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that<00:13:41.100><c> they</c><00:13:41.320><c> had</c><00:13:41.639><c> turned</c><00:13:41.879><c> into</c><00:13:42.120><c> a</c><00:13:42.340><c> marketplace</c><00:13:43.039><c> under</c><00:13:43.580><c> shambles</c>

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with<00:13:44.539><c> no</c><00:13:44.860><c> reverence</c><00:13:45.299><c> either</c><00:13:45.519><c> for</c><00:13:45.779><c> God</c><00:13:46.080><c> or</c><00:13:46.379><c> for</c><00:13:46.559><c> His</c><00:13:46.779><c> Word.</c>

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So<00:13:47.480><c> how</c><00:13:47.639><c> does</c><00:13:47.860><c> the</c><00:13:48.000><c> Lord</c><00:13:48.139><c> handle</c><00:13:48.460><c> that?</c>

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Well,<00:13:49.360><c> look</c><00:13:49.519><c> at</c><00:13:49.639><c> verse</c><00:13:49.879><c> 17.</c>

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The<00:13:50.960><c> most</c><00:13:51.259><c> important</c><00:13:51.759><c> words</c><00:13:52.100><c> there</c><00:13:52.320><c> to</c><00:13:52.620><c> start</c><00:13:52.860><c> with</c><00:13:53.240><c> are</c><00:13:53.480><c> the</c><00:13:53.659><c> words</c>

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and<00:13:54.480><c> He</c><00:13:54.759><c> taught</c><00:13:55.299><c> saying.</c>

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Now,<00:13:57.340><c> here</c><00:13:57.559><c> is</c><00:13:57.740><c> the</c><00:13:57.879><c> Lord</c><00:13:58.100><c> Jesus</c><00:13:58.580><c> Christ</c><00:13:59.139><c> teaching</c><00:13:59.940><c> the</c><00:14:00.840><c> reason</c><00:14:01.299><c> why</c>

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He<00:14:02.200><c> had</c><00:14:02.379><c> acted</c><00:14:02.639><c> as</c><00:14:02.820><c> He</c><00:14:03.080><c> had</c><00:14:03.419><c> in</c><00:14:04.159><c> Mark</c><00:14:04.539><c> 11</c><00:14:04.879><c> verse</c><00:14:05.220><c> 15</c><00:14:05.700><c> and</c><00:14:05.860><c> verse</c><00:14:06.100><c> 16.</c>

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He<00:14:07.220><c> taught</c><00:14:07.960><c> saying</c><00:14:08.820><c> unto</c><00:14:09.080><c> them,</c>

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Is<00:14:10.200><c> it</c><00:14:10.440><c> not</c><00:14:10.679><c> written,</c><00:14:11.559><c> My</c><00:14:11.759><c> house</c><00:14:12.059><c> shall</c><00:14:12.259><c> be</c><00:14:12.559><c> called</c><00:14:12.860><c> of</c><00:14:13.159><c> all</c><00:14:13.419><c> nations,</c><00:14:14.299><c> the</c><00:14:14.600><c> house</c><00:14:14.980><c> of</c><00:14:15.320><c> prayer?</c>

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But<00:14:16.919><c> ye</c><00:14:17.200><c> have</c><00:14:17.419><c> made</c><00:14:17.679><c> it</c><00:14:18.539><c> a</c><00:14:18.940><c> den</c><00:14:19.039><c> of</c><00:14:19.419><c> thieves.</c>

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Now,<00:14:21.440><c> let's</c><00:14:21.620><c> look</c><00:14:21.799><c> at</c><00:14:21.899><c> the</c><00:14:22.120><c> picture</c><00:14:22.500><c> overall.</c>

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Gentile<00:14:24.860><c> proselytes</c><00:14:25.799><c> restricted</c><00:14:26.419><c> to</c><00:14:26.659><c> the</c><00:14:26.860><c> court</c><00:14:26.960><c> of</c><00:14:27.179><c> the</c><00:14:27.299><c> Gentiles</c>

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would<00:14:28.639><c> be</c><00:14:29.120><c> forced</c><00:14:29.559><c> to</c><00:14:30.039><c> worship</c><00:14:30.500><c> God</c>

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in<00:14:31.659><c> the</c><00:14:31.879><c> midst</c><00:14:32.100><c> of</c><00:14:32.340><c> this</c><00:14:32.879><c> noisy,</c><00:14:34.039><c> chaotic,</c><00:14:35.039><c> discordant</c><00:14:35.580><c> marketplace.</c>

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And<00:14:37.740><c> to</c><00:14:37.919><c> have</c><00:14:38.039><c> to</c><00:14:38.279><c> approach</c><00:14:38.700><c> the</c><00:14:39.039><c> temple</c><00:14:39.299><c> in</c><00:14:39.519><c> that</c><00:14:39.759><c> way</c>

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was<00:14:40.519><c> no</c><00:14:40.919><c> atmosphere</c><00:14:41.500><c> of</c><00:14:41.860><c> reverence</c><00:14:42.299><c> to</c><00:14:42.679><c> God</c>

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or<00:14:43.840><c> holiness</c><00:14:44.279><c> on</c><00:14:44.759><c> the</c><00:14:45.039><c> part</c><00:14:45.419><c> of</c><00:14:45.679><c> the</c><00:14:45.860><c> people.</c>

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So<00:14:46.840><c> Christ's</c><00:14:47.659><c> view</c><00:14:47.720><c> was</c><00:14:48.120><c> let</c><00:14:48.580><c> these</c><00:14:48.960><c> people</c><00:14:49.340><c> get</c><00:14:49.740><c> out</c><00:14:49.960><c> of</c><00:14:50.039><c> it</c>

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that<00:14:50.580><c> do</c><00:14:50.820><c> not</c><00:14:51.059><c> belong</c><00:14:51.379><c> here,</c>

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that<00:14:52.299><c> do</c><00:14:52.539><c> not</c><00:14:52.700><c> have</c><00:14:52.860><c> the</c><00:14:53.220><c> attitude</c><00:14:53.720><c> needed</c><00:14:54.200><c> for</c><00:14:54.460><c> divine</c><00:14:54.799><c> worship.</c>

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Who<00:14:56.340><c> could</c><00:14:56.659><c> worship</c><00:14:57.100><c> in</c><00:14:57.279><c> the</c><00:14:57.519><c> spirit</c><00:14:57.700><c> of</c><00:14:57.980><c> holiness</c>

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in<00:14:59.039><c> that</c><00:14:59.340><c> disgusting</c><00:15:00.080><c> environment</c>

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that<00:15:01.379><c> existed</c><00:15:01.740><c> in</c><00:15:01.940><c> the</c><00:15:02.120><c> temple</c><00:15:02.320><c> at</c><00:15:02.559><c> that</c><00:15:02.779><c> time?</c>

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And<00:15:04.100><c> so</c><00:15:04.279><c> in</c><00:15:04.539><c> verse</c><00:15:04.840><c> 17,</c><00:15:05.700><c> He</c><00:15:05.700><c> says,</c><00:15:06.220><c> it</c><00:15:06.639><c> says</c><00:15:06.840><c> rather,</c>

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And<00:15:07.980><c> He</c><00:15:08.360><c> taught.</c>

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Now,<00:15:10.179><c> where</c><00:15:10.340><c> does</c><00:15:10.480><c> He</c><00:15:10.720><c> teach</c><00:15:10.980><c> from?</c>

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He<00:15:12.179><c> teaches</c><00:15:12.700><c> from</c><00:15:13.320><c> the</c><00:15:13.860><c> prophets.</c>

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He<00:15:15.720><c> taught,</c><00:15:16.659><c> and</c><00:15:16.879><c> that's</c><00:15:17.200><c> a</c><00:15:17.360><c> key</c><00:15:17.559><c> word,</c>

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because<00:15:18.200><c> what</c><00:15:18.539><c> we're</c><00:15:18.879><c> saying</c><00:15:19.240><c> here</c>

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is<00:15:20.179><c> that</c><00:15:20.379><c> the</c><00:15:20.539><c> Lord</c><00:15:20.740><c> Jesus</c><00:15:21.200><c> Christ</c><00:15:21.559><c> and</c><00:15:21.799><c> the</c><00:15:22.039><c> apostles</c>

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used<00:15:23.399><c> the</c><00:15:23.740><c> Old</c><00:15:24.059><c> Testament</c><00:15:24.559><c> prophets,</c>

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the<00:15:26.379><c> ministry</c><00:15:27.000><c> of</c><00:15:27.299><c> the</c><00:15:27.580><c> prophets,</c>

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to<00:15:29.100><c> themselves</c><00:15:29.879><c> teach</c><00:15:30.379><c> the</c><00:15:30.600><c> Word</c><00:15:30.779><c> of</c><00:15:30.980><c> God.</c>

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What<00:15:32.500><c> He</c><00:15:32.679><c> does</c><00:15:32.960><c> here</c><00:15:33.500><c> is</c><00:15:34.019><c> He</c><00:15:34.240><c> links</c><00:15:34.539><c> together</c>

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Isaiah<00:15:35.919><c> 56</c><00:15:37.019><c> verse</c><00:15:37.720><c> 7,</c>

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which<00:15:39.500><c> speaks</c><00:15:40.019><c> of</c><00:15:40.360><c> the</c><00:15:40.799><c> future</c><00:15:41.320><c> glory</c>

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of<00:15:42.919><c> that</c><00:15:43.179><c> temple</c><00:15:43.659><c> in</c><00:15:44.039><c> the</c><00:15:44.220><c> age</c><00:15:44.480><c> to</c><00:15:44.720><c> come,</c>

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with<00:15:46.480><c> Jeremiah</c><00:15:47.179><c> chapter</c><00:15:47.620><c> 7</c><00:15:48.200><c> verse</c><00:15:48.600><c> 11</c>

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to<00:15:50.500><c> illustrate</c><00:15:51.220><c> the</c><00:15:52.019><c> present</c><00:15:52.480><c> condition</c>

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of<00:15:53.840><c> the</c><00:15:54.200><c> people</c><00:15:54.720><c> and</c><00:15:55.399><c> their</c><00:15:55.679><c> state</c><00:15:55.899><c> of</c><00:15:56.220><c> mind</c>

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in<00:15:57.120><c> the</c><00:15:57.340><c> days</c><00:15:57.740><c> of</c><00:15:58.220><c> the</c><00:15:58.320><c> Lord</c><00:15:58.500><c> Jesus</c><00:15:58.940><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:16:00.899><c> you</c><00:16:01.120><c> see,</c><00:16:01.379><c> He</c><00:16:01.379><c> takes</c><00:16:01.740><c> Isaiah,</c>

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and<00:16:02.899><c> He</c><00:16:02.980><c> uses</c><00:16:03.360><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:03.899><c> to</c><00:16:04.220><c> speak</c><00:16:04.399><c> of</c><00:16:04.519><c> the</c><00:16:04.740><c> future.</c>

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He<00:16:05.519><c> takes</c><00:16:05.899><c> Jeremiah</c><00:16:06.600><c> and</c><00:16:06.919><c> says,</c>

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This<00:16:07.539><c> is</c><00:16:07.720><c> what</c><00:16:07.879><c> you</c><00:16:08.080><c> have</c><00:16:08.240><c> done</c><00:16:08.360><c> to</c><00:16:08.539><c> God's</c><00:16:08.840><c> temple</c><00:16:09.320><c> now.</c>

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Aren't<00:16:11.340><c> you</c><00:16:11.580><c> ashamed</c><00:16:12.100><c> of</c><00:16:12.299><c> yourselves</c>

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to<00:16:13.559><c> think</c><00:16:13.740><c> that</c><00:16:13.960><c> you</c><00:16:14.179><c> would</c><00:16:14.500><c> act</c><00:16:14.879><c> in</c><00:16:15.080><c> that</c><00:16:15.320><c> way?</c>

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And<00:16:16.879><c> so</c><00:16:17.019><c> you</c><00:16:17.259><c> see,</c><00:16:17.759><c> the</c><00:16:17.960><c> key</c><00:16:18.179><c> words</c><00:16:18.440><c> there</c><00:16:18.740><c> are</c>

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surely<00:16:19.419><c> that</c><00:16:19.779><c> He</c><00:16:20.159><c> taught</c><00:16:20.480><c> them.</c>

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And<00:16:21.539><c> where</c><00:16:21.720><c> did</c><00:16:21.840><c> He</c><00:16:21.980><c> teach</c><00:16:22.279><c> from?</c>

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He<00:16:23.139><c> taught</c><00:16:23.519><c> from</c><00:16:24.039><c> the</c><00:16:24.399><c> Old</c><00:16:24.659><c> Testament</c><00:16:25.120><c> prophets.</c>

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He<00:16:26.080><c> taught</c><00:16:26.399><c> from</c><00:16:27.100><c> Isaiah,</c>

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and<00:16:28.360><c> He</c><00:16:28.580><c> taught</c><00:16:28.860><c> from</c><00:16:29.419><c> Jeremiah,</c>

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and<00:16:30.320><c> He</c><00:16:30.480><c> does</c><00:16:30.679><c> again</c><00:16:31.019><c> and</c><00:16:31.220><c> again</c><00:16:31.460><c> and</c><00:16:31.639><c> again.</c>

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And<00:16:32.679><c> as</c><00:16:32.840><c> we</c><00:16:33.019><c> mentioned</c><00:16:33.279><c> earlier,</c>

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in<00:16:34.080><c> that</c><00:16:34.320><c> passage</c><00:16:34.759><c> from</c><00:16:35.299><c> Matthew</c><00:16:35.860><c> chapter</c><00:16:36.259><c> 23</c>

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and<00:16:37.759><c> verse</c><00:16:38.500><c> 37</c><00:16:39.299><c> onwards</c>

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to<00:16:40.320><c> the</c><00:16:40.360><c> end</c><00:16:40.519><c> of</c><00:16:40.620><c> that</c><00:16:40.799><c> chapter,</c>

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you<00:16:41.639><c> will</c><00:16:41.940><c> find</c><00:16:42.120><c> that</c><00:16:42.600><c> every</c><00:16:43.279><c> single</c><00:16:43.980><c> statement</c>

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that<00:16:44.679><c> Christ</c><00:16:44.980><c> makes</c><00:16:45.379><c> there,</c>

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not<00:16:46.460><c> just</c><00:16:46.759><c> every</c><00:16:47.080><c> sentence,</c>

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but<00:16:47.960><c> every</c><00:16:48.460><c> statement,</c>

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is<00:16:49.840><c> taken</c><00:16:50.200><c> from</c><00:16:50.379><c> an</c><00:16:50.700><c> Old</c><00:16:50.960><c> Testament</c><00:16:51.740><c> passage.</c>

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Really<00:16:53.580><c> quite</c><00:16:53.960><c> incredible,</c>

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the<00:16:55.139><c> way</c><00:16:55.399><c> in</c><00:16:55.559><c> which</c><00:16:55.879><c> the</c><00:16:56.139><c> Lord</c><00:16:56.580><c> used</c>

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the<00:16:58.039><c> Old</c><00:16:58.320><c> Testament</c><00:16:58.759><c> prophets</c>

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to<00:16:59.919><c> teach</c><00:17:00.279><c> the</c><00:17:00.659><c> truth</c><00:17:01.019><c> of</c><00:17:01.480><c> God's</c><00:17:01.940><c> Word.</c>

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And<00:17:03.299><c> so</c><00:17:03.460><c> with</c><00:17:03.620><c> those</c><00:17:03.840><c> things</c><00:17:04.059><c> in</c><00:17:04.299><c> mind,</c>

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let's<00:17:04.940><c> turn</c><00:17:05.240><c> back</c><00:17:05.480><c> to</c><00:17:05.660><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:06.079><c> chapter</c><00:17:06.799><c> 58.</c>

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And<00:17:08.740><c> here</c><00:17:09.200><c> we</c><00:17:09.440><c> would</c><00:17:09.660><c> like</c><00:17:09.819><c> to</c><00:17:10.140><c> just</c><00:17:10.680><c> mention</c>

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that<00:17:12.000><c> we</c><00:17:12.460><c> have</c><00:17:12.599><c> an</c><00:17:12.859><c> example</c><00:17:13.420><c> of</c><00:17:13.779><c> the</c><00:17:13.940><c> way</c><00:17:14.119><c> in</c><00:17:14.319><c> which,</c>

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as<00:17:15.200><c> we</c><00:17:15.380><c> mentioned</c><00:17:15.640><c> earlier,</c>

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the<00:17:16.960><c> prophets</c><00:17:17.240><c> had</c><00:17:17.519><c> this</c><00:17:17.859><c> two</c><00:17:18.279><c>-fold</c><00:17:18.779><c> purpose.</c>

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Their<00:17:20.900><c> primary</c><00:17:21.440><c> purpose</c>

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was<00:17:22.940><c> to</c><00:17:23.299><c> bring</c><00:17:23.440><c> the</c><00:17:23.740><c> people</c><00:17:24.019><c> back</c><00:17:24.279><c> to</c><00:17:24.440><c> the</c><00:17:24.619><c> law.</c>

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was<00:17:27.779><c> to</c><00:17:28.039><c> remind</c><00:17:28.319><c> the</c><00:17:28.599><c> people</c><00:17:28.960><c> of</c><00:17:29.460><c> their</c><00:17:29.720><c> obligations</c>

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and<00:17:30.900><c> their</c><00:17:31.319><c> responsibilities</c>

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and<00:17:33.220><c> to</c><00:17:33.460><c> the</c><00:17:33.759><c> terms</c><00:17:34.180><c> of</c><00:17:34.359><c> their</c><00:17:34.660><c> covenant,</c>

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and<00:17:36.500><c> to</c><00:17:36.640><c> remind</c><00:17:37.039><c> them</c><00:17:37.480><c> forthrightly</c><00:17:38.240><c> and</c><00:17:38.599><c> courageously</c>

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that<00:17:40.019><c> God</c><00:17:40.319><c> had</c><00:17:40.619><c> set</c><00:17:40.779><c> down</c><00:17:41.119><c> certain</c><00:17:41.480><c> terms</c><00:17:41.839><c> for</c><00:17:42.019><c> that</c><00:17:42.279><c> covenant,</c>

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which<00:17:43.079><c> they</c><00:17:43.339><c> were</c><00:17:43.480><c> to</c><00:17:43.680><c> obey,</c>

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and<00:17:44.539><c> they</c><00:17:44.720><c> were</c><00:17:44.859><c> to</c><00:17:45.059><c> walk</c><00:17:45.299><c> in.</c>

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they<00:17:46.859><c> would</c><00:17:47.099><c> receive</c><00:17:47.460><c> a</c><00:17:47.599><c> divine</c><00:17:47.900><c> blessing.</c>

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If<00:17:48.920><c> they</c><00:17:49.160><c> did</c><00:17:49.460><c> not,</c>

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they<00:17:50.000><c> would</c><00:17:50.240><c> receive</c><00:17:50.599><c> the</c><00:17:50.920><c> curses</c><00:17:51.259><c> that</c><00:17:51.500><c> came</c><00:17:51.680><c> in</c><00:17:51.839><c> the</c><00:17:52.000><c> law.</c>

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So<00:17:53.279><c> in</c><00:17:53.480><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:53.960><c> 58,</c>

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we<00:17:55.480><c> have</c><00:17:55.660><c> an</c><00:17:56.000><c> excellent</c><00:17:56.380><c> illustration</c>

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of<00:17:57.700><c> the</c><00:17:57.859><c> way</c><00:17:58.019><c> in</c><00:17:58.160><c> which</c><00:17:58.359><c> these</c><00:17:58.819><c> two</c><00:17:59.200><c>-fold</c><00:17:59.420><c> aspects</c>

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of<00:18:00.140><c> the</c><00:18:00.359><c> prophets,</c>

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bringing<00:18:01.599><c> the</c><00:18:01.920><c> people</c><00:18:02.200><c> to</c><00:18:02.460><c> mind</c><00:18:02.779><c> to</c><00:18:03.180><c> their</c><00:18:03.460><c> responsibilities,</c>

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but<00:18:04.960><c> also</c><00:18:05.700><c> foretelling</c><00:18:06.339><c> the</c><00:18:06.579><c> future.</c>

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We<00:18:07.420><c> have</c><00:18:07.559><c> all</c><00:18:07.779><c> of</c><00:18:07.920><c> that</c><00:18:08.079><c> in</c><00:18:08.180><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:08.740><c> 58,</c>

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although<00:18:09.799><c> it's</c><00:18:10.039><c> only</c><00:18:10.380><c> a</c><00:18:10.859><c> short</c><00:18:11.140><c> chapter.</c>

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You<00:18:12.559><c> see,</c><00:18:12.839><c> in</c><00:18:12.880><c> the</c><00:18:13.000><c> beginning,</c><00:18:13.700><c> in</c><00:18:13.839><c> verse</c><00:18:14.119><c> 1,</c>

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we<00:18:15.059><c> have</c><00:18:15.220><c> Isaiah,</c><00:18:15.980><c> or</c><00:18:16.140><c> God's</c><00:18:16.579><c> Word</c><00:18:16.700><c> to</c><00:18:16.900><c> Isaiah,</c>

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Cry<00:18:18.420><c> aloud</c><00:18:18.859><c> and</c><00:18:19.299><c> spare</c><00:18:19.700><c> not.</c>

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Lift<00:18:21.099><c> up</c><00:18:21.420><c> thy</c><00:18:21.579><c> voice</c><00:18:21.880><c> like</c><00:18:22.180><c> a</c><00:18:22.400><c> trumpet,</c>

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and<00:18:23.119><c> show</c><00:18:23.440><c> my</c><00:18:23.740><c> people</c><00:18:24.039><c> their</c><00:18:24.380><c> transgression.</c>

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You<00:18:26.380><c> see,</c><00:18:26.579><c> there</c><00:18:27.220><c> was</c><00:18:27.559><c> the</c><00:18:27.759><c> primary</c><00:18:28.200><c> role</c><00:18:28.480><c> of</c><00:18:28.660><c> the</c><00:18:28.859><c> prophet</c>

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to<00:18:29.980><c> remind</c><00:18:30.359><c> the</c><00:18:30.539><c> people</c><00:18:30.880><c> of</c><00:18:31.079><c> the</c><00:18:31.240><c> law,</c>

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to<00:18:32.119><c> remind</c><00:18:32.519><c> them</c><00:18:32.700><c> of</c><00:18:32.859><c> the</c><00:18:33.059><c> terms</c><00:18:33.299><c> of</c><00:18:33.460><c> their</c><00:18:33.720><c> covenant</c><00:18:34.039><c> relationship</c>

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with<00:18:35.259><c> their</c><00:18:35.519><c> God,</c>

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and<00:18:37.079><c> to</c><00:18:37.319><c> draw</c><00:18:37.480><c> them</c><00:18:37.700><c> back,</c><00:18:38.039><c> if</c><00:18:38.160><c> it</c><00:18:38.339><c> were</c><00:18:38.500><c> possible</c><00:18:38.880><c> to</c><00:18:39.099><c> do</c><00:18:39.319><c> so,</c>

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to<00:18:40.519><c> an</c><00:18:40.880><c> enlightenment</c><00:18:41.559><c> concerning</c><00:18:42.119><c> those</c><00:18:42.480><c> things,</c>

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to<00:18:44.160><c> persuade</c><00:18:44.680><c> them</c><00:18:44.900><c> to</c><00:18:45.299><c> think</c><00:18:45.579><c> about</c><00:18:45.880><c> those</c><00:18:46.259><c> things,</c>

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and<00:18:47.480><c> to</c><00:18:47.720><c> take</c><00:18:47.859><c> the</c><00:18:48.059><c> necessary</c><00:18:48.559><c> action</c><00:18:49.059><c> to</c><00:18:49.619><c> honor</c><00:18:49.980><c> God</c>

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according<00:18:51.180><c> to</c><00:18:51.400><c> the</c><00:18:51.579><c> terms</c><00:18:51.799><c> of</c><00:18:51.980><c> the</c><00:18:52.200><c> covenant.</c>

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But<00:18:53.660><c> then</c><00:18:53.779><c> when</c><00:18:53.859><c> you</c><00:18:53.980><c> get</c><00:18:54.160><c> to</c><00:18:54.299><c> verse</c><00:18:54.539><c> 8</c><00:18:54.779><c> of</c><00:18:54.880><c> that</c><00:18:55.099><c> chapter,</c>

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you<00:18:55.980><c> get</c><00:18:56.140><c> a</c><00:18:56.319><c> complete</c><00:18:56.700><c> change.</c>

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In<00:18:58.420><c> verses</c><00:18:58.819><c> 1</c><00:18:59.119><c> to</c><00:18:59.240><c> 7,</c>

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Isaiah<00:19:00.500><c> is</c><00:19:00.920><c> dealing</c><00:19:01.299><c> with</c><00:19:01.839><c> a</c><00:19:02.059><c> generation</c><00:19:02.779><c> of</c><00:19:03.079><c> his</c><00:19:03.299><c> own</c><00:19:03.700><c> time.</c>

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But<00:19:04.940><c> in</c><00:19:05.200><c> verse</c><00:19:05.460><c> 8,</c><00:19:05.799><c> he</c><00:19:05.799><c> looks</c><00:19:06.079><c> beyond</c><00:19:06.940><c> to</c><00:19:07.759><c> the</c><00:19:07.980><c> future.</c>

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Then<00:19:09.200><c> shall</c><00:19:09.559><c> thy</c><00:19:09.740><c> light</c><00:19:09.940><c> break</c><00:19:10.259><c> forth</c><00:19:10.539><c> as</c><00:19:10.720><c> the</c><00:19:10.920><c> morning,</c>

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and<00:19:11.779><c> thine</c><00:19:11.940><c> health</c><00:19:12.279><c> shall</c><00:19:12.480><c> bring</c><00:19:12.740><c> forth</c><00:19:13.099><c> speedily,</c>

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and<00:19:14.160><c> thy</c><00:19:14.359><c> righteousness</c><00:19:14.960><c> shall</c><00:19:15.240><c> go</c><00:19:15.500><c> before</c><00:19:15.920><c> thee.</c>

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The<00:19:16.900><c> glory</c><00:19:17.180><c> of</c><00:19:17.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:17.859><c> shall</c><00:19:18.079><c> be</c><00:19:18.359><c> thy</c><00:19:18.539><c> reward.</c>

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You<00:19:21.019><c> see,</c><00:19:21.180><c> it's</c><00:19:21.400><c> a</c><00:19:21.640><c> complete</c><00:19:21.880><c> change</c><00:19:22.200><c> of</c><00:19:22.500><c> subject</c><00:19:22.839><c> in</c><00:19:23.019><c> verse</c><00:19:23.339><c> 8.</c>

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But<00:19:25.059><c> let</c><00:19:25.240><c> us</c><00:19:25.480><c> note</c><00:19:25.660><c> this.</c>

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From<00:19:26.980><c> verse</c><00:19:27.460><c> 8</c><00:19:27.720><c> right</c><00:19:28.140><c> through</c><00:19:28.440><c> to</c><00:19:28.619><c> the</c><00:19:28.700><c> end</c><00:19:28.880><c> of</c><00:19:29.039><c> the</c><00:19:29.140><c> chapter</c>

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in<00:19:29.619><c> verse</c><00:19:29.859><c> 14,</c>

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he<00:19:31.259><c> is</c><00:19:31.619><c> not</c><00:19:32.059><c> speaking</c><00:19:32.539><c> of</c><00:19:32.759><c> the</c><00:19:32.960><c> generation</c><00:19:33.759><c> whom</c><00:19:34.160><c> he</c><00:19:34.420><c> faced</c><00:19:34.720><c> here,</c>

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and<00:19:35.680><c> God</c><00:19:36.000><c> said</c><00:19:36.240><c> to</c><00:19:36.380><c> him,</c>

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Cry<00:19:37.059><c> aloud</c><00:19:37.440><c> and</c><00:19:37.799><c> spare</c><00:19:38.140><c> not,</c>

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lift<00:19:39.039><c> up</c><00:19:39.279><c> thy</c><00:19:39.460><c> voice</c><00:19:39.759><c> like</c><00:19:40.059><c> a</c><00:19:40.279><c> trumpet,</c>

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and<00:19:40.960><c> show</c><00:19:41.339><c> my</c><00:19:41.640><c> people</c><00:19:41.940><c> their</c><00:19:42.240><c> transgression.</c>

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He's<00:19:43.440><c> not</c><00:19:43.640><c> speaking</c><00:19:43.960><c> of</c><00:19:44.160><c> these</c><00:19:44.380><c> people,</c>

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because<00:19:45.799><c> they</c><00:19:46.019><c> were</c><00:19:46.180><c> going</c><00:19:46.259><c> to</c><00:19:46.420><c> be</c><00:19:46.599><c> swept</c><00:19:46.759><c> away</c><00:19:47.079><c> by</c><00:19:47.299><c> the</c><00:19:47.500><c> Babylonians.</c>

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The<00:19:49.420><c> prophet</c><00:19:49.660><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:50.220><c> and</c><00:19:50.740><c> other</c><00:19:51.019><c> prophets</c><00:19:51.359><c> spoke</c><00:19:51.720><c> to</c><00:19:51.920><c> that</c><00:19:52.119><c> generation</c>

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and<00:19:53.539><c> did</c><00:19:53.700><c> everything</c><00:19:54.059><c> they</c><00:19:54.339><c> possibly</c><00:19:54.799><c> could</c>

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to<00:19:55.779><c> get</c><00:19:56.000><c> them</c><00:19:56.200><c> to</c><00:19:56.700><c> see</c><00:19:56.980><c> the</c><00:19:57.319><c> old</c><00:19:57.700><c> paths,</c>

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to<00:19:59.160><c> walk</c><00:19:59.559><c> in</c><00:19:59.839><c> the</c><00:20:00.059><c> way,</c>

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to<00:20:01.420><c> stand</c><00:20:01.940><c> still,</c>

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to<00:20:03.099><c> see,</c>

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to<00:20:04.240><c> look,</c>

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to<00:20:05.059><c> inquire,</c>

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and<00:20:06.460><c> to</c><00:20:06.779><c> walk</c><00:20:06.980><c> in</c><00:20:07.180><c> the</c><00:20:07.299><c> way</c><00:20:07.519><c> that</c><00:20:07.720><c> God</c><00:20:07.940><c> had</c><00:20:08.240><c> established.</c>

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They<00:20:09.240><c> did</c><00:20:09.500><c> everything</c><00:20:10.019><c> they</c><00:20:10.480><c> could</c><00:20:10.619><c> to</c><00:20:10.819><c> get</c><00:20:10.940><c> those</c><00:20:11.259><c> people</c><00:20:11.539><c> to</c>

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do<00:20:11.900><c> that,</c>

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but<00:20:12.720><c> without</c><00:20:13.099><c> success.</c>

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So<00:20:14.940><c> in</c><00:20:15.160><c> verse</c><00:20:15.440><c> 8,</c><00:20:16.079><c> right</c><00:20:16.359><c> through</c><00:20:16.599><c> to</c><00:20:16.759><c> the</c><00:20:16.799><c> end</c><00:20:16.960><c> of</c><00:20:17.099><c> the</c><00:20:17.240><c> chapter,</c>

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Isaiah<00:20:18.720><c> is</c><00:20:18.900><c> not</c><00:20:19.079><c> speaking</c><00:20:19.440><c> about</c><00:20:19.740><c> these</c><00:20:20.039><c> people.</c>

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They<00:20:21.259><c> will</c><00:20:21.480><c> have</c><00:20:21.660><c> no</c><00:20:22.000><c> part</c><00:20:22.279><c> in</c><00:20:22.500><c> that</c><00:20:22.799><c> kingdom</c><00:20:23.059><c> that</c><00:20:23.220><c> is</c><00:20:23.420><c> to</c><00:20:23.619><c> come.</c>

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They<00:20:24.960><c> will</c><00:20:25.220><c> not</c><00:20:25.440><c> see</c><00:20:25.660><c> the</c><00:20:26.059><c> glory</c><00:20:26.539><c> of</c><00:20:27.059><c> Messiah's</c><00:20:27.880><c> reign</c><00:20:28.059><c> upon</c>

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the<00:20:28.599><c> earth.</c>

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They<00:20:30.359><c> are</c><00:20:30.640><c> a</c><00:20:30.819><c> people</c><00:20:31.079><c> rejected,</c>

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because<00:20:32.960><c> they</c><00:20:33.380><c> rejected</c><00:20:33.920><c> their</c><00:20:34.400><c> God.</c>

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And<00:20:36.339><c> so</c><00:20:36.579><c> from</c><00:20:36.859><c> verse</c><00:20:37.220><c> 8</c><00:20:37.400><c> on</c><00:20:37.599><c> is</c><00:20:37.799><c> giving</c><00:20:37.980><c> us</c><00:20:38.220><c> a</c><00:20:38.420><c> picture</c>

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of<00:20:39.339><c> the</c><00:20:39.599><c> time</c><00:20:39.819><c> when</c><00:20:40.059><c> Messiah</c><00:20:40.619><c> will</c><00:20:41.000><c> reign</c><00:20:41.220><c> from</c><00:20:41.460><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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not<00:20:42.660><c> only</c><00:20:42.960><c> over</c><00:20:43.259><c> all</c><00:20:43.420><c> Israel,</c>

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but<00:20:44.259><c> over</c><00:20:44.519><c> a</c><00:20:44.819><c> world</c><00:20:44.960><c> of</c><00:20:45.259><c> peace.</c>

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And<00:20:46.799><c> then</c><00:20:46.900><c> there</c><00:20:47.019><c> will</c><00:20:47.200><c> be</c><00:20:47.400><c> a</c><00:20:47.559><c> rejuvenated</c><00:20:48.200><c> Israel.</c>

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There<00:20:49.420><c> will</c><00:20:49.640><c> be</c><00:20:49.819><c> a</c><00:20:49.940><c> new</c><00:20:50.079><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:20:51.640><c> you</c><00:20:51.859><c> see,</c><00:20:52.039><c> that</c><00:20:52.140><c> is</c><00:20:52.400><c> one</c><00:20:52.599><c> reason</c><00:20:53.019><c> why</c>

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Isaiah<00:20:54.519><c> begins</c><00:20:55.200><c> his</c><00:20:55.559><c> prophecy</c>

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Hear,<00:20:58.619><c> O</c><00:20:58.680><c> heaven,</c>

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and<00:21:00.440><c> give</c><00:21:00.640><c> ear,</c><00:21:01.000><c> O</c><00:21:01.180><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:21:03.000><c> we</c><00:21:03.200><c> understand</c><00:21:03.759><c> the</c><00:21:03.980><c> symbolic</c><00:21:04.480><c> importance</c>

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of<00:21:06.079><c> those</c><00:21:06.599><c> particular</c><00:21:07.380><c> terms.</c>

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The<00:21:12.700><c> king,</c><00:21:13.619><c> his</c><00:21:13.960><c> counselors,</c><00:21:14.920><c> the</c><00:21:15.220><c> priests,</c>

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the<00:21:16.599><c> men</c><00:21:16.799><c> of</c><00:21:17.059><c> authority</c><00:21:17.579><c> and</c><00:21:18.019><c> standing</c><00:21:18.259><c> within</c><00:21:18.559><c> the</c><00:21:18.819><c> community,</c>

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they<00:21:19.599><c> were</c><00:21:19.799><c> the</c><00:21:19.960><c> heavens.</c>

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The<00:21:21.339><c> earth</c><00:21:21.660><c> are</c><00:21:21.819><c> the</c><00:21:22.019><c> people,</c><00:21:22.720><c> the</c><00:21:22.940><c> subjects</c><00:21:23.339><c> of</c><00:21:23.539><c> the</c><00:21:23.700><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:21:25.240><c> so</c><00:21:25.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:25.839><c> appeals</c><00:21:26.519><c> to</c><00:21:26.759><c> them</c><00:21:27.740><c> with</c><00:21:28.119><c> an</c><00:21:28.460><c> anguished</c><00:21:28.900><c> heart,</c>

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and<00:21:30.640><c> he</c><00:21:30.920><c> cries</c><00:21:31.180><c> out</c><00:21:31.460><c> to</c><00:21:31.559><c> them,</c>

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Hear,<00:21:32.359><c> O</c><00:21:32.380><c> heavens,</c><00:21:33.079><c> and</c><00:21:33.299><c> give</c><00:21:33.519><c> ear,</c><00:21:33.880><c> O</c><00:21:34.039><c> earth.</c>

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But<00:21:36.059><c> they</c><00:21:36.400><c> fail</c><00:21:36.680><c> to</c><00:21:36.880><c> listen,</c>

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and<00:21:38.319><c> they</c><00:21:38.599><c> fail</c><00:21:38.819><c> to</c><00:21:39.119><c> honor</c><00:21:39.319><c> the</c><00:21:39.660><c> things</c>

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that<00:21:40.819><c> they</c><00:21:41.059><c> were</c><00:21:41.259><c> taught</c><00:21:41.480><c> by</c><00:21:41.740><c> the</c><00:21:41.940><c> prophet</c><00:21:42.160><c> Isaiah</c>

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and<00:21:43.039><c> other</c><00:21:43.380><c> prophets</c><00:21:43.720><c> that</c><00:21:43.960><c> were</c><00:21:44.180><c> contemporary</c><00:21:44.839><c> with</c><00:21:45.119><c> him.</c>

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And<00:21:46.740><c> so</c><00:21:46.980><c> in</c><00:21:47.279><c> the</c><00:21:47.920><c> closing</c><00:21:48.460><c> section</c><00:21:48.920><c> of</c><00:21:49.160><c> Isaiah's</c><00:21:49.839><c> prophecy,</c>

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we're<00:21:51.380><c> all</c><00:21:51.660><c> aware</c><00:21:51.880><c> of</c><00:21:52.119><c> the</c><00:21:52.240><c> fact</c><00:21:52.400><c> that</c><00:21:52.579><c> he</c><00:21:52.759><c> says,</c>

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Behold,<00:21:54.400><c> God</c><00:21:54.799><c> shall</c><00:21:55.099><c> create</c><00:21:55.660><c> a</c><00:21:56.180><c> new</c><00:21:56.380><c> heavens</c><00:21:56.700><c> and</c><00:21:56.920><c> a</c><00:21:57.099><c> new</c><00:21:57.240><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:21:59.099><c> that's</c><00:21:59.460><c> saying</c><00:21:59.579><c> the</c><00:21:59.880><c> same</c><00:22:00.059><c> as</c><00:22:00.299><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:00.720><c> 58</c><00:22:01.240><c> is</c><00:22:01.539><c> saying.</c>

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That<00:22:02.940><c> because</c><00:22:03.440><c> the</c><00:22:03.700><c> heavens</c><00:22:03.960><c> and</c><00:22:04.160><c> the</c><00:22:04.359><c> earth</c><00:22:04.539><c> of</c><00:22:04.819><c> Isaiah's</c><00:22:05.500><c> time</c>

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would<00:22:06.819><c> not</c><00:22:07.140><c> hear</c><00:22:07.420><c> the</c><00:22:07.599><c> word</c><00:22:07.759><c> of</c><00:22:08.019><c> God,</c>

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would<00:22:08.700><c> not</c><00:22:08.960><c> listen</c><00:22:09.259><c> to</c><00:22:09.460><c> the</c><00:22:09.640><c> counsel</c><00:22:09.980><c> of</c><00:22:10.140><c> the</c><00:22:10.259><c> prophets,</c>

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they<00:22:11.019><c> would</c><00:22:11.299><c> be</c><00:22:11.640><c> swept</c><00:22:11.839><c> away</c><00:22:12.220><c> in</c><00:22:12.400><c> the</c><00:22:12.660><c> judgments</c>

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that<00:22:13.299><c> God</c><00:22:13.500><c> would</c><00:22:13.720><c> bring</c><00:22:13.839><c> upon</c><00:22:14.119><c> them</c>

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at<00:22:14.859><c> the</c><00:22:15.019><c> hands</c><00:22:15.220><c> of</c><00:22:15.420><c> the</c><00:22:15.559><c> Babylonians.</c>

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But<00:22:16.799><c> ultimately,</c><00:22:18.160><c> and</c><00:22:18.279><c> all</c><00:22:18.460><c> those</c><00:22:18.799><c> closing</c><00:22:19.240><c> chapters</c>

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deal<00:22:20.519><c> with</c><00:22:20.759><c> the</c><00:22:21.039><c> glory</c><00:22:21.319><c> of</c><00:22:21.599><c> Messiah's</c><00:22:22.259><c> reign</c>

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and<00:22:23.279><c> the</c><00:22:23.539><c> coming</c><00:22:23.839><c> of</c><00:22:24.299><c> the</c><00:22:24.519><c> one</c>

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who<00:22:26.099><c> was</c><00:22:26.420><c> described</c><00:22:27.400><c> as</c><00:22:27.720><c> the</c><00:22:28.079><c> servant</c><00:22:28.420><c> of</c><00:22:28.700><c> Yahweh.</c>

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Behold<00:22:30.019><c> my</c><00:22:30.519><c> servant</c><00:22:30.960><c> whom</c><00:22:31.200><c> I</c><00:22:31.440><c> uphold.</c>

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The<00:22:33.019><c> servant</c><00:22:33.400><c> prophecies</c><00:22:34.019><c> that</c><00:22:34.259><c> go</c><00:22:34.420><c> from</c><00:22:34.700><c> the</c><00:22:35.059><c> 40th</c><00:22:35.559><c> chapter</c>

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right<00:22:36.559><c> through</c><00:22:36.859><c> to</c><00:22:37.140><c> the</c><00:22:37.500><c> end</c><00:22:37.740><c> of</c><00:22:38.019><c> the</c><00:22:38.359><c> ministry</c><00:22:38.779><c> of</c><00:22:39.359><c> Isaiah.</c>

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Those<00:22:40.240><c> wonderful</c><00:22:41.319><c> prophecies,</c><00:22:41.900><c> although</c><00:22:42.140><c> they</c><00:22:42.440><c> do</c><00:22:42.599><c> disperse</c>

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with<00:22:43.839><c> the</c><00:22:43.920><c> details</c><00:22:44.539><c> concerning</c><00:22:45.240><c> the</c><00:22:45.900><c> sacrifice</c>

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of<00:22:46.660><c> the</c><00:22:46.740><c> Messiah</c><00:22:47.200><c> as</c><00:22:47.500><c> well.</c>

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They<00:22:48.460><c> all</c><00:22:48.839><c> speak</c><00:22:49.099><c> of</c><00:22:49.259><c> the</c><00:22:49.440><c> Messiah.</c>

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And<00:22:50.880><c> they</c><00:22:51.000><c> end</c><00:22:51.220><c> with</c><00:22:51.339><c> his</c><00:22:51.519><c> coming</c><00:22:51.880><c> reign.</c>

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And<00:22:52.839><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:53.279><c> says</c><00:22:53.680><c> in</c><00:22:54.019><c> effect</c><00:22:54.319><c> in</c><00:22:54.480><c> those</c><00:22:54.740><c> closing</c><00:22:55.099><c> words,</c>

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because<00:22:56.519><c> this</c><00:22:57.099><c> heaven</c><00:22:57.380><c> and</c><00:22:57.599><c> earth</c>

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will<00:22:58.880><c> not</c><00:22:59.119><c> receive</c><00:22:59.539><c> the</c><00:22:59.720><c> words</c><00:22:59.960><c> of</c><00:23:00.200><c> God.</c>

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God<00:23:01.640><c> will</c><00:23:02.039><c> create</c><00:23:02.599><c> a</c><00:23:03.079><c> new</c><00:23:03.339><c> heaven</c><00:23:03.700><c> and</c><00:23:04.019><c> a</c><00:23:04.160><c> new</c><00:23:04.319><c> earth.</c>

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What<00:23:04.819><c> he</c><00:23:05.019><c> means</c><00:23:05.259><c> is</c><00:23:05.559><c> a</c><00:23:05.720><c> new</c><00:23:05.920><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:23:07.799><c> of</c><00:23:07.980><c> course,</c><00:23:08.259><c> primarily</c><00:23:08.799><c> it</c><00:23:09.119><c> refers</c><00:23:09.380><c> to</c><00:23:09.759><c> spiritual</c><00:23:10.160><c> Israel.</c>

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It<00:23:11.880><c> refers</c><00:23:12.279><c> to</c><00:23:12.559><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:23:14.519><c> you</c><00:23:14.640><c> know,</c><00:23:14.839><c> when</c><00:23:14.940><c> you</c><00:23:15.220><c> take</c><00:23:15.460><c> passages</c><00:23:15.920><c> like</c><00:23:16.720><c> Exodus</c><00:23:17.440><c> 19,</c>

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verse<00:23:18.640><c> 5</c><00:23:18.960><c> and</c><00:23:19.119><c> 6,</c>

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where<00:23:20.599><c> God</c><00:23:20.880><c> says,</c><00:23:21.319><c> if</c><00:23:21.319><c> you</c><00:23:21.539><c> will</c><00:23:21.700><c> obey</c><00:23:21.900><c> my</c><00:23:22.240><c> voice,</c>

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you<00:23:22.960><c> will</c><00:23:23.160><c> be</c><00:23:23.299><c> under</c><00:23:23.519><c> me</c><00:23:23.740><c> a</c><00:23:23.980><c> kingdom</c><00:23:24.220><c> of</c><00:23:24.519><c> priests</c>

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and<00:23:25.000><c> a</c><00:23:25.180><c> holy</c><00:23:25.359><c> nation</c><00:23:25.819><c> and</c><00:23:26.140><c> a</c><00:23:26.400><c> peculiar</c><00:23:26.759><c> people.</c>

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And<00:23:28.680><c> in</c><00:23:28.839><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:23:29.380><c> 7</c><00:23:29.859><c> and</c><00:23:30.140><c> verse</c><00:23:30.420><c> 4</c><00:23:30.859><c> and</c><00:23:31.059><c> verse</c><00:23:31.359><c> 6,</c>

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you<00:23:32.000><c> will</c><00:23:32.240><c> find</c><00:23:32.359><c> very</c><00:23:32.680><c> similar</c><00:23:33.000><c> words.</c>

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And<00:23:34.619><c> we're</c><00:23:35.000><c> surely</c><00:23:35.180><c> all</c><00:23:35.480><c> aware</c><00:23:35.740><c> of</c><00:23:35.920><c> the</c><00:23:36.059><c> fact</c>

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that<00:23:36.359><c> the</c><00:23:36.559><c> Apostle</c><00:23:37.039><c> Peter</c><00:23:37.400><c> in</c><00:23:37.680><c> his</c><00:23:37.960><c> first</c><00:23:38.339><c> epistle</c>

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takes<00:23:39.339><c> those</c><00:23:39.759><c> words</c><00:23:40.220><c> out</c><00:23:40.640><c> of</c><00:23:40.900><c> Exodus,</c>

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links<00:23:42.180><c> them</c><00:23:42.400><c> with</c><00:23:42.619><c> the</c><00:23:42.779><c> words</c><00:23:43.000><c> from</c><00:23:43.279><c> Deuteronomy,</c>

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puts<00:23:44.500><c> them</c><00:23:44.759><c> down</c><00:23:45.000><c> in</c><00:23:45.160><c> his</c><00:23:45.359><c> epistle,</c>

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and<00:23:46.180><c> he</c><00:23:46.519><c> applies</c><00:23:46.819><c> them</c><00:23:46.980><c> to</c><00:23:47.200><c> us.</c>

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And<00:23:50.480><c> he</c><00:23:50.720><c> says,</c><00:23:51.000><c> you</c><00:23:51.180><c> people</c><00:23:51.579><c> who</c><00:23:51.799><c> have</c><00:23:51.900><c> now</c><00:23:52.180><c> become</c>

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brothers<00:23:54.220><c> and</c><00:23:54.559><c> sisters</c><00:23:54.859><c> of</c><00:23:55.099><c> Christ,</c>

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who<00:23:56.680><c> have</c><00:23:56.839><c> been</c><00:23:57.140><c> brought</c><00:23:57.359><c> into</c><00:23:57.599><c> a</c><00:23:57.940><c> covenant</c><00:23:58.220><c> relationship</c>

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with<00:23:59.220><c> the</c><00:23:59.380><c> God</c><00:23:59.519><c> of</c><00:23:59.720><c> Israel,</c><00:24:00.420><c> with</c><00:24:00.559><c> a</c><00:24:00.799><c> new</c><00:24:01.059><c> covenant,</c>

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through<00:24:02.380><c> a</c><00:24:02.640><c> new</c><00:24:02.799><c> lawgiver,</c><00:24:03.500><c> the</c><00:24:03.579><c> Lord</c><00:24:03.799><c> Jesus</c><00:24:04.299><c> Christ,</c>

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you<00:24:06.480><c> are</c><00:24:06.799><c> now</c><00:24:07.539><c> the</c><00:24:07.900><c> ones</c><00:24:08.140><c> who</c><00:24:08.400><c> replaced</c><00:24:08.819><c> the</c><00:24:09.099><c> people</c>

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who<00:24:09.640><c> failed</c><00:24:09.880><c> to</c><00:24:10.059><c> honor</c><00:24:10.200><c> their</c><00:24:10.420><c> God.</c>

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And<00:24:12.339><c> in</c><00:24:12.480><c> that</c><00:24:12.779><c> sense,</c><00:24:13.319><c> the</c><00:24:13.400><c> warning</c><00:24:13.660><c> of</c><00:24:13.880><c> the</c><00:24:14.099><c> prophets</c><00:24:14.319><c> to</c><00:24:14.519><c> us</c><00:24:14.779><c> today</c>

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is<00:24:15.400><c> to</c><00:24:15.599><c> remember</c><00:24:16.279><c> that</c><00:24:17.839><c> as</c><00:24:18.180><c> Israel</c><00:24:18.759><c> failed</c><00:24:19.460><c> to</c><00:24:19.779><c> honor</c>

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the<00:24:20.180><c> terms</c><00:24:20.440><c> of</c><00:24:20.599><c> their</c><00:24:20.859><c> covenant,</c>

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and<00:24:22.559><c> therefore</c><00:24:23.019><c> suffered</c><00:24:23.779><c> the</c><00:24:24.119><c> effects</c><00:24:24.579><c> of</c><00:24:24.819><c> that,</c>

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and<00:24:26.940><c> were</c><00:24:27.140><c> rejected</c><00:24:27.660><c> by</c><00:24:27.980><c> their</c><00:24:28.220><c> God,</c>

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so<00:24:29.880><c> we</c><00:24:30.099><c> are</c><00:24:30.380><c> to</c><00:24:30.640><c> learn</c><00:24:31.039><c> the</c><00:24:31.299><c> lessons</c><00:24:31.680><c> from</c><00:24:31.960><c> their</c><00:24:32.160><c> failure</c>

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and<00:24:33.740><c> to</c><00:24:33.900><c> be</c><00:24:34.140><c> sure</c><00:24:34.339><c> that</c><00:24:34.619><c> we</c><00:24:35.039><c> strive</c><00:24:35.859><c> earnestly</c>

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to<00:24:37.079><c> remain</c><00:24:37.500><c> faithful</c><00:24:38.160><c> to</c><00:24:38.380><c> the</c><00:24:38.599><c> things</c>

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and<00:24:39.859><c> the</c><00:24:40.119><c> terms</c><00:24:40.359><c> of</c><00:24:40.559><c> the</c><00:24:40.859><c> covenant</c>

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that<00:24:41.359><c> we</c><00:24:41.519><c> have</c><00:24:41.660><c> made</c><00:24:41.839><c> with</c><00:24:42.079><c> our</c><00:24:42.339><c> God,</c>

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that<00:24:44.279><c> we</c><00:24:44.480><c> will</c><00:24:44.759><c> commit</c><00:24:45.099><c> ourselves</c><00:24:45.880><c> wholly</c><00:24:46.519><c> to</c><00:24:46.900><c> Him</c>

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and<00:24:47.579><c> to</c><00:24:47.720><c> His</c><00:24:47.940><c> service,</c>

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that<00:24:49.779><c> we</c><00:24:50.000><c> will</c><00:24:50.299><c> honor</c><00:24:50.559><c> Him</c>

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through<00:24:52.019><c> His</c><00:24:52.319><c> Son,</c><00:24:52.619><c> the</c><00:24:52.660><c> Lord</c><00:24:52.900><c> Jesus</c><00:24:53.380><c> Christ,</c>

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that<00:24:54.940><c> we</c><00:24:55.140><c> will</c><00:24:55.460><c> strive</c><00:24:55.859><c> to</c><00:24:56.200><c> develop</c><00:24:56.500><c> the</c><00:24:56.920><c> characters</c>

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of<00:24:57.759><c> godliness</c><00:24:58.500><c> that</c><00:24:58.900><c> He</c><00:24:59.019><c> wishes</c><00:24:59.380><c> to</c><00:24:59.700><c> see</c><00:24:59.839><c> in</c><00:24:59.960><c> us,</c>

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that<00:25:01.880><c> we</c><00:25:02.119><c> will</c><00:25:02.420><c> repudiate</c><00:25:02.940><c> those</c><00:25:03.339><c> things</c>

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that<00:25:04.240><c> are</c><00:25:04.480><c> distasteful</c><00:25:05.079><c> to</c><00:25:05.220><c> God</c>

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and<00:25:05.579><c> that</c><00:25:05.640><c> He</c><00:25:05.819><c> would</c><00:25:06.059><c> repudiate,</c>

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and<00:25:07.759><c> that</c><00:25:07.859><c> we</c><00:25:08.000><c> will</c><00:25:08.299><c> honor</c><00:25:08.519><c> His</c><00:25:08.839><c> ways</c>

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and<00:25:09.839><c> walk</c><00:25:10.200><c> according</c><00:25:10.680><c> to</c><00:25:10.880><c> His</c><00:25:11.099><c> will</c>

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for<00:25:11.819><c> the</c><00:25:12.119><c> honor</c><00:25:12.339><c> and</c><00:25:12.579><c> glory</c><00:25:12.880><c> of</c><00:25:13.119><c> His</c><00:25:13.339><c> name.</c>

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That<00:25:14.460><c> is</c><00:25:14.640><c> how</c><00:25:14.859><c> we</c><00:25:15.099><c> find</c><00:25:15.480><c> those</c><00:25:16.000><c> passages</c>

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taken<00:25:16.859><c> from</c><00:25:17.059><c> the</c><00:25:17.240><c> Old</c><00:25:17.460><c> Testament</c><00:25:17.799><c> Scriptures</c>

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and<00:25:19.359><c> applied</c><00:25:19.660><c> now</c><00:25:20.299><c> to</c><00:25:20.660><c> those</c><00:25:20.940><c> who</c><00:25:21.220><c> are</c><00:25:21.579><c> in</c><00:25:21.940><c> Christ</c>

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as<00:25:22.700><c> the</c><00:25:22.920><c> new</c><00:25:23.259><c> Israel</c><00:25:23.720><c> of</c><00:25:23.920><c> God.</c>

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But<00:25:25.160><c> of</c><00:25:25.420><c> course</c><00:25:25.579><c> there</c><00:25:25.740><c> will</c><00:25:25.900><c> be</c><00:25:26.059><c> another</c><00:25:26.440><c> new</c><00:25:26.779><c> Israel</c><00:25:27.279><c> of</c><00:25:27.539><c> God</c>

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of<00:25:28.259><c> which</c><00:25:28.440><c> the</c><00:25:28.720><c> prophet</c><00:25:28.920><c> speaks</c><00:25:29.380><c> in</c><00:25:29.799><c> chapter</c><00:25:30.140><c> 58</c>

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from<00:25:31.200><c> verse</c><00:25:31.579><c> 8</c><00:25:31.940><c> to</c><00:25:32.200><c> the</c><00:25:32.339><c> end</c><00:25:32.519><c> of</c><00:25:32.660><c> the</c><00:25:32.819><c> chapter.</c>

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There<00:25:34.180><c> will</c><00:25:34.380><c> be</c><00:25:34.539><c> a</c><00:25:34.859><c> rejuvenated</c><00:25:35.779><c> national</c><00:25:36.539><c> Israel,</c>

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that<00:25:37.480><c> is</c><00:25:37.740><c> Israel</c><00:25:38.200><c> after</c><00:25:38.519><c> the</c><00:25:38.799><c> flesh,</c>

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when<00:25:40.019><c> they</c><00:25:40.259><c> are</c><00:25:40.579><c> enlightened</c><00:25:41.099><c> with</c><00:25:41.339><c> the</c><00:25:41.579><c> truth,</c>

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when<00:25:42.680><c> they</c><00:25:43.000><c> come</c><00:25:43.240><c> before</c><00:25:43.640><c> the</c><00:25:43.819><c> Lord</c><00:25:44.019><c> Jesus</c><00:25:44.500><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:25:45.299><c> they</c><00:25:45.559><c> say,</c>

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what<00:25:46.119><c> are</c><00:25:46.240><c> these</c><00:25:46.519><c> wounds</c><00:25:46.900><c> in</c><00:25:47.099><c> my</c><00:25:47.279><c> hands</c><00:25:47.559><c> and</c><00:25:47.799><c> my</c><00:25:48.059><c> feet?</c>

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And<00:25:49.740><c> when</c><00:25:49.859><c> as</c><00:25:50.039><c> we</c><00:25:50.200><c> know</c><00:25:50.339><c> the</c><00:25:50.599><c> prophets</c><00:25:50.859><c> tell</c><00:25:51.140><c> us,</c>

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they<00:25:51.759><c> will</c><00:25:52.019><c> become</c><00:25:52.299><c> enlightened</c><00:25:52.940><c> concerning</c><00:25:53.519><c> the</c><00:25:53.799><c> truth.</c>

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They<00:25:55.079><c> will</c><00:25:55.359><c> become</c><00:25:55.640><c> a</c><00:25:55.880><c> new</c><00:25:56.079><c> people,</c>

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a<00:25:57.059><c> rejuvenated</c><00:25:57.799><c> people</c><00:25:58.220><c> spiritually,</c>

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and<00:25:59.640><c> they</c><00:25:59.799><c> will</c><00:25:59.980><c> accept</c><00:26:00.299><c> the</c><00:26:00.480><c> Lord</c><00:26:00.700><c> Jesus</c><00:26:01.200><c> Christ</c>

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as<00:26:02.160><c> their</c><00:26:02.339><c> Messiah</c><00:26:02.940><c> and</c><00:26:03.460><c> their</c><00:26:03.779><c> Savior</c><00:26:04.180><c> and</c><00:26:04.680><c> their</c><00:26:05.000><c> King.</c>

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That<00:26:06.319><c> will</c><00:26:06.539><c> be</c><00:26:06.740><c> a</c><00:26:06.859><c> new</c><00:26:06.980><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:26:08.640><c> so</c><00:26:08.779><c> in</c><00:26:08.940><c> these</c><00:26:09.220><c> ways</c><00:26:09.519><c> the</c><00:26:09.720><c> message</c><00:26:10.200><c> of</c><00:26:10.519><c> the</c><00:26:10.740><c> prophets</c>

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comes<00:26:11.339><c> down</c><00:26:11.579><c> to</c><00:26:11.700><c> us</c><00:26:11.940><c> today.</c>

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When<00:26:13.039><c> we</c><00:26:13.160><c> look</c><00:26:13.259><c> at</c><00:26:13.339><c> those</c><00:26:13.599><c> opening</c><00:26:13.920><c> words</c><00:26:14.319><c> in</c><00:26:14.539><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:15.119><c> chapter</c><00:26:15.680><c> 58,</c>

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it's<00:26:17.059><c> worth</c><00:26:17.339><c> bearing</c><00:26:17.640><c> in</c><00:26:17.920><c> mind</c>

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that<00:26:18.720><c> when</c><00:26:18.900><c> they</c><00:26:19.180><c> open</c><00:26:19.339><c> with</c><00:26:19.539><c> the</c><00:26:19.720><c> words</c>

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cry<00:26:20.380><c> aloud</c><00:26:20.740><c> and</c><00:26:21.119><c> spare</c><00:26:21.319><c> not.</c>

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We<00:26:22.539><c> should</c><00:26:22.759><c> really</c><00:26:23.059><c> look</c><00:26:23.279><c> first</c><00:26:23.640><c> of</c><00:26:23.839><c> all</c>

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at<00:26:24.519><c> the</c><00:26:24.859><c> closing</c><00:26:25.279><c> words</c><00:26:25.900><c> of</c><00:26:26.359><c> chapter</c><00:26:26.700><c> 57</c>

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because<00:26:28.359><c> we</c><00:26:28.619><c> believe</c><00:26:28.920><c> that</c><00:26:29.119><c> they</c><00:26:29.279><c> are</c><00:26:29.400><c> linked</c><00:26:29.559><c> together.</c>

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We<00:26:31.460><c> do</c><00:26:31.640><c> not</c><00:26:31.759><c> believe</c><00:26:32.140><c> that</c><00:26:32.319><c> there</c><00:26:32.519><c> should</c><00:26:32.740><c> really</c><00:26:33.039><c> be</c><00:26:33.240><c> a</c><00:26:33.519><c> break</c>

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in<00:26:34.220><c> the</c><00:26:34.420><c> narrative</c><00:26:34.779><c> in</c><00:26:35.259><c> chapter</c><00:26:35.579><c> 58,</c>

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although<00:26:36.940><c> of</c><00:26:37.160><c> course</c><00:26:37.380><c> we</c><00:26:37.640><c> understand</c>

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and<00:26:38.720><c> respect</c><00:26:39.140><c> the</c><00:26:39.380><c> fact</c><00:26:39.519><c> that</c><00:26:39.720><c> the</c><00:26:40.039><c> translators</c>

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did<00:26:41.039><c> have</c><00:26:41.240><c> to</c><00:26:41.400><c> divide</c><00:26:41.700><c> the</c><00:26:41.940><c> scriptures</c><00:26:42.240><c> up</c><00:26:42.500><c> into</c><00:26:42.779><c> sections</c>

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so<00:26:43.740><c> that</c><00:26:43.880><c> we</c><00:26:44.000><c> would</c><00:26:44.119><c> be</c><00:26:44.279><c> able</c><00:26:44.420><c> to</c><00:26:44.680><c> find</c><00:26:44.799><c> our</c><00:26:45.319><c> way</c><00:26:45.579><c> around</c><00:26:45.960><c> them</c>

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more<00:26:46.960><c> readily</c><00:26:47.279><c> and</c><00:26:47.500><c> more</c><00:26:47.720><c> easily.</c>

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But<00:26:48.920><c> sometimes</c><00:26:49.619><c> they</c><00:26:49.980><c> tend</c><00:26:50.259><c> to</c><00:26:50.619><c> take</c><00:26:50.799><c> a</c><00:26:51.400><c> passage</c>

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and<00:26:52.480><c> break</c><00:26:52.799><c> it</c><00:26:53.019><c> into</c><00:26:53.200><c> chapters</c><00:26:53.759><c> where</c><00:26:54.259><c> it</c><00:26:54.380><c> doesn't</c><00:26:54.779><c> really</c><00:26:55.680><c> belong.</c>

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We're<00:26:56.960><c> better</c><00:26:57.200><c> off</c><00:26:57.420><c> without</c><00:26:57.740><c> a</c><00:26:57.980><c> break</c><00:26:58.180><c> in</c><00:26:58.420><c> the</c><00:26:58.579><c> narrative.</c>

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You<00:26:59.640><c> know,</c><00:26:59.859><c> in</c><00:26:59.960><c> verse</c><00:27:00.240><c> 20</c><00:27:00.599><c> and</c><00:27:00.700><c> 21,</c>

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I<00:27:02.380><c> know</c><00:27:02.559><c> that</c><00:27:02.720><c> in</c><00:27:02.859><c> Australia</c><00:27:03.299><c> we</c><00:27:03.519><c> use</c><00:27:03.740><c> these</c><00:27:04.039><c> verses</c>

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a<00:27:04.640><c> lot</c><00:27:04.759><c> in</c><00:27:05.019><c> public</c><00:27:05.380><c> lectures.</c>

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The<00:27:06.940><c> wicked</c><00:27:07.240><c> are</c><00:27:07.460><c> like</c><00:27:07.619><c> the</c><00:27:07.819><c> troubled</c><00:27:08.200><c> sea</c><00:27:08.500><c> when</c><00:27:08.660><c> it</c><00:27:08.920><c> cannot</c><00:27:09.099><c> rest,</c>

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whose<00:27:10.579><c> waters</c><00:27:10.900><c> cast</c><00:27:11.359><c> up</c><00:27:11.859><c> mire</c><00:27:12.339><c> and</c><00:27:12.660><c> dirt.</c>

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There<00:27:13.819><c> is</c><00:27:14.039><c> no</c><00:27:14.400><c> peace,</c><00:27:14.779><c> said</c><00:27:14.960><c> my</c><00:27:15.279><c> God,</c><00:27:15.740><c> to</c><00:27:15.920><c> the</c><00:27:16.099><c> wicked.</c>

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We<00:27:17.180><c> very</c><00:27:17.440><c> often</c><00:27:17.700><c> use</c><00:27:18.019><c> those</c><00:27:18.299><c> words</c><00:27:18.559><c> in</c><00:27:18.779><c> public</c><00:27:19.160><c> lectures</c>

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to<00:27:20.359><c> describe</c><00:27:20.880><c> the</c><00:27:21.240><c> state</c><00:27:21.420><c> of</c><00:27:21.599><c> the</c><00:27:21.759><c> Gentile</c><00:27:22.339><c> world</c>

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in<00:27:23.119><c> these</c><00:27:23.400><c> last</c><00:27:23.799><c> closing</c><00:27:24.140><c> days</c>

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that<00:27:25.019><c> they</c><00:27:25.240><c> can't</c><00:27:25.640><c> find</c><00:27:25.900><c> peace</c><00:27:26.460><c> because</c><00:27:27.200><c> they</c><00:27:27.380><c> don't</c><00:27:27.599><c> know</c><00:27:27.880><c> God</c>

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or<00:27:28.819><c> because</c><00:27:29.059><c> they</c><00:27:29.259><c> don't</c><00:27:29.680><c> have</c><00:27:29.880><c> any</c><00:27:30.119><c> respect</c>

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either<00:27:30.900><c> for</c><00:27:31.140><c> God</c><00:27:31.319><c> or</c><00:27:31.519><c> for</c><00:27:31.700><c> His</c><00:27:31.920><c> Word.</c>

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And<00:27:33.559><c> I</c><00:27:33.940><c> dare</c><00:27:34.119><c> say</c><00:27:34.319><c> there</c><00:27:34.440><c> is</c><00:27:34.660><c> nothing</c><00:27:34.839><c> wrong</c>

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in<00:27:35.380><c> applying</c><00:27:35.799><c> that</c><00:27:36.079><c> principle</c><00:27:36.660><c> of</c><00:27:37.160><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:37.619><c> 57,</c>

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verse<00:27:38.720><c> 20</c><00:27:39.099><c> and</c><00:27:39.240><c> 21,</c><00:27:40.099><c> to</c><00:27:40.119><c> the</c><00:27:40.339><c> world</c><00:27:40.519><c> in</c><00:27:40.680><c> which</c><00:27:40.819><c> we</c><00:27:41.079><c> live.</c>

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:43.339
There's<00:27:42.059><c> no</c><00:27:42.319><c> question</c><00:27:42.700><c> about</c><00:27:42.980><c> the</c><00:27:43.220><c> fact</c>

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.799
that<00:27:43.519><c> the</c><00:27:43.720><c> world</c><00:27:43.880><c> is</c><00:27:44.079><c> in</c><00:27:44.220><c> that</c><00:27:44.440><c> state.</c>

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:47.200
But<00:27:45.579><c> what</c><00:27:45.839><c> we</c><00:27:45.940><c> need</c><00:27:46.140><c> to</c><00:27:46.319><c> ask</c><00:27:46.579><c> ourselves</c>

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is<00:27:47.819><c> to</c><00:27:48.319><c> whom</c><00:27:48.680><c> were</c><00:27:48.839><c> those</c><00:27:49.099><c> words</c><00:27:49.420><c> addressed?</c>

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:54.299
In<00:27:50.920><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:51.420><c> 57,</c><00:27:52.259><c> verse</c><00:27:52.519><c> 20</c><00:27:52.880><c> and</c><00:27:53.059><c> 21,</c>

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:58.240
Isaiah<00:27:55.259><c> was</c><00:27:55.579><c> not</c><00:27:55.900><c> writing</c><00:27:56.220><c> to</c><00:27:56.460><c> the</c><00:27:56.599><c> Gentile</c><00:27:57.140><c> world.</c>

00:27:58.720 --> 00:28:01.059
And<00:27:58.940><c> he</c><00:27:59.420><c> is</c><00:27:59.420><c> not</c><00:27:59.420><c> here</c><00:27:59.759><c> stating</c><00:28:00.039><c> that</c><00:28:00.279><c> he</c><00:28:00.440><c> is</c><00:28:00.619><c> writing</c>

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concerning<00:28:02.099><c> the</c><00:28:03.039><c> darkness</c><00:28:03.539><c> of</c><00:28:03.779><c> the</c><00:28:04.000><c> minds</c><00:28:04.319><c> of</c><00:28:04.519><c> the</c><00:28:04.660><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:08.940
He<00:28:06.819><c> doesn't</c><00:28:07.099><c> either</c><00:28:07.460><c> say</c><00:28:07.779><c> that</c><00:28:07.960><c> or</c><00:28:08.140><c> imply</c><00:28:08.539><c> that.</c>

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:11.720
In<00:28:09.339><c> fact,</c><00:28:09.500><c> when</c><00:28:09.660><c> we</c><00:28:09.819><c> go</c><00:28:09.980><c> right</c><00:28:10.240><c> through</c><00:28:10.500><c> chapter</c><00:28:10.859><c> 57</c>

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.940
in<00:28:12.140><c> its</c><00:28:12.380><c> entirety,</c>

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:15.420
we'll<00:28:13.680><c> find</c><00:28:13.900><c> that</c><00:28:14.059><c> it's</c><00:28:14.279><c> a</c><00:28:14.559><c> continuous</c><00:28:14.960><c> narrative.</c>

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:17.640
And<00:28:15.839><c> it</c><00:28:15.980><c> is</c><00:28:16.220><c> referring</c><00:28:16.759><c> to</c><00:28:17.079><c> the</c><00:28:17.359><c> people</c>

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:19.640
of<00:28:17.859><c> the</c><00:28:18.099><c> kingdom</c><00:28:18.359><c> of</c><00:28:18.640><c> Judah,</c>

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:24.440
those<00:28:21.180><c> to</c><00:28:21.500><c> whom</c><00:28:21.720><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:22.460><c> ministered.</c>

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:27.559
And<00:28:24.740><c> he</c><00:28:24.920><c> is</c><00:28:25.180><c> saying</c><00:28:25.380><c> that</c><00:28:25.619><c> the</c><00:28:25.839><c> wicked</c><00:28:26.140><c> are</c><00:28:26.359><c> like</c><00:28:26.539><c> the</c><00:28:26.880><c> troubled</c><00:28:27.259><c> sea</c>

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:32.240
when<00:28:27.700><c> it</c><00:28:27.980><c> cannot</c><00:28:28.200><c> rest,</c><00:28:29.140><c> whose</c><00:28:29.339><c> waters</c><00:28:29.720><c> cast</c><00:28:30.180><c> up</c><00:28:30.660><c> mire</c><00:28:31.099><c> and</c><00:28:31.440><c> dirt.</c>

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:35.819
There<00:28:32.640><c> is</c><00:28:32.859><c> no</c><00:28:33.220><c> peace,</c><00:28:33.539><c> saith</c><00:28:33.759><c> my</c><00:28:34.200><c> God,</c><00:28:34.559><c> to</c><00:28:34.799><c> the</c><00:28:35.000><c> wicked.</c>

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:40.079
Cry<00:28:36.519><c> aloud,</c><00:28:37.420><c> spear</c><00:28:37.640><c> not,</c><00:28:38.180><c> lift</c><00:28:38.400><c> up</c><00:28:38.680><c> thy</c><00:28:38.940><c> voice</c><00:28:39.259><c> like</c><00:28:39.559><c> a</c><00:28:39.799><c> trumpet,</c>

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:43.839
and<00:28:40.640><c> show</c><00:28:41.339><c> my</c><00:28:41.839><c> people</c><00:28:42.380><c> their</c><00:28:42.759><c> transgression</c>

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:47.980
and<00:28:44.420><c> the</c><00:28:44.680><c> house</c><00:28:44.980><c> of</c><00:28:45.279><c> Jacob</c><00:28:45.779><c> their</c><00:28:46.819><c> sins.</c>

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:51.640
And<00:28:49.059><c> so</c><00:28:49.299><c> that</c><00:28:49.500><c> was</c><00:28:49.759><c> the</c><00:28:50.039><c> state</c><00:28:50.339><c> of</c><00:28:51.099><c> the</c><00:28:51.339><c> people</c>

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:55.019
to<00:28:51.920><c> whom</c><00:28:52.700><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:53.539><c> wrote.</c>

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:57.579
He<00:28:56.180><c> wrote</c><00:28:56.519><c> to</c><00:28:56.720><c> them</c><00:28:56.980><c> telling</c><00:28:57.319><c> them</c>

00:28:57.579 --> 00:29:00.940
that<00:28:57.720><c> there</c><00:28:57.900><c> is</c><00:28:58.220><c> no</c><00:28:58.720><c> peace</c><00:28:59.319><c> to</c><00:28:59.940><c> the</c><00:29:00.099><c> wicked.</c>

00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:04.140
Because<00:29:01.839><c> by</c><00:29:02.180><c> the</c><00:29:02.339><c> very</c><00:29:02.660><c> way</c><00:29:03.000><c> that</c><00:29:03.220><c> they</c><00:29:03.740><c> think</c>

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:06.920
and<00:29:04.799><c> the</c><00:29:04.980><c> very</c><00:29:05.279><c> way</c><00:29:05.660><c> that</c><00:29:05.960><c> they</c><00:29:06.359><c> act,</c>

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:11.319
they<00:29:07.640><c> can</c><00:29:08.099><c> never</c><00:29:08.640><c> find</c><00:29:09.759><c> peace.</c>

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:14.339
And<00:29:12.859><c> so</c><00:29:13.099><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:13.579><c> is</c><00:29:13.859><c> indicating</c>

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that<00:29:15.000><c> it</c><00:29:15.180><c> does</c><00:29:15.539><c> not</c><00:29:15.880><c> pay</c><00:29:16.480><c> to</c><00:29:17.480><c> pursue</c><00:29:18.140><c> a</c><00:29:18.599><c> way</c>

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:22.359
that<00:29:20.099><c> will</c><00:29:20.380><c> result</c><00:29:20.920><c> in</c><00:29:21.180><c> the</c><00:29:21.539><c> breaking</c><00:29:21.859><c> down</c>

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:25.880
of<00:29:22.700><c> divine</c><00:29:23.180><c> principles</c><00:29:23.920><c> and</c><00:29:24.759><c> ideals.</c>

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:31.319
It<00:29:27.059><c> doesn't</c><00:29:27.599><c> pay</c><00:29:28.359><c> to</c><00:29:29.039><c> be</c><00:29:29.339><c> part</c><00:29:29.640><c> of</c><00:29:29.940><c> a</c><00:29:30.400><c> troubled</c><00:29:30.839><c> sea</c>

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:33.539
that<00:29:31.779><c> casts</c><00:29:32.180><c> up</c><00:29:32.640><c> mire</c><00:29:32.960><c> and</c><00:29:33.279><c> dirt</c>

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:39.039
when<00:29:34.059><c> what</c><00:29:34.460><c> God</c><00:29:34.700><c> wants</c><00:29:35.019><c> to</c><00:29:35.400><c> see</c><00:29:35.759><c> is</c><00:29:36.339><c> a</c><00:29:36.960><c> calm,</c><00:29:38.119><c> flat</c><00:29:38.420><c> sea</c>

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:43.900
where<00:29:39.740><c> there</c><00:29:40.019><c> is</c><00:29:40.400><c> order,</c><00:29:41.920><c> where</c><00:29:42.000><c> there</c><00:29:42.279><c> is</c><00:29:42.640><c> peace,</c>

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:46.519
where<00:29:44.380><c> there</c><00:29:44.559><c> is</c><00:29:44.759><c> no</c><00:29:45.119><c> danger.</c>

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:51.039
You<00:29:47.200><c> see,</c><00:29:47.480><c> a</c><00:29:47.799><c> troubled</c><00:29:48.279><c> sea</c><00:29:48.839><c> is</c><00:29:49.759><c> perilous</c>

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:54.299
to<00:29:51.940><c> all</c><00:29:52.480><c> who</c><00:29:52.700><c> venture</c><00:29:53.039><c> upon</c><00:29:53.380><c> it.</c>

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:57.460
And<00:29:55.279><c> the</c><00:29:55.500><c> ecclesial</c><00:29:55.980><c> world</c><00:29:56.319><c> in</c><00:29:56.519><c> the</c><00:29:56.619><c> days</c><00:29:56.839><c> of</c><00:29:57.119><c> Isaiah</c>

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:59.059
was<00:29:57.700><c> in</c><00:29:57.859><c> that</c><00:29:58.099><c> state.</c>

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:03.180
God<00:29:59.779><c> would</c><00:30:00.140><c> rather</c><00:30:00.400><c> have</c><00:30:00.839><c> seen</c><00:30:01.380><c> a</c><00:30:02.160><c> calm</c><00:30:02.599><c> sea</c>

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:06.359
the<00:30:03.720><c> people</c><00:30:04.240><c> at</c><00:30:04.599><c> peace</c><00:30:05.079><c> and</c><00:30:05.619><c> in</c><00:30:05.940><c> unity</c>

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:08.819
and<00:30:06.920><c> oneness</c><00:30:07.380><c> with</c><00:30:07.599><c> Himself.</c>

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And<00:30:09.660><c> for</c><00:30:09.880><c> that</c><00:30:10.140><c> reason</c><00:30:10.599><c> it</c><00:30:10.859><c> is</c><00:30:11.140><c> in</c><00:30:11.339><c> chapter</c><00:30:11.720><c> 30</c>

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:18.059
and<00:30:12.859><c> at</c><00:30:13.099><c> verse</c><00:30:13.400><c> 21</c><00:30:14.460><c> where</c><00:30:15.119><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:15.819><c> says</c><00:30:16.380><c> to</c><00:30:16.619><c> these</c><00:30:16.940><c> people,</c>

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:22.299
this<00:30:18.579><c> is</c><00:30:19.059><c> the</c><00:30:19.259><c> way,</c><00:30:20.400><c> walk</c><00:30:20.700><c> ye</c><00:30:21.180><c> in</c><00:30:21.359><c> it.</c>

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:25.500
And<00:30:23.220><c> that</c><00:30:23.400><c> is</c><00:30:23.599><c> really</c><00:30:23.839><c> the</c><00:30:24.019><c> message</c><00:30:24.359><c> of</c><00:30:24.619><c> chapter</c><00:30:24.880><c> 58</c>

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:29.180
and<00:30:25.700><c> verse</c><00:30:26.059><c> 1,</c><00:30:26.740><c> cry</c><00:30:27.079><c> aloud,</c><00:30:28.140><c> spear</c><00:30:28.319><c> not.</c>

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:31.099
And<00:30:29.920><c> you</c><00:30:30.099><c> know</c><00:30:30.240><c> these</c><00:30:30.539><c> prophets,</c>

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:34.299
these<00:30:31.880><c> men</c><00:30:32.119><c> of</c><00:30:32.279><c> the</c><00:30:32.440><c> Old</c><00:30:32.700><c> Testament</c><00:30:33.200><c> times,</c>

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:36.700
they<00:30:34.420><c> had</c><00:30:34.640><c> to</c><00:30:34.779><c> be</c><00:30:34.880><c> men</c><00:30:35.039><c> of</c><00:30:35.299><c> great</c><00:30:35.559><c> courage,</c>

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:39.039
they<00:30:37.200><c> had</c><00:30:37.400><c> to</c><00:30:37.539><c> be</c><00:30:37.619><c> men</c><00:30:37.779><c> of</c><00:30:38.099><c> great</c><00:30:38.380><c> faith</c>

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:42.099
and<00:30:40.059><c> great</c><00:30:40.599><c> determination</c>

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because<00:30:43.500><c> they</c><00:30:43.940><c> stood</c><00:30:44.240><c> forth</c><00:30:44.619><c> before</c><00:30:45.019><c> the</c><00:30:45.279><c> people</c>

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:49.839
and<00:30:46.440><c> very,</c><00:30:46.839><c> very</c><00:30:47.019><c> often</c><00:30:47.319><c> their</c><00:30:47.599><c> own</c><00:30:47.980><c> lives</c><00:30:48.359><c> were</c><00:30:48.619><c> at</c><00:30:48.880><c> stake.</c>

00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:55.079
When<00:30:51.279><c> a</c><00:30:51.640><c> king</c><00:30:51.920><c> or</c><00:30:52.180><c> a</c><00:30:52.460><c> counselor</c><00:30:52.880><c> or</c><00:30:53.319><c> a</c><00:30:53.519><c> man</c><00:30:53.720><c> of</c><00:30:54.059><c> authority</c>

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:57.380
who<00:30:55.279><c> had</c><00:30:55.460><c> a</c><00:30:55.619><c> man</c><00:30:55.880><c> speak</c><00:30:56.299><c> unto</c><00:30:56.519><c> him</c><00:30:56.759><c> words</c>

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:59.079
that<00:30:57.839><c> he</c><00:30:58.079><c> didn't</c><00:30:58.359><c> want</c><00:30:58.539><c> to</c><00:30:58.819><c> hear</c>

00:30:59.079 --> 00:31:01.400
or<00:30:59.400><c> that</c><00:30:59.559><c> he</c><00:30:59.759><c> didn't</c><00:31:00.099><c> like</c><00:31:00.400><c> the</c><00:31:00.680><c> sound</c><00:31:00.980><c> of</c>

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:04.059
would<00:31:01.759><c> think</c><00:31:02.000><c> nothing</c><00:31:02.339><c> of</c><00:31:02.559><c> taking</c><00:31:02.839><c> that</c><00:31:03.059><c> man's</c><00:31:03.539><c> life</c>

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:08.039
or<00:31:04.680><c> having</c><00:31:04.920><c> him</c><00:31:05.259><c> quietly</c><00:31:05.579><c> taken</c><00:31:06.019><c> out</c><00:31:06.519><c> and</c><00:31:06.920><c> dealt</c><00:31:07.160><c> with.</c>

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:11.400
They<00:31:09.119><c> were</c><00:31:09.400><c> dangerous</c><00:31:10.099><c> times.</c>

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:16.180
So<00:31:12.259><c> the</c><00:31:12.759><c> prophets</c><00:31:13.160><c> of</c><00:31:13.420><c> Israel,</c><00:31:14.980><c> we</c><00:31:15.160><c> learn,</c>

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:19.119
were<00:31:16.559><c> not</c><00:31:16.839><c> simply</c><00:31:17.279><c> men</c><00:31:17.720><c> whom</c><00:31:17.940><c> God</c><00:31:18.259><c> took</c><00:31:18.680><c> hold</c><00:31:18.980><c> of</c>

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:21.559
and<00:31:19.259><c> said,</c><00:31:19.519><c> look,</c><00:31:19.960><c> you</c><00:31:20.319><c> look</c><00:31:20.500><c> like</c><00:31:20.799><c> a</c><00:31:21.019><c> fine</c><00:31:21.259><c> fellow,</c>

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:24.640
I<00:31:21.839><c> can</c><00:31:22.079><c> use</c><00:31:22.400><c> you,</c><00:31:23.099><c> I'm</c><00:31:23.460><c> going</c><00:31:23.599><c> to</c><00:31:23.779><c> fill</c><00:31:23.900><c> you</c><00:31:24.039><c> with</c><00:31:24.200><c> my</c><00:31:24.480><c> word</c>

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:26.380
and<00:31:24.759><c> you're</c><00:31:25.039><c> going</c><00:31:25.180><c> to</c><00:31:25.240><c> go</c><00:31:25.400><c> to</c><00:31:25.539><c> the</c><00:31:25.700><c> people</c><00:31:25.920><c> of</c><00:31:26.140><c> Israel</c>

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:29.180
and<00:31:26.619><c> you're</c><00:31:26.900><c> going</c><00:31:27.019><c> to</c><00:31:27.140><c> tell</c><00:31:27.279><c> them</c><00:31:27.420><c> what</c><00:31:27.559><c> I</c><00:31:27.660><c> want</c><00:31:27.839><c> you</c><00:31:27.980><c> to</c><00:31:28.220><c> say.</c>

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:33.019
In<00:31:30.200><c> every</c><00:31:30.839><c> case</c><00:31:31.559><c> when</c><00:31:31.940><c> we</c><00:31:32.180><c> study</c><00:31:32.440><c> the</c><00:31:32.740><c> prophets,</c>

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:37.720
we<00:31:33.599><c> find</c><00:31:34.000><c> that</c><00:31:34.240><c> they</c><00:31:34.400><c> were</c><00:31:34.680><c> men</c><00:31:35.180><c> who</c><00:31:35.500><c> were</c><00:31:35.960><c> dedicated</c><00:31:36.500><c> to</c><00:31:36.740><c> God.</c>

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:41.299
They<00:31:38.420><c> were</c><00:31:38.619><c> men</c><00:31:38.839><c> who</c><00:31:39.279><c> loved</c><00:31:39.660><c> the</c><00:31:39.880><c> God</c><00:31:40.059><c> of</c><00:31:40.220><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:44.339
They<00:31:41.880><c> were</c><00:31:42.079><c> men</c><00:31:42.299><c> who</c><00:31:42.700><c> loved</c><00:31:43.019><c> His</c><00:31:43.359><c> Word.</c>

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:47.880
They<00:31:45.119><c> were</c><00:31:45.339><c> men</c><00:31:45.599><c> who</c><00:31:45.859><c> were</c><00:31:46.180><c> committed</c><00:31:46.799><c> to</c><00:31:47.099><c> their</c><00:31:47.319><c> God</c>

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:50.619
in<00:31:48.640><c> every</c><00:31:49.019><c> sense</c><00:31:49.319><c> of</c><00:31:49.559><c> the</c><00:31:49.720><c> term.</c>

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:53.799
They<00:31:51.140><c> were</c><00:31:51.359><c> men</c><00:31:51.559><c> of</c><00:31:52.000><c> greatness</c><00:31:52.319><c> in</c><00:31:52.700><c> spiritual</c><00:31:53.240><c> things</c>

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:55.900
and<00:31:54.259><c> that</c><00:31:54.480><c> is</c><00:31:54.680><c> why</c><00:31:54.920><c> God</c><00:31:55.220><c> chose</c><00:31:55.619><c> them.</c>

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:57.519
Many<00:31:56.339><c> of</c><00:31:56.519><c> them</c><00:31:56.559><c> were</c><00:31:56.740><c> not</c><00:31:56.960><c> aware</c>

00:31:57.519 --> 00:32:00.119
of<00:31:58.380><c> what</c><00:31:58.539><c> they</c><00:31:58.839><c> had</c><00:31:59.140><c> within</c><00:31:59.400><c> them,</c>

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:04.440
the<00:32:00.599><c> same</c><00:32:00.819><c> as</c><00:32:01.000><c> with</c><00:32:01.240><c> the</c><00:32:01.440><c> apostles</c><00:32:01.819><c> of</c><00:32:02.039><c> the</c><00:32:02.119><c> Lord</c><00:32:02.799><c> Jesus</c><00:32:03.299><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:07.880
You<00:32:04.700><c> know,</c><00:32:05.000><c> that</c><00:32:05.220><c> 11</c><00:32:05.539><c> out</c><00:32:05.799><c> of</c><00:32:05.940><c> the</c><00:32:06.099><c> original</c><00:32:06.480><c> 12,</c>

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:10.220
on<00:32:08.279><c> the</c><00:32:08.519><c> night</c><00:32:08.720><c> when</c><00:32:08.920><c> the</c><00:32:09.079><c> Lord</c><00:32:09.299><c> Jesus</c><00:32:09.920><c> Christ</c>

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:11.400
gathered<00:32:10.599><c> them</c><00:32:10.799><c> together,</c>

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:14.619
that<00:32:11.900><c> they</c><00:32:12.140><c> might</c><00:32:12.460><c> celebrate</c><00:32:13.140><c> together</c>

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:16.240
the<00:32:15.160><c> bread</c><00:32:15.539><c> and</c><00:32:15.740><c> the</c><00:32:15.980><c> wine</c>

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:18.039
and<00:32:16.420><c> He</c><00:32:16.559><c> might</c><00:32:16.799><c> introduce</c><00:32:17.460><c> to</c><00:32:17.700><c> them</c>

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:20.759
the<00:32:18.519><c> emblems</c><00:32:19.039><c> that</c><00:32:19.119><c> they</c><00:32:19.319><c> would</c><00:32:19.460><c> later</c><00:32:19.779><c> understand</c>

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:24.900
represented<00:32:21.660><c> the</c><00:32:22.059><c> sacrifice</c><00:32:22.640><c> of</c><00:32:22.819><c> His</c><00:32:23.039><c> body</c><00:32:23.380><c> and</c><00:32:23.559><c> His</c><00:32:23.859><c> blood.</c>

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:27.000
And<00:32:25.700><c> when</c><00:32:25.839><c> He</c><00:32:26.140><c> gathered</c><00:32:26.359><c> them</c><00:32:26.599><c> together</c>

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:29.380
in<00:32:27.160><c> what</c><00:32:27.380><c> should</c><00:32:27.599><c> have</c><00:32:27.759><c> been</c><00:32:27.859><c> a</c><00:32:28.000><c> very</c><00:32:28.420><c> somber</c>

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:32.220
and<00:32:29.799><c> a</c><00:32:29.960><c> very</c><00:32:30.319><c> moving</c><00:32:30.839><c> atmosphere,</c>

00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:34.980
remember<00:32:33.119><c> how</c><00:32:33.319><c> the</c><00:32:33.599><c> Scriptures</c><00:32:33.920><c> portray</c><00:32:34.539><c> the</c><00:32:34.799><c> fact</c>

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:37.920
that<00:32:35.299><c> they</c><00:32:35.519><c> were</c><00:32:35.799><c> fighting</c><00:32:36.160><c> and</c><00:32:36.519><c> squabbling</c><00:32:36.940><c> among</c><00:32:37.200><c> themselves</c>

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:40.420
as<00:32:38.359><c> to</c><00:32:38.599><c> which</c><00:32:38.839><c> one</c><00:32:39.039><c> of</c><00:32:39.119><c> them</c><00:32:39.220><c> was</c><00:32:39.400><c> going</c><00:32:39.500><c> to</c><00:32:39.599><c> be</c><00:32:39.720><c> the</c><00:32:40.079><c> greatest</c>

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:42.259
in<00:32:40.599><c> the</c><00:32:40.759><c> kingdom</c><00:32:40.960><c> of</c><00:32:41.200><c> God.</c>

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:45.779
And<00:32:44.240><c> sometimes</c><00:32:44.599><c> when</c><00:32:44.799><c> I</c><00:32:45.039><c> read</c><00:32:45.200><c> those</c><00:32:45.539><c> words,</c>

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.900
I<00:32:45.940><c> think</c><00:32:46.099><c> to</c><00:32:46.259><c> myself</c>

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:49.500
that<00:32:47.579><c> if</c><00:32:47.779><c> I</c><00:32:47.960><c> had</c><00:32:48.099><c> been</c><00:32:48.240><c> the</c><00:32:48.420><c> Lord</c><00:32:48.640><c> Jesus</c><00:32:49.099><c> Christ</c>

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:51.380
under<00:32:49.680><c> those</c><00:32:50.039><c> circumstances,</c>

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:54.019
trying<00:32:52.359><c> to</c><00:32:52.599><c> teach</c><00:32:52.920><c> those</c><00:32:53.319><c> men</c>

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:56.680
that<00:32:54.519><c> He</c><00:32:54.660><c> had</c><00:32:54.859><c> only</c><00:32:55.299><c> hours</c><00:32:55.700><c> to</c><00:32:55.980><c> live</c>

00:32:56.680 --> 00:33:00.619
and<00:32:57.599><c> that</c><00:32:57.720><c> He</c><00:32:57.779><c> was</c><00:32:58.079><c> then</c><00:32:58.339><c> going</c><00:32:58.519><c> to</c><00:32:58.640><c> be</c><00:32:59.000><c> nailed</c><00:32:59.279><c> up</c><00:32:59.519><c> upon</c><00:32:59.779><c> a</c><00:33:00.160><c> stake</c>

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:04.380
and<00:33:01.660><c> He</c><00:33:01.740><c> was</c><00:33:01.940><c> going</c><00:33:02.140><c> to</c><00:33:02.420><c> suffer</c><00:33:02.759><c> an</c><00:33:03.119><c> ignominious,</c>

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:07.740
anguished,<00:33:05.619><c> painful,</c><00:33:06.519><c> incredible</c><00:33:07.160><c> death</c>

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:09.980
for<00:33:08.299><c> their</c><00:33:08.759><c> sins.</c>

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:14.140
And<00:33:11.819><c> they</c><00:33:12.059><c> behaved</c><00:33:12.460><c> in</c><00:33:12.700><c> that</c><00:33:12.900><c> way.</c>

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:16.380
One<00:33:14.980><c> would</c><00:33:15.160><c> be</c><00:33:15.400><c> inclined</c><00:33:15.859><c> to</c><00:33:16.140><c> think</c>

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:18.539
that<00:33:16.680><c> the</c><00:33:16.839><c> Lord</c><00:33:17.059><c> could</c><00:33:17.359><c> hardly</c><00:33:17.640><c> have</c><00:33:17.900><c> been</c><00:33:18.160><c> blamed</c>

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:20.000
if<00:33:18.720><c> He</c><00:33:18.880><c> had</c><00:33:19.000><c> turned</c><00:33:19.240><c> around</c><00:33:19.619><c> and</c><00:33:19.819><c> said,</c>

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:21.980
well,<00:33:20.440><c> if</c><00:33:20.660><c> that's</c><00:33:20.900><c> how</c><00:33:21.059><c> you're</c><00:33:21.299><c> going</c><00:33:21.400><c> to</c><00:33:21.559><c> behave</c>

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:24.019
at<00:33:22.200><c> an</c><00:33:22.339><c> hour</c><00:33:22.460><c> like</c><00:33:22.839><c> this</c>

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:27.180
when<00:33:24.400><c> my</c><00:33:24.660><c> own</c><00:33:24.859><c> life</c><00:33:25.119><c> is</c><00:33:25.400><c> measured</c><00:33:25.660><c> in</c><00:33:26.119><c> hours,</c>

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:31.240
then<00:33:29.200><c> forget</c><00:33:29.720><c> it.</c>

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.819
And<00:33:31.740><c> that</c><00:33:31.839><c> He</c><00:33:31.980><c> might</c><00:33:32.099><c> have</c><00:33:32.259><c> turned</c><00:33:32.539><c> around</c>

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:34.259
and<00:33:33.039><c> walked</c><00:33:33.180><c> out</c><00:33:33.420><c> of</c><00:33:33.500><c> that</c><00:33:33.660><c> upper</c><00:33:33.900><c> room</c>

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:35.920
and<00:33:34.559><c> left</c><00:33:34.759><c> them</c><00:33:35.000><c> there.</c>

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.640
But<00:33:36.980><c> He</c><00:33:37.180><c> didn't.</c>

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:40.480
And<00:33:37.940><c> you</c><00:33:38.079><c> know</c><00:33:38.380><c> why</c><00:33:38.720><c> He</c><00:33:38.940><c> didn't.</c>

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:43.019
The<00:33:40.720><c> reason</c><00:33:41.200><c> why</c><00:33:41.619><c> He</c><00:33:41.779><c> didn't.</c>

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:45.759
Those<00:33:43.480><c> men</c><00:33:43.740><c> later</c><00:33:44.140><c> on,</c><00:33:44.559><c> those</c><00:33:44.900><c> eleven</c><00:33:45.240><c> of</c><00:33:45.440><c> them,</c>

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:48.980
they<00:33:46.240><c> would</c><00:33:46.420><c> have</c><00:33:46.539><c> looked</c><00:33:46.740><c> back</c><00:33:47.079><c> upon</c><00:33:47.839><c> that</c><00:33:48.420><c> incident</c>

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:51.359
the<00:33:49.640><c> way</c><00:33:49.880><c> in</c><00:33:50.019><c> which</c><00:33:50.180><c> they</c><00:33:50.380><c> had</c><00:33:50.619><c> fought</c><00:33:50.779><c> and</c><00:33:51.059><c> squabbled</c>

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:53.700
among<00:33:51.599><c> themselves</c><00:33:52.140><c> as</c><00:33:52.400><c> to</c><00:33:52.500><c> who</c><00:33:52.660><c> was</c><00:33:52.880><c> going</c><00:33:52.980><c> to</c><00:33:53.059><c> be</c><00:33:53.160><c> the</c><00:33:53.380><c> greatest</c>

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:56.359
at<00:33:54.079><c> the</c><00:33:54.359><c> very</c><00:33:54.700><c> hour</c><00:33:54.900><c> when</c><00:33:55.019><c> the</c><00:33:55.160><c> Lord</c><00:33:55.339><c> is</c><00:33:55.579><c> trying</c><00:33:55.759><c> to</c><00:33:56.039><c> show</c><00:33:56.200><c> them</c>

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:59.359
the<00:33:56.640><c> significance</c><00:33:57.140><c> of</c><00:33:57.339><c> the</c><00:33:57.599><c> bread</c><00:33:57.740><c> and</c><00:33:57.900><c> the</c><00:33:58.180><c> wine</c>

00:33:59.380 --> 00:34:02.299
and<00:33:59.900><c> that</c><00:33:59.960><c> He</c><00:34:00.079><c> was</c><00:34:00.259><c> going</c><00:34:00.380><c> to</c><00:34:00.660><c> die</c><00:34:00.980><c> for</c><00:34:01.279><c> them.</c>

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:06.420
The<00:34:03.980><c> reason</c><00:34:04.359><c> why</c><00:34:04.799><c> He</c><00:34:04.980><c> didn't</c><00:34:05.220><c> walk</c><00:34:05.519><c> out</c><00:34:05.759><c> on</c><00:34:05.920><c> them,</c>

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:09.679
the<00:34:06.900><c> reason</c><00:34:07.660><c> why</c><00:34:08.119><c> He</c><00:34:08.239><c> didn't</c><00:34:08.480><c> turn</c><00:34:08.699><c> His</c><00:34:08.900><c> back</c><00:34:09.099><c> on</c><00:34:09.320><c> them,</c>

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:13.480
was<00:34:10.099><c> because</c><00:34:10.539><c> He</c><00:34:10.920><c> knew</c><00:34:11.260><c> that</c><00:34:11.539><c> those</c><00:34:11.840><c> men</c><00:34:12.099><c> had</c><00:34:12.400><c> in</c><00:34:12.659><c> them</c>

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:18.280
the<00:34:14.400><c> potential</c><00:34:14.920><c> to</c><00:34:15.460><c> develop</c><00:34:15.800><c> a</c><00:34:16.440><c> greatness</c><00:34:16.800><c> in</c><00:34:17.079><c> the</c><00:34:17.360><c> truth,</c>

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:21.659
a<00:34:19.119><c> dedication</c><00:34:19.639><c> and</c><00:34:20.260><c> a</c><00:34:20.719><c> commitment</c>

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:23.500
to<00:34:22.239><c> their</c><00:34:22.500><c> Lord</c><00:34:22.820><c> and</c><00:34:22.980><c> to</c><00:34:23.099><c> their</c><00:34:23.239><c> God</c>

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:26.159
that<00:34:23.739><c> they</c><00:34:23.900><c> didn't</c><00:34:24.099><c> realize</c><00:34:24.559><c> they</c><00:34:24.719><c> had</c><00:34:24.920><c> themselves.</c>

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:30.079
And<00:34:28.000><c> they</c><00:34:28.239><c> turned</c><00:34:28.480><c> out</c><00:34:28.780><c> to</c><00:34:28.980><c> be</c><00:34:29.820><c> numbered</c>

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:32.260
among<00:34:30.380><c> the</c><00:34:30.639><c> most</c><00:34:30.920><c> wonderful</c><00:34:31.340><c> men</c><00:34:31.599><c> who</c><00:34:31.800><c> ever</c><00:34:32.019><c> lived</c>

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:35.159
when<00:34:32.440><c> it</c><00:34:32.639><c> comes</c><00:34:32.940><c> to</c><00:34:33.639><c> men</c><00:34:33.940><c> of</c><00:34:34.260><c> God</c>

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:37.300
dedicated<00:34:35.739><c> to</c><00:34:35.940><c> His</c><00:34:36.179><c> service.</c>

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:41.079
And<00:34:38.239><c> so</c><00:34:38.440><c> the</c><00:34:38.719><c> prophets</c><00:34:38.980><c> were</c><00:34:39.179><c> men</c><00:34:39.360><c> of</c><00:34:39.559><c> a</c><00:34:39.679><c> similar</c><00:34:39.960><c> statue.</c>

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:44.219
Jeremiah,<00:34:42.019><c> you'll</c><00:34:42.460><c> remember,</c><00:34:43.099><c> was</c><00:34:43.280><c> so</c><00:34:43.659><c> timid,</c>

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:47.280
he<00:34:44.900><c> said</c><00:34:45.119><c> to</c><00:34:45.260><c> God,</c><00:34:45.579><c> look,</c><00:34:45.840><c> I</c><00:34:46.260><c> cannot</c><00:34:46.639><c> prophesy,</c>

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:48.599
I<00:34:47.659><c> can't</c><00:34:48.000><c> do</c><00:34:48.239><c> this.</c>

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:51.679
And<00:34:48.820><c> God</c><00:34:49.059><c> said</c><00:34:49.260><c> you</c><00:34:49.440><c> can</c><00:34:49.719><c> do</c><00:34:49.900><c> it,</c><00:34:50.019><c> and</c><00:34:50.159><c> you're</c><00:34:50.380><c> going</c><00:34:50.539><c> to</c><00:34:50.679><c> do</c><00:34:50.800><c> it.</c>

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:53.039
And<00:34:51.940><c> He</c><00:34:52.159><c> did.</c>

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:55.900
And<00:34:53.159><c> the</c><00:34:53.320><c> prophet</c><00:34:53.619><c> Jeremiah</c><00:34:54.320><c> is</c><00:34:54.780><c> revealed</c><00:34:55.119><c> to</c><00:34:55.280><c> us</c><00:34:55.400><c> again</c>

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:58.820
as<00:34:56.179><c> one</c><00:34:56.360><c> of</c><00:34:56.480><c> the</c><00:34:56.780><c> greatest</c><00:34:57.159><c> men</c><00:34:57.460><c> in</c><00:34:57.719><c> history,</c>

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:03.460
a<00:34:59.599><c> man</c><00:34:59.980><c> who</c><00:35:00.480><c> faced</c><00:35:00.820><c> adversary</c><00:35:01.480><c> after</c><00:35:01.980><c> adversary,</c>

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:06.780
for<00:35:03.800><c> whom</c><00:35:03.980><c> only</c><00:35:04.239><c> a</c><00:35:04.320><c> very</c><00:35:04.800><c> small</c><00:35:05.199><c> remnant</c><00:35:05.679><c> within</c><00:35:05.900><c> the</c><00:35:06.139><c> nation</c>

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:11.360
showed<00:35:07.460><c> any</c><00:35:07.980><c> loyalty</c><00:35:08.340><c> or</c><00:35:08.739><c> feeling</c><00:35:09.079><c> or</c><00:35:09.599><c> compassion</c><00:35:10.139><c> whatever.</c>

00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:14.400
Virtually<00:35:12.320><c> the</c><00:35:12.480><c> whole</c><00:35:12.880><c> nation</c><00:35:13.280><c> was</c><00:35:13.519><c> against</c><00:35:13.880><c> him,</c>

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:16.699
from<00:35:14.780><c> the</c><00:35:15.039><c> kings</c><00:35:15.579><c> to</c><00:35:15.940><c> the</c><00:35:16.260><c> priests,</c>

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:18.639
right<00:35:17.199><c> down</c><00:35:17.579><c> through</c><00:35:17.800><c> to</c><00:35:18.000><c> the</c><00:35:18.199><c> princes</c>

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:20.960
and<00:35:19.139><c> the</c><00:35:19.400><c> people</c><00:35:19.679><c> of</c><00:35:19.840><c> the</c><00:35:19.940><c> nation</c><00:35:20.260><c> themselves.</c>

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:24.199
And<00:35:21.619><c> yet</c><00:35:21.739><c> he</c><00:35:22.099><c> struggled</c><00:35:22.519><c> on.</c><00:35:22.940><c> He</c><00:35:23.079><c> never</c><00:35:23.320><c> gave</c><00:35:23.659><c> up.</c>

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:26.320
He<00:35:24.980><c> struggled</c><00:35:25.300><c> on.</c>

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.880
He<00:35:26.860><c> showed</c><00:35:27.179><c> them</c><00:35:27.400><c> the</c><00:35:27.579><c> way.</c>

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:30.400
He<00:35:28.420><c> spoke</c><00:35:28.760><c> out</c><00:35:29.460><c> forthrightly.</c>

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:32.699
He<00:35:30.840><c> spoke</c><00:35:31.139><c> with</c><00:35:31.440><c> conviction.</c>

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:36.219
And<00:35:33.260><c> He</c><00:35:33.480><c> spoke</c><00:35:33.739><c> under</c><00:35:34.039><c> guidance</c><00:35:34.639><c> from</c><00:35:35.119><c> the</c><00:35:35.400><c> Spirit.</c>

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:39.940
And<00:35:37.059><c> so</c><00:35:37.260><c> here</c><00:35:37.480><c> in</c><00:35:37.579><c> these</c><00:35:37.860><c> words</c><00:35:38.179><c> in</c><00:35:38.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:38.820><c> chapter</c><00:35:39.260><c> 58,</c>

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:42.460
in<00:35:40.539><c> the</c><00:35:40.820><c> first</c><00:35:41.239><c> five</c><00:35:41.739><c> verses,</c>

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:46.679
the<00:35:43.619><c> prophet</c><00:35:44.139><c> emphasizes</c><00:35:45.099><c> to</c><00:35:45.500><c> these</c><00:35:45.840><c> people</c>

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:49.840
that<00:35:47.400><c> mere</c><00:35:47.840><c> formal</c><00:35:48.599><c> worship</c><00:35:49.079><c> of</c><00:35:49.440><c> God</c>

00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:52.820
without<00:35:50.800><c> a</c><00:35:51.300><c> true</c><00:35:51.539><c> state</c><00:35:51.920><c> of</c><00:35:52.340><c> humility</c>

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:58.139
and<00:35:53.559><c> dedication</c><00:35:54.199><c> to</c><00:35:54.400><c> their</c><00:35:54.599><c> God</c><00:35:55.039><c> was</c><00:35:55.900><c> not</c><00:35:56.840><c> acceptable.</c>

00:35:58.579 --> 00:36:01.199
This<00:35:59.380><c> of</c><00:35:59.619><c> course</c><00:35:59.800><c> was</c><00:36:00.019><c> the</c><00:36:00.300><c> same</c><00:36:00.500><c> message</c>

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:04.039
that<00:36:01.599><c> was</c><00:36:01.880><c> later</c><00:36:02.079><c> to</c><00:36:02.280><c> be</c><00:36:02.460><c> proclaimed</c><00:36:02.860><c> by</c><00:36:03.159><c> John</c><00:36:03.400><c> the</c><00:36:03.579><c> Baptist</c>

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:06.960
in<00:36:04.699><c> Matthew</c><00:36:05.179><c> 3</c><00:36:05.659><c> and</c><00:36:05.880><c> verse</c><00:36:06.199><c> 2,</c>

00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:09.280
when<00:36:07.539><c> he</c><00:36:07.780><c> called</c><00:36:08.019><c> to</c><00:36:08.159><c> the</c><00:36:08.380><c> people,</c>

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:13.159
for<00:36:10.360><c> the</c><00:36:11.000><c> kingdom</c><00:36:11.400><c> of</c><00:36:11.599><c> heaven</c><00:36:11.820><c> is</c><00:36:12.059><c> at</c><00:36:12.239><c> hand.</c>

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:17.460
And<00:36:14.059><c> the</c><00:36:14.179><c> word</c><00:36:14.519><c> repent,</c><00:36:15.860><c> the</c><00:36:15.980><c> word</c><00:36:16.480><c> metanoio,</c>

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:21.460
is<00:36:17.900><c> a</c><00:36:18.019><c> word</c><00:36:18.159><c> which</c><00:36:18.440><c> means</c><00:36:18.679><c> to</c><00:36:19.019><c> change</c><00:36:19.360><c> one's</c><00:36:19.800><c> mind</c><00:36:20.119><c> and</c><00:36:20.460><c> purpose.</c>

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:25.980
This<00:36:22.420><c> is</c><00:36:22.579><c> what</c><00:36:22.840><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:23.260><c> is</c><00:36:23.579><c> saying</c><00:36:23.739><c> to</c><00:36:23.940><c> them</c><00:36:24.159><c> in</c><00:36:24.460><c> chapter</c><00:36:24.840><c> 58.</c>

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:27.960
You<00:36:26.360><c> need</c><00:36:26.579><c> to</c><00:36:26.880><c> change</c><00:36:27.179><c> your</c><00:36:27.539><c> minds.</c>

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:29.820
You<00:36:28.320><c> need</c><00:36:28.539><c> to</c><00:36:28.840><c> change</c><00:36:29.079><c> your</c><00:36:29.340><c> purpose.</c>

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:33.519
You<00:36:30.400><c> need</c><00:36:30.619><c> to</c><00:36:30.880><c> change</c><00:36:31.119><c> your</c><00:36:31.659><c> entire</c><00:36:32.300><c> outlook</c><00:36:32.699><c> upon</c><00:36:33.099><c> life</c>

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:36.880
and<00:36:34.139><c> return</c><00:36:34.980><c> to</c><00:36:35.179><c> the</c><00:36:35.440><c> covenant</c><00:36:35.760><c> your</c><00:36:36.099><c> fathers</c><00:36:36.440><c> made</c>

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:39.380
and<00:36:37.239><c> you</c><00:36:37.420><c> have</c><00:36:37.659><c> made</c><00:36:37.880><c> with</c><00:36:38.079><c> your</c><00:36:38.380><c> God.</c>

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:45.039
So<00:36:40.440><c> the</c><00:36:40.760><c> prophet</c><00:36:41.019><c> is</c><00:36:41.400><c> told</c><00:36:41.900><c> to</c><00:36:42.760><c> cry</c><00:36:43.639><c> aloud.</c>

00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:49.679
And<00:36:46.019><c> the</c><00:36:46.199><c> need</c><00:36:46.420><c> for</c><00:36:46.699><c> him</c><00:36:46.860><c> to</c><00:36:47.260><c> cry</c><00:36:47.679><c> aloud</c><00:36:48.099><c> is</c><00:36:48.760><c> indicative</c>

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:53.659
of<00:36:50.539><c> the</c><00:36:50.800><c> fact</c><00:36:50.980><c> that</c><00:36:51.159><c> he</c><00:36:51.239><c> had</c><00:36:51.460><c> to</c><00:36:52.000><c> raise</c><00:36:52.500><c> the</c><00:36:52.920><c> people</c>

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:58.679
from<00:36:54.380><c> a</c><00:36:54.699><c> state</c><00:36:54.920><c> of</c><00:36:55.519><c> slumber</c><00:36:57.000><c> and</c><00:36:57.920><c> apathy</c>

00:36:58.679 --> 00:37:03.019
to<00:36:59.920><c> an</c><00:37:00.139><c> awareness</c><00:37:00.500><c> of</c><00:37:00.719><c> their</c><00:37:00.940><c> true</c><00:37:01.199><c> state</c><00:37:01.500><c> before</c><00:37:01.920><c> God.</c>

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:05.500
You<00:37:03.559><c> only</c><00:37:04.019><c> cry</c><00:37:04.460><c> aloud</c><00:37:04.800><c> to</c><00:37:05.079><c> somebody</c>

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:08.340
who<00:37:05.960><c> is</c><00:37:06.139><c> either</c><00:37:06.500><c> a</c><00:37:06.760><c> long</c><00:37:06.940><c> way</c><00:37:07.179><c> away</c>

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:10.699
or<00:37:08.940><c> who</c><00:37:09.179><c> needs</c><00:37:09.599><c> rousing.</c>

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:13.179
Somebody<00:37:11.840><c> who</c><00:37:12.139><c> has</c><00:37:12.380><c> fallen</c><00:37:12.639><c> asleep,</c>

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:15.360
someone<00:37:13.699><c> you</c><00:37:13.900><c> need</c><00:37:14.059><c> to</c><00:37:14.320><c> wake</c><00:37:14.579><c> up,</c>

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:17.920
particularly<00:37:16.239><c> in</c><00:37:16.559><c> an</c><00:37:16.780><c> emergency,</c>

00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:20.880
particularly<00:37:19.460><c> in</c><00:37:19.699><c> an</c><00:37:19.699><c> emergency.</c>

00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:23.139
How<00:37:21.579><c> we</c><00:37:21.820><c> will</c><00:37:22.079><c> raise</c><00:37:22.340><c> our</c><00:37:22.679><c> voices,</c>

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:28.159
how<00:37:23.719><c> we</c><00:37:23.960><c> will</c><00:37:24.559><c> shout</c><00:37:24.940><c> to</c><00:37:25.500><c> somebody</c><00:37:25.840><c> who</c><00:37:26.019><c> we</c><00:37:26.280><c> see</c><00:37:26.440><c> as</c><00:37:26.619><c> in</c><00:37:26.900><c> danger.</c>

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:33.019
They<00:37:29.079><c> may</c><00:37:29.340><c> be</c><00:37:29.619><c> unaware</c><00:37:30.079><c> totally</c><00:37:30.760><c> of</c><00:37:31.500><c> what</c><00:37:31.659><c> they</c><00:37:31.900><c> are</c><00:37:32.139><c> facing.</c>

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:37.579
And<00:37:33.760><c> so</c><00:37:34.059><c> in</c><00:37:34.260><c> this</c><00:37:34.579><c> way,</c><00:37:36.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:37:36.519><c> is</c><00:37:37.139><c> to,</c>

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:39.800
as<00:37:37.860><c> it</c><00:37:38.139><c> says</c><00:37:38.320><c> in</c><00:37:38.500><c> verse</c><00:37:38.800><c> 1,</c>

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:43.719
show<00:37:40.519><c> My</c><00:37:41.719><c> people</c><00:37:42.159><c> their</c><00:37:42.460><c> sins.</c>

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:47.460
You<00:37:44.659><c> know</c><00:37:44.880><c> the</c><00:37:45.039><c> word</c><00:37:45.500><c> show</c><00:37:46.360><c> there.</c>

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:49.820
Show<00:37:47.940><c> My</c><00:37:48.480><c> people.</c>

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:52.420
Indicates<00:37:50.579><c> that</c><00:37:50.739><c> he</c><00:37:50.840><c> was</c><00:37:51.039><c> to</c><00:37:51.260><c> reveal</c><00:37:51.719><c> it,</c>

00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:57.019
but<00:37:52.980><c> it</c><00:37:53.119><c> also</c><00:37:53.460><c> indicates</c><00:37:54.039><c> something</c><00:37:54.599><c> very,</c><00:37:55.380><c> very</c><00:37:55.900><c> wonderful.</c>

00:37:57.639 --> 00:38:01.159
That<00:37:57.820><c> despite</c><00:37:58.579><c> what</c><00:37:59.360><c> these</c><00:37:59.699><c> people</c><00:38:00.039><c> have</c><00:38:00.320><c> done,</c>

00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:04.980
despite<00:38:02.320><c> their</c><00:38:02.719><c> lack</c><00:38:02.960><c> of</c><00:38:03.280><c> reverence</c><00:38:03.599><c> for</c><00:38:03.900><c> God</c><00:38:04.159><c> and</c><00:38:04.320><c> His</c><00:38:04.559><c> Word,</c>

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:10.159
He<00:38:05.519><c> still</c><00:38:06.000><c> calls</c><00:38:06.480><c> them</c><00:38:06.780><c> at</c><00:38:07.039><c> this</c><00:38:07.380><c> point</c><00:38:07.940><c> My</c><00:38:08.880><c> people.</c>

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:13.239
And<00:38:11.340><c> that</c><00:38:11.480><c> is</c><00:38:11.719><c> a</c><00:38:11.980><c> wonderful</c><00:38:12.440><c> indication</c>

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:15.559
of<00:38:14.179><c> the</c><00:38:14.400><c> forbearance</c><00:38:15.000><c> of</c><00:38:15.219><c> God,</c>

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:17.219
which<00:38:15.940><c> will</c><00:38:16.219><c> not</c><00:38:16.420><c> go</c><00:38:16.639><c> on</c><00:38:16.900><c> forever</c>

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:20.079
as<00:38:17.599><c> it</c><00:38:17.820><c> did</c><00:38:17.960><c> not</c><00:38:18.119><c> in</c><00:38:18.280><c> the</c><00:38:18.440><c> days</c><00:38:18.639><c> of</c><00:38:19.019><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:22.900
Because<00:38:20.800><c> in</c><00:38:21.019><c> the</c><00:38:21.139><c> days</c><00:38:21.360><c> of</c><00:38:21.699><c> Jeremiah,</c>

00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:24.780
down<00:38:23.400><c> came</c><00:38:23.679><c> the</c><00:38:23.960><c> Babylonians</c>

00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:28.380
and<00:38:25.780><c> brought</c><00:38:26.059><c> severe,</c><00:38:27.260><c> dreadful</c><00:38:27.699><c> punishment</c>

00:38:28.380 --> 00:38:29.960
upon<00:38:29.000><c> the</c><00:38:29.219><c> kingdom</c><00:38:29.460><c> of</c><00:38:29.719><c> Judah</c>

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:33.300
when<00:38:30.260><c> they</c><00:38:30.659><c> swept</c><00:38:30.960><c> away</c><00:38:31.260><c> the</c><00:38:31.539><c> kingdom</c><00:38:31.760><c> entirely,</c>

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:35.000
removed<00:38:33.659><c> their</c><00:38:34.079><c> king,</c>

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:38.559
the<00:38:35.260><c> last</c><00:38:35.719><c> king</c><00:38:36.079><c> ever</c><00:38:36.380><c> to</c><00:38:36.599><c> sit</c><00:38:36.719><c> upon</c><00:38:36.960><c> a</c><00:38:37.119><c> Jewish</c><00:38:37.440><c> throne,</c>

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:40.159
swept<00:38:39.239><c> away</c><00:38:39.559><c> the</c><00:38:39.840><c> kingdom,</c>

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:42.340
took<00:38:40.699><c> the</c><00:38:40.960><c> people</c><00:38:41.260><c> away</c><00:38:41.519><c> into</c><00:38:41.719><c> captivity,</c>

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:45.559
and<00:38:42.699><c> their</c><00:38:42.900><c> kingdom</c><00:38:43.219><c> was</c><00:38:43.539><c> lost</c><00:38:43.800><c> and</c><00:38:44.039><c> they</c><00:38:44.340><c> were</c><00:38:44.579><c> lost.</c>

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:48.019
But<00:38:46.800><c> despite</c><00:38:47.280><c> all</c><00:38:47.619><c> that,</c>

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:50.159
before<00:38:48.800><c> that</c><00:38:49.119><c> happened,</c>

00:38:50.300 --> 00:38:51.880
year<00:38:50.760><c> after</c><00:38:51.239><c> year,</c>

00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:53.380
prophet<00:38:52.519><c> after</c><00:38:52.960><c> prophet,</c>

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:56.380
generation<00:38:54.619><c> after</c><00:38:55.219><c> generation,</c>

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Yahweh<00:38:57.519><c> persevered</c><00:38:58.519><c> with</c><00:38:58.679><c> those</c><00:38:59.039><c> people.</c>

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:02.320
He<00:39:00.820><c> persevered</c><00:39:01.659><c> with</c><00:39:01.900><c> them.</c>

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:03.940
And<00:39:02.900><c> He</c><00:39:03.119><c> says,</c>

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:09.039
Show<00:39:04.579><c> My</c><00:39:05.599><c> people</c><00:39:06.739><c> their</c><00:39:07.780><c> sins.</c>

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:11.480
But<00:39:09.659><c> of</c><00:39:09.920><c> course,</c><00:39:10.260><c> the</c><00:39:10.420><c> time</c><00:39:10.639><c> would</c><00:39:10.980><c> come</c>

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:16.159
when<00:39:12.119><c> they</c><00:39:12.300><c> would</c><00:39:12.699><c> no</c><00:39:13.039><c> longer</c><00:39:13.460><c> be</c><00:39:15.179><c> His</c><00:39:15.559><c> people</c>

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:19.260
because<00:39:16.840><c> He</c><00:39:17.079><c> would</c><00:39:17.559><c> repudiate</c><00:39:18.199><c> that</c><00:39:18.460><c> generation</c>

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:22.059
and<00:39:20.039><c> they</c><00:39:20.300><c> would</c><00:39:20.599><c> be</c><00:39:21.019><c> lost.</c>

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:25.380
But<00:39:22.539><c> while</c><00:39:23.079><c> He</c><00:39:23.440><c> remained</c><00:39:24.320><c> compassionate,</c>

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:27.860
while<00:39:26.039><c> He</c><00:39:26.159><c> was</c><00:39:26.400><c> willing</c><00:39:26.679><c> to</c><00:39:27.239><c> show</c><00:39:27.519><c> them</c>

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and<00:39:28.119><c> to</c><00:39:28.380><c> direct</c><00:39:28.639><c> them,</c>

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He<00:39:30.179><c> adopts</c><00:39:30.480><c> the</c><00:39:30.840><c> same</c><00:39:31.139><c> attitude</c><00:39:31.639><c> here</c><00:39:32.159><c> through</c><00:39:32.480><c> Isaiah</c>

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:36.519
as<00:39:34.519><c> the</c><00:39:34.719><c> Lord</c><00:39:34.940><c> Jesus</c><00:39:35.500><c> Christ</c><00:39:35.940><c> did</c>

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:40.980
in<00:39:37.199><c> using</c><00:39:37.800><c> the</c><00:39:38.320><c> prophecy</c><00:39:38.920><c> of</c><00:39:39.760><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:46.179
In<00:39:42.719><c> Matthew</c><00:39:43.480><c> 15</c><00:39:44.460><c> and</c><00:39:44.800><c> verse</c><00:39:45.119><c> 8,</c>

00:39:46.260 --> 00:39:48.119
we<00:39:46.340><c> find</c><00:39:46.599><c> the</c><00:39:46.820><c> Lord</c><00:39:47.039><c> Jesus</c><00:39:47.639><c> Christ</c>

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:50.840
saying<00:39:48.440><c> to</c><00:39:48.679><c> the</c><00:39:48.860><c> Jews</c><00:39:49.139><c> of</c><00:39:49.380><c> His</c><00:39:49.739><c> day,</c>

00:39:51.659 --> 00:39:55.980
This<00:39:52.360><c> people</c><00:39:53.059><c> draweth</c><00:39:53.980><c> nigh</c><00:39:54.420><c> unto</c><00:39:54.719><c> Me</c><00:39:54.920><c> with</c><00:39:55.099><c> their</c><00:39:55.340><c> mouth</c>

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:58.900
and<00:39:56.940><c> honoreth</c><00:39:57.579><c> Me</c><00:39:57.760><c> with</c><00:39:57.980><c> their</c><00:39:58.260><c> lips,</c>

00:39:59.340 --> 00:40:03.039
which<00:39:59.500><c> is</c><00:39:59.840><c> exactly</c><00:40:00.440><c> what</c><00:40:00.699><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:01.139><c> 58</c><00:40:01.820><c> describes.</c>

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:06.179
You<00:40:03.300><c> look</c><00:40:03.480><c> at</c><00:40:03.659><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:04.079><c> 58</c><00:40:04.820><c> and</c><00:40:05.139><c> read</c><00:40:05.400><c> verse</c><00:40:05.719><c> 2,</c>

00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:09.739
verse<00:40:06.519><c> 3,</c><00:40:07.239><c> verse</c><00:40:07.519><c> 4,</c><00:40:08.320><c> and</c><00:40:08.460><c> verse</c><00:40:08.820><c> 5.</c>

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:11.599
It's<00:40:10.380><c> exactly</c><00:40:10.860><c> what</c><00:40:11.019><c> they</c><00:40:11.239><c> were</c><00:40:11.360><c> doing.</c>

00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:14.139
They<00:40:11.980><c> were</c><00:40:12.320><c> going</c><00:40:12.679><c> through</c><00:40:13.179><c> the</c><00:40:13.440><c> motions</c>

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of<00:40:15.260><c> mechanical</c><00:40:16.059><c> religious</c><00:40:16.900><c> worship.</c>

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Wherefore<00:40:19.460><c> have</c><00:40:19.739><c> we</c><00:40:20.420><c> fasted?</c>

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But<00:40:21.739><c> in</c><00:40:21.940><c> verse</c><00:40:22.360><c> 2,</c>

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:24.519
they<00:40:23.460><c> seek</c><00:40:23.739><c> Me</c><00:40:24.039><c> daily</c>

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:26.679
and<00:40:25.039><c> delight</c><00:40:25.440><c> to</c><00:40:25.679><c> know</c><00:40:25.860><c> My</c><00:40:26.139><c> ways</c>

00:40:26.679 --> 00:40:28.960
as<00:40:27.179><c> a</c><00:40:27.380><c> nation</c><00:40:27.659><c> that</c><00:40:27.900><c> did</c><00:40:28.139><c> righteousness</c>

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:32.539
and<00:40:29.639><c> forsook</c><00:40:30.139><c> not</c><00:40:30.440><c> the</c><00:40:30.699><c> ordinances</c><00:40:31.260><c> of</c><00:40:31.500><c> their</c><00:40:31.719><c> God.</c>

00:40:32.619 --> 00:40:35.719
They<00:40:32.880><c> ask</c><00:40:33.360><c> of</c><00:40:33.579><c> Me</c><00:40:33.980><c> the</c><00:40:34.380><c> ordinances</c><00:40:34.980><c> of</c><00:40:35.300><c> justice.</c>

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:39.440
They<00:40:36.199><c> take</c><00:40:36.500><c> delight</c><00:40:37.139><c> in</c><00:40:37.739><c> approaching</c><00:40:38.179><c> to</c><00:40:38.480><c> God.</c>

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:41.980
But<00:40:40.360><c> you</c><00:40:40.579><c> see,</c><00:40:40.840><c> the</c><00:40:40.940><c> Lord</c><00:40:41.159><c> Jesus</c><00:40:41.639><c> Christ,</c>

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:44.980
as<00:40:42.159><c> we've</c><00:40:42.480><c> said</c><00:40:42.739><c> in</c><00:40:43.099><c> Matthew</c><00:40:43.539><c> 15</c><00:40:44.079><c> and</c><00:40:44.260><c> verse</c><00:40:44.539><c> 8,</c>

00:40:45.260 --> 00:40:46.340
points<00:40:45.460><c> this</c><00:40:45.820><c> out.</c>

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:49.460
He<00:40:46.780><c> says</c><00:40:47.079><c> this</c><00:40:47.280><c> people</c><00:40:47.780><c> draweth</c><00:40:48.360><c> nigh</c><00:40:48.639><c> unto</c><00:40:48.860><c> Me</c>

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:51.019
with<00:40:50.280><c> their</c><00:40:50.480><c> mouth</c>

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:53.960
and<00:40:51.679><c> honoreth</c><00:40:52.239><c> Me</c><00:40:52.360><c> with</c><00:40:52.539><c> their</c><00:40:52.760><c> lips,</c>

00:40:54.559 --> 00:41:00.039
but<00:40:54.980><c> their</c><00:40:55.679><c> heart</c><00:40:56.440><c> is</c><00:40:57.880><c> far</c><00:40:58.500><c> from</c><00:40:58.980><c> Me.</c>

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:02.519
And<00:41:01.260><c> who</c><00:41:01.400><c> is</c><00:41:01.579><c> He</c><00:41:01.820><c> quoting</c><00:41:02.019><c> from?</c>

00:41:02.840 --> 00:41:05.019
The<00:41:03.059><c> prophecy</c><00:41:03.460><c> of</c><00:41:03.780><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:09.519
Isaiah<00:41:05.639><c> 29</c><00:41:06.559><c> and</c><00:41:07.480><c> verse</c><00:41:08.059><c> 13.</c>

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:12.960
So<00:41:10.719><c> you</c><00:41:11.000><c> see,</c><00:41:12.099><c> true</c><00:41:12.219><c> religion</c>

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:15.599
is<00:41:13.980><c> not</c><00:41:14.480><c> merely</c><00:41:14.860><c> a</c><00:41:15.099><c> matter</c>

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:18.699
of<00:41:16.320><c> mechanically</c><00:41:17.000><c> following</c><00:41:17.500><c> a</c><00:41:18.139><c> ritual</c>

00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:21.539
of<00:41:19.599><c> certain</c><00:41:19.980><c> requirements.</c>

00:41:22.380 --> 00:41:25.360
True<00:41:22.559><c> religion</c><00:41:23.159><c> is</c><00:41:23.460><c> a</c><00:41:23.659><c> way</c><00:41:23.840><c> of</c><00:41:24.159><c> life.</c>

00:41:26.019 --> 00:41:29.099
True<00:41:26.260><c> religion</c><00:41:26.960><c> requires</c><00:41:27.780><c> a</c><00:41:28.699><c> commitment</c>

00:41:29.099 --> 00:41:31.079
to<00:41:29.440><c> the</c><00:41:29.619><c> God</c><00:41:29.780><c> of</c><00:41:30.019><c> heaven</c>

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:34.760
and<00:41:32.840><c> a</c><00:41:33.099><c> willingness</c><00:41:33.440><c> to</c><00:41:33.900><c> honor</c><00:41:34.179><c> Him</c>

00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:36.440
in<00:41:35.079><c> His</c><00:41:35.380><c> ways</c>

00:41:36.670 --> 00:41:39.760
to<00:41:37.059><c> reverence</c><00:41:37.619><c> both</c><00:41:37.980><c> Him</c><00:41:38.239><c> and</c><00:41:38.400><c> His</c><00:41:38.659><c> Word</c>

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:42.500
and<00:41:40.679><c> to</c><00:41:41.079><c> strive</c><00:41:41.300><c> to</c><00:41:41.639><c> walk</c><00:41:41.840><c> in</c><00:41:42.019><c> a</c><00:41:42.159><c> way</c>

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:46.139
that<00:41:42.739><c> is</c><00:41:43.099><c> pleasing</c><00:41:43.800><c> and</c><00:41:44.420><c> acceptable</c><00:41:44.840><c> to</c><00:41:45.179><c> Him.</c>

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:50.639
And<00:41:47.199><c> those</c><00:41:47.480><c> first</c><00:41:47.860><c> seven</c><00:41:48.179><c> verses</c><00:41:48.679><c> of</c><00:41:48.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:49.559><c> 58</c>

00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:52.780
show<00:41:51.179><c> us</c><00:41:51.599><c> that</c><00:41:52.159><c> their</c><00:41:52.380><c> worship</c>

00:41:52.780 --> 00:41:54.239
was<00:41:53.059><c> not</c><00:41:53.260><c> true</c><00:41:53.519><c> worship</c>

00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:56.559
because<00:41:55.159><c> it</c><00:41:55.380><c> was</c><00:41:55.639><c> not</c><00:41:55.960><c> motivated</c>

00:41:56.559 --> 00:41:58.659
by<00:41:57.260><c> a</c><00:41:57.760><c> true</c><00:41:58.039><c> spirit</c>

00:41:58.659 --> 00:42:01.760
of<00:41:59.420><c> humble</c><00:42:00.059><c> submission</c><00:42:00.739><c> to</c><00:42:00.960><c> their</c><00:42:01.199><c> God</c>

00:42:01.760 --> 00:42:05.519
for<00:42:02.260><c> the</c><00:42:02.619><c> honor</c><00:42:02.920><c> and</c><00:42:03.400><c> glory</c><00:42:03.960><c> of</c><00:42:04.239><c> His</c><00:42:04.460><c> name.</c>

00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:08.960
And<00:42:07.059><c> in</c><00:42:07.260><c> another</c><00:42:07.500><c> passage</c><00:42:07.920><c> you</c><00:42:08.159><c> know,</c>

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:11.179
the<00:42:09.420><c> Lord</c><00:42:09.639><c> Jesus</c><00:42:10.119><c> Christ</c><00:42:10.559><c> quotes</c>

00:42:11.179 --> 00:42:13.960
another<00:42:12.039><c> of</c><00:42:12.539><c> the</c><00:42:12.719><c> great</c><00:42:12.960><c> prophets</c>

00:42:14.239 --> 00:42:16.179
when<00:42:14.880><c> He</c><00:42:15.099><c> says,</c>

00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:18.599
I<00:42:16.719><c> will</c><00:42:17.019><c> have</c><00:42:17.360><c> mercy</c>

00:42:18.820 --> 00:42:21.420
and<00:42:19.460><c> not</c><00:42:19.920><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:42:22.679 --> 00:42:24.199
In<00:42:22.840><c> that</c><00:42:23.079><c> regard,</c><00:42:23.559><c> He</c><00:42:23.659><c> is</c><00:42:23.960><c> quoting</c>

00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:28.659
from<00:42:24.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:25.019><c> chapter</c><00:42:25.480><c> 6</c><00:42:26.719><c> and</c><00:42:27.199><c> verse</c><00:42:27.460><c> 6.</c>

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:31.340
Because<00:42:29.340><c> the</c><00:42:29.639><c> people</c><00:42:29.920><c> again</c><00:42:30.380><c> in</c><00:42:30.579><c> the</c><00:42:30.699><c> Lord's</c><00:42:31.159><c> day</c>

00:42:31.340 --> 00:42:33.219
were<00:42:31.539><c> going</c><00:42:31.739><c> into</c><00:42:31.960><c> the</c><00:42:32.219><c> temple.</c>

00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:35.059
They<00:42:33.760><c> were</c><00:42:33.940><c> going</c><00:42:34.199><c> through</c><00:42:34.440><c> a</c><00:42:34.739><c> form</c>

00:42:35.059 --> 00:42:36.880
of<00:42:35.340><c> religious</c><00:42:35.719><c> worship.</c>

00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:38.920
But<00:42:37.179><c> the</c><00:42:37.320><c> Lord</c><00:42:37.659><c> quotes</c><00:42:38.119><c> to</c><00:42:38.320><c> them</c>

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:41.440
their<00:42:39.480><c> Old</c><00:42:39.880><c> Testament</c><00:42:40.360><c> prophet</c>

00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:44.539
from<00:42:41.960><c> the</c><00:42:42.239><c> ministry</c><00:42:42.780><c> of</c><00:42:43.179><c> Hosea</c>

00:42:44.539 --> 00:42:47.340
in<00:42:44.920><c> chapter</c><00:42:45.280><c> 6</c><00:42:45.699><c> and</c><00:42:45.900><c> verse</c><00:42:46.179><c> 6.</c>

00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:49.880
I<00:42:47.760><c> will</c><00:42:48.119><c> have</c><00:42:48.639><c> mercy</c>

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:52.420
and<00:42:50.559><c> not</c><00:42:51.000><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:55.440
That's<00:42:53.239><c> what</c><00:42:53.460><c> was</c><00:42:53.739><c> needed</c><00:42:54.039><c> in</c><00:42:54.280><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:54.699><c> 58.</c>

00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:57.360
But<00:42:55.860><c> what</c><00:42:56.039><c> does</c><00:42:56.199><c> it</c><00:42:56.420><c> mean?</c>

00:42:58.019 --> 00:43:00.780
Surely<00:42:58.420><c> God</c><00:42:58.719><c> requires</c><00:42:59.340><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:03.239
He<00:43:01.900><c> does</c><00:43:02.199><c> indeed.</c>

00:43:03.920 --> 00:43:06.739
But<00:43:04.079><c> you</c><00:43:04.340><c> see,</c><00:43:04.619><c> in</c><00:43:04.900><c> those</c><00:43:05.219><c> words</c><00:43:05.539><c> from</c><00:43:05.820><c> Hosea,</c>

00:43:06.739 --> 00:43:09.699
I<00:43:07.599><c> will</c><00:43:07.900><c> have</c><00:43:08.420><c> mercy</c>

00:43:09.739 --> 00:43:12.820
and<00:43:10.340><c> not</c><00:43:11.159><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:43:13.739 --> 00:43:17.159
Christ<00:43:13.900><c> is</c><00:43:14.260><c> referring,</c><00:43:15.619><c> as</c><00:43:15.860><c> was</c><00:43:16.099><c> Hosea,</c>

00:43:17.559 --> 00:43:20.380
to<00:43:17.780><c> a</c><00:43:18.079><c> certain</c><00:43:18.420><c> type</c><00:43:18.820><c> of</c><00:43:19.199><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:43:20.800 --> 00:43:23.539
The<00:43:21.079><c> type</c><00:43:21.400><c> of</c><00:43:21.820><c> sacrifice</c><00:43:22.380><c> that</c><00:43:22.780><c> is</c><00:43:23.000><c> depicted</c>

00:43:23.539 --> 00:43:27.559
in<00:43:23.840><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:24.340><c> chapter</c><00:43:24.760><c> 58</c><00:43:25.460><c> verses</c><00:43:26.000><c> 1</c><00:43:26.300><c> to</c><00:43:26.460><c> 7.</c>

00:43:28.280 --> 00:43:30.219
You<00:43:28.539><c> see,</c><00:43:28.719><c> what</c><00:43:28.960><c> the</c><00:43:29.179><c> Lord</c><00:43:29.360><c> was</c><00:43:29.579><c> getting</c><00:43:29.860><c> at</c>

00:43:30.219 --> 00:43:32.559
was<00:43:30.460><c> the</c><00:43:30.739><c> same</c><00:43:30.920><c> as</c><00:43:31.079><c> what</c><00:43:31.380><c> Hosea</c><00:43:31.719><c> was</c><00:43:31.900><c> getting</c><00:43:32.179><c> at.</c>

00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:34.380
And<00:43:32.900><c> that</c><00:43:33.019><c> is</c><00:43:33.199><c> simply</c><00:43:33.559><c> this,</c>

00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:36.659
that<00:43:35.019><c> the</c><00:43:35.280><c> offering</c><00:43:35.639><c> of</c><00:43:36.039><c> sacrifice</c>

00:43:36.659 --> 00:43:39.679
is<00:43:37.119><c> something</c><00:43:37.480><c> that</c><00:43:37.800><c> anybody</c><00:43:38.179><c> can</c><00:43:38.500><c> do.</c>

00:43:39.980 --> 00:43:41.420
The<00:43:40.199><c> taking</c><00:43:40.519><c> along</c><00:43:40.780><c> of</c><00:43:40.940><c> an</c><00:43:41.119><c> animal</c>

00:43:41.420 --> 00:43:43.019
to<00:43:41.639><c> the</c><00:43:41.760><c> temple</c><00:43:42.059><c> or</c><00:43:42.260><c> the</c><00:43:42.460><c> tabernacle,</c>

00:43:43.300 --> 00:43:46.360
and<00:43:43.480><c> offering</c><00:43:43.719><c> it</c><00:43:43.900><c> as</c><00:43:44.079><c> a</c><00:43:44.199><c> sacrifice</c><00:43:44.760><c> to</c><00:43:45.000><c> God,</c>

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:49.179
can<00:43:46.679><c> be,</c><00:43:47.719><c> and</c><00:43:48.019><c> very</c><00:43:48.320><c> often</c><00:43:48.659><c> was,</c>

00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:51.599
as<00:43:49.619><c> in</c><00:43:49.780><c> the</c><00:43:49.940><c> case</c><00:43:50.179><c> depicted</c><00:43:50.599><c> here</c><00:43:50.820><c> by</c><00:43:51.079><c> Isaiah</c>

00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:53.000
in<00:43:51.980><c> chapter</c><00:43:52.320><c> 58.</c>

00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:55.900
And<00:43:53.559><c> in</c><00:43:53.699><c> the</c><00:43:53.920><c> Lord's</c><00:43:54.280><c> words</c><00:43:54.519><c> concerning</c><00:43:55.019><c> His</c><00:43:55.300><c> own</c><00:43:55.559><c> day,</c>

00:43:56.099 --> 00:43:57.880
it<00:43:56.340><c> was</c><00:43:56.719><c> and</c><00:43:57.059><c> can</c><00:43:57.380><c> be</c>

00:43:57.880 --> 00:44:00.500
nothing<00:43:58.239><c> more</c><00:43:58.579><c> than</c><00:43:58.800><c> a</c><00:43:59.039><c> mere</c><00:43:59.239><c> ritual.</c>

00:44:01.219 --> 00:44:03.460
Without<00:44:01.619><c> the</c><00:44:02.039><c> overriding</c><00:44:02.539><c> state</c><00:44:02.940><c> of</c><00:44:03.219><c> mind</c>

00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:04.960
and<00:44:03.900><c> disposition</c>

00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:07.619
that<00:44:05.760><c> represents</c><00:44:06.280><c> a</c><00:44:06.599><c> man</c><00:44:06.840><c> or</c><00:44:07.039><c> a</c><00:44:07.239><c> woman</c>

00:44:07.619 --> 00:44:10.079
who<00:44:07.940><c> is</c><00:44:08.360><c> humbly</c><00:44:08.920><c> submitting</c><00:44:09.519><c> themselves</c>

00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:11.019
to<00:44:10.340><c> the</c><00:44:10.440><c> will</c><00:44:10.539><c> of</c><00:44:10.800><c> God</c>

00:44:11.019 --> 00:44:14.539
and<00:44:11.559><c> committing</c><00:44:12.079><c> themselves</c><00:44:12.619><c> to</c><00:44:12.860><c> His</c><00:44:13.139><c> ways.</c>

00:44:15.719 --> 00:44:17.780
Sacrifice<00:44:16.360><c> may</c><00:44:16.659><c> be</c><00:44:16.860><c> a</c><00:44:16.920><c> mere</c><00:44:17.239><c> ritual,</c>

00:44:18.260 --> 00:44:20.139
but<00:44:18.619><c> on</c><00:44:18.840><c> the</c><00:44:19.019><c> other</c><00:44:19.280><c> hand,</c>

00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:24.219
mercy<00:44:20.800><c> comes</c><00:44:22.380><c> from</c><00:44:22.679><c> a</c><00:44:22.860><c> disposition</c>

00:44:24.340 --> 00:44:26.400
or<00:44:24.659><c> a</c><00:44:24.960><c> state</c><00:44:25.119><c> of</c><00:44:25.380><c> mind.</c>

00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:29.440
And<00:44:27.400><c> that</c><00:44:27.519><c> is</c><00:44:27.760><c> why</c><00:44:28.280><c> both</c><00:44:28.699><c> Hosea</c>

00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:31.219
and<00:44:29.719><c> the</c><00:44:29.860><c> Lord</c><00:44:30.079><c> Jesus</c><00:44:30.599><c> Christ</c><00:44:30.980><c> said,</c>

00:44:31.219 --> 00:44:34.000
I<00:44:31.780><c> will</c><00:44:32.059><c> have</c><00:44:32.639><c> mercy,</c>

00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:37.400
a<00:44:34.980><c> proper,</c><00:44:35.679><c> correct</c><00:44:36.239><c> state</c><00:44:36.699><c> of</c><00:44:37.039><c> mind</c>

00:44:37.400 --> 00:44:39.840
and<00:44:37.739><c> disposition</c><00:44:38.460><c> in</c><00:44:39.000><c> divine</c><00:44:39.340><c> worship</c>

00:44:39.840 --> 00:44:41.940
and<00:44:40.639><c> not</c><00:44:41.059><c> sacrifice</c>

00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:44.780
the<00:44:42.360><c> mere</c><00:44:42.659><c> ritualistic</c><00:44:43.460><c> offering</c><00:44:43.880><c> of</c><00:44:44.179><c> animals</c>

00:44:44.780 --> 00:44:48.559
or<00:44:45.500><c> the</c><00:44:45.679><c> mere</c><00:44:45.860><c> performance</c><00:44:46.500><c> of</c><00:44:46.780><c> ritualistic</c><00:44:47.460><c> religion.</c>

00:44:49.380 --> 00:44:51.139
And<00:44:49.579><c> so</c><00:44:49.780><c> with</c><00:44:49.980><c> these</c><00:44:50.199><c> things</c><00:44:50.420><c> in</c><00:44:50.659><c> mind,</c>

00:44:51.519 --> 00:44:53.480
we<00:44:51.619><c> find</c><00:44:51.900><c> that</c><00:44:52.099><c> in</c><00:44:52.280><c> verse</c><00:44:52.519><c> 8,</c><00:44:52.760><c> as</c><00:44:52.900><c> we</c><00:44:53.079><c> mentioned,</c>

00:44:53.699 --> 00:44:55.260
a<00:44:53.840><c> little</c><00:44:54.039><c> while</c><00:44:54.260><c> ago,</c>

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:57.019
there<00:44:55.539><c> is</c><00:44:55.780><c> the</c><00:44:56.179><c> change</c><00:44:56.639><c> there</c>

00:44:57.019 --> 00:44:58.739
in<00:44:57.480><c> the</c><00:44:57.800><c> whole</c><00:44:58.139><c> concept.</c>

00:44:58.739 --> 00:45:00.559
Now<00:44:59.360><c> we</c><00:44:59.679><c> find</c><00:44:59.880><c> the</c><00:45:00.159><c> prophet</c>

00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:02.880
fulfilling<00:45:01.139><c> his</c><00:45:01.559><c> second</c><00:45:01.940><c> mission.</c>

00:45:03.219 --> 00:45:04.699
In<00:45:03.219><c> verses</c><00:45:03.639><c> 1</c><00:45:04.019><c> to</c><00:45:04.139><c> 7,</c>

00:45:05.019 --> 00:45:07.119
he<00:45:05.159><c> is</c><00:45:05.460><c> fulfilling</c><00:45:05.800><c> his</c><00:45:06.219><c> primary</c><00:45:06.719><c> mission,</c>

00:45:07.420 --> 00:45:09.320
which<00:45:07.619><c> is</c><00:45:07.820><c> to</c><00:45:08.019><c> remind</c><00:45:08.539><c> the</c><00:45:08.880><c> people</c>

00:45:09.320 --> 00:45:11.219
of<00:45:09.719><c> their</c><00:45:09.980><c> commitment</c><00:45:10.360><c> to</c><00:45:10.599><c> their</c><00:45:10.860><c> God,</c>

00:45:11.440 --> 00:45:12.980
of<00:45:11.599><c> the</c><00:45:11.900><c> terms</c><00:45:12.139><c> of</c><00:45:12.320><c> their</c><00:45:12.539><c> covenant</c>

00:45:12.980 --> 00:45:15.260
and<00:45:13.579><c> of</c><00:45:13.739><c> what</c><00:45:13.920><c> God</c><00:45:14.199><c> requires</c><00:45:14.780><c> of</c><00:45:15.000><c> them.</c>

00:45:15.440 --> 00:45:17.619
But<00:45:15.579><c> in</c><00:45:15.780><c> verse</c><00:45:16.079><c> 8</c><00:45:16.340><c> through</c><00:45:16.539><c> to</c><00:45:16.719><c> the</c><00:45:16.820><c> end</c><00:45:16.940><c> of</c><00:45:17.099><c> the</c><00:45:17.219><c> chapter,</c>

00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:19.599
his<00:45:18.119><c> mind</c><00:45:18.420><c> now</c><00:45:18.719><c> lifts</c><00:45:19.039><c> up</c>

00:45:19.599 --> 00:45:22.900
and<00:45:20.039><c> goes</c><00:45:20.340><c> on</c><00:45:20.860><c> forward</c><00:45:21.260><c> into</c><00:45:21.559><c> the</c><00:45:21.880><c> future,</c>

00:45:23.099 --> 00:45:25.920
the<00:45:23.360><c> time</c><00:45:23.579><c> when</c><00:45:23.760><c> Israel</c><00:45:24.179><c> will</c><00:45:24.380><c> be</c><00:45:24.719><c> changed.</c>

00:45:26.159 --> 00:45:28.159
Then<00:45:26.699><c> he</c><00:45:26.940><c> says</c><00:45:27.199><c> in</c><00:45:27.400><c> verse</c><00:45:27.719><c> 8,</c>

00:45:28.159 --> 00:45:32.920
Shall<00:45:28.880><c> thy</c><00:45:29.139><c> light</c><00:45:29.679><c> break</c><00:45:30.260><c> forth</c><00:45:30.659><c> as</c><00:45:31.079><c> the</c><00:45:31.579><c> morning</c>

00:45:33.159 --> 00:45:37.340
after<00:45:33.679><c> a</c><00:45:34.260><c> long</c><00:45:34.739><c> night</c><00:45:35.239><c> of</c><00:45:35.840><c> spiritual</c><00:45:36.460><c> darkness</c>

00:45:37.340 --> 00:45:39.480
for<00:45:37.780><c> the</c><00:45:37.980><c> nation</c><00:45:38.239><c> of</c><00:45:38.500><c> Israel?</c>

00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:40.679
They<00:45:39.639><c> will</c><00:45:39.840><c> become</c><00:45:40.260><c> flooded</c>

00:45:40.679 --> 00:45:42.280
with<00:45:40.900><c> the</c><00:45:41.139><c> light</c><00:45:41.260><c> of</c><00:45:41.440><c> the</c><00:45:41.719><c> truth.</c>

00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:44.760
In<00:45:43.440><c> verse</c><00:45:43.800><c> 11,</c><00:45:44.320><c> we</c><00:45:44.420><c> learn</c>

00:45:44.760 --> 00:45:47.960
that<00:45:45.219><c> they</c><00:45:45.480><c> will</c><00:45:45.780><c> become</c><00:45:46.320><c> builders,</c>

00:45:48.159 --> 00:45:49.699
whereas<00:45:48.300><c> in</c><00:45:48.579><c> the</c><00:45:48.739><c> days</c><00:45:48.920><c> of</c><00:45:49.199><c> Isaiah</c>

00:45:49.699 --> 00:45:52.000
and<00:45:50.199><c> the</c><00:45:50.400><c> days</c><00:45:50.579><c> of</c><00:45:50.760><c> the</c><00:45:50.880><c> Lord</c><00:45:51.079><c> Jesus</c><00:45:51.539><c> Christ,</c>

00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:55.179
they<00:45:52.380><c> were</c><00:45:52.619><c> more</c><00:45:53.059><c> terrors</c><00:45:53.599><c> down</c><00:45:53.920><c> of</c><00:45:54.079><c> the</c><00:45:54.300><c> truth.</c>

00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:57.039
And<00:45:55.820><c> in</c><00:45:56.019><c> every</c><00:45:56.280><c> generation,</c>

00:45:57.039 --> 00:45:59.139
there<00:45:57.199><c> may</c><00:45:57.480><c> be</c><00:45:57.719><c> those</c><00:45:58.260><c> who</c><00:45:58.880><c> claim</c>

00:45:59.139 --> 00:46:02.260
to<00:45:59.320><c> be</c><00:45:59.460><c> members</c><00:45:59.980><c> of</c><00:46:00.519><c> the</c><00:46:00.699><c> house</c><00:46:00.960><c> of</c><00:46:01.219><c> God,</c>

00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:03.460
to<00:46:02.340><c> be</c><00:46:02.460><c> members</c><00:46:02.739><c> of</c><00:46:02.940><c> the</c><00:46:03.219><c> family</c>

00:46:03.460 --> 00:46:05.360
or<00:46:03.679><c> the</c><00:46:03.880><c> people</c><00:46:04.099><c> of</c><00:46:04.360><c> God.</c>

00:46:05.380 --> 00:46:07.960
But<00:46:05.539><c> they</c><00:46:05.719><c> will</c><00:46:06.119><c> tear</c><00:46:06.380><c> down</c><00:46:06.679><c> the</c><00:46:07.019><c> truth</c>

00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:10.619
by<00:46:08.219><c> trying</c><00:46:08.539><c> to</c><00:46:08.739><c> get</c><00:46:08.840><c> them</c><00:46:09.059><c> to</c><00:46:09.360><c> compromise,</c>

00:46:11.139 --> 00:46:13.320
by<00:46:11.420><c> trying</c><00:46:11.679><c> to</c><00:46:11.960><c> cause</c><00:46:12.179><c> brethren</c><00:46:12.619><c> and</c><00:46:13.000><c> sisters</c>

00:46:13.320 --> 00:46:15.300
to<00:46:13.800><c> compromise</c><00:46:14.440><c> their</c><00:46:14.760><c> faith</c>

00:46:15.300 --> 00:46:16.780
for<00:46:16.000><c> whatever</c><00:46:16.380><c> reason</c>

00:46:16.780 --> 00:46:18.679
or<00:46:17.019><c> whatever</c><00:46:17.420><c> purpose</c><00:46:17.860><c> it</c><00:46:18.119><c> might</c><00:46:18.320><c> be.</c>

00:46:18.860 --> 00:46:20.940
That<00:46:19.099><c> is</c><00:46:19.500><c> tearing</c><00:46:19.900><c> people</c><00:46:20.380><c> down.</c>

00:46:21.179 --> 00:46:22.840
It<00:46:21.360><c> is</c><00:46:21.599><c> tearing</c><00:46:21.960><c> down</c><00:46:22.280><c> the</c><00:46:22.579><c> truth</c>

00:46:22.840 --> 00:46:25.639
to<00:46:23.559><c> compromise</c><00:46:24.239><c> that</c><00:46:24.719><c> which</c><00:46:24.940><c> is</c><00:46:25.320><c> holy,</c>

00:46:25.639 --> 00:46:29.360
that<00:46:26.039><c> which</c><00:46:26.300><c> is</c><00:46:26.599><c> right,</c><00:46:27.420><c> that</c><00:46:27.460><c> which</c><00:46:27.760><c> is</c><00:46:28.179><c> true.</c>

00:46:29.659 --> 00:46:31.320
But<00:46:29.860><c> you</c><00:46:30.059><c> see,</c><00:46:30.340><c> the</c><00:46:30.420><c> people</c><00:46:30.699><c> of</c><00:46:30.840><c> Israel</c>

00:46:31.320 --> 00:46:33.860
in<00:46:31.719><c> the</c><00:46:31.880><c> day</c><00:46:32.039><c> of</c><00:46:32.320><c> Messiah's</c><00:46:33.380><c> glory</c>

00:46:33.860 --> 00:46:35.780
will<00:46:34.320><c> become</c><00:46:34.679><c> not</c><00:46:34.900><c> only</c><00:46:35.280><c> builders,</c>

00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:38.460
they<00:46:36.239><c> will</c><00:46:36.559><c> become</c><00:46:37.179><c> repairers,</c>

00:46:38.780 --> 00:46:41.000
they<00:46:38.880><c> will</c><00:46:39.219><c> become</c><00:46:39.780><c> restorers.</c>

00:46:41.239 --> 00:46:43.099
They<00:46:41.539><c> will</c><00:46:41.739><c> learn</c><00:46:41.960><c> all</c><00:46:42.219><c> about</c><00:46:42.480><c> the</c><00:46:42.820><c> truth,</c>

00:46:43.360 --> 00:46:45.199
and<00:46:43.579><c> they</c><00:46:43.820><c> themselves</c><00:46:44.320><c> will</c><00:46:44.599><c> then</c><00:46:44.800><c> become</c>

00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:47.440
teachers<00:46:45.760><c> of</c><00:46:46.000><c> the</c><00:46:46.119><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:46:47.719 --> 00:46:50.960
What<00:46:47.880><c> a</c><00:46:48.059><c> wonderful</c><00:46:48.400><c> situation</c><00:46:49.199><c> that</c><00:46:49.679><c> will</c><00:46:49.960><c> be.</c>

00:46:51.239 --> 00:46:53.179
And<00:46:51.440><c> so</c><00:46:51.599><c> verse</c><00:46:51.880><c> 14,</c><00:46:52.340><c> in</c><00:46:52.539><c> the</c><00:46:52.639><c> final</c><00:46:52.940><c> word</c>

00:46:53.179 --> 00:46:54.880
of<00:46:53.320><c> that</c><00:46:53.519><c> chapter,</c><00:46:54.440><c> that</c><00:46:54.699><c> says,</c>

00:46:54.880 --> 00:47:00.139
Then<00:46:55.260><c> shalt</c><00:46:55.619><c> thou</c><00:46:56.380><c> delight</c><00:46:57.139><c> thyself</c><00:46:58.300><c> in</c><00:46:58.679><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:01.880
Which<00:47:00.360><c> is</c><00:47:00.559><c> something</c><00:47:00.900><c> that</c><00:47:01.119><c> they</c><00:47:01.280><c> were</c><00:47:01.460><c> not</c><00:47:01.679><c> doing</c>

00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:03.699
in<00:47:02.099><c> the</c><00:47:02.199><c> days</c><00:47:02.440><c> of</c><00:47:02.739><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:47:04.960 --> 00:47:06.900
Because<00:47:05.320><c> their</c><00:47:05.559><c> minds</c><00:47:05.880><c> were</c><00:47:06.099><c> not</c><00:47:06.420><c> working</c>

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in<00:47:07.659><c> harmony</c><00:47:07.980><c> with</c><00:47:08.199><c> the</c><00:47:08.440><c> truth.</c>

00:47:09.960 --> 00:47:11.739
Their<00:47:10.300><c> minds</c><00:47:10.760><c> were</c><00:47:10.980><c> not</c><00:47:11.139><c> in</c><00:47:11.360><c> harmony</c>

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with<00:47:12.059><c> the</c><00:47:12.280><c> divine</c><00:47:12.679><c> mind.</c>

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Then<00:47:14.619><c> shalt</c><00:47:15.019><c> thou</c><00:47:15.820><c> delight</c><00:47:16.920><c> thyself</c><00:47:17.900><c> in</c><00:47:18.219><c> Yahweh.</c>

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In<00:47:19.820><c> the</c><00:47:19.960><c> days</c><00:47:20.139><c> of</c><00:47:20.420><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:47:21.059 --> 00:47:23.719
they<00:47:21.199><c> were</c><00:47:21.380><c> going</c><00:47:21.659><c> through</c><00:47:22.059><c> forms</c><00:47:22.519><c> of</c><00:47:22.800><c> religious</c><00:47:23.179><c> worship.</c>

00:47:23.719 --> 00:47:28.000
But<00:47:24.679><c> without</c><00:47:25.039><c> a</c><00:47:25.380><c> true</c><00:47:25.599><c> delight</c><00:47:26.340><c> of</c><00:47:26.900><c> their</c><00:47:27.119><c> God,</c>

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and<00:47:28.039><c> a</c><00:47:28.360><c> love</c><00:47:28.579><c> for</c><00:47:28.800><c> Him,</c>

00:47:29.179 --> 00:47:32.139
and<00:47:29.519><c> a</c><00:47:29.699><c> desire</c><00:47:30.239><c> to</c><00:47:30.739><c> please</c><00:47:31.099><c> Him.</c>

00:47:32.619 --> 00:47:33.880
And<00:47:32.699><c> so</c><00:47:32.940><c> in</c><00:47:33.079><c> all</c><00:47:33.380><c> these</c><00:47:33.619><c> things,</c>

00:47:33.960 --> 00:47:35.300
there<00:47:34.059><c> are</c><00:47:34.260><c> great</c><00:47:34.500><c> lessons</c><00:47:34.860><c> for</c><00:47:35.079><c> us,</c>

00:47:35.599 --> 00:47:37.639
brethren<00:47:35.599><c> and</c><00:47:35.840><c> sisters,</c><00:47:36.760><c> and</c><00:47:36.920><c> young</c><00:47:37.179><c> people.</c>

00:47:38.139 --> 00:47:40.260
And<00:47:38.340><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:38.739><c> says</c><00:47:39.000><c> in</c><00:47:39.159><c> those</c><00:47:39.440><c> closing</c><00:47:39.820><c> words,</c>

00:47:40.500 --> 00:47:43.019
Then<00:47:40.699><c> shalt</c><00:47:40.960><c> thou</c><00:47:41.159><c> delight</c><00:47:41.500><c> thyself</c><00:47:42.079><c> in</c><00:47:42.320><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:47:43.360 --> 00:47:45.920
And<00:47:43.500><c> I</c><00:47:43.699><c> will</c><00:47:43.980><c> cause</c><00:47:44.360><c> thee</c><00:47:44.820><c> to</c><00:47:45.300><c> ride</c><00:47:45.659><c> upon</c>

00:47:45.920 --> 00:47:48.199
the<00:47:46.280><c> high</c><00:47:46.579><c> places</c><00:47:47.000><c> of</c><00:47:47.199><c> the</c><00:47:47.440><c> earth.</c>

00:47:48.500 --> 00:47:51.179
What<00:47:48.840><c> a</c><00:47:49.260><c> majestic</c><00:47:49.820><c> expression</c><00:47:50.480><c> that</c><00:47:50.739><c> is.</c>

00:47:51.179 --> 00:47:53.880
What<00:47:51.800><c> a</c><00:47:52.179><c> glorious</c><00:47:52.639><c> expression.</c>

00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:56.739
And<00:47:54.340><c> it</c><00:47:54.480><c> is</c><00:47:54.840><c> taken</c><00:47:55.260><c> from</c><00:47:55.599><c> Moses.</c>

00:47:56.920 --> 00:48:02.159
It<00:47:57.119><c> is</c><00:47:57.420><c> taken</c><00:47:57.760><c> from</c><00:47:58.099><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:47:58.860><c> chapter</c><00:47:59.239><c> 32</c><00:48:00.079><c> and</c><00:48:00.599><c> verse</c><00:48:00.840><c> 13.</c>

00:48:02.860 --> 00:48:05.119
And<00:48:03.019><c> you</c><00:48:03.260><c> see,</c><00:48:03.519><c> here</c><00:48:03.679><c> is</c><00:48:03.860><c> the</c><00:48:04.260><c> same</c><00:48:04.599><c> lesson</c>

00:48:05.119 --> 00:48:07.119
that<00:48:05.699><c> the</c><00:48:06.039><c> Apostle</c><00:48:06.639><c> Peter,</c>

00:48:07.400 --> 00:48:09.619
whose<00:48:07.539><c> first</c><00:48:07.940><c> epistle</c><00:48:08.440><c> we</c><00:48:08.780><c> have</c><00:48:08.960><c> already</c><00:48:09.260><c> mentioned</c>

00:48:09.619 --> 00:48:11.480
this<00:48:09.900><c> afternoon,</c><00:48:10.320><c> this</c><00:48:10.579><c> morning,</c>

00:48:12.139 --> 00:48:15.559
is<00:48:12.820><c> used</c><00:48:13.500><c> to</c><00:48:13.840><c> teach</c><00:48:14.019><c> us</c><00:48:14.340><c> the</c><00:48:14.599><c> same</c><00:48:14.900><c> thing.</c>

00:48:15.820 --> 00:48:18.719
When<00:48:16.079><c> he</c><00:48:16.260><c> says</c><00:48:16.480><c> in</c><00:48:16.719><c> chapter</c><00:48:17.059><c> 5</c><00:48:17.539><c> and</c><00:48:17.719><c> verse</c><00:48:18.039><c> 6,</c>

00:48:18.719 --> 00:48:21.699
Humble<00:48:19.860><c> yourselves</c><00:48:20.519><c> therefore</c>

00:48:21.699 --> 00:48:25.420
under<00:48:22.800><c> the</c><00:48:23.199><c> mighty</c><00:48:23.599><c> hand</c><00:48:23.940><c> of</c><00:48:24.099><c> God,</c>

00:48:25.440 --> 00:48:28.519
that<00:48:25.460><c> He</c><00:48:25.659><c> may</c><00:48:25.940><c> exalt</c><00:48:26.559><c> you</c><00:48:26.820><c> in</c><00:48:27.000><c> due</c><00:48:27.320><c> time.</c>

00:48:28.900 --> 00:48:33.019
And<00:48:29.079><c> that</c><00:48:29.219><c> is</c><00:48:29.360><c> what</c><00:48:29.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:30.119><c> is</c><00:48:30.420><c> pleading</c><00:48:30.760><c> for</c><00:48:31.159><c> in</c><00:48:31.519><c> chapter</c><00:48:31.840><c> 58.</c>

00:48:33.320 --> 00:48:35.039
That<00:48:33.460><c> is</c><00:48:33.760><c> exactly</c><00:48:34.300><c> what</c><00:48:34.480><c> he</c><00:48:34.659><c> wants.</c>

00:48:35.460 --> 00:48:37.300
It<00:48:35.599><c> is</c><00:48:35.739><c> what</c><00:48:35.920><c> the</c><00:48:36.119><c> Lord</c><00:48:36.320><c> Jesus</c><00:48:36.800><c> Christ</c>

00:48:37.300 --> 00:48:39.199
tried<00:48:37.559><c> to</c><00:48:37.800><c> persuade</c><00:48:38.099><c> the</c><00:48:38.360><c> people.</c>

00:48:39.420 --> 00:48:40.579
And<00:48:39.659><c> there</c><00:48:39.840><c> is</c><00:48:40.059><c> Peter,</c>

00:48:40.980 --> 00:48:43.760
using<00:48:41.300><c> the</c><00:48:41.719><c> same</c><00:48:42.000><c> line</c><00:48:42.280><c> of</c><00:48:42.579><c> reasoning</c><00:48:42.840><c> to</c><00:48:43.119><c> us</c><00:48:43.340><c> today,</c>

00:48:44.159 --> 00:48:46.000
Humble<00:48:44.539><c> yourselves</c><00:48:45.199><c> therefore</c>

00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:51.179
under<00:48:47.139><c> the</c><00:48:47.599><c> mighty</c><00:48:48.420><c> hand</c><00:48:49.380><c> of</c><00:48:49.940><c> God.</c>

00:48:51.360 --> 00:48:53.139
Allow<00:48:52.039><c> Him,</c><00:48:52.480><c> as</c><00:48:52.579><c> it</c><00:48:52.840><c> were,</c>

00:48:53.380 --> 00:48:55.840
like<00:48:53.619><c> the</c><00:48:53.960><c> great</c><00:48:54.320><c> Master</c><00:48:54.960><c> Potter,</c>

00:48:55.960 --> 00:48:57.739
with<00:48:56.139><c> His</c><00:48:56.400><c> wonderful</c><00:48:56.920><c> hand,</c>

00:48:57.940 --> 00:49:01.360
to<00:48:58.420><c> mold</c><00:48:58.739><c> us</c><00:48:59.159><c> and</c><00:48:59.340><c> to</c><00:48:59.860><c> shape</c><00:49:00.099><c> us</c>

00:49:01.360 --> 00:49:03.920
into<00:49:01.780><c> that</c><00:49:02.039><c> which</c><00:49:02.260><c> He</c><00:49:02.639><c> desires</c>

00:49:03.840 --> 00:49:07.320
for<00:49:04.179><c> something</c><00:49:04.679><c> for</c><00:49:05.079><c> honor</c><00:49:05.380><c> and</c><00:49:05.800><c> glory</c><00:49:06.320><c> in</c><00:49:06.500><c> His</c><00:49:06.820><c> kingdom.</c>

00:49:07.800 --> 00:49:09.900
And<00:49:08.099><c> if</c><00:49:08.260><c> we</c><00:49:08.460><c> will</c><00:49:08.739><c> submit</c>

00:49:09.780 --> 00:49:11.639
to<00:49:10.119><c> the</c><00:49:10.300><c> guiding</c><00:49:10.679><c> hand</c><00:49:11.019><c> of</c><00:49:11.179><c> the</c><00:49:11.380><c> Potter,</c>

00:49:12.079 --> 00:49:14.280
if<00:49:12.360><c> we</c><00:49:12.559><c> will</c><00:49:12.780><c> allow</c><00:49:13.059><c> Him</c><00:49:13.300><c> to</c><00:49:13.739><c> shape</c><00:49:13.960><c> us</c>

00:49:14.280 --> 00:49:17.659
and<00:49:14.420><c> to</c><00:49:14.659><c> mold</c><00:49:15.000><c> us</c><00:49:15.519><c> into</c><00:49:15.780><c> that</c><00:49:16.000><c> which</c><00:49:16.159><c> He</c><00:49:16.420><c> requires,</c>

00:49:18.139 --> 00:49:20.780
and<00:49:18.179><c> not</c><00:49:18.440><c> reacting</c><00:49:18.940><c> unfavorably</c><00:49:20.079><c> against</c><00:49:20.380><c> the</c><00:49:20.619><c> Potter,</c>

00:49:21.019 --> 00:49:23.420
saying<00:49:21.079><c> we</c><00:49:21.280><c> won't</c><00:49:21.579><c> be</c><00:49:21.920><c> shaped</c><00:49:22.139><c> in</c><00:49:22.320><c> that</c><00:49:22.519><c> way,</c>

00:49:23.480 --> 00:49:26.000
to<00:49:23.739><c> be</c><00:49:24.139><c> shaped</c><00:49:24.480><c> and</c><00:49:24.860><c> formed</c><00:49:25.099><c> and</c><00:49:25.360><c> molded,</c>

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then<00:49:26.679><c> says</c><00:49:26.900><c> Peter,</c>

00:49:27.900 --> 00:49:31.519
He<00:49:28.039><c> will</c><00:49:28.400><c> exalt</c><00:49:28.900><c> you</c><00:49:29.639><c> in</c><00:49:30.139><c> due</c><00:49:30.460><c> time.</c>

00:49:31.800 --> 00:49:33.659
And<00:49:32.000><c> may</c><00:49:32.219><c> we</c><00:49:32.400><c> then</c><00:49:32.619><c> receive</c><00:49:33.099><c> the</c><00:49:33.340><c> message</c>

00:49:33.659 --> 00:49:35.159
from<00:49:33.860><c> the</c><00:49:34.039><c> ministry</c><00:49:34.360><c> of</c><00:49:34.539><c> the</c><00:49:34.760><c> prophets</c>

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and<00:49:36.239><c> strive</c><00:49:36.639><c> to</c><00:49:37.019><c> see</c><00:49:37.300><c> that</c><00:49:37.539><c> we</c><00:49:38.139><c> endeavor</c>

00:49:38.639 --> 00:49:40.739
to<00:49:39.119><c> take</c><00:49:39.380><c> their</c><00:49:39.619><c> message</c><00:49:39.980><c> to</c><00:49:40.219><c> us</c>

00:49:40.739 --> 00:49:43.059
and<00:49:41.320><c> to</c><00:49:41.519><c> walk</c><00:49:41.679><c> in</c><00:49:41.880><c> God's</c><00:49:42.380><c> ways</c>

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according<00:49:43.719><c> to</c><00:49:43.940><c> their</c><00:49:44.199><c> wise</c><00:49:44.579><c> counsel,</c>

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that<00:49:45.820><c> we</c><00:49:46.000><c> might</c><00:49:46.300><c> indeed</c><00:49:46.960><c> receive</c><00:49:47.599><c> the</c><00:49:47.840><c> kingdom</c>

00:49:48.340 --> 00:49:50.119
at<00:49:48.719><c> the</c><00:49:48.880><c> coming</c><00:49:49.019><c> of</c><00:49:49.239><c> the</c><00:49:49.340><c> Lord.</c>