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of</c><01:42:31.729><c> John's</c><01:42:32.250><c> death</c> 01:42:32.689 --> 01:42:34.050 Until<01:42:33.210><c> now</c> 01:42:34.050 --> 01:42:37.630 Men<01:42:34.449><c> were</c><01:42:34.729><c> taking</c><01:42:34.970><c> the</c><01:42:35.149><c> kingdom</c><01:42:35.470><c> of</c><01:42:35.550><c> heaven</c><01:42:35.829><c> by</c><01:42:36.250><c> force</c> 01:42:37.810 --> 01:42:39.630 What<01:42:38.369><c> did</c><01:42:38.569><c> he</c><01:42:38.590><c> mean?</c> 01:42:40.149 --> 01:42:41.949 Luke<01:42:40.170><c> interprets</c><01:42:40.949><c> that</c><01:42:41.149><c> when</c><01:42:41.310><c> he</c><01:42:41.430><c> says</c> 01:42:41.949 --> 01:42:45.350 Every<01:42:43.050><c> man</c><01:42:43.649><c> practices</c><01:42:44.250><c> into</c><01:42:44.510><c> the</c><01:42:44.689><c> kingdom</c> 01:42:45.350 --> 01:42:47.109 Because<01:42:45.970><c> the</c><01:42:46.189><c> word</c><01:42:46.449><c> force</c><01:42:46.850><c> there</c> 01:42:47.109 --> 01:42:48.909 Though<01:42:47.390><c> it</c><01:42:47.489><c> can</c><01:42:47.729><c> mean</c><01:42:47.949><c> force</c> 01:42:48.689 --> 01:42:50.750 Really<01:42:48.970><c> means</c><01:42:49.449><c> to</c><01:42:49.890><c> be</c><01:42:50.170><c> energetic</c> 01:42:50.750 --> 01:42:53.210 And<01:42:50.989><c> to</c><01:42:51.329><c> hold</c><01:42:51.789><c> on</c><01:42:52.109><c> with</c><01:42:52.390><c> energy</c> 01:42:53.210 --> 01:42:55.329 And<01:42:53.869><c> they</c><01:42:54.210><c> did</c><01:42:54.449><c> brethren</c><01:42:54.890><c> and</c><01:42:55.069><c> sisters</c> 01:42:55.329 --> 01:42:57.010 And<01:42:55.609><c> as</c><01:42:55.770><c> the</c><01:42:55.909><c> Lord</c><01:42:56.069><c> went</c><01:42:56.289><c> through</c><01:42:56.550><c> the</c><01:42:56.770><c> land</c> 01:42:57.010 --> 01:42:59.470 All<01:42:57.470><c> the</c><01:42:57.729><c> publicans</c><01:42:58.170><c> and</c><01:42:58.329><c> the</c><01:42:58.510><c> harlots</c><01:42:58.810><c> and</c><01:42:59.010><c> the</c><01:42:59.170><c> sinners</c> 01:42:59.470 --> 01:43:01.750 Who<01:42:59.789><c> had</c><01:43:00.010><c> washed</c><01:43:00.229><c> away</c><01:43:00.649><c> their</c><01:43:01.350><c> sins</c> 01:43:01.750 --> 01:43:03.189 In<01:43:02.170><c> the</c><01:43:02.350><c> sense</c><01:43:02.489><c> of</c><01:43:02.750><c> repentance</c> 01:43:03.189 --> 01:43:04.229 Not<01:43:03.670><c> in</c><01:43:03.810><c> the</c><01:43:03.909><c> forgiveness</c> 01:43:04.229 --> 01:43:05.590 Because<01:43:04.470><c> that</c><01:43:04.590><c> was</c><01:43:04.770><c> offered</c><01:43:04.890><c> by</c><01:43:05.170><c> the</c><01:43:05.289><c> Lord</c> 01:43:05.590 --> 01:43:07.789 But<01:43:05.970><c> it</c><01:43:05.989><c> was</c><01:43:06.270><c> offered</c><01:43:06.409><c> to</c><01:43:06.930><c> John</c> 01:43:07.789 --> 01:43:11.069 All<01:43:08.369><c> those</c><01:43:08.609><c> people</c><01:43:08.890><c> came</c><01:43:09.310><c> streaming</c><01:43:09.689><c> over</c><01:43:09.930><c> the</c><01:43:10.069><c> Lord</c><01:43:10.250><c> Jesus</c><01:43:10.710><c> Christ</c> 01:43:11.069 --> 01:43:12.890 They<01:43:11.390><c> took</c><01:43:11.630><c> off</c><01:43:11.930><c> the</c><01:43:12.109><c> roofs</c><01:43:12.329><c> of</c><01:43:12.569><c> houses</c> 01:43:12.890 --> 01:43:15.210 They<01:43:13.289><c> let</c><01:43:13.510><c> down</c><01:43:13.850><c> men</c><01:43:14.170><c> sick</c><01:43:14.430><c> on</c><01:43:14.810><c> beds</c> 01:43:15.210 --> 01:43:17.029 They<01:43:15.630><c> prayed</c><01:43:15.909><c> to</c><01:43:16.050><c> him</c><01:43:16.270><c> to</c><01:43:16.470><c> suck</c><01:43:16.649><c> the</c><01:43:16.850><c> greens</c> 01:43:17.029 --> 01:43:18.170 And<01:43:17.210><c> he</c><01:43:17.289><c> got</c><01:43:17.390><c> to</c><01:43:17.489><c> go</c><01:43:17.630><c> to</c><01:43:17.729><c> a</c><01:43:17.949><c> base</c> 01:43:18.170 --> 01:43:19.710 And<01:43:18.289><c> get</c><01:43:18.489><c> out</c><01:43:18.630><c> of</c><01:43:18.689><c> the</c><01:43:18.909><c> light</c><01:43:19.050><c> to</c><01:43:19.270><c> preach</c><01:43:19.489><c> work</c> 01:43:19.710 --> 01:43:21.569 Otherwise<01:43:20.050><c> they</c><01:43:20.270><c> would</c><01:43:20.390><c> have</c><01:43:20.590><c> pushed</c><01:43:20.829><c> him</c><01:43:21.010><c> to</c><01:43:21.189><c> the</c><01:43:21.229><c> water</c> 01:43:21.569 --> 01:43:25.010 They<01:43:22.430><c> crowded</c><01:43:22.750><c> him</c><01:43:22.970><c> on</c><01:43:23.189><c> occasions</c><01:43:23.510><c> where</c><01:43:23.729><c> he</c><01:43:23.810><c> could</c><01:43:24.069><c> scarcely</c><01:43:24.510><c> move</c> 01:43:25.010 --> 01:43:27.770 A<01:43:25.470><c> poor</c><01:43:25.670><c> woman</c><01:43:25.970><c> fought</c><01:43:26.470><c> her</c><01:43:26.710><c> way</c><01:43:26.989><c> through</c><01:43:27.270><c> a</c><01:43:27.529><c> crowd</c> 01:43:27.770 --> 01:43:29.430 To<01:43:28.289><c> grab</c><01:43:28.609><c> hold</c><01:43:28.829><c> of</c><01:43:28.970><c> his</c><01:43:29.229><c> garden</c> 01:43:29.430 --> 01:43:31.989 That<01:43:29.590><c> she</c><01:43:29.750><c> might</c><01:43:29.989><c> be</c><01:43:30.189><c> healed</c><01:43:30.350><c> of</c><01:43:30.590><c> her</c><01:43:30.710><c> sickness</c> 01:43:32.470 --> 01:43:34.109 A<01:43:32.909><c> centurion</c><01:43:33.350><c> sent</c><01:43:33.569><c> a</c><01:43:33.869><c> servant</c> 01:43:34.109 --> 01:43:35.590 To<01:43:34.550><c> say</c><01:43:34.729><c> to</c><01:43:34.970><c> heal</c><01:43:35.149><c> his</c><01:43:35.449><c> servant</c> 01:43:35.590 --> 01:43:36.750 But<01:43:35.850><c> not</c><01:43:36.050><c> to</c><01:43:36.189><c> bother</c><01:43:36.329><c> to</c><01:43:36.609><c> come</c> 01:43:36.750 --> 01:43:38.890 Because<01:43:36.869><c> he</c><01:43:37.109><c> knew</c><01:43:37.149><c> the</c><01:43:37.310><c> Lord</c><01:43:37.510><c> was</c><01:43:37.829><c> busy</c> 01:43:39.090 --> 01:43:40.850 And<01:43:39.649><c> there</c><01:43:39.810><c> were</c><01:43:39.989><c> people</c><01:43:40.329><c> everywhere</c> 01:43:40.850 --> 01:43:42.529 Using<01:43:41.369><c> every</c><01:43:41.750><c> energy</c><01:43:42.069><c> they</c><01:43:42.270><c> had</c> 01:43:42.529 --> 01:43:44.090 To<01:43:42.750><c> give</c><01:43:42.869><c> the</c><01:43:43.010><c> depiction</c><01:43:43.350><c> of</c><01:43:43.569><c> God</c> 01:43:44.090 --> 01:43:44.729 Why? 01:43:45.170 --> 01:43:48.210 Because<01:43:45.729><c> John</c><01:43:46.229><c> had</c><01:43:46.529><c> touched</c><01:43:46.810><c> their</c><01:43:47.149><c> hearts</c><01:43:47.409><c> brethren</c><01:43:47.729><c> and</c><01:43:47.989><c> sisters</c> 01:43:48.210 --> 01:43:49.630 That's<01:43:48.689><c> what</c><01:43:48.890><c> the</c><01:43:49.029><c> Lord</c><01:43:49.210><c> meant</c> 01:43:49.630 --> 01:43:51.829 He<01:43:50.210><c> had</c><01:43:50.449><c> affected</c><01:43:50.810><c> his</c><01:43:51.170><c> work</c> 01:43:51.829 --> 01:43:54.109 Are<01:43:52.229><c> we</c><01:43:52.409><c> going</c><01:43:52.550><c> to</c><01:43:52.729><c> press</c><01:43:52.890><c> into</c><01:43:53.029><c> the</c><01:43:53.229><c> kingdom?</c> 01:43:54.470 --> 01:43:55.930 Look<01:43:54.470><c> in</c><01:43:54.729><c> Luke</c><01:43:55.029><c> chapter</c><01:43:55.409><c> 7</c> 01:43:55.930 --> 01:43:57.270 See<01:43:56.189><c> what</c><01:43:56.310><c> it</c><01:43:56.569><c> says</c> 01:43:57.270 --> 01:43:59.210 Here<01:43:57.789><c> was</c><01:43:58.029><c> the</c><01:43:58.130><c> effect</c><01:43:58.390><c> of</c><01:43:58.569><c> John's</c><01:43:59.010><c> preaching</c> 01:43:59.210 --> 01:44:00.949 In<01:43:59.390><c> Luke</c><01:43:59.670><c> chapter</c><01:43:59.949><c> 7</c><01:44:00.270><c> again</c> 01:44:00.949 --> 01:44:03.350 Coming<01:44:01.289><c> back</c><01:44:01.550><c> to</c><01:44:01.689><c> our</c><01:44:01.930><c> theme</c> 01:44:03.449 --> 01:44:06.029 And<01:44:04.010><c> in</c><01:44:04.189><c> verse</c><01:44:04.369><c> 29</c> 01:44:06.470 --> 01:44:09.710 Luke<01:44:07.149><c> recalls</c><01:44:07.710><c> the</c><01:44:07.789><c> effect</c><01:44:08.069><c> of</c><01:44:08.310><c> John's</c><01:44:08.770><c> preaching</c> 01:44:10.470 --> 01:44:13.750 And<01:44:11.149><c> all</c><01:44:11.350><c> the</c><01:44:11.489><c> people</c><01:44:11.930><c> that</c><01:44:12.289><c> heard</c><01:44:12.529><c> him</c> 01:44:13.750 --> 01:44:16.430 And<01:44:14.569><c> the</c><01:44:14.850><c> publicans</c> 01:44:16.430 --> 01:44:18.270 Justified<01:44:17.430><c> God</c> 01:44:18.710 --> 01:44:19.390 Why? 01:44:19.869 --> 01:44:22.590 Being<01:44:20.310><c> baptized</c><01:44:20.970><c> with</c><01:44:21.250><c> the</c><01:44:21.430><c> baptism</c><01:44:21.829><c> of</c><01:44:22.170><c> John</c> 01:44:22.590 --> 01:44:25.270 You<01:44:22.989><c> see</c><01:44:23.130><c> that's</c><01:44:23.470><c> the</c><01:44:23.590><c> crowd</c><01:44:23.789><c> that</c><01:44:24.050><c> heard</c><01:44:24.149><c> him</c> 01:44:25.270 --> 01:44:26.869 They<01:44:25.649><c> justified</c><01:44:26.310><c> God</c> 01:44:26.869 --> 01:44:28.489 They<01:44:27.109><c> didn't</c><01:44:27.329><c> justify</c><01:44:27.869><c> themselves</c> 01:44:28.489 --> 01:44:29.810 They<01:44:28.850><c> let</c><01:44:29.010><c> the</c><01:44:29.210><c> John</c><01:44:29.369><c> and</c><01:44:29.529><c> they</c><01:44:29.670><c> said</c> 01:44:29.810 --> 01:44:31.909 John,<01:44:30.770><c> we</c><01:44:30.850><c> agree</c><01:44:31.170><c> with</c><01:44:31.409><c> you</c> 01:44:31.909 --> 01:44:34.149 All<01:44:32.390><c> flesh</c><01:44:32.689><c> is</c><01:44:33.029><c> grass,</c><01:44:33.449><c> I'm</c><01:44:33.770><c> grass</c> 01:44:34.149 --> 01:44:36.569 I've<01:44:35.069><c> got</c><01:44:35.270><c> no</c><01:44:35.630><c> licenses</c><01:44:36.069><c> of</c><01:44:36.329><c> my</c><01:44:36.470><c> own</c> 01:44:36.569 --> 01:44:38.170 I<01:44:36.770><c> couldn't</c><01:44:37.010><c> even</c><01:44:37.350><c> get</c><01:44:37.430><c> it</c><01:44:37.569><c> if</c><01:44:37.670><c> I</c><01:44:37.850><c> tried</c> 01:44:38.170 --> 01:44:39.869 I<01:44:38.590><c> need</c><01:44:38.909><c> God</c><01:44:39.170><c> in</c><01:44:39.310><c> my</c><01:44:39.569><c> life</c> 01:44:39.869 --> 01:44:41.149 God<01:44:40.210><c> alone</c><01:44:40.470><c> is</c><01:44:40.729><c> righteous</c> 01:44:41.149 --> 01:44:42.949 Help<01:44:41.649><c> me</c><01:44:41.850><c> to</c><01:44:41.970><c> bring</c><01:44:42.109><c> God</c><01:44:42.329><c> into</c><01:44:42.510><c> my</c><01:44:42.789><c> life</c> 01:44:42.949 --> 01:44:45.289 To<01:44:43.210><c> affect</c><01:44:43.529><c> my</c><01:44:43.869><c> life</c><01:44:44.109><c> by</c><01:44:44.310><c> the</c><01:44:44.510><c> power</c><01:44:44.670><c> of</c><01:44:44.829><c> his</c><01:44:45.010><c> word</c> 01:44:45.289 --> 01:44:48.470 And<01:44:45.850><c> they</c><01:44:46.109><c> justified</c><01:44:46.689><c> God's</c><01:44:47.229><c> power</c><01:44:47.449><c> to</c><01:44:47.670><c> do</c><01:44:47.770><c> it</c> 01:44:48.470 --> 01:44:49.970 And<01:44:48.829><c> there</c><01:44:48.890><c> were</c><01:44:49.050><c> the</c><01:44:49.250><c> crowds</c><01:44:49.430><c> that</c><01:44:49.689><c> came</c> 01:44:49.970 --> 01:44:51.329 Praying<01:44:50.350><c> towards</c><01:44:50.689><c> the</c><01:44:50.890><c> Lord</c> 01:44:51.329 --> 01:44:53.789 Struggling<01:44:52.069><c> to</c><01:44:52.409><c> get</c><01:44:52.630><c> into</c><01:44:52.770><c> the</c><01:44:53.029><c> kingdom</c> 01:44:54.590 --> 01:44:56.850 And<01:44:55.109><c> the</c><01:44:55.210><c> other</c><01:44:55.329><c> crowds</c><01:44:55.609><c> just</c><01:44:55.930><c> lived</c> 01:44:57.210 --> 01:44:59.930 But<01:44:57.729><c> the</c><01:44:57.930><c> fanatics</c><01:44:58.270><c> and</c><01:44:58.550><c> lawyers</c> 01:45:00.550 --> 01:45:03.949 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