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it's<00:12:48.600><c> drawing</c><00:12:48.799><c> upon</c><00:12:49.220><c> that</c><00:12:49.519><c> sustenance</c><00:12:50.039><c> within.</c>

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I<00:13:21.059><c> put</c><00:13:21.259><c> it</c><00:13:21.399><c> in</c><00:13:21.539><c> my</c><00:13:21.759><c> Bible</c><00:13:22.000><c> page.</c><00:13:23.100><c> I've</c><00:13:23.500><c> disappeared.</c><00:13:25.059><c> It's</c><00:13:25.399><c> gone</c><00:13:25.519><c> to</c>

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dust.<00:13:26.899><c> There</c><00:13:27.019><c> was</c><00:13:27.259><c> a</c><00:13:27.440><c> flake</c><00:13:27.639><c> or</c><00:13:27.799><c> two</c>

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wet<00:13:38.000><c> Wales,</c><00:13:39.200><c> where</c><00:13:39.500><c> grass</c><00:13:39.860><c> seems</c><00:13:40.220><c> all</c><00:13:40.379><c> this</c><00:13:40.679><c> green,</c>

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blows,<00:13:54.039><c> the</c><00:13:54.179><c> grass</c><00:13:54.539><c> withers,</c><00:13:55.419><c> and</c><00:13:55.620><c> the</c><00:13:55.799><c> flower</c>

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fades.<00:13:56.899><c> That's</c><00:13:57.279><c> the</c><00:13:57.500><c> glory</c><00:13:57.899><c> of</c><00:13:58.200><c> man</c><00:13:58.799><c> compared</c><00:13:59.919><c> to</c><00:14:00.539><c> the</c><00:14:00.740><c> glory</c>

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was<00:14:06.759><c> the</c><00:14:07.059><c> glory</c><00:14:07.580><c> of</c><00:14:07.940><c> God.</c><00:14:08.120><c> They</c><00:14:08.279><c> didn't</c><00:14:08.559><c> see</c><00:14:08.779><c> it</c><00:14:08.940><c> in</c><00:14:09.039><c> his</c><00:14:09.240><c> flesh.</c>

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beauty<00:14:27.220><c> in</c><00:14:27.440><c> his</c><00:14:27.600><c> flesh.</c><00:14:29.059><c> What</c><00:14:29.240><c> they</c><00:14:29.539><c> saw</c><00:14:29.840><c> was</c><00:14:30.080><c> the</c><00:14:30.360><c> glory</c><00:14:30.659><c> of</c>

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all.<00:14:55.720><c> All</c><00:14:55.720><c> flesh</c><00:14:56.259><c> shall</c><00:14:56.799><c> see</c><00:14:57.059><c> it</c><00:14:57.299><c> together,</c><00:14:57.639><c> and</c><00:14:57.860><c> they</c><00:14:58.120><c> did.</c>

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accompanied<00:15:05.259><c> the</c><00:15:05.580><c> Lord</c>

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All<00:16:13.960><c> flesh</c><00:16:14.580><c> is</c><00:16:15.759><c> grass.</c>

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There's<00:16:18.899><c> a</c><00:16:19.059><c> contrast</c><00:16:19.519><c> between</c><00:16:20.460><c> the</c><00:16:21.779><c> Lord</c><00:16:21.980><c> Jesus</c><00:16:22.419><c> Christ</c><00:16:23.059><c> and</c><00:16:24.320><c> ourselves.</c>

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Isaiah<00:16:27.000><c> is</c><00:16:27.259><c> portraying</c><00:16:27.720><c> the</c><00:16:27.860><c> Lord</c><00:16:28.039><c> Jesus</c><00:16:28.519><c> Christ.</c><00:16:29.360><c> Behold</c>

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your<00:16:30.720><c> God.</c>

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Let<00:16:44.679><c> Peter</c><00:16:45.019><c> explain</c><00:16:45.820><c> in</c><00:16:46.580><c> his</c><00:16:46.820><c> first</c><00:16:47.120><c> epistle</c><00:16:47.600><c> and</c><00:16:48.039><c> the</c><00:16:48.220><c> first</c><00:16:48.419><c> chapter.</c>

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would<00:16:55.620><c> not,</c><00:16:56.940><c> but</c><00:16:57.039><c> he</c><00:16:57.220><c> did.</c>

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Perhaps<00:16:59.659><c> those</c><00:16:59.980><c> words</c><00:17:00.340><c> of</c><00:17:00.759><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:01.159><c> 40</c><00:17:02.379><c> meant</c><00:17:02.799><c> more</c><00:17:03.120><c> to</c><00:17:03.259><c> him</c><00:17:03.559><c> then.</c>

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And<00:17:06.700><c> in</c><00:17:06.859><c> his</c><00:17:07.079><c> first</c><00:17:07.359><c> epistle,</c><00:17:07.740><c> he</c><00:17:07.900><c> makes</c><00:17:08.180><c> reference</c><00:17:09.039><c> to</c><00:17:10.079><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:10.640><c> chapter</c><00:17:11.019><c> 40.</c>

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Once<00:17:11.759><c> again,</c>

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Being<00:17:20.640><c> born</c><00:17:20.960><c> again,</c><00:17:22.240><c> not</c><00:17:22.400><c> of</c><00:17:22.720><c> corruptible</c><00:17:23.339><c> seed,</c><00:17:24.339><c> but</c><00:17:24.559><c> of</c><00:17:25.160><c> incorruptible</c><00:17:26.279><c> by</c>

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but<00:17:46.460><c> the</c><00:17:46.720><c> word</c><00:17:46.980><c> of</c><00:17:47.160><c> the</c><00:17:47.339><c> Lord</c>

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endureth<00:17:48.960><c> forever.</c><00:17:50.240><c> And</c><00:17:50.680><c> this</c><00:17:51.140><c> is</c><00:17:51.599><c> the</c><00:17:51.799><c> word</c><00:17:52.220><c> which</c><00:17:52.720><c> by</c><00:17:53.039><c> the</c>

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gospel<00:17:53.819><c> is</c><00:17:54.619><c> preached</c><00:17:55.000><c> unto</c><00:17:55.279><c> you.</c>

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So<00:17:57.779><c> Peter</c><00:17:58.039><c> takes</c><00:17:58.380><c> hold</c><00:17:58.619><c> of</c><00:17:58.880><c> the</c><00:17:59.259><c> spirit</c><00:17:59.599><c> of</c><00:17:59.759><c> Christ</c><00:18:00.059><c> in</c><00:18:00.299><c> Isaiah</c>

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chapter<00:18:01.000><c> 40</c><00:18:01.460><c> and</c><00:18:01.859><c> says,</c>

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We've<00:18:02.279><c> got</c><00:18:02.440><c> to</c><00:18:02.579><c> be</c><00:18:02.859><c> born,</c><00:18:03.319><c> not</c><00:18:03.799><c> run</c><00:18:04.119><c> sisters,</c><00:18:04.940><c> of</c><00:18:05.200><c> the</c><00:18:05.539><c> corruptible</c><00:18:06.099><c> seed.</c>

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And<00:18:10.400><c> however</c><00:18:10.700><c> long</c><00:18:11.099><c> lasting</c><00:18:11.539><c> that</c><00:18:11.799><c> is,</c><00:18:14.240><c> it</c><00:18:14.420><c> isn't</c><00:18:14.720><c> the</c><00:18:15.000><c> pattern,</c><00:18:16.599><c> but</c><00:18:16.799><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:17.299><c> word</c><00:18:17.519><c> of</c><00:18:17.839><c> God.</c>

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That<00:18:19.339><c> is</c><00:18:19.680><c> the</c><00:18:20.079><c> eternal</c><00:18:20.779><c> seed.</c><00:18:21.180><c> That's</c><00:18:21.559><c> the</c><00:18:21.779><c> seed</c><00:18:22.119><c> that</c><00:18:23.180><c> grows</c>

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up<00:18:23.859><c> and</c><00:18:24.200><c> never</c><00:18:24.759><c> withers.</c>

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And<00:18:25.900><c> that</c><00:18:26.059><c> is</c><00:18:26.259><c> the</c><00:18:26.440><c> gospel</c><00:18:26.839><c> which</c><00:18:27.079><c> is</c><00:18:27.380><c> preached</c><00:18:27.599><c> unto</c><00:18:27.859><c> us.</c>

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And<00:18:28.680><c> that's</c><00:18:28.779><c> what</c><00:18:28.940><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:29.299><c> 40</c><00:18:29.680><c> was</c><00:18:29.960><c> speaking</c><00:18:30.279><c> about.</c>

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In<00:18:31.359><c> the</c><00:18:31.660><c> contrast</c><00:18:32.019><c> between</c><00:18:32.380><c> flesh</c><00:18:32.819><c> and</c><00:18:33.359><c> spirit,</c><00:18:34.200><c> flesh</c><00:18:34.380><c> which</c><00:18:34.720><c> withers,</c>

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it's<00:18:35.839><c> drawing</c><00:18:36.059><c> us</c><00:18:36.259><c> to</c><00:18:36.400><c> the</c><00:18:36.720><c> spirit</c><00:18:37.319><c> by</c><00:18:37.819><c> which</c><00:18:38.019><c> we</c><00:18:38.220><c> can</c><00:18:38.680><c> obtain</c>

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eternal<00:18:39.619><c> life.</c>

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Because<00:18:41.240><c> with</c><00:18:41.980><c> the</c><00:18:42.539><c> one</c><00:18:42.759><c> who</c><00:18:42.980><c> is</c><00:18:43.359><c> traveling</c><00:18:43.779><c> along</c><00:18:44.099><c> this</c><00:18:44.440><c> road,</c>

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are<00:18:47.079><c> a</c><00:18:47.200><c> company</c><00:18:47.660><c> of</c><00:18:48.019><c> people.</c><00:18:48.940><c> Let's</c><00:18:49.099><c> look</c><00:18:49.279><c> back</c><00:18:49.519><c> in</c><00:18:49.660><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:49.960><c> chapter</c><00:18:50.359><c> 40</c>

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and<00:18:51.400><c> see</c><00:18:51.640><c> them</c><00:18:51.859><c> there.</c>

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We<00:18:56.559><c> do</c><00:18:56.980><c> well</c><00:18:57.220><c> to</c><00:18:57.519><c> remember</c><00:18:57.960><c> that</c><00:18:58.359><c> flesh</c><00:18:58.759><c> is</c><00:18:59.680><c> grass.</c><00:19:00.259><c> It's</c><00:19:00.400><c> not</c>

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always<00:19:00.839><c> easy.</c>

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When<00:19:01.859><c> we're</c><00:19:02.119><c> young</c><00:19:02.359><c> and</c><00:19:02.680><c> fit,</c><00:19:04.079><c> sometimes</c><00:19:04.599><c> we</c><00:19:05.579><c> live</c><00:19:05.940><c> as</c><00:19:06.160><c> if</c><00:19:06.339><c> we</c>

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would<00:19:06.720><c> live</c><00:19:06.900><c> forever.</c>

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It's<00:19:08.559><c> only</c><00:19:08.799><c> perhaps</c><00:19:09.380><c> when</c><00:19:09.640><c> illness</c><00:19:10.000><c> touches</c><00:19:10.420><c> us</c><00:19:11.079><c> or</c><00:19:11.420><c> our</c><00:19:11.640><c> family</c><00:19:12.079><c> that</c>

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we<00:19:12.519><c> are</c><00:19:12.700><c> brought</c><00:19:12.900><c> down</c><00:19:13.200><c> to</c><00:19:13.480><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:19:16.799><c> then</c><00:19:17.279><c> our</c><00:19:17.640><c> perspective</c><00:19:18.160><c> changes.</c>

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Our<00:19:20.299><c> focus</c><00:19:20.839><c> perhaps</c><00:19:21.240><c> is</c><00:19:21.519><c> more</c><00:19:21.940><c> keenly</c><00:19:22.480><c> centered</c><00:19:22.880><c> on</c><00:19:23.599><c> the</c><00:19:23.819><c> word</c>

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of<00:19:24.279><c> God.</c>

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Look<00:19:29.640><c> who</c><00:19:30.019><c> is</c><00:19:30.279><c> with</c><00:19:30.599><c> the</c><00:19:30.799><c> Lord</c><00:19:31.099><c> in</c><00:19:31.519><c> verse</c><00:19:31.799><c> 10</c><00:19:32.079><c> and</c><00:19:32.279><c> 11.</c>

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Behold,<00:19:34.319><c> the</c><00:19:34.400><c> Lord</c><00:19:34.759><c> God</c><00:19:35.220><c> will</c><00:19:35.819><c> come</c><00:19:36.200><c> with</c><00:19:36.700><c> strong</c><00:19:37.059><c> hand</c><00:19:37.660><c> and</c>

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his<00:19:38.519><c> arm</c><00:19:38.779><c> shall</c><00:19:39.140><c> rule</c><00:19:39.539><c> for</c><00:19:39.980><c> him.</c>

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Behold,<00:19:41.099><c> his</c><00:19:41.299><c> reward</c><00:19:41.759><c> is</c><00:19:42.099><c> with</c><00:19:42.339><c> him</c><00:19:42.740><c> and</c><00:19:43.160><c> his</c><00:19:43.519><c> work</c><00:19:43.960><c> before</c><00:19:44.680><c> him.</c>

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He<00:19:46.019><c> shall</c><00:19:46.259><c> feed</c><00:19:46.579><c> his</c><00:19:47.019><c> flock</c><00:19:47.440><c> like</c><00:19:48.059><c> a</c><00:19:48.339><c> shepherd.</c>

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He<00:19:49.539><c> shall</c><00:19:49.759><c> gather</c><00:19:50.119><c> the</c><00:19:50.480><c> lambs</c><00:19:51.059><c> with</c><00:19:51.339><c> his</c><00:19:51.640><c> arm</c><00:19:51.920><c> and</c><00:19:52.539><c> carry</c><00:19:52.920><c> them</c>

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in<00:19:53.299><c> his</c><00:19:53.559><c> bosom</c>

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and<00:19:54.779><c> shall</c><00:19:55.099><c> gently</c><00:19:55.720><c> lead</c><00:19:56.160><c> those</c><00:19:56.960><c> that</c><00:19:57.400><c> are</c><00:19:57.640><c> with</c><00:19:57.900><c> young.</c>

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So<00:20:01.140><c> the</c><00:20:01.740><c> Lord</c><00:20:02.059><c> who</c><00:20:02.279><c> is</c><00:20:02.440><c> here</c><00:20:02.660><c> spoken</c><00:20:03.059><c> of,</c><00:20:03.460><c> who</c><00:20:03.599><c> is</c><00:20:03.779><c> coming</c><00:20:04.059><c> through</c><00:20:04.339><c> the</c><00:20:04.539><c> wilderness,</c>

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isn't<00:20:05.759><c> coming</c><00:20:06.059><c> on</c><00:20:06.220><c> his</c><00:20:06.420><c> own.</c><00:20:07.240><c> He</c><00:20:07.359><c> in</c><00:20:07.539><c> fact</c><00:20:07.720><c> is</c><00:20:07.960><c> a</c><00:20:08.200><c> shepherd,</c><00:20:09.420><c> a</c>

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shepherd<00:20:09.920><c> who</c><00:20:10.079><c> is</c><00:20:10.319><c> leading</c><00:20:10.640><c> a</c><00:20:10.960><c> flock</c><00:20:11.099><c> of</c><00:20:11.400><c> sheep.</c>

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And<00:20:13.759><c> the</c><00:20:14.140><c> character</c><00:20:14.720><c> of</c><00:20:14.980><c> the</c><00:20:15.180><c> shepherd</c><00:20:15.559><c> is</c><00:20:16.539><c> glorious</c><00:20:16.960><c> to</c><00:20:17.279><c> behold.</c>

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It<00:20:18.259><c> is</c><00:20:18.500><c> the</c><00:20:18.799><c> glory</c><00:20:19.160><c> of</c><00:20:19.420><c> the</c><00:20:19.660><c> Lord</c><00:20:20.019><c> revealed</c><00:20:20.779><c> in</c><00:20:21.279><c> the</c><00:20:21.579><c> shepherd</c>

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of<00:20:22.099><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:20:23.940><c> the</c><00:20:24.259><c> glory</c><00:20:24.579><c> of</c><00:20:24.819><c> God</c><00:20:25.000><c> is</c><00:20:25.480><c> seen</c><00:20:25.799><c> in</c><00:20:26.299><c> the</c><00:20:26.539><c> way</c><00:20:26.779><c> in</c><00:20:27.039><c> which</c><00:20:27.220><c> he</c>

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looks<00:20:27.700><c> after</c><00:20:28.119><c> his</c><00:20:28.480><c> flock.</c>

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Notice<00:20:32.519><c> in</c><00:20:32.759><c> verse</c><00:20:33.279><c> 10</c><00:20:34.000><c> the</c><00:20:34.779><c> reference</c><00:20:35.220><c> to</c><00:20:35.579><c> the</c><00:20:36.259><c> hand</c><00:20:36.779><c> and</c><00:20:37.400><c> the</c><00:20:37.700><c> arm.</c>

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It's<00:20:39.400><c> a</c><00:20:39.640><c> strong</c><00:20:40.099><c> hand.</c><00:20:41.539><c> His</c><00:20:41.799><c> arm</c><00:20:42.079><c> shall</c><00:20:42.480><c> rule</c><00:20:43.000><c> for</c><00:20:43.420><c> him.</c>

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It's<00:20:44.019><c> a</c><00:20:44.359><c> powerful</c><00:20:44.920><c> arm</c><00:20:45.559><c> that</c><00:20:45.980><c> we're</c><00:20:46.200><c> looking</c><00:20:46.500><c> at.</c>

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He's<00:20:48.599><c> got</c><00:20:48.799><c> work</c><00:20:49.160><c> to</c><00:20:49.420><c> do.</c><00:20:50.259><c> He</c><00:20:50.299><c> has</c><00:20:50.539><c> strength</c><00:20:50.960><c> to</c><00:20:51.259><c> use.</c>

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But<00:20:53.660><c> verse</c><00:20:53.940><c> 11,</c><00:20:54.319><c> you</c><00:20:54.400><c> might</c><00:20:54.579><c> think,</c><00:20:55.500><c> is</c><00:20:55.700><c> in</c><00:20:55.980><c> contrast</c><00:20:56.579><c> to</c><00:20:56.839><c> that</c>

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because<00:20:59.160><c> that</c><00:20:59.559><c> arm</c><00:21:00.000><c> is</c><00:21:00.759><c> being</c><00:21:01.059><c> used</c><00:21:01.440><c> to</c><00:21:01.839><c> gather</c><00:21:02.299><c> the</c><00:21:02.900><c> lambs,</c>

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to<00:21:05.079><c> carry</c><00:21:05.539><c> them</c><00:21:06.059><c> in</c><00:21:06.519><c> his</c><00:21:06.799><c> bosom,</c><00:21:07.079><c> to</c><00:21:07.279><c> place</c><00:21:07.559><c> this</c><00:21:08.119><c> young</c><00:21:08.440><c> lamb</c>

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in<00:21:09.500><c> his</c><00:21:09.819><c> shirt,</c>

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to<00:21:11.880><c> carry</c><00:21:12.160><c> it</c><00:21:12.359><c> along,</c><00:21:12.579><c> to</c><00:21:12.700><c> keep</c><00:21:12.759><c> it</c><00:21:13.099><c> warm,</c><00:21:13.599><c> to</c><00:21:14.920><c> nourish</c><00:21:15.519><c> it.</c>

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When<00:21:17.779><c> he</c><00:21:18.000><c> leads</c><00:21:18.380><c> those</c><00:21:18.759><c> that</c><00:21:19.000><c> are</c><00:21:19.140><c> with</c><00:21:19.400><c> young,</c><00:21:20.359><c> he</c><00:21:20.720><c> gently</c>

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leads<00:21:22.180><c> those</c><00:21:22.839><c> that</c><00:21:23.099><c> are</c><00:21:23.180><c> with</c><00:21:23.440><c> young.</c>

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And<00:21:26.720><c> those</c><00:21:27.000><c> two</c><00:21:27.299><c> ideas</c><00:21:27.759><c> in</c><00:21:27.980><c> verse</c><00:21:28.279><c> 10,</c><00:21:28.920><c> the</c><00:21:29.180><c> idea</c><00:21:29.519><c> of</c><00:21:29.880><c> the</c><00:21:30.380><c> strong</c><00:21:31.180><c> arm</c>

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and<00:21:32.819><c> hand,</c>

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and<00:21:34.200><c> in</c><00:21:34.400><c> verse</c><00:21:34.640><c> 11,</c><00:21:35.460><c> the</c><00:21:35.680><c> gentle</c><00:21:36.380><c> use</c><00:21:36.880><c> of</c><00:21:37.079><c> it</c><00:21:37.880><c> must</c><00:21:38.519><c> go</c><00:21:38.880><c> together,</c><00:21:40.279><c> dear</c>

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brothers<00:21:40.500><c> and</c><00:21:40.759><c> sisters.</c>

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There's<00:21:43.319><c> an</c><00:21:43.559><c> important</c><00:21:43.839><c> point</c><00:21:44.180><c> here.</c>

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When<00:21:45.940><c> you</c><00:21:46.119><c> think</c><00:21:46.299><c> about</c><00:21:46.519><c> it,</c><00:21:46.700><c> you</c><00:21:46.819><c> might</c><00:21:47.039><c> think</c><00:21:47.240><c> of</c><00:21:47.460><c> many</c><00:21:47.859><c> different</c><00:21:48.359><c> examples</c><00:21:49.059><c> of</c>

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this<00:21:50.019><c> principle</c>

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that<00:21:51.619><c> if</c><00:21:51.839><c> we're</c><00:21:52.119><c> going</c><00:21:52.279><c> to</c><00:21:53.059><c> be</c><00:21:53.420><c> gentle,</c><00:21:55.319><c> then</c><00:21:55.460><c> we</c><00:21:55.599><c> have</c><00:21:55.779><c> to</c><00:21:55.980><c> be</c><00:21:56.200><c> strong.</c>

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Let's<00:21:59.660><c> just</c><00:21:59.880><c> think</c><00:22:00.099><c> of</c><00:22:00.539><c> young</c><00:22:00.740><c> children.</c>

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When<00:22:03.220><c> there's</c><00:22:03.680><c> a</c><00:22:03.819><c> young</c><00:22:03.960><c> child</c><00:22:04.180><c> in</c><00:22:04.319><c> the</c><00:22:04.500><c> family</c><00:22:04.779><c> and</c><00:22:05.039><c> a</c><00:22:05.220><c> baby</c>

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is<00:22:05.839><c> born,</c>

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the<00:22:06.539><c> young</c><00:22:06.819><c> child</c><00:22:07.140><c> wants</c><00:22:07.420><c> to</c><00:22:07.640><c> hold</c><00:22:07.819><c> the</c><00:22:08.019><c> baby.</c><00:22:09.039><c> Do</c><00:22:09.220><c> we</c><00:22:09.380><c> let</c><00:22:09.640><c> it?</c>

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We<00:22:11.460><c> are</c><00:22:11.640><c> very</c><00:22:12.019><c> careful</c><00:22:12.559><c> about</c><00:22:13.700><c> how</c><00:22:14.259><c> the</c><00:22:14.559><c> older</c><00:22:14.819><c> child</c><00:22:15.380><c> handles</c>

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the<00:22:16.279><c> younger</c><00:22:16.559><c> child.</c>

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Why?<00:22:18.640><c> Because</c><00:22:19.059><c> the</c><00:22:19.339><c> child</c><00:22:19.579><c> is</c><00:22:19.839><c> not</c><00:22:20.160><c> strong</c><00:22:20.599><c> enough</c><00:22:21.019><c> to</c><00:22:21.380><c> be</c><00:22:21.640><c> gentle.</c>

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The<00:22:24.519><c> older</c><00:22:24.680><c> child</c><00:22:24.859><c> will</c><00:22:25.240><c> jerk</c><00:22:25.559><c> the</c><00:22:25.940><c> arms</c><00:22:26.200><c> and</c><00:22:26.380><c> the</c><00:22:26.640><c> head.</c>

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The<00:22:28.059><c> baby</c><00:22:28.339><c> is</c><00:22:28.660><c> toppling</c><00:22:29.240><c> in</c><00:22:29.720><c> danger</c><00:22:30.019><c> of</c><00:22:30.319><c> falling.</c>

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If<00:22:30.660><c> it</c><00:22:30.859><c> did</c><00:22:31.400><c> stumble,</c><00:22:32.380><c> the</c><00:22:32.500><c> child's</c><00:22:32.720><c> not</c><00:22:33.019><c> strong</c><00:22:33.319><c> enough</c><00:22:33.519><c> to</c>

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hold<00:22:33.900><c> on</c><00:22:34.160><c> to</c><00:22:34.299><c> it.</c>

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You<00:22:35.619><c> have</c><00:22:35.819><c> to</c><00:22:35.980><c> have</c><00:22:36.119><c> a</c><00:22:36.519><c> strong</c><00:22:36.759><c> arm</c><00:22:37.380><c> to</c><00:22:37.980><c> be</c><00:22:38.200><c> gentle.</c>

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When<00:22:40.480><c> a</c><00:22:40.960><c> shepherd</c><00:22:41.299><c> is</c><00:22:41.900><c> helping</c><00:22:42.299><c> a</c><00:22:42.619><c> you</c><00:22:42.859><c> to</c><00:22:43.720><c> give</c><00:22:44.380><c> birth,</c><00:22:45.599><c> he</c><00:22:45.799><c> needs</c><00:22:46.039><c> a</c>

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strong<00:22:46.940><c> arm.</c>

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He<00:22:48.980><c> needs</c><00:22:49.220><c> to</c><00:22:49.460><c> be</c><00:22:49.579><c> able</c><00:22:49.759><c> sometimes</c><00:22:50.240><c> to</c><00:22:50.539><c> push</c><00:22:50.839><c> the</c><00:22:51.220><c> legs</c><00:22:51.500><c> back</c><00:22:51.859><c> in,</c>

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to<00:22:52.900><c> turn</c><00:22:53.200><c> the</c><00:22:53.440><c> head</c><00:22:53.660><c> around,</c><00:22:54.119><c> to</c><00:22:54.319><c> push</c><00:22:54.539><c> the</c><00:22:54.799><c> shoulder.</c>

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He<00:22:57.039><c> needs</c><00:22:57.339><c> strength</c><00:22:57.819><c> to</c><00:22:58.039><c> do</c><00:22:58.160><c> that,</c><00:22:58.359><c> but</c><00:22:58.500><c> it</c><00:22:58.619><c> has</c><00:22:58.900><c> to</c><00:22:59.099><c> be</c><00:22:59.579><c> done</c><00:22:59.859><c> gently.</c>

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And<00:23:00.819><c> the</c><00:23:01.140><c> stronger</c><00:23:01.500><c> his</c><00:23:01.819><c> arm</c><00:23:01.940><c> is,</c><00:23:02.359><c> the</c><00:23:02.440><c> gentler,</c><00:23:03.259><c> the</c><00:23:03.359><c> more</c><00:23:03.700><c> delicately,</c>

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the<00:23:05.420><c> more</c><00:23:05.720><c> carefully</c><00:23:06.400><c> he</c><00:23:06.779><c> can</c><00:23:07.059><c> maneuver</c><00:23:07.940><c> that</c><00:23:08.740><c> lamb.</c>

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That's<00:23:11.660><c> what</c><00:23:11.779><c> Isaiah</c><00:23:12.240><c> is</c><00:23:12.700><c> describing</c><00:23:13.299><c> a</c><00:23:13.859><c> picture</c><00:23:14.200><c> of.</c>

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The<00:23:15.279><c> Lord</c><00:23:15.460><c> Jesus</c><00:23:15.920><c> Christ</c><00:23:16.619><c> coming</c><00:23:17.279><c> with</c><00:23:17.599><c> a</c><00:23:17.960><c> strong</c><00:23:18.319><c> arm,</c><00:23:18.599><c> yes,</c>

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with<00:23:19.440><c> power,</c>

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so<00:23:20.920><c> that</c><00:23:21.079><c> he</c><00:23:21.220><c> can</c><00:23:21.460><c> be</c><00:23:21.779><c> gentle</c><00:23:22.420><c> with</c><00:23:23.259><c> his</c><00:23:23.500><c> lamb.</c>

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Isaiah<00:23:28.740><c> tells</c><00:23:29.220><c> us</c><00:23:29.480><c> this,</c><00:23:29.819><c> and</c><00:23:30.019><c> Mark</c><00:23:30.420><c> makes</c><00:23:31.220><c> reference</c><00:23:31.660><c> to</c><00:23:31.859><c> it</c>

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in<00:23:32.839><c> the</c><00:23:33.000><c> Gospel.</c>

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Let's<00:23:34.700><c> have</c><00:23:34.859><c> a</c><00:23:34.920><c> look</c><00:23:35.059><c> at</c><00:23:35.099><c> it,</c><00:23:35.440><c> starting</c><00:23:35.700><c> in</c><00:23:36.720><c> Chapter</c><00:23:37.099><c> 1.</c>

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We'll<00:23:37.579><c> see</c><00:23:37.740><c> this</c><00:23:38.000><c> hand,</c><00:23:38.779><c> first</c><00:23:39.160><c> of</c><00:23:39.339><c> all,</c><00:23:39.579><c> being</c><00:23:39.740><c> used</c><00:23:40.299><c> many</c><00:23:40.880><c> times.</c>

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We<00:23:41.559><c> won't</c><00:23:41.700><c> go</c><00:23:41.859><c> through</c><00:23:42.019><c> all</c><00:23:42.200><c> the</c><00:23:42.420><c> references,</c><00:23:42.700><c> but</c><00:23:43.259><c> it's</c><00:23:43.579><c> worth</c><00:23:43.839><c> following</c><00:23:44.200><c> up.</c>

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Just<00:23:45.180><c> look</c><00:23:45.339><c> at</c><00:23:45.480><c> Chapter</c><00:23:45.759><c> 1</c><00:23:45.980><c> and</c><00:23:46.099><c> verse</c><00:23:46.400><c> 31.</c>

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When<00:23:52.180><c> the</c><00:23:52.380><c> Lord</c><00:23:52.779><c> healed</c><00:23:53.660><c> Simon's</c><00:23:54.440><c> wife's</c><00:23:54.819><c> mother,</c><00:23:55.779><c> he</c><00:23:55.900><c> came</c>

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and<00:23:56.299><c> took</c><00:23:56.440><c> her</c><00:23:56.619><c> by</c><00:23:56.839><c> the</c><00:23:57.119><c> hand.</c>

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The<00:23:58.299><c> Lord</c><00:23:58.400><c> didn't</c><00:23:58.640><c> need</c><00:23:58.960><c> to</c><00:23:59.180><c> do</c><00:23:59.339><c> that.</c>

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You<00:23:59.700><c> remember</c><00:24:00.059><c> the</c><00:24:00.299><c> incident</c><00:24:00.680><c> of</c><00:24:01.740><c> the</c><00:24:01.980><c> centurion.</c>

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The<00:24:03.059><c> Lord,</c><00:24:03.220><c> you</c><00:24:03.420><c> only</c><00:24:03.539><c> need</c><00:24:03.660><c> to</c><00:24:04.079><c> say</c><00:24:04.299><c> the</c><00:24:04.599><c> word.</c>

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The<00:24:06.980><c> Lord</c><00:24:07.079><c> didn't</c><00:24:07.279><c> need</c><00:24:07.460><c> to</c><00:24:07.660><c> touch</c><00:24:07.839><c> anybody</c><00:24:08.539><c> or</c><00:24:09.519><c> be</c><00:24:09.740><c> touched</c>

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by<00:24:10.380><c> anybody</c><00:24:10.799><c> for</c><00:24:11.039><c> the</c><00:24:11.240><c> miracles</c><00:24:11.559><c> to</c><00:24:11.759><c> be</c><00:24:11.940><c> done.</c>

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The<00:24:13.059><c> fact</c><00:24:13.200><c> that</c><00:24:13.380><c> he</c><00:24:13.539><c> did</c><00:24:13.960><c> was</c><00:24:14.460><c> a</c><00:24:14.680><c> measure</c><00:24:14.920><c> of</c><00:24:15.539><c> the</c><00:24:16.000><c> gentleness</c>

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with<00:24:16.859><c> which</c><00:24:17.119><c> he</c><00:24:17.299><c> was</c><00:24:17.839><c> leading</c><00:24:18.480><c> the</c><00:24:18.819><c> young,</c><00:24:20.500><c> helping</c><00:24:20.859><c> people</c>

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to<00:24:21.640><c> understand</c><00:24:22.140><c> who</c><00:24:22.400><c> he</c><00:24:22.579><c> was,</c>

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that<00:24:23.279><c> he</c><00:24:23.400><c> had</c><00:24:23.559><c> come</c><00:24:23.720><c> to</c><00:24:23.920><c> be</c><00:24:24.240><c> touched</c><00:24:24.859><c> with</c><00:24:25.259><c> the</c><00:24:25.500><c> feelings</c><00:24:25.859><c> of</c>

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their<00:24:26.420><c> infirmities.</c>

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The<00:24:28.839><c> greatest</c><00:24:29.299><c> example</c><00:24:29.940><c> is</c><00:24:30.740><c> in</c><00:24:31.240><c> verse</c><00:24:31.519><c> 41</c><00:24:32.099><c> of</c><00:24:32.359><c> Chapter</c><00:24:32.720><c> 1,</c><00:24:33.380><c> where</c><00:24:33.579><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:24:33.920><c> touched</c><00:24:34.319><c> the</c><00:24:34.579><c> leper.</c>

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It<00:24:36.519><c> was</c><00:24:36.940><c> a</c><00:24:37.480><c> measure</c><00:24:37.779><c> of</c><00:24:38.180><c> compassion.</c>

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Jesus<00:24:40.460><c> moved</c><00:24:41.279><c> with</c><00:24:41.579><c> compassion,</c><00:24:42.819><c> put</c><00:24:43.019><c> forth</c><00:24:43.279><c> his</c><00:24:43.559><c> hand,</c><00:24:44.460><c> and</c>

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touched<00:24:45.059><c> him.</c>

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This<00:24:46.559><c> man</c><00:24:46.839><c> was</c><00:24:47.480><c> full</c><00:24:48.000><c> of</c><00:24:48.680><c> leprosy.</c>

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I<00:24:51.319><c> have</c><00:24:51.319><c> my</c><00:24:52.000><c> second</c><00:24:52.400><c> anecdote</c><00:24:52.940><c> here.</c>

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And<00:24:54.079><c> if</c><00:24:54.220><c> you've</c><00:24:54.519><c> heard</c><00:24:54.519><c> this</c><00:24:54.799><c> before,</c><00:24:55.720><c> forgive</c><00:24:55.980><c> me.</c>

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It<00:24:57.059><c> made</c><00:24:57.180><c> a</c><00:24:57.319><c> big</c><00:24:57.519><c> impression</c><00:24:58.000><c> upon</c><00:24:58.319><c> me.</c>

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I<00:24:59.079><c> went</c><00:24:59.440><c> once</c><00:25:00.359><c> some</c><00:25:01.200><c> years</c><00:25:01.400><c> ago</c><00:25:01.599><c> now,</c><00:25:01.839><c> been</c><00:25:02.000><c> sisters</c><00:25:02.299><c> to</c><00:25:02.619><c> Ethiopia,</c><00:25:04.380><c> just</c>

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after<00:25:05.079><c> the</c><00:25:05.339><c> famine.</c>

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And<00:25:06.400><c> I</c><00:25:06.519><c> was</c><00:25:06.859><c> going</c><00:25:07.099><c> into</c><00:25:07.319><c> the</c><00:25:07.539><c> Ministry</c><00:25:07.859><c> of</c><00:25:08.059><c> Health</c><00:25:08.240><c> building,</c>

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and<00:25:09.339><c> there</c><00:25:09.440><c> was</c><00:25:09.559><c> a</c><00:25:09.759><c> man</c><00:25:09.980><c> sat</c><00:25:10.200><c> outside</c><00:25:10.819><c> the</c><00:25:11.319><c> gate</c><00:25:11.539><c> begging.</c>

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And<00:25:14.720><c> I</c><00:25:15.279><c> went</c><00:25:15.660><c> to</c><00:25:15.799><c> give</c><00:25:15.880><c> him</c><00:25:16.059><c> some</c><00:25:16.319><c> money.</c>

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And<00:25:17.799><c> then</c><00:25:17.940><c> I</c><00:25:18.039><c> looked</c><00:25:18.180><c> at</c><00:25:18.420><c> him,</c><00:25:19.079><c> at</c><00:25:19.240><c> his</c><00:25:19.460><c> hand</c><00:25:19.640><c> that</c><00:25:19.799><c> was</c><00:25:20.140><c> stretched</c><00:25:20.440><c> out,</c>

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and<00:25:21.400><c> most</c><00:25:21.779><c> of</c><00:25:21.960><c> his</c><00:25:22.140><c> fingers</c><00:25:22.420><c> were</c><00:25:22.660><c> missing.</c>

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And<00:25:24.960><c> it</c><00:25:25.240><c> struck</c><00:25:25.420><c> me</c><00:25:25.720><c> that</c><00:25:26.099><c> this</c><00:25:26.500><c> man</c><00:25:26.779><c> was</c><00:25:27.119><c> suffering</c><00:25:27.599><c> from</c><00:25:28.200><c> leprosy.</c>

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And<00:25:31.160><c> I</c><00:25:31.440><c> froze.</c>

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I<00:25:33.980><c> froze.</c>

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Because<00:25:36.099><c> I</c><00:25:36.380><c> had</c><00:25:36.500><c> to</c><00:25:36.680><c> touch</c><00:25:36.900><c> him</c><00:25:37.759><c> to</c><00:25:38.140><c> give</c><00:25:38.299><c> him</c><00:25:38.460><c> the</c><00:25:38.579><c> money.</c>

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I<00:25:38.839><c> couldn't</c><00:25:39.059><c> just</c><00:25:39.359><c> drop</c><00:25:39.579><c> the</c><00:25:40.220><c> money</c><00:25:40.440><c> on</c><00:25:40.599><c> his</c><00:25:40.819><c> hand.</c>

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He<00:25:41.019><c> didn't</c><00:25:41.259><c> have</c><00:25:41.519><c> a</c><00:25:41.720><c> hand.</c>

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He<00:25:42.279><c> didn't</c><00:25:42.500><c> have</c><00:25:42.759><c> a</c><00:25:42.940><c> cup</c><00:25:43.160><c> that</c><00:25:43.460><c> you</c><00:25:44.119><c> could</c><00:25:44.200><c> put</c><00:25:44.500><c> the</c><00:25:44.720><c> money</c><00:25:44.960><c> into.</c>

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He<00:25:45.460><c> just</c><00:25:45.700><c> had</c><00:25:46.059><c> a</c><00:25:46.619><c> stump.</c>

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And<00:25:49.839><c> I</c><00:25:49.960><c> didn't</c><00:25:50.240><c> want</c><00:25:50.460><c> to</c><00:25:50.700><c> touch</c><00:25:50.900><c> him.</c>

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I<00:25:53.380><c> felt</c><00:25:53.539><c> ashamed</c><00:25:53.960><c> of</c><00:25:54.140><c> myself.</c>

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But<00:25:56.180><c> the</c><00:25:56.299><c> man</c><00:25:56.440><c> had</c><00:25:56.700><c> leprosy.</c>

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I<00:25:58.420><c> know</c><00:25:58.740><c> that</c><00:25:58.960><c> leprosy</c><00:25:59.539><c> was</c><00:25:59.859><c> cured.</c>

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He<00:26:00.420><c> wouldn't</c><00:26:00.579><c> have</c><00:26:00.799><c> been</c><00:26:00.980><c> allowed</c><00:26:01.319><c> to</c><00:26:02.180><c> be</c><00:26:02.440><c> out</c><00:26:02.640><c> unless</c><00:26:02.920><c> he</c><00:26:03.119><c> had</c>

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:05.160
been<00:26:03.380><c> on</c><00:26:03.660><c> treatment</c><00:26:03.940><c> for</c><00:26:04.240><c> some</c><00:26:04.640><c> time,</c>

00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:06.700
so<00:26:05.559><c> that</c><00:26:05.680><c> he</c><00:26:05.799><c> wasn't</c><00:26:06.160><c> infectious.</c>

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I<00:26:06.960><c> knew.</c>

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I<00:26:07.680><c> knew</c><00:26:07.920><c> mentally</c><00:26:08.440><c> that</c><00:26:08.980><c> he</c><00:26:09.180><c> couldn't</c><00:26:09.839><c> give</c><00:26:10.160><c> me</c><00:26:10.460><c> leprosy.</c>

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:14.940
He<00:26:13.119><c> wasn't</c><00:26:13.460><c> full</c><00:26:13.759><c> of</c><00:26:13.920><c> it</c><00:26:14.059><c> like</c><00:26:14.319><c> this</c><00:26:14.619><c> man.</c>

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:18.740
He<00:26:15.319><c> wasn't</c><00:26:16.220><c> weeping</c><00:26:16.740><c> with</c><00:26:16.980><c> it</c><00:26:17.140><c> like</c><00:26:17.420><c> this</c><00:26:17.759><c> man.</c>

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:22.200
And<00:26:19.980><c> the</c><00:26:20.119><c> Lord</c><00:26:20.259><c> didn't</c><00:26:20.579><c> have</c><00:26:20.920><c> to</c><00:26:21.160><c> touch</c><00:26:21.400><c> him.</c>

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:28.920
But<00:26:24.519><c> he</c><00:26:24.779><c> did</c><00:26:25.279><c> because</c><00:26:26.319><c> he</c><00:26:26.500><c> had</c><00:26:26.819><c> compassion</c><00:26:27.660><c> upon</c><00:26:28.119><c> him.</c>

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This<00:26:30.079><c> was</c><00:26:30.339><c> the</c><00:26:30.640><c> arm</c><00:26:30.779><c> of</c><00:26:31.079><c> the</c><00:26:31.299><c> Lord.</c>

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:43.720
It<00:26:36.740><c> was</c><00:26:36.960><c> the</c><00:26:37.299><c> glory</c><00:26:37.619><c> of</c><00:26:37.980><c> God</c><00:26:38.579><c> to</c><00:26:41.680><c> touch</c><00:26:42.119><c> the</c><00:26:42.440><c> leper.</c>

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And<00:26:45.799><c> so</c><00:26:46.000><c> often</c><00:26:46.279><c> in</c><00:26:46.559><c> the</c><00:26:46.759><c> scriptures,</c><00:26:47.359><c> we</c><00:26:47.500><c> find</c><00:26:48.019><c> the</c><00:26:48.680><c> Lord</c><00:26:48.940><c> is</c>

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holding<00:26:50.200><c> out</c><00:26:50.480><c> his</c><00:26:50.740><c> hand.</c>

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His<00:26:52.660><c> touching,</c><00:26:53.380><c> his</c><00:26:53.920><c> lifting</c><00:26:54.259><c> up</c><00:26:55.519><c> the</c><00:26:57.740><c> damsel,</c><00:26:59.380><c> took</c><00:26:59.660><c> her</c><00:26:59.839><c> by</c>

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the<00:27:00.220><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:27:02.359><c> saying</c><00:27:02.519><c> to</c><00:27:02.720><c> the</c><00:27:02.880><c> arrives,</c><00:27:04.180><c> the</c><00:27:04.359><c> Lord</c><00:27:04.740><c> was</c><00:27:05.180><c> one</c><00:27:05.519><c> with</c><00:27:05.839><c> those</c><00:27:06.240><c> who</c>

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came<00:27:06.640><c> to</c><00:27:06.920><c> save.</c>

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The<00:27:08.640><c> arm</c><00:27:08.859><c> of</c><00:27:09.099><c> the</c><00:27:09.299><c> Lord</c><00:27:09.619><c> was</c><00:27:10.079><c> gently</c><00:27:10.700><c> leading</c><00:27:11.359><c> those</c><00:27:12.140><c> that</c>

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were<00:27:12.680><c> with</c><00:27:12.920><c> young.</c>

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Well,<00:27:15.299><c> this</c><00:27:15.539><c> is</c><00:27:15.779><c> made</c><00:27:16.019><c> a</c><00:27:16.559><c> big</c><00:27:16.880><c> point</c><00:27:17.200><c> of</c><00:27:17.319><c> when</c><00:27:17.480><c> we</c><00:27:17.740><c> come</c><00:27:18.079><c> to</c><00:27:18.619><c> Mark</c><00:27:18.839><c> chapters</c><00:27:19.220><c> 9</c>

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and<00:27:19.740><c> 10.</c>

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Because<00:27:21.359><c> there</c><00:27:21.539><c> was</c><00:27:21.779><c> a</c><00:27:22.299><c> lesson,</c><00:27:22.619><c> of</c><00:27:22.920><c> course,</c><00:27:23.240><c> in</c><00:27:23.440><c> this.</c>

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:27.920
A<00:27:24.900><c> lesson</c><00:27:25.119><c> which</c><00:27:25.359><c> is</c><00:27:25.720><c> applied</c><00:27:26.039><c> to</c><00:27:26.720><c> the</c><00:27:26.940><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:27.359><c> of</c><00:27:27.599><c> the</c><00:27:27.740><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:27:28.359><c> Christ</c><00:27:28.740><c> by</c><00:27:29.099><c> himself.</c>

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In<00:27:32.519><c> Mark</c><00:27:32.799><c> chapter</c><00:27:33.119><c> 9,</c><00:27:33.900><c> we're</c><00:27:34.200><c> told</c><00:27:34.519><c> that</c><00:27:34.799><c> they</c><00:27:35.039><c> were</c><00:27:35.700><c> disputing</c><00:27:36.519><c> by</c><00:27:36.880><c> the</c><00:27:37.140><c> way.</c>

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:40.299
They<00:27:38.619><c> were</c><00:27:38.799><c> having</c><00:27:38.940><c> an</c><00:27:39.299><c> argument.</c>

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Which<00:27:40.660><c> of</c><00:27:40.940><c> them</c><00:27:41.440><c> would</c><00:27:42.200><c> be</c><00:27:42.400><c> the</c><00:27:42.680><c> greatest</c><00:27:43.160><c> pride</c><00:27:44.299><c> was</c><00:27:45.019><c> welling</c><00:27:45.460><c> up.</c>

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:50.440
There<00:27:46.240><c> was</c><00:27:46.559><c> rivalry</c><00:27:47.240><c> and</c><00:27:47.759><c> jealousy</c><00:27:48.299><c> in</c><00:27:48.700><c> this</c><00:27:49.079><c> little</c><00:27:49.319><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:53.960
They<00:27:51.599><c> were</c><00:27:51.839><c> conscious</c><00:27:52.380><c> of</c><00:27:52.619><c> their</c><00:27:52.819><c> position.</c>

00:27:54.160 --> 00:28:00.019
They<00:27:54.420><c> were</c><00:27:54.660><c> conscious</c><00:27:55.240><c> of</c><00:27:55.660><c> themselves</c><00:27:56.619><c> rather</c><00:27:58.339><c> than</c><00:27:58.619><c> of</c><00:27:58.859><c> one</c><00:27:59.079><c> another.</c>

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:05.900
And<00:28:03.339><c> in</c><00:28:03.519><c> that</c><00:28:03.700><c> situation,</c><00:28:04.380><c> then,</c><00:28:04.500><c> sisters,</c><00:28:04.700><c> if</c><00:28:04.880><c> we</c><00:28:05.059><c> had</c><00:28:05.220><c> stumbled</c><00:28:05.539><c> upon</c>

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.700
that<00:28:06.140><c> situation,</c>

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:13.380
I<00:28:06.900><c> can</c><00:28:07.099><c> imagine</c><00:28:07.519><c> that</c><00:28:07.779><c> many</c><00:28:08.019><c> of</c><00:28:08.220><c> us</c><00:28:09.220><c> would</c><00:28:09.619><c> have</c><00:28:09.940><c> been</c><00:28:11.460><c> frankly</c><00:28:12.240><c> annoyed</c>

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:17.099
that<00:28:14.039><c> our</c><00:28:14.400><c> brethren</c><00:28:14.819><c> should</c><00:28:15.140><c> behave</c><00:28:15.500><c> in</c><00:28:15.759><c> such</c><00:28:15.920><c> a</c><00:28:16.079><c> way.</c>

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:22.279
And<00:28:18.680><c> that</c><00:28:18.779><c> if</c><00:28:18.920><c> we</c><00:28:19.140><c> had</c><00:28:19.380><c> sat</c><00:28:19.539><c> them</c><00:28:19.859><c> down,</c><00:28:21.420><c> we</c><00:28:21.779><c> might</c><00:28:22.000><c> have</c><00:28:22.180><c> given</c>

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:24.400
them<00:28:22.500><c> a</c><00:28:22.660><c> good</c><00:28:23.039><c> telling</c><00:28:23.319><c> off.</c>

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:29.019
And<00:28:26.500><c> put</c><00:28:26.640><c> them</c><00:28:27.000><c> really</c><00:28:27.460><c> in</c><00:28:27.819><c> their</c><00:28:28.079><c> place.</c>

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:37.420
But<00:28:32.160><c> the</c><00:28:32.460><c> strong</c><00:28:32.700><c> arm</c><00:28:33.400><c> of</c><00:28:33.759><c> the</c><00:28:33.960><c> Lord</c><00:28:34.519><c> is</c><00:28:35.900><c> used</c><00:28:36.119><c> gently.</c>

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For<00:28:37.920><c> his</c><00:28:38.059><c> concern</c><00:28:38.420><c> is</c><00:28:38.619><c> not</c><00:28:38.819><c> to</c><00:28:39.259><c> put</c><00:28:39.420><c> them</c><00:28:39.579><c> in</c><00:28:39.779><c> their</c><00:28:40.079><c> place</c><00:28:40.380><c> so</c>

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:44.420
much<00:28:40.740><c> as</c><00:28:40.960><c> make</c><00:28:41.259><c> them</c><00:28:41.680><c> realize</c><00:28:42.559><c> their</c><00:28:43.380><c> place.</c>

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:47.980
And<00:28:45.779><c> choose</c><00:28:46.140><c> their</c><00:28:46.420><c> rightful</c><00:28:47.019><c> place.</c>

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:54.440
His<00:28:49.319><c> concern</c><00:28:50.000><c> is</c><00:28:50.220><c> not</c><00:28:50.420><c> with</c><00:28:50.640><c> himself</c><00:28:51.180><c> to</c><00:28:51.539><c> vent</c><00:28:51.960><c> his</c><00:28:53.180><c> annoyance,</c><00:28:53.920><c> if</c><00:28:54.059><c> he</c><00:28:54.259><c> had</c>

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any,<00:28:54.920><c> with</c><00:28:55.019><c> them.</c>

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But<00:28:56.980><c> to</c><00:28:57.299><c> win</c><00:28:57.559><c> them.</c>

00:28:58.880 --> 00:29:06.180
To<00:28:59.440><c> a</c><00:28:59.660><c> right</c><00:28:59.859><c> way</c><00:29:00.059><c> of</c><00:29:00.299><c> thinking,</c><00:29:01.220><c> to</c><00:29:01.440><c> develop</c><00:29:02.200><c> the</c><00:29:02.759><c> mind</c><00:29:02.960><c> of</c><00:29:03.240><c> Christ</c><00:29:03.920><c> in</c><00:29:04.819><c> them.</c>

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:09.640
And<00:29:07.799><c> so</c><00:29:07.900><c> in</c><00:29:07.980><c> verse</c><00:29:08.140><c> 35,</c><00:29:08.740><c> he</c><00:29:08.859><c> says,</c>

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:14.940
He<00:29:10.740><c> sat</c><00:29:11.000><c> down</c><00:29:11.339><c> and</c><00:29:11.599><c> called</c><00:29:11.799><c> the</c><00:29:12.079><c> twelve</c><00:29:12.480><c> and</c><00:29:13.779><c> said</c><00:29:13.960><c> unto</c><00:29:14.160><c> them,</c>

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:20.079
If<00:29:15.839><c> any</c><00:29:16.019><c> man</c><00:29:16.220><c> desire</c><00:29:16.640><c> to</c><00:29:16.819><c> be</c><00:29:17.119><c> first,</c><00:29:18.059><c> the</c><00:29:18.299><c> same</c><00:29:18.640><c> shall</c><00:29:18.940><c> be</c><00:29:19.579><c> last</c>

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:23.160
of<00:29:20.319><c> all</c><00:29:20.940><c> and</c><00:29:21.720><c> servant</c><00:29:22.059><c> of</c><00:29:22.299><c> all.</c>

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:28.339
And<00:29:23.920><c> he</c><00:29:24.059><c> took</c><00:29:24.240><c> a</c><00:29:24.539><c> child</c><00:29:25.019><c> and</c><00:29:26.400><c> set</c><00:29:26.619><c> him</c><00:29:26.819><c> in</c><00:29:27.000><c> the</c><00:29:27.059><c> midst</c><00:29:27.319><c> of</c><00:29:27.579><c> them.</c>

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:31.960
And<00:29:29.440><c> then</c><00:29:29.680><c> Mark,</c><00:29:29.960><c> and</c><00:29:30.119><c> only</c><00:29:30.299><c> Mark</c><00:29:30.660><c> tells</c><00:29:30.880><c> us</c><00:29:31.119><c> this,</c>

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:38.720
And<00:29:32.960><c> when</c><00:29:33.019><c> he</c><00:29:33.200><c> had</c><00:29:33.519><c> taken</c><00:29:33.839><c> him</c><00:29:34.279><c> in</c><00:29:34.740><c> his</c><00:29:35.059><c> arms,</c><00:29:36.660><c> he</c><00:29:36.880><c> said</c><00:29:37.259><c> unto</c><00:29:37.759><c> them.</c>

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:40.440
Now<00:29:39.299><c> why</c><00:29:39.440><c> does</c><00:29:39.619><c> Mark</c><00:29:39.839><c> say</c><00:29:40.119><c> that?</c>

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When<00:29:40.960><c> he</c><00:29:41.119><c> had</c><00:29:41.559><c> taken</c><00:29:42.160><c> him</c><00:29:42.799><c> in</c><00:29:43.400><c> his</c><00:29:43.759><c> arms.</c>

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It's<00:29:45.160><c> a</c><00:29:45.359><c> reference</c><00:29:45.599><c> to</c><00:29:45.819><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:46.539><c> chapter</c><00:29:47.039><c> 40.</c>

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He<00:29:48.480><c> shall</c><00:29:48.720><c> gather</c><00:29:49.140><c> the</c><00:29:49.480><c> lambs</c><00:29:50.420><c> with</c><00:29:50.859><c> his</c><00:29:51.220><c> arms.</c>

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:55.259
Here<00:29:52.279><c> is</c><00:29:52.539><c> the</c><00:29:52.799><c> shepherd</c><00:29:53.200><c> picking</c><00:29:53.720><c> up</c><00:29:53.960><c> a</c><00:29:54.099><c> little</c><00:29:54.380><c> child</c><00:29:54.819><c> with</c>

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great<00:29:55.720><c> gentleness.</c>

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It<00:29:57.059><c> says</c><00:29:57.380><c> something</c><00:29:57.779><c> for</c><00:29:58.000><c> the</c><00:29:58.160><c> Lord</c><00:29:58.339><c> that</c><00:29:58.480><c> this</c><00:29:58.700><c> little</c><00:29:58.940><c> child</c>

00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:01.059
was<00:29:59.480><c> willing</c><00:29:59.720><c> to</c><00:29:59.980><c> come</c><00:30:00.180><c> to</c><00:30:00.339><c> him.</c>

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:03.240
You<00:30:02.140><c> know</c><00:30:02.160><c> that</c><00:30:02.339><c> we</c><00:30:02.680><c> did</c><00:30:02.880><c> it</c><00:30:03.000><c> today.</c>

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:06.519
We<00:30:03.579><c> stretched</c><00:30:03.759><c> out</c><00:30:04.019><c> our</c><00:30:04.160><c> arms</c><00:30:04.400><c> to</c><00:30:04.579><c> a</c><00:30:04.700><c> little</c><00:30:04.880><c> child</c><00:30:05.240><c> and</c><00:30:05.420><c> he</c><00:30:05.640><c> turned</c><00:30:05.779><c> and</c><00:30:05.980><c> cried</c><00:30:06.299><c> to</c>

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his<00:30:06.720><c> mother.</c>

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Didn't<00:30:07.799><c> want</c><00:30:08.000><c> to</c><00:30:08.140><c> come</c><00:30:08.319><c> to</c><00:30:08.480><c> me.</c>

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The<00:30:12.180><c> Lord</c><00:30:12.359><c> had</c><00:30:12.500><c> no</c><00:30:12.660><c> problem.</c>

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It<00:30:15.859><c> was</c><00:30:16.079><c> a</c><00:30:16.180><c> measure</c><00:30:16.380><c> of</c><00:30:17.099><c> his</c><00:30:17.539><c> gentleness.</c>

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:23.660
He<00:30:20.740><c> took</c><00:30:20.900><c> a</c><00:30:21.079><c> little</c><00:30:21.279><c> child</c><00:30:21.740><c> in</c><00:30:22.200><c> his</c><00:30:22.460><c> arms</c><00:30:22.900><c> and</c><00:30:23.440><c> said,</c>

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:27.579
Whosoever<00:30:24.460><c> shall</c><00:30:24.720><c> receive</c><00:30:25.359><c> one</c><00:30:26.039><c> of</c><00:30:26.259><c> such</c><00:30:26.500><c> children</c><00:30:26.960><c> in</c><00:30:27.259><c> my</c>

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:29.779
name,<00:30:28.599><c> receiveth</c><00:30:28.980><c> me.</c>

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:33.200
Now<00:30:32.119><c> what's</c><00:30:32.279><c> he</c><00:30:32.480><c> saying?</c>

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:36.599
What<00:30:35.039><c> he's</c><00:30:35.299><c> saying</c><00:30:35.380><c> is</c><00:30:35.640><c> this</c><00:30:35.900><c> to</c><00:30:36.079><c> the</c><00:30:36.240><c> disciples.</c>

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:39.779
If<00:30:36.799><c> you're</c><00:30:37.079><c> arguing</c><00:30:37.359><c> amongst</c><00:30:37.779><c> yourselves</c><00:30:38.259><c> who</c><00:30:38.500><c> is</c><00:30:38.640><c> the</c><00:30:38.859><c> greatest?</c>

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:42.900
Who's<00:30:40.920><c> looking</c><00:30:41.160><c> after</c><00:30:41.519><c> these</c><00:30:41.779><c> little</c><00:30:42.099><c> children?</c>

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:48.099
If<00:30:44.400><c> you're</c><00:30:44.660><c> so</c><00:30:44.980><c> concerned</c><00:30:45.539><c> with</c><00:30:45.839><c> your</c><00:30:46.220><c> status</c><00:30:46.619><c> and</c><00:30:46.980><c> prestige,</c>

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:52.059
what<00:30:48.960><c> about</c><00:30:49.220><c> the</c><00:30:49.480><c> little</c><00:30:49.700><c> ones</c><00:30:50.000><c> who</c><00:30:50.160><c> need</c><00:30:50.299><c> to</c><00:30:50.440><c> be</c><00:30:50.599><c> looked</c><00:30:51.500><c> after?</c>

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:57.619
That<00:30:52.940><c> sort</c><00:30:53.400><c> of</c><00:30:53.660><c> rivalry</c><00:30:54.319><c> is</c><00:30:54.920><c> destructive</c><00:30:55.819><c> of</c><00:30:56.720><c> the</c><00:30:57.019><c> spirit</c><00:30:57.319><c> of</c>

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:59.279
Christ<00:30:58.019><c> in</c><00:30:58.200><c> an</c><00:30:58.400><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:03.279
The<00:31:00.900><c> spirit</c><00:31:01.140><c> of</c><00:31:01.259><c> Christ</c><00:31:01.559><c> in</c><00:31:01.720><c> an</c><00:31:01.759><c> ecclesia</c><00:31:02.119><c> is</c><00:31:02.480><c> the</c><00:31:02.660><c> spirit</c><00:31:02.900><c> of</c>

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:05.700
gentleness<00:31:03.700><c> for</c><00:31:03.960><c> those</c><00:31:04.259><c> who</c><00:31:04.420><c> can't</c><00:31:04.660><c> help</c><00:31:04.940><c> themselves.</c>

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:09.279
It<00:31:06.559><c> stretches</c><00:31:06.839><c> out</c><00:31:07.140><c> to</c><00:31:07.299><c> the</c><00:31:07.440><c> little</c><00:31:07.720><c> child</c><00:31:08.059><c> in</c><00:31:08.279><c> the</c><00:31:08.420><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:12.380
Dare<00:31:10.519><c> we</c><00:31:10.720><c> offend</c><00:31:11.119><c> one</c><00:31:11.359><c> of</c><00:31:11.460><c> these</c><00:31:11.640><c> little</c><00:31:11.960><c> ones?</c>

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:14.880
That's<00:31:12.960><c> what</c><00:31:13.099><c> the</c><00:31:13.279><c> Lord</c><00:31:13.400><c> goes</c><00:31:13.599><c> on</c><00:31:13.839><c> to</c><00:31:14.019><c> say.</c>

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:18.380
But<00:31:16.799><c> to</c><00:31:17.079><c> receive</c><00:31:17.420><c> a</c><00:31:17.640><c> little</c><00:31:17.859><c> child,</c>

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:23.319
to<00:31:19.140><c> show</c><00:31:19.660><c> that</c><00:31:19.980><c> spirit</c><00:31:20.359><c> of</c><00:31:20.559><c> Christ</c><00:31:20.779><c> is</c><00:31:21.000><c> to</c><00:31:21.160><c> receive</c><00:31:21.559><c> Christ</c><00:31:22.000><c> himself.</c>

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:30.740
In<00:31:26.519><c> chapter</c><00:31:26.859><c> 10,</c><00:31:27.380><c> the</c><00:31:27.480><c> Lord</c><00:31:28.039><c> draws</c><00:31:28.460><c> out</c><00:31:29.079><c> the</c><00:31:29.279><c> lesson</c><00:31:29.819><c> in</c>

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:32.480
another<00:31:31.039><c> example.</c>

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:36.359
In<00:31:34.259><c> verse</c><00:31:34.500><c> 13,</c><00:31:35.980><c> it</c><00:31:36.039><c> says,</c>

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:39.220
And<00:31:36.500><c> they</c><00:31:36.619><c> brought</c><00:31:37.140><c> young</c><00:31:37.680><c> children</c><00:31:38.099><c> to</c><00:31:38.240><c> him</c><00:31:38.480><c> that</c><00:31:38.619><c> he</c><00:31:38.819><c> should</c>

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:40.819
touch<00:31:39.640><c> them.</c>

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:45.900
That's<00:31:42.920><c> interesting,</c><00:31:43.480><c> isn't</c><00:31:43.500><c> it?</c><00:31:44.059><c> That</c><00:31:44.279><c> he</c><00:31:44.500><c> should</c><00:31:44.900><c> touch</c><00:31:45.380><c> them.</c>

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:48.700
And<00:31:46.420><c> his</c><00:31:46.660><c> disciples</c><00:31:47.119><c> rebuked</c><00:31:47.680><c> those</c><00:31:47.980><c> that</c><00:31:48.279><c> brought</c><00:31:48.440><c> them.</c>

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:51.920
But<00:31:49.039><c> when</c><00:31:49.380><c> Jesus</c><00:31:49.859><c> saw</c><00:31:50.200><c> it,</c><00:31:50.400><c> he</c><00:31:50.480><c> was</c><00:31:50.740><c> much</c><00:31:51.140><c> displeased</c><00:31:51.700><c> and</c>

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:53.240
said<00:31:52.099><c> unto</c><00:31:52.299><c> them,</c>

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:56.940
Suffer<00:31:53.700><c> the</c><00:31:53.819><c> little</c><00:31:54.140><c> children</c><00:31:54.599><c> to</c><00:31:55.059><c> come</c><00:31:55.279><c> unto</c><00:31:55.480><c> me,</c><00:31:56.079><c> and</c><00:31:56.259><c> forbid</c><00:31:56.599><c> them</c>

00:31:56.940 --> 00:32:00.220
not,<00:31:57.599><c> for</c><00:31:57.720><c> of</c><00:31:58.039><c> such</c><00:31:58.279><c> is</c><00:31:58.500><c> the</c><00:31:58.660><c> kingdom</c><00:31:59.019><c> of</c><00:31:59.319><c> God.</c>

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:02.960
To<00:32:00.480><c> the</c><00:32:00.619><c> Lord</c><00:32:00.779><c> Jesus,</c><00:32:01.200><c> children</c><00:32:01.559><c> weren't</c><00:32:01.980><c> a</c><00:32:02.119><c> nuisance.</c>

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:07.500
They<00:32:04.400><c> were</c><00:32:04.480><c> the</c><00:32:04.759><c> essence</c><00:32:05.339><c> of</c><00:32:05.839><c> the</c><00:32:06.000><c> kingdom</c><00:32:06.319><c> of</c><00:32:06.619><c> God.</c>

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:10.420
That's<00:32:08.059><c> what</c><00:32:08.220><c> he</c><00:32:08.460><c> wants</c><00:32:08.660><c> us</c><00:32:08.960><c> to</c><00:32:09.119><c> be</c><00:32:09.339><c> like,</c><00:32:09.640><c> little</c><00:32:09.920><c> children.</c>

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:14.299
And<00:32:11.140><c> here's</c><00:32:11.420><c> the</c><00:32:11.619><c> shepherd</c><00:32:12.059><c> who</c><00:32:12.519><c> with</c><00:32:12.660><c> that</c><00:32:13.059><c> strong</c><00:32:13.420><c> arm</c><00:32:13.680><c> will</c>

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:17.119
gently<00:32:15.400><c> bear</c><00:32:15.960><c> us</c><00:32:16.240><c> up.</c>

00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:20.619
There<00:32:17.519><c> is</c><00:32:17.720><c> a</c><00:32:17.960><c> humility</c><00:32:18.539><c> and</c><00:32:19.000><c> a</c><00:32:19.160><c> meekness</c><00:32:19.579><c> in</c><00:32:19.720><c> that</c><00:32:19.940><c> little</c><00:32:20.220><c> child,</c>

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:24.420
which<00:32:21.079><c> must</c><00:32:21.380><c> be</c><00:32:21.740><c> present</c><00:32:22.119><c> in</c><00:32:22.480><c> the</c><00:32:22.680><c> disciple</c><00:32:23.039><c> of</c><00:32:23.319><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:28.619
And<00:32:26.920><c> verse</c><00:32:27.140><c> 16</c><00:32:27.619><c> says,</c>

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:32.180
With<00:32:29.160><c> another</c><00:32:29.460><c> reference</c><00:32:29.859><c> back</c><00:32:30.140><c> to</c><00:32:30.319><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:30.700><c> chapter</c><00:32:31.019><c> 40,</c>

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:35.059
And<00:32:32.640><c> he</c><00:32:32.779><c> took</c><00:32:33.000><c> them</c><00:32:33.279><c> up</c><00:32:33.539><c> in</c><00:32:33.680><c> his</c><00:32:33.920><c> arms,</c>

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:37.900
Put<00:32:35.799><c> his</c><00:32:36.079><c> hands</c><00:32:36.500><c> upon</c><00:32:36.900><c> them,</c>

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:39.720
And<00:32:38.500><c> blessed</c><00:32:38.859><c> them.</c>

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:43.819
Demonstrating<00:32:41.599><c> before</c><00:32:42.000><c> their</c><00:32:42.220><c> very</c><00:32:42.579><c> eyes,</c>

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:48.240
All<00:32:44.779><c> flesh</c><00:32:45.500><c> shall</c><00:32:45.920><c> see</c><00:32:46.160><c> the</c><00:32:46.500><c> glory</c><00:32:46.940><c> of</c><00:32:47.299><c> God.</c>

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:52.660
And<00:32:49.200><c> they</c><00:32:49.480><c> saw</c><00:32:49.599><c> it</c><00:32:50.019><c> in</c><00:32:50.240><c> a</c><00:32:50.420><c> man</c><00:32:50.759><c> taking</c><00:32:51.079><c> up</c><00:32:51.279><c> a</c><00:32:51.420><c> little</c><00:32:51.640><c> child</c><00:32:52.160><c> in</c>

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:54.000
his<00:32:52.880><c> arms.</c>

00:32:56.619 --> 00:33:00.119
The<00:32:56.720><c> Lord</c><00:32:56.859><c> Jesus</c><00:32:57.200><c> was</c><00:32:57.460><c> demonstrating</c><00:32:58.200><c> the</c><00:32:58.500><c> spirit</c><00:32:58.880><c> of</c><00:32:59.220><c> Christ</c><00:32:59.579><c> that</c>

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:04.279
should<00:33:00.259><c> be</c><00:33:00.599><c> applied</c><00:33:00.920><c> in</c><00:33:01.200><c> ecclesial</c><00:33:01.700><c> life,</c><00:33:02.539><c> in</c><00:33:02.740><c> family</c><00:33:03.180><c> life,</c>

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:05.680
in<00:33:04.579><c> the</c><00:33:04.799><c> Lord.</c>

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:11.039
But<00:33:07.319><c> to</c><00:33:07.619><c> be</c><00:33:08.559><c> gentle,</c><00:33:09.160><c> we</c><00:33:09.460><c> have</c><00:33:09.700><c> to</c><00:33:09.880><c> be</c><00:33:10.200><c> strong.</c>

00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:18.119
If<00:33:11.299><c> we</c><00:33:11.480><c> are</c><00:33:11.700><c> strong,</c><00:33:12.099><c> it</c><00:33:12.200><c> will</c><00:33:12.420><c> be</c><00:33:12.700><c> manifest</c><00:33:13.319><c> in</c><00:33:13.859><c> a</c><00:33:14.240><c> carefulness</c><00:33:15.619><c> and</c><00:33:16.319><c> a</c><00:33:16.559><c> precision</c><00:33:17.359><c> in</c>

00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:19.559
the<00:33:18.279><c> way</c><00:33:18.440><c> we</c><00:33:18.740><c> work.</c>

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:24.880
There<00:33:21.539><c> are</c><00:33:21.599><c> many</c><00:33:21.819><c> times</c><00:33:22.180><c> we</c><00:33:22.380><c> might</c><00:33:22.619><c> think</c><00:33:22.900><c> in</c><00:33:23.279><c> family</c><00:33:23.759><c> circumstances</c><00:33:24.579><c> when</c>

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:26.079
we're<00:33:25.319><c> tired.</c>

00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:29.059
When<00:33:26.900><c> somebody</c><00:33:27.259><c> does</c><00:33:27.619><c> something</c><00:33:27.960><c> or</c><00:33:28.180><c> says</c><00:33:28.480><c> something,</c><00:33:28.980><c> they</c>

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:32.079
have<00:33:29.180><c> a</c><00:33:29.440><c> problem</c><00:33:29.759><c> and</c><00:33:30.000><c> we</c><00:33:30.240><c> snap</c><00:33:30.440><c> at</c><00:33:30.579><c> them.</c>

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:36.880
Or<00:33:34.640><c> we</c><00:33:34.940><c> sigh,</c><00:33:35.200><c> oh,</c><00:33:35.539><c> not</c><00:33:35.759><c> again.</c>

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:40.240
I've<00:33:38.539><c> already</c><00:33:38.859><c> helped</c><00:33:39.099><c> you</c><00:33:39.319><c> once.</c>

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:45.099
Now,<00:33:43.099><c> it's</c><00:33:43.299><c> because</c><00:33:43.380><c> we're</c><00:33:43.579><c> not</c><00:33:43.900><c> strong.</c>

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:47.880
It's<00:33:45.799><c> because</c><00:33:45.900><c> we</c><00:33:46.079><c> don't</c><00:33:46.339><c> have</c><00:33:46.559><c> sufficient</c><00:33:47.000><c> strength</c><00:33:47.539><c> that</c>

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:50.180
we're<00:33:48.319><c> reacting</c><00:33:48.700><c> like</c><00:33:49.119><c> that.</c>

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:55.220
And<00:33:52.599><c> in</c><00:33:52.799><c> ecclesial</c><00:33:53.240><c> life</c><00:33:53.420><c> as</c><00:33:53.640><c> well,</c><00:33:54.200><c> sisters,</c><00:33:54.339><c> we</c><00:33:54.500><c> might</c><00:33:54.680><c> apply</c><00:33:55.000><c> the</c>

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:56.539
same<00:33:55.420><c> principle.</c>

00:33:57.059 --> 00:34:01.920
When<00:33:57.200><c> there</c><00:33:57.400><c> is</c><00:33:57.539><c> a</c><00:33:57.660><c> problem,</c><00:33:59.299><c> maybe</c><00:33:59.599><c> a</c><00:34:00.359><c> behavioural</c><00:34:01.099><c> problem.</c>

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:05.859
What<00:34:02.740><c> is</c><00:34:03.579><c> the</c><00:34:04.039><c> object</c><00:34:04.420><c> of</c><00:34:04.740><c> our</c><00:34:05.059><c> action?</c>

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:13.300
Is<00:34:07.160><c> it</c><00:34:07.339><c> to</c><00:34:07.880><c> vent</c><00:34:08.179><c> our</c><00:34:09.019><c> feelings,</c><00:34:10.800><c> to</c><00:34:10.980><c> let</c><00:34:11.099><c> them</c><00:34:11.360><c> know</c><00:34:11.659><c> what</c><00:34:12.079><c> we</c><00:34:12.420><c> think,</c>

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:22.340
to<00:34:16.139><c> just</c><00:34:16.820><c> let</c><00:34:17.059><c> off</c><00:34:17.400><c> steam</c><00:34:17.860><c> so</c><00:34:18.079><c> that</c><00:34:18.340><c> we</c><00:34:18.699><c> feel</c><00:34:19.000><c> better</c><00:34:19.659><c> about</c><00:34:20.099><c> it,</c><00:34:22.159><c> so</c>

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:24.159
that<00:34:22.480><c> we've</c><00:34:22.699><c> done</c><00:34:22.820><c> our</c><00:34:23.159><c> part</c><00:34:23.300><c> anyway?</c>

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:31.039
Or<00:34:26.480><c> is</c><00:34:26.619><c> the</c><00:34:26.800><c> object</c><00:34:27.320><c> to</c><00:34:27.840><c> see</c><00:34:28.500><c> a</c><00:34:29.400><c> lamb</c><00:34:29.619><c> that</c><00:34:29.840><c> has</c><00:34:30.059><c> gone</c><00:34:30.219><c> astray?</c>

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:33.679
Whose<00:34:32.099><c> mother</c><00:34:32.480><c> is</c><00:34:32.739><c> distressed?</c>

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:40.219
To<00:34:35.380><c> go</c><00:34:35.559><c> and</c><00:34:35.760><c> look</c><00:34:35.960><c> for</c><00:34:36.199><c> the</c><00:34:36.420><c> lamb,</c><00:34:37.880><c> to</c><00:34:38.059><c> pick</c><00:34:38.139><c> it</c><00:34:38.340><c> up</c><00:34:38.519><c> gently,</c><00:34:40.059><c> to</c>

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:42.019
carry<00:34:40.480><c> it</c><00:34:40.719><c> in</c><00:34:40.800><c> her</c><00:34:40.980><c> bosom,</c>

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:44.679
and<00:34:42.440><c> to</c><00:34:42.659><c> bring</c><00:34:42.760><c> it</c><00:34:43.079><c> back</c><00:34:43.260><c> to</c><00:34:43.480><c> the</c><00:34:43.699><c> flock.</c>

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:50.760
That's<00:34:48.019><c> the</c><00:34:48.280><c> spirit</c><00:34:48.659><c> that</c><00:34:49.360><c> should</c><00:34:49.619><c> pervade</c><00:34:50.099><c> our</c><00:34:50.360><c> action.</c>

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:55.820
That's<00:34:51.579><c> the</c><00:34:51.840><c> spirit</c><00:34:52.059><c> not</c><00:34:52.360><c> of</c><00:34:52.639><c> weakness,</c><00:34:54.300><c> not</c><00:34:54.539><c> of</c><00:34:54.780><c> weakness,</c>

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:57.559
but<00:34:56.239><c> of</c><00:34:56.539><c> strength.</c>

00:34:58.260 --> 00:35:00.980
It<00:34:59.019><c> can't</c><00:34:59.400><c> be</c><00:34:59.659><c> done</c><00:35:00.000><c> through</c><00:35:00.400><c> weakness.</c>

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:04.420
It<00:35:01.480><c> can</c><00:35:01.679><c> only</c><00:35:01.860><c> be</c><00:35:02.059><c> done</c><00:35:02.179><c> through</c><00:35:02.539><c> strength</c><00:35:02.980><c> of</c><00:35:03.360><c> character,</c>

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:06.739
through<00:35:05.019><c> the</c><00:35:05.239><c> Christ</c><00:35:05.679><c>-like</c><00:35:06.000><c> mind,</c>

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:13.760
putting<00:35:07.380><c> others</c><00:35:08.000><c> before</c><00:35:08.559><c> self,</c><00:35:11.579><c> for</c><00:35:11.800><c> the</c><00:35:12.199><c> judgment</c><00:35:12.599><c> and</c><00:35:12.980><c> discernment</c><00:35:13.440><c> of</c>

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:16.579
Scripture<00:35:14.079><c> to</c><00:35:14.380><c> be</c><00:35:14.659><c> applied</c><00:35:15.000><c> to</c><00:35:15.400><c> win</c>

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:22.800
over<00:35:17.679><c> that</c><00:35:18.239><c> one</c><00:35:18.780><c> who</c><00:35:19.059><c> has</c><00:35:19.360><c> fallen,</c><00:35:20.139><c> or</c><00:35:20.380><c> stumbled,</c><00:35:21.260><c> or</c><00:35:21.380><c> gone</c><00:35:21.619><c> astray,</c><00:35:22.519><c> or</c>

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:24.320
has<00:35:22.960><c> been</c><00:35:23.159><c> injured.</c>

00:35:25.179 --> 00:35:30.519
To<00:35:25.780><c> gently</c><00:35:26.219><c> lead,</c><00:35:27.400><c> if</c><00:35:27.619><c> the</c><00:35:27.880><c> shepherd</c><00:35:28.119><c> went</c><00:35:28.500><c> at</c><00:35:29.039><c> his</c><00:35:29.260><c> own</c><00:35:29.559><c> pace,</c>

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:34.320
he<00:35:31.099><c> would</c><00:35:31.320><c> leave</c><00:35:31.599><c> far</c><00:35:31.920><c> behind</c><00:35:32.579><c> the</c><00:35:32.800><c> rest</c><00:35:33.019><c> of</c><00:35:33.219><c> his</c><00:35:33.480><c> flock.</c>

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:38.699
It<00:35:36.179><c> takes</c><00:35:36.500><c> a</c><00:35:36.739><c> certain</c><00:35:37.039><c> amount</c><00:35:37.480><c> of</c><00:35:37.800><c> strength,</c><00:35:38.019><c> doesn't</c><00:35:38.300><c> it,</c><00:35:38.460><c> to</c>

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:41.619
slow<00:35:38.980><c> down</c><00:35:39.780><c> to</c><00:35:40.139><c> the</c><00:35:40.360><c> pace</c><00:35:40.539><c> of</c><00:35:40.820><c> others,</c>

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:46.539
so<00:35:42.019><c> that</c><00:35:42.219><c> we</c><00:35:42.380><c> don't</c><00:35:42.659><c> leave</c><00:35:42.960><c> them</c><00:35:43.239><c> behind,</c><00:35:44.159><c> but</c><00:35:44.420><c> help</c><00:35:44.760><c> them</c><00:35:45.059><c> along</c><00:35:45.340><c> the</c><00:35:45.599><c> way.</c>

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:51.599
That's<00:35:48.900><c> the</c><00:35:49.039><c> picture,</c><00:35:49.440><c> then,</c><00:35:49.840><c> sisters,</c><00:35:50.239><c> remarkably,</c><00:35:51.420><c> that</c>

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:56.599
Isaiah<00:35:52.139><c> 40</c><00:35:52.579><c> presents</c><00:35:53.059><c> to</c><00:35:53.340><c> us</c><00:35:53.960><c> of</c><00:35:54.300><c> the</c><00:35:54.599><c> glory</c><00:35:55.179><c> of</c><00:35:55.679><c> God,</c>

00:35:57.199 --> 00:36:00.079
the<00:35:57.380><c> one</c><00:35:57.559><c> who</c><00:35:57.719><c> is</c><00:35:57.960><c> coming</c><00:35:58.559><c> to</c><00:35:59.000><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:06.420
This<00:36:01.139><c> isn't</c><00:36:01.480><c> softness,</c><00:36:03.059><c> it</c><00:36:03.159><c> is</c><00:36:03.400><c> strength,</c><00:36:05.019><c> evident</c><00:36:05.340><c> in</c><00:36:06.139><c> the</c>

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:08.420
shepherd<00:36:06.860><c> of</c><00:36:07.340><c> Israel.</c>

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:13.280
And<00:36:09.340><c> see</c><00:36:09.440><c> how</c><00:36:09.559><c> the</c><00:36:09.719><c> idea</c><00:36:10.059><c> of</c><00:36:10.239><c> the</c><00:36:10.460><c> shepherd</c><00:36:10.719><c> is</c><00:36:11.039><c> taken</c><00:36:11.260><c> up</c><00:36:11.739><c> in</c><00:36:12.119><c> Chapter</c><00:36:12.460><c> 6</c>

00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:15.460
of<00:36:14.460><c> Mark's</c><00:36:14.920><c> Gospel</c><00:36:15.159><c> Record.</c>

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:20.460
He<00:36:15.639><c> is</c><00:36:16.119><c> as</c><00:36:16.539><c> a</c><00:36:16.800><c> shepherd,</c><00:36:18.139><c> and</c><00:36:18.260><c> here</c><00:36:18.440><c> we</c><00:36:18.639><c> see</c><00:36:18.800><c> the</c><00:36:19.059><c> shepherd</c><00:36:19.320><c> in</c><00:36:19.579><c> action,</c>

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:25.460
an<00:36:21.159><c> outstanding</c><00:36:21.900><c> shepherd,</c><00:36:23.300><c> not</c><00:36:23.559><c> a</c><00:36:23.860><c> highly,</c><00:36:24.920><c> but</c><00:36:25.139><c> one</c><00:36:25.340><c> who</c>

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:28.639
would<00:36:25.659><c> lay</c><00:36:25.820><c> down</c><00:36:26.079><c> his</c><00:36:26.380><c> life</c><00:36:27.059><c> for</c><00:36:27.440><c> his</c><00:36:27.679><c> sheep.</c>

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:34.599
Verse<00:36:32.500><c> 34</c><00:36:33.099><c> of</c><00:36:33.260><c> Mark</c><00:36:33.500><c> 6.</c>

00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:38.219
And<00:36:34.880><c> Jesus,</c><00:36:35.340><c> when</c><00:36:35.519><c> he</c><00:36:35.739><c> came</c><00:36:35.980><c> out,</c><00:36:36.340><c> saw</c><00:36:36.539><c> much</c><00:36:36.900><c> people,</c><00:36:37.699><c> and</c><00:36:37.880><c> was</c>

00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:40.800
moved<00:36:38.679><c> with</c><00:36:38.980><c> compassion</c><00:36:39.719><c> toward</c><00:36:40.139><c> them,</c>

00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:45.659
because<00:36:41.480><c> they</c><00:36:41.760><c> were</c><00:36:42.019><c> a</c><00:36:42.340><c> sheep</c><00:36:42.639><c> not</c><00:36:43.360><c> having</c><00:36:43.739><c> a</c><00:36:43.980><c> shepherd,</c><00:36:45.460><c> and</c>

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:49.139
he<00:36:45.820><c> began</c><00:36:46.099><c> to</c><00:36:46.440><c> teach</c><00:36:46.659><c> them</c><00:36:47.380><c> many</c><00:36:48.000><c> things.</c>

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:53.300
The<00:36:50.300><c> Lord</c><00:36:50.440><c> was</c><00:36:50.800><c> moved</c><00:36:51.099><c> to</c><00:36:51.340><c> compassion</c><00:36:52.039><c> because</c><00:36:52.880><c> they</c><00:36:53.059><c> didn't</c>

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:53.960
have<00:36:53.500><c> a</c><00:36:53.719><c> shepherd.</c>

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:58.280
When<00:36:54.320><c> he</c><00:36:54.539><c> saw</c><00:36:54.679><c> people</c><00:36:55.099><c> who</c><00:36:55.260><c> were</c><00:36:55.579><c> leaderless,</c><00:36:57.280><c> drifting,</c>

00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:00.500
wandering<00:36:59.460><c> astray,</c>

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:06.980
his<00:37:01.460><c> reaction</c><00:37:01.980><c> wasn't</c><00:37:02.980><c> to</c><00:37:03.139><c> say,</c><00:37:03.300><c> well,</c><00:37:03.440><c> I</c><00:37:04.059><c> told</c><00:37:04.380><c> you</c><00:37:04.639><c> so,</c><00:37:05.280><c> that's</c><00:37:05.699><c> just</c><00:37:05.960><c> predictable.</c>

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:10.320
His<00:37:08.239><c> heart</c><00:37:08.579><c> went</c><00:37:08.840><c> out</c><00:37:09.119><c> to</c><00:37:09.280><c> them.</c>

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:15.719
He<00:37:11.219><c> yearned</c><00:37:11.739><c> that</c><00:37:12.000><c> they</c><00:37:12.179><c> might</c><00:37:12.500><c> be</c><00:37:12.820><c> led</c><00:37:13.159><c> in</c><00:37:13.599><c> the</c><00:37:13.820><c> way</c><00:37:14.019><c> to</c><00:37:14.280><c> eternal</c><00:37:14.619><c> life.</c>

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:20.780
He<00:37:17.639><c> was</c><00:37:17.900><c> moved</c><00:37:18.199><c> with</c><00:37:18.519><c> compassion</c><00:37:19.059><c> as</c><00:37:19.199><c> he</c><00:37:19.460><c> was</c><00:37:19.639><c> with</c><00:37:19.860><c> the</c><00:37:20.000><c> leprous</c><00:37:20.400><c> man.</c>

00:37:21.099 --> 00:37:24.880
He<00:37:21.260><c> was</c><00:37:21.519><c> prepared</c><00:37:21.780><c> to</c><00:37:22.079><c> touch</c><00:37:22.280><c> a</c><00:37:22.460><c> man</c><00:37:22.579><c> who</c><00:37:22.739><c> was</c><00:37:23.139><c> full</c><00:37:23.460><c> of</c><00:37:23.699><c> leprosy.</c>

00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:28.820
He<00:37:25.980><c> wanted</c><00:37:26.219><c> to</c><00:37:26.559><c> draw</c><00:37:26.820><c> his</c><00:37:27.139><c> sheep</c><00:37:27.480><c> to</c><00:37:28.019><c> himself.</c>

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:38.019
And<00:37:32.840><c> when</c><00:37:33.079><c> he</c><00:37:33.780><c> causes</c><00:37:34.019><c> them</c><00:37:34.199><c> to</c><00:37:34.420><c> sit</c><00:37:34.639><c> down,</c><00:37:35.280><c> Mark</c><00:37:35.679><c> gives</c><00:37:36.019><c> a</c><00:37:36.119><c> very</c><00:37:36.420><c> interesting</c><00:37:37.119><c> description</c><00:37:37.860><c> in</c>

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.820
verse<00:37:38.280><c> 39,</c>

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:43.280
when<00:37:39.039><c> he</c><00:37:39.280><c> says</c><00:37:39.460><c> he</c><00:37:39.960><c> commanded</c><00:37:40.400><c> them</c><00:37:41.019><c> to</c><00:37:41.460><c> make</c><00:37:41.659><c> all</c><00:37:42.000><c> sit</c><00:37:42.320><c> down</c>

00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:48.539
by<00:37:43.880><c> companies</c><00:37:44.780><c> upon</c><00:37:45.800><c> the</c><00:37:46.840><c> green</c><00:37:47.320><c> grass.</c>

00:37:49.219 --> 00:37:52.239
Might<00:37:49.500><c> seem</c><00:37:49.760><c> redundant</c><00:37:50.539><c> to</c><00:37:51.199><c> say</c><00:37:51.320><c> the</c><00:37:51.579><c> green</c><00:37:51.900><c> grass.</c>

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:54.039
I<00:37:52.440><c> mean,</c><00:37:52.519><c> what</c><00:37:52.679><c> color</c><00:37:52.880><c> is</c><00:37:53.199><c> grass?</c>

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:56.699
He<00:37:55.079><c> could</c><00:37:55.139><c> have</c><00:37:55.239><c> just</c><00:37:55.480><c> said,</c><00:37:55.860><c> sat</c><00:37:55.920><c> down</c><00:37:56.119><c> on</c><00:37:56.280><c> the</c><00:37:56.380><c> ground.</c>

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:59.659
He<00:37:57.280><c> could</c><00:37:57.380><c> have</c><00:37:57.460><c> said,</c><00:37:57.619><c> sat</c><00:37:57.639><c> down</c><00:37:57.860><c> on</c><00:37:58.000><c> the</c><00:37:58.099><c> ground,</c><00:37:59.099><c> if</c><00:37:59.179><c> sitting</c><00:37:59.380><c> down</c>

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.880
was<00:37:59.860><c> the</c><00:38:00.019><c> point.</c>

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:04.659
But<00:38:02.000><c> where</c><00:38:02.239><c> would</c><00:38:02.420><c> a</c><00:38:02.639><c> shepherd</c><00:38:03.179><c> lead</c><00:38:03.639><c> his</c><00:38:03.900><c> sheep?</c>

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:08.980
But<00:38:06.239><c> to</c><00:38:06.400><c> the</c><00:38:07.360><c> green</c><00:38:07.880><c> pasture.</c>

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:15.380
So<00:38:10.579><c> what</c><00:38:10.780><c> a</c><00:38:10.940><c> lovely</c><00:38:11.119><c> little</c><00:38:11.460><c> touch</c><00:38:12.059><c> it</c><00:38:12.500><c> is</c><00:38:12.719><c> here</c><00:38:13.360><c> in</c><00:38:14.420><c> the</c><00:38:14.679><c> spirit</c><00:38:15.079><c> word</c>

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:18.780
to<00:38:16.019><c> draw</c><00:38:16.400><c> attention</c><00:38:16.940><c> to</c><00:38:17.179><c> the</c><00:38:17.420><c> nature</c><00:38:17.760><c> of</c><00:38:18.019><c> a</c>

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:26.340
who<00:38:19.440><c> thinks</c><00:38:20.179><c> of</c><00:38:21.000><c> the</c><00:38:21.340><c> welfare</c><00:38:21.920><c> of</c><00:38:22.539><c> his</c><00:38:22.800><c> sheep</c><00:38:23.320><c> to</c><00:38:24.119><c> such</c><00:38:24.340><c> an</c><00:38:24.639><c> extent</c><00:38:25.219><c> that</c><00:38:26.099><c> the</c>

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:28.960
Lord<00:38:26.579><c> was</c><00:38:26.860><c> going</c><00:38:27.119><c> to</c><00:38:27.360><c> lay</c><00:38:27.539><c> down</c><00:38:27.739><c> his</c><00:38:28.019><c> life.</c>

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:35.059
Smite<00:38:30.719><c> the</c><00:38:31.099><c> shepherd</c><00:38:31.559><c> and</c><00:38:32.599><c> the</c><00:38:32.820><c> sheep</c><00:38:33.519><c> shall</c><00:38:33.820><c> be</c><00:38:34.099><c> scattered.</c>

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:45.760
Well,<00:38:41.940><c> now</c><00:38:42.119><c> back</c><00:38:42.320><c> in</c><00:38:42.500><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:42.820><c> chapter</c><00:38:43.239><c> 40,</c><00:38:44.619><c> the</c><00:38:44.920><c> tenor</c><00:38:45.320><c> of</c><00:38:45.539><c> the</c>

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:49.260
chapter<00:38:46.039><c> changes</c><00:38:46.699><c> somewhat</c><00:38:47.260><c> from</c><00:38:47.559><c> verse</c><00:38:47.860><c> 12</c><00:38:48.280><c> onwards.</c>

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:53.900
It<00:38:51.199><c> is</c><00:38:51.820><c> a</c><00:38:52.639><c> challenge.</c>

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:59.320
Well,<00:38:57.639><c> behold</c><00:38:58.000><c> your</c><00:38:58.320><c> God,</c><00:38:58.820><c> says</c><00:38:58.940><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:01.340
Now<00:38:59.539><c> the</c><00:38:59.619><c> question</c><00:38:59.900><c> is,</c><00:39:00.079><c> well,</c><00:39:00.159><c> what's</c><00:39:00.300><c> he</c><00:39:00.500><c> like?</c>

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:05.210
How<00:39:03.460><c> will</c><00:39:03.659><c> you</c><00:39:03.760><c> recognize</c><00:39:04.400><c> him?</c>

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What's<00:39:06.739><c> his</c><00:39:06.960><c> character?</c>

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Is<00:39:07.800><c> he</c><00:39:08.019><c> like</c><00:39:08.639><c> the</c><00:39:09.079><c> gods</c><00:39:09.579><c> of</c><00:39:11.119><c> the</c><00:39:11.320><c> nations?</c>

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To<00:39:11.900><c> whom</c><00:39:12.139><c> then</c><00:39:12.440><c> will</c><00:39:12.619><c> he</c><00:39:12.900><c> liken</c><00:39:13.239><c> God</c><00:39:13.780><c> in</c><00:39:14.039><c> verse</c><00:39:14.300><c> 18?</c>

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Or<00:39:15.260><c> what</c><00:39:15.659><c> likeness</c><00:39:16.780><c> will</c><00:39:17.099><c> he</c><00:39:17.380><c> compare</c><00:39:17.980><c> unto</c><00:39:18.400><c> him?</c>

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And<00:39:22.079><c> the</c><00:39:22.219><c> answer,</c><00:39:22.579><c> of</c><00:39:22.780><c> course,</c><00:39:23.920><c> is</c><00:39:24.019><c> he's</c><00:39:24.300><c> like</c><00:39:24.719><c> the</c><00:39:24.940><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:39:25.500><c> Christ.</c>

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That's<00:39:27.059><c> who</c><00:39:27.059><c> he's</c><00:39:27.320><c> like.</c>

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Do<00:39:28.539><c> you</c><00:39:28.639><c> want</c><00:39:28.739><c> to</c><00:39:28.820><c> know</c><00:39:28.880><c> who</c><00:39:29.079><c> God</c><00:39:29.300><c> is</c><00:39:29.619><c> like?</c>

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:33.380
Then<00:39:30.559><c> look</c><00:39:30.840><c> at</c><00:39:31.039><c> the</c><00:39:31.239><c> one</c><00:39:31.780><c> whom</c><00:39:32.000><c> God</c><00:39:32.260><c> has</c><00:39:32.599><c> sent.</c>

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Notice<00:39:35.960><c> verse</c><00:39:36.239><c> 13.</c>

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Here's<00:39:37.679><c> the</c><00:39:37.960><c> challenge.</c>

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God<00:39:39.199><c> is</c><00:39:39.579><c> greater</c><00:39:40.340><c> than</c><00:39:41.099><c> flesh,</c><00:39:41.579><c> is</c><00:39:41.760><c> he</c><00:39:41.920><c> not?</c>

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Who<00:39:42.960><c> hath</c><00:39:43.199><c> directed</c><00:39:43.780><c> the</c><00:39:44.139><c> spirit</c><00:39:44.420><c> of</c><00:39:44.619><c> the</c><00:39:44.780><c> Lord</c><00:39:45.099><c> or</c><00:39:45.539><c> being</c><00:39:45.780><c> his</c>

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counselor<00:39:46.719><c> hath</c><00:39:47.300><c> taught</c><00:39:47.639><c> him?</c>

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With<00:39:48.579><c> whom</c><00:39:48.820><c> took</c><00:39:49.059><c> he</c><00:39:49.260><c> counsel</c><00:39:49.739><c> and</c><00:39:50.179><c> who</c><00:39:50.440><c> instructed</c><00:39:51.059><c> him</c><00:39:51.320><c> and</c>

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taught<00:39:51.739><c> him</c><00:39:52.119><c> in</c><00:39:52.340><c> the</c><00:39:52.559><c> path</c><00:39:52.760><c> of</c><00:39:53.000><c> judgment</c>

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and<00:39:53.920><c> taught</c><00:39:54.059><c> him</c><00:39:54.300><c> knowledge</c><00:39:54.619><c> and</c><00:39:54.900><c> showed</c><00:39:55.039><c> to</c><00:39:55.219><c> him</c><00:39:55.460><c> the</c><00:39:55.739><c> way</c><00:39:55.960><c> of</c><00:39:56.280><c> understanding?</c>

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We're<00:39:57.719><c> talking</c><00:39:58.019><c> about</c><00:39:58.280><c> the</c><00:39:58.559><c> creator</c><00:39:58.920><c> here.</c>

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He<00:40:00.239><c> is</c><00:40:00.440><c> not</c><00:40:00.679><c> like</c><00:40:01.039><c> any</c><00:40:01.380><c> of</c><00:40:01.579><c> the</c><00:40:01.880><c> imaginations</c><00:40:02.559><c> of</c><00:40:02.900><c> men.</c>

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He<00:40:03.920><c> is</c><00:40:04.059><c> not</c><00:40:04.219><c> to</c><00:40:04.400><c> be</c><00:40:04.699><c> defined</c><00:40:05.099><c> by</c><00:40:05.460><c> the</c><00:40:05.940><c> thoughts</c><00:40:06.159><c> and</c><00:40:06.460><c> intellects</c><00:40:07.019><c> of</c><00:40:07.119><c> the</c><00:40:07.440><c> theologians</c><00:40:08.119><c> of</c>

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this<00:40:08.639><c> world.</c>

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He<00:40:09.340><c> is</c><00:40:09.440><c> not</c><00:40:09.619><c> to</c><00:40:09.820><c> be</c><00:40:10.119><c> found</c><00:40:10.300><c> in</c><00:40:10.519><c> the</c><00:40:10.800><c> commentaries</c><00:40:11.539><c> of</c><00:40:12.039><c> the</c><00:40:12.260><c> churches.</c>

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Who<00:40:15.380><c> will</c><00:40:15.559><c> you</c><00:40:15.760><c> liken</c><00:40:16.039><c> God</c><00:40:16.420><c> to?</c>

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And<00:40:20.719><c> that</c><00:40:20.900><c> verse</c><00:40:21.139><c> 13</c><00:40:21.719><c> is</c><00:40:22.320><c> quoted</c><00:40:22.820><c> by</c><00:40:23.320><c> the</c><00:40:23.480><c> apostle</c><00:40:23.840><c> Paul</c>

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in<00:40:24.820><c> 1</c><00:40:25.139><c> Corinthians</c><00:40:25.699><c> chapter</c><00:40:26.119><c> 2.</c>

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Let's<00:40:26.460><c> see</c><00:40:26.599><c> what</c><00:40:26.719><c> he</c><00:40:26.940><c> says</c><00:40:27.420><c> about</c><00:40:27.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:28.440><c> 40.</c>

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1<00:40:29.619><c> Corinthians</c><00:40:30.280><c> chapter</c><00:40:31.280><c> 2</c><00:40:31.880><c> is</c><00:40:32.820><c> structured</c><00:40:33.360><c> around</c><00:40:34.079><c> Isaiah</c>

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chapter<00:40:34.940><c> 40.</c>

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Now<00:40:35.719><c> time</c><00:40:35.900><c> is</c><00:40:36.699><c> running</c><00:40:37.099><c> out</c><00:40:37.380><c> on</c><00:40:37.500><c> us</c><00:40:37.639><c> so</c><00:40:37.880><c> we</c><00:40:38.019><c> can't</c><00:40:39.119><c> do</c><00:40:39.519><c> service</c>

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to<00:40:40.059><c> this</c><00:40:40.380><c> really,</c>

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but<00:40:42.400><c> let</c><00:40:42.820><c> me</c><00:40:43.039><c> quickly</c><00:40:43.360><c> point</c><00:40:43.659><c> out</c><00:40:44.559><c> some</c><00:40:45.179><c> things</c><00:40:45.539><c> if</c><00:40:45.840><c> you</c><00:40:46.000><c> want</c>

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to<00:40:46.340><c> note</c><00:40:46.519><c> them.</c>

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You'd<00:40:47.400><c> like</c><00:40:47.460><c> to</c><00:40:47.739><c> follow</c><00:40:47.900><c> them</c><00:40:48.059><c> up.</c>

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Verse<00:40:49.820><c> 13</c><00:40:50.320><c> of</c><00:40:50.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:50.960><c> 40.</c>

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Who<00:40:52.320><c> hath</c><00:40:52.619><c> directed</c><00:40:52.900><c> the</c><00:40:53.239><c> spirit</c><00:40:53.480><c> of</c><00:40:53.760><c> Yahweh</c><00:40:54.039><c> or</c><00:40:54.380><c> being</c><00:40:54.579><c> his</c>

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counselor<00:40:55.440><c> hath</c><00:40:56.000><c> taught</c><00:40:56.360><c> him?</c>

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That<00:40:57.260><c> verse</c><00:40:57.659><c> is</c><00:40:58.219><c> the</c><00:40:58.440><c> last</c><00:40:58.860><c> verse</c><00:40:59.159><c> of</c><00:40:59.360><c> chapter</c><00:40:59.679><c> 2</c><00:41:00.000><c> of</c><00:41:00.179><c> 1</c><00:41:00.340><c> Corinthians.</c>

00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:07.079
For<00:41:03.019><c> who</c><00:41:03.380><c> hath</c><00:41:03.940><c> known</c><00:41:04.539><c> the</c><00:41:04.900><c> mind</c><00:41:05.239><c> of</c><00:41:05.460><c> the</c><00:41:05.619><c> Lord</c><00:41:06.000><c> that</c><00:41:06.619><c> he</c><00:41:06.840><c> may</c>

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instruct<00:41:07.579><c> him?</c>

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You<00:41:08.500><c> see</c><00:41:08.900><c> the</c><00:41:10.159><c> words</c><00:41:10.380><c> aren't</c><00:41:10.619><c> exactly</c><00:41:11.480><c> the</c><00:41:12.280><c> same,</c>

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but<00:41:12.780><c> you</c><00:41:13.019><c> can</c><00:41:13.280><c> see</c><00:41:13.460><c> that</c><00:41:13.820><c> sufficiently</c><00:41:14.260><c> and</c><00:41:14.519><c> even</c><00:41:14.659><c> your</c><00:41:14.920><c> margin</c><00:41:15.239><c> will</c>

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tell<00:41:15.739><c> you</c>

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this<00:41:16.300><c> is</c><00:41:16.579><c> a</c><00:41:16.739><c> quotation</c><00:41:17.340><c> from</c><00:41:17.840><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:18.219><c> 40.</c>

00:41:19.300 --> 00:41:23.619
He's<00:41:19.559><c> asking</c><00:41:19.860><c> us</c><00:41:20.099><c> what</c><00:41:20.579><c> will</c><00:41:20.820><c> you</c><00:41:21.079><c> liken</c><00:41:21.380><c> the</c><00:41:21.739><c> mind</c><00:41:22.079><c> of</c><00:41:22.340><c> God</c><00:41:22.619><c> to?</c>

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What<00:41:24.219><c> are</c><00:41:24.360><c> his</c><00:41:24.639><c> thoughts</c><00:41:25.039><c> like?</c>

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It's<00:41:27.579><c> a</c><00:41:27.719><c> contrast</c><00:41:28.159><c> in</c><00:41:28.719><c> Corinthians</c><00:41:29.239><c> with</c><00:41:29.539><c> the</c><00:41:29.699><c> wisdom</c><00:41:29.940><c> of</c><00:41:30.179><c> this</c><00:41:30.440><c> world,</c><00:41:30.800><c> isn't</c><00:41:30.920><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:41:31.440><c> a</c><00:41:31.579><c> contrast</c><00:41:32.019><c> between</c><00:41:32.360><c> the</c><00:41:32.579><c> wisdom</c><00:41:32.780><c> of</c><00:41:33.000><c> the</c><00:41:33.179><c> Greeks</c><00:41:33.519><c> and</c>

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:35.019
the<00:41:34.159><c> wisdom</c><00:41:34.400><c> of</c><00:41:34.719><c> God.</c>

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Can<00:41:35.400><c> you</c><00:41:35.659><c> find</c><00:41:35.900><c> God</c><00:41:36.539><c> by</c><00:41:37.139><c> going</c><00:41:37.519><c> to</c><00:41:38.239><c> Plato</c><00:41:38.760><c> and</c><00:41:39.059><c> Aristotle?</c>

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Absolutely<00:41:40.719><c> not.</c>

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Can<00:41:42.719><c> you</c><00:41:42.980><c> find</c><00:41:43.219><c> God</c><00:41:43.519><c> by</c><00:41:43.780><c> absorbing</c><00:41:44.260><c> the</c><00:41:44.659><c> commentaries</c><00:41:45.079><c> of</c>

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this<00:41:45.599><c> world?</c>

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Absolutely<00:41:46.440><c> not.</c>

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But<00:41:49.519><c> where</c><00:41:49.699><c> do</c><00:41:49.860><c> you</c><00:41:50.099><c> get</c><00:41:50.400><c> an</c><00:41:50.639><c> understanding</c><00:41:51.219><c> of</c><00:41:51.500><c> the</c><00:41:51.739><c> likeness</c>

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of<00:41:52.480><c> God?</c>

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Go<00:41:53.599><c> to</c><00:41:53.820><c> the</c><00:41:54.000><c> Lord</c><00:41:54.199><c> Jesus</c><00:41:54.639><c> Christ.</c>

00:41:56.219 --> 00:41:59.340
See<00:41:56.360><c> in</c><00:41:56.579><c> the</c><00:41:56.800><c> mind</c><00:41:57.079><c> of</c><00:41:57.420><c> Christ</c><00:41:57.920><c> the</c><00:41:58.360><c> mind</c><00:41:58.679><c> of</c><00:41:59.000><c> God.</c>

00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:02.099
So<00:41:59.719><c> the</c><00:41:59.900><c> answer</c><00:42:00.519><c> in</c><00:42:01.320><c> verse</c><00:42:01.519><c> 16.</c>

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Who<00:42:02.920><c> hath</c><00:42:03.280><c> known</c><00:42:03.659><c> the</c><00:42:03.900><c> mind</c><00:42:04.119><c> of</c><00:42:04.300><c> the</c><00:42:04.460><c> Lord</c><00:42:04.820><c> that</c><00:42:07.280><c> he</c><00:42:07.920><c> may</c><00:42:08.400><c> instruct</c><00:42:09.119><c> him?</c>

00:42:10.380 --> 00:42:16.300
The<00:42:10.619><c> answer</c><00:42:10.860><c> comes</c><00:42:11.420><c> that</c><00:42:12.400><c> we</c><00:42:12.800><c> have</c><00:42:13.519><c> the</c><00:42:14.059><c> mind</c><00:42:14.820><c> of</c><00:42:15.420><c> Christ.</c>

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:20.739
So<00:42:17.579><c> that's</c><00:42:18.059><c> what</c><00:42:18.199><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:18.539><c> 40</c><00:42:19.059><c> we</c><00:42:19.500><c> believe</c><00:42:19.739><c> is</c><00:42:19.940><c> speaking</c><00:42:20.300><c> about.</c>

00:42:21.199 --> 00:42:25.519
The<00:42:21.420><c> mind</c><00:42:21.940><c> of</c><00:42:22.320><c> Christ</c><00:42:22.820><c> is</c><00:42:23.340><c> here</c><00:42:23.760><c> in</c><00:42:24.340><c> this</c><00:42:24.619><c> chapter.</c>

00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:29.059
That's<00:42:26.639><c> who</c><00:42:26.940><c> God</c><00:42:27.219><c> is</c><00:42:27.579><c> likened</c><00:42:28.119><c> to.</c>

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Now<00:42:29.900><c> if</c><00:42:30.280><c> you're</c><00:42:30.400><c> interested,</c>

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1<00:42:31.179><c> Corinthians</c><00:42:31.500><c> chapter</c><00:42:31.940><c> 2</c><00:42:32.239><c> and</c><00:42:32.400><c> verse</c><00:42:32.699><c> 6</c><00:42:33.559><c> is</c><00:42:34.219><c> a</c><00:42:34.400><c> quotation</c><00:42:34.960><c> from</c><00:42:35.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:35.860><c> 40</c>

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and<00:42:36.920><c> verse</c><00:42:37.199><c> 23.</c>

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See<00:42:39.039><c> where</c><00:42:39.139><c> it</c><00:42:39.320><c> says</c><00:42:39.539><c> at</c><00:42:39.960><c> the</c><00:42:40.059><c> end</c><00:42:40.179><c> of</c><00:42:40.340><c> the</c><00:42:40.460><c> verse,</c>

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of<00:42:41.260><c> this</c><00:42:41.579><c> world</c><00:42:42.159><c> nor</c><00:42:42.719><c> of</c><00:42:43.000><c> the</c><00:42:43.260><c> princes</c><00:42:43.679><c> of</c><00:42:44.039><c> this</c><00:42:44.420><c> world</c><00:42:44.719><c> that</c>

00:42:45.260 --> 00:42:46.219
come<00:42:45.579><c> to</c><00:42:45.900><c> naught.</c>

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The<00:42:46.880><c> princes</c><00:42:47.320><c> that</c><00:42:47.659><c> come</c><00:42:47.900><c> to</c><00:42:48.159><c> naught,</c>

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they're<00:42:48.980><c> mentioned</c><00:42:49.420><c> in</c><00:42:49.659><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:50.039><c> 40</c><00:42:50.780><c> and</c><00:42:51.059><c> verse</c><00:42:51.300><c> 23.</c>

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That<00:42:52.679><c> bringeth</c><00:42:53.079><c> the</c><00:42:53.400><c> princes</c><00:42:53.960><c> to</c><00:42:54.619><c> nothing.</c>

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There<00:42:56.300><c> it</c><00:42:56.420><c> is.</c>

00:42:58.199 --> 00:43:01.940
You<00:42:58.440><c> see</c><00:42:58.679><c> the</c><00:42:59.099><c> mind</c><00:42:59.420><c> of</c><00:42:59.679><c> Paul</c><00:42:59.800><c> through</c><00:42:59.960><c> the</c><00:43:00.239><c> Spirit</c><00:43:00.460><c> is</c><00:43:00.639><c> not</c><00:43:00.860><c> just</c><00:43:01.179><c> picking</c><00:43:01.420><c> out</c><00:43:01.719><c> a</c>

00:43:01.940 --> 00:43:03.380
verse<00:43:02.320><c> at</c><00:43:02.980><c> random.</c>

00:43:03.639 --> 00:43:04.679
Sort<00:43:03.639><c> of</c><00:43:03.880><c> a</c><00:43:04.059><c> haphazard.</c>

00:43:04.860 --> 00:43:06.099
Oh<00:43:05.000><c> I</c><00:43:05.079><c> turn</c><00:43:05.320><c> the</c><00:43:05.539><c> scripture</c><00:43:05.820><c> over,</c>

00:43:06.119 --> 00:43:08.719
put<00:43:06.280><c> my</c><00:43:06.519><c> finger</c><00:43:06.780><c> on</c><00:43:06.940><c> a</c><00:43:07.079><c> verse</c><00:43:07.260><c> and</c><00:43:07.440><c> oh</c><00:43:07.519><c> that's</c><00:43:07.860><c> the</c><00:43:07.940><c> one</c><00:43:08.039><c> I'll</c><00:43:08.440><c> use.</c>

00:43:08.719 --> 00:43:13.460
His<00:43:09.579><c> mind</c><00:43:10.059><c> is</c><00:43:10.380><c> in</c><00:43:10.940><c> the</c><00:43:11.219><c> Spirit</c><00:43:11.559><c> of</c><00:43:11.780><c> Christ</c><00:43:12.119><c> in</c><00:43:12.340><c> the</c><00:43:12.579><c> prophecies.</c>

00:43:19.579 --> 00:43:26.300
Verse<00:43:19.659><c> 26</c><00:43:20.219><c> of</c><00:43:20.480><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:20.920><c> 40</c><00:43:21.760><c> at</c><00:43:22.119><c> the</c><00:43:22.300><c> end</c><00:43:22.539><c> refers</c><00:43:23.019><c> to</c><00:43:23.559><c> he</c><00:43:23.780><c> is</c><00:43:24.159><c> strong</c><00:43:24.579><c> in</c><00:43:25.219><c> power.</c>

00:43:26.579 --> 00:43:28.900
God<00:43:26.780><c> is</c><00:43:27.139><c> strong</c><00:43:27.400><c> in</c><00:43:27.800><c> power.</c>

00:43:29.059 --> 00:43:32.539
1<00:43:29.239><c> Corinthians</c><00:43:29.599><c> 2</c><00:43:29.980><c> verse</c><00:43:30.280><c> 5</c><00:43:30.820><c> says</c><00:43:31.199><c> that</c><00:43:31.659><c> your</c><00:43:32.000><c> faith</c><00:43:32.300><c> should</c>

00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:35.019
not<00:43:32.840><c> stand</c><00:43:33.340><c> in</c><00:43:33.760><c> the</c><00:43:34.000><c> wisdom</c><00:43:34.300><c> of</c><00:43:34.639><c> men</c>

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:37.679
but<00:43:35.440><c> in</c><00:43:35.659><c> the</c><00:43:36.079><c> power</c><00:43:36.559><c> of</c><00:43:37.340><c> God.</c>

00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:39.800
Now<00:43:38.360><c> I'll</c><00:43:38.940><c> just</c><00:43:38.940><c> give</c><00:43:39.139><c> you</c><00:43:39.260><c> those</c><00:43:39.460><c> hints.</c>

00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:42.880
You<00:43:39.960><c> might</c><00:43:40.159><c> like</c><00:43:40.440><c> to</c><00:43:41.019><c> see</c><00:43:41.320><c> what</c><00:43:41.519><c> other</c><00:43:41.760><c> connections</c><00:43:42.159><c> you</c><00:43:42.340><c> can</c><00:43:42.639><c> find.</c>

00:43:43.239 --> 00:43:48.059
What<00:43:43.519><c> we've</c><00:43:43.840><c> been</c><00:43:44.119><c> taught</c><00:43:44.440><c> here</c><00:43:44.840><c> is</c><00:43:45.139><c> that</c><00:43:45.340><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:45.760><c> 40</c><00:43:46.480><c> is</c><00:43:46.900><c> portraying</c><00:43:47.480><c> for</c><00:43:47.800><c> us</c>

00:43:48.059 --> 00:43:54.440
the<00:43:48.460><c> mind</c><00:43:49.019><c> of</c><00:43:49.460><c> Christ</c><00:43:50.059><c> as</c><00:43:51.639><c> the</c><00:43:51.960><c> reflection</c><00:43:52.559><c> of</c><00:43:52.900><c> the</c><00:43:53.219><c> mind</c><00:43:53.719><c> of</c><00:43:54.079><c> God.</c>

00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:56.400
Nothing<00:43:55.239><c> else.</c>

00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:59.860
He<00:43:57.699><c> is</c><00:43:57.980><c> God</c><00:43:58.519><c> with</c><00:43:59.019><c> us.</c>

00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:06.440
Now<00:44:00.739><c> just</c><00:44:01.019><c> let's</c><00:44:02.519><c> look</c><00:44:02.780><c> at</c><00:44:03.139><c> one</c><00:44:03.260><c> or</c><00:44:03.420><c> two</c><00:44:04.860><c> aspects</c><00:44:05.400><c> then</c><00:44:05.840><c> of</c><00:44:06.099><c> God</c>

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:07.280
who<00:44:06.619><c> is</c><00:44:06.820><c> revealed</c>

00:44:07.280 --> 00:44:11.019
to<00:44:07.840><c> us</c><00:44:08.039><c> through</c><00:44:08.280><c> Christ</c><00:44:08.860><c> in</c><00:44:09.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:44:09.760><c> chapter</c><00:44:10.139><c> 40.</c>

00:44:17.760 --> 00:44:19.260
Verse<00:44:17.880><c> 28.</c>

00:44:20.019 --> 00:44:25.860
Has<00:44:20.199><c> thou</c><00:44:20.420><c> not</c><00:44:20.719><c> known,</c><00:44:21.940><c> has</c><00:44:22.159><c> thou</c><00:44:22.380><c> not</c><00:44:22.760><c> heard</c><00:44:23.139><c> that</c><00:44:23.639><c> the</c><00:44:23.960><c> everlasting</c><00:44:24.579><c> God,</c>

00:44:25.920 --> 00:44:29.500
the<00:44:26.219><c> Lord,</c><00:44:27.300><c> the</c><00:44:27.400><c> creator</c><00:44:27.860><c> of</c><00:44:28.059><c> the</c><00:44:28.300><c> ends</c><00:44:28.539><c> of</c><00:44:28.719><c> the</c><00:44:28.920><c> earth,</c>

00:44:29.940 --> 00:44:32.139
fainteth<00:44:30.340><c> not,</c><00:44:31.159><c> neither</c><00:44:31.460><c> is</c><00:44:31.820><c> weary.</c>

00:44:32.460 --> 00:44:35.599
There<00:44:32.699><c> is</c><00:44:32.900><c> no</c><00:44:33.199><c> searching</c><00:44:33.599><c> of</c><00:44:34.079><c> his</c><00:44:34.420><c> understanding.</c>

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:39.699
He<00:44:36.159><c> is</c><00:44:36.340><c> a</c><00:44:36.579><c> contrast</c><00:44:37.340><c> with</c><00:44:37.920><c> the</c><00:44:38.519><c> wise</c><00:44:38.860><c> of</c><00:44:39.099><c> this</c><00:44:39.500><c> world,</c>

00:44:39.980 --> 00:44:41.380
with<00:44:40.119><c> the</c><00:44:40.340><c> princes</c><00:44:40.659><c> of</c><00:44:40.880><c> this</c><00:44:41.219><c> world.</c>

00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:44.039
They<00:44:41.699><c> are</c><00:44:41.960><c> soon</c><00:44:42.099><c> exhausted</c><00:44:42.800><c> but</c><00:44:43.219><c> not</c><00:44:43.460><c> the</c><00:44:43.679><c> creator.</c>

00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:45.599
He<00:44:44.780><c> fainteth</c><00:44:45.360><c> not.</c>

00:44:45.760 --> 00:44:49.880
His<00:44:46.039><c> understanding</c><00:44:46.900><c> cannot</c><00:44:47.480><c> be</c><00:44:47.960><c> searched,</c><00:44:48.440><c> cannot</c><00:44:48.579><c> be</c><00:44:48.960><c> exhausted.</c>

00:44:51.500 --> 00:44:54.659
Just<00:44:51.760><c> think</c><00:44:51.940><c> of</c><00:44:52.079><c> what</c><00:44:52.239><c> Mark</c><00:44:52.519><c> says</c><00:44:53.099><c> of</c><00:44:53.480><c> the</c><00:44:53.619><c> Lord</c><00:44:53.820><c> Jesus</c><00:44:54.239><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:54.659 --> 00:44:59.619
He<00:44:54.960><c> comes</c><00:44:55.239><c> in</c><00:44:55.780><c> the</c><00:44:56.019><c> power</c><00:44:56.320><c> of</c><00:44:56.559><c> God</c><00:44:56.739><c> in</c><00:44:56.920><c> Mark</c><00:44:57.219><c> chapter</c><00:44:57.619><c> 1</c><00:44:58.800><c> and</c>

00:44:59.619 --> 00:45:01.400
verse<00:44:59.860><c> 35.</c>

00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:07.579
It<00:45:02.320><c> says,</c><00:45:04.039><c> and</c><00:45:04.039><c> in</c><00:45:04.139><c> the</c><00:45:04.420><c> morning,</c><00:45:06.019><c> rising</c><00:45:06.079><c> up</c><00:45:06.380><c> a</c><00:45:06.760><c> great</c><00:45:07.159><c> while</c>

00:45:07.579 --> 00:45:09.300
before<00:45:08.199><c> day,</c>

00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:16.360
he<00:45:09.760><c> went</c><00:45:10.039><c> out</c><00:45:10.900><c> into</c><00:45:11.719><c> a</c><00:45:12.079><c> solitary</c><00:45:12.440><c> place</c><00:45:13.340><c> and</c><00:45:14.380><c> there</c><00:45:15.219><c> prayed.</c>

00:45:17.619 --> 00:45:21.429
Rising<00:45:18.059><c> up</c><00:45:18.300><c> a</c><00:45:18.659><c> great</c><00:45:18.960><c> while</c><00:45:19.480><c> before</c><00:45:20.500><c> day,</c>

00:45:21.570 --> 00:45:25.530
has<00:45:22.210><c> thou</c><00:45:22.469><c> not</c><00:45:22.710><c> known,</c><00:45:23.809><c> has</c><00:45:24.010><c> thou</c><00:45:24.269><c> not</c><00:45:24.570><c> heard,</c>

00:45:26.349 --> 00:45:30.230
the<00:45:26.550><c> creator</c><00:45:26.889><c> of</c><00:45:27.050><c> the</c><00:45:27.269><c> ends</c><00:45:27.510><c> of</c><00:45:27.710><c> the</c><00:45:27.869><c> earth</c><00:45:28.670><c> fainteth</c><00:45:29.369><c> not.</c>

00:45:30.449 --> 00:45:34.250
It<00:45:30.750><c> was</c><00:45:30.909><c> in</c><00:45:31.090><c> that</c><00:45:31.329><c> spirit</c><00:45:31.730><c> that</c><00:45:31.969><c> the</c><00:45:32.130><c> Lord</c><00:45:32.309><c> came</c><00:45:32.809><c> to</c><00:45:33.289><c> pray</c><00:45:33.690><c> through</c><00:45:34.010><c> our</c>

00:45:34.250 --> 00:45:35.230
sleeping<00:45:34.750><c> hours</c>

00:45:35.230 --> 00:45:39.230
that<00:45:35.630><c> he</c><00:45:35.809><c> might</c><00:45:36.050><c> have</c><00:45:36.250><c> the</c><00:45:36.610><c> strength</c><00:45:36.989><c> to</c><00:45:37.550><c> gently</c><00:45:37.989><c> lead</c><00:45:38.610><c> us</c>

00:45:39.230 --> 00:45:40.650
through<00:45:39.409><c> that</c><00:45:39.690><c> wilderness.</c>

00:45:41.090 --> 00:45:43.989
There's<00:45:41.230><c> another</c><00:45:41.489><c> lovely</c><00:45:41.809><c> little</c><00:45:42.070><c> example</c><00:45:42.590><c> in</c><00:45:43.030><c> chapter</c><00:45:43.389><c> 10</c>

00:45:43.989 --> 00:45:45.429
of<00:45:44.329><c> Mark.</c>

00:45:45.610 --> 00:45:49.429
When<00:45:45.769><c> you</c><00:45:45.909><c> think</c><00:45:46.090><c> of</c><00:45:46.269><c> the</c><00:45:46.449><c> words</c><00:45:46.610><c> of</c><00:45:46.849><c> Isaiah,</c><00:45:47.610><c> there</c><00:45:47.789><c> is</c><00:45:47.989><c> no</c><00:45:48.269><c> searching</c><00:45:48.849><c> of</c>

00:45:49.429 --> 00:45:50.429
his<00:45:49.750><c> understanding.</c>

00:45:50.429 --> 00:45:52.650
He's<00:45:50.949><c> never</c><00:45:51.250><c> exhausted.</c>

00:45:53.469 --> 00:45:56.530
His<00:45:53.730><c> mind</c><00:45:53.929><c> is</c><00:45:54.230><c> always</c><00:45:55.070><c> full</c><00:45:55.969><c> of</c><00:45:56.269><c> energy.</c>

00:45:56.710 --> 00:46:01.510
And<00:45:56.809><c> look</c><00:45:56.989><c> at</c><00:45:57.230><c> Mark</c><00:45:57.510><c> chapter</c><00:45:57.829><c> 10,</c><00:46:00.150><c> verse</c><00:46:00.429><c> 1.</c>

00:46:01.710 --> 00:46:05.550
And<00:46:01.710><c> he</c><00:46:01.909><c> arose</c><00:46:02.289><c> from</c><00:46:02.710><c> thence,</c><00:46:04.250><c> and</c><00:46:04.329><c> cometh</c><00:46:04.570><c> into</c><00:46:04.809><c> the</c><00:46:05.070><c> coasts</c>

00:46:05.550 --> 00:46:06.489
of<00:46:05.670><c> Judea</c>

00:46:06.489 --> 00:46:10.130
by<00:46:06.849><c> the</c><00:46:07.170><c> farthest</c><00:46:07.530><c> side</c><00:46:07.710><c> of</c><00:46:07.969><c> Jordan,</c><00:46:08.869><c> and</c><00:46:09.050><c> the</c><00:46:09.250><c> people</c><00:46:09.570><c> resort</c>

00:46:10.130 --> 00:46:12.269
unto<00:46:10.429><c> him</c><00:46:11.050><c> again.</c>

00:46:12.690 --> 00:46:17.110
And<00:46:13.130><c> as</c><00:46:13.369><c> he</c><00:46:13.530><c> was</c><00:46:13.789><c> wont,</c><00:46:15.230><c> he</c><00:46:15.590><c> taught</c><00:46:15.909><c> them</c><00:46:16.210><c> again.</c>

00:46:18.110 --> 00:46:20.349
That's<00:46:18.750><c> a</c><00:46:18.809><c> beautiful</c><00:46:19.309><c> expression.</c>

00:46:20.429 --> 00:46:24.309
It's<00:46:20.989><c> only</c><00:46:21.170><c> Mark</c><00:46:21.489><c> who</c><00:46:21.750><c> tells</c><00:46:21.929><c> us</c><00:46:22.170><c> the</c><00:46:22.929><c> last</c><00:46:23.170><c> two</c><00:46:23.389><c> lines.</c>

00:46:25.590 --> 00:46:27.530
They<00:46:25.849><c> resort</c><00:46:26.230><c> to</c><00:46:26.409><c> him</c><00:46:26.650><c> again.</c>

00:46:27.670 --> 00:46:31.730
You<00:46:27.889><c> know,</c><00:46:27.969><c> you</c><00:46:27.969><c> could</c><00:46:28.170><c> feel,</c><00:46:28.949><c> you</c><00:46:29.289><c> and</c><00:46:29.530><c> I,</c><00:46:29.809><c> and</c><00:46:29.809><c> go,</c><00:46:30.369><c> oh</c><00:46:30.690><c> no,</c>

00:46:32.010 --> 00:46:34.610
again,<00:46:33.269><c> not</c><00:46:33.489><c> again.</c>

00:46:35.530 --> 00:46:37.329
You<00:46:35.710><c> know,</c><00:46:35.929><c> give</c><00:46:36.030><c> me</c><00:46:36.289><c> a</c><00:46:36.489><c> break.</c>

00:46:41.210 --> 00:46:45.750
And<00:46:41.769><c> as</c><00:46:42.050><c> he</c><00:46:42.230><c> was</c><00:46:42.550><c> wont,</c><00:46:43.969><c> he</c><00:46:44.289><c> taught</c><00:46:44.429><c> them</c><00:46:44.730><c> again.</c>

00:46:46.349 --> 00:46:50.730
Every<00:46:46.610><c> time</c><00:46:46.809><c> they</c><00:46:47.090><c> came,</c><00:46:48.989><c> he</c><00:46:49.170><c> took</c><00:46:49.349><c> every</c><00:46:49.630><c> opportunity.</c>

00:46:51.030 --> 00:46:54.289
There<00:46:51.429><c> is</c><00:46:51.650><c> no</c><00:46:51.909><c> searching</c><00:46:52.510><c> his</c><00:46:53.050><c> understanding.</c>

00:46:55.170 --> 00:46:56.789
He<00:46:55.369><c> fainteth</c><00:46:55.889><c> not.</c>

00:46:57.570 --> 00:47:03.289
Verse<00:46:57.690><c> 29</c><00:46:58.230><c> says,</c><00:46:59.510><c> he</c><00:46:59.570><c> giveth</c><00:47:00.449><c> power</c><00:47:01.389><c> to</c><00:47:02.170><c> the</c><00:47:02.429><c> faint.</c>

00:47:04.530 --> 00:47:06.530
He<00:47:04.750><c> giveth</c><00:47:05.090><c> power</c><00:47:05.650><c> to</c><00:47:05.869><c> the</c><00:47:06.130><c> faint.</c>

00:47:06.969 --> 00:47:12.690
Mark<00:47:07.230><c> chapter</c><00:47:07.590><c> 8,</c><00:47:11.329><c> verse</c><00:47:11.650><c> 1.</c>

00:47:12.829 --> 00:47:17.449
In<00:47:12.869><c> those</c><00:47:13.369><c> days,</c><00:47:13.829><c> the</c><00:47:13.969><c> multitude</c><00:47:14.469><c> being</c><00:47:14.769><c> very</c><00:47:15.309><c> great</c><00:47:15.650><c> and</c><00:47:16.170><c> having</c><00:47:16.469><c> nothing</c><00:47:16.869><c> to</c><00:47:17.170><c> eat,</c>

00:47:17.449 --> 00:47:21.570
Jesus<00:47:18.250><c> called</c><00:47:18.769><c> his</c><00:47:19.050><c> disciples</c><00:47:19.530><c> unto</c><00:47:19.829><c> him</c><00:47:20.090><c> and</c><00:47:20.369><c> saith</c><00:47:20.489><c> unto</c><00:47:20.750><c> them,</c>

00:47:22.010 --> 00:47:25.269
I<00:47:22.010><c> have</c><00:47:22.309><c> compassion</c><00:47:23.030><c> on</c><00:47:23.369><c> the</c><00:47:23.550><c> multitude</c><00:47:24.090><c> because</c><00:47:24.750><c> they</c><00:47:24.989><c> have</c>

00:47:25.269 --> 00:47:27.349
now<00:47:25.550><c> been</c><00:47:25.750><c> with</c><00:47:26.010><c> me</c><00:47:26.409><c> three</c><00:47:26.849><c> days</c>

00:47:27.349 --> 00:47:29.269
and<00:47:27.769><c> have</c><00:47:27.969><c> had</c><00:47:28.190><c> nothing</c><00:47:28.550><c> to</c><00:47:28.789><c> eat.</c>

00:47:29.710 --> 00:47:33.309
And<00:47:29.889><c> if</c><00:47:30.050><c> I</c><00:47:30.329><c> send</c><00:47:30.489><c> them</c><00:47:30.769><c> away</c><00:47:31.050><c> fasting</c><00:47:31.590><c> to</c><00:47:31.869><c> their</c><00:47:32.150><c> own</c><00:47:32.329><c> houses,</c>

00:47:33.409 --> 00:47:36.789
they<00:47:33.710><c> will</c><00:47:34.130><c> faint</c><00:47:34.869><c> by</c><00:47:35.769><c> the</c><00:47:35.989><c> way.</c>

00:47:37.670 --> 00:47:38.969
That<00:47:38.050><c> was</c><00:47:38.269><c> his</c><00:47:38.469><c> concern.</c>

00:47:39.110 --> 00:47:40.090
He<00:47:39.250><c> was</c><00:47:39.510><c> a</c><00:47:39.710><c> shepherd.</c>

00:47:40.369 --> 00:47:41.309
He<00:47:40.530><c> had</c><00:47:40.750><c> compassion.</c>

00:47:41.449 --> 00:47:43.329
If<00:47:41.650><c> I</c><00:47:41.909><c> send</c><00:47:42.070><c> them</c><00:47:42.269><c> away,</c><00:47:42.530><c> they</c><00:47:42.670><c> will</c><00:47:42.989><c> faint.</c>

00:47:43.590 --> 00:47:44.309
So<00:47:43.710><c> what</c><00:47:43.829><c> does</c><00:47:43.989><c> he</c><00:47:44.090><c> do?</c>

00:47:44.309 --> 00:47:48.570
He<00:47:44.530><c> gives</c><00:47:44.809><c> power</c><00:47:45.409><c> to</c><00:47:45.730><c> the</c><00:47:45.989><c> faint</c><00:47:46.309><c> and</c><00:47:46.750><c> he</c><00:47:47.110><c> provides</c><00:47:47.630><c> food</c><00:47:48.230><c> for</c>

00:47:48.570 --> 00:47:50.650
them<00:47:48.949><c> miraculously.</c>

00:47:50.969 --> 00:47:55.429
That's<00:47:51.650><c> what</c><00:47:51.829><c> the</c><00:47:52.110><c> shepherd</c><00:47:52.789><c> loved</c><00:47:53.570><c> to</c><00:47:53.969><c> do,</c><00:47:54.309><c> brother</c><00:47:54.409><c> and</c><00:47:54.650><c> sister.</c>

00:47:55.610 --> 00:48:01.130
That<00:47:55.829><c> was</c><00:47:56.170><c> the</c><00:47:56.630><c> spirit</c><00:47:57.329><c> of</c><00:47:57.809><c> Christ</c><00:47:58.309><c> as</c><00:47:59.230><c> spoken</c><00:47:59.550><c> of</c><00:48:00.090><c> in</c><00:48:00.510><c> Isaiah</c>

00:48:01.130 --> 00:48:03.070
chapter<00:48:01.889><c> 40.</c>

00:48:04.210 --> 00:48:07.750
Finally,<00:48:04.750><c> just</c><00:48:04.989><c> look</c><00:48:05.170><c> at</c><00:48:05.349><c> the</c><00:48:05.489><c> end</c><00:48:05.650><c> of</c><00:48:05.849><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:06.190><c> chapter</c><00:48:06.530><c> 40,</c>

00:48:07.849 --> 00:48:09.550
the<00:48:08.030><c> last</c><00:48:08.329><c> two</c><00:48:08.610><c> verses.</c>

00:48:09.690 --> 00:48:14.250
This<00:48:10.070><c> is</c><00:48:10.269><c> a</c><00:48:10.369><c> beautiful</c><00:48:11.449><c> picture</c><00:48:12.190><c> of</c><00:48:12.949><c> the</c><00:48:13.190><c> gospel</c><00:48:13.750><c> bringing</c>

00:48:14.250 --> 00:48:17.889
that<00:48:14.550><c> eternal</c><00:48:15.289><c> hope</c><00:48:16.050><c> and</c><00:48:16.690><c> fulfillment</c>

00:48:18.170 --> 00:48:22.269
to<00:48:18.570><c> those</c><00:48:19.070><c> who</c><00:48:19.510><c> follow</c><00:48:19.750><c> the</c><00:48:19.929><c> Lord</c><00:48:20.150><c> Jesus</c><00:48:20.630><c> Christ</c><00:48:21.210><c> and</c><00:48:21.769><c> try</c><00:48:21.969><c> to</c>

00:48:22.269 --> 00:48:23.869
assimilate<00:48:22.750><c> into</c><00:48:23.010><c> their</c><00:48:23.309><c> minds</c>

00:48:23.869 --> 00:48:26.369
through<00:48:24.230><c> the</c><00:48:24.530><c> power</c><00:48:24.750><c> of</c><00:48:24.929><c> his</c><00:48:25.130><c> example</c><00:48:25.590><c> coming</c><00:48:25.909><c> through</c><00:48:26.190><c> the</c>

00:48:26.369 --> 00:48:29.690
word,<00:48:27.070><c> the</c><00:48:27.250><c> same</c><00:48:27.530><c> mind</c><00:48:28.150><c> of</c><00:48:28.469><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:30.369 --> 00:48:34.889
Verse<00:48:30.530><c> 30,</c><00:48:31.030><c> it</c><00:48:31.030><c> says</c><00:48:31.369><c> that</c><00:48:31.909><c> even</c><00:48:32.369><c> the</c><00:48:32.710><c> youth</c><00:48:33.090><c> shall</c><00:48:33.510><c> faint</c><00:48:34.030><c> and</c>

00:48:34.889 --> 00:48:35.550
be<00:48:35.150><c> weary,</c>

00:48:35.550 --> 00:48:39.650
and<00:48:35.809><c> the</c><00:48:36.630><c> young</c><00:48:36.989><c> men</c><00:48:37.329><c> shall</c><00:48:37.789><c> utterly</c><00:48:38.409><c> fall.</c>

00:48:40.309 --> 00:48:44.670
But<00:48:40.469><c> they</c><00:48:40.730><c> that</c><00:48:40.989><c> wait</c><00:48:41.190><c> upon</c><00:48:41.510><c> the</c><00:48:41.769><c> Lord</c><00:48:42.389><c> shall</c><00:48:42.889><c> renew</c><00:48:43.349><c> their</c><00:48:43.650><c> strength.</c>

00:48:44.929 --> 00:48:48.230
They<00:48:45.150><c> shall</c><00:48:45.429><c> mount</c><00:48:45.750><c> up</c><00:48:46.309><c> with</c><00:48:46.750><c> wings</c><00:48:47.230><c> as</c><00:48:47.750><c> eagles.</c>

00:48:48.630 --> 00:48:50.489
They<00:48:48.889><c> shall</c><00:48:49.150><c> run</c><00:48:49.449><c> and</c><00:48:49.670><c> not</c><00:48:49.829><c> be</c><00:48:50.150><c> weary.</c>

00:48:50.929 --> 00:48:53.329
They<00:48:51.170><c> shall</c><00:48:51.409><c> walk</c><00:48:51.969><c> and</c><00:48:52.750><c> not</c><00:48:53.050><c> think.</c>

00:48:53.710 --> 00:48:58.630
Just<00:48:53.989><c> notice</c><00:48:54.269><c> there</c><00:48:54.610><c> the</c><00:48:54.969><c> reference</c><00:48:55.349><c> to</c><00:48:55.590><c> the</c><00:48:55.769><c> young</c><00:48:56.010><c> men</c><00:48:56.530><c> who</c>

00:48:58.630 --> 00:48:59.389
will<00:48:58.869><c> utterly</c><00:48:59.250><c> fall.</c>

00:48:59.449 --> 00:49:04.389
In<00:48:59.590><c> other</c><00:48:59.730><c> words,</c><00:49:00.690><c> even</c><00:49:01.030><c> flesh</c><00:49:01.510><c> in</c><00:49:01.750><c> its</c><00:49:02.489><c> finest</c><00:49:02.929><c> example,</c>

00:49:04.849 --> 00:49:11.750
the<00:49:05.449><c> young</c><00:49:05.750><c> man</c><00:49:06.170><c> full</c><00:49:06.570><c> of</c><00:49:06.829><c> energy</c><00:49:07.289><c> and</c><00:49:08.289><c> confidence</c><00:49:09.289><c> will</c><00:49:10.750><c> fall.</c>

00:49:12.090 --> 00:49:13.989
So<00:49:12.269><c> he</c><00:49:12.469><c> did.</c>

00:49:14.110 --> 00:49:15.590
So<00:49:14.130><c> Mark</c><00:49:14.329><c> chapter</c><00:49:14.650><c> 14.</c>

00:49:20.409 --> 00:49:23.949
Immediately<00:49:20.750><c> after</c><00:49:21.190><c> verse</c><00:49:21.510><c> 50,</c><00:49:22.829><c> which</c><00:49:23.010><c> said</c><00:49:23.230><c> that</c><00:49:23.389><c> they</c><00:49:23.650><c> all</c>

00:49:23.949 --> 00:49:28.110
forsook<00:49:24.329><c> him</c><00:49:24.869><c> and</c><00:49:25.329><c> fled,</c><00:49:26.190><c> verse</c><00:49:26.469><c> 51</c><00:49:27.010><c> says,</c>

00:49:30.090 --> 00:49:35.670
and<00:49:30.690><c> there</c><00:49:30.989><c> followed</c><00:49:31.289><c> him</c><00:49:32.110><c> a</c><00:49:32.630><c> certain</c><00:49:33.030><c> young</c><00:49:33.409><c> man,</c><00:49:35.130><c> having</c><00:49:35.409><c> a</c>

00:49:35.670 --> 00:49:39.030
linen<00:49:35.949><c> cloth</c><00:49:36.369><c> cast</c><00:49:36.929><c> about</c><00:49:37.289><c> his</c><00:49:37.590><c> naked</c><00:49:37.889><c> body,</c>

00:49:39.329 --> 00:49:43.670
and<00:49:39.650><c> the</c><00:49:39.849><c> young</c><00:49:40.090><c> men</c><00:49:40.670><c> laid</c><00:49:41.090><c> hold</c><00:49:41.409><c> on</c><00:49:41.670><c> him,</c><00:49:42.630><c> and</c><00:49:42.929><c> he</c><00:49:43.190><c> left</c><00:49:43.429><c> the</c>

00:49:43.670 --> 00:49:47.949
linen<00:49:43.949><c> cloth</c><00:49:44.429><c> and</c><00:49:45.329><c> fled</c><00:49:45.989><c> from</c><00:49:46.730><c> them</c><00:49:46.989><c> naked.</c>

00:49:48.489 --> 00:49:52.690
Now<00:49:48.710><c> some</c><00:49:48.889><c> think</c><00:49:49.150><c> this</c><00:49:49.369><c> is</c><00:49:49.570><c> put</c><00:49:49.730><c> in</c><00:49:49.949><c> by</c><00:49:50.250><c> Mark</c><00:49:50.730><c> as</c><00:49:51.170><c> his</c><00:49:51.389><c> sort</c><00:49:51.489><c> of</c><00:49:51.690><c> autograph,</c>

00:49:54.510 --> 00:49:58.829
but<00:49:54.989><c> would</c><00:49:55.349><c> the</c><00:49:55.630><c> spirit</c><00:49:55.889><c> do</c><00:49:56.230><c> that,</c><00:49:56.570><c> then,</c><00:49:56.949><c> sister,</c><00:49:57.210><c> just</c><00:49:58.190><c> for</c>

00:49:58.829 --> 00:50:00.010
no<00:49:59.070><c> purpose?</c>

00:50:02.130 --> 00:50:05.949
Or<00:50:02.349><c> is</c><00:50:02.690><c> this</c><00:50:02.969><c> reference</c><00:50:03.349><c> to</c><00:50:03.610><c> the</c><00:50:03.789><c> young</c><00:50:04.030><c> man</c><00:50:04.469><c> who</c><00:50:04.809><c> forsook</c><00:50:05.210><c> him?</c>

00:50:06.489 --> 00:50:08.610
When<00:50:06.630><c> all</c><00:50:06.809><c> the</c><00:50:06.989><c> disciples</c><00:50:07.369><c> had</c><00:50:07.570><c> run</c><00:50:07.769><c> away,</c><00:50:08.070><c> where</c><00:50:08.230><c> did</c><00:50:08.369><c> this</c>

00:50:08.610 --> 00:50:09.309
young<00:50:08.769><c> man</c><00:50:08.969><c> come</c><00:50:09.170><c> from?</c>

00:50:09.369 --> 00:50:10.349
He<00:50:09.489><c> got</c><00:50:09.650><c> out</c><00:50:09.829><c> of</c><00:50:10.030><c> bed.</c>

00:50:10.829 --> 00:50:12.010
He<00:50:11.010><c> put</c><00:50:11.170><c> a</c><00:50:11.409><c> cloth</c><00:50:11.550><c> about</c><00:50:11.869><c> him.</c>

00:50:12.010 --> 00:50:13.349
Maybe<00:50:12.309><c> it</c><00:50:12.530><c> was</c><00:50:12.690><c> John</c><00:50:13.030><c> Mark.</c>

00:50:13.670 --> 00:50:15.969
Maybe<00:50:14.010><c> it</c><00:50:14.269><c> heard</c><00:50:14.429><c> the</c><00:50:14.590><c> Lord</c><00:50:14.849><c> had</c><00:50:15.030><c> been</c><00:50:15.230><c> taken</c><00:50:15.510><c> captive.</c>

00:50:16.269 --> 00:50:17.150
You've<00:50:16.530><c> run</c><00:50:16.730><c> away.</c>

00:50:17.570 --> 00:50:19.769
I'm<00:50:18.030><c> going</c><00:50:18.170><c> to</c><00:50:18.269><c> go</c><00:50:18.389><c> and</c><00:50:18.630><c> follow</c><00:50:18.789><c> him.</c>

00:50:20.150 --> 00:50:22.849
And<00:50:20.710><c> when</c><00:50:20.849><c> he</c><00:50:20.969><c> gets</c><00:50:21.230><c> into</c><00:50:21.489><c> the</c><00:50:21.650><c> heat</c><00:50:21.769><c> of</c><00:50:21.929><c> the</c><00:50:22.090><c> situation</c><00:50:22.570><c> and</c>

00:50:22.849 --> 00:50:26.150
sees<00:50:23.289><c> other</c><00:50:23.929><c> young</c><00:50:24.230><c> men</c><00:50:24.570><c> strong</c><00:50:24.969><c> as</c><00:50:25.289><c> he,</c>

00:50:26.369 --> 00:50:29.530
they<00:50:26.650><c> grab</c><00:50:26.909><c> hold</c><00:50:27.130><c> of</c><00:50:27.309><c> him,</c><00:50:27.530><c> they</c><00:50:27.789><c> grab</c><00:50:27.969><c> his</c><00:50:28.250><c> coat,</c><00:50:28.409><c> and</c><00:50:28.570><c> he</c><00:50:28.789><c> runs</c><00:50:29.190><c> as</c>

00:50:29.530 --> 00:50:31.369
fast<00:50:29.730><c> as</c><00:50:29.889><c> he</c><00:50:30.110><c> can</c><00:50:30.289><c> naked.</c>

00:50:31.750 --> 00:50:33.409
They<00:50:31.889><c> see</c><00:50:32.130><c> his</c><00:50:32.369><c> shame.</c>

00:50:33.889 --> 00:50:40.610
The<00:50:34.070><c> young</c><00:50:34.230><c> man,</c><00:50:35.530><c> the</c><00:50:35.849><c> prime</c><00:50:36.050><c> of</c><00:50:36.309><c> life,</c><00:50:37.989><c> cannot</c><00:50:38.429><c> stand</c><00:50:38.869><c> either,</c><00:50:40.469><c> which</c>

00:50:40.610 --> 00:50:45.150
is<00:50:40.710><c> what</c><00:50:40.829><c> Isaiah</c><00:50:41.349><c> 40</c><00:50:41.769><c> said</c><00:50:42.449><c> in</c><00:50:43.289><c> verse</c><00:50:43.889><c> 30.</c>

00:50:45.849 --> 00:50:49.469
But<00:50:46.449><c> they</c><00:50:46.630><c> that</c><00:50:46.909><c> wait</c><00:50:47.489><c> upon</c><00:50:48.309><c> the</c><00:50:48.550><c> Lord.</c>

00:50:50.250 --> 00:50:54.789
In<00:50:50.429><c> chapter</c><00:50:50.710><c> 16</c><00:50:51.130><c> of</c><00:50:51.389><c> Mark,</c><00:50:52.409><c> there</c><00:50:52.590><c> is</c><00:50:52.750><c> a</c><00:50:52.889><c> picture</c><00:50:53.329><c> of</c><00:50:54.489><c> somebody</c>

00:50:54.789 --> 00:50:57.329
waiting<00:50:55.289><c> upon</c><00:50:56.269><c> the</c><00:50:56.570><c> Lord.</c>

00:50:57.829 --> 00:51:00.750
It's<00:50:58.090><c> an</c><00:50:58.309><c> angel,</c><00:50:59.250><c> but</c><00:50:59.369><c> he's</c><00:50:59.610><c> not</c><00:50:59.769><c> described</c><00:51:00.190><c> as</c><00:51:00.349><c> an</c><00:51:00.570><c> angel.</c>

00:51:00.809 --> 00:51:04.949
He's<00:51:01.110><c> described</c><00:51:01.590><c> as</c><00:51:02.010><c> a</c><00:51:02.150><c> young</c><00:51:02.289><c> man</c><00:51:03.030><c> to</c><00:51:03.849><c> draw</c><00:51:04.050><c> the</c><00:51:04.289><c> contrast</c>

00:51:04.949 --> 00:51:10.750
and<00:51:05.710><c> for</c><00:51:05.809><c> us</c><00:51:05.929><c> to</c><00:51:06.130><c> see</c><00:51:06.289><c> the</c><00:51:06.530><c> fulfillment</c><00:51:07.289><c> of</c><00:51:09.650><c> what</c><00:51:09.829><c> Isaiah</c><00:51:10.349><c> 40</c>

00:51:10.750 --> 00:51:11.869
is<00:51:11.070><c> saying.</c>

00:51:12.989 --> 00:51:16.570
Verse<00:51:13.650><c> 5</c><00:51:14.050><c> of</c><00:51:14.250><c> Mark,</c><00:51:14.989><c> chapter</c><00:51:15.329><c> 16.</c>

00:51:17.829 --> 00:51:21.889
And<00:51:18.050><c> entering</c><00:51:18.289><c> into</c><00:51:18.570><c> the</c><00:51:18.789><c> sepulcher,</c><00:51:19.949><c> they</c><00:51:20.110><c> saw</c><00:51:20.530><c> a</c><00:51:20.869><c> young</c><00:51:21.110><c> man</c>

00:51:21.889 --> 00:51:24.010
sitting<00:51:22.489><c> on</c><00:51:22.829><c> the</c><00:51:23.030><c> right</c><00:51:23.349><c> side,</c>

00:51:24.510 --> 00:51:28.329
clothed<00:51:25.269><c> in</c><00:51:25.590><c> a</c><00:51:25.869><c> long</c><00:51:26.309><c> white</c><00:51:27.309><c> garment.</c>

00:51:29.610 --> 00:51:32.030
The<00:51:29.969><c> first</c><00:51:30.210><c> young</c><00:51:30.429><c> man</c><00:51:30.730><c> fled</c><00:51:30.989><c> naked.</c>

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This<00:51:33.030><c> young</c><00:51:33.250><c> man</c><00:51:33.510><c> is</c><00:51:33.829><c> clothed</c><00:51:35.210><c> right</c><00:51:35.429><c> down</c><00:51:35.690><c> to</c><00:51:35.829><c> his</c><00:51:35.969><c> feet,</c><00:51:36.349><c> it</c>

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seems,<00:51:37.650><c> in</c><00:51:37.809><c> a</c><00:51:37.969><c> white</c><00:51:38.190><c> garment.</c>

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It<00:51:39.969><c> was</c><00:51:40.389><c> an</c><00:51:40.690><c> angel,</c><00:51:42.070><c> but</c><00:51:42.070><c> we</c><00:51:42.409><c> shall</c><00:51:42.630><c> be</c><00:51:43.110><c> like</c><00:51:43.469><c> unto</c><00:51:44.030><c> the</c><00:51:44.309><c> angels.</c>

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For<00:51:46.030><c> they</c><00:51:46.469><c> that</c><00:51:47.130><c> wait</c><00:51:47.409><c> upon</c><00:51:47.769><c> the</c><00:51:47.989><c> Lord</c><00:51:48.510><c> shall</c><00:51:49.289><c> renew</c><00:51:49.690><c> their</c><00:51:50.010><c> strength.</c>

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They<00:51:51.349><c> shall</c><00:51:51.650><c> mount</c><00:51:52.010><c> up</c><00:51:52.210><c> with</c><00:51:52.469><c> wings</c><00:51:53.050><c> as</c><00:51:53.809><c> eagles.</c>

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They<00:51:55.210><c> shall</c><00:51:55.409><c> run</c><00:51:55.670><c> and</c><00:51:55.869><c> not</c><00:51:56.090><c> be</c><00:51:56.349><c> weary.</c>

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They<00:51:57.349><c> shall</c><00:51:57.590><c> walk</c><00:51:58.150><c> and</c><00:51:58.849><c> not</c><00:51:59.110><c> faint.</c>

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That<00:52:00.889><c> is</c><00:52:01.170><c> the</c><00:52:01.590><c> beautiful</c><00:52:01.989><c> picture</c><00:52:02.690><c> which</c><00:52:04.469><c> the</c><00:52:04.630><c> Lord</c><00:52:04.750><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:52:05.670><c> with</c><00:52:05.909><c> his</c><00:52:06.349><c> strong</c><00:52:06.650><c> arm</c>

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has<00:52:08.730><c> held</c><00:52:09.010><c> out</c><00:52:09.289><c> to</c><00:52:09.530><c> us</c><00:52:10.769><c> in</c><00:52:11.269><c> all</c><00:52:11.429><c> the</c><00:52:11.750><c> gentleness</c><00:52:12.389><c> of</c><00:52:13.369><c> Christ</c>

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so<00:52:15.150><c> that</c><00:52:15.389><c> we</c><00:52:15.650><c> might</c><00:52:16.869><c> absorb</c><00:52:17.809><c> in</c><00:52:18.309><c> our</c><00:52:18.530><c> own</c><00:52:18.730><c> minds</c><00:52:19.610><c> his</c><00:52:20.449><c> example.</c>

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But<00:52:22.289><c> just</c><00:52:22.489><c> as</c><00:52:22.730><c> in</c><00:52:22.909><c> him</c><00:52:23.349><c> we</c><00:52:23.909><c> see</c><00:52:24.090><c> the</c><00:52:24.409><c> likeness</c><00:52:24.809><c> of</c><00:52:25.070><c> God,</c><00:52:26.289><c> we</c><00:52:26.550><c> also</c><00:52:27.469><c> might</c><00:52:27.809><c> be</c>

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like<00:52:28.230><c> him.</c>