Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[0] in function chmod in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[1] in function include_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-settings.php on line 560
[2] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-config.php on line 85
[3] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-load.php on line 50
[4] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-blog-header.php on line 13
[5] in function require in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/index.php on line 17

WEBVTT
Kind: captions
Language: en

00:00:00.699 --> 00:00:05.759
x
Friends,<00:00:01.639><c> Sunday</c><00:00:01.820><c> School</c><00:00:02.160><c> students,</c><00:00:03.660><c> and</c><00:00:03.759><c> the</c><00:00:03.899><c> Lord</c><00:00:04.139><c> Jesus</c><00:00:04.679><c> Christ.</c>

00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:13.960
x
According<00:00:09.439><c> to</c><00:00:10.119><c> what</c><00:00:10.560><c> I've</c><00:00:11.039><c> read</c><00:00:11.199><c> in</c><00:00:11.519><c> the</c><00:00:12.660><c> preface</c><00:00:13.099><c> of</c><00:00:13.619><c> every</c>

00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:16.179
x
Gideon<00:00:14.419><c> Bible</c><00:00:14.880><c> and</c><00:00:15.160><c> every</c><00:00:15.599><c> hotel</c><00:00:16.000><c> room</c>

00:00:16.179 --> 00:00:19.960
x
that<00:00:16.320><c> I've</c><00:00:16.480><c> ever</c><00:00:16.760><c> occupied</c><00:00:17.239><c> in</c><00:00:17.460><c> North</c><00:00:17.739><c> America,</c><00:00:18.820><c> there's</c><00:00:19.120><c> supposedly</c><00:00:19.559><c> one</c>

00:00:19.960 --> 00:00:20.800
x
verse<00:00:20.260><c> of</c><00:00:20.460><c> scripture</c>

00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:25.739
x
that<00:00:21.000><c> is</c><00:00:21.320><c> translated,</c><00:00:22.579><c> known,</c><00:00:23.460><c> recognized,</c><00:00:24.140><c> and</c><00:00:24.399><c> quoted</c><00:00:24.699><c> more</c><00:00:25.339><c> than</c><00:00:25.500><c> any</c>

00:00:25.739 --> 00:00:26.940
x
other<00:00:25.960><c> verse</c><00:00:26.179><c> in</c><00:00:26.359><c> the</c><00:00:26.460><c> entire</c>

00:00:26.940 --> 00:00:30.859
x
Bible,<00:00:27.879><c> and</c><00:00:28.039><c> that</c><00:00:28.260><c> verse</c><00:00:28.519><c> is</c><00:00:28.739><c> John</c><00:00:29.239><c> 3</c><00:00:29.660><c>.16.</c>

00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:34.759
x
For<00:00:31.179><c> God</c><00:00:31.579><c> so</c><00:00:32.000><c> loved</c><00:00:32.159><c> the</c><00:00:32.439><c> world</c><00:00:32.659><c> that</c><00:00:32.780><c> he</c><00:00:32.960><c> gave</c><00:00:33.100><c> his</c><00:00:33.340><c> only</c><00:00:33.619><c> begotten</c><00:00:34.259><c> son</c>

00:00:34.759 --> 00:00:36.380
x
that<00:00:35.340><c> whosoever</c><00:00:36.039><c> believeth</c>

00:00:36.380 --> 00:00:39.880
x
in<00:00:36.579><c> him</c><00:00:36.799><c> should</c><00:00:37.039><c> not</c><00:00:37.299><c> perish</c><00:00:37.659><c> but</c><00:00:37.840><c> have</c><00:00:38.060><c> everlasting</c><00:00:38.759><c> life.</c>

00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:46.179
x
As<00:00:41.799><c> lovely</c><00:00:42.280><c> a</c><00:00:42.759><c> sentiment</c><00:00:43.079><c> as</c><00:00:43.920><c> this</c><00:00:44.259><c> may</c><00:00:44.520><c> appear,</c><00:00:45.240><c> I</c><00:00:45.600><c> speculate</c>

00:00:46.179 --> 00:00:48.820
x
that<00:00:46.640><c> the</c><00:00:47.380><c> vast</c><00:00:47.619><c> majority</c><00:00:48.179><c> of</c><00:00:48.439><c> those</c>

00:00:48.820 --> 00:00:52.340
x
who<00:00:49.140><c> hold</c><00:00:49.359><c> this</c><00:00:49.759><c> verse</c><00:00:50.000><c> so</c><00:00:50.719><c> near</c><00:00:50.979><c> and</c><00:00:51.299><c> dear</c><00:00:51.420><c> to</c><00:00:51.619><c> their</c><00:00:51.899><c> hearts</c>

00:00:52.340 --> 00:00:55.479
x
do<00:00:52.859><c> not</c><00:00:53.100><c> possess</c><00:00:53.479><c> the</c><00:00:53.759><c> first</c><00:00:54.079><c> clue</c><00:00:54.500><c> to</c><00:00:54.740><c> who</c>

00:00:55.399 --> 00:01:00.700
x
this<00:00:55.740><c> verse</c><00:00:56.179><c> is</c><00:00:56.859><c> speaking</c><00:00:57.679><c> or</c><00:00:58.460><c> what</c><00:00:58.700><c> this</c><00:00:59.000><c> verse</c><00:00:59.219><c> is</c><00:00:59.500><c> talking</c><00:00:59.719><c> about.</c>

00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:04.439
x
I<00:01:01.119><c> suppose</c><00:01:01.659><c> the</c><00:01:02.299><c> first</c><00:01:02.560><c> question</c><00:01:03.000><c> that</c><00:01:03.219><c> anybody</c><00:01:03.539><c> should</c><00:01:03.899><c> ask</c>

00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:07.420
x
is<00:01:05.219><c> who</c><00:01:05.599><c> is</c><00:01:05.900><c> this</c><00:01:06.180><c> verse</c><00:01:06.400><c> directed</c><00:01:06.859><c> to</c>

00:01:07.420 --> 00:01:10.959
x
and<00:01:08.120><c> whom</c><00:01:08.599><c> or</c><00:01:08.939><c> what</c><00:01:09.180><c> is</c><00:01:09.420><c> it</c><00:01:09.640><c> talking</c><00:01:09.859><c> about?</c>

00:01:12.540 --> 00:01:16.980
x
Are<00:01:12.659><c> we</c><00:01:12.819><c> to</c><00:01:13.000><c> assume</c><00:01:13.760><c> that</c><00:01:14.859><c> the</c><00:01:15.200><c> functions</c><00:01:15.620><c> of</c><00:01:16.180><c> the</c><00:01:16.420><c> world</c><00:01:16.760><c> that</c>

00:01:16.980 --> 00:01:20.000
x
we<00:01:17.219><c> live</c><00:01:17.379><c> in</c><00:01:17.579><c> today</c><00:01:18.079><c> represent</c><00:01:19.200><c> a</c><00:01:19.739><c> world</c>

00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:21.920
x
that<00:01:20.159><c> God</c><00:01:20.680><c> loves?</c>

00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:28.879
x
This<00:01:22.799><c> world</c><00:01:23.260><c> of</c><00:01:23.760><c> immorality,</c><00:01:25.480><c> of</c><00:01:25.700><c> adultery,</c><00:01:27.079><c> homosexuality,</c>

00:01:28.900 --> 00:01:32.659
x
dishonesty,<00:01:30.280><c> death,</c><00:01:30.920><c> destruction,</c><00:01:31.540><c> and</c><00:01:31.719><c> mayhem?</c>

00:01:33.219 --> 00:01:35.879
x
This<00:01:33.579><c> is</c><00:01:33.819><c> the</c><00:01:33.980><c> world</c><00:01:34.219><c> that</c><00:01:34.400><c> God</c><00:01:34.719><c> loves?</c>

00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:40.500
x
Am<00:01:36.599><c> I</c><00:01:36.719><c> to</c><00:01:36.900><c> believe</c><00:01:37.340><c> that</c><00:01:37.560><c> God</c><00:01:38.000><c> loves</c><00:01:38.379><c> this</c><00:01:38.739><c> present</c><00:01:39.099><c>-day</c><00:01:39.379><c> society?</c>

00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:45.000
x
Somehow<00:01:42.120><c> that</c><00:01:42.640><c> just</c><00:01:42.939><c> doesn't</c><00:01:43.280><c> seem</c><00:01:43.560><c> right</c><00:01:43.780><c> to</c><00:01:44.000><c> me.</c>

00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:48.980
x
So<00:01:45.340><c> just</c><00:01:46.659><c> what</c><00:01:46.939><c> is</c><00:01:47.239><c> this</c><00:01:47.439><c> verse</c><00:01:47.659><c> talking</c><00:01:48.079><c> about?</c>

00:01:50.580 --> 00:01:56.900
x
Well,<00:01:51.939><c> before</c><00:01:52.219><c> I</c><00:01:52.540><c> pass</c><00:01:52.859><c> a</c><00:01:53.099><c> dark</c><00:01:53.319><c> cloud</c><00:01:53.700><c> of</c><00:01:54.000><c> doom</c><00:01:54.239><c> and</c><00:01:54.519><c> gloom</c><00:01:54.879><c> over</c><00:01:55.200><c> this</c><00:01:55.519><c> valued</c><00:01:55.939><c> leaf</c><00:01:56.239><c> of</c><00:01:56.500><c> scripture,</c>

00:01:57.219 --> 00:02:00.560
x
I<00:01:57.400><c> will</c><00:01:57.659><c> point</c><00:01:57.939><c> out</c><00:01:58.459><c> that</c><00:01:58.739><c> there</c><00:01:59.079><c> is</c><00:01:59.400><c> indeed</c><00:01:59.819><c> a</c><00:02:00.079><c> promise</c><00:02:00.359><c> of</c>

00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:01.819
x
hope<00:02:00.739><c> attached.</c>

00:02:02.379 --> 00:02:06.280
x
In<00:02:02.620><c> fact,</c><00:02:03.219><c> one</c><00:02:03.400><c> of</c><00:02:03.540><c> the</c><00:02:03.719><c> key</c><00:02:03.900><c> lessons</c><00:02:04.700><c> that</c><00:02:05.260><c> we've</c><00:02:05.439><c> been</c><00:02:05.579><c> talking</c><00:02:05.840><c> about</c>

00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:07.840
x
each<00:02:06.700><c> week</c><00:02:06.939><c> in</c><00:02:07.200><c> the</c><00:02:07.420><c> Teenage</c>

00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:11.120
x
Sunday<00:02:08.180><c> School</c><00:02:08.439><c> class</c><00:02:08.919><c> is</c><00:02:09.400><c> that</c><00:02:09.580><c> much</c><00:02:09.759><c> of</c><00:02:09.919><c> the</c><00:02:10.060><c> Old</c><00:02:10.280><c> Testament</c>

00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:13.680
x
contains<00:02:11.939><c> information</c><00:02:12.740><c> and</c><00:02:13.080><c> lessons</c>

00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:17.259
x
that<00:02:14.159><c> have</c><00:02:14.379><c> a</c><00:02:14.699><c> direct</c><00:02:14.960><c> bearing</c><00:02:15.400><c> on</c><00:02:15.759><c> those</c><00:02:16.000><c> of</c><00:02:16.240><c> us</c><00:02:16.500><c> who</c><00:02:16.699><c> are</c><00:02:16.879><c> living</c><00:02:17.060><c> in</c>

00:02:17.259 --> 00:02:19.120
x
this<00:02:17.560><c> 21st</c><00:02:18.180><c> century.</c>

00:02:19.819 --> 00:02:24.960
x
I<00:02:20.139><c> bring</c><00:02:20.400><c> up</c><00:02:20.639><c> the</c><00:02:20.819><c> Old</c><00:02:21.039><c> Testament</c><00:02:21.699><c> due</c><00:02:22.439><c> to</c><00:02:22.659><c> the</c><00:02:22.879><c> fact</c><00:02:23.139><c> that</c><00:02:23.460><c> even</c><00:02:23.659><c> though</c><00:02:23.900><c> this</c><00:02:24.180><c> passage</c><00:02:24.620><c> of</c>

00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:25.719
x
John<00:02:25.240><c> is</c><00:02:25.539><c> a</c>

00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:29.300
x
New<00:02:25.919><c> Testament</c><00:02:26.439><c> verse,</c><00:02:27.280><c> it</c><00:02:27.479><c> is</c><00:02:27.879><c> talking</c><00:02:28.240><c> about</c><00:02:28.699><c> an</c><00:02:29.020><c> Old</c>

00:02:29.300 --> 00:02:30.960
x
Testament<00:02:29.879><c> event.</c>

00:02:31.659 --> 00:02:38.180
x
Starting<00:02:31.960><c> at</c><00:02:32.620><c> verse</c><00:02:33.159><c> 14,</c><00:02:35.599><c> turn</c><00:02:36.020><c> over</c><00:02:36.400><c> to</c><00:02:37.099><c> John.</c>

00:02:38.180 --> 00:02:40.840
x
Oops,<00:02:39.479><c> the</c><00:02:39.580><c> other</c><00:02:39.740><c> way,</c><00:02:40.039><c> Bob.</c>

00:02:41.699 --> 00:02:49.780
x
John<00:02:42.180><c> chapter</c><00:02:42.800><c> 3,</c><00:02:43.599><c> starting</c><00:02:43.819><c> at</c><00:02:44.460><c> verse</c><00:02:44.800><c> 14</c><00:02:46.120><c> of</c><00:02:48.060><c> chapter</c><00:02:48.419><c> 3.</c>

00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:55.419
x
And<00:02:50.939><c> as</c><00:02:51.199><c> Moses</c><00:02:51.759><c> lifted</c><00:02:52.139><c> up</c><00:02:52.560><c> the</c><00:02:53.719><c> serpent</c><00:02:54.039><c> in</c><00:02:54.259><c> the</c><00:02:54.400><c> wilderness,</c>

00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:58.860
x
even<00:02:56.560><c> so</c><00:02:57.000><c> must</c><00:02:57.240><c> the</c><00:02:57.379><c> Son</c><00:02:57.620><c> of</c><00:02:57.900><c> Man</c><00:02:58.439><c> be</c>

00:02:58.860 --> 00:03:03.759
x
lifted<00:02:59.199><c> up,</c><00:03:00.680><c> that</c><00:03:00.860><c> whosoever</c><00:03:01.639><c> believeth</c><00:03:02.120><c> in</c><00:03:02.379><c> him</c><00:03:03.020><c> should</c><00:03:03.479><c> not</c>

00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:06.960
x
perish<00:03:04.300><c> but</c><00:03:04.939><c> have</c><00:03:05.300><c> eternal</c><00:03:05.719><c> life.</c>

00:03:06.890 --> 00:03:11.319
x
For<00:03:07.300><c> God</c><00:03:07.699><c> so</c><00:03:08.080><c> loved</c><00:03:08.259><c> the</c><00:03:08.539><c> world</c><00:03:08.840><c> that</c><00:03:09.020><c> he</c><00:03:09.159><c> gave</c><00:03:09.379><c> his</c><00:03:09.639><c> only</c><00:03:09.900><c> begotten</c><00:03:10.460><c> Son,</c>

00:03:11.400 --> 00:03:12.520
x
that<00:03:11.560><c> whosoever</c><00:03:12.180><c> believeth</c>

00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:17.460
x
in<00:03:12.719><c> him</c><00:03:13.000><c> should</c><00:03:13.259><c> not</c><00:03:13.479><c> perish</c><00:03:14.000><c> but</c><00:03:14.479><c> have</c><00:03:14.979><c> everlasting</c><00:03:15.939><c> life.</c>

00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:25.819
x
Clearly,<00:03:20.759><c> when</c><00:03:20.960><c> we</c><00:03:21.280><c> read</c><00:03:21.699><c> the</c><00:03:22.000><c> entire</c><00:03:22.379><c> paragraph,</c><00:03:24.240><c> we</c><00:03:24.460><c> realize</c><00:03:25.199><c> that</c>

00:03:25.819 --> 00:03:28.159
x
the<00:03:26.080><c> events</c><00:03:26.280><c> of</c><00:03:26.520><c> this</c><00:03:26.780><c> verse</c><00:03:27.280><c> is</c>

00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:33.740
x
speaking<00:03:28.520><c> about</c><00:03:29.300><c> the</c><00:03:29.740><c> occasion</c><00:03:30.199><c> when</c><00:03:30.620><c> the</c><00:03:31.199><c> grumbling</c><00:03:31.719><c> children</c><00:03:32.240><c> of</c><00:03:32.419><c> Israel</c><00:03:33.199><c> are</c>

00:03:33.740 --> 00:03:35.000
x
wandering<00:03:34.240><c> out</c><00:03:34.719><c> in</c><00:03:34.860><c> the</c>

00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:36.000
x
wilderness.

00:03:36.219 --> 00:03:43.039
x
Let's<00:03:36.379><c> turn</c><00:03:36.620><c> over</c><00:03:36.860><c> to</c><00:03:37.080><c> Numbers</c><00:03:37.879><c> chapter</c><00:03:38.500><c> 21.</c>

00:03:47.900 --> 00:03:50.379
x
Starting<00:03:48.180><c> down</c><00:03:48.520><c> at</c><00:03:48.719><c> verse</c><00:03:48.979><c> 5.</c>

00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:56.139
x
And<00:03:52.259><c> the</c><00:03:52.360><c> people</c><00:03:52.939><c> spoke</c><00:03:53.539><c> against</c><00:03:54.020><c> God</c><00:03:54.460><c> and</c><00:03:54.699><c> against</c><00:03:55.080><c> Moses,</c>

00:03:56.659 --> 00:04:01.020
x
wherefore<00:03:57.460><c> have</c><00:03:57.879><c> you</c><00:03:58.180><c> brought</c><00:03:58.819><c> us</c><00:03:59.939><c> up</c><00:04:00.719><c> out</c>

00:04:01.020 --> 00:04:03.419
x
of<00:04:01.500><c> Egypt</c><00:04:01.500><c> to</c><00:04:01.759><c> die</c><00:04:02.039><c> in</c><00:04:02.219><c> the</c><00:04:02.439><c> wilderness?</c>

00:04:03.900 --> 00:04:07.560
x
For<00:04:04.080><c> there</c><00:04:04.340><c> is</c><00:04:04.500><c> no</c><00:04:04.759><c> bread,</c><00:04:05.919><c> neither</c><00:04:06.199><c> is</c><00:04:06.500><c> there</c><00:04:06.719><c> any</c><00:04:07.000><c> water,</c>

00:04:07.960 --> 00:04:12.000
x
and<00:04:08.219><c> our</c><00:04:08.599><c> soul</c><00:04:09.400><c> loathes</c><00:04:10.159><c> this</c><00:04:10.620><c> light</c><00:04:11.039><c> bread.</c>

00:04:12.300 --> 00:04:15.060
x
And<00:04:12.479><c> the</c><00:04:12.620><c> Lord</c><00:04:12.840><c> sent</c><00:04:13.080><c> fiery</c><00:04:13.560><c> serpents</c><00:04:14.039><c> among</c><00:04:14.300><c> the</c><00:04:14.560><c> people,</c>

00:04:15.500 --> 00:04:17.579
x
and<00:04:15.580><c> they</c><00:04:15.800><c> bit</c><00:04:15.939><c> the</c><00:04:16.220><c> people,</c><00:04:17.160><c> and</c><00:04:17.300><c> much</c>

00:04:17.579 --> 00:04:19.459
x
of<00:04:17.839><c> Israel</c><00:04:18.319><c> died.</c>

00:04:20.540 --> 00:04:24.180
x
Therefore,<00:04:21.579><c> the</c><00:04:21.740><c> people</c><00:04:22.000><c> came</c><00:04:22.319><c> to</c><00:04:22.519><c> Moses</c><00:04:22.800><c> and</c><00:04:23.120><c> said,</c><00:04:23.800><c> We've</c>

00:04:24.180 --> 00:04:26.470
x
sinned,<00:04:24.980><c> for</c><00:04:25.100><c> we</c><00:04:25.259><c> have</c><00:04:25.519><c> spoken</c><00:04:25.800><c> against</c><00:04:26.180><c> the</c>

00:04:26.470 --> 00:04:28.730
x
Lord,<00:04:26.750><c> and</c><00:04:27.129><c> against</c><00:04:27.589><c> thee.</c>

00:04:28.829 --> 00:04:32.670
x
Pray<00:04:29.089><c> unto</c><00:04:29.430><c> the</c><00:04:29.689><c> Lord</c><00:04:30.110><c> that</c><00:04:30.389><c> he</c><00:04:30.629><c> take</c><00:04:30.910><c> away</c><00:04:31.250><c> the</c><00:04:31.569><c> serpents</c><00:04:31.930><c> from</c><00:04:32.209><c> us.</c>

00:04:32.949 --> 00:04:34.709
x
And<00:04:33.149><c> Moses</c><00:04:33.470><c> prayed</c><00:04:33.970><c> for</c><00:04:34.170><c> the</c><00:04:34.350><c> people.</c>

00:04:35.009 --> 00:04:39.569
x
And<00:04:35.170><c> the</c><00:04:35.329><c> Lord</c><00:04:35.649><c> said</c><00:04:35.910><c> unto</c><00:04:36.170><c> Moses,</c><00:04:37.149><c> Make</c><00:04:37.290><c> thee</c><00:04:37.550><c> a</c><00:04:37.750><c> fiery</c><00:04:38.069><c> serpent,</c><00:04:38.769><c> and</c><00:04:38.829><c> set</c><00:04:38.949><c> it</c><00:04:39.069><c> up</c><00:04:39.170><c> on</c><00:04:39.389><c> a</c>

00:04:39.569 --> 00:04:40.970
x
pole,<00:04:40.430><c> and</c>

00:04:40.970 --> 00:04:45.670
x
it<00:04:41.269><c> shall</c><00:04:41.410><c> come</c><00:04:41.689><c> to</c><00:04:41.949><c> pass,</c><00:04:42.790><c> and</c><00:04:43.410><c> that</c><00:04:44.470><c> everyone</c><00:04:44.910><c> who</c><00:04:45.209><c> that</c><00:04:45.410><c> is</c>

00:04:45.670 --> 00:04:48.370
x
bitten,<00:04:46.750><c> when</c><00:04:47.009><c> he</c><00:04:47.189><c> looks</c><00:04:47.430><c> upon</c><00:04:47.810><c> it,</c><00:04:48.129><c> shall</c>

00:04:48.370 --> 00:04:48.790
x
live.

00:04:49.269 --> 00:04:52.189
x
And<00:04:49.569><c> Moses</c><00:04:49.889><c> made</c><00:04:50.149><c> a</c><00:04:50.389><c> serpent</c><00:04:50.629><c> of</c><00:04:50.889><c> brass,</c><00:04:51.290><c> and</c><00:04:51.430><c> he</c><00:04:51.569><c> put</c><00:04:51.670><c> it</c><00:04:51.790><c> on</c><00:04:51.970><c> a</c>

00:04:52.189 --> 00:04:54.589
x
pole,<00:04:52.550><c> and</c><00:04:52.709><c> it</c><00:04:52.870><c> came</c><00:04:53.050><c> to</c><00:04:53.329><c> pass,</c><00:04:54.250><c> that</c>

00:04:54.589 --> 00:04:58.230
x
if<00:04:54.769><c> a</c><00:04:55.250><c> serpent</c><00:04:55.509><c> had</c><00:04:55.790><c> bitten</c><00:04:55.970><c> any</c><00:04:56.329><c> man,</c><00:04:57.189><c> when</c><00:04:57.389><c> he</c><00:04:57.629><c> beheld</c><00:04:57.970><c> the</c>

00:04:58.230 --> 00:05:00.750
x
serpent<00:04:58.490><c> of</c><00:04:58.829><c> brass,</c><00:04:59.610><c> he</c><00:04:59.970><c> lived.</c>

00:05:01.550 --> 00:05:04.410
x
So<00:05:01.829><c> here</c><00:05:01.949><c> we</c><00:05:02.089><c> have</c><00:05:02.290><c> the</c><00:05:02.470><c> scenario,</c><00:05:03.129><c> brothers</c><00:05:03.230><c> and</c><00:05:03.509><c> sisters.</c>

00:05:04.769 --> 00:05:07.930
x
Now<00:05:04.990><c> the</c><00:05:05.089><c> children</c><00:05:05.389><c> had</c><00:05:05.589><c> just</c><00:05:05.769><c> come</c><00:05:05.990><c> out</c><00:05:06.149><c> of</c><00:05:06.230><c> the</c><00:05:06.370><c> land</c><00:05:06.569><c> of</c><00:05:06.769><c> Egypt,</c><00:05:07.810><c> and</c>

00:05:07.930 --> 00:05:08.990
x
here<00:05:08.110><c> they</c><00:05:08.550><c> are,</c><00:05:08.589><c> they've</c>

00:05:08.990 --> 00:05:11.589
x
gone<00:05:09.209><c> through</c><00:05:09.470><c> the</c><00:05:09.610><c> Red</c><00:05:09.949><c> Sea,</c><00:05:10.470><c> and</c><00:05:10.470><c> they're</c><00:05:10.750><c> grumbling,</c><00:05:11.569><c> and</c>

00:05:11.589 --> 00:05:13.490
x
they're<00:05:11.810><c> moaning,</c><00:05:12.329><c> oh,</c><00:05:12.410><c> we</c><00:05:12.509><c> don't</c><00:05:12.829><c> like</c><00:05:13.110><c> this,</c>

00:05:13.529 --> 00:05:16.410
x
and<00:05:13.670><c> we</c><00:05:13.829><c> don't</c><00:05:14.069><c> like</c><00:05:14.269><c> the</c><00:05:14.649><c> food,</c><00:05:15.050><c> and</c><00:05:15.230><c> it's</c><00:05:15.689><c> hot,</c><00:05:16.009><c> and</c><00:05:16.149><c> we're</c>

00:05:16.410 --> 00:05:18.490
x
unhappy,<00:05:17.209><c> and</c><00:05:17.370><c> this</c><00:05:17.589><c> and</c><00:05:17.829><c> that.</c>

00:05:18.790 --> 00:05:20.490
x
You<00:05:18.910><c> know,</c><00:05:19.069><c> God's</c><00:05:19.430><c> had</c><00:05:19.550><c> enough.</c>

00:05:20.769 --> 00:05:22.209
x
He's<00:05:21.230><c> had</c><00:05:21.589><c> enough.</c>

00:05:22.209 --> 00:05:25.649
x
This<00:05:22.810><c> is</c><00:05:23.110><c> the</c><00:05:23.269><c> God</c><00:05:23.449><c> of</c><00:05:23.649><c> Israel,</c><00:05:24.329><c> who</c><00:05:24.629><c> promised</c><00:05:25.110><c> he</c><00:05:25.230><c> was</c><00:05:25.490><c> going</c>

00:05:25.649 --> 00:05:27.230
x
to<00:05:25.850><c> bring</c><00:05:25.949><c> them</c><00:05:26.149><c> out</c><00:05:26.410><c> of</c><00:05:26.610><c> bondage,</c><00:05:27.149><c> and</c>

00:05:27.230 --> 00:05:31.329
x
he<00:05:27.430><c> delivered</c><00:05:27.709><c> on</c><00:05:27.949><c> his</c><00:05:28.189><c> promise,</c><00:05:28.949><c> and</c><00:05:29.129><c> he</c><00:05:29.410><c> destroyed,</c><00:05:31.069><c> well,</c>

00:05:31.329 --> 00:05:34.889
x
Egypt,<00:05:31.930><c> for</c><00:05:32.050><c> the</c><00:05:32.209><c> most</c><00:05:32.490><c> part,</c><00:05:34.149><c> sent</c><00:05:34.290><c> the</c><00:05:34.589><c> plagues</c>

00:05:34.889 --> 00:05:38.470
x
upon<00:05:35.290><c> them,</c><00:05:36.310><c> to</c><00:05:36.589><c> the</c><00:05:36.709><c> point</c><00:05:36.850><c> that</c><00:05:37.269><c> Pharaoh</c><00:05:37.490><c> personally</c><00:05:38.129><c> sent</c>

00:05:38.470 --> 00:05:42.250
x
them<00:05:38.689><c> out</c><00:05:38.970><c> of</c><00:05:39.110><c> the</c><00:05:39.310><c> land,</c><00:05:40.930><c> and</c><00:05:41.670><c> here</c><00:05:41.850><c> they</c><00:05:42.089><c> are</c>

00:05:42.250 --> 00:05:45.170
x
out<00:05:42.449><c> in</c><00:05:42.569><c> the</c><00:05:42.689><c> wilderness,</c><00:05:43.689><c> griping</c><00:05:43.970><c> and</c><00:05:44.410><c> complaining.</c>

00:05:45.350 --> 00:05:46.930
x
So<00:05:45.610><c> what's</c><00:05:45.870><c> God</c><00:05:46.110><c> do?</c>

00:05:47.069 --> 00:05:51.089
x
Sends<00:05:47.589><c> these</c><00:05:47.850><c> fiery</c><00:05:48.250><c> serpents,</c><00:05:49.970><c> and</c><00:05:50.069><c> the</c><00:05:50.250><c> serpents</c><00:05:50.610><c> bite</c><00:05:50.850><c> the</c>

00:05:51.089 --> 00:05:54.129
x
people,<00:05:52.470><c> and</c><00:05:52.649><c> the</c><00:05:52.829><c> people</c><00:05:53.029><c> die.</c>

00:05:55.430 --> 00:05:58.170
x
All<00:05:55.730><c> of</c><00:05:55.970><c> a</c><00:05:55.970><c> sudden</c><00:05:56.069><c> things</c><00:05:56.329><c> don't</c><00:05:56.550><c> look</c><00:05:56.750><c> so</c><00:05:57.069><c> bad.</c>

00:05:58.529 --> 00:06:00.550
x
You<00:05:58.529><c> know,</c><00:05:59.269><c> gee,</c><00:05:59.370><c> maybe</c><00:05:59.629><c> we</c><00:05:59.750><c> had</c><00:05:59.829><c> it</c><00:05:59.970><c> a</c><00:05:59.970><c> little</c><00:06:00.149><c> better</c><00:06:00.370><c> than</c>

00:06:00.550 --> 00:06:01.649
x
we<00:06:00.829><c> thought.</c>

00:06:01.910 --> 00:06:03.709
x
Now<00:06:02.129><c> things</c><00:06:02.350><c> are</c><00:06:02.529><c> getting</c><00:06:02.670><c> worse.</c>

00:06:04.370 --> 00:06:07.769
x
So<00:06:04.689><c> true</c><00:06:05.170><c> to</c><00:06:05.389><c> human</c><00:06:05.589><c> nature,</c><00:06:06.410><c> the</c><00:06:06.550><c> people</c><00:06:06.750><c> repent.</c>

00:06:08.069 --> 00:06:11.149
x
They<00:06:08.449><c> call</c><00:06:08.649><c> to</c><00:06:08.829><c> Moses,</c><00:06:09.209><c> Moses,</c><00:06:09.670><c> help</c><00:06:09.949><c> us.</c>

00:06:11.949 --> 00:06:14.290
x
So<00:06:12.269><c> Moses</c><00:06:12.550><c> prays</c><00:06:13.029><c> for</c><00:06:13.170><c> the</c><00:06:13.329><c> people.</c>

00:06:14.350 --> 00:06:21.689
x
And<00:06:14.870><c> God</c><00:06:15.189><c> commands</c><00:06:15.709><c> Moses</c><00:06:16.370><c> to</c><00:06:17.750><c> do</c><00:06:17.990><c> something</c><00:06:18.410><c> specific,</c><00:06:20.269><c> to</c><00:06:20.970><c> make</c><00:06:21.290><c> a</c>

00:06:21.689 --> 00:06:22.810
x
brass<00:06:22.189><c> serpent.</c>

00:06:23.089 --> 00:06:25.930
x
No,<00:06:23.230><c> don't</c><00:06:23.389><c> take</c><00:06:23.629><c> a</c><00:06:23.850><c> dead</c><00:06:24.029><c> one</c><00:06:24.189><c> up</c><00:06:24.410><c> off</c><00:06:24.689><c> the</c><00:06:24.949><c> ground</c><00:06:25.230><c> and</c><00:06:25.790><c> tack</c>

00:06:25.930 --> 00:06:28.170
x
it<00:06:26.110><c> up</c><00:06:26.290><c> onto</c><00:06:26.610><c> a</c><00:06:27.430><c> pole.</c>

00:06:28.949 --> 00:06:34.470
x
You<00:06:29.350><c> fashion</c><00:06:29.850><c> a</c><00:06:30.310><c> brass</c><00:06:30.970><c> serpent,</c><00:06:32.790><c> and</c><00:06:33.209><c> you</c><00:06:33.389><c> put</c><00:06:33.490><c> it</c><00:06:33.629><c> on</c><00:06:33.769><c> a</c><00:06:34.009><c> pole,</c><00:06:34.290><c> and</c>

00:06:34.470 --> 00:06:36.149
x
you<00:06:34.689><c> raise</c><00:06:34.970><c> it</c><00:06:35.189><c> up.</c>

00:06:36.629 --> 00:06:38.629
x
You<00:06:36.769><c> don't</c><00:06:36.889><c> leave</c><00:06:37.050><c> it</c><00:06:37.290><c> sitting</c><00:06:37.449><c> on</c><00:06:37.649><c> a</c><00:06:37.769><c> table</c><00:06:38.149><c> somewhere.</c>

00:06:39.009 --> 00:06:41.189
x
You<00:06:39.209><c> don't</c><00:06:39.370><c> leave</c><00:06:39.569><c> it</c><00:06:39.810><c> sitting</c><00:06:39.990><c> over</c><00:06:40.269><c> there</c><00:06:40.449><c> by</c><00:06:40.649><c> the</c><00:06:40.889><c> furnace</c>

00:06:41.189 --> 00:06:42.069
x
where<00:06:41.370><c> it's</c><00:06:41.730><c> forged.</c>

00:06:42.069 --> 00:06:45.769
x
You<00:06:42.569><c> set</c><00:06:42.850><c> it</c><00:06:43.069><c> on</c><00:06:43.230><c> a</c><00:06:43.490><c> pole,</c><00:06:44.110><c> and</c><00:06:44.189><c> you</c><00:06:44.410><c> set</c><00:06:44.550><c> it</c><00:06:44.810><c> up</c><00:06:45.050><c> in</c><00:06:45.290><c> the</c><00:06:45.490><c> air,</c>

00:06:46.050 --> 00:06:49.490
x
so<00:06:46.230><c> that</c><00:06:46.410><c> the</c><00:06:46.629><c> people</c><00:06:47.050><c> can</c><00:06:47.410><c> look</c><00:06:47.709><c> up</c><00:06:48.149><c> upon</c><00:06:48.490><c> it.</c>

00:06:49.930 --> 00:06:55.750
x
And<00:06:50.110><c> those</c><00:06:50.329><c> who</c><00:06:50.529><c> are</c><00:06:50.769><c> bitten,</c><00:06:52.850><c> and</c><00:06:53.129><c> those</c><00:06:53.470><c> who</c><00:06:53.709><c> look</c><00:06:53.910><c> up,</c><00:06:55.470><c> they</c>

00:06:55.750 --> 00:06:57.050
x
will<00:06:55.970><c> be</c><00:06:56.269><c> saved.</c>

00:06:58.750 --> 00:07:01.149
x
But<00:06:58.990><c> you</c><00:06:59.129><c> have</c><00:06:59.350><c> to</c><00:06:59.569><c> follow</c><00:06:59.810><c> these</c><00:07:00.129><c> steps.</c>

00:07:01.189 --> 00:07:03.550
x
It<00:07:01.350><c> has</c><00:07:01.589><c> to</c><00:07:01.730><c> be</c><00:07:01.889><c> done</c><00:07:02.009><c> in</c><00:07:02.230><c> a</c><00:07:02.389><c> certain</c><00:07:02.629><c> way.</c>

00:07:03.930 --> 00:07:07.009
x
And<00:07:04.189><c> if</c><00:07:04.310><c> you</c><00:07:04.509><c> do</c><00:07:04.769><c> this,</c><00:07:05.910><c> you'll</c><00:07:06.250><c> live.</c>

00:07:07.250 --> 00:07:11.790
x
So<00:07:07.970><c> Moses</c><00:07:08.389><c> makes</c><00:07:08.750><c> a</c><00:07:08.970><c> serpent</c><00:07:09.449><c> out</c><00:07:09.829><c> of</c><00:07:10.009><c> brass,</c><00:07:11.290><c> and</c><00:07:11.410><c> he</c><00:07:11.470><c> puts</c><00:07:11.649><c> it</c>

00:07:11.790 --> 00:07:16.990
x
up<00:07:11.930><c> on</c><00:07:12.069><c> the</c><00:07:12.290><c> pole,</c><00:07:13.310><c> and</c><00:07:13.509><c> the</c><00:07:13.689><c> people</c><00:07:14.009><c> look</c><00:07:14.269><c> up,</c><00:07:15.709><c> and</c><00:07:15.910><c> they</c><00:07:16.149><c> live.</c>

00:07:18.389 --> 00:07:23.870
x
Brothers<00:07:18.629><c> and</c><00:07:18.930><c> sisters,</c><00:07:20.110><c> this</c><00:07:20.470><c> is</c><00:07:20.829><c> the</c><00:07:21.050><c> world</c><00:07:21.970><c> that</c><00:07:22.449><c> God</c><00:07:22.730><c> loves.</c>

00:07:24.430 --> 00:07:26.910
x
God<00:07:24.829><c> loves</c><00:07:25.649><c> Israel.</c>

00:07:27.629 --> 00:07:32.509
x
In<00:07:27.910><c> fact,</c><00:07:28.209><c> God</c><00:07:28.569><c> so</c><00:07:28.949><c> loved</c><00:07:29.149><c> Israel</c><00:07:29.850><c> that</c><00:07:30.670><c> he</c><00:07:30.930><c> gave</c><00:07:31.389><c> his</c><00:07:31.810><c> only</c>

00:07:32.509 --> 00:07:34.470
x
begotten<00:07:33.610><c> son.</c>

00:07:35.089 --> 00:07:38.569
x
They<00:07:35.769><c> are</c><00:07:36.449><c> his</c><00:07:36.810><c> chosen</c><00:07:37.389><c> people.</c>

00:07:39.170 --> 00:07:43.149
x
They<00:07:39.569><c> are</c><00:07:39.850><c> the</c><00:07:40.089><c> descendants</c><00:07:40.569><c> of</c><00:07:40.850><c> Abraham,</c><00:07:41.610><c> Isaac,</c><00:07:42.029><c> and</c><00:07:42.269><c> Jacob.</c>

00:07:43.709 --> 00:07:46.389
x
They<00:07:44.189><c> are</c><00:07:44.449><c> the</c><00:07:44.709><c> children</c><00:07:44.990><c> of</c><00:07:45.370><c> promise.</c>

00:07:47.389 --> 00:07:49.129
x
Were<00:07:47.550><c> they</c><00:07:47.810><c> always</c><00:07:48.050><c> a</c><00:07:48.290><c> righteous</c><00:07:48.589><c> people?</c>

00:07:49.430 --> 00:07:49.990
x
No.

00:07:50.269 --> 00:07:53.730
x
They<00:07:50.610><c> certainly</c><00:07:50.949><c> were</c><00:07:51.209><c> not,</c><00:07:51.470><c> and</c><00:07:51.649><c> they</c><00:07:51.829><c> certainly</c><00:07:52.129><c> are</c><00:07:52.389><c> not</c><00:07:52.670><c> today.</c>

00:07:53.829 --> 00:07:58.790
x
But<00:07:54.509><c> they</c><00:07:55.529><c> have</c><00:07:55.769><c> always</c><00:07:56.069><c> been</c><00:07:56.290><c> a</c><00:07:56.470><c> holy</c><00:07:56.730><c> people,</c><00:07:57.350><c> and</c><00:07:57.850><c> they</c><00:07:58.089><c> continue</c><00:07:58.490><c> to</c>

00:07:58.790 --> 00:08:00.370
x
be<00:07:59.129><c> to</c><00:07:59.629><c> this</c><00:07:59.970><c> day.</c>

00:08:00.370 --> 00:08:07.250
x
They<00:08:01.209><c> are</c><00:08:01.509><c> the</c><00:08:01.769><c> descendants</c><00:08:02.230><c> of</c><00:08:02.490><c> the</c><00:08:02.689><c> people</c><00:08:03.290><c> to</c><00:08:03.829><c> whom</c><00:08:04.350><c> the</c><00:08:04.910><c> promises</c><00:08:05.269><c> were</c><00:08:05.569><c> given,</c><00:08:06.910><c> and</c><00:08:07.089><c> to</c>

00:08:07.250 --> 00:08:10.290
x
whom<00:08:07.370><c> the</c><00:08:07.709><c> promises</c><00:08:08.110><c> will</c><00:08:08.470><c> be</c><00:08:09.149><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:08:11.189 --> 00:08:15.970
x
Nobody<00:08:11.730><c> can</c><00:08:12.670><c> deny</c><00:08:13.209><c> that</c><00:08:13.750><c> the</c><00:08:13.970><c> children</c><00:08:14.230><c> of</c><00:08:14.430><c> Israel</c><00:08:14.829><c> have</c><00:08:15.230><c> suffered</c><00:08:15.509><c> much</c>

00:08:15.970 --> 00:08:17.610
x
over<00:08:16.370><c> the</c><00:08:16.589><c> centuries.</c>

00:08:18.250 --> 00:08:22.009
x
Likewise,<00:08:19.829><c> no</c><00:08:19.970><c> one</c><00:08:20.089><c> can</c><00:08:20.329><c> deny</c><00:08:20.709><c> that</c><00:08:20.910><c> most</c><00:08:21.170><c> of</c><00:08:21.290><c> their</c><00:08:21.490><c> troubles</c>

00:08:22.009 --> 00:08:26.050
x
were<00:08:22.810><c> the</c><00:08:23.050><c> result</c><00:08:23.550><c> of</c><00:08:23.790><c> their</c><00:08:24.069><c> own</c><00:08:24.430><c> disobedience,</c><00:08:25.610><c> or</c><00:08:25.769><c> at</c><00:08:25.910><c> the</c>

00:08:26.050 --> 00:08:30.189
x
very<00:08:26.350><c> least,</c><00:08:26.730><c> the</c><00:08:26.870><c> repercussions</c><00:08:27.529><c> of</c><00:08:27.829><c> the</c><00:08:28.089><c> sins</c><00:08:28.389><c> of</c><00:08:28.689><c> past</c><00:08:28.970><c> generations.</c>

00:08:31.170 --> 00:08:37.289
x
In<00:08:31.449><c> the</c><00:08:31.649><c> wilderness,</c><00:08:33.149><c> God</c><00:08:33.490><c> gave</c><00:08:33.809><c> Israel</c><00:08:34.590><c> an</c><00:08:35.230><c> opportunity</c><00:08:36.049><c> to</c>

00:08:37.289 --> 00:08:43.470
x
repent,<00:08:39.370><c> to</c><00:08:39.690><c> look</c><00:08:39.909><c> up</c><00:08:40.110><c> at</c><00:08:40.269><c> the</c><00:08:40.490><c> brass</c><00:08:40.850><c> serpent,</c><00:08:42.409><c> and</c><00:08:42.649><c> live.</c>

00:08:45.090 --> 00:08:52.610
x
Today,<00:08:46.450><c> we</c><00:08:47.269><c> have</c><00:08:47.509><c> the</c><00:08:47.730><c> opportunity</c><00:08:48.350><c> to</c><00:08:48.649><c> repent</c><00:08:49.129><c> and</c><00:08:49.809><c> be</c><00:08:50.149><c> baptized</c><00:08:50.889><c> into</c><00:08:51.429><c> Christ.</c>

00:08:53.529 --> 00:08:58.909
x
Even<00:08:53.909><c> as</c><00:08:54.250><c> Moses</c><00:08:54.889><c> lifted</c><00:08:55.330><c> up</c><00:08:55.590><c> the</c><00:08:55.889><c> serpent</c><00:08:56.230><c> in</c><00:08:56.470><c> the</c><00:08:56.610><c> wilderness,</c><00:08:57.769><c> we</c><00:08:58.129><c> too</c><00:08:58.429><c> have</c><00:08:58.690><c> the</c>

00:08:58.909 --> 00:09:04.750
x
opportunity<00:08:59.710><c> to</c><00:09:00.350><c> look</c><00:09:00.610><c> up</c><00:09:01.090><c> at</c><00:09:01.370><c> Jesus,</c><00:09:02.649><c> the</c><00:09:02.950><c> son</c><00:09:03.090><c> of</c><00:09:03.350><c> God,</c><00:09:04.590><c> and</c>

00:09:04.750 --> 00:09:07.429
x
the<00:09:05.049><c> Savior</c><00:09:05.509><c> of</c><00:09:06.110><c> the</c><00:09:06.309><c> world.</c>

00:09:08.730 --> 00:09:14.929
x
It<00:09:09.450><c> was</c><00:09:09.750><c> that</c><00:09:10.350><c> he</c><00:09:10.750><c> would</c><00:09:10.990><c> be</c><00:09:11.190><c> lifted</c><00:09:11.450><c> up</c><00:09:12.309><c> to</c><00:09:12.750><c> die</c><00:09:13.190><c> on</c><00:09:13.789><c> a</c><00:09:13.929><c> cross,</c>

00:09:15.889 --> 00:09:20.730
x
and<00:09:17.250><c> he</c><00:09:17.429><c> did</c><00:09:17.610><c> it</c><00:09:17.730><c> for</c><00:09:17.970><c> all</c><00:09:18.210><c> those</c><00:09:18.710><c> who</c><00:09:19.029><c> would</c><00:09:19.250><c> want</c><00:09:19.370><c> to</c><00:09:19.549><c> be</c><00:09:19.809><c> saved.</c>

00:09:21.070 --> 00:09:27.909
x
Not<00:09:21.330><c> unlike</c><00:09:21.649><c> those</c><00:09:22.009><c> grumbling</c><00:09:22.509><c> Israelites,</c><00:09:24.129><c> we</c><00:09:24.490><c> too,</c><00:09:25.190><c> despite</c><00:09:25.610><c> our</c><00:09:26.190><c> sins,</c><00:09:27.690><c> we</c>

00:09:27.909 --> 00:09:31.389
x
can<00:09:28.110><c> be</c><00:09:28.490><c> saved,</c><00:09:29.409><c> and</c><00:09:29.970><c> we</c><00:09:30.250><c> can</c><00:09:30.529><c> live.</c>

00:09:32.070 --> 00:09:37.570
x
With<00:09:33.070><c> this</c><00:09:33.370><c> in</c><00:09:33.549><c> mind,</c><00:09:34.850><c> let's</c><00:09:35.009><c> turn</c><00:09:35.309><c> over</c><00:09:35.509><c> to</c><00:09:35.669><c> the</c><00:09:35.830><c> daily</c><00:09:36.149><c> reading,</c><00:09:37.330><c> Mac</c>

00:09:37.570 --> 00:09:41.570
x
Chapters<00:09:38.370><c> 15</c><00:09:39.169><c> and</c><00:09:40.309><c> 16.</c>

00:09:51.690 --> 00:09:55.909
x
You<00:09:52.250><c> know,</c><00:09:52.809><c> from</c><00:09:52.990><c> an</c><00:09:53.289><c> exhortative</c><00:09:53.870><c> standpoint,</c><00:09:55.029><c> a</c><00:09:55.169><c> daily</c><00:09:55.450><c> reading</c><00:09:55.730><c> of</c>

00:09:55.909 --> 00:09:59.289
x
this<00:09:56.190><c> nature</c><00:09:56.629><c> has</c><00:09:57.350><c> to</c><00:09:57.529><c> be</c><00:09:57.750><c> seen</c><00:09:57.889><c> as</c><00:09:58.090><c> a</c><00:09:58.289><c> dream</c><00:09:58.509><c> come</c><00:09:58.789><c> true.</c>

00:09:59.289 --> 00:10:07.110
x
Not<00:10:00.090><c> only</c><00:10:00.370><c> does</c><00:10:00.590><c> this</c><00:10:00.970><c> reading</c><00:10:01.450><c> contain</c><00:10:02.309><c> the</c><00:10:02.590><c> closing</c><00:10:03.009><c> chapter</c><00:10:03.490><c> of</c><00:10:03.669><c> a</c><00:10:03.889><c> book,</c><00:10:04.090><c> which</c><00:10:04.269><c> in</c><00:10:04.429><c> itself</c><00:10:04.909><c> is</c><00:10:05.289><c> usually</c><00:10:05.629><c> great,</c><00:10:06.210><c> because</c><00:10:06.809><c> a</c>

00:10:07.110 --> 00:10:09.669
x
lot<00:10:07.230><c> of</c><00:10:07.409><c> the</c><00:10:07.570><c> closing</c><00:10:07.789><c> comments</c><00:10:08.350><c> in</c><00:10:08.570><c> any</c><00:10:08.830><c> book</c><00:10:08.970><c> are</c><00:10:09.230><c> usually</c><00:10:09.529><c> a</c>

00:10:09.669 --> 00:10:13.750
x
very<00:10:09.929><c> good</c><00:10:10.149><c> source</c><00:10:10.450><c> of</c><00:10:10.690><c> inspiration</c><00:10:11.309><c> when</c><00:10:11.490><c> it</c><00:10:11.549><c> comes</c><00:10:11.830><c> to</c><00:10:12.190><c> writing</c><00:10:12.409><c> an</c><00:10:12.669><c> excitation.</c>

00:10:13.889 --> 00:10:16.450
x
But<00:10:14.029><c> in</c><00:10:14.129><c> this</c><00:10:14.350><c> case,</c><00:10:14.570><c> we</c><00:10:14.710><c> also</c><00:10:15.070><c> have</c><00:10:15.289><c> the</c><00:10:15.570><c> additional</c><00:10:15.889><c> benefit</c>

00:10:16.450 --> 00:10:21.570
x
of<00:10:16.929><c> a</c><00:10:17.149><c> Gospel</c><00:10:17.529><c> writer's</c><00:10:18.110><c> account</c><00:10:18.529><c> of</c><00:10:19.029><c> the</c><00:10:19.230><c> crucifixion,</c><00:10:20.029><c> sacrifice,</c><00:10:21.370><c> and</c>

00:10:21.570 --> 00:10:22.909
x
resurrection<00:10:22.129><c> of</c><00:10:22.370><c> Jesus.</c>

00:10:22.909 --> 00:10:27.909
x
We<00:10:24.210><c> certainly</c><00:10:24.590><c> cannot</c><00:10:24.990><c> deny</c><00:10:25.690><c> that</c><00:10:26.690><c> it's</c><00:10:27.029><c> because</c><00:10:27.389><c> of</c><00:10:27.610><c> these</c>

00:10:27.909 --> 00:10:30.669
x
historical<00:10:28.470><c> events</c><00:10:28.970><c> that</c><00:10:29.330><c> we've</c><00:10:29.649><c> gathered</c><00:10:29.909><c> here</c><00:10:30.269><c> today</c><00:10:30.529><c> in</c>

00:10:30.669 --> 00:10:32.350
x
the<00:10:30.850><c> first</c><00:10:31.090><c> place.</c>

00:10:32.809 --> 00:10:37.090
x
Obviously,<00:10:33.669><c> it</c><00:10:33.750><c> is</c><00:10:33.990><c> the</c><00:10:34.149><c> duty</c><00:10:34.330><c> of</c><00:10:34.529><c> any</c><00:10:34.830><c> exhorter</c><00:10:35.370><c> to</c><00:10:36.490><c> help</c><00:10:36.850><c> his</c>

00:10:37.090 --> 00:10:42.370
x
brothers<00:10:37.370><c> and</c><00:10:37.690><c> sisters</c><00:10:38.230><c> focus</c><00:10:38.909><c> their</c><00:10:39.190><c> attention</c><00:10:39.769><c> on</c><00:10:40.350><c> the</c><00:10:40.610><c> sacrifice</c><00:10:41.190><c> of</c><00:10:41.429><c> Christ.</c>

00:10:43.330 --> 00:10:47.149
x
We<00:10:43.950><c> do</c><00:10:44.309><c> this</c><00:10:44.809><c> so</c><00:10:45.110><c> that</c><00:10:45.250><c> we</c><00:10:45.350><c> may</c><00:10:45.610><c> all</c><00:10:45.789><c> be</c><00:10:45.970><c> in</c><00:10:46.049><c> a</c><00:10:46.230><c> better</c><00:10:46.450><c> position</c>

00:10:47.149 --> 00:10:52.970
x
to<00:10:47.789><c> examine</c><00:10:48.250><c> ourselves</c><00:10:49.330><c> prior</c><00:10:50.230><c> to</c><00:10:50.490><c> the</c><00:10:50.809><c> sharing</c><00:10:51.129><c> of</c><00:10:51.429><c> his</c><00:10:51.690><c> communion</c><00:10:52.289><c> of</c>

00:10:52.970 --> 00:10:55.529
x
the<00:10:53.230><c> loaf</c><00:10:53.509><c> and</c><00:10:54.149><c> the</c><00:10:54.389><c> cup.</c>

00:10:56.570 --> 00:11:02.690
x
Likewise,<00:10:58.049><c> I</c><00:10:58.210><c> think</c><00:10:58.409><c> an</c><00:10:58.669><c> excitation</c><00:10:59.490><c> should</c><00:11:00.049><c> also</c><00:11:00.710><c> be</c><00:11:01.090><c> an</c><00:11:01.350><c> inspiration</c><00:11:01.990><c> to</c>

00:11:02.690 --> 00:11:09.350
x
those<00:11:03.350><c> not</c><00:11:03.809><c> yet</c><00:11:04.090><c> baptized,</c><00:11:05.409><c> but</c><00:11:05.649><c> who</c><00:11:05.830><c> do</c><00:11:06.070><c> desire</c><00:11:07.470><c> a</c><00:11:08.570><c> will</c><00:11:08.929><c> to</c>

00:11:09.350 --> 00:11:13.549
x
know<00:11:09.549><c> the</c><00:11:09.750><c> Lord</c><00:11:10.190><c> and</c><00:11:10.730><c> perhaps</c><00:11:11.190><c> in</c><00:11:11.549><c> time</c><00:11:11.990><c> to</c><00:11:12.389><c> also</c><00:11:12.649><c> be</c><00:11:12.950><c> baptized</c>

00:11:13.549 --> 00:11:14.590
x
into<00:11:13.950><c> Christ.</c>

00:11:14.590 --> 00:11:20.230
x
After<00:11:15.649><c> all,</c><00:11:16.610><c> we're</c><00:11:16.789><c> not</c><00:11:17.110><c> here</c><00:11:17.330><c> merely</c><00:11:17.570><c> to</c><00:11:17.809><c> perform</c><00:11:18.110><c> a</c><00:11:18.429><c> service,</c><00:11:19.590><c> but</c><00:11:19.750><c> rather</c><00:11:20.009><c> to</c>

00:11:20.230 --> 00:11:26.870
x
remember<00:11:20.649><c> the</c><00:11:21.029><c> sacrifice</c><00:11:21.669><c> of</c><00:11:21.929><c> Jesus</c><00:11:22.669><c> according</c><00:11:23.649><c> to</c><00:11:24.149><c> his</c><00:11:25.090><c> commandment.</c>

00:11:27.949 --> 00:11:35.029
x
Hopefully,<00:11:29.750><c> by</c><00:11:30.009><c> becoming</c><00:11:30.370><c> a</c><00:11:30.610><c> Christadelphian,</c><00:11:32.470><c> one</c><00:11:32.649><c> will</c><00:11:32.889><c> draw</c><00:11:33.149><c> nearer</c><00:11:33.889><c> to</c><00:11:34.049><c> Christ.</c>

00:11:35.850 --> 00:11:40.470
x
Hopefully,<00:11:36.710><c> we</c><00:11:36.929><c> will</c><00:11:37.690><c> become</c><00:11:38.029><c> a</c><00:11:38.330><c> source</c><00:11:38.549><c> of</c><00:11:38.970><c> strength</c><00:11:39.210><c> and</c><00:11:39.490><c> inspiration</c><00:11:40.149><c> to</c>

00:11:40.470 --> 00:11:41.549
x
one<00:11:40.649><c> another.</c>

00:11:42.169 --> 00:11:46.389
x
But<00:11:42.929><c> brothers</c><00:11:43.250><c> and</c><00:11:43.570><c> sisters,</c><00:11:44.429><c> let</c><00:11:44.490><c> us</c><00:11:44.710><c> not</c><00:11:44.870><c> fool</c><00:11:45.110><c> ourselves.</c>

00:11:46.950 --> 00:11:51.190
x
Nobody<00:11:47.450><c> is</c><00:11:48.029><c> going</c><00:11:48.230><c> to</c><00:11:48.409><c> be</c><00:11:48.750><c> saved</c><00:11:49.409><c> simply</c><00:11:50.169><c> because</c><00:11:50.549><c> they</c><00:11:50.830><c> are</c><00:11:51.090><c> a</c>

00:11:51.190 --> 00:11:53.950
x
member<00:11:51.669><c> of</c><00:11:52.110><c> the</c><00:11:52.289><c> Christadelphian</c><00:11:53.029><c> body.</c>

00:11:55.210 --> 00:12:00.570
x
This<00:11:55.590><c> bread</c><00:11:56.029><c> before</c><00:11:56.509><c> us</c><00:11:57.610><c> does</c><00:11:57.950><c> not</c><00:11:58.169><c> represent</c><00:11:58.750><c> the</c><00:11:59.049><c> Christadelphian</c><00:11:59.730><c> body.</c>

00:12:01.029 --> 00:12:03.549
x
It<00:12:01.250><c> represents</c><00:12:01.750><c> the</c><00:12:01.970><c> body</c><00:12:02.309><c> of</c><00:12:02.549><c> Jesus.</c>

00:12:04.049 --> 00:12:09.649
x
None<00:12:04.769><c> of</c><00:12:04.909><c> us</c><00:12:05.070><c> were</c><00:12:05.409><c> baptized</c><00:12:06.110><c> into</c><00:12:06.549><c> the</c><00:12:07.309><c> Christadelphian</c><00:12:08.110><c> faith,</c><00:12:09.549><c> nor</c>

00:12:09.649 --> 00:12:12.570
x
are<00:12:09.909><c> we</c><00:12:10.049><c> baptized</c><00:12:10.570><c> into</c><00:12:10.850><c> a</c><00:12:11.129><c> statement</c><00:12:11.350><c> of</c><00:12:11.690><c> faith.</c>

00:12:12.970 --> 00:12:19.350
x
We<00:12:13.269><c> are</c><00:12:13.610><c> baptized</c><00:12:14.190><c> into</c><00:12:14.950><c> Christ</c><00:12:15.870><c> because</c><00:12:17.149><c> baptism</c><00:12:17.730><c> into</c><00:12:18.149><c> Christ</c><00:12:18.750><c> is</c>

00:12:19.350 --> 00:12:24.409
x
the<00:12:19.649><c> means</c><00:12:20.129><c> by</c><00:12:20.809><c> which</c><00:12:21.090><c> we</c><00:12:21.429><c> take</c><00:12:21.769><c> on</c><00:12:22.330><c> the</c><00:12:22.809><c> name</c><00:12:23.029><c> of</c><00:12:23.370><c> Christ.</c>

00:12:24.850 --> 00:12:29.009
x
It<00:12:25.509><c> is</c><00:12:25.710><c> the</c><00:12:25.950><c> only</c><00:12:26.250><c> way</c><00:12:26.870><c> in</c><00:12:27.190><c> which</c><00:12:27.350><c> we</c><00:12:27.509><c> can</c><00:12:27.750><c> become</c><00:12:28.110><c> a</c><00:12:28.429><c> part</c><00:12:28.710><c> of</c>

00:12:29.009 --> 00:12:33.990
x
Abraham's<00:12:29.889><c> seed</c><00:12:30.230><c> and</c><00:12:30.909><c> an</c><00:12:31.230><c> heir</c><00:12:31.710><c> according</c><00:12:32.309><c> to</c><00:12:32.769><c> the</c><00:12:32.990><c> promise.</c>

00:12:34.389 --> 00:12:38.289
x
It<00:12:34.730><c> is</c><00:12:34.970><c> the</c><00:12:35.210><c> only</c><00:12:35.429><c> way</c><00:12:35.730><c> by</c><00:12:35.990><c> which</c><00:12:36.450><c> we</c><00:12:37.029><c> can</c><00:12:37.350><c> become</c><00:12:37.649><c> a</c><00:12:37.889><c> part</c><00:12:38.049><c> of</c>

00:12:38.289 --> 00:12:43.110
x
that<00:12:38.590><c> world</c><00:12:39.289><c> that</c><00:12:39.730><c> God</c><00:12:40.149><c> so</c><00:12:40.610><c> loved</c><00:12:41.009><c> that</c><00:12:41.690><c> he</c><00:12:41.950><c> gave</c><00:12:42.370><c> his</c><00:12:42.710><c> son.</c>

00:12:43.110 --> 00:12:49.409
x
It<00:12:44.129><c> is</c><00:12:44.750><c> how</c><00:12:45.190><c> we</c><00:12:45.590><c> can</c><00:12:45.850><c> show</c><00:12:46.129><c> our</c><00:12:46.610><c> faith</c><00:12:47.029><c> and</c><00:12:47.570><c> believe</c><00:12:47.929><c> on</c><00:12:48.269><c> him</c><00:12:48.789><c> so</c>

00:12:49.409 --> 00:12:53.879
x
that<00:12:49.649><c> we</c><00:12:49.990><c> too</c><00:12:50.429><c> may</c><00:12:50.830><c> receive</c><00:12:52.129><c> everlasting</c><00:12:52.909><c> life.</c>

00:12:56.149 --> 00:13:02.009
x
Persons<00:12:56.370><c> are</c><00:12:56.730><c> saved</c><00:12:57.309><c> because</c><00:12:58.570><c> Jesus</c><00:12:59.429><c> defeated</c><00:13:00.669><c> sin.</c>

00:13:03.190 --> 00:13:07.060
x
Persons<00:13:03.629><c> are</c><00:13:03.990><c> saved</c><00:13:04.409><c> because</c><00:13:05.289><c> of</c><00:13:05.389><c> what</c><00:13:05.629><c> Jesus</c><00:13:06.090><c> accomplished.</c>

00:13:08.139 --> 00:13:12.899
x
Persons<00:13:08.899><c> are</c><00:13:09.220><c> saved</c><00:13:09.500><c> because</c><00:13:09.919><c> it</c><00:13:10.019><c> is</c><00:13:10.379><c> Jesus'</c><00:13:10.820><c> desire</c><00:13:11.620><c> to</c><00:13:12.240><c> share</c><00:13:12.519><c> his</c>

00:13:12.899 --> 00:13:14.559
x
accomplishment<00:13:13.519><c> with</c><00:13:13.799><c> others</c>

00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:19.139
x
and<00:13:14.980><c> because</c><00:13:15.720><c> what</c><00:13:16.100><c> he</c><00:13:16.480><c> accomplished</c><00:13:16.899><c> on</c><00:13:17.139><c> that</c><00:13:17.460><c> cross</c><00:13:17.940><c> he</c><00:13:18.440><c> did</c>

00:13:19.139 --> 00:13:22.600
x
that<00:13:19.559><c> others</c><00:13:19.960><c> may</c><00:13:20.320><c> likewise</c><00:13:21.120><c> be</c><00:13:21.740><c> saved.</c>

00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:28.580
x
If<00:13:24.379><c> there</c><00:13:24.580><c> is</c><00:13:24.799><c> any</c><00:13:25.039><c> one</c><00:13:25.240><c> event</c><00:13:25.759><c> during</c><00:13:26.320><c> the</c><00:13:26.559><c> ministry</c><00:13:26.919><c> of</c><00:13:27.080><c> Jesus</c><00:13:27.820><c> that</c>

00:13:28.580 --> 00:13:31.659
x
sums<00:13:28.879><c> up</c><00:13:29.299><c> everything</c><00:13:29.820><c> that</c><00:13:30.139><c> is</c><00:13:30.440><c> right</c><00:13:30.720><c> with</c><00:13:30.980><c> Jesus</c>

00:13:31.659 --> 00:13:35.220
x
and<00:13:32.340><c> everything</c><00:13:32.679><c> that</c><00:13:32.919><c> is</c><00:13:33.220><c> wrong</c><00:13:33.500><c> with</c><00:13:33.799><c> society</c><00:13:34.460><c> in</c><00:13:34.799><c> general,</c>

00:13:35.700 --> 00:13:40.500
x
it<00:13:35.980><c> has</c><00:13:36.279><c> to</c><00:13:36.460><c> be</c><00:13:36.720><c> exemplified</c><00:13:37.659><c> in</c><00:13:38.159><c> the</c><00:13:38.440><c> events</c><00:13:38.700><c> recorded</c><00:13:39.259><c> in</c><00:13:39.539><c> verse</c><00:13:39.899><c> 30</c>

00:13:40.500 --> 00:13:42.600
x
of<00:13:41.080><c> Mark</c><00:13:41.360><c> 15.</c>

00:13:43.700 --> 00:13:49.879
x
In<00:13:44.019><c> fact,</c><00:13:45.299><c> I'll</c><00:13:45.519><c> start</c><00:13:45.720><c> reading</c><00:13:46.039><c> at</c><00:13:46.759><c> verse</c><00:13:47.759><c> 29,</c><00:13:49.340><c> read</c><00:13:49.519><c> down</c><00:13:49.740><c> to</c>

00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:50.879
x
verse<00:13:50.200><c> 32.</c>

00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:54.720
x
Mark<00:13:52.200><c> 15,</c><00:13:53.100><c> verse</c><00:13:53.340><c> 29.</c>

00:14:32.179 --> 00:14:51.360
x
Okay,<00:14:47.759><c> Jesus,</c><00:14:48.740><c> you</c><00:14:49.000><c> come</c><00:14:49.299><c> on</c><00:14:49.639><c> down</c><00:14:50.139><c> and</c><00:14:50.360><c> we</c><00:14:50.620><c> will</c><00:14:50.860><c> believe.</c>

00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:56.500
x
You<00:14:52.399><c> coming?</c><00:14:53.720><c> No?</c><00:14:54.299><c> Well,</c><00:14:54.740><c> I</c><00:14:54.860><c> guess</c><00:14:55.039><c> you're</c><00:14:55.320><c> a</c><00:14:55.460><c> fake.</c>

00:14:57.600 --> 00:15:03.100
x
Incredible.<00:14:59.759><c> Come</c><00:15:00.100><c> down</c><00:15:00.700><c> and</c><00:15:01.159><c> we</c><00:15:01.360><c> will</c><00:15:01.620><c> believe</c><00:15:01.899><c> you.</c>

00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:08.620
x
Forget<00:15:04.059><c> the</c><00:15:04.419><c> fact</c><00:15:04.820><c> that</c><00:15:05.320><c> your</c><00:15:05.659><c> entire</c><00:15:06.179><c> life</c><00:15:06.620><c> has</c><00:15:06.879><c> been</c><00:15:07.120><c> one</c><00:15:07.500><c> fulfillment</c><00:15:08.080><c> of</c>

00:15:08.620 --> 00:15:10.139
x
prophecy<00:15:09.100><c> after</c><00:15:09.679><c> another</c>

00:15:10.139 --> 00:15:12.840
x
since<00:15:10.740><c> the</c><00:15:11.019><c> moment</c><00:15:11.299><c> of</c><00:15:11.539><c> your</c><00:15:11.779><c> conception.</c>

00:15:13.400 --> 00:15:16.879
x
Forget<00:15:13.960><c> all</c><00:15:14.460><c> your</c><00:15:14.779><c> teachings</c><00:15:15.440><c> or</c><00:15:15.919><c> the</c><00:15:16.159><c> fact</c><00:15:16.320><c> that</c><00:15:16.519><c> you</c><00:15:16.639><c> know</c>

00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:21.299
x
the<00:15:17.059><c> law</c><00:15:17.179><c> of</c><00:15:17.519><c> Moses</c><00:15:18.000><c> better</c><00:15:18.480><c> than</c><00:15:18.759><c> Moses</c><00:15:19.220><c> knew</c><00:15:19.600><c> the</c><00:15:19.940><c> law</c><00:15:20.080><c> of</c><00:15:20.379><c> Moses.</c>

00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:26.519
x
Forget<00:15:21.980><c> all</c><00:15:22.240><c> the</c><00:15:22.440><c> healing,</c><00:15:23.980><c> the</c><00:15:24.139><c> layman,</c><00:15:25.559><c> woman</c><00:15:25.779><c> with</c><00:15:25.960><c> the</c><00:15:26.159><c> issue</c><00:15:26.299><c> of</c>

00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:28.799
x
blood,<00:15:27.500><c> the</c><00:15:27.740><c> lunatic.</c>

00:15:29.379 --> 00:15:34.159
x
Let's<00:15:29.600><c> forget</c><00:15:29.820><c> about</c><00:15:30.100><c> the</c><00:15:30.299><c> man</c><00:15:30.559><c> whose</c><00:15:31.139><c> eyesight</c><00:15:31.679><c> was</c><00:15:32.059><c> restored</c><00:15:32.820><c> when</c><00:15:33.299><c> you</c><00:15:33.639><c> spit</c><00:15:33.919><c> on</c>

00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:35.480
x
the<00:15:34.399><c> ground,</c>

00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:38.960
x
placed<00:15:35.940><c> the</c><00:15:36.220><c> clay</c><00:15:36.360><c> on</c><00:15:36.519><c> his</c><00:15:36.799><c> eyes</c><00:15:37.059><c> and</c><00:15:37.200><c> told</c><00:15:37.440><c> him</c><00:15:37.600><c> to</c><00:15:37.740><c> go</c><00:15:38.039><c> wash.</c>

00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:43.320
x
Let's<00:15:39.759><c> see</c><00:15:40.220><c> Massachusetts</c><00:15:41.039><c> Eye</c><00:15:41.399><c> and</c><00:15:41.460><c> Ear</c><00:15:41.580><c> do</c><00:15:41.840><c> that.</c>

00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:45.820
x
Well,<00:15:44.259><c> why</c><00:15:44.460><c> were</c><00:15:44.720><c> we</c><00:15:44.840><c> at</c><00:15:44.879><c> it?</c>

00:15:47.259 --> 00:15:50.019
x
Let's<00:15:47.860><c> forget</c><00:15:48.120><c> about</c><00:15:48.419><c> the</c><00:15:48.580><c> lepers</c><00:15:48.899><c> too.</c>

00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:53.879
x
Well,<00:15:50.820><c> the</c><00:15:50.980><c> fact</c><00:15:51.179><c> that</c><00:15:51.360><c> you</c><00:15:51.500><c> were</c><00:15:51.659><c> successful</c><00:15:52.299><c> every</c><00:15:52.879><c> time</c><00:15:53.100><c> that</c><00:15:53.279><c> you</c><00:15:53.440><c> healed</c><00:15:53.620><c> on</c>

00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.879
x
the<00:15:54.120><c> Sabbath.</c>

00:15:56.080 --> 00:16:04.340
x
Forget<00:15:56.379><c> the</c><00:15:56.600><c> rising</c><00:15:56.980><c> of</c><00:15:57.220><c> the</c><00:15:57.399><c> dead,</c><00:15:58.840><c> the</c><00:15:59.019><c> widow's</c><00:15:59.480><c> son,</c><00:16:00.779><c> Jarius'</c><00:16:01.399><c> daughter,</c><00:16:03.000><c> Lazarus</c><00:16:03.539><c> come</c><00:16:03.879><c> forth.</c>

00:16:04.340 --> 00:16:09.480
x
No,<00:16:05.559><c> tell</c><00:16:05.759><c> you</c><00:16:05.960><c> what,</c><00:16:06.779><c> none</c><00:16:06.960><c> of</c><00:16:07.100><c> that</c><00:16:07.340><c> convinces</c><00:16:08.600><c> us.</c>

00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:13.940
x
But<00:16:09.879><c> you</c><00:16:10.120><c> come</c><00:16:10.320><c> down</c><00:16:10.620><c> from</c><00:16:10.820><c> the</c><00:16:11.059><c> cross</c><00:16:11.539><c> and</c><00:16:12.200><c> that</c><00:16:12.620><c> will</c><00:16:12.899><c> convince</c><00:16:13.279><c> us.</c>

00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:15.740
x
Yeah,<00:16:14.639><c> right.</c>

00:16:16.940 --> 00:16:18.299
x
So<00:16:17.259><c> there</c><00:16:17.399><c> we</c><00:16:17.639><c> have</c><00:16:17.799><c> it.</c>

00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:23.000
x
Nearly<00:16:19.240><c> 7</c><00:16:19.659><c>,000</c><00:16:20.220><c> years</c><00:16:20.639><c> of</c><00:16:20.860><c> man's</c><00:16:21.399><c> stupidity</c><00:16:22.059><c> all</c><00:16:22.460><c> rolled</c><00:16:22.679><c> into</c>

00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:24.179
x
one<00:16:23.240><c> event.</c>

00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:29.179
x
Brothers<00:16:25.139><c> and</c><00:16:25.480><c> sisters</c><00:16:26.080><c> and</c><00:16:26.519><c> young</c><00:16:26.740><c> people,</c><00:16:28.279><c> Jesus</c><00:16:28.799><c> couldn't</c>

00:16:29.179 --> 00:16:31.340
x
come<00:16:29.500><c> down</c><00:16:29.840><c> from</c><00:16:30.059><c> the</c><00:16:30.320><c> cross.</c>

00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:36.419
x
That<00:16:32.159><c> would</c><00:16:32.440><c> have</c><00:16:32.720><c> invalidated</c><00:16:33.580><c> his</c><00:16:33.879><c> entire</c><00:16:34.379><c> purpose</c><00:16:35.000><c> for</c><00:16:35.539><c> being</c><00:16:35.820><c> there</c><00:16:36.240><c> in</c>

00:16:36.419 --> 00:16:38.000
x
the<00:16:36.679><c> first</c><00:16:36.960><c> place.</c>

00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:42.059
x
He<00:16:38.580><c> couldn't</c><00:16:38.860><c> come</c><00:16:39.200><c> down</c><00:16:39.539><c> even</c><00:16:39.779><c> though</c><00:16:40.379><c> he</c><00:16:40.700><c> had</c><00:16:40.940><c> the</c><00:16:41.600><c> ability</c>

00:16:42.059 --> 00:16:43.519
x
to<00:16:42.259><c> come</c><00:16:42.500><c> down.</c>

00:16:44.179 --> 00:16:47.299
x
He<00:16:44.480><c> couldn't</c><00:16:44.799><c> call</c><00:16:45.200><c> for</c><00:16:45.480><c> the</c><00:16:45.620><c> legions</c><00:16:45.980><c> of</c><00:16:46.259><c> angels</c><00:16:46.659><c> to</c><00:16:46.960><c> come</c><00:16:47.139><c> to</c>

00:16:47.299 --> 00:16:48.539
x
his<00:16:47.580><c> rescue.</c>

00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:50.840
x
Oh,<00:16:48.980><c> he</c><00:16:49.120><c> could</c><00:16:49.340><c> have</c><00:16:49.539><c> called</c><00:16:49.799><c> and</c><00:16:49.919><c> they</c><00:16:50.059><c> would</c><00:16:50.220><c> have</c><00:16:50.480><c> come,</c>

00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:54.340
x
but<00:16:51.299><c> that</c><00:16:51.559><c> would</c><00:16:51.740><c> have</c><00:16:52.059><c> squashed</c><00:16:52.639><c> his</c><00:16:53.279><c> entire</c><00:16:53.720><c> purpose</c><00:16:54.100><c> for</c>

00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:56.220
x
being<00:16:54.519><c> there</c><00:16:54.720><c> in</c><00:16:54.820><c> the</c><00:16:54.980><c> first</c><00:16:55.259><c> place.</c>

00:16:57.100 --> 00:17:02.220
x
Let<00:16:57.940><c> the</c><00:16:58.259><c> King</c><00:16:58.519><c> of</c><00:16:58.740><c> Israel</c><00:16:59.240><c> descend</c><00:16:59.799><c> now</c><00:17:00.240><c> from</c><00:17:00.480><c> the</c><00:17:00.820><c> cross</c><00:17:01.259><c> that</c><00:17:01.799><c> we</c>

00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:04.779
x
may<00:17:02.840><c> see</c><00:17:03.259><c> and</c><00:17:03.919><c> believe.</c>

00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:10.359
x
If<00:17:05.880><c> these</c><00:17:06.319><c> chief</c><00:17:06.680><c> priests</c><00:17:07.460><c> had</c><00:17:08.019><c> even</c><00:17:08.299><c> the</c><00:17:08.660><c> foggiest</c><00:17:09.240><c> clue</c><00:17:09.779><c> as</c>

00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:12.180
x
to<00:17:10.440><c> what</c><00:17:10.579><c> was</c><00:17:10.859><c> really</c><00:17:11.180><c> happening,</c>

00:17:12.259 --> 00:17:15.900
x
they<00:17:12.539><c> would</c><00:17:12.759><c> have</c><00:17:13.019><c> known</c><00:17:13.420><c> that</c><00:17:13.640><c> the</c><00:17:13.859><c> real</c><00:17:14.160><c> Christ</c><00:17:14.779><c> would</c><00:17:15.480><c> not</c>

00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:18.319
x
have<00:17:16.140><c> come</c><00:17:16.400><c> down</c><00:17:16.859><c> from</c><00:17:17.119><c> the</c><00:17:17.400><c> cross.</c>

00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:23.299
x
The<00:17:19.180><c> real</c><00:17:19.539><c> Christ</c><00:17:20.160><c> was</c><00:17:20.839><c> bearing</c><00:17:21.319><c> the</c><00:17:22.019><c> sin</c><00:17:22.279><c> of</c><00:17:22.559><c> the</c><00:17:22.859><c> world.</c>

00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:29.740
x
Their<00:17:24.759><c> sins,</c><00:17:26.220><c> my</c><00:17:26.700><c> sins,</c><00:17:28.279><c> our</c><00:17:28.660><c> sins.</c>

00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:31.559
x
Why?

00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:37.960
x
Because<00:17:32.640><c> God</c><00:17:33.220><c> so</c><00:17:33.779><c> loved</c><00:17:34.059><c> Israel</c><00:17:34.740><c> that</c><00:17:35.220><c> he</c><00:17:35.480><c> gave</c><00:17:35.859><c> his</c><00:17:36.220><c> only</c><00:17:36.680><c> begotten</c><00:17:37.420><c> son</c>

00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:43.059
x
that<00:17:38.579><c> whosoever</c><00:17:39.480><c> believeth</c><00:17:39.960><c> on</c><00:17:40.180><c> him</c><00:17:40.859><c> should</c><00:17:41.400><c> not</c><00:17:41.759><c> perish</c><00:17:42.339><c> but</c>

00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:45.680
x
have<00:17:43.599><c> everlasting</c><00:17:44.420><c> life.</c>

00:17:46.619 --> 00:17:51.000
x
The<00:17:47.059><c> proof</c><00:17:47.440><c> could</c><00:17:48.240><c> never</c><00:17:48.759><c> have</c><00:17:49.319><c> been</c><00:17:49.660><c> in</c><00:17:49.819><c> his</c><00:17:50.039><c> coming</c><00:17:50.339><c> down</c>

00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:52.299
x
from<00:17:51.460><c> the</c><00:17:51.819><c> cross.</c>

00:17:52.299 --> 00:18:00.180
x
The<00:17:53.299><c> proof</c><00:17:53.839><c> was</c><00:17:54.559><c> in</c><00:17:55.539><c> him</c><00:17:55.980><c> staying</c><00:17:56.539><c> and</c><00:17:57.579><c> dying</c><00:17:58.119><c> on</c><00:17:58.920><c> that</c><00:17:59.259><c> cross.</c>

00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:07.740
x
The<00:18:02.660><c> proof</c><00:18:03.140><c> was</c><00:18:04.180><c> in</c><00:18:04.359><c> the</c><00:18:04.619><c> fact</c><00:18:05.140><c> that</c><00:18:05.640><c> he</c><00:18:05.920><c> was</c><00:18:06.160><c> willing</c><00:18:06.420><c> to</c><00:18:06.720><c> die,</c>

00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:12.339
x
that<00:18:08.339><c> he</c><00:18:08.759><c> resisted</c><00:18:09.299><c> the</c><00:18:09.440><c> temptation</c><00:18:10.259><c> of</c><00:18:11.019><c> saving</c><00:18:11.359><c> himself</c>

00:18:12.339 --> 00:18:19.559
x
at<00:18:13.059><c> the</c><00:18:13.480><c> expense</c><00:18:14.059><c> of</c><00:18:14.579><c> every</c><00:18:14.960><c> other</c><00:18:15.440><c> person's</c><00:18:16.619><c> hope</c><00:18:17.059><c> for</c><00:18:17.680><c> everlasting</c><00:18:18.319><c> life.</c>

00:18:20.139 --> 00:18:27.240
x
The<00:18:20.819><c> proof</c><00:18:21.339><c> was</c><00:18:22.019><c> in</c><00:18:22.279><c> the</c><00:18:22.579><c> fact</c><00:18:23.079><c> that</c><00:18:25.039><c> he</c><00:18:25.220><c> could</c><00:18:25.539><c> die</c><00:18:26.359><c> and</c><00:18:27.000><c> that</c>

00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:28.880
x
he<00:18:27.519><c> would</c><00:18:27.759><c> die.</c>

00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:36.480
x
The<00:18:30.279><c> proof</c><00:18:30.880><c> was</c><00:18:31.559><c> that</c><00:18:31.779><c> he</c><00:18:31.980><c> was</c><00:18:32.279><c> obedient</c><00:18:33.000><c> in</c><00:18:33.859><c> all</c><00:18:34.200><c> that</c><00:18:34.400><c> his</c><00:18:34.640><c> father</c><00:18:34.940><c> asked</c><00:18:35.440><c> of</c><00:18:35.680><c> him.</c>

00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:40.920
x
The<00:18:37.880><c> proof</c><00:18:38.099><c> would</c><00:18:38.319><c> be</c><00:18:38.619><c> further</c><00:18:38.880><c> realized</c><00:18:39.599><c> three</c><00:18:39.920><c> days</c><00:18:40.319><c> later</c>

00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:49.140
x
when<00:18:41.779><c> he</c><00:18:42.039><c> rose</c><00:18:42.339><c> from</c><00:18:42.599><c> the</c><00:18:42.799><c> dead</c><00:18:43.400><c> and</c><00:18:44.079><c> received</c><00:18:44.880><c> the</c><00:18:45.480><c> resurrection</c><00:18:46.160><c> to</c><00:18:46.900><c> everlasting</c><00:18:47.640><c> life.</c>

00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:55.160
x
Indeed,<00:18:51.460><c> the</c><00:18:51.619><c> words</c><00:18:51.880><c> of</c><00:18:52.099><c> the</c><00:18:52.259><c> Roman</c><00:18:52.559><c> centurion</c><00:18:53.680><c> in</c><00:18:54.140><c> verse</c><00:18:54.500><c> 39</c>

00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:57.059
x
said<00:18:55.680><c> it</c><00:18:55.920><c> all,</c>

00:18:57.180 --> 00:19:01.519
x
truly<00:18:57.740><c> this</c><00:18:58.440><c> man</c><00:18:59.200><c> was</c><00:18:59.880><c> the</c><00:19:00.180><c> son</c><00:19:00.339><c> of</c><00:19:00.599><c> God.</c>

00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:11.759
x
Brothers<00:19:04.420><c> and</c><00:19:04.740><c> sisters,</c><00:19:06.200><c> it</c><00:19:07.339><c> is</c><00:19:07.720><c> imperative</c><00:19:08.400><c> that</c><00:19:09.140><c> we</c><00:19:09.400><c> continue</c><00:19:10.079><c> to</c><00:19:10.839><c> look</c><00:19:11.059><c> up</c>

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:15.099
x
each<00:19:12.460><c> day</c><00:19:13.240><c> upon</c><00:19:13.759><c> our</c><00:19:14.259><c> Savior.</c>

00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:20.720
x
It<00:19:16.160><c> is</c><00:19:16.519><c> imperative</c><00:19:17.279><c> that</c><00:19:18.519><c> we</c><00:19:18.759><c> do</c><00:19:19.079><c> not</c><00:19:19.339><c> lose</c><00:19:19.700><c> sight</c><00:19:19.980><c> of</c><00:19:20.200><c> him</c>

00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:26.799
x
or<00:19:21.880><c> forget</c><00:19:22.460><c> what</c><00:19:22.940><c> to</c><00:19:23.160><c> be</c><00:19:23.460><c> watching</c><00:19:23.819><c> for</c><00:19:24.380><c> each</c><00:19:24.980><c> and</c><00:19:25.400><c> every</c><00:19:25.839><c> day.</c>

00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:31.619
x
The<00:19:27.900><c> high</c><00:19:28.319><c> priest</c><00:19:28.940><c> didn't</c><00:19:29.480><c> know</c><00:19:29.799><c> what</c><00:19:30.039><c> to</c><00:19:30.240><c> look</c><00:19:30.460><c> for,</c>

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:36.319
x
nor<00:19:32.119><c> did</c><00:19:32.299><c> they</c><00:19:32.720><c> wish</c><00:19:32.960><c> to</c><00:19:33.299><c> see</c><00:19:33.480><c> their</c><00:19:33.839><c> salvation</c><00:19:34.599><c> in</c><00:19:35.039><c> this</c><00:19:35.400><c> man.</c>

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:40.259
x
His<00:19:37.480><c> disciples</c><00:19:38.079><c> on</c><00:19:38.359><c> the</c><00:19:38.539><c> other</c><00:19:38.799><c> hand</c><00:19:39.119><c> believed</c><00:19:39.500><c> on</c><00:19:39.779><c> him,</c>

00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:44.400
x
but<00:19:40.839><c> even</c><00:19:41.160><c> they</c><00:19:41.440><c> didn't</c><00:19:41.779><c> know</c><00:19:42.460><c> what</c><00:19:42.819><c> to</c><00:19:43.059><c> look</c><00:19:43.279><c> for.</c>

00:19:46.179 --> 00:19:50.039
x
So<00:19:46.879><c> for</c><00:19:47.579><c> a</c><00:19:47.640><c> while</c><00:19:47.859><c> they</c><00:19:48.440><c> didn't</c><00:19:48.680><c> recognize</c><00:19:49.240><c> him</c><00:19:49.440><c> either.</c>

00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:54.940
x
Mark<00:19:50.880><c> chapter</c><00:19:51.339><c> 16,</c><00:19:53.400><c> verse</c><00:19:53.680><c> 14.</c>

00:19:56.160 --> 00:20:01.440
x
Afterward<00:19:56.819><c> he,</c><00:19:57.539><c> Jesus,</c><00:19:59.259><c> appeared</c><00:19:59.480><c> unto</c><00:20:00.059><c> the</c><00:20:00.400><c> eleven</c><00:20:00.720><c> as</c><00:20:01.119><c> they</c>

00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:02.720
x
sat<00:20:01.619><c> at</c><00:20:01.859><c> meat,</c>

00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:05.660
x
and<00:20:03.160><c> upbraided</c><00:20:03.619><c> them</c><00:20:03.940><c> with</c><00:20:04.220><c> their</c><00:20:04.539><c> unbelief</c><00:20:05.119><c> and</c><00:20:05.359><c> hardness</c>

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:06.299
x
of<00:20:06.000><c> heart,</c>

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:12.259
x
because<00:20:07.279><c> they</c><00:20:07.920><c> believed</c><00:20:08.440><c> not</c><00:20:09.200><c> them</c><00:20:09.599><c> which</c><00:20:10.000><c> had</c><00:20:10.400><c> seen</c><00:20:10.720><c> him</c><00:20:11.259><c> after</c><00:20:11.940><c> he</c>

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:13.480
x
was<00:20:12.619><c> risen.</c>

00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:18.859
x
Now<00:20:16.519><c> they'd</c><00:20:16.960><c> heard</c><00:20:17.079><c> him</c><00:20:17.299><c> say</c><00:20:17.500><c> that</c><00:20:17.660><c> he</c><00:20:17.740><c> would</c><00:20:17.940><c> be</c><00:20:18.160><c> raised</c><00:20:18.400><c> again</c><00:20:18.680><c> on</c>

00:20:18.859 --> 00:20:19.740
x
the<00:20:19.019><c> third</c><00:20:19.259><c> day,</c>

00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:23.720
x
and<00:20:21.119><c> yet</c><00:20:21.279><c> they</c><00:20:21.519><c> couldn't</c><00:20:21.720><c> even</c><00:20:22.160><c> believe</c><00:20:22.539><c> in</c><00:20:22.799><c> themselves</c><00:20:23.339><c> at</c>

00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:27.119
x
first<00:20:23.960><c> that</c><00:20:24.240><c> had</c><00:20:24.660><c> really</c><00:20:25.380><c> truly</c><00:20:25.980><c> happened.</c>

00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:33.259
x
These<00:20:28.819><c> very</c><00:20:29.099><c> disciples</c><00:20:29.700><c> failed</c><00:20:30.200><c> to</c><00:20:30.640><c> believe</c><00:20:31.099><c> at</c><00:20:31.519><c> first</c><00:20:31.980><c> that</c>

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:38.119
x
this<00:20:33.599><c> Jesus</c><00:20:34.180><c> who</c><00:20:34.539><c> we</c><00:20:34.799><c> remember</c><00:20:35.119><c> today</c><00:20:35.819><c> had</c><00:20:36.480><c> actually</c><00:20:37.019><c> risen,</c>

00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:43.240
x
and<00:20:39.519><c> they</c><00:20:39.700><c> couldn't</c><00:20:40.000><c> see</c><00:20:40.319><c> him</c><00:20:40.720><c> because</c><00:20:41.220><c> of</c><00:20:41.480><c> that</c><00:20:41.680><c> unbelief.</c>

00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:45.759
x
Well,<00:20:44.160><c> what</c><00:20:44.359><c> about</c><00:20:44.599><c> us?</c>

00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:52.519
x
We<00:20:46.759><c> likewise</c><00:20:47.539><c> need</c><00:20:48.019><c> to</c><00:20:48.220><c> be</c><00:20:48.480><c> looking</c><00:20:48.700><c> up</c><00:20:49.799><c> so</c><00:20:50.460><c> that</c><00:20:50.799><c> we</c><00:20:51.000><c> will</c><00:20:51.259><c> know</c><00:20:51.519><c> him</c>

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:54.920
x
when<00:20:52.980><c> we</c><00:20:53.299><c> see</c><00:20:53.500><c> him.</c>

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:59.640
x
Even<00:20:55.700><c> so,</c><00:20:56.200><c> come,</c><00:20:57.220><c> Lord</c><00:20:57.460><c> Jesus.</c><00:20:58.799><c> Amen.</c>