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and<00:14:24.320><c> shouldest</c><00:14:24.759><c> hear</c><00:14:25.000><c> the</c><00:14:25.179><c> voice</c><00:14:25.399><c> of</c><00:14:25.519><c> his</c><00:14:25.779><c> mouth.</c>

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For<00:14:27.320><c> thou</c><00:14:27.639><c> shalt</c><00:14:27.960><c> be</c><00:14:28.279><c> his</c><00:14:28.580><c> witness</c><00:14:28.940><c> unto</c><00:14:29.220><c> all</c><00:14:29.580><c> men</c><00:14:29.740><c> of</c><00:14:29.919><c> what</c>

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thou<00:14:30.559><c> hast</c><00:14:31.080><c> seen</c><00:14:32.039><c> and</c><00:14:33.419><c> heard.</c>

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It<00:14:35.899><c> was</c><00:14:36.120><c> a</c><00:14:36.279><c> message</c><00:14:36.580><c> that</c><00:14:36.759><c> he</c><00:14:36.840><c> was</c><00:14:37.039><c> going</c><00:14:37.220><c> to</c><00:14:37.399><c> have</c><00:14:37.559><c> to</c><00:14:37.860><c> show</c>

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and<00:14:38.840><c> teach.</c>

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Now,<00:14:40.879><c> I</c><00:14:41.039><c> hope</c><00:14:41.240><c> you've</c><00:14:41.419><c> picked</c><00:14:41.620><c> up</c><00:14:41.820><c> the</c><00:14:42.000><c> words.</c>

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He's<00:14:42.960><c> going</c><00:14:43.080><c> to</c><00:14:43.240><c> bear</c><00:14:43.419><c> Christ's</c><00:14:44.059><c> name</c><00:14:44.220><c> before</c><00:14:44.519><c> the</c><00:14:44.759><c> Gentiles</c>

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and<00:14:45.360><c> before</c><00:14:45.700><c> kings.</c>

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He's<00:14:46.679><c> going</c><00:14:46.840><c> to</c><00:14:47.000><c> have</c><00:14:47.139><c> to</c><00:14:47.340><c> tell</c><00:14:47.460><c> all</c><00:14:47.720><c> the</c><00:14:47.879><c> things</c><00:14:48.000><c> that</c><00:14:48.159><c> he's</c>

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seen<00:14:48.840><c> and</c><00:14:49.360><c> heard.</c>

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Now,<00:14:50.159><c> you</c><00:14:50.240><c> know</c><00:14:50.360><c> what</c><00:14:50.460><c> he's</c><00:14:50.740><c> doing</c><00:14:51.000><c> in</c><00:14:51.580><c> recounting</c><00:14:52.080><c> that</c><00:14:52.240><c> message?</c>

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He's<00:14:53.340><c> directing</c><00:14:53.779><c> them</c><00:14:53.980><c> to</c><00:14:54.179><c> a</c><00:14:54.399><c> prophecy</c><00:14:54.679><c> in</c><00:14:54.879><c> Isaiah,</c><00:14:55.639><c> chapter</c><00:14:55.840><c> 52.</c>

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And<00:14:59.659><c> here</c><00:14:59.779><c> it</c><00:14:59.940><c> is.</c>

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And<00:15:04.539><c> this</c><00:15:04.659><c> was</c><00:15:04.860><c> the</c><00:15:05.019><c> commission</c><00:15:05.299><c> that</c><00:15:05.480><c> the</c><00:15:05.639><c> apostle</c><00:15:05.960><c> Paul</c><00:15:06.220><c> had</c>

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from<00:15:06.759><c> God.</c>

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Now,<00:15:12.740><c> I'm</c><00:15:12.899><c> trying</c><00:15:13.059><c> to</c><00:15:13.220><c> stress,</c><00:15:13.639><c> brothers</c><00:15:13.799><c> and</c><00:15:13.960><c> sisters,</c><00:15:14.139><c> that</c>

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in<00:15:14.379><c> this</c><00:15:14.519><c> particular</c><00:15:15.080><c> opening,</c>

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Paul<00:15:15.799><c> is</c><00:15:16.000><c> making</c><00:15:16.279><c> a</c><00:15:16.500><c> gigantic</c><00:15:17.139><c> claim</c><00:15:17.620><c> and</c><00:15:18.139><c> laying</c><00:15:18.440><c> down</c><00:15:18.700><c> the</c>

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foundation<00:15:19.399><c> for</c><00:15:19.639><c> his</c><00:15:19.899><c> teaching</c><00:15:20.299><c> in</c><00:15:20.700><c> his</c><00:15:20.899><c> own</c><00:15:21.139><c> life.</c>

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So<00:15:23.360><c> in</c><00:15:23.519><c> the</c><00:15:23.679><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:24.039><c> 52</c><00:15:24.620><c> and</c><00:15:24.840><c> verse</c><00:15:25.120><c> 15,</c><00:15:27.559><c> concerning</c><00:15:27.799><c> God's</c><00:15:28.360><c> servant,</c><00:15:28.740><c> it</c><00:15:28.740><c> says,</c>

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So<00:15:29.779><c> shall</c><00:15:30.080><c> he</c><00:15:30.360><c> sprinkle</c><00:15:30.820><c> many</c><00:15:31.259><c> nations,</c><00:15:33.139><c> the</c><00:15:33.320><c> kings</c><00:15:33.740><c> that</c><00:15:33.980><c> shall</c><00:15:34.139><c> shut</c><00:15:34.419><c> their</c><00:15:34.679><c> mouths</c><00:15:35.019><c> at</c><00:15:35.220><c> him,</c>

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for<00:15:36.759><c> that</c><00:15:37.059><c> which</c><00:15:37.220><c> had</c><00:15:37.500><c> not</c><00:15:37.740><c> been</c><00:15:38.019><c> told</c><00:15:38.259><c> them</c><00:15:38.500><c> shall</c><00:15:38.799><c> they</c><00:15:39.480><c> see,</c>

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and<00:15:41.539><c> that</c><00:15:41.779><c> which</c><00:15:41.960><c> they</c><00:15:42.179><c> have</c><00:15:42.379><c> not</c><00:15:42.840><c> heard</c><00:15:43.360><c> shall</c><00:15:44.019><c> they</c><00:15:44.299><c> consider.</c>

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Now,<00:15:46.460><c> here</c><00:15:46.700><c> are</c><00:15:46.980><c> kings</c><00:15:47.360><c> that</c><00:15:47.539><c> are</c><00:15:47.679><c> going</c><00:15:47.820><c> to</c><00:15:48.120><c> see</c><00:15:48.419><c> and</c><00:15:48.759><c> hear</c><00:15:49.259><c> things</c><00:15:49.679><c> they've</c><00:15:50.059><c> never</c><00:15:50.360><c> heard</c><00:15:50.600><c> of</c><00:15:50.820><c> before.</c>

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Now,<00:15:51.860><c> who</c><00:15:52.080><c> was</c><00:15:52.320><c> going</c><00:15:52.480><c> to</c><00:15:52.600><c> carry</c><00:15:52.799><c> that</c><00:15:53.039><c> message?</c>

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And<00:15:54.620><c> then</c><00:15:54.779><c> immediately,</c><00:15:55.259><c> of</c><00:15:55.259><c> course,</c><00:15:55.559><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:55.960><c> goes</c><00:15:56.279><c> on</c><00:15:56.539><c> to</c>

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describe<00:15:57.139><c> God's</c><00:15:57.759><c> suffering</c><00:15:58.019><c> servant.</c>

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But<00:16:00.580><c> you</c><00:16:00.679><c> know</c><00:16:00.820><c> what</c><00:16:01.000><c> Paul</c><00:16:01.259><c> did,</c><00:16:01.659><c> don't</c><00:16:01.840><c> you?</c>

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He<00:16:03.559><c> quoted</c><00:16:03.940><c> that</c><00:16:04.299><c> verse,</c><00:16:05.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:05.840><c> 52</c><00:16:06.460><c> and</c><00:16:06.740><c> verse</c><00:16:07.000><c> 15,</c><00:16:07.440><c> and</c><00:16:07.639><c> said</c><00:16:07.799><c> this</c><00:16:08.080><c> about</c><00:16:08.299><c> it,</c>

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that<00:16:09.480><c> that</c><00:16:09.840><c> verse</c><00:16:10.139><c> there</c><00:16:10.600><c> speaks</c><00:16:11.320><c> of</c><00:16:12.100><c> no</c><00:16:12.679><c> other</c><00:16:13.539><c> man</c><00:16:14.120><c> in</c>

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creation<00:16:15.259><c> except</c><00:16:16.039><c> himself.</c>

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In<00:16:18.299><c> other</c><00:16:18.580><c> words,</c><00:16:18.919><c> Paul</c><00:16:19.019><c> says,</c><00:16:20.019><c> I</c><00:16:20.159><c> am</c><00:16:20.700><c> the</c><00:16:20.940><c> one</c><00:16:21.320><c> in</c><00:16:21.779><c> that</c><00:16:22.240><c> verse</c>

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that's<00:16:22.960><c> going</c><00:16:23.100><c> to</c><00:16:23.279><c> carry</c><00:16:23.460><c> that</c><00:16:23.720><c> message.</c>

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Now,<00:16:24.399><c> you</c><00:16:24.519><c> might</c><00:16:24.779><c> think</c><00:16:24.940><c> that's</c><00:16:25.340><c> a</c><00:16:25.440><c> stupendous</c><00:16:26.039><c> thing</c><00:16:26.159><c> to</c><00:16:26.419><c> say,</c><00:16:26.799><c> but</c>

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that's<00:16:27.139><c> what</c><00:16:27.299><c> he</c><00:16:27.559><c> said.</c>

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In<00:16:28.559><c> the</c><00:16:28.799><c> 15th</c><00:16:29.379><c> chapter</c><00:16:29.679><c> of</c><00:16:29.860><c> Romans,</c><00:16:30.259><c> brothers</c><00:16:30.519><c> and</c><00:16:30.720><c> sisters,</c>

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you<00:16:31.240><c> read</c><00:16:31.460><c> this,</c><00:16:33.179><c> an</c><00:16:33.419><c> incredible</c><00:16:34.360><c> claim.</c>

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Paul<00:16:52.919><c> is</c><00:16:53.100><c> going</c><00:16:53.279><c> to</c><00:16:53.419><c> teach</c><00:16:53.600><c> the</c><00:16:53.840><c> gospel</c><00:16:54.279><c> of</c><00:16:54.559><c> God,</c><00:16:54.899><c> and</c><00:16:54.960><c> look</c><00:16:55.139><c> at</c>

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the<00:16:55.539><c> authorities</c><00:16:56.019><c> he</c><00:16:56.159><c> had</c><00:16:56.379><c> to</c><00:16:56.600><c> teach</c><00:16:56.779><c> it.</c>

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In<00:16:58.039><c> verse</c><00:16:58.299><c> 17</c><00:16:58.759><c> of</c><00:16:58.960><c> Romans</c><00:16:59.320><c> 15,</c><00:17:00.820><c> now</c><00:17:01.039><c> you</c><00:17:01.259><c> follow</c><00:17:01.500><c> these</c><00:17:01.720><c> words</c><00:17:02.139><c> carefully.</c>

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I<00:17:05.000><c> have</c><00:17:05.519><c> therefore,</c><00:17:06.579><c> whereof</c><00:17:06.980><c> I</c><00:17:07.279><c> may</c><00:17:07.480><c> glory</c><00:17:08.000><c> through</c><00:17:08.359><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:17:09.319><c> in</c><00:17:09.559><c> those</c><00:17:10.079><c> things</c><00:17:10.359><c> which</c><00:17:10.660><c> pertain</c><00:17:11.220><c> to</c><00:17:11.599><c> God.</c>

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For<00:17:13.900><c> I</c><00:17:14.079><c> will</c><00:17:14.299><c> not</c><00:17:14.539><c> dare</c><00:17:14.839><c> to</c><00:17:15.180><c> speak</c><00:17:15.440><c> of</c><00:17:15.759><c> any</c><00:17:16.119><c> of</c><00:17:16.279><c> those</c><00:17:16.619><c> things,</c>

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which<00:17:17.579><c> Christ</c><00:17:18.099><c> has</c><00:17:18.460><c> not</c><00:17:18.720><c> wrought</c><00:17:18.839><c> by</c><00:17:19.140><c> me,</c><00:17:19.839><c> to</c><00:17:20.059><c> make</c><00:17:20.279><c> the</c><00:17:20.500><c> Gentiles</c><00:17:21.140><c> obedient</c><00:17:21.700><c> by</c>

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word<00:17:22.339><c> and</c><00:17:22.640><c> deed,</c>

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through<00:17:23.980><c> mighty</c><00:17:24.359><c> signs</c><00:17:24.779><c> and</c><00:17:25.000><c> wonders,</c><00:17:25.940><c> by</c><00:17:26.140><c> the</c><00:17:26.420><c> power</c><00:17:26.619><c> of</c><00:17:26.799><c> the</c>

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Spirit<00:17:27.180><c> of</c><00:17:27.380><c> God,</c>

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so<00:17:28.660><c> that</c><00:17:28.859><c> from</c><00:17:29.200><c> Jerusalem</c><00:17:29.680><c> and</c><00:17:29.920><c> round</c><00:17:30.099><c> about</c><00:17:30.319><c> Illyricum</c><00:17:30.940><c> I</c><00:17:31.220><c> have</c><00:17:31.460><c> fully</c><00:17:31.779><c> preached</c><00:17:32.180><c> the</c><00:17:32.420><c> gospel</c><00:17:32.779><c> of</c><00:17:32.980><c> Christ.</c>

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Yea,<00:17:35.299><c> so</c><00:17:35.779><c> have</c><00:17:36.079><c> I</c><00:17:36.440><c> strived</c><00:17:36.880><c> to</c><00:17:37.059><c> preach</c><00:17:37.259><c> the</c><00:17:37.500><c> gospel,</c><00:17:38.559><c> not</c><00:17:39.039><c> where</c><00:17:39.640><c> Christ</c><00:17:40.160><c> was</c><00:17:40.599><c> named,</c>

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lest<00:17:41.819><c> I</c><00:17:42.220><c> should</c><00:17:42.539><c> build</c><00:17:43.019><c> upon</c><00:17:43.640><c> another</c><00:17:44.619><c> man's</c><00:17:45.700><c> foundation,</c><00:17:46.599><c> but</c><00:17:46.940><c> as</c>

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it<00:17:47.420><c> is</c><00:17:47.640><c> written,</c>

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to<00:17:49.839><c> whom</c><00:17:50.240><c> he</c><00:17:50.480><c> was</c><00:17:50.740><c> not</c><00:17:51.119><c> spoken</c><00:17:51.480><c> of</c><00:17:51.759><c> they</c><00:17:52.039><c> shall</c><00:17:52.380><c> see,</c><00:17:54.059><c> and</c><00:17:54.319><c> they</c>

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that<00:17:54.779><c> have</c><00:17:55.099><c> not</c><00:17:55.460><c> heard</c><00:17:55.720><c> shall</c><00:17:55.960><c> understand,</c>

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for<00:17:57.500><c> which</c><00:17:57.859><c> cause</c><00:17:58.220><c> also</c><00:17:59.000><c> I</c><00:17:59.819><c> have</c><00:18:00.160><c> been</c><00:18:00.480><c> much</c><00:18:00.779><c> hindered</c><00:18:01.599><c> from</c>

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coming<00:18:02.279><c> to</c><00:18:02.700><c> you.</c>

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What<00:18:05.180><c> a</c><00:18:05.619><c> claim</c><00:18:05.980><c> that</c><00:18:06.420><c> was.</c>

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So<00:18:08.339><c> that</c><00:18:08.640><c> Isaiah's</c><00:18:09.440><c> description</c><00:18:09.819><c> of</c><00:18:10.019><c> the</c><00:18:10.299><c> suffering</c><00:18:10.859><c> servant,</c>

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a<00:18:13.640><c> servant,</c><00:18:14.119><c> brethren</c><00:18:14.240><c> and</c><00:18:14.460><c> sisters,</c><00:18:14.980><c> who</c><00:18:15.119><c> in</c><00:18:15.240><c> his</c><00:18:15.480><c> suffering</c>

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presented<00:18:16.339><c> a</c><00:18:16.759><c> picture</c><00:18:17.180><c> of</c><00:18:17.500><c> suffering</c>

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that<00:18:18.339><c> was</c><00:18:18.700><c> calculated</c><00:18:19.240><c> to</c><00:18:19.680><c> touch</c><00:18:19.960><c> the</c><00:18:20.319><c> hearts</c><00:18:20.579><c> of</c><00:18:20.839><c> men</c><00:18:21.059><c> and</c><00:18:21.180><c> women,</c>

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who<00:18:22.359><c> never</c><00:18:22.700><c> went</c><00:18:22.859><c> outside</c><00:18:23.359><c> the</c><00:18:23.700><c> confines</c><00:18:24.119><c> of</c><00:18:24.319><c> that</c><00:18:24.579><c> land,</c>

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and<00:18:25.539><c> yet</c><00:18:25.680><c> the</c><00:18:25.920><c> message</c><00:18:26.220><c> of</c><00:18:26.460><c> God</c><00:18:26.720><c> was</c><00:18:26.980><c> to</c><00:18:27.119><c> a</c><00:18:27.240><c> nation</c><00:18:27.480><c> afar</c><00:18:28.099><c> off,</c>

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and<00:18:29.559><c> that</c><00:18:29.619><c> they</c><00:18:29.799><c> had</c><00:18:29.980><c> to</c><00:18:30.240><c> see</c><00:18:30.460><c> this,</c>

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because<00:18:32.160><c> the</c><00:18:32.539><c> implantation</c><00:18:33.559><c> of</c><00:18:33.779><c> Christianity</c><00:18:34.299><c> in</c><00:18:34.500><c> the</c><00:18:34.700><c> first</c>

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century<00:18:35.339><c> needed</c><00:18:35.700><c> a</c><00:18:36.119><c> demonstration</c><00:18:36.880><c> of</c><00:18:37.099><c> these</c><00:18:37.440><c> things,</c>

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and<00:18:38.240><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:38.680><c> said</c><00:18:39.039><c> that</c><00:18:39.220><c> they</c><00:18:39.420><c> which</c><00:18:39.599><c> had</c><00:18:39.920><c> not</c><00:18:40.160><c> heard</c><00:18:40.460><c> shall</c>

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hear,<00:18:41.299><c> and</c><00:18:41.359><c> they</c><00:18:41.559><c> which</c><00:18:41.700><c> have</c><00:18:41.940><c> not</c><00:18:42.220><c> seen</c><00:18:42.420><c> shall</c><00:18:42.720><c> see,</c>

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and<00:18:43.500><c> Paul</c><00:18:43.740><c> says,</c><00:18:44.599><c> I</c><00:18:44.599><c> don't</c><00:18:44.859><c> go</c><00:18:45.079><c> anywhere,</c><00:18:45.519><c> he</c><00:18:45.759><c> said,</c><00:18:45.980><c> where</c>

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other<00:18:46.440><c> men</c><00:18:46.640><c> have</c><00:18:46.940><c> built,</c>

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lest<00:18:47.720><c> I</c><00:18:47.920><c> should</c><00:18:48.140><c> build</c><00:18:48.400><c> upon</c><00:18:48.660><c> another</c><00:18:49.660><c> man's</c><00:18:50.779><c> foundation,</c>

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because<00:18:52.559><c> it's</c><00:18:52.900><c> written,</c>

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and<00:18:54.019><c> he</c><00:18:54.259><c> quotes</c><00:18:54.500><c> that</c><00:18:55.039><c> verse</c><00:18:55.579><c> which</c><00:18:56.200><c> therefore</c><00:18:56.900><c> by</c><00:18:57.779><c> Paul's</c><00:18:58.180><c> implication</c><00:18:58.880><c> can</c><00:18:59.259><c> refer</c><00:18:59.720><c> to</c>

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no<00:19:00.420><c> other</c><00:19:01.240><c> man,</c>

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for<00:19:02.839><c> which</c><00:19:03.160><c> cause</c><00:19:03.480><c> I</c><00:19:04.299><c> have</c><00:19:04.799><c> been</c><00:19:05.059><c> much</c><00:19:05.319><c> hindered</c><00:19:05.960><c> from</c><00:19:06.279><c> coming</c>

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to<00:19:06.799><c> you.</c>

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No<00:19:07.759><c> wonder,</c><00:19:08.099><c> brethren</c><00:19:08.380><c> and</c><00:19:08.559><c> sisters,</c><00:19:08.799><c> he</c><00:19:08.980><c> said</c><00:19:09.160><c> to</c><00:19:09.500><c> the</c><00:19:09.759><c> Romans,</c>

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I<00:19:11.079><c> am</c><00:19:11.299><c> the</c><00:19:11.539><c> apostle</c><00:19:11.799><c> to</c><00:19:12.000><c> the</c><00:19:12.119><c> Gentiles,</c><00:19:13.079><c> I</c><00:19:13.559><c> magnify</c><00:19:14.299><c> my</c><00:19:14.680><c> office.</c>

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You<00:19:15.880><c> see</c><00:19:15.960><c> what</c><00:19:16.099><c> we're</c><00:19:16.299><c> considering.</c>

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We're<00:19:17.480><c> not</c><00:19:17.680><c> considering</c><00:19:18.180><c> merely</c><00:19:18.720><c> a</c><00:19:19.420><c> follower</c><00:19:19.720><c> of</c><00:19:20.039><c> the</c><00:19:20.180><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:19:20.819><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:19:22.299><c> are</c><00:19:22.640><c> in</c><00:19:22.720><c> a</c><00:19:22.940><c> sense,</c><00:19:23.140><c> brethren</c><00:19:23.440><c> and</c><00:19:23.660><c> sisters,</c><00:19:24.160><c> considering</c>

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a<00:19:24.640><c> man</c><00:19:25.200><c> who</c><00:19:25.799><c> was</c><00:19:26.180><c> the</c><00:19:27.019><c> manifestation</c><00:19:27.940><c> of</c><00:19:28.220><c> Christ,</c>

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in<00:19:29.920><c> a</c><00:19:30.140><c> sense,</c><00:19:31.319><c> as</c><00:19:31.539><c> Christ</c><00:19:31.980><c> was</c><00:19:32.279><c> the</c><00:19:32.579><c> manifestation</c><00:19:33.500><c> of</c><00:19:34.220><c> God.</c>

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I<00:19:36.660><c> don't</c><00:19:36.819><c> want</c><00:19:36.920><c> to</c><00:19:36.960><c> put</c><00:19:37.160><c> Paul</c><00:19:37.400><c> on</c><00:19:37.500><c> the</c><00:19:37.700><c> same</c><00:19:38.000><c> plane.</c>

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God<00:19:38.759><c> forbid</c><00:19:39.079><c> that</c><00:19:39.259><c> I</c><00:19:39.359><c> should</c><00:19:39.460><c> ever</c><00:19:39.680><c> do</c><00:19:39.880><c> that,</c><00:19:40.519><c> nor</c><00:19:40.720><c> would</c><00:19:40.880><c> Paul</c>

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want<00:19:41.240><c> to</c><00:19:41.359><c> do</c><00:19:41.519><c> that.</c>

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Paul<00:19:42.799><c> was,</c><00:19:43.220><c> like</c><00:19:43.279><c> all</c><00:19:43.500><c> of</c><00:19:43.579><c> us,</c><00:19:43.799><c> a</c><00:19:43.940><c> man</c><00:19:44.099><c> who</c><00:19:44.359><c> sinned,</c>

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but<00:19:45.900><c> he</c><00:19:45.960><c> was</c><00:19:46.200><c> nonetheless,</c><00:19:46.680><c> brethren</c><00:19:46.980><c> and</c><00:19:47.220><c> sisters,</c><00:19:47.680><c> a</c>

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remarkable<00:19:48.519><c> individual,</c>

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and<00:19:50.119><c> when</c><00:19:50.299><c> he</c><00:19:50.519><c> set</c><00:19:50.700><c> out</c><00:19:50.900><c> himself</c><00:19:51.319><c> as</c><00:19:51.700><c> a</c><00:19:51.900><c> servant</c><00:19:52.140><c> of</c><00:19:52.319><c> Jesus</c><00:19:52.799><c> Christ,</c><00:19:53.460><c> separated</c><00:19:54.319><c> under</c><00:19:54.579><c> the</c>

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gospel<00:19:55.160><c> of</c><00:19:55.460><c> God,</c>

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he<00:19:56.220><c> was</c><00:19:56.460><c> making</c><00:19:56.779><c> enormous</c><00:19:57.440><c> claims,</c><00:19:58.119><c> which</c><00:19:58.380><c> later</c><00:19:58.839><c> on</c><00:19:59.140><c> in</c><00:19:59.359><c> Romans</c><00:19:59.599><c> he</c>

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elaborates<00:20:00.539><c> and</c><00:20:00.839><c> fills</c><00:20:01.099><c> out,</c>

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so<00:20:01.960><c> that</c><00:20:02.059><c> he</c><00:20:02.079><c> could</c><00:20:02.359><c> say</c><00:20:02.559><c> to</c><00:20:02.700><c> them,</c><00:20:03.079><c> I</c><00:20:03.500><c> magnify</c><00:20:04.140><c> my</c><00:20:04.420><c> office.</c>

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And<00:20:05.700><c> here</c><00:20:05.900><c> was</c><00:20:06.099><c> one,</c><00:20:06.339><c> therefore,</c><00:20:07.079><c> who</c><00:20:07.200><c> was</c><00:20:07.359><c> going</c><00:20:07.539><c> to</c><00:20:07.720><c> the</c><00:20:07.900><c> center</c><00:20:08.400><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:08.859><c> Roman</c><00:20:09.200><c> world</c>

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with<00:20:10.039><c> a</c><00:20:10.279><c> message</c><00:20:10.480><c> that</c><00:20:10.720><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:11.160><c> had</c><00:20:11.480><c> said</c><00:20:11.619><c> would</c><00:20:11.819><c> go</c><00:20:12.059><c> to</c><00:20:12.240><c> the</c><00:20:12.519><c> Isles</c><00:20:12.839><c> and</c><00:20:13.019><c> to</c><00:20:13.140><c> a</c>

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people<00:20:13.559><c> afar</c><00:20:14.160><c> off,</c><00:20:14.599><c> and</c><00:20:14.900><c> here</c><00:20:15.099><c> it</c><00:20:15.299><c> is.</c>

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And<00:20:16.019><c> what</c><00:20:16.240><c> is</c><00:20:16.400><c> it?</c><00:20:16.859><c> It's</c><00:20:17.240><c> the</c><00:20:17.420><c> gospel</c><00:20:18.019><c> of</c><00:20:18.460><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:20:19.839><c> the</c><00:20:19.900><c> gospel</c><00:20:20.440><c> of</c><00:20:20.920><c> God.</c>

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Now,<00:20:22.160><c> of</c><00:20:22.220><c> course,</c><00:20:22.500><c> literally,</c><00:20:24.140><c> the</c><00:20:24.180><c> word</c><00:20:24.440><c> gospel,</c><00:20:24.759><c> as</c><00:20:24.920><c> we</c>

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understand,<00:20:25.880><c> means</c><00:20:26.180><c> glad</c><00:20:26.559><c> tidings.</c>

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It's<00:20:28.400><c> the</c><00:20:28.619><c> glad</c><00:20:28.960><c> tidings</c><00:20:29.680><c> of</c><00:20:30.279><c> God.</c>

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Now,<00:20:32.940><c> here</c><00:20:33.140><c> we</c><00:20:33.319><c> have</c><00:20:33.519><c> immediately,</c><00:20:34.200><c> brethren</c><00:20:34.359><c> and</c><00:20:34.599><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:20:35.180><c> foundation</c><00:20:35.960><c> principle</c><00:20:36.480><c> of</c><00:20:36.819><c> the</c><00:20:37.059><c> atonement.</c>

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Now,<00:20:38.519><c> where</c><00:20:38.700><c> do</c><00:20:38.819><c> we</c><00:20:38.960><c> find</c><00:20:39.220><c> the</c><00:20:39.480><c> atonement</c><00:20:39.859><c> commences?</c>

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Where<00:20:41.480><c> was</c><00:20:41.720><c> atonement</c><00:20:42.200><c> needed?</c>

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Well,<00:20:43.079><c> the</c><00:20:43.339><c> atonement</c><00:20:43.680><c> was</c><00:20:43.920><c> needed</c><00:20:44.180><c> back</c><00:20:44.420><c> in</c><00:20:44.599><c> the</c><00:20:44.779><c> Garden</c><00:20:45.000><c> of</c><00:20:45.220><c> Eden.</c>

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Now,<00:20:45.500><c> let's</c><00:20:45.720><c> just</c><00:20:45.960><c> consider</c><00:20:46.460><c> simple</c><00:20:47.099><c> fundamental</c><00:20:47.819><c> principles,</c><00:20:48.859><c> and</c><00:20:48.920><c> you</c>

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watch<00:20:49.279><c> Romans</c><00:20:49.660><c> fill</c><00:20:49.940><c> these</c><00:20:50.160><c> out,</c>

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and<00:20:50.539><c> we</c><00:20:50.640><c> will</c><00:20:50.880><c> never</c><00:20:51.059><c> go</c><00:20:51.359><c> wrong</c><00:20:51.819><c> if</c><00:20:52.200><c> we</c><00:20:52.400><c> grasp</c><00:20:52.720><c> the</c><00:20:53.039><c> simple</c>

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fundamental<00:20:54.059><c> idea.</c>

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And<00:20:55.119><c> great</c><00:20:55.299><c> men</c><00:20:55.599><c> have</c><00:20:55.900><c> gone</c><00:20:56.220><c> wrong</c><00:20:56.599><c> on</c><00:20:56.980><c> this</c><00:20:57.299><c> very</c><00:20:57.819><c> subject.</c>

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Men<00:21:00.279><c> who</c><00:21:00.559><c> are</c><00:21:00.799><c> renowned</c><00:21:01.339><c> in</c><00:21:01.539><c> the</c><00:21:01.720><c> book</c><00:21:01.859><c> of</c><00:21:02.160><c> Romans</c><00:21:02.519><c> have</c><00:21:02.940><c> gone</c>

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wrong<00:21:03.700><c> on</c><00:21:04.019><c> this</c><00:21:04.380><c> very</c><00:21:04.779><c> subject,</c>

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because<00:21:05.700><c> they've</c><00:21:06.059><c> lost</c><00:21:06.299><c> sight</c><00:21:06.599><c> of</c><00:21:06.779><c> the</c><00:21:06.960><c> simplicity</c><00:21:07.539><c> of</c><00:21:07.819><c> it.</c>

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Now,<00:21:08.539><c> what</c><00:21:08.680><c> is</c><00:21:08.900><c> the</c><00:21:09.079><c> simplicity</c><00:21:09.500><c> of</c><00:21:09.740><c> it?</c>

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Man<00:21:11.119><c> and</c><00:21:11.299><c> woman</c><00:21:11.680><c> sinned.</c>

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As<00:21:13.880><c> a</c><00:21:14.039><c> result</c><00:21:14.279><c> of</c><00:21:14.599><c> sin,</c><00:21:14.819><c> they</c><00:21:15.019><c> were</c><00:21:15.279><c> mortal,</c><00:21:16.519><c> subject</c><00:21:17.039><c> to</c><00:21:17.359><c> death.</c>

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And<00:21:18.980><c> Brother</c><00:21:19.279><c> Carter</c><00:21:19.700><c> and</c><00:21:19.940><c> Brother</c><00:21:20.220><c> Cooper,</c><00:21:20.619><c> in</c><00:21:20.759><c> their</c><00:21:21.059><c> addendum,</c>

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added<00:21:22.500><c> a</c><00:21:22.720><c> very</c><00:21:23.039><c> vital</c><00:21:23.460><c> element</c><00:21:23.839><c> to</c><00:21:24.059><c> our</c><00:21:24.319><c> statement</c><00:21:24.579><c> of</c><00:21:24.880><c> faith,</c>

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and<00:21:25.160><c> we</c><00:21:25.259><c> would</c><00:21:25.420><c> be</c><00:21:25.599><c> the</c><00:21:25.900><c> poorer</c><00:21:26.099><c> without</c><00:21:26.440><c> it,</c><00:21:26.619><c> when</c><00:21:26.740><c> they</c><00:21:27.119><c> said</c>

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that<00:21:28.099><c> as</c><00:21:28.380><c> a</c><00:21:28.539><c> result</c><00:21:28.819><c> of</c><00:21:29.059><c> this</c><00:21:29.299><c> mortality,</c>

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not<00:21:30.400><c> only</c><00:21:30.640><c> were</c><00:21:30.779><c> they</c><00:21:31.000><c> subject</c><00:21:31.480><c> to</c><00:21:31.740><c> death,</c><00:21:32.119><c> but</c><00:21:32.380><c> in</c><00:21:32.640><c> a</c><00:21:32.920><c> state</c>

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of<00:21:33.640><c> being</c><00:21:33.920><c> subject</c><00:21:34.259><c> to</c><00:21:34.480><c> death,</c>

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they<00:21:34.900><c> were</c><00:21:35.420><c> biased</c><00:21:36.220><c> towards</c><00:21:37.640><c> evil.</c>

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Something<00:21:39.740><c> that</c><00:21:39.940><c> our</c><00:21:40.180><c> statement</c><00:21:40.420><c> of</c><00:21:40.599><c> faith</c><00:21:40.799><c> doesn't</c><00:21:41.059><c> actually</c><00:21:41.480><c> say.</c>

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And<00:21:43.720><c> so</c><00:21:43.839><c> it's</c><00:21:44.079><c> a</c><00:21:44.279><c> valuable</c><00:21:44.640><c> addition.</c>

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So<00:21:46.299><c> mortality</c><00:21:46.720><c> is</c><00:21:46.900><c> not</c><00:21:47.059><c> only</c><00:21:47.259><c> being</c><00:21:47.519><c> subject</c><00:21:47.920><c> to</c><00:21:48.160><c> death,</c><00:21:48.480><c> brothers</c><00:21:48.619><c> and</c><00:21:48.799><c> sisters,</c>

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it<00:21:49.200><c> is</c><00:21:49.400><c> being</c><00:21:49.880><c> biased</c><00:21:50.539><c> to</c><00:21:51.099><c> evil.</c>

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In<00:21:53.299><c> that</c><00:21:53.720><c> situation,</c><00:21:55.380><c> man</c><00:21:55.660><c> was</c><00:21:55.980><c> hopeless</c><00:21:56.539><c> on</c><00:21:57.859><c> two</c><00:21:58.359><c> counts.</c>

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One,<00:22:00.880><c> he</c><00:22:01.119><c> had</c><00:22:01.339><c> already</c><00:22:01.839><c> sinned,</c><00:22:03.019><c> and</c><00:22:03.299><c> God</c><00:22:03.720><c> cannot</c><00:22:04.039><c> look</c><00:22:04.279><c> upon</c>

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sin<00:22:04.759><c> with</c><00:22:05.200><c> any</c><00:22:05.519><c> degree</c><00:22:05.759><c> of</c><00:22:05.920><c> allowance</c><00:22:06.160><c> at</c><00:22:06.579><c> all.</c>

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So<00:22:08.380><c> he's</c><00:22:08.700><c> doomed</c><00:22:08.960><c> by</c><00:22:09.240><c> the</c><00:22:09.319><c> fact</c><00:22:09.539><c> that</c><00:22:09.660><c> he's</c><00:22:09.859><c> disobeyed</c><00:22:10.279><c> God</c><00:22:10.440><c> at</c>

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any<00:22:10.779><c> rate.</c>

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But<00:22:11.500><c> he</c><00:22:11.720><c> compounds</c><00:22:12.359><c> that</c><00:22:12.660><c> problem,</c><00:22:13.559><c> because</c><00:22:13.720><c> now</c><00:22:14.059><c> he</c><00:22:14.279><c> finds</c><00:22:14.700><c> a</c>

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bent<00:22:15.339><c> towards</c><00:22:15.779><c> evil</c>

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that<00:22:16.180><c> he</c><00:22:16.440><c> can't</c><00:22:16.839><c> resist</c><00:22:17.359><c> entirely,</c><00:22:18.380><c> and</c><00:22:18.480><c> it</c><00:22:18.700><c> continues</c><00:22:19.420><c> him</c>

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in<00:22:19.740><c> that</c><00:22:20.019><c> course</c><00:22:20.359><c> of</c><00:22:20.619><c> action,</c>

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which<00:22:21.380><c> only</c><00:22:21.740><c> goes</c><00:22:22.019><c> to</c><00:22:22.420><c> underline</c><00:22:22.980><c> how</c><00:22:23.559><c> horrible</c><00:22:24.119><c> he</c><00:22:24.279><c> is,</c><00:22:24.599><c> of</c><00:22:24.599><c> course,</c>

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astray<00:22:25.380><c> from</c><00:22:25.599><c> God</c><00:22:25.839><c> and</c><00:22:26.319><c> hopeless</c><00:22:26.900><c> in</c><00:22:27.359><c> that</c><00:22:27.579><c> situation.</c>

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What<00:22:28.799><c> did</c><00:22:29.039><c> God</c><00:22:29.279><c> do?</c>

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He<00:22:31.359><c> preached</c><00:22:31.660><c> the</c><00:22:31.980><c> gospel</c><00:22:32.559><c> of</c><00:22:33.559><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:36.160><c> he</c><00:22:36.319><c> introduced</c><00:22:36.799><c> himself</c><00:22:37.380><c> into</c><00:22:37.599><c> the</c><00:22:37.759><c> arena</c><00:22:38.059><c> of</c><00:22:38.359><c> human</c><00:22:38.599><c> affairs</c><00:22:39.160><c> to</c>

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do<00:22:40.420><c> what</c><00:22:40.619><c> man</c><00:22:40.920><c> could</c><00:22:41.220><c> not</c><00:22:41.500><c> do,</c>

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and<00:22:41.960><c> he</c><00:22:42.240><c> promised</c><00:22:42.440><c> he</c><00:22:42.559><c> would</c><00:22:42.880><c> send</c><00:22:43.319><c> the</c><00:22:43.880><c> seed</c><00:22:44.339><c> of</c><00:22:45.039><c> the</c><00:22:45.200><c> woman.</c>

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And<00:22:48.720><c> when</c><00:22:48.900><c> we</c><00:22:49.039><c> read</c><00:22:49.180><c> that</c><00:22:49.480><c> in</c><00:22:49.720><c> Genesis</c><00:22:50.059><c> 3</c><00:22:50.579><c>.15,</c><00:22:50.960><c> and</c><00:22:51.099><c> there's</c><00:22:51.259><c> no</c>

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need<00:22:51.519><c> to</c><00:22:51.700><c> turn</c><00:22:51.819><c> it</c><00:22:51.900><c> out</c><00:22:52.000><c> for</c><00:22:52.140><c> Christadelphians,</c><00:22:52.940><c> surely.</c>

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When<00:22:54.319><c> we</c><00:22:54.500><c> read</c><00:22:54.619><c> about</c><00:22:54.859><c> Genesis</c><00:22:55.240><c> 3</c><00:22:55.539><c>.15,</c><00:22:55.940><c> he</c><00:22:56.160><c> promised</c><00:22:56.539><c> that</c><00:22:56.759><c> the</c>

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seed<00:22:57.420><c> of</c><00:22:57.640><c> the</c><00:22:57.799><c> woman</c><00:22:57.980><c> would</c><00:22:58.279><c> come.</c>

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Brethren<00:22:59.240><c> and</c><00:22:59.480><c> sisters,</c><00:22:59.880><c> there,</c><00:23:00.819><c> in</c><00:23:01.000><c> the</c><00:23:01.279><c> kernels,</c><00:23:02.099><c> was</c><00:23:02.299><c> the</c>

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gospel<00:23:03.119><c> of</c><00:23:03.700><c> God.</c>

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Because<00:23:04.839><c> what</c><00:23:05.259><c> that's</c><00:23:05.559><c> saying</c><00:23:05.900><c> is</c><00:23:06.200><c> this,</c><00:23:07.079><c> that</c><00:23:07.240><c> when</c><00:23:07.579><c> God</c><00:23:07.859><c> said</c><00:23:08.059><c> he</c>

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would<00:23:08.359><c> send</c><00:23:08.599><c> the</c><00:23:08.980><c> seed</c><00:23:09.220><c> of</c><00:23:09.619><c> the</c><00:23:09.799><c> woman,</c>

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what<00:23:10.200><c> he</c><00:23:10.339><c> was</c><00:23:10.519><c> saying,</c><00:23:10.740><c> in</c><00:23:10.920><c> effect,</c><00:23:11.220><c> that</c><00:23:11.279><c> he</c><00:23:11.440><c> would</c><00:23:11.799><c> not</c><00:23:12.359><c> be</c>

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the<00:23:13.339><c> seed</c><00:23:13.880><c> of</c><00:23:14.559><c> man.</c>

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That<00:23:17.640><c> somebody,</c><00:23:18.940><c> rather</c><00:23:19.140><c> he,</c><00:23:19.619><c> had</c><00:23:19.700><c> to</c><00:23:19.819><c> come</c><00:23:19.940><c> into</c><00:23:20.119><c> the</c><00:23:20.279><c> arena</c>

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of<00:23:20.960><c> the</c><00:23:21.180><c> affairs</c><00:23:21.440><c> of</c><00:23:21.660><c> men</c><00:23:21.779><c> to</c><00:23:22.000><c> do</c><00:23:22.259><c> what</c><00:23:22.640><c> man</c><00:23:23.119><c> now</c><00:23:23.579><c> found</c><00:23:23.960><c> impossible</c><00:23:24.920><c> to</c><00:23:25.259><c> do.</c>

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Now<00:23:25.839><c> people</c><00:23:26.220><c> say,</c><00:23:27.059><c> oh</c><00:23:27.200><c> yes,</c><00:23:27.380><c> but</c><00:23:27.480><c> if</c><00:23:27.619><c> he</c><00:23:27.660><c> was</c><00:23:27.920><c> the</c><00:23:28.039><c> seed</c><00:23:28.140><c> of</c><00:23:28.259><c> the</c>

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woman,<00:23:28.839><c> he</c><00:23:28.940><c> would</c><00:23:29.099><c> be</c><00:23:29.220><c> the</c><00:23:29.319><c> son</c><00:23:29.500><c> of</c><00:23:29.680><c> Mary,</c>

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and<00:23:30.400><c> therefore</c><00:23:30.839><c> he</c><00:23:30.980><c> would</c><00:23:31.200><c> inherit</c><00:23:31.359><c> all</c><00:23:31.759><c> our</c><00:23:31.980><c> disabilities,</c>

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all<00:23:32.880><c> our</c><00:23:33.099><c> weaknesses,</c><00:23:33.599><c> all</c><00:23:33.740><c> our</c><00:23:34.019><c> biases.</c>

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Yes,<00:23:34.740><c> he</c><00:23:34.920><c> did.</c><00:23:35.579><c> No</c><00:23:35.740><c> doubt</c><00:23:35.880><c> about</c><00:23:36.180><c> that,</c><00:23:36.380><c> whatever.</c>

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But<00:23:37.039><c> that's</c><00:23:37.420><c> not</c><00:23:37.740><c> the</c><00:23:37.940><c> primary</c><00:23:38.339><c> teaching</c><00:23:38.660><c> of</c><00:23:38.859><c> that</c><00:23:39.140><c> phrase,</c>

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and<00:23:39.720><c> I'll</c><00:23:39.940><c> prove</c><00:23:40.200><c> it.</c>

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Because<00:23:42.859><c> if</c><00:23:43.059><c> it</c><00:23:43.259><c> is,</c><00:23:45.240><c> then</c><00:23:45.400><c> you've</c><00:23:45.599><c> got</c><00:23:45.700><c> the</c><00:23:45.980><c> seed</c><00:23:46.099><c> of</c><00:23:46.220><c> the</c><00:23:46.339><c> woman</c><00:23:46.680><c> and</c>

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the<00:23:47.500><c> seed</c><00:23:47.599><c> of</c><00:23:47.819><c> the</c><00:23:47.940><c> serpent.</c>

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We<00:23:49.980><c> know</c><00:23:50.259><c> the</c><00:23:50.480><c> seed</c><00:23:50.579><c> of</c><00:23:50.759><c> the</c><00:23:50.900><c> serpent</c><00:23:51.119><c> speaks</c><00:23:51.559><c> of</c><00:23:51.880><c> the</c><00:23:52.039><c> nature</c>

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of<00:23:52.519><c> flesh.</c>

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If<00:23:54.019><c> that</c><00:23:54.299><c> one</c><00:23:54.460><c> speaks</c><00:23:54.720><c> of</c><00:23:54.859><c> the</c><00:23:54.940><c> nature</c><00:23:55.220><c> of</c><00:23:55.440><c> flesh</c><00:23:55.640><c> too,</c><00:23:56.900><c> then</c>

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flesh<00:23:57.960><c> overcomes</c><00:23:59.299><c> the</c><00:23:59.740><c> flesh.</c>

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But<00:24:00.720><c> it</c><00:24:00.839><c> didn't</c><00:24:01.079><c> happen</c><00:24:01.380><c> like</c><00:24:01.680><c> that.</c>

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The<00:24:03.799><c> fact</c><00:24:04.039><c> of</c><00:24:04.200><c> the</c><00:24:04.279><c> matter</c><00:24:04.480><c> was</c><00:24:05.059><c> that</c><00:24:05.519><c> because</c><00:24:05.920><c> we</c><00:24:06.079><c> are</c><00:24:06.319><c> all</c><00:24:06.660><c> the</c><00:24:06.880><c> seed</c><00:24:06.980><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:07.279><c> serpent,</c><00:24:07.740><c> naturally,</c><00:24:08.339><c> physically,</c>

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we<00:24:10.319><c> needed</c><00:24:10.740><c> another</c><00:24:11.579><c> factor</c><00:24:12.019><c> in</c><00:24:12.380><c> our</c><00:24:12.680><c> lives</c><00:24:12.980><c> to</c><00:24:14.299><c> overcome</c><00:24:14.839><c> the</c>

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bias<00:24:15.519><c> of</c><00:24:15.759><c> sin</c><00:24:15.880><c> which</c><00:24:16.359><c> none</c><00:24:16.859><c> of</c><00:24:16.940><c> us</c><00:24:17.099><c> can</c><00:24:17.400><c> handle.</c>

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So<00:24:18.359><c> God</c><00:24:18.660><c> says,</c><00:24:19.599><c> I</c><00:24:19.599><c> will</c><00:24:19.819><c> do</c><00:24:20.000><c> it,</c><00:24:20.599><c> the</c><00:24:20.799><c> seed</c><00:24:21.000><c> of</c><00:24:21.200><c> the</c><00:24:21.339><c> woman.</c>

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And<00:24:22.700><c> for</c><00:24:22.839><c> as</c><00:24:23.000><c> much</c><00:24:23.180><c> then</c><00:24:23.339><c> as</c><00:24:23.500><c> the</c><00:24:23.700><c> children</c><00:24:23.960><c> are</c><00:24:24.180><c> partakers</c><00:24:24.619><c> of</c>

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flesh<00:24:25.039><c> and</c><00:24:25.299><c> blood,</c><00:24:25.680><c> he</c><00:24:25.839><c> also</c><00:24:26.380><c> himself</c><00:24:26.900><c> likewise</c><00:24:27.539><c> took</c><00:24:27.759><c> part</c>

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of<00:24:28.180><c> the</c><00:24:28.359><c> same,</c>

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that<00:24:29.680><c> through</c><00:24:30.000><c> death</c><00:24:30.200><c> he</c><00:24:30.380><c> might</c><00:24:30.559><c> destroy</c><00:24:31.140><c> him</c><00:24:31.380><c> and</c><00:24:31.500><c> have</c><00:24:31.539><c> the</c>

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power<00:24:32.000><c> of</c><00:24:32.259><c> death,</c><00:24:32.720><c> that</c><00:24:32.940><c> is</c><00:24:33.180><c> the</c><00:24:33.460><c> devil</c><00:24:33.740><c> or</c><00:24:34.059><c> the</c><00:24:34.259><c> nature</c><00:24:34.660><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:35.259><c> serpent.</c>

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And<00:24:36.200><c> that's</c><00:24:36.480><c> what</c><00:24:36.720><c> his</c><00:24:36.940><c> human</c><00:24:37.140><c> nature</c><00:24:37.359><c> stood</c><00:24:37.619><c> for.</c>

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But,<00:24:39.339><c> brethren</c><00:24:39.480><c> and</c><00:24:39.680><c> sisters,</c><00:24:39.960><c> the</c><00:24:40.240><c> seed</c><00:24:40.420><c> of</c><00:24:40.599><c> the</c><00:24:40.759><c> woman</c><00:24:41.160><c> was</c>

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God's<00:24:42.680><c> son.</c>

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That's<00:24:44.740><c> what</c><00:24:45.079><c> Genesis</c><00:24:45.460><c> 3</c><00:24:45.819><c>.15</c><00:24:46.200><c> was</c><00:24:46.539><c> promising.</c>

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That<00:24:48.079><c> an</c><00:24:48.359><c> impossible</c><00:24:49.079><c> situation</c><00:24:49.720><c> had</c><00:24:49.940><c> arisen</c><00:24:50.420><c> which</c><00:24:51.039><c> necessitated</c><00:24:51.859><c> God.</c>

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And<00:24:53.460><c> there</c><00:24:53.599><c> was</c><00:24:53.819><c> the</c><00:24:53.940><c> gospel</c><00:24:54.259><c> of</c><00:24:54.460><c> God</c><00:24:54.660><c> in</c><00:24:54.839><c> its</c><00:24:55.000><c> infancy.</c>

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Now<00:24:56.539><c> we</c><00:24:56.640><c> won't</c><00:24:56.839><c> turn</c><00:24:57.039><c> this</c><00:24:57.279><c> reference</c><00:24:57.500><c> up</c><00:24:57.740><c> either.</c>

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There<00:24:59.099><c> shouldn't</c><00:24:59.420><c> be</c><00:24:59.539><c> any</c><00:24:59.720><c> need.</c>

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Isaiah<00:25:01.180><c> 7</c><00:25:01.619><c>.14,</c><00:25:02.440><c> a</c><00:25:02.539><c> virgin</c><00:25:03.180><c> shall</c><00:25:03.440><c> conceive</c><00:25:04.160><c> and</c><00:25:05.779><c> be</c><00:25:06.039><c> with</c><00:25:06.299><c> child</c><00:25:06.460><c> and</c>

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shall<00:25:06.720><c> bring</c><00:25:07.039><c> forth</c><00:25:07.220><c> a</c><00:25:07.400><c> son.</c>

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And<00:25:07.759><c> you'll</c><00:25:08.059><c> call</c><00:25:08.180><c> his</c><00:25:08.380><c> name,</c><00:25:09.480><c> God</c><00:25:10.019><c> with</c><00:25:10.779><c> us.</c>

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When<00:25:12.599><c> were</c><00:25:12.779><c> those</c><00:25:13.039><c> words</c><00:25:13.259><c> spoken?</c>

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The<00:25:15.559><c> situation,</c><00:25:16.299><c> brethren</c><00:25:16.480><c> and</c><00:25:16.660><c> sisters,</c><00:25:17.240><c> was</c><00:25:17.420><c> vastly</c><00:25:17.900><c> different</c><00:25:18.359><c> than</c>

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Genesis<00:25:18.920><c> 3</c><00:25:19.279><c>.15</c><00:25:19.859><c> and</c><00:25:20.160><c> yet</c><00:25:20.420><c> remarkably</c><00:25:21.299><c> similar.</c>

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Those<00:25:23.460><c> words</c><00:25:23.759><c> were</c><00:25:23.960><c> spoken</c><00:25:24.240><c> to</c><00:25:24.539><c> Ahaz</c><00:25:25.059><c> as</c><00:25:25.339><c> the</c><00:25:25.500><c> power</c><00:25:25.880><c> of</c><00:25:26.140><c> Syria</c>

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in<00:25:26.660><c> the</c><00:25:26.779><c> north</c><00:25:27.180><c> was</c><00:25:27.839><c> allying</c><00:25:28.119><c> itself</c><00:25:28.579><c> with</c><00:25:28.779><c> the</c><00:25:28.940><c> ten</c><00:25:29.160><c> tribes</c>

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of<00:25:29.559><c> Israel</c>

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to<00:25:30.400><c> sweep</c><00:25:30.799><c> the</c><00:25:30.980><c> son</c><00:25:31.160><c> of</c><00:25:31.400><c> David</c><00:25:31.700><c> off</c><00:25:32.079><c> the</c><00:25:32.359><c> throne</c><00:25:32.720><c> and</c><00:25:33.400><c> to</c><00:25:33.660><c> bring</c>

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to<00:25:34.019><c> an</c><00:25:34.180><c> end</c><00:25:34.359><c> the</c><00:25:34.640><c> line</c><00:25:34.839><c> of</c><00:25:34.960><c> David's</c><00:25:35.519><c> dynasty,</c>

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which<00:25:36.299><c> by</c><00:25:36.539><c> the</c><00:25:36.660><c> way</c><00:25:36.859><c> never</c><00:25:37.200><c> ended,</c><00:25:37.619><c> God</c><00:25:37.940><c> continued</c><00:25:38.359><c> it</c><00:25:38.539><c> right</c>

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up<00:25:38.880><c> to</c><00:25:39.019><c> Zedekiah</c><00:25:39.500><c> because</c><00:25:39.720><c> he</c><00:25:39.940><c> promised</c><00:25:40.259><c> it.</c>

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And<00:25:40.859><c> therefore</c><00:25:41.200><c> there</c><00:25:41.319><c> was</c><00:25:41.579><c> a</c><00:25:41.759><c> coalition</c><00:25:42.099><c> of</c><00:25:42.400><c> powers</c><00:25:42.599><c> which</c>

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said<00:25:43.220><c> that</c><00:25:43.500><c> we</c><00:25:43.599><c> will</c><00:25:43.900><c> stop</c><00:25:44.220><c> God's</c><00:25:44.779><c> purpose.</c>

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And<00:25:46.079><c> there</c><00:25:46.259><c> was</c><00:25:46.539><c> Ahaz,</c><00:25:46.980><c> the</c><00:25:47.079><c> father</c><00:25:47.380><c> of</c><00:25:47.559><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:25:48.400><c> with</c><00:25:48.599><c> a</c><00:25:48.720><c> pitiful</c><00:25:49.039><c> force</c><00:25:49.359><c> of</c>

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Judah,<00:25:50.240><c> himself</c><00:25:50.579><c> immersed</c><00:25:51.079><c> in</c><00:25:51.319><c> idolatry</c><00:25:51.779><c> and</c><00:25:51.960><c> iniquity</c>

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and<00:25:52.859><c> powerless</c><00:25:53.380><c> to</c><00:25:53.660><c> affect</c><00:25:53.960><c> anything.</c>

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And<00:25:54.559><c> God</c><00:25:54.740><c> says,</c><00:25:55.000><c> I'll</c><00:25:55.160><c> do</c><00:25:55.319><c> it.</c><00:25:55.779><c> I'll</c><00:25:56.079><c> do</c><00:25:56.220><c> it.</c>

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A<00:25:58.200><c> virgin</c><00:25:58.799><c> shall</c><00:25:59.220><c> conceive</c><00:25:59.759><c> and</c><00:26:00.259><c> be</c><00:26:00.500><c> with</c><00:26:00.819><c> child,</c><00:26:01.539><c> the</c><00:26:01.839><c> seed</c>

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of<00:26:02.660><c> the</c><00:26:02.839><c> woman.</c>

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Whoever<00:26:04.960><c> heard</c><00:26:05.259><c> of</c><00:26:05.380><c> a</c><00:26:05.559><c> virgin</c><00:26:05.799><c> producing</c><00:26:06.200><c> a</c><00:26:06.460><c> child?</c>

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Nobody<00:26:07.099><c> did.</c>

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Is<00:26:07.960><c> it</c><00:26:08.099><c> a</c><00:26:08.259><c> humanly</c><00:26:08.640><c> possible</c><00:26:08.900><c> thing?</c>

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No,<00:26:09.500><c> it</c><00:26:09.579><c> is</c><00:26:09.880><c> not.</c>

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And<00:26:11.299><c> when</c><00:26:11.460><c> that</c><00:26:11.740><c> child</c><00:26:11.900><c> was</c><00:26:12.099><c> to</c><00:26:12.220><c> come</c><00:26:12.299><c> into</c><00:26:12.460><c> the</c><00:26:12.660><c> world,</c><00:26:12.940><c> he</c><00:26:13.039><c> would</c><00:26:13.279><c> not</c><00:26:13.539><c> have</c><00:26:13.680><c> an</c>

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earthly<00:26:14.119><c> father.</c>

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And<00:26:15.059><c> that</c><00:26:15.200><c> was</c><00:26:15.480><c> spoken</c><00:26:15.720><c> to</c><00:26:16.000><c> Ahaz</c><00:26:16.240><c> in</c><00:26:16.420><c> a</c><00:26:16.759><c> context</c><00:26:16.940><c> when</c><00:26:17.160><c> they</c><00:26:17.440><c> were</c><00:26:17.819><c> powerless</c><00:26:18.259><c> to</c>

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affect<00:26:18.819><c> their</c><00:26:19.119><c> own</c><00:26:19.359><c> salvation.</c>

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He<00:26:20.500><c> rejected</c><00:26:20.980><c> the</c><00:26:21.220><c> mythic.</c>

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But<00:26:23.099><c> it</c><00:26:23.180><c> wasn't</c><00:26:23.400><c> until</c><00:26:23.940><c> the</c><00:26:24.099><c> days</c><00:26:24.279><c> of</c><00:26:24.420><c> his</c><00:26:24.640><c> son,</c><00:26:24.960><c> brethren</c><00:26:25.099><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:26:25.539><c> when</c><00:26:25.779><c> Syria</c><00:26:26.160><c> and</c><00:26:26.319><c> Israel</c><00:26:26.599><c> were</c><00:26:26.900><c> gone</c>

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and<00:26:28.079><c> the</c><00:26:28.259><c> throne</c><00:26:28.480><c> was</c><00:26:28.740><c> vacated</c><00:26:29.160><c> of</c><00:26:29.299><c> those</c><00:26:29.599><c> two</c><00:26:29.839><c> kings,</c><00:26:30.099><c> as</c><00:26:30.339><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:30.680><c> said</c><00:26:30.880><c> it</c>

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would<00:26:31.200><c> be,</c>

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that<00:26:31.839><c> the</c><00:26:32.039><c> Assyrian</c><00:26:33.119><c> power</c><00:26:33.640><c> rose</c><00:26:34.180><c> to</c><00:26:34.400><c> great</c><00:26:34.619><c> prominence,</c><00:26:35.740><c> surrounded</c><00:26:36.000><c> the</c>

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city<00:26:36.400><c> of</c><00:26:36.619><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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caged<00:26:37.759><c> Hezekiah</c><00:26:38.339><c> up</c><00:26:38.500><c> like</c><00:26:38.740><c> a</c><00:26:38.980><c> bird,</c><00:26:39.240><c> as</c><00:26:39.359><c> the</c><00:26:39.559><c> annals</c><00:26:39.740><c> and</c><00:26:39.940><c> the</c>

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chronicles<00:26:40.319><c> of</c><00:26:40.460><c> history</c><00:26:40.799><c> say,</c>

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and<00:26:41.960><c> having</c><00:26:42.220><c> him</c><00:26:42.440><c> in</c><00:26:42.599><c> Jerusalem</c><00:26:42.960><c> in</c><00:26:43.359><c> an</c><00:26:43.640><c> absolutely</c><00:26:44.099><c> hopeless</c><00:26:44.460><c> situation</c>

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where<00:26:45.279><c> it</c><00:26:45.400><c> was</c><00:26:45.660><c> not</c><00:26:46.059><c> humanly</c><00:26:46.680><c> possible</c><00:26:47.140><c> for</c><00:26:47.359><c> Israel</c><00:26:47.579><c> to</c><00:26:47.839><c> save</c><00:26:47.980><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:26:49.359><c> he</c><00:26:49.460><c> was</c><00:26:49.700><c> told</c><00:26:49.880><c> to</c><00:26:50.079><c> go</c><00:26:50.119><c> out</c><00:26:50.259><c> and</c><00:26:50.420><c> tell</c><00:26:50.519><c> the</c><00:26:50.779><c> general</c><00:26:51.299><c> of</c><00:26:51.579><c> the</c>

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Assyrian<00:26:52.119><c> army,</c>

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the<00:26:53.980><c> virgin</c><00:26:54.539><c> daughter</c><00:26:55.099><c> of</c><00:26:55.420><c> Israel,</c><00:26:57.079><c> last</c><00:26:57.440><c> it</c><00:26:57.779><c> was.</c>

00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:03.400
And<00:26:59.539><c> in</c><00:26:59.660><c> the</c><00:26:59.819><c> morning,</c><00:27:00.460><c> 185</c><00:27:01.559><c>,000</c><00:27:02.279><c> caught</c><00:27:02.579><c> this.</c>

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God<00:27:05.039><c> was</c><00:27:05.519><c> with</c><00:27:05.779><c> them.</c>

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And<00:27:08.380><c> we</c><00:27:08.480><c> know</c><00:27:08.740><c> the</c><00:27:09.279><c> outcome</c><00:27:09.720><c> of</c><00:27:09.880><c> that,</c><00:27:10.160><c> wasn't</c><00:27:10.359><c> it,</c><00:27:10.940><c> that</c><00:27:11.099><c> there</c><00:27:11.500><c> it</c>

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was<00:27:11.900><c> in</c><00:27:12.059><c> its</c><00:27:12.240><c> embryo</c><00:27:12.759><c> form,</c>

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in<00:27:13.059><c> its</c><00:27:13.279><c> historical</c><00:27:13.779><c> basis,</c><00:27:14.660><c> until</c><00:27:14.819><c> the</c><00:27:15.039><c> day</c><00:27:15.279><c> came,</c><00:27:15.559><c> as</c>

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Matthew<00:27:16.079><c> records,</c>

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that<00:27:17.259><c> thou</c><00:27:17.420><c> shalt</c><00:27:17.640><c> have</c><00:27:17.880><c> a</c><00:27:17.980><c> son</c><00:27:18.220><c> who</c><00:27:18.440><c> called</c><00:27:18.619><c> his</c><00:27:18.779><c> name</c><00:27:19.000><c> Jesus,</c>

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for<00:27:19.720><c> he</c><00:27:20.240><c> shall</c><00:27:20.539><c> save</c><00:27:20.839><c> us</c><00:27:21.140><c> from</c><00:27:21.359><c> our</c><00:27:21.680><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:27:22.400><c> that</c><00:27:22.440><c> was</c><00:27:22.619><c> to</c><00:27:22.779><c> call</c><00:27:22.880><c> him</c><00:27:23.160><c> Emmanuel,</c><00:27:23.900><c> for</c><00:27:24.240><c> he</c><00:27:24.859><c> shall</c><00:27:25.200><c> save</c>

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us<00:27:26.140><c> from</c><00:27:26.440><c> our</c><00:27:26.640><c> sins.</c>

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Who<00:27:26.940><c> was?</c><00:27:28.019><c> God</c><00:27:28.500><c> with</c><00:27:29.279><c> us.</c>

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God<00:27:31.619><c> with</c><00:27:32.039><c> us.</c><00:27:32.799><c> Not</c><00:27:33.039><c> Jesus</c><00:27:33.440><c> of</c><00:27:33.680><c> Nazareth,</c><00:27:34.720><c> but</c><00:27:34.940><c> God.</c>

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And<00:27:36.640><c> there</c><00:27:36.839><c> was</c><00:27:37.079><c> the</c><00:27:37.299><c> vehicle,</c><00:27:38.740><c> there</c><00:27:38.980><c> was</c><00:27:39.240><c> the</c><00:27:39.480><c> body</c><00:27:39.799><c> prepared,</c><00:27:40.960><c> there</c>

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was<00:27:41.440><c> the</c><00:27:41.720><c> medium</c><00:27:41.980><c> of</c><00:27:42.319><c> manifestation.</c>

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But,<00:27:43.579><c> brethren</c><00:27:43.740><c> and</c><00:27:44.019><c> sisters,</c><00:27:44.240><c> never</c><00:27:44.579><c> forget</c><00:27:44.940><c> this,</c><00:27:45.500><c> there</c>

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was<00:27:46.880><c> God.</c>

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Now,<00:27:49.180><c> never</c><00:27:49.420><c> forget</c><00:27:49.779><c> that.</c><00:27:50.220><c> We're</c><00:27:50.400><c> not</c><00:27:50.660><c> Trinitarian.</c>

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But,<00:27:53.000><c> you</c><00:27:53.079><c> know,</c><00:27:53.259><c> in</c><00:27:53.440><c> our</c><00:27:53.640><c> explanation</c><00:27:54.220><c> sometimes,</c><00:27:55.339><c> which</c><00:27:55.599><c> would</c><00:27:55.859><c> destroy</c><00:27:56.460><c> the</c><00:27:56.680><c> doctrine</c><00:27:56.920><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:57.240><c> Trinity,</c>

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we<00:27:58.500><c> sometimes,</c><00:27:59.200><c> brethren</c><00:27:59.380><c> and</c><00:27:59.660><c> sisters,</c><00:27:59.859><c> forget</c><00:28:00.420><c> that</c><00:28:01.400><c> God</c>

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was<00:28:01.960><c> there.</c>

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God<00:28:03.839><c> is</c><00:28:04.319><c> with</c><00:28:04.500><c> us.</c><00:28:05.460><c> And</c><00:28:05.940><c> we</c><00:28:06.220><c> needed</c><00:28:06.440><c> him.</c>

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Now,<00:28:07.180><c> that's</c><00:28:07.460><c> how</c><00:28:07.680><c> Paul</c><00:28:07.940><c> opens</c><00:28:08.220><c> up</c><00:28:08.440><c> this</c><00:28:08.700><c> epistle.</c><00:28:09.420><c> How</c><00:28:09.640><c> else</c>

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could<00:28:10.039><c> he</c><00:28:10.180><c> open</c><00:28:10.319><c> it</c><00:28:10.559><c> up?</c>

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Where<00:28:11.980><c> could</c><00:28:12.180><c> you</c><00:28:12.420><c> start</c><00:28:12.619><c> on</c><00:28:12.799><c> the</c><00:28:12.980><c> Atonement?</c><00:28:13.559><c> You</c><00:28:13.740><c> can't</c><00:28:14.079><c> start</c><00:28:14.319><c> anywhere</c><00:28:14.640><c> else</c><00:28:14.920><c> but</c>

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with<00:28:15.339><c> God,</c>

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because<00:28:15.799><c> that's</c><00:28:16.059><c> where</c><00:28:16.200><c> it</c><00:28:16.460><c> started</c><00:28:16.619><c> in</c><00:28:16.819><c> Genesis</c><00:28:17.160><c> 3</c><00:28:17.500><c>.15.</c><00:28:18.380><c> God</c>

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is<00:28:18.940><c> with</c><00:28:19.099><c> us.</c>

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Now,<00:28:19.839><c> I</c><00:28:19.920><c> want</c><00:28:20.099><c> to</c><00:28:20.240><c> show</c><00:28:20.380><c> you</c><00:28:20.539><c> something.</c><00:28:22.079><c> This</c><00:28:22.240><c> is</c><00:28:22.359><c> why</c><00:28:22.440><c> we're</c>

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dwelling<00:28:22.859><c> upon</c><00:28:23.160><c> this</c><00:28:23.400><c> tonight.</c>

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In<00:28:23.900><c> order</c><00:28:24.119><c> to</c><00:28:24.420><c> introduce</c><00:28:24.819><c> this</c><00:28:25.079><c> epistle,</c><00:28:25.700><c> let's</c><00:28:26.079><c> get</c><00:28:26.359><c> the</c>

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foundation<00:28:27.160><c> laid</c><00:28:27.559><c> absolutely</c><00:28:28.519><c> four</c><00:28:28.859><c>-square.</c>

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:33.200
The<00:28:30.500><c> word</c><00:28:30.819><c> Gospel,</c><00:28:31.460><c> brethren</c><00:28:31.660><c> and</c><00:28:31.920><c> sisters,</c><00:28:32.299><c> is</c><00:28:32.400><c> not</c><00:28:32.799><c> a</c><00:28:33.019><c> New</c>

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Testament<00:28:33.559><c> word.</c>

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It<00:28:35.680><c> is</c><00:28:36.220><c> solidly</c><00:28:36.960><c> based</c><00:28:37.240><c> in</c><00:28:37.440><c> the</c><00:28:37.559><c> Old</c><00:28:37.759><c> Testament.</c><00:28:38.599><c> It's</c><00:28:38.839><c> a</c><00:28:39.039><c> quotation,</c><00:28:39.619><c> if</c>

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you<00:28:39.920><c> like,</c><00:28:40.140><c> from</c><00:28:40.319><c> the</c><00:28:40.460><c> Old</c><00:28:40.720><c> Testament.</c>

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It<00:28:41.579><c> is</c><00:28:41.819><c> found</c><00:28:42.059><c> several</c><00:28:42.599><c> times</c><00:28:43.079><c> in</c><00:28:43.440><c> the</c><00:28:43.640><c> Hebrew.</c>

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The<00:28:44.480><c> Hebrew</c><00:28:44.880><c> word</c><00:28:45.380><c> means</c><00:28:45.720><c> exactly</c><00:28:46.240><c> the</c><00:28:46.460><c> same</c><00:28:46.640><c> as</c><00:28:46.779><c> the</c><00:28:46.980><c> Greek</c>

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word,<00:28:48.000><c> glad</c><00:28:48.359><c> tidings,</c>

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and<00:28:49.460><c> has</c><00:28:49.619><c> been</c><00:28:49.799><c> so</c><00:28:50.099><c> rendered</c><00:28:50.380><c> sometimes</c><00:28:50.920><c> in</c><00:28:51.160><c> some</c><00:28:51.420><c> verses.</c>

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I<00:28:52.500><c> want</c><00:28:52.700><c> to</c><00:28:52.799><c> show</c><00:28:53.059><c> you</c><00:28:53.299><c> what</c><00:28:53.559><c> the</c><00:28:53.759><c> basis</c><00:28:54.119><c> of</c><00:28:54.339><c> those</c><00:28:54.619><c> glad</c><00:28:54.880><c> tidings</c><00:28:55.200><c> is.</c>

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And<00:28:55.680><c> the</c><00:28:55.799><c> basis</c><00:28:56.099><c> of</c><00:28:56.279><c> the</c><00:28:56.420><c> glad</c><00:28:56.640><c> tidings</c><00:28:57.039><c> is</c><00:28:57.500><c> God.</c>

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God<00:28:59.099><c> among</c><00:28:59.420><c> men</c><00:28:59.720><c> is</c><00:29:00.160><c> the</c><00:29:00.339><c> basis</c><00:29:00.720><c> of</c><00:29:00.940><c> the</c><00:29:01.140><c> Gospel</c><00:29:01.519><c> message</c><00:29:01.920><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:02.220><c> Old</c><00:29:02.440><c> Testament.</c>

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So<00:29:03.359><c> you</c><00:29:03.480><c> will</c><00:29:03.740><c> see</c><00:29:03.880><c> that</c><00:29:04.019><c> we're</c><00:29:04.160><c> not</c><00:29:04.380><c> deviating</c><00:29:05.059><c> or</c><00:29:06.119><c> padding</c>

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up<00:29:06.660><c> Romans</c><00:29:06.980><c> because</c><00:29:07.259><c> we</c><00:29:07.440><c> want</c><00:29:07.539><c> to</c><00:29:07.680><c> fill</c><00:29:07.759><c> in</c><00:29:07.880><c> the</c><00:29:08.079><c> time.</c>

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This<00:29:08.640><c> is</c><00:29:08.859><c> critical.</c><00:29:10.099><c> You</c><00:29:10.339><c> watch</c><00:29:10.619><c> this</c><00:29:10.940><c> back</c><00:29:11.119><c> to</c><00:29:11.299><c> the</c><00:29:11.420><c> Old</c><00:29:11.680><c> Testament.</c>

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I'll<00:29:12.160><c> show</c><00:29:12.299><c> you</c><00:29:12.500><c> five</c><00:29:12.960><c> references,</c><00:29:13.380><c> and</c><00:29:13.500><c> you</c><00:29:13.559><c> can</c><00:29:13.839><c> search</c><00:29:14.019><c> the</c>

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rest<00:29:14.339><c> out</c><00:29:14.519><c> for</c><00:29:14.660><c> yourself.</c>

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But<00:29:15.380><c> look</c><00:29:15.519><c> at</c><00:29:15.660><c> these</c><00:29:15.900><c> five</c><00:29:16.319><c> references</c><00:29:16.720><c> where</c><00:29:17.240><c> the</c><00:29:17.480><c> Gospel</c><00:29:17.779><c> is</c><00:29:18.119><c> found.</c>

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In<00:29:19.680><c> the</c><00:29:20.000><c> Psalm,</c><00:29:20.299><c> Psalm</c><00:29:20.779><c> 40.</c>

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Here<00:29:23.200><c> it</c><00:29:23.380><c> is,</c><00:29:25.460><c> where</c><00:29:25.579><c> this</c><00:29:25.759><c> particular</c><00:29:26.940><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:27.279><c> word,</c><00:29:27.920><c> which</c>

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means<00:29:28.380><c> to</c><00:29:28.660><c> tell</c><00:29:28.880><c> good</c><00:29:29.279><c> tidings,</c>

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which<00:29:31.079><c> I</c><00:29:31.279><c> believe</c><00:29:31.599><c> the</c><00:29:31.779><c> Greek</c><00:29:32.039><c> word</c><00:29:32.279><c> Gospel</c><00:29:32.740><c> is</c><00:29:33.059><c> but</c><00:29:33.220><c> a</c><00:29:33.400><c> quotation</c><00:29:33.900><c> of,</c>

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and<00:29:35.359><c> you</c><00:29:35.480><c> will</c><00:29:35.700><c> notice</c><00:29:35.960><c> that</c><00:29:36.160><c> in</c><00:29:36.299><c> every</c><00:29:36.579><c> case</c><00:29:37.000><c> it</c><00:29:37.319><c> deals</c><00:29:37.720><c> with</c>

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God's<00:29:38.880><c> salvation.</c>

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Psalm<00:29:43.519><c> 40,</c><00:29:44.680><c> familiar</c><00:29:45.039><c> to</c><00:29:45.279><c> all</c><00:29:45.519><c> the</c><00:29:45.660><c> members</c><00:29:45.819><c> of</c><00:29:46.000><c> the</c><00:29:46.119><c> Hebrews</c><00:29:46.400><c> class.</c>

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We<00:29:48.059><c> would</c><00:29:48.339><c> well</c><00:29:48.579><c> know,</c><00:29:48.779><c> wouldn't</c><00:29:48.960><c> we,</c><00:29:49.160><c> verse</c><00:29:49.440><c> six,</c><00:29:50.980><c> the</c><00:29:51.099><c> body</c>

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prepared,<00:29:53.440><c> the</c><00:29:53.640><c> one</c><00:29:53.880><c> great</c><00:29:54.200><c> sin</c><00:29:54.440><c> offering.</c>

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Well,<00:29:57.019><c> the</c><00:29:57.079><c> one</c><00:29:57.259><c> who</c><00:29:57.480><c> come</c><00:29:57.599><c> to</c><00:29:57.759><c> do</c><00:29:57.900><c> God's</c><00:29:58.339><c> will</c><00:29:58.440><c> in</c><00:29:58.640><c> verse</c><00:29:58.880><c> eight</c><00:29:59.119><c> says</c>

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in<00:29:59.539><c> verse</c><00:29:59.799><c> nine,</c>

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I<00:30:00.940><c> have</c><00:30:01.400><c> preached</c><00:30:02.259><c> righteousness</c><00:30:02.960><c> in</c><00:30:03.619><c> the</c><00:30:03.920><c> great</c><00:30:04.259><c> congregation.</c>

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Now,<00:30:06.740><c> brethren</c><00:30:06.859><c> and</c><00:30:07.059><c> sisters,</c><00:30:07.299><c> that</c><00:30:07.519><c> word</c><00:30:07.819><c> preached</c><00:30:08.180><c> is</c><00:30:08.400><c> our</c>

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Hebrew<00:30:08.940><c> word,</c><00:30:09.440><c> which</c><00:30:09.440><c> means</c><00:30:09.759><c> glad</c><00:30:10.160><c> tidings.</c>

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The<00:30:11.660><c> Revised</c><00:30:12.099><c> Standard</c><00:30:12.460><c> Version</c><00:30:12.839><c> renders</c><00:30:13.240><c> that</c><00:30:13.579><c> verse.</c>

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I<00:30:14.460><c> have</c><00:30:14.779><c> told</c><00:30:15.200><c> the</c><00:30:15.599><c> glad</c><00:30:15.940><c> news</c><00:30:16.359><c> of</c><00:30:16.720><c> deliverance.</c>

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Now,<00:30:23.279><c> let's</c><00:30:23.920><c> find</c><00:30:24.220><c> a</c><00:30:24.500><c> phrase</c><00:30:24.859><c> which</c><00:30:25.220><c> epitomises</c><00:30:25.900><c> the</c><00:30:26.240><c> glad</c><00:30:26.500><c> news</c><00:30:26.779><c> of</c><00:30:27.059><c> deliverance.</c>

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Have<00:30:29.160><c> a</c><00:30:29.299><c> look</c><00:30:29.420><c> at</c><00:30:29.599><c> verse</c><00:30:29.900><c> 10.</c>

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I<00:30:32.779><c> have</c><00:30:33.519><c> not</c><00:30:34.180><c> hid</c><00:30:35.019><c> thy</c><00:30:36.039><c> righteousness</c><00:30:36.740><c> within</c><00:30:37.279><c> my</c><00:30:37.759><c> heart.</c>

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I<00:30:39.259><c> have</c><00:30:40.000><c> declared</c><00:30:41.019><c> thy</c><00:30:41.660><c> faithfulness</c><00:30:42.440><c> and</c><00:30:42.799><c> thy</c><00:30:43.119><c> salvation.</c>

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Who<00:30:44.839><c> can</c><00:30:45.160><c> tell</c><00:30:45.359><c> me</c><00:30:45.660><c> where</c><00:30:45.819><c> it</c><00:30:46.180><c> says</c><00:30:46.660><c> that</c><00:30:47.160><c> Jesus</c><00:30:47.640><c> Christ</c><00:30:48.099><c> declared</c><00:30:48.980><c> the</c>

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righteousness<00:30:50.039><c> of</c><00:30:50.500><c> God?</c>

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Anyone?

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Romans<00:30:56.819><c> three.</c>

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That<00:30:59.240><c> in</c><00:30:59.420><c> the</c><00:30:59.660><c> exhibition</c><00:31:00.099><c> of</c><00:31:00.319><c> God's</c><00:31:00.779><c> righteousness</c><00:31:01.160><c> to</c><00:31:01.519><c> declare</c><00:31:01.940><c> at</c>

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this<00:31:02.599><c> time</c><00:31:03.000><c> His</c><00:31:03.779><c> righteousness.</c>

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There<00:31:05.039><c> it</c><00:31:05.140><c> is</c><00:31:05.279><c> in</c><00:31:05.380><c> verse</c><00:31:05.619><c> 10.</c>

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So<00:31:06.740><c> the</c><00:31:06.980><c> psalmist</c><00:31:07.259><c> is</c><00:31:07.440><c> saying,</c><00:31:08.079><c> I</c><00:31:08.079><c> have</c><00:31:08.339><c> not</c><00:31:08.660><c> hid</c><00:31:08.960><c> thy</c><00:31:09.319><c> righteousness</c><00:31:09.859><c> within</c>

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my<00:31:10.680><c> heart.</c>

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I<00:31:11.420><c> have</c><00:31:11.700><c> declared</c><00:31:12.519><c> thy</c><00:31:12.880><c> faithfulness</c><00:31:13.599><c> and</c><00:31:14.220><c> thy</c><00:31:14.500><c> salvation,</c>

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and<00:31:16.259><c> so</c><00:31:16.519><c> on.</c>

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Now,<00:31:17.240><c> there</c><00:31:17.539><c> is</c><00:31:17.839><c> the</c><00:31:18.140><c> glad</c><00:31:18.599><c> tidings</c><00:31:19.160><c> of</c><00:31:19.619><c> God,</c><00:31:20.220><c> the</c><00:31:20.539><c> declaration</c><00:31:21.339><c> of</c><00:31:22.000><c> God's</c><00:31:22.680><c> righteousness.</c>

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Psalm<00:31:25.819><c> 96.</c>

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The<00:31:30.940><c> word</c><00:31:31.160><c> here</c><00:31:31.660><c> again</c><00:31:32.059><c> appears</c><00:31:32.440><c> here</c><00:31:32.759><c> again.</c>

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The<00:31:46.680><c> word</c><00:31:46.920><c> here</c><00:31:47.180><c> is</c><00:31:47.359><c> rendered</c><00:31:47.619><c> to</c><00:31:47.880><c> show</c><00:31:48.160><c> four,</c><00:31:48.900><c> but</c><00:31:48.960><c> it</c><00:31:49.119><c> really</c>

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means,<00:31:49.559><c> as</c><00:31:49.660><c> I</c><00:31:49.779><c> say,</c><00:31:50.079><c> the</c><00:31:50.220><c> glad</c><00:31:50.519><c> tidings.</c>

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Psalm<00:31:52.099><c> 96</c><00:31:52.680><c> verses</c><00:31:53.059><c> one</c><00:31:53.319><c> and</c><00:31:53.539><c> two.</c>

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Oh,<00:31:57.000><c> sing</c><00:31:57.000><c> unto</c><00:31:57.420><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:57.920><c> a</c><00:31:58.140><c> new</c><00:31:58.460><c> song.</c>

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Sing<00:32:00.059><c> unto</c><00:32:00.339><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:00.960><c> all</c><00:32:01.440><c> the</c><00:32:01.700><c> earth.</c>

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Sing<00:32:03.319><c> unto</c><00:32:03.579><c> Yahweh,</c><00:32:04.339><c> bless</c><00:32:04.559><c> His</c><00:32:04.940><c> name,</c><00:32:06.019><c> show</c><00:32:06.559><c> forth</c><00:32:07.200><c> His</c><00:32:07.759><c> salvation</c><00:32:08.640><c> from</c>

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day<00:32:09.299><c> to</c><00:32:09.460><c> day.</c>

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Hebrew,<00:32:11.140><c> bring</c><00:32:11.660><c> good</c><00:32:12.359><c> tidings</c><00:32:12.940><c> of</c><00:32:13.319><c> His</c><00:32:13.680><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:32:16.259><c> what</c><00:32:16.440><c> were</c><00:32:16.599><c> the</c><00:32:16.799><c> tidings</c><00:32:17.039><c> of</c><00:32:17.160><c> His</c><00:32:17.380><c> salvation?</c>

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Well,<00:32:19.220><c> verse</c><00:32:19.480><c> nine.</c>

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Oh,<00:32:21.579><c> worship</c><00:32:21.579><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:21.980><c> in</c><00:32:22.140><c> the</c><00:32:22.259><c> beautiful</c><00:32:22.700><c> sanctuary.</c>

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Fear<00:32:23.640><c> before</c><00:32:24.019><c> Him</c><00:32:24.200><c> all</c><00:32:24.400><c> the</c><00:32:24.640><c> earth.</c>

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Say<00:32:25.339><c> unto</c><00:32:25.599><c> the</c><00:32:25.839><c> heathen,</c><00:32:26.579><c> the</c><00:32:26.839><c> nations,</c><00:32:27.660><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:28.660><c> reigneth.</c>

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The<00:32:30.259><c> world</c><00:32:30.519><c> also</c><00:32:30.960><c> shall</c><00:32:31.119><c> be</c><00:32:31.359><c> established,</c><00:32:31.779><c> and</c><00:32:31.839><c> it</c><00:32:31.960><c> shall</c><00:32:32.180><c> not</c>

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be<00:32:32.579><c> moved.</c>

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And<00:32:33.180><c> He</c><00:32:33.380><c> shall</c><00:32:33.619><c> judge</c><00:32:34.119><c> the</c><00:32:34.460><c> people</c><00:32:34.900><c> righteously,</c><00:32:35.940><c> or</c><00:32:36.259><c> vindicate</c><00:32:36.920><c> the</c>

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people<00:32:37.440><c> with</c><00:32:37.759><c> righteousness.</c>

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Who<00:32:38.839><c> will?</c>

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Yahweh<00:32:39.680><c> will.</c>

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Why?

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Because<00:32:41.059><c> He</c><00:32:41.480><c> reigns.</c>

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In<00:32:42.319><c> other</c><00:32:42.519><c> words,</c><00:32:43.000><c> His</c><00:32:43.220><c> righteousness</c><00:32:43.700><c> has</c><00:32:44.000><c> been</c><00:32:44.299><c> established.</c>

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And<00:32:45.039><c> on</c><00:32:45.240><c> the</c><00:32:45.400><c> basis</c><00:32:45.640><c> of</c><00:32:45.880><c> that,</c><00:32:46.259><c> He</c><00:32:46.400><c> will</c><00:32:46.759><c> vindicate</c><00:32:47.420><c> the</c><00:32:47.640><c> people</c><00:32:47.779><c> with</c>

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that<00:32:48.200><c> righteousness.</c>

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That's<00:32:49.420><c> showing</c><00:32:49.599><c> forth</c><00:32:50.099><c> the</c><00:32:50.319><c> salvation</c><00:32:50.839><c> of</c><00:32:51.119><c> God.</c>

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:54.700
That's<00:32:52.019><c> declaring</c><00:32:52.359><c> God</c><00:32:53.000><c> in</c><00:32:53.180><c> the</c><00:32:53.339><c> affairs</c><00:32:53.579><c> of</c><00:32:53.940><c> men.</c>

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:57.380
Now,<00:32:55.319><c> the</c><00:32:55.400><c> next</c><00:32:55.759><c> three</c><00:32:56.140><c> quotations,</c><00:32:56.880><c> brethren</c><00:32:56.960><c> and</c><00:32:57.160><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:57.500 --> 00:33:00.119
all<00:32:57.759><c> have</c><00:32:57.940><c> a</c><00:32:58.180><c> common</c><00:32:58.359><c> factor</c><00:32:58.700><c> in</c><00:32:58.900><c> them.</c>

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:02.839
See<00:33:00.900><c> if</c><00:33:00.920><c> you</c><00:33:00.960><c> can</c><00:33:01.180><c> pick</c><00:33:01.299><c> it</c><00:33:01.460><c> as</c><00:33:01.579><c> we</c><00:33:01.700><c> go</c><00:33:01.960><c> through.</c>

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:04.200
And<00:33:03.220><c> remember</c><00:33:03.380><c> what</c><00:33:03.480><c> we're</c><00:33:03.660><c> dealing</c><00:33:03.900><c> with.</c>

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:07.359
We're<00:33:04.680><c> dealing</c><00:33:04.920><c> with</c><00:33:05.119><c> the</c><00:33:05.319><c> gospel</c><00:33:05.720><c> of</c><00:33:06.099><c> God</c><00:33:06.480><c> in</c><00:33:06.660><c> the</c><00:33:06.819><c> Old</c><00:33:07.019><c> Testament.</c>

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:09.400
The<00:33:07.740><c> fact</c><00:33:07.900><c> that</c><00:33:08.200><c> God</c><00:33:08.440><c> would</c><00:33:08.640><c> help</c><00:33:08.880><c> us.</c>

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:11.359
They're<00:33:10.000><c> all</c><00:33:10.059><c> in</c><00:33:10.200><c> Isaiah,</c><00:33:10.740><c> these</c><00:33:10.819><c> next</c><00:33:11.079><c> three.</c>

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:13.019
Isaiah<00:33:11.740><c> 14.</c>

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:15.259
They<00:33:14.220><c> have</c><00:33:14.339><c> a</c><00:33:14.539><c> common</c><00:33:14.740><c> factor.</c>

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:18.759
Very<00:33:16.200><c> interesting</c><00:33:16.660><c> to</c><00:33:16.880><c> note</c><00:33:17.019><c> it</c><00:33:17.160><c> as</c><00:33:17.240><c> you</c><00:33:17.319><c> go</c><00:33:17.539><c> through.</c>

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:29.880
And<00:33:26.960><c> our</c><00:33:27.119><c> word</c><00:33:27.380><c> gospel</c><00:33:27.740><c> is</c><00:33:28.019><c> found</c><00:33:28.160><c> in</c><00:33:28.319><c> every</c><00:33:28.460><c> one</c><00:33:28.579><c> of</c><00:33:28.660><c> these</c><00:33:28.880><c> references.</c>

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:33.000
Isaiah<00:33:31.839><c> 40.</c>

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:36.079
O<00:33:33.740><c> Zion,</c><00:33:34.339><c> that</c><00:33:34.599><c> bringeth</c><00:33:35.039><c> good</c><00:33:35.599><c> tidings.</c>

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:37.400
There<00:33:36.279><c> it</c><00:33:36.440><c> is.</c>

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:39.599
Get<00:33:37.680><c> thee</c><00:33:37.859><c> up</c><00:33:38.039><c> into</c><00:33:38.180><c> the</c><00:33:38.380><c> high</c><00:33:38.599><c> mountains.</c>

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:42.420
O<00:33:40.339><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:33:41.079><c> that</c><00:33:41.200><c> bringeth</c><00:33:41.579><c> good</c><00:33:41.920><c> tidings.</c>

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:44.420
Lift<00:33:42.819><c> up</c><00:33:43.099><c> thy</c><00:33:43.339><c> voice</c><00:33:43.740><c> with</c><00:33:44.019><c> strength.</c>

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:45.319
Lift<00:33:45.000><c> it</c><00:33:45.180><c> up.</c>

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:46.859
Be<00:33:45.579><c> not</c><00:33:45.819><c> afraid.</c>

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:48.200
Say<00:33:47.099><c> unto</c><00:33:47.279><c> the</c><00:33:47.440><c> cities</c><00:33:47.680><c> of</c><00:33:47.960><c> Judah.</c>

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:50.220
Now,<00:33:48.740><c> what's</c><00:33:48.859><c> the</c><00:33:49.000><c> good</c><00:33:49.240><c> tidings?</c>

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:53.480
Behold<00:33:52.059><c> your</c><00:33:52.539><c> God.</c>

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:56.519
There's<00:33:54.839><c> the</c><00:33:54.960><c> gospel</c><00:33:55.220><c> of</c><00:33:55.480><c> God.</c>

00:33:57.700 --> 00:34:00.039
There<00:33:57.900><c> is</c><00:33:58.119><c> the</c><00:33:58.279><c> gospel</c><00:33:58.680><c> in</c><00:33:59.099><c> a</c><00:33:59.220><c> nutshell.</c>

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:02.180
Behold<00:34:00.799><c> your</c><00:34:01.240><c> God.</c>

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:04.019
That's<00:34:03.599><c> the</c><00:34:03.740><c> gospel.</c>

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.819
So<00:34:04.640><c> he</c><00:34:04.759><c> says</c><00:34:04.920><c> in</c><00:34:05.079><c> verse</c><00:34:05.359><c> 10.</c>

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:09.139
Behold,<00:34:06.579><c> the</c><00:34:06.660><c> Lord</c><00:34:06.920><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:07.400><c> will</c><00:34:07.680><c> come</c><00:34:07.960><c> with</c><00:34:08.320><c> strong</c><00:34:08.719><c> hand,</c>

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:12.239
and<00:34:09.639><c> his</c><00:34:10.059><c> arm</c><00:34:10.460><c> shall</c><00:34:10.860><c> rule</c><00:34:11.340><c> for</c><00:34:11.860><c> him.</c>

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:16.480
Behold,<00:34:13.679><c> his</c><00:34:13.840><c> reward</c><00:34:14.179><c> is</c><00:34:14.340><c> with</c><00:34:14.539><c> him,</c><00:34:15.139><c> and</c><00:34:15.280><c> his</c><00:34:15.519><c> work</c><00:34:15.739><c> before</c><00:34:16.119><c> him.</c>

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:19.639
There's<00:34:17.380><c> the</c><00:34:17.559><c> gospel</c><00:34:17.920><c> of</c><00:34:18.320><c> God.</c>

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:25.440
Isaiah<00:34:20.360><c> 52.</c>

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:38.099
The<00:34:35.719><c> word</c><00:34:35.940><c> gospel</c><00:34:36.300><c> appears</c><00:34:36.699><c> here</c><00:34:37.000><c> again.</c>

00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:41.500
The<00:34:39.320><c> word</c><00:34:39.579><c> gospel,</c><00:34:39.900><c> of</c><00:34:40.000><c> course,</c><00:34:40.260><c> being</c><00:34:40.420><c> the</c><00:34:40.599><c> Greek</c><00:34:40.820><c> equivalent</c><00:34:41.179><c> of</c><00:34:41.360><c> the</c>

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:42.880
Hebrew<00:34:41.780><c> word.</c>

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:45.619
Verse<00:34:43.300><c> 7</c><00:34:44.099><c> of</c><00:34:44.380><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:44.760><c> 52.</c>

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:48.179
How<00:34:46.019><c> beautiful</c><00:34:46.579><c> upon</c><00:34:46.860><c> the</c><00:34:47.079><c> mountains</c><00:34:47.360><c> are</c><00:34:47.519><c> the</c><00:34:47.699><c> feet</c><00:34:47.820><c> of</c><00:34:47.980><c> him</c>

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:50.440
that<00:34:48.400><c> bringeth</c><00:34:48.800><c> good</c><00:34:49.219><c> tidings,</c>

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:55.119
that<00:34:51.519><c> publishes</c><00:34:52.139><c> peace,</c><00:34:52.880><c> that</c><00:34:52.960><c> bringeth</c><00:34:53.360><c> good</c><00:34:53.599><c> tidings</c><00:34:53.940><c> of</c><00:34:54.260><c> good,</c>

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:58.880
that<00:34:55.619><c> publishes</c><00:34:56.199><c> salvation,</c><00:34:57.880><c> that</c><00:34:58.079><c> seth</c><00:34:58.300><c> unto</c><00:34:58.559><c> Zion.</c>

00:34:59.199 --> 00:35:00.880
And<00:34:59.460><c> what's</c><00:34:59.800><c> the</c><00:34:59.960><c> gospel?</c>

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:03.840
Thy<00:35:01.679><c> God</c><00:35:02.360><c> reigneth.</c>

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:05.679
Verse<00:35:05.000><c> 10.</c>

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:10.659
Yahweh<00:35:06.820><c> hath</c><00:35:07.079><c> made</c><00:35:07.519><c> bare</c><00:35:07.780><c> his</c><00:35:08.139><c> holy</c><00:35:08.699><c> arm</c><00:35:09.159><c> in</c><00:35:09.519><c> the</c><00:35:09.739><c> eyes</c><00:35:10.000><c> of</c><00:35:10.300><c> all</c>

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:11.920
the<00:35:10.820><c> nations,</c>

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:15.599
and<00:35:12.380><c> all</c><00:35:12.780><c> the</c><00:35:13.139><c> ends</c><00:35:13.380><c> of</c><00:35:13.599><c> the</c><00:35:13.739><c> earth</c><00:35:14.059><c> shall</c><00:35:14.400><c> see</c><00:35:14.760><c> the</c><00:35:14.940><c> salvation</c>

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:17.260
of<00:35:15.900><c> our</c><00:35:16.239><c> God.</c>

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:21.519
See<00:35:18.280><c> what</c><00:35:18.420><c> the</c><00:35:18.599><c> good</c><00:35:18.860><c> tidings</c><00:35:19.119><c> are</c><00:35:19.380><c> in</c><00:35:19.579><c> both</c><00:35:19.820><c> cases,</c><00:35:20.300><c> in</c><00:35:20.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:20.719><c> 49</c><00:35:21.260><c> and</c><00:35:21.460><c> in</c>

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.539
Isaiah<00:35:21.940><c> 52,</c>

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:25.579
was<00:35:23.039><c> the</c><00:35:23.239><c> fact</c><00:35:23.380><c> that</c><00:35:23.719><c> God</c><00:35:24.119><c> beholds</c><00:35:24.820><c> your</c><00:35:25.000><c> God,</c><00:35:25.159><c> and</c><00:35:25.280><c> how</c><00:35:25.480><c> did</c>

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.639
they<00:35:25.840><c> behold</c><00:35:26.159><c> him?</c>

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.760
In<00:35:27.260><c> an</c><00:35:27.539><c> arm.</c>

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:29.219
Now,<00:35:28.000><c> what</c><00:35:28.119><c> is</c><00:35:28.239><c> an</c><00:35:28.440><c> arm?</c>

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:32.460
An<00:35:30.599><c> arm</c><00:35:30.940><c> reaches</c><00:35:31.380><c> out,</c><00:35:31.860><c> Resonance</c><00:35:32.139><c> Sisters.</c>

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:37.000
It<00:35:33.139><c> is</c><00:35:33.380><c> the</c><00:35:33.539><c> extension</c><00:35:34.039><c> of</c><00:35:34.239><c> that</c><00:35:34.579><c> being</c><00:35:34.860><c> as</c><00:35:35.179><c> he</c><00:35:35.340><c> reaches</c><00:35:35.800><c> forward.</c>

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:38.380
That's<00:35:37.420><c> where</c><00:35:37.579><c> you</c><00:35:37.739><c> see</c><00:35:37.960><c> him.</c>

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:41.260
You<00:35:38.639><c> see</c><00:35:38.840><c> him</c><00:35:39.119><c> coming</c><00:35:39.400><c> because</c><00:35:39.820><c> he</c><00:35:40.219><c> extends</c><00:35:40.519><c> out</c><00:35:40.860><c> and</c><00:35:40.980><c> he's</c>

00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:42.260
reaching<00:35:41.659><c> out.</c>

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:45.519
And<00:35:42.559><c> on</c><00:35:42.739><c> the</c><00:35:42.800><c> end</c><00:35:42.940><c> of</c><00:35:43.059><c> those</c><00:35:43.340><c> fingertips</c><00:35:44.000><c> was</c><00:35:44.300><c> his</c><00:35:44.599><c> son.</c>

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:48.440
Behold<00:35:46.900><c> your</c><00:35:47.320><c> God,</c><00:35:47.940><c> says</c><00:35:48.059><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:51.559
And<00:35:49.079><c> in</c><00:35:49.239><c> both</c><00:35:49.420><c> cases</c><00:35:49.780><c> he</c><00:35:49.960><c> uses</c><00:35:50.239><c> very</c><00:35:50.579><c> prominently</c><00:35:51.019><c> the</c><00:35:51.199><c> words</c>

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:53.400
good<00:35:52.179><c> tidings.</c>

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:57.159
Now,<00:35:54.119><c> last</c><00:35:54.219><c> reference,</c><00:35:54.659><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:55.019><c> 61.</c>

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:05.420
See<00:36:01.639><c> how</c><00:36:01.820><c> important</c><00:36:02.380><c> the</c><00:36:02.559><c> gospel</c><00:36:02.940><c> of</c><00:36:03.099><c> God</c><00:36:03.320><c> is.</c>

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:13.199
By<00:36:11.219><c> the</c><00:36:11.440><c> way,</c><00:36:11.719><c> it's</c><00:36:11.780><c> not</c><00:36:11.980><c> without</c><00:36:12.280><c> coincidence,</c><00:36:12.820><c> as</c><00:36:13.000><c> we'll</c>

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:13.980
find<00:36:13.440><c> out</c><00:36:13.559><c> later</c><00:36:13.840><c> on,</c>

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:17.599
that<00:36:14.159><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:14.619><c> 52</c><00:36:15.260><c> is</c><00:36:15.639><c> also</c><00:36:16.079><c> quoted</c><00:36:16.340><c> in</c><00:36:16.500><c> Romans</c><00:36:16.860><c> chapter</c><00:36:17.219><c> 10,</c>

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:20.500
as<00:36:17.780><c> we'll</c><00:36:17.940><c> come</c><00:36:18.219><c> to</c><00:36:18.679><c> when</c><00:36:18.800><c> Paul</c><00:36:19.059><c> deals</c><00:36:19.260><c> with</c><00:36:19.400><c> that</c><00:36:19.619><c> section.</c>

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:21.679
Isaiah<00:36:20.840><c> 61.</c>

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:24.000
The<00:36:22.199><c> spirit</c><00:36:22.460><c> of</c><00:36:22.599><c> the</c><00:36:22.699><c> Lord</c><00:36:22.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:23.300><c> is</c><00:36:23.500><c> upon</c><00:36:23.739><c> me,</c>

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:27.139
because<00:36:24.300><c> the</c><00:36:24.519><c> Lord</c><00:36:24.760><c> hath</c><00:36:24.980><c> anointed</c><00:36:25.360><c> me</c><00:36:25.639><c> to</c><00:36:25.840><c> preach</c><00:36:26.360><c> the</c><00:36:26.639><c> gospel</c><00:36:26.639><c> of</c><00:36:26.639><c> God.</c>

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:29.719
Good<00:36:27.820><c> tidings</c><00:36:28.320><c> unto</c><00:36:28.519><c> the</c><00:36:28.760><c> meat.</c>

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:32.179
He<00:36:30.440><c> hath</c><00:36:30.679><c> sent</c><00:36:30.800><c> me</c><00:36:30.960><c> to</c><00:36:31.139><c> bind</c><00:36:31.280><c> up</c><00:36:31.420><c> the</c><00:36:31.579><c> broken</c><00:36:31.880><c> hearted,</c>

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:33.599
to<00:36:32.300><c> proclaim</c><00:36:32.619><c> liberty</c><00:36:32.900><c> to</c><00:36:33.039><c> the</c><00:36:33.219><c> captives,</c>

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:36.280
and<00:36:33.780><c> the</c><00:36:33.980><c> opening</c><00:36:34.099><c> of</c><00:36:34.260><c> the</c><00:36:34.440><c> prison</c><00:36:34.619><c> to</c><00:36:34.719><c> them</c><00:36:34.940><c> that</c><00:36:35.099><c> abound,</c>

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:39.760
to<00:36:36.739><c> proclaim</c><00:36:37.079><c> the</c><00:36:37.500><c> acceptable</c><00:36:37.880><c> year</c><00:36:38.300><c> of</c><00:36:38.559><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:45.099
the<00:36:40.619><c> day</c><00:36:41.139><c> of</c><00:36:41.420><c> vengeance</c><00:36:41.940><c> of</c><00:36:43.219><c> our</c><00:36:44.099><c> God,</c>

00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:48.179
to<00:36:45.940><c> comfort</c><00:36:46.320><c> all</c><00:36:46.860><c> that</c><00:36:47.199><c> mourn.</c>

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:50.820
And<00:36:48.880><c> you</c><00:36:49.000><c> see</c><00:36:49.079><c> what</c><00:36:49.219><c> those</c><00:36:49.480><c> verses</c><00:36:49.760><c> are</c><00:36:50.039><c> saying,</c>

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:53.019
that<00:36:51.340><c> when</c><00:36:51.539><c> the</c><00:36:51.780><c> broken</c><00:36:52.039><c> hearted</c><00:36:52.360><c> are</c><00:36:52.519><c> bound</c><00:36:52.719><c> up,</c>

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:54.679
when<00:36:53.280><c> the</c><00:36:53.579><c> captives</c><00:36:53.920><c> are</c><00:36:54.119><c> let</c><00:36:54.260><c> loose,</c>

00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:57.199
when<00:36:55.219><c> the</c><00:36:55.559><c> acceptable</c><00:36:55.960><c> year</c><00:36:56.219><c> of</c><00:36:56.440><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:56.760><c> comes,</c>

00:36:57.659 --> 00:36:59.199
it'll<00:36:57.860><c> never</c><00:36:58.159><c> happen,</c><00:36:58.659><c> brothers</c><00:36:58.739><c> and</c><00:36:58.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:59.280 --> 00:37:01.639
until<00:36:59.659><c> one</c><00:37:00.019><c> thing</c><00:37:00.260><c> happens</c><00:37:00.699><c> first,</c>

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:04.440
the<00:37:02.079><c> day</c><00:37:02.440><c> of</c><00:37:02.719><c> vengeance</c><00:37:03.099><c> of</c><00:37:03.360><c> our</c><00:37:03.619><c> God.</c>

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:10.179
So<00:37:05.239><c> the</c><00:37:05.460><c> good</c><00:37:05.739><c> tidings</c><00:37:06.320><c> is</c><00:37:06.760><c> that</c><00:37:07.139><c> God</c><00:37:07.659><c> will</c><00:37:08.360><c> subdue</c><00:37:08.960><c> all</c><00:37:09.320><c> enemies.</c>

00:37:10.260 --> 00:37:12.719
Now,<00:37:10.460><c> did</c><00:37:10.559><c> you</c><00:37:10.699><c> notice</c><00:37:11.039><c> the</c><00:37:11.420><c> common</c><00:37:11.659><c> factor</c><00:37:12.039><c> in</c><00:37:12.239><c> those</c><00:37:12.519><c> three</c>

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:14.159
verses<00:37:13.059><c> in</c><00:37:13.280><c> Isaiah?</c>

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:19.980
The<00:37:15.300><c> common</c><00:37:15.460><c> factor</c><00:37:15.780><c> was,</c><00:37:16.840><c> behold,</c><00:37:18.300><c> your</c><00:37:18.519><c> God,</c>

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:25.699
thy<00:37:21.639><c> God,</c><00:37:22.219><c> Reimus,</c><00:37:23.119><c> the</c><00:37:23.400><c> vengeance</c><00:37:23.800><c> of</c><00:37:24.500><c> our</c><00:37:24.860><c> God.</c>

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:29.000
Now,<00:37:27.239><c> people</c><00:37:27.500><c> can</c><00:37:27.760><c> say,</c><00:37:28.119><c> and</c><00:37:28.300><c> truly</c><00:37:28.500><c> it</c><00:37:28.719><c> is,</c>

00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:31.079
that<00:37:29.300><c> in</c><00:37:29.380><c> every</c><00:37:29.659><c> case</c><00:37:29.960><c> God</c><00:37:30.219><c> there</c><00:37:30.500><c> is</c><00:37:30.719><c> Elohim.</c>

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:33.500
It<00:37:31.340><c> speaks</c><00:37:31.619><c> of</c><00:37:31.780><c> the</c><00:37:32.019><c> saints,</c><00:37:32.340><c> they</c><00:37:32.559><c> say.</c>

00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:37.420
Brothers<00:37:34.860><c> and</c><00:37:35.079><c> sisters,</c><00:37:35.380><c> yes,</c><00:37:35.699><c> it</c><00:37:35.820><c> does</c><00:37:36.079><c> speak</c><00:37:36.280><c> of</c><00:37:36.440><c> the</c><00:37:36.619><c> saints.</c>

00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:40.400
But<00:37:38.659><c> why</c><00:37:38.960><c> is</c><00:37:39.159><c> Elohim</c><00:37:39.539><c> used?</c>

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:43.320
Because<00:37:41.019><c> there</c><00:37:41.219><c> are</c><00:37:41.400><c> no</c><00:37:41.639><c> saints</c><00:37:42.039><c> without</c><00:37:42.380><c> God.</c>

00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:46.920
And<00:37:44.480><c> I</c><00:37:44.659><c> could</c><00:37:44.860><c> show</c><00:37:45.119><c> you</c><00:37:45.320><c> some</c><00:37:45.500><c> references</c><00:37:45.840><c> where</c><00:37:46.139><c> Elohim</c><00:37:46.539><c> was</c><00:37:46.800><c> used,</c>

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:50.460
where<00:37:47.179><c> you</c><00:37:47.260><c> would</c><00:37:47.539><c> be</c><00:37:48.019><c> hard</c><00:37:48.639><c> pressed</c><00:37:49.179><c> to</c><00:37:49.719><c> make</c><00:37:49.900><c> it</c><00:37:50.099><c> apply</c><00:37:50.260><c> to</c>

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:51.440
the<00:37:50.579><c> saints.</c>

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:54.860
I<00:37:52.300><c> dare</c><00:37:52.699><c> you</c><00:37:52.920><c> to</c><00:37:53.039><c> make</c><00:37:53.139><c> it</c><00:37:53.300><c> apply</c><00:37:53.480><c> to</c><00:37:53.679><c> the</c><00:37:53.800><c> saints.</c>

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:56.619
Because<00:37:55.539><c> Elohim,</c><00:37:56.179><c> brothers</c><00:37:56.260><c> and</c><00:37:56.280><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:58.880
the<00:37:57.000><c> source</c><00:37:57.239><c> of</c><00:37:57.440><c> Elohim</c><00:37:57.780><c> is</c><00:37:58.019><c> God.</c>

00:37:59.239 --> 00:38:00.599
But<00:37:59.380><c> you</c><00:37:59.539><c> see</c><00:37:59.619><c> what</c><00:37:59.820><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:00.179><c> is</c><00:38:00.340><c> doing,</c>

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:02.659
what<00:38:00.960><c> is</c><00:38:01.159><c> the</c><00:38:01.300><c> gospel</c><00:38:01.599><c> of</c><00:38:01.840><c> God?</c>

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:07.019
The<00:38:03.280><c> gospel</c><00:38:03.679><c> is</c><00:38:04.119><c> that</c><00:38:04.400><c> God</c><00:38:04.739><c> will</c><00:38:05.019><c> come</c><00:38:05.199><c> into</c><00:38:05.599><c> our</c><00:38:06.119><c> lives.</c>

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:11.039
Behold,<00:38:08.280><c> your</c><00:38:08.539><c> God,</c><00:38:10.099><c> thy</c><00:38:10.380><c> God,</c><00:38:10.860><c> Reimus,</c>

00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:13.460
the<00:38:11.679><c> vengeance</c><00:38:11.980><c> of</c><00:38:12.420><c> our</c><00:38:12.679><c> God,</c><00:38:13.019><c> says</c><00:38:13.079><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:15.880
That's<00:38:14.260><c> the</c><00:38:14.420><c> good</c><00:38:14.639><c> news</c><00:38:14.840><c> of</c><00:38:15.000><c> the</c><00:38:15.159><c> gospel</c><00:38:15.440><c> of</c><00:38:15.699><c> God.</c>

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:18.420
And<00:38:16.320><c> Paul</c><00:38:16.699><c> said</c><00:38:16.880><c> to</c><00:38:17.099><c> the</c><00:38:17.360><c> Romans,</c><00:38:18.159><c> he</c><00:38:18.219><c> says,</c>

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:22.840
among<00:38:18.880><c> whom</c><00:38:19.420><c> ye</c><00:38:20.039><c> also</c><00:38:20.820><c> are</c><00:38:21.320><c> the</c><00:38:21.619><c> called</c><00:38:21.820><c> of</c><00:38:22.000><c> Jesus</c><00:38:22.420><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:25.260
That<00:38:23.239><c> was</c><00:38:23.579><c> good</c><00:38:23.860><c> news</c><00:38:24.179><c> to</c><00:38:24.360><c> them,</c><00:38:24.599><c> brothers</c><00:38:24.739><c> and</c><00:38:24.800><c> sisters.</c>

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:28.460
The<00:38:25.739><c> good</c><00:38:25.940><c> news</c><00:38:26.219><c> was</c><00:38:26.480><c> that</c><00:38:26.800><c> God</c><00:38:27.099><c> had</c><00:38:27.320><c> come</c><00:38:27.559><c> into</c><00:38:27.719><c> their</c><00:38:28.079><c> lives,</c>

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:30.880
the<00:38:29.260><c> power</c><00:38:29.579><c> of</c><00:38:29.820><c> God</c><00:38:29.980><c> Almighty.</c>

00:38:31.119 --> 00:38:34.840
And<00:38:31.199><c> he</c><00:38:31.280><c> was</c><00:38:31.639><c> their</c><00:38:31.880><c> God,</c><00:38:32.679><c> your</c><00:38:33.000><c> God,</c><00:38:33.760><c> our</c><00:38:34.000><c> God.</c>

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:37.860
And<00:38:35.199><c> that</c><00:38:35.340><c> was</c><00:38:35.519><c> the</c><00:38:35.739><c> wonderful</c><00:38:36.219><c> message</c><00:38:36.679><c> that</c><00:38:37.079><c> Paul</c><00:38:37.320><c> had</c><00:38:37.539><c> to</c><00:38:37.719><c> preach,</c>

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:39.739
which<00:38:38.059><c> he</c><00:38:38.360><c> opened</c><00:38:38.619><c> up</c><00:38:38.840><c> the</c><00:38:38.920><c> book</c><00:38:39.039><c> of</c><00:38:39.219><c> Romans</c><00:38:39.480><c> with,</c>

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:43.119
the<00:38:40.159><c> gospel</c><00:38:40.539><c> of</c><00:38:41.880><c> God,</c><00:38:42.239><c> incredible.</c>

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:45.059
You<00:38:43.619><c> know,</c><00:38:43.699><c> he</c><00:38:43.920><c> finishes</c><00:38:44.239><c> the</c><00:38:44.500><c> book</c><00:38:44.639><c> with</c><00:38:44.880><c> that.</c>

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:48.139
As<00:38:45.880><c> we</c><00:38:46.019><c> will</c><00:38:46.199><c> see</c><00:38:46.360><c> later</c><00:38:46.699><c> on,</c><00:38:47.199><c> in</c><00:38:47.199><c> the</c><00:38:47.380><c> 15th</c><00:38:47.860><c> chapter,</c>

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:50.860
one<00:38:48.300><c> of</c><00:38:48.400><c> the</c><00:38:48.440><c> last</c><00:38:48.760><c> things</c><00:38:48.960><c> that</c><00:38:49.099><c> he</c><00:38:49.179><c> says</c><00:38:49.579><c> is</c><00:38:50.099><c> concerning</c><00:38:50.500><c> the</c>

00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:52.400
gospel<00:38:51.199><c> of</c><00:38:51.500><c> God.</c>

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:54.699
Because<00:38:52.780><c> he</c><00:38:52.960><c> saw</c><00:38:53.199><c> God,</c><00:38:53.519><c> of</c><00:38:53.679><c> course,</c><00:38:53.980><c> as</c><00:38:54.139><c> the</c><00:38:54.420><c> beginning</c>

00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:57.679
and<00:38:55.119><c> the</c><00:38:55.440><c> ending</c><00:38:55.559><c> of</c><00:38:55.800><c> all</c><00:38:56.119><c> that</c><00:38:56.340><c> atonement</c><00:38:56.739><c> means.</c>

00:38:58.719 --> 00:39:00.699
I<00:38:58.780><c> want</c><00:38:58.960><c> to</c><00:38:59.079><c> show</c><00:38:59.199><c> you</c><00:38:59.360><c> another</c><00:38:59.579><c> writer</c><00:38:59.920><c> who</c><00:39:00.139><c> opened</c><00:39:00.340><c> up</c><00:39:00.519><c> the</c>

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:01.920
same<00:39:00.960><c> way.</c>

00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:05.000
In<00:39:02.960><c> the</c><00:39:03.139><c> first</c><00:39:03.360><c> chapter</c><00:39:03.599><c> of</c><00:39:03.860><c> Mark,</c>

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:29.940
In<00:39:26.960><c> the</c><00:39:27.159><c> first</c><00:39:27.360><c> chapter</c><00:39:27.619><c> of</c><00:39:27.840><c> Mark,</c><00:39:28.099><c> in</c><00:39:28.239><c> verse</c><00:39:28.460><c> 14,</c>

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:34.320
Now<00:39:32.739><c> after</c><00:39:33.019><c> that</c><00:39:33.260><c> John</c><00:39:33.460><c> was</c><00:39:33.659><c> put</c><00:39:33.860><c> in</c><00:39:34.079><c> prison,</c>

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:35.840
Jesus<00:39:34.780><c> came</c><00:39:35.079><c> into</c><00:39:35.340><c> Galilee,</c>

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:39.460
preaching<00:39:36.360><c> the</c><00:39:36.719><c> gospel</c><00:39:37.159><c> of</c><00:39:37.500><c> the</c><00:39:37.679><c> kingdom</c><00:39:38.099><c> of</c><00:39:38.480><c> God.</c>

00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:42.179
Literally<00:39:40.159><c> in</c><00:39:40.360><c> the</c><00:39:40.559><c> Greek,</c><00:39:41.019><c> brothers</c><00:39:41.099><c> and</c><00:39:41.280><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:44.420
the<00:39:42.539><c> gospel</c><00:39:43.039><c> of</c><00:39:43.579><c> God.</c>

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:45.039
The<00:39:45.039><c> gospel</c><00:39:45.039><c> of</c><00:39:45.039><c> God.</c>

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:50.320
All<00:39:45.760><c> the</c><00:39:46.119><c> reliable</c><00:39:46.539><c> translations</c><00:39:47.260><c> omit</c><00:39:47.719><c> the</c><00:39:47.920><c> words</c><00:39:48.260><c> of</c><00:39:49.199><c> the</c><00:39:49.400><c> kingdom.</c>

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:54.039
Not,<00:39:51.300><c> of</c><00:39:51.360><c> course,</c><00:39:51.599><c> that</c><00:39:51.920><c> the</c><00:39:52.219><c> inclusion</c><00:39:52.460><c> of</c><00:39:52.659><c> those</c><00:39:52.820><c> words</c><00:39:53.000><c> would</c><00:39:53.239><c> destroy</c><00:39:53.679><c> the</c><00:39:53.880><c> meaning.</c>

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:55.659
It<00:39:54.260><c> doesn't</c><00:39:54.559><c> at</c><00:39:54.840><c> all.</c>

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:59.900
But<00:39:56.199><c> the</c><00:39:56.400><c> emphasis</c><00:39:56.820><c> of</c><00:39:57.239><c> Mark</c><00:39:57.440><c> is</c><00:39:57.980><c> that</c><00:39:58.519><c> Jesus</c><00:39:58.920><c> came</c><00:39:59.260><c> into</c><00:39:59.460><c> Galilee</c>

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:02.380
preaching<00:40:00.400><c> the</c><00:40:00.820><c> gospel</c><00:40:01.260><c> of</c><00:40:01.940><c> God.</c>

00:40:02.699 --> 00:40:05.980
And<00:40:02.860><c> it's</c><00:40:03.239><c> rather</c><00:40:03.619><c> remarkable</c><00:40:04.480><c> that</c><00:40:05.179><c> Peter,</c>

00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:11.400
Peter,<00:40:07.840><c> in</c><00:40:07.900><c> defining</c><00:40:08.539><c> the</c><00:40:09.340><c> earthly</c><00:40:09.679><c> beginning</c><00:40:10.340><c> of</c><00:40:10.679><c> the</c><00:40:10.980><c> ministry</c>

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:15.940
of<00:40:11.579><c> the</c><00:40:11.679><c> Lord</c><00:40:11.940><c> Jesus</c><00:40:12.460><c> Christ,</c><00:40:13.599><c> picks</c><00:40:13.599><c> that</c><00:40:14.159><c> historical</c><00:40:14.940><c> point.</c>

00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:19.559
He<00:40:16.300><c> says</c><00:40:16.460><c> that</c><00:40:16.780><c> after</c><00:40:17.199><c> the</c><00:40:17.460><c> baptism</c><00:40:17.780><c> that</c><00:40:18.039><c> John</c><00:40:18.320><c> preached,</c>

00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:21.739
beginning<00:40:20.019><c> in</c><00:40:20.380><c> Galilee,</c>

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:26.300
in<00:40:22.840><c> speaking</c><00:40:23.079><c> to</c><00:40:23.340><c> Cornelius</c><00:40:23.800><c> to</c><00:40:24.119><c> pinpoint</c><00:40:24.739><c> the</c><00:40:25.059><c> actual</c><00:40:25.619><c> starting</c><00:40:26.039><c> point</c>

00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:26.960
of<00:40:26.420><c> the</c><00:40:26.579><c> gospel,</c>

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:30.260
Peter<00:40:27.599><c> picks</c><00:40:27.960><c> that</c><00:40:28.360><c> very</c><00:40:28.960><c> historical</c><00:40:29.719><c> point.</c>

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:34.780
After<00:40:31.079><c> that</c><00:40:31.360><c> John</c><00:40:31.539><c> was</c><00:40:31.719><c> put</c><00:40:31.880><c> in</c><00:40:32.099><c> prison</c><00:40:32.420><c> and</c><00:40:33.340><c> beginning</c><00:40:33.940><c> in</c><00:40:34.320><c> Galilee,</c>

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:37.460
Jesus<00:40:35.260><c> went</c><00:40:35.519><c> forth</c><00:40:35.820><c> preaching</c><00:40:36.159><c> peace</c><00:40:36.480><c> to</c><00:40:36.639><c> Israel</c><00:40:36.860><c> and</c><00:40:37.059><c> so</c><00:40:37.239><c> on,</c>

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:38.980
says<00:40:37.639><c> Peter</c><00:40:37.920><c> in</c><00:40:38.099><c> Acts</c><00:40:38.300><c> chapter</c><00:40:38.579><c> 10.</c>

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:42.340
So<00:40:39.400><c> here</c><00:40:39.719><c> is</c><00:40:39.860><c> what</c><00:40:40.119><c> Peter</c><00:40:40.360><c> sees</c><00:40:40.699><c> as</c><00:40:40.960><c> the</c><00:40:41.159><c> beginning</c><00:40:41.800><c> of</c><00:40:42.159><c> the</c>

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gospel<00:40:42.679><c> message</c>

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:44.380
and<00:40:43.280><c> it</c><00:40:43.519><c> begins</c><00:40:43.840><c> with</c><00:40:44.199><c> what?</c>

00:40:44.820 --> 00:40:47.239
The<00:40:45.059><c> gospel</c><00:40:45.599><c> of</c><00:40:46.260><c> God.</c>

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:48.800
That's<00:40:47.679><c> where</c><00:40:47.940><c> everything</c><00:40:48.260><c> begins.</c>

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:51.420
And<00:40:49.320><c> that's</c><00:40:49.539><c> where</c><00:40:49.719><c> Mark</c><00:40:50.000><c> began</c><00:40:50.380><c> it.</c>

00:40:51.780 --> 00:40:53.920
Now<00:40:51.920><c> there</c><00:40:52.079><c> is</c><00:40:52.260><c> the</c><00:40:52.360><c> gospel</c><00:40:52.719><c> of</c><00:40:52.960><c> God.</c>

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:57.539
And<00:40:54.679><c> it</c><00:40:54.920><c> began</c><00:40:55.500><c> in</c><00:40:56.440><c> Galilee.</c>

00:40:59.300 --> 00:41:00.860
In<00:40:59.780><c> Galilee.</c>

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:02.420
Why<00:41:01.320><c> did</c><00:41:01.460><c> it</c><00:41:01.619><c> begin</c><00:41:01.820><c> in</c><00:41:02.039><c> Galilee?</c>

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:04.260
Have<00:41:02.960><c> you</c><00:41:03.059><c> ever</c><00:41:03.239><c> asked</c><00:41:03.460><c> yourself</c><00:41:03.699><c> that</c><00:41:03.920><c> question?</c>

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:07.480
Why<00:41:05.000><c> does</c><00:41:05.360><c> Peter</c><00:41:05.619><c> make</c><00:41:05.940><c> the</c><00:41:06.179><c> point</c><00:41:06.360><c> that</c><00:41:06.480><c> it</c><00:41:06.679><c> began</c><00:41:06.860><c> in</c><00:41:07.139><c> Galilee?</c>

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:10.000
Well,<00:41:08.320><c> you</c><00:41:08.400><c> have</c><00:41:08.539><c> a</c><00:41:08.619><c> look</c><00:41:08.739><c> at</c><00:41:08.900><c> what's</c><00:41:09.119><c> being</c><00:41:09.199><c> said</c><00:41:09.360><c> by</c><00:41:09.659><c> Mark.</c>

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:12.380
It's<00:41:10.760><c> the</c><00:41:10.920><c> gospel</c><00:41:11.380><c> of</c><00:41:12.000><c> God.</c>

00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:15.440
And<00:41:12.659><c> you</c><00:41:12.719><c> can't</c><00:41:13.139><c> think</c><00:41:13.320><c> any</c><00:41:13.480><c> higher</c><00:41:13.900><c> than</c><00:41:14.039><c> that,</c><00:41:14.420><c> brother</c><00:41:14.440><c> and</c><00:41:14.619><c> sister.</c>

00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:18.360
And<00:41:16.480><c> it</c><00:41:16.639><c> began</c><00:41:16.960><c> in</c><00:41:17.219><c> Galilee.</c>

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:21.880
And<00:41:19.559><c> territorially</c><00:41:20.000><c> speaking</c><00:41:20.380><c> you</c><00:41:20.559><c> can't</c><00:41:20.940><c> think</c><00:41:21.159><c> any</c><00:41:21.420><c> lower</c>

00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:23.139
than<00:41:22.159><c> that.</c>

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:27.300
And<00:41:26.159><c> that's</c><00:41:26.380><c> the</c><00:41:26.480><c> whole</c><00:41:26.659><c> point</c><00:41:26.880><c> of</c><00:41:27.019><c> it.</c>

00:41:27.579 --> 00:41:29.639
And<00:41:27.780><c> here's</c><00:41:27.920><c> what</c><00:41:28.079><c> Mark</c><00:41:28.360><c> does</c><00:41:28.619><c> with</c><00:41:28.820><c> it.</c>

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:32.340
Coming<00:41:30.460><c> back</c><00:41:30.719><c> a</c><00:41:30.880><c> few</c><00:41:31.000><c> verses.</c>

00:41:33.280 --> 00:41:38.480
Verse<00:41:34.320><c> 9</c><00:41:35.360><c> in</c><00:41:36.880><c> Mark</c><00:41:37.139><c> chapter</c><00:41:37.460><c> 1.</c>

00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:46.039
It<00:41:38.960><c> came</c><00:41:39.260><c> to</c><00:41:39.460><c> pass</c><00:41:39.639><c> in</c><00:41:39.820><c> those</c><00:41:40.099><c> days</c><00:41:40.760><c> that</c><00:41:41.579><c> Jesus</c><00:41:42.059><c> came</c><00:41:42.739><c> from</c><00:41:43.599><c> Nazareth</c><00:41:44.420><c> of</c><00:41:45.079><c> Galilee</c>

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:50.860
and<00:41:46.460><c> was</c><00:41:46.739><c> baptized</c><00:41:47.260><c> of</c><00:41:47.599><c> John</c><00:41:48.320><c> into</c><00:41:49.739><c> Jordan.</c>

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:53.860
The<00:41:51.239><c> Greek</c><00:41:51.480><c> says,</c><00:41:52.239><c> into</c><00:41:53.119><c> Jordan.</c>

00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:57.280
Who<00:41:54.300><c> was</c><00:41:54.599><c> baptized</c><00:41:55.239><c> into</c><00:41:56.139><c> Jordan?</c>

00:41:58.019 --> 00:42:02.659
Jesus<00:41:58.579><c> of</c><00:41:59.139><c> Nazareth</c><00:41:59.940><c> of</c><00:42:00.920><c> Galilee.</c>

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:05.659
What<00:42:03.719><c> does</c><00:42:03.860><c> Jordan</c><00:42:04.219><c> stand</c><00:42:04.639><c> for?</c>

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:08.280
All<00:42:06.320><c> flesh</c><00:42:06.860><c> is</c><00:42:07.260><c> grass.</c>

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:11.380
The<00:42:09.219><c> lowest</c><00:42:09.539><c> river</c><00:42:09.840><c> in</c><00:42:10.019><c> the</c><00:42:10.219><c> world.</c>

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:14.420
And<00:42:11.800><c> in</c><00:42:12.000><c> a</c><00:42:12.099><c> time</c><00:42:12.280><c> of</c><00:42:12.500><c> flood</c><00:42:12.719><c> which</c><00:42:12.940><c> comes</c><00:42:13.159><c> up</c><00:42:13.480><c> quick</c><00:42:13.639><c> and</c>

00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:15.059
recedes<00:42:14.840><c> quick,</c>

00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:18.199
the<00:42:15.360><c> dirtiest</c><00:42:15.760><c> river</c><00:42:16.059><c> in</c><00:42:16.260><c> the</c><00:42:16.400><c> world</c><00:42:16.559><c> at</c><00:42:16.739><c> that</c><00:42:16.920><c> time</c><00:42:17.099><c> of</c><00:42:17.340><c> history.</c>

00:42:18.619 --> 00:42:21.860
Into<00:42:18.780><c> that</c><00:42:19.019><c> water</c><00:42:19.320><c> went</c><00:42:19.559><c> Jesus</c><00:42:20.380><c> of</c><00:42:21.420><c> Nazareth,</c>

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:25.780
and<00:42:22.099><c> no</c><00:42:22.260><c> good</c><00:42:22.539><c> thing</c><00:42:22.699><c> can</c><00:42:22.820><c> come</c><00:42:22.960><c> out</c><00:42:23.099><c> of</c><00:42:23.139><c> Nazareth,</c><00:42:24.500><c> and</c><00:42:24.780><c> Galilee.</c>

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:27.840
And<00:42:26.619><c> that</c><00:42:26.840><c> went</c><00:42:27.079><c> into</c><00:42:27.340><c> that</c><00:42:27.619><c> water.</c>

00:42:28.219 --> 00:42:30.599
But<00:42:28.300><c> as</c><00:42:28.599><c> a</c><00:42:28.699><c> man,</c><00:42:29.300><c> brothers</c><00:42:29.420><c> and</c><00:42:29.519><c> sisters,</c><00:42:29.900><c> he</c><00:42:30.039><c> could</c><00:42:30.239><c> affect</c>

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:31.599
no<00:42:30.900><c> one's</c><00:42:31.139><c> salvation.</c>

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:35.079
He<00:42:32.019><c> had</c><00:42:32.239><c> to</c><00:42:32.519><c> lose</c><00:42:32.940><c> his</c><00:42:33.260><c> identity</c><00:42:33.880><c> in</c><00:42:34.280><c> God.</c>

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:39.320
He<00:42:36.219><c> came</c><00:42:36.480><c> from</c><00:42:36.679><c> a</c><00:42:36.820><c> district</c><00:42:37.119><c> which</c><00:42:37.420><c> meant</c><00:42:37.780><c> nothing</c><00:42:38.199><c> to</c><00:42:38.460><c> people.</c>

00:42:39.539 --> 00:42:42.059
And<00:42:39.739><c> so</c><00:42:39.880><c> he</c><00:42:39.960><c> was</c><00:42:40.179><c> going</c><00:42:40.380><c> to</c><00:42:40.539><c> go</c><00:42:40.760><c> forth</c><00:42:41.039><c> and</c><00:42:41.260><c> preach</c><00:42:41.480><c> to</c><00:42:41.679><c> men</c><00:42:41.840><c> the</c>

00:42:42.059 --> 00:42:42.940
gospel<00:42:42.440><c> of</c><00:42:42.699><c> God</c>

00:42:42.940 --> 00:42:45.119
and<00:42:43.519><c> use</c><00:42:43.840><c> himself</c><00:42:44.300><c> as</c><00:42:44.480><c> an</c><00:42:44.619><c> illustration.</c>

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:47.599
I<00:42:45.900><c> can</c><00:42:46.219><c> of</c><00:42:46.300><c> my</c><00:42:46.619><c> own</c><00:42:46.860><c> self</c><00:42:46.980><c> do</c><00:42:47.280><c> nothing.</c>

00:42:47.980 --> 00:42:50.179
What<00:42:48.219><c> you</c><00:42:48.480><c> see</c><00:42:48.639><c> me</c><00:42:48.880><c> do</c><00:42:49.159><c> is</c><00:42:49.340><c> what</c><00:42:49.539><c> the</c><00:42:49.780><c> Father</c><00:42:49.980><c> does.</c>

00:42:50.300 --> 00:42:51.360
And<00:42:50.440><c> so</c><00:42:50.619><c> on</c><00:42:50.820><c> and</c><00:42:50.960><c> so</c><00:42:51.179><c> on.</c>

00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:52.960
And<00:42:51.739><c> so</c><00:42:51.920><c> that's</c><00:42:52.159><c> what</c><00:42:52.260><c> went</c><00:42:52.380><c> into</c><00:42:52.539><c> the</c><00:42:52.699><c> water.</c>

00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:56.619
Jesus<00:42:53.719><c> of</c><00:42:54.480><c> Nazareth</c><00:42:55.099><c> of</c><00:42:55.579><c> Galilee.</c>

00:42:56.659 --> 00:43:03.719
But,<00:42:56.659><c> says</c><00:42:56.940><c> Mark,</c><00:42:59.260><c> and</c><00:42:59.440><c> straightway</c><00:43:00.860><c> coming</c><00:43:02.139><c> up</c><00:43:02.639><c> out</c><00:43:02.880><c> of</c><00:43:03.000><c> the</c><00:43:03.219><c> water,</c>

00:43:04.179 --> 00:43:08.000
he<00:43:04.300><c> saw</c><00:43:04.519><c> the</c><00:43:04.780><c> heavens</c><00:43:05.260><c> opened</c><00:43:06.260><c> and</c><00:43:06.679><c> the</c><00:43:06.900><c> spirit</c><00:43:07.059><c> like</c><00:43:07.480><c> a</c><00:43:07.780><c> dove</c>

00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:09.840
descending<00:43:08.539><c> upon</c><00:43:08.880><c> him.</c>

00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:15.179
Brothers<00:43:10.579><c> and</c><00:43:10.840><c> sisters,</c><00:43:11.380><c> immediately</c><00:43:12.000><c> the</c><00:43:12.280><c> Lord</c><00:43:12.539><c> Jesus</c><00:43:13.079><c> Christ</c><00:43:13.980><c> displayed</c><00:43:14.659><c> before</c><00:43:15.019><c> his</c>

00:43:15.179 --> 00:43:15.880
heavenly<00:43:15.519><c> Father</c>

00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:19.000
and<00:43:16.159><c> declared</c><00:43:16.699><c> the</c><00:43:17.219><c> unrighteousness</c><00:43:18.059><c> of</c><00:43:18.280><c> flesh.</c>

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:21.239
Straightway,<00:43:19.940><c> says</c><00:43:20.039><c> Mark,</c><00:43:20.480><c> God</c><00:43:20.739><c> responded.</c>

00:43:21.239 --> 00:43:24.280
And<00:43:21.719><c> God</c><00:43:21.980><c> always</c><00:43:22.400><c> does</c><00:43:22.780><c> respond</c><00:43:23.139><c> to</c><00:43:23.360><c> that.</c>

00:43:24.619 --> 00:43:27.659
Whenever<00:43:24.940><c> men</c><00:43:25.340><c> and</c><00:43:25.460><c> women</c><00:43:25.840><c> declare</c><00:43:26.340><c> themselves</c><00:43:26.860><c> unrighteous</c>

00:43:27.659 --> 00:43:29.059
and<00:43:28.059><c> hopeless</c><00:43:28.440><c> before</c><00:43:28.860><c> God</c>

00:43:29.059 --> 00:43:32.159
and<00:43:29.340><c> throw</c><00:43:29.559><c> themselves</c><00:43:29.920><c> upon</c><00:43:30.139><c> his</c><00:43:30.360><c> mercy,</c><00:43:31.179><c> we</c><00:43:31.260><c> may</c><00:43:31.480><c> not</c><00:43:31.679><c> perceive</c><00:43:32.000><c> it,</c>

00:43:32.179 --> 00:43:32.860
brothers<00:43:32.380><c> and</c><00:43:32.519><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:33.119 --> 00:43:35.260
but<00:43:33.500><c> straightway</c><00:43:34.420><c> God</c><00:43:34.679><c> responds.</c>

00:43:35.440 --> 00:43:36.380
And<00:43:35.539><c> that's</c><00:43:35.639><c> what</c><00:43:35.860><c> Mark</c><00:43:36.079><c> says.</c>

00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:38.880
Coming<00:43:36.900><c> up</c><00:43:37.239><c> out</c><00:43:37.599><c> of</c><00:43:37.800><c> the</c><00:43:38.019><c> water.</c>

00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:40.900
Immediately<00:43:39.960><c> God</c><00:43:40.340><c> responded.</c>

00:43:41.340 --> 00:43:43.519
And<00:43:41.460><c> he</c><00:43:41.739><c> responded</c><00:43:42.000><c> in</c><00:43:42.199><c> the</c><00:43:42.219><c> most</c><00:43:42.500><c> remarkable</c><00:43:43.159><c> fashion.</c>

00:43:43.719 --> 00:43:46.239
And<00:43:43.860><c> Mark</c><00:43:44.059><c> is</c><00:43:44.340><c> presenting</c><00:43:44.659><c> the</c><00:43:44.880><c> beginning</c><00:43:45.199><c> of</c><00:43:45.400><c> the</c><00:43:45.519><c> gospel</c><00:43:45.840><c> of</c><00:43:46.039><c> God.</c>

00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:47.500
How<00:43:46.679><c> did</c><00:43:46.800><c> he</c><00:43:46.940><c> respond?</c>

00:43:47.900 --> 00:43:49.539
He<00:43:48.260><c> tore</c><00:43:48.679><c> the</c><00:43:48.980><c> heavens</c><00:43:49.199><c> open.</c>

00:43:49.539 --> 00:43:52.260
Look<00:43:49.760><c> at</c><00:43:49.880><c> the</c><00:43:50.059><c> margin</c><00:43:50.300><c> for</c><00:43:50.480><c> the</c><00:43:50.619><c> word</c><00:43:51.059><c> opened.</c>

00:43:54.260 --> 00:43:55.820
And<00:43:54.519><c> straightway</c><00:43:54.920><c> coming</c><00:43:55.119><c> up</c><00:43:55.300><c> out</c><00:43:55.420><c> of</c><00:43:55.480><c> the</c><00:43:55.639><c> water,</c>

00:43:55.920 --> 00:44:00.000
he<00:43:56.000><c> saw</c><00:43:56.199><c> the</c><00:43:56.420><c> heavens</c><00:43:56.719><c> margined,</c><00:43:58.159><c> cloven</c><00:43:58.559><c> or</c><00:43:59.159><c> rent,</c>

00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:03.000
and<00:44:00.519><c> the</c><00:44:00.780><c> spirit</c><00:44:01.000><c> like</c><00:44:01.260><c> a</c><00:44:01.519><c> dove</c><00:44:01.780><c> descending</c><00:44:02.219><c> upon</c><00:44:02.599><c> him.</c>

00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:08.780
Now,<00:44:05.119><c> now,</c><00:44:05.679><c> brothers</c><00:44:05.739><c> and</c><00:44:05.780><c> sisters,</c><00:44:06.659><c> here's</c><00:44:06.980><c> a</c><00:44:07.059><c> remarkable</c><00:44:07.780><c> thing.</c>

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:13.219
You<00:44:09.739><c> know,</c><00:44:10.679><c> or</c><00:44:10.679><c> habitual</c><00:44:11.099><c> readers</c><00:44:11.400><c> of</c><00:44:11.599><c> the</c><00:44:11.780><c> Bible</c><00:44:12.000><c> with</c><00:44:12.380><c> fair</c><00:44:12.639><c> memories,</c>

00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:15.980
will<00:44:13.780><c> remember</c><00:44:14.119><c> that</c><00:44:14.400><c> somewhere</c><00:44:14.739><c> in</c><00:44:14.940><c> the</c><00:44:15.119><c> Bible</c><00:44:15.340><c> it</c><00:44:15.579><c> says,</c>

00:44:15.980 --> 00:44:20.380
Oh,<00:44:17.179><c> render</c><00:44:17.699><c> heavens</c><00:44:18.260><c> and</c><00:44:18.519><c> come</c><00:44:18.840><c> down.</c>

00:44:22.300 --> 00:44:24.440
Anybody<00:44:22.639><c> can</c><00:44:23.000><c> say</c><00:44:23.039><c> the</c><00:44:23.199><c> guess</c><00:44:23.380><c> of</c><00:44:23.539><c> it?</c>

00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:26.880
No,<00:44:26.300><c> it</c><00:44:26.300><c> doesn't</c><00:44:26.599><c> say</c><00:44:26.800><c> it.</c>

00:44:27.039 --> 00:44:28.719
There<00:44:27.039><c> are</c><00:44:27.159><c> no</c><00:44:27.360><c> form</c><00:44:27.599><c> of</c><00:44:27.820><c> words.</c>

00:44:29.239 --> 00:44:31.840
Oh,<00:44:29.920><c> render</c><00:44:30.519><c> heavens.</c>

00:44:34.199 --> 00:44:36.059
Isaiah<00:44:34.880><c> 64.</c>

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:41.000
Now,<00:44:37.920><c> Jesus</c><00:44:38.260><c> went</c><00:44:38.480><c> in</c><00:44:38.659><c> to</c><00:44:38.719><c> declare</c><00:44:39.079><c> that</c><00:44:39.280><c> all</c><00:44:39.539><c> flesh</c><00:44:39.800><c> was</c><00:44:40.099><c> thrown.</c>

00:44:42.139 --> 00:44:44.420
And<00:44:42.619><c> on</c><00:44:42.820><c> the</c><00:44:42.980><c> basis</c><00:44:43.300><c> of</c><00:44:43.519><c> that</c><00:44:43.739><c> declaration,</c>

00:44:44.599 --> 00:44:47.699
he<00:44:44.760><c> was</c><00:44:44.960><c> to</c><00:44:45.139><c> come</c><00:44:45.340><c> forth</c><00:44:45.679><c> and</c><00:44:45.860><c> declare</c><00:44:46.219><c> God's</c><00:44:46.780><c> righteousness,</c>

00:44:48.480 --> 00:44:51.179
which<00:44:48.599><c> would</c><00:44:48.860><c> be</c><00:44:49.019><c> the</c><00:44:49.219><c> foundation</c><00:44:49.760><c> upon</c><00:44:50.000><c> which</c><00:44:50.260><c> all</c><00:44:50.579><c> men</c><00:44:50.780><c> would</c><00:44:51.000><c> be</c>

00:44:51.179 --> 00:44:52.639
forgiven<00:44:51.440><c> of</c><00:44:51.619><c> their</c><00:44:51.820><c> sins.</c>

00:44:52.820 --> 00:44:55.400
And<00:44:52.980><c> Mark</c><00:44:53.219><c> says</c><00:44:53.860><c> that</c><00:44:54.219><c> coming</c><00:44:54.480><c> up</c><00:44:54.719><c> out</c><00:44:54.840><c> of</c><00:44:54.920><c> the</c><00:44:55.119><c> water,</c>

00:44:55.639 --> 00:44:57.139
the<00:44:55.820><c> heavens</c><00:44:56.099><c> were</c><00:44:56.400><c> rent.</c>

00:44:57.739 --> 00:45:00.480
Now<00:44:57.940><c> listen</c><00:44:58.119><c> to</c><00:44:58.340><c> this</c><00:44:58.559><c> in</c><00:44:58.739><c> Isaiah</c><00:44:59.139><c> 64.</c>

00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:04.840
Oh,<00:45:02.440><c> that</c><00:45:02.619><c> thou</c><00:45:02.920><c> wouldest</c><00:45:03.340><c> render</c><00:45:03.760><c> heavens,</c>

00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:07.360
that<00:45:06.159><c> thou</c><00:45:06.380><c> wouldest</c><00:45:06.780><c> come</c><00:45:07.059><c> down,</c>

00:45:07.360 --> 00:45:10.679
that<00:45:07.440><c> the</c><00:45:07.639><c> mountains</c><00:45:08.079><c> might</c><00:45:08.500><c> slow</c><00:45:08.920><c> down</c><00:45:09.199><c> at</c><00:45:09.420><c> thy</c><00:45:09.679><c> presence,</c>

00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:12.840
as<00:45:11.400><c> when</c><00:45:11.579><c> the</c><00:45:11.739><c> melting</c><00:45:12.000><c> fire</c><00:45:12.440><c> burneth,</c>

00:45:12.960 --> 00:45:14.699
the<00:45:13.079><c> fire</c><00:45:13.440><c> causes</c><00:45:13.780><c> the</c><00:45:14.039><c> waters</c><00:45:14.340><c> to</c><00:45:14.559><c> boil,</c>

00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:17.239
to<00:45:14.900><c> make</c><00:45:15.139><c> thy</c><00:45:15.440><c> name</c><00:45:15.840><c> known</c><00:45:16.139><c> to</c><00:45:16.260><c> thine</c><00:45:16.460><c> adversaries,</c>

00:45:17.659 --> 00:45:20.760
that<00:45:17.840><c> the</c><00:45:18.079><c> nations</c><00:45:18.420><c> may</c><00:45:18.719><c> be</c><00:45:19.000><c> troubled</c><00:45:19.260><c> at</c><00:45:19.440><c> thy</c><00:45:19.719><c> presence.</c>

00:45:20.860 --> 00:45:23.099
So<00:45:21.239><c> Isaiah</c><00:45:21.679><c> prayed,</c><00:45:22.340><c> brothers</c><00:45:22.440><c> and</c><00:45:22.619><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:23.420 --> 00:45:26.780
that<00:45:23.559><c> he</c><00:45:23.699><c> would</c><00:45:24.000><c> render</c><00:45:24.440><c> heavens</c><00:45:25.000><c> and</c><00:45:25.619><c> come</c><00:45:26.099><c> down.</c>

00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:27.980
And<00:45:27.500><c> he</c><00:45:27.639><c> did.</c>

00:45:28.460 --> 00:45:29.539
What<00:45:28.900><c> for?</c>

00:45:29.539 --> 00:45:32.039
Verse<00:45:29.559><c> 5.</c>

00:45:50.280 --> 00:45:51.559
Brothers<00:45:50.780><c> and</c><00:45:51.280><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:51.679 --> 00:45:54.059
those<00:45:52.019><c> words</c><00:45:52.320><c> in</c><00:45:52.480><c> the</c><00:45:52.639><c> Hebrew</c><00:45:52.860><c> at</c><00:45:53.059><c> the</c><00:45:53.099><c> end</c><00:45:53.300><c> of</c><00:45:53.420><c> verse</c><00:45:53.659><c> 5</c>

00:45:54.059 --> 00:45:55.300
should<00:45:54.360><c> be</c><00:45:54.559><c> rendered</c><00:45:54.739><c> like</c><00:45:55.119><c> this,</c>

00:45:55.300 --> 00:45:57.480
as<00:45:55.480><c> the</c><00:45:55.639><c> Revised</c><00:45:55.960><c> Standard</c><00:45:56.340><c> Version</c><00:45:56.880><c> renders</c><00:45:57.219><c> them.</c>

00:45:57.480 --> 00:46:02.059
In<00:45:58.480><c> our</c><00:45:59.300><c> sins</c><00:45:59.920><c> we</c><00:46:00.440><c> have</c><00:46:00.739><c> been</c><00:46:00.980><c> a</c><00:46:01.199><c> long</c><00:46:01.579><c> time,</c>

00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:04.440
but<00:46:02.599><c> we</c><00:46:02.880><c> shall</c><00:46:03.039><c> be</c><00:46:03.380><c> saved.</c>

00:46:04.820 --> 00:46:06.039
Now<00:46:04.960><c> you</c><00:46:05.239><c> think</c><00:46:05.500><c> of</c><00:46:05.639><c> that.</c>

00:46:06.380 --> 00:46:09.199
For<00:46:06.820><c> centuries</c><00:46:07.400><c> men</c><00:46:07.679><c> have</c><00:46:07.900><c> been</c><00:46:08.019><c> in</c><00:46:08.159><c> their</c><00:46:08.400><c> sins.</c>

00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:11.820
And<00:46:10.179><c> here</c><00:46:10.360><c> comes</c><00:46:10.639><c> one</c><00:46:10.960><c> from</c><00:46:11.199><c> Galilee,</c>

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:13.940
Jesus<00:46:12.440><c> of</c><00:46:12.699><c> Nazareth,</c>

00:46:14.099 --> 00:46:15.320
a<00:46:14.239><c> village</c><00:46:14.460><c> of</c><00:46:14.719><c> Noah</c><00:46:15.000><c> Count,</c>

00:46:15.699 --> 00:46:17.980
a<00:46:15.860><c> district</c><00:46:16.199><c> which</c><00:46:16.420><c> was</c><00:46:16.739><c> of</c><00:46:17.019><c> great</c><00:46:17.360><c> disrepute.</c>

00:46:18.239 --> 00:46:20.380
He<00:46:18.719><c> buried</c><00:46:19.099><c> those</c><00:46:19.480><c> things</c><00:46:19.659><c> in</c><00:46:19.960><c> Jordan.</c>

00:46:20.739 --> 00:46:21.820
Coming<00:46:20.980><c> up</c><00:46:21.199><c> out</c><00:46:21.340><c> of</c><00:46:21.420><c> the</c><00:46:21.599><c> water,</c>

00:46:21.980 --> 00:46:24.739
God<00:46:22.199><c> tore</c><00:46:22.579><c> the</c><00:46:22.820><c> heavens</c><00:46:23.019><c> open</c><00:46:23.400><c> and</c><00:46:23.659><c> declared</c><00:46:23.920><c> unto</c><00:46:24.199><c> all</c><00:46:24.460><c> men,</c>

00:46:24.739 --> 00:46:27.840
Though<00:46:25.239><c> you've</c><00:46:25.519><c> been</c><00:46:25.780><c> a</c><00:46:26.039><c> long</c><00:46:26.460><c> time</c><00:46:26.840><c> in</c><00:46:27.039><c> your</c><00:46:27.400><c> sins,</c>

00:46:28.079 --> 00:46:30.099
you're<00:46:28.440><c> going</c><00:46:28.579><c> to</c><00:46:28.699><c> be</c><00:46:29.000><c> saved.</c>

00:46:31.139 --> 00:46:35.300
That's<00:46:31.440><c> how</c><00:46:31.699><c> Mark</c><00:46:32.099><c> presents</c><00:46:32.920><c> the</c><00:46:33.599><c> Gospel</c><00:46:33.980><c> of</c><00:46:34.260><c> God.</c>

00:46:35.320 --> 00:46:37.400
And<00:46:35.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:46:35.800><c> goes</c><00:46:36.079><c> on</c><00:46:36.300><c> to</c><00:46:36.519><c> say,</c>

00:46:37.500 --> 00:46:41.059
But<00:46:37.500><c> we</c><00:46:37.860><c> are</c><00:46:38.579><c> all</c><00:46:39.079><c> as</c><00:46:39.420><c> an</c><00:46:39.639><c> unclean</c><00:46:40.119><c> thing,</c>

00:46:41.219 --> 00:46:44.920
and<00:46:41.679><c> all</c><00:46:42.199><c> our</c><00:46:42.579><c> righteousness</c><00:46:43.019><c> are</c><00:46:43.519><c> as</c><00:46:43.780><c> filthy</c><00:46:44.019><c> rags,</c>

00:46:45.239 --> 00:46:47.780
and<00:46:45.420><c> we</c><00:46:45.639><c> all</c><00:46:46.420><c> do</c><00:46:46.760><c> fade</c><00:46:47.059><c> as</c><00:46:47.360><c> a</c><00:46:47.420><c> leaf,</c>

00:46:48.099 --> 00:46:52.000
and<00:46:48.320><c> our</c><00:46:48.699><c> iniquities,</c><00:46:49.460><c> like</c><00:46:49.760><c> the</c><00:46:50.000><c> wind,</c><00:46:50.239><c> have</c><00:46:50.480><c> taken</c><00:46:50.679><c> us</c><00:46:50.980><c> away.</c>

00:46:52.440 --> 00:46:55.019
And<00:46:53.079><c> John</c><00:46:53.719><c> the</c><00:46:53.880><c> Baptist</c><00:46:54.179><c> said</c><00:46:54.420><c> to</c><00:46:54.619><c> Jesus,</c>

00:46:55.300 --> 00:46:56.659
I<00:46:55.519><c> can't</c><00:46:55.900><c> baptize</c><00:46:56.420><c> you,</c>

00:46:56.760 --> 00:46:57.639
and<00:46:56.760><c> Jesus</c><00:46:57.179><c> said,</c>

00:46:58.019 --> 00:47:01.260
Thus<00:46:58.019><c> it</c><00:46:58.239><c> becomeeth</c><00:46:58.639><c> us</c><00:46:58.840><c> to</c><00:46:58.980><c> fulfill</c><00:46:59.760><c> all</c><00:47:00.659><c> righteousness.</c>

00:47:01.659 --> 00:47:05.139
Whose<00:47:02.039><c> righteousness?</c><00:47:04.500><c> God's.</c>

00:47:05.139 --> 00:47:06.840
And<00:47:05.360><c> Jesus</c><00:47:05.719><c> saw,</c><00:47:06.119><c> brethren</c><00:47:06.300><c> and</c><00:47:06.559><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:07.199 --> 00:47:09.500
that<00:47:07.519><c> if</c><00:47:07.880><c> there</c><00:47:08.119><c> ever</c><00:47:08.320><c> could</c><00:47:08.519><c> have</c><00:47:08.719><c> been</c><00:47:08.880><c> such</c><00:47:09.179><c> a</c><00:47:09.380><c> thing</c>

00:47:09.500 --> 00:47:11.920
as<00:47:09.920><c> his</c><00:47:10.480><c> own</c><00:47:10.860><c> righteousness,</c>

00:47:12.099 --> 00:47:14.559
it<00:47:12.280><c> would</c><00:47:12.480><c> have</c><00:47:12.699><c> been</c><00:47:12.900><c> but</c><00:47:13.159><c> filthy</c><00:47:13.500><c> rags.</c>

00:47:14.679 --> 00:47:18.260
He<00:47:14.960><c> never</c><00:47:15.300><c> tried</c><00:47:15.539><c> to</c><00:47:15.820><c> accomplish</c><00:47:16.260><c> anything</c><00:47:16.780><c> in</c><00:47:16.960><c> his</c><00:47:17.099><c> own</c><00:47:17.420><c> strength.</c>

00:47:18.280 --> 00:47:21.079
He<00:47:18.760><c> buried</c><00:47:19.179><c> all</c><00:47:19.760><c> his</c><00:47:20.019><c> ambition</c><00:47:20.380><c> in</c><00:47:20.559><c> that</c><00:47:20.760><c> water,</c>

00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:23.039
and<00:47:21.519><c> he</c><00:47:21.719><c> with</c><00:47:21.860><c> the</c><00:47:22.119><c> prophet</c><00:47:22.300><c> had</c><00:47:22.539><c> declared</c>

00:47:23.039 --> 00:47:26.400
that<00:47:23.559><c> all</c><00:47:24.059><c> our</c><00:47:24.599><c> righteousness</c><00:47:25.059><c> is</c><00:47:25.440><c> as</c><00:47:25.619><c> filthy</c><00:47:25.940><c> rags,</c>

00:47:26.599 --> 00:47:28.380
and<00:47:26.679><c> like</c><00:47:27.059><c> a</c><00:47:27.179><c> leaf</c><00:47:27.360><c> we</c><00:47:27.559><c> do</c><00:47:27.760><c> fade</c><00:47:27.960><c> away,</c>

00:47:28.739 --> 00:47:30.820
and<00:47:28.800><c> men</c><00:47:29.059><c> have</c><00:47:29.199><c> been</c><00:47:29.340><c> a</c><00:47:29.519><c> long</c><00:47:29.840><c> time</c><00:47:30.059><c> in</c><00:47:30.260><c> their</c><00:47:30.519><c> sins,</c>

00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:33.320
but<00:47:31.320><c> they're</c><00:47:31.599><c> going</c><00:47:31.800><c> to</c><00:47:31.920><c> be</c><00:47:32.239><c> saved.</c>

00:47:33.679 --> 00:47:36.159
And<00:47:33.760><c> Mark</c><00:47:34.239><c> is</c><00:47:34.519><c> picking</c><00:47:34.679><c> us</c><00:47:34.860><c> out</c><00:47:35.099><c> of</c><00:47:35.699><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:47:36.380 --> 00:47:38.500
rend<00:47:36.719><c> to</c><00:47:36.920><c> heaven,</c><00:47:37.659><c> right</c><00:47:37.840><c> in</c><00:47:37.980><c> that</c><00:47:38.059><c> context,</c>

00:47:38.860 --> 00:47:40.340
and<00:47:38.980><c> there</c><00:47:39.179><c> we</c><00:47:39.340><c> have</c><00:47:39.460><c> it,</c><00:47:39.619><c> brethren</c><00:47:39.820><c> and</c><00:47:40.119><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:40.619 --> 00:47:42.139
the<00:47:40.760><c> Gospel</c><00:47:41.099><c> of</c><00:47:41.400><c> God.</c>

00:47:43.099 --> 00:47:46.360
And<00:47:43.260><c> it</c><00:47:43.400><c> took</c><00:47:43.579><c> God</c><00:47:43.880><c> to</c><00:47:44.280><c> tear</c><00:47:44.420><c> the</c><00:47:44.659><c> heavens</c><00:47:44.860><c> open</c><00:47:45.260><c> and</c><00:47:45.619><c> to</c><00:47:45.860><c> come</c><00:47:46.079><c> down,</c>

00:47:46.480 --> 00:47:47.880
and<00:47:46.659><c> it's</c><00:47:46.900><c> not</c><00:47:47.059><c> without</c><00:47:47.360><c> significance</c>

00:47:47.880 --> 00:47:51.000
that<00:47:48.079><c> when</c><00:47:48.360><c> the</c><00:47:48.539><c> Lord</c><00:47:48.820><c> Jesus</c><00:47:49.320><c> Christ</c><00:47:49.659><c> expired</c><00:47:50.179><c> on</c><00:47:50.380><c> that</c><00:47:50.619><c> cross</c>

00:47:51.000 --> 00:47:53.800
and<00:47:51.519><c> the</c><00:47:51.760><c> declaration</c><00:47:52.400><c> of</c><00:47:52.639><c> the</c><00:47:52.840><c> righteousness</c><00:47:53.199><c> of</c><00:47:53.519><c> God</c>

00:47:53.800 --> 00:47:55.619
was<00:47:54.139><c> absolutely</c><00:47:54.920><c> complete,</c>

00:47:55.840 --> 00:47:58.519
he<00:47:56.199><c> rents</c><00:47:56.639><c> the</c><00:47:56.780><c> veil</c><00:47:56.980><c> of</c><00:47:57.579><c> the</c><00:47:57.739><c> temple.</c>

00:47:59.420 --> 00:48:02.659
And<00:47:59.599><c> the</c><00:47:59.739><c> veil</c><00:47:59.900><c> of</c><00:48:00.019><c> the</c><00:48:00.139><c> temple</c><00:48:00.239><c> was</c><00:48:00.500><c> rent</c><00:48:00.639><c> from</c><00:48:00.940><c> top</c><00:48:01.219><c> to</c><00:48:01.380><c> bottom,</c>

00:48:02.820 --> 00:48:03.980
indicating,<00:48:03.340><c> brethren</c><00:48:03.599><c> and</c><00:48:03.800><c> sisters,</c>

00:48:04.159 --> 00:48:06.340
not<00:48:04.340><c> only</c><00:48:04.739><c> divine</c><00:48:05.139><c> displeasure</c><00:48:05.679><c> with</c><00:48:05.860><c> the</c><00:48:06.099><c> Jews</c>

00:48:06.340 --> 00:48:07.940
whose<00:48:06.559><c> temple</c><00:48:06.880><c> it</c><00:48:07.139><c> was,</c>

00:48:08.579 --> 00:48:10.679
but<00:48:08.780><c> the</c><00:48:09.000><c> fact</c><00:48:09.139><c> that</c><00:48:09.340><c> the</c><00:48:09.599><c> way</c><00:48:09.760><c> into</c><00:48:09.960><c> the</c><00:48:10.099><c> holiest</c><00:48:10.440><c> of</c><00:48:10.599><c> all</c>

00:48:10.679 --> 00:48:14.260
was<00:48:10.960><c> made</c><00:48:11.239><c> manifest</c><00:48:11.699><c> because</c><00:48:12.159><c> God</c><00:48:12.519><c> tore</c><00:48:12.900><c> it</c><00:48:13.159><c> open.</c>

00:48:14.619 --> 00:48:16.719
And<00:48:15.139><c> he</c><00:48:15.420><c> tore</c><00:48:15.519><c> men</c><00:48:15.760><c> apart,</c><00:48:16.599><c> too,</c>

00:48:16.960 --> 00:48:19.239
because<00:48:17.239><c> men</c><00:48:17.980><c> cannot</c><00:48:18.400><c> save</c><00:48:18.739><c> themselves,</c>

00:48:19.300 --> 00:48:20.659
but<00:48:19.639><c> God</c><00:48:20.019><c> can,</c>

00:48:20.920 --> 00:48:23.199
we've<00:48:21.159><c> been</c><00:48:21.159><c> a</c><00:48:21.420><c> long</c><00:48:21.719><c> time</c><00:48:21.900><c> in</c><00:48:22.059><c> our</c><00:48:22.300><c> sins,</c>

00:48:23.380 --> 00:48:25.360
but<00:48:23.539><c> we</c><00:48:23.880><c> shall</c><00:48:24.159><c> be</c><00:48:24.519><c> saved.</c>

00:48:25.639 --> 00:48:28.139
And<00:48:25.760><c> that's</c><00:48:25.940><c> how</c><00:48:26.219><c> Mark</c><00:48:26.619><c> opens</c><00:48:27.039><c> up</c><00:48:27.239><c> his</c><00:48:27.460><c> Gospel</c><00:48:27.760><c> record,</c>

00:48:28.360 --> 00:48:30.659
and<00:48:28.480><c> that's</c><00:48:28.659><c> how</c><00:48:28.880><c> Paul</c><00:48:29.320><c> opens</c><00:48:29.739><c> up</c><00:48:29.940><c> the</c><00:48:30.019><c> book</c><00:48:30.179><c> of</c><00:48:30.380><c> Romans.</c>

00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:32.980
Can't<00:48:31.320><c> have</c><00:48:31.400><c> a</c><00:48:31.480><c> better</c><00:48:31.639><c> start</c><00:48:31.900><c> than</c><00:48:32.039><c> that,</c><00:48:32.559><c> brethren</c><00:48:32.559><c> and</c><00:48:32.800><c> sisters,</c>

00:48:33.280 --> 00:48:36.559
and<00:48:33.400><c> if</c><00:48:33.500><c> we</c><00:48:33.659><c> can</c><00:48:33.900><c> ever</c><00:48:34.380><c> keep</c><00:48:34.719><c> that</c><00:48:35.079><c> in</c><00:48:35.280><c> our</c><00:48:35.659><c> mind,</c>

00:48:36.659 --> 00:48:38.699
we<00:48:36.840><c> will</c><00:48:37.199><c> never</c><00:48:37.420><c> go</c><00:48:37.760><c> wrong.</c>

00:48:39.099 --> 00:48:41.699
We<00:48:39.360><c> will</c><00:48:39.760><c> never</c><00:48:39.980><c> go</c><00:48:40.260><c> wrong</c><00:48:40.480><c> with</c><00:48:40.639><c> the</c><00:48:40.780><c> doctrine</c><00:48:41.039><c> of</c><00:48:41.159><c> the</c><00:48:41.320><c> attainment</c>

00:48:41.699 --> 00:48:45.500
if<00:48:42.000><c> we</c><00:48:42.239><c> keep</c><00:48:42.519><c> those</c><00:48:43.199><c> facts</c><00:48:43.539><c> and</c><00:48:43.679><c> facts</c><00:48:44.000><c> they</c><00:48:44.260><c> are</c><00:48:44.539><c> firmly</c><00:48:45.039><c> fixed</c><00:48:45.360><c> in</c>

00:48:45.500 --> 00:48:45.920
our<00:48:45.719><c> mind</c>

00:48:45.920 --> 00:48:48.920
that<00:48:46.059><c> this</c><00:48:46.320><c> is</c><00:48:46.619><c> the</c><00:48:46.800><c> Gospel</c><00:48:47.219><c> of</c><00:48:47.980><c> God,</c>

00:48:49.219 --> 00:48:50.860
the<00:48:49.599><c> Gospel</c><00:48:50.019><c> of</c><00:48:50.480><c> God.</c>

00:48:51.119 --> 00:48:54.099
Let<00:48:51.280><c> me</c><00:48:51.440><c> give</c><00:48:51.619><c> you,</c><00:48:51.980><c> just</c><00:48:52.119><c> to</c><00:48:52.880><c> conclude</c><00:48:53.460><c> this</c><00:48:53.659><c> particular</c>

00:48:54.099 --> 00:48:55.300
little<00:48:54.400><c> section,</c>

00:48:55.900 --> 00:48:59.119
another<00:48:56.219><c> illustration</c><00:48:56.880><c> of</c><00:48:57.059><c> how</c><00:48:57.340><c> you</c><00:48:57.619><c> can</c><00:48:57.900><c> solve</c><00:48:58.159><c> every</c><00:48:58.659><c> problem</c><00:48:58.960><c> on</c>

00:48:59.119 --> 00:48:59.840
the<00:48:59.320><c> attainment</c>

00:48:59.840 --> 00:49:02.619
if<00:49:00.199><c> you</c><00:49:00.420><c> put</c><00:49:00.659><c> God</c><00:49:01.079><c> on</c><00:49:01.420><c> his</c><00:49:01.719><c> throne</c>

00:49:02.980 --> 00:49:04.920
and<00:49:03.579><c> put</c><00:49:03.820><c> him</c><00:49:03.980><c> there</c><00:49:04.159><c> in</c><00:49:04.420><c> righteousness</c>

00:49:04.920 --> 00:49:08.579
and<00:49:05.639><c> see</c><00:49:05.880><c> him</c><00:49:06.480><c> enthroned</c><00:49:07.119><c> there,</c><00:49:07.559><c> thy</c><00:49:07.719><c> God</c><00:49:08.079><c> reigneth.</c>

00:49:08.579 --> 00:49:11.659
Just<00:49:09.099><c> take</c><00:49:09.579><c> a</c><00:49:10.059><c> theory</c><00:49:10.400><c> that</c><00:49:10.579><c> came</c><00:49:10.820><c> into</c><00:49:11.019><c> the</c><00:49:11.199><c> Brotherhood</c><00:49:11.480><c> not</c>

00:49:11.659 --> 00:49:12.320
long<00:49:11.920><c> ago,</c>

00:49:12.519 --> 00:49:15.000
that<00:49:12.579><c> there</c><00:49:12.760><c> is</c><00:49:12.940><c> no</c><00:49:13.500><c> literal</c><00:49:14.079><c> serpent.</c>

00:49:15.960 --> 00:49:17.900
The<00:49:16.119><c> story</c><00:49:16.420><c> is</c><00:49:16.659><c> allegorical.</c>

00:49:18.260 --> 00:49:19.739
It's<00:49:18.360><c> not</c><00:49:18.519><c> really</c><00:49:18.900><c> based</c><00:49:19.179><c> on</c><00:49:19.480><c> fact,</c>

00:49:20.219 --> 00:49:22.659
it's<00:49:20.380><c> just</c><00:49:20.619><c> dealing</c><00:49:20.760><c> with</c><00:49:21.199><c> moral</c><00:49:21.639><c> principles.</c>

00:49:23.079 --> 00:49:24.579
Now<00:49:23.159><c> you</c><00:49:23.239><c> think</c><00:49:23.460><c> to</c><00:49:23.539><c> yourself,</c>

00:49:24.840 --> 00:49:26.780
hmm,<00:49:25.239><c> I</c><00:49:25.360><c> wonder</c><00:49:25.539><c> if</c><00:49:25.659><c> that's</c><00:49:25.860><c> right.</c>

00:49:26.860 --> 00:49:29.079
Of<00:49:27.059><c> course,</c><00:49:27.260><c> you</c><00:49:27.260><c> can</c><00:49:27.500><c> quote</c><00:49:27.760><c> 2</c><00:49:27.960><c> Corinthians</c><00:49:28.300><c> 11,</c>

00:49:29.260 --> 00:49:31.260
has<00:49:29.500><c> the</c><00:49:29.699><c> serpent</c><00:49:29.940><c> beguiled</c><00:49:30.460><c> Eve?</c>

00:49:31.460 --> 00:49:34.059
You<00:49:31.659><c> can</c><00:49:31.880><c> quote</c><00:49:32.019><c> other</c><00:49:32.320><c> references</c><00:49:32.599><c> which</c><00:49:32.940><c> prove</c><00:49:33.139><c> the</c><00:49:33.380><c> serpent</c><00:49:33.519><c> was</c><00:49:33.800><c> literal,</c>

00:49:34.300 --> 00:49:35.840
and<00:49:34.440><c> that</c><00:49:34.599><c> will</c><00:49:34.840><c> prove</c><00:49:35.039><c> it</c><00:49:35.239><c> for</c><00:49:35.460><c> you.</c>

00:49:35.840 --> 00:49:38.800
Only<00:49:36.739><c> though,</c><00:49:37.280><c> brethren</c><00:49:37.480><c> and</c><00:49:37.659><c> sisters,</c><00:49:37.800><c> in</c><00:49:37.940><c> an</c><00:49:38.159><c> academic</c><00:49:38.480><c> way,</c>

00:49:39.099 --> 00:49:40.420
because<00:49:39.400><c> the</c><00:49:39.599><c> verse</c><00:49:39.820><c> says</c><00:49:40.099><c> it.</c>

00:49:40.579 --> 00:49:42.300
But<00:49:40.679><c> you</c><00:49:40.840><c> think</c><00:49:41.000><c> of</c><00:49:41.099><c> it</c><00:49:41.260><c> in</c><00:49:41.420><c> principle.</c>

00:49:42.639 --> 00:49:45.000
Say<00:49:42.800><c> to</c><00:49:42.920><c> yourself,</c><00:49:44.139><c> God.</c>

00:49:45.860 --> 00:49:48.539
Let's<00:49:46.119><c> take</c><00:49:46.340><c> our</c><00:49:46.539><c> foundation</c><00:49:47.079><c> principle,</c><00:49:47.559><c> God.</c>

00:49:48.699 --> 00:49:50.800
If<00:49:48.820><c> there</c><00:49:49.039><c> was</c><00:49:49.280><c> no</c><00:49:49.920><c> serpent</c>

00:49:53.260 --> 00:49:57.280
and<00:49:53.739><c> creatures</c><00:49:54.219><c> coming</c><00:49:54.980><c> from</c><00:49:55.280><c> God's</c><00:49:55.820><c> fingers</c>

00:49:58.260 --> 00:50:00.639
managed<00:49:58.739><c> to</c><00:49:58.980><c> think</c><00:49:59.159><c> to</c><00:49:59.340><c> themselves</c>

00:50:00.980 --> 00:50:03.099
along<00:50:01.460><c> the</c><00:50:01.679><c> lines</c><00:50:01.880><c> of</c><00:50:02.039><c> the</c><00:50:02.179><c> lust</c><00:50:02.360><c> of</c><00:50:02.579><c> the</c><00:50:02.719><c> flesh,</c>

00:50:03.099 --> 00:50:07.260
the<00:50:04.039><c> lust</c><00:50:04.280><c> of</c><00:50:04.500><c> the</c><00:50:04.639><c> eyes,</c><00:50:05.500><c> and</c><00:50:05.619><c> the</c><00:50:05.800><c> pride</c><00:50:05.960><c> of</c><00:50:06.179><c> life,</c>

00:50:08.280 --> 00:50:09.880
though<00:50:08.699><c> we</c><00:50:08.960><c> may</c><00:50:09.260><c> say</c>

00:50:09.880 --> 00:50:13.500
that<00:50:11.059><c> primarily</c><00:50:11.619><c> the</c><00:50:11.840><c> responsibility</c><00:50:12.559><c> for</c><00:50:12.760><c> their</c><00:50:13.000><c> sins</c>

00:50:13.500 --> 00:50:15.380
rested<00:50:14.000><c> with</c><00:50:14.239><c> themselves,</c>

00:50:15.539 --> 00:50:19.280
we<00:50:15.980><c> cannot</c><00:50:16.420><c> escape</c><00:50:17.400><c> that</c><00:50:18.280><c> indirectly</c>

00:50:19.280 --> 00:50:26.480
God<00:50:20.659><c> was</c><00:50:22.300><c> somehow</c><00:50:23.400><c> bound</c><00:50:24.079><c> up</c><00:50:24.440><c> in</c><00:50:24.780><c> man's</c><00:50:25.980><c> sins.</c>

00:50:27.119 --> 00:50:31.880
And<00:50:27.920><c> therefore</c><00:50:28.300><c> the</c><00:50:28.599><c> introduction</c><00:50:29.199><c> of</c><00:50:29.679><c> evil</c><00:50:30.000><c> into</c><00:50:30.219><c> the</c><00:50:30.480><c> world</c>

00:50:32.400 --> 00:50:33.940
involves<00:50:33.000><c> God.</c>

00:50:34.780 --> 00:50:36.719
That<00:50:35.139><c> cannot</c><00:50:35.820><c> be.</c>

00:50:37.440 --> 00:50:40.639
And<00:50:37.599><c> if</c><00:50:37.780><c> we</c><00:50:38.059><c> keep</c><00:50:38.320><c> that</c><00:50:39.159><c> clearly</c><00:50:39.760><c> fixed</c><00:50:40.039><c> in</c><00:50:40.239><c> our</c><00:50:40.440><c> mind,</c>

00:50:40.760 --> 00:50:42.280
the<00:50:40.980><c> gospel</c><00:50:41.360><c> of</c><00:50:41.900><c> God,</c>

00:50:42.719 --> 00:50:44.460
we<00:50:42.860><c> will</c><00:50:43.159><c> solve</c><00:50:43.320><c> every</c><00:50:43.639><c> problem</c><00:50:43.900><c> on</c><00:50:44.059><c> the</c><00:50:44.239><c> atonement.</c>

00:50:44.500 --> 00:50:45.659
And<00:50:44.699><c> what</c><00:50:44.760><c> is</c><00:50:44.960><c> the</c><00:50:45.099><c> truth</c><00:50:45.239><c> of</c><00:50:45.380><c> the</c><00:50:45.480><c> matter?</c>

00:50:45.980 --> 00:50:47.619
There<00:50:46.280><c> was</c><00:50:46.599><c> a</c><00:50:46.900><c> serpent.</c>

00:50:48.199 --> 00:50:49.940
He<00:50:48.539><c> was</c><00:50:49.260><c> amoral.</c>

00:50:49.980 --> 00:50:54.900
That<00:50:50.199><c> is,</c><00:50:50.900><c> he</c><00:50:50.980><c> could</c><00:50:51.260><c> neither</c><00:50:51.619><c> think</c><00:50:52.119><c> in</c><00:50:52.719><c> an</c><00:50:52.940><c> evil,</c><00:50:53.400><c> malicious</c><00:50:53.719><c> way,</c>

00:50:55.460 --> 00:50:56.840
nor<00:50:55.679><c> could</c><00:50:55.800><c> he</c><00:50:55.980><c> think</c><00:50:56.139><c> like</c><00:50:56.460><c> God.</c>

00:50:57.199 --> 00:50:58.400
He<00:50:57.360><c> was</c><00:50:57.719><c> incapable.</c>

00:50:58.400 --> 00:51:01.320
Therefore<00:50:59.219><c> the</c><00:50:59.460><c> expression</c><00:51:00.039><c> of</c><00:51:00.400><c> his</c><00:51:00.739><c> thoughts</c>

00:51:01.320 --> 00:51:05.099
were,<00:51:01.800><c> as</c><00:51:01.980><c> Jesus</c><00:51:02.360><c> says,</c><00:51:03.079><c> of</c><00:51:03.460><c> his</c><00:51:04.119><c> own.</c>

00:51:05.699 --> 00:51:08.960
And<00:51:05.880><c> therefore</c><00:51:06.219><c> not</c><00:51:06.760><c> intrinsically</c><00:51:07.460><c> evil</c><00:51:07.699><c> in</c><00:51:07.900><c> that</c><00:51:08.179><c> sense.</c>

00:51:09.079 --> 00:51:11.840
Therefore<00:51:09.320><c> when</c><00:51:09.719><c> man</c><00:51:10.039><c> and</c><00:51:10.139><c> woman</c><00:51:10.440><c> picked</c><00:51:10.739><c> up</c><00:51:10.980><c> his</c><00:51:11.300><c> philosophy</c>

00:51:11.840 --> 00:51:13.760
and<00:51:12.300><c> acted</c><00:51:12.480><c> upon</c><00:51:12.820><c> it,</c>

00:51:13.920 --> 00:51:17.019
they<00:51:14.400><c> bore</c><00:51:14.639><c> the</c><00:51:15.360><c> sole</c><00:51:15.780><c> responsibility</c><00:51:16.500><c> for</c><00:51:16.840><c> sin.</c>

00:51:17.460 --> 00:51:19.360
And<00:51:17.679><c> God</c><00:51:17.980><c> is</c><00:51:18.219><c> left,</c><00:51:18.480><c> brothers</c><00:51:18.739><c> and</c><00:51:18.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:51:19.860 --> 00:51:23.179
high<00:51:20.079><c> and</c><00:51:20.360><c> lifted</c><00:51:20.599><c> up,</c><00:51:21.280><c> thy</c><00:51:21.480><c> God</c><00:51:21.860><c> reigneth.</c>

00:51:23.300 --> 00:51:25.639
And<00:51:23.639><c> never</c><00:51:23.820><c> does</c><00:51:23.940><c> he</c><00:51:24.059><c> have</c><00:51:24.239><c> to</c><00:51:24.420><c> advocate</c><00:51:24.760><c> his</c><00:51:25.039><c> authority</c>

00:51:25.639 --> 00:51:28.239
or<00:51:26.000><c> his</c><00:51:26.280><c> righteousness</c><00:51:26.760><c> in</c><00:51:27.280><c> order</c><00:51:27.460><c> that</c><00:51:27.739><c> sin</c><00:51:27.900><c> might</c><00:51:28.119><c> enter</c>

00:51:28.239 --> 00:51:29.340
the<00:51:28.480><c> world,</c>

00:51:29.500 --> 00:51:31.539
but<00:51:29.559><c> remains</c><00:51:29.920><c> aloof</c><00:51:30.500><c> from</c><00:51:30.699><c> it</c>

00:51:31.780 --> 00:51:36.260
and<00:51:32.380><c> only</c><00:51:32.739><c> comes</c><00:51:33.079><c> down</c><00:51:33.559><c> to</c><00:51:33.760><c> men</c><00:51:34.280><c> to</c><00:51:34.739><c> bring</c><00:51:34.980><c> men</c><00:51:35.300><c> up</c><00:51:35.599><c> to</c><00:51:35.780><c> him</c>

00:51:36.260 --> 00:51:38.360
and<00:51:36.639><c> never</c><00:51:36.820><c> does</c><00:51:37.480><c> he</c><00:51:37.639><c> come</c><00:51:37.780><c> down</c><00:51:38.019><c> to</c><00:51:38.179><c> them.</c>

00:51:38.579 --> 00:51:40.880
And<00:51:38.699><c> so</c><00:51:38.900><c> the</c><00:51:39.079><c> gospel</c><00:51:39.539><c> of</c><00:51:39.900><c> God</c><00:51:40.159><c> was</c><00:51:40.420><c> introduced</c>

00:51:40.880 --> 00:51:44.579
to<00:51:41.099><c> bring</c><00:51:41.300><c> men</c><00:51:41.599><c> back</c><00:51:42.260><c> to</c><00:51:42.920><c> where</c><00:51:43.219><c> they</c><00:51:43.400><c> were</c><00:51:43.679><c> created.</c>

00:51:45.400 --> 00:51:46.460
Incredible<00:51:46.000><c> doctrine.</c>

00:51:46.820 --> 00:51:48.820
And<00:51:47.119><c> that's</c><00:51:47.480><c> where</c><00:51:47.719><c> Paul</c><00:51:48.059><c> begins</c><00:51:48.480><c> it.</c>

00:51:49.039 --> 00:51:50.880
And<00:51:49.260><c> that's</c><00:51:49.500><c> where</c><00:51:49.639><c> we</c><00:51:49.940><c> all</c><00:51:50.260><c> should</c><00:51:50.500><c> begin</c>

00:51:50.880 --> 00:51:53.900
our<00:51:51.420><c> expositions</c><00:51:51.880><c> on</c><00:51:52.079><c> the</c><00:51:52.300><c> atonement.</c>

00:51:54.420 --> 00:51:55.380
Quarter<00:51:54.820><c> past</c><00:51:55.079><c> nine.</c>

00:51:55.440 --> 00:51:57.360
I<00:51:55.559><c> don't</c><00:51:55.880><c> think</c><00:51:56.099><c> we</c><00:51:56.239><c> will</c><00:51:56.400><c> go</c><00:51:56.599><c> into</c><00:51:56.800><c> the</c><00:51:56.920><c> next</c><00:51:57.159><c> section,</c>

00:51:57.539 --> 00:51:59.739
brothers<00:51:57.619><c> and</c><00:51:57.820><c> sisters,</c><00:51:57.980><c> because</c><00:51:58.280><c> it'll</c><00:51:58.519><c> be</c><00:51:58.639><c> a</c><00:51:58.739><c> bit</c><00:51:58.940><c> big.</c>

00:52:00.400 --> 00:52:01.920
So<00:52:00.559><c> perhaps</c><00:52:00.760><c> by</c><00:52:00.940><c> the</c><00:52:01.099><c> time</c><00:52:01.179><c> we</c><00:52:01.300><c> might</c><00:52:01.480><c> leave</c><00:52:01.659><c> it</c><00:52:01.800><c> there</c>

00:52:01.920 --> 00:52:03.619
for<00:52:02.000><c> any</c><00:52:02.179><c> questions</c><00:52:02.559><c> on</c><00:52:02.739><c> the</c><00:52:02.860><c> matter</c><00:52:02.980><c> or</c><00:52:03.219><c> comments,</c>

00:52:04.039 --> 00:52:05.840
don't<00:52:04.199><c> mind</c><00:52:04.400><c> anybody</c><00:52:04.699><c> making</c><00:52:04.920><c> comments</c><00:52:05.280><c> at</c><00:52:05.539><c> all,</c>

00:52:06.079 --> 00:52:09.539
we<00:52:06.280><c> could</c><00:52:06.440><c> perhaps</c><00:52:06.960><c> open</c><00:52:07.539><c> up</c><00:52:07.719><c> the</c><00:52:07.840><c> next</c><00:52:08.039><c> section</c><00:52:08.280><c> next</c><00:52:08.619><c> week.</c>

00:52:11.460 --> 00:52:12.760
Some<00:52:11.860><c> questions.</c>

00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:16.380
In<00:52:13.000><c> reading</c><00:52:13.659><c> Paul's</c><00:52:15.000><c> letter</c><00:52:15.119><c> to</c><00:52:15.320><c> the</c><00:52:15.519><c> Romans,</c>

00:52:16.940 --> 00:52:19.480
I<00:52:17.039><c> mean</c><00:52:17.659><c> Paul's</c><00:52:18.039><c> letter</c><00:52:18.119><c> to</c><00:52:18.219><c> the</c><00:52:18.360><c> Romans</c><00:52:18.559><c> by</c><00:52:18.860><c> John</c><00:52:19.260><c> Carter</c>

00:52:19.480 --> 00:52:21.440
in<00:52:19.739><c> the</c><00:52:19.880><c> early</c><00:52:20.159><c> part</c><00:52:20.460><c> of</c><00:52:20.579><c> it,</c>

00:52:21.960 --> 00:52:27.159
it<00:52:22.559><c> seems</c><00:52:22.880><c> to</c><00:52:23.119><c> me</c><00:52:23.380><c> that</c><00:52:23.559><c> the</c><00:52:25.440><c> interest</c><00:52:25.900><c> that</c><00:52:26.139><c> you've</c><00:52:26.480><c> placed</c>

00:52:27.980 --> 00:52:30.519
on<00:52:28.579><c> it</c><00:52:29.099><c> being</c><00:52:29.380><c> the</c><00:52:29.599><c> gospel</c><00:52:29.960><c> of</c><00:52:30.300><c> God</c>

00:52:30.519 --> 00:52:35.019
has<00:52:30.880><c> sort</c><00:52:30.880><c> of</c><00:52:31.059><c> rather</c><00:52:31.420><c> likely</c><00:52:32.500><c> got</c><00:52:34.440><c> over.</c>

00:52:35.380 --> 00:52:36.599
I<00:52:35.900><c> don't</c><00:52:36.099><c> think</c><00:52:36.260><c> it</c><00:52:36.440><c> is.</c>

00:52:36.659 --> 00:52:39.360
I<00:52:36.719><c> think</c><00:52:36.960><c> you're</c><00:52:37.139><c> reading</c><00:52:37.320><c> it</c><00:52:37.619><c> too</c><00:52:38.119><c> not</c><00:52:38.539><c> carefully</c><00:52:38.840><c> enough,</c><00:52:39.239><c> Maynard.</c>

00:52:39.380 --> 00:52:43.039
Look,<00:52:40.119><c> you'll</c><00:52:40.500><c> find</c><00:52:40.719><c> that</c><00:52:40.980><c> in</c><00:52:41.300><c> John</c><00:52:41.639><c> Carter's</c><00:52:42.079><c> works,</c>

00:52:43.760 --> 00:52:48.360
John<00:52:44.039><c> Carter</c><00:52:44.300><c> uses</c><00:52:44.539><c> an</c><00:52:44.800><c> economy</c><00:52:45.139><c> of</c><00:52:45.420><c> words,</c><00:52:46.719><c> doesn't</c><00:52:47.019><c> he?</c>

00:52:48.599 --> 00:52:50.460
Which<00:52:49.000><c> is</c><00:52:49.719><c> to</c><00:52:49.880><c> our</c><00:52:50.079><c> benefit.</c>

00:52:50.460 --> 00:52:54.460
But<00:52:50.719><c> in</c><00:52:50.920><c> those</c><00:52:51.199><c> economy</c><00:52:51.579><c> of</c><00:52:51.860><c> words,</c><00:52:52.760><c> there</c><00:52:52.860><c> is</c><00:52:53.059><c> weight</c><00:52:53.239><c> and</c><00:52:53.500><c> power.</c>

00:52:55.840 --> 00:52:57.079
Because<00:52:56.059><c> sometimes</c><00:52:56.380><c> they're</c><00:52:56.599><c> not</c><00:52:56.719><c> detailed,</c>

00:52:57.239 --> 00:52:58.840
we<00:52:57.260><c> think</c><00:52:57.500><c> sometimes</c><00:52:57.780><c> he</c><00:52:58.019><c> glosses</c><00:52:58.340><c> over</c><00:52:58.440><c> these</c><00:52:58.659><c> matters.</c>

00:52:58.980 --> 00:53:00.760
You<00:52:59.119><c> read</c><00:52:59.280><c> that</c><00:52:59.559><c> section</c><00:52:59.760><c> again,</c>

00:53:01.039 --> 00:53:03.420
and<00:53:01.400><c> you</c><00:53:01.619><c> read</c><00:53:01.800><c> very</c><00:53:02.119><c> carefully</c><00:53:02.559><c> down</c><00:53:02.860><c> through</c><00:53:03.159><c> there.</c>

00:53:03.699 --> 00:53:05.719
You<00:53:03.840><c> wait</c><00:53:03.980><c> until</c><00:53:04.139><c> you</c><00:53:04.179><c> come</c><00:53:04.380><c> to</c><00:53:04.559><c> his</c><00:53:04.800><c> comment,</c><00:53:05.079><c> for</c><00:53:05.360><c> example,</c>

00:53:05.980 --> 00:53:08.559
in<00:53:06.119><c> verse</c><00:53:06.360><c> eight</c><00:53:06.760><c> of</c><00:53:07.679><c> Romans</c><00:53:08.000><c> one.</c>

00:53:08.900 --> 00:53:11.480
First,<00:53:09.900><c> I</c><00:53:10.119><c> thank</c><00:53:10.300><c> my</c><00:53:10.699><c> God.</c>

00:53:12.239 --> 00:53:15.219
And<00:53:12.480><c> in</c><00:53:12.760><c> the</c><00:53:12.900><c> next</c><00:53:13.159><c> section</c><00:53:13.460><c> where</c><00:53:13.739><c> Paul</c><00:53:14.159><c> begins</c><00:53:14.659><c> to</c><00:53:15.019><c> speak</c>

00:53:15.219 --> 00:53:17.940
about<00:53:15.539><c> his</c><00:53:16.360><c> interest</c><00:53:16.940><c> in</c><00:53:17.199><c> the</c><00:53:17.420><c> people</c><00:53:17.559><c> of</c><00:53:17.800><c> Rome,</c>

00:53:17.940 --> 00:53:20.599
he<00:53:18.199><c> starts</c><00:53:18.440><c> with,</c><00:53:19.420><c> first,</c><00:53:19.739><c> I</c><00:53:20.000><c> thank</c><00:53:20.179><c> my</c><00:53:20.480><c> God.</c>

00:53:20.679 --> 00:53:22.559
And<00:53:20.780><c> Brother</c><00:53:20.960><c> Carter</c><00:53:21.099><c> makes</c><00:53:21.360><c> that</c><00:53:21.679><c> point.</c>

00:53:22.659 --> 00:53:24.480
But<00:53:22.739><c> having</c><00:53:22.980><c> made</c><00:53:23.199><c> it</c><00:53:23.360><c> at</c><00:53:23.400><c> the</c><00:53:23.539><c> beginning,</c>

00:53:24.800 --> 00:53:27.599
in<00:53:24.940><c> the</c><00:53:25.079><c> very</c><00:53:25.300><c> next</c><00:53:25.659><c> section</c><00:53:25.960><c> which</c><00:53:26.219><c> Paul's</c><00:53:26.579><c> going</c><00:53:26.679><c> to</c><00:53:26.860><c> write,</c>

00:53:27.619 --> 00:53:29.239
first<00:53:27.900><c> thing</c><00:53:28.059><c> he</c><00:53:28.179><c> does</c><00:53:28.400><c> is</c><00:53:28.579><c> thank</c><00:53:28.699><c> his</c><00:53:29.019><c> God.</c>

00:53:29.639 --> 00:53:32.019
And<00:53:29.780><c> you'll</c><00:53:30.139><c> find</c><00:53:30.360><c> that</c><00:53:30.480><c> if</c><00:53:30.559><c> you</c><00:53:30.679><c> go</c><00:53:30.820><c> down</c><00:53:31.079><c> through</c><00:53:31.380><c> those</c><00:53:31.739><c> words</c>

00:53:32.019 --> 00:53:33.760
in<00:53:32.179><c> which</c><00:53:32.320><c> he</c><00:53:32.539><c> shows</c><00:53:32.719><c> his</c><00:53:32.940><c> relationship</c><00:53:33.179><c> to</c><00:53:33.380><c> the</c><00:53:33.519><c> Romans,</c>

00:53:33.960 --> 00:53:37.500
he<00:53:34.199><c> follows</c><00:53:34.480><c> very</c><00:53:34.820><c> carefully</c><00:53:35.320><c> the</c><00:53:36.119><c> order</c><00:53:36.420><c> of</c><00:53:36.659><c> his</c><00:53:36.840><c> opening</c><00:53:37.159><c> words.</c>

00:53:38.000 --> 00:53:39.079
And<00:53:38.119><c> whose</c><00:53:38.400><c> first?</c>

00:53:39.199 --> 00:53:41.460
First,<00:53:39.780><c> I</c><00:53:40.059><c> thank</c><00:53:40.300><c> my</c><00:53:40.639><c> God.</c>

00:53:41.860 --> 00:53:43.500
And<00:53:42.340><c> Brother</c><00:53:42.559><c> Carter</c><00:53:42.800><c> makes</c><00:53:43.079><c> that</c><00:53:43.380><c> point.</c>

00:53:43.539 --> 00:53:44.340
So<00:53:43.659><c> he</c><00:53:43.739><c> happens</c><00:53:43.940><c> to</c><00:53:44.039><c> miss</c><00:53:44.199><c> that.</c>

00:53:44.679 --> 00:53:46.760
It's<00:53:44.860><c> just</c><00:53:45.059><c> that</c><00:53:45.519><c> having</c><00:53:45.800><c> seen</c><00:53:46.119><c> that,</c><00:53:46.300><c> of</c><00:53:46.500><c> course,</c>

00:53:46.760 --> 00:53:49.239
what<00:53:47.320><c> I'm</c><00:53:47.679><c> endeavouring</c><00:53:47.980><c> to</c><00:53:48.119><c> do</c><00:53:48.239><c> is</c><00:53:48.460><c> try</c><00:53:48.619><c> to</c><00:53:48.840><c> fill</c><00:53:48.940><c> that</c><00:53:49.099><c> up</c>

00:53:49.239 --> 00:53:51.099
with<00:53:49.519><c> a</c><00:53:49.519><c> bit</c><00:53:49.699><c> of</c><00:53:49.880><c> detail</c><00:53:50.139><c> in</c><00:53:50.239><c> order</c><00:53:50.400><c> to</c><00:53:50.679><c> emphasise</c>

00:53:51.099 --> 00:53:52.780
in<00:53:51.239><c> the</c><00:53:51.360><c> minds</c><00:53:51.460><c> of</c><00:53:51.639><c> the</c><00:53:51.760><c> brothers</c><00:53:51.880><c> and</c><00:53:51.980><c> sisters.</c>

00:53:52.880 --> 00:53:55.179
But<00:53:53.039><c> beware</c><00:53:53.280><c> when</c><00:53:53.900><c> you</c><00:53:54.420><c> read</c><00:53:54.639><c> Brother</c><00:53:54.980><c> Carter</c>

00:53:55.179 --> 00:53:58.340
that<00:53:55.300><c> you</c><00:53:55.440><c> don't</c><00:53:55.639><c> read</c><00:53:55.820><c> him</c><00:53:56.960><c> too</c><00:53:57.300><c> quickly.</c>

00:53:58.699 --> 00:54:00.460
And<00:53:58.840><c> think</c><00:53:59.019><c> to</c><00:53:59.119><c> yourself,</c><00:53:59.460><c> because</c><00:53:59.820><c> there's</c><00:54:00.019><c> not</c><00:54:00.159><c> a</c><00:54:00.199><c> massive</c>

00:54:00.460 --> 00:54:01.139
detail<00:54:00.960><c> there,</c>

00:54:01.139 --> 00:54:02.300
that<00:54:01.280><c> he</c><00:54:01.400><c> hasn't</c><00:54:01.659><c> seen</c><00:54:01.840><c> those</c><00:54:02.139><c> points.</c>

00:54:02.380 --> 00:54:03.360
He's<00:54:02.619><c> got</c><00:54:02.679><c> all</c><00:54:02.940><c> of</c><00:54:03.079><c> that.</c>

00:54:03.480 --> 00:54:04.880
Or<00:54:03.739><c> he</c><00:54:03.840><c> had</c><00:54:03.980><c> all</c><00:54:04.139><c> of</c><00:54:04.199><c> that</c><00:54:04.320><c> in</c><00:54:04.340><c> his</c><00:54:04.579><c> mind.</c>

00:54:05.280 --> 00:54:08.860
But<00:54:05.599><c> all</c><00:54:05.840><c> he's</c><00:54:06.139><c> giving</c><00:54:06.320><c> us</c><00:54:06.679><c> is</c><00:54:07.019><c> the,</c><00:54:07.219><c> I</c><00:54:07.420><c> believe,</c><00:54:08.000><c> the</c><00:54:08.360><c> epitome</c>

00:54:08.860 --> 00:54:09.300
of<00:54:09.119><c> that.</c>

00:54:09.579 --> 00:54:10.860
And<00:54:09.780><c> I</c><00:54:09.980><c> think</c><00:54:10.119><c> it's</c><00:54:10.400><c> their</c><00:54:10.559><c> manner.</c>

00:54:11.079 --> 00:54:12.619
Well,<00:54:11.179><c> I</c><00:54:11.280><c> got</c><00:54:11.440><c> it</c><00:54:11.599><c> from</c><00:54:11.719><c> you</c><00:54:11.820><c> anyway.</c>

00:54:13.039 --> 00:54:13.500
Any<00:54:13.219><c> other?</c>

00:54:13.500 --> 00:54:14.780
Yes.

00:54:58.920 --> 00:55:00.579
I<00:54:59.320><c> hadn't</c><00:54:59.719><c> picked</c><00:54:59.920><c> it</c><00:55:00.099><c> up,</c><00:55:00.380><c> Des.</c>

00:55:00.940 --> 00:55:01.019
No.

00:55:01.019 --> 00:55:02.199
I<00:55:01.260><c> believe</c><00:55:01.539><c> it</c><00:55:01.760><c> is.</c>

00:55:02.539 --> 00:55:03.880
And<00:55:02.619><c> then</c><00:55:02.780><c> it</c><00:55:02.860><c> goes</c><00:55:02.960><c> on</c><00:55:03.219><c> in</c><00:55:03.280><c> verse</c><00:55:03.460><c> 17.</c>

00:55:04.199 --> 00:55:04.880
It<00:55:04.199><c> says,</c>

00:55:10.800 --> 00:55:12.260
Oh,<00:55:11.280><c> look.</c>

00:55:13.260 --> 00:55:15.119
It's<00:55:13.739><c> the</c><00:55:14.099><c> same</c><00:55:14.099><c> idea.</c>

00:55:15.679 --> 00:55:17.480
It's<00:55:16.159><c> not</c><00:55:16.280><c> a</c><00:55:16.480><c> fresh</c><00:55:16.639><c> idea</c><00:55:16.900><c> in</c><00:55:17.119><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:55:17.619 --> 00:55:18.519
Oh,<00:55:18.059><c> no.</c>

00:55:18.519 --> 00:55:19.920
It's<00:55:18.760><c> not</c><00:55:18.880><c> a</c><00:55:19.059><c> fresh</c><00:55:19.199><c> idea</c><00:55:19.440><c> in</c><00:55:19.599><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:55:20.139 --> 00:55:21.880
See,<00:55:20.699><c> the</c><00:55:20.699><c> point</c><00:55:21.239><c> you're</c><00:55:21.400><c> making,</c><00:55:21.820><c> Des,</c>

00:55:21.880 --> 00:55:23.500
you're<00:55:22.119><c> just</c><00:55:22.260><c> trying</c><00:55:22.400><c> to</c><00:55:22.559><c> drag</c><00:55:22.699><c> me</c><00:55:22.860><c> to</c><00:55:22.960><c> the</c><00:55:23.039><c> next</c><00:55:23.280><c> section</c>

00:55:23.500 --> 00:55:26.300
because,<00:55:24.079><c> you</c><00:55:24.079><c> see,</c><00:55:24.760><c> the</c><00:55:25.059><c> next</c><00:55:25.380><c> point</c><00:55:25.619><c> Paul</c><00:55:25.900><c> makes</c>

00:55:26.300 --> 00:55:27.539
is<00:55:26.559><c> the</c><00:55:26.679><c> Davidic</c><00:55:27.099><c> covenant.</c>

00:55:27.539 --> 00:55:30.900
And<00:55:28.079><c> it's</c><00:55:28.360><c> in</c><00:55:28.440><c> that</c><00:55:28.760><c> covenant</c><00:55:29.139><c> as</c><00:55:29.599><c> in</c><00:55:30.039><c> nowhere</c><00:55:30.340><c> else</c>

00:55:30.900 --> 00:55:34.860
that<00:55:31.280><c> that</c><00:55:31.579><c> doctrine</c><00:55:31.940><c> of</c><00:55:32.199><c> the</c><00:55:32.360><c> gospel</c><00:55:32.659><c> of</c><00:55:32.880><c> God</c><00:55:33.019><c> is</c><00:55:33.360><c> more</c><00:55:33.719><c> clearly</c><00:55:34.320><c> spelled</c><00:55:34.539><c> out.</c>

00:55:34.900 --> 00:55:36.059
That's<00:55:35.079><c> why</c><00:55:35.199><c> he</c><00:55:35.400><c> introduces</c><00:55:35.719><c> it.</c>

00:55:36.239 --> 00:55:39.940
But<00:55:36.340><c> you</c><00:55:36.500><c> look</c><00:55:36.679><c> in</c><00:55:37.019><c> 2nd</c><00:55:37.300><c> Samuel</c><00:55:37.559><c> 22</c><00:55:38.179><c> and</c><00:55:38.400><c> verse</c><00:55:38.800><c> 3,</c>

00:55:40.119 --> 00:55:41.440
he<00:55:40.119><c> speaks</c><00:55:40.340><c> of</c><00:55:40.519><c> the</c><00:55:40.579><c> God</c><00:55:40.800><c> of</c><00:55:41.000><c> my</c><00:55:41.239><c> rock.</c>

00:55:41.659 --> 00:55:42.380
In<00:55:41.659><c> him</c><00:55:41.800><c> will</c><00:55:41.920><c> I</c><00:55:42.139><c> trust.</c>

00:55:42.619 --> 00:55:45.199
He<00:55:42.920><c> is</c><00:55:43.519><c> my</c><00:55:43.880><c> shield,</c><00:55:44.519><c> the</c><00:55:44.920><c> horn.</c>

00:55:45.320 --> 00:55:48.400
Now,<00:55:45.539><c> the</c><00:55:45.739><c> horn</c><00:55:45.960><c> was</c><00:55:46.179><c> always</c><00:55:46.559><c> considered</c><00:55:46.860><c> a</c><00:55:47.099><c> symbol</c><00:55:47.300><c> of</c><00:55:47.519><c> power.</c>

00:55:48.440 --> 00:55:51.280
He<00:55:48.639><c> is</c><00:55:48.920><c> the</c><00:55:49.280><c> power</c><00:55:49.840><c> of</c><00:55:50.380><c> my</c><00:55:50.679><c> salvation.</c>

00:55:51.760 --> 00:55:53.539
Now,<00:55:52.019><c> I'm</c><00:55:52.219><c> not</c><00:55:52.420><c> ashamed</c><00:55:52.780><c> of</c><00:55:52.940><c> the</c><00:55:53.079><c> gospel.</c>

00:55:53.539 --> 00:55:58.760
It<00:55:54.159><c> is</c><00:55:54.480><c> the</c><00:55:55.119><c> power</c><00:55:55.760><c> of</c><00:55:56.139><c> God</c><00:55:56.480><c> unto</c><00:55:56.800><c> salvation,</c><00:55:57.579><c> says</c><00:55:57.639><c> the</c><00:55:57.840><c> apostle.</c>

00:55:58.960 --> 00:56:01.239
Now,<00:55:59.039><c> just</c><00:55:59.260><c> coming</c><00:55:59.440><c> back</c><00:55:59.699><c> to</c><00:55:59.880><c> Romans</c><00:56:00.059><c> for</c><00:56:00.280><c> a</c><00:56:00.320><c> couple</c><00:56:00.519><c> of</c><00:56:00.699><c> moments</c><00:56:00.940><c> then,</c>

00:56:01.340 --> 00:56:03.480
I<00:56:01.440><c> want</c><00:56:01.619><c> to</c><00:56:01.679><c> show</c><00:56:01.900><c> you</c><00:56:02.159><c> something</c><00:56:02.420><c> which</c><00:56:02.800><c> just</c><00:56:03.039><c> came</c><00:56:03.159><c> to</c><00:56:03.300><c> my</c>

00:56:03.480 --> 00:56:03.920
mind<00:56:03.679><c> there</c>

00:56:03.920 --> 00:56:05.559
as<00:56:04.059><c> reading</c><00:56:04.320><c> that</c><00:56:04.539><c> 2nd</c><00:56:04.780><c> Samuel</c><00:56:05.000><c> 22,</c>

00:56:05.820 --> 00:56:08.559
just<00:56:06.039><c> to</c><00:56:06.300><c> emphasize</c><00:56:06.780><c> this</c><00:56:07.099><c> gospel</c><00:56:07.440><c> of</c><00:56:07.639><c> God,</c><00:56:07.900><c> for</c><00:56:08.139><c> example,</c>

00:56:09.019 --> 00:56:11.559
the<00:56:09.119><c> way</c><00:56:09.300><c> that</c><00:56:09.539><c> Paul</c><00:56:09.659><c> does</c><00:56:09.960><c> emphasize</c><00:56:10.579><c> this.</c>

00:56:14.139 --> 00:56:16.019
Now,<00:56:14.559><c> remember</c><00:56:14.920><c> we</c><00:56:15.139><c> said</c><00:56:15.280><c> that</c><00:56:15.400><c> he</c><00:56:15.460><c> was</c><00:56:15.739><c> separated</c>

00:56:16.019 --> 00:56:18.000
under<00:56:16.219><c> the</c><00:56:16.500><c> gospel</c><00:56:16.840><c> of</c><00:56:17.099><c> God.</c>

00:56:18.400 --> 00:56:22.059
Now,<00:56:18.820><c> in</c><00:56:19.119><c> verse</c><00:56:19.639><c> 3,</c><00:56:21.599><c> we</c><00:56:21.719><c> read,</c>

00:56:22.059 --> 00:56:26.219
Concerning<00:56:23.059><c> his</c><00:56:23.400><c> son,</c><00:56:24.139><c> Jesus</c><00:56:24.440><c> Christ</c><00:56:24.840><c> our</c><00:56:25.179><c> Lord.</c>

00:56:26.960 --> 00:56:29.739
Now,<00:56:27.179><c> you</c><00:56:27.300><c> won't</c><00:56:27.619><c> find</c><00:56:28.099><c> any</c><00:56:28.539><c> reliable</c><00:56:29.079><c> translation</c>

00:56:29.739 --> 00:56:33.519
including<00:56:30.420><c> the</c><00:56:30.679><c> word</c><00:56:31.079><c> Jesus</c><00:56:31.840><c> Christ</c><00:56:32.260><c> our</c><00:56:32.559><c> Lord.</c>

00:56:33.619 --> 00:56:36.159
They<00:56:33.860><c> are</c><00:56:34.119><c> not</c><00:56:34.360><c> really</c><00:56:34.619><c> in</c><00:56:34.780><c> the</c><00:56:34.940><c> Greek</c><00:56:35.159><c> text.</c>

00:56:36.539 --> 00:56:40.340
They<00:56:36.780><c> don't</c><00:56:37.000><c> destroy</c><00:56:37.360><c> the</c><00:56:37.539><c> meaning,</c><00:56:38.219><c> but</c><00:56:38.420><c> they</c><00:56:38.800><c> destroy</c><00:56:39.079><c> the</c><00:56:39.420><c> emphasis.</c>

00:56:40.440 --> 00:56:41.769
You<00:56:40.719><c> read</c><00:56:40.920><c> it.</c>

00:56:41.960 --> 00:56:47.460
He's<00:56:42.320><c> separated</c><00:56:42.679><c> under</c><00:56:42.900><c> the</c><00:56:43.079><c> gospel</c><00:56:43.460><c> of</c><00:56:43.739><c> God</c><00:56:44.280><c> concerning</c><00:56:45.360><c> his</c><00:56:46.300><c> son.</c>

00:56:48.159 --> 00:56:49.360
That's<00:56:48.860><c> the</c><00:56:49.019><c> emphasis.</c>

00:56:49.360 --> 00:56:51.860
Now,<00:56:50.119><c> again</c><00:56:50.440><c> in</c><00:56:50.639><c> verse</c><00:56:50.860><c> 16,</c>

00:56:52.179 --> 00:56:56.139
For<00:56:52.659><c> I</c><00:56:53.039><c> am</c><00:56:53.280><c> not</c><00:56:53.500><c> ashamed</c><00:56:54.019><c> of</c><00:56:54.199><c> the</c><00:56:54.420><c> gospel</c><00:56:54.780><c> of</c><00:56:55.119><c> Christ.</c>

00:56:56.219 --> 00:56:58.719
Now,<00:56:56.340><c> again</c><00:56:56.780><c> you</c><00:56:56.860><c> won't</c><00:56:57.119><c> find</c><00:56:57.340><c> any</c><00:56:57.539><c> of</c><00:56:57.739><c> the</c><00:56:57.739><c> reliable</c><00:56:58.099><c> translations,</c>

00:56:58.960 --> 00:57:01.280
RV,<00:56:59.400><c> RSV,</c><00:57:00.019><c> Rotherham,</c><00:57:00.400><c> or</c><00:57:00.500><c> any</c><00:57:00.599><c> of</c><00:57:00.679><c> them</c><00:57:00.739><c> like</c><00:57:00.980><c> that,</c>

00:57:01.539 --> 00:57:03.340
using<00:57:01.599><c> the</c><00:57:01.820><c> words</c><00:57:02.059><c> of</c><00:57:02.340><c> Christ,</c>

00:57:03.420 --> 00:57:05.960
because<00:57:03.760><c> they</c><00:57:03.980><c> are</c><00:57:04.099><c> not</c><00:57:04.300><c> there</c><00:57:04.400><c> in</c><00:57:04.539><c> the</c><00:57:04.679><c> Greek</c><00:57:04.840><c> either.</c>

00:57:06.039 --> 00:57:08.719
He<00:57:06.280><c> says,</c><00:57:07.000><c> For</c><00:57:07.159><c> I</c><00:57:07.360><c> am</c><00:57:07.420><c> not</c><00:57:07.599><c> ashamed</c><00:57:07.860><c> of</c><00:57:08.000><c> the</c><00:57:08.199><c> gospel,</c>

00:57:09.000 --> 00:57:12.099
for<00:57:09.239><c> it</c><00:57:09.460><c> is</c><00:57:09.719><c> the</c><00:57:10.079><c> power</c><00:57:10.460><c> of</c><00:57:11.099><c> God.</c>

00:57:13.199 --> 00:57:17.360
Now,<00:57:13.659><c> the</c><00:57:13.820><c> words</c><00:57:14.139><c> of</c><00:57:14.500><c> Christ</c><00:57:14.840><c> don't</c><00:57:15.139><c> destroy</c><00:57:15.539><c> the</c><00:57:15.739><c> meaning</c><00:57:16.039><c> at</c><00:57:16.559><c> all.</c>

00:57:17.480 --> 00:57:20.280
We<00:57:18.000><c> know</c><00:57:18.260><c> that</c><00:57:18.460><c> God's</c><00:57:18.800><c> power</c><00:57:19.079><c> was</c><00:57:19.340><c> exhibited</c><00:57:19.639><c> in</c><00:57:19.960><c> Christ.</c>

00:57:20.539 --> 00:57:22.300
He<00:57:20.599><c> was</c><00:57:20.840><c> the</c><00:57:21.099><c> medium</c><00:57:21.340><c> of</c><00:57:21.639><c> manifestation.</c>

00:57:22.760 --> 00:57:24.199
We're<00:57:22.820><c> not</c><00:57:23.019><c> suggesting</c><00:57:23.380><c> the</c><00:57:23.559><c> words</c><00:57:23.739><c> wrong.</c>

00:57:24.500 --> 00:57:25.539
What<00:57:24.619><c> I'm</c><00:57:24.780><c> saying</c><00:57:25.000><c> is</c><00:57:25.260><c> this,</c>

00:57:25.820 --> 00:57:27.420
that<00:57:25.920><c> if</c><00:57:26.019><c> we</c><00:57:26.159><c> took</c><00:57:26.320><c> what</c><00:57:26.559><c> Paul</c><00:57:26.780><c> actually</c><00:57:27.199><c> said</c>

00:57:27.420 --> 00:57:28.440
and<00:57:27.579><c> lifted</c><00:57:27.739><c> those</c><00:57:27.980><c> words</c><00:57:28.260><c> out,</c>

00:57:28.440 --> 00:57:29.760
look<00:57:28.579><c> at</c><00:57:28.699><c> the</c><00:57:28.860><c> emphasis,</c>

00:57:30.260 --> 00:57:31.699
I<00:57:30.420><c> am</c><00:57:30.519><c> not</c><00:57:30.699><c> ashamed</c><00:57:30.960><c> of</c><00:57:31.119><c> the</c><00:57:31.320><c> gospel,</c>

00:57:31.820 --> 00:57:35.880
for<00:57:32.019><c> it</c><00:57:32.260><c> is</c><00:57:32.760><c> the</c><00:57:33.079><c> power</c><00:57:33.559><c> of</c><00:57:34.219><c> God</c><00:57:34.840><c> unto</c><00:57:35.280><c> salvation.</c>

00:57:36.280 --> 00:57:40.400
So<00:57:36.440><c> you've</c><00:57:36.659><c> got</c><00:57:36.940><c> the</c><00:57:37.199><c> gospel</c><00:57:37.500><c> of</c><00:57:37.739><c> God,</c><00:57:38.400><c> his</c><00:57:38.679><c> son,</c><00:57:39.119><c> his</c><00:57:39.440><c> power.</c>

00:57:40.559 --> 00:57:41.340
You<00:57:40.760><c> look</c><00:57:40.920><c> at</c><00:57:41.059><c> that.</c>

00:57:41.460 --> 00:57:43.840
God,<00:57:42.280><c> his</c><00:57:42.599><c> son,</c><00:57:43.099><c> his</c><00:57:43.420><c> power.</c>

00:57:43.840 --> 00:57:45.579
And<00:57:44.179><c> that's</c><00:57:44.559><c> the</c><00:57:44.619><c> idea</c><00:57:44.920><c> is</c><00:57:45.079><c> being</c><00:57:45.260><c> presented</c>

00:57:45.579 --> 00:57:48.639
in<00:57:45.780><c> those</c><00:57:46.000><c> three</c><00:57:46.239><c> places</c><00:57:46.619><c> in</c><00:57:47.159><c> the</c><00:57:47.659><c> first</c><00:57:47.920><c> step.</c>