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was</c><00:16:09.559><c> insatiable.</c> 00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:14.940 He<00:16:10.720><c> had</c><00:16:10.919><c> to</c><00:16:11.220><c> find</c><00:16:11.460><c> a</c><00:16:11.740><c> way</c><00:16:12.279><c> to</c><00:16:13.080><c> destroy</c><00:16:13.740><c> the</c><00:16:14.340><c> competition,</c> 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:19.460 and<00:16:15.240><c> so</c><00:16:15.440><c> he</c><00:16:15.700><c> wipes</c><00:16:15.960><c> out</c><00:16:16.620><c> the</c><00:16:16.840><c> generation</c><00:16:17.340><c> of</c><00:16:17.600><c> babes</c><00:16:17.759><c> in</c><00:16:17.940><c> Bethlehem.</c> 00:16:25.179 --> 00:16:32.440 Now,<00:16:27.399><c> when</c><00:16:27.399><c> we—doing</c><00:16:30.279><c> funny</c><00:16:30.899><c> things</c><00:16:31.179><c> to</c><00:16:31.399><c> me—</c> 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:38.460 Matthew<00:16:32.799><c> 2,</c><00:16:33.500><c> verse</c><00:16:33.740><c> 12,</c><00:16:36.259><c> God's</c><00:16:36.700><c> angels,</c><00:16:37.639><c> they</c><00:16:38.059><c> preserve</c> 00:16:38.460 --> 00:16:39.539 Jesus'<00:16:39.200><c> life,</c> 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:43.639 and,<00:16:39.960><c> of</c><00:16:40.139><c> course,</c><00:16:40.320><c> a</c><00:16:40.500><c> lesson</c><00:16:40.679><c> to</c><00:16:40.940><c> us</c><00:16:41.159><c> in</c><00:16:41.460><c> Psalms</c><00:16:41.779><c> 34</c><00:16:42.240><c>-7</c><00:16:42.840><c> is</c><00:16:43.399><c> that</c> 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:44.980 the<00:16:43.879><c> angel</c><00:16:44.299><c> of</c><00:16:44.559><c> the</c><00:16:44.679><c> Lord</c> 00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:49.360 encamp<00:16:45.519><c> us</c><00:16:45.860><c> about</c><00:16:46.379><c> those</c><00:16:46.860><c> who</c><00:16:47.240><c> fear</c><00:16:47.519><c> him</c><00:16:47.860><c> and</c><00:16:48.120><c> deliver</c><00:16:48.379><c> them.</c> 00:16:49.379 --> 00:16:53.840 So<00:16:49.720><c> we</c><00:16:50.000><c> need</c><00:16:50.200><c> to</c><00:16:50.580><c> recognize</c><00:16:51.080><c> that</c><00:16:51.440><c> God's</c><00:16:51.919><c> angels</c><00:16:52.139><c> are</c><00:16:52.440><c> constantly</c><00:16:53.080><c> working</c> 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:54.860 with<00:16:54.320><c> us</c> 00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:58.779 in<00:16:55.360><c> the</c><00:16:55.539><c> same</c><00:16:55.779><c> way,</c><00:16:56.799><c> maybe</c><00:16:57.039><c> not</c><00:16:57.259><c> with</c><00:16:57.519><c> dreams</c><00:16:58.019><c> today,</c> 00:16:58.820 --> 00:17:03.500 but<00:16:59.019><c> rather</c><00:16:59.259><c> with</c><00:16:59.500><c> the</c><00:16:59.659><c> Word</c><00:16:59.799><c> of</c><00:16:59.980><c> God</c><00:17:00.259><c> to</c><00:17:00.500><c> give</c><00:17:00.639><c> us</c><00:17:01.419><c> wisdom</c><00:17:01.820><c> and</c><00:17:02.480><c> understanding.</c> 00:17:05.940 --> 00:17:11.539 Now,<00:17:06.200><c> we</c><00:17:06.339><c> get</c><00:17:06.519><c> to</c><00:17:06.799><c> the</c><00:17:07.200><c> hypocrites</c><00:17:07.980><c> in</c><00:17:08.759><c> Matthew</c><00:17:09.200><c> 6,</c><00:17:10.140><c> in</c><00:17:10.220><c> verse</c><00:17:10.440><c> 2.</c> 00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:13.779 We<00:17:12.279><c> read,</c><00:17:12.799><c> well,</c><00:17:13.180><c> 1</c><00:17:13.359><c>-4,</c> 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:16.579 Take<00:17:14.259><c> heed</c><00:17:14.519><c> that</c><00:17:14.700><c> you</c><00:17:14.880><c> do</c><00:17:15.019><c> not</c><00:17:15.160><c> your</c><00:17:15.380><c> alms</c><00:17:15.680><c> before</c><00:17:16.019><c> men</c><00:17:16.220><c> to</c><00:17:16.359><c> be</c> 00:17:16.579 --> 00:17:16.940 seen<00:17:16.720><c> of</c><00:17:16.839><c> them,</c> 00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:19.339 otherwise<00:17:17.359><c> you</c><00:17:17.559><c> have</c><00:17:17.759><c> no</c><00:17:18.000><c> reward</c><00:17:18.339><c> of</c><00:17:18.500><c> your</c><00:17:18.660><c> Father</c><00:17:18.940><c> which</c><00:17:19.140><c> is</c> 00:17:19.339 --> 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unto</c><00:17:31.000><c> you,</c><00:17:31.319><c> they</c><00:17:31.460><c> have</c><00:17:31.740><c> the</c><00:17:31.960><c> reward.</c> 00:17:32.819 --> 00:17:38.539 So<00:17:33.259><c> they</c><00:17:33.859><c> were</c><00:17:34.200><c> giving,</c><00:17:35.579><c> but</c><00:17:36.480><c> how</c><00:17:37.500><c> they</c><00:17:37.759><c> fooled</c><00:17:37.940><c> the</c><00:17:38.200><c> people</c> 00:17:38.539 --> 00:17:39.940 was<00:17:38.819><c> to</c><00:17:39.039><c> make</c><00:17:39.160><c> the</c><00:17:39.400><c> people</c><00:17:39.680><c> think</c> 00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:42.859 that<00:17:39.940><c> they</c><00:17:40.059><c> were</c><00:17:40.299><c> giving</c><00:17:40.599><c> to</c><00:17:40.880><c> God</c><00:17:41.279><c> for</c><00:17:41.559><c> the</c><00:17:41.720><c> upkeep</c><00:17:42.180><c> and</c><00:17:42.559><c> the</c> 00:17:42.859 --> 00:17:44.180 maintenance<00:17:43.180><c> of</c><00:17:43.480><c> the</c><00:17:43.640><c> temple</c> 00:17:44.180 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in</c><00:17:58.299><c> Matthew</c><00:17:58.900><c> 23.</c> 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:02.980 So<00:18:00.960><c> when</c><00:18:01.220><c> he</c><00:18:01.380><c> says,</c><00:18:01.779><c> But</c><00:18:01.779><c> when</c><00:18:02.039><c> you</c><00:18:02.240><c> do</c><00:18:02.400><c> your</c><00:18:02.759><c> alms,</c> 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:06.680 let<00:18:03.240><c> not</c><00:18:03.500><c> your</c><00:18:03.799><c> left</c><00:18:04.240><c> hand</c><00:18:04.740><c> know</c><00:18:05.119><c> what</c><00:18:05.339><c> your</c><00:18:05.599><c> right</c><00:18:05.980><c> hand</c><00:18:06.299><c> doeth,</c> 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:11.240 that<00:18:07.619><c> thine</c><00:18:08.019><c> alms</c><00:18:08.420><c> may</c><00:18:08.660><c> be</c><00:18:08.880><c> in</c><00:18:09.160><c> secret,</c><00:18:09.619><c> and</c><00:18:09.799><c> thy</c><00:18:10.039><c> Father</c><00:18:10.380><c> which</c><00:18:10.740><c> seeth</c><00:18:10.920><c> in</c> 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:11.960 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nor</c><00:18:24.720><c> in</c><00:18:24.940><c> Jerusalem</c><00:18:25.380><c> will</c><00:18:25.900><c> men</c><00:18:26.079><c> worship.</c> 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:32.259 But<00:18:27.700><c> the</c><00:18:28.339><c> Father</c><00:18:28.680><c> God</c><00:18:28.900><c> is</c><00:18:29.140><c> a</c><00:18:29.420><c> spirit,</c><00:18:29.700><c> and</c><00:18:29.819><c> he</c><00:18:30.019><c> must</c><00:18:30.319><c> be</c><00:18:30.599><c> worshiped</c><00:18:30.960><c> in</c><00:18:31.259><c> spirit</c><00:18:31.519><c> and</c><00:18:31.839><c> truth.</c> 00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:38.960 So<00:18:32.920><c> ultimately,</c><00:18:36.220><c> Jesus</c><00:18:36.579><c> is</c><00:18:36.839><c> going</c><00:18:37.039><c> to</c><00:18:37.339><c> get</c><00:18:37.779><c> what</c><00:18:38.140><c> he's</c><00:18:38.500><c> designed,</c> 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:41.000 and<00:18:39.259><c> that</c><00:18:39.460><c> is</c><00:18:39.660><c> really</c><00:18:39.940><c> what</c><00:18:40.099><c> his</c><00:18:40.279><c> Father</c><00:18:40.559><c> designed,</c> 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:45.819 and<00:18:41.200><c> that</c><00:18:41.299><c> is</c><00:18:41.480><c> a</c><00:18:41.539><c> temple</c><00:18:42.079><c> of</c><00:18:42.880><c> living</c><00:18:43.299><c> men</c><00:18:43.940><c> and</c><00:18:44.140><c> women</c><00:18:44.400><c> as</c><00:18:44.759><c> stones.</c> 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:50.720 We're<00:18:46.519><c> told</c><00:18:46.779><c> instead</c><00:18:47.680><c> of</c><00:18:48.180><c> trying</c><00:18:48.799><c> to</c><00:18:49.079><c> impress</c><00:18:49.440><c> others</c><00:18:49.799><c> with</c> 00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:53.720 money<00:18:51.039><c> going</c><00:18:51.299><c> down</c><00:18:51.619><c> the</c><00:18:51.819><c> temple</c><00:18:52.119><c> or</c><00:18:52.420><c> the</c><00:18:52.839><c> trumpet,</c> 00:18:53.859 --> 00:18:57.759 that<00:18:54.059><c> an</c><00:18:54.299><c> empty</c><00:18:54.839><c> offering</c><00:18:55.660><c> 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thou?</c> 00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:15.079 When<00:19:11.880><c> asked,</c><00:19:13.079><c> How</c><00:19:13.420><c> do</c><00:19:13.599><c> we</c><00:19:13.700><c> live?</c><00:19:13.940><c> How</c><00:19:14.039><c> do</c><00:19:14.220><c> we</c><00:19:14.299><c> gain</c><00:19:14.500><c> eternal</c><00:19:14.779><c> life?</c> 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:17.279 He<00:19:15.299><c> answering</c><00:19:15.559><c> said,</c><00:19:15.900><c> Thou</c><00:19:16.039><c> shalt</c><00:19:16.220><c> love</c><00:19:16.539><c> the</c><00:19:16.660><c> Lord</c><00:19:16.859><c> thy</c><00:19:17.079><c> God</c> 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:18.799 with<00:19:17.519><c> all</c><00:19:17.720><c> thy</c><00:19:17.880><c> heart,</c> 00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:21.700 and<00:19:19.220><c> with</c><00:19:19.400><c> all</c><00:19:19.579><c> thy</c><00:19:19.779><c> soul,</c><00:19:20.099><c> and</c><00:19:20.180><c> with</c><00:19:20.299><c> all</c><00:19:20.500><c> thy</c><00:19:20.680><c> strength,</c> 00:19:22.059 --> 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actually</c><00:22:39.400><c> go</c> 00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:41.099 through<00:22:40.000><c> many</c><00:22:40.380><c> repetitions,</c> 00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:44.720 10,<00:22:41.440><c> 20,</c><00:22:42.079><c> 30</c><00:22:42.400><c> repetitions,</c><00:22:43.279><c> it's</c><00:22:43.759><c> constant.</c> 00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:49.039 And<00:22:44.900><c> it</c><00:22:45.000><c> is</c><00:22:45.319><c> really,</c><00:22:46.720><c> they're</c><00:22:47.039><c> even</c><00:22:47.440><c> caught</c><00:22:47.700><c> up</c><00:22:48.019><c> in</c><00:22:48.319><c> the</c><00:22:48.519><c> deceit</c><00:22:48.900><c> that</c> 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:51.319 it<00:22:49.279><c> is</c><00:22:49.720><c> glorifying</c><00:22:50.259><c> to</c><00:22:50.519><c> God.</c> 00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:54.559 But<00:22:51.559><c> such</c><00:22:51.839><c> prayers</c><00:22:52.319><c> are</c><00:22:52.920><c> ignored</c><00:22:53.400><c> by</c><00:22:53.799><c> the</c><00:22:53.940><c> living</c><00:22:54.140><c> God.</c> 00:22:54.940 --> 00:23:00.380 Even<00:22:55.319><c> religions</c><00:22:55.859><c> today</c><00:22:56.660><c> professing</c><00:22:57.660><c> Christ</c><00:22:58.279><c> go</c><00:22:58.960><c> through</c><00:22:59.359><c> chants</c> 00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:06.680 and<00:23:00.900><c> go</c><00:23:01.119><c> through</c><00:23:01.400><c> various</c><00:23:02.599><c> rituals</c><00:23:04.220><c> regarding</c><00:23:04.940><c> prayers</c><00:23:05.640><c> that</c> 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.880 are<00:23:07.039><c> repetitive.</c> 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:13.299 So<00:23:09.099><c> their</c><00:23:09.500><c> verbosity</c><00:23:10.119><c> and</c><00:23:10.460><c> elaborate</c><00:23:11.059><c> rituals</c><00:23:11.779><c> are</c><00:23:12.380><c> simply</c><00:23:12.799><c> a</c> 00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:17.079 form<00:23:13.619><c> of</c><00:23:14.039><c> disguising</c><00:23:14.619><c> themselves</c><00:23:15.299><c> as</c><00:23:16.180><c> religious</c><00:23:16.700><c> people.</c> 00:23:17.140 --> 00:23:21.920 But<00:23:17.319><c> we</c><00:23:17.519><c> need</c><00:23:17.819><c> to</c><00:23:18.160><c> heed</c><00:23:18.859><c> Jesus'</c><00:23:20.299><c> words</c><00:23:20.380><c> and</c><00:23:20.819><c> be</c><00:23:20.980><c> brief.</c> 00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:24.240 And<00:23:22.160><c> what's</c><00:23:22.420><c> the</c><00:23:22.559><c> briefest</c><00:23:23.000><c> prayer</c><00:23:23.220><c> you</c><00:23:23.440><c> know?</c> 00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:26.059 Somebody<00:23:24.559><c> tell</c><00:23:24.799><c> me.</c> 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:28.180 Jesus<00:23:27.480><c> wept.</c> 00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:32.759 Well,<00:23:28.579><c> that's</c><00:23:28.839><c> the</c><00:23:29.599><c> briefest</c><00:23:30.119><c> verse,</c><00:23:31.059><c> which</c><00:23:31.359><c> is</c><00:23:31.559><c> a</c><00:23:31.660><c> good</c><00:23:31.819><c> one.</c> 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:36.059 But<00:23:33.519><c> what's</c><00:23:33.779><c> the</c><00:23:33.920><c> briefest</c><00:23:34.480><c> prayer</c><00:23:34.799><c> you</c><00:23:34.920><c> can</c><00:23:35.200><c> think</c><00:23:35.440><c> of</c><00:23:35.579><c> in</c><00:23:35.819><c> Scripture?</c> 00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:38.579 I'll<00:23:36.400><c> give</c><00:23:36.420><c> you</c><00:23:36.619><c> a</c><00:23:36.740><c> hint</c><00:23:36.859><c> on</c><00:23:37.019><c> the</c><00:23:37.240><c> chart.</c> 00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:43.579 That's<00:23:42.640><c> pretty</c><00:23:42.920><c> long</c><00:23:43.200><c> too.</c> 00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:46.619 Let's<00:23:44.059><c> see</c><00:23:44.220><c> if</c><00:23:44.319><c> we</c><00:23:44.519><c> can</c><00:23:44.839><c> agree</c><00:23:45.019><c> on</c><00:23:45.200><c> this,</c><00:23:45.400><c> maybe</c><00:23:45.660><c> not.</c> 00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:49.200 Nehemiah<00:23:47.339><c> is</c><00:23:47.599><c> before</c><00:23:47.980><c> the</c><00:23:48.220><c> king,</c><00:23:48.779><c> right?</c> 00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:52.240 The<00:23:49.400><c> king</c><00:23:49.640><c> said</c><00:23:49.940><c> to</c><00:23:50.140><c> me,</c><00:23:50.660><c> for</c><00:23:50.740><c> what</c><00:23:50.980><c> dost</c><00:23:51.240><c> thou</c><00:23:51.400><c> make</c><00:23:51.700><c> request?</c> 00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:56.140 Because<00:23:52.720><c> he</c><00:23:53.980><c> became</c><00:23:54.279><c> afraid</c><00:23:54.779><c> because</c><00:23:55.180><c> the</c><00:23:55.359><c> king</c><00:23:55.519><c> recognized</c> 00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:57.400 he<00:23:56.279><c> was</c><00:23:56.500><c> very</c><00:23:56.960><c> sorrowful,</c> 00:23:57.400 --> 00:24:01.220 remember,<00:23:57.839><c> when</c><00:23:58.119><c> he</c><00:23:58.440><c> thought</c><00:23:58.660><c> about,</c><00:23:58.980><c> got</c><00:23:59.220><c> the</c><00:23:59.380><c> report</c><00:23:59.700><c> of</c><00:23:59.880><c> Jerusalem</c><00:24:00.319><c> being</c><00:24:00.640><c> in</c><00:24:00.880><c> ruins?</c> 00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:06.140 And<00:24:02.180><c> Nehemiah</c><00:24:02.680><c> the</c><00:24:02.859><c> cupbearer</c><00:24:04.579><c> and</c><00:24:04.740><c> the</c><00:24:04.920><c> king</c><00:24:05.099><c> was</c><00:24:05.460><c> like,</c> 00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:09.079 you've<00:24:06.859><c> never</c><00:24:07.180><c> been</c><00:24:08.079><c> upset</c><00:24:08.660><c> before.</c> 00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:11.279 So<00:24:09.539><c> it</c><00:24:09.920><c> made</c><00:24:10.099><c> him</c><00:24:10.259><c> afraid.</c> 00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:15.740 And<00:24:11.940><c> the</c><00:24:12.299><c> king</c><00:24:12.519><c> said,</c><00:24:13.339><c> for</c><00:24:13.480><c> what</c><00:24:13.740><c> dost</c><00:24:13.960><c> thou</c><00:24:14.160><c> make</c><00:24:14.480><c> request?</c> 00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:19.700 Basically,<00:24:17.240><c> the</c><00:24:17.339><c> king</c><00:24:17.559><c> was</c><00:24:17.799><c> saying</c><00:24:17.940><c> to</c><00:24:18.119><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:24:19.339><c> what</c><00:24:19.500><c> do</c> 00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.980 you<00:24:19.700><c> want</c><00:24:19.859><c> from</c><00:24:20.099><c> me?</c> 00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.559 And<00:24:21.700><c> look</c><00:24:21.859><c> what</c><00:24:22.000><c> he</c><00:24:22.180><c> did.</c> 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:27.200 So<00:24:23.079><c> I</c><00:24:23.319><c> prayed</c><00:24:23.640><c> to</c><00:24:23.799><c> the</c><00:24:23.960><c> God</c><00:24:24.119><c> of</c><00:24:24.299><c> heaven</c><00:24:24.579><c> and</c><00:24:25.039><c> I</c><00:24:25.400><c> said</c><00:24:25.579><c> to</c><00:24:25.779><c> the</c><00:24:25.960><c> king.</c> 00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:30.259 Now,<00:24:28.140><c> you</c><00:24:28.339><c> know</c><00:24:28.559><c> he</c><00:24:28.720><c> didn't</c><00:24:29.019><c> delay</c><00:24:29.339><c> very</c><00:24:29.740><c> long,</c> 00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:33.920 because<00:24:30.859><c> you</c><00:24:31.140><c> delay</c><00:24:31.380><c> too</c><00:24:31.740><c> long</c><00:24:31.920><c> in</c><00:24:32.119><c> front</c><00:24:32.279><c> of</c><00:24:32.500><c> a</c><00:24:32.599><c> king</c><00:24:32.759><c> who's</c><00:24:33.079><c> just</c><00:24:33.400><c> given</c><00:24:33.539><c> you</c><00:24:33.819><c> a</c> 00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:35.099 blank<00:24:34.140><c> check.</c> 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:38.920 He<00:24:37.099><c> might</c><00:24:37.380><c> just</c><00:24:37.619><c> take</c><00:24:37.799><c> it</c><00:24:38.059><c> back.</c> 00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:44.619 So<00:24:39.380><c> it's</c><00:24:39.740><c> just</c><00:24:40.359><c> that</c><00:24:41.140><c> fast</c><00:24:41.660><c> he</c><00:24:42.119><c> prays</c><00:24:43.900><c> to</c><00:24:44.240><c> God.</c> 00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:48.319 Now,<00:24:45.200><c> it</c><00:24:45.440><c> wasn't</c><00:24:45.799><c> recorded,</c><00:24:46.380><c> and</c><00:24:46.599><c> I</c><00:24:46.779><c> can</c><00:24:47.019><c> almost</c><00:24:47.299><c> understand</c><00:24:47.920><c> why,</c> 00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:52.420 because<00:24:48.779><c> it</c><00:24:49.039><c> was</c><00:24:49.279><c> so</c><00:24:49.759><c> brief</c><00:24:50.079><c> you</c><00:24:50.880><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:51.519><c> record</c><00:24:51.920><c> too</c><00:24:52.220><c> much.</c> 00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:58.039 But<00:24:52.640><c> the</c><00:24:53.099><c> spirit</c><00:24:53.680><c> of</c><00:24:53.900><c> that</c><00:24:54.200><c> prayer</c><00:24:54.599><c> is</c><00:24:55.400><c> what</c><00:24:55.880><c> impacted</c><00:24:56.819><c> God,</c> 00:24:58.059 --> 00:25:00.980 which<00:24:58.240><c> of</c><00:24:58.420><c> course</c><00:24:58.700><c> God</c><00:24:59.079><c> manipulated</c><00:24:59.799><c> the</c><00:25:00.140><c> king.</c> 00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:02.880 And<00:25:01.240><c> I</c><00:25:01.420><c> said</c><00:25:01.599><c> to</c><00:25:01.759><c> the</c><00:25:01.900><c> king,</c><00:25:02.140><c> if</c><00:25:02.160><c> it</c><00:25:02.319><c> pleased</c><00:25:02.539><c> the</c><00:25:02.740><c> king,</c> 00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:04.660 and<00:25:03.019><c> if</c><00:25:03.119><c> thy</c><00:25:03.259><c> servant</c><00:25:03.500><c> hath</c><00:25:03.700><c> found</c><00:25:03.859><c> favor</c><00:25:04.079><c> in</c><00:25:04.200><c> thy</c><00:25:04.400><c> sight,</c> 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:06.440 that<00:25:04.839><c> thou</c><00:25:05.000><c> wouldest</c><00:25:05.400><c> send</c><00:25:05.500><c> me</c><00:25:05.700><c> unto</c><00:25:05.940><c> Judah,</c> 00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:09.039 unto<00:25:06.940><c> the</c><00:25:07.180><c> city</c><00:25:07.339><c> of</c><00:25:07.539><c> my</c><00:25:07.720><c> father's</c><00:25:08.180><c> sepulchres,</c><00:25:08.599><c> that</c><00:25:08.720><c> I</c><00:25:08.900><c> may</c> 00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:10.140 build<00:25:09.339><c> it.</c> 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:13.440 But<00:25:11.220><c> I</c><00:25:11.339><c> think</c><00:25:11.539><c> that's</c><00:25:11.779><c> one</c><00:25:11.960><c> of</c><00:25:12.119><c> the,</c><00:25:12.319><c> there</c><00:25:12.740><c> may</c><00:25:12.940><c> be</c><00:25:13.140><c> others,</c> 00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:13.859 you<00:25:13.859><c> know,</c> 00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:16.720 but<00:25:13.980><c> I</c><00:25:14.119><c> think</c><00:25:14.259><c> that's</c><00:25:14.480><c> one</c><00:25:14.680><c> of</c><00:25:14.779><c> the</c><00:25:15.059><c> briefest</c><00:25:15.680><c> prayers.</c> 00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:19.220 And<00:25:17.160><c> our</c><00:25:17.319><c> prayers</c><00:25:17.579><c> don't</c><00:25:17.759><c> have</c><00:25:17.940><c> to</c><00:25:18.039><c> be</c><00:25:18.099><c> that</c><00:25:18.400><c> brief,</c><00:25:18.660><c> obviously,</c> 00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:25.019 but<00:25:19.980><c> when</c><00:25:20.720><c> we</c><00:25:20.940><c> do</c><00:25:21.200><c> pray,</c><00:25:22.539><c> God</c><00:25:22.900><c> is</c><00:25:23.259><c> interested</c><00:25:23.819><c> in</c><00:25:24.099><c> the</c><00:25:24.619><c> spirit</c> 00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:26.460 of<00:25:25.299><c> that</c><00:25:25.599><c> prayer.</c> 00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:31.779 You<00:25:27.240><c> know,</c><00:25:28.319><c> if</c><00:25:28.900><c> you</c><00:25:29.240><c> haven't</c><00:25:29.599><c> prayed</c><00:25:30.160><c> to</c><00:25:30.920><c> the</c><00:25:31.160><c> point</c><00:25:31.380><c> to</c><00:25:31.640><c> where</c> 00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.900 you're<00:25:32.000><c> on</c><00:25:32.240><c> your</c><00:25:32.500><c> knees,</c> 00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:36.559 in<00:25:33.099><c> your</c><00:25:33.339><c> closet,</c><00:25:33.779><c> your</c><00:25:34.000><c> bedroom,</c><00:25:34.920><c> alone,</c><00:25:35.839><c> in</c><00:25:36.180><c> tears,</c> 00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:42.180 and<00:25:36.779><c> your</c><00:25:36.920><c> heart</c><00:25:37.160><c> is</c><00:25:37.460><c> broken</c><00:25:37.960><c> for</c><00:25:38.240><c> somebody,</c><00:25:39.220><c> you</c><00:25:39.700><c> must</c><00:25:40.420><c> get</c><00:25:40.960><c> there.</c> 00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:46.039 You<00:25:44.240><c> must</c><00:25:44.720><c> get</c><00:25:45.059><c> there.</c> 00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:51.799 Our<00:25:47.279><c> young</c><00:25:47.539><c> people,</c><00:25:49.240><c> they're</c><00:25:49.339><c> in</c><00:25:50.039><c> a</c><00:25:50.140><c> state</c><00:25:50.500><c> of</c><00:25:50.980><c> madness,</c><00:25:51.599><c> some</c> 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:53.160 of<00:25:52.059><c> them,</c> 00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:59.230 and<00:25:53.740><c> they</c><00:25:53.839><c> have</c><00:25:54.000><c> no</c><00:25:54.259><c> direction,</c><00:25:54.799><c> and</c><00:25:54.920><c> they</c><00:25:55.380><c> want</c><00:25:56.460><c> life</c><00:25:58.140><c> and</c><00:25:58.380><c> hope.</c> 00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:03.299 And<00:26:01.559><c> they're</c><00:26:01.900><c> suicidal.</c> 00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:09.099 I<00:26:06.259><c> told</c><00:26:06.420><c> myself</c><00:26:06.740><c> I</c><00:26:06.859><c> wasn't</c><00:26:07.039><c> going</c><00:26:07.220><c> to</c><00:26:07.319><c> go</c><00:26:07.480><c> up</c><00:26:07.680><c> in</c><00:26:07.880><c> decibels.</c> 00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:17.420 Hmm. 00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:32.559 But<00:26:23.900><c> if</c><00:26:24.160><c> we</c><00:26:24.420><c> pray</c><00:26:24.599><c> for</c><00:26:24.859><c> them</c><00:26:25.519><c> with</c><00:26:28.299><c> a</c><00:26:28.579><c> broken</c><00:26:28.839><c> heart,</c><00:26:30.539><c> just</c><00:26:31.180><c> shattered,</c> 00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:36.799 and<00:26:33.539><c> if</c><00:26:33.720><c> we</c><00:26:33.940><c> pray</c><00:26:34.079><c> for</c><00:26:34.259><c> them</c><00:26:34.440><c> with</c><00:26:34.680><c> a</c><00:26:34.900><c> crushed</c><00:26:35.400><c> spirit,</c> 00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:43.920 it's<00:26:39.240><c> going</c><00:26:39.920><c> to</c><00:26:40.559><c> squeeze</c><00:26:41.440><c> tears</c><00:26:42.220><c> from</c><00:26:42.819><c> us,</c><00:26:43.160><c> real</c><00:26:43.480><c> ones.</c> 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:47.940 Not<00:26:44.559><c> crocodile</c><00:26:45.099><c> tears,</c><00:26:46.000><c> but</c><00:26:46.119><c> real</c><00:26:46.579><c> ones.</c> 00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:57.160 And<00:26:54.660><c> I'm</c><00:26:54.900><c> here</c><00:26:55.059><c> to</c><00:26:55.240><c> tell</c><00:26:55.359><c> you</c><00:26:55.460><c> it'll</c><00:26:55.759><c> work.</c> 00:26:58.240 --> 00:27:02.119 And<00:26:58.519><c> it'll</c><00:26:58.759><c> work</c><00:26:58.900><c> so</c><00:26:59.299><c> fast,</c><00:26:59.579><c> it</c><00:26:59.779><c> will</c><00:27:00.019><c> make</c><00:27:00.279><c> your</c><00:27:00.599><c> head</c><00:27:00.839><c> spin.</c> 00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:08.039 And<00:27:04.920><c> you</c><00:27:05.119><c> will</c><00:27:05.319><c> be</c><00:27:05.579><c> engaged</c><00:27:06.099><c> with</c><00:27:06.380><c> that</c><00:27:06.660><c> person</c><00:27:07.000><c> you're</c><00:27:07.259><c> praying</c><00:27:07.579><c> for.</c> 00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:12.480 You<00:27:08.660><c> must</c><00:27:08.980><c> be</c><00:27:09.339><c> engaged.</c><00:27:09.759><c> You</c><00:27:09.960><c> will</c><00:27:10.240><c> not</c><00:27:10.500><c> be</c><00:27:10.799><c> distant</c><00:27:11.160><c> and</c><00:27:11.539><c> pray.</c> 00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:15.920 Hello,<00:27:14.039><c> Lord,</c><00:27:14.259><c> this</c><00:27:14.500><c> is</c><00:27:14.720><c> a</c><00:27:14.819><c> long</c><00:27:15.059><c>-distance</c><00:27:15.480><c> call,</c> 00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:18.900 and<00:27:16.180><c> I</c><00:27:16.420><c> plan</c><00:27:16.619><c> to</c><00:27:17.380><c> be</c><00:27:17.700><c> absent</c><00:27:18.099><c> from</c><00:27:18.339><c> that</c><00:27:18.599><c> person.</c> 00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:20.819 It's<00:27:19.279><c> not</c><00:27:19.380><c> going</c><00:27:19.500><c> to</c><00:27:19.579><c> work</c><00:27:19.759><c> that</c><00:27:19.940><c> way.</c> 00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:23.619 You<00:27:21.900><c> engage</c><00:27:22.420><c> with</c><00:27:22.960><c> the</c><00:27:23.240><c> person.</c> 00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:28.180 You<00:27:24.119><c> let</c><00:27:24.259><c> them</c><00:27:24.500><c> know,</c><00:27:24.900><c> I'm</c><00:27:25.160><c> here</c><00:27:25.380><c> for</c><00:27:25.660><c> you,</c><00:27:26.160><c> whatever</c><00:27:26.440><c> it</c><00:27:26.759><c> takes,</c><00:27:27.339><c> whatever</c><00:27:27.579><c> it</c><00:27:27.799><c> takes.</c> 00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:31.099 If<00:27:28.559><c> you</c><00:27:28.720><c> see</c><00:27:28.859><c> that</c><00:27:29.099><c> person</c><00:27:29.440><c> going</c><00:27:29.680><c> over</c><00:27:29.980><c> the</c><00:27:30.180><c> edge,</c> 00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:35.519 and<00:27:32.799><c> then</c><00:27:33.000><c> you</c><00:27:33.279><c> get</c><00:27:33.500><c> on</c><00:27:33.720><c> your</c><00:27:33.940><c> knees</c><00:27:34.160><c> in</c><00:27:34.359><c> your</c><00:27:34.559><c> closet,</c> 00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:40.940 and<00:27:36.200><c> you</c><00:27:36.480><c> do</c><00:27:36.680><c> the</c><00:27:36.880><c> work,</c><00:27:38.480><c> and</c><00:27:38.880><c> you</c><00:27:39.119><c> break</c><00:27:39.400><c> yourself</c><00:27:39.960><c> down,</c> 00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:45.440 you<00:27:43.059><c> let</c><00:27:43.259><c> God's</c><00:27:43.779><c> Word</c><00:27:43.960><c> break</c><00:27:44.240><c> you</c><00:27:44.500><c> down,</c> 00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:50.460 and<00:27:47.039><c> you</c><00:27:47.680><c> record</c><00:27:48.480><c> the</c><00:27:49.259><c> progress</c><00:27:49.599><c> and</c><00:27:49.859><c> tell</c><00:27:50.079><c> me,</c> 00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:53.440 I'd<00:27:51.200><c> love</c><00:27:51.319><c> to</c><00:27:51.539><c> hear</c><00:27:51.720><c> your</c><00:27:52.359><c> report,</c> 00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:58.480 because<00:27:54.700><c> I</c><00:27:55.140><c> have</c><00:27:55.460><c> personally</c><00:27:56.039><c> seen</c><00:27:56.640><c> it</c><00:27:56.900><c> work</c><00:27:57.059><c> time</c><00:27:57.380><c> and</c><00:27:57.599><c> again.</c> 00:27:59.140 --> 00:28:02.519 Healing<00:27:59.779><c> that</c><00:28:00.420><c> doctors</c><00:28:00.880><c> can't</c><00:28:01.339><c> do.</c> 00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:06.079 They<00:28:03.079><c> help,</c><00:28:04.240><c> but</c><00:28:04.420><c> they</c><00:28:04.559><c> can't</c><00:28:04.859><c> make</c><00:28:05.039><c> the</c><00:28:05.279><c> healing.</c> 00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:10.460 So<00:28:08.619><c> I</c><00:28:09.259><c> just</c><00:28:09.559><c> want</c><00:28:09.680><c> to</c><00:28:09.799><c> put</c><00:28:09.900><c> that</c><00:28:10.119><c> in</c><00:28:10.279><c> there,</c> 00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:14.220 because<00:28:10.900><c> our</c><00:28:11.119><c> young</c><00:28:11.359><c> people</c><00:28:11.799><c> are</c><00:28:12.299><c> in</c><00:28:12.579><c> the</c><00:28:13.380><c> most</c><00:28:13.700><c> difficult</c> 00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.839 challenge<00:28:14.779><c> today,</c> 00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:21.339 and<00:28:16.799><c> it's</c><00:28:17.420><c> just</c><00:28:17.900><c> really</c><00:28:18.339><c> remarkable</c><00:28:19.059><c> how</c><00:28:20.180><c> much</c><00:28:20.619><c> our</c><00:28:21.000><c> prayers</c> 00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:22.240 can<00:28:21.660><c> help</c><00:28:21.960><c> them</c> 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:26.000 if<00:28:22.519><c> our</c><00:28:22.980><c> prayers</c><00:28:23.279><c> and</c><00:28:23.420><c> the</c><00:28:23.599><c> spirit</c><00:28:23.759><c> of</c><00:28:23.920><c> our</c><00:28:24.099><c> prayers</c><00:28:24.400><c> are</c><00:28:25.460><c> right.</c> 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:30.779 And<00:28:26.920><c> our</c><00:28:27.960><c> religion</c><00:28:28.640><c> lines</c><00:28:29.359><c> up</c><00:28:29.599><c> with</c><00:28:29.859><c> God.</c> 00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:34.259 So<00:28:31.400><c> the</c><00:28:32.059><c> fasting</c><00:28:32.519><c> hypocrites,</c><00:28:33.059><c> of</c><00:28:33.339><c> course,</c><00:28:33.539><c> they</c><00:28:33.819><c> disfigured</c> 00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:35.019 their<00:28:34.579><c> faces,</c> 00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:37.079 and<00:28:35.339><c> they</c><00:28:35.559><c> went</c><00:28:35.720><c> into</c><00:28:36.099><c> public.</c> 00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:40.819 They<00:28:37.859><c> disheveled</c><00:28:38.460><c> hair</c><00:28:38.960><c> and</c><00:28:39.579><c> ashes,</c> 00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:44.440 and<00:28:41.859><c> it</c><00:28:42.099><c> was</c><00:28:42.339><c> just</c><00:28:42.680><c> like</c><00:28:43.000><c> theatrical</c><00:28:43.740><c> makeup.</c> 00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.400 That's<00:28:44.960><c> all</c><00:28:45.119><c> it</c><00:28:45.299><c> was.</c> 00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:48.660 Jesus<00:28:45.799><c> saw</c><00:28:46.059><c> right</c><00:28:46.319><c> through</c><00:28:46.599><c> it</c><00:28:46.799><c> and</c><00:28:46.859><c> said</c><00:28:47.000><c> they</c><00:28:47.259><c> have</c><00:28:47.480><c> their</c><00:28:47.799><c> reward.</c> 00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:52.240 Judging<00:28:50.920><c> the</c><00:28:51.220><c> hypocrites.</c> 00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:55.900 Well,<00:28:54.599><c> these</c><00:28:54.859><c> judging</c><00:28:55.259><c> hypocrites,</c> 00:28:55.940 --> 00:29:00.740 and<00:28:56.099><c> we</c><00:28:56.220><c> can</c><00:28:56.420><c> read</c><00:28:56.599><c> about</c><00:28:56.859><c> them</c><00:28:57.079><c> in</c><00:28:57.220><c> Matthew</c><00:28:57.599><c> 7,</c><00:28:58.119><c> verses</c><00:28:58.420><c> 3</c><00:28:58.779><c> through</c><00:28:58.980><c> 5,</c> 00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:03.579 Jesus<00:29:01.619><c> says,</c><00:29:02.039><c> Why</c><00:29:02.039><c> beholdest</c><00:29:02.539><c> thou</c><00:29:02.720><c> the</c><00:29:02.920><c> mote</c><00:29:03.099><c> that</c><00:29:03.279><c> is</c><00:29:03.480><c> in</c> 00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.500 thy<00:29:03.779><c> brother's</c><00:29:04.200><c> eye?</c> 00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:07.980 But<00:29:05.140><c> you</c><00:29:05.839><c> don't</c><00:29:06.039><c> consider</c><00:29:06.359><c> the</c><00:29:06.579><c> beam</c><00:29:06.779><c> that's</c><00:29:07.079><c> in</c><00:29:07.160><c> your</c><00:29:07.380><c> own</c><00:29:07.599><c> eye?</c> 00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:09.579 Or<00:29:08.380><c> how</c><00:29:08.579><c> wilt</c><00:29:08.759><c> thou</c><00:29:08.880><c> say</c><00:29:09.079><c> to</c><00:29:09.200><c> your</c><00:29:09.359><c> brother,</c> 00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:12.559 Let<00:29:09.839><c> me</c><00:29:10.140><c> cast</c><00:29:10.480><c> out</c><00:29:10.759><c> the</c><00:29:11.000><c> mote</c><00:29:11.180><c> out</c><00:29:11.440><c> of</c><00:29:11.559><c> your</c><00:29:12.140><c> eye,</c> 00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:14.619 and<00:29:13.039><c> lo,</c><00:29:13.200><c> the</c><00:29:13.339><c> beam</c><00:29:13.599><c> is</c><00:29:13.779><c> in</c><00:29:13.839><c> your</c><00:29:14.079><c> own</c><00:29:14.299><c> eye?</c> 00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:16.599 You're<00:29:15.220><c> a</c><00:29:15.259><c> hypocrite.</c> 00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:19.960 Get<00:29:17.779><c> rid</c><00:29:18.059><c> of</c><00:29:18.240><c> the</c><00:29:18.400><c> beam</c><00:29:18.660><c> out</c><00:29:18.880><c> of</c><00:29:19.019><c> your</c><00:29:19.259><c> own</c><00:29:19.500><c> eye,</c> 00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:24.140 and<00:29:20.440><c> then</c><00:29:20.940><c> you</c><00:29:21.220><c> will</c><00:29:21.599><c> be</c><00:29:21.980><c> able</c><00:29:22.259><c> to</c><00:29:22.559><c> see</c><00:29:22.839><c> clearly</c> 00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:28.859 the<00:29:25.140><c> splinter</c><00:29:25.859><c> that</c><00:29:27.099><c> is</c><00:29:27.259><c> in</c><00:29:27.420><c> your</c><00:29:27.579><c> brother's</c><00:29:28.000><c> eye.</c> 00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:33.019 It's<00:29:30.359><c> almost</c><00:29:30.619><c> like</c><00:29:30.960><c> a</c><00:29:31.279><c> perspective</c><00:29:31.980><c> problem.</c> 00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:36.779 It's<00:29:35.559><c> disproportionate.</c> 00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:39.640 Whenever<00:29:37.160><c> we</c><00:29:37.480><c> see</c><00:29:37.700><c> somebody</c><00:29:38.059><c> else's</c><00:29:38.680><c> problems,</c> 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:43.000 we<00:29:40.359><c> focus</c><00:29:40.779><c> on</c><00:29:41.039><c> their</c><00:29:41.380><c> problem</c><00:29:42.039><c> and</c><00:29:42.759><c> say,</c> 00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:49.000 Boy,<00:29:43.259><c> you've</c><00:29:43.599><c> got</c><00:29:43.700><c> a</c><00:29:43.940><c> problem</c><00:29:44.740><c> and</c><00:29:45.599><c> don't</c><00:29:47.380><c> even</c><00:29:47.720><c> see</c><00:29:47.980><c> our</c><00:29:48.240><c> own.</c> 00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:52.920 Now,<00:29:49.859><c> we</c><00:29:50.240><c> hope</c><00:29:50.440><c> to</c><00:29:50.579><c> be</c><00:29:50.700><c> able</c><00:29:50.880><c> to</c><00:29:51.119><c> go</c><00:29:51.319><c> into</c><00:29:51.500><c> that</c><00:29:51.759><c> before</c><00:29:52.480><c> the</c><00:29:52.660><c> end</c><00:29:52.779><c> of</c> 00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.880 the<00:29:53.039><c> study,</c> 00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:58.500 because<00:29:54.640><c> it's</c><00:29:54.900><c> very</c><00:29:55.220><c> important</c><00:29:55.740><c> that</c><00:29:56.099><c> we</c><00:29:56.460><c> are</c><00:29:56.960><c> introspective</c> 00:29:58.500 --> 00:30:02.680 and<00:29:58.980><c> recognize</c><00:29:59.839><c> our</c><00:30:00.079><c> own</c><00:30:00.339><c> deficiencies</c><00:30:00.859><c> and</c><00:30:01.099><c> our</c><00:30:01.299><c> own</c><00:30:01.640><c> needs</c> 00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:08.420 before<00:30:03.500><c> we</c><00:30:03.680><c> start</c><00:30:03.940><c> trying</c><00:30:04.500><c> to</c><00:30:06.380><c> fill</c><00:30:06.680><c> the</c><00:30:06.900><c> needs</c><00:30:07.119><c> of</c><00:30:07.319><c> other</c><00:30:07.480><c> people.</c> 00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:12.859 It's<00:30:10.839><c> extremely</c><00:30:11.299><c> important,</c><00:30:11.900><c> isn't</c><00:30:12.059><c> it?</c> 00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:15.900 So<00:30:13.299><c> Jesus</c><00:30:13.579><c> was</c><00:30:13.799><c> trying</c><00:30:14.059><c> to</c><00:30:14.200><c> get</c><00:30:14.319><c> that</c><00:30:14.559><c> across</c><00:30:14.880><c> to</c><00:30:15.059><c> his</c><00:30:15.319><c> disciples.</c> 00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:20.480 That<00:30:17.019><c> a</c><00:30:17.640><c> failure</c><00:30:18.000><c> to</c><00:30:18.279><c> see</c><00:30:18.400><c> our</c><00:30:18.700><c> own</c><00:30:19.059><c> faults</c><00:30:19.359><c> due</c><00:30:19.680><c> to</c><00:30:19.859><c> our</c><00:30:20.079><c> ego,</c> 00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:22.839 due<00:30:20.779><c> to</c><00:30:20.960><c> our</c><00:30:21.200><c> pride</c><00:30:21.660><c> of</c><00:30:21.900><c> life,</c> 00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:27.019 and<00:30:23.740><c> we'll</c><00:30:24.299><c> never</c><00:30:24.619><c> be</c><00:30:24.880><c> able</c><00:30:25.039><c> to</c><00:30:25.279><c> really</c><00:30:25.619><c> help</c><00:30:26.039><c> other</c><00:30:26.380><c> people.</c> 00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.960 They're<00:30:27.839><c> thinking</c><00:30:28.180><c> all</c><00:30:28.579><c> the</c><00:30:28.759><c> time,</c> 00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:32.039 You<00:30:29.099><c> need</c><00:30:29.299><c> to</c><00:30:29.440><c> help</c><00:30:29.559><c> yourself.</c><00:30:30.339><c> You're</c><00:30:30.640><c> trying</c><00:30:30.759><c> to</c><00:30:30.880><c> help</c><00:30:30.980><c> me.</c> 00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:37.240 So<00:30:33.099><c> it's</c><00:30:33.359><c> a</c><00:30:33.500><c> misdirection</c><00:30:34.420><c> of</c><00:30:35.539><c> our</c><00:30:35.900><c> focus</c><00:30:36.279><c> upon</c><00:30:36.680><c> others</c> 00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:40.519 that<00:30:38.079><c> really</c><00:30:38.420><c> needs</c><00:30:38.759><c> to</c><00:30:39.039><c> be</c><00:30:39.720><c> turned</c><00:30:40.099><c> inward.</c> 00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:43.799 So<00:30:40.859><c> we</c><00:30:41.019><c> need</c><00:30:41.180><c> to</c><00:30:41.359><c> be</c><00:30:41.740><c> introspective</c><00:30:42.700><c> of</c><00:30:43.019><c> our</c><00:30:43.259><c> own</c><00:30:43.500><c> heart.</c> 00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:46.880 And<00:30:43.940><c> maybe</c><00:30:44.200><c> in</c><00:30:44.859><c> 2</c><00:30:45.059><c> Corinthians,</c><00:30:45.640><c> and</c><00:30:45.799><c> this</c><00:30:45.980><c> is</c><00:30:46.140><c> one</c><00:30:46.299><c> of</c><00:30:46.440><c> the</c><00:30:46.579><c> lessons,</c> 00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:51.160 and<00:30:47.339><c> again,</c><00:30:47.940><c> I</c><00:30:48.259><c> expect</c><00:30:48.660><c> you</c><00:30:49.339><c> to</c><00:30:49.740><c> take</c><00:30:49.980><c> this</c><00:30:50.480><c> information</c> 00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:54.740 and<00:30:51.500><c> draw</c><00:30:51.859><c> your</c><00:30:52.279><c> lessons,</c><00:30:52.859><c> share</c><00:30:53.019><c> with</c><00:30:53.200><c> me,</c><00:30:53.519><c> share</c><00:30:53.700><c> with</c><00:30:53.940><c> others.</c> 00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:57.440 But<00:30:55.079><c> Paul</c><00:30:55.400><c> told</c><00:30:55.839><c> the</c><00:30:56.059><c> Corinthians,</c><00:30:56.359><c> examine</c><00:30:56.779><c> yourselves,</c> 00:30:57.839 --> 00:31:00.140 whether<00:30:58.059><c> you're</c><00:30:58.440><c> in</c><00:30:58.759><c> the</c><00:30:59.140><c> faith.</c> 00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:04.720 And<00:31:01.480><c> not</c><00:31:01.859><c> only</c><00:31:02.220><c> examine</c><00:31:02.700><c> yourselves,</c><00:31:03.519><c> but</c><00:31:03.839><c> test</c><00:31:04.180><c> yourself.</c> 00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:06.440 Prove<00:31:05.339><c> yourself.</c> 00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:10.519 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course,</c><00:31:27.519><c> was</c><00:31:27.759><c> the</c><00:31:28.099><c> BASF</c><00:31:28.700><c> when</c><00:31:28.839><c> I</c><00:31:28.980><c> was</c><00:31:29.180><c> baptized</c><00:31:29.539><c> in</c><00:31:29.740><c> 73.</c> 00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:34.740 And<00:31:32.660><c> as</c><00:31:33.259><c> I</c><00:31:33.700><c> understood,</c> 00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:37.680 we<00:31:35.259><c> had</c><00:31:35.460><c> a</c><00:31:35.559><c> body</c><00:31:35.980><c> of</c><00:31:37.059><c> central</c><00:31:37.339><c> Christadelphians</c> 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:40.599 that<00:31:38.299><c> had</c><00:31:38.559><c> sort</c><00:31:38.799><c> of</c><00:31:39.039><c> merged</c><00:31:39.279><c> from</c><00:31:39.599><c> Bereans</c><00:31:40.019><c> and</c><00:31:40.180><c> so</c><00:31:40.359><c> on,</c> 00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:42.579 and<00:31:40.819><c> people</c><00:31:41.200><c> coming</c><00:31:41.460><c> over</c><00:31:41.759><c> and</c><00:31:41.980><c> changing</c><00:31:42.220><c> names,</c> 00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:48.279 and<00:31:42.740><c> it</c><00:31:42.859><c> was</c><00:31:43.720><c> finally</c><00:31:44.220><c> sort</c><00:31:44.619><c> of</c><00:31:44.819><c> delineated</c><00:31:45.559><c> by</c><00:31:46.019><c> the</c><00:31:46.799><c> statement</c><00:31:47.119><c> of</c><00:31:47.480><c> faith.</c> 00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:54.759 And<00:31:50.099><c> you</c><00:31:50.700><c> sort</c><00:31:50.839><c> of</c><00:31:51.059><c> depend</c><00:31:51.259><c> on</c><00:31:51.539><c> that</c><00:31:52.400><c> to</c><00:31:53.279><c> keep</c><00:31:53.619><c> you</c><00:31:54.160><c> trusting</c> 00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:56.460 each<00:31:55.480><c> other.</c> 00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:59.599 And<00:31:58.039><c> that</c><00:31:58.299><c> trust</c><00:31:58.579><c> goes</c><00:31:58.920><c> a</c><00:31:59.059><c> long</c><00:31:59.259><c> way.</c> 00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:03.220 It's<00:31:59.859><c> like</c><00:32:00.019><c> money</c><00:32:00.380><c> in</c><00:32:00.680><c> the</c><00:32:00.859><c> bank</c><00:32:01.119><c> for</c><00:32:01.400><c> you,</c><00:32:01.700><c> spiritually</c><00:32:02.099><c> speaking.</c> 00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:10.640 And<00:32:04.480><c> when</c><00:32:04.940><c> you</c><00:32:06.720><c> find</c><00:32:07.420><c> that</c><00:32:08.400><c> the</c><00:32:08.859><c> books</c><00:32:09.119><c> are</c><00:32:09.440><c> cooked,</c> 00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:15.480 in<00:32:11.579><c> some</c><00:32:11.819><c> eclipses,</c><00:32:13.039><c> it's</c><00:32:13.279><c> like,</c><00:32:14.440><c> wait</c><00:32:14.519><c> a</c><00:32:14.700><c> minute.</c> 00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:18.900 Are<00:32:16.819><c> we</c><00:32:17.099><c> fellowshiping?</c> 00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:20.460 What<00:32:19.420><c> is</c><00:32:19.640><c> the</c><00:32:19.880><c> line</c><00:32:20.059><c> again?</c> 00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:23.019 I've<00:32:21.140><c> got</c><00:32:21.200><c> to</c><00:32:21.259><c> go</c><00:32:21.460><c> back</c><00:32:21.640><c> and</c><00:32:21.759><c> do</c><00:32:21.819><c> my</c><00:32:22.079><c> homework.</c> 00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:26.460 The<00:32:23.819><c> line</c><00:32:24.420><c> of</c><00:32:24.759><c> fellowship</c><00:32:25.160><c> is</c><00:32:25.640><c> where</c><00:32:25.960><c> again?</c> 00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:31.960 Have<00:32:27.160><c> we</c><00:32:27.660><c> moved</c><00:32:28.140><c> the</c><00:32:28.440><c> ancient</c><00:32:28.779><c> landmark</c><00:32:29.359><c> one</c><00:32:30.259><c> way</c><00:32:30.579><c> or</c><00:32:30.740><c> the</c><00:32:30.980><c> other?</c> 00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:36.140 Are<00:32:33.740><c> we</c><00:32:33.960><c> all</c><00:32:34.240><c> fellows</c><00:32:34.480><c> in</c><00:32:34.660><c> the</c><00:32:34.839><c> same</c><00:32:35.140><c> ship?</c> 00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:40.460 I'm<00:32:37.960><c> trying</c><00:32:38.220><c> to</c><00:32:38.420><c> examine</c><00:32:38.700><c> myself</c><00:32:39.259><c> just</c><00:32:39.539><c> to</c><00:32:39.700><c> make</c><00:32:39.900><c> sure</c><00:32:40.240><c> that</c> 00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:44.400 I'm<00:32:41.859><c> in</c><00:32:42.400><c> the</c><00:32:42.920><c> right</c><00:32:43.160><c> ship.</c> 00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:47.180 And<00:32:45.779><c> it's</c><00:32:45.960><c> not</c><00:32:46.180><c> easy.</c> 00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:52.180 It's<00:32:47.819><c> something</c><00:32:48.200><c> that</c><00:32:49.059><c> I</c><00:32:49.480><c> think</c><00:32:49.740><c> you</c><00:32:51.420><c> know</c><00:32:51.640><c> where</c><00:32:51.799><c> I'm</c><00:32:51.920><c> going</c> 00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:53.440 with<00:32:52.440><c> that.</c> 00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:57.059 And<00:32:54.880><c> if</c><00:32:55.039><c> we're</c><00:32:55.259><c> going</c><00:32:55.319><c> to</c><00:32:55.440><c> keep</c><00:32:55.660><c> preaching</c><00:32:55.980><c> the</c><00:32:56.319><c> truth,</c><00:32:56.619><c> people,</c> 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got</c><00:33:18.799><c> to</c><00:33:18.920><c> have</c><00:33:18.980><c> a</c><00:33:19.180><c> single</c><00:33:19.420><c> eye.</c> 00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:27.440 You<00:33:20.559><c> could</c><00:33:20.779><c> be</c><00:33:21.180><c> myopic,</c><00:33:23.559><c> but</c><00:33:24.960><c> I</c><00:33:25.900><c> don't</c><00:33:26.140><c> think</c><00:33:26.299><c> that</c><00:33:26.559><c> works.</c> 00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:33.519 Jesus<00:33:30.119><c> in</c><00:33:30.640><c> Matthew</c><00:33:30.980><c> 7,</c><00:33:32.720><c> 15</c><00:33:33.240><c> says,</c> 00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:36.240 Beware<00:33:33.960><c> of</c><00:33:34.099><c> false</c><00:33:34.339><c> prophets</c><00:33:34.819><c> who</c><00:33:35.039><c> come</c><00:33:35.279><c> to</c><00:33:35.420><c> you</c><00:33:35.599><c> in</c><00:33:35.700><c> sheep's</c><00:33:36.039><c> clothing,</c> 00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:38.059 but<00:33:36.500><c> inwardly</c><00:33:36.980><c> are</c><00:33:37.200><c> ravening</c><00:33:37.559><c> wolves.</c> 00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:40.099 By<00:33:38.720><c> their</c><00:33:38.960><c> fruits</c><00:33:39.200><c> you</c><00:33:39.359><c> shall</c><00:33:39.519><c> know</c><00:33:39.759><c> them.</c> 00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:43.200 Do<00:33:40.500><c> men</c><00:33:40.700><c> gather</c><00:33:41.000><c> grapes</c><00:33:41.279><c> of</c><00:33:41.460><c> thorns</c><00:33:41.660><c> or</c><00:33:41.859><c> figs</c><00:33:42.140><c> of</c><00:33:42.240><c> thistles?</c> 00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:45.980 Even<00:33:43.920><c> so</c><00:33:44.200><c> every</c><00:33:44.400><c> good</c><00:33:44.619><c> tree</c><00:33:44.819><c> bringeth</c><00:33:45.180><c> forth</c><00:33:45.440><c> good</c><00:33:45.700><c> fruit,</c> 00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:49.339 but<00:33:46.160><c> the</c><00:33:46.500><c> corrupt</c><00:33:46.779><c> tree</c><00:33:47.299><c> brings</c><00:33:47.839><c> forth</c><00:33:48.440><c> evil</c><00:33:48.940><c> fruit.</c> 00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:51.660 A<00:33:49.640><c> good</c><00:33:49.799><c> tree</c><00:33:50.000><c> can't</c><00:33:50.460><c> bring</c><00:33:50.640><c> forth</c><00:33:50.960><c> evil</c><00:33:51.200><c> fruit.</c> 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:54.740 Neither<00:33:52.160><c> can</c><00:33:52.359><c> a</c><00:33:52.579><c> corrupt</c><00:33:52.759><c> tree</c><00:33:53.240><c> bring</c><00:33:53.660><c> forth</c><00:33:54.039><c> good</c><00:33:54.259><c> fruit.</c> 00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:58.559 Every<00:33:55.660><c> tree</c><00:33:56.019><c> that</c><00:33:56.299><c> bringeth</c><00:33:56.619><c> not</c><00:33:56.839><c> forth</c><00:33:57.059><c> good</c><00:33:57.279><c> fruit</c><00:33:57.680><c> hewn</c><00:33:58.200><c> down,</c> 00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:02.200 cast<00:33:58.960><c> into</c><00:33:59.319><c> the</c><00:33:59.559><c> fire,</c><00:34:00.220><c> and</c><00:34:00.740><c> therefore</c><00:34:01.220><c> by</c><00:34:01.539><c> their</c><00:34:01.779><c> fruits</c><00:34:01.960><c> you</c> 00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.700 shall<00:34:02.339><c> know</c><00:34:02.579><c> them.</c> 00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:05.420 Now<00:34:03.000><c> Jesus</c><00:34:03.240><c> is</c><00:34:03.500><c> trying</c><00:34:03.700><c> to</c><00:34:03.940><c> give</c><00:34:04.019><c> us</c><00:34:04.259><c> a</c><00:34:04.460><c> standard</c><00:34:04.720><c> by</c><00:34:04.980><c> which</c><00:34:05.180><c> we</c> 00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:07.500 can<00:34:05.940><c> come</c><00:34:06.279><c> to</c><00:34:06.720><c> understand</c> 00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:12.460 right<00:34:08.599><c> from</c><00:34:09.019><c> wrong</c><00:34:09.699><c> doctrine,</c><00:34:10.460><c> right</c><00:34:10.739><c> from</c><00:34:11.119><c> wrong</c><00:34:11.800><c> behavior,</c> 00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:17.460 right<00:34:12.960><c> from</c><00:34:13.440><c> wrong</c><00:34:14.179><c> spiritual</c><00:34:15.460><c> worshipers</c><00:34:16.719><c> of</c><00:34:17.079><c> God,</c> 00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:20.920 right<00:34:17.780><c> from</c><00:34:18.179><c> wrong</c><00:34:18.960><c> brethren</c><00:34:19.519><c> in</c><00:34:19.840><c> Christ.</c> 00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:23.340 And<00:34:21.639><c> it's</c><00:34:21.900><c> data</c><00:34:22.059><c> and</c><00:34:22.219><c> nobody's</c><00:34:22.659><c> judging</c><00:34:22.860><c> anybody.</c> 00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:25.280 It's<00:34:23.639><c> just</c><00:34:23.900><c> data,</c><00:34:24.119><c> it's</c><00:34:24.280><c> information.</c> 00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:27.860 And<00:34:25.679><c> he</c><00:34:25.780><c> says,</c><00:34:26.079><c> look,</c><00:34:26.199><c> if</c><00:34:26.380><c> you</c><00:34:26.539><c> reach</c><00:34:26.780><c> in</c><00:34:26.960><c> and</c><00:34:27.139><c> you're</c><00:34:27.360><c> thinking</c><00:34:27.579><c> you're</c> 00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.539 going<00:34:27.960><c> to</c><00:34:28.099><c> get</c><00:34:28.239><c> a</c><00:34:28.420><c> fig</c> 00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:30.980 off<00:34:28.820><c> of</c><00:34:29.039><c> a</c><00:34:29.199><c> tree</c><00:34:29.320><c> and</c><00:34:29.480><c> you</c><00:34:29.599><c> don't</c><00:34:29.820><c> recognize</c><00:34:30.360><c> the</c><00:34:30.639><c> leaves,</c> 00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:35.880 and<00:34:31.500><c> you</c><00:34:31.699><c> get</c><00:34:32.579><c> jabbed</c><00:34:33.659><c> with</c><00:34:33.900><c> a</c><00:34:34.260><c> thorn,</c><00:34:35.239><c> guess</c><00:34:35.519><c> what?</c> 00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:38.159 You're<00:34:36.679><c> most</c><00:34:36.960><c> likely</c><00:34:37.280><c> not</c><00:34:37.519><c> in</c><00:34:37.679><c> a</c><00:34:37.820><c> fig</c><00:34:37.960><c> tree.</c> 00:34:38.300 --> 00:34:39.900 I<00:34:38.480><c> got</c><00:34:38.659><c> a</c><00:34:38.820><c> fig</c><00:34:38.980><c> tree</c><00:34:39.119><c> in</c><00:34:39.280><c> my</c><00:34:39.500><c> backyard.</c> 00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:43.340 It<00:34:40.239><c> just</c><00:34:40.659><c> bore</c><00:34:40.880><c> its</c><00:34:41.300><c> first</c><00:34:41.659><c> crop</c><00:34:41.960><c> of</c><00:34:42.460><c> really</c><00:34:42.800><c> good</c><00:34:43.059><c> figs.</c> 00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:46.539 I<00:34:43.400><c> would</c><00:34:43.579><c> have</c><00:34:43.739><c> brought</c><00:34:43.920><c> you</c><00:34:44.159><c> some,</c><00:34:44.699><c> but</c><00:34:44.860><c> they're</c><00:34:45.360><c> so</c><00:34:45.960><c> corruptible.</c> 00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:48.420 They<00:34:46.699><c> just</c><00:34:46.900><c> go</c><00:34:47.059><c> real</c><00:34:47.360><c> fast.</c> 00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:52.139 But<00:34:50.000><c> grapes,</c><00:34:50.219><c> same</c><00:34:50.539><c> way,</c><00:34:50.860><c> no</c><00:34:51.079><c> thorns.</c> 00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:58.400 Now,<00:34:54.059><c> but</c><00:34:54.280><c> Jesus</c><00:34:54.719><c> was,</c><00:34:56.619><c> there</c><00:34:56.900><c> was</c><00:34:57.099><c> something</c><00:34:57.360><c> about</c><00:34:57.679><c> his</c><00:34:58.079><c> words.</c> 00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:01.159 You<00:34:58.539><c> know,</c><00:34:58.699><c> the</c><00:34:58.880><c> wolf,</c><00:34:59.579><c> the</c><00:34:59.780><c> nature</c><00:35:00.019><c> of</c><00:35:00.159><c> this</c><00:35:00.360><c> animal</c><00:35:00.539><c> is</c><00:35:00.760><c> well</c><00:35:01.000><c> known.</c> 00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:03.840 He<00:35:01.280><c> will</c><00:35:01.460><c> stop</c><00:35:01.699><c> at</c><00:35:01.900><c> nothing</c><00:35:02.039><c> in</c><00:35:02.280><c> the</c><00:35:02.500><c> gratification</c><00:35:03.039><c> of</c><00:35:03.199><c> his</c><00:35:03.360><c> hunger,</c> 00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:06.119 provided<00:35:04.380><c> he</c><00:35:04.579><c> runs</c><00:35:04.820><c> no</c><00:35:05.159><c> risk.</c> 00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:10.400 He<00:35:07.019><c> attacks</c><00:35:07.619><c> the</c><00:35:07.960><c> weak</c><00:35:08.099><c> and</c><00:35:08.420><c> shies</c><00:35:08.800><c> at</c><00:35:09.039><c> the</c><00:35:09.460><c> strong.</c> 00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:14.559 In<00:35:11.360><c> contrast</c><00:35:11.800><c> to</c><00:35:11.980><c> the</c><00:35:12.199><c> sheep,</c><00:35:12.440><c> he</c><00:35:12.679><c> represents</c><00:35:13.139><c> the</c><00:35:13.420><c> rapacious</c><00:35:13.980><c> character</c> 00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:16.579 which<00:35:14.860><c> is</c><00:35:15.159><c> common</c><00:35:15.360><c> in</c><00:35:15.539><c> the</c><00:35:15.739><c> world.</c> 00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:20.519 Headstrong,<00:35:18.679><c> unscrupulous,</c><00:35:19.440><c> merciless</c><00:35:19.920><c> men</c><00:35:20.139><c> who</c><00:35:20.340><c> will</c> 00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:21.480 sacrifice<00:35:21.099><c> everything</c> 00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:25.239 but<00:35:21.659><c> their</c><00:35:21.900><c> own</c><00:35:22.159><c> skins</c><00:35:22.480><c> and</c><00:35:22.940><c> the</c><00:35:23.199><c> accomplishment</c><00:35:23.679><c> of</c><00:35:24.019><c> personal</c><00:35:24.280><c> ends.</c> 00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:28.239 They<00:35:25.539><c> prefer</c><00:35:25.900><c> the</c><00:35:26.219><c> weak</c><00:35:26.599><c> for</c><00:35:27.099><c> their</c><00:35:27.280><c> prey.</c> 00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:31.219 Therefore,<00:35:29.420><c> the</c><00:35:29.659><c> sheep</c><00:35:29.940><c> are</c><00:35:30.219><c> their</c><00:35:30.440><c> especial</c><00:35:30.840><c> victims</c> 00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:35.619 because<00:35:31.659><c> the</c><00:35:31.980><c> true</c><00:35:32.199><c> sheep</c><00:35:32.639><c> are</c><00:35:33.360><c> not</c><00:35:33.820><c> given</c><00:35:34.280><c> to</c><00:35:34.820><c> fighting.</c> 00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:38.800 The<00:35:36.199><c> wolf</c><00:35:36.420><c> catcheth</c><00:35:36.920><c> the</c><00:35:37.139><c> sheep</c><00:35:37.320><c> and</c><00:35:37.639><c> scattereth</c><00:35:38.099><c> them.</c> 00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:42.539 The<00:35:39.559><c> wolf</c><00:35:39.719><c> may</c><00:35:39.960><c> be</c><00:35:40.119><c> taken</c><00:35:40.280><c> to</c><00:35:40.480><c> represent</c><00:35:40.860><c> any</c><00:35:41.300><c> danger</c><00:35:41.679><c> that</c><00:35:41.960><c> arises</c><00:35:42.300><c> to</c> 00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:42.900 the<00:35:42.739><c> sheep,</c> 00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:45.840 but<00:35:43.239><c> more</c><00:35:43.579><c> particularly</c><00:35:44.280><c> the</c><00:35:44.559><c> one</c><00:35:44.739><c> danger</c><00:35:45.119><c> with</c><00:35:45.380><c> which</c><00:35:45.599><c> the</c> 00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.539 name<00:35:46.019><c> of</c><00:35:46.179><c> the</c><00:35:46.340><c> wolf</c> 00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:49.260 is<00:35:46.920><c> particularly</c><00:35:47.440><c> associated</c><00:35:48.119><c> in</c><00:35:48.400><c> the</c><00:35:48.539><c> sayings</c><00:35:48.739><c> of</c><00:35:48.940><c> Christ</c> 00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:50.699 and<00:35:49.420><c> the</c><00:35:49.619><c> Apostles,</c> 00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:52.559 the<00:35:50.940><c> spiritual</c><00:35:51.619><c> wolf.</c> 00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:54.980 He's<00:35:53.119><c> given</c><00:35:53.380><c> to</c><00:35:53.679><c> disguises.</c> 00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:58.360 If<00:35:55.239><c> he</c><00:35:55.400><c> came</c><00:35:55.579><c> in</c><00:35:55.739><c> his</c><00:35:55.900><c> open</c><00:35:56.139><c> character,</c><00:35:56.739><c> the</c><00:35:56.920><c> sheep</c><00:35:57.119><c> would</c><00:35:57.480><c> flee.</c> 00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.940 So<00:35:58.679><c> he</c><00:35:58.820><c> puts</c><00:35:59.059><c> on</c><00:35:59.360><c> the</c><00:35:59.679><c> fleece.</c> 00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:02.699 He<00:36:00.159><c> professes</c><00:36:00.780><c> to</c><00:36:00.900><c> be</c><00:36:01.099><c> a</c><00:36:01.400><c> true</c><00:36:01.719><c> and</c><00:36:02.079><c> humble</c><00:36:02.380><c> sheep,</c> 00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:05.280 and<00:36:02.980><c> above</c><00:36:03.199><c> all,</c><00:36:04.400><c> a</c><00:36:04.480><c> tending</c><00:36:04.920><c> sheep.</c> 00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:08.079 A<00:36:05.900><c> bellwether,</c><00:36:06.440><c> a</c><00:36:06.559><c> kind</c><00:36:06.760><c> of</c><00:36:07.000><c> lead</c><00:36:07.199><c> or</c><00:36:07.440><c> shepherd</c><00:36:07.780><c> sheep,</c> 00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:10.440 with<00:36:08.400><c> holy</c><00:36:08.800><c> tone</c><00:36:09.159><c> and</c><00:36:09.460><c> pious</c><00:36:09.840><c> grimace.</c> 00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:13.360 He<00:36:11.000><c> gets</c><00:36:11.219><c> on</c><00:36:11.460><c> the</c><00:36:11.619><c> weak</c><00:36:11.820><c> side</c><00:36:12.039><c> of</c><00:36:12.159><c> his</c><00:36:12.360><c> victims</c><00:36:12.659><c> and</c><00:36:12.860><c> has</c><00:36:13.139><c> them</c> 00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:14.059 in<00:36:13.519><c> his</c><00:36:13.780><c> maw</c> 00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:16.500 before<00:36:14.980><c> they</c><00:36:15.380><c> are</c><00:36:15.900><c> aware,</c> 00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:19.360 and<00:36:17.139><c> feeds</c><00:36:17.400><c> and</c><00:36:17.679><c> feasts</c><00:36:17.940><c> on</c><00:36:18.179><c> them</c><00:36:18.380><c> without</c><00:36:18.699><c> them</c><00:36:18.980><c> knowing</c><00:36:19.139><c> it.</c> 00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:23.260 For<00:36:19.619><c> he</c><00:36:20.280><c> has</c><00:36:20.719><c> the</c><00:36:21.079><c> art</c><00:36:21.380><c> of</c><00:36:21.920><c> magnetizing</c><00:36:22.679><c> his</c><00:36:22.940><c> subjects</c> 00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:27.559 so<00:36:23.519><c> that</c><00:36:23.699><c> they</c><00:36:23.900><c> feel</c><00:36:24.099><c> no</c><00:36:24.400><c> pain</c><00:36:24.820><c> in</c><00:36:25.280><c> the</c><00:36:25.460><c> process</c><00:36:26.059><c> of</c><00:36:26.860><c> bigletition.</c> 00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:31.980 And<00:36:27.940><c> see</c><00:36:28.320><c> not</c><00:36:28.840><c> that</c><00:36:29.440><c> their</c><00:36:29.659><c> bones</c><00:36:29.940><c> and</c><00:36:30.239><c> flesh</c><00:36:30.420><c> are</c><00:36:30.800><c> slowly</c><00:36:31.400><c> disappearing</c> 00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:33.420 down<00:36:32.239><c> his</c><00:36:32.460><c> gullet.</c> 00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:36.039 These<00:36:34.360><c> are</c><00:36:34.579><c> false</c><00:36:34.800><c> teachers.</c> 00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:38.820 Clever<00:36:36.440><c> men</c><00:36:36.639><c> of</c><00:36:36.860><c> shallow</c><00:36:37.199><c> intellect</c><00:36:37.599><c> and</c><00:36:37.960><c> no</c><00:36:38.260><c> conviction</c> 00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:41.579 who<00:36:39.159><c> live</c><00:36:39.300><c> by</c><00:36:39.519><c> their</c><00:36:39.780><c> whips</c><00:36:40.039><c> in</c><00:36:40.219><c> the</c><00:36:40.380><c> religious</c><00:36:40.719><c> realm.</c> 00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:45.119 They<00:36:41.639><c> have</c><00:36:41.840><c> always</c><00:36:42.159><c> been</c><00:36:42.380><c> a</c><00:36:42.519><c> numerous</c><00:36:42.800><c> tribe</c><00:36:43.300><c> as</c><00:36:43.780><c> at</c><00:36:43.960><c> this</c><00:36:44.260><c> day.</c> 00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:48.119 Jesus<00:36:45.579><c> foresaw</c><00:36:46.139><c> their</c><00:36:46.400><c> activity</c><00:36:46.800><c> and</c><00:36:47.059><c> forewarned</c><00:36:47.519><c> his</c><00:36:47.679><c> disciples,</c> 00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:50.300 beware<00:36:48.699><c> of</c><00:36:49.000><c> false</c><00:36:49.760><c> prophets.</c> 00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:52.380 They<00:36:50.719><c> come</c><00:36:50.940><c> to</c><00:36:51.059><c> you</c><00:36:51.199><c> in</c><00:36:51.280><c> sheep's</c><00:36:51.619><c> clothing,</c> 00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:55.380 but<00:36:52.840><c> inwardly</c><00:36:53.559><c> they</c><00:36:53.880><c> are</c><00:36:54.219><c> rabbining</c><00:36:54.840><c> wolves.</c> 00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:57.780 You<00:36:55.940><c> shall</c><00:36:56.280><c> know</c><00:36:56.619><c> them</c><00:36:56.900><c> by</c><00:36:57.199><c> their</c><00:36:57.559><c> fruits.</c> 00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:00.940 So<00:36:58.119><c> Paul</c><00:36:58.300><c> also</c><00:36:58.800><c> foretold</c><00:36:59.219><c> their</c><00:36:59.480><c> advent</c><00:36:59.719><c> and</c><00:37:00.000><c> success.</c> 00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:03.599 When<00:37:01.219><c> the</c><00:37:01.480><c> restraint</c><00:37:01.900><c> of</c><00:37:02.039><c> his</c><00:37:02.260><c> presence</c><00:37:02.539><c> should</c><00:37:02.739><c> be</c><00:37:03.099><c> removed,</c> 00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:07.880 he<00:37:04.139><c> said,</c><00:37:04.320><c> I</c><00:37:04.480><c> know</c><00:37:04.800><c> this,</c><00:37:06.119><c> that</c><00:37:06.300><c> after</c><00:37:06.599><c> my</c><00:37:06.820><c> departing</c> 00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:10.599 shall<00:37:08.579><c> grievous</c><00:37:09.139><c> wolves</c><00:37:09.619><c> enter</c><00:37:09.900><c> in</c><00:37:10.079><c> among</c><00:37:10.260><c> you,</c> 00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:12.139 not<00:37:11.139><c> sparing</c><00:37:11.579><c> the</c><00:37:11.880><c> flock.</c> 00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:15.800 Even<00:37:12.760><c> of</c><00:37:13.059><c> your</c><00:37:13.380><c> own</c><00:37:13.880><c> selves</c><00:37:14.599><c> shall</c><00:37:15.199><c> men</c><00:37:15.400><c> arise,</c> 00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:18.539 speaking<00:37:16.260><c> perverse</c><00:37:16.639><c> things</c><00:37:16.960><c> to</c><00:37:17.179><c> draw</c><00:37:17.480><c> away</c><00:37:17.719><c> the</c><00:37:18.019><c> disciples</c> 00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:20.619 after<00:37:19.659><c> them.</c> 00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:24.400 And<00:37:21.480><c> of</c><00:37:21.659><c> course,</c><00:37:22.420><c> elsewhere</c><00:37:22.860><c> he</c><00:37:23.139><c> speaks</c><00:37:23.360><c> of</c><00:37:23.539><c> them</c><00:37:23.639><c> as</c><00:37:23.860><c> evil</c><00:37:24.139><c> men</c> 00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:27.000 and<00:37:24.559><c> seducers</c><00:37:25.179><c> who</c><00:37:25.340><c> would</c><00:37:25.599><c> wax</c><00:37:25.860><c> worse</c><00:37:26.300><c> and</c><00:37:26.559><c> worse,</c> 00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:29.219 deceiving<00:37:27.760><c> and</c><00:37:27.960><c> being</c><00:37:28.139><c> deceived.</c> 00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:32.760 By<00:37:30.099><c> the</c><00:37:30.360><c> ravages,</c><00:37:30.920><c> the</c><00:37:31.099><c> sheepfold</c><00:37:31.579><c> of</c><00:37:31.840><c> the</c><00:37:32.019><c> Apatholic</c><00:37:32.480><c> Age</c> 00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:37.480 became<00:37:33.159><c> emptied</c><00:37:34.179><c> and</c><00:37:34.539><c> desolate</c><00:37:35.079><c> soon</c><00:37:35.820><c> after</c><00:37:36.380><c> the</c><00:37:36.679><c> Apostles'</c><00:37:37.340><c> death.</c> 00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:40.980 The<00:37:37.860><c> fleece</c><00:37:38.320><c>-clothed</c><00:37:38.940><c> wolves</c><00:37:39.260><c> caught</c><00:37:39.679><c> the</c><00:37:39.940><c> sheep</c><00:37:40.119><c> and</c><00:37:40.500><c> scattered</c><00:37:40.780><c> them</c> 00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:46.119 because<00:37:41.380><c> of</c><00:37:41.619><c> the</c><00:37:41.800><c> officialism</c><00:37:42.679><c> of</c><00:37:43.780><c> that</c><00:37:44.360><c> wonderful</c><00:37:45.159><c> hireling</c> 00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:50.300 who<00:37:47.059><c> cares</c><00:37:47.460><c> nothing</c><00:37:48.059><c> for</c><00:37:49.320><c> the</c><00:37:49.519><c> sheep.</c> 00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:53.719 Really<00:37:51.179><c> cares</c><00:37:51.440><c> nothing</c><00:37:52.059><c> for</c><00:37:52.820><c> the</c><00:37:52.980><c> shepherd.</c> 00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:56.159 He's<00:37:54.599><c> sort</c><00:37:54.760><c> of</c><00:37:54.900><c> an</c><00:37:55.039><c> in</c><00:37:55.219><c>-between,</c> 00:37:56.639 --> 00:38:01.039 and<00:37:57.280><c> he's</c><00:37:57.920><c> going</c><00:37:58.039><c> to</c><00:37:58.199><c> run</c><00:37:58.619><c> when</c><00:37:59.219><c> the</c><00:37:59.500><c> wolves</c><00:37:59.820><c> approach.</c> 00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:10.039 So<00:38:05.719><c> we</c><00:38:06.360><c> recognize</c><00:38:07.260><c> that</c><00:38:07.739><c> these</c><00:38:08.559><c> wolves</c><00:38:09.059><c> in</c><00:38:09.380><c> sheep's</c><00:38:09.760><c> clothing</c> 00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:15.380 and<00:38:10.820><c> these</c><00:38:11.980><c> thorny</c><00:38:12.940><c> so</c><00:38:13.280><c>-called</c><00:38:13.960><c> fig</c><00:38:14.219><c> trees</c><00:38:14.460><c> and</c><00:38:14.719><c> grapevines</c> 00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:18.139 are<00:38:16.199><c> something</c><00:38:16.519><c> that</c><00:38:16.719><c> we</c><00:38:16.860><c> really</c><00:38:17.139><c> need</c><00:38:17.300><c> to</c><00:38:17.500><c> avoid,</c><00:38:17.980><c> brothers</c> 00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:18.719 and<00:38:18.420><c> sisters.</c> 00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:20.059 The<00:38:19.260><c> world</c><00:38:19.480><c> is</c><00:38:19.699><c> full</c><00:38:19.860><c> of</c><00:38:19.940><c> them.</c> 00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:27.679 The<00:38:20.219><c> churches</c><00:38:20.539><c> are</c><00:38:20.840><c> just</c><00:38:21.340><c> absolutely</c><00:38:22.460><c> filled</c><00:38:23.219><c> with</c><00:38:24.420><c> these</c><00:38:26.679><c> hypocrites,</c> 00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:32.340 stage<00:38:28.300><c> actors</c><00:38:28.940><c> that</c><00:38:30.039><c> really</c><00:38:30.559><c> care</c><00:38:30.780><c> nothing</c><00:38:31.119><c> for</c><00:38:31.500><c> the</c><00:38:31.960><c> study</c> 00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:33.699 of<00:38:32.699><c> the</c><00:38:32.880><c> Word</c><00:38:33.019><c> of</c><00:38:33.260><c> God,</c> 00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:38.039 for<00:38:34.360><c> the</c><00:38:34.619><c> foundational</c><00:38:35.420><c> principles</c><00:38:36.219><c> upon</c><00:38:36.579><c> which</c><00:38:36.860><c> the</c><00:38:37.219><c> gospel</c><00:38:37.679><c> message</c> 00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:40.380 of<00:38:38.199><c> the</c><00:38:38.320><c> Kingdom</c><00:38:38.519><c> of</c><00:38:38.679><c> God</c><00:38:38.880><c> and</c><00:38:39.000><c> things</c><00:38:39.239><c> concerning</c><00:38:39.619><c> Jesus</c><00:38:40.000><c> Christ</c> 00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:47.199 are<00:38:41.000><c> built</c><00:38:41.579><c> by</c><00:38:42.539><c> the</c><00:38:42.820><c> Apostles'</c><00:38:43.219><c> labors</c><00:38:45.300><c> and</c><00:38:46.000><c> authorized</c><00:38:46.820><c> by</c> 00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:48.380 the<00:38:47.340><c> Lord</c><00:38:47.460><c> Himself.</c> 00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:51.360 So<00:38:49.280><c> we</c><00:38:49.719><c> could</c><00:38:49.880><c> go</c><00:38:50.119><c> on</c><00:38:50.360><c> through</c><00:38:50.619><c> these.</c> 00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:53.760 We<00:38:51.519><c> only</c><00:38:51.739><c> have</c><00:38:51.920><c> a</c><00:38:52.039><c> few</c><00:38:52.139><c> minutes</c><00:38:52.420><c> left.</c> 00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:58.519 We<00:38:54.599><c> have</c><00:38:54.880><c> the</c><00:38:55.159><c> tears</c><00:38:55.559><c> down</c><00:38:56.780><c> here</c><00:38:57.099><c> at</c><00:38:57.380><c> the</c><00:38:57.619><c> bottom.</c> 00:38:59.119 --> 00:39:04.119 One<00:38:59.340><c> thing</c><00:38:59.539><c> we</c><00:38:59.679><c> might</c><00:38:59.980><c> look</c><00:39:00.340><c> at</c><00:39:00.619><c> in</c><00:39:00.820><c> Matthew</c><00:39:01.199><c> 7</c><00:39:01.880><c>.21</c><00:39:02.639><c> is</c><00:39:03.820><c> these</c> 00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:05.079 workers<00:39:04.460><c> of</c><00:39:04.679><c> iniquity,</c> 00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:07.119 not<00:39:05.300><c> everyone</c><00:39:05.659><c> that</c><00:39:05.940><c> saith</c><00:39:06.119><c> unto</c><00:39:06.380><c> me,</c> 00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:09.079 Lord,<00:39:07.619><c> Lord</c><00:39:07.840><c> shall</c><00:39:08.000><c> enter</c><00:39:08.260><c> into</c><00:39:08.440><c> the</c><00:39:08.519><c> kingdom</c><00:39:08.760><c> of</c><00:39:08.900><c> heaven,</c> 00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:11.519 but<00:39:09.300><c> he</c><00:39:09.480><c> that</c><00:39:09.619><c> doeth</c><00:39:09.780><c> the</c><00:39:09.940><c> will</c><00:39:10.099><c> of</c><00:39:10.260><c> my</c><00:39:10.480><c> Father</c><00:39:10.760><c> who</c><00:39:10.900><c> is</c><00:39:11.099><c> in</c><00:39:11.260><c> heaven.</c> 00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:15.519 Many<00:39:12.159><c> will</c><00:39:12.340><c> say</c><00:39:12.519><c> to</c><00:39:12.619><c> me</c><00:39:12.739><c> in</c><00:39:12.860><c> that</c><00:39:13.039><c> day,</c><00:39:13.300><c> Lord,</c><00:39:13.659><c> Lord,</c><00:39:14.880><c> did</c><00:39:15.340><c> we</c> 00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:17.099 not<00:39:15.760><c> prophesy</c><00:39:16.300><c> in</c><00:39:16.400><c> thy</c><00:39:16.579><c> name,</c> 00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:19.840 and<00:39:17.340><c> by</c><00:39:17.559><c> thy</c><00:39:17.739><c> name</c><00:39:17.960><c> cast</c><00:39:18.280><c> out</c><00:39:18.559><c> demons,</c><00:39:18.940><c> and</c><00:39:19.039><c> by</c><00:39:19.260><c> thy</c><00:39:19.500><c> name</c><00:39:19.679><c> do</c> 00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:20.699 many<00:39:20.079><c> mighty</c><00:39:20.320><c> works?</c> 00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:24.480 And<00:39:21.380><c> then</c><00:39:21.539><c> will</c><00:39:21.659><c> I</c><00:39:21.840><c> profess</c><00:39:22.139><c> unto</c><00:39:22.360><c> them,</c><00:39:22.739><c> I</c><00:39:23.019><c> never</c><00:39:23.260><c> knew</c><00:39:23.420><c> you,</c> 00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:25.699 depart<00:39:24.900><c> from</c><00:39:25.139><c> me,</c> 00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:27.500 you<00:39:26.360><c> that</c><00:39:26.619><c> work</c><00:39:26.800><c> iniquity.</c> 00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:31.940 And<00:39:28.360><c> I</c><00:39:28.500><c> think</c><00:39:28.760><c> the</c><00:39:29.099><c> lesson</c><00:39:29.460><c> to</c><00:39:29.739><c> that,</c><00:39:30.380><c> and</c><00:39:30.539><c> I</c><00:39:30.679><c> just</c><00:39:30.940><c> want</c><00:39:31.079><c> to</c> 00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:32.460 bring<00:39:32.079><c> that</c><00:39:32.280><c> up,</c> 00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:35.400 because<00:39:32.800><c> in</c><00:39:33.179><c> John</c><00:39:33.500><c> we</c><00:39:33.840><c> read</c><00:39:34.019><c> in</c><00:39:34.199><c> his</c><00:39:34.340><c> first</c><00:39:34.639><c> epistle,</c><00:39:35.059><c> chapter</c> 00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:36.179 2,<00:39:35.659><c> verse</c><00:39:35.840><c> 3,</c> 00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:38.039 and<00:39:36.360><c> hereby</c><00:39:36.739><c> we</c><00:39:36.880><c> do</c><00:39:37.059><c> know</c><00:39:37.159><c> that</c><00:39:37.340><c> we</c><00:39:37.500><c> know</c><00:39:37.679><c> him.</c> 00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:40.440 This<00:39:38.639><c> is</c><00:39:38.800><c> how</c><00:39:38.920><c> we</c><00:39:39.059><c> know</c><00:39:39.239><c> we</c><00:39:39.380><c> know</c><00:39:39.539><c> him.</c> 00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:44.280 I<00:39:41.780><c> usually</c><00:39:41.940><c> say</c><00:39:42.219><c> there's</c><00:39:42.500><c> four</c><00:39:43.000><c> classes</c><00:39:43.840><c> of</c><00:39:44.119><c> people.</c> 00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:48.239 There<00:39:44.460><c> are</c><00:39:44.619><c> people</c><00:39:44.900><c> that</c><00:39:45.139><c> know</c><00:39:46.139><c> the</c><00:39:46.559><c> truth,</c><00:39:47.420><c> and</c><00:39:47.639><c> they</c><00:39:47.820><c> know</c> 00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:49.119 they<00:39:48.360><c> know</c><00:39:48.619><c> the</c><00:39:48.820><c> truth.</c> 00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:50.960 Then<00:39:49.559><c> there</c><00:39:49.699><c> are</c><00:39:49.820><c> people</c><00:39:50.179><c> that</c><00:39:50.320><c> know</c><00:39:50.579><c> the</c><00:39:50.780><c> truth,</c> 00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:54.599 but<00:39:51.440><c> they</c><00:39:51.780><c> don't</c><00:39:51.940><c> really</c><00:39:52.199><c> know</c><00:39:52.980><c> that</c><00:39:53.260><c> they</c><00:39:53.380><c> know</c><00:39:53.599><c> the</c><00:39:53.800><c> truth.</c> 00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:59.440 And<00:39:55.659><c> then</c><00:39:55.780><c> there</c><00:39:55.900><c> are</c><00:39:55.980><c> people</c><00:39:56.260><c> who</c><00:39:56.619><c> don't</c><00:39:57.000><c> know</c><00:39:58.139><c> the</c><00:39:58.559><c> truth,</c> 00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:01.940 and<00:40:00.360><c> they</c><00:40:00.539><c> know</c><00:40:00.880><c> that</c><00:40:01.059><c> they</c><00:40:01.179><c> don't</c><00:40:01.400><c> know</c><00:40:01.619><c> the</c><00:40:01.800><c> truth,</c> 00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:03.679 but<00:40:02.139><c> then</c><00:40:02.300><c> there</c><00:40:02.420><c> are</c><00:40:02.500><c> people</c><00:40:02.780><c> that</c><00:40:02.940><c> don't</c><00:40:03.079><c> know</c><00:40:03.280><c> the</c><00:40:03.480><c> truth,</c> 00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:05.320 and<00:40:03.820><c> they</c><00:40:03.960><c> 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and</c><00:40:16.880><c> 3,</c><00:40:17.199><c> Hereby</c><00:40:17.679><c> we</c><00:40:17.960><c> know</c><00:40:18.420><c> that</c><00:40:18.739><c> we</c><00:40:18.860><c> know</c><00:40:19.059><c> him,</c><00:40:20.300><c> if</c> 00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:21.940 we<00:40:20.639><c> keep</c><00:40:20.760><c> his</c><00:40:20.960><c> commandments.</c> 00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:25.659 He<00:40:22.139><c> that</c><00:40:22.340><c> saith,</c><00:40:22.780><c> I</c><00:40:22.960><c> know</c><00:40:23.219><c> him,</c><00:40:23.880><c> and</c><00:40:24.159><c> keepeth</c><00:40:24.480><c> not</c><00:40:24.619><c> his</c><00:40:24.800><c> commandments,</c><00:40:25.300><c> is</c><00:40:25.460><c> a</c> 00:40:25.659 --> 00:40:27.519 liar,<00:40:26.360><c> and</c><00:40:26.519><c> the</c><00:40:26.679><c> truth</c><00:40:26.820><c> is</c><00:40:27.019><c> not</c><00:40:27.199><c> in</c><00:40:27.320><c> him.</c> 00:40:27.739 --> 00:40:32.099 It's<00:40:28.179><c> a</c><00:40:28.300><c> 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that</c><00:40:57.420><c> we</c><00:40:57.559><c> love</c><00:40:57.719><c> the</c><00:40:57.840><c> children</c><00:40:58.079><c> of</c><00:40:58.239><c> God.</c> 00:40:58.480 --> 00:41:01.519 And<00:40:58.800><c> when</c><00:40:58.800><c> we</c><00:40:58.980><c> love</c><00:40:59.300><c> God</c><00:40:59.659><c> and</c><00:40:59.980><c> keep</c><00:41:00.260><c> his</c><00:41:00.420><c> commandments,</c><00:41:01.440><c> for</c> 00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:04.000 this<00:41:01.739><c> is</c><00:41:01.940><c> the</c><00:41:02.079><c> love</c><00:41:02.219><c> of</c><00:41:02.420><c> God</c><00:41:02.719><c> that</c><00:41:02.880><c> we</c><00:41:03.119><c> keep</c><00:41:03.239><c> his</c><00:41:03.440><c> commandments.</c> 00:41:04.199 --> 00:41:06.320 And<00:41:04.340><c> his</c><00:41:04.480><c> commandments</c><00:41:04.880><c> are</c><00:41:05.119><c> not</c><00:41:05.360><c> grievous.</c> 00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:09.179 For<00:41:06.639><c> whatsoever</c><00:41:07.079><c> 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ourselves</c><00:41:20.079><c> and</c> 00:41:20.300 --> 00:41:21.139 the<00:41:20.519><c> apostasy</c> 00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:23.920 for<00:41:21.699><c> many,</c><00:41:22.199><c> many,</c><00:41:22.420><c> many,</c><00:41:22.659><c> many</c><00:41:22.880><c> years</c><00:41:23.179><c> since</c><00:41:23.460><c> the</c><00:41:23.599><c> days</c><00:41:23.739><c> of</c> 00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:24.480 Dr.<00:41:24.239><c> Thomas.</c> 00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:27.119 And<00:41:25.320><c> that</c><00:41:25.619><c> line</c><00:41:26.019><c> is</c><00:41:26.199><c> going</c><00:41:26.320><c> to</c><00:41:26.400><c> get</c><00:41:26.739><c> blurred.</c> 00:41:27.340 --> 00:41:30.320 We<00:41:27.519><c> know</c><00:41:27.880><c> that,</c><00:41:28.280><c> it's</c><00:41:28.739><c> just</c><00:41:29.000><c> a</c><00:41:29.179><c> symptom</c><00:41:29.420><c> of</c><00:41:29.599><c> the</c><00:41:29.739><c> time</c><00:41:29.860><c> of</c><00:41:30.019><c> the</c><00:41:30.139><c> end.</c> 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towards</c><00:42:03.639><c> even</c> 00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:05.199 our<00:42:04.219><c> enemies.</c> 00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:07.860 Because<00:42:06.159><c> you</c><00:42:06.260><c> can</c><00:42:06.480><c> learn</c><00:42:06.679><c> a</c><00:42:06.920><c> lot</c><00:42:07.099><c> from</c><00:42:07.360><c> your</c><00:42:07.599><c> enemy.</c> 00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:09.760 I<00:42:08.280><c> was</c><00:42:08.420><c> just</c><00:42:08.619><c> talking</c><00:42:08.780><c> to</c><00:42:08.920><c> one</c><00:42:09.059><c> of</c><00:42:09.159><c> our</c><00:42:09.300><c> young</c><00:42:09.440><c> people.</c> 00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:12.300 We<00:42:10.199><c> can</c><00:42:10.420><c> learn</c><00:42:10.659><c> a</c><00:42:10.860><c> lot</c><00:42:11.059><c> from</c><00:42:11.300><c> our</c><00:42:11.500><c> enemies.</c> 00:42:13.659 --> 00:42:18.539 We've<00:42:14.039><c> got</c><00:42:14.199><c> a</c><00:42:14.300><c> bunch</c><00:42:14.940><c> of</c><00:42:16.179><c> disguises</c><00:42:16.639><c> here</c><00:42:17.000><c> under</c><00:42:17.360><c> the</c><00:42:18.260><c> column</c> 00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:19.860 of<00:42:18.960><c> party.</c> 00:42:20.679 --> 00:42:24.000 John<00:42:21.239><c> Baptist</c><00:42:21.800><c> came</c><00:42:22.400><c> in</c><00:42:22.579><c> the</c><00:42:22.860><c> spirit</c><00:42:23.219><c> of</c><00:42:23.599><c> Elijah.</c> 00:42:24.260 --> 00:42:27.079 The<00:42:24.579><c> power</c><00:42:25.019><c> and</c><00:42:25.199><c> the</c><00:42:25.460><c> spirit</c><00:42:25.599><c> of</c><00:42:25.800><c> Elijah</c><00:42:26.079><c> to</c><00:42:26.500><c> prepare</c><00:42:26.619><c> the</c><00:42:26.840><c> way</c> 00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:28.699 of<00:42:27.239><c> the</c><00:42:27.400><c> Lord</c><00:42:27.539><c> was</c><00:42:27.739><c> his</c><00:42:27.940><c> motive</c><00:42:28.179><c> and</c><00:42:28.460><c> intent</c> 00:42:28.699 --> 00:42:31.739 and<00:42:28.860><c> the</c><00:42:28.960><c> 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in</c><00:42:43.739><c> ourselves</c><00:42:44.559><c> as</c><00:42:45.340><c> we</c><00:42:45.599><c> read</c><00:42:45.760><c> in</c><00:42:45.940><c> Colossians</c><00:42:46.340><c> 3,</c><00:42:46.719><c> 9</c> 00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:49.000 through<00:42:47.579><c> 14.</c> 00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:52.920 Matthew<00:42:50.940><c> chapter</c><00:42:51.380><c> 22,</c><00:42:52.000><c> we're</c><00:42:52.139><c> not</c><00:42:52.239><c> going</c><00:42:52.360><c> to</c><00:42:52.420><c> turn</c><00:42:52.599><c> that</c><00:42:52.780><c> up</c> 00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:54.440 right<00:42:53.139><c> now,</c><00:42:53.340><c> we're</c><00:42:53.619><c> running</c><00:42:53.900><c> out</c><00:42:54.159><c> of</c><00:42:54.280><c> time,</c> 00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:56.900 but<00:42:54.699><c> the</c><00:42:54.860><c> Pharisees</c><00:42:55.280><c> and</c><00:42:55.400><c> the</c><00:42:55.559><c> Herodians</c><00:42:55.960><c> wanted</c><00:42:56.320><c> to</c><00:42:56.699><c> tempt</c> 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him<00:43:11.460><c> their</c><00:43:11.639><c> disciples</c><00:43:12.079><c> with</c><00:43:12.380><c> the</c><00:43:12.539><c> Herodians,</c> 00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:14.880 saying,<00:43:13.219><c> Master,</c><00:43:13.559><c> we</c><00:43:13.659><c> know</c><00:43:13.860><c> that</c><00:43:14.019><c> thou</c><00:43:14.159><c> art</c><00:43:14.280><c> true</c><00:43:14.519><c> and</c><00:43:14.699><c> teach</c> 00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:16.019 us<00:43:15.019><c> the</c><00:43:15.079><c> way</c><00:43:15.260><c> of</c><00:43:15.360><c> God</c><00:43:15.579><c> and</c><00:43:15.800><c> truth.</c> 00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:18.500 Neither<00:43:16.480><c> carest</c><00:43:16.980><c> thou</c><00:43:17.099><c> for</c><00:43:17.280><c> any</c><00:43:17.500><c> man,</c><00:43:17.800><c> for</c><00:43:17.840><c> thou</c><00:43:18.099><c> regardest</c> 00:43:18.500 --> 00:43:19.619 not<00:43:18.699><c> the</c><00:43:18.800><c> person</c><00:43:19.079><c> of</c><00:43:19.239><c> men.</c> 00:43:20.099 --> 00:43:27.639 Flattery.<00:43:21.119><c> Well,</c><00:43:22.760><c> if</c><00:43:23.019><c> we</c><00:43:23.019><c> look</c><00:43:23.159><c> at</c><00:43:23.400><c> flattery,</c><00:43:26.820><c> verses</c><00:43:27.199><c> that</c> 00:43:27.639 --> 00:43:28.679 deal<00:43:27.860><c> with</c><00:43:28.199><c> flattery.</c> 00:43:28.739 --> 00:43:31.639 Romans<00:43:29.019><c> 16,</c><00:43:29.500><c> 17,</c><00:43:29.980><c> Now</c><00:43:30.139><c> I</c><00:43:30.380><c> beseech</c><00:43:30.659><c> you,</c><00:43:31.000><c> brethren,</c><00:43:31.219><c> mark</c><00:43:31.440><c> them</c> 00:43:31.639 --> 00:43:34.179 which<00:43:31.880><c> cause</c><00:43:32.199><c> divisions</c><00:43:32.820><c> and</c><00:43:33.199><c> offenses</c> 00:43:34.300 --> 00:43:36.340 contrary<00:43:34.780><c> to</c><00:43:34.980><c> the</c><00:43:35.179><c> doctrine</c><00:43:35.460><c> which</c><00:43:35.699><c> you've</c><00:43:35.980><c> learned,</c><00:43:36.239><c> and</c> 00:43:36.340 --> 00:43:36.800 avoid<00:43:36.599><c> them.</c> 00:43:36.900 --> 00:43:39.760 For<00:43:37.059><c> they</c><00:43:37.440><c> that</c><00:43:37.599><c> are</c><00:43:37.820><c> such</c><00:43:38.059><c> serve</c><00:43:38.400><c> not</c><00:43:38.639><c> our</c><00:43:38.780><c> Lord</c><00:43:38.920><c> Jesus</c><00:43:39.219><c> Christ,</c><00:43:39.619><c> but</c> 00:43:39.760 --> 00:43:41.880 their<00:43:39.900><c> own</c><00:43:40.159><c> belly,</c><00:43:41.039><c> just</c><00:43:41.239><c> like</c><00:43:41.420><c> the</c><00:43:41.639><c> wolf,</c> 00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:46.519 and<00:43:42.119><c> by</c><00:43:42.320><c> good</c><00:43:42.619><c> words</c><00:43:42.960><c> and</c><00:43:43.380><c> fair</c><00:43:43.760><c> speeches</c><00:43:44.559><c> deceive</c><00:43:45.880><c> the</c><00:43:46.139><c> hearts</c><00:43:46.320><c> of</c> 00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:46.920 the<00:43:46.619><c> simple.</c> 00:43:47.239 --> 00:43:50.039 And,<00:43:47.659><c> oh,</c><00:43:47.659><c> you</c><00:43:47.960><c> flatter</c><00:43:48.300><c> me,</c><00:43:48.880><c> and</c><00:43:49.179><c> boy,</c><00:43:49.340><c> I'm</c><00:43:49.559><c> just</c><00:43:49.840><c> going</c><00:43:50.000><c> to</c> 00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:51.340 be<00:43:50.239><c> your</c><00:43:50.500><c> friend.</c> 00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:55.980 We've<00:43:53.800><c> got</c><00:43:53.820><c> to</c><00:43:53.940><c> learn</c><00:43:54.119><c> to</c><00:43:54.280><c> see</c><00:43:54.400><c> through</c><00:43:54.639><c> that,</c><00:43:54.960><c> don't</c><00:43:55.099><c> we?</c> 00:43:56.320 --> 00:44:00.199 For<00:43:56.559><c> such</c><00:43:56.739><c> men</c><00:43:56.940><c> are</c><00:43:57.099><c> slaves,</c><00:43:57.599><c> not</c><00:43:57.800><c> of</c><00:43:57.900><c> our</c><00:43:58.039><c> Lord</c><00:43:58.199><c> Jesus</c><00:43:58.579><c> Christ,</c><00:43:59.880><c> but</c><00:44:00.039><c> of</c> 00:44:00.199 --> 00:44:01.300 their<00:44:00.420><c> own</c><00:44:00.659><c> appetites,</c> 00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:04.900 and<00:44:01.539><c> by</c><00:44:01.760><c> their</c><00:44:01.960><c> smooth</c><00:44:02.300><c> and</c><00:44:02.659><c> flattering</c><00:44:03.019><c> speech</c><00:44:03.460><c> they</c><00:44:03.900><c> deceive</c><00:44:04.340><c> the</c><00:44:04.579><c> hearts</c><00:44:04.760><c> of</c> 00:44:04.900 --> 00:44:05.840 the<00:44:05.099><c> unsuspecting.</c> 00:44:06.239 --> 00:44:10.019 That's<00:44:06.719><c> another</c><00:44:07.360><c> translation</c><00:44:08.019><c> of</c><00:44:08.219><c> verse</c><00:44:08.980><c> 8.</c> 00:44:10.639 --> 00:44:16.119 In<00:44:11.159><c> Psalms</c><00:44:11.599><c> 12,</c><00:44:12.139><c> 2</c><00:44:12.440><c> and</c><00:44:12.500><c> 3,</c><00:44:12.960><c> They</c><00:44:12.960><c> speak</c><00:44:13.260><c> falsehood</c><00:44:13.840><c> to</c><00:44:14.039><c> one</c><00:44:14.280><c> another</c><00:44:14.539><c> with</c><00:44:14.860><c> flattering</c><00:44:15.239><c> lips</c><00:44:15.659><c> and</c><00:44:15.840><c> with</c><00:44:16.019><c> a</c> 00:44:16.119 --> 00:44:16.780 double<00:44:16.360><c> heart.</c> 00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:20.539 They<00:44:17.199><c> speak</c><00:44:17.719><c> a</c><00:44:18.159><c> double</c><00:44:18.500><c> heart,</c><00:44:19.139><c> hmm,</c><00:44:19.340><c> double</c><00:44:19.559><c> mind.</c> 00:44:20.559 --> 00:44:23.960 Can<00:44:20.699><c> believe</c><00:44:20.940><c> this</c><00:44:21.219><c> way,</c><00:44:22.239><c> or</c><00:44:22.360><c> can</c><00:44:22.539><c> believe</c><00:44:22.679><c> this</c><00:44:23.000><c> way,</c><00:44:23.539><c> hmm.</c> 00:44:24.320 --> 00:44:27.340 Well,<00:44:24.579><c> I'll</c><00:44:24.880><c> believe</c><00:44:25.000><c> this</c><00:44:25.260><c> way</c><00:44:25.420><c> when</c><00:44:25.559><c> I'm</c><00:44:25.739><c> around</c><00:44:26.099><c> them,</c><00:44:27.179><c> and</c> 00:44:27.340 --> 00:44:29.599 I'll<00:44:27.539><c> believe</c><00:44:27.659><c> this</c><00:44:27.940><c> way</c><00:44:28.119><c> when</c><00:44:28.260><c> I'm</c><00:44:28.400><c> around</c><00:44:28.679><c> them.</c> 00:44:33.340 --> 00:44:34.800 Got<00:44:33.860><c> it?</c> 00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:37.639 Now<00:44:35.280><c> see,</c><00:44:35.679><c> Jim's</c><00:44:35.960><c> not</c><00:44:36.099><c> the</c><00:44:36.239><c> only</c><00:44:36.400><c> one</c><00:44:36.539><c> that</c><00:44:36.699><c> says</c><00:44:36.840><c> that.</c> 00:44:39.579 --> 00:44:43.059 They<00:44:40.139><c> speak</c><00:44:40.480><c> falsehood</c><00:44:41.019><c> one</c><00:44:41.260><c> to</c><00:44:41.480><c> another</c><00:44:41.960><c> with</c><00:44:42.659><c> flattering</c> 00:44:43.059 --> 00:44:44.500 lips,<00:44:43.519><c> and</c><00:44:43.739><c> we've</c><00:44:43.980><c> looked</c><00:44:44.059><c> at</c><00:44:44.199><c> that</c><00:44:44.320><c> one.</c> 00:44:44.659 --> 00:44:47.940 There's<00:44:44.940><c> nothing</c><00:44:45.159><c> reliable,</c><00:44:45.900><c> Psalms</c><00:44:46.260><c> 5,</c><00:44:46.539><c> 9,</c><00:44:46.800><c> there's</c><00:44:47.059><c> nothing</c><00:44:47.280><c> reliable</c><00:44:47.760><c> in</c> 00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:49.059 what<00:44:48.079><c> they</c><00:44:48.340><c> say.</c> 00:44:49.139 --> 00:44:51.860 Their<00:44:49.380><c> inward</c><00:44:49.699><c> part</c><00:44:50.019><c> is</c><00:44:50.280><c> destruction</c><00:44:50.780><c> itself.</c> 00:44:52.059 --> 00:44:54.219 Their<00:44:52.460><c> throat</c><00:44:52.880><c> is</c><00:44:53.559><c> an</c><00:44:53.719><c> open</c><00:44:53.960><c> grave.</c> 00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:56.340 They<00:44:54.800><c> flatter</c><00:44:55.079><c> with</c><00:44:55.320><c> their</c><00:44:55.559><c> tongue.</c> 00:44:56.519 --> 00:45:00.059 He<00:44:56.760><c> who</c><00:44:57.000><c> rebukes</c><00:44:57.659><c> a</c><00:44:57.940><c> man</c><00:44:58.159><c> will</c><00:44:58.400><c> afterward</c><00:44:58.900><c> find</c><00:44:59.300><c> more</c><00:44:59.639><c> favor</c> 00:45:00.059 --> 00:45:02.280 than<00:45:00.599><c> he</c><00:45:00.860><c> who</c><00:45:01.179><c> flatters</c><00:45:01.519><c> with</c><00:45:01.840><c> the</c><00:45:02.079><c> tongue.</c> 00:45:02.420 --> 00:45:06.079 Proverbs<00:45:02.780><c> 28</c><00:45:03.539><c> and</c><00:45:04.719><c> 23.</c> 00:45:08.539 --> 00:45:13.619 Lastly,<00:45:10.179><c> down</c><00:45:10.300><c> in</c><00:45:10.539><c> John</c><00:45:11.440><c> 14,</c><00:45:12.280><c> 8</c><00:45:12.619><c> through</c><00:45:12.800><c> 10,</c><00:45:13.059><c> I</c><00:45:13.119><c> just</c><00:45:13.380><c> want</c><00:45:13.500><c> to</c> 00:45:13.619 --> 00:45:14.380 put<00:45:13.719><c> this</c><00:45:13.920><c> one</c><00:45:14.059><c> in.</c> 00:45:14.639 --> 00:45:18.840 The<00:45:14.719><c> Father</c><00:45:15.179><c> in</c><00:45:15.539><c> spirit</c><00:45:16.380><c> revealed</c><00:45:17.119><c> himself</c><00:45:17.619><c> through</c><00:45:17.940><c> Christ</c> 00:45:18.840 --> 00:45:22.280 as<00:45:20.280><c> Jesus</c><00:45:20.719><c> walking,</c><00:45:21.360><c> talking</c><00:45:21.579><c> with</c><00:45:21.880><c> men.</c> 00:45:22.739 --> 00:45:25.940 God<00:45:23.320><c> manifestation</c><00:45:24.199><c> was</c><00:45:24.579><c> the</c><00:45:24.739><c> intent</c><00:45:25.059><c> of</c><00:45:25.239><c> the</c><00:45:25.420><c> Father,</c><00:45:25.820><c> and</c> 00:45:25.940 --> 00:45:29.159 he<00:45:26.119><c> worked</c><00:45:26.400><c> and</c><00:45:26.679><c> taught</c><00:45:26.920><c> through</c><00:45:27.199><c> Jesus</c><00:45:27.679><c> in</c><00:45:28.039><c> the</c><00:45:28.340><c> result.</c> 00:45:29.860 --> 00:45:33.260 And<00:45:30.019><c> his</c><00:45:30.139><c> own</c><00:45:30.360><c> disciples</c><00:45:30.820><c> said,</c><00:45:31.099><c> Show</c><00:45:31.519><c> us</c><00:45:31.840><c> the</c><00:45:32.099><c> Father.</c> 00:45:33.559 --> 00:45:38.639 Have<00:45:34.320><c> I</c><00:45:34.619><c> been</c><00:45:34.760><c> with</c><00:45:35.019><c> you</c><00:45:35.199><c> so</c><00:45:35.500><c> long</c><00:45:35.659><c> and</c><00:45:36.019><c> yet</c><00:45:36.159><c> you</c><00:45:36.340><c> have</c><00:45:36.619><c> not</c><00:45:36.880><c> recognized</c><00:45:37.440><c> me?</c> 00:45:38.860 --> 00:45:43.820 And<00:45:39.239><c> Jesus</c><00:45:39.820><c> was</c><00:45:41.340><c> demonstrating</c><00:45:42.139><c> the</c><00:45:42.599><c> beautiful</c><00:45:43.139><c> character</c> 00:45:43.820 --> 00:45:47.159 that<00:45:44.219><c> is</c><00:45:44.679><c> built</c><00:45:45.019><c> within</c><00:45:45.739><c> the</c><00:45:46.059><c> heart</c><00:45:46.360><c> and</c><00:45:46.639><c> the</c><00:45:46.820><c> mind</c> 00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:53.039 by<00:45:47.900><c> a</c><00:45:48.139><c> meditation,</c><00:45:48.980><c> prayer,</c><00:45:49.980><c> and</c><00:45:50.360><c> action</c><00:45:51.039><c> upon</c><00:45:51.780><c> God's</c><00:45:52.280><c> Word.</c> 00:45:53.239 --> 00:45:56.079 And<00:45:53.480><c> so</c><00:45:54.039><c> he</c><00:45:54.519><c> manifested</c><00:45:55.099><c> the</c><00:45:55.400><c> Father's</c><00:45:55.840><c> character.</c> 00:45:56.159 --> 00:45:58.980 The<00:45:56.340><c> lesson</c><00:45:56.599><c> to</c><00:45:56.840><c> us,</c><00:45:57.679><c> it's</c><00:45:58.119><c> blank.</c> 00:45:59.119 --> 00:46:04.219 I<00:45:59.739><c> want</c><00:45:59.980><c> you</c><00:46:00.159><c> to</c><00:46:00.380><c> draw</c><00:46:00.539><c> that</c><00:46:00.840><c> lesson,</c><00:46:01.480><c> and</c><00:46:01.920><c> you</c><00:46:02.179><c> tell</c><00:46:02.360><c> me</c><00:46:02.780><c> how</c><00:46:03.179><c> Jesus</c><00:46:03.619><c> was</c><00:46:03.920><c> a</c> 00:46:04.219 --> 00:46:05.800 master<00:46:04.579><c> of</c><00:46:04.860><c> disguise.</c> 00:46:06.340 --> 00:46:11.619 He<00:46:06.699><c> was</c><00:46:06.920><c> the</c><00:46:07.139><c> master</c><00:46:07.519><c> of</c><00:46:07.719><c> disguise</c><00:46:08.179><c> in</c><00:46:08.579><c> a</c><00:46:09.599><c> masquerade</c><00:46:10.440><c> theatrical</c><00:46:11.099><c> world.</c> 00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:15.260 And<00:46:12.059><c> brothers</c><00:46:12.239><c> and</c><00:46:12.480><c> sisters,</c><00:46:14.139><c> human</c><00:46:14.300><c> nature</c><00:46:14.599><c> hasn't</c><00:46:14.900><c> really</c> 00:46:15.260 --> 00:46:16.900 changed<00:46:15.739><c> at</c><00:46:15.980><c> all.</c> 00:46:17.300 --> 00:46:23.260 So<00:46:17.559><c> we</c><00:46:17.739><c> need</c><00:46:17.920><c> to</c><00:46:18.159><c> be</c><00:46:18.400><c> very,</c><00:46:18.880><c> very</c><00:46:19.239><c> cautious</c><00:46:19.780><c> in</c><00:46:20.739><c> our</c><00:46:21.300><c> true</c><00:46:22.079><c> religion,</c><00:46:22.659><c> making</c><00:46:23.019><c> sure</c> 00:46:23.260 --> 00:46:24.059 it<00:46:23.500><c> lines</c><00:46:23.760><c> up,</c> 00:46:24.059 --> 00:46:27.179 because<00:46:24.719><c> the</c><00:46:25.059><c> worst</c><00:46:25.239><c> thing</c><00:46:25.840><c> about</c><00:46:26.159><c> the</c><00:46:26.380><c> hypocrites</c><00:46:26.880><c> and</c><00:46:27.039><c> the</c> 00:46:27.179 --> 00:46:30.820 Pharisees<00:46:27.679><c> was</c><00:46:28.099><c> they</c><00:46:28.639><c> had</c><00:46:28.980><c> a</c><00:46:29.360><c> zealous</c><00:46:29.719><c> religion,</c> 00:46:30.920 --> 00:46:35.360 but<00:46:31.099><c> boy</c><00:46:31.340><c> did</c><00:46:31.480><c> it</c><00:46:31.699><c> get</c><00:46:31.920><c> deadly</c><00:46:32.239><c> when</c><00:46:32.619><c> Saul,</c><00:46:34.599><c> as</c><00:46:34.800><c> he</c><00:46:34.920><c> was</c><00:46:35.159><c> known,</c> 00:46:35.460 --> 00:46:39.760 was<00:46:35.659><c> assigned</c><00:46:36.059><c> to</c><00:46:36.199><c> go</c><00:46:36.420><c> get</c><00:46:36.579><c> those</c><00:46:36.900><c> Christians</c><00:46:37.380><c> and</c><00:46:38.280><c> kill</c><00:46:38.679><c> them.</c> 00:46:40.159 --> 00:46:45.199 So<00:46:40.659><c> overzealous</c><00:46:41.340><c> religion</c><00:46:42.139><c> that</c><00:46:42.980><c> is</c><00:46:43.159><c> not</c><00:46:43.480><c> balanced</c><00:46:44.039><c> in</c><00:46:44.920><c> the</c> 00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:49.019 word<00:46:45.519><c> and</c><00:46:45.800><c> the</c><00:46:46.280><c> spirit</c><00:46:46.940><c> of</c><00:46:47.539><c> true</c><00:46:47.880><c> worship</c> 00:46:49.039 --> 00:46:54.000 and<00:46:49.539><c> based</c><00:46:49.980><c> upon</c><00:46:50.880><c> the</c><00:46:51.340><c> foundation</c><00:46:52.000><c> of</c><00:46:52.440><c> accurate</c><00:46:52.599><c> doctrine,</c> 00:46:54.400 --> 00:46:57.880 that<00:46:54.579><c> overzealous</c><00:46:55.440><c> spirit</c><00:46:55.920><c> can</c><00:46:56.300><c> get</c><00:46:56.440><c> us</c><00:46:56.639><c> all</c><00:46:56.820><c> in</c><00:46:57.059><c> trouble.</c> 00:46:57.980 --> 00:47:00.360 So<00:46:58.139><c> we</c><00:46:58.280><c> don't</c><00:46:58.420><c> want</c><00:46:58.519><c> to</c><00:46:58.619><c> be</c><00:46:58.800><c> hypocrites,</c><00:46:59.340><c> but</c><00:46:59.420><c> we</c><00:46:59.659><c> can</c><00:46:59.960><c> become</c> 00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:03.940 so<00:47:00.739><c> accidentally,</c><00:47:02.139><c> and</c><00:47:02.300><c> we</c><00:47:02.460><c> want</c><00:47:02.579><c> to</c><00:47:02.719><c> avoid</c><00:47:03.019><c> that.</c> 00:47:03.960 --> 00:47:05.440 Thank<00:47:04.179><c> you</c><00:47:04.300><c> so</c><00:47:04.440><c> much.</c><00:47:04.820><c> Enjoy.</c>