c> him.</c> 00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:41.839 No,<00:29:40.180><c> they</c><00:29:40.359><c> went</c><00:29:40.519><c> out</c><00:29:40.740><c> there</c><00:29:40.900><c> and</c><00:29:41.119><c> they're</c><00:29:41.220><c> saying,</c> 00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:43.819 we're<00:29:42.400><c> going</c><00:29:42.480><c> to</c><00:29:42.599><c> get</c><00:29:42.740><c> this</c><00:29:43.039><c> fellow.</c> 00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:45.700 Can<00:29:44.400><c> you</c><00:29:44.400><c> see</c><00:29:44.579><c> it?</c><00:29:44.799><c> Can</c><00:29:44.920><c> you</c><00:29:44.940><c> see</c><00:29:45.140><c> it?</c> 00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:47.720 We're<00:29:46.039><c> going</c><00:29:46.119><c> to</c><00:29:46.180><c> get</c><00:29:46.319><c> him.</c> 00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:49.500 Clenched<00:29:48.559><c> fist.</c> 00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:51.240 That<00:29:50.160><c> was</c><00:29:50.380><c> the</c><00:29:50.579><c> state</c><00:29:50.700><c> of</c><00:29:50.859><c> their</c><00:29:51.059><c> mind.</c> 00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:55.380 And<00:29:51.460><c> yet</c><00:29:51.619><c> he</c><00:29:51.740><c> had</c><00:29:51.960><c> done</c><00:29:52.220><c> everything</c><00:29:52.799><c> in</c><00:29:53.099><c> his</c><00:29:53.480><c> power</c><00:29:53.940><c> in</c><00:29:54.759><c> that</c><00:29:55.000><c> synagogue</c> 00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:58.859 to<00:29:55.779><c> get</c><00:29:56.019><c> them</c><00:29:56.339><c> to</c><00:29:56.619><c> see</c><00:29:56.839><c> it</c><00:29:57.240><c> another</c><00:29:57.579><c> way.</c> 00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:01.960 But<00:29:59.480><c> they</c><00:29:59.720><c> couldn't</c><00:30:00.000><c> see</c><00:30:00.279><c> it</c><00:30:00.640><c> another</c><00:30:00.940><c> way.</c> 00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:04.519 And<00:30:02.599><c> we've</c><00:30:02.720><c> got</c><00:30:02.759><c> to</c><00:30:02.839><c> be</c><00:30:02.920><c> very</c><00:30:03.160><c> careful,</c><00:30:03.740><c> brothers</c><00:30:03.839><c> and</c><00:30:04.079><c> sisters</c><00:30:04.299><c> and</c> 00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.099 young<00:30:04.680><c> people,</c> 00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:07.240 that<00:30:05.460><c> we</c><00:30:05.640><c> get</c><00:30:05.920><c> this</c><00:30:06.259><c> right.</c> 00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:10.880 The<00:30:07.740><c> Lord</c><00:30:07.960><c> Jesus</c><00:30:08.380><c> Christ</c><00:30:08.740><c> would</c><00:30:09.099><c> not</c><00:30:09.599><c> give</c><00:30:10.140><c> an</c><00:30:10.559><c> inch</c> 00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:13.839 when<00:30:11.319><c> it</c><00:30:11.539><c> came</c><00:30:11.660><c> to</c><00:30:11.839><c> the</c><00:30:11.980><c> things</c><00:30:12.140><c> that</c><00:30:12.420><c> belonged</c><00:30:12.579><c> to</c><00:30:12.759><c> his</c><00:30:12.980><c> Father.</c> 00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:16.880 He<00:30:14.079><c> never</c><00:30:14.480><c> compromised</c><00:30:15.119><c> any</c><00:30:15.359><c> divine</c><00:30:15.740><c> principle</c><00:30:16.200><c> and</c><00:30:16.539><c> never</c> 00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:18.200 should<00:30:17.240><c> we.</c> 00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:22.059 But<00:30:18.680><c> in</c><00:30:18.839><c> our</c><00:30:19.119><c> approach,</c><00:30:19.579><c> in</c><00:30:19.599><c> upholding</c><00:30:20.039><c> what</c><00:30:20.200><c> is</c><00:30:20.440><c> right,</c><00:30:20.740><c> like</c><00:30:21.059><c> him,</c> 00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:24.099 it<00:30:22.599><c> has</c><00:30:22.880><c> to</c><00:30:23.039><c> be</c><00:30:23.180><c> a</c><00:30:23.319><c> positive</c><00:30:23.740><c> approach.</c> 00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:27.720 It<00:30:24.319><c> has</c><00:30:24.640><c> to</c><00:30:24.859><c> be</c><00:30:25.160><c> to</c><00:30:25.700><c> build</c><00:30:26.039><c> up,</c><00:30:26.440><c> to</c><00:30:26.740><c> strengthen.</c> 00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:30.920 That's<00:30:28.759><c> what</c><00:30:29.279><c> this</c><00:30:29.559><c> is</c><00:30:29.740><c> teaching</c><00:30:30.000><c> us.</c> 00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:34.000 Now,<00:30:31.759><c> let's</c><00:30:31.960><c> have</c><00:30:32.099><c> a</c><00:30:32.099><c> look</c><00:30:32.220><c> at</c><00:30:32.339><c> our</c><00:30:32.539><c> second</c><00:30:32.740><c> incident</c><00:30:33.200><c> this</c><00:30:33.900><c> morning.</c> 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:36.799 I<00:30:34.000><c> want</c><00:30:34.140><c> you</c><00:30:34.279><c> to</c><00:30:34.400><c> come</c><00:30:34.559><c> to</c><00:30:34.640><c> Luke</c><00:30:34.880><c> chapter</c><00:30:35.259><c> 13.</c> 00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:39.240 Again,<00:30:37.240><c> this</c><00:30:37.359><c> is</c><00:30:37.660><c> extremely</c><00:30:38.319><c> illuminating</c> 00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:42.000 in<00:30:39.779><c> relation</c><00:30:40.140><c> to</c><00:30:40.299><c> the</c><00:30:40.460><c> principles</c><00:30:40.839><c> of</c><00:30:41.059><c> the</c><00:30:41.259><c> Sabbath.</c> 00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:44.460 Luke<00:30:43.480><c> 13.</c> 00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:47.039 We'll<00:30:45.640><c> pick</c><00:30:45.740><c> the</c><00:30:45.920><c> record</c><00:30:46.140><c> up</c><00:30:46.319><c> from</c><00:30:46.480><c> verse</c><00:30:46.759><c> 11,</c> 00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:50.740 but<00:30:47.200><c> not</c><00:30:47.440><c> before</c><00:30:47.920><c> we</c><00:30:48.240><c> have</c><00:30:48.400><c> a</c><00:30:48.539><c> look</c><00:30:48.839><c> at</c><00:30:49.259><c> verse</c><00:30:49.720><c> 10,</c> 00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:52.940 which<00:30:51.000><c> tells</c><00:30:51.259><c> us</c><00:30:51.480><c> what</c><00:30:51.720><c> day</c><00:30:51.900><c> it</c><00:30:52.039><c> is.</c> 00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.740 Verse<00:30:54.099><c> 10</c><00:30:54.400><c> says,</c> 00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:58.220 And<00:30:54.960><c> he,</c><00:30:55.299><c> Jesus,</c><00:30:55.700><c> was</c><00:30:55.960><c> teaching</c><00:30:56.339><c> in</c><00:30:56.579><c> one</c><00:30:56.740><c> of</c><00:30:56.859><c> the</c><00:30:57.059><c> synagogues</c> 00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.299 on<00:30:58.680><c> the</c><00:30:59.000><c> Sabbath.</c> 00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:03.200 And<00:30:59.819><c> by</c><00:31:00.000><c> the</c><00:31:00.180><c> way,</c><00:31:00.480><c> the</c><00:31:00.559><c> word</c><00:31:00.880><c> Sabbath</c><00:31:01.279><c> occurs</c><00:31:01.759><c> five</c><00:31:02.420><c> times</c><00:31:03.000><c> in</c> 00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.920 this<00:31:03.440><c> context.</c> 00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:05.519 The<00:31:04.099><c> number</c><00:31:04.460><c> of</c><00:31:04.779><c> divine</c><00:31:05.160><c> grace.</c> 00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:09.160 And<00:31:05.680><c> so</c><00:31:05.779><c> we're</c><00:31:05.960><c> going</c><00:31:06.019><c> to</c><00:31:06.220><c> see</c><00:31:06.619><c> a</c><00:31:07.160><c> revelation</c><00:31:07.640><c> of</c><00:31:07.920><c> divine</c><00:31:08.240><c> grace.</c> 00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:12.279 So<00:31:09.460><c> who</c><00:31:09.599><c> does</c><00:31:09.720><c> he</c><00:31:09.900><c> encounter</c><00:31:10.259><c> here</c><00:31:10.660><c> in</c><00:31:11.160><c> this</c><00:31:11.380><c> synagogue</c><00:31:11.819><c> on</c> 00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.720 the<00:31:12.460><c> Sabbath?</c> 00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:14.319 Verse<00:31:13.220><c> 11.</c> 00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:18.420 And<00:31:14.700><c> behold,</c><00:31:15.059><c> there</c><00:31:15.160><c> was</c><00:31:15.319><c> a</c><00:31:15.440><c> woman</c><00:31:15.660><c> which</c><00:31:15.880><c> had</c><00:31:16.079><c> a</c><00:31:16.400><c> spirit</c><00:31:16.839><c> of</c><00:31:17.559><c> infirmity,</c> 00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:22.160 18<00:31:19.680><c> years,</c><00:31:20.839><c> and</c><00:31:21.000><c> was</c><00:31:21.259><c> bowed</c><00:31:21.700><c> together</c> 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:25.920 and<00:31:22.400><c> could</c><00:31:22.680><c> in</c><00:31:23.119><c> no</c><00:31:23.420><c> wise</c><00:31:23.839><c> lift</c><00:31:24.380><c> up</c><00:31:24.779><c> herself.</c> 00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:28.359 Now,<00:31:26.299><c> this</c><00:31:26.460><c> word</c><00:31:26.640><c> infirmity</c><00:31:27.319><c> has</c><00:31:27.700><c> to</c><00:31:27.859><c> do,</c><00:31:27.960><c> of</c><00:31:28.160><c> course,</c> 00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:29.680 with<00:31:28.559><c> the</c><00:31:28.779><c> weakness</c><00:31:29.019><c> of</c><00:31:29.240><c> the</c><00:31:29.440><c> flesh.</c> 00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:31.900 And<00:31:30.640><c> I'm</c><00:31:30.819><c> going</c><00:31:30.900><c> to</c><00:31:30.900><c> come</c><00:31:31.140><c> and</c><00:31:31.299><c> show</c><00:31:31.460><c> you</c><00:31:31.559><c> in</c><00:31:31.640><c> a</c><00:31:31.740><c> moment</c> 00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:34.900 that<00:31:32.059><c> the</c><00:31:32.299><c> vital</c><00:31:32.579><c> link</c><00:31:32.819><c> here</c><00:31:33.279><c> is</c><00:31:33.980><c> the</c><00:31:34.180><c> number</c><00:31:34.400><c> 18,</c> 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:37.299 because<00:31:35.339><c> it</c><00:31:35.500><c> actually</c><00:31:35.740><c> tells</c><00:31:35.980><c> us</c><00:31:36.160><c> something</c><00:31:36.400><c> about</c><00:31:36.640><c> this</c><00:31:36.920><c> context.</c> 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:40.380 But<00:31:37.559><c> before</c><00:31:37.859><c> I</c><00:31:38.059><c> do</c><00:31:38.180><c> that,</c><00:31:38.359><c> let</c><00:31:38.480><c> me</c><00:31:38.559><c> just</c><00:31:38.799><c> make</c><00:31:38.980><c> a</c><00:31:39.200><c> comment</c><00:31:39.380><c> or</c><00:31:39.640><c> two</c> 00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:41.859 about<00:31:41.079><c> this</c><00:31:41.500><c> problem.</c> 00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:47.819 Now,<00:31:42.799><c> women,</c><00:31:43.180><c> of</c><00:31:43.339><c> course,</c><00:31:43.700><c> are</c><00:31:44.099><c> particularly</c><00:31:44.700><c> given</c><00:31:45.099><c> to</c><00:31:46.019><c> osteoporosis.</c> 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:52.259 And<00:31:48.680><c> I</c><00:31:49.319><c> was</c><00:31:49.500><c> amazed</c><00:31:50.160><c> at</c><00:31:50.380><c> the</c><00:31:50.539><c> number</c><00:31:50.819><c> of</c><00:31:51.079><c> women</c><00:31:51.299><c> with</c><00:31:51.519><c> osteoporosis</c> 00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:56.140 or<00:31:52.740><c> apparent</c><00:31:53.200><c> osteoporosis</c><00:31:54.460><c> in</c><00:31:54.819><c> the</c><00:31:55.039><c> forecourt</c><00:31:55.460><c> of</c><00:31:55.619><c> the</c><00:31:55.799><c> Vatican</c> 00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:58.380 when<00:31:56.619><c> I</c><00:31:56.819><c> was</c><00:31:56.960><c> there</c><00:31:57.140><c> in</c><00:31:57.380><c> 2005.</c> 00:31:58.380 --> 00:32:00.240 It<00:31:58.539><c> was</c><00:31:59.180><c> unbelievable.</c> 00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:03.880 All<00:32:01.220><c> of</c><00:32:01.359><c> these</c><00:32:01.539><c> women</c><00:32:01.980><c> going</c><00:32:02.359><c> around,</c><00:32:02.920><c> and</c><00:32:02.920><c> they</c><00:32:03.039><c> were</c><00:32:03.180><c> like</c><00:32:03.299><c> this,</c> 00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:07.559 bowed<00:32:04.480><c> over</c><00:32:04.799><c> like</c><00:32:05.039><c> this</c><00:32:05.460><c> with</c><00:32:05.940><c> some</c><00:32:06.240><c> little</c><00:32:06.779><c> jar</c><00:32:07.039><c> in</c><00:32:07.220><c> their</c><00:32:07.440><c> hand</c> 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:09.460 that<00:32:07.680><c> you</c><00:32:07.779><c> could</c><00:32:07.960><c> put</c><00:32:08.119><c> money</c><00:32:08.400><c> in.</c> 00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:11.440 And<00:32:09.720><c> once</c><00:32:10.079><c> I</c><00:32:10.259><c> saw</c><00:32:10.500><c> one</c><00:32:10.720><c> of</c><00:32:10.859><c> them,</c> 00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:13.980 she<00:32:11.720><c> looked</c><00:32:11.839><c> like</c><00:32:11.980><c> she</c><00:32:12.079><c> was</c><00:32:12.160><c> about</c><00:32:12.319><c> 18</c><00:32:12.599><c> years</c><00:32:12.859><c> of</c><00:32:13.039><c> age.</c> 00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:17.200 You<00:32:15.000><c> know,</c><00:32:15.839><c> it's</c><00:32:16.180><c> a</c><00:32:16.359><c> con.</c> 00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:20.640 It<00:32:17.460><c> was</c><00:32:17.680><c> a</c><00:32:17.960><c> con,</c><00:32:18.859><c> because</c><00:32:19.160><c> they</c><00:32:19.319><c> get</c><00:32:19.400><c> all</c><00:32:19.700><c> these</c><00:32:19.940><c> people</c><00:32:20.339><c> coming,</c> 00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:24.859 you<00:32:20.839><c> know,</c><00:32:21.160><c> they</c><00:32:21.359><c> go</c><00:32:21.579><c> on</c><00:32:21.700><c> their</c><00:32:21.900><c> pilgrimage</c><00:32:22.440><c> to</c><00:32:23.720><c> the</c><00:32:24.460><c> Vatican,</c> 00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:26.000 these<00:32:25.519><c> Catholics.</c> 00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:30.880 And,<00:32:26.680><c> of</c><00:32:26.839><c> course,</c><00:32:27.019><c> it's</c><00:32:27.440><c> a</c><00:32:27.779><c> terrific</c><00:32:28.240><c> place</c><00:32:28.839><c> to</c><00:32:29.279><c> con</c><00:32:29.619><c> people,</c> 00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:33.180 because<00:32:31.099><c> they</c><00:32:31.339><c> come</c><00:32:31.480><c> on</c><00:32:31.660><c> a</c><00:32:31.720><c> religious</c><00:32:32.440><c> pilgrimage.</c> 00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:35.299 And<00:32:33.740><c> if</c><00:32:33.859><c> you</c><00:32:33.980><c> go</c><00:32:34.099><c> in</c><00:32:34.319><c> there,</c><00:32:34.519><c> you</c><00:32:34.660><c> know,</c><00:32:34.799><c> and</c><00:32:34.900><c> you</c><00:32:35.000><c> make</c><00:32:35.180><c> out</c> 00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:39.980 you've<00:32:35.480><c> got</c><00:32:35.599><c> this</c><00:32:36.220><c> problem,</c><00:32:37.460><c> they'll</c><00:32:37.640><c> put</c><00:32:37.779><c> money</c><00:32:38.099><c> in</c><00:32:38.900><c> your</c><00:32:39.079><c> jar.</c> 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:43.000 Well,<00:32:41.640><c> but</c><00:32:41.859><c> it</c><00:32:41.940><c> is</c><00:32:42.140><c> a</c><00:32:42.259><c> problem,</c><00:32:42.579><c> isn't</c><00:32:42.740><c> it?</c> 00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:44.940 It<00:32:43.240><c> is</c><00:32:43.480><c> a</c><00:32:43.619><c> problem</c><00:32:43.819><c> for</c><00:32:44.019><c> some</c><00:32:44.319><c> older</c><00:32:44.599><c> women</c> 00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:47.359 to<00:32:45.460><c> have</c><00:32:45.579><c> this</c><00:32:45.940><c> disease</c><00:32:46.279><c> of</c><00:32:46.559><c> osteoporosis.</c> 00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:49.140 And<00:32:47.539><c> this</c><00:32:47.680><c> is</c><00:32:47.799><c> what</c><00:32:47.960><c> this</c><00:32:48.140><c> woman</c><00:32:48.339><c> had.</c> 00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:51.740 But,<00:32:49.720><c> you</c><00:32:49.779><c> know,</c><00:32:50.539><c> she's</c><00:32:50.859><c> there</c><00:32:51.059><c> to</c><00:32:51.279><c> represent.</c> 00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:54.980 She's<00:32:52.220><c> a</c><00:32:52.500><c> microcosm</c><00:32:53.339><c> of</c><00:32:54.000><c> other</c><00:32:54.460><c> people</c> 00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:57.579 as<00:32:55.440><c> well</c><00:32:55.680><c> as</c><00:32:55.859><c> we're</c><00:32:56.079><c> going</c><00:32:56.240><c> to</c><00:32:56.519><c> see.</c> 00:32:57.859 --> 00:33:01.240 Now,<00:32:58.400><c> have</c><00:32:58.519><c> a</c><00:32:58.680><c> look</c><00:32:58.779><c> at</c><00:32:58.960><c> verse</c><00:32:59.140><c> 4.</c> 00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:04.259 Luke<00:33:01.480><c> 13</c><00:33:01.920><c> verse</c><00:33:02.200><c> 4.</c> 00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:08.079 All<00:33:04.559><c> those</c><00:33:04.940><c> 18</c><00:33:05.359><c> upon</c><00:33:05.759><c> whom</c><00:33:06.160><c> the</c><00:33:06.480><c> tower</c><00:33:06.680><c> in</c><00:33:06.940><c> Siloam</c><00:33:07.460><c> fell</c><00:33:07.759><c> and</c> 00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:09.900 slew<00:33:08.299><c> them,</c> 00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:12.099 think<00:33:10.140><c> ye</c><00:33:10.319><c> that</c><00:33:10.420><c> they</c><00:33:10.680><c> were</c><00:33:10.880><c> sinners</c><00:33:11.200><c> above</c><00:33:11.539><c> all</c><00:33:11.859><c> men</c> 00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:13.859 that<00:33:12.380><c> dwelt</c><00:33:12.539><c> in</c><00:33:12.819><c> Jerusalem?</c> 00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:16.940 I<00:33:14.619><c> tell</c><00:33:14.819><c> you,</c><00:33:15.099><c> nay,</c><00:33:15.619><c> but</c><00:33:15.859><c> except</c><00:33:16.160><c> ye</c><00:33:16.420><c> repent,</c> 00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:19.420 ye<00:33:17.519><c> shall</c><00:33:17.759><c> all</c><00:33:18.359><c> likewise</c><00:33:18.920><c> perish.</c> 00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:24.299 Now,<00:33:20.319><c> I</c><00:33:20.619><c> wonder</c><00:33:20.779><c> why</c><00:33:21.039><c> the</c><00:33:21.279><c> Lord</c><00:33:22.180><c> highlights</c><00:33:23.259><c> the</c><00:33:23.640><c> 18</c> 00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:28.200 that<00:33:24.599><c> were</c><00:33:24.779><c> killed</c><00:33:25.019><c> by</c><00:33:25.240><c> the</c><00:33:25.460><c> tower</c><00:33:26.059><c> in</c><00:33:27.000><c> Siloam</c><00:33:27.460><c> when</c><00:33:27.660><c> it</c><00:33:27.920><c> fell</c> 00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:33.259 and<00:33:29.160><c> then</c><00:33:29.500><c> finds</c><00:33:29.759><c> a</c><00:33:30.000><c> woman</c><00:33:30.339><c> who</c><00:33:30.660><c> had</c><00:33:30.859><c> this</c><00:33:31.200><c> infirmity</c><00:33:32.019><c> for</c><00:33:32.299><c> 18</c><00:33:32.740><c> years.</c> 00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:35.920 Well,<00:33:33.660><c> the</c><00:33:33.839><c> record</c><00:33:34.119><c> is</c><00:33:34.299><c> trying</c><00:33:34.519><c> to</c><00:33:34.740><c> tell</c><00:33:34.880><c> you</c><00:33:35.039><c> something.</c> 00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:38.660 The<00:33:36.460><c> 18</c><00:33:36.799><c> victims</c><00:33:37.319><c> of</c><00:33:37.519><c> the</c><00:33:37.720><c> tower</c><00:33:37.920><c> of</c><00:33:38.160><c> Siloam</c> 00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:41.660 died<00:33:39.039><c> instantly</c><00:33:39.880><c> thrust</c><00:33:40.339><c> to</c><00:33:40.539><c> the</c><00:33:40.720><c> ground.</c> 00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:44.400 But<00:33:42.140><c> the</c><00:33:42.380><c> woman,</c><00:33:43.799><c> glacially,</c> 00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:47.480 was<00:33:44.940><c> heading</c><00:33:45.160><c> in</c><00:33:45.559><c> the</c><00:33:45.720><c> very</c><00:33:46.240><c> same</c><00:33:46.980><c> direction,</c> 00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:50.920 because<00:33:47.940><c> osteoporosis,</c><00:33:49.880><c> this</c><00:33:50.400><c> disease,</c> 00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:53.480 and<00:33:51.099><c> this</c><00:33:51.259><c> is</c><00:33:51.440><c> a</c><00:33:51.440><c> very</c><00:33:51.720><c> young</c><00:33:51.859><c> woman,</c><00:33:52.180><c> by</c><00:33:52.359><c> the</c><00:33:52.539><c> way,</c><00:33:53.220><c> all</c><00:33:53.380><c> right,</c> 00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:55.359 with<00:33:53.619><c> a</c><00:33:53.819><c> jar</c><00:33:54.039><c> and</c><00:33:54.240><c> a</c><00:33:54.380><c> hand.</c> 00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:57.180 You<00:33:55.599><c> know,</c><00:33:55.839><c> it's</c><00:33:56.019><c> actually</c><00:33:56.440><c> her</c><00:33:56.880><c> nose.</c> 00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:58.680 If<00:33:57.359><c> you</c><00:33:57.500><c> have</c><00:33:57.619><c> a</c><00:33:57.700><c> look</c><00:33:57.799><c> at</c><00:33:57.839><c> what's</c><00:33:58.119><c> happening</c><00:33:58.319><c> here,</c> 00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:02.500 her<00:33:59.279><c> nose</c><00:33:59.839><c> is</c><00:34:00.980><c> heading</c><00:34:01.500><c> towards</c><00:34:02.119><c> the</c><00:34:02.359><c> ground.</c> 00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:04.700 It<00:34:02.660><c> might</c><00:34:02.880><c> take</c><00:34:03.119><c> her</c><00:34:03.259><c> 20</c><00:34:03.400><c> years</c><00:34:03.619><c> to</c><00:34:03.759><c> get</c><00:34:03.920><c> there.</c> 00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:07.460 But<00:34:05.420><c> eventually</c><00:34:05.779><c> they'll</c><00:34:06.000><c> put</c><00:34:06.119><c> her</c><00:34:06.240><c> in</c><00:34:06.319><c> a</c><00:34:06.440><c> box</c><00:34:06.700><c> in</c><00:34:07.059><c> the</c><00:34:07.279><c> ground.</c> 00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:08.659 She'll<00:34:07.839><c> die.</c> 00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:10.880 And<00:34:09.119><c> that's</c><00:34:09.280><c> what</c><00:34:09.519><c> human</c><00:34:09.760><c> nature</c><00:34:10.019><c> is</c><00:34:10.219><c> doing</c><00:34:10.380><c> to</c><00:34:10.559><c> all</c><00:34:10.679><c> of</c><00:34:10.780><c> us,</c> 00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:12.159 brothers<00:34:11.099><c> and</c><00:34:11.320><c> sisters.</c> 00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:15.320 We're<00:34:12.880><c> all</c><00:34:13.340><c> heading</c><00:34:13.840><c> to</c><00:34:14.300><c> the</c><00:34:14.500><c> ground.</c> 00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:21.260 But<00:34:16.519><c> the</c><00:34:16.780><c> tower</c><00:34:17.039><c> in</c><00:34:17.300><c> Siloam</c><00:34:17.860><c> did</c><00:34:18.300><c> that</c><00:34:18.940><c> instantly</c><00:34:19.539><c> for</c><00:34:20.360><c> 18</c><00:34:20.739><c> people.</c> 00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:24.559 Now,<00:34:21.840><c> imagine</c><00:34:22.139><c> what</c><00:34:22.300><c> they</c><00:34:22.519><c> were</c><00:34:22.679><c> doing,</c><00:34:23.239><c> standing</c><00:34:23.780><c> beside</c> 00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.199 the<00:34:24.800><c> tower,</c> 00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:28.119 standing<00:34:25.940><c> beside</c><00:34:26.360><c> the</c><00:34:26.579><c> tower</c><00:34:26.800><c> in</c><00:34:26.960><c> Siloam,</c><00:34:27.460><c> passing</c><00:34:27.760><c> the</c><00:34:27.960><c> time</c> 00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.480 of<00:34:28.300><c> day.</c> 00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:30.500 What<00:34:28.619><c> did</c><00:34:28.719><c> you</c><00:34:28.880><c> have</c><00:34:29.019><c> for</c><00:34:29.159><c> breakfast</c><00:34:29.420><c> this</c><00:34:29.699><c> morning?</c> 00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:33.360 All<00:34:31.019><c> I</c><00:34:31.159><c> had,</c><00:34:31.739><c> chewing</c><00:34:31.900><c> gum</c><00:34:32.059><c> or</c><00:34:32.159><c> whatever</c><00:34:32.360><c> it</c><00:34:32.539><c> might</c><00:34:32.679><c> be.</c> 00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:34.780 All<00:34:33.780><c> right?</c> 00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:38.900 And<00:34:35.519><c> then</c><00:34:35.679><c> all</c><00:34:35.840><c> of</c><00:34:36.039><c> a</c><00:34:36.079><c> sudden</c><00:34:36.420><c> the</c><00:34:36.880><c> tower</c><00:34:37.159><c> goes</c><00:34:37.820><c> whoop!</c> 00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:43.679 And<00:34:40.039><c> 18</c><00:34:40.460><c> people</c><00:34:40.980><c> have</c><00:34:41.159><c> their</c><00:34:41.400><c> noses</c><00:34:42.699><c> crushed</c><00:34:43.119><c> to</c><00:34:43.280><c> the</c><00:34:43.460><c> ground.</c> 00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:45.400 It<00:34:44.420><c> happens</c><00:34:44.760><c> like</c><00:34:45.099><c> that.</c> 00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:47.719 And<00:34:45.760><c> for</c><00:34:45.980><c> some</c><00:34:46.179><c> people</c><00:34:46.420><c> it</c><00:34:46.599><c> happens</c><00:34:46.800><c> like</c><00:34:47.099><c> that.</c> 00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:52.179 They're<00:34:48.460><c> in</c><00:34:48.579><c> car</c><00:34:48.880><c> accidents</c><00:34:49.280><c> or</c><00:34:50.360><c> whatever</c><00:34:50.800><c> it</c><00:34:51.039><c> might</c><00:34:51.199><c> be.</c> 00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:56.139 And<00:34:52.940><c> they're</c><00:34:53.179><c> instantly,</c><00:34:54.440><c> as</c><00:34:54.639><c> it</c><00:34:54.820><c> were,</c><00:34:54.920><c> in</c><00:34:55.059><c> the</c><00:34:55.239><c> ground.</c> 00:34:57.139 --> 00:35:00.800 But<00:34:57.280><c> for</c><00:34:57.460><c> the</c><00:34:57.579><c> rest</c><00:34:57.760><c> of</c><00:34:57.940><c> us</c><00:34:58.480><c> it</c><00:34:59.099><c> might</c><00:34:59.360><c> happen</c><00:34:59.599><c> over</c><00:34:59.940><c> 70,</c><00:35:00.440><c> 80,</c> 00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:02.039 90<00:35:01.420><c> years.</c> 00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:06.119 But<00:35:02.460><c> we're</c><00:35:02.659><c> all</c><00:35:03.340><c> going</c><00:35:04.000><c> to</c><00:35:04.400><c> the</c><00:35:04.599><c> same</c><00:35:05.099><c> place.</c> 00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:09.840 And<00:35:06.639><c> except</c><00:35:07.099><c> you</c><00:35:07.380><c> repent,</c><00:35:08.000><c> says</c><00:35:08.099><c> Christ,</c><00:35:09.219><c> that's</c><00:35:09.539><c> where</c><00:35:09.659><c> you</c> 00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.380 end<00:35:10.079><c> up.</c> 00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:12.119 That's<00:35:10.920><c> what</c><00:35:11.019><c> he's</c><00:35:11.260><c> saying</c><00:35:11.340><c> to</c><00:35:11.519><c> these</c><00:35:11.719><c> people.</c> 00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:15.860 So<00:35:13.059><c> you</c><00:35:13.159><c> see,</c><00:35:13.400><c> this</c><00:35:13.579><c> woman</c><00:35:13.860><c> is</c><00:35:14.139><c> really</c><00:35:14.519><c> a</c><00:35:14.920><c> microcosm</c><00:35:15.480><c> of</c><00:35:15.679><c> the</c> 00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:18.280 entire<00:35:16.599><c> human</c><00:35:17.219><c> race.</c> 00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:20.579 This<00:35:18.880><c> is</c><00:35:19.079><c> where</c><00:35:19.199><c> we're</c><00:35:19.440><c> all</c><00:35:19.679><c> going.</c> 00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:22.679 So<00:35:21.300><c> what</c><00:35:21.380><c> does</c><00:35:21.559><c> Jesus</c><00:35:21.840><c> do?</c> 00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:24.920 Let's<00:35:23.619><c> read</c><00:35:23.739><c> the</c><00:35:23.900><c> record.</c> 00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:26.840 Verse<00:35:25.460><c> 12.</c> 00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:29.300 And<00:35:27.599><c> when</c><00:35:27.760><c> Jesus</c><00:35:28.119><c> saw</c><00:35:28.400><c> her,</c><00:35:28.780><c> he</c><00:35:28.820><c> called.</c> 00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:33.159 It<00:35:29.960><c> actually</c><00:35:30.179><c> means</c><00:35:30.400><c> he</c><00:35:30.760><c> sounded</c><00:35:31.179><c> towards</c><00:35:31.760><c> her,</c><00:35:32.880><c> like</c><00:35:32.980><c> the</c> 00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:33.920 Gospel<00:35:33.500><c> message.</c> 00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:36.260 Sounded<00:35:34.980><c> toward</c><00:35:35.219><c> her.</c> 00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:40.199 And<00:35:36.980><c> said</c><00:35:37.099><c> unto</c><00:35:37.340><c> her,</c><00:35:37.719><c> Woman,</c><00:35:38.380><c> thou</c><00:35:38.539><c> art</c><00:35:38.840><c> loosed</c><00:35:39.219><c> from</c><00:35:39.460><c> thine</c><00:35:39.599><c> infirmity.</c> 00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:42.440 Now,<00:35:40.800><c> that</c><00:35:41.019><c> would</c><00:35:41.159><c> have</c><00:35:41.280><c> been</c><00:35:41.340><c> good</c><00:35:41.539><c> enough,</c><00:35:41.800><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:41.940><c> it?</c> 00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:45.539 How<00:35:42.940><c> often</c><00:35:43.079><c> did</c><00:35:43.219><c> the</c><00:35:43.320><c> Lord</c><00:35:43.500><c> Jesus</c><00:35:43.880><c> Christ</c><00:35:44.400><c> speak</c><00:35:44.840><c> a</c><00:35:45.039><c> word</c><00:35:45.300><c> and</c> 00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:46.300 people<00:35:45.800><c> were</c><00:35:46.079><c> cured?</c> 00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:48.440 I<00:35:46.800><c> mean,</c><00:35:46.960><c> he</c><00:35:46.980><c> had</c><00:35:47.159><c> a</c><00:35:47.320><c> centurion</c><00:35:47.760><c> come</c><00:35:47.920><c> to</c><00:35:48.039><c> him</c><00:35:48.199><c> and</c><00:35:48.320><c> say,</c> 00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:52.000 Listen,<00:35:48.900><c> my</c><00:35:49.099><c> servant</c><00:35:49.340><c> at</c><00:35:49.519><c> home</c><00:35:49.739><c> is</c><00:35:50.460><c> sick</c><00:35:50.739><c> unto</c><00:35:51.019><c> death.</c> 00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:54.380 Just<00:35:52.800><c> speak</c><00:35:53.219><c> a</c><00:35:53.420><c> word.</c> 00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:55.980 And<00:35:54.699><c> he</c><00:35:54.860><c> believed</c><00:35:55.119><c> he</c><00:35:55.219><c> went</c><00:35:55.380><c> home</c><00:35:55.559><c> his</c><00:35:55.800><c> servant.</c> 00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:58.559 All<00:35:56.519><c> the</c><00:35:56.599><c> Lord</c><00:35:56.699><c> had</c><00:35:56.840><c> to</c><00:35:56.960><c> do</c><00:35:57.019><c> was</c><00:35:57.199><c> to</c><00:35:57.400><c> speak</c><00:35:57.519><c> a</c><00:35:57.739><c> word.</c> 00:35:58.860 --> 00:36:02.659 He<00:35:59.019><c> didn't</c><00:35:59.320><c> need</c><00:35:59.619><c> to</c><00:35:59.840><c> do</c><00:36:00.219><c> what</c><00:36:00.639><c> he</c><00:36:00.840><c> does</c><00:36:01.059><c> in</c><00:36:01.280><c> the</c><00:36:01.400><c> next</c><00:36:01.619><c> verse.</c> 00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:04.380 Verse<00:36:03.480><c> 13.</c> 00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:09.559 He<00:36:05.679><c> laid</c><00:36:06.320><c> his</c><00:36:06.980><c> hands</c><00:36:07.619><c> on</c><00:36:09.199><c> her.</c> 00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:11.099 Two<00:36:09.980><c> hands.</c> 00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:15.820 And<00:36:12.519><c> immediately</c><00:36:13.099><c> she</c><00:36:13.739><c> was</c><00:36:13.960><c> made</c><00:36:14.260><c> straight</c><00:36:14.659><c> and</c><00:36:15.099><c> glorified</c><00:36:15.619><c> God.</c> 00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:19.599 So<00:36:16.099><c> here</c><00:36:16.280><c> is</c><00:36:16.420><c> this</c><00:36:16.619><c> woman</c><00:36:16.940><c> bowed</c><00:36:17.500><c> over</c><00:36:17.880><c> and</c><00:36:18.199><c> he</c><00:36:18.400><c> comes</c><00:36:18.599><c> up</c><00:36:18.900><c> behind</c><00:36:19.340><c> her,</c> 00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:20.980 brothers<00:36:19.840><c> and</c><00:36:20.079><c> sisters,</c> 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:24.639 and<00:36:21.159><c> he</c><00:36:21.320><c> puts</c><00:36:21.699><c> open</c><00:36:22.179><c> hands</c><00:36:22.519><c> on</c><00:36:22.760><c> her</c><00:36:23.079><c> shoulders</c><00:36:23.539><c> and</c><00:36:23.780><c> says,</c> 00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:26.360 Straightens<00:36:26.019><c> her</c><00:36:26.159><c> up.</c> 00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:29.340 He<00:36:26.559><c> is</c><00:36:26.800><c> using</c><00:36:27.280><c> an</c><00:36:28.099><c> open</c><00:36:28.340><c> hand.</c> 00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:31.440 On<00:36:30.079><c> the</c><00:36:30.380><c> Sabbath</c><00:36:30.739><c> day.</c> 00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:33.360 You<00:36:31.980><c> can't</c><00:36:32.300><c> miss</c><00:36:32.500><c> that,</c><00:36:32.880><c> can</c><00:36:32.960><c> you?</c> 00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:35.980 You<00:36:34.039><c> cannot</c><00:36:34.320><c> miss</c><00:36:34.539><c> what's</c><00:36:34.900><c> happening</c><00:36:35.079><c> there.</c> 00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:38.519 This<00:36:36.440><c> is</c><00:36:36.619><c> the</c><00:36:36.780><c> principle</c><00:36:37.159><c> of</c><00:36:37.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:37.760><c> 58.</c> 00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:41.199 The<00:36:39.099><c> lifting</c><00:36:39.320><c> of</c><00:36:39.539><c> heavy</c><00:36:39.760><c> burdens</c><00:36:40.019><c> which</c><00:36:40.260><c> can</c><00:36:40.500><c> only</c><00:36:40.760><c> be</c><00:36:41.019><c> done</c> 00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:42.719 with<00:36:41.400><c> the</c><00:36:41.619><c> open</c><00:36:41.840><c> hand.</c> 00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:44.679 That<00:36:43.280><c> is</c><00:36:43.579><c> what</c><00:36:43.679><c> he's</c><00:36:43.920><c> doing.</c> 00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:46.360 But<00:36:45.039><c> of</c><00:36:45.260><c> course</c><00:36:45.420><c> they</c><00:36:45.840><c> were</c><00:36:46.119><c> different.</c> 00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:48.059 Look<00:36:46.519><c> at</c><00:36:46.679><c> verse</c><00:36:46.880><c> 14.</c> 00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:50.800 And<00:36:48.460><c> the</c><00:36:48.559><c> ruler</c><00:36:48.739><c> of</c><00:36:48.880><c> the</c><00:36:49.019><c> synagogue</c><00:36:49.320><c> answered</c><00:36:49.739><c> with</c><00:36:50.019><c> indignation</c> 00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:53.500 because<00:36:51.179><c> Jesus</c><00:36:51.639><c> had</c><00:36:51.920><c> healed</c><00:36:52.039><c> on</c><00:36:52.300><c> the</c><00:36:52.420><c> Sabbath</c><00:36:52.619><c> day</c><00:36:53.119><c> and</c><00:36:53.360><c> said</c> 00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.699 to<00:36:53.659><c> the</c><00:36:53.820><c> people,</c> 00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:57.420 There<00:36:54.840><c> are</c><00:36:55.079><c> six</c><00:36:55.400><c> days</c><00:36:55.860><c> in</c><00:36:56.179><c> which</c><00:36:56.380><c> men</c><00:36:56.599><c> ought</c><00:36:56.820><c> to</c><00:36:57.119><c> work.</c> 00:36:57.800 --> 00:37:00.699 In<00:36:58.179><c> them</c><00:36:58.480><c> therefore</c><00:36:58.960><c> come</c><00:36:59.500><c> and</c><00:37:00.099><c> be</c><00:37:00.340><c> healed.</c> 00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:03.199 But<00:37:01.360><c> not</c><00:37:01.920><c> on</c><00:37:02.320><c> the</c><00:37:02.559><c> Sabbath</c><00:37:02.780><c> day.</c> 00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:06.480 You<00:37:03.659><c> just</c><00:37:03.900><c> see</c><00:37:04.039><c> the</c><00:37:04.559><c> indignation</c><00:37:05.280><c> in</c><00:37:05.460><c> the</c><00:37:05.599><c> voice.</c> 00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:08.960 Jesus<00:37:07.159><c> can't</c><00:37:07.880><c> stand</c><00:37:08.179><c> hypocrisy.</c> 00:37:09.340 --> 00:37:14.639 If<00:37:09.400><c> there's</c><00:37:09.679><c> one</c><00:37:10.039><c> thing</c><00:37:10.300><c> that</c><00:37:10.639><c> God</c><00:37:10.920><c> hates</c><00:37:11.280><c> and</c><00:37:11.440><c> his</c><00:37:11.699><c> son</c><00:37:11.920><c> hates,</c><00:37:12.400><c> it's</c><00:37:12.739><c> hypocrisy.</c> 00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:16.639 Can't<00:37:15.360><c> stand</c><00:37:15.699><c> it.</c> 00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:19.699 And<00:37:16.940><c> so</c><00:37:17.039><c> we</c><00:37:17.199><c> read</c><00:37:17.380><c> this</c><00:37:17.980><c> in</c><00:37:18.340><c> verse</c><00:37:18.579><c> 15.</c> 00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:25.139 The<00:37:20.539><c> Lord</c><00:37:20.900><c> then</c><00:37:21.260><c> answered</c><00:37:21.599><c> him</c><00:37:21.840><c> and</c><00:37:22.079><c> said,</c><00:37:23.000><c> Thou</c><00:37:23.400><c> hypocrite!</c> 00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:28.280 Doth<00:37:25.619><c> not</c><00:37:25.860><c> each</c><00:37:26.179><c> one</c><00:37:26.420><c> of</c><00:37:26.539><c> you</c><00:37:26.659><c> on</c><00:37:26.820><c> the</c><00:37:27.119><c> Sabbath</c><00:37:27.340><c> loose</c><00:37:27.699><c> his</c><00:37:27.980><c> ox</c> 00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:29.559 or<00:37:28.860><c> his</c><00:37:29.139><c> ass</c> 00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:33.519 from<00:37:30.300><c> the</c><00:37:30.679><c> stall</c><00:37:31.079><c> and</c><00:37:32.039><c> lead</c><00:37:32.280><c> him</c><00:37:32.559><c> away</c><00:37:32.940><c> to</c><00:37:33.199><c> watering?</c> 00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:34.960 Why<00:37:34.039><c> did</c><00:37:34.139><c> they</c><00:37:34.320><c> do</c><00:37:34.559><c> that?</c> 00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:37.059 Well<00:37:35.500><c> if</c><00:37:35.519><c> they</c><00:37:35.679><c> didn't</c><00:37:35.860><c> lead</c><00:37:36.000><c> him</c><00:37:36.179><c> away</c><00:37:36.360><c> to</c><00:37:36.579><c> watering,</c><00:37:36.940><c> the</c> 00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:38.780 animal<00:37:37.239><c> might</c><00:37:37.559><c> die.</c> 00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:40.960 That's<00:37:39.360><c> going</c><00:37:39.519><c> to</c><00:37:39.679><c> cost</c><00:37:39.880><c> them</c><00:37:40.079><c> something.</c> 00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:42.739 It's<00:37:41.280><c> a</c><00:37:41.420><c> reduction</c><00:37:41.719><c> in</c><00:37:41.900><c> their</c><00:37:42.099><c> bank</c><00:37:42.300><c> balance.</c> 00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:44.820 You<00:37:43.019><c> can't</c><00:37:43.360><c> have</c><00:37:43.579><c> that.</c> 00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:49.239 So<00:37:45.420><c> they'll</c><00:37:45.900><c> break</c><00:37:46.179><c> the</c><00:37:46.539><c> Sabbath</c><00:37:46.860><c> for</c><00:37:48.059><c> self</c><00:37:48.320><c>-interest.</c> 00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:53.900 And<00:37:50.000><c> they'll</c><00:37:50.159><c> use</c><00:37:50.420><c> an</c><00:37:50.599><c> open</c><00:37:50.840><c> hand</c><00:37:51.039><c> to</c><00:37:51.260><c> do</c><00:37:51.420><c> it</c><00:37:52.239><c> for</c><00:37:52.639><c> self</c><00:37:52.960><c>-interest.</c> 00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:56.440 You<00:37:54.940><c> see</c><00:37:55.059><c> the</c><00:37:55.239><c> hypocrisy?</c> 00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:58.659 Well<00:37:57.219><c> that's</c><00:37:57.360><c> what</c><00:37:57.480><c> he's</c><00:37:57.880><c> exposing</c><00:37:58.219><c> here.</c> 00:37:58.659 --> 00:38:06.000 He<00:37:59.539><c> wants</c><00:37:59.820><c> an</c><00:38:00.079><c> open</c><00:38:00.320><c> hand</c><00:38:00.659><c> in</c><00:38:00.900><c> the</c><00:38:01.159><c> brain</c><00:38:01.679><c> that's</c><00:38:03.300><c> open</c><00:38:03.699><c> for</c><00:38:04.099><c> the</c><00:38:04.260><c> things</c><00:38:04.400><c> that</c><00:38:04.659><c> belong</c><00:38:04.840><c> to</c><00:38:05.059><c> God.</c> 00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:09.199 They<00:38:06.460><c> were</c><00:38:06.659><c> doing</c><00:38:06.840><c> it</c><00:38:07.880><c> for</c><00:38:08.179><c> themselves.</c> 00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:10.500 That's<00:38:09.900><c> the</c><00:38:10.099><c> story.</c> 00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:13.260 And<00:38:11.079><c> so</c><00:38:11.260><c> we</c><00:38:11.679><c> read</c><00:38:11.960><c> in</c><00:38:12.199><c> verse</c><00:38:12.719><c> 16.</c> 00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:17.519 And<00:38:13.539><c> ought</c><00:38:13.860><c> not</c><00:38:14.199><c> this</c><00:38:14.500><c> woman,</c><00:38:15.780><c> being</c><00:38:16.059><c> a</c><00:38:16.380><c> daughter</c><00:38:16.619><c> of</c><00:38:16.900><c> Abraham,</c> 00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:20.920 whom<00:38:18.099><c> Satan</c><00:38:18.500><c> hath</c><00:38:18.800><c> bound</c><00:38:19.179><c> lo</c><00:38:19.400><c> these</c><00:38:19.860><c> eighteen</c><00:38:20.500><c> years.</c> 00:38:21.139 --> 00:38:24.880 It's<00:38:21.260><c> the</c><00:38:21.400><c> third</c><00:38:21.780><c> time</c><00:38:22.199><c> you</c><00:38:22.340><c> meet</c><00:38:22.559><c> eighteen</c><00:38:23.079><c> in</c><00:38:23.739><c> the</c><00:38:23.980><c> chapter.</c> 00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:28.719 Be<00:38:25.579><c> loosed</c><00:38:26.099><c> from</c><00:38:26.300><c> this</c><00:38:26.619><c> bond</c><00:38:27.019><c> on</c><00:38:27.739><c> the</c><00:38:27.980><c> Sabbath</c><00:38:28.199><c> day.</c> 00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:30.079 So<00:38:29.159><c> what</c><00:38:29.300><c> was</c><00:38:29.519><c> there?</c> 00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:33.480 What<00:38:30.519><c> was</c><00:38:30.820><c> their</c><00:38:31.780><c> attitude</c><00:38:32.539><c> towards</c><00:38:33.039><c> this?</c> 00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:38.340 Well<00:38:34.559><c> the</c><00:38:35.480><c> crippled</c><00:38:35.840><c> woman,</c><00:38:36.340><c> as</c><00:38:36.539><c> I</c><00:38:36.780><c> said,</c><00:38:37.400><c> was</c><00:38:37.519><c> a</c><00:38:37.840><c> microcosm</c> 00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:39.340 of<00:38:38.519><c> the</c><00:38:38.719><c> whole</c><00:38:38.980><c> race.</c> 00:38:39.739 --> 00:38:42.519 It<00:38:39.820><c> was</c><00:38:40.099><c> imperative</c><00:38:40.800><c> to</c><00:38:41.079><c> loose</c><00:38:41.260><c> her</c><00:38:41.719><c> on</c><00:38:42.179><c> the</c><00:38:42.420><c> Sabbath</c> 00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:46.480 because<00:38:42.760><c> it</c><00:38:43.219><c> pointed</c><00:38:43.559><c> to</c><00:38:43.860><c> the</c><00:38:44.019><c> Lord's</c><00:38:44.420><c> work</c><00:38:44.780><c> in</c><00:38:45.420><c> the</c><00:38:45.639><c> kingdom.</c> 00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:49.780 And<00:38:46.840><c> we're</c><00:38:47.039><c> all</c><00:38:47.380><c> inexorably</c><00:38:48.119><c> descending</c><00:38:48.460><c> to</c><00:38:48.699><c> the</c><00:38:48.900><c> grave</c><00:38:49.199><c> like</c> 00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:51.119 she<00:38:50.239><c> was.</c> 00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:53.940 And<00:38:51.619><c> of</c><00:38:51.820><c> course</c><00:38:52.039><c> the</c><00:38:52.239><c> context</c><00:38:52.739><c> in</c><00:38:52.920><c> which</c><00:38:53.079><c> the</c><00:38:53.260><c> Lord</c><00:38:53.440><c> is</c><00:38:53.739><c> found</c> 00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:55.719 here<00:38:54.179><c> is</c><00:38:54.340><c> the</c><00:38:54.559><c> context</c><00:38:54.960><c> of</c><00:38:55.159><c> the</c><00:38:55.380><c> kingdom.</c> 00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:57.659 You<00:38:56.019><c> have</c><00:38:56.119><c> a</c><00:38:56.119><c> look</c><00:38:56.239><c> at</c><00:38:56.380><c> verse</c><00:38:56.599><c> 18.</c> 00:38:58.400 --> 00:39:04.079 Then<00:38:58.619><c> said</c><00:38:58.860><c> he</c><00:38:59.119><c> unto</c><00:38:59.619><c> what</c><00:39:01.400><c> is</c><00:39:01.880><c> the</c><00:39:02.119><c> kingdom</c><00:39:02.460><c> of</c><00:39:02.699><c> God</c><00:39:03.099><c> like?</c> 00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:05.960 And<00:39:04.619><c> whereunto</c><00:39:04.960><c> shall</c><00:39:05.199><c> I</c><00:39:05.440><c> resemble</c><00:39:05.820><c> it?</c> 00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:10.300 So<00:39:06.139><c> his</c><00:39:06.559><c> mind</c><00:39:07.179><c> is</c><00:39:07.840><c> immediately</c><00:39:08.519><c> on</c><00:39:08.800><c> the</c><00:39:08.960><c> things</c><00:39:09.119><c> of</c><00:39:09.300><c> the</c><00:39:09.460><c> kingdom.</c> 00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:13.780 And<00:39:10.699><c> if</c><00:39:10.840><c> you</c><00:39:11.000><c> doubt</c><00:39:11.179><c> that,</c><00:39:11.840><c> you</c><00:39:11.960><c> have</c><00:39:12.099><c> a</c><00:39:12.219><c> look</c><00:39:12.440><c> at</c><00:39:12.679><c> verse</c><00:39:12.960><c> 35</c><00:39:13.599><c> of</c> 00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:15.360 Luke<00:39:13.980><c> chapter</c><00:39:14.280><c> 13.</c> 00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:18.519 Behold,<00:39:15.880><c> he</c><00:39:16.019><c> says</c><00:39:16.239><c> to</c><00:39:16.380><c> them,</c><00:39:16.599><c> your</c><00:39:16.900><c> house</c><00:39:17.219><c> is</c><00:39:17.420><c> left</c><00:39:17.659><c> unto</c><00:39:17.900><c> you</c><00:39:18.159><c> desolate.</c> 00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:22.199 And<00:39:18.659><c> verily</c><00:39:19.019><c> I</c><00:39:19.239><c> say</c><00:39:19.380><c> unto</c><00:39:19.539><c> you,</c><00:39:19.880><c> you</c><00:39:19.880><c> shall</c><00:39:20.139><c> not</c><00:39:20.500><c> see</c><00:39:20.780><c> me</c><00:39:21.320><c> until</c> 00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:24.519 the<00:39:22.559><c> time</c><00:39:22.840><c> come</c><00:39:23.139><c> when</c><00:39:23.320><c> ye</c><00:39:23.519><c> shall</c><00:39:23.699><c> say,</c> 00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:28.159 Blessed<00:39:25.079><c> is</c><00:39:25.340><c> he</c><00:39:25.500><c> that</c><00:39:25.780><c> cometh</c><00:39:26.159><c> in</c><00:39:26.860><c> the</c><00:39:27.059><c> name</c><00:39:27.420><c> of</c><00:39:27.699><c> the</c><00:39:27.860><c> Lord.</c> 00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:32.079 It's<00:39:28.800><c> a</c><00:39:28.960><c> quotation</c><00:39:29.400><c> of</c><00:39:29.679><c> course</c><00:39:29.860><c> from</c><00:39:30.099><c> Psalm</c><00:39:30.340><c> 118</c><00:39:31.219><c> and</c><00:39:31.420><c> verse</c><00:39:31.639><c> 24,</c> 00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:34.980 which<00:39:32.300><c> we'll</c><00:39:32.519><c> briefly</c><00:39:32.780><c> look</c><00:39:33.059><c> at</c><00:39:33.179><c> in</c><00:39:33.360><c> our</c><00:39:33.800><c> exhortation</c><00:39:34.400><c> this</c><00:39:34.679><c> morning</c><00:39:34.860><c> a</c> 00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:36.460 little<00:39:35.139><c> later,</c><00:39:35.500><c> God</c><00:39:35.639><c> willing.</c> 00:39:36.739 --> 00:39:40.719 It<00:39:37.000><c> refers</c><00:39:37.420><c> to</c><00:39:37.659><c> the</c><00:39:37.800><c> millennial</c><00:39:38.260><c> age,</c><00:39:39.219><c> the</c><00:39:39.619><c> Sabbath</c><00:39:39.880><c> rest</c><00:39:40.320><c> for</c> 00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:41.340 God's<00:39:41.159><c> people.</c> 00:39:41.380 --> 00:39:43.780 So<00:39:41.539><c> that's</c><00:39:41.800><c> where</c><00:39:42.039><c> the</c><00:39:42.239><c> Lord's</c><00:39:42.579><c> mind</c><00:39:42.820><c> is,</c><00:39:43.099><c> brothers</c><00:39:43.239><c> and</c><00:39:43.519><c> sisters.</c> 00:39:43.780 --> 00:39:47.679 He's<00:39:44.179><c> thinking</c><00:39:44.639><c> about</c><00:39:45.300><c> where</c><00:39:45.719><c> this</c><00:39:46.019><c> incident</c><00:39:46.440><c> with</c><00:39:46.639><c> the</c><00:39:46.800><c> woman</c><00:39:47.059><c> is</c> 00:39:47.679 --> 00:39:48.699 ultimately<00:39:48.000><c> going</c><00:39:48.239><c> to</c><00:39:48.400><c> lead.</c> 00:39:48.820 --> 00:39:52.380 It's<00:39:49.039><c> going</c><00:39:49.179><c> to</c><00:39:49.280><c> lead</c><00:39:49.619><c> to</c><00:39:49.820><c> the</c><00:39:50.000><c> lifting</c><00:39:50.260><c> of</c><00:39:50.619><c> the</c><00:39:50.780><c> heavy</c><00:39:51.000><c> burdens</c><00:39:51.400><c> of</c><00:39:52.179><c> the</c> 00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:53.460 human<00:39:52.599><c> race.</c> 00:39:53.699 --> 00:39:56.900 So<00:39:53.820><c> the</c><00:39:54.039><c> exhortations</c><00:39:54.659><c> for</c><00:39:54.880><c> us</c><00:39:55.059><c> are</c><00:39:55.280><c> pretty</c><00:39:55.559><c> plain,</c><00:39:55.900><c> are</c><00:39:55.960><c> they</c><00:39:56.159><c> not?</c> 00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:59.880 Isaiah<00:39:57.699><c> 58</c><00:39:58.239><c> verse</c><00:39:58.559><c> 6,</c><00:39:58.820><c> we</c><00:39:59.059><c> read</c><00:39:59.260><c> these</c><00:39:59.599><c> words.</c> 00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:04.360 Is<00:40:00.139><c> not</c><00:40:00.480><c> this</c><00:40:00.739><c> the</c><00:40:01.019><c> fast</c><00:40:01.260><c> that</c><00:40:01.519><c> I</c><00:40:01.820><c> have</c><00:40:02.039><c> chosen</c><00:40:02.480><c> to</c><00:40:03.699><c> loose</c><00:40:04.059><c> the</c> 00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:05.559 bands<00:40:04.619><c> of</c><00:40:04.860><c> wickedness,</c> 00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:11.059 to<00:40:06.360><c> undo</c><00:40:06.820><c> the</c><00:40:07.139><c> heavy</c><00:40:07.420><c> burdens</c><00:40:07.940><c> and</c><00:40:08.780><c> to</c><00:40:08.980><c> let</c><00:40:09.159><c> the</c><00:40:09.460><c> oppressed</c><00:40:10.139><c> go</c> 00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:15.480 free<00:40:11.599><c> and</c><00:40:12.539><c> that</c><00:40:12.719><c> ye</c><00:40:12.920><c> break</c><00:40:13.659><c> every</c><00:40:14.659><c> yoke?</c> 00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:18.820 So<00:40:16.400><c> what</c><00:40:16.960><c> should</c><00:40:17.139><c> we</c><00:40:17.380><c> do</c><00:40:17.679><c> then?</c> 00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:25.960 Let<00:40:19.539><c> us</c><00:40:19.840><c> exercise</c><00:40:20.500><c> dominion</c><00:40:21.559><c> over</c><00:40:22.019><c> carnality</c><00:40:22.659><c> now</c><00:40:23.300><c> in</c><00:40:24.659><c> prospect</c><00:40:25.159><c> of</c><00:40:25.760><c> the</c> 00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:27.119 Sabbath<00:40:26.159><c> day.</c> 00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:31.260 Let<00:40:27.579><c> us</c><00:40:27.920><c> use</c><00:40:28.199><c> the</c><00:40:28.440><c> open</c><00:40:28.760><c> hand</c><00:40:29.440><c> to</c><00:40:29.960><c> assist</c><00:40:30.320><c> our</c><00:40:30.739><c> brethren</c><00:40:31.019><c> and</c> 00:40:31.260 --> 00:40:34.139 sisters<00:40:31.880><c> to</c><00:40:32.480><c> bear</c><00:40:32.619><c> the</c><00:40:32.840><c> burdens</c><00:40:33.179><c> that</c><00:40:33.460><c> are</c><00:40:33.639><c> upon</c><00:40:33.900><c> them.</c> 00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:38.039 And<00:40:34.280><c> we've</c><00:40:34.579><c> all</c><00:40:34.800><c> got</c><00:40:35.099><c> burdens</c><00:40:35.480><c> of</c><00:40:35.699><c> one</c><00:40:36.000><c> kind</c><00:40:36.480><c> or</c><00:40:37.219><c> another.</c> 00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:40.320 But<00:40:38.679><c> how</c><00:40:38.840><c> are</c><00:40:38.940><c> we</c><00:40:39.000><c> going</c><00:40:39.079><c> to</c><00:40:39.199><c> do</c><00:40:39.340><c> that?</c> 00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:45.019 Well,<00:40:41.900><c> it's</c><00:40:42.119><c> all</c><00:40:42.599><c> in</c><00:40:42.960><c> the</c><00:40:43.139><c> mind,</c><00:40:43.699><c> isn't</c><00:40:43.840><c> it?</c> 00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:47.539 It's<00:40:45.880><c> all</c><00:40:46.300><c> in</c><00:40:46.519><c> the</c><00:40:46.719><c> mind.</c> 00:40:48.219 --> 00:40:51.860 You<00:40:48.519><c> can</c><00:40:48.659><c> have</c><00:40:48.780><c> a</c><00:40:48.980><c> mind,</c><00:40:50.019><c> let</c><00:40:50.320><c> me</c><00:40:50.480><c> just</c><00:40:50.659><c> go</c><00:40:50.880><c> back.</c> 00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:55.719 You<00:40:52.840><c> can</c><00:40:52.960><c> have</c><00:40:53.159><c> a</c><00:40:53.360><c> mind</c><00:40:53.960><c> like</c><00:40:54.440><c> that.</c> 00:40:56.800 --> 00:41:03.400 Or<00:40:57.659><c> you</c><00:40:58.519><c> can</c><00:40:58.719><c> have</c><00:40:58.900><c> a</c><00:40:59.860><c> mind</c><00:40:59.860><c> like</c><00:41:02.219><c> that.</c> 00:41:04.300 --> 00:41:09.199 An<00:41:04.599><c> open</c><00:41:04.900><c> hand</c><00:41:05.639><c> to</c><00:41:06.500><c> feed</c><00:41:07.079><c> 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