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at</c><00:11:40.259><c> least</c><00:11:40.559><c> listen</c><00:11:40.840><c> to</c><00:11:40.960><c> what</c><00:11:41.080><c> the</c><00:11:41.299><c> Bible</c><00:11:41.539><c> says,</c> 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:44.759 even<00:11:42.139><c> though</c><00:11:42.320><c> when</c><00:11:42.440><c> they</c><00:11:42.639><c> heard</c><00:11:42.879><c> what</c><00:11:43.080><c> it</c><00:11:43.179><c> said,</c><00:11:43.279><c> they</c><00:11:43.539><c> resisted</c><00:11:44.019><c> it.</c> 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:46.960 You<00:11:45.100><c> remember</c><00:11:45.299><c> the</c><00:11:45.519><c> Jerusalem</c><00:11:45.940><c> Conference?</c> 00:11:47.539 --> 00:11:50.100 You<00:11:47.740><c> all</c><00:11:47.940><c> remember</c><00:11:48.200><c> the</c><00:11:48.419><c> Jerusalem</c><00:11:48.799><c> Conference,</c><00:11:49.360><c> Acts</c><00:11:49.620><c> 15.</c> 00:11:50.179 --> 00:11:51.139 You<00:11:50.299><c> don't</c><00:11:50.399><c> have</c><00:11:50.580><c> to</c><00:11:50.580><c> turn</c><00:11:50.720><c> it</c><00:11:50.879><c> up.</c> 00:11:51.139 --> 00:11:56.480 When<00:11:51.860><c> the</c><00:11:52.320><c> Apostle</c><00:11:52.759><c> Paul</c><00:11:53.159><c> came</c><00:11:53.480><c> down</c><00:11:53.860><c> from</c><00:11:54.220><c> Antioch</c><00:11:54.639><c> with</c><00:11:54.879><c> Barnabas</c><00:11:55.460><c> and</c><00:11:55.820><c> Titus,</c> 00:11:56.620 --> 00:11:59.580 and<00:11:56.759><c> he</c><00:11:56.860><c> came</c><00:11:57.059><c> down</c><00:11:57.299><c> there</c><00:11:57.539><c> also</c><00:11:57.919><c> with</c><00:11:58.480><c> Peter</c><00:11:58.820><c> gathered</c><00:11:59.179><c> there,</c> 00:12:00.019 --> 00:12:02.080 and<00:12:00.159><c> there</c><00:12:00.240><c> was</c><00:12:00.379><c> this</c><00:12:00.580><c> Jerusalem</c><00:12:01.139><c> Conference.</c> 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:06.100 And<00:12:02.620><c> the</c><00:12:02.740><c> question</c><00:12:03.139><c> was</c><00:12:03.820><c> whether</c><00:12:04.240><c> circumcision</c><00:12:04.879><c> was</c><00:12:05.139><c> necessary</c><00:12:05.639><c> or</c><00:12:05.879><c> not.</c> 00:12:06.220 --> 00:12:08.539 And<00:12:06.379><c> that</c><00:12:06.519><c> was</c><00:12:06.759><c> quickly</c><00:12:07.100><c> forgotten</c><00:12:07.620><c> because</c><00:12:08.000><c> that</c><00:12:08.200><c> was</c><00:12:08.299><c> only</c> 00:12:08.539 --> 00:12:09.460 the<00:12:08.799><c> thin</c><00:12:08.899><c> edge</c><00:12:09.019><c> of</c><00:12:09.259><c> the</c><00:12:09.340><c> wedge</c> 00:12:09.460 --> 00:12:12.740 and<00:12:09.580><c> it</c><00:12:09.679><c> was</c><00:12:09.840><c> never</c><00:12:10.320><c> even</c><00:12:10.779><c> got</c><00:12:11.000><c> a</c><00:12:11.200><c> mention</c><00:12:11.460><c> in</c><00:12:11.659><c> the</c><00:12:11.799><c> Jerusalem</c><00:12:12.240><c> Conference.</c> 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:16.259 The<00:12:13.179><c> big</c><00:12:13.399><c> question</c><00:12:13.879><c> was</c><00:12:14.500><c> whether</c><00:12:14.919><c> Gentiles</c><00:12:15.460><c> should</c><00:12:15.679><c> even</c><00:12:16.019><c> be</c> 00:12:16.259 --> 00:12:17.500 in<00:12:16.379><c> the</c><00:12:16.639><c> truth</c><00:12:16.779><c> at</c><00:12:17.100><c> all.</c> 00:12:17.740 --> 00:12:18.980 That'll<00:12:18.059><c> only</c><00:12:18.159><c> be</c><00:12:18.480><c> circumcised.</c> 00:12:18.980 --> 00:12:20.820 That<00:12:19.360><c> was</c><00:12:19.539><c> only</c><00:12:19.720><c> the</c><00:12:19.960><c> thin</c><00:12:20.100><c> edge</c><00:12:20.259><c> of</c><00:12:20.460><c> the</c><00:12:20.539><c> wedge.</c> 00:12:21.299 --> 00:12:23.200 Now,<00:12:21.399><c> you'll</c><00:12:21.659><c> find</c><00:12:21.820><c> Paul</c><00:12:22.200><c> getting</c><00:12:22.460><c> up</c><00:12:22.759><c> and</c><00:12:23.000><c> saying</c> 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:25.600 how<00:12:23.399><c> that</c><00:12:23.580><c> the</c><00:12:23.799><c> Holy</c><00:12:24.039><c> Spirit</c><00:12:24.220><c> was</c><00:12:24.419><c> given</c><00:12:24.559><c> to</c><00:12:24.740><c> the</c><00:12:24.879><c> Gentiles</c><00:12:25.240><c> and</c><00:12:25.379><c> he</c> 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:26.200 saw<00:12:25.820><c> it.</c> 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:28.759 You<00:12:26.480><c> get</c><00:12:26.720><c> Barnabas</c><00:12:27.139><c> saying</c><00:12:27.379><c> he</c><00:12:27.559><c> was</c><00:12:27.720><c> a</c><00:12:27.799><c> witness</c><00:12:28.080><c> to</c><00:12:28.440><c> it,</c><00:12:28.580><c> that</c> 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:29.519 Paul<00:12:28.980><c> was</c><00:12:29.259><c> right.</c> 00:12:29.820 --> 00:12:31.279 You<00:12:29.899><c> get</c><00:12:30.120><c> Peter</c><00:12:30.399><c> standing</c><00:12:30.740><c> up</c><00:12:30.960><c> and</c><00:12:31.139><c> saying,</c> 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:33.860 well,<00:12:31.519><c> God</c><00:12:31.879><c> spoke</c><00:12:32.200><c> to</c><00:12:32.399><c> me</c><00:12:32.639><c> through</c><00:12:32.860><c> a</c><00:12:33.039><c> vision</c><00:12:33.179><c> and</c><00:12:33.320><c> I</c><00:12:33.580><c> was</c><00:12:33.759><c> sent</c> 00:12:33.860 --> 00:12:34.580 to<00:12:34.039><c> the</c><00:12:34.200><c> Gentiles</c> 00:12:34.580 --> 00:12:36.100 and<00:12:34.740><c> I</c><00:12:34.960><c> saw</c><00:12:35.080><c> the</c><00:12:35.299><c> Holy</c><00:12:35.539><c> Spirit</c><00:12:35.799><c> given.</c> 00:12:36.580 --> 00:12:39.600 And<00:12:36.980><c> none</c><00:12:37.139><c> of</c><00:12:37.299><c> those</c><00:12:37.580><c> words</c><00:12:37.960><c> made</c><00:12:38.240><c> any</c><00:12:38.679><c> impact</c><00:12:39.019><c> at</c><00:12:39.200><c> all</c><00:12:39.360><c> upon</c> 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:40.720 the<00:12:39.840><c> Jews</c> 00:12:41.460 --> 00:12:45.440 because<00:12:41.899><c> that</c><00:12:42.139><c> was</c><00:12:42.279><c> the</c><00:12:42.539><c> personal</c><00:12:42.879><c> experience</c><00:12:43.419><c> of</c><00:12:43.679><c> Paul,</c><00:12:44.559><c> Barnabas</c><00:12:44.940><c> and</c><00:12:45.100><c> Peter.</c> 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:47.320 That<00:12:46.039><c> was</c><00:12:46.379><c> their</c><00:12:46.679><c> experience.</c> 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:49.779 That's<00:12:47.840><c> what</c><00:12:48.259><c> they</c><00:12:48.740><c> said.</c> 00:12:50.419 --> 00:12:54.080 And<00:12:50.679><c> James,</c><00:12:51.100><c> who</c><00:12:51.360><c> knew</c><00:12:51.679><c> that</c><00:12:52.059><c> audience</c><00:12:52.440><c> better</c><00:12:52.759><c> than</c><00:12:53.120><c> anyone,</c> 00:12:54.299 --> 00:12:56.779 because<00:12:54.480><c> he</c><00:12:54.620><c> had</c><00:12:54.720><c> been</c><00:12:54.860><c> the</c><00:12:55.179><c> recording</c><00:12:55.500><c> brother</c><00:12:55.779><c> of</c><00:12:55.919><c> that</c><00:12:56.080><c> ecclesia</c><00:12:56.419><c> for</c> 00:12:56.779 --> 00:12:58.159 many<00:12:57.139><c> years,</c> 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:01.019 and<00:12:58.500><c> knowing</c><00:12:58.759><c> that</c><00:12:59.059><c> audience,</c><00:12:59.340><c> which</c><00:12:59.519><c> was</c><00:12:59.799><c> a</c><00:12:59.960><c> great</c><00:13:00.220><c> Jewish</c><00:13:00.519><c> audience,</c> 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:04.419 he<00:13:01.620><c> says</c><00:13:01.759><c> now,</c><00:13:02.320><c> Simeon</c><00:13:02.519><c> has</c><00:13:02.779><c> declared</c><00:13:03.259><c> how</c><00:13:03.500><c> that</c><00:13:03.720><c> God</c><00:13:03.879><c> at</c><00:13:04.019><c> the</c><00:13:04.200><c> first</c> 00:13:04.419 --> 00:13:06.740 did<00:13:04.659><c> visit</c><00:13:04.820><c> the</c><00:13:05.059><c> Gentiles</c><00:13:05.539><c> to</c><00:13:05.740><c> take</c><00:13:05.980><c> out</c><00:13:06.080><c> of</c><00:13:06.100><c> them</c><00:13:06.299><c> a</c><00:13:06.480><c> people</c> 00:13:06.740 --> 00:13:08.080 for<00:13:06.980><c> his</c><00:13:07.299><c> name,</c> 00:13:08.340 --> 00:13:13.960 and<00:13:08.860><c> to</c><00:13:09.419><c> this</c><00:13:10.279><c> agree</c><00:13:11.899><c> the</c><00:13:12.340><c> words</c><00:13:12.799><c> of</c><00:13:13.139><c> the</c><00:13:13.500><c> prophet.</c> 00:13:14.419 --> 00:13:16.100 Now,<00:13:14.659><c> that's</c><00:13:14.940><c> a</c><00:13:15.120><c> different</c><00:13:15.299><c> thing.</c> 00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:18.919 Now,<00:13:17.340><c> they're</c><00:13:17.460><c> talking</c><00:13:17.679><c> about</c><00:13:18.059><c> Scripture.</c> 00:13:19.179 --> 00:13:21.360 Now,<00:13:19.320><c> that's</c><00:13:19.639><c> the</c><00:13:19.759><c> point</c><00:13:19.899><c> that</c><00:13:20.139><c> Paul's</c><00:13:20.419><c> going</c><00:13:20.500><c> to</c><00:13:20.639><c> make.</c> 00:13:21.419 --> 00:13:24.440 There's<00:13:21.779><c> the</c><00:13:21.940><c> Gentile</c><00:13:22.519><c> world,</c><00:13:23.080><c> history,</c><00:13:23.960><c> immorality.</c> 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:28.519 There's<00:13:25.159><c> the</c><00:13:25.299><c> Jewish</c><00:13:25.580><c> world,</c><00:13:26.100><c> history</c><00:13:26.360><c> of</c><00:13:26.559><c> hypocrisy</c><00:13:27.279><c> and</c><00:13:27.440><c> immorality.</c> 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:31.279 But<00:13:29.200><c> they</c><00:13:29.460><c> say,</c><00:13:29.620><c> oh,</c><00:13:30.019><c> yes,</c><00:13:30.179><c> that</c><00:13:30.340><c> might</c><00:13:30.600><c> have</c><00:13:30.779><c> been</c><00:13:30.960><c> people</c> 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:32.340 made<00:13:31.559><c> mistakes,</c> 00:13:32.679 --> 00:13:34.360 but<00:13:32.779><c> here</c><00:13:32.980><c> comes</c><00:13:33.279><c> the</c><00:13:33.539><c> Bible.</c> 00:13:35.379 --> 00:13:37.960 And<00:13:35.679><c> the</c><00:13:35.960><c> Scriptures</c><00:13:36.259><c> are</c><00:13:36.480><c> going</c><00:13:36.580><c> to</c><00:13:36.779><c> point</c><00:13:36.940><c> out</c><00:13:37.179><c> that</c><00:13:37.320><c> there's</c><00:13:37.639><c> not</c> 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:40.679 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comes</c><00:13:56.019><c> six</c><00:13:57.080><c> Bible</c><00:13:57.559><c> references.</c> 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:00.899 What<00:13:59.279><c> a</c><00:13:59.659><c> significant</c><00:14:00.059><c> number</c><00:14:00.360><c> that</c><00:14:00.639><c> is.</c> 00:14:01.100 --> 00:14:05.360 He<00:14:01.440><c> takes</c><00:14:01.799><c> six</c><00:14:02.759><c> Bible</c><00:14:03.220><c> references</c><00:14:03.759><c> to</c><00:14:04.440><c> prove</c><00:14:04.620><c> there's</c><00:14:04.980><c> not</c> 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:08.279 one<00:14:05.840><c> single</c><00:14:06.500><c> righteous</c><00:14:07.120><c> person,</c> 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:10.080 as<00:14:08.580><c> a</c><00:14:08.759><c> man,</c><00:14:09.259><c> that</c><00:14:09.259><c> is.</c> 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:13.259 Now,<00:14:10.580><c> this</c><00:14:10.860><c> poses</c><00:14:11.240><c> a</c><00:14:11.440><c> problem,</c><00:14:11.980><c> brethren</c><00:14:12.080><c> and</c><00:14:12.379><c> sisters.</c> 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made,</c><00:14:48.159><c> and</c><00:14:48.179><c> he's</c><00:14:48.379><c> quoting</c> 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:49.220 them<00:14:48.879><c> correctly.</c> 00:14:49.419 --> 00:14:51.679 Not<00:14:49.519><c> that</c><00:14:49.679><c> I'm</c><00:14:49.820><c> checking</c><00:14:50.120><c> Paul,</c><00:14:50.500><c> but</c><00:14:50.919><c> I</c><00:14:51.139><c> just</c><00:14:51.340><c> went</c><00:14:51.480><c> through</c> 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:52.100 the<00:14:51.840><c> references</c> 00:14:52.100 --> 00:14:53.120 and<00:14:52.320><c> thought,</c><00:14:52.320><c> well,</c><00:14:52.500><c> that's</c><00:14:52.759><c> right.</c> 00:14:53.139 --> 00:14:54.019 That's<00:14:53.299><c> what</c><00:14:53.480><c> it</c><00:14:53.779><c> says.</c> 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:58.440 But<00:14:54.539><c> in</c><00:14:54.799><c> the</c><00:14:54.960><c> same</c><00:14:55.519><c> psalm,</c><00:14:57.080><c> and</c><00:14:57.259><c> in</c><00:14:57.440><c> the</c><00:14:57.620><c> one</c><00:14:57.799><c> from</c><00:14:58.059><c> Isaiah,</c> 00:14:58.580 --> 00:15:00.740 there's<00:14:58.799><c> five</c><00:14:59.379><c> psalms</c><00:14:59.779><c> and</c><00:14:59.919><c> one</c><00:15:00.120><c> from</c><00:15:00.320><c> Isaiah,</c> 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:04.679 in<00:15:01.279><c> every</c><00:15:01.700><c> one</c><00:15:01.860><c> of</c><00:15:01.980><c> those</c><00:15:02.279><c> psalms</c><00:15:02.539><c> it</c><00:15:02.700><c> speaks</c><00:15:02.940><c> about</c><00:15:03.259><c> righteous</c><00:15:03.659><c> people.</c> 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:08.460 And<00:15:05.360><c> I</c><00:15:05.639><c> just</c><00:15:05.940><c> could</c><00:15:06.279><c> not</c><00:15:06.659><c> see</c><00:15:07.019><c> the</c><00:15:07.200><c> point</c><00:15:07.360><c> of</c><00:15:07.519><c> those</c><00:15:07.799><c> quotations.</c> 00:15:08.919 --> 00:15:11.779 And<00:15:09.059><c> it</c><00:15:09.179><c> took</c><00:15:09.360><c> me</c><00:15:09.620><c> a</c><00:15:09.759><c> full</c><00:15:10.039><c> day</c><00:15:10.399><c> to</c><00:15:10.600><c> work</c><00:15:10.740><c> that</c><00:15:11.000><c> out.</c> 00:15:11.899 --> 00:15:14.220 And<00:15:12.019><c> I</c><00:15:12.279><c> pondered</c><00:15:12.559><c> it,</c><00:15:12.700><c> went</c><00:15:12.820><c> outside,</c><00:15:13.440><c> dug</c><00:15:13.559><c> the</c><00:15:13.759><c> garden</c><00:15:13.960><c> a</c><00:15:14.139><c> bit,</c> 00:15:14.340 --> 00:15:16.559 come<00:15:14.460><c> back</c><00:15:14.720><c> again,</c><00:15:15.100><c> pondered</c><00:15:15.480><c> a</c><00:15:15.600><c> bit</c><00:15:15.759><c> more,</c><00:15:16.100><c> went</c><00:15:16.139><c> and</c><00:15:16.320><c> cut</c><00:15:16.440><c> a</c> 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:17.100 lawn<00:15:16.679><c> or</c><00:15:16.860><c> something.</c> 00:15:17.379 --> 00:15:19.480 And<00:15:17.600><c> I</c><00:15:17.759><c> walked</c><00:15:17.899><c> around</c><00:15:18.139><c> the</c><00:15:18.320><c> house</c><00:15:18.519><c> thinking</c><00:15:18.860><c> about</c><00:15:19.100><c> that</c><00:15:19.340><c> problem.</c> 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:20.559 What<00:15:19.779><c> on</c><00:15:19.919><c> earth</c><00:15:20.059><c> does</c><00:15:20.220><c> he</c><00:15:20.419><c> mean?</c> 00:15:20.779 --> 00:15:22.980 I<00:15:21.000><c> can't</c><00:15:21.279><c> see</c><00:15:21.480><c> the</c><00:15:21.659><c> point</c><00:15:21.799><c> of</c><00:15:21.940><c> it,</c><00:15:22.039><c> because</c><00:15:22.299><c> I</c><00:15:22.519><c> can</c><00:15:22.700><c> show</c><00:15:22.840><c> him</c> 00:15:22.980 --> 00:15:23.559 in<00:15:23.159><c> those</c><00:15:23.419><c> psalms</c> 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:25.139 where<00:15:23.740><c> there</c><00:15:23.899><c> is</c><00:15:24.100><c> room,</c><00:15:24.220><c> and</c><00:15:24.340><c> then</c><00:15:24.480><c> it</c><00:15:24.620><c> dawned</c><00:15:24.840><c> on</c><00:15:25.039><c> me.</c> 00:15:25.179 --> 00:15:26.580 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Romans</c><00:15:42.860><c> is</c><00:15:43.039><c> all</c><00:15:43.259><c> about.</c> 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:47.659 And<00:15:45.600><c> he's</c><00:15:46.000><c> absolutely</c><00:15:46.519><c> right</c><00:15:46.899><c> about</c><00:15:47.220><c> that.</c> 00:15:48.139 --> 00:15:52.320 There's<00:15:48.379><c> not</c><00:15:48.620><c> one</c><00:15:49.059><c> single</c><00:15:49.639><c> human</c><00:15:50.139><c> being</c><00:15:50.419><c> righteous</c><00:15:51.139><c> without</c><00:15:51.840><c> God.</c> 00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:56.179 Now<00:15:52.840><c> you</c><00:15:52.960><c> might</c><00:15:53.220><c> say,</c><00:15:53.639><c> hang</c><00:15:53.720><c> on,</c><00:15:54.120><c> there</c><00:15:54.279><c> was</c><00:15:54.539><c> one,</c><00:15:55.700><c> the</c><00:15:55.940><c> Lord</c> 00:15:56.179 --> 00:15:57.039 Jesus<00:15:56.600><c> Christ.</c> 00:15:57.299 --> 00:15:58.399 Was<00:15:57.460><c> there?</c> 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:00.440 What<00:15:59.320><c> did</c><00:15:59.399><c> he</c><00:15:59.600><c> say?</c> 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:02.639 Good,<00:16:01.759><c> Master.</c> 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:06.080 What<00:16:03.840><c> must</c><00:16:04.179><c> I</c><00:16:04.480><c> do</c><00:16:04.659><c> to</c><00:16:04.820><c> inherit</c><00:16:05.179><c> eternal</c><00:16:05.740><c> life?</c> 00:16:06.340 --> 00:16:08.340 Don't<00:16:06.700><c> call</c><00:16:07.059><c> me</c><00:16:07.419><c> good.</c> 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:12.480 There<00:16:09.740><c> is</c><00:16:10.179><c> none</c><00:16:10.539><c> good</c><00:16:10.940><c> but</c><00:16:11.419><c> God.</c> 00:16:13.740 --> 00:16:17.899 Now<00:16:14.100><c> if</c><00:16:14.200><c> he</c><00:16:14.580><c> couldn't</c><00:16:15.019><c> attain,</c><00:16:15.480><c> as</c><00:16:15.779><c> a</c><00:16:16.019><c> man,</c><00:16:17.399><c> the</c><00:16:17.539><c> goodness,</c> 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:19.059 who<00:16:18.220><c> can?</c> 00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:21.679 Now<00:16:20.639><c> there's</c><00:16:20.940><c> your</c><00:16:21.059><c> touchstone.</c> 00:16:21.980 --> 00:16:23.179 Don't<00:16:22.360><c> call</c><00:16:22.679><c> me</c><00:16:22.980><c> good.</c> 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:25.580 And<00:16:23.340><c> he</c><00:16:23.419><c> wasn't</c><00:16:23.720><c> being</c><00:16:24.440><c> falsely</c><00:16:25.080><c> humble.</c> 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:27.539 He<00:16:26.019><c> was</c><00:16:26.200><c> being</c><00:16:26.500><c> factual.</c> 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:31.299 Don't<00:16:28.159><c> call</c><00:16:28.440><c> me</c><00:16:28.659><c> good,</c><00:16:28.820><c> he</c><00:16:28.940><c> says</c><00:16:29.159><c> in</c><00:16:29.340><c> Mark</c><00:16:29.639><c> 10</c><00:16:29.879><c> and</c><00:16:30.039><c> verse</c><00:16:30.299><c> 18.</c> 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:34.740 There<00:16:31.840><c> is</c><00:16:32.279><c> none</c><00:16:32.740><c> good</c><00:16:33.200><c> but</c><00:16:33.700><c> God.</c> 00:16:34.940 --> 00:16:37.159 Now<00:16:35.240><c> that's</c><00:16:35.720><c> exactly</c><00:16:36.220><c> what</c><00:16:36.500><c> Paul</c><00:16:36.799><c> meant.</c> 00:16:37.580 --> 00:16:39.279 Not<00:16:37.779><c> that</c><00:16:37.960><c> there</c><00:16:38.080><c> aren't</c><00:16:38.379><c> righteous</c><00:16:38.759><c> men</c><00:16:39.000><c> and</c><00:16:39.120><c> women.</c> 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:41.580 There<00:16:39.539><c> are</c><00:16:39.879><c> plenty</c><00:16:40.159><c> of</c><00:16:40.399><c> them,</c><00:16:40.500><c> and</c><00:16:40.659><c> there</c><00:16:40.779><c> has</c><00:16:41.059><c> always</c><00:16:41.379><c> been</c> 00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:42.240 plenty<00:16:41.860><c> of</c><00:16:42.039><c> them.</c> 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:45.440 But<00:16:42.580><c> they're</c><00:16:42.799><c> only</c><00:16:43.139><c> righteous</c><00:16:43.639><c> in</c><00:16:43.919><c> as</c><00:16:44.080><c> much</c><00:16:44.299><c> that</c><00:16:44.440><c> they've</c><00:16:44.799><c> got</c><00:16:45.019><c> God</c><00:16:45.279><c> in</c> 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:46.059 their<00:16:45.740><c> life.</c> 00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:48.679 Now<00:16:46.539><c> I</c><00:16:46.639><c> want</c><00:16:46.799><c> to</c><00:16:47.000><c> show</c><00:16:47.159><c> you</c><00:16:47.340><c> these</c><00:16:47.580><c> six</c><00:16:47.860><c> references.</c> 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:51.379 Oh,<00:16:49.299><c> look,</c><00:16:49.580><c> once</c><00:16:49.779><c> that</c><00:16:49.980><c> had</c><00:16:50.179><c> dawned</c><00:16:50.360><c> on</c><00:16:50.539><c> me,</c><00:16:50.700><c> and</c><00:16:50.860><c> I</c><00:16:51.000><c> looked</c><00:16:51.139><c> up</c> 00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:52.200 and<00:16:51.500><c> down</c><00:16:51.620><c> these</c><00:16:51.860><c> references,</c> 00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:54.740 and<00:16:52.500><c> I</c><00:16:52.639><c> came</c><00:16:52.779><c> across</c><00:16:53.179><c> this.</c> 00:16:57.659 --> 00:16:59.659 Now,<00:16:58.639><c> have</c><00:16:58.879><c> a</c><00:16:58.940><c> look</c><00:16:59.139><c> at</c><00:16:59.279><c> this.</c> 00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:02.559 Have<00:16:59.980><c> you</c><00:17:00.179><c> ever</c><00:17:00.580><c> seen</c><00:17:00.779><c> anything</c><00:17:01.080><c> like</c><00:17:01.460><c> this?</c> 00:17:02.940 --> 00:17:06.220 Now<00:17:03.100><c> here</c><00:17:03.200><c> are</c><00:17:03.360><c> the</c><00:17:03.539><c> six</c><00:17:03.799><c> references</c><00:17:04.079><c> that</c><00:17:05.220><c> he</c><00:17:05.720><c> quotes.</c> 00:17:06.339 --> 00:17:10.759 He<00:17:06.380><c> quotes</c><00:17:06.700><c> Psalm</c><00:17:07.039><c> 14</c><00:17:07.559><c> verses</c><00:17:07.859><c> 1</c><00:17:08.140><c> to</c><00:17:08.240><c> 3,</c><00:17:08.700><c> Psalm</c><00:17:08.980><c> 5</c><00:17:09.440><c> verses</c><00:17:09.599><c> 9,</c> 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:16.079 143<00:17:11.539><c> verses</c><00:17:11.759><c> 3,</c><00:17:12.200><c> 10</c><00:17:12.519><c> verses</c><00:17:12.799><c> 7,</c><00:17:13.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:14.079><c> 59</c><00:17:14.759><c> verses</c><00:17:15.119><c> 7</c><00:17:15.480><c> and</c><00:17:15.640><c> 8,</c> 00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:19.019 and<00:17:16.559><c> Psalm</c><00:17:16.779><c> 30,</c><00:17:17.220><c> 16</c><00:17:17.599><c> verse</c><00:17:17.940><c> 1.</c> 00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:21.660 Now<00:17:19.480><c> have</c><00:17:19.740><c> a</c><00:17:19.900><c> look</c><00:17:20.059><c> what</c><00:17:20.319><c> those</c><00:17:20.799><c> psalms</c><00:17:21.200><c> say.</c> 00:17:21.660 --> 00:17:25.079 And<00:17:21.980><c> you</c><00:17:22.180><c> imagine</c><00:17:22.740><c> the</c><00:17:23.380><c> mastermind,</c><00:17:24.140><c> the</c><00:17:24.339><c> apostle,</c><00:17:25.039><c> picking</c> 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:26.039 out<00:17:25.420><c> these</c><00:17:25.759><c> psalms,</c> 00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:28.819 and<00:17:26.240><c> these</c><00:17:26.559><c> are</c><00:17:26.740><c> not</c><00:17:26.880><c> the</c><00:17:27.059><c> only</c><00:17:27.319><c> ones,</c><00:17:27.559><c> but</c><00:17:27.700><c> he</c><00:17:27.859><c> only</c><00:17:28.059><c> wanted</c><00:17:28.460><c> six</c> 00:17:28.819 --> 00:17:32.779 to<00:17:29.599><c> prove</c><00:17:29.839><c> that</c><00:17:30.059><c> all</c><00:17:30.240><c> men</c><00:17:30.519><c> are</c><00:17:31.000><c> unrighteous</c><00:17:31.500><c> without</c><00:17:31.779><c> God.</c> 00:17:32.900 --> 00:17:37.160 In<00:17:33.059><c> every</c><00:17:33.259><c> one</c><00:17:33.420><c> of</c><00:17:33.519><c> those</c><00:17:33.799><c> psalms,</c><00:17:34.279><c> he</c><00:17:34.440><c> speaks</c><00:17:34.740><c> about</c><00:17:35.359><c> the</c><00:17:35.700><c> heart</c><00:17:36.000><c> of</c><00:17:36.299><c> man.</c> 00:17:37.619 --> 00:17:42.039 In<00:17:37.799><c> Psalm</c><00:17:38.039><c> 14,</c><00:17:38.740><c> the</c><00:17:38.779><c> fool</c><00:17:39.099><c> has</c><00:17:39.480><c> said</c><00:17:39.660><c> in</c><00:17:39.920><c> his</c><00:17:40.220><c> heart,</c><00:17:40.779><c> no</c><00:17:41.019><c> God.</c> 00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:48.619 But<00:17:42.900><c> verse</c><00:17:43.259><c> 5</c><00:17:43.660><c> says</c><00:17:44.000><c> God</c><00:17:44.940><c> is</c><00:17:45.480><c> in</c><00:17:46.079><c> the</c><00:17:46.359><c> generation</c><00:17:47.079><c> of</c><00:17:47.599><c> the</c><00:17:47.799><c> righteous.</c> 00:17:48.859 --> 00:17:53.460 Now<00:17:49.420><c> there</c><00:17:49.980><c> is</c><00:17:50.259><c> the,</c><00:17:50.700><c> I</c><00:17:50.700><c> believe,</c><00:17:52.099><c> because</c><00:17:52.299><c> it's</c><00:17:52.539><c> the</c><00:17:52.660><c> first</c><00:17:52.839><c> quotation,</c> 00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:56.420 that's<00:17:54.200><c> the</c><00:17:54.299><c> clearest</c><00:17:54.579><c> teaching</c><00:17:54.900><c> of</c><00:17:55.059><c> them</c><00:17:55.240><c> all.</c> 00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:59.119 In<00:17:56.660><c> the</c><00:17:56.940><c> fool's</c><00:17:57.359><c> heart,</c><00:17:58.079><c> no</c><00:17:58.240><c> God.</c> 00:18:00.259 --> 00:18:03.740 But<00:18:00.559><c> in</c><00:18:00.779><c> a</c><00:18:01.059><c> generation</c><00:18:01.680><c> that</c><00:18:01.960><c> God</c><00:18:02.259><c> has</c><00:18:02.660><c> caused</c><00:18:02.859><c> to</c><00:18:03.440><c> be</c> 00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:07.119 begotten<00:18:04.279><c> by</c><00:18:04.519><c> the</c><00:18:04.859><c> power</c><00:18:05.059><c> of</c><00:18:05.240><c> his</c><00:18:05.440><c> Holy</c><00:18:05.619><c> Spirit</c><00:18:06.099><c> Word,</c> 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:10.519 and<00:18:07.559><c> his</c><00:18:07.839><c> moral</c><00:18:08.160><c> life</c><00:18:08.519><c> has</c><00:18:08.799><c> got</c><00:18:09.000><c> generated</c><00:18:09.539><c> in</c><00:18:09.680><c> them</c><00:18:09.779><c> by</c><00:18:10.059><c> that</c><00:18:10.299><c> Word,</c> 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:13.059 the<00:18:11.019><c> particular</c><00:18:11.539><c> generation</c><00:18:12.200><c> that</c><00:18:12.339><c> he's</c><00:18:12.480><c> been</c><00:18:12.680><c> developing</c> 00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:13.920 over<00:18:13.400><c> the</c><00:18:13.599><c> years</c> 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:16.539 has<00:18:14.299><c> got</c><00:18:14.539><c> God</c><00:18:14.799><c> in</c><00:18:15.019><c> them,</c><00:18:15.380><c> and</c><00:18:15.619><c> that's</c><00:18:15.799><c> what</c><00:18:15.920><c> makes</c><00:18:16.140><c> them</c><00:18:16.339><c> right.</c> 00:18:16.539 --> 00:18:20.140 Take<00:18:17.319><c> God</c><00:18:17.680><c> out</c><00:18:17.819><c> of</c><00:18:17.839><c> those</c><00:18:18.160><c> people</c><00:18:18.380><c> and</c><00:18:18.519><c> they're</c><00:18:18.660><c> like</c><00:18:18.940><c> that.</c> 00:18:21.059 --> 00:18:22.539 That's<00:18:21.380><c> Paul's</c><00:18:21.819><c> point.</c> 00:18:22.579 --> 00:18:24.859 Do<00:18:22.700><c> you</c><00:18:22.779><c> 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heart</c><00:18:34.519><c> is</c><00:18:34.819><c> very</c><00:18:35.279><c> wickedness.</c> 00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:41.880 But<00:18:37.240><c> verse</c><00:18:37.539><c> 8</c><00:18:37.759><c> says,</c><00:18:38.759><c> lead</c><00:18:38.859><c> me,</c><00:18:39.160><c> O</c><00:18:39.359><c> Yahweh,</c><00:18:40.140><c> in</c><00:18:40.579><c> thy</c><00:18:40.940><c> life.</c> 00:18:43.099 --> 00:18:51.460 Psalm<00:18:43.740><c> 140,</c><00:18:44.599><c> verse</c><00:18:44.799><c> 3,</c><00:18:45.740><c> which</c><00:18:45.900><c> imagines</c><00:18:46.539><c> mischief</c><00:18:47.059><c> in</c><00:18:49.579><c> their</c><00:18:50.019><c> hearts.</c> 00:18:51.900 --> 00:18:56.960 Verse<00:18:52.079><c> 7</c><00:18:52.420><c> says,</c><00:18:53.119><c> O</c><00:18:53.160><c> Yahweh,</c><00:18:53.880><c> the</c><00:18:54.099><c> strength</c><00:18:54.380><c> of</c><00:18:54.880><c> my</c><00:18:55.259><c> self</c><00:18:55.599><c>-interest.</c> 00:18:57.400 --> 00:19:01.720 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from</c><00:19:12.420><c> the</c><00:19:12.759><c> heart</c><00:19:13.079><c> words</c><00:19:13.400><c> of</c><00:19:13.680><c> falsehood.</c> 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:19.380 But<00:19:15.279><c> his</c><00:19:15.720><c> own</c><00:19:16.279><c> arm</c><00:19:16.759><c> brought</c><00:19:17.180><c> salvation</c><00:19:17.880><c> unto</c><00:19:18.319><c> him.</c> 00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:22.980 That<00:19:20.319><c> quotation,</c><00:19:20.920><c> by</c><00:19:21.160><c> the</c><00:19:21.339><c> way,</c><00:19:21.859><c> says</c><00:19:22.119><c> in</c><00:19:22.380><c> another</c><00:19:22.660><c> verse,</c> 00:19:23.380 --> 00:19:25.920 he<00:19:23.500><c> thought</c><00:19:23.759><c> that</c><00:19:23.940><c> there</c><00:19:24.079><c> was</c><00:19:24.359><c> no</c><00:19:24.759><c> man.</c> 00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:31.940 His<00:19:27.359><c> own</c><00:19:27.660><c> arm</c><00:19:28.000><c> brought</c><00:19:28.299><c> salvation</c><00:19:28.940><c> unto</c><00:19:29.200><c> him,</c><00:19:30.480><c> says</c><00:19:30.660><c> Paul's</c><00:19:31.279><c> doctrine.</c> 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:34.619 The<00:19:32.539><c> last</c><00:19:32.759><c> one,</c><00:19:33.339><c> they</c><00:19:33.619><c> say</c><00:19:33.740><c> it</c><00:19:33.839><c> was</c><00:19:33.980><c> in</c><00:19:34.079><c> his</c><00:19:34.359><c> heart,</c> 00:19:34.619 --> 00:19:37.819 no<00:19:35.140><c> fear</c><00:19:35.460><c> of</c><00:19:35.700><c> God,</c><00:19:36.660><c> but</c><00:19:36.799><c> in</c><00:19:37.019><c> verse</c><00:19:37.220><c> 10,</c> 00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:42.539 continue<00:19:38.579><c> thy</c><00:19:38.880><c> loving</c><00:19:39.180><c> kindness</c><00:19:39.599><c> to</c><00:19:39.900><c> them</c><00:19:40.059><c> that</c><00:19:40.380><c> know</c><00:19:41.039><c> thy</c><00:19:41.519><c> righteousness.</c> 00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:45.160 Now,<00:19:43.440><c> there's</c><00:19:43.720><c> Paul's</c><00:19:44.660><c> quotation.</c> 00:19:45.619 --> 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the</c><00:20:11.140><c> ones,</c><00:20:11.380><c> to</c><00:20:11.480><c> me</c><00:20:11.680><c> at</c><00:20:11.839><c> least,</c> 00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:13.660 which<00:20:12.220><c> are</c><00:20:12.420><c> the</c><00:20:12.599><c> clearest</c><00:20:12.900><c> teaching</c><00:20:13.220><c> of</c><00:20:13.460><c> all.</c> 00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:17.819 But<00:20:14.220><c> those</c><00:20:14.680><c> six</c><00:20:15.240><c> scriptures</c><00:20:15.559><c> are</c><00:20:15.940><c> teaching</c><00:20:16.299><c> that</c><00:20:16.440><c> there</c><00:20:16.619><c> is</c><00:20:16.819><c> not</c><00:20:17.019><c> a</c><00:20:17.339><c> single</c> 00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:21.740 righteous<00:20:18.400><c> man</c><00:20:18.779><c> upon</c><00:20:19.059><c> the</c><00:20:19.299><c> face</c><00:20:19.519><c> of</c><00:20:19.680><c> the</c><00:20:19.839><c> earth</c><00:20:20.059><c> without</c><00:20:20.640><c> God.</c> 00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:26.680 Now,<00:20:23.559><c> when</c><00:20:23.740><c> you</c><00:20:23.880><c> get</c><00:20:24.019><c> a</c><00:20:24.160><c> New</c><00:20:24.319><c> Testament</c><00:20:24.680><c> quotation</c><00:20:25.240><c> or</c><00:20:25.519><c> quotations</c><00:20:26.059><c> like</c><00:20:26.359><c> that,</c> 00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:30.420 what<00:20:27.220><c> you've</c><00:20:27.559><c> got</c><00:20:27.660><c> to</c><00:20:27.799><c> do</c><00:20:28.140><c> to</c><00:20:28.339><c> get</c><00:20:28.539><c> your</c><00:20:28.779><c> answer</c><00:20:29.220><c> is</c><00:20:29.480><c> what</c><00:20:29.619><c> I</c><00:20:29.839><c> had</c><00:20:29.980><c> to</c><00:20:30.180><c> do.</c> 00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:31.859 Ponder<00:20:31.019><c> that</c><00:20:31.400><c> thing.</c> 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:35.900 Get<00:20:32.480><c> those</c><00:20:32.920><c> Psalms</c><00:20:33.460><c> and</c><00:20:33.700><c> open</c><00:20:34.180><c> them</c><00:20:34.339><c> up</c><00:20:34.519><c> before</c><00:20:34.819><c> you</c><00:20:35.039><c> and</c><00:20:35.319><c> read</c><00:20:35.579><c> them</c> 00:20:35.900 --> 00:20:39.440 line<00:20:36.259><c> by</c><00:20:36.599><c> line</c><00:20:36.920><c> by</c><00:20:37.220><c> line,</c><00:20:38.000><c> carefully,</c><00:20:38.240><c> over</c><00:20:38.640><c> and</c><00:20:38.779><c> over</c><00:20:39.119><c> again,</c> 00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:40.200 each<00:20:39.740><c> one</c><00:20:39.900><c> of</c><00:20:39.980><c> them.</c> 00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:44.480 Because<00:20:40.680><c> the</c><00:20:40.920><c> apostles</c><00:20:41.259><c> are</c><00:20:41.500><c> not</c><00:20:41.700><c> like</c><00:20:42.500><c> the</c><00:20:43.400><c> ministers</c><00:20:43.839><c> of</c><00:20:44.019><c> religion</c><00:20:44.299><c> we</c> 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:44.940 have<00:20:44.640><c> today</c> 00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:46.099 with<00:20:45.099><c> their</c><00:20:45.299><c> collars</c><00:20:45.480><c> back</c><00:20:45.759><c> to</c><00:20:45.940><c> front,</c> 00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:48.759 sermonizing<00:20:46.839><c> about</c><00:20:47.140><c> one</c><00:20:47.339><c> little</c><00:20:47.619><c> golden</c><00:20:48.039><c> text</c><00:20:48.380><c> somewhere.</c> 00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:51.200 They<00:20:49.319><c> grab</c><00:20:49.640><c> hold</c><00:20:49.839><c> of</c><00:20:50.079><c> a</c><00:20:50.220><c> massive</c><00:20:50.559><c> context.</c> 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:53.640 They<00:20:51.759><c> may</c><00:20:52.039><c> quote</c><00:20:52.279><c> just</c><00:20:52.599><c> two</c><00:20:52.720><c> or</c><00:20:52.859><c> three</c><00:20:53.059><c> words</c><00:20:53.339><c> from</c><00:20:53.559><c> it,</c> 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:55.660 but<00:20:53.759><c> you've</c><00:20:54.000><c> got</c><00:20:54.059><c> to</c><00:20:54.160><c> go</c><00:20:54.339><c> back</c><00:20:54.539><c> and</c><00:20:54.799><c> search</c><00:20:55.000><c> that</c><00:20:55.240><c> matter</c><00:20:55.440><c> out.</c> 00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.839 Now,<00:20:55.960><c> look</c><00:20:56.200><c> at</c><00:20:56.359><c> that</c><00:20:56.579><c> matter.</c> 00:20:56.839 --> 00:21:00.720 And<00:20:57.420><c> notice</c><00:20:57.839><c> this,</c><00:20:59.000><c> that</c><00:20:59.099><c> in</c><00:20:59.279><c> every</c><00:20:59.460><c> one</c><00:20:59.619><c> of</c><00:20:59.720><c> those</c><00:20:59.940><c> six</c><00:21:00.299><c> references,</c> 00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:03.660 there's<00:21:01.380><c> a</c><00:21:01.619><c> reference</c><00:21:01.799><c> to</c><00:21:01.980><c> the</c><00:21:02.180><c> heart</c><00:21:02.519><c> of</c><00:21:02.779><c> man.</c> 00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:08.240 Now,<00:21:05.160><c> you</c><00:21:05.319><c> take</c><00:21:05.599><c> the</c><00:21:05.759><c> word</c><00:21:05.900><c> to</c><00:21:06.059><c> the</c><00:21:06.140><c> Lord</c><00:21:06.299><c> Jesus</c><00:21:06.759><c> Christ</c><00:21:07.160><c> in</c><00:21:07.359><c> Mark</c><00:21:07.640><c> chapter</c><00:21:07.960><c> 7,</c> 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:10.359 which<00:21:08.380><c> we</c><00:21:08.599><c> don't</c><00:21:08.759><c> have</c><00:21:08.980><c> to</c><00:21:09.160><c> turn</c><00:21:09.380><c> up,</c> 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:16.099 for<00:21:11.099><c> out</c><00:21:11.319><c> of</c><00:21:11.460><c> the</c><00:21:11.779><c> heart</c><00:21:12.220><c> of</c><00:21:12.579><c> man</c><00:21:13.720><c> proceed</c><00:21:15.180><c> evil</c><00:21:15.740><c> thoughts,</c> 00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:17.559 adult<00:21:16.480><c> free</c><00:21:16.759><c> souls.</c> 00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:21.380 Now,<00:21:18.099><c> you</c><00:21:18.279><c> take</c><00:21:18.500><c> the</c><00:21:18.700><c> two</c><00:21:18.960><c> references,</c><00:21:19.619><c> Mark</c><00:21:20.019><c> 10</c><00:21:20.319><c> verse</c><00:21:20.640><c> 18,</c> 00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:27.380 There<00:21:22.220><c> is</c><00:21:22.579><c> none</c><00:21:23.000><c> good</c><00:21:23.519><c> but</c><00:21:24.039><c> God,</c><00:21:25.299><c> and</c><00:21:25.400><c> Mark</c><00:21:25.759><c> 7</c><00:21:26.400><c> verse</c><00:21:26.700><c> 21,</c> 00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:30.460 out<00:21:28.000><c> of</c><00:21:28.140><c> the</c><00:21:28.400><c> heart</c><00:21:28.740><c> of</c><00:21:29.119><c> man</c><00:21:29.400><c> proceed</c><00:21:29.759><c> evil</c><00:21:30.140><c> thoughts.</c> 00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:32.740 And<00:21:30.980><c> if</c><00:21:31.059><c> you</c><00:21:31.200><c> mark</c><00:21:31.380><c> that</c><00:21:31.539><c> up</c><00:21:31.640><c> in</c><00:21:31.759><c> your</c><00:21:31.960><c> Bible,</c><00:21:32.240><c> you</c><00:21:32.319><c> could</c><00:21:32.579><c> put</c> 00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:35.220 Mark<00:21:33.119><c> 10</c><00:21:33.720><c> over</c><00:21:34.079><c> this</c><00:21:34.359><c> column,</c> 00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:38.720 and<00:21:35.500><c> you</c><00:21:35.500><c> could</c><00:21:35.779><c> put</c><00:21:36.039><c> Mark</c><00:21:36.839><c> 7</c><00:21:37.339><c> over</c><00:21:37.579><c> that</c><00:21:37.839><c> column.</c> 00:21:39.380 --> 00:21:42.539 Out<00:21:39.539><c> of</c><00:21:39.599><c> the</c><00:21:39.880><c> heart</c><00:21:40.200><c> of</c><00:21:40.380><c> man</c><00:21:40.640><c> proceed</c><00:21:41.079><c> no</c><00:21:41.500><c> good,</c><00:21:42.000><c> and</c><00:21:42.200><c> there</c><00:21:42.319><c> is</c> 00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.779 none<00:21:42.819><c> good</c><00:21:43.079><c> but</c><00:21:43.460><c> God.</c> 00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:45.920 That's<00:21:44.460><c> the</c><00:21:44.579><c> doctrine</c><00:21:44.819><c> of</c><00:21:45.119><c> Romans.</c> 00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:48.900 That's<00:21:47.059><c> Romans</c><00:21:47.380><c> through</c><00:21:47.859><c> and</c><00:21:48.099><c> through.</c> 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:51.059 Now,<00:21:49.440><c> I</c><00:21:49.559><c> reckon</c><00:21:49.680><c> that</c><00:21:49.799><c> is</c><00:21:50.039><c> absolutely</c><00:21:50.500><c> beautiful.</c> 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.839 So<00:21:51.619><c> what</c><00:21:51.759><c> are</c><00:21:51.880><c> we</c><00:21:51.940><c> going</c><00:21:52.019><c> to</c><00:21:52.140><c> do</c><00:21:52.200><c> to</c><00:21:52.319><c> be</c><00:21:52.519><c> righteous?</c> 00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:54.839 We've<00:21:53.039><c> got</c><00:21:53.099><c> to</c><00:21:53.220><c> get</c><00:21:53.400><c> God</c><00:21:53.599><c> into</c><00:21:53.799><c> our</c><00:21:54.059><c> lives.</c> 00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:57.579 And<00:21:55.240><c> the</c><00:21:55.480><c> power</c><00:21:55.740><c> of</c><00:21:56.099><c> God</c><00:21:56.259><c> has</c><00:21:56.420><c> got</c><00:21:56.519><c> to</c><00:21:56.640><c> operate</c><00:21:56.859><c> in</c><00:21:57.039><c> our</c><00:21:57.259><c> lives</c> 00:21:57.579 --> 00:22:00.299 not<00:21:58.299><c> to</c><00:21:58.599><c> make</c><00:21:58.779><c> us</c><00:21:59.099><c> righteous</c><00:21:59.400><c> in</c><00:21:59.599><c> our</c><00:21:59.819><c> own</c><00:22:00.039><c> right,</c> 00:22:00.619 --> 00:22:04.539 but<00:22:00.859><c> to</c><00:22:01.180><c> forgive</c><00:22:01.539><c> us</c><00:22:01.940><c> and</c><00:22:02.279><c> to</c><00:22:02.599><c> lead</c><00:22:02.759><c> us</c><00:22:03.039><c> by</c><00:22:03.220><c> His</c><00:22:03.500><c> goodness</c><00:22:03.799><c> to</c><00:22:04.079><c> repentance</c> 00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:07.680 and<00:22:05.079><c> to</c><00:22:05.740><c> lead</c><00:22:05.940><c> us</c><00:22:06.240><c> to</c><00:22:06.400><c> the</c><00:22:06.599><c> basis</c><00:22:06.880><c> of</c><00:22:07.099><c> our</c><00:22:07.319><c> forgiveness</c> 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:09.900 time<00:22:08.140><c> and</c><00:22:08.339><c> again</c><00:22:08.559><c> to</c><00:22:08.720><c> the</c><00:22:08.839><c> Lord</c><00:22:09.039><c> Jesus</c><00:22:09.480><c> Christ.</c> 00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:11.619 And<00:22:10.319><c> when</c><00:22:10.440><c> we've</c><00:22:10.660><c> got</c><00:22:10.779><c> God</c><00:22:11.000><c> in</c><00:22:11.180><c> our</c><00:22:11.400><c> lives,</c> 00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:14.319 then<00:22:12.200><c> of</c><00:22:12.420><c> course</c><00:22:12.779><c> there</c><00:22:13.359><c> are</c><00:22:13.640><c> righteous</c><00:22:14.000><c> people,</c> 00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:16.200 but<00:22:14.500><c> they're</c><00:22:14.740><c> not</c><00:22:14.920><c> righteous</c><00:22:15.279><c> according</c><00:22:15.539><c> to</c><00:22:15.680><c> the</c><00:22:15.920><c> flesh.</c> 00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:18.339 They're<00:22:16.920><c> righteous</c><00:22:17.180><c> according</c><00:22:17.559><c> to</c><00:22:17.819><c> God.</c> 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:20.200 So<00:22:18.900><c> Paul</c><00:22:19.059><c> was</c><00:22:19.339><c> right</c><00:22:19.599><c> when</c><00:22:19.740><c> he</c><00:22:19.960><c> said,</c> 00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:24.779 there<00:22:20.599><c> is</c><00:22:20.880><c> none</c><00:22:21.079><c> righteous,</c><00:22:21.660><c> no,</c><00:22:21.880><c> not</c><00:22:22.079><c> one,</c><00:22:22.740><c> as</c><00:22:23.000><c> Psalm</c><00:22:23.259><c> 14</c><00:22:23.759><c> says.</c> 00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:27.359 Now,<00:22:25.180><c> I</c><00:22:25.319><c> reckon</c><00:22:25.460><c> that's</c><00:22:26.019><c> terribly</c><00:22:26.240><c> interesting.</c> 00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:30.000 And<00:22:27.640><c> I</c><00:22:27.759><c> was</c><00:22:27.819><c> going</c><00:22:27.960><c> to</c><00:22:27.960><c> say,</c><00:22:28.140><c> it</c><00:22:28.279><c> illustrates</c><00:22:28.700><c> beautifully</c> 00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:33.099 that<00:22:30.980><c> when</c><00:22:31.140><c> you</c><00:22:31.319><c> go</c><00:22:31.559><c> back</c><00:22:31.740><c> to</c><00:22:31.900><c> the</c><00:22:32.079><c> Apostles'</c><00:22:32.640><c> quotations,</c> 00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:36.400 they<00:22:33.299><c> are</c><00:22:33.740><c> full</c><00:22:34.160><c> of</c><00:22:35.099><c> their</c><00:22:35.259><c> particular</c><00:22:35.779><c> subject</c><00:22:36.140><c> they're</c> 00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:36.980 dealing<00:22:36.680><c> with.</c> 00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:39.700 Now,<00:22:37.519><c> I</c><00:22:37.619><c> want</c><00:22:37.700><c> to</c><00:22:37.900><c> illustrate</c><00:22:38.299><c> it</c><00:22:38.480><c> to</c><00:22:38.599><c> you.</c> 00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:43.500 See,<00:22:40.319><c> having</c><00:22:40.579><c> found</c><00:22:40.920><c> that,</c><00:22:41.859><c> well,</c><00:22:42.079><c> then</c><00:22:42.380><c> I</c><00:22:42.519><c> sort</c><00:22:42.700><c> of</c><00:22:43.019><c> had</c><00:22:43.180><c> a</c> 00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:45.279 real<00:22:44.359><c> good</c><00:22:44.640><c> afternoon</c> 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:47.900 from<00:22:45.599><c> that</c><00:22:45.779><c> moment</c><00:22:46.039><c> onwards</c><00:22:46.299><c> because</c><00:22:46.640><c> I'd</c><00:22:47.099><c> unlocked</c><00:22:47.339><c> the</c><00:22:47.660><c> key.</c> 00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:49.759 Now,<00:22:48.339><c> you</c><00:22:48.500><c> look</c><00:22:48.640><c> at</c><00:22:48.819><c> this.</c> 00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:53.200 You<00:22:50.440><c> turn</c><00:22:50.759><c> Psalm</c><00:22:51.099><c> 14</c><00:22:51.599><c> up,</c> 00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:59.980 and<00:22:56.759><c> then</c><00:22:56.980><c> you</c><00:22:57.180><c> turn</c><00:22:57.539><c> Psalm</c><00:22:58.019><c> 53</c><00:22:58.720><c> up.</c> 00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:21.240 Psalm<00:23:18.740><c> 14</c><00:23:19.220><c> and</c><00:23:19.519><c> Psalm</c><00:23:19.940><c> 53.</c> 00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:25.519 Now,<00:23:23.559><c> if</c><00:23:23.680><c> you</c><00:23:23.779><c> run</c><00:23:23.980><c> your</c><00:23:24.180><c> eye</c><00:23:24.339><c> down</c><00:23:24.539><c> those</c><00:23:24.819><c> two</c><00:23:25.160><c> Psalms,</c> 00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:29.380 you'll<00:23:25.759><c> see</c><00:23:25.859><c> they're</c><00:23:26.160><c> identical,</c><00:23:28.440><c> almost.</c> 00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:38.859 Now,<00:23:34.460><c> a</c><00:23:34.539><c> little</c><00:23:34.680><c> mental</c><00:23:35.000><c> exercise,</c><00:23:37.019><c> and</c><00:23:37.160><c> I'll</c><00:23:37.380><c> wait</c><00:23:37.599><c> for</c><00:23:37.819><c> you.</c> 00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:41.579 Pick<00:23:39.619><c> the</c><00:23:39.819><c> verse</c><00:23:40.019><c> that's</c><00:23:40.299><c> not</c><00:23:40.500><c> identical</c> 00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:44.960 and<00:23:42.460><c> tell</c><00:23:42.640><c> me</c><00:23:42.779><c> what</c><00:23:42.900><c> you</c><00:23:43.099><c> think</c><00:23:43.240><c> is</c><00:23:43.480><c> similar</c><00:23:43.720><c> about</c><00:23:44.039><c> that</c><00:23:44.220><c> illustration.</c> 00:23:58.119 --> 00:24:01.339 You've<00:23:59.519><c> got</c><00:23:59.619><c> the</c><00:23:59.779><c> verse</c><00:24:00.019><c> here.</c> 00:24:01.339 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sentiment.</c> 00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:44.420 Verse<00:24:39.920><c> five.</c><00:24:42.160><c> Now</c><00:24:42.400><c> verse</c><00:24:42.680><c> five</c><00:24:43.039><c> is</c><00:24:43.359><c> different.</c> 00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:49.279 Could<00:24:46.339><c> you</c><00:24:46.539><c> tell</c><00:24:46.720><c> me</c><00:24:46.880><c> when</c><00:24:46.960><c> you</c><00:24:47.200><c> see</c><00:24:47.319><c> the</c><00:24:47.539><c> difference,</c><00:24:48.859><c> how</c><00:24:49.079><c> it</c> 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:51.359 illustrates<00:24:49.660><c> that</c><00:24:50.000><c> over</c><00:24:50.220><c> there?</c> 00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.220 What's<00:25:07.700><c> the</c><00:25:07.880><c> difference?</c> 00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:15.599 Well,<00:25:09.539><c> there's</c><00:25:09.859><c> a</c><00:25:10.119><c> contrast</c><00:25:10.539><c> in</c><00:25:11.160><c> verse</c><00:25:11.519><c> five</c><00:25:11.819><c> and</c><00:25:12.039><c> verse</c><00:25:12.140><c> seven,</c><00:25:14.200><c> verse</c><00:25:14.319><c> 14,</c> 00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:28.700 whereas<00:25:16.759><c> in</c><00:25:17.839><c> verse</c><00:25:18.339><c> five</c><00:25:19.720><c> and</c><00:25:19.859><c> verse</c><00:25:20.220><c> 53</c><00:25:23.640><c> it</c><00:25:26.279><c> is</c><00:25:26.599><c> all</c><00:25:27.259><c> condemnation.</c> 00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:32.619 I<00:25:30.599><c> thought</c><00:25:30.759><c> you</c><00:25:30.900><c> were</c><00:25:31.119><c> going</c><00:25:31.119><c> to</c><00:25:31.519><c> really</c><00:25:31.980><c> come</c><00:25:32.140><c> out</c><00:25:32.279><c> with</c><00:25:32.420><c> the</c> 00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:34.460 answer<00:25:32.779><c> when</c><00:25:32.920><c> you</c><00:25:33.039><c> said</c><00:25:33.200><c> contrast.</c> 00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:42.339 Just<00:25:38.220><c> a</c><00:25:39.160><c> little</c><00:25:39.400><c> mental</c><00:25:39.619><c> exercise</c><00:25:40.140><c> for</c><00:25:40.359><c> you,</c><00:25:41.099><c> because</c><00:25:41.099><c> when</c><00:25:41.619><c> you</c><00:25:41.819><c> go,</c><00:25:42.059><c> I</c> 00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:44.980 went<00:25:42.559><c> through</c><00:25:42.799><c> these</c><00:25:43.140><c> sort</c><00:25:43.299><c> of</c><00:25:43.460><c> word</c><00:25:43.640><c> for</c><00:25:43.859><c> word,</c><00:25:44.700><c> because</c> 00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:46.420 they<00:25:45.359><c> were</c><00:25:45.480><c> Paul's</c><00:25:45.940><c> vocation,</c> 00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:50.460 I<00:25:46.880><c> come</c><00:25:47.180><c> to</c><00:25:47.380><c> Psalm</c><00:25:47.559><c> 53,</c><00:25:48.099><c> which</c><00:25:48.220><c> is</c><00:25:48.460><c> almost</c><00:25:48.799><c> identical,</c><00:25:50.119><c> except</c> 00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.619 for<00:25:50.619><c> that</c><00:25:50.839><c> verse.</c> 00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:57.700 What's<00:25:55.200><c> the</c><00:25:55.319><c> point</c><00:25:55.500><c> to</c><00:25:55.680><c> illustrate</c><00:25:56.059><c> that</c><00:25:56.359><c> over</c><00:25:56.680><c> there?</c> 00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:06.180 Exactly.<00:26:03.140><c> In</c><00:26:03.259><c> Psalm</c><00:26:03.619><c> 14,</c><00:26:04.500><c> God</c><00:26:04.779><c> is</c><00:26:05.119><c> in</c><00:26:05.339><c> the</c><00:26:05.519><c> generation</c><00:26:05.920><c> of</c><00:26:06.059><c> the</c> 00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:09.519 righteous,<00:26:06.559><c> and</c><00:26:06.740><c> in</c><00:26:06.940><c> Psalm</c><00:26:07.160><c> 53</c><00:26:07.599><c> he's</c><00:26:07.920><c> not</c><00:26:08.400><c> in</c><00:26:08.940><c> the</c><00:26:09.140><c> generation</c> 00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.559 of<00:26:09.700><c> the</c><00:26:09.759><c> wicked.</c> 00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:15.299 So<00:26:11.640><c> in</c><00:26:12.279><c> the</c><00:26:12.579><c> Psalms</c><00:26:12.880><c> which</c><00:26:13.019><c> are</c><00:26:13.339><c> almost</c><00:26:13.720><c> identical</c><00:26:14.380><c> in</c><00:26:14.940><c> every</c> 00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:18.779 verse,<00:26:16.039><c> except</c><00:26:16.279><c> that</c><00:26:16.579><c> one,</c><00:26:17.180><c> the</c><00:26:17.380><c> contrast</c><00:26:17.859><c> is</c><00:26:18.119><c> that</c><00:26:18.319><c> God</c><00:26:18.500><c> is</c> 00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:20.539 in<00:26:18.980><c> one</c><00:26:19.279><c> class</c><00:26:19.519><c> and</c><00:26:19.779><c> not</c><00:26:19.980><c> in</c><00:26:20.099><c> the</c><00:26:20.259><c> other.</c> 00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:24.140 Now<00:26:21.259><c> isn't</c><00:26:21.480><c> that</c><00:26:21.720><c> beautiful?</c><00:26:22.660><c> So</c><00:26:22.779><c> you</c><00:26:23.200><c> might</c><00:26:23.460><c> say</c><00:26:23.579><c> those</c><00:26:23.819><c> two</c> 00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:26.500 Psalms<00:26:24.339><c> which</c><00:26:24.519><c> are</c><00:26:24.680><c> identical</c><00:26:25.059><c> make</c><00:26:25.599><c> that</c><00:26:25.980><c> difference.</c> 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class,</c><00:26:34.259><c> and</c><00:26:34.400><c> that's</c><00:26:34.640><c> exactly</c><00:26:34.980><c> Paul's</c><00:26:35.480><c> point</c> 00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:37.119 in<00:26:36.099><c> those</c><00:26:36.400><c> quotations.</c> 00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:39.720 I<00:26:37.559><c> reckon</c><00:26:37.660><c> that's</c><00:26:37.920><c> absolutely</c><00:26:38.180><c> beautiful,</c><00:26:39.039><c> and</c><00:26:39.259><c> that</c><00:26:39.359><c> was</c><00:26:39.559><c> a</c> 00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:42.839 very<00:26:40.160><c> satisfying</c><00:26:40.660><c> afternoon</c><00:26:41.180><c> to</c><00:26:41.440><c> work</c><00:26:41.680><c> that</c><00:26:41.900><c> out</c><00:26:42.240><c> and</c><00:26:42.519><c> to</c><00:26:42.740><c> see</c> 00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.720 that<00:26:43.220><c> like</c><00:26:43.559><c> that.</c> 00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:48.420 And<00:26:43.920><c> to</c><00:26:44.059><c> me</c><00:26:44.400><c> that</c><00:26:45.099><c> shows</c><00:26:45.519><c> the</c><00:26:45.900><c> magnitude</c><00:26:46.460><c> of</c><00:26:46.880><c> Paul's</c><00:26:47.779><c> understanding</c><00:26:48.140><c> of</c><00:26:48.279><c> what</c> 00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:52.200 he<00:26:48.559><c> was</c><00:26:48.819><c> quoting</c><00:26:49.119><c> when</c><00:26:49.839><c> he</c><00:26:50.039><c> brought</c><00:26:50.220><c> those</c><00:26:50.559><c> six</c><00:26:50.779><c> scriptures</c><00:26:51.079><c> together.</c> 00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:54.000 Now<00:26:52.359><c> come</c><00:26:52.579><c> back</c><00:26:52.799><c> to</c><00:26:53.000><c> Romans,</c><00:26:53.200><c> and</c><00:26:53.339><c> I'll</c><00:26:53.480><c> show</c><00:26:53.640><c> you</c><00:26:53.740><c> something</c> 00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:57.359 else<00:26:54.259><c> that</c><00:26:54.420><c> he</c><00:26:54.480><c> was</c><00:26:54.660><c> doing</c><00:26:54.880><c> too</c><00:26:55.180><c> in</c><00:26:55.299><c> his</c><00:26:55.559><c> choice</c><00:26:55.759><c> of</c><00:26:55.920><c> those</c><00:26:56.180><c> six</c><00:26:56.420><c> scriptures.</c> 00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:03.380 He<00:26:59.640><c> was</c><00:26:59.880><c> of</c><00:27:00.019><c> course</c><00:27:00.440><c> selecting</c><00:27:00.980><c> references,</c><00:27:01.740><c> I</c><00:27:01.900><c> don't</c><00:27:02.119><c> believe</c><00:27:02.380><c> just</c><00:27:02.619><c> at</c><00:27:02.859><c> random,</c><00:27:03.180><c> and</c><00:27:03.319><c> I</c> 00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:05.619 don't<00:27:03.640><c> believe</c><00:27:04.000><c> he</c><00:27:04.299><c> was</c><00:27:04.519><c> selecting</c><00:27:04.720><c> them</c><00:27:04.880><c> for</c><00:27:05.099><c> one</c><00:27:05.380><c> reason</c> 00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.259 above<00:27:05.859><c> another,</c> 00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:09.099 but<00:27:06.480><c> there</c><00:27:06.599><c> were</c><00:27:06.779><c> several</c><00:27:07.099><c> reasons</c><00:27:07.440><c> that</c><00:27:07.640><c> he</c><00:27:07.819><c> selected</c><00:27:08.119><c> them.</c> 00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:11.619 But<00:27:09.299><c> that</c><00:27:09.519><c> one</c><00:27:09.680><c> of</c><00:27:09.880><c> course</c><00:27:10.059><c> I</c><00:27:10.279><c> believe</c><00:27:10.500><c> is</c><00:27:10.700><c> the</c><00:27:10.880><c> primary</c><00:27:11.259><c> reason.</c> 00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:15.140 But<00:27:12.160><c> if</c><00:27:12.319><c> you</c><00:27:12.460><c> look</c><00:27:12.700><c> at</c><00:27:12.839><c> verse</c><00:27:13.180><c> 12</c><00:27:13.720><c> onwards</c><00:27:14.200><c> in</c><00:27:14.420><c> Romans</c><00:27:14.759><c> chapter</c> 00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:18.480 3,<00:27:15.500><c> down</c><00:27:15.660><c> to</c><00:27:15.799><c> verse</c><00:27:16.079><c> 18,</c><00:27:16.619><c> you'll</c><00:27:16.859><c> notice</c><00:27:17.200><c> that</c><00:27:17.380><c> he</c><00:27:17.500><c> describes</c> 00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:21.279 various<00:27:19.119><c> components</c><00:27:19.700><c> of</c><00:27:19.900><c> the</c><00:27:20.059><c> body.</c> 00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:26.539 Verse<00:27:21.880><c> 13,</c><00:27:22.519><c> the</c><00:27:22.680><c> throat,</c><00:27:23.599><c> the</c><00:27:23.779><c> tongue,</c><00:27:25.059><c> and</c><00:27:25.220><c> the</c><00:27:25.339><c> lips,</c><00:27:26.339><c> and</c> 00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:28.779 verse<00:27:26.740><c> 14,</c><00:27:27.559><c> the</c><00:27:27.700><c> mouth.</c> 00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:32.940 Verse<00:27:29.200><c> 15,</c><00:27:29.799><c> their</c><00:27:30.000><c> feet,</c><00:27:30.819><c> and</c><00:27:30.960><c> verse</c><00:27:31.240><c> 18,</c><00:27:31.700><c> their</c><00:27:31.900><c> eyes.</c> 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:38.180 So<00:27:34.519><c> he</c><00:27:34.720><c> is</c><00:27:35.000><c> describing,</c><00:27:36.799><c> you</c><00:27:37.099><c> might</c><00:27:37.259><c> say,</c><00:27:37.619><c> the</c><00:27:37.619><c> two</c><00:27:37.859><c> members,</c> 00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:40.839 one<00:27:38.519><c> member</c><00:27:38.819><c> of</c><00:27:39.119><c> action,</c><00:27:39.480><c> their</c><00:27:39.759><c> feet,</c><00:27:40.140><c> and</c><00:27:40.279><c> the</c><00:27:40.400><c> member</c><00:27:40.559><c> of</c> 00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.980 sensation,<00:27:41.380><c> their</c><00:27:41.579><c> eyes.</c> 00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:49.000 So<00:27:42.539><c> you've</c><00:27:42.799><c> got,</c><00:27:42.980><c> for</c><00:27:43.240><c> example,</c><00:27:44.279><c> in</c><00:27:44.400><c> this</c><00:27:44.619><c> description</c><00:27:45.019><c> of</c><00:27:45.160><c> the</c><00:27:45.299><c> apostle,</c><00:27:45.720><c> taken</c><00:27:46.000><c> from</c><00:27:46.200><c> the</c><00:27:46.380><c> six</c><00:27:46.599><c> references,</c><00:27:47.599><c> not</c><00:27:47.859><c> just</c><00:27:48.200><c> things</c><00:27:48.480><c> picked</c><00:27:48.740><c> at</c> 00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:50.539 random,<00:27:49.359><c> but</c><00:27:49.660><c> carefully</c><00:27:50.079><c> chosen.</c> 00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:54.900 So<00:27:51.119><c> let's</c><00:27:51.240><c> take</c><00:27:51.420><c> the</c><00:27:51.579><c> last</c><00:27:51.839><c> two</c><00:27:52.099><c> first.</c><00:27:52.799><c> The</c><00:27:53.160><c> eyes</c><00:27:53.420><c> are</c><00:27:53.720><c> a</c><00:27:53.859><c> member</c><00:27:54.039><c> of</c><00:27:54.319><c> sensation.</c> 00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:58.740 They<00:27:55.339><c> are</c><00:27:55.819><c> the</c><00:27:56.380><c> members</c><00:27:56.640><c> of</c><00:27:56.819><c> our</c><00:27:56.980><c> body</c><00:27:57.220><c> by</c><00:27:57.480><c> which</c><00:27:57.640><c> we</c><00:27:57.920><c> take</c><00:27:58.180><c> things</c><00:27:58.500><c> in,</c> 00:27:59.059 --> 00:28:02.859 and<00:27:59.059><c> they</c><00:27:59.940><c> sense</c><00:28:00.460><c> things,</c><00:28:01.519><c> and</c><00:28:01.680><c> they</c><00:28:01.980><c> discern</c><00:28:02.279><c> things,</c><00:28:02.579><c> they</c> 00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:05.740 see<00:28:03.279><c> things,</c><00:28:04.200><c> and</c><00:28:04.319><c> that's</c><00:28:04.779><c> translated</c><00:28:05.140><c> to</c><00:28:05.519><c> thoughts.</c> 00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:08.980 They<00:28:06.039><c> are</c><00:28:06.380><c> members</c><00:28:06.720><c> of</c><00:28:06.960><c> sensation.</c><00:28:07.900><c> The</c><00:28:08.180><c> feet</c><00:28:08.299><c> are</c><00:28:08.579><c> of</c><00:28:08.619><c> course</c> 00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:10.579 essentially<00:28:09.599><c> members</c><00:28:09.920><c> of</c><00:28:10.240><c> action.</c> 00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:14.220 So<00:28:11.119><c> the</c><00:28:11.299><c> eyes</c><00:28:11.579><c> and</c><00:28:11.759><c> the</c><00:28:12.000><c> feet</c><00:28:12.140><c> represent</c><00:28:12.660><c> the</c><00:28:12.900><c> total</c><00:28:13.220><c> man.</c> 00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:18.279 But<00:28:15.400><c> the</c><00:28:15.680><c> thing</c><00:28:15.940><c> that</c><00:28:16.119><c> comes</c><00:28:16.480><c> in</c><00:28:16.799><c> for</c><00:28:17.119><c> very</c><00:28:17.579><c> great</c><00:28:17.859><c> treatment</c> 00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:19.819 is<00:28:18.519><c> his</c><00:28:18.819><c> mouth.</c> 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:23.680 And<00:28:20.880><c> there</c><00:28:21.039><c> you've</c><00:28:21.319><c> got</c><00:28:21.480><c> four</c><00:28:21.880><c> things,</c><00:28:22.319><c> his</c><00:28:22.599><c> throat,</c><00:28:22.980><c> his</c><00:28:23.200><c> tongue,</c><00:28:23.500><c> his</c> 00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:25.460 lips,<00:28:23.960><c> and</c><00:28:24.119><c> his</c><00:28:24.339><c> mouth.</c> 00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:31.759 And<00:28:26.099><c> Paul</c><00:28:26.339><c> lays</c><00:28:26.680><c> heavy</c><00:28:27.079><c> emphasis</c><00:28:27.519><c> by</c><00:28:27.839><c> drawing</c><00:28:28.259><c> upon</c><00:28:28.559><c> those</c><00:28:28.880><c> references,</c><00:28:29.799><c> upon</c><00:28:30.019><c> the</c><00:28:30.299><c> mouth</c><00:28:30.619><c> of</c><00:28:30.900><c> man.</c> 00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:35.619 And<00:28:32.339><c> if</c><00:28:32.400><c> there</c><00:28:32.539><c> was</c><00:28:32.779><c> anything</c><00:28:33.400><c> that</c><00:28:33.640><c> was</c><00:28:34.420><c> open</c><00:28:34.799><c> with</c><00:28:35.099><c> the</c><00:28:35.359><c> Jews,</c><00:28:35.519><c> it</c> 00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:37.059 was<00:28:35.759><c> his</c><00:28:36.059><c> mouth.</c> 00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:40.539 Because<00:28:37.759><c> that's</c><00:28:38.099><c> what</c><00:28:38.240><c> he</c><00:28:38.440><c> made</c><00:28:38.640><c> great</c><00:28:39.019><c> boasts</c><00:28:39.480><c> about,</c><00:28:40.339><c> with</c> 00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.200 his<00:28:40.819><c> mouth.</c> 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:44.039 He<00:28:41.559><c> said</c><00:28:41.779><c> he</c><00:28:41.880><c> was</c><00:28:42.099><c> the</c><00:28:42.400><c> greatest.</c><00:28:42.779><c> He</c><00:28:42.940><c> said</c><00:28:43.160><c> he</c><00:28:43.339><c> kept</c><00:28:43.660><c> the</c><00:28:43.859><c> law</c> 00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:46.859 of<00:28:44.220><c> Moses.</c><00:28:44.819><c> He</c><00:28:44.920><c> said</c><00:28:45.119><c> everybody</c><00:28:45.460><c> else</c><00:28:45.700><c> was</c><00:28:45.920><c> unclean</c><00:28:46.339><c> but</c><00:28:46.519><c> him.</c> 00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:50.940 And<00:28:47.259><c> his</c><00:28:47.519><c> mouth</c><00:28:47.880><c> was</c><00:28:48.339><c> full</c><00:28:48.779><c> of</c><00:28:49.119><c> everything</c><00:28:49.420><c> else</c><00:28:49.660><c> that</c><00:28:49.819><c> was</c><00:28:50.180><c> true.</c> 00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:56.480 So<00:28:51.259><c> Paul</c><00:28:51.559><c> brings</c><00:28:51.920><c> forth</c><00:28:52.279><c> those</c><00:28:52.640><c> references</c><00:28:53.039><c> which</c><00:28:53.380><c> have</c><00:28:53.559><c> to</c><00:28:53.799><c> do</c><00:28:54.240><c> very</c><00:28:54.660><c> much</c><00:28:54.900><c> with</c><00:28:55.099><c> the</c><00:28:55.299><c> mouth,</c><00:28:55.519><c> and</c><00:28:55.660><c> then</c><00:28:55.880><c> speaks</c><00:28:56.119><c> about</c><00:28:56.339><c> a</c> 00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:58.440 man's<00:28:56.940><c> feet</c><00:28:57.079><c> and</c><00:28:57.200><c> his</c><00:28:57.500><c> eyes.</c> 00:28:59.140 --> 00:29:01.579 And<00:28:59.339><c> they</c><00:28:59.559><c> are</c><00:28:59.740><c> the</c><00:28:59.900><c> total</c><00:29:00.180><c> man.</c><00:29:00.839><c> That</c><00:29:00.980><c> is,</c><00:29:01.220><c> you're</c><00:29:01.299><c> members</c> 00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:03.539 of<00:29:01.779><c> sensation</c><00:29:02.299><c> and</c><00:29:02.460><c> you're</c><00:29:02.599><c> members</c><00:29:02.880><c> of</c><00:29:03.160><c> action.</c> 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:06.420 And<00:29:04.019><c> what</c><00:29:04.160><c> your</c><00:29:04.359><c> mouth</c><00:29:04.759><c> says.</c><00:29:05.400><c> And</c><00:29:05.579><c> out</c><00:29:05.660><c> of</c><00:29:05.759><c> the</c><00:29:05.980><c> abundance</c><00:29:06.240><c> of</c> 00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:08.759 the<00:29:06.660><c> heart,</c><00:29:07.059><c> says</c><00:29:07.140><c> Jesus,</c><00:29:07.619><c> the</c><00:29:07.819><c> mouth</c><00:29:08.200><c> speaks.</c> 00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:12.819 Out<00:29:09.680><c> of</c><00:29:10.319><c> the</c><00:29:10.460><c> abundance</c><00:29:10.759><c> of</c><00:29:10.980><c> the</c><00:29:11.339><c> heart.</c><00:29:11.839><c> Look</c><00:29:12.000><c> at</c><00:29:12.119><c> it.</c><00:29:12.619><c> The</c> 00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:14.339 mouth<00:29:13.220><c> speaks.</c> 00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:17.980 And<00:29:15.319><c> they</c><00:29:15.599><c> spoke</c><00:29:16.000><c> great,</c><00:29:16.960><c> swelling</c><00:29:16.960><c> words,</c><00:29:17.440><c> they</c><00:29:17.680><c> did.</c> 00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:23.000 And<00:29:18.539><c> Paul</c><00:29:18.759><c> brings</c><00:29:19.279><c> those</c><00:29:19.619><c> scriptures</c><00:29:19.940><c> to</c><00:29:20.299><c> bear,</c><00:29:21.019><c> particularly</c><00:29:21.400><c> upon</c><00:29:21.680><c> the</c><00:29:21.900><c> Jewish</c><00:29:22.180><c> mouth,</c><00:29:22.440><c> I</c><00:29:22.680><c> believe,</c> 00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:27.079 as<00:29:23.440><c> he</c><00:29:23.859><c> points</c><00:29:24.099><c> out</c><00:29:24.400><c> the</c><00:29:24.559><c> fact</c><00:29:24.740><c> that</c><00:29:25.059><c> all</c><00:29:25.400><c> men</c><00:29:25.880><c> had</c><00:29:26.220><c> gone</c><00:29:26.440><c> astray</c><00:29:26.839><c> from</c> 00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:29.059 God<00:29:27.380><c> and</c><00:29:27.720><c> needed</c><00:29:28.140><c> God.</c> 00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:32.920 Now,<00:29:31.140><c> let's</c><00:29:31.400><c> have</c><00:29:31.599><c> a</c><00:29:31.680><c> look</c><00:29:31.799><c> at</c><00:29:31.880><c> some</c><00:29:32.059><c> of</c><00:29:32.200><c> the</c><00:29:32.240><c> things</c><00:29:32.359><c> he</c><00:29:32.619><c> says</c> 00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:35.740 in<00:29:33.380><c> those</c><00:29:33.660><c> verses,</c><00:29:34.000><c> having</c><00:29:34.259><c> seen</c><00:29:34.519><c> them</c><00:29:34.660><c> in</c><00:29:34.759><c> an</c><00:29:34.980><c> overall</c><00:29:35.279><c> sense.</c> 00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:40.660 Now,<00:29:36.740><c> he</c><00:29:36.960><c> says</c><00:29:37.059><c> in</c><00:29:37.240><c> verse</c><00:29:37.539><c> 11</c><00:29:37.839><c> that</c><00:29:38.019><c> there</c><00:29:38.079><c> is</c><00:29:38.319><c> none</c><00:29:38.599><c> righteous,</c><00:29:40.079><c> basically</c> 00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:45.579 because<00:29:41.240><c> Psalm</c><00:29:41.500><c> 14</c><00:29:41.900><c> says,</c><00:29:42.859><c> none</c><00:29:43.400><c> seeketh</c><00:29:44.160><c> after</c><00:29:44.559><c> God.</c> 00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:50.059 Now,<00:29:46.680><c> that's</c><00:29:46.839><c> why</c><00:29:47.059><c> he's</c><00:29:47.279><c> not</c><00:29:47.539><c> righteous.</c><00:29:48.680><c> That's</c><00:29:49.119><c> a</c><00:29:49.160><c> simple</c><00:29:49.579><c> answer.</c> 00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:55.599 Because<00:29:50.680><c> he</c><00:29:50.859><c> does</c><00:29:51.299><c> not</c><00:29:51.640><c> seek</c><00:29:51.980><c> after</c><00:29:52.359><c> God,</c><00:29:52.880><c> in</c><00:29:53.160><c> whom</c><00:29:53.619><c> only</c><00:29:54.660><c> goodness</c><00:29:55.160><c> and</c> 00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:57.240 righteousness<00:29:56.019><c> reside.</c> 00:29:57.759 --> 00:30:00.980 Now,<00:29:58.019><c> if</c><00:29:58.220><c> a</c><00:29:58.319><c> man</c><00:29:58.500><c> doesn't</c><00:29:58.859><c> seek</c><00:29:59.180><c> after</c><00:29:59.480><c> God,</c><00:29:59.799><c> he's</c><00:30:00.079><c> got</c><00:30:00.240><c> no</c><00:30:00.519><c> hope</c><00:30:00.759><c> of</c> 00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.599 being<00:30:01.220><c> righteous.</c> 00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:06.099 You<00:30:02.180><c> take</c><00:30:02.539><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:03.680><c> 45,</c><00:30:04.519><c> for</c><00:30:04.720><c> example.</c> 00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:15.099 Now,<00:30:11.680><c> here's</c><00:30:12.240><c> a</c><00:30:12.420><c> very,</c><00:30:12.759><c> very</c><00:30:13.240><c> important</c><00:30:13.960><c> reference.</c> 00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:35.799 In<00:30:27.660><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:28.279><c> 45,</c><00:30:29.400><c> verses</c><00:30:29.720><c> 24</c><00:30:30.380><c> and</c><00:30:30.579><c> 25,</c><00:30:34.160><c> Surely</c><00:30:34.619><c> shall</c><00:30:34.980><c> one</c><00:30:35.339><c> say,</c> 00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:38.880 In<00:30:36.299><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:37.000><c> have</c><00:30:37.240><c> I</c><00:30:37.500><c> righteousness</c><00:30:38.019><c> and</c><00:30:38.359><c> strength,</c> 00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:42.740 even<00:30:39.579><c> to</c><00:30:39.880><c> him</c><00:30:40.140><c> shall</c><00:30:40.339><c> men</c><00:30:40.640><c> come,</c><00:30:41.759><c> and</c><00:30:41.859><c> all</c><00:30:42.099><c> that</c><00:30:42.240><c> are</c><00:30:42.400><c> incensed</c> 00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:44.279 against<00:30:43.039><c> him</c><00:30:43.319><c> shall</c><00:30:43.480><c> be</c><00:30:43.680><c> ashamed.</c> 00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:48.880 In<00:30:45.180><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:46.039><c> shall</c><00:30:46.400><c> all</c><00:30:46.940><c> the</c><00:30:47.200><c> seed</c><00:30:47.380><c> of</c><00:30:47.500><c> Israel</c><00:30:47.920><c> be</c><00:30:48.259><c> justified</c> 00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:50.700 and<00:30:49.480><c> shall</c><00:30:49.720><c> glory.</c> 00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:56.619 Now,<00:30:51.140><c> look</c><00:30:51.200><c> what</c><00:30:51.319><c> they're</c><00:30:51.559><c> saying.</c><00:30:52.619><c> In</c><00:30:52.720><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:53.440><c> have</c><00:30:53.700><c> I</c><00:30:54.000><c> righteousness</c><00:30:54.559><c> and</c><00:30:55.519><c> strength.</c> 00:30:57.960 --> 00:31:00.779 In<00:30:58.259><c> no</c><00:30:58.519><c> other,</c><00:30:58.740><c> in</c><00:30:58.920><c> other</c><00:30:59.099><c> words.</c><00:30:59.720><c> In</c><00:30:59.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:00.380><c> alone.</c> 00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:05.420 And<00:31:01.299><c> then</c><00:31:01.400><c> he</c><00:31:01.500><c> says,</c><00:31:02.200><c> even</c><00:31:02.500><c> to</c><00:31:03.000><c> him</c><00:31:03.359><c> shall</c><00:31:03.599><c> men</c><00:31:03.900><c> come.</c><00:31:04.500><c> Who?</c> 00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:09.259 They're<00:31:06.039><c> going</c><00:31:06.119><c> to</c><00:31:06.339><c> come</c><00:31:06.619><c> to</c><00:31:06.900><c> one</c><00:31:07.640><c> against</c><00:31:08.480><c> whom</c><00:31:08.759><c> those</c><00:31:09.099><c> who</c> 00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:10.920 have<00:31:09.400><c> been</c><00:31:09.720><c> incensed</c><00:31:10.019><c> shall</c><00:31:10.240><c> be</c><00:31:10.500><c> ashamed.</c> 00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:14.420 Now,<00:31:11.599><c> who</c><00:31:11.799><c> are</c><00:31:11.960><c> those</c><00:31:12.480><c> who</c><00:31:12.720><c> were</c><00:31:13.059><c> incensed</c><00:31:13.440><c> against</c><00:31:13.880><c> the</c><00:31:14.119><c> one</c> 00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:16.279 who<00:31:14.839><c> ultimately</c><00:31:15.339><c> will</c><00:31:15.660><c> be</c><00:31:15.819><c> ashamed?</c> 00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:20.359 The<00:31:16.759><c> one</c><00:31:16.920><c> was</c><00:31:17.160><c> the</c><00:31:17.220><c> Lord</c><00:31:17.440><c> Jesus</c><00:31:17.859><c> Christ.</c><00:31:18.940><c> Those</c><00:31:19.299><c> who</c><00:31:19.579><c> crucified</c><00:31:20.039><c> him</c><00:31:20.200><c> were</c> 00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:21.619 those<00:31:20.579><c> who</c><00:31:20.700><c> were</c><00:31:20.900><c> incensed</c><00:31:21.220><c> against</c><00:31:21.440><c> him,</c> 00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:26.359 and<00:31:21.720><c> they're</c><00:31:21.920><c> going</c><00:31:22.039><c> to</c><00:31:22.119><c> be</c><00:31:22.359><c> ashamed.</c><00:31:23.099><c> Now,</c><00:31:23.299><c> that</c><00:31:23.640><c> one</c><00:31:24.019><c> was</c><00:31:24.339><c> the</c><00:31:24.619><c> righteousness</c><00:31:25.059><c> of</c><00:31:25.400><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:29.539 Now,<00:31:27.019><c> that</c><00:31:27.279><c> reference</c><00:31:27.680><c> is</c><00:31:27.940><c> quoted</c><00:31:28.240><c> by</c><00:31:28.500><c> the</c><00:31:28.720><c> apostle</c><00:31:29.000><c> Paul</c><00:31:29.339><c> in</c> 00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:31.420 Philippians<00:31:30.039><c> chapter</c><00:31:30.380><c> 2.</c> 00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:36.440 Being<00:31:32.200><c> found</c><00:31:32.559><c> in</c><00:31:32.859><c> fashion</c><00:31:33.140><c> as</c><00:31:33.440><c> a</c><00:31:33.640><c> man,</c><00:31:35.579><c> he</c><00:31:35.779><c> humbled</c><00:31:36.079><c> himself</c> 00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:38.740 and<00:31:36.660><c> became</c><00:31:36.960><c> obedient</c><00:31:37.420><c> unto</c><00:31:37.759><c> death.</c> 00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:41.880 Wherefore<00:31:39.319><c> God</c><00:31:39.660><c> hath</c><00:31:39.920><c> highly</c><00:31:40.339><c> exalted</c><00:31:40.740><c> him</c><00:31:40.980><c> and</c><00:31:41.140><c> given</c><00:31:41.380><c> him</c> 00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.599 the<00:31:42.240><c> name,</c> 00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:45.359 the<00:31:43.000><c> Greek</c><00:31:43.259><c> has</c><00:31:43.500><c> the</c><00:31:43.680><c> original,</c><00:31:44.160><c> the</c><00:31:44.299><c> authorised</c><00:31:44.640><c> doesn't</c><00:31:44.900><c> show</c><00:31:45.119><c> it,</c><00:31:45.299><c> it</c> 00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:45.980 should<00:31:45.519><c> be</c><00:31:45.740><c> there,</c> 00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:50.480 has<00:31:46.380><c> given</c><00:31:46.579><c> him</c><00:31:46.940><c> the</c><00:31:47.299><c> name,</c><00:31:47.960><c> which</c><00:31:48.180><c> is</c><00:31:48.460><c> above</c><00:31:48.920><c> every</c><00:31:49.640><c> name,</c><00:31:50.259><c> that</c><00:31:50.339><c> at</c> 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:52.460 the<00:31:50.599><c> name</c><00:31:50.839><c> of</c><00:31:51.019><c> Jesus</c><00:31:51.400><c> every</c><00:31:51.819><c> knee</c><00:31:52.019><c> should</c><00:31:52.259><c> bow</c> 00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:55.559 and<00:31:52.619><c> every</c><00:31:52.900><c> tongue</c><00:31:53.099><c> should</c><00:31:53.400><c> swear,</c><00:31:53.799><c> verse</c><00:31:54.099><c> 23.</c> 00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:58.799 Every<00:31:56.920><c> knee</c><00:31:57.160><c> should</c><00:31:57.380><c> bow</c><00:31:57.660><c> and</c><00:31:57.819><c> every</c><00:31:58.079><c> tongue</c><00:31:58.259><c> shall</c><00:31:58.539><c> swear,</c> 00:31:58.900 --> 00:32:00.559 that's<00:31:59.200><c> Paul's</c><00:31:59.559><c> quotation,</c> 00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:07.700 that<00:32:03.220><c> the</c><00:32:03.900><c> Lord</c><00:32:04.200><c> Jesus</c><00:32:04.660><c> Christ</c><00:32:05.099><c> is</c><00:32:05.880><c> power</c><00:32:06.259><c> to</c><00:32:06.579><c> the</c><00:32:06.900><c> glory</c><00:32:07.359><c> of</c> 00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:10.200 the<00:32:07.900><c> Father,</c><00:32:08.640><c> is</c><00:32:08.839><c> Paul's</c><00:32:09.240><c> quotation.</c> 00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:13.359 Every<00:32:10.740><c> knee</c><00:32:11.059><c> should</c><00:32:11.420><c> bow</c><00:32:11.680><c> and</c><00:32:11.859><c> every</c><00:32:12.420><c> tongue</c><00:32:12.640><c> should</c><00:32:12.980><c> swear</c> 00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:19.359 that<00:32:14.079><c> Jesus</c><00:32:14.740><c> Christ</c><00:32:15.259><c> is</c><00:32:15.599><c> Lord</c><00:32:16.079><c> to</c><00:32:17.000><c> the</c><00:32:17.559><c> glory</c><00:32:18.000><c> of</c><00:32:18.279><c> God</c><00:32:18.619><c> the</c><00:32:18.880><c> Father.</c> 00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:24.039 So<00:32:19.900><c> in</c><00:32:20.420><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:21.079><c> shall</c><00:32:21.480><c> I</c><00:32:21.720><c> have</c><00:32:21.940><c> strength</c><00:32:22.299><c> as</c><00:32:22.579><c> one</c><00:32:22.819><c> and</c><00:32:23.079><c> in</c><00:32:23.339><c> righteousness,</c><00:32:23.920><c> and</c> 00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:25.980 they<00:32:24.200><c> shall</c><00:32:24.339><c> come</c><00:32:24.680><c> to</c><00:32:24.880><c> him</c><00:32:25.299><c> for</c><00:32:25.599><c> it.</c> 00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:31.940 That's<00:32:26.779><c> what</c><00:32:26.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:27.339><c> 45</c><00:32:27.940><c> is</c><00:32:28.200><c> saying.</c><00:32:28.839><c> Now,</c><00:32:29.559><c> in</c><00:32:29.799><c> Romans</c><00:32:30.259><c> chapter</c><00:32:30.720><c> 3,</c> 00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:34.799 they<00:32:32.160><c> weren't</c><00:32:32.779><c> seeking</c><00:32:33.200><c> after</c><00:32:33.619><c> God's</c><00:32:34.119><c> righteousness</c><00:32:34.440><c> in</c><00:32:34.680><c> the</c> 00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:37.700 Lord<00:32:34.980><c> Jesus</c><00:32:35.380><c> Christ,</c><00:32:35.960><c> however</c><00:32:36.220><c> could</c><00:32:36.400><c> they</c><00:32:36.619><c> hope</c><00:32:36.839><c> to</c><00:32:37.059><c> find</c><00:32:37.279><c> it.</c> 00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:44.259 They<00:32:38.559><c> never</c><00:32:38.920><c> could.</c><00:32:40.119><c> So</c><00:32:40.420><c> consequently,</c><00:32:41.640><c> as</c><00:32:41.799><c> far</c><00:32:41.980><c> as</c><00:32:42.039><c> they</c><00:32:42.279><c> were</c><00:32:42.440><c> concerned,</c><00:32:42.839><c> they</c><00:32:42.980><c> were</c><00:32:43.299><c> all</c><00:32:43.640><c> unclean,</c> 00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:46.880 all<00:32:44.759><c> were</c><00:32:44.960><c> out</c><00:32:45.019><c> of</c><00:32:45.160><c> the</c><00:32:45.319><c> way.</c><00:32:45.720><c> There</c><00:32:45.720><c> was</c><00:32:46.039><c> none</c><00:32:46.259><c> righteous,</c> 00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:48.559 no,<00:32:47.880><c> not</c><00:32:48.200><c> one.</c> 00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:55.619 Paul<00:32:49.440><c> says</c><00:32:49.960><c> in</c><00:32:51.160><c> verse</c><00:32:51.480><c> 12,</c><00:32:52.359><c> they</c><00:32:52.519><c> are</c><00:32:52.839><c> together</c><00:32:53.339><c> become</c><00:32:53.839><c> unprofitable,</c><00:32:55.460><c> they</c> 00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.279 are<00:32:55.880><c> together.</c> 00:32:56.440 --> 00:33:00.640 The<00:32:56.599><c> Greeks</c><00:32:56.920><c> have</c><00:32:57.579><c> altogether,</c><00:32:58.740><c> that</c><00:32:58.940><c> is</c><00:32:59.200><c> the</c><00:32:59.500><c> mass</c><00:32:59.759><c> of</c><00:33:00.059><c> mankind.</c> 00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:07.140 He<00:33:01.099><c> doesn't</c><00:33:01.380><c> exclude</c><00:33:01.799><c> one</c><00:33:02.160><c> class</c><00:33:02.440><c> above</c><00:33:02.680><c> another,</c><00:33:03.579><c> altogether</c><00:33:04.440><c> they</c><00:33:04.960><c> are</c><00:33:05.339><c> unprofitable.</c> 00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:10.859 He's<00:33:07.660><c> quoting</c><00:33:07.839><c> Psalm</c><00:33:08.279><c> 14,</c><00:33:08.940><c> Paul's</c><00:33:09.500><c> word</c><00:33:09.839><c> in</c><00:33:10.180><c> the</c><00:33:10.380><c> Greek</c><00:33:10.539><c> means</c> 00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.920 to<00:33:11.099><c> render</c><00:33:11.380><c> useless.</c> 00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:16.440 Psalm<00:33:12.599><c> 14</c><00:33:13.099><c> uses</c><00:33:13.460><c> a</c><00:33:13.839><c> stronger</c><00:33:14.339><c> Hebrew</c><00:33:14.700><c> word,</c><00:33:15.200><c> says</c><00:33:15.200><c> they</c><00:33:15.420><c> are</c><00:33:15.619><c> filthy.</c> 00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:20.400 Because<00:33:17.660><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:18.119><c> the</c><00:33:18.319><c> prophet</c><00:33:18.519><c> went</c><00:33:18.700><c> on</c><00:33:18.900><c> to</c><00:33:19.079><c> say</c><00:33:19.240><c> that</c><00:33:19.680><c> men's</c> 00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:22.819 righteousness<00:33:20.819><c> is</c><00:33:21.200><c> as</c><00:33:21.559><c> filthy</c><00:33:21.859><c> rags.</c> 00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:27.119 And<00:33:23.440><c> altogether</c><00:33:24.420><c> men's</c><00:33:25.599><c> righteousness</c><00:33:26.079><c> is</c><00:33:26.559><c> filthy,</c><00:33:26.940><c> they</c> 00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:28.920 are<00:33:27.319><c> unprofitable.</c> 00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:36.640 And<00:33:29.420><c> then</c><00:33:29.519><c> he</c><00:33:29.640><c> speaks</c><00:33:29.940><c> about</c><00:33:30.279><c> that</c><00:33:31.160><c> little</c><00:33:31.480><c> member,</c><00:33:33.140><c> that</c><00:33:33.319><c> throat</c><00:33:33.559><c> like</c><00:33:33.900><c> a</c><00:33:34.240><c> yawning</c><00:33:34.799><c> sepulchre,</c><00:33:36.079><c> like</c><00:33:36.380><c> a</c> 00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:37.700 yawning<00:33:37.119><c> grave.</c> 00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:42.400 You<00:33:38.700><c> just</c><00:33:39.039><c> imagine,</c><00:33:39.660><c> the</c><00:33:39.759><c> Jewish</c><00:33:40.079><c> throat,</c><00:33:40.799><c> as</c><00:33:41.019><c> the</c><00:33:41.119><c> Lord</c><00:33:41.319><c> Jesus</c><00:33:41.819><c> Christ</c><00:33:42.240><c> told</c> 00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:43.559 the<00:33:42.619><c> scribes</c><00:33:42.920><c> and</c><00:33:43.160><c> Pharisees,</c> 00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:48.740 they<00:33:43.740><c> were</c><00:33:44.000><c> like</c><00:33:44.500><c> whited</c><00:33:44.799><c> sepulchres.</c><00:33:46.279><c> Sure</c><00:33:46.519><c> they</c><00:33:46.740><c> were,</c><00:33:46.940><c> they</c><00:33:47.059><c> were</c><00:33:47.359><c> inside,</c><00:33:47.960><c> they</c><00:33:47.960><c> were</c><00:33:48.220><c> full</c><00:33:48.480><c> of</c> 00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.579 dead<00:33:48.960><c> men's</c><00:33:49.359><c> bones.</c> 00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:52.700 And<00:33:50.079><c> their</c><00:33:50.220><c> mouth</c><00:33:50.519><c> opened</c><00:33:51.000><c> wide</c><00:33:51.319><c> to</c><00:33:51.720><c> swallow</c><00:33:52.059><c> up</c><00:33:52.299><c> all</c><00:33:52.480><c> their</c> 00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:55.359 victims<00:33:53.000><c> and</c><00:33:53.440><c> to</c><00:33:53.759><c> cast</c><00:33:53.980><c> them</c><00:33:54.099><c> into</c><00:33:54.259><c> the</c><00:33:54.559><c> grave</c><00:33:54.799><c> of</c><00:33:55.039><c> their</c> 00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:56.380 black<00:33:55.599><c> insides.</c> 00:33:56.559 --> 00:34:01.480 Their<00:33:56.839><c> mouth</c><00:33:57.160><c> was</c><00:33:57.400><c> an</c><00:33:57.700><c> open</c><00:33:58.039><c> sepulchre.</c><00:33:59.240><c> And</c><00:33:59.440><c> the</c><00:33:59.640><c> Jewish</c><00:33:59.900><c> mouth</c><00:34:00.299><c> hounded</c><00:34:00.799><c> Paul</c><00:34:01.200><c> all</c> 00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.339 over<00:34:01.799><c> the</c><00:34:02.059><c> world</c> 00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:05.839 to<00:34:02.740><c> deny</c><00:34:03.099><c> his</c><00:34:03.400><c> doctrine</c><00:34:03.700><c> of</c><00:34:03.880><c> the</c><00:34:03.980><c> grace</c><00:34:04.220><c> of</c><00:34:04.460><c> God</c><00:34:04.740><c> and</c><00:34:05.240><c> yawned</c> 00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:07.680 wide<00:34:06.039><c> open</c><00:34:06.299><c> and</c><00:34:06.680><c> swallowed</c><00:34:07.000><c> its</c><00:34:07.279><c> victims.</c> 00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:10.440 Their<00:34:08.320><c> throat</c><00:34:08.639><c> was</c><00:34:08.900><c> an</c><00:34:09.139><c> open</c><00:34:09.579><c> sepulchre.</c> 00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:13.699 He<00:34:10.960><c> says,</c><00:34:11.920><c> with</c><00:34:12.019><c> their</c><00:34:12.340><c> tongues</c><00:34:12.599><c> they</c><00:34:12.760><c> have</c><00:34:13.000><c> used</c><00:34:13.280><c> the</c><00:34:13.519><c> seat</c> 00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:17.559 and<00:34:13.940><c> the</c><00:34:14.280><c> poison</c><00:34:14.800><c> of</c><00:34:15.320><c> ass</c><00:34:15.519><c> is</c><00:34:15.860><c> under</c><00:34:16.360><c> their</c><00:34:16.719><c> lips.</c> 00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:24.679 You<00:34:19.280><c> know,</c><00:34:19.460><c> it's</c><00:34:19.579><c> not</c><00:34:19.739><c> without</c><00:34:20.019><c> significance</c><00:34:20.659><c> that</c><00:34:21.500><c> the</c><00:34:21.719><c> scripture</c><00:34:21.980><c> speaks</c><00:34:22.380><c> quite</c><00:34:23.280><c> fluently</c><00:34:23.699><c> about</c><00:34:24.099><c> the</c> 00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.639 poison<00:34:25.059><c> of</c><00:34:25.380><c> ass,</c> 00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:29.000 the<00:34:25.960><c> poison</c><00:34:26.300><c> of</c><00:34:26.659><c> snakes</c><00:34:26.980><c> being</c><00:34:27.599><c> under</c><00:34:27.880><c> the</c><00:34:28.280><c> lips</c><00:34:28.460><c> or</c><00:34:28.659><c> in</c><00:34:28.940><c> the</c> 00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:30.460 tongue<00:34:29.300><c> of</c><00:34:29.780><c> humankind.</c> 00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:36.860 Because<00:34:31.099><c> you</c><00:34:31.320><c> know,</c><00:34:31.400><c> when</c><00:34:31.559><c> you</c><00:34:31.699><c> think</c><00:34:31.900><c> about</c><00:34:32.159><c> it,</c><00:34:34.639><c> in</c><00:34:34.760><c> the</c><00:34:34.920><c> very</c><00:34:35.360><c> first</c><00:34:35.780><c> instance</c><00:34:36.360><c> it</c> 00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:39.599 was<00:34:37.159><c> a</c><00:34:37.440><c> serpent</c><00:34:37.880><c> that</c><00:34:38.900><c> stung,</c> 00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:42.599 you<00:34:40.159><c> might</c><00:34:40.460><c> say,</c><00:34:41.159><c> Adam</c><00:34:41.360><c> and</c><00:34:41.500><c> Eve</c><00:34:41.599><c> to</c><00:34:41.860><c> death,</c><00:34:42.119><c> wasn't</c><00:34:42.320><c> it?</c> 00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:47.079 It<00:34:42.860><c> was</c><00:34:43.059><c> the</c><00:34:43.539><c> poisonous</c><00:34:44.059><c> words</c><00:34:44.619><c> of</c><00:34:44.820><c> that</c><00:34:45.139><c> serpent</c><00:34:45.659><c> that</c><00:34:46.539><c> brought</c><00:34:46.739><c> about</c> 00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:49.199 the<00:34:47.420><c> downfall</c><00:34:48.139><c> of</c><00:34:48.659><c> Adam</c><00:34:48.900><c> and</c><00:34:49.079><c> Eve.</c> 00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:52.719 Not<00:34:49.679><c> that</c><00:34:49.920><c> the</c><00:34:50.159><c> serpent</c><00:34:50.599><c> was</c><00:34:51.500><c> intrinsically</c><00:34:52.099><c> evil,</c><00:34:52.360><c> we</c><00:34:52.539><c> know</c> 00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:53.739 he<00:34:52.920><c> wasn't.</c> 00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:57.059 But<00:34:54.260><c> symbolically,</c><00:34:55.000><c> as</c><00:34:55.159><c> a</c><00:34:55.260><c> symbol</c><00:34:55.519><c> of</c><00:34:55.820><c> sin,</c><00:34:56.039><c> it</c><00:34:56.079><c> was</c><00:34:56.300><c> the</c><00:34:56.599><c> poison</c><00:34:56.880><c> of</c> 00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:58.219 that<00:34:57.380><c> serpent's</c><00:34:57.900><c> lie</c> 00:34:58.219 --> 00:35:00.840 that<00:34:58.659><c> infected</c><00:34:59.260><c> the</c><00:34:59.539><c> man</c><00:34:59.719><c> and</c><00:34:59.820><c> woman</c><00:35:00.059><c> and</c><00:35:00.400><c> brought</c><00:35:00.559><c> about</c> 00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:01.659 their<00:35:01.219><c> death.</c> 00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:07.079 And<00:35:02.039><c> you</c><00:35:02.099><c> know,</c><00:35:02.440><c> brethren</c><00:35:02.619><c> and</c><00:35:02.880><c> sisters,</c><00:35:03.300><c> ever</c><00:35:03.659><c> since</c><00:35:03.940><c> that</c><00:35:04.260><c> time,</c><00:35:04.760><c> man's</c><00:35:05.320><c> tongue</c><00:35:05.460><c> has</c><00:35:05.719><c> been</c><00:35:05.820><c> like</c><00:35:06.079><c> a</c><00:35:06.280><c> snake.</c> 00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:10.960 You<00:35:08.699><c> take</c><00:35:08.860><c> James</c><00:35:09.260><c> chapter</c><00:35:09.559><c> 3.</c> 00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:15.179 And<00:35:12.159><c> I</c><00:35:12.280><c> think</c><00:35:12.380><c> it's</c><00:35:12.679><c> poetic</c><00:35:12.960><c> justice</c><00:35:13.420><c> really</c><00:35:14.340><c> that</c><00:35:14.679><c> all</c><00:35:14.940><c> of</c><00:35:15.039><c> us</c> 00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:18.440 are<00:35:15.380><c> found</c><00:35:15.639><c> today</c><00:35:16.119><c> with</c><00:35:16.380><c> a</c><00:35:16.599><c> tongue</c><00:35:16.760><c> just</c><00:35:17.000><c> like</c><00:35:17.219><c> a</c><00:35:17.460><c> snake.</c> 00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:22.719 We<00:35:18.920><c> can't</c><00:35:19.360><c> resist</c><00:35:20.119><c> stinging</c><00:35:20.960><c> people</c><00:35:21.360><c> with</c><00:35:21.559><c> its</c><00:35:21.800><c> poison.</c> 00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:26.119 And<00:35:23.940><c> James</c><00:35:24.219><c> makes</c><00:35:24.579><c> that</c><00:35:24.940><c> point.</c> 00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:32.980 In<00:35:29.400><c> the</c><00:35:29.679><c> third</c><00:35:29.900><c> chapter</c><00:35:30.239><c> of</c><00:35:30.440><c> James,</c><00:35:30.940><c> in</c><00:35:31.179><c> verse</c><00:35:31.440><c> 7,</c> 00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:38.000 for<00:35:35.059><c> every</c><00:35:35.440><c> kind</c><00:35:35.900><c> of</c><00:35:36.219><c> beast</c><00:35:36.500><c> and</c><00:35:36.679><c> of</c><00:35:36.920><c> birds</c><00:35:37.179><c> and</c><00:35:37.340><c> of</c><00:35:37.639><c> serpents</c> 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:40.480 and<00:35:38.159><c> of</c><00:35:38.360><c> things</c><00:35:38.539><c> in</c><00:35:38.679><c> the</c><00:35:38.880><c> sea</c><00:35:38.980><c> is</c><00:35:39.500><c> tamed</c><00:35:39.579><c> and</c><00:35:39.739><c> has</c><00:35:39.920><c> been</c><00:35:40.219><c> tamed</c> 00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:42.219 by<00:35:40.880><c> mankind.</c> 00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:45.659 And<00:35:42.760><c> the</c><00:35:42.840><c> word</c><00:35:43.039><c> kind</c><00:35:43.440><c> there</c><00:35:43.699><c> is</c><00:35:43.920><c> the</c><00:35:44.139><c> same</c><00:35:44.519><c> in</c><00:35:44.840><c> both</c><00:35:45.139><c> instances.</c> 00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:49.900 But<00:35:46.480><c> the</c><00:35:46.860><c> tongue</c><00:35:47.039><c> can</c><00:35:47.420><c> no</c><00:35:47.639><c> man</c><00:35:47.920><c> tame.</c><00:35:48.500><c> It</c><00:35:48.500><c> is</c><00:35:48.699><c> an</c><00:35:48.900><c> unruly</c><00:35:49.460><c> evil</c> 00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:52.440 full<00:35:50.639><c> of</c><00:35:50.960><c> deadly</c><00:35:51.480><c> poison.</c> 00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:56.059 And<00:35:53.139><c> it</c><00:35:53.219><c> seems</c><00:35:53.579><c> to</c><00:35:53.860><c> me,</c><00:35:54.440><c> poetic</c><00:35:54.760><c> justice,</c><00:35:55.460><c> that</c><00:35:55.619><c> man</c><00:35:55.900><c> should</c> 00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:59.400 have<00:35:56.320><c> adopted</c><00:35:56.599><c> in</c><00:35:56.820><c> the</c><00:35:56.960><c> first</c><00:35:57.260><c> instance</c><00:35:57.840><c> that</c><00:35:58.460><c> poisonous</c><00:35:58.980><c> lie</c> 00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:03.559 and<00:35:59.619><c> has</c><00:35:59.880><c> ever</c><00:36:00.460><c> since</c><00:36:01.139><c> found</c><00:36:02.019><c> himself</c><00:36:02.460><c> with</c><00:36:02.780><c> a</c><00:36:02.960><c> tongue</c><00:36:03.219><c> full</c> 00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:05.300 of<00:36:03.860><c> poisonous</c><00:36:04.260><c> lies.</c> 00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:08.400 Now<00:36:05.619><c> you</c><00:36:05.679><c> might</c><00:36:05.900><c> say,</c><00:36:06.239><c> well,</c><00:36:06.380><c> I</c><00:36:06.500><c> don't</c><00:36:06.760><c> tell</c><00:36:06.920><c> poisonous</c><00:36:07.420><c> lies,</c> 00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:09.579 don't<00:36:08.760><c> you?</c> 00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:10.679 Well,<00:36:10.079><c> I</c><00:36:10.340><c> do.</c> 00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:16.239 I<00:36:11.739><c> might</c><00:36:12.059><c> not</c><00:36:12.340><c> tell</c><00:36:12.559><c> big</c><00:36:13.019><c> lies,</c><00:36:14.400><c> but</c><00:36:14.579><c> we</c><00:36:14.880><c> tell</c><00:36:15.039><c> what</c><00:36:15.219><c> we</c><00:36:15.519><c> sometimes</c><00:36:15.900><c> call</c> 00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:19.760 white<00:36:16.639><c> ones,</c><00:36:18.039><c> whatever</c><00:36:18.360><c> they</c><00:36:18.599><c> are.</c> 00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:23.920 We<00:36:21.739><c> tell</c><00:36:21.960><c> all</c><00:36:22.219><c> sorts</c><00:36:22.500><c> of</c><00:36:22.760><c> fibs</c><00:36:23.079><c> that</c><00:36:23.239><c> we</c><00:36:23.300><c> don't</c><00:36:23.559><c> sometimes</c> 00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:26.059 realise<00:36:24.260><c> we're</c><00:36:24.780><c> telling</c><00:36:25.079><c> them.</c> 00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:29.860 Some<00:36:26.320><c> of</c><00:36:26.420><c> them</c><00:36:26.500><c> are</c><00:36:26.760><c> poisonous.</c><00:36:27.400><c> 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hear</c><00:36:40.179><c> something</c><00:36:40.460><c> go</c><00:36:40.679><c> wrong</c><00:36:40.900><c> in</c><00:36:41.019><c> his</c><00:36:41.300><c> life.</c> 00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:44.059 And<00:36:42.239><c> instead</c><00:36:42.480><c> of</c><00:36:42.579><c> telling</c><00:36:42.800><c> the</c><00:36:43.179><c> truth</c><00:36:43.360><c> about</c><00:36:43.559><c> what's</c><00:36:43.900><c> wrong,</c> 00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:46.199 we<00:36:44.239><c> might</c><00:36:44.539><c> tell</c><00:36:44.739><c> the</c><00:36:45.159><c> truth</c><00:36:45.420><c> about</c><00:36:45.719><c> it.</c> 00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:50.179 But<00:36:46.579><c> we</c><00:36:47.260><c> slant</c><00:36:47.659><c> it</c><00:36:47.780><c> in</c><00:36:47.960><c> a</c><00:36:48.099><c> certain</c><00:36:48.300><c> direction</c><00:36:48.880><c> and</c><00:36:49.360><c> emphasise</c> 00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:52.059 a<00:36:50.400><c> certain</c><00:36:50.659><c> aspect</c><00:36:51.159><c> of</c><00:36:51.300><c> what</c><00:36:51.440><c> he's</c><00:36:51.639><c> done</c><00:36:51.840><c> wrong</c> 00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:56.920 just<00:36:52.260><c> to</c><00:36:52.460><c> add</c><00:36:52.920><c> a</c><00:36:53.380><c> touch</c><00:36:53.539><c> of</c><00:36:53.820><c> poison</c><00:36:54.139><c> to</c><00:36:54.360><c> it</c><00:36:54.760><c> in</c><00:36:55.059><c> the</c><00:36:55.320><c> hope</c><00:36:55.760><c> that</c> 00:36:56.920 --> 00:37:00.619 the<00:36:57.139><c> ear</c><00:36:57.340><c> into</c><00:36:57.559><c> which</c><00:36:57.739><c> it</c><00:36:57.840><c> is</c><00:36:57.940><c> going</c><00:36:58.239><c> will</c><00:36:58.500><c> be</c><00:36:58.760><c> infected</c> 00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:04.920 with<00:37:01.239><c> views</c><00:37:01.480><c> towards</c><00:37:01.840><c> that</c><00:37:02.079><c> brother</c><00:37:02.400><c> who</c><00:37:03.219><c> hasn't</c><00:37:03.460><c> done</c><00:37:03.659><c> that.</c> 00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:08.500 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like</c><00:37:16.400><c> that.</c> 00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:18.900 It's<00:37:16.960><c> a</c><00:37:17.219><c> deadly</c><00:37:17.599><c> weapon.</c><00:37:17.980><c> It</c><00:37:18.400><c> really</c><00:37:18.739><c> is.</c> 00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:21.679 And<00:37:19.119><c> yet,</c><00:37:19.460><c> in</c><00:37:19.500><c> the</c><00:37:19.739><c> very</c><00:37:20.179><c> first</c><00:37:20.539><c> instance,</c><00:37:20.940><c> that's</c><00:37:21.480><c> the</c><00:37:21.480><c> sort</c> 00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:24.019 of<00:37:21.900><c> doctrine</c><00:37:22.119><c> he</c><00:37:22.420><c> accepted</c><00:37:22.659><c> out</c><00:37:22.860><c> of</c><00:37:22.960><c> the</c><00:37:23.219><c> mouth</c><00:37:23.380><c> of</c><00:37:23.559><c> the</c><00:37:23.739><c> serpent</c> 00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:27.320 and<00:37:24.460><c> has</c><00:37:24.659><c> ever</c><00:37:24.960><c> since</c><00:37:25.239><c> grown</c><00:37:25.460><c> up</c><00:37:25.659><c> with</c><00:37:25.820><c> a</c><00:37:25.960><c> mouth</c><00:37:26.159><c> like</c><00:37:26.340><c> the</c><00:37:26.579><c> serpent.</c> 00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:29.780 And,<00:37:27.659><c> you</c><00:37:27.739><c> know,</c><00:37:28.059><c> Paul</c><00:37:28.199><c> is</c><00:37:28.480><c> quite</c><00:37:28.840><c> right</c><00:37:29.000><c> in</c><00:37:29.139><c> his</c><00:37:29.320><c> quotation,</c> 00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:32.820 the<00:37:30.400><c> poison</c><00:37:30.800><c> of</c><00:37:31.239><c> acts</c><00:37:31.599><c> is</c><00:37:32.000><c> under</c><00:37:32.199><c> their</c><00:37:32.500><c> lips.</c> 00:37:32.820 --> 00:37:36.940 And<00:37:33.719><c> out</c><00:37:33.960><c> of</c><00:37:34.059><c> that</c><00:37:34.199><c> mouth</c><00:37:34.539><c> comes</c><00:37:35.019><c> cursing</c><00:37:35.679><c> and</c><00:37:35.920><c> bitterness.</c> 00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:38.960 Cursing<00:37:38.139><c> and</c><00:37:38.440><c> bitterness.</c> 00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:40.480 Why<00:37:39.760><c> is</c><00:37:40.019><c> that?</c> 00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:45.280 In<00:37:41.219><c> Psalm</c><00:37:41.500><c> 10,</c><00:37:41.960><c> from</c><00:37:42.099><c> where</c><00:37:42.659><c> he's</c><00:37:42.840><c> getting</c><00:37:43.019><c> that</c><00:37:43.300><c> one,</c> 00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:48.320 you'll<00:37:45.599><c> look</c><00:37:45.699><c> at</c><00:37:45.860><c> the</c><00:37:45.960><c> context</c><00:37:46.360><c> of</c><00:37:46.579><c> that</c><00:37:46.840><c> psalm.</c> 00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:55.480 Now<00:37:52.159><c> why</c><00:37:52.519><c> should</c><00:37:52.719><c> we</c><00:37:53.539><c> express</c><00:37:54.039><c> out</c><00:37:54.219><c> of</c><00:37:54.340><c> our</c><00:37:54.519><c> mouth</c><00:37:54.800><c> cursing</c> 00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:56.519 and<00:37:55.639><c> bitterness?</c> 00:37:58.480 --> 00:38:01.980 In<00:37:59.079><c> verse</c><00:37:59.679><c> 7</c><00:38:00.059><c> of</c><00:38:00.300><c> Psalm</c><00:38:00.559><c> 10</c><00:38:00.840><c> is</c><00:38:01.019><c> his</c><00:38:01.219><c> quotation,</c> 00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:05.139 his<00:38:02.539><c> mouth</c><00:38:02.860><c> is</c><00:38:03.059><c> full</c><00:38:03.300><c> of</c><00:38:03.539><c> cursing</c><00:38:03.900><c> and</c><00:38:04.059><c> deceit</c><00:38:04.519><c> and</c><00:38:04.780><c> fraud,</c> 00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:07.980 and<00:38:05.460><c> under</c><00:38:05.659><c> his</c><00:38:05.920><c> tongue</c><00:38:06.119><c> is</c><00:38:06.500><c> mischief</c><00:38:06.760><c> and</c><00:38:07.079><c> vanity.</c> 00:38:08.659 --> 00:38:12.760 And<00:38:08.760><c> the</c><00:38:08.880><c> reason</c><00:38:09.360><c> that</c><00:38:09.579><c> a</c><00:38:09.679><c> man</c><00:38:09.860><c> speaks</c><00:38:10.179><c> like</c><00:38:10.500><c> that</c><00:38:10.780><c> is</c><00:38:11.000><c> in</c><00:38:11.199><c> verse</c><00:38:11.519><c> 4,</c> 00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:15.960 the<00:38:13.559><c> wicked</c><00:38:13.900><c> through</c><00:38:14.260><c> the</c><00:38:14.579><c> pride</c><00:38:14.760><c> of</c><00:38:14.940><c> his</c><00:38:15.179><c> countenance</c><00:38:15.599><c> will</c> 00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:17.480 not<00:38:16.360><c> seek</c><00:38:16.699><c> after</c><00:38:17.059><c> God.</c> 00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:21.519 God<00:38:18.380><c> is</c><00:38:18.920><c> not</c><00:38:19.260><c> in</c><00:38:19.619><c> all</c><00:38:20.079><c> his</c><00:38:20.559><c> thoughts.</c> 00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:25.179 Now<00:38:22.619><c> that's</c><00:38:22.860><c> why</c><00:38:23.159><c> his</c><00:38:23.440><c> mouth</c><00:38:23.739><c> is</c><00:38:23.940><c> full</c><00:38:24.139><c> of</c><00:38:24.320><c> cursing</c><00:38:24.739><c> and</c><00:38:24.900><c> bitterness.</c> 00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:28.820 God<00:38:26.159><c> is</c><00:38:26.659><c> not</c><00:38:26.920><c> in</c><00:38:27.300><c> all</c><00:38:27.619><c> his</c><00:38:27.920><c> thoughts.</c> 00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:31.719 There<00:38:29.239><c> is</c><00:38:29.599><c> no</c><00:38:29.920><c> God</c><00:38:30.159><c> in</c><00:38:30.340><c> his</c><00:38:30.559><c> thoughts</c><00:38:30.840><c> whatever.</c> 00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:36.159 God<00:38:32.320><c> is</c><00:38:32.719><c> far</c><00:38:33.019><c> from</c><00:38:33.199><c> his</c><00:38:33.500><c> thoughts</c><00:38:33.820><c> and</c><00:38:34.260><c> God</c><00:38:34.480><c> is</c><00:38:34.780><c> not</c><00:38:34.920><c> in</c><00:38:35.199><c> them.</c> 00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:39.539 Now<00:38:36.840><c> you</c><00:38:36.900><c> get</c><00:38:37.019><c> a</c><00:38:37.179><c> man</c><00:38:37.420><c> whose</c><00:38:37.719><c> mind</c><00:38:38.019><c> is</c><00:38:38.239><c> empty</c><00:38:38.480><c> of</c><00:38:38.659><c> God</c><00:38:39.099><c> and</c><00:38:39.460><c> he</c> 00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:41.199 doesn't<00:38:39.780><c> care</c><00:38:40.000><c> what</c><00:38:40.179><c> he</c><00:38:40.420><c> says.</c> 00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:44.480 But<00:38:41.780><c> you</c><00:38:41.840><c> know,</c><00:38:42.099><c> brethren</c><00:38:42.300><c> and</c><00:38:42.579><c> sisters,</c><00:38:42.900><c> isn't</c><00:38:43.139><c> this</c><00:38:43.480><c> true?</c> 00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:46.619 Isn't<00:38:45.260><c> this</c><00:38:45.559><c> true?</c> 00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:50.960 The<00:38:47.099><c> more</c><00:38:47.980><c> a</c><00:38:48.280><c> person</c><00:38:48.739><c> grows</c><00:38:49.179><c> up</c><00:38:49.519><c> to</c><00:38:49.679><c> be</c><00:38:49.940><c> aware</c><00:38:50.260><c> of</c><00:38:50.480><c> God</c><00:38:50.760><c> in</c> 00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:52.019 their<00:38:51.239><c> mind,</c> 00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:56.280 the<00:38:52.880><c> less</c><00:38:53.519><c> they</c><00:38:53.900><c> feel</c><00:38:54.179><c> like</c><00:38:54.519><c> cursing</c><00:38:54.940><c> anyone.</c> 00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:59.780 Now<00:38:57.320><c> James</c><00:38:57.599><c> made</c><00:38:57.880><c> the</c><00:38:58.119><c> point</c><00:38:58.420><c> that</c><00:38:58.719><c> out</c><00:38:58.880><c> of</c><00:38:58.980><c> the</c><00:38:59.179><c> same</c><00:38:59.480><c> mouth</c> 00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:02.340 proceed<00:39:00.179><c> as</c><00:39:00.460><c> blessings</c><00:39:00.840><c> and</c><00:39:01.219><c> cursing.</c> 00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:07.420 He<00:39:02.920><c> said</c><00:39:03.000><c> we</c><00:39:03.179><c> bless</c><00:39:03.599><c> God</c><00:39:04.280><c> and</c><00:39:05.440><c> curse</c><00:39:05.840><c> man</c><00:39:06.239><c> who</c><00:39:06.440><c> is</c><00:39:06.579><c> made</c><00:39:06.840><c> in</c><00:39:07.059><c> the</c> 00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:08.239 image<00:39:07.780><c> of</c><00:39:08.059><c> God.</c> 00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:10.239 He<00:39:08.519><c> says</c><00:39:08.639><c> that's</c><00:39:09.099><c> inconsistent.</c> 00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:11.880 So<00:39:10.860><c> it</c><00:39:11.079><c> is.</c> 00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:17.219 Not<00:39:13.019><c> only</c><00:39:13.280><c> that</c><00:39:13.500><c> I</c><00:39:13.599><c> don't</c><00:39:13.880><c> believe</c><00:39:14.139><c> James</c><00:39:14.559><c> only</c><00:39:14.860><c> means</c><00:39:15.119><c> that</c><00:39:15.400><c> men</c><00:39:15.579><c> are</c><00:39:15.679><c> made</c><00:39:15.860><c> in</c><00:39:16.000><c> the</c><00:39:16.099><c> image</c><00:39:16.199><c> of</c><00:39:16.380><c> God</c><00:39:16.699><c> in</c><00:39:17.039><c> a</c> 00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:17.900 physical<00:39:17.539><c> sense,</c> 00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:21.079 I<00:39:18.260><c> think</c><00:39:18.400><c> he's</c><00:39:19.260><c> talking</c><00:39:19.300><c> about</c><00:39:19.780><c> there</c><00:39:19.980><c> of</c><00:39:20.260><c> brethren</c><00:39:20.480><c> and</c><00:39:20.719><c> sisters</c><00:39:20.880><c> who</c> 00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:24.599 are<00:39:21.619><c> striving</c><00:39:22.119><c> after</c><00:39:22.460><c> the</c><00:39:22.840><c> moral</c><00:39:23.139><c> image</c><00:39:23.400><c> of</c><00:39:23.599><c> God.</c> 00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:29.119 And<00:39:25.000><c> yet</c><00:39:25.099><c> he</c><00:39:25.199><c> says</c><00:39:25.340><c> we</c><00:39:25.599><c> bless</c><00:39:26.119><c> God</c><00:39:26.699><c> and</c><00:39:27.139><c> out</c><00:39:27.300><c> of</c><00:39:27.400><c> the</c><00:39:27.820><c> same</c><00:39:28.099><c> mouth</c><00:39:28.420><c> we</c> 00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:31.239 curse<00:39:29.440><c> man</c><00:39:29.780><c> who</c><00:39:29.920><c> is</c><00:39:30.059><c> made</c><00:39:30.280><c> in</c><00:39:30.420><c> the</c><00:39:30.579><c> image</c><00:39:30.780><c> of</c><00:39:30.940><c> God.</c> 00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:36.039 Now<00:39:31.760><c> if</c><00:39:31.940><c> we</c><00:39:32.280><c> were</c><00:39:33.039><c> acutely</c><00:39:33.920><c> aware</c><00:39:34.239><c> of</c><00:39:34.380><c> God</c><00:39:34.639><c> in</c><00:39:34.840><c> our</c><00:39:35.099><c> thoughts,</c> 00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:41.119 we<00:39:37.059><c> would</c><00:39:37.280><c> be</c><00:39:37.519><c> acutely</c><00:39:38.039><c> aware</c><00:39:38.780><c> of</c><00:39:40.219><c> the</c><00:39:40.380><c> way</c><00:39:40.539><c> in</c><00:39:40.619><c> which</c><00:39:40.800><c> other</c> 00:39:41.119 --> 00:39:44.099 people<00:39:41.539><c> are</c><00:39:41.960><c> trying</c><00:39:42.320><c> to</c><00:39:42.760><c> portray</c><00:39:43.219><c> God</c><00:39:43.480><c> in</c><00:39:43.659><c> their</c><00:39:43.820><c> lives</c> 00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:48.119 and<00:39:44.260><c> we</c><00:39:44.360><c> would</c><00:39:44.599><c> be</c><00:39:44.800><c> not</c><00:39:45.039><c> so</c><00:39:45.380><c> quick</c><00:39:45.679><c> to</c><00:39:46.739><c> curse</c><00:39:47.059><c> and</c><00:39:47.380><c> to</c><00:39:47.380><c> use</c><00:39:47.599><c> bitterness.</c> 00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:49.840 Isn't<00:39:48.639><c> that</c><00:39:48.940><c> true?</c> 00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:53.480 I<00:39:50.679><c> suppose</c><00:39:50.960><c> it's</c><00:39:51.179><c> true</c><00:39:51.360><c> of</c><00:39:51.500><c> all</c><00:39:51.679><c> of</c><00:39:51.760><c> us</c><00:39:51.880><c> that</c><00:39:52.360><c> in</c><00:39:52.679><c> our</c><00:39:52.840><c> young</c><00:39:53.079><c> days</c><00:39:53.280><c> in</c> 00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:57.179 the<00:39:53.679><c> truth</c><00:39:53.860><c> we</c><00:39:53.980><c> were</c><00:39:54.239><c> very,</c><00:39:54.599><c> very</c><00:39:54.880><c> outspoken</c><00:39:55.780><c> about</c><00:39:56.099><c> our</c><00:39:56.300><c> enemies.</c> 00:39:57.739 --> 00:39:59.780 And<00:39:57.900><c> we</c><00:39:58.400><c> quoted</c><00:39:58.679><c> scripture</c><00:39:59.039><c> to</c><00:39:59.219><c> back</c><00:39:59.400><c> it</c><00:39:59.559><c> up.</c> 00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:03.639 As<00:40:00.119><c> we</c><00:40:00.280><c> grow</c><00:40:00.400><c> older</c><00:40:00.480><c> we're</c><00:40:00.599><c> not</c><00:40:00.920><c> so</c><00:40:01.139><c> outspoken</c><00:40:02.179><c> because</c><00:40:03.119><c> we</c><00:40:03.340><c> have</c><00:40:03.420><c> an</c> 00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:06.239 acute<00:40:04.099><c> awareness</c><00:40:04.780><c> of</c><00:40:05.039><c> the</c><00:40:05.179><c> fact</c><00:40:05.360><c> that</c><00:40:05.599><c> God</c><00:40:05.860><c> is</c> 00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:08.940 and<00:40:06.460><c> that</c><00:40:06.679><c> God</c><00:40:06.840><c> is</c><00:40:07.099><c> all</c><00:40:07.420><c>-powerful</c><00:40:07.900><c> and</c><00:40:08.019><c> that</c><00:40:08.159><c> we</c><00:40:08.320><c> are</c><00:40:08.539><c> on</c><00:40:08.739><c> earth</c> 00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:10.880 and<00:40:09.159><c> therefore</c><00:40:09.380><c> our</c><00:40:09.579><c> words</c><00:40:09.860><c> are</c><00:40:10.159><c> few.</c> 00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:14.039 God<00:40:11.539><c> is</c><00:40:11.760><c> not</c><00:40:11.920><c> in</c><00:40:12.039><c> their</c><00:40:12.360><c> thoughts,</c><00:40:13.099><c> their</c><00:40:13.239><c> mouth</c><00:40:13.619><c>-speakers</c> 00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:15.780 unrestrained<00:40:15.000><c> cursing.</c> 00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:17.480 Now<00:40:16.340><c> that's</c><00:40:16.659><c> Paul's</c><00:40:17.159><c> point.</c> 00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:20.239 The<00:40:17.900><c> thing</c><00:40:18.079><c> is</c><00:40:18.300><c> of</c><00:40:18.440><c> course</c><00:40:18.619><c> the</c><00:40:18.800><c> great</c><00:40:19.019><c> difference</c><00:40:19.400><c> again</c><00:40:19.760><c> when</c><00:40:20.000><c> God</c> 00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:22.579 is<00:40:20.460><c> not</c><00:40:20.599><c> in</c><00:40:20.739><c> a</c><00:40:20.880><c> man</c><00:40:21.159><c> he</c><00:40:21.619><c> speaks</c><00:40:21.880><c> like</c><00:40:22.159><c> a</c><00:40:22.320><c> man.</c> 00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:25.239 When<00:40:22.980><c> God</c><00:40:23.239><c> is</c><00:40:23.400><c> in</c><00:40:23.500><c> his</c><00:40:23.739><c> thoughts</c><00:40:24.039><c> then</c><00:40:24.440><c> he</c><00:40:24.739><c> tempers</c><00:40:24.960><c> what</c><00:40:25.119><c> he</c> 00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:26.440 has<00:40:25.480><c> to</c><00:40:25.699><c> say.</c> 00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:29.679 And<00:40:26.940><c> it's</c><00:40:27.139><c> very,</c><00:40:27.400><c> very</c><00:40:27.599><c> evident</c><00:40:27.920><c> of</c><00:40:28.199><c> course</c><00:40:28.599><c> as</c><00:40:29.099><c> Jesus</c><00:40:29.440><c> said</c> 00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:32.800 out<00:40:29.840><c> of</c><00:40:29.960><c> the</c><00:40:30.119><c> abundance</c><00:40:30.360><c> of</c><00:40:30.579><c> the</c><00:40:30.739><c> heart,</c><00:40:31.119><c> the</c><00:40:31.260><c> mouth</c><00:40:31.800><c>-speaker.</c> 00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:36.860 Then<00:40:34.260><c> Paul</c><00:40:34.480><c> goes</c><00:40:34.760><c> on</c><00:40:34.960><c> to</c><00:40:35.159><c> speak</c><00:40:35.320><c> about</c><00:40:35.619><c> their</c><00:40:36.059><c> feet.</c> 00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:43.340 Now<00:40:38.579><c> of</c><00:40:38.860><c> course</c><00:40:39.579><c> in</c><00:40:40.719><c> verse</c><00:40:40.940><c> 15</c><00:40:41.420><c> their</c><00:40:41.760><c> feet</c><00:40:42.159><c> are</c><00:40:42.739><c> swift</c><00:40:42.980><c> to</c> 00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:44.719 shed<00:40:43.579><c> blood.</c> 00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:47.219 He's<00:40:45.079><c> quoting</c><00:40:45.280><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:45.719><c> 59.</c><00:40:46.480><c> Let's</c><00:40:46.659><c> have</c><00:40:46.760><c> a</c><00:40:46.840><c> little</c><00:40:46.960><c> look</c><00:40:47.079><c> at</c> 00:40:47.219 --> 00:40:54.880 that<00:40:47.420><c> one.</c> 00:41:05.239 --> 00:41:08.659 Rather<00:41:05.800><c> interesting</c><00:41:06.219><c> this</c><00:41:06.480><c> quotation</c><00:41:06.980><c> in</c><00:41:07.260><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:07.619><c> 59</c><00:41:08.280><c> verses</c> 00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:10.000 6<00:41:09.039><c> and</c><00:41:09.219><c> 7.</c> 00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:15.400 Their<00:41:13.159><c> webs</c><00:41:13.519><c> shall</c><00:41:13.800><c> not</c><00:41:14.059><c> become</c><00:41:14.460><c> garments,</c><00:41:14.960><c> neither</c><00:41:15.219><c> shall</c> 00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:17.000 they<00:41:15.639><c> cover</c><00:41:15.840><c> themselves</c><00:41:16.320><c> with</c><00:41:16.519><c> their</c><00:41:16.780><c> works.</c> 00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:20.900 Their<00:41:17.400><c> works</c><00:41:17.840><c> are</c><00:41:18.119><c> works</c><00:41:18.440><c> of</c><00:41:18.659><c> iniquity</c><00:41:19.139><c> and</c><00:41:19.420><c> the</c><00:41:19.639><c> acts</c><00:41:19.880><c> of</c><00:41:20.199><c> violence</c><00:41:20.639><c> is</c> 00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:21.860 in<00:41:21.039><c> their</c><00:41:21.380><c> hands.</c> 00:41:21.860 --> 00:41:25.300 Their<00:41:22.960><c> feet</c><00:41:23.320><c> run</c><00:41:23.579><c> to</c><00:41:23.860><c> evil</c><00:41:24.079><c> and</c><00:41:24.239><c> they</c><00:41:24.440><c> make</c><00:41:24.739><c> haste</c><00:41:25.099><c> to</c><00:41:25.219><c> shed</c> 00:41:25.300 --> 00:41:26.139 innocent<00:41:25.679><c> blood.</c> 00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:29.420 Their<00:41:26.820><c> thoughts</c><00:41:27.219><c> are</c><00:41:27.519><c> thoughts</c><00:41:27.860><c> of</c><00:41:28.079><c> iniquity,</c><00:41:28.780><c> wasting</c><00:41:29.139><c> and</c> 00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:31.780 destruction<00:41:29.940><c> are</c><00:41:30.099><c> in</c><00:41:30.280><c> their</c><00:41:30.699><c> paths.</c> 00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:34.159 Now<00:41:32.260><c> you</c><00:41:32.400><c> see</c><00:41:32.500><c> what</c><00:41:32.719><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:33.099><c> is</c><00:41:33.360><c> saying.</c> 00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:36.820 There<00:41:34.300><c> are</c><00:41:34.380><c> three</c><00:41:34.739><c> things</c><00:41:35.079><c> he's</c><00:41:35.440><c> indicting</c><00:41:35.820><c> about</c><00:41:36.119><c> man</c><00:41:36.440><c> here</c> 00:41:36.820 --> 00:41:41.079 and<00:41:37.139><c> that</c><00:41:37.300><c> is</c><00:41:37.500><c> his</c><00:41:37.800><c> hands,</c><00:41:38.659><c> his</c><00:41:39.039><c> feet</c><00:41:39.380><c> and</c><00:41:39.760><c> his</c><00:41:40.139><c> thoughts.</c> 00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:48.300 So<00:41:42.679><c> it's</c><00:41:42.800><c> what</c><00:41:42.980><c> he</c><00:41:43.239><c> thinks,</c><00:41:45.500><c> it's</c><00:41:45.619><c> what</c><00:41:45.780><c> he</c><00:41:46.000><c> does</c><00:41:46.300><c> with</c><00:41:46.519><c> his</c><00:41:46.659><c> hands</c><00:41:47.219><c> and</c><00:41:47.679><c> it's</c><00:41:47.880><c> the</c><00:41:48.000><c> way</c><00:41:48.179><c> in</c> 00:41:48.300 --> 00:41:51.079 which<00:41:48.440><c> he</c><00:41:48.699><c> walks</c><00:41:49.239><c> that</c><00:41:50.019><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:50.420><c> is</c><00:41:50.739><c> condemning.</c> 00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:54.199 Now<00:41:51.260><c> you</c><00:41:51.400><c> think</c><00:41:51.639><c> about</c><00:41:51.940><c> that.</c><00:41:52.679><c> This</c><00:41:52.860><c> time</c><00:41:53.119><c> the</c><00:41:53.340><c> combination</c><00:41:53.900><c> is</c><00:41:54.099><c> a</c> 00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:57.039 little<00:41:54.340><c> bit</c><00:41:54.539><c> more</c><00:41:55.219><c> different</c><00:41:55.960><c> than</c><00:41:56.179><c> Paul's</c><00:41:56.619><c> combination</c> 00:41:57.039 --> 00:42:00.079 but<00:41:57.239><c> this</c><00:41:57.539><c> time</c><00:41:57.679><c> it's</c><00:41:57.920><c> a</c><00:41:58.119><c> combination</c><00:41:58.579><c> of</c><00:41:58.960><c> ideas</c><00:41:59.400><c> in</c><00:41:59.599><c> a</c><00:41:59.659><c> man's</c> 00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:03.079 head,<00:42:01.159><c> of</c><00:42:01.340><c> the</c><00:42:01.519><c> acts</c><00:42:01.699><c> he</c><00:42:01.900><c> performs</c><00:42:02.159><c> with</c><00:42:02.360><c> his</c><00:42:02.619><c> hands</c> 00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:06.719 and<00:42:03.400><c> of</c><00:42:03.500><c> the</c><00:42:03.619><c> way</c><00:42:03.860><c> in</c><00:42:04.000><c> which</c><00:42:04.079><c> his</c><00:42:04.360><c> feet</c><00:42:04.519><c> walk</c><00:42:04.800><c> in</c><00:42:05.019><c> a</c><00:42:05.139><c> certain</c><00:42:05.320><c> direction.</c><00:42:05.780><c> He's</c><00:42:06.139><c> found</c><00:42:06.420><c> in</c> 00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:07.380 certain<00:42:06.940><c> places.</c> 00:42:07.719 --> 00:42:10.019 So<00:42:07.920><c> he's</c><00:42:08.239><c> thoughts,</c><00:42:08.400><c> his</c><00:42:08.659><c> hands</c><00:42:08.880><c> and</c><00:42:08.960><c> his</c><00:42:09.260><c> feet.</c> 00:42:10.159 --> 00:42:14.320 Now<00:42:10.639><c> some</c><00:42:11.019><c> of</c><00:42:11.199><c> you</c><00:42:11.360><c> will</c><00:42:11.619><c> remember</c><00:42:12.039><c> when</c><00:42:12.420><c> we</c><00:42:12.579><c> did</c><00:42:12.679><c> the</c><00:42:12.860><c> Elijah</c><00:42:13.280><c> effort.</c> 00:42:14.860 --> 00:42:16.239 Remember<00:42:15.300><c> Jezebel?</c> 00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:20.320 They<00:42:17.880><c> threw</c><00:42:17.940><c> her</c><00:42:18.019><c> over</c><00:42:18.260><c> the</c><00:42:18.500><c> wall,</c><00:42:19.460><c> she</c><00:42:19.639><c> splashed</c><00:42:19.820><c> down</c><00:42:20.099><c> the</c> 00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:23.099 wall,<00:42:21.219><c> crashed</c><00:42:21.579><c> on</c><00:42:21.820><c> the</c><00:42:21.960><c> ground,</c><00:42:22.159><c> they</c><00:42:22.400><c> rode</c><00:42:22.559><c> over</c><00:42:22.800><c> the</c><00:42:22.920><c> top</c> 00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:23.940 of<00:42:23.260><c> her.</c> 00:42:24.019 --> 00:42:26.099 When<00:42:24.300><c> Jehu</c><00:42:24.599><c> had</c><00:42:24.739><c> been</c><00:42:24.980><c> feasting</c><00:42:25.340><c> in</c><00:42:25.480><c> the</c><00:42:25.619><c> house</c><00:42:25.820><c> and</c><00:42:25.980><c> thought,</c> 00:42:26.159 --> 00:42:28.500 oh<00:42:26.360><c> well</c><00:42:26.519><c> after</c><00:42:26.800><c> all</c><00:42:26.960><c> that's</c><00:42:27.119><c> been</c><00:42:27.219><c> done,</c><00:42:27.440><c> she's</c><00:42:27.739><c> a</c><00:42:27.860><c> king's</c><00:42:28.199><c> daughter,</c> 00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:32.780 I<00:42:29.320><c> suppose</c><00:42:29.800><c> in</c><00:42:30.599><c> deference</c><00:42:30.960><c> to</c><00:42:31.239><c> royalty</c><00:42:31.480><c> we</c><00:42:31.659><c> ought</c><00:42:31.800><c> to</c><00:42:31.860><c> give</c><00:42:32.019><c> her</c><00:42:32.159><c> some</c><00:42:32.420><c> sort</c><00:42:32.639><c> of</c> 00:42:32.780 --> 00:42:33.820 a<00:42:32.880><c> burial,</c><00:42:33.079><c> they</c><00:42:33.199><c> went</c><00:42:33.360><c> out</c><00:42:33.500><c> to</c><00:42:33.659><c> get</c><00:42:33.780><c> her.</c> 00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:38.340 What<00:42:33.980><c> did</c><00:42:34.039><c> they</c><00:42:34.219><c> find?</c><00:42:35.420><c> They</c><00:42:35.739><c> found</c><00:42:35.980><c> her</c><00:42:36.320><c> skull,</c><00:42:37.539><c> her</c><00:42:37.900><c> hands</c> 00:42:38.340 --> 00:42:40.199 and<00:42:38.920><c> her</c><00:42:39.219><c> feet.</c> 00:42:40.780 --> 00:42:44.199 But<00:42:41.219><c> the</c><00:42:41.480><c> dogs</c><00:42:41.679><c> wouldn't</c><00:42:42.019><c> eat</c><00:42:42.260><c> her.</c> 00:42:44.380 --> 00:42:46.119 Now<00:42:44.739><c> dogs</c><00:42:44.960><c> wouldn't</c><00:42:45.219><c> eat</c><00:42:45.380><c> anything.</c> 00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:49.500 The<00:42:47.280><c> scripture</c><00:42:47.599><c> points</c><00:42:47.940><c> out</c><00:42:48.179><c> that</c><00:42:48.340><c> the</c><00:42:48.559><c> diet</c><00:42:48.739><c> of</c><00:42:48.900><c> a</c><00:42:49.059><c> dog</c><00:42:49.199><c> will</c> 00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:50.940 include<00:42:49.719><c> his</c><00:42:49.940><c> own</c><00:42:50.179><c> vomit.</c> 00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:54.699 I<00:42:51.980><c> don't</c><00:42:52.119><c> want</c><00:42:52.880><c> to</c><00:42:52.980><c> upset</c><00:42:53.239><c> your</c><00:42:53.480><c> tummies.</c> 00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:59.239 But<00:42:55.519><c> not</c><00:42:55.900><c> only</c><00:42:56.179><c> the</c><00:42:56.739><c> vomit</c><00:42:57.000><c> of</c><00:42:57.159><c> a</c><00:42:57.300><c> dog,</c><00:42:57.460><c> and</c><00:42:57.579><c> I</c><00:42:57.679><c> want</c><00:42:57.800><c> to</c><00:42:57.880><c> emphasize</c><00:42:58.280><c> this,</c> 00:42:59.340 --> 00:43:00.800 it's<00:42:59.460><c> what</c><00:42:59.639><c> the</c><00:42:59.800><c> dog</c><00:43:00.000><c> ate.</c> 00:43:00.900 --> 00:43:03.380 You<00:43:01.039><c> see</c><00:43:01.099><c> that's</c><00:43:01.300><c> why</c><00:43:01.460><c> he</c><00:43:01.679><c> vomited.</c><00:43:02.400><c> Not</c><00:43:02.780><c> the</c><00:43:02.900><c> dog</c><00:43:03.099><c> that</c><00:43:03.199><c> we're</c> 00:43:03.380 --> 00:43:03.679 talking<00:43:03.559><c> about.</c> 00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:06.039 He's<00:43:04.079><c> not</c><00:43:04.239><c> talking</c><00:43:04.340><c> about</c><00:43:04.559><c> domesticated</c><00:43:05.119><c> dogs.</c><00:43:05.679><c> They</c><00:43:05.860><c> didn't</c> 00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:07.039 have<00:43:06.260><c> domesticated</c><00:43:06.739><c> dogs.</c> 00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:09.519 The<00:43:07.280><c> dog</c><00:43:07.440><c> was</c><00:43:07.619><c> an</c><00:43:07.880><c> abomination</c><00:43:08.420><c> to</c><00:43:08.619><c> the</c><00:43:08.699><c> Israelites.</c> 00:43:09.659 --> 00:43:12.699 Dogs<00:43:09.920><c> to</c><00:43:10.119><c> them</c><00:43:10.260><c> were</c><00:43:10.440><c> these</c><00:43:10.739><c> scavengers</c><00:43:11.099><c> like</c><00:43:11.400><c> hyenas</c><00:43:12.019><c> that</c> 00:43:12.699 --> 00:43:14.239 slunk<00:43:12.960><c> around</c><00:43:13.239><c> the</c><00:43:13.440><c> cities</c><00:43:13.659><c> in</c><00:43:13.880><c> the</c><00:43:14.019><c> night.</c> 00:43:14.380 --> 00:43:15.699 They<00:43:14.480><c> didn't</c><00:43:14.559><c> come</c><00:43:14.780><c> near</c><00:43:14.920><c> the</c><00:43:15.099><c> place</c><00:43:15.239><c> in</c><00:43:15.400><c> the</c><00:43:15.500><c> daytime.</c> 00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:18.360 And<00:43:15.860><c> at</c><00:43:16.059><c> night</c><00:43:16.300><c> time</c><00:43:16.440><c> they</c><00:43:16.619><c> came</c><00:43:16.960><c> in</c><00:43:17.179><c> to</c><00:43:17.460><c> scavenge</c><00:43:17.739><c> in</c><00:43:17.940><c> all</c><00:43:18.159><c> the</c> 00:43:18.360 --> 00:43:19.980 valleys<00:43:18.599><c> where</c><00:43:18.780><c> all</c><00:43:18.940><c> the</c><00:43:19.119><c> dead</c><00:43:19.280><c> bodies</c><00:43:19.559><c> were,</c> 00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:22.920 sniffing<00:43:20.639><c> up</c><00:43:20.780><c> all</c><00:43:20.980><c> the</c><00:43:21.139><c> dead</c><00:43:21.320><c> bodies</c><00:43:21.579><c> and</c><00:43:21.800><c> crunching</c><00:43:22.260><c> the</c><00:43:22.460><c> bones</c><00:43:22.699><c> of</c> 00:43:22.920 --> 00:43:26.260 all<00:43:23.420><c> the</c><00:43:23.980><c> putrefied</c><00:43:24.659><c> bodies</c><00:43:25.059><c> of</c><00:43:25.280><c> the</c><00:43:25.460><c> dead.</c> 00:43:26.300 --> 00:43:28.380 And<00:43:26.440><c> then</c><00:43:26.659><c> finding</c><00:43:26.860><c> it</c><00:43:27.079><c> too</c><00:43:27.340><c> much</c><00:43:27.460><c> for</c><00:43:27.599><c> their</c><00:43:27.800><c> stomach</c><00:43:27.980><c> they'd</c> 00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:28.760 vomit<00:43:28.519><c> it</c><00:43:28.679><c> up.</c> 00:43:28.780 --> 00:43:31.199 And<00:43:28.900><c> when</c><00:43:28.960><c> they</c><00:43:29.099><c> got</c><00:43:29.159><c> really</c><00:43:29.460><c> hungry</c><00:43:29.599><c> they</c><00:43:29.719><c> went</c><00:43:29.780><c> back</c><00:43:29.960><c> and</c><00:43:30.119><c> ate</c><00:43:30.179><c> it</c><00:43:30.360><c> again.</c> 00:43:31.619 --> 00:43:38.280 Now<00:43:32.099><c> an</c><00:43:32.360><c> animal</c><00:43:32.559><c> like</c><00:43:32.920><c> that</c><00:43:33.159><c> would</c><00:43:33.480><c> not</c><00:43:33.780><c> touch</c><00:43:34.300><c> the</c><00:43:34.739><c> skull,</c><00:43:35.119><c> the</c><00:43:35.420><c> hands</c><00:43:35.659><c> and</c><00:43:35.800><c> the</c><00:43:35.960><c> feet</c><00:43:36.079><c> of</c><00:43:36.300><c> Jezebel.</c> 00:43:38.300 --> 00:43:41.659 Now<00:43:38.519><c> all</c><00:43:38.619><c> right,</c><00:43:39.280><c> the</c><00:43:39.400><c> animal</c><00:43:39.820><c> had</c><00:43:40.119><c> no</c><00:43:40.420><c> sense</c><00:43:40.659><c> of</c><00:43:40.840><c> morality.</c> 00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:44.840 But<00:43:42.400><c> there</c><00:43:42.639><c> was</c><00:43:42.920><c> a</c><00:43:43.159><c> standing</c><00:43:43.500><c> indictment</c><00:43:44.099><c> upon</c><00:43:44.360><c> that</c><00:43:44.559><c> woman.</c> 00:43:45.059 --> 00:43:47.500 Her<00:43:45.300><c> thoughts</c><00:43:45.619><c> were</c><00:43:45.960><c> such,</c><00:43:46.199><c> her</c><00:43:46.440><c> hands</c><00:43:46.739><c> were</c><00:43:47.019><c> such,</c><00:43:47.199><c> and</c><00:43:47.340><c> her</c> 00:43:47.500 --> 00:43:50.400 feet<00:43:47.659><c> were</c><00:43:47.900><c> such</c><00:43:48.000><c> that</c><00:43:48.119><c> not</c><00:43:48.280><c> even</c><00:43:48.500><c> a</c><00:43:48.719><c> dog</c><00:43:48.880><c> could</c><00:43:49.119><c> digest</c><00:43:49.480><c> it.</c> 00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:53.960 And<00:43:51.280><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:51.619><c> speaks</c><00:43:51.960><c> of</c><00:43:52.119><c> their</c><00:43:52.440><c> thoughts,</c><00:43:52.840><c> the</c><00:43:53.059><c> thoughts</c><00:43:53.280><c> of</c><00:43:53.480><c> iniquity.</c> 00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:59.360 Their<00:43:54.519><c> hands,</c><00:43:55.019><c> he</c><00:43:55.300><c> says,</c><00:43:56.019><c> were</c><00:43:56.219><c> in</c><00:43:56.360><c> acts</c><00:43:56.559><c> of</c><00:43:56.840><c> violence</c><00:43:57.219><c> and</c><00:43:57.659><c> their</c><00:43:57.980><c> feet</c><00:43:58.179><c> were</c><00:43:58.679><c> swift</c><00:43:59.039><c> to</c> 00:43:59.360 --> 00:44:01.039 run<00:43:59.519><c> to</c><00:43:59.800><c> shed</c><00:44:00.019><c> blood.</c> 00:44:01.099 --> 00:44:02.840 That's<00:44:01.400><c> Paul's</c><00:44:01.900><c> quotation.</c> 00:44:03.179 --> 00:44:06.340 So<00:44:03.340><c> Paul</c><00:44:03.579><c> is</c><00:44:03.820><c> not</c><00:44:04.019><c> merely</c><00:44:04.320><c> dealing</c><00:44:04.579><c> with</c><00:44:04.940><c> feet</c><00:44:05.099><c> in</c><00:44:05.280><c> his</c><00:44:05.480><c> quotation</c><00:44:05.840><c> in</c><00:44:06.159><c> Romans.</c> 00:44:06.420 --> 00:44:09.460 He's<00:44:06.940><c> reflecting</c><00:44:07.340><c> back</c><00:44:07.639><c> on</c><00:44:07.780><c> the</c><00:44:08.019><c> whole</c><00:44:08.219><c> of</c><00:44:08.360><c> that</c><00:44:08.599><c> context</c><00:44:09.059><c> of</c> 00:44:09.460 --> 00:44:11.199 what<00:44:09.719><c> man</c><00:44:09.940><c> is</c><00:44:10.199><c> like</c><00:44:10.340><c> in</c><00:44:10.480><c> all</c><00:44:10.739><c> his</c><00:44:10.940><c> ways,</c> 00:44:11.280 --> 00:44:13.000 his<00:44:11.519><c> thoughts,</c><00:44:11.820><c> his</c><00:44:12.000><c> actions</c><00:44:12.300><c> and</c><00:44:12.440><c> his</c><00:44:12.739><c> walk.</c> 00:44:13.380 --> 00:44:16.519 In<00:44:13.539><c> everything</c><00:44:13.719><c> that</c><00:44:13.900><c> he</c><00:44:13.980><c> does</c><00:44:14.280><c> he's</c><00:44:14.659><c> putrefied,</c><00:44:15.260><c> he's</c><00:44:15.480><c> putrid.</c> 00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:19.880 This<00:44:17.119><c> is</c><00:44:17.340><c> man</c><00:44:17.559><c> in</c><00:44:17.719><c> his</c><00:44:18.059><c> native</c><00:44:18.360><c> state.</c><00:44:18.960><c> He</c><00:44:19.139><c> needs</c><00:44:19.460><c> God.</c> 00:44:19.880 --> 00:44:23.619 That<00:44:20.539><c> same</c><00:44:20.940><c> chapter</c><00:44:21.320><c> says</c><00:44:21.739><c> his</c><00:44:22.219><c> own</c><00:44:22.559><c> arm</c><00:44:22.719><c> brought</c><00:44:23.019><c> salvation</c> 00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:24.360 unto<00:44:23.940><c> him.</c> 00:44:24.739 --> 00:44:27.159 Now<00:44:24.960><c> Paul</c><00:44:25.280><c> says</c><00:44:25.599><c> in</c><00:44:25.820><c> Romans,</c><00:44:26.139><c> don't</c><00:44:26.360><c> go</c><00:44:26.519><c> back</c><00:44:26.639><c> to</c><00:44:26.800><c> Romans</c><00:44:27.000><c> yet,</c> 00:44:27.239 --> 00:44:28.099 we'll<00:44:27.420><c> stop</c><00:44:27.539><c> there</c><00:44:27.719><c> here,</c> 00:44:28.179 --> 00:44:31.739 but<00:44:28.300><c> he</c><00:44:28.440><c> says</c><00:44:28.639><c> there</c><00:44:28.840><c> in</c><00:44:29.000><c> Romans</c><00:44:29.219><c> that</c><00:44:29.380><c> the</c><00:44:29.539><c> way</c><00:44:29.780><c> of</c><00:44:30.019><c> peace</c><00:44:30.280><c> have</c><00:44:30.440><c> they</c><00:44:30.579><c> not</c><00:44:30.900><c> known.</c> 00:44:31.960 --> 00:44:36.079 Now<00:44:32.119><c> you</c><00:44:32.219><c> see</c><00:44:32.420><c> that</c><00:44:32.940><c> in</c><00:44:33.199><c> the</c><00:44:33.380><c> verse</c><00:44:33.599><c> 7</c><00:44:33.880><c> of</c><00:44:34.119><c> Isaiah</c><00:44:34.480><c> 59,</c><00:44:35.880><c> wasting</c> 00:44:36.079 --> 00:44:38.510 and<00:44:36.380><c> destruction</c><00:44:36.800><c> are</c><00:44:37.059><c> in</c><00:44:37.320><c> their</c><00:44:37.739><c> paths</c> 00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:43.460 and<00:44:39.659><c> the</c><00:44:40.000><c> way</c><00:44:40.400><c> of</c><00:44:40.820><c> peace</c><00:44:41.159><c> they</c><00:44:41.639><c> have</c><00:44:41.920><c> not</c><00:44:42.440><c> known.</c> 00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:49.079 Now<00:44:44.659><c> in</c><00:44:44.860><c> the</c><00:44:45.039><c> Hebrew,</c><00:44:46.119><c> the</c><00:44:46.300><c> word</c><00:44:46.559><c> for</c><00:44:46.980><c> paths</c><00:44:47.500><c> is</c><00:44:48.179><c> the</c><00:44:48.420><c> word</c><00:44:48.619><c> which</c><00:44:48.840><c> is</c> 00:44:49.079 --> 00:44:51.500 quite<00:44:49.280><c> often</c><00:44:49.599><c> rendered</c><00:44:50.019><c> a</c><00:44:50.500><c> highway.</c> 00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:54.739 It<00:44:51.980><c> means</c><00:44:52.280><c> a</c><00:44:52.659><c> broad</c><00:44:53.400><c> thoroughfare.</c> 00:44:55.860 --> 00:45:00.380 But<00:44:56.199><c> the</c><00:44:56.460><c> word</c><00:44:56.800><c> for</c><00:44:57.139><c> way</c><00:44:57.480><c> in</c><00:44:57.760><c> verse</c><00:44:58.079><c> 8</c><00:44:58.320><c> is</c><00:44:58.539><c> the</c><00:44:58.719><c> Hebrew</c><00:44:59.159><c> word</c><00:44:59.460><c> derek,</c> 00:45:00.679 --> 00:45:05.559 which<00:45:00.960><c> means</c><00:45:01.679><c> a</c><00:45:02.739><c> narrow,</c><00:45:03.260><c> well</c><00:45:03.960><c>-beaten</c><00:45:04.500><c> track.</c> 00:45:06.579 --> 00:45:08.260 And<00:45:06.760><c> you</c><00:45:06.820><c> can</c><00:45:07.000><c> see</c><00:45:07.099><c> the</c><00:45:07.239><c> point</c><00:45:07.480><c> of</c><00:45:07.699><c> contrast.</c> 00:45:08.260 --> 00:45:12.159 There<00:45:09.300><c> is</c><00:45:09.599><c> a</c><00:45:09.840><c> broad</c><00:45:10.159><c> way</c><00:45:10.519><c> which</c><00:45:10.780><c> leads</c><00:45:11.239><c> to</c><00:45:11.539><c> destruction</c> 00:45:12.159 --> 00:45:15.360 and<00:45:12.860><c> a</c><00:45:13.059><c> narrow</c><00:45:13.320><c> way</c><00:45:13.579><c> that</c><00:45:13.760><c> leads</c><00:45:13.940><c> to</c><00:45:14.119><c> the</c><00:45:14.260><c> kingdom</c><00:45:14.519><c> of</c><00:45:14.880><c> God.</c> 00:45:15.719 --> 00:45:18.159 And<00:45:15.840><c> those</c><00:45:16.059><c> people</c><00:45:16.320><c> were</c><00:45:16.559><c> certainly</c><00:45:16.860><c> not</c><00:45:17.139><c> walking</c><00:45:17.400><c> in</c><00:45:17.639><c> that</c><00:45:17.860><c> way.</c> 00:45:18.320 --> 00:45:21.159 The<00:45:18.579><c> way</c><00:45:18.800><c> of</c><00:45:19.059><c> peace</c><00:45:19.340><c> they</c><00:45:19.559><c> have</c><00:45:19.840><c> not</c><00:45:20.239><c> known.</c> 00:45:21.900 --> 00:45:25.760 Now<00:45:22.239><c> the</c><00:45:22.420><c> last</c><00:45:22.860><c> thing</c><00:45:23.099><c> that</c><00:45:23.320><c> Paul</c><00:45:23.599><c> says</c><00:45:23.960><c> in</c><00:45:24.219><c> Romans</c><00:45:24.579><c> 3</c> 00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:29.079 about<00:45:26.599><c> man</c><00:45:26.980><c> and</c><00:45:27.179><c> his</c><00:45:27.539><c> waywardness</c><00:45:28.099><c> and</c><00:45:28.280><c> the</c><00:45:28.420><c> fact</c><00:45:28.579><c> that</c><00:45:28.739><c> he</c> 00:45:29.079 --> 00:45:30.460 desperately<00:45:29.539><c> needs</c><00:45:29.760><c> the</c><00:45:30.039><c> Creator,</c> 00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:33.800 the<00:45:31.119><c> last</c><00:45:31.480><c> thing</c><00:45:31.619><c> he</c><00:45:31.800><c> says</c><00:45:32.000><c> about</c><00:45:32.239><c> him</c><00:45:32.360><c> in</c><00:45:32.579><c> verse</c><00:45:33.280><c> 18,</c> 00:45:33.800 --> 00:45:39.000 there<00:45:34.440><c> is</c><00:45:34.739><c> no</c><00:45:35.139><c> fear</c><00:45:35.639><c> of</c><00:45:35.900><c> God</c><00:45:36.639><c> before</c><00:45:37.420><c> their</c><00:45:37.820><c> eyes.</c> 00:45:40.420 --> 00:45:44.760 Now<00:45:40.599><c> brethren</c><00:45:40.780><c> and</c><00:45:41.079><c> sisters,</c><00:45:41.760><c> there's</c><00:45:42.019><c> a</c><00:45:42.119><c> very,</c><00:45:42.400><c> very</c><00:45:42.699><c> wonderful</c><00:45:43.099><c> thought</c><00:45:43.460><c> here.</c> 00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:49.440 You've<00:45:45.500><c> all</c><00:45:45.619><c> read</c><00:45:45.900><c> Proverbs</c><00:45:46.539><c> chapter</c><00:45:47.039><c> 1</c><00:45:47.320><c> and</c><00:45:47.480><c> verse</c><00:45:47.739><c> 7.</c> 00:45:53.239 --> 00:45:58.739 Now<00:45:53.460><c> you</c><00:45:53.719><c> see</c><00:45:54.079><c> the</c><00:45:54.440><c> carefulness</c><00:45:55.019><c> of</c><00:45:55.300><c> Paul's,</c><00:45:55.760><c> the</c><00:45:55.840><c> way</c><00:45:56.019><c> he</c><00:45:56.380><c> orders</c><00:45:56.639><c> his</c><00:45:56.920><c> quotations.</c> 00:46:00.579 --> 00:46:03.239 You<00:46:01.059><c> see,</c><00:46:01.619><c> if</c><00:46:01.619><c> he</c><00:46:01.719><c> had</c><00:46:01.820><c> quoted</c><00:46:02.099><c> all</c><00:46:02.420><c> the</c><00:46:02.519><c> Psalms</c><00:46:02.760><c> together,</c> 00:46:03.360 --> 00:46:06.519 look<00:46:03.659><c> at</c><00:46:03.840><c> that</c><00:46:04.139><c> diagram,</c><00:46:04.760><c> if</c><00:46:04.860><c> he</c><00:46:04.860><c> had</c><00:46:04.960><c> quoted</c><00:46:05.260><c> all</c><00:46:05.500><c> the</c><00:46:05.639><c> Psalms</c><00:46:05.880><c> together,</c> 00:46:06.699 --> 00:46:09.599 he<00:46:06.880><c> would</c><00:46:07.079><c> have</c><00:46:07.159><c> quoted</c><00:46:07.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:46:07.920><c> 59</c><00:46:08.599><c> last,</c><00:46:09.059><c> but</c><00:46:09.199><c> he</c><00:46:09.300><c> didn't,</c> 00:46:09.679 --> 00:46:11.199 did<00:46:09.800><c> he?</c> 00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:15.960 He<00:46:12.119><c> put</c><00:46:12.300><c> Isaiah</c><00:46:12.780><c> 59</c><00:46:13.300><c> where</c><00:46:13.539><c> he</c><00:46:13.639><c> did</c><00:46:14.280><c> as</c><00:46:14.780><c> the</c><00:46:14.980><c> fifth</c><00:46:15.219><c> quotation,</c> 00:46:16.079 --> 00:46:19.800 and<00:46:16.300><c> he</c><00:46:16.380><c> left</c><00:46:16.599><c> Psalm</c><00:46:16.940><c> 36</c><00:46:17.559><c> till</c><00:46:17.820><c> last.</c><00:46:18.199><c> Why</c><00:46:18.420><c> would</c><00:46:18.579><c> he</c><00:46:18.659><c> do</c><00:46:18.880><c> that?</c> 00:46:20.179 --> 00:46:22.300 Because<00:46:20.539><c> he</c><00:46:20.719><c> wanted</c><00:46:20.960><c> to</c><00:46:21.219><c> bring</c><00:46:21.340><c> them</c><00:46:21.460><c> to</c><00:46:21.619><c> this</c><00:46:21.940><c> point,</c> 00:46:22.699 --> 00:46:26.260 that<00:46:22.900><c> the</c><00:46:23.159><c> great</c><00:46:23.519><c> problem</c><00:46:24.039><c> with</c><00:46:24.239><c> the</c><00:46:24.460><c> whole</c><00:46:24.659><c> of</c><00:46:24.960><c> mankind</c><00:46:25.440><c> right</c><00:46:26.079><c> from</c> 00:46:26.260 --> 00:46:26.780 the<00:46:26.480><c> beginning</c> 00:46:26.780 --> 00:46:29.780 is<00:46:27.019><c> that</c><00:46:27.099><c> there</c><00:46:27.239><c> was</c><00:46:27.500><c> no</c><00:46:27.860><c> fear</c><00:46:28.219><c> of</c><00:46:28.500><c> God</c><00:46:28.800><c> before</c><00:46:29.199><c> their</c><00:46:29.500><c> eyes.</c> 00:46:30.219 --> 00:46:32.139 Now<00:46:30.420><c> Proverbs</c><00:46:30.719><c> 1</c><00:46:30.980><c> and</c><00:46:31.139><c> verse</c><00:46:31.360><c> 7</c><00:46:31.679><c> says,</c> 00:46:32.539 --> 00:46:36.179 the<00:46:32.559><c> fear</c><00:46:32.940><c> of</c><00:46:33.340><c> Yahweh</c><00:46:33.800><c> is</c><00:46:34.179><c> the</c><00:46:34.420><c> beginning</c><00:46:34.940><c> of</c><00:46:35.260><c> knowledge.</c> 00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:39.260 Now<00:46:37.059><c> I</c><00:46:37.139><c> know</c><00:46:37.400><c> that</c><00:46:37.599><c> the</c><00:46:37.739><c> word</c><00:46:37.920><c> beginning</c><00:46:38.340><c> can</c><00:46:38.619><c> be</c><00:46:38.860><c> understood</c> 00:46:39.260 --> 00:46:41.960 in<00:46:39.639><c> the</c><00:46:39.820><c> sense</c><00:46:40.079><c> of</c><00:46:41.320><c> first</c><00:46:41.679><c> breath</c> 00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:47.199 or<00:46:42.900><c> the</c><00:46:43.239><c> chief</c><00:46:43.519><c> thing,</c><00:46:45.719><c> but</c><00:46:45.960><c> whichever</c><00:46:46.400><c> way</c><00:46:46.659><c> you</c><00:46:46.719><c> look</c><00:46:46.920><c> at</c><00:46:47.059><c> it,</c> 00:46:47.199 --> 00:46:49.360 it's<00:46:47.500><c> the</c><00:46:47.840><c> beginning</c><00:46:48.079><c> of</c><00:46:48.440><c> knowledge.</c> 00:46:50.039 --> 00:46:53.679 Now<00:46:50.260><c> no</c><00:46:50.480><c> man</c><00:46:50.739><c> can</c><00:46:51.059><c> know</c><00:46:51.360><c> anything</c><00:46:51.739><c> about</c><00:46:52.139><c> God</c><00:46:52.420><c> unless</c><00:46:52.639><c> he</c><00:46:52.900><c> fears</c><00:46:53.179><c> it.</c> 00:46:53.679 --> 00:46:57.739 Now<00:46:54.480><c> you</c><00:46:54.800><c> just</c><00:46:55.099><c> think</c><00:46:55.300><c> for</c><00:46:55.519><c> a</c><00:46:55.659><c> moment</c><00:46:55.880><c> how</c><00:46:56.260><c> right</c><00:46:56.519><c> that</c><00:46:56.780><c> is,</c> 00:46:57.760 --> 00:47:00.199 because<00:46:58.079><c> all</c><00:46:58.360><c> you've</c><00:46:58.619><c> got</c><00:46:58.719><c> to</c><00:46:58.880><c> do</c><00:46:59.039><c> is</c><00:46:59.219><c> to</c><00:46:59.480><c> reflect</c><00:46:59.719><c> upon</c><00:46:59.960><c> the</c> 00:47:00.199 --> 00:47:00.900 Garden<00:47:00.480><c> of</c><00:47:00.719><c> Eden</c> 00:47:00.900 --> 00:47:03.800 and<00:47:01.260><c> see</c><00:47:01.519><c> the</c><00:47:01.800><c> converse</c><00:47:02.199><c> of</c><00:47:02.360><c> that</c><00:47:02.539><c> and</c><00:47:02.679><c> to</c><00:47:02.840><c> see</c><00:47:02.920><c> how</c><00:47:03.199><c> true</c><00:47:03.380><c> it</c><00:47:03.559><c> is,</c> 00:47:04.039 --> 00:47:07.159 because<00:47:04.300><c> when</c><00:47:04.539><c> we</c><00:47:04.780><c> say,</c><00:47:05.239><c> we</c><00:47:05.440><c> quite</c><00:47:05.619><c> often</c><00:47:05.880><c> ask</c><00:47:06.179><c> a</c><00:47:06.320><c> candidate,</c> 00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:10.280 in<00:47:07.519><c> what</c><00:47:07.739><c> way</c><00:47:07.980><c> did</c><00:47:08.159><c> Eve</c><00:47:08.340><c> fall,</c><00:47:08.920><c> they</c><00:47:09.179><c> start</c><00:47:09.420><c> off</c><00:47:09.639><c> by</c><00:47:09.920><c> telling</c><00:47:10.059><c> us</c> 00:47:10.280 --> 00:47:12.280 that<00:47:10.480><c> she</c><00:47:10.659><c> saw</c><00:47:10.920><c> that</c><00:47:11.099><c> the</c><00:47:11.280><c> tree</c><00:47:11.380><c> was</c><00:47:11.579><c> good</c><00:47:11.800><c> for</c><00:47:12.099><c> food,</c> 00:47:12.360 --> 00:47:15.199 it<00:47:12.400><c> was</c><00:47:12.639><c> pleasant</c><00:47:12.880><c> to</c><00:47:13.079><c> the</c><00:47:13.260><c> eyes</c><00:47:13.420><c> and</c><00:47:13.639><c> desired</c><00:47:14.000><c> to</c><00:47:14.500><c> make</c><00:47:14.659><c> one</c><00:47:14.980><c> wise.</c> 00:47:15.400 --> 00:47:17.699 That<00:47:15.579><c> wasn't</c><00:47:15.880><c> the</c><00:47:16.019><c> beginning</c><00:47:16.260><c> of</c><00:47:16.440><c> Eve's</c><00:47:16.739><c> downfall.</c> 00:47:18.940 --> 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and</c><00:47:39.420><c> you</c><00:47:39.659><c> will</c><00:47:40.039><c> die,</c> 00:47:40.539 --> 00:47:43.800 and<00:47:40.760><c> I</c><00:47:41.079><c> believe</c><00:47:41.380><c> there</c><00:47:41.579><c> was</c><00:47:41.840><c> a</c><00:47:42.380><c> fear</c><00:47:42.639><c> in</c><00:47:42.900><c> that.</c> 00:47:44.300 --> 00:47:47.860 No<00:47:44.579><c> man,</c><00:47:45.639><c> Adam</c><00:47:45.780><c> and</c><00:47:46.000><c> Eve,</c><00:47:46.539><c> above</c><00:47:46.760><c> all</c><00:47:47.059><c> men</c><00:47:47.239><c> and</c><00:47:47.380><c> women,</c> 00:47:47.860 --> 00:47:50.940 didn't<00:47:48.579><c> want</c><00:47:48.840><c> to</c><00:47:49.019><c> perish,</c><00:47:49.440><c> they</c><00:47:49.539><c> didn't</c><00:47:49.800><c> want</c><00:47:49.980><c> to</c><00:47:50.079><c> lose</c><00:47:50.239><c> that</c><00:47:50.539><c> paradise.</c> 00:47:51.340 --> 00:47:53.000 The<00:47:51.420><c> one</c><00:47:51.639><c> that</c><00:47:51.760><c> had</c><00:47:52.019><c> created</c><00:47:52.300><c> the</c><00:47:52.559><c> world</c><00:47:52.780><c> says,</c> 00:47:53.239 --> 00:47:56.739 I'll<00:47:53.460><c> take</c><00:47:53.719><c> you</c><00:47:54.239><c> out</c><00:47:54.500><c> of</c><00:47:54.760><c> existence</c><00:47:55.179><c> if</c><00:47:55.780><c> you</c><00:47:56.019><c> touch</c><00:47:56.199><c> that</c><00:47:56.500><c> tree.</c> 00:47:57.179 --> 00:47:58.619 There<00:47:57.239><c> was</c><00:47:57.360><c> no</c><00:47:57.719><c> thought</c><00:47:57.880><c> of</c><00:47:58.059><c> touching</c><00:47:58.219><c> that</c><00:47:58.500><c> tree</c> 00:47:58.619 --> 00:48:00.559 because<00:47:58.780><c> they</c><00:47:59.139><c> believed</c><00:47:59.340><c> implicitly</c><00:47:59.920><c> what</c><00:48:00.059><c> he</c><00:48:00.300><c> said,</c> 00:48:00.739 --> 00:48:02.559 and<00:48:01.019><c> they</c><00:48:01.440><c> feared</c><00:48:01.699><c> him.</c> 00:48:02.679 --> 00:48:05.719 But<00:48:02.840><c> the</c><00:48:03.039><c> serpent</c><00:48:03.300><c> said,</c><00:48:04.260><c> you</c><00:48:04.380><c> know,</c><00:48:04.519><c> he</c><00:48:04.659><c> doesn't</c><00:48:05.159><c> really</c> 00:48:05.719 --> 00:48:06.940 mean<00:48:06.019><c> nothing.</c> 00:48:07.659 --> 00:48:10.820 And<00:48:07.940><c> that</c><00:48:08.059><c> was</c><00:48:08.360><c> the</c><00:48:08.639><c> first</c><00:48:09.039><c> thing,</c><00:48:09.380><c> and</c><00:48:09.599><c> he</c><00:48:09.860><c> removed</c><00:48:10.300><c> from</c><00:48:10.559><c> Eve</c> 00:48:10.820 --> 00:48:11.800 the<00:48:11.159><c> fear</c><00:48:11.360><c> of</c><00:48:11.599><c> God.</c> 00:48:12.159 --> 00:48:14.039 And<00:48:12.320><c> you</c><00:48:12.340><c> know,</c><00:48:12.599><c> brethren</c><00:48:12.820><c> and</c><00:48:13.059><c> sisters,</c><00:48:13.280><c> that's</c><00:48:13.659><c> what</c><00:48:13.820><c> we've</c> 00:48:14.039 --> 00:48:14.539 got<00:48:14.139><c> to</c><00:48:14.320><c> 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like</c><00:48:23.000><c> the</c><00:48:23.199><c> churches</c><00:48:23.440><c> have</c><00:48:23.699><c> got</c><00:48:23.900><c> to,</c> 00:48:24.559 --> 00:48:27.199 where<00:48:24.840><c> with</c><00:48:25.260><c> all</c><00:48:25.460><c> their</c><00:48:25.679><c> manby</c><00:48:26.039><c>-pamby</c><00:48:26.360><c> talk</c><00:48:26.559><c> about</c><00:48:26.840><c> love,</c> 00:48:27.380 --> 00:48:30.239 they<00:48:27.579><c> have</c><00:48:27.860><c> reduced</c><00:48:28.239><c> God</c><00:48:28.619><c> to</c><00:48:29.019><c> a</c><00:48:29.360><c> beneficent</c><00:48:29.699><c> old</c><00:48:29.940><c> gentleman</c> 00:48:30.239 --> 00:48:30.780 in<00:48:30.440><c> the</c><00:48:30.579><c> heavens</c> 00:48:30.780 --> 00:48:32.500 who<00:48:31.000><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:31.280><c> hurt</c><00:48:31.480><c> a</c><00:48:31.719><c> fly.</c> 00:48:32.900 --> 00:48:35.119 I<00:48:33.059><c> don't</c><00:48:33.199><c> want</c><00:48:33.280><c> to</c><00:48:33.380><c> be</c><00:48:33.539><c> irreverent</c><00:48:33.860><c> in</c><00:48:34.099><c> saying</c><00:48:34.320><c> that,</c><00:48:34.599><c> that's</c> 00:48:35.119 --> 00:48:35.440 their<00:48:35.199><c> view,</c> 00:48:35.699 --> 00:48:38.340 but<00:48:35.820><c> they</c><00:48:36.000><c> have</c><00:48:36.239><c> reduced</c><00:48:36.579><c> him</c><00:48:36.860><c> to</c><00:48:37.039><c> a</c><00:48:37.199><c> benevolent</c><00:48:37.719><c> old</c><00:48:37.980><c> gentleman</c> 00:48:38.340 --> 00:48:40.980 who<00:48:38.659><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:39.000><c> hurt</c><00:48:39.260><c> a</c><00:48:39.500><c> fly,</c><00:48:39.980><c> but</c><00:48:40.139><c> it</c><00:48:40.260><c> isn't</c><00:48:40.480><c> true.</c> 00:48:40.980 --> 00:48:45.539 Our<00:48:41.920><c> God,</c><00:48:42.300><c> says</c><00:48:42.480><c> Paul,</c><00:48:42.940><c> is</c><00:48:43.239><c> a</c><00:48:43.539><c> consuming</c><00:48:44.260><c> fire.</c> 00:48:46.440 --> 00:48:48.480 And<00:48:46.519><c> when</c><00:48:46.639><c> he</c><00:48:46.860><c> says</c><00:48:47.139><c> that</c><00:48:47.320><c> if</c><00:48:47.420><c> we're</c><00:48:47.659><c> disobedient</c><00:48:48.099><c> to</c><00:48:48.099><c> him,</c><00:48:48.300><c> we</c> 00:48:48.480 --> 00:48:49.219 shall<00:48:48.800><c> die,</c> 00:48:49.239 --> 00:48:51.840 he<00:48:49.460><c> means</c><00:48:49.780><c> exactly</c><00:48:50.679><c> that.</c> 00:48:52.519 --> 00:48:54.440 Now,<00:48:52.659><c> until</c><00:48:53.079><c> we</c><00:48:53.300><c> get</c><00:48:53.480><c> that</c><00:48:53.659><c> into</c><00:48:53.820><c> our</c><00:48:54.179><c> heads,</c> 00:48:54.719 --> 00:48:58.079 and<00:48:54.800><c> we've</c><00:48:55.019><c> got</c><00:48:55.199><c> a</c><00:48:55.360><c> reverential</c><00:48:55.960><c> awe</c><00:48:56.420><c>-inspiring</c><00:48:57.219><c> dread</c><00:48:57.639><c> and</c> 00:48:58.079 --> 00:48:58.900 fear<00:48:58.340><c> of</c><00:48:58.559><c> God,</c> 00:48:59.260 --> 00:49:02.280 we<00:48:59.420><c> will</c><00:48:59.960><c> never</c><00:49:00.320><c> begin</c><00:49:00.880><c> to</c><00:49:01.219><c> commence</c><00:49:01.519><c> that</c><00:49:01.900><c> process.</c> 00:49:02.679 --> 00:49:04.019 Now,<00:49:02.880><c> you</c><00:49:03.000><c> know</c><00:49:03.099><c> what</c><00:49:03.239><c> Israel</c><00:49:03.519><c> was</c><00:49:03.780><c> told?</c> 00:49:04.239 --> 00:49:07.840 They<00:49:04.460><c> had</c><00:49:04.579><c> to</c><00:49:04.840><c> learn</c><00:49:05.179><c> this</c><00:49:05.679><c> dreadful</c><00:49:06.320><c> and</c><00:49:06.840><c> fearful</c><00:49:07.300><c> name.</c> 00:49:08.119 --> 00:49:09.480 Yahweh<00:49:08.519><c> by</c><00:49:08.679><c> Yehuda.</c> 00:49:09.980 --> 00:49:12.460 Now,<00:49:10.440><c> that's</c><00:49:10.840><c> the</c><00:49:10.960><c> thing</c><00:49:11.099><c> that</c><00:49:11.320><c> we've</c><00:49:11.539><c> got</c><00:49:11.619><c> to</c><00:49:11.840><c> instil</c><00:49:12.260><c> into</c> 00:49:12.460 --> 00:49:13.320 every<00:49:12.760><c> one</c><00:49:12.900><c> of</c><00:49:13.039><c> us,</c> 00:49:13.400 --> 00:49:16.079 each<00:49:13.559><c> one</c><00:49:13.719><c> of</c><00:49:13.840><c> ourselves,</c><00:49:14.559><c> that</c><00:49:14.900><c> reverential</c><00:49:15.480><c> fear</c><00:49:15.780><c> of</c><00:49:15.960><c> God,</c> 00:49:16.099 --> 00:49:18.119 and<00:49:16.260><c> that's</c><00:49:16.480><c> why</c><00:49:16.739><c> Paul</c><00:49:16.960><c> left</c><00:49:17.199><c> it</c><00:49:17.340><c> on</c><00:49:17.480><c> the</c><00:49:17.699><c> end,</c> 00:49:18.280 --> 00:49:19.800 because<00:49:18.480><c> you</c><00:49:18.780><c> haven't</c><00:49:18.940><c> got</c><00:49:19.079><c> any</c><00:49:19.239><c> fear</c><00:49:19.440><c> of</c><00:49:19.639><c> God,</c> 00:49:19.980 --> 00:49:22.199 there's<00:49:20.119><c> no</c><00:49:20.480><c> way</c><00:49:20.739><c> that</c><00:49:20.880><c> you're</c><00:49:21.039><c> ever</c><00:49:21.159><c> going</c><00:49:21.280><c> to</c><00:49:21.679><c> start</c><00:49:21.960><c> to</c> 00:49:22.199 --> 00:49:22.519 know<00:49:22.360><c> him.</c> 00:49:23.019 --> 00:49:25.320 If<00:49:23.300><c> the</c><00:49:23.619><c> fear</c><00:49:23.800><c> of</c><00:49:24.000><c> God</c><00:49:24.179><c> is</c><00:49:24.400><c> the</c><00:49:24.539><c> beginning</c><00:49:24.800><c> of</c><00:49:25.079><c> wisdom,</c> 00:49:25.500 --> 00:49:27.440 and<00:49:25.940><c> wisdom</c><00:49:26.340><c> leads</c><00:49:26.659><c> us</c><00:49:26.900><c> to</c><00:49:27.179><c> God,</c> 00:49:27.840 --> 00:49:30.559 then<00:49:28.139><c> we're</c><00:49:28.440><c> going</c><00:49:28.539><c> to</c><00:49:28.699><c> get</c><00:49:28.820><c> God</c><00:49:29.059><c> in</c><00:49:29.199><c> our</c><00:49:29.420><c> lives</c><00:49:29.639><c> and</c><00:49:29.739><c> we'll</c><00:49:29.980><c> be</c><00:49:30.219><c> righteous,</c> 00:49:30.920 --> 00:49:32.460 because<00:49:31.199><c> then</c><00:49:31.380><c> we'll</c><00:49:31.519><c> have</c><00:49:31.659><c> God's</c><00:49:32.179><c> righteousness.</c> 00:49:32.900 --> 00:49:35.340 But<00:49:33.099><c> if</c><00:49:33.159><c> we've</c><00:49:33.380><c> got</c><00:49:33.559><c> no</c><00:49:33.820><c> fear</c><00:49:34.059><c> of</c><00:49:34.280><c> God,</c><00:49:34.460><c> we</c><00:49:34.579><c> will</c><00:49:34.880><c> never</c><00:49:35.079><c> come</c> 00:49:35.340 --> 00:49:35.719 to<00:49:35.519><c> wisdom,</c> 00:49:35.719 --> 00:49:37.940 and<00:49:35.840><c> we'll</c><00:49:36.119><c> never</c><00:49:36.380><c> understand</c><00:49:36.920><c> God,</c><00:49:37.260><c> and</c><00:49:37.380><c> we'll</c><00:49:37.539><c> be</c><00:49:37.679><c> with</c><00:49:37.880><c> the</c> 00:49:37.940 --> 00:49:38.880 rest<00:49:38.159><c> of</c><00:49:38.380><c> mankind.</c> 00:49:39.199 --> 00:49:42.480 And<00:49:39.280><c> that's</c><00:49:39.599><c> where</c><00:49:39.719><c> I</c><00:49:39.820><c> believe</c><00:49:40.179><c> Paul</c><00:49:40.519><c> flipped</c><00:49:40.840><c> Isaiah</c><00:49:41.360><c> 59</c><00:49:42.000><c> in</c><00:49:42.179><c> there</c> 00:49:42.480 --> 00:49:45.139 and<00:49:42.619><c> put</c><00:49:42.820><c> Psalm</c><00:49:43.099><c> 36</c><00:49:43.679><c> last,</c><00:49:44.059><c> and</c><00:49:44.159><c> he</c><00:49:44.320><c> wanted</c><00:49:44.400><c> to</c><00:49:44.619><c> make</c><00:49:44.780><c> that</c> 00:49:45.139 --> 00:49:46.420 point<00:49:45.340><c> last.</c> 00:49:47.360 --> 00:49:50.159 Now,<00:49:47.519><c> there's</c><00:49:47.780><c> his</c><00:49:48.019><c> quotations,</c><00:49:48.719><c> the</c><00:49:48.880><c> six</c><00:49:49.079><c> of</c><00:49:49.199><c> them.</c> 00:49:51.500 --> 00:49:54.019 But<00:49:51.739><c> assuming</c><00:49:52.119><c> the</c><00:49:52.400><c> Jew</c><00:49:52.519><c> thought</c><00:49:52.780><c> to</c><00:49:52.980><c> himself,</c> 00:49:54.400 --> 00:49:57.280 I<00:49:54.719><c> want</c><00:49:54.940><c> to</c><00:49:55.099><c> link</c><00:49:55.300><c> now</c><00:49:55.659><c> verse</c><00:49:55.880><c> 18</c><00:49:56.199><c> with</c><00:49:56.420><c> verse</c><00:49:56.739><c> 19,</c> 00:49:57.659 --> 00:49:59.199 because<00:49:57.940><c> when</c><00:49:58.119><c> you</c><00:49:58.280><c> read</c><00:49:58.400><c> it</c><00:49:58.679><c> straight</c><00:49:58.940><c> through,</c> 00:49:59.300 --> 00:50:03.699 there<00:49:59.400><c> seems</c><00:49:59.699><c> to</c><00:49:59.980><c> be</c><00:50:00.260><c> a</c><00:50:00.340><c> little</c><00:50:00.519><c> bit</c><00:50:00.659><c> of</c><00:50:01.059><c> a</c><00:50:01.079><c> disjointed</c><00:50:02.219><c> thought</c><00:50:02.719><c> here.</c> 00:50:04.179 --> 00:50:07.420 But<00:50:04.619><c> just</c><00:50:05.059><c> link</c><00:50:05.199><c> it</c><00:50:05.340><c> up,</c><00:50:05.440><c> just</c><00:50:05.679><c> link</c><00:50:05.860><c> it</c><00:50:05.980><c> up</c><00:50:06.059><c> with</c><00:50:06.260><c> this</c><00:50:06.539><c> thought.</c> 00:50:07.619 --> 00:50:09.119 Assuming<00:50:08.000><c> the</c><00:50:08.260><c> Jew</c><00:50:08.380><c> thought</c><00:50:08.639><c> to</c><00:50:08.820><c> himself,</c> 00:50:09.260 --> 00:50:11.639 yes,<00:50:09.400><c> I</c><00:50:09.579><c> agree</c><00:50:09.840><c> with</c><00:50:10.019><c> those</c><00:50:10.239><c> six</c><00:50:10.400><c> scriptures,</c><00:50:10.739><c> what</c><00:50:10.900><c> else</c><00:50:11.079><c> could</c><00:50:11.199><c> he</c><00:50:11.380><c> do?</c> 00:50:12.039 --> 00:50:14.239 He<00:50:12.360><c> boasted</c><00:50:12.619><c> about</c><00:50:12.860><c> the</c><00:50:13.019><c> Word</c><00:50:13.179><c> of</c><00:50:13.380><c> God.</c> 00:50:14.739 --> 00:50:17.099 But<00:50:14.840><c> he</c><00:50:14.980><c> said,</c><00:50:15.179><c> of</c><00:50:15.199><c> course,</c><00:50:15.300><c> that</c><00:50:15.440><c> doesn't</c><00:50:15.659><c> apply</c><00:50:16.000><c> to</c><00:50:16.280><c> me.</c> 00:50:18.079 --> 00:50:20.440 That's<00:50:18.500><c> speaking</c><00:50:18.599><c> of</c><00:50:18.800><c> the</c><00:50:18.960><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:50:21.239 --> 00:50:24.380 All<00:50:21.340><c> right,</c><00:50:21.639><c> so</c><00:50:21.719><c> Paul,</c><00:50:22.340><c> if</c><00:50:22.480><c> you</c><00:50:22.659><c> can't</c><00:50:23.039><c> accept</c><00:50:23.400><c> five</c><00:50:23.920><c> Psalms</c> 00:50:24.380 --> 00:50:28.360 and<00:50:24.579><c> a</c><00:50:24.679><c> quotation</c><00:50:25.099><c> from</c><00:50:25.380><c> Isaiah,</c><00:50:26.719><c> what</c><00:50:26.920><c> about</c><00:50:27.199><c> the</c><00:50:27.500><c> law?</c> 00:50:29.219 --> 00:50:33.239 Now,<00:50:29.820><c> the</c><00:50:29.940><c> law,</c><00:50:31.619><c> the</c><00:50:31.780><c> law,</c><00:50:32.159><c> that</c><00:50:32.219><c> is</c><00:50:32.519><c> specifically</c><00:50:32.960><c> now,</c> 00:50:33.280 --> 00:50:35.079 I<00:50:33.420><c> believe,</c><00:50:33.780><c> the</c><00:50:33.860><c> law</c><00:50:34.000><c> of</c><00:50:34.199><c> Moses</c><00:50:34.559><c> as</c><00:50:34.900><c> such,</c> 00:50:35.139 --> 00:50:37.340 although<00:50:35.360><c> they</c><00:50:35.739><c> regarded</c><00:50:35.960><c> the</c><00:50:36.219><c> whole</c><00:50:36.440><c> Old</c><00:50:36.639><c> Testament</c><00:50:36.880><c> as</c><00:50:37.159><c> law,</c> 00:50:37.420 --> 00:50:39.539 but<00:50:37.539><c> now</c><00:50:37.780><c> I</c><00:50:37.960><c> think</c><00:50:38.059><c> he's</c><00:50:38.420><c> speaking</c><00:50:38.639><c> more</c><00:50:38.900><c> specifically</c> 00:50:39.539 --> 00:50:42.880 about<00:50:40.179><c> that</c><00:50:40.519><c> part</c><00:50:40.719><c> of</c><00:50:40.880><c> the</c><00:50:41.039><c> law</c><00:50:41.179><c> which</c><00:50:41.440><c> they</c><00:50:41.739><c> were</c><00:50:41.980><c> under.</c> 00:50:43.079 --> 00:50:45.340 Now,<00:50:43.260><c> what</c><00:50:43.480><c> about</c><00:50:43.719><c> the</c><00:50:44.039><c> law,</c><00:50:44.260><c> he</c><00:50:44.579><c> said?</c> 00:50:45.900 --> 00:50:48.739 All<00:50:46.199><c> right,</c><00:50:46.440><c> if</c><00:50:46.639><c> these</c><00:50:46.920><c> references</c><00:50:47.340><c> here</c><00:50:47.639><c> don't</c><00:50:47.860><c> apply</c><00:50:48.159><c> to</c><00:50:48.380><c> you,</c> 00:50:49.139 --> 00:50:51.460 what<00:50:49.579><c> has</c><00:50:49.920><c> the</c><00:50:50.300><c> law</c><00:50:50.780><c> taught</c><00:50:51.199><c> you?</c> 00:50:51.800 --> 00:50:54.719 And<00:50:52.139><c> not</c><00:50:52.300><c> only</c><00:50:52.480><c> did</c><00:50:52.619><c> the</c><00:50:52.860><c> law</c><00:50:53.099><c> apply</c><00:50:53.659><c> to</c><00:50:53.840><c> the</c><00:50:53.980><c> brethren</c><00:50:54.219><c> and</c><00:50:54.539><c> sisters,</c> 00:50:54.719 --> 00:50:58.219 they<00:50:55.360><c> volunteered</c><00:50:56.579><c> to</c><00:50:56.840><c> be</c><00:50:57.059><c> under</c><00:50:57.380><c> it.</c> 00:50:59.239 --> 00:51:03.159 And<00:50:59.300><c> he</c><00:50:59.440><c> says,</c><00:50:59.840><c> now</c><00:50:59.840><c> we</c><00:51:00.099><c> know</c><00:51:01.059><c> that</c><00:51:02.300><c> what</c><00:51:02.659><c> things</c> 00:51:03.159 --> 00:51:04.840 through<00:51:03.320><c> the</c><00:51:03.539><c> law</c><00:51:03.880><c> sayeth,</c> 00:51:05.320 --> 00:51:09.679 is<00:51:05.599><c> sayeth</c><00:51:06.179><c> to</c><00:51:06.400><c> them</c><00:51:07.280><c> who</c><00:51:07.980><c> are</c><00:51:08.199><c> under</c><00:51:08.559><c> the</c><00:51:08.800><c> law.</c> 00:51:10.659 --> 00:51:14.980 Rotherham<00:51:11.019><c> says,</c><00:51:12.380><c> what</c><00:51:12.619><c> through</c><00:51:12.780><c> the</c><00:51:13.019><c> things</c><00:51:13.340><c> the</c><00:51:13.559><c> law</c><00:51:13.800><c> sayeth</c> 00:51:14.980 --> 00:51:18.539 to<00:51:15.480><c> them</c><00:51:15.940><c> within</c><00:51:16.380><c> the</c><00:51:16.699><c> law</c><00:51:17.099><c> it</c><00:51:17.539><c> is</c><00:51:17.800><c> speaking.</c> 00:51:19.880 --> 00:51:24.139 Now,<00:51:20.599><c> let's</c><00:51:20.900><c> speak</c><00:51:21.179><c> quietly,</c><00:51:22.159><c> Paul,</c><00:51:23.159><c> about</c><00:51:23.460><c> our</c><00:51:23.739><c> position.</c> 00:51:24.139 --> 00:51:26.260 Let's<00:51:24.719><c> not</c><00:51:24.960><c> dismiss</c><00:51:25.300><c> those</c><00:51:25.699><c> six</c><00:51:25.920><c> purposes</c> 00:51:26.260 --> 00:51:27.559 as<00:51:26.460><c> having</c><00:51:26.619><c> nothing</c><00:51:26.880><c> to</c><00:51:27.039><c> do</c><00:51:27.119><c> with</c><00:51:27.340><c> us.</c> 00:51:27.820 --> 00:51:29.800 What<00:51:27.980><c> about</c><00:51:28.159><c> the</c><00:51:28.320><c> one</c><00:51:28.480><c> that</c><00:51:28.699><c> has</c><00:51:29.019><c> to</c><00:51:29.219><c> do</c><00:51:29.380><c> with</c><00:51:29.539><c> us?</c> 00:51:30.079 --> 00:51:31.539 And<00:51:30.199><c> there's</c><00:51:30.400><c> no</c><00:51:30.699><c> Jew</c><00:51:30.860><c> who's</c><00:51:31.019><c> going</c><00:51:31.119><c> to</c><00:51:31.300><c> say,</c> 00:51:31.539 --> 00:51:33.019 the<00:51:31.860><c> law</c><00:51:32.059><c> has</c><00:51:32.179><c> nothing</c><00:51:32.340><c> to</c><00:51:32.460><c> do</c><00:51:32.539><c> with</c><00:51:32.699><c> me.</c> 00:51:33.300 --> 00:51:35.360 No<00:51:33.699><c> way</c><00:51:33.900><c> in</c><00:51:34.079><c> the</c><00:51:34.300><c> world</c><00:51:34.440><c> was</c><00:51:34.619><c> he</c><00:51:34.659><c> going</c><00:51:34.780><c> to</c><00:51:34.880><c> say</c><00:51:35.099><c> that.</c> 00:51:35.559 --> 00:51:37.900 He<00:51:35.840><c> agreed</c><00:51:36.219><c> with</c><00:51:36.460><c> the</c><00:51:36.599><c> law,</c><00:51:36.900><c> he</c><00:51:37.219><c> accepted</c><00:51:37.440><c> the</c><00:51:37.679><c> law,</c> 00:51:38.079 --> 00:51:40.019 and<00:51:38.440><c> bound</c><00:51:38.780><c> himself</c><00:51:39.280><c> under</c><00:51:39.599><c> the</c><00:51:39.780><c> law.</c> 00:51:40.280 --> 00:51:42.159 All<00:51:40.420><c> right,</c><00:51:40.699><c> because</c><00:51:40.760><c> Paul,</c><00:51:41.119><c> he's</c><00:51:41.199><c> one</c><00:51:41.360><c> you</c><00:51:41.559><c> can't</c><00:51:41.980><c> doubt.</c> 00:51:42.659 --> 00:51:44.260 What<00:51:42.840><c> does</c><00:51:42.920><c> that</c><00:51:43.179><c> tell</c><00:51:43.460><c> you?</c> 00:51:44.519 --> 00:51:46.159 And<00:51:44.699><c> what</c><00:51:44.920><c> did</c><00:51:45.099><c> it</c><00:51:45.260><c> tell</c><00:51:45.420><c> him?</c> 00:51:46.480 --> 00:51:48.559 He<00:51:46.659><c> didn't</c><00:51:46.900><c> have</c><00:51:47.179><c> to</c><00:51:47.340><c> be</c><00:51:47.579><c> told</c><00:51:47.800><c> what</c><00:51:47.980><c> it</c><00:51:48.199><c> told</c><00:51:48.360><c> him</c> 00:51:48.559 --> 00:51:50.820 because<00:51:49.019><c> Paul</c><00:51:49.380><c> knew</c><00:51:49.699><c> what</c><00:51:49.960><c> it</c><00:51:50.079><c> told</c><00:51:50.260><c> him.</c> 00:51:50.920 --> 00:51:52.679 It<00:51:51.079><c> told</c><00:51:51.320><c> him</c><00:51:51.460><c> he</c><00:51:51.500><c> was</c><00:51:51.699><c> a</c><00:51:51.900><c> sinner.</c> 00:51:53.420 --> 00:51:55.599 And<00:51:53.940><c> what</c><00:51:54.159><c> is</c><00:51:54.320><c> the</c><00:51:54.460><c> law</c><00:51:54.619><c> saying?</c> 00:51:55.880 --> 00:51:57.500 The<00:51:55.980><c> law</c><00:51:56.179><c> is</c><00:51:56.480><c> saying</c><00:51:56.719><c> to</c><00:51:56.880><c> them</c><00:51:57.139><c> within</c><00:51:57.340><c> it</c> 00:51:57.500 --> 00:51:59.380 that<00:51:57.679><c> every</c><00:51:58.039><c> mouth</c><00:51:58.380><c> may</c><00:51:58.639><c> be</c><00:51:59.019><c> stopped</c> 00:51:59.380 --> 00:52:04.059 and<00:52:00.000><c> all</c><00:52:00.300><c> the</c><00:52:00.579><c> world</c><00:52:01.099><c> may</c><00:52:01.539><c> become</c><00:52:01.940><c> guilty</c><00:52:02.380><c> before</c><00:52:02.780><c> God.</c> 00:52:04.780 --> 00:52:06.320 Two<00:52:04.860><c> of</c><00:52:04.960><c> the</c><00:52:05.119><c> law</c><00:52:05.300><c> did.</c> 00:52:08.000 --> 00:52:10.300 Just<00:52:08.519><c> take</c><00:52:08.860><c> these</c><00:52:09.119><c> two</c><00:52:09.300><c> objects.</c> 00:52:12.119 --> 00:52:13.980 The<00:52:12.280><c> glass</c><00:52:12.559><c> of</c><00:52:12.820><c> water</c><00:52:13.000><c> is</c><00:52:13.219><c> the</c><00:52:13.400><c> pure</c><00:52:13.639><c> Jew.</c> 00:52:14.219 --> 00:52:16.579 That<00:52:14.420><c> black</c><00:52:14.800><c>-covered</c><00:52:15.139><c> book</c><00:52:15.280><c> is</c><00:52:15.460><c> the</c><00:52:15.579><c> Gentile.</c> 00:52:17.460 --> 00:52:19.199 The<00:52:17.780><c> Jew</c><00:52:17.920><c> said,</c><00:52:18.260><c> well,</c><00:52:18.360><c> those</c><00:52:18.639><c> six</c><00:52:18.860><c> scriptures</c> 00:52:19.199 --> 00:52:21.860 will<00:52:19.280><c> certainly</c><00:52:19.659><c> apply</c><00:52:20.019><c> to</c><00:52:21.860><c> him.</c> 00:52:22.159 --> 00:52:24.019 Paul<00:52:22.280><c> says,</c><00:52:22.639><c> you're</c><00:52:22.639><c> under</c><00:52:22.900><c> the</c><00:52:23.099><c> law.</c> 00:52:25.820 --> 00:52:27.639 And<00:52:25.940><c> what's</c><00:52:26.280><c> the</c><00:52:26.380><c> law</c><00:52:26.519><c> done</c><00:52:26.800><c> to</c><00:52:27.099><c> you</c> 00:52:27.639 --> 00:52:30.500 but<00:52:28.079><c> to</c><00:52:28.260><c> convince</c><00:52:28.760><c> you</c><00:52:29.440><c> that</c><00:52:29.900><c> you're</c><00:52:30.159><c> a</c><00:52:30.300><c> sinner</c> 00:52:30.500 --> 00:52:36.579 that<00:52:30.800><c> all</c><00:52:31.340><c> the</c><00:52:31.599><c> world</c><00:52:33.119><c> might</c><00:52:34.719><c> become</c><00:52:35.000><c> guilty</c><00:52:35.340><c> before</c><00:52:35.659><c> God?</c> 00:52:36.739 --> 00:52:38.099 All<00:52:37.159><c> the</c><00:52:37.360><c> world.</c> 00:52:38.780 --> 00:52:40.739 And<00:52:38.940><c> just</c><00:52:39.119><c> by</c><00:52:39.260><c> the</c><00:52:39.460><c> depth</c><00:52:39.639><c> use</c><00:52:39.900><c> of</c><00:52:40.039><c> that</c><00:52:40.280><c> phrase,</c> 00:52:41.079 --> 00:52:42.659 he<00:52:41.239><c> brought</c><00:52:41.300><c> them</c><00:52:41.460><c> both</c><00:52:41.659><c> together.</c> 00:52:42.739 --> 00:52:44.320 All<00:52:42.920><c> right,</c><00:52:43.199><c> you're</c><00:52:43.480><c> in</c><00:52:43.579><c> those</c><00:52:43.820><c> six</c><00:52:44.059><c> references,</c> 00:52:44.360 --> 00:52:46.780 but<00:52:44.559><c> even</c><00:52:44.739><c> if</c><00:52:44.880><c> you</c><00:52:45.099><c> can't</c><00:52:45.480><c> see</c><00:52:45.699><c> that,</c><00:52:46.019><c> you're</c><00:52:46.199><c> under</c><00:52:46.420><c> the</c><00:52:46.619><c> law.</c> 00:52:46.800 --> 00:52:48.300 And<00:52:46.920><c> what</c><00:52:46.980><c> has</c><00:52:47.119><c> the</c><00:52:47.260><c> law</c><00:52:47.380><c> done</c><00:52:47.599><c> to</c><00:52:47.860><c> you</c> 00:52:48.300 --> 00:52:49.840 but<00:52:48.579><c> to</c><00:52:48.760><c> convince</c><00:52:49.119><c> you</c><00:52:49.420><c> you're</c><00:52:49.599><c> a</c><00:52:49.739><c> sinner</c> 00:52:49.840 --> 00:52:53.280 that<00:52:50.199><c> all</c><00:52:50.539><c> the</c><00:52:50.760><c> world</c><00:52:51.380><c> might</c><00:52:51.860><c> become</c><00:52:52.340><c> liable</c><00:52:52.780><c> to</c><00:52:53.019><c> judgment</c> 00:52:53.280 --> 00:52:54.760 as<00:52:53.480><c> the</c><00:52:53.639><c> word</c><00:52:53.780><c> guilty</c><00:52:54.139><c> there</c><00:52:54.380><c> means?</c> 00:52:54.940 --> 00:52:57.059 They're<00:52:55.219><c> all</c><00:52:55.500><c> liable</c><00:52:55.880><c> to</c><00:52:56.139><c> judgment.</c> 00:52:57.079 --> 00:52:58.920 And<00:52:57.239><c> the</c><00:52:57.460><c> law's</c><00:52:57.880><c> purpose,</c><00:52:58.400><c> brothers</c><00:52:58.480><c> and</c><00:52:58.679><c> sisters,</c> 00:52:59.019 --> 00:53:01.980 was<00:52:59.139><c> that</c><00:52:59.420><c> every</c><00:52:59.960><c> mouth</c><00:53:00.360><c> might</c><00:53:00.659><c> be</c><00:53:01.099><c> stopped.</c> 00:53:03.340 --> 00:53:05.400 And<00:53:03.460><c> look</c><00:53:03.639><c> what</c><00:53:03.760><c> he</c><00:53:03.920><c> said</c><00:53:04.039><c> about</c><00:53:04.300><c> the</c><00:53:04.579><c> mouth.</c> 00:53:06.920 --> 00:53:10.679 Yawning<00:53:07.480><c> grave,</c><00:53:08.619><c> the</c><00:53:08.980><c> poison</c><00:53:09.260><c> of</c><00:53:09.639><c> snakes,</c> 00:53:10.980 --> 00:53:12.840 cursing<00:53:11.519><c> and</c><00:53:11.860><c> bitterness.</c> 00:53:13.679 --> 00:53:18.719 And<00:53:14.239><c> the</c><00:53:14.480><c> law</c><00:53:15.059><c> shut</c><00:53:15.840><c> it</c><00:53:16.039><c> up</c><00:53:16.239><c> like</c><00:53:16.500><c> that.</c> 00:53:18.820 --> 00:53:20.639 Closed<00:53:19.119><c> it</c><00:53:19.460><c> right</c><00:53:19.719><c> up.</c> 00:53:21.019 --> 00:53:24.860 No<00:53:21.280><c> longer</c><00:53:21.619><c> did</c><00:53:21.840><c> the</c><00:53:22.079><c> Jew,</c><00:53:22.480><c> that</c><00:53:22.619><c> is,</c><00:53:23.440><c> the</c><00:53:23.800><c> conscientious</c><00:53:24.519><c> Jew,</c> 00:53:25.239 --> 00:53:26.300 say<00:53:25.360><c> anything</c><00:53:25.639><c> about</c><00:53:25.920><c> anything</c> 00:53:26.300 --> 00:53:29.019 because<00:53:26.940><c> that</c><00:53:27.260><c> which</c><00:53:27.440><c> he</c><00:53:27.639><c> had</c><00:53:27.780><c> volunteered</c><00:53:28.260><c> to</c><00:53:28.539><c> accept</c> 00:53:29.019 --> 00:53:31.380 had<00:53:29.500><c> shown</c><00:53:29.940><c> him,</c><00:53:30.300><c> or</c><00:53:30.420><c> should</c><00:53:30.639><c> have</c><00:53:30.840><c> shown</c><00:53:31.039><c> him,</c> 00:53:31.500 --> 00:53:34.500 that<00:53:31.619><c> he</c><00:53:31.760><c> was</c><00:53:32.099><c> just</c><00:53:32.460><c> as</c><00:53:32.840><c> bad</c><00:53:33.019><c> as</c><00:53:33.300><c> everyone</c><00:53:33.599><c> else.</c> 00:53:34.559 --> 00:53:37.500 Now,<00:53:34.739><c> you</c><00:53:34.880><c> look</c><00:53:34.980><c> at</c><00:53:35.139><c> this</c><00:53:35.360><c> reference,</c><00:53:36.039><c> Psalm</c><00:53:36.239><c> 63.</c> 00:53:38.179 --> 00:53:42.239 You<00:53:38.739><c> line</c><00:53:39.079><c> this</c><00:53:39.300><c> up</c><00:53:39.519><c> with</c><00:53:40.099><c> Paul's</c><00:53:40.599><c> reference</c><00:53:40.880><c> in</c><00:53:41.159><c> Romans.</c> 00:53:52.500 --> 00:53:54.079 That<00:53:52.659><c> every</c><00:53:53.000><c> mouth</c><00:53:53.340><c> may</c><00:53:53.579><c> be</c><00:53:53.880><c> stopped</c> 00:53:54.079 --> 00:53:57.300 and<00:53:54.280><c> all</c><00:53:54.519><c> the</c><00:53:54.719><c> world</c><00:53:54.920><c> may</c><00:53:55.179><c> become</c><00:53:55.500><c> guilty</c><00:53:55.900><c> before</c><00:53:56.280><c> God.</c> 00:53:57.840 --> 00:53:58.380 Now,<00:53:57.960><c> look</c><00:53:58.099><c> at</c><00:53:58.260><c> this.</c> 00:53:58.400 --> 00:54:01.679 I'm<00:53:58.599><c> going</c><00:53:58.719><c> to</c><00:53:58.739><c> show</c><00:53:58.960><c> you</c><00:53:59.179><c> two</c><00:53:59.480><c> beautiful</c><00:54:00.139><c> references</c><00:54:00.539><c> here.</c> 00:54:01.860 --> 00:54:03.880 They<00:54:02.079><c> really</c><00:54:02.400><c> are</c><00:54:02.639><c> beautiful.</c> 00:54:05.840 --> 00:54:09.940 Psalm<00:54:06.639><c> 63</c><00:54:07.440><c> and</c><00:54:07.920><c> verse</c><00:54:08.219><c> 11.</c> 00:54:10.539 --> 00:54:13.139 The<00:54:10.699><c> last</c><00:54:11.099><c> verse</c><00:54:11.340><c> of</c><00:54:11.500><c> this</c><00:54:11.780><c> psalm</c><00:54:12.039><c> says,</c> 00:54:13.179 --> 00:54:16.380 But<00:54:13.320><c> the</c><00:54:13.579><c> king</c><00:54:14.079><c> shall</c><00:54:14.420><c> rejoice</c><00:54:15.039><c> in</c><00:54:15.360><c> God.</c> 00:54:17.400 --> 00:54:21.440 Every<00:54:17.679><c> one</c><00:54:17.940><c> that</c><00:54:18.400><c> sweareth</c><00:54:18.880><c> by</c><00:54:19.300><c> him</c><00:54:19.820><c> shall</c><00:54:20.199><c> glory.</c> 00:54:22.760 --> 00:54:26.659 But<00:54:23.019><c> the</c><00:54:23.300><c> mouth</c><00:54:23.539><c> of</c><00:54:23.679><c> them</c><00:54:23.940><c> that</c><00:54:24.280><c> speak</c><00:54:24.519><c> lies</c><00:54:24.940><c> shall</c><00:54:25.239><c> be</c><00:54:25.800><c> stopped.</c> 00:54:27.800 --> 00:54:28.800 You<00:54:28.039><c> look</c><00:54:28.199><c> at</c><00:54:28.360><c> that.</c> 00:54:29.239 --> 00:54:32.139 The<00:54:29.559><c> king</c><00:54:29.980><c> shall</c><00:54:30.280><c> rejoice</c><00:54:31.019><c> in</c><00:54:31.639><c> God.</c> 00:54:32.139 --> 00:54:36.739 Every<00:54:33.199><c> one</c><00:54:33.380><c> that</c><00:54:33.760><c> sweareth</c><00:54:34.219><c> by</c><00:54:34.719><c> him</c><00:54:35.280><c> shall</c><00:54:35.659><c> glory.</c> 00:54:36.780 --> 00:54:41.079 But<00:54:36.980><c> the</c><00:54:37.239><c> mouth</c><00:54:37.619><c> of</c><00:54:37.920><c> them</c><00:54:38.179><c> that</c><00:54:38.559><c> speak</c><00:54:38.840><c> lies</c><00:54:39.300><c> shall</c><00:54:39.599><c> be</c><00:54:40.300><c> stopped.</c> 00:54:42.000 --> 00:54:43.500 Wasn't<00:54:42.260><c> that</c><00:54:42.539><c> the</c><00:54:42.639><c> purpose</c><00:54:42.940><c> of</c><00:54:43.139><c> the</c><00:54:43.300><c> law?</c> 00:54:43.800 --> 00:54:47.840 To<00:54:44.320><c> stop</c><00:54:44.699><c> that</c><00:54:45.480><c> grave,</c><00:54:46.360><c> that</c><00:54:46.659><c> tongue</c><00:54:47.039><c> of</c><00:54:47.480><c> poison,</c> 00:54:48.079 --> 00:54:49.619 that<00:54:48.420><c> mouth</c><00:54:48.840><c> of</c><00:54:49.320><c> bitterness,</c> 00:54:50.119 --> 00:54:53.000 to<00:54:50.559><c> shut</c><00:54:50.800><c> it</c><00:54:51.000><c> up</c><00:54:51.280><c> so</c><00:54:51.460><c> that</c><00:54:51.559><c> people</c><00:54:51.820><c> might</c><00:54:52.059><c> understand</c><00:54:52.800><c> who</c> 00:54:53.000 --> 00:54:53.539 they<00:54:53.260><c> are,</c> 00:54:53.760 --> 00:54:57.119 that<00:54:53.820><c> they</c><00:54:54.000><c> might</c><00:54:54.320><c> learn</c><00:54:54.880><c> therefore</c><00:54:55.440><c> to</c><00:54:55.980><c> glory</c><00:54:56.380><c> in</c><00:54:56.719><c> God</c><00:54:56.900><c> and</c> 00:54:57.119 --> 00:54:57.659 God<00:54:57.300><c> alone.</c> 00:54:58.000 --> 00:54:59.579 Look<00:54:58.219><c> at</c><00:54:58.380><c> Ezekiel</c><00:54:58.880><c> 16.</c> 00:54:59.820 --> 00:55:01.239 Look<00:55:00.039><c> at</c><00:55:00.159><c> this</c><00:55:00.400><c> reference.</c> 00:55:18.480 --> 00:55:23.099 Ezekiel<00:55:19.400><c> 16</c><00:55:20.059><c> verses</c><00:55:20.539><c> 62</c><00:55:21.219><c> and</c><00:55:21.559><c> 63.</c> 00:55:24.880 --> 00:55:27.940 God<00:55:25.380><c> says</c><00:55:25.780><c> to</c><00:55:26.059><c> the</c><00:55:26.280><c> disobedient</c><00:55:27.039><c> women</c><00:55:27.340><c> of</c><00:55:27.500><c> Israel,</c> 00:55:28.039 --> 00:55:30.920 the<00:55:28.760><c> two</c><00:55:29.039><c> daughters</c><00:55:29.440><c> of</c><00:55:29.639><c> Jerusalem</c><00:55:30.139><c> and</c><00:55:30.400><c> Samaria,</c> 00:55:30.920 --> 00:55:33.820 I<00:55:31.079><c> will</c><00:55:32.079><c> establish</c><00:55:32.599><c> my</c><00:55:32.980><c> covenant</c><00:55:33.300><c> with</c><00:55:33.559><c> thee,</c> 00:55:33.860 --> 00:55:36.800 and<00:55:33.980><c> thou</c><00:55:34.219><c> shalt</c><00:55:34.599><c> know</c><00:55:35.179><c> that</c><00:55:35.360><c> I</c><00:55:35.579><c> am</c><00:55:35.880><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:55:37.420 --> 00:55:41.639 that<00:55:37.599><c> thou</c><00:55:37.880><c> mayest</c><00:55:38.360><c> remember</c><00:55:39.280><c> and</c><00:55:40.099><c> be</c><00:55:40.460><c> confounded,</c> 00:55:41.719 --> 00:55:47.860 and<00:55:41.800><c> never</c><00:55:42.639><c> open</c><00:55:43.280><c> thy</c><00:55:43.699><c> mouth</c><00:55:44.300><c> any</c><00:55:44.860><c> more</c><00:55:45.519><c> because</c><00:55:46.780><c> of</c><00:55:47.039><c> thy</c><00:55:47.199><c> shame,</c> 00:55:48.340 --> 00:55:52.440 when<00:55:48.579><c> I</c><00:55:48.800><c> am</c><00:55:49.099><c> pacified</c><00:55:49.639><c> toward</c><00:55:50.199><c> thee</c><00:55:50.780><c> for</c><00:55:51.139><c> all</c><00:55:51.480><c> that</c><00:55:51.619><c> thou</c><00:55:51.760><c> hast</c><00:55:52.039><c> done,</c> 00:55:52.679 --> 00:55:54.480 saith<00:55:52.800><c> the</c><00:55:53.099><c> Lord</c><00:55:53.400><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:55:54.780 --> 00:55:56.019 You<00:55:55.039><c> know,</c><00:55:55.360><c> brothers</c><00:55:55.500><c> and</c><00:55:55.699><c> sisters,</c> 00:55:56.159 --> 00:55:58.659 there<00:55:56.380><c> is</c><00:55:56.679><c> a</c><00:55:56.880><c> difference</c><00:55:57.179><c> in</c><00:55:57.460><c> those</c><00:55:57.739><c> verses.</c> 00:55:59.159 --> 00:56:02.980 You<00:55:59.719><c> see</c><00:55:59.960><c> how</c><00:56:00.280><c> Yahweh's</c><00:56:00.780><c> going</c><00:56:00.860><c> to</c><00:56:01.000><c> finally</c><00:56:01.380><c> close</c><00:56:01.719><c> their</c><00:56:02.000><c> mouth?</c> 00:56:03.059 --> 00:56:04.099 See<00:56:03.239><c> how</c><00:56:03.360><c> he's</c><00:56:03.440><c> going</c><00:56:03.559><c> to</c><00:56:03.659><c> do</c><00:56:03.780><c> it?</c> 00:56:04.340 --> 00:56:06.079 Not<00:56:04.460><c> by</c><00:56:04.780><c> law</c><00:56:05.039><c> there.</c> 00:56:06.219 --> 00:56:09.739 I<00:56:06.239><c> will</c><00:56:06.599><c> establish</c><00:56:07.280><c> my</c><00:56:07.960><c> covenant</c><00:56:08.480><c> with</c><00:56:08.980><c> thee.</c> 00:56:09.840 --> 00:56:13.119 In<00:56:10.019><c> verse</c><00:56:10.340><c> 60,</c><00:56:10.860><c> it's</c><00:56:11.139><c> an</c><00:56:11.300><c> everlasting</c><00:56:12.139><c> covenant.</c> 00:56:13.219 --> 00:56:15.739 You<00:56:13.420><c> see</c><00:56:13.619><c> how</c><00:56:13.840><c> God's</c><00:56:14.320><c> going</c><00:56:14.380><c> to</c><00:56:14.599><c> finally</c><00:56:14.920><c> close</c><00:56:15.260><c> their</c><00:56:15.539><c> mouth?</c> 00:56:16.000 --> 00:56:18.340 You<00:56:16.139><c> see,</c><00:56:16.320><c> the</c><00:56:16.480><c> law</c><00:56:16.679><c> didn't</c><00:56:16.960><c> close</c><00:56:17.280><c> the</c><00:56:17.519><c> Jewish</c><00:56:17.719><c> mouth,</c><00:56:18.059><c> did</c><00:56:18.199><c> it?</c> 00:56:18.340 --> 00:56:19.280 It<00:56:18.639><c> should</c><00:56:18.800><c> have.</c> 00:56:19.519 --> 00:56:22.579 If<00:56:19.840><c> they</c><00:56:20.159><c> had</c><00:56:20.320><c> have</c><00:56:20.559><c> realized</c><00:56:21.019><c> how</c><00:56:21.599><c> far</c><00:56:21.880><c> they'd</c><00:56:22.239><c> strayed</c><00:56:22.480><c> from</c> 00:56:22.579 --> 00:56:22.800 that<00:56:22.679><c> law,</c> 00:56:22.940 --> 00:56:26.260 they'd<00:56:23.280><c> never</c><00:56:23.639><c> ever</c><00:56:24.239><c> raise</c><00:56:24.559><c> their</c><00:56:24.860><c> voice</c><00:56:25.039><c> in</c><00:56:25.280><c> criticism</c><00:56:25.699><c> of</c><00:56:25.980><c> anyone.</c> 00:56:26.260 --> 00:56:27.380 But<00:56:26.659><c> it</c><00:56:26.880><c> didn't</c><00:56:27.159><c> do</c><00:56:27.320><c> it.</c> 00:56:27.380 --> 00:56:30.519 They<00:56:27.599><c> went</c><00:56:27.840><c> on</c><00:56:28.260><c> blaspheming</c><00:56:28.960><c> and</c><00:56:29.260><c> cursing</c><00:56:29.900><c> and</c><00:56:30.260><c> issuing</c> 00:56:30.519 --> 00:56:31.340 forth<00:56:31.019><c> bitterness</c> 00:56:31.340 --> 00:56:34.659 against<00:56:31.760><c> the</c><00:56:31.960><c> 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them</c><00:56:44.840><c> his</c><00:56:45.219><c> new</c><00:56:45.440><c> covenant</c><00:56:45.800><c> in</c><00:56:46.099><c> his</c><00:56:46.320><c> Son,</c> 00:56:46.619 --> 00:56:49.460 the<00:56:46.619><c> Lord</c><00:56:46.820><c> Jesus</c><00:56:47.260><c> Christ,</c><00:56:48.039><c> changing</c><00:56:48.400><c> their</c><00:56:48.780><c> heart</c><00:56:48.960><c> and</c><00:56:49.179><c> being</c> 00:56:49.460 --> 00:56:50.980 kind<00:56:49.860><c> to</c><00:56:49.980><c> them.</c> 00:56:51.820 --> 00:56:53.980 And<00:56:52.000><c> the</c><00:56:52.159><c> Jewish</c><00:56:52.440><c> mouth</c><00:56:52.739><c> will</c><00:56:53.039><c> finally</c><00:56:53.519><c> close.</c> 00:56:53.980 --> 00:56:57.059 It<00:56:54.539><c> will</c><00:56:54.840><c> close,</c><00:56:55.300><c> brethren</c><00:56:55.420><c> and</c><00:56:55.719><c> sisters,</c><00:56:56.260><c> in</c><00:56:56.480><c> the</c><00:56:56.679><c> light</c><00:56:56.900><c> of</c> 00:56:57.059 --> 00:56:58.460 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that</c><00:57:17.300><c> will</c><00:57:17.579><c> close</c><00:57:17.920><c> Jewish</c><00:57:18.199><c> mouths</c><00:57:18.460><c> once</c><00:57:18.820><c> and</c><00:57:19.019><c> for</c><00:57:19.239><c> all.</c> 00:57:20.800 --> 00:57:23.500 And<00:57:20.920><c> what</c><00:57:21.059><c> the</c><00:57:21.260><c> law</c><00:57:21.440><c> could</c><00:57:21.760><c> not</c><00:57:22.059><c> do,</c><00:57:22.559><c> that</c><00:57:22.800><c> will</c><00:57:23.039><c> do</c><00:57:23.179><c> it.</c> 00:57:23.500 --> 00:57:26.960 When<00:57:23.940><c> God</c><00:57:24.280><c> reveals</c><00:57:24.920><c> to</c><00:57:25.099><c> them</c><00:57:25.219><c> that</c><00:57:25.519><c> covenant,</c><00:57:26.119><c> you'll</c><00:57:26.400><c> never</c> 00:57:26.960 --> 00:57:29.579 open<00:57:27.539><c> your</c><00:57:27.900><c> mouth</c><00:57:28.320><c> anymore.</c> 00:57:30.539 --> 00:57:31.619 I<00:57:30.760><c> believe</c><00:57:30.940><c> that's</c><00:57:31.420><c> true.</c> 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that</c><00:57:40.900><c> law,</c><00:57:41.460><c> brethren</c><00:57:41.579><c> and</c><00:57:41.840><c> sisters,</c><00:57:42.340><c> is</c><00:57:42.460><c> native</c><00:57:42.820><c> to</c> 00:57:43.000 --> 00:57:43.380 the<00:57:43.239><c> flesh.</c> 00:57:43.619 --> 00:57:45.000 Judaism<00:57:43.900><c> is</c><00:57:44.179><c> native</c><00:57:44.460><c> to</c><00:57:44.639><c> the</c><00:57:44.840><c> flesh.</c> 00:57:45.280 --> 00:57:46.400 We<00:57:45.480><c> grow</c><00:57:45.699><c> up</c><00:57:45.820><c> in</c><00:57:45.920><c> the</c><00:57:46.179><c> truth.</c> 00:57:46.719 --> 00:57:48.079 We<00:57:46.960><c> have</c><00:57:47.219><c> certain</c><00:57:47.500><c> achievements.</c> 00:57:48.340 --> 00:57:50.159 We<00:57:48.659><c> understand</c><00:57:49.280><c> certain</c><00:57:49.699><c> references.</c> 00:57:50.519 --> 00:57:51.760 We<00:57:50.800><c> mark</c><00:57:51.059><c> up</c><00:57:51.260><c> our</c><00:57:51.519><c> Bibles.</c> 00:57:51.760 --> 00:57:53.840 And<00:57:51.860><c> we</c><00:57:51.940><c> get</c><00:57:52.139><c> a</c><00:57:52.360><c> sense</c><00:57:52.619><c> of</c><00:57:52.960><c> importance</c><00:57:53.260><c> when</c><00:57:53.420><c> we</c><00:57:53.539><c> say,</c><00:57:53.840><c> well,</c> 00:57:53.840 --> 00:57:55.400 we're<00:57:53.940><c> not</c><00:57:54.119><c> like</c><00:57:54.420><c> others.</c> 00:57:57.039 --> 00:57:59.800 And<00:57:57.559><c> God's</c><00:57:58.079><c> law,</c><00:57:58.260><c> you</c><00:57:58.460><c> might</c><00:57:58.719><c> say,</c><00:57:59.119><c> and</c><00:57:59.239><c> the</c><00:57:59.460><c> understanding</c> 00:57:59.800 --> 00:58:01.840 of<00:58:00.039><c> God's</c><00:58:00.380><c> law</c><00:58:00.719><c> has</c><00:58:01.099><c> puffed</c><00:58:01.280><c> us</c><00:58:01.539><c> up</c> 00:58:01.840 --> 00:58:04.679 to<00:58:02.280><c> believe</c><00:58:02.579><c> that</c><00:58:02.760><c> we're</c><00:58:02.940><c> a</c><00:58:03.119><c> different</c><00:58:03.300><c> kind</c><00:58:03.559><c> of</c><00:58:03.719><c> Christadelphian</c><00:58:04.300><c> than</c><00:58:04.480><c> all</c> 00:58:04.679 --> 00:58:05.780 the<00:58:04.860><c> rest.</c> 00:58:06.139 --> 00:58:11.320 But<00:58:06.420><c> as</c><00:58:06.980><c> you</c><00:58:07.199><c> come</c><00:58:07.400><c> to</c><00:58:07.679><c> realize</c><00:58:08.219><c> that</c><00:58:09.099><c> you're</c><00:58:09.340><c> really</c><00:58:09.659><c> not,</c><00:58:10.679><c> and</c><00:58:10.820><c> that</c><00:58:10.920><c> we're</c><00:58:11.019><c> all</c><00:58:11.199><c> in</c> 00:58:11.320 --> 00:58:12.159 the<00:58:11.480><c> same</c><00:58:11.760><c> boat,</c> 00:58:12.559 --> 00:58:16.380 and<00:58:13.000><c> further</c><00:58:13.260><c> than</c><00:58:13.519><c> that,</c><00:58:13.960><c> that</c><00:58:14.239><c> we've</c><00:58:14.440><c> been</c><00:58:14.699><c> forgiven</c><00:58:15.280><c> of</c><00:58:15.639><c> our</c><00:58:15.900><c> sins</c><00:58:16.119><c> by</c> 00:58:16.380 --> 00:58:18.179 the<00:58:16.539><c> Lord</c><00:58:16.699><c> Jesus</c><00:58:17.159><c> Christ's</c><00:58:18.059><c> sacrifice</c> 00:58:18.179 --> 00:58:22.679 and<00:58:18.440><c> by</c><00:58:18.699><c> God's</c><00:58:19.179><c> goodness,</c><00:58:20.380><c> our</c><00:58:20.460><c> mouth</c><00:58:21.219><c> closed.</c> 00:58:23.260 --> 00:58:25.699 We<00:58:23.500><c> don't</c><00:58:23.679><c> want</c><00:58:23.820><c> to</c><00:58:23.940><c> talk</c><00:58:24.039><c> about</c><00:58:24.199><c> other</c><00:58:24.500><c> people</c><00:58:24.699><c> anymore.</c> 00:58:26.179 --> 00:58:29.179 All<00:58:26.360><c> we</c><00:58:26.460><c> want</c><00:58:26.619><c> to</c><00:58:26.739><c> do</c><00:58:26.820><c> is</c><00:58:27.000><c> be</c><00:58:27.260><c> very</c><00:58:27.800><c> silent</c><00:58:28.079><c> and</c><00:58:28.320><c> very</c><00:58:28.820><c> thankful</c> 00:58:29.179 --> 00:58:30.860 that<00:58:29.500><c> God</c><00:58:29.739><c> has</c><00:58:30.019><c> saved</c><00:58:30.300><c> us,</c> 00:58:31.000 --> 00:58:32.119 never<00:58:31.179><c> mind</c><00:58:31.340><c> about</c><00:58:31.519><c> anybody</c><00:58:31.840><c> else.</c> 00:58:32.500 --> 00:58:33.619 And<00:58:32.639><c> that's</c><00:58:32.760><c> what</c><00:58:32.960><c> God</c><00:58:33.280><c> says.</c> 00:58:34.119 --> 00:58:38.440 You'll<00:58:34.460><c> never</c><00:58:34.840><c> open</c><00:58:35.239><c> your</c><00:58:35.519><c> mouth</c><00:58:36.000><c> anymore,</c><00:58:37.900><c> and</c><00:58:38.199><c> neither</c> 00:58:38.440 --> 00:58:39.139 they<00:58:38.820><c> will,</c> 00:58:39.599 --> 00:58:42.079 when<00:58:39.739><c> the</c><00:58:40.000><c> great</c><00:58:40.239><c> revelation</c><00:58:40.760><c> of</c><00:58:40.960><c> the</c><00:58:41.059><c> new</c><00:58:41.280><c> covenant</c><00:58:41.579><c> is</c><00:58:41.820><c> made</c> 00:58:42.079 --> 00:58:42.619 to<00:58:42.340><c> them.</c> 00:58:42.860 --> 00:58:44.800 Now,<00:58:43.559><c> that's</c><00:58:43.980><c> what</c><00:58:44.079><c> Paul</c><00:58:44.320><c> was</c><00:58:44.579><c> saying.</c> 00:58:44.800 --> 00:58:47.300 The<00:58:45.239><c> purpose</c><00:58:45.619><c> of</c><00:58:45.820><c> the</c><00:58:45.940><c> law,</c><00:58:46.340><c> therefore,</c><00:58:46.539><c> was</c><00:58:46.780><c> to</c><00:58:46.860><c> convince</c> 00:58:47.300 --> 00:58:48.659 men<00:58:47.519><c> that</c><00:58:47.659><c> they</c><00:58:47.780><c> were</c><00:58:48.059><c> all</c><00:58:48.340><c> sinners.</c> 00:58:49.019 --> 00:58:52.340 And<00:58:49.079><c> then</c><00:58:49.300><c> he</c><00:58:49.460><c> quotes</c><00:58:49.739><c> in</c><00:58:50.179><c> Romans</c><00:58:50.539><c> 3,</c><00:58:51.619><c> and</c><00:58:51.699><c> we</c><00:58:51.820><c> want</c><00:58:52.000><c> to</c><00:58:52.059><c> finish</c> 00:58:52.340 --> 00:58:54.239 this<00:58:52.500><c> little</c><00:58:52.760><c> section</c><00:58:53.039><c> tonight.</c> 00:58:55.420 --> 00:59:01.900 He<00:58:55.500><c> says</c><00:58:55.780><c> in</c><00:58:56.000><c> verse</c><00:58:56.320><c> 20</c><00:58:58.019><c> of</c><00:58:58.800><c> Romans</c><00:58:59.159><c> 3,</c><00:58:59.559><c> the</c><00:58:59.679><c> last</c><00:59:00.059><c> verse</c><00:59:00.219><c> we</c><00:59:00.340><c> want</c><00:59:00.500><c> to</c><00:59:00.639><c> consider,</c> 00:59:02.840 --> 00:59:07.800 Therefore,<00:59:03.940><c> by</c><00:59:04.300><c> the</c><00:59:04.579><c> deeds</c><00:59:04.820><c> of</c><00:59:05.019><c> the</c><00:59:05.219><c> law,</c><00:59:05.840><c> shall</c><00:59:06.039><c> no</c><00:59:06.619><c> flesh</c><00:59:07.139><c> be</c> 00:59:07.800 --> 00:59:09.800 justified<00:59:08.539><c> in</c><00:59:08.800><c> his</c><00:59:09.380><c> sight.</c> 00:59:09.800 --> 00:59:13.300 Now,<00:59:10.960><c> he's</c><00:59:11.340><c> quoting</c><00:59:11.679><c> Psalm</c><00:59:12.199><c> 143.</c> 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these</c><01:00:07.500><c> references,</c><01:00:07.920><c> by</c><01:00:08.059><c> the</c><01:00:08.219><c> way,</c> 01:00:08.480 --> 01:00:09.599 especially<01:00:08.719><c> these</c><01:00:08.980><c> two</c><01:00:09.260><c> Bibles,</c> 01:00:09.760 --> 01:00:11.159 because<01:00:09.840><c> as</c><01:00:09.920><c> you</c><01:00:09.980><c> look</c><01:00:10.139><c> from</c><01:00:10.340><c> one</c><01:00:10.500><c> to</c><01:00:10.599><c> the</c><01:00:10.699><c> other,</c><01:00:10.980><c> you</c><01:00:11.039><c> forget</c> 01:00:11.159 --> 01:00:12.480 what<01:00:11.320><c> the</c><01:00:11.400><c> other</c><01:00:11.480><c> one</c><01:00:11.679><c> said.</c> 01:00:12.659 --> 01:00:14.099 Can<01:00:12.780><c> you</c><01:00:12.900><c> see</c><01:00:13.039><c> the</c><01:00:13.199><c> difference?</c> 01:00:18.179 --> 01:00:19.159 No. 01:00:20.099 --> 01:00:21.400 That's<01:00:20.579><c> right.</c> 01:00:21.519 --> 01:00:26.639 See,<01:00:21.900><c> in</c><01:00:22.119><c> verse</c><01:00:22.480><c> 2</c><01:00:22.920><c> of</c><01:00:23.179><c> Psalm</c><01:00:23.420><c> 143,</c><01:00:24.719><c> no</c><01:00:24.960><c> man's</c><01:00:25.679><c> going</c><01:00:25.760><c> to</c><01:00:25.840><c> be</c><01:00:26.000><c> justified.</c> 01:00:27.059 --> 01:00:31.679 But<01:00:27.300><c> Paul,</c><01:00:28.159><c> just</c><01:00:28.380><c> a</c><01:00:28.480><c> little</c><01:00:28.719><c> depth</c><01:00:29.039><c> change,</c><01:00:30.000><c> he</c><01:00:30.420><c> says</c><01:00:30.619><c> no</c><01:00:31.260><c> flesh.</c> 01:00:31.679 --> 01:00:32.980 To<01:00:32.239><c> be</c><01:00:32.440><c> justified.</c> 01:00:33.320 --> 01:00:36.340 You<01:00:33.340><c> might</c><01:00:33.579><c> say,</c><01:00:34.139><c> oh,</c><01:00:34.139><c> come</c><01:00:34.380><c> on,</c><01:00:34.820><c> there's</c><01:00:35.619><c> no</c><01:00:35.920><c> significance,</c> 01:00:36.599 --> 01:00:36.920 isn't<01:00:36.739><c> there?</c> 01:00:37.360 --> 01:00:40.219 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basic</c><01:00:48.079><c> cause</c><01:00:48.760><c> of</c><01:00:49.000><c> why</c><01:00:49.179><c> man</c><01:00:49.400><c> is</c><01:00:49.699><c> unrighteous.</c> 01:00:51.239 --> 01:00:56.480 He's<01:00:51.760><c> just</c><01:00:52.280><c> underlining</c><01:00:52.960><c> the</c><01:00:53.320><c> basic</c><01:00:53.900><c> cause</c><01:00:54.659><c> of</c><01:00:54.920><c> man's</c><01:00:55.440><c> unrighteousness.</c> 01:00:56.980 --> 01:01:01.119 His<01:00:57.440><c> flesh</c><01:00:57.719><c> is</c><01:00:57.980><c> the</c><01:00:58.159><c> problem,</c><01:00:59.239><c> and</c><01:00:59.539><c> flesh</c><01:00:59.880><c> is</c><01:01:00.179><c> common</c><01:01:00.340><c> to</c><01:01:00.559><c> them</c><01:01:00.659><c> all.</c> 01:01:01.119 --> 01:01:05.199 So<01:01:01.840><c> that</c><01:01:02.059><c> just</c><01:01:02.280><c> by</c><01:01:02.519><c> the</c><01:01:02.739><c> depth</c><01:01:03.139><c> change</c><01:01:03.599><c> from</c><01:01:04.139><c> 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detailed</c><01:03:46.119><c> explanation</c><01:03:47.000><c> of</c><01:03:47.619><c> some</c><01:03:47.800><c> of</c><01:03:47.980><c> those</c><01:03:48.139><c> matters</c> 01:03:48.440 --> 01:03:53.059 that<01:03:48.719><c> Paul</c><01:03:48.940><c> has</c><01:03:49.300><c> just</c><01:03:49.960><c> broadly</c><01:03:50.639><c> stated</c><01:03:51.119><c> in</c><01:03:51.719><c> the</c><01:03:51.860><c> earlier</c><01:03:52.159><c> chapters.</c>