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forgive,<00:10:25.960><c> it</c><00:10:26.000><c> can</c><00:10:26.179><c> only</c><00:10:26.320><c> be</c><00:10:26.480><c> for</c><00:10:26.580><c> one</c><00:10:26.700><c> other</c><00:10:26.860><c> reason,</c>

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and<00:10:28.139><c> that</c><00:10:28.299><c> is</c><00:10:29.539><c> because</c><00:10:30.019><c> of</c><00:10:30.200><c> the</c><00:10:30.480><c> sinner's</c><00:10:31.440><c> unwillingness</c><00:10:32.399><c> to</c>

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be<00:10:33.019><c> forgiven.</c>

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So<00:10:35.659><c> I'll</c><00:10:35.820><c> just</c><00:10:35.940><c> say</c><00:10:36.039><c> that</c><00:10:36.200><c> again</c><00:10:37.139><c> because</c><00:10:37.720><c> it's</c><00:10:38.139><c> quite</c><00:10:38.340><c> a</c><00:10:38.539><c> useful</c><00:10:38.879><c> summary</c><00:10:39.419><c> that</c>

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whatever<00:10:40.980><c> the</c><00:10:41.320><c> unforgivable</c><00:10:41.820><c> sin</c><00:10:42.139><c> is,</c>

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it<00:10:42.860><c> cannot</c><00:10:43.259><c> be</c><00:10:43.879><c> because</c><00:10:44.320><c> God</c><00:10:44.620><c> is</c><00:10:44.879><c> unwilling</c><00:10:45.240><c> to</c><00:10:45.480><c> forgive,</c><00:10:48.039><c> but</c>

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rather<00:10:48.659><c> because</c><00:10:49.080><c> of</c><00:10:49.259><c> the</c><00:10:49.500><c> sinner's</c><00:10:50.799><c> unwillingness</c><00:10:51.879><c> to</c><00:10:52.480><c> be</c><00:10:52.840><c> forgiven.</c>

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That<00:10:54.919><c> is</c><00:10:55.340><c> the</c><00:10:55.500><c> only</c><00:10:55.840><c> possible</c><00:10:56.539><c> limiting</c><00:10:56.960><c> factor</c><00:10:57.559><c> that</c><00:10:58.059><c> could</c>

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provide<00:10:58.759><c> a</c><00:10:59.019><c> circumstance</c><00:10:59.720><c> where</c><00:11:00.500><c> there</c><00:11:00.620><c> might</c><00:11:00.879><c> be</c><00:11:01.080><c> an</c><00:11:01.279><c> unforgivable</c><00:11:01.779><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:11:02.460><c> I</c><00:11:02.700><c> think</c><00:11:02.980><c> that</c><00:11:03.299><c> that</c><00:11:03.620><c> answer</c><00:11:04.179><c> is</c><00:11:05.340><c> the</c><00:11:05.600><c> answer</c><00:11:05.860><c> to</c><00:11:06.059><c> the</c><00:11:06.279><c> riddle</c><00:11:06.720><c> of</c>

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the<00:11:08.240><c> unforgivable</c><00:11:08.860><c> sin</c><00:11:09.220><c> of</c><00:11:09.539><c> Matthew</c><00:11:09.919><c> chapter</c><00:11:10.220><c> 12.</c>

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It<00:11:10.940><c> lies</c><00:11:11.259><c> in</c><00:11:11.620><c> the</c><00:11:11.860><c> nature</c><00:11:12.299><c> of</c><00:11:12.720><c> the</c><00:11:13.039><c> transgression</c><00:11:13.759><c> and</c><00:11:14.519><c> the</c><00:11:14.879><c> spirit</c><00:11:15.440><c> of</c>

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the<00:11:16.159><c> transgressor.</c>

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That's<00:11:17.840><c> where</c><00:11:18.000><c> this</c><00:11:18.240><c> issue</c><00:11:18.419><c> lies,</c><00:11:18.960><c> with</c><00:11:19.179><c> the</c><00:11:19.399><c> nature</c><00:11:19.740><c> of</c><00:11:20.080><c> the</c>

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transgression<00:11:21.000><c> and</c><00:11:21.620><c> the</c><00:11:22.039><c> spirit</c><00:11:22.419><c> of</c><00:11:23.019><c> the</c><00:11:23.440><c> transgressor.</c>

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Now,<00:11:25.860><c> do</c><00:11:25.960><c> you</c><00:11:26.000><c> know,</c><00:11:26.240><c> before</c><00:11:26.460><c> we</c><00:11:26.580><c> come</c><00:11:26.759><c> back</c><00:11:26.940><c> to</c><00:11:27.039><c> Matthew</c><00:11:27.360><c> chapter</c><00:11:27.700><c> 12,</c>

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I<00:11:28.580><c> believe</c><00:11:28.960><c> that</c><00:11:29.259><c> the</c><00:11:29.480><c> Lord</c><00:11:29.720><c> was</c><00:11:30.559><c> drawing</c><00:11:30.879><c> on</c><00:11:31.100><c> an</c><00:11:31.259><c> Old</c><00:11:31.500><c> Testament</c><00:11:31.840><c> passage</c><00:11:32.259><c> himself,</c>

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and<00:11:33.460><c> I</c><00:11:33.539><c> think</c><00:11:33.639><c> he</c><00:11:33.840><c> chose</c><00:11:34.120><c> the</c><00:11:34.340><c> term</c><00:11:34.460><c> he</c><00:11:34.639><c> chose</c><00:11:34.899><c> with</c><00:11:35.159><c> deliberate</c><00:11:35.539><c> intent.</c>

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Why<00:11:36.539><c> did</c><00:11:36.679><c> he</c><00:11:36.879><c> use</c><00:11:37.059><c> the</c><00:11:37.240><c> word</c><00:11:38.159><c> blasphemy,</c><00:11:40.139><c> blasphemy</c><00:11:40.679><c> against</c>

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the<00:11:41.220><c> Holy</c><00:11:41.419><c> Spirit?</c>

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Why<00:11:42.000><c> did</c><00:11:42.159><c> that</c><00:11:42.620><c> word</c><00:11:43.320><c> enter</c><00:11:43.779><c> into</c><00:11:44.100><c> the</c><00:11:44.240><c> Lord's</c><00:11:44.720><c> vocabulary</c><00:11:45.259><c> as</c>

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their<00:11:45.799><c> particular</c><00:11:47.679><c> choice</c><00:11:48.259><c> of</c><00:11:48.539><c> word</c><00:11:48.639><c> that</c><00:11:48.799><c> he</c><00:11:48.919><c> would</c><00:11:49.120><c> use</c>

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in<00:11:49.860><c> the</c><00:11:50.120><c> context</c><00:11:50.460><c> of</c><00:11:50.720><c> describing</c><00:11:51.159><c> an</c><00:11:51.899><c> unforgivable</c><00:11:52.659><c> sin?</c>

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Well,<00:11:54.379><c> I</c><00:11:54.460><c> think</c><00:11:54.559><c> he</c><00:11:54.679><c> got</c><00:11:54.840><c> that</c><00:11:55.019><c> word</c><00:11:55.200><c> from</c><00:11:55.379><c> the</c><00:11:55.480><c> Old</c><00:11:55.639><c> Testament,</c><00:11:56.299><c> and</c><00:11:56.639><c> it's</c>

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in<00:11:57.340><c> the</c><00:11:57.419><c> Book</c><00:11:57.519><c> of</c><00:11:57.679><c> the</c><00:11:57.820><c> Law,</c>

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and<00:11:58.500><c> it's</c><00:11:58.799><c> a</c><00:11:58.840><c> very</c><00:11:59.240><c> helpful</c><00:11:59.700><c> passage</c><00:12:00.179><c> which</c><00:12:00.440><c> I</c><00:12:00.580><c> think</c><00:12:00.740><c> provides</c><00:12:01.659><c> the</c><00:12:02.100><c> setting</c><00:12:02.419><c> for</c>

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Matthew<00:12:02.899><c> chapter</c><00:12:03.240><c> 12.</c>

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It's<00:12:04.419><c> in</c><00:12:04.580><c> Leviticus</c><00:12:04.899><c> chapter</c><00:12:05.299><c> 24,</c><00:12:07.159><c> and,</c><00:12:07.299><c> well,</c><00:12:07.460><c> it</c><00:12:07.620><c> just</c><00:12:07.799><c> so</c><00:12:08.000><c> happens</c><00:12:08.279><c> that</c><00:12:08.500><c> it's</c><00:12:08.960><c> a</c>

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matter<00:12:09.320><c> of</c><00:12:09.580><c> blasphemy,</c>

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which<00:12:10.700><c> will</c><00:12:10.879><c> be</c><00:12:11.039><c> the</c><00:12:11.159><c> very</c><00:12:11.320><c> reason</c><00:12:11.620><c> why</c><00:12:11.860><c> the</c><00:12:12.019><c> Lord</c><00:12:12.179><c> was</c><00:12:12.539><c> drawing</c><00:12:12.720><c> on</c>

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this<00:12:13.159><c> passage,</c>

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its<00:12:18.919><c> teaching.</c>

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So,<00:12:20.539><c> Leviticus</c><00:12:20.840><c> chapter</c><00:12:21.379><c> 24,</c><00:12:22.340><c> and</c><00:12:22.580><c> if</c><00:12:22.679><c> you</c><00:12:22.779><c> might</c><00:12:22.879><c> remember,</c>

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it<00:12:23.419><c> tells</c><00:12:23.559><c> us</c><00:12:23.779><c> about</c><00:12:24.039><c> the</c><00:12:24.360><c> story</c><00:12:24.639><c> of</c><00:12:24.820><c> the</c><00:12:24.980><c> man</c><00:12:25.159><c> who</c><00:12:25.440><c> blasphemed,</c>

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and<00:12:26.179><c> as</c><00:12:26.379><c> a</c><00:12:26.460><c> result</c><00:12:26.679><c> of</c><00:12:26.820><c> the</c><00:12:26.980><c> story,</c><00:12:27.220><c> there</c><00:12:27.279><c> was</c><00:12:27.500><c> a</c><00:12:27.759><c> law</c><00:12:28.200><c> entered</c>

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into<00:12:28.899><c> concerning</c><00:12:29.679><c> blasphemy</c><00:12:30.860><c> in</c><00:12:31.240><c> the</c><00:12:31.379><c> Book</c><00:12:31.539><c> of</c><00:12:31.700><c> Leviticus,</c>

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in<00:12:32.360><c> the</c><00:12:32.460><c> Book</c><00:12:32.620><c> of</c><00:12:32.799><c> the</c><00:12:32.940><c> Law.</c>

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But<00:12:34.039><c> it's</c><00:12:34.200><c> in</c><00:12:34.320><c> the</c><00:12:34.460><c> background</c><00:12:34.899><c> to</c><00:12:35.100><c> that</c><00:12:35.340><c> story</c><00:12:35.759><c> that</c><00:12:36.320><c> we</c><00:12:36.559><c> have</c>

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the<00:12:36.980><c> setting</c><00:12:37.179><c> that</c><00:12:37.399><c> I</c><00:12:37.539><c> think</c><00:12:37.759><c> travels</c><00:12:38.360><c> through</c><00:12:39.000><c> the</c><00:12:39.299><c> words</c><00:12:39.580><c> of</c><00:12:39.860><c> Christ</c>

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into<00:12:41.120><c> the</c><00:12:41.620><c> New</c><00:12:41.840><c> Testament</c><00:12:42.299><c> record</c><00:12:42.899><c> and</c><00:12:43.379><c> teaching.</c>

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So,<00:12:46.860><c> Leviticus</c><00:12:46.980><c> 24</c><00:12:47.460><c> says</c><00:12:48.100><c> in</c><00:12:48.500><c> verse</c><00:12:48.940><c> 10,</c>

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And<00:12:50.700><c> there</c><00:12:50.700><c> was</c><00:12:51.200><c> the</c><00:12:51.480><c> son</c><00:12:51.980><c> of</c><00:12:52.379><c> an</c><00:12:52.799><c> Israelitist</c><00:12:53.679><c> woman,</c><00:12:55.019><c> whose</c>

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father<00:12:55.980><c> was</c><00:12:56.639><c> an</c><00:12:56.899><c> Egyptian.</c>

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He<00:12:58.000><c> went</c><00:12:58.220><c> out</c><00:12:58.419><c> among</c><00:12:58.679><c> the</c><00:12:58.919><c> children</c><00:12:59.179><c> of</c><00:12:59.340><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:13:00.860><c> this</c><00:13:01.220><c> son</c><00:13:01.399><c> of</c><00:13:01.580><c> the</c><00:13:01.759><c> Israelitist</c><00:13:02.240><c> woman</c><00:13:02.480><c> and</c><00:13:02.620><c> the</c><00:13:02.919><c> man</c><00:13:03.179><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:13:03.960><c> strove</c><00:13:04.820><c> together</c><00:13:05.360><c> in</c><00:13:05.759><c> the</c><00:13:06.100><c> camp.</c>

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Now,<00:13:07.519><c> do</c><00:13:07.679><c> you</c><00:13:07.720><c> notice</c><00:13:07.980><c> that</c><00:13:08.279><c> it</c><00:13:08.379><c> says</c><00:13:08.659><c> his</c><00:13:09.740><c> father</c><00:13:10.240><c> was</c><00:13:10.679><c> an</c><00:13:11.039><c> Egyptian?</c>

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And<00:13:13.320><c> so,</c><00:13:13.600><c> presumably,</c><00:13:14.220><c> he</c><00:13:14.340><c> was</c><00:13:14.620><c> part</c><00:13:15.019><c> of</c><00:13:15.440><c> the</c><00:13:15.720><c> mixed</c><00:13:16.240><c> multitude.</c>

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Do<00:13:17.080><c> you</c><00:13:17.100><c> remember</c><00:13:17.259><c> that</c><00:13:17.559><c> left</c><00:13:18.039><c> Egypt</c><00:13:18.740><c> with</c><00:13:18.940><c> Israel?</c>

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It<00:13:19.940><c> says</c><00:13:20.019><c> there</c><00:13:20.139><c> was</c><00:13:20.299><c> a</c><00:13:20.519><c> mixed</c><00:13:20.720><c> multitude</c><00:13:21.299><c> came</c><00:13:21.639><c> with</c><00:13:21.940><c> them.</c>

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Now,<00:13:23.019><c> those</c><00:13:23.379><c> people</c><00:13:23.700><c> would</c><00:13:23.919><c> have</c><00:13:24.100><c> lived</c><00:13:24.279><c> outside</c><00:13:25.100><c> the</c><00:13:25.399><c> camp</c>

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of<00:13:25.740><c> the</c><00:13:25.879><c> twelve</c><00:13:26.139><c> tribes</c><00:13:26.460><c> of</c><00:13:26.700><c> Israel.</c>

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So,<00:13:27.620><c> they</c><00:13:27.740><c> were</c><00:13:27.940><c> there,</c><00:13:28.500><c> but</c><00:13:28.639><c> they</c><00:13:28.700><c> were</c><00:13:28.840><c> outside</c><00:13:29.279><c> the</c><00:13:29.539><c> camp.</c>

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And<00:13:30.360><c> that's</c><00:13:30.720><c> presumably</c><00:13:31.039><c> where</c><00:13:31.299><c> this</c><00:13:31.659><c> man</c><00:13:31.940><c> lived,</c><00:13:32.639><c> and</c><00:13:32.740><c> certainly</c><00:13:33.059><c> the</c><00:13:33.379><c> son.</c>

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But<00:13:33.779><c> on</c><00:13:33.960><c> this</c><00:13:34.139><c> occasion,</c><00:13:34.860><c> he</c><00:13:34.980><c> was</c><00:13:35.419><c> striving</c><00:13:35.740><c> in</c><00:13:36.379><c> the</c><00:13:36.559><c> camp</c><00:13:36.720><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:13:37.360><c> with</c><00:13:37.980><c> a</c><00:13:38.259><c> man</c><00:13:38.639><c> of</c><00:13:39.019><c> Israel.</c>

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Now,<00:13:40.159><c> what's</c><00:13:40.440><c> interesting</c><00:13:40.740><c> is</c><00:13:41.179><c> that</c><00:13:41.580><c> it</c><00:13:41.740><c> says</c><00:13:41.899><c> in</c><00:13:41.980><c> verse</c><00:13:42.220><c> 11,</c>

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halfway<00:13:43.879><c> through</c><00:13:44.200><c> the</c><00:13:44.360><c> verse,</c><00:13:44.840><c> that</c><00:13:44.940><c> his</c><00:13:45.100><c> mother's</c><00:13:45.480><c> name,</c><00:13:45.600><c> it</c>

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says<00:13:46.080><c> almost</c><00:13:46.480><c> as</c><00:13:46.679><c> a</c><00:13:46.779><c> matter</c><00:13:46.940><c> of</c><00:13:47.179><c> aside,</c>

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his<00:13:47.860><c> mother's</c><00:13:48.200><c> name,</c><00:13:48.340><c> by</c><00:13:48.580><c> the</c><00:13:48.740><c> way,</c><00:13:49.019><c> was</c><00:13:49.259><c> Shelemit,</c><00:13:49.840><c> the</c><00:13:50.000><c> daughter</c><00:13:50.220><c> of</c>

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Dibri<00:13:50.740><c> of</c><00:13:50.899><c> the</c><00:13:51.120><c> tribe</c><00:13:51.340><c> of</c><00:13:51.620><c> Dan.</c>

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It<00:13:52.539><c> doesn't</c><00:13:52.759><c> say</c><00:13:53.000><c> what</c><00:13:53.200><c> his</c><00:13:53.379><c> father's</c><00:13:53.679><c> name</c><00:13:53.879><c> was,</c><00:13:54.120><c> but</c><00:13:54.259><c> for</c><00:13:54.480><c> some</c><00:13:54.700><c> reason</c><00:13:54.899><c> we</c>

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need<00:13:55.279><c> to</c><00:13:55.500><c> know</c><00:13:55.799><c> his</c><00:13:56.240><c> mother's</c><00:13:56.740><c> name.</c>

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And<00:13:57.639><c> presumably</c><00:13:57.960><c> that's</c><00:13:58.360><c> for</c><00:13:58.519><c> a</c><00:13:58.679><c> reason.</c>

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Well,<00:13:59.679><c> I</c><00:13:59.799><c> think</c><00:13:59.960><c> it</c><00:14:00.080><c> is,</c><00:14:00.820><c> because</c><00:14:01.059><c> his</c><00:14:01.279><c> mother's</c><00:14:01.759><c> name,</c><00:14:02.620><c> Shelemit,</c>

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which<00:14:03.379><c> is</c><00:14:03.580><c> from</c><00:14:03.740><c> the</c><00:14:03.919><c> same</c><00:14:04.419><c> root</c><00:14:04.679><c> word</c><00:14:04.899><c> as</c><00:14:05.200><c> Solomon,</c><00:14:06.500><c> means</c><00:14:07.399><c> peaceable.</c>

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Now,<00:14:12.019><c> this</c><00:14:12.279><c> boy</c><00:14:12.440><c> doesn't</c><00:14:12.740><c> sound</c><00:14:13.019><c> very</c><00:14:13.259><c> peaceable,</c><00:14:13.720><c> does</c><00:14:13.860><c> he?</c>

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He's<00:14:15.539><c> striving</c><00:14:15.860><c> in</c><00:14:16.220><c> the</c><00:14:16.419><c> camp</c><00:14:16.799><c> with</c><00:14:17.320><c> another</c><00:14:17.539><c> man.</c>

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And<00:14:19.039><c> I</c><00:14:19.100><c> think</c><00:14:19.299><c> that</c><00:14:19.500><c> perhaps</c><00:14:19.740><c> the</c><00:14:20.059><c> suggestion</c><00:14:20.440><c> of</c><00:14:20.659><c> the</c><00:14:20.860><c> record</c><00:14:21.120><c> here,</c>

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because<00:14:22.480><c> of</c><00:14:22.759><c> the</c><00:14:23.379><c> deliberate</c><00:14:23.879><c> and</c><00:14:24.200><c> specific</c><00:14:24.639><c> mention</c><00:14:25.120><c> of</c><00:14:25.340><c> his</c>

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mother's<00:14:26.039><c> name,</c>

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is<00:14:26.779><c> that</c><00:14:26.980><c> he</c><00:14:27.120><c> clearly</c><00:14:27.259><c> wasn't</c><00:14:27.500><c> like</c><00:14:27.740><c> his</c><00:14:27.919><c> mother.</c><00:14:29.220><c> He</c><00:14:29.340><c> was</c><00:14:29.519><c> like</c><00:14:29.700><c> his</c><00:14:29.919><c> father.</c>

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His<00:14:31.299><c> father</c><00:14:31.759><c> was</c><00:14:32.059><c> an</c><00:14:32.240><c> Egyptian,</c><00:14:32.879><c> and</c><00:14:33.080><c> this</c><00:14:33.419><c> boy</c><00:14:33.580><c> was</c><00:14:33.799><c> an</c><00:14:34.019><c> Egyptian</c><00:14:34.360><c> through</c><00:14:34.720><c> and</c><00:14:34.960><c> through.</c>

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And<00:14:36.019><c> so</c><00:14:36.220><c> the</c><00:14:36.379><c> record</c><00:14:36.659><c> says</c><00:14:36.960><c> now,</c><00:14:37.480><c> and</c><00:14:37.600><c> here's</c><00:14:37.820><c> the</c><00:14:37.940><c> background,</c><00:14:38.539><c> verse</c><00:14:38.639><c> 11,</c>

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Now,<00:14:48.059><c> do</c><00:14:48.200><c> you</c><00:14:48.240><c> notice</c><00:14:48.440><c> that</c><00:14:48.620><c> it</c><00:14:48.799><c> says</c><00:14:49.000><c> in</c><00:14:49.220><c> the</c><00:14:49.399><c> record,</c><00:14:49.679><c> verse</c>

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11,<00:14:50.600><c> the</c><00:14:50.679><c> words</c><00:14:51.000><c> the</c><00:14:51.340><c> Lord</c><00:14:51.679><c> are</c><00:14:52.080><c> in</c><00:14:52.419><c> italics?</c>

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It<00:14:53.720><c> simply</c><00:14:54.240><c> says</c><00:14:54.840><c> that</c><00:14:55.360><c> the</c><00:14:55.559><c> Israelite</c><00:14:55.919><c> woman's</c><00:14:56.500><c> son</c><00:14:56.700><c> blasphemed</c><00:14:57.620><c> the</c><00:14:58.100><c> name</c><00:14:58.600><c> and</c><00:14:59.759><c> cursed.</c>

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But<00:15:01.000><c> there's</c><00:15:01.220><c> no</c><00:15:01.440><c> doubt</c><00:15:01.639><c> that</c><00:15:01.799><c> it</c><00:15:02.019><c> was</c><00:15:02.360><c> associated</c><00:15:03.039><c> with</c><00:15:03.279><c> the</c>

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blasphemy<00:15:03.960><c> of</c><00:15:04.360><c> the</c><00:15:04.480><c> name</c><00:15:04.740><c> of</c><00:15:05.039><c> Yahweh,</c>

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because<00:15:05.539><c> verse</c><00:15:05.820><c> 16</c><00:15:06.299><c> later</c><00:15:06.639><c> on,</c><00:15:06.820><c> when</c><00:15:06.940><c> the</c><00:15:07.179><c> judgment</c><00:15:07.460><c> is</c><00:15:07.720><c> brought</c><00:15:07.899><c> down,</c>

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will<00:15:08.460><c> say,</c><00:15:09.279><c> he</c><00:15:09.460><c> that</c><00:15:09.740><c> blasphemes</c><00:15:10.320><c> the</c><00:15:10.600><c> name</c><00:15:11.019><c> of</c><00:15:11.379><c> Yahweh</c><00:15:11.820><c> shall</c>

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be<00:15:12.360><c> put</c><00:15:12.519><c> to</c><00:15:12.700><c> death.</c>

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So<00:15:13.460><c> even</c><00:15:13.600><c> though</c><00:15:13.740><c> the</c><00:15:13.879><c> words</c><00:15:14.039><c> are</c><00:15:14.320><c> in</c><00:15:14.340><c> italics</c><00:15:14.720><c> in</c><00:15:14.879><c> verse</c><00:15:15.139><c> 11,</c>

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I<00:15:15.860><c> think</c><00:15:16.019><c> it's</c><00:15:16.360><c> implicit</c><00:15:16.720><c> in</c><00:15:16.980><c> the</c><00:15:17.159><c> record.</c>

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But<00:15:18.120><c> you</c><00:15:18.320><c> see,</c><00:15:18.440><c> I</c><00:15:18.440><c> think</c><00:15:18.620><c> what</c><00:15:18.799><c> we're</c><00:15:19.039><c> being</c><00:15:19.220><c> told</c><00:15:19.559><c> in</c><00:15:19.759><c> verse</c>

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11<00:15:20.340><c> is</c><00:15:20.860><c> he</c><00:15:20.980><c> didn't</c><00:15:21.220><c> just</c><00:15:21.620><c> use</c><00:15:21.820><c> the</c><00:15:22.080><c> name</c><00:15:22.259><c> of</c><00:15:22.500><c> God</c><00:15:22.700><c> in</c><00:15:23.000><c> vain.</c>

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No,<00:15:24.899><c> the</c><00:15:25.100><c> cursing</c><00:15:25.659><c> of</c><00:15:25.919><c> this</c><00:15:26.220><c> man</c><00:15:26.480><c> and</c><00:15:26.679><c> the</c><00:15:26.980><c> blasphemy</c><00:15:27.360><c> of</c><00:15:27.539><c> this</c>

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man<00:15:28.279><c> was</c><00:15:29.100><c> more</c><00:15:29.639><c> than</c><00:15:29.879><c> just</c><00:15:30.360><c> verbal.</c>

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It<00:15:32.039><c> was</c><00:15:32.279><c> about</c><00:15:32.600><c> his</c><00:15:32.899><c> whole</c><00:15:33.320><c> attitude</c><00:15:34.059><c> to</c><00:15:34.480><c> the</c><00:15:34.679><c> things</c><00:15:34.960><c> of</c><00:15:35.279><c> the</c><00:15:35.539><c> truth.</c>

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You<00:15:36.519><c> see,</c><00:15:36.799><c> this</c><00:15:37.120><c> man</c><00:15:37.980><c> blasphemed</c><00:15:38.860><c> all</c><00:15:39.360><c> that</c><00:15:39.539><c> the</c><00:15:39.740><c> name</c><00:15:40.019><c> stood</c><00:15:40.320><c> for.</c>

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It<00:15:40.720><c> wasn't</c><00:15:40.799><c> so</c><00:15:40.960><c> much</c><00:15:41.100><c> just</c><00:15:41.379><c> the</c><00:15:41.480><c> mere</c><00:15:41.620><c> use</c><00:15:41.840><c> of</c><00:15:42.019><c> the</c><00:15:42.120><c> name.</c>

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By<00:15:42.639><c> the</c><00:15:42.740><c> way,</c><00:15:42.779><c> we</c><00:15:42.940><c> could</c><00:15:43.080><c> hear</c><00:15:43.200><c> that</c><00:15:43.419><c> going</c><00:15:43.600><c> down</c><00:15:43.820><c> the</c><00:15:44.039><c> street</c>

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any<00:15:44.419><c> day,</c><00:15:44.700><c> couldn't</c><00:15:44.879><c> we?</c>

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People<00:15:45.639><c> blaspheming</c><00:15:46.279><c> the</c><00:15:46.379><c> name</c><00:15:46.600><c> of</c><00:15:46.740><c> God</c><00:15:46.940><c> or</c><00:15:47.120><c> the</c><00:15:47.179><c> name</c><00:15:47.379><c> of</c><00:15:47.580><c> Christ.</c>

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But<00:15:48.580><c> this</c><00:15:48.740><c> was</c><00:15:48.879><c> something</c><00:15:49.179><c> more</c><00:15:49.440><c> than</c><00:15:49.620><c> that.</c>

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It<00:15:50.080><c> was</c><00:15:50.279><c> the</c><00:15:50.500><c> blasphemy</c><00:15:50.919><c> of</c><00:15:51.100><c> all</c><00:15:51.440><c> that</c><00:15:51.659><c> the</c><00:15:51.899><c> name</c><00:15:52.220><c> stood</c><00:15:52.659><c> for</c>

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and<00:15:53.779><c> the</c><00:15:54.139><c> cursing</c><00:15:54.559><c> of</c><00:15:54.679><c> all</c><00:15:54.860><c> that</c><00:15:55.000><c> the</c><00:15:55.220><c> truth</c><00:15:55.399><c> represented.</c>

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You<00:15:56.480><c> see,</c><00:15:56.559><c> he</c><00:15:56.679><c> was</c><00:15:57.080><c> scorned</c><00:15:57.360><c> for</c><00:15:57.480><c> the</c><00:15:57.659><c> truth.</c>

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He<00:15:58.419><c> mocked</c><00:15:58.919><c> the</c><00:15:59.000><c> truth.</c>

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He<00:15:59.620><c> ridiculed</c><00:16:00.139><c> the</c><00:16:00.399><c> truth.</c>

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He<00:16:00.860><c> was</c><00:16:01.159><c> hostile</c><00:16:01.639><c> to</c><00:16:01.820><c> the</c><00:16:02.000><c> truth.</c>

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He<00:16:02.740><c> blasphemed</c><00:16:03.220><c> and</c><00:16:03.559><c> cursed.</c>

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Here<00:16:04.820><c> is</c><00:16:05.019><c> a</c><00:16:05.179><c> man</c><00:16:05.500><c> who's</c><00:16:05.980><c> utterly</c><00:16:06.419><c> unspiritual,</c><00:16:07.899><c> utterly</c><00:16:08.139><c> ungodly.</c>

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And<00:16:09.159><c> even</c><00:16:09.460><c> though</c><00:16:09.659><c> he's</c><00:16:10.320><c> part</c><00:16:10.639><c> of</c><00:16:10.820><c> the</c><00:16:10.960><c> encampment</c><00:16:11.460><c> over</c><00:16:11.620><c> all</c>

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of<00:16:11.980><c> Israel,</c>

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he<00:16:13.179><c> is</c><00:16:13.460><c> prepared</c><00:16:13.960><c> to</c><00:16:14.659><c> blaspheme</c><00:16:15.320><c> and</c><00:16:15.779><c> curse</c><00:16:16.120><c> both</c><00:16:16.500><c> the</c><00:16:16.820><c> name</c>

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of<00:16:17.220><c> God</c><00:16:17.360><c> and</c><00:16:17.539><c> the</c><00:16:17.679><c> things</c><00:16:17.840><c> of</c><00:16:18.039><c> the</c><00:16:18.220><c> truth</c><00:16:18.399><c> in</c><00:16:18.700><c> that</c><00:16:18.899><c> way.</c>

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And<00:16:19.659><c> so</c><00:16:19.799><c> the</c><00:16:19.980><c> record</c><00:16:20.259><c> says</c><00:16:20.519><c> in</c><00:16:20.639><c> verse</c><00:16:20.860><c> 12,</c>

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they<00:16:21.240><c> put</c><00:16:21.399><c> him</c><00:16:21.639><c> in</c><00:16:21.840><c> ward</c><00:16:22.139><c> that</c><00:16:22.779><c> the</c><00:16:22.980><c> mind</c><00:16:23.200><c> of</c><00:16:23.940><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:24.159><c> might</c><00:16:24.480><c> be</c>

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shown<00:16:25.059><c> them.</c>

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Now,<00:16:26.879><c> without</c><00:16:27.159><c> tuning</c><00:16:27.360><c> it</c><00:16:27.519><c> up,</c><00:16:27.580><c> I'll</c><00:16:27.740><c> just</c><00:16:27.879><c> give</c><00:16:27.960><c> it</c><00:16:28.159><c> to</c><00:16:28.259><c> you.</c>

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There's<00:16:28.679><c> a</c><00:16:28.919><c> reference</c><00:16:29.139><c> in</c><00:16:29.399><c> Numbers,</c><00:16:29.799><c> chapter</c><00:16:30.039><c> 15,</c><00:16:30.659><c> verse</c><00:16:30.860><c> 10.</c>

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That's<00:16:31.899><c> perhaps</c><00:16:31.960><c> a</c><00:16:32.100><c> useful</c><00:16:32.360><c> cross</c><00:16:32.620><c>-reference.</c>

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Numbers<00:16:34.379><c> 15,</c><00:16:34.799><c> verse</c><00:16:35.100><c> 30,</c><00:16:35.539><c> actually,</c><00:16:35.820><c> that</c><00:16:36.019><c> says,</c><00:16:36.179><c> sorry,</c>

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the<00:16:36.960><c> soul</c><00:16:37.440><c> that</c><00:16:37.940><c> doeth</c><00:16:39.100><c> aught</c><00:16:39.440><c> presumptuously,</c>

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whether<00:16:41.379><c> he</c><00:16:41.639><c> be</c><00:16:41.899><c> born</c><00:16:42.259><c> in</c><00:16:42.419><c> the</c><00:16:42.580><c> land</c><00:16:42.820><c> or</c><00:16:43.159><c> a</c><00:16:43.440><c> stranger,</c>

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the<00:16:44.600><c> same</c><00:16:44.840><c> reproacheth</c><00:16:45.559><c> Yahweh,</c>

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and<00:16:46.379><c> that</c><00:16:46.639><c> soul</c><00:16:46.860><c> shall</c><00:16:47.000><c> be</c><00:16:47.220><c> cut</c><00:16:47.399><c> off</c><00:16:47.720><c> from</c><00:16:47.960><c> among</c><00:16:48.179><c> his</c><00:16:48.399><c> people,</c>

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soul<00:16:49.139><c> that</c><00:16:49.320><c> doeth</c><00:16:49.500><c> presumptuously.</c>

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So<00:16:50.639><c> that</c><00:16:50.960><c> was</c><00:16:51.179><c> in</c><00:16:51.299><c> the</c><00:16:51.440><c> law</c><00:16:51.600><c> in</c><00:16:51.659><c> Numbers</c><00:16:51.940><c> 15,</c><00:16:52.460><c> verse</c><00:16:52.700><c> 30.</c>

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And<00:16:53.399><c> yet</c><00:16:53.519><c> the</c><00:16:53.659><c> report</c><00:16:53.980><c> says</c><00:16:54.299><c> here</c><00:16:54.559><c> that</c><00:16:54.659><c> they</c><00:16:54.860><c> put</c><00:16:54.980><c> him</c><00:16:55.200><c> in</c><00:16:55.399><c> ward,</c><00:16:55.600><c> verse</c><00:16:55.960><c> 12,</c>

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because,<00:16:57.059><c> well,</c><00:16:57.059><c> clearly</c><00:16:57.259><c> they</c><00:16:57.500><c> weren't</c><00:16:57.740><c> quite</c><00:16:58.159><c> sure</c><00:16:58.440><c> what</c>

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to<00:16:58.899><c> do</c><00:16:59.120><c> about</c><00:16:59.399><c> it.</c>

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They<00:16:59.980><c> knew</c><00:17:00.159><c> the</c><00:17:00.360><c> man's</c><00:17:00.820><c> spirit</c><00:17:00.960><c> was</c><00:17:01.259><c> wrong,</c><00:17:01.659><c> the</c><00:17:01.659><c> fact</c><00:17:01.759><c> that</c>

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it<00:17:01.960><c> was</c><00:17:02.259><c> disgraceful.</c>

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So<00:17:03.639><c> you</c><00:17:03.820><c> ask</c><00:17:04.140><c> yourself</c><00:17:04.460><c> the</c><00:17:04.680><c> question,</c>

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surely<00:17:05.680><c> they</c><00:17:05.859><c> should</c><00:17:06.059><c> have</c><00:17:06.180><c> known</c><00:17:06.299><c> immediately</c><00:17:06.740><c> what</c><00:17:06.960><c> to</c><00:17:07.140><c> do.</c>

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The<00:17:07.920><c> man</c><00:17:08.059><c> had</c><00:17:08.200><c> blasphemed,</c><00:17:08.720><c> the</c><00:17:08.779><c> man</c><00:17:09.019><c> had</c><00:17:09.220><c> cursed,</c><00:17:09.519><c> he</c><00:17:09.640><c> acted</c><00:17:09.940><c> presumptuously,</c>

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he<00:17:10.839><c> should</c><00:17:11.000><c> have</c><00:17:11.099><c> been</c><00:17:11.220><c> put</c><00:17:11.380><c> to</c><00:17:11.539><c> death</c><00:17:11.660><c> straight</c><00:17:11.940><c> away.</c>

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But<00:17:13.619><c> for</c><00:17:13.799><c> some</c><00:17:14.000><c> reason,</c><00:17:15.240><c> they</c><00:17:15.480><c> decided</c><00:17:15.839><c> to</c><00:17:15.980><c> put</c><00:17:16.079><c> him</c><00:17:16.259><c> in</c><00:17:16.480><c> ward</c>

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and<00:17:17.059><c> wait</c><00:17:17.240><c> for</c><00:17:17.440><c> the</c><00:17:17.539><c> matter</c><00:17:17.660><c> to</c><00:17:17.880><c> be</c><00:17:18.119><c> revealed.</c>

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And<00:17:18.880><c> I</c><00:17:19.000><c> think</c><00:17:19.119><c> there</c><00:17:19.259><c> was</c><00:17:19.400><c> a</c><00:17:19.579><c> reason</c><00:17:19.799><c> for</c><00:17:20.019><c> it.</c>

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You<00:17:20.619><c> see,</c><00:17:20.940><c> I</c><00:17:21.119><c> don't</c><00:17:21.500><c> think</c><00:17:21.779><c> actually</c><00:17:22.339><c> they</c><00:17:22.660><c> were</c><00:17:22.900><c> uncertain</c>

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at<00:17:23.900><c> all</c>

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about<00:17:24.680><c> either</c><00:17:25.119><c> his</c><00:17:25.559><c> disgraceful</c><00:17:26.119><c> behaviour</c>

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or<00:17:27.140><c> probably</c><00:17:27.539><c> what</c><00:17:27.740><c> the</c><00:17:27.980><c> judgement</c><00:17:28.240><c> should</c><00:17:28.579><c> be.</c>

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But<00:17:29.740><c> there</c><00:17:30.019><c> was</c><00:17:30.579><c> one</c><00:17:31.140><c> part</c><00:17:31.680><c> of</c><00:17:32.059><c> uncertainty,</c><00:17:33.220><c> and</c><00:17:33.420><c> that</c><00:17:33.559><c> was</c><00:17:33.779><c> this.</c>

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He<00:17:36.220><c> wasn't</c><00:17:36.579><c> an</c><00:17:36.779><c> Israelite.</c>

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And<00:17:40.000><c> I</c><00:17:40.099><c> don't</c><00:17:40.299><c> think</c><00:17:40.359><c> they</c><00:17:40.539><c> were</c><00:17:40.799><c> exactly</c><00:17:41.359><c> confident</c>

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what<00:17:42.420><c> to</c><00:17:42.640><c> do</c><00:17:42.740><c> with</c><00:17:42.900><c> someone</c><00:17:43.160><c> who</c><00:17:43.359><c> wasn't</c><00:17:43.599><c> an</c><00:17:43.859><c> Israelite.</c>

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If<00:17:44.460><c> it</c><00:17:44.539><c> was</c><00:17:44.660><c> an</c><00:17:44.799><c> Israelite,</c><00:17:45.119><c> it</c><00:17:45.180><c> was</c><00:17:45.380><c> clear.</c>

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But<00:17:46.259><c> he</c><00:17:46.339><c> wasn't.</c><00:17:47.140><c> He</c><00:17:47.279><c> was</c><00:17:47.480><c> a</c><00:17:47.660><c> stranger.</c>

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And<00:17:48.619><c> I</c><00:17:48.680><c> think</c><00:17:48.799><c> the</c><00:17:48.980><c> reason</c><00:17:49.160><c> why</c><00:17:49.339><c> we</c><00:17:49.460><c> can</c><00:17:49.640><c> assume</c><00:17:49.960><c> that</c>

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is<00:17:50.299><c> because</c><00:17:50.740><c> of</c><00:17:50.960><c> what</c><00:17:51.180><c> the</c><00:17:51.380><c> law</c><00:17:51.559><c> subsequently</c><00:17:52.180><c> says.</c>

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You<00:17:53.180><c> see</c><00:17:53.259><c> what</c><00:17:53.400><c> it</c><00:17:53.700><c> says</c><00:17:54.119><c> in</c><00:17:54.519><c> verse</c><00:17:55.000><c> 16</c><00:17:55.740><c> later</c><00:17:56.319><c> on,</c>

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when<00:17:56.700><c> the</c><00:17:56.880><c> judgement</c><00:17:57.140><c> is</c><00:17:57.440><c> brought</c><00:17:57.599><c> down</c><00:17:58.039><c> by</c><00:17:58.420><c> Almighty</c><00:17:58.779><c> God.</c>

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In<00:17:59.519><c> the</c><00:17:59.640><c> middle</c><00:17:59.799><c> of</c><00:18:00.000><c> the</c><00:18:00.059><c> verse</c><00:18:00.240><c> it</c><00:18:00.400><c> says,</c>

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"'Ye<00:18:01.380><c> that</c><00:18:01.420><c> blaspheme</c><00:18:01.940><c> shall</c><00:18:02.160><c> be</c><00:18:02.480><c> stoned,</c>

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as<00:18:03.859><c> well</c><00:18:04.519><c> the</c><00:18:05.140><c> stranger</c><00:18:05.759><c> as</c><00:18:06.700><c> he</c><00:18:06.960><c> that</c><00:18:07.059><c> is</c><00:18:07.279><c> born</c><00:18:07.660><c> in</c><00:18:08.019><c> the</c><00:18:08.220><c> land.'"</c>

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And<00:18:09.099><c> again,</c><00:18:09.440><c> verse</c><00:18:09.619><c> 22,</c>

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"'Ye<00:18:10.779><c> shall</c><00:18:11.059><c> have</c><00:18:11.460><c> one</c><00:18:12.259><c> manner</c><00:18:12.700><c> of</c><00:18:13.200><c> law,</c>

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as<00:18:14.500><c> well</c><00:18:14.960><c> for</c><00:18:15.339><c> the</c><00:18:15.720><c> stranger</c><00:18:16.400><c> as</c><00:18:17.099><c> for</c><00:18:17.380><c> one</c><00:18:17.579><c> of</c><00:18:17.660><c> your</c><00:18:17.960><c> own</c><00:18:18.279><c> country.'"</c>

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And<00:18:19.380><c> clearly</c><00:18:19.599><c> one</c><00:18:19.839><c> of</c><00:18:19.980><c> the</c><00:18:20.119><c> matters</c><00:18:20.339><c> that</c><00:18:20.500><c> they</c><00:18:20.759><c> required</c><00:18:21.339><c> clarification</c><00:18:22.160><c> on</c>

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was<00:18:22.759><c> just</c><00:18:23.140><c> this.</c>

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This<00:18:24.059><c> man</c><00:18:24.220><c> is</c><00:18:24.440><c> a</c><00:18:24.660><c> stranger.</c>

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He's<00:18:25.559><c> not</c><00:18:25.759><c> one</c><00:18:25.940><c> of</c><00:18:26.039><c> the</c><00:18:26.200><c> twelve</c><00:18:26.400><c> tribes.</c>

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Should<00:18:27.480><c> we</c><00:18:27.839><c> treat</c><00:18:28.000><c> him</c><00:18:28.299><c> in</c><00:18:28.559><c> the</c><00:18:28.819><c> same</c><00:18:29.000><c> way</c><00:18:29.180><c> that</c><00:18:29.319><c> we</c><00:18:29.460><c> would</c><00:18:29.619><c> treat</c><00:18:29.740><c> an</c><00:18:29.960><c> Israelite</c>

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and<00:18:30.640><c> the</c><00:18:30.799><c> answer</c><00:18:30.920><c> came</c><00:18:31.160><c> back,</c><00:18:31.619><c> absolutely.</c>

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But<00:18:33.099><c> until</c><00:18:33.319><c> they</c><00:18:33.500><c> knew</c><00:18:33.640><c> that</c><00:18:33.859><c> for</c><00:18:34.039><c> certain,</c>

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they<00:18:34.900><c> put</c><00:18:35.059><c> the</c><00:18:35.200><c> man</c><00:18:35.380><c> in</c><00:18:35.700><c> ward</c>

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until<00:18:36.819><c> they</c><00:18:37.160><c> could</c><00:18:37.359><c> have</c><00:18:37.500><c> an</c><00:18:37.700><c> answer</c><00:18:37.859><c> from</c><00:18:38.440><c> Almighty</c><00:18:38.880><c> God</c><00:18:39.079><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:18:39.900><c> was</c><00:18:40.180><c> of</c><00:18:40.339><c> foreign</c><00:18:40.579><c> origin.</c>

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So<00:18:42.119><c> because</c><00:18:42.380><c> they</c><00:18:42.640><c> weren't</c><00:18:42.859><c> sure,</c>

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they<00:18:43.960><c> waited</c><00:18:44.299><c> until</c><00:18:44.940><c> the</c><00:18:45.140><c> revelation</c><00:18:45.519><c> came</c><00:18:45.859><c> from</c><00:18:46.039><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:46.420><c> it</c><00:18:46.559><c> says,</c><00:18:46.880><c> does</c><00:18:47.519><c> it</c><00:18:47.640><c> not,</c><00:18:47.839><c> in</c><00:18:47.920><c> verse</c><00:18:48.160><c> 13,</c>

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that<00:18:48.799><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:49.079><c> spoke</c><00:18:49.339><c> unto</c><00:18:49.539><c> Moses.</c>

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So<00:18:50.480><c> now</c><00:18:50.660><c> the</c><00:18:50.920><c> mind</c><00:18:51.339><c> of</c><00:18:51.740><c> God</c><00:18:52.220><c> was</c><00:18:52.740><c> going</c><00:18:53.059><c> to</c><00:18:53.400><c> be</c><00:18:53.819><c> spoken</c>

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through<00:18:54.980><c> Moses</c><00:18:55.640><c> the</c><00:18:56.319><c> mediator.</c>

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And<00:18:57.359><c> this</c><00:18:57.539><c> is</c><00:18:57.680><c> what</c><00:18:58.079><c> Almighty</c><00:18:58.599><c> God</c><00:18:58.859><c> said,</c><00:18:59.259><c> verse</c><00:18:59.500><c> 13.</c>

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He<00:19:01.559><c> said,</c>

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"'Bring<00:19:02.019><c> him</c><00:19:02.279><c> forth</c><00:19:02.660><c> that</c><00:19:03.240><c> have</c><00:19:03.559><c> cursed</c><00:19:04.059><c> without</c><00:19:04.819><c> the</c><00:19:05.059><c> camp,</c>

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and<00:19:06.480><c> let</c><00:19:06.720><c> all</c><00:19:07.099><c> that</c><00:19:07.420><c> heard</c><00:19:07.680><c> him...'</c>

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Notice<00:19:08.420><c> that,</c><00:19:08.680><c> by</c><00:19:08.799><c> the</c><00:19:08.900><c> way.</c>

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Only<00:19:09.240><c> those</c><00:19:09.460><c> that</c><00:19:09.660><c> heard</c><00:19:09.779><c> him.</c>

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This<00:19:11.500><c> is</c><00:19:12.019><c> not</c><00:19:12.200><c> like</c><00:19:12.700><c> a</c><00:19:12.819><c> general</c><00:19:13.200><c> lynching.</c>

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This<00:19:14.380><c> is</c><00:19:15.059><c> an</c><00:19:15.160><c> act</c><00:19:15.420><c> of</c><00:19:15.579><c> retribution</c><00:19:16.140><c> by</c><00:19:16.400><c> those</c><00:19:16.779><c> who</c><00:19:17.059><c> heard</c>

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and<00:19:17.539><c> knew</c><00:19:17.720><c> for</c><00:19:18.039><c> certain</c><00:19:18.319><c> that</c><00:19:18.500><c> the</c><00:19:18.700><c> sin</c><00:19:18.819><c> had</c><00:19:18.980><c> been</c><00:19:19.180><c> committed.</c>

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Let<00:19:19.859><c> those</c><00:19:20.220><c> that</c><00:19:20.519><c> heard</c><00:19:20.700><c> him</c><00:19:21.480><c> lay</c><00:19:22.019><c> their</c><00:19:22.299><c> hands</c><00:19:22.759><c> upon</c><00:19:23.299><c> his</c><00:19:23.700><c> head,</c>

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and<00:19:24.319><c> let</c><00:19:24.440><c> all</c><00:19:24.660><c> the</c><00:19:24.920><c> congregations</c><00:19:25.500><c> stone</c><00:19:25.920><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:26.660><c> thou</c><00:19:26.900><c> shalt</c><00:19:27.180><c> speak</c><00:19:27.480><c> unto</c><00:19:27.680><c> the</c><00:19:27.940><c> children</c><00:19:28.200><c> of</c><00:19:28.299><c> Israel,</c><00:19:29.240><c> saying,</c>

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Whosoever<00:19:30.480><c> curseth</c><00:19:31.039><c> his</c><00:19:31.420><c> God</c><00:19:31.940><c> shall</c><00:19:32.740><c> bear</c><00:19:33.059><c> his</c><00:19:33.400><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:19:34.339><c> he</c><00:19:34.599><c> that</c><00:19:34.940><c> blasphemeth</c><00:19:35.700><c> the</c><00:19:35.980><c> name</c><00:19:36.420><c> of</c><00:19:36.759><c> Yahweh,</c>

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he<00:19:37.900><c> shall</c><00:19:38.180><c> surely</c><00:19:38.759><c> be</c><00:19:39.000><c> put</c><00:19:39.180><c> to</c><00:19:39.359><c> death.</c>

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And<00:19:40.559><c> all</c><00:19:40.880><c> the</c><00:19:41.119><c> congregations</c><00:19:41.720><c> shall</c><00:19:42.039><c> certainly</c><00:19:42.759><c> stone</c><00:19:43.059><c> him,</c>

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as<00:19:44.039><c> well</c><00:19:44.259><c> the</c><00:19:44.539><c> stranger</c><00:19:44.799><c> as</c><00:19:44.980><c> he</c><00:19:45.140><c> that</c><00:19:45.279><c> is</c><00:19:45.440><c> born</c><00:19:45.579><c> on</c><00:19:45.740><c> the</c><00:19:45.859><c> land,</c>

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when<00:19:46.859><c> he</c><00:19:47.079><c> blasphemeth</c><00:19:47.740><c> the</c><00:19:48.140><c> name,</c><00:19:49.279><c> shall</c><00:19:49.539><c> be</c><00:19:49.819><c> put</c><00:19:50.039><c> to</c><00:19:50.240><c> death.'"</c>

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And<00:19:50.880><c> so</c><00:19:51.059><c> the</c><00:19:51.279><c> teaching</c><00:19:51.559><c> of</c><00:19:51.819><c> the</c><00:19:52.000><c> law</c><00:19:52.200><c> is</c><00:19:52.619><c> in</c><00:19:52.880><c> effect,</c><00:19:53.259><c> don't</c>

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you<00:19:53.619><c> think?</c>

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If<00:19:54.819><c> I</c><00:19:55.019><c> can</c><00:19:55.299><c> summarize</c><00:19:55.680><c> it</c><00:19:55.880><c> in</c><00:19:55.980><c> other</c><00:19:56.119><c> words,</c>

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the<00:19:57.579><c> law</c><00:19:57.799><c> said,</c>

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He<00:19:59.099><c> has</c><00:19:59.480><c> blasphemed,</c><00:20:00.559><c> there</c><00:20:00.799><c> is</c><00:20:01.099><c> no</c><00:20:01.559><c> forgiveness.</c>

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Now<00:20:02.859><c> where</c><00:20:03.200><c> might</c><00:20:03.359><c> we</c><00:20:03.539><c> have</c><00:20:03.740><c> heard</c><00:20:03.900><c> of</c><00:20:04.079><c> that</c><00:20:04.299><c> before?</c>

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He's<00:20:05.640><c> blasphemed,</c><00:20:06.859><c> there</c><00:20:07.140><c> shall</c><00:20:07.359><c> be</c><00:20:07.720><c> no</c><00:20:08.259><c> forgiveness.</c>

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So<00:20:09.180><c> I</c><00:20:09.200><c> think</c><00:20:09.319><c> this</c><00:20:09.519><c> is</c><00:20:09.700><c> the</c><00:20:09.880><c> genesis</c><00:20:10.480><c> of</c><00:20:10.799><c> what's</c><00:20:11.079><c> going</c><00:20:11.200><c> to</c><00:20:11.380><c> turn</c><00:20:11.519><c> up</c>

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in<00:20:11.900><c> the</c><00:20:12.299><c> Gospel</c><00:20:12.740><c> of</c><00:20:13.039><c> Matthew.</c>

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And<00:20:14.140><c> it</c><00:20:14.319><c> seems</c><00:20:14.519><c> to</c><00:20:14.680><c> be</c><00:20:14.799><c> the</c><00:20:14.940><c> basis</c><00:20:15.180><c> of</c><00:20:15.400><c> the</c><00:20:15.539><c> Lord's</c><00:20:15.900><c> words</c>

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that's<00:20:16.720><c> going</c><00:20:16.819><c> to</c><00:20:17.000><c> come</c><00:20:17.160><c> out</c><00:20:17.319><c> in</c><00:20:17.480><c> the</c><00:20:17.619><c> Gospel</c><00:20:17.980><c> record.</c>

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Because<00:20:19.240><c> you</c><00:20:19.359><c> see,</c>

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now<00:20:20.440><c> blasphemy</c><00:20:21.299><c> against</c><00:20:21.740><c> the</c><00:20:21.940><c> Holy</c><00:20:22.200><c> Spirit,</c><00:20:22.599><c> says</c><00:20:22.799><c> Christ,</c>

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shall<00:20:23.680><c> never</c><00:20:24.200><c> be</c><00:20:24.599><c> forgiven.</c>

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And<00:20:25.299><c> I</c><00:20:25.380><c> think</c><00:20:25.519><c> the</c><00:20:25.799><c> language</c><00:20:26.339><c> of</c><00:20:26.720><c> that</c><00:20:27.079><c> wording</c><00:20:27.380><c> by</c><00:20:28.099><c> our</c><00:20:28.380><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:20:29.000><c> Christ</c>

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comes<00:20:30.059><c> at</c><00:20:30.420><c> least</c><00:20:30.640><c> from</c><00:20:30.920><c> the</c><00:20:31.319><c> spirit</c><00:20:31.700><c> of</c><00:20:32.259><c> Leviticus</c><00:20:32.720><c> chapter</c><00:20:33.339><c> 24.</c>

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He's<00:20:36.400><c> blasphemed,</c><00:20:37.619><c> there's</c><00:20:37.779><c> no</c><00:20:37.980><c> possibility</c><00:20:38.579><c> of</c><00:20:38.819><c> forgiveness,</c>

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the<00:20:39.859><c> congregation</c><00:20:40.519><c> must</c><00:20:41.460><c> stone</c><00:20:41.819><c> the</c><00:20:42.019><c> man.</c>

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Now<00:20:43.279><c> you</c><00:20:43.380><c> might</c><00:20:43.640><c> know</c><00:20:43.859><c> that</c><00:20:43.960><c> in</c><00:20:44.119><c> this</c><00:20:44.460><c> chapter</c>

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there's<00:20:45.019><c> what's</c><00:20:45.359><c> called</c><00:20:45.619><c> a</c><00:20:45.799><c> chiasmus.</c>

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Is<00:20:46.400><c> everyone</c><00:20:46.559><c> familiar</c><00:20:46.920><c> with</c><00:20:47.059><c> the</c><00:20:47.299><c> chiasmus?</c>

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Is<00:20:48.980><c> everyone</c><00:20:49.160><c> familiar</c><00:20:49.339><c> with</c><00:20:49.539><c> the</c><00:20:49.559><c> word</c><00:20:49.859><c> chiasmus?</c>

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So<00:20:52.019><c> a</c><00:20:52.420><c> chiasmus</c><00:20:52.940><c> in</c><00:20:53.500><c> the</c><00:20:53.839><c> text</c><00:20:54.299><c> is</c><00:20:54.700><c> when</c><00:20:54.940><c> you</c><00:20:55.380><c> start</c><00:20:55.640><c> with</c><00:20:55.859><c> a</c><00:20:55.960><c> verse</c>

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at<00:20:56.299><c> this</c><00:20:56.500><c> end</c><00:20:56.799><c> and</c><00:20:57.059><c> a</c><00:20:57.160><c> verse</c><00:20:57.359><c> at</c><00:20:57.519><c> this</c><00:20:57.720><c> end,</c>

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which<00:20:58.559><c> in</c><00:20:58.839><c> turn</c><00:20:59.240><c> is</c><00:20:59.859><c> matched</c><00:21:00.019><c> by</c><00:21:00.359><c> a</c><00:21:00.460><c> verse</c><00:21:00.599><c> just</c><00:21:00.920><c> inside</c><00:21:01.400><c> that</c>

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at<00:21:01.740><c> this</c><00:21:01.920><c> end</c>

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and<00:21:02.240><c> a</c><00:21:02.339><c> verse</c><00:21:02.539><c> just</c><00:21:02.900><c> inside</c><00:21:03.240><c> that</c><00:21:03.420><c> at</c><00:21:03.539><c> this</c><00:21:03.720><c> end,</c>

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and<00:21:04.039><c> then</c><00:21:04.200><c> another</c><00:21:04.319><c> one</c><00:21:04.480><c> just</c><00:21:04.799><c> inside</c><00:21:05.140><c> that,</c>

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just<00:21:05.759><c> like</c><00:21:05.940><c> an</c><00:21:06.099><c> envelope</c><00:21:06.319><c> really,</c>

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and<00:21:07.099><c> you</c><00:21:07.220><c> sort</c><00:21:07.339><c> of</c><00:21:07.500><c> come</c><00:21:07.599><c> in</c><00:21:07.819><c> verse</c><00:21:08.000><c> by</c><00:21:08.180><c> verse</c><00:21:08.400><c> by</c><00:21:08.640><c> verse,</c>

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and<00:21:09.299><c> you</c><00:21:09.380><c> suddenly</c><00:21:09.619><c> find</c><00:21:09.819><c> you've</c><00:21:10.059><c> got</c><00:21:10.119><c> to</c><00:21:10.279><c> the</c><00:21:10.380><c> bit</c><00:21:10.440><c> in</c><00:21:10.599><c> the</c><00:21:10.700><c> middle.</c>

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In<00:21:11.240><c> the</c><00:21:11.319><c> middle</c><00:21:11.440><c> is</c><00:21:11.579><c> the</c><00:21:11.759><c> important</c><00:21:12.059><c> bit</c>

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because<00:21:12.680><c> it's</c><00:21:13.039><c> at</c><00:21:13.180><c> the</c><00:21:13.380><c> center</c><00:21:13.660><c> of</c><00:21:13.940><c> the</c><00:21:14.140><c> chiasmus.</c>

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Now<00:21:15.240><c> have</c><00:21:15.339><c> a</c><00:21:15.420><c> look</c><00:21:15.539><c> at</c><00:21:15.640><c> this</c>

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and<00:21:15.839><c> just</c><00:21:16.019><c> see</c><00:21:16.160><c> if</c><00:21:16.220><c> you</c><00:21:16.359><c> can</c><00:21:16.559><c> pick</c><00:21:16.680><c> this</c><00:21:16.839><c> up</c><00:21:16.960><c> on</c><00:21:17.099><c> the</c><00:21:17.279><c> record.</c>

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It's<00:21:18.599><c> quite</c><00:21:18.779><c> a</c><00:21:18.960><c> useful</c><00:21:19.119><c> thing</c><00:21:19.299><c> to</c><00:21:19.500><c> understand</c>

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because<00:21:20.059><c> there's</c><00:21:20.299><c> quite</c><00:21:20.559><c> a</c><00:21:20.700><c> few</c><00:21:20.819><c> of</c><00:21:20.980><c> these</c><00:21:21.140><c> hidden</c><00:21:21.359><c> in</c><00:21:21.559><c> the</c><00:21:21.700><c> Bible</c>

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and<00:21:22.039><c> I</c><00:21:22.200><c> think</c><00:21:22.299><c> they're</c><00:21:22.500><c> part</c><00:21:22.720><c> of</c><00:21:22.900><c> the</c><00:21:23.140><c> divine</c><00:21:23.440><c> imprint.</c>

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They<00:21:24.420><c> tell</c><00:21:24.619><c> us</c><00:21:25.019><c> infallibly</c><00:21:25.700><c> where</c><00:21:26.059><c> the</c><00:21:26.299><c> emphasis</c><00:21:26.599><c> lies.</c>

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Now<00:21:27.960><c> you</c><00:21:28.039><c> see</c><00:21:28.099><c> what</c><00:21:28.299><c> it</c><00:21:28.579><c> says,</c><00:21:29.400><c> say</c><00:21:29.720><c> starting</c><00:21:30.200><c> from,</c>

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we<00:21:31.279><c> could</c><00:21:31.460><c> even</c><00:21:31.799><c> start</c><00:21:31.980><c> from</c><00:21:32.259><c> verse</c><00:21:32.519><c> 23,</c>

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but<00:21:33.160><c> we'll</c><00:21:33.279><c> go</c><00:21:33.440><c> back</c><00:21:33.619><c> to</c><00:21:33.740><c> verse</c><00:21:34.000><c> 22.</c>

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Ye<00:21:36.819><c> shall</c><00:21:36.960><c> have</c><00:21:37.160><c> one</c><00:21:37.500><c> manner</c><00:21:37.759><c> of</c><00:21:38.180><c> law,</c>

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as<00:21:39.359><c> well</c><00:21:39.559><c> for</c><00:21:39.740><c> the</c><00:21:40.000><c> stranger</c><00:21:40.519><c> as</c><00:21:41.200><c> the</c><00:21:41.319><c> one</c><00:21:41.440><c> of</c><00:21:41.640><c> your</c><00:21:41.900><c> own</c><00:21:42.279><c> country.</c>

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Now<00:21:43.700><c> that</c><00:21:44.019><c> goes</c><00:21:44.420><c> back</c><00:21:44.960><c> to</c><00:21:46.000><c> the</c><00:21:46.440><c> middle</c><00:21:46.640><c> of</c><00:21:46.859><c> verse</c><00:21:47.039><c> 16,</c>

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as<00:21:48.559><c> well</c><00:21:49.140><c> the</c><00:21:49.480><c> stranger</c><00:21:50.059><c> as</c><00:21:50.539><c> he</c><00:21:50.740><c> that</c><00:21:50.880><c> is</c><00:21:51.079><c> born</c><00:21:51.240><c> in</c><00:21:51.380><c> the</c><00:21:51.559><c> land.</c>

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You<00:21:51.900><c> see</c><00:21:52.000><c> those</c><00:21:52.279><c> two</c><00:21:52.619><c> equivalent</c><00:21:52.980><c> phrases?</c>

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So<00:21:54.500><c> verse</c><00:21:54.740><c> 16,</c><00:21:55.279><c> as</c><00:21:55.440><c> well</c><00:21:55.619><c> the</c><00:21:55.859><c> stranger</c><00:21:56.059><c> as</c><00:21:56.180><c> he</c><00:21:56.299><c> that's</c><00:21:56.579><c> born</c>

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in<00:21:56.859><c> the</c><00:21:57.000><c> land,</c>

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and<00:21:58.660><c> verse</c><00:21:58.980><c> 22,</c><00:22:00.700><c> as</c><00:22:00.920><c> well</c><00:22:01.119><c> for</c><00:22:01.279><c> the</c><00:22:01.519><c> stranger</c>

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as<00:22:02.400><c> one</c><00:22:02.599><c> for</c><00:22:02.819><c> your</c><00:22:03.220><c> own</c><00:22:03.500><c> country.</c>

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Now<00:22:05.680><c> if</c><00:22:05.839><c> we</c><00:22:06.140><c> come</c><00:22:06.440><c> in</c><00:22:06.940><c> one</c><00:22:07.420><c> step</c><00:22:07.799><c> each</c><00:22:08.460><c> side</c><00:22:08.960><c> of</c><00:22:09.220><c> that</c><00:22:09.480><c> chiasmus,</c>

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verse<00:22:10.900><c> 17</c><00:22:11.579><c> says,</c>

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and<00:22:12.980><c> he</c><00:22:13.339><c> that</c><00:22:13.720><c> killeth</c><00:22:14.140><c> any</c><00:22:14.519><c> man</c><00:22:15.339><c> shall</c><00:22:15.900><c> be</c><00:22:16.140><c> put</c><00:22:16.319><c> to</c><00:22:16.559><c> death.</c>

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Now<00:22:18.140><c> where's</c><00:22:18.380><c> the</c><00:22:18.599><c> match</c><00:22:18.799><c> for</c><00:22:19.039><c> that?</c>

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Well<00:22:20.559><c> it's</c><00:22:20.779><c> the</c><00:22:21.019><c> second</c><00:22:21.240><c> half</c><00:22:21.539><c> of</c><00:22:21.759><c> verse</c><00:22:22.000><c> 21,</c><00:22:22.539><c> do</c><00:22:22.680><c> you</c><00:22:22.680><c> notice?</c>

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And<00:22:23.859><c> he</c><00:22:24.079><c> that</c><00:22:24.400><c> killeth</c><00:22:24.720><c> a</c><00:22:24.900><c> man,</c><00:22:25.819><c> he</c><00:22:26.119><c> shall</c><00:22:26.319><c> be</c><00:22:26.579><c> put</c><00:22:26.759><c> to</c><00:22:26.980><c> death.</c>

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So<00:22:28.440><c> verse</c><00:22:28.700><c> 17</c><00:22:29.380><c> is</c><00:22:30.059><c> matched</c><00:22:30.319><c> by</c><00:22:30.900><c> verse</c><00:22:31.400><c> 21b,</c><00:22:32.579><c> we</c><00:22:32.799><c> might</c><00:22:33.059><c> call</c><00:22:33.319><c> it.</c>

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And<00:22:34.220><c> then</c><00:22:34.339><c> verse</c><00:22:34.579><c> 18</c><00:22:34.960><c> says,</c>

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and<00:22:35.880><c> he</c><00:22:36.039><c> that</c><00:22:36.240><c> killeth</c><00:22:36.440><c> a</c><00:22:36.579><c> beast</c><00:22:36.740><c> shall</c><00:22:36.940><c> make</c><00:22:37.140><c> a</c><00:22:37.339><c> good</c><00:22:37.579><c> beast</c>

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for<00:22:38.180><c> beast.</c>

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And<00:22:39.640><c> verse</c><00:22:40.000><c> 21a</c><00:22:41.059><c> says,</c>

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and<00:22:42.599><c> he</c><00:22:42.920><c> that</c><00:22:43.279><c> killeth</c><00:22:43.740><c> a</c><00:22:43.940><c> beast,</c><00:22:44.599><c> he</c><00:22:45.000><c> shall</c><00:22:45.299><c> restore</c><00:22:46.000><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:22:46.819><c> the</c><00:22:47.079><c> equivalent</c><00:22:47.420><c> passage</c><00:22:48.079><c> or</c><00:22:48.480><c> verse</c><00:22:48.839><c> and</c><00:22:49.059><c> wording</c><00:22:49.200><c> on</c>

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And<00:22:51.299><c> then</c><00:22:51.519><c> verse</c><00:22:51.839><c> 19</c><00:22:52.460><c> says,</c>

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and<00:22:53.680><c> if</c><00:22:54.000><c> a</c><00:22:54.200><c> man</c><00:22:54.480><c> cause</c><00:22:55.059><c> a</c><00:22:55.500><c> blemish</c><00:22:55.940><c> in</c><00:22:56.160><c> his</c><00:22:56.500><c> neighbour,</c>

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as<00:22:57.859><c> he</c><00:22:58.019><c> hath</c><00:22:58.220><c> done,</c><00:22:58.960><c> so</c><00:22:59.140><c> shall</c><00:22:59.279><c> it</c><00:22:59.400><c> be</c><00:22:59.500><c> done</c><00:22:59.740><c> for</c><00:22:59.940><c> him.</c>

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:03.680
And<00:23:01.420><c> verse</c><00:23:01.720><c> 20b</c><00:23:03.079><c> says,</c>

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:07.019
as<00:23:04.440><c> he</c><00:23:04.720><c> has</c><00:23:05.000><c> caused</c><00:23:05.299><c> a</c><00:23:05.519><c> blemish</c><00:23:05.859><c> in</c><00:23:06.059><c> a</c><00:23:06.220><c> man,</c>

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.619
so<00:23:07.480><c> shall</c><00:23:07.599><c> it</c><00:23:07.740><c> be</c><00:23:07.819><c> done</c><00:23:08.019><c> to</c><00:23:08.160><c> him</c><00:23:08.339><c> again.</c>

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:10.319
So<00:23:08.779><c> can</c><00:23:08.920><c> you</c><00:23:09.059><c> see</c><00:23:09.200><c> that</c><00:23:09.519><c> chiasmus</c><00:23:09.960><c> there?</c>

00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:12.380
It's<00:23:10.920><c> absolutely</c><00:23:11.160><c> sitting</c><00:23:11.460><c> in</c><00:23:11.619><c> the</c><00:23:11.779><c> record,</c><00:23:12.140><c> isn't</c><00:23:12.200><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:23:12.900><c> like</c><00:23:13.079><c> a</c><00:23:13.259><c> divine</c><00:23:13.640><c> imprint.</c>

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:16.920
And<00:23:14.880><c> it</c><00:23:15.200><c> leads</c><00:23:15.420><c> us</c><00:23:15.700><c> to</c><00:23:15.859><c> the</c><00:23:16.079><c> central</c><00:23:16.440><c> point,</c>

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:20.839
and<00:23:17.579><c> it's</c><00:23:17.740><c> in</c><00:23:17.880><c> the</c><00:23:18.059><c> central</c><00:23:18.380><c> point</c><00:23:19.059><c> that</c><00:23:19.400><c> we</c><00:23:19.599><c> have</c><00:23:19.940><c> the</c><00:23:20.220><c> real</c><00:23:20.440><c> meaning</c>

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:21.960
as<00:23:21.140><c> it</c><00:23:21.279><c> were</c><00:23:21.380><c> of</c><00:23:21.480><c> the</c><00:23:21.640><c> passage.</c>

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:24.200
And<00:23:22.440><c> so</c><00:23:22.539><c> the</c><00:23:22.680><c> bit</c><00:23:22.740><c> in</c><00:23:22.940><c> the</c><00:23:23.019><c> middle,</c><00:23:23.460><c> which</c><00:23:23.619><c> is</c><00:23:23.799><c> probably</c><00:23:23.980><c> the</c>

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key<00:23:24.420><c> bit,</c>

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:28.779
is<00:23:25.480><c> verse</c><00:23:26.240><c> 20</c><00:23:26.759><c> at</c><00:23:27.200><c> the</c><00:23:27.480><c> start,</c><00:23:27.839><c> which</c><00:23:28.119><c> says,</c>

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:31.319
breach<00:23:29.220><c> for</c><00:23:29.440><c> breach,</c><00:23:29.980><c> eye</c><00:23:30.119><c> for</c><00:23:30.319><c> eye,</c><00:23:30.779><c> tooth</c><00:23:30.880><c> for</c><00:23:31.119><c> tooth.</c>

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:33.019
That's<00:23:31.680><c> the</c><00:23:31.859><c> centre</c><00:23:32.099><c> of</c><00:23:32.359><c> the</c><00:23:32.519><c> chiasmus.</c>

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So<00:23:33.539><c> in</c><00:23:33.779><c> the</c><00:23:33.940><c> law</c><00:23:34.059><c> concerning</c><00:23:34.619><c> blasphemy,</c>

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:37.299
we're<00:23:35.779><c> brought</c><00:23:35.900><c> to</c><00:23:36.099><c> that</c><00:23:36.279><c> bit</c><00:23:36.400><c> in</c><00:23:36.559><c> the</c><00:23:36.579><c> middle.</c>

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:40.440
Now<00:23:38.059><c> the</c><00:23:38.079><c> question</c><00:23:38.359><c> is,</c><00:23:38.880><c> what</c><00:23:39.039><c> do</c><00:23:39.160><c> you</c><00:23:39.180><c> think</c><00:23:39.279><c> that</c><00:23:39.539><c> means?</c>

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:43.019
Breach<00:23:40.700><c> for</c><00:23:40.839><c> breach,</c><00:23:41.440><c> eye</c><00:23:41.619><c> for</c><00:23:41.799><c> eye,</c><00:23:42.339><c> tooth</c><00:23:42.440><c> for</c><00:23:42.720><c> tooth.</c>

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:45.599
Well,<00:23:43.599><c> I</c><00:23:43.700><c> can</c><00:23:43.859><c> tell</c><00:23:43.920><c> you</c><00:23:43.980><c> what</c><00:23:44.099><c> it</c><00:23:44.339><c> doesn't</c><00:23:44.640><c> mean.</c>

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What<00:23:45.839><c> it</c><00:23:46.079><c> doesn't</c><00:23:46.319><c> mean</c><00:23:46.539><c> is</c><00:23:46.680><c> what</c><00:23:46.819><c> people</c><00:23:47.119><c> traditionally</c><00:23:47.660><c> say</c>

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:49.579
that<00:23:48.160><c> they</c><00:23:48.299><c> think</c><00:23:48.420><c> it</c><00:23:48.579><c> does</c><00:23:48.839><c> mean.</c>

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Because<00:23:49.960><c> when</c><00:23:50.140><c> we</c><00:23:50.380><c> talk</c><00:23:50.559><c> about</c><00:23:50.779><c> the</c><00:23:50.920><c> book</c><00:23:51.019><c> of</c><00:23:51.160><c> the</c><00:23:51.240><c> law,</c>

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:53.140
we<00:23:51.480><c> say</c><00:23:51.640><c> eye</c><00:23:51.940><c> for</c><00:23:52.079><c> an</c><00:23:52.259><c> eye.</c>

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:57.579
What<00:23:54.619><c> do</c><00:23:54.779><c> we</c><00:23:55.039><c> generally</c><00:23:55.579><c> mean</c><00:23:56.140><c> or</c><00:23:56.519><c> think</c><00:23:56.759><c> that</c><00:23:56.960><c> that</c><00:23:57.200><c> means?</c>

00:23:57.579 --> 00:24:01.599
And<00:23:58.059><c> the</c><00:23:58.500><c> idea</c><00:23:58.900><c> is,</c><00:24:00.180><c> we'll</c><00:24:00.319><c> get</c><00:24:00.539><c> even.</c>

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True?

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That<00:24:02.839><c> we'll</c><00:24:03.119><c> get</c><00:24:03.339><c> even.</c>

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:08.079
And<00:24:05.140><c> that</c><00:24:05.519><c> the</c><00:24:05.880><c> spirit</c><00:24:06.039><c> of</c><00:24:06.240><c> the</c><00:24:06.460><c> law,</c><00:24:07.220><c> in</c><00:24:07.839><c> fact,</c>

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:11.259
permitted<00:24:08.500><c> someone</c><00:24:08.880><c> to</c><00:24:09.740><c> execute</c><00:24:10.220><c> that</c><00:24:10.500><c> sort</c><00:24:10.680><c> of</c><00:24:10.819><c> retribution</c>

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.680
to<00:24:11.440><c> that</c><00:24:11.599><c> level.</c>

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Actually,<00:24:11.980><c> that's</c><00:24:12.220><c> not</c><00:24:12.339><c> what</c><00:24:12.420><c> the</c><00:24:12.500><c> law</c><00:24:12.579><c> meant</c><00:24:12.740><c> at</c><00:24:12.940><c> all.</c>

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:15.160
I<00:24:13.440><c> think</c><00:24:13.559><c> the</c><00:24:13.740><c> law</c><00:24:13.900><c> taught</c><00:24:14.220><c> something</c><00:24:14.559><c> quite</c><00:24:14.880><c> different.</c>

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:17.519
I<00:24:15.480><c> think</c><00:24:15.680><c> that</c><00:24:15.839><c> the</c><00:24:16.019><c> meaning</c><00:24:16.240><c> of</c><00:24:16.460><c> breach</c><00:24:16.660><c> for</c><00:24:16.900><c> breach,</c><00:24:17.440><c> eye</c>

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:17.980
for<00:24:17.680><c> eye,</c>

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:19.200
tooth<00:24:18.240><c> for</c><00:24:18.460><c> tooth</c><00:24:18.619><c> was</c><00:24:18.859><c> this.</c>

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:21.079
It's<00:24:19.579><c> very</c><00:24:19.839><c> important</c><00:24:20.180><c> to</c><00:24:20.420><c> understand</c><00:24:20.799><c> this.</c>

00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:25.980
The<00:24:21.819><c> spirit</c><00:24:22.019><c> of</c><00:24:22.240><c> the</c><00:24:22.400><c> law</c><00:24:22.759><c> was</c><00:24:23.299><c> to</c><00:24:23.539><c> ensure</c><00:24:24.259><c> in</c><00:24:24.960><c> actual</c><00:24:25.460><c> fact</c>

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:32.519
that<00:24:27.019><c> retribution</c><00:24:28.059><c> was</c><00:24:28.900><c> never</c><00:24:29.720><c> disproportionate</c><00:24:31.019><c> to</c><00:24:31.180><c> the</c><00:24:31.420><c> crime.</c>

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:38.799
If<00:24:35.759><c> an</c><00:24:35.980><c> eye's</c><00:24:36.200><c> been</c><00:24:36.480><c> lost,</c><00:24:37.380><c> you</c><00:24:37.619><c> can't</c><00:24:37.980><c> kill</c><00:24:38.200><c> a</c><00:24:38.359><c> whole</c><00:24:38.519><c> beast</c>

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:40.099
in<00:24:39.000><c> retribution.</c>

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If<00:24:40.660><c> a</c><00:24:40.859><c> tooth's</c><00:24:41.099><c> been</c><00:24:41.380><c> lost,</c><00:24:43.160><c> you</c><00:24:43.339><c> can't</c><00:24:43.759><c> take</c><00:24:44.420><c> a</c><00:24:45.920><c> whole</c><00:24:46.140><c> face.</c>

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:49.640
It's<00:24:48.400><c> got</c><00:24:48.480><c> to</c><00:24:48.579><c> be</c><00:24:48.819><c> tooth</c><00:24:49.019><c> for</c><00:24:49.299><c> tooth.</c>

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:52.099
There's<00:24:50.160><c> got</c><00:24:50.299><c> to</c><00:24:50.440><c> be</c><00:24:50.619><c> justice</c><00:24:51.160><c> and</c><00:24:51.720><c> equity.</c>

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:53.880
There's<00:24:52.579><c> got</c><00:24:52.720><c> to</c><00:24:52.839><c> be</c><00:24:52.980><c> something</c><00:24:53.339><c> balanced.</c>

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:55.799
Whatever<00:24:54.500><c> punishment</c><00:24:55.059><c> is</c><00:24:55.380><c> administered,</c>

00:24:56.200 --> 00:25:00.140
it<00:24:56.200><c> must</c><00:24:56.480><c> be</c><00:24:56.740><c> seen</c><00:24:56.839><c> to</c><00:24:57.059><c> be</c><00:24:57.440><c> fair</c><00:24:57.819><c> and</c><00:24:58.420><c> just</c><00:24:58.779><c> and</c><00:24:59.299><c> proportionate</c>

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:01.920
to<00:25:00.279><c> what's</c><00:25:00.559><c> been</c><00:25:00.819><c> done</c><00:25:00.940><c> in</c><00:25:01.140><c> the</c><00:25:01.259><c> first</c><00:25:01.519><c> place.</c>

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:05.059
And<00:25:02.299><c> I</c><00:25:02.400><c> think</c><00:25:02.559><c> that's</c><00:25:02.980><c> the</c><00:25:03.180><c> true</c><00:25:03.420><c> meaning</c><00:25:03.940><c> of</c><00:25:04.339><c> breach</c><00:25:04.539><c> for</c><00:25:04.740><c> breach,</c>

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:06.920
eye<00:25:05.519><c> for</c><00:25:05.720><c> eye,</c><00:25:06.279><c> tooth</c><00:25:06.380><c> for</c><00:25:06.660><c> tooth.</c>

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:10.480
The<00:25:07.299><c> law</c><00:25:07.480><c> was</c><00:25:07.819><c> anxious</c><00:25:08.079><c> to</c><00:25:08.319><c> ensure</c><00:25:08.779><c> that</c><00:25:09.299><c> retribution</c><00:25:09.940><c> be</c><00:25:10.259><c> given</c>

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:14.400
in<00:25:10.940><c> a</c><00:25:11.160><c> balanced</c><00:25:11.480><c> and</c><00:25:12.099><c> just</c><00:25:12.539><c> and</c><00:25:12.980><c> righteous</c><00:25:13.420><c> manner.</c>

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:19.039
Now,<00:25:15.799><c> that's</c><00:25:16.220><c> interesting</c><00:25:16.660><c> because</c><00:25:17.519><c> if</c><00:25:18.200><c> that</c><00:25:18.519><c> be</c><00:25:18.799><c> true,</c>

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:22.480
and<00:25:19.200><c> I</c><00:25:19.279><c> think</c><00:25:19.440><c> it</c><00:25:19.619><c> is,</c><00:25:20.559><c> so</c><00:25:20.680><c> now</c><00:25:20.960><c> given</c><00:25:21.119><c> the</c><00:25:21.519><c> careful</c><00:25:21.980><c> balance</c>

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.099
in<00:25:22.759><c> the</c><00:25:22.940><c> law</c>

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:27.160
that<00:25:23.299><c> all</c><00:25:23.799><c> judgment</c><00:25:24.240><c> must</c><00:25:24.579><c> be</c><00:25:25.000><c> fair</c><00:25:25.500><c> and</c><00:25:26.000><c> reasonable,</c>

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:30.059
now<00:25:27.660><c> come</c><00:25:27.839><c> back</c><00:25:28.059><c> to</c><00:25:28.200><c> verse</c><00:25:28.400><c> 16</c><00:25:29.039><c> and</c><00:25:29.380><c> ask</c><00:25:29.680><c> yourself,</c>

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:32.539
what<00:25:30.480><c> are</c><00:25:30.640><c> you</c><00:25:30.720><c> to</c><00:25:30.940><c> make</c><00:25:31.119><c> of</c><00:25:31.279><c> the</c><00:25:31.480><c> judgment</c><00:25:31.660><c> against</c><00:25:32.079><c> the</c><00:25:32.299><c> man?</c>

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:36.339
So<00:25:33.200><c> the</c><00:25:33.359><c> record</c><00:25:33.619><c> says,</c><00:25:34.700><c> he</c><00:25:34.720><c> that</c><00:25:34.920><c> blasphemes</c><00:25:35.440><c> the</c><00:25:35.579><c> name</c><00:25:35.740><c> of</c><00:25:35.940><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:41.079
he<00:25:36.680><c> must</c><00:25:36.920><c> be</c><00:25:37.200><c> instantly</c><00:25:37.759><c> and</c><00:25:38.720><c> without</c><00:25:39.200><c> any</c><00:25:39.839><c> possibility</c><00:25:40.380><c> of</c><00:25:40.680><c> escape,</c>

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:43.500
be<00:25:41.559><c> put</c><00:25:41.740><c> to</c><00:25:41.940><c> death</c><00:25:42.099><c> and</c><00:25:42.279><c> killed</c><00:25:42.619><c> utterly.</c>

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:47.019
Wow,<00:25:45.460><c> is</c><00:25:45.619><c> that</c><00:25:45.839><c> breach</c><00:25:46.019><c> for</c><00:25:46.259><c> breach?</c>

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.680
Is<00:25:47.839><c> this</c><00:25:48.039><c> eye</c><00:25:48.220><c> for</c><00:25:48.400><c> eye?</c>

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:50.019
Is<00:25:49.039><c> this</c><00:25:49.299><c> tooth</c><00:25:49.440><c> for</c><00:25:49.700><c> tooth?</c>

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:52.799
No<00:25:50.700><c> forgiveness,</c><00:25:52.019><c> gone.</c>

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:57.880
And<00:25:53.680><c> so</c><00:25:54.059><c> the</c><00:25:54.799><c> lesson,</c><00:25:55.220><c> I</c><00:25:55.480><c> think,</c><00:25:55.680><c> of</c><00:25:55.880><c> this</c><00:25:56.599><c> story</c><00:25:57.140><c> of</c><00:25:57.440><c> blasphemy</c>

00:25:57.880 --> 00:26:01.440
in<00:25:58.079><c> Leviticus</c><00:25:58.720><c> chapter</c><00:25:59.400><c> 24</c><00:26:00.019><c> is</c><00:26:00.500><c> that</c><00:26:00.720><c> clearly</c><00:26:00.940><c> here's</c><00:26:01.200><c> a</c><00:26:01.339><c> matter</c>

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where<00:26:01.619><c> there's</c><00:26:01.920><c> no</c><00:26:02.220><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:07.220
Now,<00:26:03.039><c> if</c><00:26:03.279><c> there</c><00:26:03.420><c> is</c><00:26:03.779><c> perfect</c><00:26:04.200><c> balance</c><00:26:04.859><c> in</c><00:26:05.420><c> God's</c><00:26:05.900><c> dealings</c><00:26:06.180><c> with</c><00:26:06.440><c> us</c>

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so<00:26:07.420><c> that</c><00:26:07.619><c> we</c><00:26:07.859><c> do</c><00:26:08.140><c> receive</c><00:26:08.500><c> a</c><00:26:08.720><c> just</c><00:26:09.000><c> recompense</c><00:26:09.640><c> for</c><00:26:09.839><c> our</c><00:26:10.059><c> actions,</c>

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beast<00:26:10.759><c> for</c><00:26:10.980><c> beast</c><00:26:11.240><c> and</c><00:26:11.480><c> breach</c><00:26:11.700><c> for</c><00:26:11.960><c> breach,</c>

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:14.720
well<00:26:12.859><c> then</c><00:26:12.980><c> here</c><00:26:13.220><c> is</c><00:26:13.440><c> the</c><00:26:13.619><c> question</c><00:26:14.000><c> there,</c><00:26:14.279><c> you</c><00:26:14.480><c> see.</c>

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And<00:26:15.140><c> now</c><00:26:15.339><c> think</c><00:26:15.619><c> about</c><00:26:15.880><c> it.</c>

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What<00:26:17.940><c> should</c><00:26:19.240><c> happen</c><00:26:20.180><c> to</c><00:26:20.640><c> the</c><00:26:20.900><c> person</c><00:26:21.440><c> who</c><00:26:22.079><c> profanes</c><00:26:22.599><c> God's</c><00:26:23.259><c> name</c>

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and<00:26:24.640><c> His</c><00:26:24.880><c> very</c><00:26:25.240><c> character?</c>

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And<00:26:28.480><c> the</c><00:26:28.680><c> answer</c><00:26:28.880><c> of</c><00:26:29.059><c> the</c><00:26:29.160><c> law</c><00:26:29.420><c> in</c><00:26:29.680><c> verse</c><00:26:29.920><c> 16,</c>

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and<00:26:31.740><c> just</c><00:26:31.960><c> hear</c><00:26:32.079><c> these</c><00:26:32.319><c> words,</c><00:26:33.920><c> the</c><00:26:34.039><c> answer</c><00:26:34.259><c> of</c><00:26:34.440><c> the</c><00:26:34.500><c> law</c><00:26:34.640><c> was,</c>

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since<00:26:36.680><c> God</c><00:26:37.559><c> has</c><00:26:38.059><c> given</c><00:26:38.240><c> us</c><00:26:38.859><c> life</c><00:26:39.279><c> in</c><00:26:39.819><c> order</c><00:26:39.980><c> that</c><00:26:40.200><c> we</c><00:26:40.420><c> might</c>

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manifest<00:26:41.519><c> His</c><00:26:41.859><c> name,</c>

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:49.599
the<00:26:43.319><c> man</c><00:26:43.839><c> or</c><00:26:44.200><c> woman</c><00:26:44.799><c> that</c><00:26:45.359><c> blasphemes</c><00:26:46.240><c> the</c><00:26:46.440><c> name</c><00:26:47.099><c> must</c><00:26:47.859><c> forfeit</c><00:26:48.319><c> their</c><00:26:48.579><c> life.</c>

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Shall<00:26:50.000><c> I</c><00:26:50.140><c> say</c><00:26:50.259><c> that</c><00:26:50.440><c> again?</c>

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:52.519
Because<00:26:50.859><c> that's</c><00:26:51.160><c> really</c><00:26:51.460><c> the</c><00:26:51.579><c> key</c><00:26:51.759><c> to</c><00:26:51.920><c> the</c><00:26:52.019><c> thing,</c><00:26:52.319><c> isn't</c><00:26:52.319><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:26:52.920><c> to</c><00:26:53.039><c> do</c><00:26:53.160><c> with</c><00:26:53.500><c> why</c><00:26:53.759><c> we</c><00:26:54.160><c> exist</c><00:26:54.420><c> at</c><00:26:54.640><c> all.</c>

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So<00:26:56.660><c> since</c><00:26:57.059><c> God</c><00:26:57.259><c> has</c><00:26:57.480><c> given</c><00:26:57.619><c> us</c><00:26:58.000><c> life</c><00:26:58.339><c> in</c><00:26:58.819><c> order</c><00:26:59.119><c> to</c><00:26:59.480><c> manifest</c>

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His<00:27:00.400><c> name,</c>

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the<00:27:03.160><c> man</c><00:27:03.579><c> or</c><00:27:03.880><c> woman</c><00:27:04.299><c> that</c><00:27:04.859><c> blasphemes</c><00:27:05.619><c> the</c><00:27:05.839><c> name</c><00:27:06.779><c> must</c><00:27:07.880><c> forfeit</c><00:27:08.319><c> their</c><00:27:08.579><c> life.</c>

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There<00:27:10.480><c> is</c><00:27:10.700><c> no</c><00:27:10.880><c> other</c><00:27:11.039><c> reason</c><00:27:11.299><c> for</c><00:27:11.480><c> which</c><00:27:11.720><c> life</c><00:27:11.940><c> has</c><00:27:12.160><c> been</c><00:27:12.299><c> given</c><00:27:12.519><c> to</c><00:27:12.799><c> us</c>

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other<00:27:13.700><c> than</c><00:27:14.019><c> to</c><00:27:14.279><c> manifest</c><00:27:14.619><c> the</c><00:27:14.920><c> Father.</c>

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:17.759
And<00:27:15.559><c> if</c><00:27:15.720><c> our</c><00:27:16.019><c> spirit</c><00:27:16.259><c> is</c><00:27:16.480><c> that</c><00:27:16.619><c> we</c><00:27:16.880><c> refuse</c><00:27:17.140><c> to</c><00:27:17.339><c> do</c><00:27:17.480><c> that,</c>

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God<00:27:18.039><c> says</c><00:27:18.240><c> you</c><00:27:18.420><c> are</c><00:27:18.720><c> not</c><00:27:19.059><c> worthy</c><00:27:19.539><c> of</c><00:27:19.920><c> retaining</c><00:27:20.220><c> life.</c>

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:23.240
It<00:27:20.839><c> was</c><00:27:21.000><c> only</c><00:27:21.240><c> ever</c><00:27:21.539><c> given</c><00:27:21.700><c> for</c><00:27:21.880><c> that</c><00:27:22.079><c> purpose</c><00:27:22.319><c> to</c><00:27:22.500><c> begin</c><00:27:22.720><c> with,</c><00:27:23.039><c> to</c>

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manifest<00:27:23.660><c> me.</c>

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You<00:27:24.759><c> blaspheme</c><00:27:25.220><c> that</c><00:27:25.500><c> principle,</c><00:27:26.099><c> you</c><00:27:26.420><c> deny</c><00:27:26.740><c> that</c><00:27:27.059><c> truth,</c>

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and<00:27:27.859><c> there</c><00:27:28.079><c> is</c><00:27:28.339><c> no</c><00:27:28.539><c> basis</c><00:27:28.960><c> for</c><00:27:29.440><c> forgiveness</c><00:27:29.799><c> or</c><00:27:30.240><c> for</c><00:27:30.440><c> life</c><00:27:30.559><c> itself</c><00:27:31.039><c> if</c>

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forfeit<00:27:31.740><c> it.</c>

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And<00:27:33.140><c> by</c><00:27:33.400><c> the</c><00:27:33.539><c> way,</c><00:27:33.839><c> God</c><00:27:34.059><c> says,</c><00:27:34.920><c> I'm</c><00:27:35.140><c> absolutely</c><00:27:35.799><c> just</c><00:27:36.420><c> and</c><00:27:36.940><c> balanced</c><00:27:37.460><c> in</c>

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all<00:27:38.200><c> my</c><00:27:38.400><c> dealings.</c>

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That<00:27:39.759><c> is</c><00:27:39.960><c> a</c><00:27:40.079><c> perfect</c><00:27:40.440><c> judgment</c><00:27:40.960><c> according</c><00:27:41.700><c> to</c><00:27:41.880><c> the</c><00:27:42.019><c> purpose</c>

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of<00:27:42.500><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:27:43.680><c> that's</c><00:27:43.940><c> a</c><00:27:44.019><c> good</c><00:27:44.160><c> lesson,</c><00:27:44.539><c> isn't</c><00:27:44.640><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:27:45.220><c> if</c><00:27:45.660><c> we</c><00:27:45.819><c> were</c><00:27:46.000><c> actually</c><00:27:46.279><c> governed</c><00:27:46.519><c> by</c><00:27:46.859><c> humanistic</c><00:27:47.339><c> thinking,</c>

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:49.460
we'd<00:27:47.839><c> probably</c><00:27:47.960><c> think</c><00:27:48.119><c> that</c><00:27:48.240><c> was</c><00:27:48.380><c> pretty</c><00:27:48.599><c> tough.</c>

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:53.839
But<00:27:51.140><c> seen</c><00:27:51.339><c> through</c><00:27:51.619><c> the</c><00:27:51.940><c> spectacles</c><00:27:52.539><c> of</c><00:27:53.160><c> the</c><00:27:53.359><c> purpose</c><00:27:53.579><c> of</c>

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God,<00:27:54.160><c> it's</c><00:27:54.559><c> absolutely</c><00:27:54.960><c> righteous.</c>

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:58.200
And<00:27:56.400><c> in</c><00:27:56.519><c> our</c><00:27:56.799><c> humanistic</c><00:27:57.319><c> thinking</c><00:27:57.579><c> about</c><00:27:57.819><c> whether</c><00:27:57.980><c> people</c>

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should<00:27:58.539><c> live</c><00:27:58.880><c> or</c><00:27:59.059><c> not</c><00:27:59.240><c> live</c>

00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:02.119
or<00:27:59.460><c> get</c><00:27:59.539><c> away</c><00:27:59.740><c> with</c><00:27:59.859><c> this</c><00:28:00.000><c> or</c><00:28:00.059><c> not</c><00:28:00.240><c> do</c><00:28:00.380><c> this,</c><00:28:01.079><c> none</c><00:28:01.259><c> of</c><00:28:01.440><c> that</c><00:28:01.559><c> is</c><00:28:01.740><c> relevant.</c>

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The<00:28:02.680><c> only</c><00:28:02.880><c> thing</c><00:28:03.079><c> that's</c><00:28:03.359><c> relevant</c><00:28:03.599><c> finally</c><00:28:04.099><c> is</c><00:28:04.700><c> the</c><00:28:04.880><c> purpose</c>

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:07.059
of<00:28:05.380><c> God</c><00:28:05.539><c> being</c><00:28:06.160><c> outworked</c><00:28:06.579><c> in</c><00:28:06.740><c> our</c><00:28:06.900><c> lives.</c>

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It's<00:28:07.319><c> the</c><00:28:07.559><c> ultimate</c><00:28:08.059><c> arbiter</c><00:28:08.740><c> of</c><00:28:09.099><c> what</c><00:28:09.359><c> should</c><00:28:09.599><c> happen</c><00:28:09.960><c> and</c>

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the<00:28:10.559><c> basis</c><00:28:10.779><c> of</c><00:28:11.000><c> all</c><00:28:11.180><c> righteous</c><00:28:11.480><c> judgment.</c>

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:14.059
So<00:28:12.500><c> coming</c><00:28:12.660><c> back</c><00:28:12.819><c> to</c><00:28:12.960><c> Matthew</c><00:28:13.160><c> chapter</c><00:28:13.400><c> 12</c><00:28:13.740><c> now,</c>

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:16.960
just<00:28:14.400><c> a</c><00:28:14.640><c> slight</c><00:28:14.940><c> contextual</c><00:28:15.859><c> setting</c><00:28:16.160><c> before</c><00:28:16.460><c> we</c><00:28:16.640><c> got</c><00:28:16.759><c> there,</c>

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:20.539
but<00:28:17.900><c> let's</c><00:28:18.240><c> come</c><00:28:18.400><c> to</c><00:28:18.500><c> Matthew</c><00:28:18.799><c> chapter</c><00:28:19.059><c> 12</c><00:28:19.539><c> and</c><00:28:20.019><c> see</c><00:28:20.200><c> what</c><00:28:20.339><c> we</c>

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:20.960
make<00:28:20.720><c> now</c>

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:25.720
of<00:28:21.119><c> this</c><00:28:21.640><c> puzzling</c><00:28:22.140><c> passage</c><00:28:22.759><c> concerning</c><00:28:23.319><c> the</c><00:28:24.700><c> unforgivable</c><00:28:25.380><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:28:26.220><c> of</c><00:28:26.599><c> course,</c><00:28:26.759><c> there</c><00:28:26.859><c> is</c><00:28:27.039><c> a</c><00:28:27.220><c> context</c><00:28:27.640><c> here,</c><00:28:28.019><c> you</c><00:28:28.019><c> see,</c><00:28:28.180><c> to</c>

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:29.460
which<00:28:28.480><c> the</c><00:28:28.700><c> Lord</c><00:28:28.859><c> refers.</c>

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And<00:28:30.180><c> this</c><00:28:30.420><c> story</c><00:28:30.680><c> begins</c><00:28:31.220><c> in</c><00:28:31.420><c> Matthew</c><00:28:31.799><c> chapter</c><00:28:32.160><c> 12</c><00:28:32.500><c> and</c><00:28:32.740><c> verse</c><00:28:33.119><c> 22.</c>

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Because<00:28:35.140><c> you</c><00:28:35.460><c> remember</c><00:28:35.619><c> that</c><00:28:35.799><c> what</c><00:28:36.039><c> happened</c><00:28:36.339><c> was</c><00:28:36.700><c> that</c><00:28:37.240><c> it</c>

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says<00:28:37.500><c> in</c><00:28:37.619><c> verse</c><00:28:37.799><c> 22,</c>

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:40.500
one<00:28:38.380><c> was</c><00:28:38.619><c> brought</c><00:28:38.819><c> to</c><00:28:39.000><c> him</c><00:28:39.079><c> that</c><00:28:39.220><c> was</c><00:28:39.900><c> possessed</c><00:28:40.180><c> with</c><00:28:40.400><c> the</c>

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devil,<00:28:40.839><c> blind</c><00:28:41.079><c> and</c><00:28:41.299><c> dumb,</c>

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:43.380
and<00:28:41.519><c> he</c><00:28:41.680><c> healed</c><00:28:41.859><c> him</c><00:28:42.019><c> in</c><00:28:42.180><c> so</c><00:28:42.319><c> much</c><00:28:42.460><c> that</c><00:28:42.599><c> the</c><00:28:42.819><c> blind</c><00:28:43.059><c> and</c><00:28:43.240><c> dumb</c>

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both<00:28:43.700><c> spake</c><00:28:44.079><c> and</c><00:28:44.420><c> saw.</c>

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And<00:28:45.700><c> all</c><00:28:45.900><c> the</c><00:28:46.079><c> people</c><00:28:46.259><c> were</c><00:28:46.519><c> amazed</c><00:28:46.900><c> and</c><00:28:47.140><c> said,</c><00:28:47.500><c> is</c><00:28:47.579><c> not</c><00:28:47.880><c> this</c>

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:49.859
the<00:28:48.359><c> son</c><00:28:48.539><c> of</c><00:28:48.819><c> David?</c>

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:55.940
But<00:28:51.079><c> when</c><00:28:51.480><c> the</c><00:28:51.759><c> Pharisees</c><00:28:52.559><c> heard</c><00:28:52.920><c> it,</c><00:28:54.420><c> they</c><00:28:54.859><c> said,</c>

00:28:56.559 --> 00:29:01.319
this<00:28:57.119><c> fellow</c><00:28:57.660><c> doth</c><00:28:57.980><c> not</c><00:28:58.420><c> cast</c><00:28:58.759><c> out</c><00:28:59.039><c> devils,</c><00:28:59.579><c> but</c><00:28:59.819><c> by</c><00:29:00.380><c> the</c><00:29:00.559><c> ultimate,</c><00:29:01.160><c> the</c>

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:03.019
prince<00:29:01.660><c> of</c><00:29:01.880><c> devils.</c>

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:06.359
And<00:29:03.579><c> Jesus</c><00:29:03.980><c> knew</c><00:29:04.339><c> their</c><00:29:04.720><c> thoughts</c><00:29:05.299><c> and</c><00:29:05.559><c> said</c><00:29:05.799><c> unto</c><00:29:06.059><c> them,</c>

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:09.539
every<00:29:06.720><c> kingdom</c><00:29:07.099><c> divided</c><00:29:07.480><c> against</c><00:29:07.839><c> itself</c><00:29:08.160><c> is</c><00:29:08.339><c> brought</c><00:29:08.579><c> to</c><00:29:08.799><c> desolation,</c>

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:12.079
and<00:29:10.140><c> every</c><00:29:10.259><c> city</c><00:29:10.440><c> or</c><00:29:10.619><c> house</c><00:29:10.819><c> divided</c><00:29:11.180><c> against</c><00:29:11.519><c> itself</c><00:29:11.900><c> shall</c>

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not<00:29:12.359><c> stand.</c>

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And<00:29:13.359><c> if</c><00:29:13.539><c> Satan</c><00:29:13.799><c> cast</c><00:29:14.140><c> out</c><00:29:14.380><c> Satan,</c><00:29:14.700><c> he's</c><00:29:14.859><c> divided</c><00:29:15.180><c> against</c><00:29:15.539><c> himself,</c>

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:18.339
and<00:29:16.079><c> how</c><00:29:16.279><c> shall</c><00:29:16.960><c> then</c><00:29:17.140><c> his</c><00:29:17.319><c> kingdom</c><00:29:17.720><c> stand?</c>

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And<00:29:18.839><c> if</c><00:29:19.000><c> I</c><00:29:19.319><c> by</c><00:29:19.440><c> Beelzebub</c><00:29:20.059><c> cast</c><00:29:20.400><c> out</c><00:29:20.640><c> devils,</c><00:29:21.200><c> by</c><00:29:21.299><c> whom</c><00:29:21.460><c> do</c>

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your<00:29:21.799><c> children</c><00:29:22.180><c> cast</c><00:29:22.500><c> them</c><00:29:22.640><c> out?</c>

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Therefore,<00:29:23.200><c> they</c><00:29:23.420><c> shall</c><00:29:23.559><c> be</c><00:29:23.779><c> your</c><00:29:23.980><c> judges.</c>

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:28.259
But<00:29:24.859><c> if</c><00:29:25.079><c> I</c><00:29:25.400><c> cast</c><00:29:25.700><c> out</c><00:29:25.980><c> devils</c><00:29:26.259><c> by</c><00:29:26.480><c> the</c><00:29:26.839><c> Spirit</c><00:29:27.059><c> of</c><00:29:27.279><c> God,</c>

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:31.599
then<00:29:28.599><c> the</c><00:29:28.839><c> kingdom</c><00:29:29.259><c> of</c><00:29:29.660><c> God</c><00:29:30.079><c> is</c><00:29:30.740><c> come</c><00:29:31.059><c> unto</c><00:29:31.319><c> you.</c>

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:34.900
And<00:29:32.240><c> so</c><00:29:32.380><c> the</c><00:29:32.579><c> response</c><00:29:33.059><c> of</c><00:29:33.279><c> the</c><00:29:33.420><c> Lord</c><00:29:33.599><c> Jesus</c><00:29:34.019><c> that</c><00:29:34.339><c> in</c><00:29:34.599><c> the</c><00:29:34.740><c> end</c>

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will<00:29:35.160><c> conclude</c>

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with<00:29:35.960><c> the</c><00:29:36.279><c> warning</c><00:29:36.720><c> about</c><00:29:37.440><c> blasphemy</c><00:29:38.259><c> against</c><00:29:38.740><c> the</c><00:29:38.960><c> Holy</c><00:29:39.160><c> Spirit</c>

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:43.200
is<00:29:40.420><c> born</c><00:29:40.759><c> out</c><00:29:40.960><c> of</c><00:29:41.119><c> the</c><00:29:41.400><c> circumstance</c><00:29:41.900><c> of</c><00:29:42.279><c> this</c><00:29:42.599><c> miracle</c>

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:47.019
and<00:29:43.799><c> the</c><00:29:44.059><c> reaction</c><00:29:44.519><c> of</c><00:29:44.940><c> the</c><00:29:45.200><c> Pharisees</c><00:29:45.960><c> to</c><00:29:46.140><c> what</c><00:29:46.319><c> had</c><00:29:46.519><c> been</c><00:29:46.700><c> done.</c>

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:49.940
Because<00:29:47.700><c> you</c><00:29:47.920><c> see,</c><00:29:48.160><c> the</c><00:29:48.220><c> Lord</c><00:29:48.400><c> put</c><00:29:48.599><c> his</c><00:29:48.799><c> finger</c><00:29:49.119><c> on</c><00:29:49.640><c> the</c><00:29:49.839><c> nub</c>

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of<00:29:50.059><c> the</c><00:29:50.119><c> matter,</c><00:29:50.460><c> didn't</c><00:29:50.579><c> he?</c>

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He<00:29:50.920><c> said,</c><00:29:51.200><c> verse</c><00:29:51.380><c> 28,</c><00:29:51.799><c> and</c><00:29:51.859><c> this</c><00:29:52.019><c> was</c><00:29:52.200><c> the</c><00:29:52.380><c> truth,</c>

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I've<00:29:53.819><c> cast</c><00:29:54.039><c> these</c><00:29:54.380><c> devils</c><00:29:54.700><c> out</c><00:29:54.880><c> by</c><00:29:55.119><c> the</c><00:29:55.299><c> Spirit</c><00:29:55.460><c> of</c><00:29:55.579><c> God.</c>

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:59.319
And<00:29:56.980><c> the</c><00:29:57.180><c> point</c><00:29:57.400><c> is</c><00:29:57.720><c> that</c><00:29:58.039><c> anyone</c><00:29:58.299><c> with</c><00:29:58.500><c> a</c><00:29:58.680><c> decent</c><00:29:58.940><c> and</c><00:29:59.180><c> good</c>

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and<00:29:59.460><c> honest</c><00:29:59.660><c> heart</c>

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would<00:30:00.099><c> have</c><00:30:00.240><c> known</c><00:30:00.380><c> that</c><00:30:00.519><c> that</c><00:30:00.660><c> was</c><00:30:00.859><c> the</c><00:30:00.980><c> absolute</c><00:30:01.259><c> truth.</c>

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:04.859
There<00:30:01.779><c> was</c><00:30:01.980><c> no</c><00:30:02.160><c> other</c><00:30:02.380><c> possible</c><00:30:02.900><c> explanation</c><00:30:03.700><c> for</c><00:30:04.099><c> the</c><00:30:04.299><c> miracles</c><00:30:04.599><c> our</c>

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:06.000
Lord<00:30:05.059><c> Jesus</c><00:30:05.440><c> Christ</c><00:30:05.819><c> did.</c>

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:08.119
He<00:30:06.480><c> had</c><00:30:06.640><c> the</c><00:30:06.859><c> Spirit</c><00:30:07.140><c> of</c><00:30:07.359><c> God.</c>

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:10.839
All<00:30:08.720><c> the</c><00:30:08.819><c> people</c><00:30:09.180><c> knew,</c><00:30:09.819><c> all</c><00:30:10.079><c> the</c><00:30:10.220><c> nation</c><00:30:10.559><c> knew.</c>

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:13.500
The<00:30:11.299><c> only</c><00:30:11.420><c> people</c><00:30:11.619><c> that</c><00:30:11.779><c> wouldn't</c><00:30:12.079><c> accept</c><00:30:12.440><c> that</c><00:30:12.640><c> were</c><00:30:12.799><c> the</c><00:30:12.980><c> Pharisees.</c>

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:15.200
And<00:30:13.660><c> they</c><00:30:13.839><c> said,</c><00:30:13.940><c> oh</c><00:30:14.160><c> no,</c><00:30:14.279><c> he's</c><00:30:14.599><c> got</c><00:30:14.759><c> a</c><00:30:14.960><c> devil.</c>

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:20.279
He's<00:30:16.299><c> got</c><00:30:16.460><c> demonic</c><00:30:17.019><c> powers,</c><00:30:18.440><c> not</c><00:30:18.619><c> godly</c><00:30:19.059><c> powers,</c><00:30:19.519><c> demonic</c><00:30:19.859><c> powers.</c>

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:23.579
And<00:30:20.740><c> you</c><00:30:20.839><c> know,</c><00:30:20.960><c> when</c><00:30:21.200><c> they</c><00:30:21.420><c> did</c><00:30:21.700><c> that,</c><00:30:21.940><c> they</c><00:30:22.099><c> were</c><00:30:22.599><c> flying</c><00:30:23.160><c> in</c>

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:25.579
the<00:30:23.900><c> face</c><00:30:24.240><c> of</c><00:30:24.700><c> all</c><00:30:25.119><c> the</c><00:30:25.299><c> evidence.</c>

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:27.980
And<00:30:25.920><c> they</c><00:30:26.220><c> knew</c><00:30:26.500><c> that</c><00:30:26.720><c> wasn't</c><00:30:26.980><c> true.</c>

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:32.099
But<00:30:28.680><c> such</c><00:30:29.200><c> was</c><00:30:29.660><c> their</c><00:30:30.019><c> hatred</c><00:30:30.460><c> and</c><00:30:30.880><c> opposition</c><00:30:31.339><c> to</c><00:30:31.599><c> Christ</c>

00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:36.059
that<00:30:32.880><c> despite</c><00:30:33.420><c> the</c><00:30:33.839><c> unprecedented</c><00:30:34.720><c> evidence</c><00:30:35.279><c> that</c><00:30:35.539><c> God</c><00:30:35.740><c> was</c>

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:37.099
working<00:30:36.380><c> with</c><00:30:36.700><c> Christ,</c>

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:40.759
they<00:30:37.660><c> sought</c><00:30:37.960><c> any</c><00:30:38.380><c> way</c><00:30:38.559><c> possible</c><00:30:39.000><c> to</c><00:30:39.240><c> reject</c><00:30:39.539><c> that.</c>

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Any<00:30:41.740><c> possible</c><00:30:42.160><c> way.</c>

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Rather<00:30:43.859><c> than</c><00:30:44.140><c> submit</c><00:30:44.380><c> to</c><00:30:44.559><c> the</c><00:30:44.720><c> evidence</c><00:30:44.960><c> of</c><00:30:45.160><c> their</c><00:30:45.420><c> own</c><00:30:45.819><c> eyes,</c>

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:49.500
they<00:30:46.720><c> would</c><00:30:47.160><c> blaspheme</c><00:30:48.039><c> the</c><00:30:48.279><c> power</c><00:30:48.759><c> of</c><00:30:49.099><c> God</c>

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:52.839
which<00:30:50.000><c> enabled</c><00:30:50.420><c> Christ</c><00:30:50.819><c> to</c><00:30:51.059><c> accomplish</c><00:30:51.460><c> such</c><00:30:51.740><c> deeds.</c>

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:57.359
Their<00:30:55.220><c> stubborn</c><00:30:55.500><c> pride</c><00:30:55.819><c> was</c><00:30:56.119><c> such</c><00:30:56.240><c> that</c><00:30:56.400><c> they</c><00:30:56.680><c> would</c><00:30:57.119><c> not</c>

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acknowledge<00:30:57.839><c> that</c>

00:30:58.240 --> 00:31:01.039
even<00:30:58.640><c> though</c><00:30:58.819><c> it</c><00:30:58.900><c> was</c><00:30:59.299><c> absolutely</c><00:30:59.900><c> and</c><00:31:00.299><c> fundamentally</c><00:31:00.720><c> clear.</c>

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:02.680
And<00:31:01.339><c> as</c><00:31:01.480><c> we</c><00:31:01.619><c> know</c><00:31:01.759><c> from</c><00:31:01.920><c> the</c><00:31:02.039><c> Lord's</c><00:31:02.299><c> reply,</c>

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:05.220
it<00:31:02.940><c> couldn't</c><00:31:03.220><c> possibly</c><00:31:03.700><c> have</c><00:31:03.940><c> been</c><00:31:04.059><c> by</c><00:31:04.259><c> the</c><00:31:04.420><c> power</c><00:31:04.619><c> of</c><00:31:04.819><c> Beelzebub</c>

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:08.519
because<00:31:05.400><c> he</c><00:31:05.519><c> said,</c><00:31:05.960><c> why</c><00:31:06.059><c> would</c><00:31:06.140><c> Beelzebub</c><00:31:06.720><c> cast</c><00:31:07.039><c> out</c><00:31:07.279><c> Beelzebub?</c>

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:11.099
And<00:31:09.059><c> if</c><00:31:09.240><c> Beelzebub</c><00:31:09.700><c> casts</c><00:31:10.059><c> out</c><00:31:10.319><c> Beelzebub,</c>

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:13.660
then<00:31:11.440><c> Beelzebub's</c><00:31:12.099><c> kingdom</c><00:31:12.359><c> is</c><00:31:12.599><c> finished.</c>

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:16.119
Now,<00:31:14.480><c> some</c><00:31:14.660><c> power</c><00:31:14.960><c> other</c><00:31:15.259><c> than</c><00:31:15.359><c> Beelzebub</c>

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:18.000
who<00:31:16.319><c> would</c><00:31:16.539><c> overthrow</c><00:31:16.819><c> Beelzebub's</c><00:31:17.680><c> kingdom.</c>

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:20.000
And<00:31:18.380><c> you</c><00:31:18.579><c> know</c><00:31:18.819><c> that</c><00:31:19.019><c> he</c><00:31:19.200><c> says.</c>

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:21.740
And<00:31:20.039><c> then</c><00:31:20.539><c> hard</c><00:31:20.799><c> on</c><00:31:21.019><c> the</c><00:31:21.160><c> heels</c><00:31:21.319><c> of</c><00:31:21.579><c> saying,</c>

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:23.880
you<00:31:22.119><c> know</c><00:31:22.460><c> that</c><00:31:22.619><c> I</c><00:31:22.740><c> did</c><00:31:22.880><c> that</c><00:31:23.079><c> by</c><00:31:23.240><c> the</c><00:31:23.400><c> Spirit</c><00:31:23.519><c> of</c><00:31:23.680><c> God,</c>

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:26.920
he<00:31:24.180><c> said</c><00:31:24.420><c> to</c><00:31:24.579><c> them,</c><00:31:25.099><c> in</c><00:31:25.259><c> fact,</c><00:31:25.359><c> can</c><00:31:25.480><c> you</c><00:31:25.619><c> see</c><00:31:25.740><c> that</c><00:31:25.900><c> connection?</c>

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:32.220
Verse<00:31:29.039><c> 24,</c><00:31:29.819><c> when</c><00:31:30.039><c> the</c><00:31:30.299><c> Pharisees</c><00:31:30.720><c> heard,</c><00:31:31.640><c> they</c><00:31:31.779><c> said,</c>

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:36.720
verse<00:31:32.720><c> 25,</c><00:31:33.660><c> Jesus</c><00:31:33.980><c> knew</c><00:31:34.380><c> their</c><00:31:34.880><c> thoughts</c><00:31:35.339><c> and</c><00:31:35.700><c> said</c><00:31:35.940><c> unto</c><00:31:36.220><c> them,</c>

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:40.460
verse<00:31:37.119><c> 31,</c><00:31:37.799><c> wherefore</c><00:31:38.380><c> I</c><00:31:38.579><c> say</c><00:31:38.859><c> unto</c><00:31:39.339><c> you,</c>

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:43.579
all<00:31:41.180><c> manner</c><00:31:41.500><c> of</c><00:31:41.920><c> sin</c><00:31:42.299><c> shall</c><00:31:43.079><c> be</c><00:31:43.339><c> forgiven.</c>

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:47.200
But<00:31:43.859><c> this</c><00:31:44.059><c> one,</c><00:31:44.339><c> verse</c><00:31:44.480><c> 34,</c><00:31:45.240><c> O</c><00:31:45.579><c> generation</c><00:31:46.380><c> of</c><00:31:46.880><c> vipers,</c>

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.960
how<00:31:47.579><c> can</c><00:31:47.980><c> ye</c><00:31:48.240><c> be</c><00:31:48.500><c> in</c><00:31:48.700><c> evil?</c>

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:51.019
And<00:31:49.400><c> so</c><00:31:49.599><c> all</c><00:31:49.900><c> the</c><00:31:49.960><c> way</c><00:31:50.119><c> through</c><00:31:50.339><c> this</c><00:31:50.700><c> story,</c>

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:53.759
the<00:31:51.460><c> context</c><00:31:51.880><c> is</c><00:31:52.140><c> his</c><00:31:52.299><c> reply</c><00:31:52.700><c> to</c><00:31:52.920><c> those</c><00:31:53.279><c> Pharisees</c>

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:56.299
that<00:31:54.000><c> denied</c><00:31:54.220><c> that</c><00:31:54.519><c> miracle</c><00:31:55.000><c> of</c><00:31:55.400><c> Holy</c><00:31:55.619><c> Spirit</c><00:31:55.960><c> power</c>

00:31:56.299 --> 00:32:00.059
being<00:31:56.799><c> exercised</c><00:31:57.960><c> by</c><00:31:58.279><c> our</c><00:31:58.420><c> Lord</c><00:31:58.599><c> Jesus</c><00:31:58.980><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:04.220
In<00:32:01.099><c> fact,</c><00:32:01.299><c> there's</c><00:32:01.420><c> a</c><00:32:01.559><c> passage</c><00:32:01.779><c> in</c><00:32:02.160><c> Matthew</c><00:32:02.500><c> chapter</c><00:32:02.839><c> 7,</c><00:32:03.339><c> verse</c><00:32:03.559><c> 30,</c>

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:08.599
which<00:32:04.980><c> is</c><00:32:05.240><c> sort</c><00:32:05.359><c> of</c><00:32:05.500><c> relevant</c><00:32:05.740><c> to</c><00:32:06.740><c> this</c><00:32:07.420><c> idea.</c>

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:11.180
It<00:32:08.880><c> says</c><00:32:09.200><c> in</c><00:32:09.799><c> Luke</c><00:32:10.059><c> chapter</c><00:32:10.400><c> 7,</c><00:32:10.700><c> verse</c><00:32:10.940><c> 30,</c>

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:13.799
and<00:32:11.299><c> I</c><00:32:11.339><c> think</c><00:32:11.440><c> it</c><00:32:11.660><c> captures</c><00:32:11.960><c> the</c><00:32:12.440><c> spirit</c><00:32:12.720><c> of</c><00:32:13.359><c> the</c><00:32:13.599><c> men</c>

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:17.079
of<00:32:14.019><c> Matthew</c><00:32:14.460><c> chapter</c><00:32:16.000><c> 12.</c>

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:20.380
Luke<00:32:17.359><c> 7</c><00:32:17.599><c> puts</c><00:32:17.859><c> it</c><00:32:18.000><c> this</c><00:32:18.259><c> way</c><00:32:18.640><c> in</c><00:32:18.900><c> verse</c><00:32:19.319><c> 30,</c>

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:24.019
when<00:32:21.420><c> he</c><00:32:21.720><c> says</c><00:32:21.940><c> that</c><00:32:22.180><c> the</c><00:32:22.380><c> Pharisees</c><00:32:23.059><c> and</c><00:32:23.279><c> the</c><00:32:23.500><c> lawyers</c>

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:28.140
rejected<00:32:24.920><c> the</c><00:32:25.279><c> counsel</c><00:32:25.680><c> of</c><00:32:25.940><c> God</c><00:32:26.500><c> against</c><00:32:27.160><c> themselves</c>

00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:30.339
being<00:32:28.880><c> not</c><00:32:29.240><c> baptized</c><00:32:29.819><c> of</c><00:32:30.180><c> him.</c>

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:33.880
The<00:32:30.859><c> margin</c><00:32:31.259><c> says</c><00:32:31.660><c> the</c><00:32:32.099><c> Pharisees</c><00:32:32.619><c> and</c><00:32:32.720><c> the</c><00:32:32.920><c> lawyers</c>

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:38.640
frustrated<00:32:34.799><c> the</c><00:32:35.400><c> counsel</c><00:32:35.920><c> of</c><00:32:36.279><c> God</c><00:32:36.619><c> within</c><00:32:37.279><c> themselves.</c>

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:42.480
It<00:32:40.819><c> was</c><00:32:41.099><c> such</c><00:32:41.299><c> a</c><00:32:41.579><c> terrible</c><00:32:42.160><c> spirit.</c>

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:45.480
They<00:32:42.759><c> frustrated</c><00:32:43.339><c> God's</c><00:32:43.839><c> own</c><00:32:44.079><c> counsel</c><00:32:44.400><c> within</c><00:32:44.579><c> their</c><00:32:44.880><c> own</c><00:32:45.099><c> hearts.</c>

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:48.319
They<00:32:45.900><c> frustrated</c><00:32:46.420><c> it</c><00:32:46.740><c> by</c><00:32:47.079><c> absolutely</c><00:32:47.599><c> denying</c><00:32:48.019><c> it.</c>

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:50.559
These<00:32:48.839><c> are</c><00:32:49.039><c> the</c><00:32:49.160><c> men</c><00:32:49.519><c> who've</c><00:32:49.980><c> come</c><00:32:50.079><c> to</c><00:32:50.220><c> the</c><00:32:50.339><c> Lord</c>

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:54.619
in<00:32:50.759><c> Matthew</c><00:32:50.920><c> chapter</c><00:32:51.200><c> 12,</c><00:32:52.200><c> saw</c><00:32:52.500><c> the</c><00:32:53.019><c> evidence</c><00:32:53.359><c> of</c><00:32:53.539><c> his</c><00:32:53.660><c> miraculous</c><00:32:54.220><c> power</c>

00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:57.480
and<00:32:54.920><c> said,</c><00:32:55.279><c> no,</c><00:32:55.279><c> it's</c><00:32:55.559><c> demonic,</c><00:32:56.279><c> not</c><00:32:56.539><c> because</c><00:32:56.759><c> it</c><00:32:56.880><c> was</c><00:32:57.099><c> true,</c>

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:59.420
but<00:32:57.799><c> because</c><00:32:58.019><c> they</c><00:32:58.339><c> absolutely</c><00:32:58.740><c> refused</c>

00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:01.779
to<00:32:59.940><c> acknowledge</c><00:33:00.279><c> that</c><00:33:00.480><c> in</c><00:33:00.740><c> any</c><00:33:01.059><c> way.</c>

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:05.240
To<00:33:02.480><c> say</c><00:33:02.660><c> what</c><00:33:02.839><c> they</c><00:33:03.099><c> did</c><00:33:03.559><c> was</c><00:33:04.240><c> to</c><00:33:04.539><c> blaspheme</c>

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:07.640
the<00:33:05.779><c> Holy</c><00:33:06.180><c> Spirit</c><00:33:06.500><c> power</c><00:33:06.960><c> of</c><00:33:07.240><c> God</c>

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:10.240
that<00:33:08.059><c> had</c><00:33:08.279><c> been</c><00:33:08.579><c> graciously</c><00:33:09.180><c> given</c><00:33:09.480><c> to</c><00:33:09.720><c> the</c><00:33:09.940><c> son</c>

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:12.299
to<00:33:10.680><c> authenticate</c><00:33:11.539><c> his</c><00:33:11.960><c> mission.</c>

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:14.460
We<00:33:12.759><c> know</c><00:33:13.079><c> that</c><00:33:13.299><c> that's</c><00:33:13.559><c> the</c><00:33:13.759><c> meaning,</c><00:33:14.160><c> by</c><00:33:14.160><c> the</c><00:33:14.299><c> way.</c>

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:16.519
We<00:33:14.839><c> know</c><00:33:15.059><c> that</c><00:33:15.220><c> that</c><00:33:15.380><c> is</c><00:33:15.619><c> the</c><00:33:15.799><c> nub</c><00:33:15.920><c> of</c><00:33:16.099><c> the</c><00:33:16.240><c> meaning,</c>

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:19.519
that<00:33:16.920><c> they</c><00:33:17.259><c> denied</c><00:33:17.640><c> the</c><00:33:17.940><c> Holy</c><00:33:18.240><c> Spirit</c><00:33:18.539><c> power</c><00:33:18.839><c> the</c><00:33:19.000><c> Lord</c><00:33:19.160><c> had,</c>

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:23.000
and<00:33:19.880><c> the</c><00:33:19.980><c> Lord</c><00:33:20.140><c> said,</c><00:33:20.700><c> you</c><00:33:20.700><c> blasphemed</c><00:33:21.460><c> against</c><00:33:22.000><c> that</c><00:33:22.259><c> Holy</c><00:33:22.579><c> Spirit</c>

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.720
by<00:33:23.359><c> so</c><00:33:23.539><c> denying.</c>

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:26.359
We<00:33:23.920><c> know</c><00:33:24.099><c> that</c><00:33:24.299><c> because</c><00:33:24.700><c> come</c><00:33:24.940><c> and</c><00:33:25.059><c> look</c><00:33:25.240><c> at</c><00:33:25.480><c> Mark's</c><00:33:25.960><c> equivalent</c>

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:28.680
in<00:33:26.880><c> Mark's</c><00:33:27.359><c> Gospel</c><00:33:27.640><c> in</c><00:33:27.900><c> chapter</c><00:33:28.119><c> 3.</c>

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:31.140
Because<00:33:29.099><c> the</c><00:33:29.299><c> Lord</c><00:33:29.599><c> in</c><00:33:30.259><c> Mark</c><00:33:30.579><c> chapter</c><00:33:30.920><c> 3,</c>

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:34.390
or<00:33:31.319><c> at</c><00:33:31.319><c> least</c><00:33:31.700><c> the</c><00:33:32.059><c> Gospel</c><00:33:32.440><c> writer</c><00:33:32.880><c> in</c><00:33:33.279><c> Mark</c><00:33:33.579><c> 3,</c>

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:37.279
adds<00:33:34.599><c> one</c><00:33:34.940><c> little</c><00:33:35.299><c> phrase</c><00:33:35.819><c> that's</c><00:33:36.500><c> not</c><00:33:36.900><c> evident</c>

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:39.279
in<00:33:37.660><c> the</c><00:33:37.819><c> Matthew</c><00:33:38.240><c> account.</c>

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:42.079
And<00:33:39.940><c> the</c><00:33:40.099><c> little</c><00:33:40.319><c> bit</c><00:33:40.519><c> that</c><00:33:40.759><c> Mark</c><00:33:41.019><c> adds,</c><00:33:41.759><c> I</c><00:33:41.920><c> think,</c>

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:44.480
makes<00:33:42.380><c> it</c><00:33:42.660><c> clear</c><00:33:42.779><c> to</c><00:33:43.000><c> us</c><00:33:43.400><c> that</c><00:33:43.660><c> this</c><00:33:43.920><c> is,</c><00:33:44.220><c> in</c><00:33:44.299><c> fact,</c>

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:46.660
the<00:33:44.799><c> spirit</c><00:33:45.140><c> of</c><00:33:45.519><c> the</c><00:33:45.819><c> story.</c>

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:50.240
Mark<00:33:47.940><c> 3</c><00:33:48.259><c> verse</c><00:33:48.700><c> 22</c><00:33:49.339><c> says,</c>

00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:01.180
and<00:33:59.299><c> he</c><00:33:59.539><c> called</c><00:33:59.940><c> them</c><00:34:00.240><c> unto</c><00:34:00.460><c> him</c><00:34:00.819><c> and</c><00:34:00.980><c> said,</c>

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:02.880
unto<00:34:01.579><c> them</c><00:34:02.000><c> in</c><00:34:02.500><c> parables,</c>

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:06.619
how<00:34:03.519><c> can</c><00:34:04.079><c> Satan</c><00:34:05.039><c> cast</c><00:34:05.880><c> out</c><00:34:06.240><c> Satan?</c>

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:08.340
And<00:34:06.900><c> then</c><00:34:07.059><c> he</c><00:34:07.160><c> says</c><00:34:07.319><c> in</c><00:34:07.480><c> the</c><00:34:07.619><c> same</c><00:34:07.819><c> context,</c>

00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:10.699
the<00:34:08.820><c> same</c><00:34:09.280><c> rulers</c><00:34:09.659><c> that</c><00:34:09.880><c> have</c><00:34:10.039><c> opposed</c><00:34:10.380><c> him,</c>

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:13.179
the<00:34:11.000><c> same</c><00:34:11.360><c> circumstances</c><00:34:11.960><c> as</c><00:34:12.599><c> Matthew</c><00:34:12.920><c> 12,</c>

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:14.699
verse<00:34:13.460><c> 28</c><00:34:13.860><c> he</c><00:34:14.019><c> says,</c>

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:31.280
but<00:34:29.059><c> is</c><00:34:29.659><c> in</c><00:34:29.800><c> danger</c><00:34:30.119><c> of</c><00:34:30.380><c> eternal</c><00:34:30.719><c> damnation.</c>

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.280
And<00:34:31.539><c> then</c><00:34:31.760><c> Mark</c><00:34:31.960><c> says,</c>

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:33.460
the<00:34:32.400><c> bit</c><00:34:32.579><c> that</c><00:34:32.800><c> Matthew</c><00:34:33.000><c> hasn't</c><00:34:33.340><c> got,</c>

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:37.860
because<00:34:34.119><c> they</c><00:34:34.619><c> said</c><00:34:34.960><c> he</c><00:34:35.699><c> hath</c><00:34:36.079><c> an</c><00:34:36.500><c> unclean</c><00:34:36.980><c> spirit,</c>

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:39.400
he<00:34:38.079><c> hath</c><00:34:38.260><c> the</c><00:34:38.460><c> power</c><00:34:38.739><c> of</c><00:34:38.900><c> Beelzebub,</c>

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.860
because<00:34:39.840><c> he</c><00:34:39.980><c> hath</c><00:34:40.179><c> demonic</c><00:34:40.679><c> power,</c>

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:42.519
it<00:34:41.000><c> was</c><00:34:41.239><c> because</c><00:34:41.559><c> of</c><00:34:41.780><c> that</c><00:34:42.079><c> statement</c>

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:44.420
that<00:34:43.480><c> the</c><00:34:43.619><c> Lord</c><00:34:43.739><c> gave</c><00:34:43.980><c> this</c><00:34:44.239><c> warning</c>

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:45.960
about<00:34:44.780><c> blasphemy</c><00:34:45.159><c> against</c><00:34:45.440><c> the</c><00:34:45.579><c> Holy</c><00:34:45.780><c> Spirit.</c>

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:48.579
And<00:34:46.400><c> Mark</c><00:34:46.800><c> adds</c><00:34:47.280><c> that</c><00:34:47.639><c> little</c><00:34:47.980><c> phrase</c>

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:52.639
to<00:34:49.219><c> suggest</c><00:34:49.559><c> that</c><00:34:49.719><c> it</c><00:34:49.840><c> was</c><00:34:50.340><c> expressly</c><00:34:51.340><c> in</c><00:34:51.539><c> response</c>

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:55.500
to<00:34:52.780><c> their</c><00:34:53.280><c> suggestion</c><00:34:53.780><c> that</c><00:34:53.960><c> he</c><00:34:54.039><c> had</c><00:34:54.239><c> a</c><00:34:54.480><c> demonic</c><00:34:54.900><c> power</c>

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:57.920
rather<00:34:56.340><c> than</c><00:34:56.679><c> Holy</c><00:34:57.039><c> Spirit</c><00:34:57.420><c> power</c>

00:34:57.920 --> 00:35:00.860
that<00:34:58.420><c> brought</c><00:34:59.000><c> forth</c><00:34:59.539><c> the</c><00:34:59.739><c> rebuke</c><00:35:00.119><c> of</c><00:35:00.239><c> Christ</c>

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:03.739
concerning<00:35:01.619><c> the</c><00:35:01.880><c> danger</c><00:35:02.440><c> of</c><00:35:03.000><c> blasphemy</c>

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:06.260
against<00:35:04.500><c> the</c><00:35:04.840><c> Holy</c><00:35:05.179><c> Spirit.</c>

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:09.460
Now,<00:35:08.340><c> a</c><00:35:08.539><c> couple</c><00:35:08.719><c> of</c><00:35:08.900><c> other</c><00:35:09.119><c> passages</c>

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:11.659
that<00:35:09.739><c> might</c><00:35:10.000><c> help</c><00:35:10.260><c> in</c><00:35:10.440><c> the</c><00:35:10.619><c> journey</c><00:35:10.880><c> here</c>

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:14.340
as<00:35:12.360><c> we</c><00:35:12.639><c> piece</c><00:35:12.840><c> together</c><00:35:13.159><c> the</c><00:35:13.380><c> jigsaw</c><00:35:13.780><c> puzzle,</c>

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:17.519
the<00:35:14.860><c> first</c><00:35:15.139><c> of</c><00:35:15.320><c> which</c><00:35:15.480><c> is</c><00:35:15.679><c> in</c><00:35:15.880><c> Hebrews</c><00:35:16.179><c> chapter</c><00:35:16.679><c> 2.</c>

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:20.119
And<00:35:18.159><c> what</c><00:35:18.420><c> Hebrews</c><00:35:18.760><c> 2</c><00:35:19.099><c> and</c><00:35:19.239><c> another</c><00:35:19.480><c> passage</c><00:35:19.900><c> do</c>

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:22.099
is<00:35:20.280><c> they</c><00:35:20.820><c> help</c><00:35:21.119><c> corroborate</c>

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:24.719
that<00:35:22.679><c> that</c><00:35:22.840><c> is</c><00:35:23.039><c> the</c><00:35:23.320><c> essential</c><00:35:23.940><c> teaching</c>

00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:27.260
of<00:35:25.380><c> those</c><00:35:25.820><c> two</c><00:35:26.239><c> gospel</c><00:35:26.679><c> accounts</c>

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:29.760
when<00:35:27.739><c> the</c><00:35:27.980><c> rulers</c><00:35:28.260><c> came</c><00:35:28.639><c> and</c><00:35:28.860><c> denied</c><00:35:29.159><c> his</c><00:35:29.460><c> powers</c>

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:31.920
and<00:35:30.059><c> the</c><00:35:30.199><c> Lord</c><00:35:30.539><c> immediately</c><00:35:31.219><c> turned</c><00:35:31.599><c> on</c><00:35:31.800><c> them</c>

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:33.760
and<00:35:32.159><c> accused</c><00:35:32.460><c> them</c><00:35:32.960><c> of</c><00:35:33.320><c> blasphemy</c>

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:35.119
against<00:35:34.199><c> the</c><00:35:34.400><c> Holy</c><00:35:34.659><c> Spirit,</c>

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:37.860
having<00:35:35.539><c> witnessed</c><00:35:36.260><c> his</c><00:35:36.619><c> use</c><00:35:36.880><c> of</c><00:35:37.119><c> those</c><00:35:37.420><c> powers</c>

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:41.420
and<00:35:38.380><c> then</c><00:35:39.159><c> seeking</c><00:35:39.440><c> to</c><00:35:39.820><c> deny</c><00:35:40.119><c> the</c><00:35:40.380><c> reality</c><00:35:40.800><c> of</c><00:35:41.059><c> it.</c>

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:43.519
Now,<00:35:41.920><c> you</c><00:35:42.000><c> see</c><00:35:42.039><c> what</c><00:35:42.239><c> it</c><00:35:42.320><c> says</c><00:35:42.420><c> in</c><00:35:42.599><c> Hebrews</c><00:35:42.820><c> chapter</c><00:35:43.179><c> 2</c>

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:45.659
in<00:35:43.760><c> verses</c><00:35:44.119><c> 3</c><00:35:44.699><c> and</c><00:35:45.000><c> 4,</c>

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:49.219
and<00:35:45.980><c> you'll</c><00:35:46.280><c> see</c><00:35:46.420><c> again</c><00:35:47.039><c> the</c><00:35:47.260><c> similarity</c><00:35:47.719><c> of</c><00:35:48.000><c> thinking</c><00:35:48.320><c> here.</c>

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:51.980
So<00:35:49.500><c> Hebrews</c><00:35:49.780><c> chapter</c><00:35:50.119><c> 2</c><00:35:50.380><c> verse</c><00:35:50.639><c> 3</c><00:35:51.000><c> says,</c>

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:55.099
How<00:35:52.659><c> shall</c><00:35:53.300><c> we</c><00:35:53.880><c> escape</c>

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:59.159
if<00:35:55.760><c> we</c><00:35:56.139><c> neglect</c><00:35:56.739><c> so</c><00:35:57.380><c> great</c><00:35:57.820><c> salvation</c>

00:35:59.139 --> 00:36:03.460
which<00:35:59.559><c> at</c><00:35:59.980><c> the</c><00:36:00.320><c> first</c><00:36:00.719><c> began</c><00:36:01.219><c> to</c><00:36:01.460><c> be</c><00:36:01.719><c> spoken</c><00:36:02.039><c> by</c><00:36:02.380><c> the</c><00:36:02.539><c> Lord</c>

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:07.780
and<00:36:03.719><c> was</c><00:36:04.139><c> confirmed</c><00:36:04.739><c> unto</c><00:36:05.099><c> us</c><00:36:05.519><c> by</c><00:36:05.800><c> them</c><00:36:06.199><c> that</c><00:36:06.579><c> heard</c><00:36:06.820><c> him,</c>

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:10.480
God<00:36:08.380><c> also</c><00:36:09.139><c> bearing</c><00:36:09.460><c> them</c><00:36:09.880><c> witness</c>

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:13.079
both<00:36:11.039><c> with</c><00:36:11.420><c> signs</c><00:36:11.940><c> and</c><00:36:12.579><c> wonders</c>

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:15.480
and<00:36:13.760><c> with</c><00:36:14.079><c> diverse</c><00:36:14.699><c> miracles</c>

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:18.119
and<00:36:16.380><c> gifts</c><00:36:16.699><c> of</c><00:36:16.960><c> the</c><00:36:17.139><c> Holy</c><00:36:17.460><c> Spirit</c>

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:19.820
according<00:36:18.679><c> to</c><00:36:19.039><c> his</c><00:36:19.260><c> own</c><00:36:19.599><c> will?</c>

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:23.079
And<00:36:20.039><c> so</c><00:36:20.239><c> the</c><00:36:20.400><c> teaching</c><00:36:20.699><c> of</c><00:36:20.880><c> these</c><00:36:21.099><c> two</c><00:36:21.340><c> verses</c><00:36:21.639><c> is,</c><00:36:22.099><c> in</c><00:36:22.280><c> effect,</c>

00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:25.340
how<00:36:23.559><c> shall</c><00:36:23.880><c> these</c><00:36:24.139><c> escape</c>

00:36:25.340 --> 00:36:27.920
those<00:36:26.440><c> that</c><00:36:26.619><c> have</c><00:36:26.880><c> seen</c><00:36:27.119><c> this</c><00:36:27.579><c> power</c>

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:29.420
of<00:36:28.199><c> the</c><00:36:28.360><c> Holy</c><00:36:28.599><c> Spirit</c><00:36:28.880><c> in</c><00:36:29.059><c> operation?</c>

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:32.820
How<00:36:29.820><c> can</c><00:36:30.019><c> anyone</c><00:36:30.219><c> escape</c><00:36:30.719><c> the</c><00:36:31.039><c> consequences</c><00:36:31.500><c> of</c><00:36:31.679><c> having</c><00:36:31.960><c> seen</c><00:36:32.340><c> that</c>

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:34.699
and<00:36:33.079><c> yet</c><00:36:33.320><c> not</c><00:36:33.599><c> responded</c><00:36:33.920><c> to</c><00:36:34.159><c> it,</c>

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:37.400
having<00:36:35.199><c> seen</c><00:36:35.639><c> that</c><00:36:36.059><c> and</c><00:36:36.480><c> then</c><00:36:36.840><c> denied</c><00:36:37.179><c> it?</c>

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:39.840
There<00:36:37.679><c> was</c><00:36:37.960><c> something</c><00:36:38.280><c> in</c><00:36:38.619><c> that</c><00:36:38.980><c> spirit</c><00:36:39.179><c> of</c><00:36:39.480><c> refusal</c>

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:42.880
that<00:36:40.179><c> was</c><00:36:40.420><c> utterly</c><00:36:41.039><c> unacceptable</c><00:36:41.840><c> to</c><00:36:42.219><c> God.</c>

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:46.539
And<00:36:43.679><c> that's</c><00:36:43.980><c> the</c><00:36:44.119><c> same</c><00:36:44.400><c> spirit</c><00:36:44.659><c> that</c><00:36:45.300><c> Stephen</c><00:36:45.739><c> commented</c><00:36:46.119><c> on</c>

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:48.239
in<00:36:46.739><c> his</c><00:36:46.880><c> address</c><00:36:47.139><c> in</c><00:36:47.320><c> Acts</c><00:36:47.539><c> chapter</c><00:36:47.880><c> 7,</c>

00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:50.320
that<00:36:48.739><c> same</c><00:36:49.139><c> spirit</c><00:36:49.519><c> that</c><00:36:49.960><c> warned</c>

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:52.159
by<00:36:50.940><c> the</c><00:36:51.099><c> Apostle</c><00:36:51.460><c> Paul</c><00:36:51.659><c> in</c><00:36:51.880><c> Hebrews</c>

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:55.019
that<00:36:52.719><c> those</c><00:36:53.159><c> who</c><00:36:53.519><c> have</c><00:36:53.699><c> seen</c><00:36:53.920><c> that</c><00:36:54.300><c> spirit</c><00:36:54.619><c> power</c>

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:56.760
and<00:36:55.420><c> then</c><00:36:55.619><c> neglect</c><00:36:55.980><c> the</c><00:36:56.239><c> salvation,</c>

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.800
how<00:36:57.159><c> will</c><00:36:57.219><c> they</c><00:36:57.440><c> escape?</c>

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:59.199
They<00:36:58.179><c> can't</c><00:36:58.539><c> escape,</c><00:36:59.039><c> he</c><00:36:59.039><c> says.</c>

00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:00.840
Well,<00:36:59.559><c> that's</c><00:36:59.719><c> actually</c><00:36:59.880><c> what</c><00:37:00.119><c> Stephen</c><00:37:00.460><c> says</c>

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:02.260
in<00:37:01.300><c> his</c><00:37:01.480><c> speech</c><00:37:01.679><c> in</c><00:37:01.860><c> Acts</c><00:37:02.019><c> 7.</c>

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:03.940
It's<00:37:02.739><c> the</c><00:37:02.880><c> same</c><00:37:03.119><c> lesson</c><00:37:03.460><c> with</c><00:37:03.679><c> me.</c>

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:06.699
Those<00:37:04.500><c> that</c><00:37:04.780><c> saw</c><00:37:05.019><c> these</c><00:37:05.380><c> things,</c><00:37:05.840><c> witnessed</c><00:37:06.039><c> these</c><00:37:06.480><c> things,</c>

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:08.420
you<00:37:07.039><c> couldn't</c><00:37:07.239><c> just</c><00:37:07.519><c> walk</c><00:37:07.739><c> away</c><00:37:08.039><c> from</c><00:37:08.179><c> it.</c>

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:10.119
You<00:37:08.739><c> were</c><00:37:08.960><c> responsible</c><00:37:09.639><c> for</c><00:37:09.900><c> that.</c>

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:13.280
Now,<00:37:10.719><c> you</c><00:37:10.840><c> see</c><00:37:10.940><c> what</c><00:37:11.039><c> it</c><00:37:11.239><c> says</c><00:37:11.360><c> in</c><00:37:11.699><c> Acts</c><00:37:11.920><c> 7</c><00:37:12.179><c> verse</c><00:37:12.519><c> 51,</c>

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:15.920
verses<00:37:14.059><c> 51</c><00:37:14.599><c> and</c><00:37:14.860><c> 52.</c>

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:22.519
"...and<00:37:19.659><c> uncircumcised</c><00:37:20.260><c> in</c><00:37:20.659><c> heart</c><00:37:21.119><c> and</c><00:37:21.559><c> ears,</c>

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:28.039
ye<00:37:23.440><c> do</c><00:37:23.699><c> always</c><00:37:24.239><c> resist</c><00:37:24.940><c> the</c><00:37:25.340><c> Holy</c><00:37:25.760><c> Spirit</c><00:37:26.059><c> as</c><00:37:26.260><c> your</c><00:37:26.619><c> fathers</c><00:37:27.059><c> did.</c>

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:31.380
Which<00:37:28.760><c> of</c><00:37:29.039><c> the</c><00:37:29.300><c> prophets</c><00:37:29.579><c> have</c><00:37:29.820><c> not</c><00:37:30.079><c> your</c><00:37:30.300><c> fathers</c><00:37:30.679><c> persecuted?</c>

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:35.019
And<00:37:31.920><c> they</c><00:37:32.219><c> have</c><00:37:32.539><c> slain</c><00:37:33.420><c> them</c><00:37:33.820><c> which</c><00:37:34.159><c> showed</c><00:37:34.420><c> before</c>

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:37.280
of<00:37:35.340><c> the</c><00:37:35.639><c> coming</c><00:37:35.880><c> of</c><00:37:36.219><c> the</c><00:37:36.420><c> just</c><00:37:36.719><c> one,</c>

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:41.679
of<00:37:37.880><c> whom</c><00:37:38.400><c> ye</c><00:37:38.960><c> have</c><00:37:39.139><c> been</c><00:37:39.460><c> now</c><00:37:39.739><c> the</c><00:37:39.940><c> betrayers</c><00:37:40.619><c> and</c><00:37:40.840><c> murderers,</c>

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:44.440
who<00:37:41.980><c> have</c><00:37:42.519><c> received</c><00:37:42.900><c> the</c><00:37:43.039><c> law</c><00:37:43.139><c> by</c><00:37:43.360><c> the</c><00:37:43.539><c> disposition</c><00:37:43.840><c> of</c><00:37:44.119><c> angels</c>

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:45.679
and<00:37:44.760><c> have</c><00:37:44.980><c> not</c><00:37:45.219><c> kept</c><00:37:45.460><c> it."</c>

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:47.219
And<00:37:45.940><c> it's</c><00:37:46.139><c> the</c><00:37:46.300><c> same</c><00:37:46.559><c> spirit</c><00:37:46.920><c> here.</c>

00:37:47.219 --> 00:37:48.639
They<00:37:47.460><c> saw</c><00:37:47.860><c> the</c><00:37:48.059><c> Holy</c><00:37:48.320><c> Spirit.</c>

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:50.860
They<00:37:48.980><c> resisted</c><00:37:49.639><c> the</c><00:37:49.719><c> Holy</c><00:37:50.019><c> Spirit.</c>

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:55.139
They<00:37:51.219><c> were</c><00:37:51.539><c> uncircumcised</c><00:37:53.059><c> in</c><00:37:53.519><c> heart</c><00:37:53.880><c> and</c><00:37:54.239><c> ears.</c>

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:58.519
And<00:37:55.179><c> that</c><00:37:55.659><c> very</c><00:37:56.059><c> ground</c><00:37:56.480><c> of</c><00:37:56.840><c> judgment</c><00:37:57.119><c> was</c><00:37:57.420><c> brought</c><00:37:57.639><c> against</c><00:37:58.039><c> them</c>

00:37:58.519 --> 00:38:00.780
because<00:37:58.820><c> having</c><00:37:59.119><c> seen</c><00:37:59.440><c> those</c><00:37:59.699><c> things,</c><00:37:59.920><c> they</c><00:38:00.179><c> denied</c><00:38:00.539><c> them.</c>

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:03.159
So<00:38:01.000><c> what's</c><00:38:01.219><c> the</c><00:38:01.420><c> spirit</c><00:38:01.599><c> of</c><00:38:01.800><c> Hebrews</c><00:38:02.079><c> 2</c><00:38:02.340><c> and</c><00:38:02.480><c> the</c><00:38:02.559><c> spirit</c><00:38:02.840><c> of</c>

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.780
Acts<00:38:03.380><c> 7?</c>

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:08.500
It's<00:38:04.599><c> the</c><00:38:04.960><c> stubborn</c><00:38:05.679><c> refusal</c><00:38:06.679><c> to</c><00:38:07.579><c> recognize</c>

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:10.880
the<00:38:09.019><c> work</c><00:38:09.179><c> of</c><00:38:09.400><c> the</c><00:38:09.599><c> Holy</c><00:38:09.860><c> Spirit</c><00:38:10.179><c> among</c><00:38:10.559><c> them</c>

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:12.860
in<00:38:11.280><c> the</c><00:38:11.460><c> miracles</c><00:38:11.719><c> of</c><00:38:11.920><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:15.760
And<00:38:13.840><c> people</c><00:38:14.119><c> in</c><00:38:14.320><c> the</c><00:38:14.519><c> land</c><00:38:14.800><c> in</c><00:38:15.139><c> that</c><00:38:15.400><c> day</c>

00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:17.940
who<00:38:16.099><c> saw</c><00:38:16.400><c> the</c><00:38:16.619><c> things</c><00:38:16.860><c> that</c><00:38:17.159><c> Christ</c><00:38:17.460><c> did,</c>

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:20.380
to<00:38:18.619><c> do</c><00:38:18.880><c> that,</c><00:38:19.199><c> to</c><00:38:19.380><c> respond</c><00:38:19.719><c> that</c><00:38:20.000><c> way,</c>

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:23.960
that<00:38:20.719><c> was</c><00:38:21.019><c> an</c><00:38:21.340><c> inexcusable,</c><00:38:22.760><c> unforgivable</c><00:38:23.539><c> sin</c>

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:25.920
in<00:38:24.300><c> the</c><00:38:24.460><c> face</c><00:38:24.619><c> of</c><00:38:24.800><c> all</c><00:38:24.940><c> the</c><00:38:25.039><c> evidence.</c>

00:38:29.820 --> 00:38:31.980
So<00:38:30.420><c> Matthew's</c><00:38:31.019><c> passage</c><00:38:31.500><c> on</c>

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:34.400
bless<00:38:32.300><c> me</c><00:38:32.539><c> against</c><00:38:32.880><c> the</c><00:38:33.099><c> Holy</c><00:38:33.340><c> Spirit</c>

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:37.440
in<00:38:35.079><c> the</c><00:38:35.480><c> first</c><00:38:35.960><c> instance,</c><00:38:36.539><c> and</c><00:38:36.719><c> I</c><00:38:36.960><c> stress</c><00:38:37.199><c> this,</c>

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:40.940
in<00:38:37.639><c> the</c><00:38:37.900><c> first</c><00:38:38.239><c> instance</c><00:38:38.920><c> is</c><00:38:40.059><c> a</c><00:38:40.360><c> reference</c><00:38:40.639><c> to</c>

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:43.800
bless<00:38:41.239><c> me</c><00:38:41.539><c> against</c><00:38:41.960><c> the</c><00:38:42.440><c> Holy</c><00:38:42.780><c> Spirit</c><00:38:43.239><c> power</c>

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:48.500
that<00:38:44.260><c> was</c><00:38:44.559><c> an</c><00:38:44.960><c> evidence</c><00:38:45.380><c> at</c><00:38:45.880><c> this</c><00:38:46.119><c> particular</c><00:38:46.739><c> epoch</c><00:38:47.239><c> of</c><00:38:47.420><c> time.</c>

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:51.340
Those<00:38:49.059><c> who</c><00:38:49.420><c> had</c><00:38:49.739><c> seen</c><00:38:50.000><c> such</c><00:38:50.539><c> demonstrations</c>

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:53.179
of<00:38:52.000><c> Holy</c><00:38:52.360><c> Spirit</c><00:38:52.699><c> power,</c>

00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:55.179
who<00:38:53.820><c> saw</c><00:38:54.059><c> that</c><00:38:54.280><c> and</c><00:38:54.420><c> yet</c><00:38:54.599><c> rejected</c><00:38:54.940><c> it,</c>

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:57.019
God<00:38:55.380><c> says</c><00:38:55.579><c> you'll</c><00:38:55.820><c> be</c><00:38:55.940><c> held</c><00:38:56.099><c> accountable.</c>

00:38:57.659 --> 00:39:01.179
You<00:38:57.860><c> cannot</c><00:38:58.079><c> look</c><00:38:58.420><c> at</c><00:38:58.599><c> that</c><00:38:58.780><c> and</c><00:38:58.980><c> walk</c><00:38:59.139><c> away</c><00:38:59.719><c> and</c><00:39:00.099><c> deny</c><00:39:00.340><c> it.</c>

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:03.739
So<00:39:01.900><c> that's</c><00:39:02.280><c> the</c><00:39:02.519><c> context,</c><00:39:03.340><c> really,</c><00:39:03.460><c> you</c><00:39:03.599><c> see,</c>

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:07.099
of<00:39:04.139><c> both</c><00:39:04.400><c> Matthew</c><00:39:04.760><c> chapter</c><00:39:05.059><c> 12</c><00:39:05.380><c> and</c><00:39:05.840><c> Mark</c><00:39:06.139><c> chapter</c><00:39:06.460><c> 3.</c>

00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:10.500
Demonstrations<00:39:07.920><c> of</c><00:39:08.179><c> Holy</c><00:39:08.420><c> Spirit</c><00:39:08.699><c> power</c><00:39:09.179><c> rejected,</c>

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:14.059
constituted,<00:39:11.900><c> blessed</c><00:39:12.059><c> me</c><00:39:12.300><c> against</c><00:39:12.679><c> that</c><00:39:13.039><c> same</c><00:39:13.340><c> Holy</c><00:39:13.639><c> Spirit</c>

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:16.039
and<00:39:14.380><c> was</c><00:39:14.619><c> deemed</c><00:39:14.860><c> to</c><00:39:15.079><c> be</c><00:39:15.400><c> unforgivable.</c>

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:17.280
So<00:39:16.340><c> here's</c><00:39:16.579><c> the</c><00:39:16.760><c> interesting</c><00:39:17.019><c> bit.</c>

00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:18.900
Oh,<00:39:17.559><c> it</c><00:39:17.579><c> always</c><00:39:17.840><c> gets</c><00:39:18.059><c> interesting,</c><00:39:18.500><c> doesn't</c><00:39:18.679><c> it?</c>

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:21.400
And<00:39:19.260><c> around</c><00:39:19.480><c> about</c><00:39:19.760><c> this</c><00:39:19.960><c> part</c><00:39:20.199><c> of</c><00:39:20.460><c> the</c><00:39:20.539><c> story.</c>

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:23.980
And<00:39:22.079><c> what's</c><00:39:22.500><c> interesting</c><00:39:22.760><c> is</c><00:39:23.260><c> that</c><00:39:23.699><c> you</c><00:39:23.840><c> see,</c>

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:26.719
well,<00:39:24.239><c> given</c><00:39:24.380><c> that</c><00:39:24.539><c> there's</c><00:39:24.780><c> no</c><00:39:25.019><c> Holy</c><00:39:25.380><c> Spirit</c><00:39:25.679><c> in</c><00:39:25.880><c> evidence</c><00:39:26.159><c> today,</c>

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:29.599
there's<00:39:27.739><c> no</c><00:39:28.239><c> Holy</c><00:39:28.619><c> Spirit</c><00:39:29.000><c> powers,</c>

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:32.460
no<00:39:30.219><c> Holy</c><00:39:30.579><c> Spirit</c><00:39:30.880><c> in</c><00:39:31.119><c> manifestation,</c>

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:35.659
well,<00:39:33.039><c> is</c><00:39:33.139><c> it</c><00:39:33.840><c> possible</c><00:39:34.320><c> for</c><00:39:34.519><c> us</c><00:39:34.760><c> to</c><00:39:34.880><c> be</c><00:39:35.159><c> guilty</c>

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:38.739
of<00:39:36.280><c> blessing</c><00:39:36.659><c> against</c><00:39:37.139><c> the</c><00:39:37.460><c> Holy</c><00:39:37.780><c> Spirit</c><00:39:38.079><c> today?</c>

00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:40.780
We<00:39:39.239><c> can't</c><00:39:39.659><c> reject</c><00:39:40.000><c> such</c><00:39:40.260><c> miracles</c>

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:43.639
because<00:39:41.280><c> they're</c><00:39:41.659><c> not</c><00:39:41.820><c> performed.</c>

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What<00:39:44.860><c> thinkers</c><00:39:45.219><c> are</c><00:39:45.400><c> they?</c>

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And<00:39:48.559><c> the</c><00:39:48.739><c> answer</c><00:39:49.039><c> is</c><00:39:50.059><c> actually</c><00:39:51.679><c> we</c><00:39:51.880><c> could</c><00:39:52.179><c> still</c><00:39:52.400><c> be</c><00:39:52.639><c> guilty</c>

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:55.820
of<00:39:54.039><c> blessing</c><00:39:54.300><c> against</c><00:39:54.659><c> the</c><00:39:54.880><c> Holy</c><00:39:55.039><c> Spirit</c>

00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:59.219
and<00:39:56.960><c> of</c><00:39:57.320><c> the</c><00:39:57.559><c> unforgivable</c><00:39:58.039><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:40:00.460><c> the</c><00:40:00.599><c> reason</c><00:40:00.960><c> is</c><00:40:01.579><c> because</c><00:40:02.659><c> there's</c><00:40:03.019><c> a</c><00:40:03.219><c> third</c><00:40:03.579><c> gospel</c>

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that<00:40:04.639><c> mentions</c><00:40:05.300><c> that</c><00:40:05.780><c> same</c><00:40:06.179><c> matter.</c>

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And<00:40:07.679><c> the</c><00:40:07.940><c> third</c><00:40:08.320><c> gospel</c><00:40:08.719><c> that</c><00:40:08.980><c> mentions</c><00:40:09.420><c> the</c><00:40:09.739><c> same</c><00:40:10.079><c> warning</c>

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of<00:40:10.699><c> blessing</c><00:40:11.000><c> against</c><00:40:11.420><c> the</c><00:40:11.619><c> Holy</c><00:40:11.840><c> Spirit</c>

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:15.300
utters<00:40:12.800><c> the</c><00:40:13.039><c> warning</c><00:40:13.420><c> in</c><00:40:13.960><c> a</c><00:40:14.280><c> different</c><00:40:14.659><c> context,</c>

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:18.420
so<00:40:15.860><c> utterly</c><00:40:16.320><c> different</c><00:40:16.900><c> that</c><00:40:17.280><c> it</c><00:40:17.440><c> is</c><00:40:17.800><c> unrelated</c>

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to<00:40:18.659><c> the</c><00:40:18.840><c> miracles</c><00:40:19.159><c> of</c><00:40:19.420><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:40:20.360><c> it</c><00:40:20.440><c> is</c><00:40:20.860><c> unrelated</c><00:40:21.539><c> to</c><00:40:21.940><c> the</c><00:40:22.139><c> reaction</c><00:40:22.539><c> of</c><00:40:22.840><c> the</c><00:40:23.000><c> rules.</c>

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It's<00:40:24.579><c> set</c><00:40:24.900><c> in</c><00:40:25.320><c> a</c><00:40:25.440><c> totally</c><00:40:25.940><c> different</c><00:40:26.500><c> setting,</c>

00:40:27.719 --> 00:40:31.780
and<00:40:27.920><c> that</c><00:40:28.179><c> warning</c><00:40:28.420><c> makes</c><00:40:28.760><c> it</c><00:40:29.460><c> much</c><00:40:29.760><c> more</c><00:40:30.079><c> pertinent</c><00:40:30.440><c> to</c><00:40:30.659><c> ourselves.</c>

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:34.719
Well,<00:40:33.219><c> that's</c><00:40:33.480><c> the</c><00:40:33.539><c> gospel</c><00:40:33.840><c> of</c><00:40:34.440><c> Luke.</c>

00:40:34.719 --> 00:40:38.139
It<00:40:35.940><c> is</c><00:40:36.179><c> the</c><00:40:36.360><c> other</c><00:40:36.519><c> synoptic</c><00:40:37.000><c> gospel,</c>

00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:41.800
but<00:40:39.059><c> Luke</c><00:40:39.420><c> sets</c><00:40:39.940><c> it,</c><00:40:40.500><c> Luke</c><00:40:40.780><c> sets</c><00:40:41.199><c> the</c><00:40:41.460><c> warning</c>

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:44.039
about<00:40:42.219><c> blessing</c><00:40:42.699><c> against</c><00:40:43.059><c> the</c><00:40:43.280><c> Holy</c><00:40:43.500><c> Spirit</c>

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:48.380
in<00:40:44.460><c> a</c><00:40:44.780><c> totally</c><00:40:45.219><c> different</c><00:40:46.300><c> contextual</c><00:40:47.480><c> setting,</c>

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:51.079
and<00:40:48.960><c> now</c><00:40:49.360><c> suddenly</c><00:40:49.860><c> this</c><00:40:50.440><c> is</c><00:40:50.639><c> a</c><00:40:50.760><c> warning</c>

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:53.940
much<00:40:51.780><c> more</c><00:40:52.320><c> relevant</c><00:40:52.599><c> to</c><00:40:52.840><c> us</c><00:40:53.239><c> perhaps</c>

00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:57.219
because<00:40:54.699><c> of</c><00:40:55.019><c> the</c><00:40:55.500><c> proximity</c><00:40:56.059><c> of</c><00:40:56.320><c> where</c><00:40:56.500><c> we</c><00:40:56.840><c> stand</c>

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in<00:40:57.679><c> relation</c><00:40:58.139><c> to</c><00:40:58.420><c> it.</c>

00:40:59.260 --> 00:41:03.860
Now,<00:40:59.420><c> if</c><00:40:59.519><c> you</c><00:40:59.639><c> see</c><00:40:59.800><c> how</c><00:41:00.059><c> this</c><00:41:00.559><c> particular</c><00:41:01.440><c> chapter</c><00:41:02.420><c> in</c><00:41:02.639><c> Luke</c><00:41:02.920><c> opens,</c>

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:06.159
the<00:41:04.440><c> actual</c><00:41:04.739><c> words</c><00:41:05.119><c> blessing</c><00:41:05.460><c> against</c><00:41:05.719><c> the</c><00:41:05.800><c> Holy</c><00:41:05.920><c> Spirit</c>

00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:07.500
is<00:41:06.320><c> verse</c><00:41:06.599><c> 10,</c><00:41:07.000><c> by</c><00:41:07.199><c> the</c><00:41:07.340><c> way,</c>

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:09.679
but<00:41:07.780><c> we've</c><00:41:08.360><c> got</c><00:41:08.500><c> to</c><00:41:08.659><c> get</c><00:41:08.800><c> there</c><00:41:09.039><c> first.</c>

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:10.980
See<00:41:10.000><c> what</c><00:41:10.139><c> it</c><00:41:10.260><c> says</c><00:41:10.340><c> in</c><00:41:10.440><c> verse</c><00:41:10.639><c> 1.</c>

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In<00:41:11.099><c> the</c><00:41:11.239><c> meantime,</c>

00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:12.960
then<00:41:12.219><c> they</c><00:41:12.300><c> were</c><00:41:12.420><c> gathered</c><00:41:12.539><c> together</c>

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:14.500
an<00:41:13.239><c> innumerable</c><00:41:13.659><c> multitude</c><00:41:14.059><c> of</c><00:41:14.280><c> people</c>

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:16.539
and<00:41:14.659><c> so</c><00:41:14.820><c> much</c><00:41:14.960><c> that</c><00:41:15.079><c> they</c><00:41:15.440><c> chowed</c><00:41:15.760><c> one</c><00:41:16.019><c> upon</c><00:41:16.219><c> another.</c>

00:41:16.699 --> 00:41:17.480
I<00:41:16.780><c> like</c><00:41:16.940><c> that</c><00:41:17.139><c> expression.</c>

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:18.699
It<00:41:17.579><c> was</c><00:41:17.739><c> quite</c><00:41:17.860><c> a</c><00:41:18.019><c> big</c><00:41:18.119><c> group</c><00:41:18.239><c> there,</c><00:41:18.400><c> wasn't</c><00:41:18.599><c> it?</c>

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:20.320
They<00:41:19.300><c> chowed</c><00:41:19.639><c> one</c><00:41:19.860><c> upon</c><00:41:20.039><c> another.</c>

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:21.400
Have<00:41:20.519><c> you</c><00:41:20.559><c> ever</c><00:41:20.619><c> been</c><00:41:20.679><c> in</c><00:41:20.800><c> a</c><00:41:20.900><c> group</c><00:41:21.000><c> that</c><00:41:21.280><c> big</c>

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:23.880
where<00:41:21.639><c> they</c><00:41:22.219><c> chowed</c><00:41:22.559><c> one</c><00:41:22.800><c> upon</c><00:41:22.980><c> another?</c>

00:41:24.920 --> 00:41:27.860
He<00:41:25.320><c> began</c><00:41:25.719><c> to</c><00:41:26.099><c> say</c><00:41:26.400><c> unto</c><00:41:26.719><c> his</c><00:41:27.079><c> disciples,</c>

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:30.460
first<00:41:28.719><c> of</c><00:41:29.139><c> all,</c><00:41:29.599><c> do</c><00:41:29.739><c> you</c><00:41:29.840><c> notice</c><00:41:30.019><c> that?</c>

00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:31.519
Which<00:41:30.659><c> chapter?</c>

00:41:31.619 --> 00:41:33.659
Did<00:41:32.079><c> I</c><00:41:32.260><c> say</c><00:41:32.460><c> Luke</c><00:41:32.679><c> 12?</c>

00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:35.340
What<00:41:34.000><c> did</c><00:41:34.199><c> I</c><00:41:34.400><c> say?</c>

00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:36.679
Luke<00:41:35.960><c> 6,</c><00:41:36.420><c> did</c><00:41:36.539><c> I?</c>

00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:37.980
No,<00:41:37.159><c> no,</c><00:41:37.280><c> you</c><00:41:37.400><c> said</c><00:41:37.619><c> Luke.</c>

00:41:38.099 --> 00:41:38.699
I<00:41:38.239><c> said</c><00:41:38.400><c> Luke?</c>

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:40.559
You<00:41:39.219><c> should</c><00:41:39.460><c> have</c><00:41:39.599><c> known</c><00:41:39.780><c> it</c><00:41:39.900><c> was</c><00:41:40.039><c> chapter</c><00:41:40.260><c> 12.</c>

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.739
Well,<00:41:40.880><c> we</c><00:41:41.000><c> can't.</c>

00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:44.739
Clearly<00:41:42.460><c> Holy</c><00:41:42.860><c> Spirit</c><00:41:43.159><c> powers</c><00:41:43.460><c> were</c><00:41:43.699><c> not</c><00:41:43.960><c> in</c><00:41:44.079><c> evidence</c><00:41:44.420><c> at</c>

00:41:44.739 --> 00:41:45.460
the<00:41:44.820><c> moment.</c>

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:46.679
I<00:41:45.800><c> do</c><00:41:46.099><c> apologize,</c>

00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:48.579
so<00:41:46.900><c> that</c><00:41:47.199><c> is</c><00:41:47.619><c> quite</c><00:41:48.019><c> clearly</c><00:41:48.360><c> a</c><00:41:48.480><c> proof</c>

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:51.940
that<00:41:48.760><c> I</c><00:41:48.980><c> also</c><00:41:49.500><c> do</c><00:41:50.039><c> not</c><00:41:50.219><c> possess</c><00:41:50.519><c> Holy</c><00:41:50.840><c> Spirit</c><00:41:51.099><c> powers.</c>

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:54.320
So<00:41:52.639><c> Luke</c><00:41:52.860><c> chapter</c><00:41:53.119><c> 12,</c><00:41:53.539><c> I'm</c><00:41:53.780><c> so</c><00:41:54.079><c> sorry,</c>

00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:57.019
verse<00:41:54.820><c> 1</c><00:41:55.139><c> says</c><00:41:55.619><c> that</c><00:41:56.280><c> in</c><00:41:56.400><c> the</c><00:41:56.480><c> middle</c><00:41:56.619><c> of</c><00:41:56.780><c> the</c><00:41:56.840><c> verse,</c>

00:41:57.159 --> 00:42:00.139
he<00:41:57.260><c> says</c><00:41:57.320><c> they</c><00:41:57.539><c> began</c><00:41:58.079><c> to</c><00:41:58.820><c> say</c><00:41:59.099><c> unto</c><00:41:59.360><c> his</c><00:41:59.679><c> disciples.</c>

00:42:00.139 --> 00:42:03.079
So<00:42:00.340><c> you</c><00:42:00.480><c> see,</c><00:42:00.860><c> this</c><00:42:01.079><c> is</c><00:42:01.380><c> not</c><00:42:01.739><c> addressed</c><00:42:02.199><c> now</c><00:42:02.500><c> to</c><00:42:02.659><c> the</c><00:42:02.820><c> rulers.</c>

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:06.179
This<00:42:03.780><c> is</c><00:42:04.059><c> not</c><00:42:04.260><c> addressed</c><00:42:04.559><c> to</c><00:42:04.760><c> the</c><00:42:04.960><c> unbelieving</c><00:42:05.500><c> Pharisees.</c>

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:08.760
This<00:42:06.559><c> is</c><00:42:06.840><c> not</c><00:42:07.099><c> addressed</c><00:42:07.320><c> to</c><00:42:07.539><c> the</c><00:42:07.719><c> hostile</c><00:42:08.219><c> leaders</c>

00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:11.360
who<00:42:09.239><c> frustrated</c><00:42:09.679><c> the</c><00:42:09.960><c> counsel</c><00:42:10.260><c> of</c><00:42:10.420><c> God</c><00:42:10.639><c> within</c><00:42:10.840><c> themselves.</c>

00:42:11.860 --> 00:42:17.440
This<00:42:12.260><c> time,</c><00:42:13.239><c> Christ's</c><00:42:13.980><c> speaking</c><00:42:14.320><c> to</c><00:42:14.760><c> his</c><00:42:15.039><c> own</c><00:42:15.619><c> disciples,</c><00:42:16.820><c> verse</c><00:42:17.099><c> 1.</c>

00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:20.679
Now,<00:42:17.920><c> just</c><00:42:18.179><c> follow</c><00:42:18.320><c> that</c><00:42:18.619><c> link</c><00:42:18.880><c> through,</c><00:42:19.719><c> verse</c><00:42:20.159><c> 4.</c>

00:42:21.019 --> 00:42:26.780
And<00:42:21.079><c> I</c><00:42:21.539><c> say</c><00:42:22.219><c> unto</c><00:42:22.699><c> you,</c><00:42:23.820><c> my</c><00:42:24.320><c> friends,</c><00:42:25.860><c> verse</c><00:42:26.300><c> 5,</c>

00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:32.139
but<00:42:27.179><c> I</c><00:42:27.559><c> will</c><00:42:27.940><c> forewarn</c><00:42:29.019><c> you</c><00:42:30.039><c> whom</c><00:42:30.579><c> ye</c><00:42:30.940><c> shall</c><00:42:31.159><c> fear.</c>

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:35.860
Verse<00:42:32.199><c> 8,</c><00:42:33.099><c> also</c><00:42:33.440><c> I</c><00:42:33.780><c> say</c><00:42:34.039><c> unto</c><00:42:34.719><c> you,</c>

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:38.119
whosoever<00:42:36.420><c> shall</c><00:42:36.699><c> confess</c><00:42:37.219><c> thee</c><00:42:37.420><c> before</c><00:42:37.719><c> me.</c>

00:42:38.380 --> 00:42:43.159
Verse<00:42:38.639><c> 11,</c><00:42:39.219><c> and</c><00:42:39.539><c> when</c><00:42:39.719><c> they</c><00:42:39.940><c> shall</c><00:42:40.059><c> bring</c><00:42:40.539><c> you</c><00:42:41.679><c> into</c><00:42:42.159><c> the</c><00:42:42.400><c> synagogues</c>

00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:44.300
and<00:42:43.420><c> unto</c><00:42:43.559><c> the</c><00:42:43.739><c> land</c><00:42:43.920><c> of</c><00:42:44.119><c> straight.</c>

00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:48.460
Verse<00:42:44.920><c> 12,</c><00:42:45.559><c> for</c><00:42:45.719><c> the</c><00:42:45.900><c> Holy</c><00:42:46.099><c> Spirit</c><00:42:46.400><c> shall</c><00:42:46.559><c> teach</c><00:42:47.019><c> you</c><00:42:47.900><c> in</c><00:42:48.300><c> the</c>

00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:48.960
same<00:42:48.699><c> hour.</c>

00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:50.840
He's<00:42:49.400><c> talking</c><00:42:49.539><c> about</c><00:42:49.760><c> disciples</c><00:42:50.119><c> all</c><00:42:50.340><c> the</c><00:42:50.360><c> way</c><00:42:50.460><c> through</c><00:42:50.659><c> this.</c>

00:42:50.940 --> 00:42:51.920
See<00:42:51.099><c> that?</c>

00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:54.340
It's<00:42:52.960><c> totally</c><00:42:53.360><c> to</c><00:42:53.800><c> the</c><00:42:54.000><c> disciples.</c>

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:56.559
The<00:42:54.679><c> whole</c><00:42:54.920><c> context</c><00:42:55.340><c> of</c><00:42:55.500><c> this</c><00:42:55.679><c> passage,</c><00:42:56.199><c> right</c><00:42:56.300><c> through</c><00:42:56.460><c> to</c>

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:57.119
verse<00:42:56.739><c> 12,</c>

00:42:57.460 --> 00:42:59.659
is<00:42:57.760><c> to</c><00:42:57.980><c> his</c><00:42:58.300><c> own</c><00:42:59.019><c> disciples.</c>

00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:03.440
And<00:43:00.400><c> yet,</c><00:43:00.739><c> in</c><00:43:00.880><c> the</c><00:43:01.059><c> middle</c><00:43:01.280><c> of</c><00:43:01.679><c> that,</c><00:43:01.920><c> it</c><00:43:02.019><c> will</c><00:43:02.260><c> say</c><00:43:02.519><c> in</c><00:43:02.639><c> verse</c><00:43:02.900><c> 10,</c>

00:43:03.539 --> 00:43:05.679
and<00:43:03.619><c> whosoever</c><00:43:04.239><c> shall</c><00:43:04.440><c> speak</c><00:43:04.699><c> a</c><00:43:04.820><c> word</c><00:43:04.920><c> against</c><00:43:05.179><c> the</c><00:43:05.340><c> Son</c><00:43:05.500><c> of</c><00:43:05.579><c> Man,</c>

00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:06.440
it<00:43:05.800><c> shall</c><00:43:05.940><c> be</c><00:43:06.159><c> forgiven.</c>

00:43:06.699 --> 00:43:09.300
But<00:43:06.739><c> unto</c><00:43:07.019><c> him</c><00:43:07.219><c> that</c><00:43:07.460><c> blasphemeth</c><00:43:08.019><c> against</c><00:43:08.420><c> the</c><00:43:08.619><c> Holy</c><00:43:08.900><c> Spirit,</c>

00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:10.980
it<00:43:09.639><c> shall</c><00:43:09.900><c> not</c><00:43:10.460><c> be</c><00:43:10.699><c> forgiven.</c>

00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:12.460
Well,<00:43:11.320><c> we'll</c><00:43:11.480><c> come</c><00:43:11.719><c> there</c><00:43:11.940><c> shortly.</c>

00:43:12.900 --> 00:43:15.360
Now,<00:43:13.039><c> when</c><00:43:13.179><c> it</c><00:43:13.360><c> says</c><00:43:13.460><c> in</c><00:43:13.619><c> verse</c><00:43:13.840><c> 8</c><00:43:14.059><c> of</c><00:43:14.239><c> this</c><00:43:14.480><c> record,</c>

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:17.219
and<00:43:16.099><c> so</c><00:43:16.199><c> this</c><00:43:16.400><c> time</c><00:43:16.539><c> as</c><00:43:16.699><c> we</c><00:43:16.940><c> say,</c>

00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:20.260
his<00:43:17.619><c> words</c><00:43:17.920><c> are</c><00:43:18.159><c> to</c><00:43:18.280><c> his</c><00:43:18.480><c> disciples</c><00:43:18.980><c> and</c><00:43:19.400><c> not</c><00:43:19.619><c> to</c><00:43:19.780><c> his</c><00:43:19.920><c> enemies,</c>

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:22.679
to<00:43:20.579><c> his</c><00:43:20.860><c> believers</c><00:43:21.260><c> and</c><00:43:21.639><c> not</c><00:43:21.920><c> to</c><00:43:22.079><c> his</c><00:43:22.280><c> opponents,</c>

00:43:22.679 --> 00:43:25.519
to<00:43:23.000><c> his</c><00:43:23.280><c> followers</c><00:43:23.679><c> and</c><00:43:24.320><c> not</c><00:43:24.599><c> to</c><00:43:24.699><c> his</c><00:43:24.940><c> rejecters,</c>

00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:27.539
he<00:43:25.960><c> says</c><00:43:26.239><c> this</c><00:43:26.420><c> to</c><00:43:26.539><c> them</c><00:43:26.639><c> in</c><00:43:26.800><c> verse</c><00:43:26.980><c> 8.</c>

00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:29.559
Also<00:43:27.900><c> he</c><00:43:28.179><c> says,</c><00:43:28.460><c> I</c><00:43:28.460><c> say</c><00:43:28.739><c> unto</c><00:43:28.940><c> you,</c>

00:43:29.780 --> 00:43:31.820
whosoever<00:43:30.139><c> shall</c><00:43:30.360><c> confess</c><00:43:30.820><c> me</c><00:43:31.059><c> before</c><00:43:31.360><c> men,</c>

00:43:32.280 --> 00:43:36.239
him<00:43:32.340><c> shall</c><00:43:32.519><c> the</c><00:43:32.739><c> Son</c><00:43:33.300><c> of</c><00:43:33.579><c> Man</c><00:43:33.940><c> also</c><00:43:34.400><c> confess</c><00:43:34.840><c> before</c><00:43:35.179><c> the</c><00:43:35.400><c> angels</c><00:43:35.719><c> of</c><00:43:35.980><c> God.</c>

00:43:36.380 --> 00:43:41.619
Question,<00:43:37.300><c> how</c><00:43:37.679><c> do</c><00:43:37.980><c> we</c><00:43:38.280><c> confess</c><00:43:39.260><c> Christ</c><00:43:40.300><c> before</c><00:43:40.820><c> men?</c>

00:43:41.760 --> 00:43:45.019
And<00:43:41.900><c> the</c><00:43:42.099><c> answer,</c><00:43:42.420><c> of</c><00:43:42.579><c> course,</c><00:43:42.960><c> is</c><00:43:43.079><c> we</c><00:43:43.519><c> don't</c><00:43:44.119><c> just</c><00:43:44.440><c> confess</c><00:43:44.800><c> it</c>

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:48.260
by<00:43:45.400><c> mentioning</c><00:43:45.900><c> the</c><00:43:46.219><c> word</c><00:43:46.599><c> Christ</c><00:43:47.000><c> or</c><00:43:47.219><c> the</c><00:43:47.460><c> name</c><00:43:47.739><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:52.119
We<00:43:48.800><c> confess</c><00:43:49.360><c> Christ</c><00:43:49.880><c> in</c><00:43:50.219><c> our</c><00:43:50.500><c> words,</c><00:43:51.239><c> in</c><00:43:51.360><c> our</c><00:43:51.659><c> deeds,</c>

00:43:52.119 --> 00:43:54.019
and<00:43:52.420><c> in</c><00:43:52.579><c> our</c><00:43:52.860><c> actions.</c>

00:43:54.280 --> 00:43:57.980
In<00:43:54.420><c> all</c><00:43:54.780><c> three</c><00:43:55.039><c> ways,</c><00:43:55.860><c> our</c><00:43:56.159><c> lives</c><00:43:56.780><c> are</c><00:43:57.139><c> supposed</c><00:43:57.460><c> to</c><00:43:57.699><c> become</c>

00:43:57.980 --> 00:44:01.099
a<00:43:58.340><c> confession</c><00:43:58.860><c> of</c><00:43:59.199><c> Christ,</c><00:43:59.800><c> are</c><00:43:59.940><c> they</c><00:44:00.179><c> not?</c>

00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:04.320
And<00:44:01.780><c> yet</c><00:44:01.900><c> it</c><00:44:01.960><c> is</c><00:44:02.320><c> possible</c><00:44:02.940><c> amongst</c><00:44:03.559><c> the</c><00:44:03.900><c> saints,</c>

00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:07.320
who<00:44:04.780><c> in</c><00:44:04.900><c> verse</c><00:44:05.179><c> 8</c><00:44:05.420><c> should</c><00:44:05.840><c> be</c><00:44:06.239><c> confessing</c><00:44:06.820><c> Christ,</c>

00:44:07.619 --> 00:44:09.980
it's<00:44:07.920><c> possible</c><00:44:08.320><c> that</c><00:44:08.480><c> there</c><00:44:08.539><c> might</c><00:44:08.780><c> be</c><00:44:08.960><c> some,</c><00:44:09.179><c> verse</c><00:44:09.500><c> 9,</c>

00:44:10.199 --> 00:44:11.440
who<00:44:10.460><c> deny</c><00:44:10.800><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:11.900 --> 00:44:14.659
They<00:44:12.219><c> deny</c><00:44:12.699><c> him</c><00:44:12.920><c> because</c><00:44:13.239><c> they</c><00:44:13.579><c> do</c><00:44:13.920><c> not</c><00:44:14.139><c> reveal</c><00:44:14.480><c> him.</c>

00:44:14.659 --> 00:44:15.960
They<00:44:14.840><c> do</c><00:44:15.119><c> not</c><00:44:15.320><c> speak</c><00:44:15.579><c> of</c><00:44:15.719><c> him.</c>

00:44:16.099 --> 00:44:18.300
They<00:44:16.340><c> do</c><00:44:16.639><c> not</c><00:44:16.800><c> live</c><00:44:16.960><c> by</c><00:44:17.280><c> Christ</c><00:44:17.599><c>-like</c><00:44:17.800><c> principles.</c>

00:44:18.579 --> 00:44:21.440
They<00:44:18.900><c> do</c><00:44:19.239><c> not</c><00:44:19.420><c> exhibit</c><00:44:19.820><c> Christ</c><00:44:20.360><c>-like</c><00:44:20.840><c> behavior.</c>

00:44:21.440 --> 00:44:26.119
And<00:44:21.840><c> so</c><00:44:22.079><c> in</c><00:44:22.380><c> effect,</c><00:44:23.119><c> they</c><00:44:23.360><c> deny</c><00:44:23.659><c> him</c><00:44:24.059><c> by</c><00:44:24.440><c> means</c><00:44:24.820><c> of</c><00:44:25.440><c> their</c><00:44:25.699><c> life</c>

00:44:26.119 --> 00:44:28.079
and<00:44:26.599><c> their</c><00:44:26.880><c> actions.</c>

00:44:28.460 --> 00:44:35.199
And<00:44:28.739><c> so</c><00:44:28.940><c> the</c><00:44:29.199><c> record</c><00:44:29.559><c> of</c><00:44:29.800><c> Luke</c><00:44:30.039><c> 12</c><00:44:30.519><c> here</c><00:44:31.380><c> shows</c><00:44:31.820><c> now</c><00:44:32.380><c> in</c><00:44:32.739><c> verse</c><00:44:33.039><c> 10</c>

00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:38.500
that<00:44:35.920><c> the</c><00:44:36.199><c> sin</c><00:44:36.440><c> of</c><00:44:36.739><c> blasphemy</c><00:44:37.199><c> against</c><00:44:37.619><c> the</c><00:44:37.880><c> Holy</c><00:44:38.179><c> Spirit</c>

00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:42.960
could<00:44:38.820><c> be</c><00:44:39.079><c> the</c><00:44:39.300><c> sin</c><00:44:39.679><c> not</c><00:44:40.559><c> just</c><00:44:41.280><c> of</c><00:44:41.539><c> his</c><00:44:41.860><c> enemies,</c>

00:44:43.059 --> 00:44:46.159
but<00:44:43.280><c> also</c><00:44:44.019><c> of</c><00:44:44.480><c> his</c><00:44:44.860><c> disciples.</c>

00:44:46.679 --> 00:44:49.460
Unto<00:44:46.960><c> him</c><00:44:47.239><c> that</c><00:44:47.559><c> blasphemeth</c><00:44:48.099><c> against</c><00:44:48.579><c> the</c><00:44:48.800><c> Holy</c><00:44:49.119><c> Spirit,</c>

00:44:49.460 --> 00:44:52.780
he<00:44:49.719><c> says,</c><00:44:50.360><c> it</c><00:44:50.639><c> shall</c><00:44:51.000><c> not</c><00:44:51.800><c> be</c><00:44:52.179><c> forgiven</c><00:44:52.460><c> them.</c>

00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:54.119
Now<00:44:53.059><c> remember</c><00:44:53.219><c> what</c><00:44:53.420><c> we've</c><00:44:53.579><c> said</c><00:44:53.659><c> before.</c>

00:44:54.519 --> 00:44:57.539
God<00:44:54.679><c> can</c><00:44:54.920><c> forgive</c><00:44:55.119><c> all</c><00:44:55.519><c> sins</c><00:44:56.019><c> apart</c><00:44:56.860><c> from</c><00:44:57.179><c> those</c>

00:44:57.539 --> 00:45:00.880
which<00:44:57.940><c> the</c><00:44:58.300><c> sinner</c><00:44:58.599><c> does</c><00:44:59.119><c> not</c><00:44:59.400><c> want</c><00:44:59.599><c> to</c><00:44:59.760><c> have</c><00:45:00.059><c> forgiveness</c><00:45:00.460><c> for.</c>

00:45:01.199 --> 00:45:03.920
I<00:45:01.320><c> think</c><00:45:01.480><c> that</c><00:45:01.699><c> same</c><00:45:01.980><c> context</c><00:45:02.739><c> sits</c><00:45:03.019><c> here.</c>

00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:06.699
God<00:45:04.239><c> can</c><00:45:04.460><c> forgive</c><00:45:04.659><c> all</c><00:45:05.000><c> sins</c><00:45:05.199><c> apart</c><00:45:05.559><c> from</c><00:45:06.059><c> those</c><00:45:06.340><c> sins</c>

00:45:06.699 --> 00:45:09.019
that<00:45:07.239><c> the</c><00:45:07.460><c> sinner</c><00:45:07.579><c> does</c><00:45:07.900><c> not</c><00:45:08.119><c> want</c><00:45:08.360><c> forgiveness</c><00:45:08.719><c> for.</c>

00:45:09.099 --> 00:45:12.800
That<00:45:09.340><c> still</c><00:45:09.639><c> becomes</c><00:45:10.099><c> the</c><00:45:10.460><c> setting</c><00:45:10.900><c> for</c><00:45:11.400><c> what</c><00:45:11.599><c> this</c><00:45:11.920><c> might</c><00:45:12.179><c> mean</c>

00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:14.260
in<00:45:13.219><c> Luke</c><00:45:13.480><c> chapter</c><00:45:13.800><c> 12.</c>

00:45:14.599 --> 00:45:16.780
So<00:45:14.920><c> all</c><00:45:15.119><c> we've</c><00:45:15.360><c> established</c><00:45:15.679><c> so</c><00:45:16.099><c> far</c><00:45:16.380><c> is,</c>

00:45:16.780 --> 00:45:19.900
this<00:45:17.260><c> time</c><00:45:17.460><c> it's</c><00:45:17.719><c> possible</c><00:45:18.039><c> the</c><00:45:18.280><c> disciples</c><00:45:18.659><c> could</c><00:45:18.940><c> do</c><00:45:19.079><c> it.</c>

00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:23.000
It's<00:45:20.179><c> related</c><00:45:20.460><c> to</c><00:45:20.739><c> our</c><00:45:21.039><c> confession</c><00:45:21.559><c> or</c><00:45:21.920><c> denial</c><00:45:22.340><c> of</c><00:45:22.559><c> the</c><00:45:22.760><c> Lord</c>

00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:25.880
in<00:45:23.239><c> our</c><00:45:23.500><c> lives,</c><00:45:24.179><c> but</c><00:45:24.619><c> it</c><00:45:24.880><c> remains,</c><00:45:25.400><c> says</c><00:45:25.500><c> Christ,</c>

00:45:26.039 --> 00:45:28.699
a<00:45:26.079><c> very</c><00:45:26.340><c> real</c><00:45:26.599><c> possibility</c><00:45:27.280><c> that</c><00:45:27.780><c> even</c><00:45:28.039><c> a</c><00:45:28.360><c> believer</c>

00:45:28.699 --> 00:45:32.320
could<00:45:29.320><c> show</c><00:45:29.800><c> this</c><00:45:30.320><c> spirit</c><00:45:30.699><c> and</c><00:45:31.119><c> that</c><00:45:31.320><c> if</c><00:45:31.519><c> they</c><00:45:31.800><c> were</c><00:45:32.019><c> to,</c>

00:45:32.380 --> 00:45:33.480
it<00:45:32.539><c> will</c><00:45:32.780><c> not</c><00:45:33.000><c> be</c><00:45:33.239><c> forgiven.</c>

00:45:33.659 --> 00:45:35.460
So<00:45:33.880><c> there's</c><00:45:33.980><c> been</c><00:45:34.119><c> no</c><00:45:34.340><c> deviation</c><00:45:34.739><c> from</c><00:45:34.920><c> that</c><00:45:35.139><c> statement.</c>

00:45:35.940 --> 00:45:38.780
Whatever<00:45:36.059><c> it's</c><00:45:36.340><c> said,</c><00:45:37.159><c> whoever</c><00:45:37.340><c> it's</c><00:45:37.639><c> said</c><00:45:37.800><c> to,</c>

00:45:39.000 --> 00:45:40.559
it's<00:45:39.360><c> never</c><00:45:39.679><c> forgivable.</c>

00:45:40.579 --> 00:45:43.119
It<00:45:40.880><c> remains</c><00:45:41.539><c> unforgivable.</c>

00:45:43.599 --> 00:45:46.920
Question<00:45:44.280><c> is,</c><00:45:45.500><c> what</c><00:45:45.659><c> is</c><00:45:45.820><c> it</c><00:45:46.000><c> exactly?</c>

00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:50.039
Well,<00:45:47.320><c> that</c><00:45:47.539><c> takes</c><00:45:47.840><c> us</c><00:45:48.159><c> to</c><00:45:48.400><c> the</c><00:45:48.519><c> book</c><00:45:48.639><c> of</c><00:45:49.579><c> Hebrews</c>

00:45:50.039 --> 00:45:53.599
and<00:45:50.719><c> to</c><00:45:51.019><c> Hebrews</c><00:45:51.380><c> chapter</c><00:45:52.199><c> 6.</c>

00:45:57.139 --> 00:46:01.119
So<00:45:57.420><c> Hebrews</c><00:45:57.699><c> chapter</c><00:45:58.039><c> 6</c><00:45:58.460><c> says,</c><00:45:59.820><c> and...</c>

00:46:04.480 --> 00:46:06.460
Now<00:46:05.139><c> I</c><00:46:05.199><c> think</c><00:46:05.360><c> we</c><00:46:05.480><c> can</c><00:46:05.760><c> add</c><00:46:06.019><c> something</c>

00:46:06.460 --> 00:46:09.360
to<00:46:07.360><c> the</c><00:46:07.539><c> meaning</c><00:46:07.719><c> of</c><00:46:07.960><c> those</c><00:46:08.300><c> passages.</c>

00:46:10.159 --> 00:46:14.519
When<00:46:10.760><c> it</c><00:46:11.079><c> says</c><00:46:11.380><c> in</c><00:46:11.639><c> Hebrews</c><00:46:11.960><c> chapter</c><00:46:12.360><c> 6</c><00:46:13.059><c> and</c><00:46:13.420><c> verse</c><00:46:13.719><c> 4,</c>

00:46:14.599 --> 00:46:16.360
these<00:46:15.019><c> words...</c>

00:46:33.480 --> 00:46:35.840
By<00:46:34.079><c> the</c><00:46:34.679><c> way,</c><00:46:34.800><c> what</c><00:46:34.900><c> a</c><00:46:35.019><c> delightful</c><00:46:35.380><c> description</c>

00:46:35.840 --> 00:46:37.300
of<00:46:35.960><c> those</c><00:46:36.219><c> that</c><00:46:36.320><c> have</c><00:46:36.440><c> been</c><00:46:36.579><c> called</c><00:46:36.719><c> to</c><00:46:36.840><c> the</c><00:46:36.960><c> truth.</c>

00:46:37.300 --> 00:46:38.300
Isn't<00:46:37.699><c> it</c><00:46:37.840><c> amazing?</c>

00:46:38.659 --> 00:46:40.239
You<00:46:38.739><c> think</c><00:46:38.880><c> about</c><00:46:39.039><c> how</c><00:46:39.260><c> amazing</c><00:46:39.699><c> that</c><00:46:39.900><c> is?</c>

00:46:40.739 --> 00:46:42.079
We've<00:46:41.000><c> tasted</c><00:46:41.260><c> the</c><00:46:41.440><c> heavenly</c><00:46:41.719><c> gift.</c>

00:46:42.360 --> 00:46:44.179
We're<00:46:42.519><c> made</c><00:46:42.719><c> partakers</c><00:46:43.300><c> of</c><00:46:43.460><c> the</c><00:46:43.599><c> Holy</c><00:46:43.840><c> Spirit.</c>

00:46:44.380 --> 00:46:46.000
We've<00:46:44.780><c> tasted</c><00:46:45.039><c> the</c><00:46:45.179><c> good</c><00:46:45.400><c> word</c><00:46:45.539><c> of</c><00:46:45.760><c> God.</c>

00:46:46.199 --> 00:46:48.239
We've<00:46:46.559><c> tasted</c><00:46:46.880><c> the</c><00:46:47.179><c> powers</c><00:46:47.420><c> of</c><00:46:47.599><c> the</c><00:46:47.739><c> age</c><00:46:47.940><c> to</c><00:46:48.119><c> come.</c>

00:46:48.460 --> 00:46:51.179
This<00:46:48.599><c> is</c><00:46:48.820><c> the</c><00:46:49.039><c> greatness</c><00:46:49.420><c> of</c><00:46:49.840><c> the</c><00:46:50.139><c> calling</c><00:46:50.400><c> of</c><00:46:50.739><c> the</c><00:46:50.960><c> truth.</c>

00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:54.019
Now<00:46:51.659><c> he</c><00:46:51.820><c> says,</c><00:46:52.420><c> it's</c><00:46:52.659><c> impossible,</c><00:46:53.579><c> verse</c><00:46:53.739><c> 4,</c>

00:46:54.099 --> 00:46:57.360
notice<00:46:54.300><c> those</c><00:46:54.559><c> words,</c><00:46:55.340><c> it</c><00:46:55.460><c> is</c><00:46:55.699><c> impossible</c><00:46:56.400><c> for</c><00:46:56.860><c> those,</c>

00:46:57.400 --> 00:47:00.440
verse<00:46:57.760><c> 6,</c><00:46:58.239><c> if</c><00:46:58.420><c> they</c><00:46:58.900><c> shall</c><00:46:59.320><c> fall</c><00:46:59.860><c> away</c>

00:47:00.440 --> 00:47:03.960
to<00:47:01.000><c> renew</c><00:47:01.440><c> them</c><00:47:01.739><c> again</c><00:47:02.159><c> unto</c><00:47:02.639><c> repentance,</c>

00:47:04.179 --> 00:47:06.280
seeing<00:47:04.539><c> they</c><00:47:04.940><c> crucify</c><00:47:05.539><c> to</c><00:47:05.719><c> themselves</c>

00:47:06.280 --> 00:47:10.800
the<00:47:06.500><c> Son</c><00:47:06.739><c> of</c><00:47:06.940><c> God</c><00:47:07.219><c> afresh</c><00:47:07.900><c> and</c><00:47:08.260><c> put</c><00:47:08.480><c> him</c><00:47:08.820><c> to</c><00:47:09.059><c> an</c><00:47:09.420><c> open</c><00:47:09.840><c> shame.</c>

00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:13.519
Now<00:47:11.079><c> the</c><00:47:11.300><c> interesting</c><00:47:11.519><c> thing</c><00:47:11.719><c> about</c><00:47:12.019><c> the</c><00:47:12.480><c> spirit</c><00:47:12.679><c> of</c><00:47:12.880><c> verse</c><00:47:13.139><c> 6</c>

00:47:13.519 --> 00:47:16.219
is<00:47:14.239><c> that</c><00:47:14.940><c> these</c><00:47:15.360><c> words</c><00:47:15.599><c> are</c><00:47:15.920><c> speaking</c>

00:47:16.219 --> 00:47:19.659
not<00:47:17.199><c> just</c><00:47:17.980><c> of</c><00:47:18.239><c> a</c><00:47:18.500><c> falling</c><00:47:18.860><c> away,</c>

00:47:19.860 --> 00:47:21.960
even<00:47:20.159><c> though</c><00:47:20.340><c> the</c><00:47:20.460><c> verse</c><00:47:20.679><c> says</c><00:47:20.980><c> so,</c>

00:47:22.119 --> 00:47:24.840
but<00:47:22.239><c> of</c><00:47:22.400><c> an</c><00:47:22.619><c> ongoing</c><00:47:23.400><c> hostile</c><00:47:24.340><c> spirit</c>

00:47:24.840 --> 00:47:28.219
to<00:47:25.059><c> what</c><00:47:25.280><c> had</c><00:47:25.480><c> been</c><00:47:25.900><c> previously</c><00:47:26.900><c> believed.</c>

00:47:28.420 --> 00:47:29.980
So<00:47:28.639><c> what's</c><00:47:29.000><c> interesting</c><00:47:29.280><c> in</c><00:47:29.460><c> this</c><00:47:29.760><c> passage</c>

00:47:29.980 --> 00:47:34.179
is<00:47:31.039><c> that</c><00:47:31.659><c> the</c><00:47:31.880><c> revised</c><00:47:32.440><c> version</c><00:47:33.380><c> margin</c>

00:47:34.179 --> 00:47:37.000
translates<00:47:34.860><c> the</c><00:47:35.159><c> middle</c><00:47:35.320><c> of</c><00:47:35.480><c> the</c><00:47:35.579><c> verse</c><00:47:35.840><c> as</c><00:47:36.059><c> follows.</c>

00:47:37.159 --> 00:47:38.739
In<00:47:37.380><c> the</c><00:47:37.760><c> authorized</c><00:47:38.199><c> version,</c><00:47:38.739><c> remember,</c>

00:47:38.880 --> 00:47:40.519
see<00:47:39.219><c> where</c><00:47:39.420><c> it</c><00:47:39.579><c> says,</c>

00:47:40.699 --> 00:47:42.420
seeing<00:47:40.800><c> they</c><00:47:41.219><c> crucify</c><00:47:41.840><c> to</c><00:47:42.019><c> themselves</c>

00:47:42.420 --> 00:47:43.980
the<00:47:42.559><c> Son</c><00:47:42.760><c> of</c><00:47:42.880><c> God</c><00:47:43.039><c> afresh,</c>

00:47:44.199 --> 00:47:46.559
the<00:47:44.440><c> revised</c><00:47:44.820><c> margin</c><00:47:45.599><c> says,</c>

00:47:46.619 --> 00:47:49.940
it<00:47:46.639><c> is</c><00:47:46.860><c> impossible</c><00:47:47.380><c> to</c><00:47:47.699><c> renew</c><00:47:47.860><c> them</c><00:47:48.059><c> again</c><00:47:48.300><c> unto</c><00:47:48.519><c> repentance</c>

00:47:50.960 --> 00:47:54.880
while<00:47:51.639><c> they</c><00:47:52.320><c> are</c><00:47:52.920><c> crucifying</c><00:47:53.780><c> to</c><00:47:54.119><c> themselves</c>

00:47:54.880 --> 00:47:56.400
the<00:47:55.320><c> Son</c><00:47:55.559><c> of</c><00:47:55.719><c> God</c><00:47:55.880><c> afresh,</c>

00:47:56.719 --> 00:47:59.159
while<00:47:57.360><c> they</c><00:47:58.079><c> are</c><00:47:58.360><c> doing</c><00:47:58.639><c> this.</c>

00:47:59.619 --> 00:48:02.980
And<00:47:59.960><c> that</c><00:48:00.400><c> careful</c><00:48:01.059><c> turn</c><00:48:01.920><c> indicates</c>

00:48:02.980 --> 00:48:06.860
that<00:48:03.239><c> what's</c><00:48:03.920><c> involved</c><00:48:04.260><c> here</c><00:48:04.500><c> is</c><00:48:04.699><c> not</c><00:48:04.940><c> a</c><00:48:05.260><c> single</c><00:48:05.619><c> action,</c>

00:48:08.039 --> 00:48:12.179
but<00:48:08.119><c> an</c><00:48:08.320><c> ongoing,</c><00:48:09.739><c> hostile,</c><00:48:11.000><c> continuous</c><00:48:11.460><c> spirit</c>

00:48:12.179 --> 00:48:14.500
of<00:48:12.639><c> rejection</c><00:48:13.159><c> of</c><00:48:13.460><c> the</c><00:48:13.639><c> truth.</c>

00:48:15.239 --> 00:48:16.980
So<00:48:15.639><c> they</c><00:48:15.860><c> have</c><00:48:16.219><c> fallen</c><00:48:16.400><c> away,</c>

00:48:17.260 --> 00:48:18.820
but<00:48:17.340><c> they</c><00:48:17.719><c> continue</c><00:48:18.059><c> to</c><00:48:18.219><c> be</c><00:48:18.380><c> hostile,</c>

00:48:19.039 --> 00:48:20.360
they<00:48:19.179><c> continue</c><00:48:19.659><c> to</c><00:48:19.840><c> be</c><00:48:19.940><c> negative,</c>

00:48:20.639 --> 00:48:23.480
they<00:48:20.820><c> continue</c><00:48:21.380><c> to,</c><00:48:21.860><c> in</c><00:48:22.059><c> the</c><00:48:22.239><c> record</c><00:48:22.440><c> here,</c>

00:48:24.239 --> 00:48:26.579
crucify<00:48:24.880><c> to</c><00:48:25.139><c> themselves</c><00:48:25.539><c> the</c><00:48:25.699><c> Son</c><00:48:25.940><c> of</c><00:48:26.079><c> God</c><00:48:26.239><c> afresh</c>

00:48:26.579 --> 00:48:29.699
and<00:48:27.039><c> put</c><00:48:27.340><c> him</c><00:48:27.639><c> to</c><00:48:28.059><c> an</c><00:48:28.380><c> open</c><00:48:28.739><c> shame.</c>

00:48:30.420 --> 00:48:32.199
So<00:48:30.619><c> what's</c><00:48:30.980><c> the</c><00:48:31.119><c> fate</c><00:48:31.280><c> of</c><00:48:31.440><c> those</c><00:48:31.880><c> who,</c>

00:48:32.199 --> 00:48:34.340
well,<00:48:32.440><c> see</c><00:48:32.639><c> what</c><00:48:32.739><c> it</c><00:48:32.860><c> says</c><00:48:33.000><c> in</c><00:48:33.219><c> fact</c><00:48:33.320><c> in</c><00:48:33.739><c> verse</c><00:48:33.940><c> seven.</c>

00:48:34.559 --> 00:48:37.539
It's<00:48:34.860><c> sort</c><00:48:35.059><c> of</c><00:48:35.059><c> put</c><00:48:35.260><c> in</c><00:48:35.519><c> a</c><00:48:36.539><c> perspective</c>

00:48:37.539 --> 00:48:39.760
of<00:48:38.179><c> what</c><00:48:38.400><c> happens</c><00:48:38.800><c> to</c><00:48:39.000><c> the</c><00:48:39.159><c> earth</c><00:48:39.280><c> itself.</c>

00:48:40.019 --> 00:48:41.440
So<00:48:40.139><c> it</c><00:48:40.239><c> says</c><00:48:40.440><c> in</c><00:48:40.619><c> verses</c><00:48:40.880><c> seven</c><00:48:41.199><c> and</c><00:48:41.320><c> eight,</c>

00:48:41.440 --> 00:48:43.760
for<00:48:41.559><c> the</c><00:48:41.820><c> earth</c><00:48:42.099><c> which</c><00:48:42.480><c> drinketh</c><00:48:42.900><c> in</c><00:48:43.380><c> the</c><00:48:43.579><c> rain</c>

00:48:43.760 --> 00:48:45.760
that<00:48:43.960><c> cometh</c><00:48:44.420><c> oft</c><00:48:44.820><c> upon</c><00:48:45.260><c> it,</c>

00:48:46.219 --> 00:48:49.199
and<00:48:46.360><c> bringeth</c><00:48:46.659><c> forth</c><00:48:47.159><c> herbs</c><00:48:47.679><c> meet</c><00:48:47.980><c> for</c><00:48:48.119><c> them</c><00:48:48.300><c> by</c><00:48:48.539><c> whom</c><00:48:48.659><c> it</c><00:48:48.800><c> is</c><00:48:49.000><c> dressed,</c>

00:48:49.500 --> 00:48:51.400
receiveth<00:48:49.760><c> blessing</c><00:48:50.139><c> from</c><00:48:50.420><c> God.</c>

00:48:51.460 --> 00:48:53.659
There's<00:48:51.780><c> often</c><00:48:52.079><c> opportunity</c><00:48:52.739><c> here</c><00:48:52.980><c> of</c><00:48:53.179><c> the</c><00:48:53.360><c> rain,</c>

00:48:53.860 --> 00:48:54.840
of<00:48:54.019><c> the</c><00:48:54.179><c> blessing</c><00:48:54.380><c> of</c><00:48:54.539><c> God.</c>

00:48:55.219 --> 00:48:56.940
But<00:48:55.380><c> what</c><00:48:55.579><c> do</c><00:48:55.860><c> you</c><00:48:55.860><c> do,</c><00:48:56.380><c> verse</c><00:48:56.659><c> eight,</c>

00:48:57.179 --> 00:48:59.719
what<00:48:57.340><c> do</c><00:48:57.480><c> you</c><00:48:57.579><c> do</c><00:48:57.760><c> with</c><00:48:58.099><c> those</c><00:48:58.420><c> who</c><00:48:58.679><c> despite</c><00:48:59.139><c> the</c><00:48:59.440><c> blessing</c>

00:48:59.719 --> 00:49:01.440
of<00:48:59.880><c> God's</c><00:49:00.320><c> rain</c><00:49:00.500><c> which</c><00:49:00.739><c> comes</c><00:49:01.099><c> oft,</c>

00:49:01.440 --> 00:49:04.920
they<00:49:01.800><c> never,</c><00:49:02.400><c> ever,</c><00:49:03.539><c> ever</c><00:49:04.000><c> bring</c><00:49:04.239><c> forth</c><00:49:04.639><c> fruit,</c>

00:49:05.159 --> 00:49:08.920
they<00:49:05.239><c> only</c><00:49:05.519><c> ever</c><00:49:06.000><c> bring</c><00:49:06.300><c> forth</c><00:49:06.980><c> thorns</c><00:49:07.579><c> and</c><00:49:08.159><c> briars</c>

00:49:08.920 --> 00:49:12.239
and<00:49:09.460><c> thistles</c><00:49:10.199><c> and</c><00:49:10.460><c> thorns.</c>

00:49:12.820 --> 00:49:14.599
What<00:49:13.420><c> do</c><00:49:13.599><c> you</c><00:49:13.599><c> do</c><00:49:13.719><c> with</c><00:49:13.900><c> those</c><00:49:14.199><c> people</c>

00:49:14.599 --> 00:49:17.420
despite<00:49:15.239><c> the</c><00:49:15.539><c> oft</c><00:49:15.679><c>-repeated</c><00:49:16.119><c> blessings</c><00:49:16.539><c> of</c><00:49:16.719><c> God's</c><00:49:17.139><c> rain?</c>

00:49:17.639 --> 00:49:19.760
And<00:49:17.760><c> the</c><00:49:17.880><c> answer</c><00:49:18.159><c> is</c><00:49:18.500><c> that</c><00:49:18.760><c> in</c><00:49:19.039><c> the</c><00:49:19.340><c> end</c>

00:49:19.760 --> 00:49:21.900
there<00:49:20.139><c> is</c><00:49:20.519><c> no</c><00:49:20.820><c> forgiveness</c><00:49:21.300><c> for</c><00:49:21.619><c> them</c>

00:49:21.900 --> 00:49:25.960
because<00:49:22.739><c> they</c><00:49:23.280><c> have</c><00:49:23.679><c> in</c><00:49:23.960><c> effect</c><00:49:24.400><c> decided</c><00:49:25.079><c> their</c><00:49:25.420><c> own</c><00:49:25.760><c> fate.</c>

00:49:26.079 --> 00:49:28.380
They<00:49:26.460><c> will</c><00:49:26.840><c> not</c><00:49:27.099><c> bring</c><00:49:27.340><c> forth</c><00:49:27.699><c> fruit.</c>

00:49:28.440 --> 00:49:30.739
It<00:49:28.559><c> doesn't</c><00:49:28.719><c> matter</c><00:49:28.940><c> how</c><00:49:29.199><c> much</c><00:49:29.420><c> water</c><00:49:29.659><c> is</c><00:49:29.900><c> poured</c><00:49:30.019><c> upon</c><00:49:30.300><c> them.</c>

00:49:30.739 --> 00:49:34.539
And<00:49:31.280><c> so</c><00:49:31.539><c> in</c><00:49:31.840><c> effect</c><00:49:32.039><c> there's</c><00:49:32.500><c> an</c><00:49:32.860><c> attitude</c><00:49:33.320><c> of</c><00:49:33.860><c> spirit</c><00:49:34.179><c> here.</c>

00:49:34.800 --> 00:49:36.599
There's<00:49:35.019><c> an</c><00:49:35.199><c> attitude</c><00:49:35.519><c> of</c><00:49:35.760><c> mind</c><00:49:35.920><c> that</c><00:49:36.280><c> says</c>

00:49:36.599 --> 00:49:38.719
not<00:49:37.239><c> only</c><00:49:37.460><c> have</c><00:49:37.559><c> they</c><00:49:37.760><c> rejected</c><00:49:38.179><c> the</c><00:49:38.500><c> truth</c>

00:49:38.719 --> 00:49:43.440
but<00:49:39.119><c> they</c><00:49:39.480><c> continue</c><00:49:40.179><c> to</c><00:49:40.800><c> stay</c><00:49:41.159><c> in</c><00:49:41.599><c> the</c><00:49:41.880><c> way</c><00:49:42.219><c> of</c><00:49:42.500><c> being</c><00:49:42.840><c> apostate.</c>

00:49:43.780 --> 00:49:45.420
Not<00:49:44.019><c> only</c><00:49:44.340><c> have</c><00:49:44.480><c> they</c><00:49:44.780><c> fallen</c><00:49:44.960><c> away</c>

00:49:45.420 --> 00:49:48.739
but<00:49:45.780><c> they</c><00:49:46.099><c> remain</c><00:49:46.619><c> hostilely</c><00:49:47.760><c> committed</c><00:49:47.920><c> to</c><00:49:48.179><c> that</c><00:49:48.300><c> position.</c>

00:49:49.159 --> 00:49:50.840
And<00:49:49.260><c> you</c><00:49:49.340><c> know,</c><00:49:49.380><c> this</c><00:49:49.500><c> is</c><00:49:49.619><c> one</c><00:49:49.760><c> of</c><00:49:49.860><c> the</c><00:49:49.940><c> great</c><00:49:50.219><c> paradoxes</c>

00:49:50.840 --> 00:49:52.219
of<00:49:51.000><c> life</c><00:49:51.179><c> and</c><00:49:51.320><c> the</c><00:49:51.519><c> truth.</c>

00:49:52.699 --> 00:49:55.500
I<00:49:52.940><c> don't</c><00:49:53.139><c> know</c><00:49:53.280><c> if</c><00:49:53.400><c> you've</c><00:49:53.619><c> ever</c><00:49:53.880><c> experienced</c><00:49:54.519><c> this.</c>

00:49:55.519 --> 00:49:59.300
I<00:49:55.940><c> have</c><00:49:56.260><c> and</c><00:49:56.579><c> I've</c><00:49:57.000><c> seen</c><00:49:57.139><c> it</c><00:49:57.679><c> in</c><00:49:58.039><c> more</c><00:49:58.239><c> than</c><00:49:58.480><c> one</c><00:49:58.760><c> place</c>

00:49:59.300 --> 00:50:04.900
in<00:50:00.159><c> the</c><00:50:00.980><c> truth</c><00:50:01.539><c> of</c><00:50:02.500><c> a</c><00:50:02.639><c> person</c><00:50:02.860><c> who's</c><00:50:03.099><c> not</c><00:50:03.260><c> only</c><00:50:03.440><c> left</c><00:50:03.659><c> the</c><00:50:03.940><c> truth</c>

00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:07.440
but<00:50:05.559><c> becomes</c><00:50:05.960><c> so</c><00:50:06.380><c> bitter</c><00:50:06.579><c> against</c><00:50:07.079><c> it,</c>

00:50:07.599 --> 00:50:09.420
so<00:50:07.860><c> angry</c><00:50:08.260><c> against</c><00:50:08.699><c> it</c>

00:50:09.420 --> 00:50:12.980
that<00:50:09.840><c> they</c><00:50:10.079><c> almost</c><00:50:10.440><c> are</c><00:50:10.619><c> on</c><00:50:11.420><c> a</c><00:50:11.599><c> mission</c><00:50:11.880><c> to</c><00:50:12.079><c> destroy</c><00:50:12.539><c> the</c><00:50:12.800><c> truth.</c>

00:50:13.440 --> 00:50:15.699
They<00:50:13.619><c> will</c><00:50:13.840><c> literally</c><00:50:14.320><c> blaspheme</c><00:50:14.980><c> and</c><00:50:15.239><c> curse</c>

00:50:15.699 --> 00:50:17.800
everything<00:50:16.159><c> that</c><00:50:16.420><c> Christadelphians</c><00:50:17.059><c> stand</c><00:50:17.460><c> for</c>

00:50:17.800 --> 00:50:20.820
and<00:50:18.139><c> they</c><00:50:18.400><c> continue</c><00:50:18.960><c> in</c><00:50:19.219><c> this</c><00:50:19.559><c> way</c><00:50:19.920><c> of</c><00:50:20.199><c> hostility.</c>

00:50:21.019 --> 00:50:24.119
It's<00:50:21.340><c> an</c><00:50:21.519><c> ongoing</c><00:50:22.239><c> spirit</c><00:50:23.059><c> of</c><00:50:23.739><c> hatred.</c>

00:50:24.380 --> 00:50:26.360
In<00:50:24.559><c> fact,</c><00:50:24.880><c> I</c><00:50:25.019><c> think</c><00:50:25.159><c> what</c><00:50:25.320><c> it</c><00:50:25.500><c> really</c><00:50:25.719><c> means,</c><00:50:26.099><c> by</c><00:50:26.139><c> the</c><00:50:26.260><c> way,</c>

00:50:26.360 --> 00:50:29.480
in<00:50:27.219><c> terms</c><00:50:27.480><c> of,</c><00:50:28.159><c> it</c><00:50:28.260><c> says</c><00:50:28.440><c> they</c><00:50:28.659><c> crucified</c><00:50:29.079><c> themselves</c>

00:50:29.480 --> 00:50:30.679
at<00:50:29.619><c> the</c><00:50:29.719><c> Son</c><00:50:29.820><c> of</c><00:50:29.960><c> God</c><00:50:30.139><c> afresh,</c>

00:50:30.679 --> 00:50:34.619
it's<00:50:31.219><c> almost</c><00:50:31.639><c> saying</c><00:50:32.360><c> that</c><00:50:33.079><c> such</c><00:50:33.320><c> is</c><00:50:33.599><c> the</c><00:50:33.880><c> state</c><00:50:34.079><c> of</c><00:50:34.360><c> mind</c>

00:50:34.619 --> 00:50:35.960
in<00:50:34.940><c> which</c><00:50:35.159><c> they</c><00:50:35.400><c> continue</c>

00:50:35.960 --> 00:50:38.940
and<00:50:36.480><c> so</c><00:50:36.960><c> hostile</c><00:50:37.579><c> to</c><00:50:37.780><c> the</c><00:50:38.019><c> truth</c><00:50:38.179><c> do</c><00:50:38.340><c> they</c><00:50:38.559><c> become</c>

00:50:38.940 --> 00:50:40.579
which<00:50:39.519><c> once</c><00:50:39.880><c> they</c><00:50:40.260><c> believed</c>

00:50:40.579 --> 00:50:43.880
that<00:50:41.340><c> had</c><00:50:41.599><c> they</c><00:50:42.000><c> been</c><00:50:42.320><c> there</c><00:50:42.820><c> at</c><00:50:43.159><c> Golgotha</c>

00:50:43.880 --> 00:50:46.000
they<00:50:44.179><c> would</c><00:50:44.380><c> have</c><00:50:44.599><c> helped</c><00:50:44.840><c> the</c><00:50:45.099><c> Roman</c><00:50:45.420><c> soldiers</c>

00:50:46.000 --> 00:50:47.940
drive<00:50:46.380><c> the</c><00:50:46.659><c> nails</c><00:50:46.920><c> in.</c>

00:50:49.280 --> 00:50:50.780
That's<00:50:49.699><c> their</c><00:50:49.880><c> spirit.</c>

00:50:51.679 --> 00:50:53.380
You<00:50:51.860><c> couldn't</c><00:50:52.119><c> believe</c><00:50:52.500><c> that</c><00:50:52.619><c> that</c><00:50:52.780><c> could</c><00:50:52.920><c> ever</c><00:50:53.159><c> happen,</c>

00:50:53.519 --> 00:50:53.639
could<00:50:53.579><c> you?</c>

00:50:53.639 --> 00:50:56.519
To<00:50:53.760><c> someone</c><00:50:53.960><c> who's</c><00:50:54.300><c> tasted</c><00:50:54.679><c> the</c><00:50:55.360><c> powers</c><00:50:55.679><c> of</c><00:50:55.900><c> the</c><00:50:56.000><c> age</c><00:50:56.199><c> to</c><00:50:56.400><c> come,</c>

00:50:56.639 --> 00:50:57.780
that<00:50:56.639><c> they</c><00:50:56.780><c> would</c><00:50:56.880><c> ever</c><00:50:57.059><c> behave</c><00:50:57.380><c> like</c><00:50:57.639><c> that,</c>

00:50:57.820 --> 00:51:00.239
but<00:50:57.960><c> that's</c><00:50:58.500><c> part</c><00:50:58.739><c> of</c><00:50:58.900><c> the</c><00:50:59.039><c> perversity</c><00:50:59.460><c> of</c><00:50:59.639><c> human</c><00:50:59.820><c> nature.</c>

00:51:00.639 --> 00:51:02.420
Now,<00:51:00.840><c> do</c><00:51:00.960><c> you</c><00:51:01.000><c> know</c><00:51:01.079><c> where</c><00:51:01.219><c> that</c><00:51:01.519><c> spirit</c><00:51:01.719><c> comes</c><00:51:02.079><c> from?</c>

00:51:02.639 --> 00:51:05.460
That<00:51:02.960><c> type</c><00:51:03.239><c> of</c><00:51:03.500><c> spirit,</c><00:51:03.920><c> that</c><00:51:04.139><c> type</c><00:51:04.360><c> of</c><00:51:04.579><c> attitude?</c>

00:51:05.980 --> 00:51:08.500
That's<00:51:06.420><c> Leviticus</c><00:51:06.860><c> 24,</c>

00:51:10.139 --> 00:51:11.500
the<00:51:10.199><c> man</c><00:51:10.380><c> that</c><00:51:10.579><c> blasphemed</c><00:51:10.960><c> in</c><00:51:11.199><c> the</c><00:51:11.320><c> camp.</c>

00:51:11.860 --> 00:51:13.400
God<00:51:12.079><c> said</c><00:51:12.239><c> you</c><00:51:12.340><c> can</c><00:51:12.559><c> do</c><00:51:12.780><c> nothing</c><00:51:13.039><c> with</c><00:51:13.260><c> him.</c>

00:51:13.539 --> 00:51:15.599
He<00:51:13.699><c> will</c><00:51:14.000><c> never,</c><00:51:14.280><c> ever</c><00:51:14.639><c> change.</c>

00:51:15.900 --> 00:51:20.500
I<00:51:16.280><c> will</c><00:51:16.539><c> not</c><00:51:16.719><c> accept</c><00:51:17.440><c> that</c><00:51:17.940><c> spirit</c><00:51:18.340><c> that</c><00:51:19.400><c> denies</c><00:51:19.840><c> me</c>

00:51:20.500 --> 00:51:24.780
and<00:51:20.980><c> yet</c><00:51:21.260><c> still</c><00:51:21.579><c> insists</c><00:51:22.099><c> on</c><00:51:22.800><c> remaining</c><00:51:23.360><c> hostile</c><00:51:24.119><c> to</c><00:51:24.300><c> my</c><00:51:24.480><c> purpose.</c>

00:51:25.280 --> 00:51:28.639
There<00:51:25.420><c> is</c><00:51:25.519><c> no</c><00:51:25.840><c> part</c><00:51:26.219><c> for</c><00:51:26.480><c> that</c><00:51:26.760><c> person</c><00:51:27.400><c> in</c><00:51:28.019><c> my</c><00:51:28.340><c> plan.</c>

00:51:29.079 --> 00:51:31.940
And<00:51:29.260><c> so</c><00:51:29.420><c> it's</c><00:51:30.559><c> that</c><00:51:30.940><c> spirit</c><00:51:31.539><c> here</c>

00:51:31.940 --> 00:51:36.739
which<00:51:32.239><c> becomes</c><00:51:32.760><c> the</c><00:51:33.179><c> key</c><00:51:33.639><c> to</c><00:51:34.139><c> realizing</c><00:51:34.739><c> why</c><00:51:35.880><c> it</c><00:51:36.159><c> is</c>

00:51:36.739 --> 00:51:39.340
that<00:51:37.360><c> God</c><00:51:37.960><c> finally</c><00:51:38.739><c> says</c>

00:51:39.340 --> 00:51:43.360
there<00:51:39.900><c> is</c><00:51:40.320><c> one</c><00:51:40.699><c> thing</c><00:51:40.960><c> that</c><00:51:41.219><c> I</c><00:51:41.380><c> cannot</c><00:51:41.699><c> and</c><00:51:41.900><c> will</c><00:51:42.179><c> not</c><00:51:42.400><c> forgive.</c>

00:51:43.760 --> 00:51:46.239
Given<00:51:43.880><c> that</c><00:51:44.099><c> he</c><00:51:44.099><c> said</c><00:51:44.199><c> there's</c><00:51:44.440><c> no</c><00:51:44.619><c> sin</c><00:51:44.820><c> too</c><00:51:45.099><c> hard</c><00:51:45.239><c> to</c><00:51:45.480><c> forgive,</c>

00:51:46.360 --> 00:51:48.579
what<00:51:46.420><c> could</c><00:51:46.639><c> the</c><00:51:46.880><c> only</c><00:51:47.079><c> thing</c><00:51:47.300><c> be</c><00:51:47.519><c> that</c><00:51:47.639><c> God</c><00:51:47.860><c> doesn't</c><00:51:48.219><c> forgive?</c>

00:51:48.579 --> 00:51:50.699
And<00:51:48.900><c> the</c><00:51:49.039><c> answer</c><00:51:49.360><c> is</c><00:51:49.760><c> the</c><00:51:50.199><c> spirit</c>

00:51:50.699 --> 00:51:53.860
that<00:51:51.099><c> refuses</c><00:51:51.719><c> to</c><00:51:52.199><c> ever</c><00:51:52.420><c> seek</c><00:51:52.800><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:51:55.760 --> 00:51:57.500
God<00:51:55.840><c> says</c><00:51:55.980><c> I</c><00:51:56.059><c> can't</c><00:51:56.300><c> even</c><00:51:56.519><c> forgive</c><00:51:56.679><c> that</c>

00:51:57.559 --> 00:52:00.280
because<00:51:57.800><c> I</c><00:51:58.760><c> can't</c><00:51:59.059><c> work</c><00:51:59.260><c> with</c><00:51:59.480><c> that.</c>

00:52:00.300 --> 00:52:01.719
Now,<00:52:00.400><c> that's</c><00:52:00.659><c> what</c><00:52:00.800><c> Hebrews</c><00:52:01.019><c> 6</c><00:52:01.320><c> says.</c>

00:52:01.880 --> 00:52:03.820
Come<00:52:02.000><c> and</c><00:52:02.099><c> have</c><00:52:02.159><c> a</c><00:52:02.179><c> look</c><00:52:02.260><c> at</c><00:52:02.380><c> Hebrews</c><00:52:02.599><c> chapter</c><00:52:02.940><c> 10.</c>

00:52:03.940 --> 00:52:05.739
Hebrews<00:52:04.179><c> 10,</c><00:52:04.380><c> I</c><00:52:04.500><c> think,</c><00:52:04.739><c> corroborates</c><00:52:05.199><c> that</c><00:52:05.480><c> spirit</c>

00:52:05.739 --> 00:52:07.400
or<00:52:06.099><c> that</c><00:52:06.219><c> that</c><00:52:06.360><c> is</c><00:52:06.559><c> the</c><00:52:06.739><c> theme,</c><00:52:06.900><c> if</c><00:52:07.079><c> you</c><00:52:07.199><c> like,</c>

00:52:07.480 --> 00:52:08.739
of<00:52:07.880><c> the</c><00:52:08.079><c> thinking</c><00:52:08.340><c> of</c><00:52:08.579><c> that,</c>

00:52:08.980 --> 00:52:11.800
and<00:52:09.380><c> that</c><00:52:09.519><c> this</c><00:52:09.679><c> is</c><00:52:09.880><c> really</c><00:52:10.519><c> coming</c><00:52:10.900><c> to</c><00:52:11.199><c> the</c><00:52:11.539><c> core</c>

00:52:11.800 --> 00:52:15.380
of<00:52:12.219><c> what</c><00:52:12.500><c> the</c><00:52:12.940><c> unforgivable</c><00:52:13.539><c> sin</c><00:52:14.159><c> might</c><00:52:14.579><c> in</c><00:52:14.760><c> fact</c><00:52:15.079><c> be.</c>

00:52:15.840 --> 00:52:18.280
Because<00:52:16.159><c> likewise</c><00:52:16.679><c> in</c><00:52:16.860><c> Hebrews</c><00:52:17.139><c> 10,</c><00:52:17.360><c> you</c><00:52:17.519><c> see</c><00:52:17.619><c> what</c><00:52:17.739><c> it</c><00:52:17.960><c> says.</c>

00:52:18.280 --> 00:52:21.280
Reading<00:52:18.739><c> from</c><00:52:19.000><c> verse</c><00:52:19.219><c> 25,</c><00:52:20.780><c> it</c><00:52:20.900><c> says,</c>

00:52:21.760 --> 00:52:23.699
not<00:52:21.800><c> forsaking</c><00:52:22.239><c> the</c><00:52:22.500><c> assembling</c><00:52:22.760><c> of</c><00:52:22.980><c> ourselves</c><00:52:23.320><c> together</c>

00:52:23.699 --> 00:52:25.179
as<00:52:23.980><c> the</c><00:52:24.159><c> manner</c><00:52:24.360><c> of</c><00:52:24.599><c> sun</c><00:52:24.760><c> is,</c>

00:52:25.599 --> 00:52:28.139
and<00:52:25.840><c> so</c><00:52:25.980><c> much</c><00:52:26.199><c> the</c><00:52:26.320><c> more</c><00:52:26.460><c> as</c><00:52:26.619><c> you</c><00:52:26.760><c> see</c><00:52:26.860><c> the</c><00:52:27.000><c> day</c><00:52:27.139><c> approaching.</c>

00:52:28.639 --> 00:52:31.420
But<00:52:28.880><c> if</c><00:52:29.300><c> we</c><00:52:29.820><c> sin</c><00:52:30.420><c> willfully</c>

00:52:31.420 --> 00:52:34.539
after<00:52:32.260><c> that</c><00:52:32.519><c> we</c><00:52:32.719><c> have</c><00:52:32.940><c> received</c><00:52:33.400><c> the</c><00:52:33.659><c> knowledge</c><00:52:33.880><c> of</c><00:52:34.059><c> the</c><00:52:34.260><c> truth,</c>

00:52:34.960 --> 00:52:39.760
there<00:52:35.199><c> remaineth</c><00:52:35.780><c> no</c><00:52:36.340><c> more</c><00:52:37.239><c> sacrifice</c><00:52:38.099><c> for</c><00:52:38.559><c> sins.</c>

00:52:40.639 --> 00:52:42.599
But<00:52:40.739><c> after</c><00:52:40.960><c> certain</c><00:52:41.179><c> fearful</c><00:52:41.539><c> looking</c><00:52:41.880><c> for</c><00:52:42.099><c> of</c><00:52:42.280><c> judgment</c>

00:52:42.599 --> 00:52:45.760
and<00:52:43.239><c> fiery</c><00:52:43.539><c> indignation</c><00:52:44.199><c> which</c><00:52:44.480><c> shall</c><00:52:44.619><c> devour</c><00:52:44.860><c> the</c><00:52:45.139><c> adversaries,</c>

00:52:45.760 --> 00:52:49.360
he<00:52:46.039><c> that</c><00:52:46.300><c> despised</c><00:52:46.980><c> Moses'</c><00:52:47.639><c> law</c><00:52:48.159><c> died</c><00:52:48.579><c> without</c><00:52:48.940><c> mercy</c>

00:52:49.360 --> 00:52:51.219
under<00:52:49.599><c> two</c><00:52:49.820><c> or</c><00:52:49.900><c> three</c><00:52:50.059><c> witnesses.</c>

00:52:51.260 --> 00:52:52.719
Of<00:52:51.420><c> how</c><00:52:51.639><c> much</c><00:52:51.900><c> sore</c><00:52:52.159><c> a</c><00:52:52.340><c> punishment</c>

00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:54.739
suppose<00:52:53.219><c> he</c><00:52:53.500><c> shall</c><00:52:53.699><c> he</c><00:52:53.920><c> be</c><00:52:54.159><c> thought</c><00:52:54.360><c> worthy</c>

00:52:54.739 --> 00:52:57.320
who<00:52:55.199><c> hath</c><00:52:55.460><c> trodden</c><00:52:55.880><c> underfoot</c><00:52:56.360><c> the</c><00:52:56.559><c> Son</c><00:52:56.760><c> of</c><00:52:56.960><c> God</c>

00:52:57.320 --> 00:52:59.139
and<00:52:57.800><c> counted</c><00:52:58.099><c> the</c><00:52:58.360><c> blood</c><00:52:58.500><c> of</c><00:52:58.639><c> the</c><00:52:58.880><c> covenant</c>

00:52:59.139 --> 00:53:02.199
wherewith<00:52:59.420><c> he</c><00:52:59.539><c> was</c><00:52:59.719><c> sanctified</c><00:53:00.380><c> an</c><00:53:01.019><c> unholy</c><00:53:01.619><c> thing</c>

00:53:02.199 --> 00:53:05.239
and<00:53:02.940><c> done</c><00:53:03.199><c> despite</c><00:53:03.800><c> unto</c><00:53:04.199><c> the</c><00:53:04.440><c> Spirit</c><00:53:04.619><c> of</c><00:53:04.840><c> grace.</c>

00:53:05.619 --> 00:53:10.159
So<00:53:06.000><c> here</c><00:53:06.300><c> in</c><00:53:06.639><c> Hebrews</c><00:53:06.940><c> 10</c><00:53:07.920><c> are</c><00:53:08.300><c> those</c><00:53:08.820><c> who</c><00:53:09.179><c> were</c><00:53:09.480><c> forsaking</c>

00:53:10.159 --> 00:53:10.900
the<00:53:10.579><c> truth</c>

00:53:10.900 --> 00:53:14.840
to<00:53:11.320><c> go</c><00:53:11.619><c> back</c><00:53:11.880><c> to</c><00:53:12.139><c> the</c><00:53:12.360><c> legalism</c><00:53:12.940><c> of</c><00:53:13.340><c> the</c><00:53:13.500><c> law</c><00:53:13.619><c> of</c><00:53:13.860><c> Moses.</c>

00:53:15.480 --> 00:53:17.840
They'd<00:53:16.000><c> sinned</c><00:53:16.300><c> willfully,</c><00:53:16.739><c> verse</c><00:53:17.079><c> 26,</c>

00:53:18.320 --> 00:53:20.719
after<00:53:18.840><c> receiving</c><00:53:19.360><c> the</c><00:53:19.860><c> knowledge</c><00:53:20.119><c> of</c><00:53:20.300><c> the</c><00:53:20.519><c> truth.</c>

00:53:20.960 --> 00:53:23.179
And<00:53:21.119><c> one</c><00:53:21.260><c> of</c><00:53:21.380><c> the</c><00:53:21.480><c> reasons</c><00:53:21.719><c> why</c><00:53:21.960><c> it</c><00:53:22.119><c> says</c><00:53:22.260><c> in</c><00:53:22.340><c> verse</c><00:53:22.579><c> 26</c>

00:53:23.179 --> 00:53:25.860
that<00:53:23.519><c> for</c><00:53:23.699><c> these</c><00:53:24.000><c> people</c><00:53:24.219><c> there</c><00:53:24.440><c> remain</c><00:53:24.719><c> no</c><00:53:25.039><c> more</c><00:53:25.300><c> sacrifice</c>

00:53:25.860 --> 00:53:26.539
for<00:53:26.199><c> sins</c>

00:53:26.539 --> 00:53:29.320
is<00:53:27.559><c> because</c><00:53:27.920><c> to</c><00:53:28.179><c> go</c><00:53:28.380><c> back</c><00:53:28.579><c> to</c><00:53:28.780><c> the</c><00:53:28.980><c> law</c>

00:53:29.320 --> 00:53:31.760
was<00:53:30.039><c> to</c><00:53:30.320><c> abandon</c><00:53:30.679><c> the</c><00:53:31.039><c> one</c><00:53:31.320><c> place</c>

00:53:31.760 --> 00:53:33.579
where<00:53:32.039><c> forgiveness</c><00:53:32.400><c> could</c><00:53:32.719><c> be</c><00:53:32.940><c> offered</c><00:53:33.079><c> to</c><00:53:33.360><c> them</c>

00:53:33.579 --> 00:53:35.260
and<00:53:33.880><c> that's</c><00:53:34.079><c> through</c><00:53:34.219><c> the</c><00:53:34.380><c> sacrifice</c><00:53:34.760><c> of</c><00:53:34.960><c> Christ.</c>

00:53:35.440 --> 00:53:36.420
And<00:53:35.619><c> they'd</c><00:53:35.920><c> left</c><00:53:35.920><c> it</c><00:53:36.139><c> behind.</c>

00:53:36.579 --> 00:53:37.659
They'd<00:53:36.940><c> walked</c><00:53:37.059><c> away</c><00:53:37.380><c> from</c><00:53:37.539><c> it.</c>

00:53:37.739 --> 00:53:40.119
They<00:53:37.940><c> had</c><00:53:38.079><c> in</c><00:53:38.179><c> effect</c><00:53:38.420><c> rejected</c><00:53:39.099><c> the</c><00:53:39.539><c> sacrifice</c>

00:53:40.119 --> 00:53:41.380
that<00:53:40.480><c> could</c><00:53:40.739><c> bring</c><00:53:40.960><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:53:41.579 --> 00:53:43.780
They'd<00:53:41.900><c> gone</c><00:53:42.059><c> back</c><00:53:42.260><c> to</c><00:53:42.460><c> the</c><00:53:42.679><c> sacrifices</c><00:53:43.099><c> of</c><00:53:43.360><c> the</c><00:53:43.519><c> law.</c>

00:53:43.780 --> 00:53:46.199
But<00:53:44.219><c> you</c><00:53:44.420><c> see,</c><00:53:44.460><c> once</c><00:53:44.800><c> Christ</c><00:53:45.159><c> had</c><00:53:45.420><c> come</c><00:53:45.599><c> and</c><00:53:45.739><c> been</c><00:53:45.900><c> offered</c>

00:53:46.199 --> 00:53:49.340
those<00:53:46.699><c> sacrifices</c><00:53:47.320><c> couldn't</c><00:53:47.639><c> forgive</c><00:53:47.940><c> sin</c><00:53:48.099><c> anymore.</c>

00:53:50.860 --> 00:53:52.000
The<00:53:50.960><c> law</c><00:53:51.119><c> couldn't</c><00:53:51.420><c> forgive</c><00:53:51.699><c> their</c><00:53:51.860><c> sin.</c>

00:53:52.000 --> 00:53:53.139
It<00:53:52.260><c> never</c><00:53:52.320><c> could</c><00:53:52.500><c> by</c><00:53:52.659><c> the</c><00:53:52.800><c> way,</c><00:53:52.980><c> could</c><00:53:53.039><c> it?</c>

00:53:53.139 --> 00:53:54.539
It<00:53:53.239><c> could</c><00:53:53.320><c> only</c><00:53:53.539><c> provisionally</c><00:53:53.980><c> forgive</c><00:53:54.219><c> their</c><00:53:54.400><c> sin</c>

00:53:54.539 --> 00:53:55.679
even<00:53:54.820><c> at</c><00:53:54.960><c> the</c><00:53:55.059><c> best</c><00:53:55.260><c> of</c><00:53:55.440><c> times.</c>

00:53:55.840 --> 00:54:00.039
But<00:53:56.000><c> it</c><00:53:56.280><c> certainly</c><00:53:56.539><c> couldn't</c><00:53:58.260><c> after</c><00:53:58.579><c> Christ</c><00:53:59.199><c> had</c><00:53:59.719><c> come</c>

00:54:00.039 --> 00:54:01.219
and<00:54:00.400><c> been</c><00:54:00.659><c> sacrificed.</c>

00:54:01.420 --> 00:54:05.500
So<00:54:01.639><c> for</c><00:54:01.860><c> these</c><00:54:02.179><c> people</c><00:54:02.579><c> there</c><00:54:02.920><c> was</c><00:54:03.219><c> no</c><00:54:03.619><c> more</c><00:54:04.239><c> sacrifice</c><00:54:04.900><c> for</c><00:54:05.219><c> sins</c>

00:54:05.500 --> 00:54:07.019
in<00:54:05.920><c> that</c><00:54:06.179><c> sense</c><00:54:06.380><c> in</c><00:54:06.559><c> verse</c><00:54:06.760><c> 26.</c>

00:54:07.440 --> 00:54:11.099
And<00:54:07.840><c> so</c><00:54:08.079><c> is</c><00:54:08.380><c> there</c><00:54:08.519><c> for</c><00:54:08.780><c> anyone</c><00:54:09.099><c> that</c><00:54:09.599><c> walks</c><00:54:09.920><c> away</c><00:54:10.280><c> in</c><00:54:10.559><c> the</c><00:54:10.840><c> Spirit.</c>

00:54:11.099 --> 00:54:13.699
Now<00:54:11.500><c> notice</c><00:54:11.800><c> again</c><00:54:12.280><c> in</c><00:54:12.659><c> this</c><00:54:13.219><c> passage</c>

00:54:13.699 --> 00:54:18.099
that<00:54:14.300><c> this</c><00:54:14.539><c> is</c><00:54:14.760><c> not</c><00:54:14.940><c> about</c><00:54:15.239><c> an</c><00:54:15.659><c> isolated</c><00:54:16.400><c> act</c><00:54:16.800><c> of</c><00:54:17.039><c> wrongdoing.</c>

00:54:18.679 --> 00:54:20.619
It's<00:54:18.860><c> not</c><00:54:19.039><c> about</c><00:54:19.260><c> a</c><00:54:19.480><c> single</c><00:54:19.780><c> sin</c><00:54:20.019><c> that</c><00:54:20.179><c> God</c><00:54:20.400><c> said,</c>

00:54:20.699 --> 00:54:22.440
that<00:54:20.920><c> one,</c><00:54:21.139><c> that</c><00:54:21.280><c> one</c><00:54:21.460><c> there,</c><00:54:21.619><c> that</c><00:54:21.760><c> was</c><00:54:21.960><c> unforgettable.</c>

00:54:22.719 --> 00:54:25.460
It's<00:54:23.159><c> about</c><00:54:23.380><c> an</c><00:54:23.860><c> overall</c><00:54:24.239><c> state</c><00:54:24.639><c> of</c><00:54:24.980><c> mind.</c>

00:54:25.719 --> 00:54:26.719
So<00:54:25.900><c> look</c><00:54:26.039><c> at</c><00:54:26.119><c> what</c><00:54:26.260><c> it</c><00:54:26.480><c> says.</c>

00:54:27.119 --> 00:54:32.539
What<00:54:27.340><c> does</c><00:54:27.780><c> sinning</c><00:54:28.559><c> willfully</c><00:54:29.280><c> mean</c><00:54:30.360><c> in</c><00:54:31.119><c> Hebrews</c><00:54:31.539><c> chapter</c><00:54:32.039><c> 10?</c>

00:54:33.000 --> 00:54:36.460
Well,<00:54:33.699><c> to</c><00:54:33.920><c> sin</c><00:54:34.099><c> willfully</c><00:54:34.599><c> means,</c><00:54:35.039><c> verse</c><00:54:35.260><c> 25,</c>

00:54:36.699 --> 00:54:39.000
to<00:54:36.940><c> forsake</c><00:54:37.619><c> the</c><00:54:37.880><c> assembly</c><00:54:38.239><c> of</c><00:54:38.480><c> the</c><00:54:38.659><c> saints</c>

00:54:39.000 --> 00:54:41.400
and<00:54:39.280><c> no</c><00:54:39.519><c> longer</c><00:54:39.760><c> come</c><00:54:40.019><c> to</c><00:54:40.139><c> the</c><00:54:40.280><c> meeting.</c>

00:54:42.300 --> 00:54:46.940
Verse<00:54:42.519><c> 27,</c><00:54:43.800><c> to</c><00:54:43.980><c> become</c><00:54:44.440><c> an</c><00:54:45.019><c> adversary</c><00:54:45.460><c> to</c><00:54:45.699><c> the</c><00:54:45.940><c> truth.</c>

00:54:47.199 --> 00:54:50.920
Verse<00:54:47.480><c> 29,</c><00:54:48.619><c> to</c><00:54:48.820><c> tread</c><00:54:49.099><c> underfoot</c><00:54:49.739><c> the</c><00:54:49.920><c> work</c><00:54:50.079><c> of</c><00:54:50.400><c> Christ.</c>

00:54:51.300 --> 00:54:55.719
And<00:54:51.599><c> verse</c><00:54:51.900><c> 29</c><00:54:52.340><c> again,</c><00:54:53.079><c> to</c><00:54:53.260><c> do</c><00:54:53.599><c> despite</c><00:54:54.260><c> unto</c><00:54:54.699><c> the</c><00:54:55.019><c> Spirit</c><00:54:55.199><c> of</c><00:54:55.460><c> grace.</c>

00:54:55.860 --> 00:54:58.760
It's<00:54:56.219><c> an</c><00:54:56.380><c> ongoing</c><00:54:57.000><c> spirit</c><00:54:57.800><c> of</c><00:54:58.360><c> things,</c>

00:54:59.059 --> 00:55:00.820
of<00:54:59.340><c> behavior</c><00:54:59.900><c> and</c><00:55:00.340><c> attitude,</c>

00:55:01.179 --> 00:55:03.619
which<00:55:01.400><c> in</c><00:55:01.659><c> fact</c><00:55:01.780><c> was</c><00:55:02.260><c> totally</c><00:55:02.760><c> unacceptable.</c>

00:55:03.619 --> 00:55:07.119
In<00:55:04.360><c> summary,</c><00:55:05.539><c> it</c><00:55:05.539><c> was</c><00:55:05.840><c> an</c><00:55:06.199><c> obstinate,</c>

00:55:07.739 --> 00:55:10.739
hardened<00:55:08.420><c> course</c><00:55:09.099><c> of</c><00:55:09.519><c> wrongdoing.</c>

00:55:11.340 --> 00:55:13.260
And<00:55:11.400><c> in</c><00:55:11.579><c> effect</c><00:55:11.760><c> the</c><00:55:12.000><c> teaching</c><00:55:12.219><c> of</c><00:55:12.440><c> Hebrews</c><00:55:12.659><c> 10</c><00:55:12.920><c> is,</c>

00:55:13.639 --> 00:55:15.579
there<00:55:13.679><c> is</c><00:55:13.940><c> no</c><00:55:14.179><c> escape</c><00:55:14.519><c> from</c><00:55:14.760><c> the</c><00:55:15.079><c> consequences</c>

00:55:15.579 --> 00:55:20.780
of<00:55:16.199><c> that</c><00:55:16.760><c> recalcitrant,</c><00:55:18.679><c> determined,</c><00:55:19.940><c> unyielding,</c>

00:55:21.139 --> 00:55:22.239
unchanging<00:55:21.719><c> spirit.</c>

00:55:22.599 --> 00:55:25.159
That<00:55:22.840><c> in</c><00:55:23.000><c> that</c><00:55:23.300><c> sense</c><00:55:23.619><c> is</c><00:55:24.099><c> an</c><00:55:24.300><c> unforgivable</c><00:55:24.800><c> sin.</c>

00:55:25.639 --> 00:55:28.760
And<00:55:25.840><c> you</c><00:55:25.960><c> know</c><00:55:26.019><c> what</c><00:55:26.159><c> the</c><00:55:26.360><c> paradox</c><00:55:26.659><c> of</c><00:55:26.840><c> these</c><00:55:27.079><c> passages</c><00:55:27.440><c> is</c><00:55:27.760><c> in</c><00:55:27.960><c> Hebrews?</c>

00:55:28.880 --> 00:55:32.420
The<00:55:29.139><c> paradox</c><00:55:29.639><c> is</c><00:55:30.280><c> that</c><00:55:30.719><c> the</c><00:55:30.960><c> people</c><00:55:31.360><c> of</c><00:55:31.599><c> Hebrews</c><00:55:31.840><c> 6</c>

00:55:32.420 --> 00:55:37.199
and<00:55:32.719><c> the</c><00:55:32.800><c> people</c><00:55:33.099><c> of</c><00:55:33.340><c> Hebrews</c><00:55:33.579><c> 10</c><00:55:34.079><c> had</c><00:55:34.519><c> decided</c><00:55:35.019><c> at</c><00:55:35.360><c> any</c><00:55:35.539><c> moment</c><00:55:35.800><c> to</c><00:55:36.079><c> repent.</c>

00:55:40.019 --> 00:55:42.280
God<00:55:40.219><c> would</c><00:55:40.380><c> and</c><00:55:40.539><c> could</c><00:55:40.679><c> have</c><00:55:40.820><c> forgiven</c><00:55:41.019><c> them.</c>

00:55:42.679 --> 00:55:44.880
And<00:55:43.039><c> we</c><00:55:43.119><c> know</c><00:55:43.300><c> that</c><00:55:43.480><c> because</c><00:55:43.679><c> we'll</c><00:55:43.820><c> come</c><00:55:43.980><c> back</c><00:55:44.099><c> to</c><00:55:44.219><c> Hebrews</c><00:55:44.420><c> chapter</c><00:55:44.659><c> 6</c>

00:55:44.880 --> 00:55:45.519
and<00:55:44.980><c> have</c><00:55:45.119><c> a</c><00:55:45.239><c> look.</c>

00:55:45.880 --> 00:55:48.099
So<00:55:46.139><c> even</c><00:55:46.300><c> though</c><00:55:46.500><c> Hebrews</c><00:55:46.760><c> 6</c><00:55:47.059><c> says</c><00:55:47.280><c> it's</c><00:55:47.579><c> impossible,</c>

00:55:48.579 --> 00:55:51.300
impossible<00:55:49.000><c> to</c><00:55:49.280><c> renew</c><00:55:49.480><c> them</c><00:55:49.659><c> again</c><00:55:50.000><c> under</c><00:55:50.380><c> repentance,</c>

00:55:51.519 --> 00:55:54.840
and<00:55:51.679><c> yet</c><00:55:51.800><c> the</c><00:55:52.059><c> paradox</c><00:55:52.480><c> is</c><00:55:52.980><c> that</c><00:55:53.260><c> whilst</c><00:55:53.519><c> it</c><00:55:53.739><c> says</c><00:55:53.880><c> that</c><00:55:54.079><c> in</c><00:55:54.199><c> Hebrews</c><00:55:54.460><c> 6,</c>

00:55:54.860 --> 00:55:55.639
verse<00:55:55.099><c> 4,</c>

00:55:55.820 --> 00:55:57.400
you<00:55:55.920><c> see</c><00:55:55.980><c> what</c><00:55:56.079><c> it</c><00:55:56.219><c> says</c><00:55:56.420><c> in</c><00:55:56.599><c> verse</c><00:55:56.860><c> 9,</c>

00:55:57.699 --> 00:55:59.239
even<00:55:57.960><c> though</c><00:55:58.159><c> some</c><00:55:58.340><c> of</c><00:55:58.360><c> them</c><00:55:58.480><c> might</c><00:55:58.639><c> have</c><00:55:58.760><c> been</c><00:55:58.920><c> doing</c><00:55:59.079><c> it,</c>

00:55:59.239 --> 00:56:00.139
he<00:55:59.380><c> says,</c>

00:56:00.420 --> 00:56:02.960
we<00:56:00.420><c> are</c><00:56:00.840><c> persuaded</c><00:56:01.420><c> better</c><00:56:01.820><c> things</c><00:56:02.239><c> of</c><00:56:02.480><c> you</c>

00:56:02.960 --> 00:56:06.360
and<00:56:03.780><c> things</c><00:56:04.139><c> that</c><00:56:04.440><c> accompany</c><00:56:04.900><c> salvation,</c>

00:56:06.559 --> 00:56:07.800
though<00:56:06.800><c> thus</c><00:56:07.099><c> we</c><00:56:07.400><c> speak.</c>

00:56:08.280 --> 00:56:10.300
There<00:56:08.320><c> might</c><00:56:08.639><c> be</c><00:56:08.900><c> some</c><00:56:09.079><c> people</c><00:56:09.360><c> that</c><00:56:09.500><c> are</c><00:56:09.679><c> beginning</c><00:56:09.940><c> to</c><00:56:10.179><c> show</c>

00:56:10.300 --> 00:56:10.860
that<00:56:10.619><c> spirit,</c>

00:56:11.079 --> 00:56:14.360
but<00:56:11.199><c> he</c><00:56:11.340><c> says</c><00:56:11.440><c> we're</c><00:56:11.820><c> persuaded</c><00:56:12.380><c> that</c><00:56:12.780><c> you</c><00:56:13.099><c> still</c><00:56:13.280><c> have</c><00:56:13.500><c> the</c><00:56:13.639><c> opportunity</c>

00:56:14.360 --> 00:56:15.800
to<00:56:14.760><c> repent</c><00:56:15.000><c> if</c><00:56:15.179><c> you</c><00:56:15.300><c> want</c><00:56:15.460><c> to.</c>

00:56:16.079 --> 00:56:17.840
It's<00:56:16.340><c> a</c><00:56:16.440><c> matter</c><00:56:16.579><c> of</c><00:56:16.860><c> choice.</c>

00:56:18.699 --> 00:56:22.139
You<00:56:19.219><c> could</c><00:56:19.519><c> still</c><00:56:19.760><c> turn</c><00:56:20.260><c> if</c><00:56:21.039><c> you</c><00:56:21.280><c> decide</c><00:56:21.599><c> to</c><00:56:21.820><c> do</c><00:56:21.960><c> so.</c>

00:56:22.300 --> 00:56:24.699
And<00:56:22.460><c> likewise,</c><00:56:22.980><c> if</c><00:56:23.139><c> you</c><00:56:23.199><c> come</c><00:56:23.380><c> back</c><00:56:23.519><c> to</c><00:56:23.639><c> Hebrews</c><00:56:23.880><c> chapter</c><00:56:24.239><c> 10,</c>

00:56:24.880 --> 00:56:26.800
that<00:56:25.159><c> clearly</c><00:56:25.500><c> must</c><00:56:25.719><c> be</c><00:56:25.920><c> the</c><00:56:26.039><c> case</c><00:56:26.239><c> as</c><00:56:26.460><c> well,</c>

00:56:26.800 --> 00:56:30.300
despite<00:56:27.719><c> the</c><00:56:27.880><c> fact</c><00:56:28.119><c> that</c><00:56:28.320><c> it</c><00:56:28.500><c> says</c><00:56:28.800><c> in</c><00:56:29.159><c> verse</c><00:56:29.460><c> 26,</c>

00:56:30.480 --> 00:56:33.559
if<00:56:30.679><c> we</c><00:56:30.980><c> sin</c><00:56:31.460><c> willfully</c><00:56:32.000><c> after</c><00:56:32.320><c> we</c><00:56:32.619><c> receive</c><00:56:32.940><c> the</c><00:56:33.159><c> knowledge</c><00:56:33.380><c> of</c>

00:56:33.559 --> 00:56:33.900
the<00:56:33.739><c> truth,</c>

00:56:33.940 --> 00:56:35.739
there<00:56:34.099><c> remains</c><00:56:34.440><c> no</c><00:56:34.719><c> more</c><00:56:34.960><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:56:36.219 --> 00:56:39.539
And<00:56:36.500><c> yet</c><00:56:36.719><c> going</c><00:56:37.000><c> on</c><00:56:37.260><c> in</c><00:56:37.400><c> this</c><00:56:37.639><c> same</c><00:56:38.000><c> passage</c><00:56:38.340><c> in</c><00:56:38.579><c> Hebrews</c><00:56:38.800><c> 10,</c>

00:56:39.760 --> 00:56:42.079
doesn't<00:56:39.960><c> it</c><00:56:40.219><c> say</c><00:56:40.360><c> in</c><00:56:40.519><c> verse</c><00:56:40.820><c> 32,</c>

00:56:42.260 --> 00:56:44.880
but<00:56:42.539><c> despite</c><00:56:43.559><c> all</c><00:56:43.820><c> of</c><00:56:43.920><c> this,</c><00:56:44.019><c> he</c><00:56:44.159><c> says,</c>

00:56:44.960 --> 00:56:47.539
but<00:56:44.960><c> call</c><00:56:45.340><c> to</c><00:56:45.659><c> remembrance</c><00:56:46.239><c> the</c><00:56:46.639><c> former</c><00:56:46.920><c> days</c>

00:56:47.539 --> 00:56:50.480
in<00:56:48.380><c> which</c><00:56:48.659><c> after</c><00:56:49.199><c> you</c><00:56:49.519><c> were</c><00:56:49.900><c> illuminated,</c>

00:56:50.960 --> 00:56:52.860
you<00:56:51.179><c> endured</c><00:56:51.400><c> a</c><00:56:51.599><c> great</c><00:56:51.840><c> fight</c><00:56:52.099><c> of</c><00:56:52.320><c> affliction.</c>

00:56:52.860 --> 00:56:54.019
Verse<00:56:53.320><c> 35,</c>

00:56:54.019 --> 00:56:57.079
cast<00:56:54.739><c> not</c><00:56:55.119><c> away</c><00:56:55.719><c> therefore</c><00:56:56.119><c> your</c><00:56:56.519><c> confidence,</c>

00:56:57.320 --> 00:56:59.179
which<00:56:57.480><c> has</c><00:56:57.760><c> great</c><00:56:58.119><c> recompense</c><00:56:58.679><c> of</c><00:56:58.840><c> them</c><00:56:58.960><c> all.</c>

00:56:59.400 --> 00:57:00.320
Verse<00:56:59.639><c> 39,</c>

00:57:00.739 --> 00:57:03.019
don't<00:57:00.960><c> go</c><00:57:01.320><c> back</c><00:57:01.519><c> to</c><00:57:01.679><c> those</c><00:57:02.079><c> who</c><00:57:02.340><c> are</c><00:57:02.539><c> in</c><00:57:02.699><c> perdition,</c>

00:57:03.179 --> 00:57:05.280
but<00:57:03.320><c> believe</c><00:57:03.900><c> to</c><00:57:04.119><c> the</c><00:57:04.360><c> saving</c><00:57:04.619><c> of</c><00:57:04.860><c> the</c><00:57:05.059><c> soul.</c>

00:57:05.519 --> 00:57:07.539
Now<00:57:05.679><c> there's</c><00:57:05.860><c> no</c><00:57:06.099><c> point</c><00:57:06.320><c> Paul</c><00:57:06.500><c> making</c><00:57:06.800><c> those</c><00:57:07.099><c> appeals</c>

00:57:07.539 --> 00:57:09.719
if<00:57:08.000><c> those</c><00:57:08.239><c> people</c><00:57:08.420><c> could</c><00:57:08.619><c> never</c><00:57:08.800><c> change.</c>

00:57:10.739 --> 00:57:13.519
So<00:57:10.940><c> the</c><00:57:11.219><c> paradox</c><00:57:11.800><c> of</c><00:57:12.400><c> these</c><00:57:12.760><c> passages</c><00:57:13.179><c> is,</c>

00:57:13.900 --> 00:57:15.400
that<00:57:14.000><c> in</c><00:57:14.179><c> these</c><00:57:14.480><c> very</c><00:57:14.980><c> passages,</c>

00:57:15.639 --> 00:57:17.280
Hebrews<00:57:15.860><c> 6</c><00:57:16.460><c> and</c><00:57:16.639><c> verse</c><00:57:16.880><c> 10,</c>

00:57:17.480 --> 00:57:19.820
which<00:57:17.679><c> in</c><00:57:17.880><c> effect</c><00:57:18.139><c> describe</c><00:57:18.719><c> that</c><00:57:19.119><c> stubborn,</c>

00:57:20.199 --> 00:57:21.019
obstinate<00:57:20.539><c> spirit,</c>

00:57:21.019 --> 00:57:23.699
which<00:57:21.340><c> is</c><00:57:21.579><c> the</c><00:57:21.820><c> one</c><00:57:22.059><c> thing</c><00:57:22.360><c> God</c><00:57:22.579><c> is</c><00:57:22.780><c> not</c><00:57:23.019><c> prepared</c><00:57:23.199><c> to</c><00:57:23.400><c> forgive,</c>

00:57:24.000 --> 00:57:24.880
the<00:57:24.139><c> reality</c><00:57:24.440><c> is,</c>

00:57:24.980 --> 00:57:26.039
the<00:57:25.199><c> paradox</c><00:57:25.579><c> is,</c>

00:57:26.159 --> 00:57:27.539
the<00:57:26.239><c> paradox</c><00:57:26.940><c> is,</c>

00:57:27.719 --> 00:57:32.820
that<00:57:28.000><c> even</c><00:57:28.519><c> the</c><00:57:29.119><c> spirit</c><00:57:29.500><c> of</c><00:57:29.900><c> the</c><00:57:30.239><c> unforgivable</c><00:57:30.760><c> sin</c><00:57:31.079><c> can</c><00:57:31.320><c> be</c><00:57:31.559><c> forgiven,</c>

00:57:37.260 --> 00:57:46.900
provided<00:57:37.920><c> that</c><00:57:38.579><c> spirit</c><00:57:39.199><c> is</c><00:57:40.880><c> confessed</c><00:57:41.519><c> and</c><00:57:42.960><c> repudiated</c><00:57:44.300><c> and</c><00:57:45.739><c> changed.</c>

00:57:48.659 --> 00:57:52.619
Even<00:57:49.139><c> the</c><00:57:49.619><c> unforgivable</c><00:57:50.260><c> sin</c><00:57:50.860><c> could</c><00:57:51.320><c> on</c><00:57:51.480><c> that</c><00:57:51.659><c> basis</c><00:57:52.019><c> be</c><00:57:52.300><c> forgiven.</c>

00:57:53.019 --> 00:57:54.519
Of<00:57:53.099><c> course</c><00:57:53.099><c> what</c><00:57:53.300><c> makes</c><00:57:53.559><c> it</c><00:57:53.880><c> unforgivable</c>

00:57:54.519 --> 00:57:57.099
is<00:57:55.059><c> that</c><00:57:55.260><c> people</c><00:57:55.539><c> get</c><00:57:56.000><c> hardened</c><00:57:56.480><c> in</c><00:57:56.820><c> a</c><00:57:56.940><c> way</c>

00:57:57.099 --> 00:57:58.480
from<00:57:57.440><c> which</c><00:57:57.739><c> in</c><00:57:58.039><c> the</c><00:57:58.159><c> end,</c>

00:57:58.619 --> 00:58:00.860
they<00:57:58.780><c> will</c><00:57:59.039><c> not</c><00:57:59.199><c> permit</c><00:57:59.480><c> themselves</c><00:58:00.139><c> to</c><00:58:00.400><c> turn</c><00:58:00.639><c> back.</c>

00:58:01.099 --> 00:58:02.800
And<00:58:01.260><c> I</c><00:58:01.380><c> think</c><00:58:01.539><c> that</c><00:58:01.679><c> that's</c><00:58:01.900><c> happened</c><00:58:02.139><c> in</c><00:58:02.280><c> the</c><00:58:02.420><c> truth,</c><00:58:02.699><c> hasn't</c><00:58:02.760><c> it?</c>

00:58:02.820 --> 00:58:03.780
People<00:58:03.039><c> have</c><00:58:03.239><c> left</c><00:58:03.360><c> the</c><00:58:03.599><c> truth,</c>

00:58:03.960 --> 00:58:06.079
and<00:58:04.099><c> it's</c><00:58:04.440><c> almost</c><00:58:04.739><c> a</c><00:58:04.980><c> matter</c><00:58:05.159><c> of</c><00:58:05.519><c> pride</c>

00:58:06.559 --> 00:58:08.719
to<00:58:07.039><c> never</c><00:58:07.340><c> ever</c><00:58:07.739><c> admit</c><00:58:08.019><c> and</c><00:58:08.199><c> go</c><00:58:08.360><c> back.</c>

00:58:09.099 --> 00:58:11.880
Even<00:58:09.380><c> if</c><00:58:09.480><c> they</c><00:58:09.699><c> want</c><00:58:09.900><c> to,</c><00:58:10.280><c> they</c><00:58:10.480><c> won't.</c>

00:58:11.960 --> 00:58:13.800
And<00:58:12.159><c> that's</c><00:58:12.480><c> the</c><00:58:12.679><c> spirit</c><00:58:12.860><c> that</c><00:58:13.139><c> Yahweh</c><00:58:13.420><c> hates,</c>

00:58:13.800 --> 00:58:15.760
because<00:58:14.159><c> there's</c><00:58:14.360><c> no</c><00:58:14.559><c> basis</c><00:58:14.960><c> for</c><00:58:15.380><c> His</c><00:58:15.619><c> will</c>

00:58:15.760 --> 00:58:17.440
to<00:58:15.940><c> be</c><00:58:16.099><c> up</c><00:58:16.219><c>-worked</c><00:58:16.440><c> in</c><00:58:16.539><c> that</c><00:58:16.699><c> person's</c><00:58:17.199><c> life.</c>

00:58:17.900 --> 00:58:19.539
Now<00:58:18.139><c> that</c><00:58:18.420><c> brings</c><00:58:18.760><c> us,</c>

00:58:19.840 --> 00:58:22.019
and<00:58:20.199><c> I</c><00:58:20.460><c> think</c><00:58:20.559><c> we</c><00:58:20.739><c> probably</c><00:58:20.980><c> shouldn't</c><00:58:21.219><c> get</c><00:58:21.420><c> to</c><00:58:21.599><c> that</c><00:58:21.760><c> point,</c>

00:58:22.280 --> 00:58:24.420
to<00:58:22.619><c> the</c><00:58:23.460><c> first</c><00:58:23.719><c> epistle</c><00:58:23.960><c> of</c><00:58:24.199><c> John.</c>

00:58:24.619 --> 00:58:25.760
So<00:58:24.880><c> two</c><00:58:25.119><c> passages</c><00:58:25.519><c> then,</c>

00:58:25.760 --> 00:58:28.719
just<00:58:26.000><c> to</c><00:58:26.340><c> wrap</c><00:58:26.480><c> this</c><00:58:26.780><c> story</c><00:58:27.000><c> up</c><00:58:27.239><c> in</c><00:58:27.559><c> the</c><00:58:27.760><c> first</c><00:58:27.960><c> epistle</c><00:58:28.219><c> of</c><00:58:28.400><c> John.</c>

00:58:29.059 --> 00:58:31.500
And<00:58:29.320><c> the</c><00:58:29.500><c> first</c><00:58:29.679><c> one</c><00:58:29.800><c> we</c><00:58:29.940><c> want</c><00:58:30.000><c> is</c><00:58:30.179><c> actually</c><00:58:30.519><c> John</c><00:58:30.820><c> chapter</c><00:58:31.139><c> 3,</c>

00:58:31.599 --> 00:58:32.719
one<00:58:31.880><c> John</c><00:58:32.099><c> 3</c><00:58:32.420><c> actually,</c>

00:58:32.760 --> 00:58:34.599
not<00:58:33.000><c> John,</c><00:58:33.880><c> not</c><00:58:34.059><c> the</c><00:58:34.239><c> Gospel,</c>

00:58:34.800 --> 00:58:35.579
but<00:58:34.980><c> the</c><00:58:35.199><c> epistles.</c>

00:58:35.900 --> 00:58:37.400
Now<00:58:36.239><c> I</c><00:58:36.480><c> love</c><00:58:36.760><c> this</c><00:58:37.079><c> passage,</c>

00:58:37.440 --> 00:58:39.619
because<00:58:37.780><c> I</c><00:58:38.019><c> just</c><00:58:38.219><c> think</c><00:58:38.340><c> it's</c><00:58:38.659><c> so</c><00:58:39.039><c> helpful</c>

00:58:39.619 --> 00:58:43.940
in<00:58:40.139><c> the</c><00:58:40.699><c> overall</c><00:58:41.079><c> spirit</c><00:58:41.539><c> of</c><00:58:41.960><c> explaining</c><00:58:42.500><c> what's</c><00:58:42.900><c> going</c><00:58:43.119><c> on</c><00:58:43.480><c> here.</c>

00:58:44.119 --> 00:58:47.719
So<00:58:44.300><c> this</c><00:58:44.460><c> is</c><00:58:44.639><c> what</c><00:58:44.760><c> it</c><00:58:45.039><c> says</c><00:58:45.199><c> in</c><00:58:45.380><c> the</c><00:58:45.519><c> first</c><00:58:45.800><c> of</c><00:58:46.000><c> John</c><00:58:46.260><c> chapter</c><00:58:46.659><c> 3.</c>

00:58:47.780 --> 00:58:49.880
It's<00:58:48.000><c> a</c><00:58:48.199><c> very,</c><00:58:48.599><c> very</c><00:58:49.179><c> helpful</c><00:58:49.599><c> passage</c>

00:58:50.139 --> 00:58:53.219
in<00:58:50.659><c> the</c><00:58:50.880><c> context</c><00:58:51.360><c> of</c><00:58:51.940><c> the</c><00:58:52.340><c> overall</c><00:58:52.719><c> thinking</c>

00:58:53.219 --> 00:58:55.099
about<00:58:53.760><c> an</c><00:58:54.059><c> unforgivable</c><00:58:54.599><c> sin</c>

00:58:55.099 --> 00:58:58.400
and<00:58:55.559><c> our</c><00:58:55.840><c> spirit</c><00:58:56.079><c> and</c><00:58:56.340><c> attitude</c><00:58:56.699><c> toward</c><00:58:57.079><c> these</c><00:58:57.460><c> things.</c>

00:58:59.380 --> 00:59:01.380
Now,<00:58:59.599><c> do</c><00:58:59.800><c> you</c><00:58:59.800><c> see</c><00:58:59.880><c> what</c><00:59:00.019><c> it</c><00:59:00.260><c> says</c><00:59:00.420><c> in</c><00:59:00.579><c> the</c><00:59:00.639><c> first</c><00:59:00.860><c> of</c><00:59:01.000><c> John</c><00:59:01.119><c> 3,</c>

00:59:01.380 --> 00:59:02.039
verse<00:59:01.619><c> 4?</c>

00:59:02.320 --> 00:59:05.179
Whosoever<00:59:02.739><c> commits</c><00:59:03.019><c> sin</c><00:59:03.360><c> transgresses</c><00:59:04.119><c> the</c><00:59:04.300><c> law.</c>

00:59:05.559 --> 00:59:07.280
Now,<00:59:05.880><c> incidentally,</c><00:59:06.579><c> we</c><00:59:06.760><c> all</c><00:59:07.039><c> do.</c>

00:59:07.280 --> 00:59:09.539
Actually,<00:59:08.019><c> the</c><00:59:08.039><c> Revised</c><00:59:08.400><c> Standard</c><00:59:08.800><c> Version</c><00:59:09.099><c> says,</c>

00:59:09.980 --> 00:59:11.320
everyone<00:59:10.099><c> commits</c><00:59:10.500><c> sin.</c>

00:59:11.860 --> 00:59:14.199
So<00:59:11.980><c> in</c><00:59:12.059><c> that</c><00:59:12.239><c> sense,</c><00:59:12.559><c> we're</c><00:59:12.679><c> all</c><00:59:12.860><c> guilty</c><00:59:13.139><c> as</c><00:59:13.360><c> charged.</c>

00:59:14.679 --> 00:59:15.099
But<00:59:14.780><c> you</c><00:59:14.880><c> know</c><00:59:14.980><c> what?</c>

00:59:15.119 --> 00:59:17.340
The<00:59:15.179><c> issue</c><00:59:15.480><c> of</c><00:59:15.639><c> verse</c><00:59:15.800><c> 4</c><00:59:16.019><c> isn't</c><00:59:16.260><c> actually</c><00:59:16.559><c> whether</c><00:59:16.699><c> we</c><00:59:16.920><c> commit</c><00:59:17.139><c> sin.</c>

00:59:17.340 --> 00:59:18.099
We<00:59:17.500><c> do</c><00:59:17.659><c> every</c><00:59:17.920><c> day.</c>

00:59:18.119 --> 00:59:20.519
Every<00:59:18.360><c> day</c><00:59:18.480><c> of</c><00:59:18.639><c> our</c><00:59:18.820><c> lives,</c><00:59:19.059><c> we</c><00:59:19.199><c> know</c><00:59:19.380><c> that</c><00:59:19.579><c> we</c><00:59:19.800><c> sin.</c>

00:59:20.840 --> 00:59:24.739
But<00:59:21.119><c> the</c><00:59:21.280><c> real</c><00:59:21.760><c> critical</c><00:59:22.420><c> word</c><00:59:22.780><c> here</c><00:59:23.119><c> is</c><00:59:23.420><c> the</c><00:59:23.559><c> word</c><00:59:23.860><c> committed.</c>

00:59:25.059 --> 00:59:26.780
You<00:59:25.199><c> see</c><00:59:25.260><c> that</c><00:59:25.440><c> word</c><00:59:25.760><c> committed?</c>

00:59:27.579 --> 00:59:31.820
In<00:59:27.920><c> the</c><00:59:28.260><c> Greek,</c><00:59:28.440><c> it's</c><00:59:28.760><c> used</c><00:59:29.099><c> in</c><00:59:29.460><c> the</c><00:59:29.920><c> continuous</c><00:59:30.579><c> tense.</c>

00:59:33.059 --> 00:59:35.500
And<00:59:33.340><c> because</c><00:59:33.679><c> it's</c><00:59:34.019><c> used</c><00:59:34.179><c> in</c><00:59:34.360><c> the</c><00:59:34.659><c> continuous</c><00:59:35.059><c> tense,</c>

00:59:35.500 --> 00:59:42.820
the<00:59:35.760><c> real</c><00:59:36.139><c> meaning</c><00:59:36.480><c> of</c><00:59:36.719><c> that</c><00:59:36.940><c> word</c><00:59:37.179><c> is</c><00:59:38.739><c> the</c><00:59:39.440><c> habitual</c><00:59:40.260><c> practice</c><00:59:41.440><c> of</c><00:59:42.320><c> sin.</c>

00:59:43.199 --> 00:59:45.340
It's<00:59:43.280><c> not</c><00:59:43.480><c> so</c><00:59:43.679><c> much</c><00:59:43.860><c> that</c><00:59:44.000><c> they</c><00:59:44.300><c> commit</c><00:59:44.820><c> sin</c>

00:59:45.340 --> 00:59:48.960
as<00:59:46.119><c> that</c><00:59:46.260><c> they</c><00:59:46.719><c> habitually</c><00:59:47.599><c> practice</c><00:59:48.539><c> sin.</c>

00:59:49.179 --> 00:59:51.699
The<00:59:49.340><c> word</c><00:59:49.699><c> is</c><00:59:50.280><c> in</c><00:59:50.440><c> that</c><00:59:50.760><c> continuous</c><00:59:51.360><c> sense.</c>

00:59:51.900 --> 00:59:54.639
It's<00:59:52.059><c> something</c><00:59:52.280><c> that</c><00:59:52.500><c> they're</c><00:59:52.719><c> doing</c><00:59:52.960><c> over</c><00:59:53.400><c> and</c><00:59:53.699><c> over</c><00:59:54.099><c> and</c><00:59:54.340><c> over.</c>

00:59:54.980 --> 00:59:58.099
It<00:59:55.079><c> is</c><00:59:55.320><c> the</c><00:59:55.519><c> habitual</c><00:59:56.340><c> practice</c><00:59:57.059><c> of</c><00:59:57.659><c> sin</c>

00:59:58.099 --> 01:00:01.519
that<00:59:58.780><c> is</c><00:59:59.000><c> in</c><00:59:59.139><c> fact</c><00:59:59.340><c> the</c><00:59:59.619><c> spirit</c><00:59:59.820><c> that</c><01:00:00.059><c> God</c><01:00:00.360><c> hates.</c>

01:00:01.860 --> 01:00:05.099
And<01:00:02.179><c> so</c><01:00:02.400><c> that's,</c><01:00:03.000><c> you</c><01:00:03.159><c> know,</c><01:00:03.159><c> when</c><01:00:03.280><c> we're</c><01:00:03.820><c> in</c><01:00:04.219><c> the</c><01:00:04.699><c> world</c>

01:00:05.099 --> 01:00:08.079
and<01:00:05.599><c> observant</c><01:00:06.159><c> thinking</c><01:00:06.480><c> and</c><01:00:06.679><c> haven't</c><01:00:06.920><c> come</c><01:00:07.239><c> to</c><01:00:07.400><c> the</c><01:00:07.559><c> knowledge</c><01:00:07.719><c> of</c><01:00:07.960><c> the</c><01:00:07.980><c> truth,</c>

01:00:08.119 --> 01:00:09.179
that's<01:00:08.440><c> our</c><01:00:08.619><c> daily</c><01:00:08.820><c> practice.</c>

01:00:09.320 --> 01:00:12.019
We<01:00:09.400><c> are</c><01:00:09.639><c> habitual</c><01:00:10.099><c> practices</c><01:00:10.780><c> of</c><01:00:11.460><c> sin.</c>

01:00:14.199 --> 01:00:15.099
Actually,<01:00:14.420><c> I'll</c><01:00:14.559><c> rephrase</c><01:00:14.880><c> that.</c>

01:00:15.239 --> 01:00:18.099
We're<01:00:15.420><c> habitual</c><01:00:15.960><c> practitioners</c><01:00:16.719><c> of</c><01:00:17.300><c> sin.</c>

01:00:20.480 --> 01:00:24.539
But<01:00:20.719><c> see</c><01:00:21.019><c> in</c><01:00:21.360><c> verse</c><01:00:21.980><c> 7,</c><01:00:23.340><c> it</c><01:00:23.539><c> says,</c>

01:00:24.579 --> 01:00:28.239
little<01:00:24.699><c> children,</c><01:00:26.159><c> let</c><01:00:26.460><c> no</c><01:00:26.920><c> man</c><01:00:27.199><c> deceive</c><01:00:27.739><c> you.</c>

01:00:28.239 --> 01:00:31.679
He<01:00:28.760><c> that</c><01:00:29.000><c> doeth</c><01:00:29.539><c> righteousness</c><01:00:30.320><c> is</c><01:00:30.880><c> righteous.</c>

01:00:31.960 --> 01:00:35.360
Ah,<01:00:32.199><c> now</c><01:00:32.380><c> you</c><01:00:32.460><c> see</c><01:00:32.519><c> that</c><01:00:32.739><c> word</c><01:00:33.139><c> doeth</c><01:00:33.619><c> in</c><01:00:33.840><c> verse</c><01:00:34.139><c> 7,</c>

01:00:36.900 --> 01:00:40.559
that's<01:00:37.260><c> the</c><01:00:37.420><c> same</c><01:00:37.679><c> word</c><01:00:38.000><c> translated</c><01:00:38.579><c> committed</c><01:00:38.920><c> in</c><01:00:39.119><c> verse</c><01:00:39.380><c> 4.</c>

01:00:41.460 --> 01:00:47.239
But<01:00:41.659><c> this</c><01:00:42.000><c> time,</c><01:00:43.199><c> verse</c><01:00:43.380><c> 4</c><01:00:44.119><c> is</c><01:00:44.739><c> about</c><01:00:45.099><c> the</c><01:00:45.739><c> habitual</c><01:00:46.559><c> practice</c>

01:00:47.239 --> 01:00:48.219
of<01:00:47.579><c> righteousness.</c>

01:00:48.719 --> 01:00:50.880
Ah,<01:00:48.960><c> now</c><01:00:49.159><c> that's</c><01:00:49.639><c> quite</c><01:00:49.880><c> a</c><01:00:50.039><c> different</c><01:00:50.159><c> thing,</c><01:00:50.420><c> isn't</c><01:00:50.559><c> it?</c>

01:00:51.059 --> 01:00:54.360
So<01:00:51.300><c> verse</c><01:00:51.539><c> 4</c><01:00:51.780><c> is</c><01:00:52.019><c> about</c><01:00:52.199><c> the</c><01:00:52.400><c> habitual</c><01:00:53.000><c> practice</c><01:00:53.599><c> of</c><01:00:54.360><c> sin.</c>

01:00:54.360 --> 01:01:00.860
But<01:00:55.119><c> verse</c><01:00:55.619><c> 7</c><01:00:56.179><c> is</c><01:00:56.719><c> about</c><01:00:57.199><c> the</c><01:00:57.639><c> habitual</c><01:00:58.380><c> practice</c><01:00:59.219><c> of</c><01:00:59.719><c> righteousness.</c>

01:01:01.280 --> 01:01:03.400
And<01:01:01.340><c> you</c><01:01:01.480><c> see,</c><01:01:01.699><c> the</c><01:01:01.719><c> lesson</c><01:01:02.039><c> of</c><01:01:02.320><c> the</c><01:01:02.539><c> story</c><01:01:02.840><c> is</c>

01:01:03.400 --> 01:01:08.300
that<01:01:04.679><c> the</c><01:01:04.940><c> person</c><01:01:05.360><c> who's</c><01:01:05.719><c> come</c><01:01:05.980><c> to</c><01:01:06.179><c> the</c><01:01:06.480><c> truth</c><01:01:06.980><c> no</c><01:01:07.739><c> longer</c>

01:01:08.300 --> 01:01:10.300
practices<01:01:09.260><c> sin.</c>

01:01:10.500 --> 01:01:11.139
See<01:01:10.659><c> the</c><01:01:10.840><c> idea?</c>

01:01:11.639 --> 01:01:12.980
Of<01:01:11.800><c> course</c><01:01:11.940><c> they</c><01:01:12.199><c> sin.</c>

01:01:13.280 --> 01:01:17.260
But<01:01:13.460><c> they</c><01:01:13.639><c> don't</c><01:01:13.900><c> practice</c><01:01:14.260><c> it</c><01:01:14.440><c> anymore</c><01:01:14.760><c> as</c><01:01:15.139><c> their</c><01:01:15.320><c> habitual</c><01:01:16.000><c> lifestyle.</c>

01:01:17.980 --> 01:01:21.860
Their<01:01:18.239><c> new</c><01:01:18.639><c> lifestyle</c><01:01:19.199><c> is</c><01:01:19.420><c> to</c><01:01:19.659><c> practice</c><01:01:20.579><c> righteousness.</c>

01:01:22.079 --> 01:01:24.559
That's<01:01:22.559><c> what</c><01:01:22.699><c> they</c><01:01:23.039><c> seek</c><01:01:23.300><c> to</c><01:01:23.699><c> continue</c><01:01:24.260><c> in.</c>

01:01:25.059 --> 01:01:26.860
So<01:01:25.219><c> you</c><01:01:25.380><c> see</c><01:01:25.500><c> how</c><01:01:25.679><c> the</c><01:01:25.860><c> passage</c><01:01:26.039><c> unfolds.</c>

01:01:27.199 --> 01:01:29.659
Verse<01:01:27.340><c> 7,</c><01:01:27.599><c> little</c><01:01:27.840><c> children,</c><01:01:28.500><c> let</c><01:01:28.619><c> no</c><01:01:28.860><c> man</c><01:01:28.980><c> deceive</c><01:01:29.340><c> you.</c>

01:01:29.880 --> 01:01:32.880
He<01:01:29.940><c> that</c><01:01:30.300><c> practices</c><01:01:31.079><c> righteousness</c><01:01:31.880><c> is</c><01:01:32.380><c> righteous.</c>

01:01:33.159 --> 01:01:35.980
But<01:01:33.320><c> he</c><01:01:33.500><c> that</c><01:01:33.900><c> practices</c><01:01:34.440><c> sin</c><01:01:34.940><c> is</c><01:01:35.340><c> of</c><01:01:35.559><c> the</c><01:01:35.719><c> devil,</c>

01:01:36.199 --> 01:01:37.579
for<01:01:36.260><c> the</c><01:01:36.400><c> devil</c><01:01:36.599><c> sins</c><01:01:36.900><c> from</c><01:01:37.139><c> the</c><01:01:37.300><c> beginning.</c>

01:01:37.820 --> 01:01:39.559
For<01:01:37.900><c> this</c><01:01:38.119><c> purpose,</c><01:01:38.559><c> the</c><01:01:38.619><c> Son</c><01:01:38.800><c> of</c><01:01:38.960><c> God</c><01:01:39.079><c> was</c><01:01:39.320><c> manifested</c>

01:01:39.900 --> 01:01:42.239
that<01:01:40.239><c> he</c><01:01:40.420><c> might</c><01:01:40.579><c> destroy</c><01:01:41.219><c> the</c><01:01:41.559><c> works</c><01:01:41.719><c> of</c><01:01:41.900><c> the</c><01:01:42.039><c> devil.</c>

01:01:42.539 --> 01:01:45.659
And<01:01:42.699><c> whosoever</c><01:01:43.019><c> is</c><01:01:43.179><c> born</c><01:01:43.320><c> of</c><01:01:43.480><c> God</c><01:01:43.800><c> does</c><01:01:44.360><c> not</c><01:01:44.760><c> practice</c><01:01:45.159><c> sin,</c>

01:01:45.880 --> 01:01:47.380
for<01:01:46.039><c> his</c><01:01:46.380><c> seed</c><01:01:46.599><c> remains</c><01:01:47.079><c> in</c><01:01:47.219><c> him,</c>

01:01:47.440 --> 01:01:49.760
and<01:01:47.639><c> he</c><01:01:47.960><c> cannot</c><01:01:48.280><c> sin</c><01:01:48.500><c> because</c><01:01:48.780><c> he's</c><01:01:49.039><c> born</c><01:01:49.260><c> of</c><01:01:49.519><c> God.</c>

01:01:49.760 --> 01:01:51.940
You<01:01:49.760><c> know,</c><01:01:50.320><c> the</c><01:01:50.440><c> dialogue</c><01:01:50.719><c> translates</c><01:01:51.300><c> to</c><01:01:51.400><c> verse</c><01:01:51.639><c> 9,</c>

01:01:51.940 --> 01:01:53.500
at<01:01:52.079><c> least</c><01:01:52.280><c> at</c><01:01:52.420><c> the</c><01:01:52.639><c> start.</c>

01:01:53.559 --> 01:01:57.920
No<01:01:53.719><c> one</c><01:01:54.159><c> who</c><01:01:54.420><c> has</c><01:01:54.820><c> been</c><01:01:55.260><c> begotten</c><01:01:55.940><c> of</c><01:01:56.239><c> God</c><01:01:56.820><c> practices</c><01:01:57.539><c> sin.</c>

01:01:58.239 --> 01:01:59.599
I<01:01:58.360><c> like</c><01:01:58.559><c> that.</c>

01:01:59.679 --> 01:02:03.880
No<01:01:59.840><c> one</c><01:02:00.039><c> who</c><01:02:00.239><c> has</c><01:02:00.460><c> been</c><01:02:00.739><c> begotten</c><01:02:01.380><c> of</c><01:02:01.659><c> God</c><01:02:02.219><c> practices</c><01:02:03.159><c> sin.</c>

01:02:04.219 --> 01:02:06.860
In<01:02:04.360><c> fact,</c><01:02:04.539><c> it</c><01:02:04.659><c> goes</c><01:02:04.880><c> on</c><01:02:05.059><c> to</c><01:02:05.260><c> say</c><01:02:05.639><c> that</c><01:02:06.219><c> this</c><01:02:06.460><c> person,</c>

01:02:07.019 --> 01:02:08.960
because<01:02:07.260><c> the</c><01:02:07.619><c> seed</c><01:02:07.760><c> of</c><01:02:07.940><c> the</c><01:02:08.119><c> truth</c><01:02:08.239><c> remains</c><01:02:08.639><c> in</c><01:02:08.800><c> him,</c>

01:02:09.079 --> 01:02:10.519
they<01:02:09.360><c> cannot</c><01:02:09.699><c> sin.</c>

01:02:10.960 --> 01:02:12.880
Now,<01:02:11.199><c> do</c><01:02:11.320><c> you</c><01:02:11.340><c> know</c><01:02:11.460><c> when</c><01:02:11.579><c> it</c><01:02:11.800><c> says</c><01:02:11.940><c> they</c><01:02:12.159><c> cannot</c><01:02:12.539><c> sin?</c>

01:02:13.219 --> 01:02:16.119
You<01:02:13.460><c> realize</c><01:02:13.639><c> it's</c><01:02:13.860><c> not</c><01:02:14.079><c> saying</c><01:02:14.239><c> that</c><01:02:14.400><c> it's</c><01:02:14.659><c> physically</c><01:02:14.960><c> impossible</c><01:02:15.519><c> to</c><01:02:15.739><c> sin</c>

01:02:16.119 --> 01:02:19.480
because<01:02:16.539><c> we</c><01:02:16.699><c> only</c><01:02:16.980><c> know</c><01:02:17.320><c> too</c><01:02:17.679><c> truly</c><01:02:18.059><c> that</c><01:02:18.599><c> it's</c><01:02:19.079><c> absolutely</c>

01:02:19.480 --> 01:02:21.179
possible<01:02:19.920><c> for</c><01:02:20.139><c> us</c><01:02:20.239><c> to</c><01:02:20.420><c> sin.</c>

01:02:22.119 --> 01:02:24.699
It's<01:02:22.440><c> not</c><01:02:22.639><c> about</c><01:02:22.940><c> the</c><01:02:23.119><c> fact</c><01:02:23.260><c> that</c><01:02:23.400><c> it's</c><01:02:23.699><c> physically</c><01:02:24.000><c> impossible,</c>

01:02:24.940 --> 01:02:27.539
but<01:02:25.119><c> it's</c><01:02:25.460><c> saying</c><01:02:25.579><c> it's</c><01:02:26.059><c> morally</c><01:02:26.340><c> impossible.</c>

01:02:27.980 --> 01:02:30.940
It's<01:02:28.360><c> morally</c><01:02:28.679><c> impossible</c><01:02:29.260><c> for</c><01:02:29.480><c> the</c><01:02:29.639><c> person</c><01:02:29.900><c> begotten</c><01:02:30.280><c> by</c><01:02:30.500><c> the</c><01:02:30.639><c> Word</c><01:02:30.760><c> of</c>

01:02:30.940 --> 01:02:31.420
God<01:02:31.159><c> to</c><01:02:31.260><c> sin.</c>

01:02:31.599 --> 01:02:34.460
Or<01:02:31.679><c> yes,</c><01:02:31.860><c> they</c><01:02:32.119><c> still</c><01:02:32.380><c> do,</c><01:02:32.940><c> but</c><01:02:33.179><c> morally</c><01:02:33.579><c> they</c><01:02:33.880><c> can't</c>

01:02:34.460 --> 01:02:37.400
because<01:02:34.739><c> they</c><01:02:34.980><c> no</c><01:02:35.280><c> longer</c><01:02:35.820><c> are</c><01:02:36.280><c> someone</c><01:02:36.539><c> who</c><01:02:36.900><c> habitually</c>

01:02:37.400 --> 01:02:38.280
practices<01:02:37.960><c> sin,</c>

01:02:38.539 --> 01:02:40.980
they<01:02:38.719><c> habitually</c><01:02:39.280><c> practice</c><01:02:39.880><c> righteousness.</c>

01:02:41.280 --> 01:02:44.380
Now,<01:02:41.860><c> it's</c><01:02:41.920><c> not</c><01:02:42.179><c> saying</c><01:02:42.340><c> we</c><01:02:42.440><c> don't</c><01:02:42.760><c> commit</c><01:02:43.239><c> sins,</c>

01:02:46.039 --> 01:02:49.559
but<01:02:46.260><c> we</c><01:02:46.380><c> no</c><01:02:46.579><c> longer</c><01:02:46.800><c> practice</c><01:02:48.019><c> sin.</c>

01:02:50.119 --> 01:02:51.300
See<01:02:50.300><c> the</c><01:02:50.380><c> difference?</c>

01:02:51.820 --> 01:02:55.780
We<01:02:51.980><c> commit</c><01:02:52.260><c> sins,</c><01:02:53.360><c> but</c><01:02:53.599><c> we</c><01:02:53.739><c> no</c><01:02:53.900><c> longer</c><01:02:54.159><c> practice</c><01:02:54.699><c> sin.</c>

01:02:56.440 --> 01:02:59.179
And<01:02:56.639><c> it's</c><01:02:56.860><c> that</c><01:02:57.019><c> habitual</c><01:02:57.559><c> practice</c><01:02:58.199><c> that's</c><01:02:58.679><c> the</c><01:02:58.820><c> key</c><01:02:59.000><c> here.</c>

01:02:59.219 --> 01:02:59.920
It's<01:02:59.300><c> about</c><01:02:59.480><c> what</c><01:02:59.639><c> we</c><01:02:59.820><c> do.</c>

01:02:59.980 --> 01:03:02.219
We're<01:03:00.099><c> either</c><01:03:00.420><c> doing</c><01:03:00.780><c> sin</c><01:03:01.099><c> or</c><01:03:01.239><c> we're</c><01:03:01.420><c> doing</c><01:03:01.719><c> righteousness.</c>

01:03:02.559 --> 01:03:04.420
When<01:03:02.679><c> we</c><01:03:02.860><c> come</c><01:03:03.059><c> to</c><01:03:03.199><c> the</c><01:03:03.380><c> truth</c><01:03:03.500><c> and</c><01:03:03.659><c> we</c><01:03:03.760><c> accept</c><01:03:04.059><c> the</c><01:03:04.300><c> truth,</c>

01:03:04.480 --> 01:03:06.380
we<01:03:04.639><c> make</c><01:03:04.800><c> the</c><01:03:05.039><c> commitment</c><01:03:05.300><c> to</c><01:03:05.559><c> do</c><01:03:05.880><c> righteousness.</c>

01:03:06.820 --> 01:03:09.780
And<01:03:07.059><c> even</c><01:03:07.219><c> though</c><01:03:07.440><c> we</c><01:03:07.739><c> sin,</c><01:03:08.159><c> we</c><01:03:08.380><c> seek</c><01:03:08.579><c> to</c><01:03:08.820><c> practice</c><01:03:09.159><c> righteousness</c>

01:03:09.780 --> 01:03:12.840
with<01:03:10.159><c> occasional</c><01:03:10.860><c> lapses.</c>

01:03:13.179 --> 01:03:15.159
That's<01:03:13.619><c> what</c><01:03:13.800><c> the</c><01:03:13.980><c> spirit</c><01:03:14.099><c> of</c><01:03:14.260><c> the</c><01:03:14.380><c> truth</c><01:03:14.480><c> is</c><01:03:14.599><c> all</c><01:03:14.780><c> about.</c>

01:03:15.440 --> 01:03:19.059
There<01:03:15.579><c> will</c><01:03:15.800><c> be</c><01:03:16.000><c> occasional</c><01:03:16.920><c> lapses</c><01:03:17.539><c> in</c><01:03:17.699><c> our</c><01:03:17.940><c> lives.</c>

01:03:20.559 --> 01:03:23.239
And<01:03:20.800><c> that</c><01:03:21.019><c> leads</c><01:03:21.239><c> us</c><01:03:21.400><c> to</c><01:03:21.539><c> the</c><01:03:21.599><c> first</c><01:03:21.800><c> of</c><01:03:22.000><c> John,</c><01:03:22.320><c> Chapter</c><01:03:22.599><c> 5,</c>

01:03:23.619 --> 01:03:26.039
which<01:03:23.900><c> of</c><01:03:24.079><c> course</c><01:03:24.380><c> has</c><01:03:24.719><c> some</c><01:03:25.079><c> commentary</c><01:03:25.420><c> on</c><01:03:25.760><c> this.</c>

01:03:26.280 --> 01:03:29.099
So<01:03:26.619><c> now</c><01:03:26.920><c> we</c><01:03:27.099><c> come</c><01:03:27.260><c> to</c><01:03:27.400><c> maybe</c><01:03:27.599><c> the</c><01:03:27.840><c> last</c><01:03:28.000><c> of</c><01:03:28.179><c> the</c><01:03:28.360><c> puzzling</c><01:03:28.679><c> references</c>

01:03:29.099 --> 01:03:32.840
that<01:03:29.639><c> links</c><01:03:29.940><c> up</c><01:03:30.199><c> with</c><01:03:30.380><c> the</c><01:03:30.579><c> blasphemy</c><01:03:30.900><c> against</c><01:03:31.199><c> the</c><01:03:31.420><c> Holy</c><01:03:31.639><c> Spirit</c><01:03:31.940><c> passages</c><01:03:32.460><c> in</c>

01:03:32.840 --> 01:03:33.619
the<01:03:33.000><c> Gospels.</c>

01:03:33.880 --> 01:03:37.639
But<01:03:34.079><c> now</c><01:03:34.280><c> we've</c><01:03:34.519><c> got</c><01:03:34.639><c> perhaps</c><01:03:34.940><c> a</c><01:03:35.420><c> better</c><01:03:35.619><c> basis</c><01:03:36.039><c> for</c><01:03:36.400><c> understanding</c><01:03:37.039><c> what</c><01:03:37.280><c> it</c><01:03:37.440><c> means.</c>

01:03:37.639 --> 01:03:39.559
It's<01:03:37.739><c> in</c><01:03:37.920><c> the</c><01:03:37.980><c> first</c><01:03:38.139><c> of</c><01:03:38.320><c> John,</c><01:03:38.579><c> Chapter</c><01:03:38.780><c> 5,</c>

01:03:40.039 --> 01:03:43.940
and<01:03:40.039><c> really</c><01:03:40.500><c> verses</c><01:03:40.800><c> 16</c><01:03:41.539><c> and</c><01:03:42.059><c> 17</c><01:03:42.539><c> in</c><01:03:42.900><c> particular.</c>

01:03:44.900 --> 01:03:45.760
It<01:03:45.000><c> says,</c>

01:03:56.320 --> 01:03:59.900
There<01:03:57.039><c> is</c><01:03:57.760><c> a</c><01:03:58.260><c> sin</c><01:03:58.619><c> unto</c><01:03:59.360><c> death.</c>

01:04:00.280 --> 01:04:03.980
I<01:04:00.420><c> do</c><01:04:00.880><c> not</c><01:04:01.219><c> say</c><01:04:01.760><c> that</c><01:04:02.059><c> he</c><01:04:02.260><c> shall</c><01:04:02.460><c> pray</c><01:04:02.820><c> for</c><01:04:03.179><c> it.</c>

01:04:04.039 --> 01:04:06.199
All<01:04:04.699><c> unrighteousness</c><01:04:05.659><c> is</c><01:04:05.900><c> sin.</c>

01:04:06.199 --> 01:04:10.099
And<01:04:06.920><c> there</c><01:04:07.280><c> is</c><01:04:07.659><c> a</c><01:04:07.820><c> sin</c><01:04:08.139><c> not</c><01:04:08.800><c> unto</c><01:04:09.199><c> death.</c>

01:04:10.179 --> 01:04:12.960
Now,<01:04:10.380><c> just</c><01:04:10.559><c> thinking</c><01:04:10.800><c> about,</c><01:04:11.139><c> again,</c><01:04:11.519><c> the</c><01:04:11.659><c> context</c><01:04:12.079><c> of</c><01:04:12.280><c> this</c><01:04:12.539><c> passage,</c>

01:04:13.000 --> 01:04:15.500
it<01:04:13.300><c> sort</c><01:04:13.420><c> of</c><01:04:13.619><c> reminds</c><01:04:13.860><c> me</c><01:04:14.099><c> of</c><01:04:14.280><c> these</c><01:04:14.519><c> words</c><01:04:14.920><c> here</c>

01:04:15.500 --> 01:04:18.840
about<01:04:16.300><c> the</c><01:04:16.519><c> one</c><01:04:16.699><c> who</c><01:04:17.000><c> sins</c><01:04:17.340><c> and</c><01:04:17.840><c> the</c><01:04:18.000><c> brother</c><01:04:18.179><c> who</c><01:04:18.480><c> sees</c><01:04:18.679><c> it</c>

01:04:18.840 --> 01:04:21.360
and<01:04:18.980><c> who</c><01:04:19.260><c> asks</c><01:04:19.639><c> about</c><01:04:20.019><c> it</c><01:04:20.179><c> and</c><01:04:20.360><c> prays</c><01:04:20.860><c> about</c><01:04:21.079><c> it.</c>

01:04:21.619 --> 01:04:24.159
It's<01:04:21.960><c> sort</c><01:04:22.079><c> of</c><01:04:22.239><c> the</c><01:04:22.440><c> spirit</c><01:04:22.619><c> of</c><01:04:22.880><c> these</c><01:04:23.079><c> words,</c><01:04:23.539><c> isn't</c><01:04:23.860><c> it,</c><01:04:23.960><c> in</c>

01:04:24.159 --> 01:04:26.780
James<01:04:24.539><c> 5,</c><01:04:25.500><c> verses</c><01:04:25.780><c> 19</c><01:04:26.219><c> and</c><01:04:26.400><c> 20?</c>

01:04:27.179 --> 01:04:29.420
Brethren,<01:04:27.579><c> if</c><01:04:27.719><c> any</c><01:04:27.900><c> of</c><01:04:28.039><c> you</c><01:04:28.119><c> do</c><01:04:28.280><c> err</c><01:04:28.400><c> from</c><01:04:28.579><c> the</c><01:04:28.820><c> truth</c><01:04:28.960><c> and</c><01:04:29.139><c> one</c>

01:04:29.420 --> 01:04:30.400
convert<01:04:29.880><c> him,</c>

01:04:30.599 --> 01:04:33.000
let<01:04:30.800><c> him</c><01:04:31.019><c> know</c><01:04:31.219><c> that</c><01:04:31.380><c> he</c><01:04:31.519><c> which</c><01:04:31.760><c> converts</c><01:04:32.239><c> the</c><01:04:32.599><c> sinner</c><01:04:32.739><c> from</c>

01:04:33.000 --> 01:04:34.420
the<01:04:33.320><c> error</c><01:04:33.500><c> of</c><01:04:33.719><c> his</c><01:04:33.920><c> way</c>

01:04:34.420 --> 01:04:37.920
shall<01:04:34.780><c> save</c><01:04:35.139><c> a</c><01:04:35.320><c> soul</c><01:04:35.519><c> from</c><01:04:35.760><c> death</c><01:04:36.019><c> and</c><01:04:36.539><c> hide</c><01:04:36.739><c> a</c><01:04:36.880><c> multitude</c><01:04:37.320><c> of</c><01:04:37.599><c> sins.</c>

01:04:38.400 --> 01:04:42.159
So<01:04:38.440><c> verse</c><01:04:38.699><c> 16</c><01:04:39.280><c> here</c><01:04:39.800><c> envisages</c><01:04:40.539><c> that</c><01:04:40.900><c> from</c><01:04:41.239><c> time</c><01:04:41.500><c> to</c><01:04:41.739><c> time,</c>

01:04:42.340 --> 01:04:45.460
when<01:04:42.480><c> we</c><01:04:42.719><c> see</c><01:04:42.900><c> our</c><01:04:43.159><c> brothers</c><01:04:43.420><c> and</c><01:04:43.699><c> our</c><01:04:43.960><c> sisters</c><01:04:44.360><c> lapsing</c><01:04:45.239><c> in</c>

01:04:45.460 --> 01:04:46.659
the<01:04:45.800><c> truth,</c>

01:04:47.519 --> 01:04:50.559
that<01:04:47.739><c> we</c><01:04:47.940><c> ought</c><01:04:48.079><c> to</c><01:04:48.360><c> pray</c><01:04:48.559><c> for</c><01:04:48.719><c> them</c><01:04:49.019><c> and</c><01:04:49.320><c> to</c><01:04:49.559><c> pray</c><01:04:49.699><c> for</c><01:04:49.860><c> God's</c>

01:04:50.559 --> 01:04:51.880
forgiveness<01:04:51.039><c> upon</c><01:04:51.500><c> them</c>

01:04:51.880 --> 01:04:55.400
and<01:04:52.179><c> for</c><01:04:52.380><c> God's</c><01:04:53.000><c> help</c><01:04:53.260><c> and</c><01:04:53.739><c> intervention</c><01:04:54.199><c> in</c><01:04:54.400><c> their</c><01:04:54.619><c> lives</c><01:04:54.980><c> to</c>

01:04:55.400 --> 01:04:56.579
assist<01:04:55.760><c> in</c><01:04:55.960><c> those</c><01:04:56.179><c> matters.</c>

01:04:56.820 --> 01:04:59.920
Because<01:04:57.119><c> those</c><01:04:57.920><c> prayers</c><01:04:58.179><c> are</c><01:04:58.380><c> heard,</c><01:04:58.800><c> says</c><01:04:58.940><c> James.</c>

01:05:00.360 --> 01:05:02.239
And<01:05:00.599><c> we're</c><01:05:00.820><c> entitled</c><01:05:01.199><c> to</c><01:05:01.500><c> pray</c><01:05:01.639><c> for</c><01:05:01.880><c> those,</c>

01:05:02.239 --> 01:05:05.539
provided,<01:05:03.500><c> says</c><01:05:03.559><c> John,</c><01:05:03.920><c> that</c><01:05:04.039><c> it</c><01:05:04.099><c> is</c><01:05:04.400><c> a</c><01:05:04.500><c> sin</c><01:05:04.579><c> that's</c><01:05:04.880><c> not</c><01:05:05.079><c> unto</c><01:05:05.360><c> death.</c>

01:05:05.599 --> 01:05:06.739
Do<01:05:05.699><c> you</c><01:05:05.800><c> notice</c><01:05:05.980><c> that?</c>

01:05:06.880 --> 01:05:10.099
A<01:05:07.099><c> sin</c><01:05:07.239><c> that's</c><01:05:07.579><c> not</c><01:05:07.719><c> unto</c><01:05:07.940><c> death</c><01:05:08.420><c> is</c><01:05:08.760><c> a</c><01:05:09.000><c> sin</c><01:05:09.320><c> that</c><01:05:09.599><c> can</c><01:05:09.880><c> still</c>

01:05:10.099 --> 01:05:10.780
be<01:05:10.400><c> forgiven</c>

01:05:10.780 --> 01:05:15.179
because<01:05:11.340><c> it</c><01:05:11.480><c> is</c><01:05:11.619><c> a</c><01:05:11.840><c> sin</c><01:05:12.119><c> that</c><01:05:12.420><c> the</c><01:05:12.679><c> sinner</c><01:05:13.059><c> desires</c><01:05:14.000><c> forgiveness</c><01:05:14.619><c> for.</c>

01:05:15.559 --> 01:05:20.400
And<01:05:15.940><c> those</c><01:05:16.380><c> occasional</c><01:05:17.239><c> lapses</c><01:05:17.699><c> in</c><01:05:17.800><c> our</c><01:05:18.059><c> life</c><01:05:18.460><c> that</c><01:05:18.719><c> we're</c><01:05:19.059><c> thoroughly</c><01:05:19.420><c> ashamed</c><01:05:20.000><c> of</c>

01:05:20.400 --> 01:05:23.599
and<01:05:20.760><c> that</c><01:05:20.940><c> we</c><01:05:21.079><c> did</c><01:05:21.360><c> not</c><01:05:21.719><c> intend</c><01:05:22.219><c> to</c><01:05:22.500><c> commit</c><01:05:22.639><c> as</c><01:05:22.880><c> those</c><01:05:23.280><c> who</c>

01:05:23.599 --> 01:05:24.539
practice<01:05:23.980><c> righteousness,</c>

01:05:25.019 --> 01:05:28.360
these<01:05:25.380><c> are</c><01:05:25.599><c> the</c><01:05:25.820><c> things</c><01:05:26.039><c> that</c><01:05:26.260><c> are</c><01:05:26.559><c> sins</c><01:05:26.900><c> not</c><01:05:27.559><c> unto</c><01:05:27.900><c> death.</c>

01:05:28.360 --> 01:05:31.619
And<01:05:28.900><c> we</c><01:05:28.940><c> both</c><01:05:29.280><c> can</c><01:05:29.800><c> and</c><01:05:30.159><c> should</c><01:05:30.519><c> pray</c><01:05:30.820><c> for</c><01:05:31.039><c> each</c><01:05:31.320><c> other</c>

01:05:31.619 --> 01:05:35.760
with<01:05:31.960><c> regard</c><01:05:32.360><c> to</c><01:05:32.579><c> those</c><01:05:33.179><c> matters</c><01:05:33.480><c> that</c><01:05:33.880><c> overfall</c><01:05:34.699><c> us</c><01:05:35.159><c> in</c><01:05:35.559><c> the</c>

01:05:35.760 --> 01:05:36.719
journey<01:05:36.000><c> of</c><01:05:36.280><c> life.</c>

01:05:36.900 --> 01:05:38.280
Because<01:05:37.179><c> they</c><01:05:37.480><c> do.</c>

01:05:38.300 --> 01:05:41.539
From<01:05:38.679><c> time</c><01:05:38.880><c> to</c><01:05:39.059><c> time</c><01:05:39.340><c> we</c><01:05:39.500><c> see</c><01:05:39.760><c> one</c><01:05:39.880><c> another</c><01:05:40.219><c> fall</c><01:05:40.679><c> in</c><01:05:40.940><c> the</c><01:05:41.119><c> way.</c>

01:05:41.840 --> 01:05:45.059
And<01:05:42.039><c> in</c><01:05:42.260><c> fact</c><01:05:42.400><c> we</c><01:05:42.579><c> should</c><01:05:42.840><c> be</c><01:05:43.179><c> stirred</c><01:05:43.380><c> by</c><01:05:43.659><c> the</c><01:05:43.920><c> spirit</c><01:05:44.099><c> of</c><01:05:44.400><c> compassion</c>

01:05:45.059 --> 01:05:50.659
to<01:05:45.619><c> ask</c><01:05:46.000><c> for</c><01:05:46.219><c> God's</c><01:05:46.679><c> help</c><01:05:46.860><c> upon</c><01:05:47.099><c> each</c><01:05:47.400><c> other</c><01:05:47.679><c> in</c><01:05:48.099><c> those</c><01:05:48.460><c> matters</c><01:05:48.840><c> of</c><01:05:49.760><c> those</c><01:05:50.320><c> who</c>

01:05:50.659 --> 01:05:52.340
practice<01:05:51.139><c> righteousness</c>

01:05:52.260 --> 01:05:54.820
but<01:05:52.559><c> occasionally</c><01:05:53.460><c> lapse</c><01:05:54.059><c> into</c><01:05:54.500><c> sin.</c>

01:05:54.820 --> 01:05:56.599
So<01:05:55.500><c> you</c><01:05:55.639><c> know</c><01:05:55.719><c> what</c><01:05:55.840><c> these</c><01:05:56.039><c> sins</c><01:05:56.219><c> are?</c>

01:05:56.739 --> 01:05:58.320
The<01:05:56.880><c> sins</c><01:05:57.059><c> not</c><01:05:57.800><c> unto</c><01:05:57.980><c> death?</c>

01:05:58.780 --> 01:06:02.199
They<01:05:58.880><c> are</c><01:05:59.079><c> those</c><01:05:59.420><c> sins</c><01:05:59.960><c> that</c><01:06:00.280><c> are</c><01:06:00.639><c> unpremeditated,</c>

01:06:02.219 --> 01:06:03.920
those<01:06:02.340><c> sins</c><01:06:02.679><c> that</c><01:06:02.880><c> are</c><01:06:03.260><c> unprompted,</c>

01:06:04.280 --> 01:06:06.039
those<01:06:04.619><c> sins</c><01:06:04.920><c> that</c><01:06:05.099><c> are</c><01:06:05.320><c> unexpected,</c>

01:06:06.460 --> 01:06:08.300
those<01:06:06.780><c> sins</c><01:06:07.099><c> that</c><01:06:07.260><c> are</c><01:06:07.619><c> unplanned.</c>

01:06:08.559 --> 01:06:09.880
We<01:06:08.719><c> all</c><01:06:08.980><c> have</c><01:06:09.179><c> them,</c><01:06:09.619><c> brothers</c><01:06:09.619><c> and</c><01:06:09.739><c> sisters.</c>

01:06:09.920 --> 01:06:11.460
There's<01:06:10.079><c> lots</c><01:06:10.380><c> of</c><01:06:10.559><c> them.</c>

01:06:12.659 --> 01:06:15.460
We're<01:06:12.820><c> still</c><01:06:13.019><c> not</c><01:06:13.219><c> free</c><01:06:13.440><c> of</c><01:06:13.500><c> any</c><01:06:13.699><c> of</c><01:06:13.820><c> that,</c><01:06:14.639><c> unfortunately.</c>

01:06:15.940 --> 01:06:18.420
Even<01:06:16.239><c> when</c><01:06:16.420><c> we</c><01:06:16.639><c> try</c><01:06:16.820><c> to</c><01:06:17.039><c> practice</c><01:06:17.360><c> righteousness,</c>

01:06:18.679 --> 01:06:22.340
these<01:06:18.900><c> sins</c><01:06:19.420><c> still</c><01:06:19.880><c> come</c><01:06:20.099><c> into</c><01:06:20.280><c> our</c><01:06:20.539><c> lives</c><01:06:20.820><c> day</c><01:06:21.099><c> by</c><01:06:21.320><c> day.</c>

01:06:22.559 --> 01:06:25.199
But<01:06:23.199><c> we</c><01:06:23.340><c> can</c><01:06:23.559><c> help</c><01:06:23.780><c> each</c><01:06:24.019><c> other</c><01:06:24.219><c> and</c><01:06:24.380><c> pray</c><01:06:24.599><c> for</c><01:06:24.780><c> each</c><01:06:24.960><c> other</c><01:06:25.099><c> in</c>

01:06:25.199 --> 01:06:26.440
that<01:06:25.340><c> regard.</c>

01:06:26.579 --> 01:06:30.360
But<01:06:26.599><c> what</c><01:06:27.019><c> John</c><01:06:27.440><c> does</c><01:06:27.900><c> say</c><01:06:28.239><c> is</c><01:06:28.559><c> there</c><01:06:28.760><c> is</c><01:06:29.119><c> one</c><01:06:29.659><c> sin</c><01:06:29.920><c> that</c><01:06:30.159><c> you</c>

01:06:30.360 --> 01:06:32.000
cannot<01:06:30.719><c> pray</c><01:06:31.039><c> for.</c>

01:06:32.659 --> 01:06:34.239
And<01:06:32.800><c> he</c><01:06:32.960><c> says</c><01:06:33.179><c> here,</c>

01:06:35.059 --> 01:06:38.480
it<01:06:35.079><c> is</c><01:06:35.300><c> a</c><01:06:35.500><c> sin</c><01:06:35.980><c> that</c><01:06:36.579><c> is</c><01:06:36.860><c> still</c><01:06:37.159><c> unto</c><01:06:37.480><c> death.</c>

01:06:38.800 --> 01:06:42.380
Now<01:06:39.119><c> what</c><01:06:39.639><c> is</c><01:06:40.199><c> the</c><01:06:40.539><c> sin</c><01:06:40.840><c> unto</c><01:06:41.300><c> death?</c>

01:06:42.460 --> 01:06:44.320
And<01:06:42.579><c> the</c><01:06:42.820><c> answer</c><01:06:43.159><c> is,</c>

01:06:44.340 --> 01:06:48.360
it<01:06:44.380><c> is</c><01:06:44.639><c> the</c><01:06:45.019><c> unforgivable</c><01:06:45.880><c> sin</c><01:06:46.480><c> of</c><01:06:46.940><c> blasphemy</c><01:06:47.500><c> against</c><01:06:48.059><c> the</c>

01:06:48.360 --> 01:06:49.039
Holy<01:06:48.639><c> Spirit.</c>

01:06:49.139 --> 01:06:50.440
It<01:06:49.380><c> can</c><01:06:49.659><c> only</c><01:06:50.000><c> be</c><01:06:50.260><c> that.</c>

01:06:50.440 --> 01:06:53.659
It's<01:06:50.920><c> the</c><01:06:51.159><c> only</c><01:06:51.460><c> one</c><01:06:51.679><c> that</c><01:06:51.960><c> fits</c><01:06:52.260><c> the</c><01:06:52.559><c> context.</c>

01:06:53.719 --> 01:06:55.440
And<01:06:53.719><c> of</c><01:06:53.940><c> course,</c><01:06:54.420><c> what</c><01:06:54.619><c> is</c><01:06:54.880><c> that</c><01:06:55.239><c> spirit,</c>

01:06:55.780 --> 01:06:58.039
that<01:06:55.900><c> unforgivable</c><01:06:56.519><c> sin</c><01:06:56.820><c> of</c><01:06:57.019><c> blasphemy?</c>

01:06:58.059 --> 01:07:04.980
It's<01:06:58.360><c> that</c><01:06:58.679><c> willful,</c><01:07:00.260><c> stubborn,</c><01:07:01.500><c> determined,</c><01:07:03.059><c> hardened</c><01:07:03.519><c> course</c><01:07:04.199><c> of</c><01:07:04.539><c> action</c>

01:07:04.980 --> 01:07:08.280
that<01:07:05.579><c> rejects</c><01:07:06.380><c> the</c><01:07:06.639><c> truth</c><01:07:07.000><c> and</c><01:07:07.380><c> its</c><01:07:07.699><c> principles</c>

01:07:08.280 --> 01:07:11.059
in<01:07:08.780><c> the</c><01:07:08.980><c> face</c><01:07:09.199><c> of</c><01:07:09.380><c> all</c><01:07:09.519><c> that</c><01:07:09.639><c> we</c><01:07:09.780><c> know</c><01:07:10.159><c> and</c><01:07:10.340><c> will</c><01:07:10.559><c> not</c><01:07:10.760><c> change</c>

01:07:11.059 --> 01:07:11.840
from<01:07:11.239><c> it.</c>

01:07:12.099 --> 01:07:13.719
God<01:07:12.380><c> says,</c>

01:07:15.460 --> 01:07:17.559
you<01:07:15.519><c> can't</c><01:07:15.739><c> actually</c><01:07:16.019><c> pray</c><01:07:16.260><c> for</c><01:07:16.440><c> that.</c>

01:07:18.260 --> 01:07:21.059
Now<01:07:18.780><c> listen</c><01:07:19.019><c> to</c><01:07:19.199><c> me</c><01:07:19.400><c> carefully</c><01:07:19.860><c> with</c><01:07:20.059><c> regard</c><01:07:20.380><c> to</c><01:07:20.539><c> this,</c><01:07:20.940><c> lest</c>

01:07:21.059 --> 01:07:22.039
you<01:07:21.280><c> misunderstand.</c>

01:07:22.539 --> 01:07:23.820
I<01:07:22.559><c> think</c><01:07:22.760><c> what</c><01:07:23.000><c> John</c><01:07:23.179><c> is</c><01:07:23.400><c> saying</c><01:07:23.599><c> is,</c>

01:07:23.960 --> 01:07:27.500
you<01:07:23.960><c> cannot</c><01:07:24.480><c> pray</c><01:07:25.159><c> for</c><01:07:25.699><c> forgiveness</c><01:07:26.159><c> for</c><01:07:26.400><c> that</c><01:07:26.579><c> person.</c>

01:07:30.599 --> 01:07:32.760
It's<01:07:30.679><c> not</c><01:07:30.780><c> that</c><01:07:30.900><c> we</c><01:07:30.980><c> can't</c><01:07:31.239><c> ask</c><01:07:31.619><c> God</c><01:07:31.820><c> to</c><01:07:32.039><c> help</c><01:07:32.300><c> them,</c>

01:07:32.780 --> 01:07:36.340
but<01:07:33.119><c> we</c><01:07:33.320><c> cannot</c><01:07:33.659><c> pray</c><01:07:34.039><c> for</c><01:07:34.340><c> forgiveness</c><01:07:34.719><c> on</c><01:07:35.039><c> their</c><01:07:35.239><c> behalf.</c>

01:07:37.000 --> 01:07:39.559
Because<01:07:37.519><c> God's</c><01:07:38.039><c> rule</c><01:07:38.400><c> says,</c>

01:07:40.340 --> 01:07:45.619
I<01:07:40.639><c> cannot</c><01:07:41.239><c> forgive</c><01:07:42.219><c> where</c><01:07:44.059><c> there</c><01:07:44.260><c> is</c><01:07:44.400><c> no</c><01:07:44.579><c> confession.</c>

01:07:46.139 --> 01:07:48.079
And<01:07:46.659><c> where</c><01:07:47.019><c> there</c><01:07:47.219><c> is</c><01:07:47.380><c> no</c><01:07:47.539><c> confession,</c>

01:07:48.579 --> 01:07:49.980
and<01:07:48.699><c> where</c><01:07:48.880><c> there</c><01:07:49.059><c> is</c><01:07:49.260><c> no</c><01:07:49.420><c> repentance,</c>

01:07:50.260 --> 01:07:53.280
which<01:07:50.440><c> is</c><01:07:50.719><c> the</c><01:07:51.320><c> determined</c><01:07:52.340><c> and</c><01:07:52.679><c> stubborn</c><01:07:52.860><c> spirit,</c>

01:07:53.460 --> 01:07:55.699
then<01:07:53.599><c> there</c><01:07:53.760><c> is</c><01:07:53.960><c> no</c><01:07:54.219><c> basis</c><01:07:54.539><c> of</c><01:07:54.820><c> forgiveness.</c>

01:07:56.119 --> 01:07:58.420
And<01:07:56.280><c> if</c><01:07:56.460><c> I</c><01:07:56.920><c> can't</c><01:07:57.400><c> grant</c><01:07:57.679><c> forgiveness,</c>

01:07:58.900 --> 01:08:02.099
then<01:07:59.019><c> the</c><01:07:59.280><c> only</c><01:07:59.619><c> prospect</c><01:08:00.059><c> for</c><01:08:00.239><c> that</c><01:08:00.500><c> person</c><01:08:00.940><c> is</c><01:08:01.260><c> everlasting</c><01:08:01.699><c> death.</c>

01:08:02.360 --> 01:08:05.039
Because<01:08:02.519><c> if</c><01:08:02.639><c> I</c><01:08:02.820><c> can't</c><01:08:03.099><c> forgive,</c><01:08:03.639><c> a</c><01:08:03.760><c> person's</c><01:08:04.159><c> doomed.</c>

01:08:05.579 --> 01:08:07.719
And<01:08:05.820><c> therefore,</c><01:08:06.340><c> it</c><01:08:06.460><c> will</c><01:08:06.679><c> be</c><01:08:06.880><c> a</c><01:08:06.980><c> sin</c><01:08:07.139><c> unto</c><01:08:07.460><c> death.</c>

01:08:07.940 --> 01:08:10.840
And<01:08:08.059><c> so</c><01:08:08.139><c> he</c><01:08:08.199><c> says,</c><01:08:08.519><c> I</c><01:08:08.519><c> do</c><01:08:08.820><c> not</c><01:08:09.039><c> say</c><01:08:09.239><c> that</c><01:08:09.380><c> you</c><01:08:09.539><c> should</c><01:08:09.659><c> pray</c><01:08:09.920><c> for</c><01:08:10.159><c> it.</c>

01:08:11.000 --> 01:08:13.980
We<01:08:11.239><c> can't</c><01:08:11.619><c> pray</c><01:08:12.059><c> for</c><01:08:12.659><c> the</c><01:08:12.880><c> forgiveness</c><01:08:13.199><c> of</c><01:08:13.500><c> that</c><01:08:13.719><c> person</c>

01:08:13.980 --> 01:08:16.579
because<01:08:14.280><c> God</c><01:08:14.699><c> will</c><01:08:15.219><c> not</c><01:08:15.500><c> forgive</c><01:08:16.039><c> the</c><01:08:16.380><c> sinner</c>

01:08:16.579 --> 01:08:21.180
when<01:08:17.039><c> the</c><01:08:17.300><c> sinner</c><01:08:17.619><c> himself</c><01:08:18.340><c> or</c><01:08:18.699><c> herself</c><01:08:19.220><c> will</c><01:08:19.659><c> not</c><01:08:19.920><c> seek</c><01:08:20.119><c> forgiveness.</c>

01:08:21.500 --> 01:08:25.439
We<01:08:21.500><c> can't</c><01:08:21.880><c> pray</c><01:08:22.380><c> for</c><01:08:22.779><c> the</c><01:08:22.939><c> forgiveness</c><01:08:23.279><c> of</c><01:08:23.500><c> those</c><01:08:23.899><c> who</c><01:08:24.119><c> are</c><01:08:24.380><c> unwilling</c><01:08:24.680><c> to</c><01:08:24.920><c> confess</c>

01:08:25.439 --> 01:08:26.920
and<01:08:25.779><c> unwilling</c><01:08:26.140><c> to</c><01:08:26.359><c> be</c><01:08:26.579><c> forgiven</c>

01:08:26.920 --> 01:08:30.720
because<01:08:27.380><c> in</c><01:08:27.539><c> effect</c><01:08:27.760><c> God</c><01:08:28.020><c> says,</c><01:08:28.760><c> I</c><01:08:28.760><c> will</c><01:08:29.119><c> not</c><01:08:29.380><c> hear</c><01:08:29.579><c> that</c><01:08:29.840><c> prayer.</c>

01:08:32.439 --> 01:08:34.720
When<01:08:32.579><c> it</c><01:08:32.680><c> is</c><01:08:32.840><c> a</c><01:08:32.939><c> matter</c><01:08:33.079><c> of</c><01:08:33.260><c> a</c><01:08:33.399><c> sin</c><01:08:33.479><c> unto</c><01:08:33.720><c> death,</c>

01:08:35.060 --> 01:08:37.039
you<01:08:35.319><c> may</c><01:08:35.539><c> pray</c><01:08:35.760><c> for</c><01:08:35.979><c> help,</c>

01:08:37.380 --> 01:08:39.819
but<01:08:37.979><c> you</c><01:08:38.239><c> cannot</c><01:08:38.460><c> pray</c><01:08:38.760><c> for</c><01:08:38.920><c> forgiveness.</c>

01:08:40.560 --> 01:08:42.880
Because<01:08:40.800><c> the</c><01:08:41.079><c> essential</c><01:08:41.479><c> ground</c><01:08:41.859><c> that</c><01:08:42.060><c> God</c><01:08:42.279><c> demanded</c><01:08:42.659><c> from</c>

01:08:42.880 --> 01:08:43.399
the<01:08:43.039><c> beginning</c>

01:08:43.399 --> 01:08:48.239
is<01:08:43.739><c> not</c><01:08:44.060><c> present</c><01:08:44.500><c> at</c><01:08:45.020><c> this</c><01:08:45.300><c> point</c><01:08:45.760><c> in</c><01:08:46.079><c> the</c><01:08:46.260><c> life</c><01:08:46.680><c> of</c><01:08:47.039><c> that</c><01:08:47.239><c> person.</c>

01:08:49.899 --> 01:08:51.779
So<01:08:50.140><c> remember</c><01:08:50.460><c> how</c><01:08:50.640><c> we</c><01:08:50.899><c> started?</c>

01:08:51.819 --> 01:08:53.760
There's<01:08:51.979><c> no</c><01:08:52.640><c> specific</c><01:08:53.319><c> sin</c>

01:08:53.760 --> 01:08:58.539
which<01:08:54.340><c> confession</c><01:08:54.960><c> and</c><01:08:56.720><c> repentance</c><01:08:57.279><c> cannot</c><01:08:57.779><c> purge,</c>

01:08:58.560 --> 01:08:59.979
but<01:08:58.859><c> this</c><01:08:59.279><c> one</c><01:08:59.640><c> sin.</c>

01:09:00.359 --> 01:09:05.159
And<01:09:00.579><c> the</c><01:09:00.779><c> one</c><01:09:01.079><c> sin</c><01:09:01.359><c> is</c><01:09:02.060><c> the</c><01:09:02.539><c> impenitent,</c><01:09:03.859><c> persistent,</c>

01:09:05.300 --> 01:09:09.619
willful<01:09:06.020><c> wrongdoing</c><01:09:07.579><c> in</c><01:09:07.939><c> the</c><01:09:08.180><c> face</c><01:09:08.619><c> of</c><01:09:08.939><c> right.</c>

01:09:10.279 --> 01:09:12.479
And<01:09:10.699><c> the</c><01:09:10.920><c> whole</c><01:09:11.140><c> reason</c><01:09:11.460><c> for</c><01:09:11.699><c> our</c><01:09:11.939><c> existence</c>

01:09:12.479 --> 01:09:14.760
is<01:09:13.079><c> to</c><01:09:13.239><c> glorify</c><01:09:13.800><c> God.</c>

01:09:14.880 --> 01:09:16.539
And<01:09:15.140><c> those</c><01:09:15.340><c> that</c><01:09:15.600><c> know</c><01:09:15.819><c> that</c><01:09:16.100><c> purpose</c>

01:09:16.539 --> 01:09:18.260
but<01:09:16.960><c> choose</c><01:09:17.260><c> to</c><01:09:17.560><c> reject</c><01:09:17.899><c> it,</c>

01:09:18.260 --> 01:09:21.520
it<01:09:18.560><c> doesn't</c><01:09:18.880><c> matter</c><01:09:19.220><c> whether</c><01:09:19.399><c> they</c><01:09:19.659><c> are</c><01:09:19.939><c> an</c><01:09:20.279><c> enlightened</c><01:09:20.819><c> alien</c>

01:09:21.520 --> 01:09:23.920
who<01:09:22.260><c> has</c><01:09:22.479><c> never</c><01:09:22.779><c> accepted</c><01:09:23.300><c> the</c><01:09:23.600><c> truth</c>

01:09:23.920 --> 01:09:27.579
or<01:09:24.539><c> an</c><01:09:24.840><c> apostate</c><01:09:25.399><c> believer</c><01:09:25.859><c> who</c><01:09:26.300><c> has</c><01:09:26.579><c> left</c><01:09:26.840><c> the</c><01:09:27.159><c> truth.</c>

01:09:28.079 --> 01:09:32.079
Either<01:09:28.460><c> of</c><01:09:28.699><c> them</c><01:09:29.199><c> cannot</c><01:09:29.680><c> escape</c><01:09:30.180><c> the</c><01:09:30.520><c> consequences</c><01:09:31.119><c> of</c><01:09:31.500><c> that</c><01:09:31.760><c> spirit.</c>

01:09:32.239 --> 01:09:34.920
And<01:09:32.500><c> the</c><01:09:32.779><c> tragedy</c><01:09:33.220><c> of</c><01:09:33.659><c> the</c><01:09:33.899><c> unforgivable</c><01:09:34.359><c> sin</c>

01:09:34.920 --> 01:09:37.260
is<01:09:35.319><c> that</c><01:09:35.439><c> it</c><01:09:35.600><c> is</c><01:09:35.640><c> the</c><01:09:35.920><c> spirit</c><01:09:36.079><c> of</c><01:09:36.220><c> a</c><01:09:36.380><c> man</c><01:09:36.680><c> or</c><01:09:36.979><c> a</c><01:09:37.079><c> woman</c>

01:09:37.260 --> 01:09:40.539
which<01:09:37.600><c> in</c><01:09:37.899><c> effect</c><01:09:38.199><c> places</c><01:09:38.739><c> themselves</c><01:09:39.460><c> beyond</c><01:09:40.039><c> the</c><01:09:40.340><c> reach</c>

01:09:40.539 --> 01:09:43.720
of<01:09:40.779><c> what</c><01:09:40.920><c> God</c><01:09:41.319><c> can</c><01:09:41.680><c> even</c><01:09:42.039><c> do</c><01:09:42.239><c> for</c><01:09:42.479><c> them.</c>

01:09:44.640 --> 01:09:47.359
Who<01:09:44.880><c> would</c><01:09:45.119><c> want</c><01:09:45.220><c> to</c><01:09:45.420><c> ever</c><01:09:45.619><c> put</c><01:09:45.800><c> themselves</c><01:09:46.479><c> beyond</c><01:09:46.979><c> the</c><01:09:47.159><c> reach</c>

01:09:47.359 --> 01:09:49.779
of<01:09:47.500><c> what</c><01:09:47.739><c> God</c><01:09:48.060><c> could</c><01:09:48.260><c> do</c><01:09:48.439><c> for</c><01:09:48.659><c> them?</c>

01:09:50.159 --> 01:09:52.720
And<01:09:50.300><c> yet</c><01:09:50.539><c> such</c><01:09:50.899><c> is</c><01:09:51.319><c> the</c><01:09:51.460><c> perversity</c><01:09:51.899><c> of</c><01:09:52.060><c> human</c><01:09:52.220><c> nature</c>

01:09:52.720 --> 01:09:54.899
that<01:09:53.619><c> there</c><01:09:53.840><c> are</c><01:09:53.920><c> even</c><01:09:54.159><c> brothers</c><01:09:54.380><c> and</c><01:09:54.659><c> sisters</c>

01:09:54.899 --> 01:09:57.180
who<01:09:55.119><c> sometimes,</c><01:09:55.600><c> we've</c><01:09:55.939><c> known</c><01:09:56.060><c> ourselves,</c>

01:09:58.260 --> 01:10:00.439
who<01:09:58.460><c> step</c><01:09:58.699><c> that</c><01:09:59.020><c> far</c><01:09:59.279><c> away</c><01:09:59.600><c> from</c><01:09:59.819><c> the</c><01:10:00.020><c> truth</c>

01:10:00.439 --> 01:10:04.279
that<01:10:01.079><c> they</c><01:10:01.260><c> would</c><01:10:01.520><c> rather</c><01:10:01.739><c> persist</c><01:10:02.279><c> in</c><01:10:02.520><c> that</c><01:10:02.779><c> course</c><01:10:02.979><c> of</c><01:10:03.239><c> action.</c>

01:10:04.739 --> 01:10:09.300
And<01:10:05.220><c> it</c><01:10:05.340><c> will</c><01:10:05.600><c> become</c><01:10:06.560><c> ultimately</c><01:10:07.960><c> a</c><01:10:08.180><c> sin</c><01:10:08.260><c> unto</c><01:10:08.539><c> death</c>

01:10:09.300 --> 01:10:14.100
and<01:10:09.699><c> thereby</c><01:10:10.600><c> a</c><01:10:11.560><c> sin</c><01:10:11.699><c> that</c><01:10:11.899><c> is</c><01:10:12.260><c> unforgiven</c><01:10:12.779><c> indeed.</c>

01:10:15.579 --> 01:10:17.159
So<01:10:15.819><c> what's</c><01:10:16.180><c> the</c><01:10:16.279><c> lesson?</c>

01:10:18.819 --> 01:10:20.960
Well,<01:10:18.960><c> the</c><01:10:19.119><c> lesson</c><01:10:19.279><c> is</c><01:10:19.539><c> that</c><01:10:19.659><c> in</c><01:10:19.819><c> all</c><01:10:19.979><c> the</c><01:10:20.260><c> circumstances</c><01:10:20.739><c> of</c>

01:10:20.960 --> 01:10:22.140
our<01:10:21.159><c> life,</c>

01:10:22.819 --> 01:10:25.140
no<01:10:22.979><c> matter</c><01:10:23.399><c> whether</c><01:10:23.739><c> it's</c><01:10:24.079><c> triumph</c><01:10:24.439><c> or</c><01:10:24.699><c> tragedy,</c>

01:10:25.220 --> 01:10:26.300
whether<01:10:25.380><c> it's</c><01:10:25.579><c> good</c><01:10:25.779><c> or</c><01:10:25.960><c> evil,</c>

01:10:26.380 --> 01:10:31.539
whether<01:10:26.520><c> it's</c><01:10:26.840><c> blessing</c><01:10:27.439><c> or</c><01:10:28.720><c> joy</c><01:10:29.300><c> or</c><01:10:29.939><c> sorrow</c><01:10:30.460><c> and</c><01:10:31.060><c> trial,</c>

01:10:31.960 --> 01:10:35.079
we<01:10:32.239><c> should</c><01:10:32.439><c> never</c><01:10:32.720><c> be</c><01:10:33.140><c> hard</c><01:10:33.439><c> of</c><01:10:33.760><c> heart</c><01:10:33.920><c> or</c><01:10:34.220><c> stiff</c><01:10:34.560><c> of</c><01:10:34.859><c> neck</c>

01:10:35.079 --> 01:10:38.020
or<01:10:35.479><c> proud</c><01:10:35.819><c> of</c><01:10:36.140><c> eye</c><01:10:36.659><c> before</c><01:10:37.039><c> our</c><01:10:37.199><c> Heavenly</c><01:10:37.560><c> Father.</c>

01:10:38.020 --> 01:10:40.840
And<01:10:38.380><c> we</c><01:10:38.640><c> ought</c><01:10:38.899><c> always,</c><01:10:39.220><c> in</c><01:10:39.340><c> all</c><01:10:39.539><c> the</c><01:10:39.819><c> circumstances</c><01:10:40.300><c> of</c><01:10:40.579><c> life,</c>

01:10:41.020 --> 01:10:43.579
to<01:10:41.239><c> always</c><01:10:41.600><c> have</c><01:10:41.800><c> that</c><01:10:42.159><c> spirit</c><01:10:42.520><c> of</c><01:10:42.779><c> teachableness</c>

01:10:43.579 --> 01:10:46.460
that<01:10:44.460><c> will</c><01:10:44.739><c> bow</c><01:10:44.880><c> before</c><01:10:45.239><c> the</c><01:10:45.479><c> Father</c>

01:10:46.699 --> 01:10:50.279
and<01:10:47.300><c> that</c><01:10:47.439><c> we</c><01:10:47.560><c> will</c><01:10:47.680><c> have</c><01:10:47.840><c> the</c><01:10:48.060><c> good</c><01:10:48.260><c> grace</c><01:10:48.600><c> to</c><01:10:48.960><c> blush</c><01:10:49.300><c> and</c><01:10:49.779><c> confess</c>

01:10:50.279 --> 01:10:53.659
when<01:10:50.560><c> we</c><01:10:50.840><c> sin</c><01:10:51.100><c> and</c><01:10:51.640><c> ask</c><01:10:52.020><c> for</c><01:10:52.220><c> His</c><01:10:52.460><c> help</c><01:10:52.659><c> to</c><01:10:52.979><c> overcome</c><01:10:53.300><c> it</c><01:10:53.500><c> in</c>

01:10:53.659 --> 01:10:54.800
our<01:10:53.859><c> lives.</c>

01:10:54.939 --> 01:10:56.859
Ask<01:10:55.180><c> for</c><01:10:55.500><c> strength</c><01:10:55.880><c> to</c><01:10:56.220><c> change</c>

01:10:56.859 --> 01:11:00.960
so<01:10:57.600><c> that</c><01:10:57.880><c> those</c><01:10:58.220><c> sins</c><01:10:58.600><c> might</c><01:10:59.039><c> just</c><01:10:59.380><c> be</c><01:10:59.680><c> momentary</c><01:11:00.340><c> lapses</c>

01:11:00.960 --> 01:11:03.739
in<01:11:01.300><c> the</c><01:11:01.539><c> lives</c><01:11:01.779><c> of</c><01:11:02.119><c> saints</c><01:11:02.420><c> who</c><01:11:02.779><c> are</c><01:11:03.060><c> actually</c><01:11:03.399><c> committed</c>

01:11:03.739 --> 01:11:07.619
to<01:11:04.020><c> trying</c><01:11:04.239><c> to</c><01:11:04.520><c> practice</c><01:11:04.899><c> righteousness</c><01:11:05.420><c> as</c><01:11:05.760><c> best</c><01:11:06.000><c> as</c><01:11:06.180><c> they</c><01:11:06.380><c> can.</c>

01:11:08.840 --> 01:11:11.619
Let's<01:11:09.140><c> never</c><01:11:09.420><c> lose</c><01:11:09.739><c> that</c><01:11:10.079><c> teachable</c><01:11:10.619><c> spirit</c>

01:11:11.739 --> 01:11:14.979
that's<01:11:12.500><c> always</c><01:11:12.939><c> prepared</c><01:11:13.319><c> to</c><01:11:13.520><c> humble</c><01:11:13.739><c> themselves</c><01:11:14.199><c> before</c><01:11:14.560><c> God</c>

01:11:14.979 --> 01:11:17.140
and<01:11:15.640><c> plead</c><01:11:16.159><c> His</c><01:11:16.619><c> forgiveness</c>

01:11:17.140 --> 01:11:19.939
and<01:11:17.720><c> with</c><01:11:17.939><c> willing</c><01:11:18.159><c> heart</c><01:11:18.840><c> seek</c><01:11:19.279><c> afresh</c>

01:11:19.939 --> 01:11:22.739
to<01:11:20.500><c> begin</c><01:11:20.720><c> before</c><01:11:21.100><c> Him</c><01:11:21.319><c> acceptably.</c>

01:11:22.939 --> 01:11:25.300
If<01:11:23.119><c> we</c><01:11:23.420><c> live</c><01:11:23.739><c> that</c><01:11:24.220><c> way,</c>

01:11:25.460 --> 01:11:31.159
we<01:11:25.640><c> need</c><01:11:26.340><c> never</c><01:11:27.260><c> fear</c><01:11:27.939><c> that</c><01:11:28.739><c> we</c><01:11:28.899><c> will</c><01:11:29.060><c> commit</c><01:11:29.260><c> the</c><01:11:29.560><c> unforgivable</c><01:11:30.020><c> sin</c>

01:11:31.800 --> 01:11:34.199
or<01:11:32.279><c> that</c><01:11:32.399><c> we</c><01:11:32.560><c> will</c><01:11:32.779><c> ever</c><01:11:32.979><c> be</c><01:11:33.199><c> guilty</c>

01:11:34.560 --> 01:11:37.199
of<01:11:35.039><c> that</c><01:11:35.279><c> sin</c><01:11:35.479><c> which</c><01:11:35.680><c> is</c><01:11:35.859><c> unto</c><01:11:36.039><c> death.</c>

01:11:38.800 --> 01:11:41.600
In<01:11:38.979><c> the</c><01:11:39.140><c> words</c><01:11:39.260><c> of</c><01:11:39.539><c> Micah</c><01:11:40.039><c> who</c><01:11:40.300><c> once</c><01:11:40.600><c> said,</c>

01:11:41.619 --> 01:11:43.340
do<01:11:41.840><c> you</c><01:11:41.859><c> remember</c><01:11:42.000><c> these</c><01:11:42.220><c> words?</c>

01:11:44.859 --> 01:11:46.319
And<01:11:45.340><c> now,</c>

01:11:48.399 --> 01:11:53.020
what<01:11:48.560><c> doth</c><01:11:48.800><c> Yahweh</c><01:11:49.279><c> thy</c><01:11:49.460><c> God</c><01:11:50.420><c> require</c><01:11:51.380><c> of</c><01:11:51.640><c> thee</c>

01:11:53.359 --> 01:11:58.180
but<01:11:53.840><c> to</c><01:11:54.060><c> do</c><01:11:54.300><c> justly,</c><01:11:56.279><c> to</c><01:11:56.460><c> love</c><01:11:56.640><c> mercy</c>

01:11:59.539 --> 01:12:01.960
and<01:11:59.979><c> to</c><01:12:00.159><c> walk</c><01:12:00.340><c> humbly</c><01:12:00.720><c> with</c><01:12:00.960><c> thy</c><01:12:01.159><c> God?</c>

01:12:04.779 --> 01:12:06.640
I'm<01:12:05.220><c> sorry,</c><01:12:05.420><c> we've</c><01:12:05.560><c> gone</c><01:12:05.680><c> slightly</c><01:12:06.039><c> over</c><01:12:06.300><c> time.</c>

01:12:06.859 --> 01:12:07.760
God<01:12:06.979><c> bless</c><01:12:07.119><c> you.</c>