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And<00:12:39.460><c> then</c><00:12:39.580><c> we</c><00:12:39.740><c> read</c><00:12:39.879><c> in</c><00:12:40.059><c> verse</c><00:12:40.259><c> 11.</c>

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Behold,<00:12:42.179><c> the</c><00:12:42.340><c> ark</c><00:12:42.639><c> of</c><00:12:42.860><c> the</c><00:12:43.120><c> covenant</c><00:12:43.519><c> of</c><00:12:44.340><c> the</c><00:12:44.559><c> Lord</c><00:12:44.820><c> of</c><00:12:45.000><c> all</c>

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passes<00:12:46.720><c> over</c><00:12:47.200><c> before</c><00:12:47.659><c> you</c><00:12:47.940><c> into</c><00:12:48.179><c> Jordan.</c>

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And<00:12:49.179><c> of</c><00:12:49.399><c> course,</c><00:12:49.679><c> that</c><00:12:49.940><c> ark</c><00:12:50.440><c> represented</c><00:12:51.100><c> the</c><00:12:51.379><c> leadership</c><00:12:51.720><c> in</c><00:12:51.940><c> Israel</c>

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with<00:12:52.799><c> which</c><00:12:53.100><c> Joshua</c><00:12:53.580><c> was</c><00:12:53.879><c> related.</c>

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Now,<00:12:55.240><c> brethren</c><00:12:55.460><c> and</c><00:12:55.679><c> sisters,</c><00:12:55.799><c> you</c><00:12:56.000><c> will</c><00:12:56.279><c> see</c><00:12:56.840><c> that</c><00:12:57.419><c> the</c><00:12:57.600><c> word</c>

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in<00:12:57.980><c> verse</c><00:12:58.220><c> 11</c><00:12:58.500><c> for</c><00:12:58.740><c> Lord</c>

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is<00:13:00.000><c> in</c><00:13:00.419><c> small</c><00:13:00.759><c> print.</c><00:13:01.100><c> It's</c><00:13:01.320><c> not</c><00:13:01.500><c> in</c><00:13:01.840><c> small</c><00:13:02.220><c> capitals.</c>

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Where,<00:13:04.940><c> of</c><00:13:05.080><c> course,</c><00:13:05.299><c> we</c><00:13:05.419><c> have</c><00:13:05.519><c> it</c><00:13:05.679><c> in</c><00:13:05.799><c> verse</c><00:13:05.980><c> 7.</c>

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In<00:13:07.000><c> capitals,</c><00:13:07.360><c> we</c><00:13:07.379><c> know</c><00:13:07.580><c> it</c><00:13:07.700><c> is</c><00:13:07.840><c> the</c><00:13:07.980><c> Hebrew</c><00:13:08.279><c> name</c><00:13:08.820><c> of</c><00:13:09.220><c> our</c>

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Heavenly<00:13:09.740><c> Father.</c>

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He<00:13:11.120><c> who</c><00:13:11.360><c> will</c><00:13:11.580><c> be.</c>

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But<00:13:12.559><c> down</c><00:13:12.779><c> in</c><00:13:12.940><c> verse</c><00:13:13.179><c> 11,</c><00:13:14.039><c> the</c><00:13:14.200><c> Hebrew</c><00:13:14.480><c> word</c><00:13:14.720><c> is</c><00:13:15.039><c> Adon</c>

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Behold,<00:13:20.179><c> the</c><00:13:20.360><c> ark</c><00:13:20.539><c> of</c><00:13:20.679><c> the</c><00:13:20.860><c> covenant,</c><00:13:21.580><c> the</c><00:13:21.980><c> ruler</c><00:13:22.460><c> of</c><00:13:22.980><c> all</c><00:13:23.580><c> the</c><00:13:23.940><c> earth</c>

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passes<00:13:24.759><c> over</c><00:13:25.039><c> before</c><00:13:25.399><c> you</c><00:13:25.559><c> into</c><00:13:25.740><c> Jordan.</c>

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And<00:13:26.639><c> on</c><00:13:26.840><c> that</c><00:13:27.139><c> great</c><00:13:27.480><c> day,</c><00:13:27.919><c> brethren</c><00:13:28.039><c> and</c><00:13:28.320><c> sisters,</c><00:13:29.139><c> Joshua</c>

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was<00:13:29.840><c> magnified.</c>

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Not<00:13:31.720><c> that</c><00:13:32.059><c> God</c><00:13:32.340><c> would</c><00:13:32.679><c> say</c><00:13:32.940><c> that</c><00:13:33.100><c> he</c><00:13:33.259><c> would</c><00:13:33.379><c> be</c><00:13:33.519><c> the</c><00:13:33.679><c> ruler</c><00:13:33.879><c> of</c>

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but<00:13:35.159><c> most</c><00:13:35.659><c> assuredly,</c><00:13:37.820><c> as</c><00:13:38.000><c> a</c><00:13:38.320><c> shadow,</c><00:13:39.279><c> as</c><00:13:39.440><c> a</c><00:13:39.759><c> figure,</c>

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Joshua<00:13:45.039><c> prefigured</c><00:13:45.779><c> him</c><00:13:46.340><c> who</c><00:13:46.779><c> would</c><00:13:47.080><c> come,</c><00:13:47.440><c> brethren</c><00:13:47.539><c> and</c><00:13:47.779><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:13:48.159><c> be</c><00:13:48.320><c> the</c><00:13:48.559><c> true</c><00:13:48.779><c> ruler</c><00:13:49.120><c> of</c><00:13:49.639><c> all</c><00:13:49.840><c> the</c><00:13:50.019><c> earth.</c>

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in<00:14:22.779><c> verses</c><00:14:23.080><c> 13</c><00:14:23.539><c> to</c><00:14:23.639><c> 15,</c><00:14:25.519><c> Elijah</c><00:14:25.980><c> is</c><00:14:26.419><c> departing</c><00:14:26.879><c> this</c><00:14:27.139><c> earth.</c>

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There<00:14:32.500><c> were</c><00:14:32.799><c> 50</c><00:14:33.320><c> aspirants</c><00:14:33.919><c> for</c><00:14:34.139><c> the</c><00:14:34.340><c> job,</c><00:14:35.879><c> 51</c><00:14:36.340><c> if</c><00:14:36.519><c> you</c><00:14:36.700><c> count</c><00:14:36.820><c> Elijah,</c>

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but<00:14:38.019><c> there</c><00:14:38.159><c> were</c><00:14:38.360><c> 50</c><00:14:38.840><c> great</c><00:14:39.360><c> men</c><00:14:39.860><c> standing</c><00:14:40.340><c> by</c><00:14:40.759><c> who</c><00:14:41.000><c> thought</c>

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that<00:14:41.480><c> they</c><00:14:41.639><c> might,</c>

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one<00:14:42.120><c> of</c><00:14:42.259><c> them</c><00:14:42.399><c> might</c><00:14:42.659><c> be</c><00:14:42.879><c> the</c><00:14:43.059><c> leader.</c>

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And<00:14:44.299><c> we</c><00:14:44.419><c> read</c><00:14:44.519><c> in</c><00:14:44.740><c> verse</c><00:14:44.980><c> 13</c><00:14:45.419><c> of</c><00:14:45.580><c> the</c><00:14:45.720><c> 2nd</c><00:14:45.919><c> of</c><00:14:46.039><c> Kings,</c><00:14:46.259><c> chapter</c><00:14:46.539><c> 2,</c>

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that<00:14:47.440><c> Elijah</c><00:14:47.799><c> took</c><00:14:48.000><c> up</c><00:14:48.220><c> the</c><00:14:48.399><c> mantle</c><00:14:48.539><c> of</c><00:14:48.759><c> Elijah</c><00:14:49.039><c> that</c><00:14:49.279><c> fell</c>

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and<00:14:49.980><c> went</c><00:14:50.220><c> back</c><00:14:50.480><c> and</c><00:14:50.799><c> stood</c><00:14:51.000><c> by</c><00:14:51.320><c> the</c><00:14:51.539><c> lip</c><00:14:51.679><c> of</c><00:14:51.980><c> Jordan.</c>

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And<00:14:53.779><c> he</c><00:14:53.879><c> took</c><00:14:54.019><c> the</c><00:14:54.279><c> mantle</c><00:14:54.480><c> of</c><00:14:54.700><c> Elijah</c><00:14:54.980><c> that</c><00:14:55.240><c> fell</c><00:14:55.399><c> from</c><00:14:55.580><c> him</c>

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and<00:14:56.220><c> smoked</c><00:14:56.220><c> the</c><00:14:56.480><c> waters</c><00:14:56.679><c> and</c><00:14:56.940><c> said,</c>

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Where<00:14:58.220><c> is</c><00:14:58.620><c> the</c><00:14:58.840><c> Lord</c><00:14:59.139><c> God</c><00:14:59.340><c> of</c><00:14:59.539><c> Elijah?</c>

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And<00:15:01.419><c> when</c><00:15:01.500><c> he</c><00:15:01.700><c> also</c><00:15:01.919><c> had</c><00:15:02.139><c> smitten</c><00:15:02.340><c> the</c><00:15:02.559><c> waters,</c>

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they<00:15:03.179><c> parted</c><00:15:03.559><c> hither</c><00:15:03.879><c> and</c><00:15:04.159><c> thither,</c><00:15:04.539><c> and</c><00:15:04.779><c> Elisha</c><00:15:05.720><c> went</c><00:15:06.039><c> over.</c>

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And<00:15:07.580><c> when</c><00:15:07.799><c> the</c><00:15:08.019><c> sons</c><00:15:08.159><c> of</c><00:15:08.340><c> the</c><00:15:08.559><c> prophets,</c><00:15:08.860><c> which</c><00:15:09.039><c> were</c><00:15:09.240><c> to</c><00:15:09.419><c> view</c>

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at<00:15:09.759><c> Jericho,</c><00:15:10.100><c> saw</c><00:15:10.399><c> him,</c>

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they<00:15:11.240><c> said,</c><00:15:12.500><c> The</c><00:15:12.679><c> spirit</c><00:15:13.120><c> of</c><00:15:13.399><c> Elijah</c><00:15:13.879><c> doth</c><00:15:14.159><c> rest</c><00:15:14.500><c> upon</c><00:15:14.720><c> Elijah.</c>

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And<00:15:15.940><c> they</c><00:15:16.220><c> came</c><00:15:16.539><c> to</c><00:15:16.779><c> meet</c><00:15:16.940><c> him</c><00:15:17.480><c> and</c><00:15:18.220><c> bowed</c><00:15:18.679><c> themselves</c><00:15:19.299><c> to</c><00:15:19.519><c> the</c>

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it<00:15:28.399><c> had</c><00:15:28.720><c> to</c><00:15:28.919><c> be</c><00:15:29.159><c> manifest</c><00:15:29.700><c> through</c><00:15:30.639><c> the</c><00:15:30.899><c> river</c><00:15:31.200><c> of</c><00:15:31.539><c> Jordan.</c>

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And<00:15:33.240><c> when</c><00:15:33.299><c> that</c><00:15:33.539><c> happened,</c><00:15:34.379><c> people</c><00:15:34.679><c> acknowledged</c><00:15:35.279><c> that.</c>

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I<00:15:36.240><c> think</c><00:15:36.360><c> you</c><00:15:36.500><c> can</c><00:15:36.639><c> see</c><00:15:36.799><c> where</c><00:15:36.980><c> I'm</c><00:15:37.159><c> going.</c>

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And<00:15:39.700><c> the</c><00:15:39.860><c> day</c><00:15:40.059><c> came</c><00:15:40.639><c> when</c><00:15:42.019><c> John's</c><00:15:42.919><c> successor</c><00:15:43.279><c> was</c><00:15:44.440><c> to</c><00:15:44.620><c> be</c><00:15:44.820><c> manifest.</c>

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All<00:15:46.399><c> the</c><00:15:46.740><c> people</c><00:15:47.080><c> had</c><00:15:47.299><c> been</c><00:15:47.600><c> impressed</c><00:15:48.000><c> with</c><00:15:48.259><c> John.</c>

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We<00:15:49.779><c> learn</c><00:15:50.019><c> later</c><00:15:50.340><c> on</c><00:15:50.559><c> that</c><00:15:50.740><c> despite</c><00:15:51.200><c> the</c><00:15:51.399><c> words</c><00:15:51.559><c> of</c><00:15:51.740><c> John</c><00:15:51.960><c> himself,</c>

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telling<00:15:53.000><c> them</c><00:15:53.159><c> to</c><00:15:53.379><c> follow</c><00:15:53.580><c> Jesus,</c><00:15:54.580><c> they</c><00:15:54.980><c> still</c><00:15:55.639><c> wouldn't</c>

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forsake<00:15:56.399><c> him.</c>

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And<00:15:56.659><c> there</c><00:15:56.740><c> were</c><00:15:56.879><c> such</c><00:15:57.100><c> people</c><00:15:57.399><c> known</c><00:15:57.659><c> as</c><00:15:57.899><c> John's</c><00:15:58.399><c> disciples,</c>

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even<00:16:00.559><c> though</c><00:16:00.860><c> he</c><00:16:01.259><c> told</c><00:16:01.480><c> them</c><00:16:01.620><c> to</c><00:16:01.879><c> follow</c><00:16:02.080><c> the</c><00:16:02.220><c> Lord</c><00:16:02.360><c> Jesus</c><00:16:02.759><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:16:04.500><c> so</c><00:16:04.639><c> it</c><00:16:04.659><c> was</c><00:16:04.919><c> necessary</c><00:16:05.399><c> with</c><00:16:05.620><c> that</c><00:16:05.919><c> sort</c><00:16:06.080><c> of</c><00:16:06.539><c> quality</c><00:16:06.919><c> in</c>

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him<00:16:07.320><c> and</c><00:16:07.500><c> leadership</c><00:16:07.980><c> in</c><00:16:08.220><c> him</c>

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that<00:16:08.799><c> God</c><00:16:09.179><c> should</c><00:16:09.440><c> make</c><00:16:09.759><c> it</c><00:16:10.419><c> known</c><00:16:10.779><c> that</c><00:16:11.059><c> day</c><00:16:11.320><c> who</c><00:16:11.559><c> is</c><00:16:11.799><c> going</c>

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to<00:16:12.059><c> be</c><00:16:12.179><c> his</c><00:16:12.440><c> successor.</c>

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And<00:16:13.200><c> how</c><00:16:13.379><c> did</c><00:16:13.500><c> he</c><00:16:13.559><c> do</c><00:16:13.720><c> it?</c>

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Straightway<00:16:15.480><c> when</c><00:16:15.679><c> Jesus</c><00:16:16.080><c> came</c><00:16:16.299><c> up</c><00:16:16.480><c> out</c><00:16:16.559><c> of</c><00:16:16.659><c> the</c><00:16:16.820><c> water,</c><00:16:17.000><c> he</c><00:16:17.200><c> said,</c>

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This<00:16:18.220><c> is</c><00:16:18.620><c> my</c><00:16:18.840><c> beloved</c><00:16:19.200><c> son.</c>

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Now,<00:16:21.440><c> brethren</c><00:16:21.480><c> and</c><00:16:21.740><c> sisters,</c><00:16:22.720><c> it</c><00:16:22.899><c> begs</c><00:16:23.200><c> the</c><00:16:23.419><c> question,</c>

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why<00:16:24.919><c> those</c><00:16:25.799><c> three</c><00:16:26.419><c> men</c><00:16:26.940><c> and</c><00:16:29.279><c> why</c><00:16:30.279><c> coming</c><00:16:30.820><c> up</c><00:16:31.200><c> out</c><00:16:31.539><c> of</c><00:16:31.759><c> Jordan?</c>

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They<00:16:32.600><c> are</c><00:16:32.720><c> the</c><00:16:32.980><c> two</c><00:16:33.440><c> questions.</c>

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Why<00:16:35.460><c> those</c><00:16:35.820><c> three</c><00:16:36.179><c> men</c><00:16:36.500><c> and</c><00:16:37.320><c> why</c><00:16:37.899><c> coming</c><00:16:38.340><c> up</c><00:16:38.519><c> out</c><00:16:38.700><c> of</c><00:16:38.899><c> Jordan?</c>

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Because<00:16:40.559><c> the</c><00:16:40.919><c> three</c><00:16:41.460><c> men's</c><00:16:42.240><c> names,</c><00:16:43.879><c> two</c><00:16:44.220><c> of</c><00:16:44.360><c> them</c><00:16:44.620><c> are</c><00:16:45.159><c> identical,</c>

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and<00:16:47.700><c> the</c><00:16:47.840><c> other</c><00:16:48.120><c> one</c><00:16:48.299><c> is</c><00:16:48.440><c> that</c><00:16:48.840><c> close,</c><00:16:49.179><c> it</c><00:16:49.179><c> doesn't</c><00:16:49.519><c> matter.</c>

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Joshua,<00:16:54.700><c> Yahoshua,</c><00:16:56.139><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:56.659><c> will</c><00:16:57.259><c> save,</c><00:16:58.340><c> is</c><00:16:58.480><c> the</c><00:16:58.679><c> name</c><00:16:58.879><c> of</c>

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our<00:16:59.299><c> Lord</c><00:16:59.559><c> Jesus</c><00:17:00.019><c> Christ.</c>

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Jesus<00:17:01.279><c> is</c><00:17:01.659><c> but</c><00:17:01.899><c> the</c><00:17:02.220><c> Greek</c><00:17:02.539><c> equivalent.</c>

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Elishua<00:17:05.940><c> or</c><00:17:06.859><c> Elisha</c><00:17:08.200><c> is</c><00:17:08.940><c> ale,</c><00:17:09.559><c> God</c><00:17:10.319><c> will</c><00:17:10.940><c> save.</c>

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And<00:17:13.220><c> so</c><00:17:13.460><c> we</c><00:17:13.700><c> find,</c><00:17:14.460><c> therefore,</c><00:17:14.619><c> the</c><00:17:14.880><c> three</c><00:17:15.099><c> men</c><00:17:15.400><c> who</c><00:17:15.599><c> were</c><00:17:15.799><c> manifest</c>

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coming<00:17:16.500><c> up</c><00:17:16.720><c> through</c><00:17:16.980><c> Jordan,</c><00:17:17.559><c> brethren</c><00:17:17.720><c> and</c><00:17:17.980><c> sisters,</c>

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all<00:17:19.059><c> had</c><00:17:19.319><c> names</c><00:17:19.839><c> basically</c><00:17:20.779><c> meaning</c><00:17:21.200><c> the</c><00:17:21.579><c> same.</c>

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That's<00:17:24.099><c> answer</c><00:17:24.259><c> question</c><00:17:24.559><c> number</c><00:17:24.920><c> one.</c>

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Question<00:17:25.839><c> number</c><00:17:26.119><c> two</c><00:17:26.339><c> is,</c>

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why<00:17:28.140><c> must</c><00:17:28.740><c> they</c><00:17:29.240><c> manifest</c><00:17:30.059><c> to</c><00:17:30.319><c> Israel</c><00:17:30.640><c> by</c><00:17:30.960><c> coming</c><00:17:31.200><c> up</c><00:17:31.599><c> out</c><00:17:31.960><c> of</c><00:17:32.400><c> Jordan?</c>

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We'll<00:17:34.900><c> never</c><00:17:35.180><c> understand</c><00:17:35.720><c> that,</c><00:17:36.019><c> brethren</c><00:17:36.240><c> and</c><00:17:36.480><c> sisters,</c>

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unless<00:17:37.000><c> we</c><00:17:37.220><c> understand</c><00:17:37.940><c> the</c><00:17:38.460><c> principle</c><00:17:38.859><c> for</c><00:17:39.079><c> which</c><00:17:39.420><c> Jordan</c><00:17:39.880><c> stood.</c>

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Jordan<00:17:42.819><c> means</c><00:17:43.400><c> the</c><00:17:44.000><c> descender.</c>

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It<00:17:46.700><c> rises</c><00:17:47.180><c> at</c><00:17:47.480><c> the</c><00:17:47.619><c> foot</c><00:17:47.740><c> of</c><00:17:47.960><c> Mount</c><00:17:48.220><c> Hermon,</c>

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several<00:17:49.880><c> thousand</c><00:17:50.299><c> feet</c><00:17:50.759><c> above</c><00:17:51.259><c> sea</c><00:17:51.559><c> level.</c>

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It<00:17:52.900><c> bubbles</c><00:17:53.180><c> out</c><00:17:53.420><c> from</c><00:17:53.660><c> right</c><00:17:53.799><c> underneath</c><00:17:54.079><c> Hermon,</c>

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and<00:17:55.960><c> by</c><00:17:56.259><c> the</c><00:17:56.440><c> time</c><00:17:56.579><c> you</c><00:17:56.779><c> turn</c><00:17:57.019><c> around</c><00:17:57.299><c> from</c><00:17:57.440><c> when</c><00:17:57.539><c> you're</c><00:17:57.680><c> looking</c><00:17:57.799><c> at</c>

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the<00:17:58.180><c> springs</c>

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coming<00:17:58.619><c> out</c><00:17:58.819><c> of</c><00:17:58.940><c> Hermon,</c><00:17:59.619><c> behind</c><00:17:59.880><c> your</c><00:18:00.099><c> back,</c><00:18:00.299><c> it's</c><00:18:00.400><c> a</c><00:18:00.480><c> very</c>

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broad<00:18:01.000><c> stream</c><00:18:01.319><c> already.</c>

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It<00:18:03.079><c> is</c><00:18:03.339><c> aqua</c><00:18:03.759><c> blue,</c><00:18:05.099><c> in</c><00:18:05.099><c> places</c><00:18:05.440><c> other</c><00:18:05.680><c> places</c><00:18:06.079><c> emerald</c><00:18:06.460><c> green,</c>

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as<00:18:07.880><c> it</c><00:18:08.119><c> represents</c><00:18:08.519><c> the</c><00:18:08.980><c> sparkling,</c><00:18:09.500><c> refracting</c><00:18:09.940><c> water</c><00:18:10.319><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:10.779><c> melting</c><00:18:11.079><c> snows,</c>

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bubbling<00:18:12.079><c> and</c><00:18:12.440><c> gurgling</c><00:18:12.779><c> and</c><00:18:13.079><c> foaming</c><00:18:13.359><c> over</c><00:18:13.619><c> the</c><00:18:13.799><c> rocks,</c><00:18:14.579><c> like</c><00:18:14.700><c> the</c>

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stream<00:18:15.180><c> down</c><00:18:15.480><c> there.</c>

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By<00:18:16.839><c> the</c><00:18:17.000><c> time</c><00:18:17.160><c> it</c><00:18:17.299><c> reaches</c><00:18:17.599><c> the</c><00:18:17.759><c> Sea</c><00:18:17.960><c> of</c><00:18:18.160><c> Galilee,</c><00:18:18.779><c> it's</c><00:18:19.039><c> a</c>

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dirty<00:18:19.500><c> brown,</c>

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and<00:18:22.200><c> it's</c><00:18:22.400><c> already</c><00:18:22.720><c> at</c><00:18:22.900><c> the</c><00:18:22.980><c> Sea</c><00:18:23.140><c> of</c><00:18:23.279><c> Galilee,</c><00:18:24.460><c> 600</c><00:18:24.839><c> feet</c><00:18:25.240><c> below</c><00:18:25.599><c> sea</c><00:18:25.880><c> level.</c>

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As<00:18:27.680><c> it</c><00:18:27.839><c> makes</c><00:18:28.119><c> its</c><00:18:28.380><c> torturous</c><00:18:28.880><c> way</c><00:18:29.339><c> down</c><00:18:29.779><c> the</c><00:18:30.119><c> Jordan</c><00:18:30.460><c> Valley,</c>

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brethren<00:18:31.099><c> and</c><00:18:31.339><c> sisters,</c>

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like<00:18:31.880><c> the</c><00:18:32.140><c> winding</c><00:18:32.460><c> of</c><00:18:32.680><c> a</c><00:18:32.960><c> snake,</c>

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it's<00:18:35.400><c> already</c><00:18:35.700><c> down,</c><00:18:35.880><c> when</c><00:18:36.000><c> you</c><00:18:36.119><c> get</c><00:18:36.240><c> to</c><00:18:36.400><c> the</c><00:18:36.480><c> top</c><00:18:36.640><c> of</c><00:18:36.799><c> the</c><00:18:36.920><c> lake,</c>

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it's<00:18:37.299><c> about</c><00:18:37.660><c> 1</c><00:18:38.019><c>,392</c><00:18:39.099><c> feet</c><00:18:39.440><c> below</c><00:18:39.799><c> sea</c><00:18:40.140><c> level</c><00:18:40.579><c> at</c><00:18:41.099><c> the</c><00:18:41.279><c> Dead</c><00:18:41.599><c> Sea.</c>

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No<00:18:42.720><c> wonder</c><00:18:42.920><c> it's</c><00:18:43.240><c> called</c><00:18:43.759><c> the</c><00:18:44.519><c> descender.</c>

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And<00:18:46.980><c> because</c><00:18:47.319><c> it's</c><00:18:47.619><c> got</c><00:18:47.759><c> such</c><00:18:48.059><c> a</c><00:18:48.299><c> steep</c><00:18:48.500><c> descent</c><00:18:48.960><c> and</c><00:18:49.599><c> such</c><00:18:49.859><c> a</c>

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torturous<00:18:50.480><c> course,</c>

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when<00:18:52.000><c> the</c><00:18:52.259><c> snows</c><00:18:52.519><c> melt</c><00:18:52.799><c> in</c><00:18:52.940><c> the</c><00:18:53.180><c> thaw,</c><00:18:54.319><c> the</c><00:18:54.440><c> river</c><00:18:54.759><c> overflows</c>

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all<00:18:55.779><c> its</c><00:18:56.039><c> banks,</c>

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so<00:18:56.559><c> we</c><00:18:56.759><c> learn</c><00:18:56.900><c> in</c><00:18:57.059><c> the</c><00:18:57.220><c> first</c><00:18:57.400><c> chapter</c><00:18:57.660><c> of</c><00:18:57.880><c> Joshua,</c><00:18:58.700><c> the</c><00:18:58.900><c> first</c>

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of<00:18:59.259><c> Chronicles</c><00:18:59.559><c> chapter</c><00:18:59.880><c> 12.</c>

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Quickly<00:19:01.559><c> overflows</c><00:19:02.140><c> its</c><00:19:02.500><c> banks,</c><00:19:03.200><c> quickly</c><00:19:03.619><c> recedes,</c><00:19:04.200><c> and</c><00:19:04.319><c> you</c>

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ever<00:19:04.519><c> see</c><00:19:04.660><c> a</c><00:19:04.779><c> river</c><00:19:04.940><c> do</c><00:19:05.160><c> that,</c>

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it<00:19:05.799><c> will</c><00:19:06.019><c> leave</c><00:19:06.259><c> on</c><00:19:06.480><c> the</c><00:19:06.700><c> banks</c><00:19:06.920><c> all</c><00:19:07.220><c> the</c><00:19:07.480><c> bracken,</c><00:19:08.559><c> all</c><00:19:08.799><c> the</c><00:19:09.000><c> debris,</c>

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all<00:19:10.099><c> the</c><00:19:10.299><c> mud</c><00:19:10.859><c> caked</c><00:19:11.400><c> in</c><00:19:11.660><c> layers,</c><00:19:12.720><c> baked</c><00:19:12.920><c> hard</c><00:19:13.380><c> in</c><00:19:13.579><c> the</c><00:19:13.759><c> sun</c><00:19:13.880><c> on</c><00:19:14.220><c> top,</c>

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but<00:19:15.220><c> beneath</c><00:19:15.759><c> oozy</c><00:19:16.400><c> and</c><00:19:16.759><c> black.</c>

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Jordan<00:19:19.559><c> ever</c><00:19:20.160><c> stood</c><00:19:20.640><c> for</c><00:19:21.900><c> the</c><00:19:22.220><c> flesh,</c><00:19:24.380><c> as</c><00:19:24.640><c> it</c><00:19:25.000><c> started</c><00:19:25.180><c> in</c><00:19:25.420><c> all</c>

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its<00:19:25.779><c> purity</c>

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and<00:19:27.339><c> stagnated</c><00:19:28.740><c> in</c><00:19:29.279><c> the</c><00:19:29.460><c> Dead</c><00:19:29.819><c> Sea.</c>

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And<00:19:31.859><c> about</c><00:19:32.140><c> 15</c><00:19:32.839><c> miles</c><00:19:33.440><c> north</c><00:19:33.819><c> of</c><00:19:34.000><c> the</c><00:19:34.140><c> Dead</c><00:19:34.480><c> Sea,</c>

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according<00:19:35.839><c> to</c><00:19:36.039><c> the</c><00:19:36.160><c> third</c><00:19:36.400><c> chapter</c><00:19:36.720><c> of</c><00:19:36.960><c> Joshua</c><00:19:37.279><c> in</c><00:19:37.559><c> verse</c><00:19:37.799><c> 16,</c>

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was<00:19:39.039><c> a</c><00:19:39.220><c> little</c><00:19:39.519><c> city</c><00:19:39.819><c> called</c><00:19:40.500><c> Adam.</c>

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And<00:19:44.420><c> through</c><00:19:44.759><c> Adam,</c><00:19:45.759><c> it</c><00:19:46.460><c> stagnated</c><00:19:47.579><c> into</c><00:19:48.019><c> death,</c><00:19:49.180><c> and</c><00:19:49.359><c> nothing</c><00:19:49.700><c> lives</c>

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in<00:19:50.480><c> that</c><00:19:50.759><c> sea.</c>

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Jordan<00:19:53.240><c> ever</c><00:19:53.680><c> stood</c><00:19:54.220><c> as</c><00:19:55.500><c> a</c><00:19:55.680><c> symbol</c><00:19:55.839><c> of</c><00:19:56.000><c> the</c><00:19:56.200><c> flesh.</c>

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Zechariah<00:19:58.339><c> the</c><00:19:58.579><c> prophet,</c><00:19:58.940><c> Jeremiah</c><00:19:59.279><c> the</c><00:19:59.619><c> prophet,</c>

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looking<00:20:00.619><c> down</c><00:20:00.880><c> upon</c><00:20:01.119><c> Jordan</c><00:20:01.480><c> from</c><00:20:01.700><c> the</c><00:20:01.839><c> heights</c><00:20:02.039><c> of</c><00:20:02.299><c> Judea,</c>

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you<00:20:03.180><c> look</c><00:20:03.359><c> down</c><00:20:03.579><c> upon</c><00:20:03.779><c> it,</c><00:20:03.880><c> it's</c><00:20:04.039><c> a</c><00:20:04.200><c> beautiful</c><00:20:04.539><c> sight,</c><00:20:05.799><c> the</c>

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winding<00:20:06.380><c> river.</c>

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And<00:20:07.940><c> because</c><00:20:08.220><c> the</c><00:20:08.519><c> bracken</c><00:20:08.799><c> grows</c><00:20:09.079><c> up</c><00:20:09.279><c> in</c><00:20:09.420><c> the</c><00:20:09.599><c> debris,</c><00:20:10.579><c> and</c><00:20:10.700><c> it's</c><00:20:10.839><c> got</c><00:20:10.960><c> a</c>

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green<00:20:11.539><c> top,</c>

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it<00:20:13.200><c> looks</c><00:20:13.420><c> beautiful,</c><00:20:14.079><c> brothers</c><00:20:14.200><c> and</c><00:20:14.299><c> sisters.</c>

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You<00:20:15.579><c> look</c><00:20:15.740><c> down</c><00:20:15.980><c> upon</c><00:20:16.180><c> a</c><00:20:16.319><c> river</c><00:20:16.440><c> like</c><00:20:16.740><c> that</c><00:20:16.880><c> from</c><00:20:17.059><c> a</c><00:20:17.240><c> great</c><00:20:17.460><c> height,</c>

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and<00:20:18.119><c> you're</c><00:20:18.319><c> looking</c><00:20:18.359><c> straight</c><00:20:18.740><c> down</c><00:20:18.880><c> at</c><00:20:19.019><c> it,</c><00:20:19.279><c> you're</c><00:20:19.480><c> looking</c><00:20:19.539><c> at</c><00:20:19.720><c> the</c>

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top<00:20:20.059><c> of</c><00:20:20.220><c> the</c><00:20:20.400><c> bracken,</c>

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it's<00:20:21.059><c> beautiful.</c>

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A<00:20:22.000><c> green</c><00:20:22.359><c> sward</c><00:20:23.079><c> seems</c><00:20:23.539><c> to</c><00:20:24.539><c> converge</c><00:20:25.279><c> and</c><00:20:25.700><c> clothe</c><00:20:26.059><c> both</c><00:20:26.400><c> banks</c>

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of<00:20:26.799><c> the</c><00:20:26.859><c> river</c>

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as<00:20:27.279><c> it</c><00:20:27.559><c> flows</c><00:20:27.900><c> peacefully</c><00:20:28.579><c> towards</c><00:20:28.960><c> the</c><00:20:29.140><c> Dead</c><00:20:29.380><c> Sea.</c>

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But<00:20:30.079><c> when</c><00:20:30.180><c> you</c><00:20:30.299><c> get</c><00:20:30.480><c> down</c><00:20:30.779><c> there,</c><00:20:32.380><c> on</c><00:20:32.539><c> ground</c><00:20:32.799><c> level,</c><00:20:33.740><c> and</c><00:20:33.799><c> you</c>

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see<00:20:34.059><c> underneath,</c>

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the<00:20:35.839><c> dead</c><00:20:36.079><c>-looking</c><00:20:36.420><c> branches</c><00:20:36.819><c> which</c><00:20:37.079><c> just</c><00:20:37.319><c> got</c><00:20:37.440><c> the</c><00:20:37.640><c> green</c><00:20:37.740><c> on</c>

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the<00:20:38.140><c> top,</c>

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and<00:20:38.920><c> the</c><00:20:39.180><c> oozy</c><00:20:39.599><c> black</c><00:20:39.940><c> mud,</c><00:20:40.599><c> and</c><00:20:40.680><c> the</c><00:20:41.079><c> slimy</c><00:20:41.500><c> stuff</c><00:20:41.819><c> there,</c>

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and<00:20:42.539><c> the</c><00:20:42.799><c> vipers</c><00:20:43.140><c> making</c><00:20:43.480><c> their</c><00:20:43.700><c> way</c><00:20:43.900><c> through</c><00:20:44.119><c> that</c><00:20:44.400><c> bracken,</c>

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it's<00:20:45.180><c> a</c><00:20:45.380><c> dangerous</c><00:20:45.839><c> place.</c>

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It's<00:20:46.660><c> also</c><00:20:46.980><c> where</c><00:20:47.180><c> the</c><00:20:47.500><c> lions</c><00:20:47.920><c> were</c><00:20:48.119><c> very</c><00:20:49.339><c> prevalent</c><00:20:49.640><c> down</c><00:20:49.940><c> there,</c>

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and<00:20:50.440><c> a</c><00:20:50.640><c> very</c><00:20:50.980><c> dangerous</c><00:20:51.420><c> place</c><00:20:51.720><c> to</c><00:20:51.960><c> go.</c>

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And<00:20:52.500><c> so</c><00:20:52.680><c> Jeremiah</c><00:20:53.200><c> said,</c>

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If<00:20:54.619><c> they</c><00:20:54.819><c> have</c><00:20:55.099><c> weary</c><00:20:55.400><c> thee</c><00:20:55.599><c> with</c><00:20:55.859><c> footmen,</c><00:20:56.440><c> how</c><00:20:56.619><c> will</c><00:20:56.759><c> you</c>

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contend<00:20:57.240><c> with</c><00:20:57.420><c> horses?</c>

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And<00:21:00.039><c> if</c><00:21:00.259><c> in</c><00:21:00.380><c> the</c><00:21:00.519><c> land</c><00:21:00.660><c> of</c><00:21:01.039><c> peace</c><00:21:01.299><c> you</c><00:21:01.440><c> couldn't</c><00:21:01.660><c> get</c><00:21:01.859><c> on,</c>

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how<00:21:02.839><c> ever</c><00:21:03.140><c> will</c><00:21:03.319><c> you</c><00:21:03.519><c> do</c><00:21:03.660><c> in</c><00:21:03.819><c> the</c><00:21:04.039><c> pride</c><00:21:04.240><c> of</c><00:21:04.500><c> Jordan?</c>

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In<00:21:06.380><c> other</c><00:21:06.539><c> words,</c><00:21:06.759><c> if</c><00:21:06.880><c> you</c><00:21:07.000><c> can't</c><00:21:07.279><c> keep</c><00:21:07.420><c> up</c><00:21:07.539><c> with</c><00:21:07.700><c> men</c><00:21:07.900><c> running,</c>

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you'll<00:21:08.220><c> never</c><00:21:08.420><c> keep</c><00:21:08.579><c> up</c><00:21:08.680><c> with</c><00:21:08.839><c> horses.</c>

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If<00:21:10.539><c> in</c><00:21:10.660><c> the</c><00:21:10.779><c> land</c><00:21:10.940><c> of</c><00:21:11.240><c> peace</c><00:21:11.359><c> you</c><00:21:11.519><c> can't</c><00:21:11.779><c> get</c><00:21:11.980><c> on,</c><00:21:12.579><c> you'll</c><00:21:13.119><c> never</c><00:21:13.680><c> get</c><00:21:14.019><c> on.</c>

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When<00:21:14.519><c> you</c><00:21:14.619><c> get</c><00:21:14.720><c> down</c><00:21:14.839><c> to</c><00:21:14.980><c> the</c><00:21:15.299><c> pride</c><00:21:15.660><c> of</c><00:21:15.940><c> Jordan,</c>

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and<00:21:16.660><c> the</c><00:21:16.759><c> word</c><00:21:16.980><c> pride</c><00:21:17.380><c> is</c><00:21:17.619><c> used</c><00:21:17.759><c> because</c><00:21:17.940><c> it</c><00:21:18.200><c> looked</c><00:21:18.380><c> good,</c>

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but<00:21:19.359><c> oh</c><00:21:19.759><c> boy,</c><00:21:20.059><c> you</c><00:21:20.180><c> get</c><00:21:20.339><c> down</c><00:21:20.599><c> there</c><00:21:20.920><c> and</c><00:21:21.319><c> you're</c><00:21:21.519><c> all</c><00:21:21.640><c> sorts</c>

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of<00:21:22.039><c> trouble.</c>

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And<00:21:23.359><c> so</c><00:21:23.480><c> when</c><00:21:23.640><c> we</c><00:21:23.799><c> understand</c><00:21:24.380><c> therefore,</c><00:21:24.859><c> brethren</c><00:21:25.000><c> and</c><00:21:25.279><c> sisters,</c>

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for<00:21:26.480><c> what</c><00:21:26.740><c> Jordan</c><00:21:27.200><c> stood,</c>

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we<00:21:28.420><c> begin</c><00:21:28.880><c> to</c><00:21:29.319><c> understand</c><00:21:29.839><c> why</c><00:21:30.200><c> it</c><00:21:30.400><c> is</c><00:21:30.799><c> that</c><00:21:31.220><c> God</c><00:21:31.640><c> manifested</c>

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His<00:21:32.839><c> salvation</c>

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by<00:21:34.259><c> men</c><00:21:34.559><c> who</c><00:21:34.720><c> are</c><00:21:34.920><c> able</c><00:21:35.079><c> to</c><00:21:35.420><c> climb</c><00:21:35.799><c> out</c><00:21:36.039><c> of</c><00:21:36.180><c> its</c><00:21:36.579><c> water.</c>

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He<00:21:40.400><c> who</c><00:21:40.579><c> can</c><00:21:40.839><c> get</c><00:21:41.039><c> out</c><00:21:41.240><c> of</c><00:21:41.339><c> that</c><00:21:41.599><c> water</c><00:21:42.400><c> has</c><00:21:43.079><c> to</c><00:21:43.299><c> be</c><00:21:43.440><c> God's</c><00:21:43.900><c> salvation.</c>

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Not<00:21:46.259><c> that</c><00:21:46.460><c> Joshua</c><00:21:46.799><c> was,</c><00:21:48.339><c> not</c><00:21:48.619><c> that</c><00:21:48.779><c> Elisha</c><00:21:49.119><c> was.</c>

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They<00:21:51.019><c> were</c><00:21:51.319><c> but</c><00:21:51.599><c> representatives</c><00:21:52.220><c> of</c><00:21:52.599><c> Him</c><00:21:52.799><c> who</c><00:21:52.960><c> should</c><00:21:53.160><c> come.</c>

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But<00:21:55.180><c> there</c><00:21:55.339><c> was</c><00:21:55.539><c> a</c><00:21:55.720><c> man,</c><00:21:56.099><c> brethren</c><00:21:56.240><c> and</c><00:21:56.500><c> sisters,</c><00:21:56.759><c> who</c><00:21:56.859><c> came</c>

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of<00:21:57.359><c> Adam,</c>

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and<00:21:59.119><c> he's</c><00:21:59.359><c> with</c><00:21:59.619><c> us,</c><00:21:59.960><c> or</c><00:22:00.200><c> was</c><00:22:00.480><c> with</c><00:22:00.720><c> us,</c><00:22:00.960><c> I</c><00:22:01.059><c> should</c><00:22:01.259><c> say,</c>

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correcting<00:22:01.940><c> myself,</c><00:22:02.740><c> he</c><00:22:02.980><c> was</c><00:22:03.279><c> with</c><00:22:03.519><c> us</c><00:22:03.859><c> in</c><00:22:04.180><c> the</c><00:22:04.420><c> stagnation</c>

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of<00:22:05.279><c> death.</c>

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But<00:22:07.160><c> he</c><00:22:07.299><c> got</c><00:22:07.500><c> out</c><00:22:07.759><c> of</c><00:22:07.920><c> it.</c>

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And<00:22:11.140><c> the</c><00:22:11.339><c> only</c><00:22:11.599><c> way</c><00:22:11.839><c> he</c><00:22:12.019><c> could</c><00:22:12.400><c> ever</c><00:22:12.819><c> get</c><00:22:13.039><c> out</c><00:22:13.220><c> of</c><00:22:13.359><c> it</c><00:22:14.000><c> was</c><00:22:15.160><c> by</c>

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the<00:22:15.660><c> power</c><00:22:15.880><c> of</c><00:22:16.059><c> his</c><00:22:16.279><c> God.</c>

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He<00:22:18.019><c> was</c><00:22:18.519><c> Yah's</c><00:22:19.339><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:22:21.539><c> so</c><00:22:21.759><c> that's</c><00:22:22.059><c> why</c><00:22:22.259><c> the</c><00:22:22.440><c> men</c><00:22:22.539><c> have</c><00:22:22.660><c> got</c><00:22:22.799><c> the</c><00:22:23.000><c> same</c><00:22:23.200><c> names,</c>

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and<00:22:24.279><c> that's</c><00:22:24.559><c> why</c><00:22:24.720><c> they</c><00:22:24.920><c> came</c><00:22:25.099><c> out</c><00:22:25.220><c> of</c><00:22:25.319><c> the</c><00:22:25.460><c> same</c><00:22:25.619><c> river.</c>

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If<00:22:27.299><c> you</c><00:22:27.500><c> can</c><00:22:27.740><c> overcome</c><00:22:28.079><c> the</c><00:22:28.380><c> flesh,</c>

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if<00:22:29.420><c> you</c><00:22:29.619><c> can</c><00:22:29.779><c> live</c><00:22:29.880><c> a</c><00:22:30.059><c> perfect</c><00:22:30.359><c> life,</c><00:22:30.759><c> brethren</c><00:22:30.960><c> and</c><00:22:31.200><c> sisters,</c>

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then<00:22:32.740><c> you</c><00:22:33.000><c> are</c><00:22:33.200><c> of</c><00:22:33.519><c> God</c><00:22:33.960><c> as</c><00:22:34.180><c> He</c><00:22:34.420><c> was</c><00:22:34.559><c> of</c><00:22:34.799><c> God,</c>

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but<00:22:35.400><c> you're</c><00:22:35.640><c> not,</c><00:22:36.819><c> and</c><00:22:36.980><c> I'm</c><00:22:37.180><c> not.</c>

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And<00:22:39.279><c> we</c><00:22:39.380><c> will</c><00:22:39.700><c> never</c><00:22:39.940><c> ever,</c><00:22:40.799><c> in</c><00:22:41.099><c> reality,</c><00:22:42.660><c> get</c><00:22:42.819><c> out</c><00:22:43.019><c> of</c><00:22:43.099><c> that</c><00:22:43.299><c> water</c>

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until<00:22:44.200><c> He</c><00:22:44.519><c> comes</c><00:22:45.119><c> to</c><00:22:45.740><c> pluck</c><00:22:45.900><c> us</c><00:22:46.180><c> out.</c>

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But<00:22:47.940><c> He</c><00:22:48.160><c> did,</c><00:22:49.359><c> and</c><00:22:49.440><c> when</c><00:22:49.579><c> He</c><00:22:49.720><c> come</c><00:22:49.839><c> up</c><00:22:50.000><c> out</c><00:22:50.140><c> of</c><00:22:50.200><c> that</c><00:22:50.380><c> water,</c>

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God<00:22:51.000><c> says,</c><00:22:51.839><c> this</c><00:22:51.940><c> is</c><00:22:52.240><c> my</c><00:22:52.500><c> Son.</c>

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And<00:22:53.400><c> you</c><00:22:53.440><c> know,</c><00:22:53.700><c> brethren</c><00:22:53.900><c> and</c><00:22:54.039><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:22:54.779><c> was</c><00:22:55.019><c> not</c><00:22:55.259><c> so</c><00:22:55.500><c> much</c><00:22:55.720><c> as</c><00:22:55.960><c> a</c><00:22:56.079><c> statement</c><00:22:56.339><c> again</c><00:22:56.740><c> of</c><00:22:57.140><c> endearment,</c>

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although<00:22:58.119><c> of</c><00:22:58.299><c> course</c><00:22:58.460><c> that's</c><00:22:59.160><c> clearly</c><00:22:59.400><c> implied</c><00:22:59.819><c> in</c><00:22:59.960><c> it,</c>

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this<00:23:00.180><c> is</c><00:23:00.420><c> my</c><00:23:00.579><c> well</c><00:23:00.720><c>-beloved</c><00:23:01.099><c> Son.</c>

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What<00:23:02.059><c> God</c><00:23:02.279><c> is</c><00:23:02.559><c> trying</c><00:23:02.819><c> to</c><00:23:03.039><c> tell</c><00:23:03.160><c> us,</c><00:23:03.740><c> this</c><00:23:04.000><c> is</c><00:23:04.700><c> my</c><00:23:05.559><c> Son.</c>

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That's<00:23:07.059><c> why</c><00:23:07.299><c> He</c><00:23:07.480><c> got</c><00:23:07.680><c> out</c><00:23:07.900><c> of</c><00:23:08.019><c> that</c><00:23:08.200><c> river.</c>

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Had<00:23:10.140><c> He</c><00:23:10.220><c> not</c><00:23:10.400><c> been</c><00:23:10.640><c> my</c><00:23:10.920><c> Son,</c><00:23:11.259><c> He</c><00:23:11.339><c> never</c><00:23:11.920><c> got</c><00:23:12.140><c> out</c><00:23:12.339><c> of</c><00:23:12.420><c> it.</c>

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:16.319
He<00:23:13.700><c> would</c><00:23:13.839><c> have</c><00:23:14.019><c> still</c><00:23:14.299><c> been</c><00:23:14.740><c> in</c><00:23:15.660><c> the</c><00:23:15.880><c> grave</c>

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:21.079
with<00:23:16.779><c> the</c><00:23:16.920><c> rest</c><00:23:17.039><c> of</c><00:23:17.420><c> the</c><00:23:17.500><c> stream</c><00:23:17.880><c> of</c><00:23:18.180><c> humanity</c><00:23:18.519><c> that</c><00:23:19.259><c> stagnated</c><00:23:19.819><c> in</c><00:23:20.000><c> that</c><00:23:20.140><c> water.</c>

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And<00:23:22.279><c> so</c><00:23:22.539><c> John</c><00:23:22.759><c> was</c><00:23:23.099><c> waiting</c><00:23:23.559><c> for</c><00:23:23.779><c> that</c><00:23:24.059><c> to</c><00:23:24.400><c> happen,</c>

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for<00:23:26.259><c> the</c><00:23:26.559><c> tide</c><00:23:26.799><c> of</c><00:23:27.180><c> humanity</c><00:23:27.500><c> to</c><00:23:27.859><c> be</c><00:23:27.859><c> returned</c><00:23:28.279><c> back</c>

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from<00:23:29.059><c> the</c><00:23:29.359><c> first</c><00:23:29.680><c> Adam</c><00:23:29.880><c> through</c><00:23:30.160><c> to</c><00:23:30.380><c> the</c><00:23:30.480><c> second</c><00:23:30.779><c> Adam.</c>

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By<00:23:31.180><c> one</c><00:23:31.460><c> man</c><00:23:31.779><c> came</c><00:23:32.180><c> death.</c>

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By<00:23:33.059><c> another</c><00:23:33.480><c> man,</c><00:23:33.880><c> brethren</c><00:23:34.059><c> and</c><00:23:34.319><c> sisters,</c><00:23:35.039><c> came</c><00:23:35.200><c> resurrection</c><00:23:35.759><c> to</c><00:23:36.079><c> life.</c>

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John<00:23:36.900><c> was</c><00:23:37.240><c> waiting</c><00:23:37.579><c> for</c><00:23:37.839><c> that.</c>

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And<00:23:38.920><c> God</c><00:23:39.160><c> told</c><00:23:39.480><c> him,</c><00:23:39.660><c> that's</c><00:23:39.960><c> how</c><00:23:40.039><c> He's</c><00:23:40.160><c> going</c><00:23:40.319><c> to</c><00:23:40.400><c> be</c><00:23:40.599><c> manifest.</c>

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Prophecy<00:23:42.000><c> demanded</c><00:23:42.380><c> it.</c>

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Principle<00:23:43.859><c> demanded</c><00:23:44.220><c> it.</c>

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Type<00:23:45.660><c> demanded</c><00:23:46.160><c> it.</c>

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And<00:23:48.180><c> because</c><00:23:48.500><c> He</c><00:23:48.579><c> was</c><00:23:48.799><c> God's</c><00:23:49.099><c> Son,</c><00:23:50.099><c> stepping</c><00:23:50.259><c> up</c><00:23:50.460><c> out</c><00:23:50.559><c> of</c><00:23:50.619><c> that</c><00:23:50.799><c> water,</c>

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He<00:23:51.759><c> stood</c><00:23:51.980><c> there</c><00:23:52.380><c> clean,</c><00:23:53.720><c> pure,</c>

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because<00:23:55.140><c> the</c><00:23:55.559><c> mighty</c><00:23:56.019><c> power</c><00:23:56.460><c> of</c><00:23:56.619><c> His</c><00:23:56.940><c> Father</c><00:23:57.559><c> operated</c><00:23:58.259><c> in</c><00:23:58.500><c> Him</c><00:23:58.680><c> in</c>

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a<00:23:59.019><c> manner</c>

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which<00:23:59.740><c> I</c><00:24:00.079><c> could</c><00:24:00.460><c> never</c><00:24:00.859><c> understand</c><00:24:01.359><c> or</c><00:24:01.559><c> describe,</c>

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but<00:24:02.700><c> which</c><00:24:02.859><c> I</c><00:24:03.039><c> could</c><00:24:03.200><c> never</c><00:24:03.420><c> match</c><00:24:03.720><c> either.</c>

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And<00:24:05.359><c> so</c><00:24:05.480><c> we</c><00:24:05.599><c> come</c><00:24:05.740><c> to</c><00:24:05.900><c> the</c><00:24:06.019><c> third</c><00:24:06.220><c> chapter</c><00:24:06.519><c> of</c><00:24:06.680><c> Matthew.</c>

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With<00:24:07.519><c> that</c><00:24:07.700><c> little</c><00:24:07.900><c> bit</c><00:24:08.000><c> of</c><00:24:08.079><c> an</c><00:24:08.259><c> introduction,</c><00:24:08.740><c> which</c><00:24:08.880><c> took</c>

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half<00:24:09.299><c> the</c><00:24:09.480><c> session,</c>

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we'll<00:24:10.599><c> have</c><00:24:10.700><c> now</c><00:24:10.940><c> a</c><00:24:10.980><c> look,</c><00:24:11.259><c> brethren</c><00:24:11.359><c> and</c><00:24:11.660><c> sisters,</c>

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:17.160
at<00:24:12.980><c> the</c><00:24:13.259><c> monumental</c><00:24:13.759><c> occasion</c><00:24:14.480><c> when</c><00:24:15.680><c> the</c><00:24:15.859><c> Lord</c><00:24:16.059><c> came</c><00:24:16.420><c> to</c><00:24:16.579><c> that</c><00:24:16.759><c> river</c>

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:20.519
in<00:24:17.680><c> the</c><00:24:17.940><c> third</c><00:24:18.559><c> chapter</c><00:24:19.019><c> of</c><00:24:19.559><c> Matthew.</c>

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And<00:24:20.839><c> we'll</c><00:24:21.059><c> basically</c><00:24:21.519><c> stay</c><00:24:21.759><c> with</c><00:24:21.900><c> this</c><00:24:22.119><c> record,</c><00:24:22.440><c> perhaps,</c>

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:26.559
with<00:24:23.380><c> just</c><00:24:23.779><c> deviating</c><00:24:24.220><c> here</c><00:24:24.480><c> and</c><00:24:24.599><c> there</c><00:24:24.740><c> to</c><00:24:24.980><c> illustrate</c><00:24:25.359><c> our</c><00:24:25.619><c> principles.</c>

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And<00:24:28.240><c> in</c><00:24:28.400><c> the</c><00:24:28.539><c> third</c><00:24:28.720><c> chapter</c><00:24:29.000><c> of</c><00:24:29.200><c> Matthew</c><00:24:29.480><c> we</c><00:24:29.720><c> read,</c>

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:33.460
and<00:24:31.680><c> listen</c><00:24:31.920><c> to</c><00:24:32.019><c> what</c><00:24:32.160><c> it</c><00:24:32.400><c> says,</c>

00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:41.160
then<00:24:34.799><c> cometh</c><00:24:35.480><c> Jesus</c><00:24:36.900><c> from</c><00:24:38.380><c> Galilee</c><00:24:39.140><c> to</c><00:24:39.539><c> Jordan</c><00:24:40.200><c> unto</c><00:24:40.579><c> John</c><00:24:40.980><c> to</c>

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be<00:24:41.380><c> baptized</c><00:24:41.920><c> of</c><00:24:42.140><c> Him.</c>

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:46.359
He<00:24:43.019><c> almost</c><00:24:43.500><c> traversed</c><00:24:44.440><c> the</c><00:24:44.720><c> whole</c><00:24:44.980><c> course</c><00:24:45.220><c> of</c><00:24:45.380><c> that</c><00:24:45.519><c> river.</c>

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See<00:24:47.019><c> the</c><00:24:47.259><c> point?</c>

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He<00:24:48.319><c> almost</c><00:24:48.720><c> traversed</c><00:24:49.359><c> the</c><00:24:49.599><c> whole</c><00:24:50.019><c> course</c><00:24:50.440><c> of</c><00:24:50.839><c> that</c><00:24:51.119><c> river.</c>

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He<00:24:52.759><c> descended.</c>

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And<00:24:57.200><c> He</c><00:24:57.380><c> that</c><00:24:57.559><c> ascended</c><00:24:58.099><c> far</c><00:24:58.519><c> up</c><00:24:58.779><c> above</c><00:24:59.039><c> all</c><00:24:59.380><c> the</c><00:24:59.559><c> heavens,</c><00:25:00.019><c> what</c><00:25:00.160><c> is</c>

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it<00:25:00.660><c> first,</c>

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but<00:25:01.720><c> that</c><00:25:01.900><c> He</c><00:25:02.460><c> descended</c><00:25:03.180><c> to</c><00:25:03.859><c> the</c><00:25:04.079><c> lower</c><00:25:04.339><c> parts</c><00:25:04.759><c> of</c><00:25:05.000><c> the</c><00:25:05.119><c> earth.</c>

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:10.339
He<00:25:07.240><c> that</c><00:25:07.400><c> will</c><00:25:07.599><c> be</c><00:25:07.980><c> exalted</c><00:25:08.359><c> must</c><00:25:08.680><c> first</c><00:25:09.039><c> humble</c><00:25:09.359><c> Himself.</c>

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If<00:25:11.480><c> we</c><00:25:11.680><c> want</c><00:25:11.819><c> to</c><00:25:12.019><c> ride</c><00:25:12.160><c> upon</c><00:25:12.359><c> the</c><00:25:12.599><c> high</c><00:25:12.819><c> places</c><00:25:13.200><c> of</c><00:25:13.539><c> Judah</c>

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and<00:25:14.599><c> be</c><00:25:14.859><c> fed</c><00:25:15.000><c> with</c><00:25:15.200><c> the</c><00:25:15.400><c> heritage</c><00:25:15.680><c> of</c><00:25:16.000><c> Jacob,</c><00:25:16.400><c> brethren</c><00:25:16.599><c> and</c><00:25:16.839><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:25:17.740><c> must</c><00:25:18.099><c> first</c><00:25:18.539><c> walk</c><00:25:18.900><c> the</c><00:25:19.180><c> distance</c><00:25:19.859><c> down</c><00:25:20.559><c> Jordan.</c>

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:26.099
He<00:25:22.460><c> came</c><00:25:22.759><c> from</c><00:25:23.039><c> Galilee</c><00:25:23.599><c> and</c><00:25:24.240><c> He</c><00:25:24.819><c> descended</c><00:25:25.259><c> the</c><00:25:25.660><c> course</c><00:25:25.880><c> of</c>

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that<00:25:26.319><c> river.</c>

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Now,<00:25:28.140><c> of</c><00:25:28.180><c> course,</c><00:25:28.579><c> John</c><00:25:28.640><c> was</c><00:25:28.900><c> embarrassed,</c><00:25:29.480><c> wasn't</c><00:25:29.660><c> he?</c>

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He<00:25:31.160><c> was</c><00:25:31.539><c> absolutely</c><00:25:32.339><c> embarrassed.</c>

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Because<00:25:34.420><c> although</c><00:25:34.740><c> he</c><00:25:34.880><c> didn't</c><00:25:35.099><c> know</c><00:25:35.339><c> that</c><00:25:35.579><c> Jesus</c><00:25:35.940><c> of</c><00:25:36.180><c> Nazareth</c><00:25:36.559><c> was</c><00:25:36.859><c> the</c><00:25:37.019><c> Messiah,</c>

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as<00:25:37.619><c> he</c><00:25:37.779><c> himself</c><00:25:38.079><c> confessed,</c><00:25:38.519><c> he</c><00:25:38.640><c> didn't</c><00:25:38.940><c> know.</c>

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:41.400
He<00:25:39.880><c> knew</c><00:25:40.079><c> Him</c><00:25:40.220><c> as</c><00:25:40.400><c> a</c><00:25:40.559><c> person.</c>

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:43.400
He<00:25:42.359><c> knew</c><00:25:42.539><c> Him</c><00:25:42.700><c> as</c><00:25:42.819><c> an</c><00:25:43.000><c> individual.</c>

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He<00:25:43.619><c> knew</c><00:25:43.779><c> Him</c><00:25:43.920><c> as</c><00:25:44.099><c> a</c><00:25:44.279><c> character.</c>

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And<00:25:45.420><c> John</c><00:25:45.640><c> was</c><00:25:46.059><c> utterly</c><00:25:46.619><c> embarrassed</c><00:25:47.279><c> that</c><00:25:47.480><c> this</c><00:25:47.759><c> one</c><00:25:47.920><c> should</c>

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stand<00:25:48.500><c> in</c><00:25:48.660><c> that</c><00:25:48.880><c> water</c><00:25:49.059><c> with</c><00:25:49.279><c> Him</c>

00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:52.700
and<00:25:50.140><c> looking</c><00:25:50.299><c> into</c><00:25:50.500><c> those</c><00:25:50.859><c> beautiful</c><00:25:51.579><c> eyes,</c>

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which<00:25:53.359><c> of</c><00:25:53.559><c> course</c><00:25:53.720><c> was</c><00:25:53.940><c> the</c><00:25:54.160><c> light</c><00:25:54.359><c> of</c><00:25:54.559><c> the</c><00:25:54.720><c> body.</c>

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And<00:25:56.339><c> knowing</c><00:25:56.539><c> behind</c><00:25:57.140><c> those</c><00:25:57.500><c> eyes</c><00:25:57.880><c> that</c><00:25:58.180><c> body</c><00:25:58.680><c> had</c><00:25:59.160><c> lived</c><00:25:59.339><c> a</c>

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life<00:25:59.779><c> of</c><00:26:00.359><c> utter</c><00:26:00.599><c> perfection.</c>

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Oh,<00:26:01.880><c> how</c><00:26:02.359><c> embarrassing</c><00:26:02.900><c> it</c><00:26:03.140><c> is</c><00:26:03.420><c> to</c><00:26:03.779><c> stand</c><00:26:04.160><c> there</c>

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:09.339
and<00:26:04.940><c> have</c><00:26:05.140><c> to</c><00:26:05.420><c> baptize</c><00:26:05.960><c> Him</c><00:26:06.160><c> into</c><00:26:06.339><c> the</c><00:26:06.559><c> baptism</c><00:26:06.980><c> of</c><00:26:08.000><c> repentance.</c>

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:13.759
What<00:26:11.460><c> is</c><00:26:11.680><c> John</c><00:26:11.900><c> going</c><00:26:12.079><c> to</c><00:26:12.279><c> do,</c><00:26:12.619><c> brethren</c><00:26:12.759><c> and</c><00:26:13.000><c> sisters?</c>

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Lord,<00:26:15.039><c> I</c><00:26:15.039><c> have</c><00:26:15.299><c> need</c><00:26:15.460><c> to</c><00:26:15.619><c> be</c><00:26:15.839><c> baptized</c><00:26:16.240><c> of</c><00:26:16.539><c> Thee.</c>

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Comeest<00:26:18.119><c> Thou</c><00:26:18.339><c> to</c><00:26:18.579><c> me?</c>

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:24.089
John,<00:26:22.140><c> John,</c><00:26:22.839><c> you</c><00:26:22.880><c> must</c><00:26:23.220><c> understand.</c>

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:29.200
John,<00:26:25.720><c> thus</c><00:26:26.039><c> it</c><00:26:26.460><c> becometh</c><00:26:27.099><c> us,</c><00:26:27.660><c> the</c><00:26:27.920><c> two</c><00:26:28.099><c> of</c><00:26:28.220><c> us,</c>

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to<00:26:30.059><c> fulfill</c><00:26:30.880><c> all</c><00:26:31.900><c> righteousness.</c>

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:36.240
What<00:26:34.039><c> righteousness</c><00:26:34.599><c> was</c><00:26:34.940><c> fulfilled</c><00:26:35.380><c> on</c><00:26:35.619><c> that</c><00:26:35.839><c> day</c>

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that<00:26:36.940><c> a</c><00:26:37.099><c> perfect</c><00:26:37.480><c> man</c><00:26:37.759><c> should</c><00:26:37.940><c> be</c><00:26:38.240><c> baptized</c><00:26:38.599><c> into</c><00:26:38.859><c> that</c><00:26:39.220><c> baptism?</c>

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:42.519
Well,<00:26:41.059><c> you</c><00:26:41.140><c> see,</c><00:26:41.599><c> brethren</c><00:26:41.599><c> and</c><00:26:41.880><c> sisters,</c>

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:46.940
John<00:26:43.259><c> wasn't</c><00:26:43.660><c> only</c><00:26:44.059><c> preaching</c><00:26:44.599><c> the</c><00:26:45.259><c> Gospel</c><00:26:45.619><c> of</c><00:26:45.900><c> repentance.</c>

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:53.240
You<00:26:49.359><c> see,</c><00:26:50.420><c> sin</c><00:26:50.819><c> is</c><00:26:51.720><c> the</c><00:26:51.920><c> outcome</c><00:26:52.299><c> of</c><00:26:52.599><c> a</c><00:26:52.759><c> cause.</c>

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:55.960
It's<00:26:53.660><c> the</c><00:26:53.779><c> cause</c><00:26:54.059><c> of</c><00:26:54.779><c> an</c><00:26:55.039><c> effect.</c>

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Sin<00:26:57.720><c> is</c><00:26:57.940><c> the</c><00:26:58.119><c> cause</c><00:26:58.400><c> of</c><00:26:58.599><c> the</c><00:26:58.819><c> effect.</c>

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And<00:27:00.460><c> so</c><00:27:00.640><c> there's</c><00:27:01.000><c> got</c><00:27:01.240><c> to</c><00:27:01.440><c> be</c><00:27:01.660><c> something</c><00:27:01.920><c> to</c><00:27:02.059><c> be</c><00:27:02.279><c> acknowledged.</c>

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What<00:27:03.440><c> was</c><00:27:03.720><c> the</c><00:27:04.000><c> righteousness</c><00:27:04.359><c> to</c><00:27:04.619><c> be</c><00:27:04.839><c> fulfilled?</c>

00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:08.279
Well,<00:27:06.119><c> listen,</c><00:27:07.480><c> they</c><00:27:07.680><c> said,</c><00:27:07.819><c> who</c><00:27:07.980><c> are</c><00:27:08.140><c> you?</c>

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:10.119
He<00:27:08.359><c> said,</c><00:27:08.700><c> I'm</c><00:27:08.980><c> a</c><00:27:09.160><c> voice.</c>

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:14.180
And<00:27:10.839><c> he</c><00:27:11.019><c> identified</c><00:27:11.519><c> himself</c><00:27:11.880><c> with</c><00:27:12.059><c> that</c><00:27:12.279><c> voice</c><00:27:12.440><c> in</c><00:27:12.680><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:13.000><c> 40.</c>

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.900
And<00:27:14.839><c> the</c><00:27:15.000><c> voice</c><00:27:15.180><c> said,</c><00:27:15.519><c> cry.</c>

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:19.180
And<00:27:16.119><c> he</c><00:27:16.200><c> says,</c><00:27:17.559><c> what</c><00:27:17.819><c> shall</c><00:27:18.019><c> I</c><00:27:18.259><c> cry?</c>

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All<00:27:23.140><c> flesh</c><00:27:23.779><c> is</c><00:27:25.099><c> grass.</c>

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Not<00:27:28.200><c> some</c><00:27:28.440><c> of</c><00:27:28.599><c> it.</c>

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All<00:27:31.720><c> flesh</c><00:27:32.359><c> is</c><00:27:33.140><c> grass.</c>

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Had<00:27:34.960><c> not</c><00:27:35.259><c> Jesus</c><00:27:35.619><c> submitted</c><00:27:35.960><c> to</c><00:27:36.160><c> that</c><00:27:36.339><c> baptism,</c><00:27:36.880><c> brethren</c><00:27:37.000><c> and</c><00:27:37.240><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:42.200
he<00:27:38.599><c> would</c><00:27:38.819><c> be</c><00:27:39.079><c> claiming</c><00:27:39.380><c> to</c><00:27:39.599><c> be</c><00:27:39.779><c> a</c><00:27:39.940><c> man</c><00:27:40.240><c> from</c><00:27:40.500><c> another</c><00:27:40.779><c> planet.</c>

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:46.920
But<00:27:43.680><c> for</c><00:27:43.980><c> as</c><00:27:44.160><c> much</c><00:27:44.339><c> as</c><00:27:44.500><c> the</c><00:27:44.680><c> children</c><00:27:44.960><c> are</c><00:27:45.160><c> partakers</c><00:27:45.539><c> of</c><00:27:45.779><c> flesh</c><00:27:45.980><c> and</c><00:27:46.180><c> blood,</c>

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:54.599
he<00:27:48.640><c> also</c><00:27:49.240><c> himself</c><00:27:50.619><c> likewise</c><00:27:52.059><c> took</c><00:27:53.200><c> part</c><00:27:53.480><c> of</c><00:27:53.740><c> the</c><00:27:53.839><c> same.</c>

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All<00:27:55.740><c> flesh</c><00:27:56.339><c> is</c><00:27:56.759><c> grass.</c>

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John,<00:27:58.799><c> thus</c><00:27:59.099><c> it</c><00:27:59.440><c> becometh</c><00:27:59.819><c> us</c><00:28:00.319><c> to</c><00:28:00.779><c> fulfill</c><00:28:01.440><c> all</c><00:28:01.940><c> righteousness.</c>

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:05.640
For<00:28:03.119><c> it</c><00:28:03.400><c> became</c><00:28:03.880><c> him</c><00:28:04.299><c> of</c><00:28:04.700><c> whom</c><00:28:04.920><c> are</c><00:28:05.079><c> all</c><00:28:05.299><c> things,</c>

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:08.180
and<00:28:06.240><c> through</c><00:28:06.579><c> whom</c><00:28:06.839><c> are</c><00:28:07.019><c> all</c><00:28:07.200><c> things,</c>

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:11.119
in<00:28:08.880><c> making</c><00:28:09.259><c> the</c><00:28:09.579><c> captain</c><00:28:09.859><c> of</c><00:28:09.960><c> their</c><00:28:10.140><c> salvation</c><00:28:10.680><c> perfect</c>

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through<00:28:11.400><c> suffering,</c>

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:14.299
says<00:28:12.079><c> the</c><00:28:12.299><c> Apostle</c><00:28:12.660><c> in</c><00:28:12.839><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:13.140><c> 2.</c>

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It<00:28:14.619><c> became</c><00:28:15.319><c> him.</c>

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It<00:28:17.240><c> behoved</c><00:28:17.799><c> him</c><00:28:18.359><c> to</c><00:28:18.900><c> be</c><00:28:19.079><c> made</c><00:28:19.279><c> like</c><00:28:19.480><c> unto</c><00:28:20.220><c> his</c><00:28:20.420><c> brethren.</c>

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:24.779
So<00:28:21.539><c> Paul</c><00:28:21.720><c> says,</c><00:28:22.480><c> it</c><00:28:22.619><c> became</c><00:28:23.059><c> him</c><00:28:23.539><c> in</c><00:28:23.859><c> making</c><00:28:24.180><c> him</c><00:28:24.460><c> the</c><00:28:24.599><c> captain</c>

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of<00:28:24.980><c> our</c><00:28:25.160><c> salvation.</c>

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:29.019
It<00:28:26.519><c> behoved</c><00:28:27.460><c> him</c><00:28:27.680><c> to</c><00:28:27.799><c> be</c><00:28:27.940><c> made</c><00:28:28.099><c> like</c><00:28:28.299><c> unto</c><00:28:28.500><c> his</c><00:28:28.720><c> brethren.</c>

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:31.500
If<00:28:29.579><c> he's</c><00:28:29.779><c> got</c><00:28:29.859><c> to</c><00:28:29.960><c> be</c><00:28:30.119><c> a</c><00:28:30.319><c> captain,</c><00:28:30.619><c> he's</c><00:28:30.819><c> got</c><00:28:30.900><c> to</c><00:28:31.000><c> be</c><00:28:31.099><c> a</c><00:28:31.259><c> leader.</c>

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A<00:28:32.480><c> captain</c><00:28:32.839><c> represents</c><00:28:33.480><c> his</c><00:28:33.779><c> people,</c><00:28:35.000><c> as</c><00:28:35.200><c> Joshua</c><00:28:35.660><c> did,</c><00:28:35.960><c> as</c>

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Elisha<00:28:36.579><c> did,</c>

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as<00:28:37.160><c> the</c><00:28:37.339><c> Lord</c><00:28:37.539><c> Jesus</c><00:28:38.000><c> Christ</c><00:28:38.359><c> did.</c>

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:41.339
And<00:28:39.579><c> so</c><00:28:39.660><c> when</c><00:28:39.859><c> the</c><00:28:40.000><c> Lord</c><00:28:40.180><c> stepped</c><00:28:40.500><c> into</c><00:28:40.720><c> the</c><00:28:40.859><c> water,</c><00:28:41.000><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:28:41.619><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:28:42.240><c> fulfill</c><00:28:42.779><c> all</c><00:28:43.160><c> righteousness,</c><00:28:45.059><c> there</c><00:28:45.220><c> was</c><00:28:45.480><c> two</c><00:28:45.759><c> things</c><00:28:46.180><c> declared.</c>

00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:49.920
First<00:28:48.180><c> of</c><00:28:48.380><c> all,</c><00:28:48.660><c> his</c><00:28:48.839><c> humanity.</c>

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:53.299
He<00:28:50.359><c> was</c><00:28:50.640><c> a</c><00:28:50.859><c> descendant</c><00:28:51.279><c> with</c><00:28:51.460><c> everybody</c><00:28:51.779><c> else</c><00:28:52.039><c> into</c><00:28:52.180><c> the</c><00:28:52.400><c> stagnation</c><00:28:52.940><c> of</c><00:28:53.180><c> death,</c>

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:56.180
and<00:28:53.500><c> of</c><00:28:53.619><c> himself</c><00:28:54.059><c> he</c><00:28:54.200><c> could</c><00:28:54.440><c> do</c><00:28:55.220><c> nothing.</c>

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:59.940
When<00:28:57.519><c> the</c><00:28:57.680><c> Lord</c><00:28:57.839><c> said</c><00:28:58.099><c> that,</c><00:28:58.359><c> it</c><00:28:58.460><c> wasn't</c><00:28:58.940><c> pseudo</c><00:28:59.359><c>-humility.</c>

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:02.740
It<00:29:00.440><c> was</c><00:29:00.660><c> an</c><00:29:00.859><c> absolute</c><00:29:01.339><c> statement</c><00:29:01.920><c> of</c><00:29:02.420><c> fact.</c>

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:06.660
He<00:29:03.339><c> could</c><00:29:03.599><c> of</c><00:29:03.759><c> himself</c><00:29:04.259><c> do</c><00:29:05.119><c> nothing.</c>

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:15.559
And<00:29:11.299><c> by</c><00:29:11.500><c> the</c><00:29:11.680><c> same</c><00:29:11.880><c> token,</c><00:29:13.880><c> to</c><00:29:13.980><c> quote</c><00:29:14.140><c> our</c><00:29:14.319><c> brother</c><00:29:14.539><c> Jim</c><00:29:14.900><c> playing</c><00:29:15.339><c> on</c>

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the<00:29:15.779><c> front</c><00:29:16.000><c> foot,</c>

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he<00:29:18.140><c> was</c><00:29:18.640><c> telling</c><00:29:18.960><c> everybody</c><00:29:19.559><c> the</c><00:29:20.200><c> real</c><00:29:20.720><c> source</c><00:29:21.259><c> of</c><00:29:21.640><c> his</c><00:29:21.940><c> strength.</c>

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Thus<00:29:24.339><c> it</c><00:29:24.579><c> becomeeth</c><00:29:24.920><c> us</c><00:29:25.079><c> to</c><00:29:25.259><c> fulfill</c><00:29:25.680><c> all</c><00:29:26.099><c> righteousness.</c>

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:31.619
Back,<00:29:27.799><c> keeping</c><00:29:28.079><c> your</c><00:29:28.279><c> hand</c><00:29:28.420><c> in</c><00:29:28.619><c> Matthew,</c><00:29:29.079><c> back</c><00:29:29.259><c> to</c><00:29:29.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:29.859><c> 42.</c>

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:34.759
Here<00:29:32.799><c> was</c><00:29:33.000><c> the</c><00:29:33.160><c> righteousness,</c><00:29:33.859><c> brethren</c><00:29:34.019><c> and</c><00:29:34.240><c> sisters,</c><00:29:34.539><c> that</c><00:29:34.599><c> was</c>

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being<00:29:35.039><c> fulfilled</c><00:29:35.480><c> on</c><00:29:35.680><c> that</c><00:29:35.859><c> day.</c>

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Some<00:29:38.380><c> wonderful</c><00:29:38.799><c> things</c><00:29:39.119><c> written</c><00:29:39.380><c> in</c><00:29:39.519><c> the</c><00:29:39.759><c> prophets.</c>

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:48.680
Isaiah<00:29:46.140><c> 42,</c><00:29:46.700><c> verses</c><00:29:46.980><c> 5</c><00:29:47.259><c> and</c><00:29:47.440><c> 6.</c>

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:51.619
Thus<00:29:49.099><c> saith</c><00:29:49.339><c> God,</c><00:29:50.019><c> the</c><00:29:50.240><c> Lord,</c><00:29:50.539><c> he</c><00:29:50.759><c> that</c><00:29:50.900><c> created</c><00:29:51.220><c> the</c><00:29:51.440><c> heavens</c>

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and<00:29:51.900><c> stretched</c><00:29:52.079><c> them</c><00:29:52.299><c> out,</c>

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he<00:29:53.960><c> that</c><00:29:54.180><c> spread</c><00:29:54.400><c> forth</c><00:29:54.680><c> the</c><00:29:54.900><c> earth</c><00:29:55.059><c> and</c><00:29:55.200><c> that</c><00:29:55.339><c> which</c><00:29:55.539><c> cometh</c>

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of<00:29:55.940><c> it,</c>

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he<00:29:56.440><c> that</c><00:29:56.619><c> giveth</c><00:29:56.859><c> breath</c><00:29:57.220><c> unto</c><00:29:57.400><c> the</c><00:29:57.640><c> people</c><00:29:57.839><c> upon</c><00:29:58.079><c> it,</c><00:29:58.960><c> and</c><00:29:59.119><c> the</c><00:29:59.339><c> spirit</c><00:29:59.559><c> to</c>

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:01.700
them<00:29:59.859><c> that</c><00:30:00.119><c> walk</c><00:30:00.359><c> therein.</c>

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Ay,<00:30:01.980><c> the</c><00:30:02.099><c> Lord</c><00:30:02.299><c> have</c><00:30:02.599><c> called</c><00:30:02.900><c> thee</c><00:30:03.279><c> in</c><00:30:03.680><c> righteousness,</c><00:30:05.500><c> and</c>

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will<00:30:06.720><c> hold</c><00:30:07.259><c> thine</c><00:30:07.660><c> hand,</c>

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:13.160
and<00:30:09.440><c> will</c><00:30:09.819><c> keep</c><00:30:10.180><c> thee,</c><00:30:11.339><c> give</c><00:30:11.539><c> thee,</c><00:30:12.279><c> for</c><00:30:12.380><c> a</c><00:30:12.660><c> covenant</c><00:30:12.839><c> of</c><00:30:13.000><c> the</c>

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:15.140
people,<00:30:13.859><c> for</c><00:30:14.039><c> a</c><00:30:14.220><c> light</c><00:30:14.359><c> of</c><00:30:14.539><c> the</c><00:30:14.660><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:17.119
See<00:30:15.440><c> the</c><00:30:15.619><c> point,</c><00:30:15.859><c> brethren</c><00:30:16.039><c> and</c><00:30:16.299><c> sisters.</c>

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:20.259
Ay,<00:30:17.579><c> the</c><00:30:17.680><c> Lord</c><00:30:17.839><c> have</c><00:30:18.099><c> called</c><00:30:18.319><c> thee</c><00:30:18.799><c> in</c><00:30:19.180><c> righteousness,</c><00:30:20.079><c> but</c>

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in<00:30:20.440><c> order</c><00:30:20.579><c> to</c><00:30:20.740><c> do</c><00:30:20.880><c> that,</c><00:30:21.079><c> I've</c><00:30:21.420><c> got</c><00:30:21.500><c> to</c><00:30:21.680><c> hold</c><00:30:21.779><c> your</c><00:30:21.980><c> hand.</c>

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There's<00:30:24.039><c> no</c><00:30:24.420><c> way</c><00:30:25.059><c> that</c><00:30:25.980><c> he</c><00:30:26.039><c> could</c><00:30:26.140><c> be</c><00:30:26.420><c> called</c><00:30:26.539><c> in</c><00:30:26.799><c> righteousness</c><00:30:27.180><c> unless</c><00:30:27.599><c> God</c>

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had<00:30:28.079><c> hold</c><00:30:28.259><c> of</c><00:30:28.400><c> his</c><00:30:28.599><c> hand.</c>

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:34.420
And<00:30:30.480><c> God</c><00:30:30.720><c> says,</c><00:30:31.039><c> I</c><00:30:31.039><c> will</c><00:30:31.440><c> keep</c><00:30:31.779><c> you,</c><00:30:32.960><c> give</c><00:30:33.299><c> you.</c>

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:37.559
It<00:30:34.960><c> was</c><00:30:35.140><c> all</c><00:30:35.339><c> the</c><00:30:35.440><c> work</c><00:30:35.539><c> of</c><00:30:35.759><c> God,</c><00:30:36.079><c> brethren</c><00:30:36.200><c> and</c><00:30:36.500><c> sisters.</c>

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:42.539
Far<00:30:38.900><c> be</c><00:30:39.059><c> it</c><00:30:39.160><c> from</c><00:30:39.299><c> me</c><00:30:39.480><c> to</c><00:30:39.700><c> stand</c><00:30:39.920><c> here</c><00:30:40.440><c> and</c><00:30:40.700><c> to</c><00:30:41.579><c> detract</c><00:30:42.059><c> from</c>

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:45.920
the<00:30:42.799><c> remarkable,</c><00:30:44.000><c> wonderful,</c><00:30:44.559><c> loving</c><00:30:44.940><c> cooperation</c><00:30:45.579><c> of</c><00:30:45.759><c> the</c>

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Son<00:30:46.039><c> of</c><00:30:46.259><c> God.</c>

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:52.160
Never<00:30:47.900><c> would</c><00:30:48.140><c> I,</c><00:30:48.519><c> brothers</c><00:30:48.660><c> and</c><00:30:48.960><c> sisters,</c><00:30:49.519><c> ever</c><00:30:49.700><c> want</c><00:30:49.960><c> to</c><00:30:50.279><c> hear,</c><00:30:51.160><c> depreciate</c><00:30:51.799><c> the</c>

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:53.980
grandeur<00:30:52.680><c> of</c><00:30:52.859><c> his</c><00:30:53.019><c> submission.</c>

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:59.140
But<00:30:55.480><c> in</c><00:30:55.779><c> accordance</c><00:30:56.079><c> with</c><00:30:56.299><c> his</c><00:30:56.480><c> own</c><00:30:56.799><c> wish,</c><00:30:58.220><c> his</c><00:30:58.400><c> own</c><00:30:58.799><c> doctrine</c>

00:30:59.140 --> 00:31:00.299
and<00:30:59.420><c> teaching,</c>

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:04.279
it<00:31:00.859><c> was</c><00:31:01.059><c> his</c><00:31:01.579><c> Father</c><00:31:02.240><c> where</c><00:31:02.740><c> the</c><00:31:02.920><c> victory</c><00:31:03.200><c> belonged.</c>

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:07.400
His<00:31:04.920><c> was</c><00:31:05.160><c> but</c><00:31:05.339><c> the</c><00:31:05.500><c> submission</c><00:31:05.880><c> to</c><00:31:06.079><c> a</c><00:31:06.339><c> power</c><00:31:06.539><c> beyond</c><00:31:06.940><c> him.</c>

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:13.000
And<00:31:08.059><c> his</c><00:31:08.240><c> Father</c><00:31:08.559><c> grabbed</c><00:31:09.059><c> his</c><00:31:09.380><c> hand,</c><00:31:10.460><c> kept</c><00:31:10.799><c> him,</c><00:31:11.900><c> gave</c><00:31:12.240><c> him</c>

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in<00:31:13.619><c> righteousness.</c>

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Whose<00:31:15.059><c> righteousness?</c>

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The<00:31:16.519><c> chapter</c><00:31:16.819><c> finishes</c><00:31:17.240><c> in</c><00:31:17.480><c> verse</c><00:31:17.720><c> 21.</c>

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Chapter<00:31:20.299><c> 42</c><00:31:20.859><c> of</c><00:31:21.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:21.440><c> finishes</c><00:31:21.839><c> with</c><00:31:22.140><c> these</c><00:31:22.420><c> words.</c>

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:28.079
The<00:31:24.160><c> Lord</c><00:31:24.559><c> is</c><00:31:24.839><c> well</c><00:31:25.240><c> pleased</c><00:31:25.559><c> for</c><00:31:25.900><c> his</c><00:31:26.460><c> righteousness</c><00:31:27.059><c> sake.</c>

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:31.299
He<00:31:28.480><c> will</c><00:31:28.779><c> magnify</c><00:31:29.440><c> the</c><00:31:29.740><c> law</c><00:31:29.980><c> and</c><00:31:30.359><c> make</c><00:31:30.519><c> it</c><00:31:30.839><c> honorable.</c>

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:34.579
Whose<00:31:32.200><c> righteousness</c><00:31:32.799><c> sake,</c><00:31:33.220><c> brethren</c><00:31:33.440><c> and</c><00:31:33.700><c> sisters?</c>

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:37.579
Rotherham,<00:31:35.559><c> I</c><00:31:35.839><c> believe,</c><00:31:36.220><c> catches</c><00:31:36.500><c> the</c><00:31:36.799><c> spirit</c><00:31:36.920><c> of</c><00:31:37.059><c> that</c><00:31:37.259><c> verse</c><00:31:37.420><c> when</c>

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:38.059
he<00:31:37.740><c> says,</c>

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the<00:31:38.700><c> Lord</c><00:31:39.019><c> is</c><00:31:39.359><c> well</c><00:31:39.680><c> pleased</c><00:31:39.980><c> for</c><00:31:40.579><c> his</c><00:31:41.099><c> own</c><00:31:41.839><c> righteousness</c><00:31:42.420><c> sake.</c>

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:47.079
And<00:31:44.440><c> it</c><00:31:44.579><c> has</c><00:31:44.799><c> to</c><00:31:44.960><c> be</c><00:31:45.059><c> God's</c><00:31:45.440><c> righteousness</c><00:31:45.859><c> because</c><00:31:46.640><c> it's</c><00:31:46.920><c> a</c>

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:48.960
magnification<00:31:47.759><c> of</c><00:31:48.279><c> the</c><00:31:48.579><c> law</c>

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:52.359
which<00:31:49.299><c> was</c><00:31:49.660><c> given</c><00:31:49.980><c> before</c><00:31:50.460><c> Jesus</c><00:31:50.980><c> as</c><00:31:51.279><c> an</c><00:31:51.519><c> individual</c><00:31:51.900><c> saw</c><00:31:52.160><c> the</c>

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:53.779
light<00:31:52.480><c> of</c><00:31:52.759><c> day.</c>

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:59.140
It<00:31:55.279><c> was</c><00:31:55.500><c> making</c><00:31:55.839><c> something</c><00:31:56.299><c> honorable</c><00:31:57.220><c> that</c><00:31:58.420><c> came</c><00:31:58.740><c> before</c>

00:31:59.140 --> 00:32:03.960
the<00:31:59.400><c> man</c><00:32:00.039><c> that</c><00:32:02.079><c> God</c><00:32:02.460><c> had</c><00:32:02.720><c> instituted.</c>

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:10.559
And<00:32:05.079><c> so</c><00:32:05.259><c> the</c><00:32:05.440><c> Lord</c><00:32:05.660><c> was</c><00:32:06.019><c> pleased</c><00:32:06.539><c> for</c><00:32:07.539><c> his</c><00:32:08.119><c> own</c><00:32:08.839><c> righteousness</c><00:32:09.440><c> sake.</c>

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:15.259
And<00:32:11.240><c> when</c><00:32:11.339><c> he</c><00:32:11.500><c> took</c><00:32:11.720><c> him</c><00:32:11.880><c> by</c><00:32:12.160><c> the</c><00:32:12.380><c> hand</c><00:32:12.940><c> and</c><00:32:13.599><c> led</c><00:32:13.799><c> him</c><00:32:14.000><c> in</c><00:32:14.220><c> righteousness,</c>

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:21.599
John,<00:32:17.400><c> thus</c><00:32:17.720><c> it</c><00:32:18.079><c> becometh</c><00:32:18.440><c> us</c><00:32:19.000><c> to</c><00:32:19.500><c> fulfill</c><00:32:20.079><c> all</c><00:32:20.539><c> righteousness.</c>

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:24.779
And<00:32:22.019><c> the</c><00:32:22.180><c> Lord</c><00:32:22.440><c> felt,</c><00:32:23.039><c> brethren</c><00:32:23.220><c> and</c><00:32:23.480><c> sisters,</c><00:32:24.279><c> the</c><00:32:24.519><c> warmth</c>

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:26.640
and<00:32:24.960><c> the</c><00:32:25.279><c> strength</c><00:32:25.460><c> of</c><00:32:25.599><c> his</c><00:32:25.839><c> Father's</c><00:32:26.400><c> arm</c>

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:31.619
holding<00:32:27.180><c> him</c><00:32:27.440><c> there,</c><00:32:28.259><c> keeping</c><00:32:28.680><c> him</c><00:32:28.980><c> there,</c><00:32:29.380><c> and</c><00:32:29.619><c> then</c><00:32:29.940><c> finally</c><00:32:30.720><c> giving</c>

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:34.440
him<00:32:32.440><c> to</c><00:32:32.740><c> the</c><00:32:32.940><c> people</c><00:32:33.180><c> for</c><00:32:33.440><c> a</c><00:32:33.640><c> covenant.</c>

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:38.720
It<00:32:35.319><c> was</c><00:32:35.539><c> also</c><00:32:35.880><c> wonderful</c><00:32:36.519><c> when</c><00:32:37.380><c> the</c><00:32:37.660><c> principles</c><00:32:37.940><c> are</c><00:32:38.200><c> discerned.</c>

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:41.259
That's<00:32:39.079><c> the</c><00:32:39.359><c> atonement.</c><00:32:40.460><c> You</c><00:32:40.460><c> know,</c><00:32:40.759><c> brethren</c><00:32:40.900><c> and</c><00:32:41.140><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:43.700
it's<00:32:41.599><c> a</c><00:32:41.759><c> precious</c><00:32:42.079><c> doctrine.</c>

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I've<00:32:44.400><c> never</c><00:32:44.660><c> found,</c><00:32:44.960><c> you</c><00:32:45.140><c> may</c><00:32:45.779><c> correct</c><00:32:46.079><c> me</c><00:32:46.279><c> in</c><00:32:46.420><c> this,</c><00:32:46.940><c> in</c><00:32:47.119><c> all</c>

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:48.539
my<00:32:47.619><c> experience</c><00:32:47.960><c> in</c><00:32:48.119><c> the</c><00:32:48.319><c> truth,</c>

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:51.779
I've<00:32:49.019><c> never</c><00:32:49.299><c> found</c><00:32:49.619><c> anybody</c><00:32:50.140><c> who</c><00:32:50.440><c> believes</c><00:32:50.880><c> what</c><00:32:51.119><c> we</c><00:32:51.559><c> believe</c>

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:53.900
in<00:32:51.920><c> its</c><00:32:52.160><c> purity</c><00:32:52.519><c> on</c><00:32:52.920><c> the</c><00:32:53.119><c> doctrine</c><00:32:53.279><c> of</c><00:32:53.420><c> the</c><00:32:53.579><c> atonement.</c>

00:32:54.099 --> 00:33:00.960
It's<00:32:54.519><c> a</c><00:32:54.680><c> gift.</c><00:32:56.099><c> I</c><00:32:56.400><c> will</c><00:32:56.779><c> give</c><00:32:57.000><c> him.</c><00:32:57.519><c> It's</c><00:32:57.920><c> a</c><00:32:58.119><c> gift</c><00:32:58.619><c> to</c><00:32:59.339><c> understand</c><00:32:59.819><c> that</c><00:33:00.059><c> doctrine.</c>

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:04.500
And<00:33:02.019><c> so</c><00:33:02.140><c> there</c><00:33:02.299><c> was</c><00:33:02.480><c> the</c><00:33:02.660><c> fulfillment</c><00:33:03.079><c> of</c><00:33:03.279><c> all</c><00:33:03.480><c> righteousness.</c>

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:07.160
And<00:33:05.380><c> straightway,</c><00:33:05.920><c> says</c><00:33:06.039><c> Matthew,</c><00:33:06.500><c> as</c><00:33:06.599><c> he</c><00:33:06.700><c> came</c><00:33:06.859><c> up</c><00:33:07.000><c> out</c><00:33:07.099><c> of</c>

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:10.940
the<00:33:07.319><c> water,</c><00:33:09.079><c> God</c><00:33:09.319><c> acknowledged</c><00:33:09.880><c> that.</c>

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:13.240
And<00:33:11.180><c> when</c><00:33:11.319><c> he</c><00:33:11.440><c> was</c><00:33:11.660><c> baptized,</c><00:33:12.140><c> he</c><00:33:12.259><c> went</c><00:33:12.400><c> up</c><00:33:12.680><c> straightway</c><00:33:13.140><c> out</c>

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.740
of<00:33:13.319><c> the</c><00:33:13.480><c> water,</c>

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:16.160
and<00:33:14.119><c> lo,</c><00:33:14.299><c> the</c><00:33:14.420><c> heavens</c><00:33:14.640><c> were</c><00:33:14.819><c> opened</c><00:33:15.079><c> unto</c><00:33:15.299><c> him,</c><00:33:15.759><c> and</c><00:33:15.859><c> he</c><00:33:16.019><c> saw</c>

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:18.079
the<00:33:16.440><c> Spirit</c><00:33:16.619><c> of</c><00:33:16.779><c> God</c><00:33:17.019><c> descending</c><00:33:17.380><c> like</c><00:33:17.640><c> a</c><00:33:17.839><c> dove</c>

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and<00:33:18.559><c> lighting</c><00:33:18.960><c> upon</c><00:33:19.500><c> him.</c>

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There<00:33:21.380><c> was</c><00:33:21.519><c> an</c><00:33:21.759><c> acknowledgment,</c><00:33:22.180><c> brethren</c><00:33:22.480><c> and</c><00:33:22.700><c> sisters,</c><00:33:22.920><c> in</c>

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:25.500
one<00:33:23.579><c> decisive</c><00:33:24.079><c> act.</c>

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In<00:33:26.099><c> one</c><00:33:26.559><c> decisive</c><00:33:27.059><c> act,</c><00:33:28.180><c> God</c><00:33:28.460><c> acknowledged</c><00:33:29.079><c> what</c><00:33:29.279><c> had</c><00:33:29.460><c> been</c>

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:33.140
going<00:33:30.000><c> on</c><00:33:30.539><c> during</c><00:33:30.880><c> the</c><00:33:31.160><c> whole</c><00:33:31.460><c> course</c><00:33:31.740><c> of</c><00:33:31.880><c> his</c><00:33:32.079><c> life.</c>

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:37.079
Just<00:33:33.880><c> as</c><00:33:34.119><c> you</c><00:33:34.279><c> and</c><00:33:34.480><c> I,</c><00:33:34.779><c> in</c><00:33:34.819><c> one</c><00:33:35.140><c> decisive</c><00:33:35.539><c> act</c><00:33:35.819><c> of</c><00:33:36.079><c> baptism,</c>

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:40.079
we<00:33:38.039><c> give</c><00:33:38.299><c> credence</c><00:33:38.680><c> to</c><00:33:38.880><c> the</c><00:33:39.079><c> doctrines</c><00:33:39.460><c> to</c><00:33:39.619><c> which</c><00:33:39.700><c> we</c><00:33:39.900><c> have</c>

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been<00:33:40.380><c> taught</c>

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and<00:33:41.279><c> are</c><00:33:41.599><c> determined</c><00:33:42.140><c> that</c><00:33:42.380><c> that</c><00:33:42.700><c> one</c><00:33:42.960><c> decisive</c><00:33:43.420><c> act</c><00:33:43.859><c> will</c><00:33:44.299><c> be</c>

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:47.339
but<00:33:44.700><c> an</c><00:33:44.900><c> epitome</c><00:33:45.319><c> of</c><00:33:45.819><c> all</c><00:33:46.119><c> our</c><00:33:46.359><c> life.</c>

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:51.079
And<00:33:47.579><c> that's</c><00:33:47.720><c> what</c><00:33:47.920><c> God</c><00:33:48.160><c> was</c><00:33:48.420><c> to</c><00:33:48.859><c> acknowledge</c><00:33:49.440><c> on</c><00:33:49.980><c> this</c><00:33:50.160><c> occasion.</c>

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:54.059
Now<00:33:51.619><c> I</c><00:33:51.740><c> have</c><00:33:51.940><c> a</c><00:33:52.119><c> very</c><00:33:52.359><c> wonderful</c><00:33:52.740><c> matter</c><00:33:52.980><c> to</c><00:33:53.160><c> put</c><00:33:53.279><c> before</c><00:33:53.579><c> you.</c>

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:58.140
It<00:33:54.640><c> may</c><00:33:54.900><c> not</c><00:33:55.099><c> always</c><00:33:55.500><c> be</c><00:33:55.700><c> easy</c><00:33:55.920><c> to</c><00:33:56.140><c> grasp</c><00:33:56.420><c> this,</c><00:33:57.420><c> but</c><00:33:57.660><c> it</c><00:33:57.839><c> is</c>

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truly<00:33:58.440><c> wonderful.</c>

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When<00:34:00.839><c> we</c><00:34:01.000><c> put</c><00:34:01.200><c> the</c><00:34:01.359><c> Gospel</c><00:34:01.700><c> records</c><00:34:02.059><c> together,</c><00:34:02.700><c> brethren</c><00:34:02.779><c> and</c><00:34:02.980><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:07.759
Luke<00:34:04.319><c> tells</c><00:34:04.640><c> us</c><00:34:05.180><c> that</c><00:34:05.720><c> as</c><00:34:05.900><c> that</c><00:34:06.119><c> voice</c><00:34:06.339><c> came</c><00:34:06.619><c> to</c><00:34:06.680><c> him</c><00:34:06.779><c> from</c><00:34:07.000><c> heaven,</c><00:34:07.599><c> he</c>

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was<00:34:08.039><c> praying.</c>

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:14.500
It<00:34:10.820><c> was</c><00:34:11.019><c> in</c><00:34:11.139><c> the</c><00:34:11.300><c> attitude</c><00:34:11.559><c> of</c><00:34:11.820><c> prayer</c><00:34:12.280><c> that</c><00:34:12.900><c> the</c><00:34:13.059><c> Lord</c><00:34:13.239><c> received</c><00:34:13.679><c> that</c><00:34:13.960><c> acknowledgment.</c>

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:16.260
Isn't<00:34:15.019><c> that</c><00:34:15.239><c> wonderful?</c>

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:18.079
That's<00:34:17.260><c> what</c><00:34:17.420><c> Luke</c><00:34:17.619><c> says.</c>

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:22.480
But<00:34:18.539><c> I</c><00:34:18.659><c> want</c><00:34:18.739><c> you</c><00:34:18.840><c> to</c><00:34:18.960><c> turn</c><00:34:19.079><c> to</c><00:34:19.280><c> Mark,</c><00:34:20.519><c> because</c><00:34:20.719><c> Mark</c><00:34:21.000><c> says</c><00:34:21.179><c> something</c><00:34:21.440><c> different</c><00:34:21.880><c> too</c>

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:23.480
about<00:34:22.880><c> this</c><00:34:23.139><c> incident.</c>

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:26.900
And<00:34:24.079><c> it's</c><00:34:24.239><c> from</c><00:34:24.500><c> Mark</c><00:34:24.960><c> that</c><00:34:25.360><c> we're</c><00:34:25.519><c> going</c><00:34:25.719><c> to</c><00:34:25.980><c> go</c><00:34:26.320><c> to</c><00:34:26.519><c> the</c><00:34:26.679><c> Old</c>

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.599
Testament<00:34:27.199><c> again</c>

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:31.400
for<00:34:28.119><c> a</c><00:34:28.460><c> remarkable</c><00:34:29.260><c> application</c><00:34:29.880><c> of</c><00:34:30.099><c> Scripture.</c>

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:46.980
Now<00:34:42.280><c> in</c><00:34:42.480><c> Mark,</c><00:34:43.179><c> chapter</c><00:34:43.480><c> 1,</c><00:34:44.900><c> recording</c><00:34:45.239><c> the</c><00:34:45.500><c> same</c><00:34:45.739><c> incident,</c>

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:51.079
Mark<00:34:47.340><c> says</c><00:34:47.559><c> this</c><00:34:48.579><c> in</c><00:34:49.340><c> verse</c><00:34:49.619><c> 10,</c>

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:57.000
And<00:34:53.460><c> straightway,</c><00:34:54.420><c> coming</c><00:34:54.639><c> up</c><00:34:54.980><c> out</c><00:34:55.219><c> of</c><00:34:55.340><c> the</c><00:34:55.559><c> water,</c><00:34:56.559><c> he</c><00:34:56.739><c> saw</c>

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:59.000
the<00:34:57.300><c> heavens</c><00:34:57.739><c> opened</c>

00:34:59.199 --> 00:35:01.840
and<00:34:59.679><c> the</c><00:34:59.960><c> Spirit</c><00:35:00.159><c> like</c><00:35:00.440><c> a</c><00:35:00.659><c> dove</c><00:35:00.880><c> descending</c><00:35:01.340><c> upon</c><00:35:01.639><c> him.</c>

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:04.380
He<00:35:02.219><c> says</c><00:35:02.420><c> almost</c><00:35:02.860><c> the</c><00:35:03.119><c> same</c><00:35:03.340><c> was</c><00:35:03.500><c> what</c><00:35:03.699><c> Matthew</c><00:35:04.079><c> says,</c>

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:06.400
with<00:35:04.679><c> a</c><00:35:04.920><c> difference,</c><00:35:05.260><c> brethren</c><00:35:05.519><c> and</c><00:35:05.760><c> sisters,</c><00:35:06.019><c> that</c><00:35:06.119><c> if</c><00:35:06.260><c> you</c>

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:08.719
look<00:35:06.539><c> at</c><00:35:06.659><c> the</c><00:35:06.900><c> margin</c><00:35:07.219><c> for</c><00:35:07.400><c> the</c><00:35:07.539><c> word</c><00:35:07.780><c> opened,</c>

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:10.820
Mark's<00:35:09.159><c> Greek</c><00:35:09.360><c> word</c><00:35:09.619><c> is</c><00:35:09.880><c> different</c><00:35:10.119><c> than</c><00:35:10.280><c> all</c><00:35:10.519><c> the</c><00:35:10.679><c> other</c>

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:12.159
Gospel<00:35:11.199><c> writers.</c>

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:15.940
The<00:35:12.619><c> word</c><00:35:12.840><c> means,</c><00:35:13.159><c> as</c><00:35:13.360><c> the</c><00:35:13.559><c> margin</c><00:35:13.820><c> says,</c><00:35:14.760><c> cloven</c><00:35:15.079><c> or</c><00:35:15.599><c> rent.</c>

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:19.159
He<00:35:16.460><c> saw</c><00:35:16.900><c> the</c><00:35:17.380><c> heavens</c><00:35:17.900><c> rent.</c>

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:22.820
And<00:35:19.440><c> any</c><00:35:19.639><c> brother</c><00:35:20.079><c> who</c><00:35:21.039><c> is</c><00:35:21.300><c> familiar</c><00:35:21.659><c> in</c><00:35:22.000><c> any</c><00:35:22.239><c> way</c><00:35:22.440><c> with</c><00:35:22.639><c> his</c>

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:25.079
Bible<00:35:23.300><c> will</c><00:35:24.079><c> know</c><00:35:24.340><c> exactly,</c>

00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:28.380
or<00:35:25.460><c> may</c><00:35:25.619><c> not</c><00:35:25.860><c> exactly,</c><00:35:26.480><c> but</c><00:35:26.699><c> he'll</c><00:35:26.980><c> know</c><00:35:27.239><c> that</c><00:35:27.639><c> somewhere</c><00:35:28.079><c> in</c>

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:29.199
the<00:35:28.539><c> Old</c><00:35:28.800><c> Testament</c>

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:32.559
it<00:35:29.340><c> is</c><00:35:29.659><c> said</c><00:35:29.980><c> that</c><00:35:30.539><c> God</c><00:35:30.840><c> would</c><00:35:31.119><c> rent</c><00:35:31.380><c> the</c><00:35:31.639><c> heavens.</c>

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:37.679
And<00:35:34.219><c> Mark,</c><00:35:34.539><c> with</c><00:35:34.619><c> the</c><00:35:34.840><c> choice</c><00:35:35.000><c> of</c><00:35:35.139><c> his</c><00:35:35.300><c> Greek</c><00:35:35.559><c> word,</c><00:35:36.139><c> is</c><00:35:36.320><c> sending</c><00:35:36.619><c> us</c><00:35:37.039><c> straight</c><00:35:37.440><c> to</c>

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:39.260
that<00:35:37.860><c> passage</c><00:35:38.159><c> of</c><00:35:38.400><c> Scripture.</c>

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.079
Why?

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Well,<00:35:41.980><c> let's</c><00:35:42.199><c> have</c><00:35:42.380><c> a</c><00:35:42.440><c> look</c><00:35:42.559><c> at</c><00:35:42.699><c> it,</c><00:35:43.340><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:43.659><c> 64.</c>

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:48.119
Let's<00:35:46.300><c> have</c><00:35:46.420><c> a</c><00:35:46.460><c> look</c><00:35:46.599><c> at</c><00:35:46.659><c> it,</c><00:35:46.900><c> brethren</c><00:35:47.039><c> and</c><00:35:47.280><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:55.219
And<00:35:52.260><c> I</c><00:35:52.460><c> hope</c><00:35:52.599><c> by</c><00:35:52.860><c> this</c><00:35:53.039><c> illustration,</c><00:35:53.900><c> brothers</c><00:35:54.000><c> and</c><00:35:54.260><c> sisters,</c><00:35:54.639><c> that</c>

00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:58.280
we<00:35:55.739><c> may</c><00:35:55.960><c> be</c><00:35:56.159><c> able</c><00:35:56.380><c> to</c><00:35:56.659><c> impress</c><00:35:56.920><c> upon</c><00:35:57.239><c> you,</c><00:35:57.559><c> as</c><00:35:57.699><c> it</c><00:35:57.840><c> has</c><00:35:58.000><c> been</c>

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:59.380
impressed<00:35:58.539><c> upon</c><00:35:58.840><c> me,</c>

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:04.400
the<00:36:00.119><c> value</c><00:36:00.719><c> of</c><00:36:00.960><c> letting</c><00:36:01.219><c> the</c><00:36:01.500><c> Bible</c><00:36:01.900><c> speak</c><00:36:02.699><c> for</c><00:36:03.179><c> itself.</c>

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:07.679
So<00:36:05.360><c> Mark</c><00:36:05.659><c> says</c><00:36:06.039><c> the</c><00:36:06.340><c> heavens</c><00:36:06.659><c> were</c><00:36:07.179><c> rent.</c>

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:11.079
And<00:36:08.400><c> in</c><00:36:08.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:09.059><c> 64,</c><00:36:10.019><c> in</c><00:36:10.099><c> verse</c><00:36:10.320><c> 1,</c>

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:15.840
O<00:36:11.380><c> that</c><00:36:11.840><c> thou</c><00:36:12.320><c> wouldest</c><00:36:12.900><c> rent</c><00:36:13.380><c> the</c><00:36:13.619><c> heavens,</c><00:36:14.619><c> that</c><00:36:14.719><c> thou</c><00:36:14.980><c> wouldest</c><00:36:15.320><c> come</c><00:36:15.599><c> down,</c>

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:18.380
that<00:36:15.960><c> the</c><00:36:16.219><c> mountains</c><00:36:16.519><c> might</c><00:36:16.820><c> flow</c><00:36:17.159><c> down</c><00:36:17.360><c> at</c><00:36:17.579><c> thy</c><00:36:17.800><c> presence.</c>

00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:22.719
And<00:36:19.119><c> it's</c><00:36:19.480><c> a</c><00:36:19.559><c> play</c><00:36:19.760><c> upon</c><00:36:20.099><c> the</c><00:36:20.340><c> wonderful</c><00:36:20.840><c> events</c><00:36:21.219><c> of</c><00:36:21.440><c> Mount</c><00:36:21.699><c> Sinai.</c>

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:25.300
But<00:36:23.139><c> the</c><00:36:23.400><c> prophet</c><00:36:23.599><c> is</c><00:36:23.920><c> asking,</c><00:36:24.539><c> brethren</c><00:36:24.739><c> and</c><00:36:25.039><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:29.300
for<00:36:26.000><c> another</c><00:36:26.420><c> manifestation</c><00:36:27.280><c> in</c><00:36:27.800><c> another</c><00:36:28.260><c> spirit.</c>

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:34.739
And<00:36:31.139><c> then</c><00:36:31.260><c> we</c><00:36:31.460><c> drop</c><00:36:31.679><c> our</c><00:36:31.940><c> eyes</c><00:36:32.139><c> down</c><00:36:32.440><c> to</c><00:36:32.619><c> verses</c><00:36:32.900><c> 5</c><00:36:33.360><c> and</c><00:36:33.559><c> 6.</c>

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:39.300
Thou<00:36:35.800><c> meetest</c><00:36:36.260><c> him</c><00:36:36.539><c> that</c><00:36:36.820><c> rejoiceth</c><00:36:37.440><c> and</c><00:36:37.760><c> worketh</c><00:36:38.119><c> righteousness,</c>

00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:43.079
they<00:36:40.420><c> that</c><00:36:40.619><c> remember</c><00:36:41.000><c> thee</c><00:36:41.340><c> in</c><00:36:41.619><c> thy</c><00:36:41.840><c> ways.</c>

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:47.639
Behold,<00:36:44.059><c> thou</c><00:36:44.119><c> art</c><00:36:44.340><c> wrath,</c><00:36:45.679><c> for</c><00:36:45.840><c> we</c><00:36:46.139><c> have</c><00:36:46.420><c> sinned.</c>

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:52.780
In<00:36:48.099><c> those</c><00:36:48.539><c> is</c><00:36:49.079><c> continuance,</c><00:36:50.880><c> but</c><00:36:51.119><c> we</c><00:36:51.360><c> shall</c><00:36:51.519><c> be</c><00:36:51.820><c> saved.</c>

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:58.940
But<00:36:53.719><c> we</c><00:36:53.960><c> are</c><00:36:54.139><c> all</c><00:36:54.460><c> as</c><00:36:54.639><c> an</c><00:36:54.820><c> unclean</c><00:36:55.239><c> thing,</c><00:36:55.519><c> and</c><00:36:55.860><c> all</c><00:36:56.400><c> our</c><00:36:56.940><c> righteousnesses</c><00:36:58.559><c> are</c>

00:36:58.940 --> 00:37:00.139
as<00:36:59.159><c> filthy</c><00:36:59.400><c> rags.</c>

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And<00:37:00.840><c> we</c><00:37:01.039><c> all</c><00:37:01.320><c> do</c><00:37:01.579><c> fade</c><00:37:01.820><c> as</c><00:37:02.039><c> a</c><00:37:02.139><c> leaf,</c><00:37:02.880><c> and</c><00:37:03.099><c> our</c><00:37:03.480><c> iniquities,</c><00:37:04.039><c> like</c><00:37:04.280><c> the</c>

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:06.800
wind,<00:37:04.880><c> have</c><00:37:05.119><c> taken</c><00:37:05.380><c> us</c><00:37:05.760><c> away.</c>

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:10.880
Now,<00:37:08.199><c> brethren</c><00:37:08.340><c> and</c><00:37:08.539><c> sisters,</c><00:37:08.739><c> there's</c><00:37:08.980><c> more</c><00:37:09.340><c> in</c><00:37:09.559><c> that</c><00:37:09.760><c> that's</c><00:37:10.000><c> on</c><00:37:10.119><c> the</c><00:37:10.300><c> surface</c><00:37:10.579><c> than</c><00:37:10.699><c> is</c>

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:12.300
on<00:37:11.059><c> the</c><00:37:11.260><c> surface.</c>

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:15.139
Because,<00:37:13.039><c> you</c><00:37:13.239><c> see,</c><00:37:13.679><c> the</c><00:37:13.900><c> prophet</c><00:37:14.079><c> is</c><00:37:14.340><c> praying,</c><00:37:14.559><c> and</c><00:37:14.780><c> try</c><00:37:14.940><c> to</c>

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:15.500
follow<00:37:15.280><c> this.</c>

00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:17.659
The<00:37:15.900><c> prophet</c><00:37:16.079><c> is</c><00:37:16.300><c> saying,</c><00:37:16.719><c> O</c><00:37:16.840><c> that</c><00:37:16.940><c> thou</c><00:37:17.099><c> wouldest</c><00:37:17.340><c> rent</c><00:37:17.519><c> the</c>

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:18.400
heavens.<00:37:17.860><c> What</c><00:37:18.179><c> for?</c>

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:22.960
Well,<00:37:18.719><c> he</c><00:37:18.860><c> says</c><00:37:19.179><c> that</c><00:37:19.599><c> you</c><00:37:19.760><c> might</c><00:37:20.139><c> meet</c><00:37:20.480><c> him</c><00:37:21.159><c> that</c><00:37:22.300><c> rejoiceth</c>

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:25.260
and<00:37:23.760><c> worketh</c><00:37:24.639><c> righteousness,</c>

00:37:25.260 --> 00:37:30.699
not<00:37:25.880><c> their</c><00:37:26.260><c> own,</c><00:37:27.059><c> because</c><00:37:27.159><c> verse</c><00:37:27.519><c> 6</c><00:37:27.820><c> says</c><00:37:28.219><c> that's</c><00:37:28.940><c> filthy</c><00:37:29.159><c> rags.</c>

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:33.940
It's<00:37:31.219><c> a</c><00:37:31.320><c> different</c><00:37:31.559><c> sort</c><00:37:31.820><c> of</c><00:37:32.079><c> righteousness,</c><00:37:32.739><c> brethren</c><00:37:32.800><c> and</c><00:37:33.039><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:37.460
But<00:37:34.260><c> who</c><00:37:34.559><c> are</c><00:37:34.780><c> the</c><00:37:35.000><c> people</c><00:37:35.320><c> that</c><00:37:35.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:37:35.920><c> is</c><00:37:36.139><c> talking</c><00:37:36.400><c> about?</c>

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:40.679
Upon<00:37:38.619><c> whose</c><00:37:39.000><c> behalf</c><00:37:39.420><c> is</c><00:37:39.599><c> he</c><00:37:39.820><c> appealing?</c>

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:44.599
I<00:37:41.559><c> believe</c><00:37:41.800><c> we</c><00:37:41.960><c> can</c><00:37:42.280><c> prove</c><00:37:42.619><c> who</c><00:37:42.860><c> it</c><00:37:42.980><c> is</c><00:37:43.440><c> by</c><00:37:43.960><c> letting</c><00:37:44.139><c> the</c><00:37:44.360><c> Bible</c>

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:45.519
speak<00:37:44.940><c> for</c><00:37:45.059><c> itself.</c>

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:49.880
Because,<00:37:46.280><c> you</c><00:37:46.280><c> see,</c><00:37:46.440><c> the</c><00:37:46.539><c> end</c><00:37:46.760><c> of</c><00:37:46.900><c> verse</c><00:37:47.099><c> 5</c><00:37:47.420><c> says,</c><00:37:48.739><c> we</c><00:37:48.760><c> have</c><00:37:49.079><c> sinned.</c>

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:54.400
In<00:37:50.719><c> those</c><00:37:51.219><c> is</c><00:37:51.760><c> continuance,</c><00:37:52.920><c> and</c><00:37:53.239><c> we</c><00:37:53.460><c> shall</c><00:37:53.699><c> be</c><00:37:54.039><c> saved.</c>

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:56.780
Let<00:37:54.900><c> me</c><00:37:55.099><c> read</c><00:37:55.320><c> that</c><00:37:55.559><c> from</c><00:37:55.739><c> the</c><00:37:55.820><c> Revised</c><00:37:56.239><c> Standard</c><00:37:56.579><c> Version,</c>

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:59.559
and<00:37:56.960><c> you</c><00:37:57.019><c> will</c><00:37:57.260><c> see</c><00:37:57.380><c> the</c><00:37:57.679><c> sense</c><00:37:57.940><c> is</c><00:37:58.179><c> much</c><00:37:58.460><c> better.</c>

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:06.400
In<00:38:00.000><c> our</c><00:38:00.440><c> sins</c><00:38:00.900><c> we</c><00:38:01.380><c> have</c><00:38:01.659><c> been</c><00:38:01.940><c> a</c><00:38:02.179><c> long</c><00:38:02.500><c> time,</c><00:38:04.440><c> but</c><00:38:04.679><c> we</c><00:38:04.940><c> shall</c><00:38:05.159><c> be</c><00:38:05.460><c> saved.</c>

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:08.719
Now,<00:38:06.940><c> brethren</c><00:38:07.059><c> and</c><00:38:07.300><c> sisters,</c><00:38:07.719><c> let</c><00:38:07.880><c> me</c><00:38:07.980><c> put</c><00:38:08.139><c> a</c><00:38:08.320><c> proposition</c>

00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:10.860
to<00:38:08.880><c> you,</c><00:38:09.059><c> and</c><00:38:09.139><c> you</c><00:38:09.300><c> just</c><00:38:09.579><c> use</c><00:38:09.760><c> your</c><00:38:09.880><c> logic.</c>

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:13.800
The<00:38:11.360><c> prophet</c><00:38:11.639><c> is</c><00:38:12.019><c> calling</c><00:38:12.300><c> for</c><00:38:12.619><c> a</c><00:38:12.820><c> renting</c><00:38:13.059><c> of</c><00:38:13.300><c> the</c><00:38:13.460><c> heavens,</c>

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:17.420
as<00:38:14.360><c> it</c><00:38:14.599><c> was</c><00:38:14.780><c> when</c><00:38:15.000><c> God</c><00:38:15.280><c> came</c><00:38:15.619><c> down</c><00:38:15.900><c> in</c><00:38:16.179><c> fire</c><00:38:16.400><c> and</c><00:38:16.699><c> melted</c><00:38:17.019><c> Mount</c>

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:19.119
Sinai,<00:38:17.800><c> as</c><00:38:17.920><c> it</c><00:38:18.159><c> were.</c>

00:38:19.550 --> 00:38:23.340
And<00:38:19.920><c> he's</c><00:38:20.079><c> asking</c><00:38:20.460><c> for</c><00:38:20.739><c> another</c><00:38:21.079><c> manifestation</c><00:38:21.820><c> of</c><00:38:22.760><c> the</c><00:38:23.000><c> same</c>

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:24.960
saving<00:38:23.719><c> power.</c>

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:28.619
He's<00:38:25.780><c> talking</c><00:38:26.039><c> about</c><00:38:26.380><c> God</c><00:38:26.679><c> coming</c><00:38:27.059><c> to</c><00:38:27.300><c> meet</c><00:38:27.559><c> people</c><00:38:27.940><c> who</c><00:38:28.360><c> work</c>

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:31.539
righteousness<00:38:29.179><c> that's</c><00:38:29.639><c> not</c><00:38:30.079><c> their</c><00:38:30.500><c> own.</c>

00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:37.780
And<00:38:33.780><c> he's</c><00:38:34.139><c> talking</c><00:38:34.380><c> about</c><00:38:34.579><c> a</c><00:38:34.840><c> people</c><00:38:35.559><c> who've</c><00:38:36.679><c> been</c><00:38:36.920><c> a</c><00:38:37.239><c> long,</c>

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:40.480
long<00:38:38.300><c> time</c><00:38:38.760><c> in</c><00:38:38.980><c> their</c><00:38:39.300><c> sins,</c>

00:38:40.619 --> 00:38:43.280
but<00:38:41.219><c> that</c><00:38:41.480><c> God</c><00:38:41.800><c> would</c><00:38:42.079><c> eventually</c><00:38:42.539><c> save.</c>

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:45.320
Who's<00:38:43.900><c> he</c><00:38:44.059><c> talking</c><00:38:44.300><c> about?</c>

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:49.599
He's<00:38:47.280><c> talking</c><00:38:47.559><c> about</c><00:38:47.800><c> the</c><00:38:47.980><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:54.500
Israel<00:38:50.360><c> had</c><00:38:50.719><c> their</c><00:38:51.039><c> manifestation,</c><00:38:53.320><c> and</c><00:38:53.340><c> the</c><00:38:53.619><c> prophet's</c><00:38:54.099><c> crying</c><00:38:54.260><c> on</c>

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:56.420
behalf<00:38:54.780><c> of</c><00:38:55.059><c> another</c><00:38:55.300><c> people.</c>

00:38:57.179 --> 00:38:59.400
Another<00:38:57.460><c> people</c><00:38:57.739><c> who</c><00:38:57.920><c> have</c><00:38:58.000><c> been</c><00:38:58.139><c> left</c><00:38:58.340><c> a</c><00:38:58.579><c> long</c><00:38:58.920><c> time</c><00:38:59.219><c> in</c>

00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:00.059
their<00:38:59.619><c> sins,</c>

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:03.139
but<00:39:00.679><c> who</c><00:39:00.840><c> are</c><00:39:00.960><c> able</c><00:39:01.199><c> to</c><00:39:01.599><c> work</c><00:39:01.860><c> the</c><00:39:02.179><c> righteousness</c><00:39:02.559><c> of</c><00:39:02.880><c> God</c><00:39:02.980><c> in</c>

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:04.900
their<00:39:03.300><c> lives</c><00:39:03.699><c> and</c><00:39:04.119><c> to</c><00:39:04.260><c> be</c><00:39:04.500><c> saved.</c>

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:08.280
Now,<00:39:05.579><c> the</c><00:39:05.840><c> proof</c><00:39:06.039><c> of</c><00:39:06.179><c> it,</c><00:39:06.400><c> brethren</c><00:39:06.559><c> and</c><00:39:06.780><c> sisters,</c><00:39:07.000><c> is</c><00:39:07.139><c> this.</c>

00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:10.679
Peter's<00:39:09.099><c> on</c><00:39:09.239><c> the</c><00:39:09.420><c> housetop.</c>

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:14.579
The<00:39:11.300><c> sheet</c><00:39:11.420><c> is</c><00:39:11.559><c> let</c><00:39:11.739><c> down</c><00:39:11.940><c> from</c><00:39:12.139><c> heaven,</c><00:39:12.559><c> knit</c><00:39:12.679><c> at</c><00:39:12.900><c> the</c><00:39:13.159><c> four</c><00:39:13.579><c> corners,</c>

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:16.880
in<00:39:14.880><c> which</c><00:39:15.039><c> there</c><00:39:15.239><c> are</c><00:39:15.420><c> all</c><00:39:15.639><c> manner</c><00:39:15.860><c> of</c><00:39:16.119><c> four</c><00:39:16.360><c>-footed</c><00:39:16.699><c> beasts</c>

00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:18.000
and<00:39:17.159><c> creeping</c><00:39:17.420><c> things.</c>

00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:20.960
Leviticus<00:39:18.679><c> 20,</c><00:39:19.659><c> representing</c><00:39:20.039><c> the</c><00:39:20.260><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:24.280
And<00:39:21.300><c> he's</c><00:39:21.579><c> taken</c><00:39:21.820><c> to</c><00:39:22.019><c> the</c><00:39:22.179><c> house</c><00:39:22.380><c> of</c><00:39:22.579><c> Cornelius,</c><00:39:23.340><c> and</c><00:39:23.820><c> he</c><00:39:24.039><c> came</c>

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:25.179
in<00:39:24.480><c> and</c><00:39:24.579><c> he</c><00:39:24.820><c> said,</c>

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:31.699
I<00:39:26.480><c> perceive</c><00:39:27.300><c> that</c><00:39:29.059><c> God</c><00:39:29.320><c> is</c><00:39:29.539><c> no</c><00:39:29.840><c> respecter</c><00:39:30.440><c> of</c><00:39:30.619><c> persons,</c>

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:40.780
but<00:39:33.099><c> that</c><00:39:33.519><c> he</c><00:39:34.159><c> that</c><00:39:34.940><c> worketh</c><00:39:35.980><c> righteousness</c><00:39:36.739><c> is</c><00:39:39.059><c> accepted</c><00:39:39.559><c> of</c><00:39:39.860><c> him.</c>

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:43.260
Isaiah<00:39:41.719><c> 64.</c>

00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:47.559
And<00:39:45.119><c> straightway</c><00:39:45.619><c> as</c><00:39:45.719><c> he</c><00:39:45.840><c> came</c><00:39:45.960><c> up</c><00:39:46.079><c> out</c><00:39:46.219><c> of</c><00:39:46.300><c> the</c><00:39:46.460><c> water,</c><00:39:47.420><c> the</c>

00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:49.000
heavens<00:39:47.760><c> were</c><00:39:48.059><c> torn</c><00:39:48.260><c> asunder.</c>

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:54.000
And<00:39:50.159><c> in</c><00:39:50.400><c> him</c><00:39:51.099><c> God</c><00:39:51.659><c> meets</c><00:39:52.320><c> everyone,</c>

00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:58.659
who<00:39:54.219><c> though</c><00:39:54.480><c> may</c><00:39:54.719><c> have</c><00:39:54.960><c> been</c><00:39:55.179><c> a</c><00:39:55.460><c> long,</c><00:39:56.199><c> long</c><00:39:56.780><c> time</c><00:39:57.219><c> in</c><00:39:57.420><c> their</c><00:39:57.659><c> sins,</c>

00:39:59.039 --> 00:40:03.840
they<00:39:59.380><c> can</c><00:39:59.679><c> be</c><00:39:59.980><c> saved</c><00:40:00.579><c> if</c><00:40:01.239><c> they</c><00:40:01.579><c> meet</c><00:40:01.860><c> in</c><00:40:02.199><c> him</c><00:40:02.840><c> he</c><00:40:03.260><c> that</c><00:40:03.539><c> works</c>

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:07.320
the<00:40:04.119><c> righteousness</c><00:40:04.739><c> that</c><00:40:05.440><c> don't</c><00:40:05.699><c> belong</c><00:40:06.039><c> to</c><00:40:06.320><c> us.</c>

00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:14.719
And<00:40:09.519><c> that</c><00:40:09.739><c> one</c><00:40:10.000><c> word</c><00:40:10.340><c> that</c><00:40:10.599><c> Mark</c><00:40:10.840><c> uses</c><00:40:11.739><c> opens</c><00:40:12.940><c> up</c><00:40:13.219><c> that</c><00:40:13.400><c> whole</c><00:40:13.719><c> chapter.</c>

00:40:15.260 --> 00:40:16.860
And<00:40:15.539><c> there</c><00:40:15.659><c> we</c><00:40:15.840><c> have</c><00:40:15.960><c> it,</c><00:40:16.199><c> brethren</c><00:40:16.340><c> and</c><00:40:16.579><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:22.059
The<00:40:17.880><c> wonderful</c><00:40:18.619><c> act</c><00:40:19.019><c> of</c><00:40:19.280><c> grace</c><00:40:19.820><c> of</c><00:40:20.519><c> which</c><00:40:20.820><c> John</c><00:40:21.099><c> was</c><00:40:21.360><c> the</c><00:40:21.519><c> witness</c>

00:40:22.059 --> 00:40:25.739
that<00:40:22.760><c> when</c><00:40:23.059><c> all</c><00:40:23.820><c> righteousness</c><00:40:24.280><c> was</c><00:40:24.639><c> fulfilled,</c>

00:40:26.119 --> 00:40:29.159
when<00:40:26.300><c> the</c><00:40:26.599><c> Lamb</c><00:40:26.840><c> of</c><00:40:27.159><c> God</c><00:40:27.460><c> was</c><00:40:27.780><c> presented</c><00:40:28.059><c> that</c><00:40:28.219><c> the</c><00:40:28.400><c> Lord</c><00:40:28.639><c> knew</c>

00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:30.719
nothing<00:40:29.639><c> about,</c>

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:34.659
it<00:40:31.280><c> was</c><00:40:31.480><c> so</c><00:40:31.760><c> efficacious</c><00:40:32.500><c> that</c><00:40:33.239><c> it</c><00:40:33.420><c> reached</c><00:40:33.719><c> out</c><00:40:33.960><c> to</c><00:40:34.119><c> a</c><00:40:34.320><c> people</c>

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:39.679
who<00:40:35.360><c> had</c><00:40:35.599><c> been</c><00:40:35.800><c> left</c><00:40:36.019><c> a</c><00:40:36.440><c> long,</c><00:40:37.000><c> long</c><00:40:37.400><c> time</c><00:40:37.940><c> in</c><00:40:38.460><c> their</c><00:40:38.719><c> sins.</c>

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:44.440
A<00:40:40.400><c> remarkable</c><00:40:40.840><c> day</c><00:40:41.139><c> it</c><00:40:41.300><c> must</c><00:40:41.480><c> have</c><00:40:41.699><c> been</c><00:40:42.079><c> for</c><00:40:42.380><c> John</c><00:40:42.639><c> to</c><00:40:42.900><c> perceive</c><00:40:43.159><c> all</c><00:40:43.460><c> that.</c>

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:48.760
And<00:40:45.400><c> Matthew</c><00:40:45.699><c> goes</c><00:40:45.960><c> on</c><00:40:46.199><c> and</c><00:40:46.380><c> tells</c><00:40:46.579><c> us</c><00:40:46.800><c> that</c><00:40:46.980><c> he</c><00:40:47.059><c> saw</c><00:40:47.480><c> the</c><00:40:47.920><c> Spirit</c><00:40:48.139><c> descend</c><00:40:48.500><c> upon</c>

00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:50.360
him<00:40:48.900><c> like</c><00:40:49.139><c> a</c><00:40:49.420><c> dove.</c>

00:40:52.699 --> 00:40:56.159
Rather<00:40:52.920><c> wonderful,</c><00:40:53.599><c> brethren</c><00:40:53.900><c> and</c><00:40:54.159><c> sisters,</c><00:40:54.980><c> the</c><00:40:55.199><c> expression</c><00:40:55.599><c> here</c><00:40:55.920><c> used</c>

00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:57.400
by<00:40:56.420><c> Matthew.</c>

00:40:58.300 --> 00:41:00.659
He<00:40:58.559><c> saw</c><00:40:58.780><c> the</c><00:40:59.059><c> Spirit</c><00:40:59.320><c> descend</c><00:40:59.679><c> upon</c><00:40:59.920><c> him</c><00:41:00.079><c> like</c><00:41:00.320><c> a</c><00:41:00.519><c> dove.</c>

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:02.760
But<00:41:01.039><c> look</c><00:41:01.139><c> what</c><00:41:01.219><c> he</c><00:41:01.440><c> says</c><00:41:01.619><c> had</c><00:41:01.880><c> happened.</c>

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:05.559
And<00:41:03.059><c> Jesus</c><00:41:03.400><c> when</c><00:41:03.559><c> he</c><00:41:03.719><c> was</c><00:41:03.920><c> baptized</c><00:41:04.360><c> went</c><00:41:04.579><c> up</c><00:41:04.860><c> straightway</c><00:41:05.360><c> out</c><00:41:05.480><c> of</c>

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:05.940
the<00:41:05.719><c> water,</c>

00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:08.380
and<00:41:06.420><c> lo</c><00:41:06.559><c> the</c><00:41:06.739><c> heavens</c><00:41:07.059><c> were</c><00:41:07.380><c> opened</c><00:41:07.760><c> unto</c><00:41:08.019><c> him,</c>

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:11.280
and<00:41:08.719><c> he</c><00:41:08.840><c> saw</c><00:41:09.079><c> the</c><00:41:09.380><c> Spirit</c><00:41:09.559><c> of</c><00:41:09.679><c> God</c><00:41:09.940><c> descending</c><00:41:10.519><c> like</c><00:41:10.880><c> a</c><00:41:11.119><c> dove</c>

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:13.360
and<00:41:11.579><c> lightning</c><00:41:11.940><c> upon</c><00:41:12.300><c> him.</c>

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:19.239
Do<00:41:14.059><c> you</c><00:41:14.099><c> know</c><00:41:14.420><c> back</c><00:41:15.320><c> in</c><00:41:15.480><c> the</c><00:41:15.659><c> story</c><00:41:15.860><c> of</c><00:41:16.039><c> Elisha</c><00:41:17.239><c> that</c><00:41:17.820><c> very</c><00:41:18.199><c> word</c><00:41:18.599><c> is</c><00:41:18.860><c> used</c>

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:21.639
that<00:41:19.500><c> the</c><00:41:19.739><c> Spirit</c><00:41:19.940><c> of</c><00:41:20.039><c> God</c><00:41:20.239><c> came</c><00:41:20.500><c> upon</c><00:41:20.800><c> him</c><00:41:21.079><c> and</c><00:41:21.380><c> the</c><00:41:21.539><c> word,</c>

00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:22.500
not<00:41:21.860><c> that</c><00:41:22.099><c> very</c><00:41:22.320><c> word,</c>

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:24.739
not<00:41:22.719><c> that</c><00:41:22.860><c> very</c><00:41:23.119><c> Greek</c><00:41:23.300><c> word,</c><00:41:23.480><c> but</c><00:41:23.619><c> a</c><00:41:23.800><c> similar</c><00:41:24.039><c> Hebrew</c><00:41:24.360><c> word.</c>

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:27.840
In<00:41:25.199><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:25.659><c> 11</c><00:41:25.960><c> when</c><00:41:26.119><c> it</c><00:41:26.280><c> says</c><00:41:26.380><c> the</c><00:41:26.559><c> Spirit</c><00:41:26.840><c> of</c><00:41:26.940><c> the</c><00:41:27.059><c> Lord</c><00:41:27.219><c> shall</c><00:41:27.460><c> rest</c>

00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:28.400
upon<00:41:28.139><c> him,</c>

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:31.179
the<00:41:28.679><c> word</c><00:41:28.880><c> is</c><00:41:29.099><c> the</c><00:41:29.239><c> same</c><00:41:29.380><c> and</c><00:41:29.539><c> both</c><00:41:29.840><c> words</c><00:41:30.139><c> mean</c><00:41:30.559><c> the</c><00:41:30.960><c> settling</c>

00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:33.179
down<00:41:31.460><c> of</c><00:41:31.780><c> birds.</c>

00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:38.340
And<00:41:34.440><c> so</c><00:41:34.599><c> here</c><00:41:34.800><c> we</c><00:41:35.039><c> have</c><00:41:35.639><c> the</c><00:41:36.320><c> Spirit</c><00:41:36.820><c> settling</c><00:41:37.440><c> down</c><00:41:37.739><c> upon</c><00:41:38.000><c> him</c>

00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:39.940
like<00:41:38.719><c> a</c><00:41:39.019><c> dove.</c>

00:41:40.840 --> 00:41:44.159
Now<00:41:41.039><c> brethren</c><00:41:41.320><c> and</c><00:41:41.619><c> sisters,</c><00:41:42.940><c> if</c><00:41:43.099><c> we</c><00:41:43.239><c> go</c><00:41:43.380><c> to</c><00:41:43.559><c> John's</c><00:41:44.000><c> Gospel,</c>

00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:46.840
we<00:41:44.260><c> won't</c><00:41:44.480><c> turn</c><00:41:44.699><c> it</c><00:41:44.800><c> up</c><00:41:44.940><c> now</c><00:41:45.119><c> because</c><00:41:45.340><c> my</c><00:41:45.639><c> time</c><00:41:45.800><c> is</c><00:41:46.039><c> going.</c>

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:50.039
If<00:41:47.079><c> we</c><00:41:47.239><c> go</c><00:41:47.360><c> to</c><00:41:47.519><c> John's</c><00:41:47.960><c> Gospel,</c><00:41:48.760><c> John</c><00:41:49.079><c> says,</c>

00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:56.300
I<00:41:50.300><c> saw</c><00:41:50.599><c> the</c><00:41:50.960><c> Spirit</c><00:41:51.579><c> descending</c><00:41:52.559><c> upon</c><00:41:52.940><c> him</c><00:41:53.380><c> and</c><00:41:54.820><c> remaining</c>

00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:58.300
with<00:41:56.820><c> him.</c>

00:41:59.460 --> 00:42:02.099
And<00:41:59.940><c> immediately</c><00:42:00.400><c> after</c><00:42:00.800><c> that</c><00:42:01.079><c> happened,</c>

00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:04.920
immediately<00:42:03.039><c> after,</c><00:42:03.380><c> look</c><00:42:03.559><c> we</c><00:42:03.679><c> will</c><00:42:03.900><c> turn</c><00:42:04.099><c> it</c><00:42:04.219><c> up</c><00:42:04.400><c> because</c><00:42:04.659><c> it</c>

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:05.920
will<00:42:05.019><c> be</c><00:42:05.099><c> better</c><00:42:05.260><c> for</c><00:42:05.400><c> me</c><00:42:05.519><c> to</c><00:42:05.679><c> read</c><00:42:05.780><c> it</c>

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:08.199
than<00:42:06.019><c> describe</c><00:42:06.420><c> it</c><00:42:06.579><c> to</c><00:42:06.679><c> you</c><00:42:07.099><c> because</c><00:42:07.599><c> I</c><00:42:07.739><c> want</c><00:42:07.900><c> you</c><00:42:08.000><c> to</c><00:42:08.099><c> get</c>

00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:09.480
this<00:42:08.460><c> point.</c>

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:12.119
It's<00:42:10.619><c> absolutely</c><00:42:10.960><c> beautiful.</c>

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:16.320
In<00:42:12.940><c> John</c><00:42:13.179><c> chapter</c><00:42:13.440><c> 1</c><00:42:13.659><c> and</c><00:42:13.840><c> verse</c><00:42:14.059><c> 33,</c><00:42:14.699><c> look</c><00:42:14.840><c> what</c><00:42:14.980><c> it</c><00:42:15.199><c> says.</c>

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:20.000
I<00:42:18.199><c> was</c><00:42:18.300><c> going</c><00:42:18.420><c> to</c><00:42:18.539><c> try</c><00:42:18.679><c> and</c><00:42:18.780><c> conserve</c><00:42:19.139><c> time</c><00:42:19.480><c> but</c><00:42:19.599><c> it's</c><00:42:19.800><c> better</c>

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:20.800
to<00:42:20.159><c> do</c><00:42:20.219><c> it</c><00:42:20.340><c> this</c><00:42:20.519><c> way</c>

00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:22.519
because<00:42:21.019><c> I</c><00:42:21.139><c> want</c><00:42:21.280><c> you</c><00:42:21.440><c> to</c><00:42:21.579><c> see</c><00:42:21.659><c> this</c><00:42:21.940><c> point</c><00:42:22.119><c> here.</c>

00:42:22.699 --> 00:42:26.400
In<00:42:22.880><c> verse</c><00:42:23.139><c> 33,</c><00:42:24.179><c> and</c><00:42:24.320><c> John</c><00:42:24.539><c> says,</c><00:42:24.840><c> I</c><00:42:24.840><c> knew</c><00:42:25.059><c> him</c><00:42:25.300><c> not</c><00:42:25.500><c> but</c><00:42:25.619><c> he</c><00:42:25.860><c> that</c><00:42:26.059><c> sent</c><00:42:26.199><c> me</c>

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:27.500
to<00:42:26.579><c> baptize</c><00:42:26.980><c> with</c><00:42:27.219><c> water,</c>

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:30.300
the<00:42:27.800><c> same</c><00:42:28.219><c> said</c><00:42:28.400><c> unto</c><00:42:28.619><c> me,</c><00:42:29.019><c> upon</c><00:42:29.199><c> whom</c><00:42:29.440><c> thou</c><00:42:29.639><c> shalt</c><00:42:29.820><c> see</c><00:42:30.019><c> the</c>

00:42:30.300 --> 00:42:33.280
Spirit<00:42:30.539><c> descending</c><00:42:31.159><c> and</c><00:42:31.860><c> remaining</c><00:42:32.619><c> on</c><00:42:32.900><c> him,</c>

00:42:33.719 --> 00:42:37.500
the<00:42:33.940><c> same</c><00:42:34.139><c> as</c><00:42:34.320><c> he</c><00:42:34.480><c> which</c><00:42:34.719><c> baptizes</c><00:42:35.300><c> with</c><00:42:35.519><c> the</c><00:42:35.739><c> Holy</c><00:42:36.039><c> Spirit.</c>

00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:43.079
And<00:42:37.619><c> then</c><00:42:37.860><c> over</c><00:42:38.300><c> in</c><00:42:38.480><c> verse,</c><00:42:39.380><c> taking</c><00:42:39.639><c> it</c><00:42:39.820><c> up</c><00:42:39.860><c> at</c><00:42:40.059><c> verse</c><00:42:40.300><c> 49</c><00:42:41.139><c> or</c>

00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:43.739
verse<00:42:43.380><c> 48,</c>

00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:46.099
Nathaniel<00:42:44.260><c> said</c><00:42:44.440><c> unto</c><00:42:44.639><c> him,</c><00:42:45.019><c> whence</c><00:42:45.360><c> knowest</c><00:42:45.639><c> thou</c><00:42:45.800><c> me?</c>

00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:48.559
Jesus<00:42:46.500><c> answered</c><00:42:46.820><c> and</c><00:42:46.980><c> said</c><00:42:47.099><c> unto</c><00:42:47.280><c> him,</c><00:42:47.880><c> before</c><00:42:48.159><c> that</c><00:42:48.380><c> Philip</c>

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:49.079
called<00:42:48.880><c> thee,</c>

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:51.639
when<00:42:49.239><c> thou</c><00:42:49.420><c> wast</c><00:42:49.539><c> under</c><00:42:49.780><c> the</c><00:42:50.000><c> fig</c><00:42:50.159><c> tree,</c><00:42:50.340><c> I</c><00:42:50.480><c> saw</c><00:42:50.739><c> thee.</c>

00:42:51.739 --> 00:42:56.599
Nathaniel<00:42:52.179><c> answered</c><00:42:52.440><c> and</c><00:42:52.599><c> said</c><00:42:52.719><c> unto</c><00:42:52.860><c> him,</c><00:42:53.579><c> Master,</c><00:42:55.079><c> teacher,</c><00:42:55.619><c> thou</c><00:42:55.739><c> art</c><00:42:55.960><c> the</c><00:42:56.119><c> Son</c><00:42:56.280><c> of</c><00:42:56.480><c> God,</c>

00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:58.599
thou<00:42:56.760><c> art</c><00:42:56.960><c> the</c><00:42:57.079><c> King</c><00:42:57.260><c> of</c><00:42:57.400><c> Israel.</c>

00:42:58.659 --> 00:43:01.460
Jesus<00:42:59.039><c> answered</c><00:42:59.320><c> and</c><00:42:59.480><c> said</c><00:42:59.619><c> unto</c><00:42:59.760><c> him,</c><00:43:00.400><c> because</c><00:43:00.559><c> I</c><00:43:00.800><c> said</c><00:43:00.920><c> unto</c><00:43:01.119><c> thee,</c>

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:04.480
I<00:43:01.900><c> saw</c><00:43:02.139><c> thee</c><00:43:02.280><c> under</c><00:43:02.440><c> the</c><00:43:02.639><c> fig</c><00:43:02.780><c> tree,</c><00:43:03.360><c> believest</c><00:43:03.579><c> thou?</c>

00:43:04.539 --> 00:43:06.400
Thou<00:43:04.739><c> shalt</c><00:43:04.940><c> see</c><00:43:05.159><c> greater</c><00:43:05.440><c> things</c><00:43:05.739><c> than</c><00:43:05.960><c> these.</c>

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:10.900
And<00:43:07.139><c> he</c><00:43:07.280><c> said</c><00:43:07.400><c> unto</c><00:43:07.639><c> him,</c><00:43:08.539><c> truly,</c><00:43:09.000><c> truly,</c><00:43:09.360><c> I</c><00:43:09.460><c> say</c><00:43:09.619><c> unto</c><00:43:09.820><c> you,</c>

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:16.840
hereafter<00:43:11.880><c> you</c><00:43:12.360><c> shall</c><00:43:12.679><c> see</c><00:43:13.280><c> the</c><00:43:14.019><c> angels</c><00:43:14.340><c> of</c><00:43:14.639><c> God</c><00:43:15.019><c> ascending</c>

00:43:16.840 --> 00:43:20.599
and<00:43:17.739><c> descending</c><00:43:18.559><c> upon</c><00:43:19.539><c> the</c><00:43:19.800><c> Son</c><00:43:19.960><c> of</c><00:43:20.239><c> Man.</c>

00:43:20.920 --> 00:43:23.840
And<00:43:21.179><c> so</c><00:43:21.300><c> when</c><00:43:21.460><c> that</c><00:43:21.760><c> Spirit</c><00:43:21.960><c> came</c><00:43:22.260><c> down</c><00:43:22.440><c> like</c><00:43:22.699><c> a</c><00:43:22.860><c> dove,</c><00:43:23.260><c> brethren</c><00:43:23.380><c> and</c><00:43:23.619><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:28.539
and<00:43:24.199><c> John</c><00:43:24.519><c> records</c><00:43:24.980><c> it</c><00:43:25.480><c> stayed</c><00:43:25.820><c> with</c><00:43:26.159><c> him,</c><00:43:27.159><c> he</c><00:43:27.219><c> goes</c><00:43:27.539><c> to</c><00:43:27.780><c> see</c><00:43:27.980><c> Nathaniel.</c>

00:43:28.820 --> 00:43:32.239
Nathaniel<00:43:29.280><c> was</c><00:43:29.460><c> sitting</c><00:43:29.619><c> under</c><00:43:30.260><c> a</c><00:43:30.440><c> tree,</c><00:43:31.260><c> and</c><00:43:31.340><c> Nathaniel</c><00:43:31.980><c> was</c>

00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:34.780
reading<00:43:32.739><c> Genesis</c><00:43:33.440><c> 28.</c>

00:43:36.699 --> 00:43:37.940
There's<00:43:36.980><c> not</c><00:43:37.239><c> a</c><00:43:37.460><c> shadow</c><00:43:37.639><c> of</c><00:43:37.800><c> a</c><00:43:37.860><c> doubt.</c>

00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:40.460
He<00:43:38.239><c> was</c><00:43:38.440><c> either</c><00:43:38.800><c> reading</c><00:43:39.079><c> it</c><00:43:39.300><c> or</c><00:43:39.440><c> thinking</c><00:43:39.780><c> about</c><00:43:40.019><c> it,</c><00:43:40.179><c> one</c><00:43:40.340><c> of</c>

00:43:40.460 --> 00:43:40.840
the<00:43:40.599><c> two.</c>

00:43:41.320 --> 00:43:44.159
There's<00:43:41.619><c> not</c><00:43:41.840><c> a</c><00:43:42.300><c> shadow</c><00:43:42.599><c> of</c><00:43:42.780><c> a</c><00:43:42.840><c> doubt</c><00:43:42.980><c> about</c><00:43:43.260><c> that,</c><00:43:43.760><c> because</c>

00:43:44.159 --> 00:43:46.739
Genesis<00:43:44.579><c> 28</c><00:43:45.119><c> records</c><00:43:45.679><c> the</c><00:43:46.039><c> incident</c>

00:43:46.739 --> 00:43:50.440
when<00:43:47.199><c> Jacob</c><00:43:47.679><c> laid</c><00:43:47.940><c> his</c><00:43:48.099><c> head</c><00:43:48.260><c> upon</c><00:43:48.519><c> the</c><00:43:48.739><c> pillar</c><00:43:49.059><c> at</c><00:43:49.440><c> Bethel,</c>

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:52.199
the<00:43:50.780><c> house</c><00:43:51.059><c> of</c><00:43:51.340><c> God.</c>

00:43:52.280 --> 00:44:00.639
And<00:43:52.719><c> he</c><00:43:52.880><c> saw</c><00:43:53.179><c> the</c><00:43:53.519><c> angels</c><00:43:53.860><c> of</c><00:43:54.079><c> God</c><00:43:54.820><c> ascending</c><00:43:56.420><c> and</c><00:43:57.539><c> then</c><00:43:58.380><c> descending</c><00:43:59.039><c> upon</c><00:43:59.460><c> him,</c>

00:44:01.840 --> 00:44:05.639
in<00:44:01.900><c> which</c><00:44:02.219><c> case</c><00:44:02.780><c> they</c><00:44:03.380><c> were</c><00:44:03.579><c> with</c><00:44:03.760><c> him</c><00:44:03.900><c> at</c><00:44:04.039><c> the</c><00:44:04.280><c> beginning</c><00:44:04.639><c> and</c>

00:44:05.639 --> 00:44:07.659
they<00:44:05.780><c> were</c><00:44:06.039><c> with</c><00:44:06.239><c> him</c><00:44:06.360><c> at</c><00:44:06.519><c> the</c><00:44:06.699><c> end.</c>

00:44:07.800 --> 00:44:09.960
Had<00:44:07.880><c> it</c><00:44:07.980><c> been</c><00:44:08.179><c> the</c><00:44:08.340><c> other</c><00:44:08.539><c> way,</c><00:44:08.920><c> brethren</c><00:44:09.079><c> and</c><00:44:09.360><c> sisters,</c><00:44:09.760><c> had</c>

00:44:09.960 --> 00:44:12.960
they<00:44:10.239><c> been</c><00:44:10.539><c> descending</c><00:44:11.320><c> and</c><00:44:12.280><c> ascending,</c>

00:44:13.159 --> 00:44:17.099
it<00:44:13.420><c> would</c><00:44:13.619><c> have</c><00:44:13.840><c> meant</c><00:44:14.239><c> that</c><00:44:14.460><c> they</c><00:44:14.599><c> were</c><00:44:14.820><c> not</c><00:44:15.000><c> with</c><00:44:15.159><c> him</c><00:44:15.260><c> at</c><00:44:15.380><c> the</c><00:44:15.559><c> beginning</c><00:44:15.800><c> and</c><00:44:16.039><c> they</c><00:44:16.179><c> were</c><00:44:16.460><c> not</c><00:44:16.659><c> with</c><00:44:16.860><c> him</c><00:44:16.960><c> at</c>

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the<00:44:17.280><c> end.</c>

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But<00:44:18.460><c> it</c><00:44:18.639><c> didn't</c><00:44:18.920><c> say</c><00:44:19.260><c> that.</c>

00:44:19.639 --> 00:44:23.920
It<00:44:20.139><c> said</c><00:44:20.280><c> they</c><00:44:20.579><c> ascended</c><00:44:21.179><c> from</c><00:44:21.519><c> him</c><00:44:21.860><c> and</c><00:44:22.239><c> descended</c><00:44:22.860><c> to</c><00:44:23.260><c> him.</c>

00:44:24.260 --> 00:44:29.500
And<00:44:24.500><c> God</c><00:44:24.719><c> was</c><00:44:25.019><c> telling</c><00:44:25.219><c> him,</c><00:44:26.179><c> I</c><00:44:26.500><c> will</c><00:44:27.139><c> be</c><00:44:27.659><c> with</c><00:44:28.139><c> thee</c><00:44:28.579><c> in</c><00:44:29.059><c> all</c>

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:31.400
the<00:44:29.760><c> way</c><00:44:30.239><c> in</c><00:44:30.460><c> which</c><00:44:30.599><c> thou</c><00:44:30.960><c> goest.</c>

00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:34.079
And<00:44:32.059><c> immediately</c><00:44:32.400><c> after</c><00:44:32.699><c> that</c><00:44:33.000><c> Spirit</c><00:44:33.159><c> came</c><00:44:33.440><c> upon</c><00:44:33.719><c> the</c><00:44:33.920><c> Son</c>

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:35.599
of<00:44:34.260><c> God</c><00:44:34.380><c> and</c><00:44:34.699><c> stayed</c><00:44:35.119><c> with</c><00:44:35.340><c> him,</c>

00:44:35.900 --> 00:44:38.760
he<00:44:36.119><c> pointed</c><00:44:36.360><c> his</c><00:44:36.639><c> finger</c><00:44:36.840><c> straight</c><00:44:37.199><c> at</c><00:44:37.360><c> that</c><00:44:37.500><c> chapter</c><00:44:37.760><c> of</c><00:44:38.000><c> Scripture</c><00:44:38.219><c> and</c><00:44:38.420><c> said,</c>

00:44:39.099 --> 00:44:44.139
Nathaniel,<00:44:39.980><c> you</c><00:44:40.179><c> say</c><00:44:40.280><c> I'm</c><00:44:40.440><c> the</c><00:44:40.739><c> King</c><00:44:41.400><c> of</c><00:44:41.659><c> Israel?</c><00:44:42.480><c> So</c><00:44:42.860><c> I</c><00:44:43.219><c> am.</c>

00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:50.219
If<00:44:45.480><c> that</c><00:44:45.780><c> man</c><00:44:45.980><c> was</c><00:44:46.300><c> changed</c><00:44:46.639><c> his</c><00:44:46.880><c> name</c><00:44:47.079><c> to</c><00:44:47.280><c> Israel,</c><00:44:48.039><c> I</c><00:44:48.460><c> certainly</c><00:44:48.940><c> am</c><00:44:49.159><c> the</c><00:44:49.380><c> King,</c>

00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:52.800
because<00:44:51.400><c> the</c><00:44:51.719><c> Spirit</c><00:44:51.900><c> was</c><00:44:52.179><c> with</c><00:44:52.420><c> him.</c>

00:44:53.019 --> 00:44:55.559
And<00:44:53.219><c> so</c><00:44:53.320><c> this</c><00:44:53.500><c> is</c><00:44:53.599><c> what</c><00:44:53.739><c> we</c><00:44:53.900><c> read</c><00:44:54.019><c> in</c><00:44:54.179><c> Luke's</c><00:44:54.539><c> Gospel,</c><00:44:54.820><c> brethren</c><00:44:55.079><c> and</c><00:44:55.300><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:55.920 --> 00:44:59.380
skipping<00:44:56.199><c> over</c><00:44:56.980><c> the</c><00:44:57.340><c> chronological</c><00:44:57.980><c> order</c><00:44:58.340><c> of</c><00:44:58.539><c> our</c><00:44:58.719><c> Lord's</c><00:44:59.179><c> life.</c>

00:44:59.460 --> 00:45:01.599
This<00:44:59.639><c> is</c><00:44:59.760><c> what</c><00:44:59.900><c> we</c><00:45:00.079><c> read</c><00:45:00.199><c> in</c><00:45:00.340><c> Luke's</c><00:45:00.739><c> Gospel.</c>

00:45:02.199 --> 00:45:07.699
The<00:45:02.679><c> Spirit</c><00:45:03.159><c> drove</c><00:45:03.800><c> him</c><00:45:03.940><c> into</c><00:45:04.099><c> the</c><00:45:04.239><c> wilderness</c><00:45:04.679><c> to</c><00:45:06.000><c> be</c><00:45:06.260><c> tempted</c><00:45:06.460><c> of</c><00:45:06.659><c> the</c><00:45:06.860><c> Diabolos.</c>

00:45:07.699 --> 00:45:13.159
Luke<00:45:08.800><c> then</c><00:45:09.159><c> records</c><00:45:09.760><c> he</c><00:45:10.380><c> came</c><00:45:10.699><c> out</c><00:45:11.000><c> of</c><00:45:11.119><c> the</c><00:45:11.280><c> wilderness</c><00:45:11.599><c> in</c><00:45:12.260><c> the</c><00:45:12.559><c> power</c><00:45:12.860><c> of</c>

00:45:13.159 --> 00:45:14.400
the<00:45:13.519><c> Spirit</c>

00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:19.300
and<00:45:15.559><c> then</c><00:45:15.820><c> ignoring</c><00:45:16.400><c> chronological</c><00:45:17.079><c> events,</c><00:45:17.980><c> Luke</c><00:45:18.260><c> then</c><00:45:18.559><c> records</c><00:45:19.059><c> his</c>

00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:20.159
visit<00:45:19.559><c> to</c><00:45:19.820><c> Nazareth,</c>

00:45:20.460 --> 00:45:23.699
he<00:45:20.679><c> stood</c><00:45:20.840><c> up</c><00:45:21.039><c> in</c><00:45:21.219><c> the</c><00:45:21.519><c> synagogue</c><00:45:21.780><c> and</c><00:45:22.000><c> says,</c><00:45:22.780><c> the</c><00:45:22.780><c> Spirit</c><00:45:23.420><c> of</c>

00:45:23.699 --> 00:45:26.599
the<00:45:23.920><c> Lord</c><00:45:24.239><c> God</c><00:45:24.639><c> is</c><00:45:25.019><c> upon</c><00:45:25.400><c> me.</c>

00:45:27.599 --> 00:45:31.119
So<00:45:27.860><c> it</c><00:45:28.179><c> took</c><00:45:28.380><c> him</c><00:45:28.480><c> into</c><00:45:28.619><c> the</c><00:45:28.800><c> wilderness,</c><00:45:30.599><c> stayed</c><00:45:30.800><c> with</c><00:45:30.960><c> him</c>

00:45:31.119 --> 00:45:32.639
during<00:45:31.340><c> the</c><00:45:31.559><c> temptation,</c>

00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:36.920
came<00:45:33.320><c> out</c><00:45:33.619><c> with</c><00:45:33.800><c> him</c><00:45:34.380><c> and</c><00:45:34.820><c> stood</c><00:45:35.159><c> up</c><00:45:35.420><c> with</c><00:45:35.519><c> him</c><00:45:35.679><c> in</c><00:45:35.800><c> that</c><00:45:36.019><c> synagogue.</c>

00:45:37.739 --> 00:45:41.179
And<00:45:37.860><c> all</c><00:45:38.199><c> the</c><00:45:38.320><c> way</c><00:45:38.539><c> through</c><00:45:38.820><c> that</c><00:45:39.119><c> record</c><00:45:39.519><c> in</c><00:45:40.539><c> Luke's</c><00:45:40.960><c> Gospel,</c>

00:45:41.300 --> 00:45:44.480
as<00:45:41.400><c> he</c><00:45:41.699><c> ignores</c><00:45:42.039><c> the</c><00:45:42.280><c> chronological</c><00:45:42.900><c> order</c><00:45:43.179><c> of</c><00:45:43.460><c> details</c><00:45:43.880><c> to</c>

00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:45.739
present<00:45:44.880><c> that</c><00:45:45.400><c> thought</c>

00:45:45.739 --> 00:45:48.840
that<00:45:46.579><c> the</c><00:45:46.940><c> Spirit</c><00:45:47.139><c> was</c><00:45:47.380><c> always</c><00:45:47.760><c> with</c><00:45:48.039><c> him.</c>

00:45:49.280 --> 00:45:53.019
Why<00:45:49.639><c> did</c><00:45:49.860><c> it</c><00:45:50.059><c> come</c><00:45:50.380><c> down,</c><00:45:50.900><c> brethren</c><00:45:51.059><c> and</c><00:45:51.340><c> sisters,</c><00:45:52.219><c> in</c><00:45:52.420><c> the</c><00:45:52.639><c> form</c><00:45:52.780><c> of</c>

00:45:53.019 --> 00:45:53.940
a<00:45:53.159><c> dove?</c>

00:45:55.900 --> 00:45:59.139
There<00:45:56.139><c> has</c><00:45:56.320><c> been</c><00:45:56.460><c> much</c><00:45:57.780><c> speculation</c><00:45:58.619><c> upon</c><00:45:58.940><c> that.</c>

00:45:59.139 --> 00:46:02.619
I<00:45:59.380><c> suppose</c><00:45:59.840><c> the</c><00:46:00.659><c> idea</c><00:46:00.980><c> that</c><00:46:01.139><c> I</c><00:46:01.280><c> will</c><00:46:01.480><c> present</c><00:46:01.739><c> you</c><00:46:02.239><c> may</c><00:46:02.480><c> think</c>

00:46:02.619 --> 00:46:03.719
is<00:46:02.840><c> speculation</c><00:46:03.320><c> too.</c>

00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:05.460
That's<00:46:04.360><c> your</c><00:46:04.559><c> privilege.</c>

00:46:06.840 --> 00:46:10.840
Some<00:46:07.119><c> say,</c><00:46:07.619><c> well,</c><00:46:08.360><c> the</c><00:46:08.460><c> name</c><00:46:08.679><c> of</c><00:46:09.059><c> Jonah</c><00:46:09.280><c> is</c><00:46:10.079><c> the</c><00:46:10.300><c> Hebrew</c><00:46:10.559><c> word</c>

00:46:10.840 --> 00:46:12.000
for<00:46:11.079><c> a</c><00:46:11.320><c> dove</c>

00:46:12.059 --> 00:46:14.940
and<00:46:12.320><c> our</c><00:46:12.579><c> Lord</c><00:46:12.760><c> said</c><00:46:13.039><c> that</c><00:46:13.179><c> they</c><00:46:13.280><c> would</c><00:46:13.460><c> not</c><00:46:13.659><c> get</c><00:46:13.800><c> any</c><00:46:14.099><c> sign</c><00:46:14.360><c> but</c><00:46:14.500><c> the</c><00:46:14.659><c> sign</c><00:46:14.760><c> of</c>

00:46:14.940 --> 00:46:15.619
the<00:46:15.039><c> prophet</c><00:46:15.219><c> Jonah</c>

00:46:15.619 --> 00:46:19.599
and<00:46:16.000><c> therefore</c><00:46:16.320><c> the</c><00:46:16.579><c> dove</c><00:46:16.760><c> represented</c><00:46:17.400><c> him</c><00:46:17.800><c> as</c><00:46:17.980><c> the</c><00:46:18.179><c> fulfilment</c><00:46:18.780><c> of</c><00:46:19.059><c> the</c>

00:46:19.599 --> 00:46:20.420
type<00:46:19.840><c> of</c><00:46:20.099><c> Jonah.</c>

00:46:20.739 --> 00:46:24.659
Maybe<00:46:21.260><c> it</c><00:46:22.800><c> doesn't</c><00:46:23.099><c> impress</c><00:46:23.400><c> me</c><00:46:23.659><c> much.</c>

00:46:24.920 --> 00:46:27.500
Well,<00:46:25.400><c> I</c><00:46:25.719><c> think,</c><00:46:26.099><c> brethren</c><00:46:26.260><c> and</c><00:46:26.480><c> sisters,</c><00:46:26.760><c> and</c><00:46:26.920><c> I</c><00:46:27.099><c> put</c><00:46:27.219><c> this</c>

00:46:27.500 --> 00:46:29.139
forward<00:46:28.019><c> respectfully,</c>

00:46:30.219 --> 00:46:32.619
but<00:46:30.300><c> it</c><00:46:30.440><c> really</c><00:46:30.639><c> is</c><00:46:30.820><c> beautiful,</c><00:46:31.199><c> I</c><00:46:31.500><c> believe,</c>

00:46:32.820 --> 00:46:35.340
that<00:46:32.900><c> of</c><00:46:33.059><c> all</c><00:46:33.239><c> the</c><00:46:33.480><c> characteristics</c><00:46:33.860><c> we</c><00:46:34.099><c> know</c><00:46:34.179><c> about</c><00:46:34.420><c> a</c><00:46:34.719><c> dove,</c>

00:46:35.519 --> 00:46:37.760
harmless<00:46:35.920><c> and</c><00:46:36.539><c> everything</c><00:46:36.800><c> else,</c>

00:46:37.820 --> 00:46:42.760
there<00:46:37.980><c> are</c><00:46:38.199><c> two</c><00:46:38.840><c> which</c><00:46:39.940><c> on</c><00:46:40.159><c> this</c><00:46:40.300><c> occasion</c><00:46:40.719><c> I</c><00:46:42.059><c> feel</c><00:46:42.239><c> have</c><00:46:42.480><c> a</c>

00:46:42.760 --> 00:46:45.519
wonderful<00:46:43.360><c> and</c><00:46:43.679><c> remarkable</c><00:46:44.440><c> application.</c>

00:46:46.320 --> 00:46:48.559
The<00:46:46.519><c> thing</c><00:46:46.639><c> that</c><00:46:46.780><c> the</c><00:46:46.960><c> Scripture</c><00:46:47.139><c> notes</c><00:46:47.380><c> about</c><00:46:47.519><c> the</c><00:46:47.780><c> dove</c><00:46:47.920><c> is</c>

00:46:48.559 --> 00:46:50.780
that<00:46:48.739><c> it</c><00:46:48.840><c> is</c><00:46:48.920><c> a</c><00:46:48.940><c> very</c><00:46:49.300><c> clean</c><00:46:49.480><c> little</c><00:46:49.719><c> bird.</c>

00:46:51.559 --> 00:46:55.460
My<00:46:52.159><c> dove,</c><00:46:52.639><c> my</c><00:46:52.800><c> undefiled</c><00:46:53.980><c> Song</c><00:46:54.360><c> of</c><00:46:54.559><c> Solomon,</c>

00:46:55.920 --> 00:47:03.119
it<00:46:56.159><c> will</c><00:46:56.539><c> not</c><00:46:57.260><c> ever</c><00:46:58.460><c> put</c><00:46:58.840><c> its</c><00:46:59.099><c> foot</c><00:46:59.440><c> in</c><00:47:00.440><c> dirt,</c><00:47:01.239><c> mud,</c><00:47:01.940><c> filth.</c>

00:47:03.519 --> 00:47:06.239
It<00:47:03.639><c> will</c><00:47:03.920><c> hover</c><00:47:04.219><c> around</c><00:47:04.599><c> and</c><00:47:04.880><c> flutter</c><00:47:05.099><c> until</c><00:47:05.360><c> it</c><00:47:05.539><c> finds</c><00:47:05.840><c> firm</c>

00:47:06.239 --> 00:47:09.159
ground,<00:47:06.780><c> clean</c><00:47:06.980><c> ground,</c><00:47:07.659><c> and</c><00:47:07.820><c> it</c><00:47:08.079><c> will</c><00:47:08.099><c> land.</c>

00:47:09.300 --> 00:47:10.760
Point<00:47:09.500><c> number</c><00:47:09.780><c> one.</c>

00:47:11.960 --> 00:47:14.880
Another<00:47:12.280><c> feature</c><00:47:12.599><c> of</c><00:47:12.699><c> the</c><00:47:12.880><c> dove</c><00:47:13.000><c> which</c><00:47:13.199><c> is</c><00:47:13.400><c> noted</c><00:47:13.579><c> by</c><00:47:13.780><c> the</c><00:47:14.059><c> prophets,</c>

00:47:15.199 --> 00:47:17.699
which<00:47:15.380><c> I</c><00:47:15.539><c> think</c><00:47:15.659><c> has</c><00:47:15.900><c> peculiar</c><00:47:16.500><c> application</c><00:47:17.039><c> here,</c>

00:47:17.699 --> 00:47:23.599
is<00:47:18.480><c> that</c><00:47:18.800><c> it</c><00:47:19.159><c> has</c><00:47:19.699><c> strong</c><00:47:20.679><c> homing</c><00:47:21.599><c> instincts</c><00:47:22.159><c> because</c><00:47:22.860><c> it</c><00:47:23.079><c> belongs</c><00:47:23.380><c> to</c>

00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:24.539
the<00:47:23.739><c> pigeon</c><00:47:24.019><c> family.</c>

00:47:24.840 --> 00:47:29.460
They<00:47:25.039><c> shall</c><00:47:25.320><c> fly</c><00:47:25.739><c> as</c><00:47:26.219><c> doves</c><00:47:26.440><c> to</c><00:47:26.639><c> the</c><00:47:26.780><c> windows,</c><00:47:28.519><c> says</c><00:47:28.639><c> the</c><00:47:28.860><c> prophet</c><00:47:29.019><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:29.360><c> in</c>

00:47:29.460 --> 00:47:30.980
his<00:47:29.599><c> 60th</c><00:47:29.980><c> chapter.</c>

00:47:31.260 --> 00:47:35.360
It's<00:47:31.480><c> the</c><00:47:31.599><c> pigeon</c><00:47:31.840><c> family.</c><00:47:32.300><c> It</c><00:47:32.400><c> has</c><00:47:32.739><c> strong</c><00:47:33.480><c> homing</c><00:47:34.300><c> instincts.</c>

00:47:35.760 --> 00:47:37.940
And<00:47:35.900><c> putting</c><00:47:36.039><c> those</c><00:47:36.320><c> two</c><00:47:36.539><c> things</c><00:47:36.739><c> together,</c><00:47:37.199><c> brethren</c><00:47:37.400><c> and</c><00:47:37.639><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:38.400 --> 00:47:40.760
when<00:47:38.579><c> he</c><00:47:38.739><c> came</c><00:47:38.940><c> up</c><00:47:39.139><c> out</c><00:47:39.280><c> of</c><00:47:39.400><c> the</c><00:47:39.559><c> muddy</c><00:47:39.800><c> waters</c><00:47:40.059><c> of</c><00:47:40.300><c> Jordan</c>

00:47:40.760 --> 00:47:46.519
and<00:47:41.659><c> the</c><00:47:41.860><c> water</c><00:47:42.099><c> flowed</c><00:47:42.480><c> from</c><00:47:42.639><c> his</c><00:47:42.920><c> body</c><00:47:43.460><c> and</c><00:47:44.099><c> he</c><00:47:44.320><c> left</c><00:47:44.579><c> his</c><00:47:45.380><c> humanity</c><00:47:46.099><c> as</c>

00:47:46.519 --> 00:47:47.179
it<00:47:46.840><c> were</c>

00:47:47.179 --> 00:47:51.500
back<00:47:47.780><c> in</c><00:47:47.960><c> that</c><00:47:48.199><c> water</c><00:47:48.420><c> denying</c><00:47:49.239><c> his</c><00:47:49.679><c> flesh</c><00:47:50.219><c> and</c><00:47:50.940><c> he</c><00:47:51.139><c> stood</c><00:47:51.260><c> up</c>

00:47:51.500 --> 00:47:53.360
on<00:47:51.920><c> clean</c><00:47:52.239><c> ground.</c>

00:47:53.780 --> 00:47:58.380
He<00:47:53.820><c> was</c><00:47:54.159><c> a</c><00:47:54.360><c> morally</c><00:47:55.320><c> perfect</c><00:47:56.860><c> man.</c>

00:47:59.880 --> 00:48:02.539
Never<00:48:00.119><c> done</c><00:48:00.380><c> a</c><00:48:00.579><c> wrong</c><00:48:00.820><c> thing</c><00:48:01.079><c> in</c><00:48:01.219><c> his</c><00:48:01.420><c> life.</c>

00:48:03.280 --> 00:48:06.380
And<00:48:03.360><c> so</c><00:48:03.500><c> a</c><00:48:03.579><c> little</c><00:48:03.800><c> dove</c><00:48:03.980><c> came</c><00:48:04.280><c> and</c><00:48:04.460><c> settled</c><00:48:04.599><c> on</c><00:48:04.780><c> him.</c>

00:48:08.500 --> 00:48:11.840
And<00:48:08.619><c> because</c><00:48:08.980><c> that</c><00:48:09.320><c> dove</c><00:48:09.599><c> had</c><00:48:09.960><c> strong</c><00:48:10.400><c> homing</c><00:48:10.920><c> instincts,</c>

00:48:12.159 --> 00:48:14.739
the<00:48:12.300><c> spirit</c><00:48:12.539><c> of</c><00:48:12.699><c> his</c><00:48:12.880><c> father</c><00:48:13.199><c> which</c><00:48:13.440><c> had</c><00:48:13.679><c> made</c><00:48:13.880><c> that</c><00:48:14.119><c> life</c><00:48:14.360><c> holy,</c>

00:48:14.739 --> 00:48:18.139
it<00:48:15.400><c> was</c><00:48:15.539><c> the</c><00:48:15.699><c> reason</c><00:48:16.119><c> why</c><00:48:16.420><c> his</c><00:48:16.619><c> life</c><00:48:16.900><c> was</c><00:48:17.260><c> holy.</c>

00:48:18.260 --> 00:48:20.780
The<00:48:18.400><c> origin</c><00:48:18.760><c> of</c><00:48:18.960><c> his</c><00:48:19.139><c> morality</c><00:48:19.480><c> was</c><00:48:19.760><c> in</c><00:48:20.000><c> heaven.</c>

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It<00:48:21.179><c> homed</c><00:48:21.699><c> in</c><00:48:22.039><c> where</c><00:48:22.280><c> it</c><00:48:22.519><c> belonged.</c>

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What<00:48:24.940><c> else</c><00:48:25.119><c> could</c><00:48:25.320><c> it</c><00:48:25.440><c> do?</c>

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This<00:48:27.940><c> is</c><00:48:28.239><c> my</c><00:48:28.460><c> beloved</c><00:48:28.800><c> son</c><00:48:29.440><c> in</c><00:48:30.699><c> whom</c><00:48:30.960><c> I</c><00:48:31.199><c> am</c><00:48:31.420><c> well</c><00:48:31.699><c> placed.</c>

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We've<00:48:35.599><c> left</c><00:48:35.800><c> John</c><00:48:36.079><c> for</c><00:48:36.300><c> a</c><00:48:36.400><c> while,</c><00:48:36.659><c> haven't</c><00:48:36.719><c> we,</c><00:48:36.960><c> brethren</c><00:48:37.119><c> and</c><00:48:37.320><c> sisters?</c>

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We've<00:48:37.760><c> been</c><00:48:38.059><c> making</c><00:48:38.300><c> a</c><00:48:38.500><c> study</c><00:48:38.639><c> of</c><00:48:38.820><c> our</c><00:48:38.940><c> Lord</c><00:48:39.079><c> Jesus</c><00:48:39.500><c> Christ,</c><00:48:39.800><c> really.</c>

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But<00:48:41.440><c> it</c><00:48:41.579><c> is</c><00:48:41.760><c> one</c><00:48:42.239><c> section</c><00:48:42.579><c> of</c><00:48:42.780><c> John's</c><00:48:43.199><c> life</c><00:48:43.780><c> where</c><00:48:44.679><c> he</c><00:48:44.739><c> had</c><00:48:44.940><c> a</c>

00:48:45.179 --> 00:48:49.420
stand<00:48:45.739><c> as</c><00:48:47.059><c> an</c><00:48:47.219><c> awe</c><00:48:47.579><c>-stricken</c><00:48:48.059><c> spectator.</c>

00:48:51.280 --> 00:48:54.579
And<00:48:51.320><c> from</c><00:48:51.500><c> that</c><00:48:51.699><c> moment</c><00:48:51.940><c> onwards,</c><00:48:53.079><c> it</c><00:48:53.079><c> was</c><00:48:53.260><c> inevitable</c><00:48:53.739><c> that</c>

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he<00:48:54.639><c> must</c><00:48:54.880><c> decrease.</c>

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And<00:48:57.099><c> as</c><00:48:57.199><c> we</c><00:48:57.360><c> follow</c><00:48:57.559><c> him</c><00:48:57.820><c> in</c><00:48:57.980><c> the</c><00:48:58.079><c> next</c><00:48:58.440><c> study,</c><00:48:58.880><c> brethren</c><00:48:59.019><c> and</c><00:48:59.280><c> sisters,</c>

00:49:00.239 --> 00:49:03.260
we<00:49:00.360><c> will</c><00:49:00.559><c> see</c><00:49:00.760><c> how</c><00:49:01.159><c> greatly</c><00:49:01.539><c> impressed</c><00:49:02.019><c> John</c><00:49:02.280><c> was</c><00:49:02.440><c> with</c><00:49:02.619><c> that</c><00:49:02.760><c> occasion</c>

00:49:03.260 --> 00:49:07.420
and<00:49:04.000><c> how</c><00:49:04.179><c> he</c><00:49:04.440><c> drew</c><00:49:04.739><c> constant</c><00:49:05.239><c> attention</c><00:49:05.840><c> to</c><00:49:06.420><c> him</c><00:49:06.639><c> who</c><00:49:06.719><c> was</c><00:49:07.000><c> truly</c><00:49:07.260><c> the</c>

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Lamb<00:49:07.599><c> of</c><00:49:07.820><c> God.</c>

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And<00:49:08.500><c> the</c><00:49:08.619><c> next</c><00:49:09.059><c> day</c><00:49:09.400><c> as</c><00:49:09.559><c> Jesus</c><00:49:09.920><c> walked</c><00:49:10.219><c> by</c><00:49:10.719><c> with</c><00:49:11.199><c> the</c><00:49:11.360><c> disciples</c><00:49:11.780><c> standing</c>

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around<00:49:12.420><c> him,</c>

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amongst<00:49:13.239><c> them</c><00:49:13.400><c> were</c><00:49:13.579><c> Peter</c><00:49:13.800><c> and</c><00:49:14.000><c> Andrew,</c>

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the<00:49:15.219><c> next</c><00:49:15.639><c> day</c><00:49:16.219><c> they</c><00:49:16.920><c> were</c><00:49:17.199><c> clinging</c><00:49:17.480><c> to</c><00:49:17.719><c> John</c><00:49:17.900><c> and</c><00:49:18.059><c> John</c><00:49:18.280><c> says,</c>

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look,<00:49:19.019><c> my</c><00:49:19.199><c> disciples,</c><00:49:19.900><c> I'm</c><00:49:20.000><c> telling</c><00:49:20.179><c> you,</c><00:49:21.139><c> my</c><00:49:21.760><c> work</c><00:49:22.000><c> is</c><00:49:22.199><c> finished.</c>

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There<00:49:23.079><c> he</c><00:49:23.260><c> is.</c>

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There's<00:49:25.500><c> the</c><00:49:25.619><c> Lamb</c><00:49:25.780><c> of</c><00:49:25.940><c> God</c><00:49:26.099><c> which</c><00:49:26.280><c> takes</c><00:49:26.579><c> away</c><00:49:26.840><c> the</c><00:49:27.300><c> sin</c><00:49:27.420><c> of</c>

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the<00:49:27.699><c> world.</c>

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And<00:49:27.980><c> he</c><00:49:28.119><c> said</c><00:49:28.260><c> that</c><00:49:28.460><c> as</c><00:49:28.619><c> John</c><00:49:28.800><c> said</c><00:49:28.940><c> as</c><00:49:29.139><c> Jesus</c><00:49:29.579><c> walked</c><00:49:30.119><c> past.</c>

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And<00:49:31.340><c> some</c><00:49:31.539><c> of</c><00:49:31.639><c> those</c><00:49:31.920><c> disciples</c><00:49:32.699><c> left</c><00:49:33.980><c> John,</c><00:49:34.679><c> including</c><00:49:34.960><c> Peter</c><00:49:35.260><c> and</c><00:49:35.500><c> Andrew,</c>

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joined<00:49:36.679><c> with</c><00:49:37.719><c> the</c><00:49:37.940><c> Lord</c><00:49:38.119><c> and</c><00:49:38.539><c> walked</c><00:49:38.719><c> away</c><00:49:39.039><c> from</c><00:49:39.239><c> him.</c>

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And<00:49:39.960><c> the</c><00:49:40.119><c> fulfillment</c><00:49:40.500><c> of</c><00:49:40.679><c> John's</c><00:49:41.199><c> course</c><00:49:41.440><c> was</c><00:49:42.199><c> seen,</c><00:49:42.679><c> brethren</c><00:49:42.900><c> and</c><00:49:43.119><c> sisters,</c>

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in<00:49:43.460><c> the</c><00:49:43.599><c> action</c><00:49:43.800><c> of</c><00:49:44.000><c> those</c><00:49:44.179><c> disciples.</c>

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And<00:49:45.440><c> it</c><00:49:45.500><c> is</c><00:49:45.679><c> our</c><00:49:45.960><c> great</c><00:49:46.199><c> and</c><00:49:46.460><c> earnest</c><00:49:46.619><c> prayer</c><00:49:46.980><c> that</c><00:49:47.199><c> the</c><00:49:47.400><c> studies</c><00:49:47.599><c> of</c>

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John<00:49:48.000><c> the</c><00:49:48.159><c> Baptist</c>

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might<00:49:49.199><c> help</c><00:49:49.500><c> us</c><00:49:50.000><c> to</c><00:49:50.199><c> do</c><00:49:50.340><c> exactly</c><00:49:50.719><c> what</c><00:49:50.920><c> they</c><00:49:51.139><c> do.</c>

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He<00:49:51.920><c> directed</c><00:49:52.219><c> us</c><00:49:52.440><c> to</c><00:49:52.599><c> the</c><00:49:52.699><c> Lord</c><00:49:52.880><c> as</c><00:49:53.119><c> he</c><00:49:53.440><c> walked</c><00:49:53.659><c> past.</c>

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Let's<00:49:54.840><c> join</c><00:49:55.079><c> in</c><00:49:55.559><c> and</c><00:49:55.800><c> follow</c><00:49:56.039><c> in</c><00:49:56.179><c> his</c><00:49:56.360><c> footsteps.</c>