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on.</c> 00:14:26.419 --> 00:14:30.860 So<00:14:26.580><c> you</c><00:14:26.679><c> had</c><00:14:26.779><c> the</c><00:14:26.980><c> heat,</c><00:14:27.559><c> you</c><00:14:27.620><c> had</c><00:14:27.740><c> to</c><00:14:28.019><c> control</c><00:14:28.279><c> the</c><00:14:28.460><c> heat</c><00:14:28.899><c> to</c><00:14:29.519><c> do</c><00:14:29.639><c> it</c><00:14:29.759><c> in</c><00:14:29.919><c> a</c><00:14:30.019><c> vessel</c> 00:14:31.379 --> 00:14:36.320 and<00:14:31.899><c> then</c><00:14:32.059><c> you</c><00:14:32.240><c> needed</c><00:14:32.460><c> various</c><00:14:32.899><c> agents</c><00:14:33.480><c> and</c><00:14:34.320><c> of</c><00:14:34.500><c> course</c><00:14:35.240><c> skill</c><00:14:35.840><c> to</c> 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:37.299 do<00:14:36.500><c> it.</c> 00:14:37.779 --> 00:14:40.600 Great<00:14:38.279><c> skill.</c><00:14:38.980><c> It</c><00:14:39.179><c> needed</c><00:14:39.419><c> observation</c><00:14:40.019><c> and</c><00:14:40.340><c> timing.</c> 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:46.500 And<00:14:41.460><c> if</c><00:14:42.120><c> you</c><00:14:42.259><c> look</c><00:14:42.480><c> here,</c><00:14:43.299><c> you</c><00:14:44.639><c> see</c><00:14:44.840><c> in</c><00:14:45.000><c> verse</c><00:14:45.259><c> 3</c><00:14:45.639><c> it</c><00:14:45.820><c> says,</c> 00:14:46.980 --> 00:14:53.259 and<00:14:46.980><c> he</c><00:14:47.259><c> shall</c><00:14:47.820><c> sit</c><00:14:48.759><c> as</c><00:14:50.100><c> a</c><00:14:50.639><c> refiner</c><00:14:51.120><c> and</c><00:14:51.559><c> purifier</c><00:14:52.120><c> of</c><00:14:52.399><c> silver.</c> 00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:56.500 Now<00:14:55.159><c> that</c><00:14:55.220><c> was</c><00:14:55.419><c> important.</c> 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:01.779 This<00:14:58.419><c> was</c><00:14:58.779><c> absolutely</c><00:14:59.299><c> essential</c><00:14:59.799><c> for</c><00:15:00.019><c> the</c><00:15:00.320><c> control</c><00:15:00.539><c> of</c><00:15:00.700><c> 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lost</c><00:15:15.639><c> a</c><00:15:15.740><c> lot</c><00:15:15.840><c> of</c><00:15:15.899><c> money.</c> 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:22.659 So<00:15:17.840><c> he</c><00:15:17.980><c> watched</c><00:15:18.240><c> the</c><00:15:18.519><c> orange</c><00:15:19.100><c> colour</c><00:15:19.539><c> of</c><00:15:19.799><c> the</c><00:15:20.320><c> metal</c><00:15:20.620><c> as</c><00:15:20.799><c> it</c><00:15:21.019><c> began</c><00:15:21.519><c> to</c><00:15:21.799><c> melt.</c> 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:26.600 Then<00:15:23.159><c> gradually</c><00:15:23.419><c> the</c><00:15:23.700><c> colour</c><00:15:24.039><c> changed</c><00:15:24.919><c> and</c><00:15:26.120><c> the</c><00:15:26.379><c> solvents</c> 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:27.059 were<00:15:26.820><c> added</c> 00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:31.620 and<00:15:27.720><c> the</c><00:15:27.940><c> impurities</c><00:15:28.820><c> started</c><00:15:29.179><c> to</c><00:15:29.659><c> coalesce</c><00:15:30.320><c> and</c><00:15:30.960><c> 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and</c><00:16:48.419><c> watches</c><00:16:48.799><c> carefully</c><00:16:49.980><c> until</c> 00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:54.899 he<00:16:52.240><c> sees</c><00:16:52.519><c> the</c><00:16:52.720><c> reflection</c><00:16:53.200><c> of</c><00:16:53.500><c> his</c><00:16:53.940><c> son.</c> 00:16:56.539 --> 00:16:58.279 In<00:16:57.100><c> his</c><00:16:57.340><c> children.</c> 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:04.720 He<00:17:00.559><c> sees</c><00:17:01.080><c> the</c><00:17:01.299><c> face</c><00:17:01.580><c> of</c><00:17:01.759><c> the</c><00:17:01.860><c> Lord</c><00:17:02.019><c> Jesus</c><00:17:02.559><c> being</c><00:17:03.759><c> reflected</c><00:17:04.319><c> in</c> 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:08.059 some<00:17:05.059><c> way</c><00:17:05.680><c> out</c><00:17:06.400><c> of</c><00:17:06.539><c> the</c><00:17:06.720><c> heart</c><00:17:06.859><c> of</c><00:17:07.059><c> the</c><00:17:07.220><c> saint.</c> 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:11.720 Now<00:17:08.839><c> I</c><00:17:08.900><c> 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to</c><00:17:22.980><c> endure</c><00:17:23.480><c> and</c><00:17:24.720><c> obviously</c><00:17:25.140><c> it's</c><00:17:25.539><c> a</c><00:17:25.700><c> painful</c> 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:27.140 process,<00:17:26.759><c> isn't</c><00:17:26.759><c> it?</c> 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:28.759 At<00:17:27.759><c> times</c><00:17:27.980><c> it</c><00:17:28.079><c> didn't</c><00:17:28.359><c> work.</c> 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:31.619 Just<00:17:29.440><c> turn</c><00:17:29.619><c> back</c><00:17:29.819><c> with</c><00:17:29.980><c> me</c><00:17:30.160><c> to</c><00:17:30.599><c> Jeremiah.</c> 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:36.279 He<00:17:32.480><c> also</c><00:17:32.660><c> talks</c><00:17:32.940><c> about</c><00:17:33.200><c> this</c><00:17:33.480><c> in</c><00:17:33.920><c> chapter</c><00:17:34.359><c> 6.</c> 00:17:36.619 --> 00:17:40.339 There<00:17:36.779><c> are</c><00:17:36.779><c> two</c><00:17:37.000><c> quotations</c><00:17:37.480><c> here</c><00:17:37.700><c> quite</c><00:17:37.920><c> close</c><00:17:38.140><c> together</c><00:17:38.500><c> in</c><00:17:38.720><c> Jeremiah.</c> 00:17:47.619 --> 00:17:52.519 Jeremiah<00:17:48.420><c> chapter</c><00:17:48.759><c> 6</c><00:17:49.220><c> and</c><00:17:49.460><c> verse</c><00:17:50.579><c> 27.</c> 00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:59.460 I<00:17:55.539><c> have</c><00:17:55.839><c> set</c><00:17:56.099><c> thee</c><00:17:56.279><c> for</c><00:17:56.480><c> a</c><00:17:56.859><c> tower</c><00:17:57.119><c> and</c><00:17:57.400><c> a</c><00:17:57.599><c> fortress</c><00:17:58.000><c> among</c><00:17:58.279><c> my</c><00:17:58.559><c> people,</c> 00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:03.619 that<00:17:59.859><c> thou</c><00:18:00.039><c> mayst</c><00:18:00.819><c> know</c><00:18:01.400><c> and</c><00:18:01.819><c> try</c><00:18:02.259><c> their</c><00:18:02.599><c> way.</c> 00:18:04.059 --> 00:18:08.819 They<00:18:04.619><c> are</c><00:18:04.900><c> all</c><00:18:05.279><c> grievous</c><00:18:05.779><c> revolters,</c><00:18:07.460><c> walking</c><00:18:07.880><c> with</c><00:18:08.380><c> slanders.</c> 00:18:08.819 --> 00:18:12.099 They<00:18:09.039><c> are</c><00:18:09.359><c> brass</c><00:18:09.759><c> and</c><00:18:10.039><c> iron,</c><00:18:10.819><c> they</c><00:18:10.960><c> are</c><00:18:11.160><c> all</c><00:18:11.480><c> corrupters.</c> 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:16.740 The<00:18:12.599><c> bellows</c><00:18:12.900><c> are</c><00:18:13.140><c> burned,</c><00:18:14.519><c> the</c><00:18:14.700><c> lead</c><00:18:14.839><c> is</c><00:18:15.079><c> consumed</c><00:18:15.519><c> with</c><00:18:15.660><c> the</c><00:18:15.900><c> fire.</c> 00:18:16.859 --> 00:18:20.039 The<00:18:17.079><c> founder</c><00:18:17.460><c> melteth</c><00:18:18.019><c> in</c><00:18:18.339><c> vain,</c><00:18:18.799><c> for</c><00:18:18.920><c> the</c><00:18:19.119><c> wicked</c><00:18:19.359><c> are</c><00:18:19.720><c> not</c> 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:20.779 plucked<00:18:20.400><c> away.</c> 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:24.039 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rejected</c><00:18:38.940><c> them.</c> 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:45.099 And<00:18:41.599><c> there's</c><00:18:41.779><c> an</c><00:18:41.940><c> interesting</c><00:18:42.640><c> additional</c><00:18:43.559><c> detail</c><00:18:43.900><c> in</c><00:18:44.099><c> chapter</c><00:18:44.380><c> 5</c><00:18:44.900><c> of</c> 00:18:45.099 --> 00:18:47.220 Jeremiah<00:18:45.539><c> and</c><00:18:45.740><c> verse</c><00:18:46.000><c> 3.</c> 00:18:47.380 --> 00:18:50.420 This<00:18:47.559><c> same</c><00:18:47.920><c> process</c><00:18:48.299><c> of</c><00:18:48.619><c> refining</c><00:18:48.980><c> which</c><00:18:49.259><c> needs</c><00:18:49.480><c> heat.</c> 00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:57.359 He<00:18:51.480><c> says,</c><00:18:51.759><c> O</c><00:18:51.799><c> Lord,</c><00:18:54.339><c> are</c><00:18:54.640><c> not</c><00:18:54.960><c> thine</c><00:18:55.240><c> eyes</c><00:18:55.740><c> upon</c><00:18:56.059><c> the</c><00:18:56.420><c> truth?</c> 00:18:57.420 --> 00:19:00.460 Thou<00:18:57.599><c> hast</c><00:18:58.019><c> stricken</c><00:18:58.539><c> them,</c><00:18:59.119><c> but</c><00:18:59.359><c> they</c><00:18:59.579><c> have</c><00:18:59.740><c> not</c><00:19:00.019><c> grieved.</c> 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:03.640 Thou<00:19:00.779><c> hast</c><00:19:01.079><c> consumed</c><00:19:01.779><c> them,</c><00:19:02.220><c> but</c><00:19:02.420><c> they</c><00:19:02.599><c> have</c><00:19:02.839><c> refused</c><00:19:03.359><c> to</c> 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:04.500 receive<00:19:03.980><c> correction.</c> 00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:08.099 They<00:19:04.980><c> have</c><00:19:05.240><c> made</c><00:19:05.460><c> their</c><00:19:05.880><c> faces</c><00:19:06.359><c> harder</c><00:19:06.900><c> than</c><00:19:07.099><c> a</c><00:19:07.279><c> rock.</c> 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:11.039 They<00:19:08.400><c> have</c><00:19:08.599><c> refused</c><00:19:09.180><c> to</c><00:19:09.539><c> return.</c> 00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:14.740 So<00:19:11.559><c> that</c><00:19:11.759><c> consuming</c><00:19:12.359><c> the</c><00:19:12.740><c> air</c><00:19:12.839><c> is</c><00:19:13.240><c> adding</c><00:19:13.539><c> more</c><00:19:13.819><c> heat.</c> 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:16.599 It<00:19:15.440><c> was</c><00:19:15.680><c> useless.</c> 00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:23.000 They<00:19:18.299><c> just</c><00:19:18.559><c> became</c><00:19:19.079><c> reprobate,</c><00:19:20.599><c> and</c><00:19:20.920><c> the</c><00:19:21.079><c> Lord</c><00:19:21.240><c> had</c><00:19:21.460><c> to</c><00:19:21.700><c> reject</c><00:19:22.059><c> them.</c> 00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:29.500 Compare<00:19:25.440><c> that</c><00:19:26.299><c> with</c><00:19:27.480><c> our</c><00:19:27.720><c> Lord</c><00:19:27.900><c> Jesus</c><00:19:28.299><c> Christ.</c> 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:34.000 It<00:19:30.640><c> says</c><00:19:30.900><c> here,</c><00:19:31.980><c> they</c><00:19:32.259><c> have</c><00:19:32.460><c> made</c><00:19:32.660><c> their</c><00:19:32.980><c> faces</c><00:19:33.299><c> harder</c><00:19:33.779><c> than</c> 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:35.140 a<00:19:34.220><c> rock.</c> 00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:40.700 But<00:19:35.880><c> what</c><00:19:36.059><c> it</c><00:19:36.299><c> said</c><00:19:36.420><c> of</c><00:19:36.640><c> our</c><00:19:36.799><c> Lord</c><00:19:37.059><c> Jesus</c><00:19:37.720><c> is,</c><00:19:38.680><c> He</c><00:19:38.960><c> set</c><00:19:39.160><c> His</c><00:19:39.460><c> face</c><00:19:39.839><c> like</c><00:19:40.319><c> a</c> 00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:42.859 flint<00:19:41.119><c> to</c><00:19:41.460><c> go</c><00:19:41.640><c> to</c><00:19:41.859><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:45.940 So<00:19:43.319><c> the</c><00:19:43.599><c> greatest</c><00:19:43.880><c> affliction</c><00:19:44.299><c> and</c><00:19:44.559><c> refinement</c><00:19:44.960><c> of</c><00:19:45.160><c> all</c><00:19:45.500><c> time</c> 00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:47.480 was<00:19:46.400><c> to</c><00:19:46.579><c> work</c><00:19:46.799><c> for</c><00:19:47.079><c> Him.</c> 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:50.779 To<00:19:48.200><c> bring</c><00:19:48.339><c> the</c><00:19:48.579><c> perfection</c><00:19:49.079><c> that</c><00:19:49.500><c> God</c><00:19:49.740><c> His</c><00:19:50.000><c> Father</c><00:19:50.279><c> required,</c> 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:53.099 and<00:19:50.960><c> He</c><00:19:51.500><c> wanted</c><00:19:51.779><c> to</c><00:19:52.000><c> attain</c><00:19:52.319><c> unto.</c> 00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:58.099 And<00:19:53.920><c> so</c><00:19:54.200><c> His</c><00:19:54.420><c> determination</c><00:19:55.140><c> was</c><00:19:55.440><c> as</c><00:19:55.680><c> a</c><00:19:55.960><c> flint</c><00:19:56.400><c> to</c><00:19:57.579><c> go</c><00:19:57.759><c> to</c><00:19:57.880><c> that</c> 00:19:58.099 --> 00:20:01.559 city,<00:19:59.859><c> to</c><00:20:00.059><c> endure</c><00:20:00.460><c> the</c><00:20:00.720><c> shame,</c> 00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:07.140 and<00:20:02.500><c> to</c><00:20:02.680><c> offer</c><00:20:02.859><c> perfection</c><00:20:03.700><c> unto</c><00:20:04.880><c> His</c><00:20:05.200><c> Father</c><00:20:05.519><c> and</c><00:20:05.720><c> to</c><00:20:05.920><c> our</c><00:20:06.119><c> God.</c> 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:15.319 So<00:20:11.700><c> we</c><00:20:11.980><c> too,</c><00:20:12.160><c> my</c><00:20:12.319><c> dear</c><00:20:12.680><c> brothers</c><00:20:12.980><c> and</c><00:20:13.259><c> sisters,</c><00:20:14.779><c> have</c><00:20:14.900><c> to</c><00:20:15.140><c> have</c> 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:19.259 that<00:20:15.740><c> flint</c><00:20:16.119><c>-like</c><00:20:16.579><c> resolve</c><00:20:17.319><c> for</c><00:20:18.200><c> the</c><00:20:18.400><c> kingdom.</c> 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:21.960 Nothing<00:20:20.279><c> must</c><00:20:20.579><c> deter</c><00:20:20.900><c> us</c><00:20:21.099><c> from</c><00:20:21.319><c> it.</c> 00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:27.000 As<00:20:22.279><c> our</c><00:20:22.420><c> Lord</c><00:20:22.640><c> has</c><00:20:22.920><c> said,</c><00:20:23.440><c> seek</c><00:20:23.519><c> ye</c><00:20:23.960><c> first</c><00:20:24.759><c> the</c><00:20:25.640><c> kingdom</c><00:20:25.900><c> of</c><00:20:26.160><c> God.</c> 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:30.480 And<00:20:27.680><c> once</c><00:20:27.859><c> that's</c><00:20:28.200><c> there</c><00:20:28.539><c> and</c><00:20:28.740><c> we</c><00:20:28.900><c> don't</c><00:20:29.200><c> deviate</c><00:20:29.599><c> from</c><00:20:29.799><c> it,</c> 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:35.059 then<00:20:30.960><c> our</c><00:20:31.180><c> lives</c><00:20:31.579><c> will</c><00:20:32.200><c> generally</c><00:20:32.599><c> be</c><00:20:32.859><c> in</c><00:20:33.059><c> accord</c><00:20:33.539><c> with</c><00:20:34.039><c> His</c><00:20:34.359><c> will.</c> 00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:40.480 So<00:20:36.519><c> right</c><00:20:36.700><c> from</c><00:20:36.859><c> the</c><00:20:37.079><c> time</c><00:20:37.259><c> of</c><00:20:37.539><c> Eden,</c><00:20:39.180><c> there</c><00:20:39.339><c> has</c><00:20:39.599><c> been</c><00:20:39.920><c> enmity</c> 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:42.740 within<00:20:40.859><c> each</c><00:20:41.599><c> of</c><00:20:41.779><c> us.</c> 00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:47.359 We've<00:20:44.220><c> got</c><00:20:44.259><c> the</c><00:20:44.480><c> seed</c><00:20:44.720><c> of</c><00:20:44.900><c> the</c><00:20:45.079><c> woman,</c><00:20:46.519><c> which</c><00:20:46.680><c> eventually</c><00:20:47.119><c> was</c> 00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:50.900 to<00:20:47.559><c> reach</c><00:20:48.220><c> and</c><00:20:48.700><c> become</c><00:20:48.880><c> our</c><00:20:49.079><c> Lord</c><00:20:49.279><c> Jesus</c><00:20:49.660><c> Christ.</c> 00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:53.440 That<00:20:51.759><c> enmity</c><00:20:52.119><c> with</c><00:20:52.299><c> the</c><00:20:52.539><c> seed</c><00:20:52.660><c> of</c><00:20:52.859><c> the</c><00:20:53.000><c> serpent.</c> 00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:55.859 And<00:20:53.960><c> 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he</c><00:21:06.720><c> gradually</c><00:21:07.960><c> learns</c><00:21:10.079><c> that</c><00:21:10.619><c> the</c><00:21:10.960><c> faithful</c><00:21:11.339><c> correction</c> 00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:13.819 of<00:21:12.180><c> his</c><00:21:12.500><c> Father</c><00:21:12.839><c> and</c><00:21:13.039><c> his</c><00:21:13.380><c> Son</c> 00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:19.839 is<00:21:14.980><c> a</c><00:21:15.279><c> pattern</c><00:21:15.519><c> of</c><00:21:15.740><c> that</c><00:21:16.099><c> master</c><00:21:16.539><c> refiner</c><00:21:17.440><c> as</c><00:21:19.200><c> he</c><00:21:19.299><c> is</c><00:21:19.519><c> working</c> 00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:25.259 and<00:21:20.640><c> forming</c><00:21:20.900><c> in</c><00:21:21.140><c> us</c><00:21:22.420><c> an</c><00:21:23.420><c> image</c><00:21:23.839><c> of</c><00:21:24.039><c> his</c><00:21:24.339><c> Son.</c> 00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:28.019 Paul<00:21:26.079><c> speaks</c><00:21:26.420><c> graphically</c><00:21:26.900><c> about</c><00:21:27.119><c> this</c><00:21:27.359><c> in</c><00:21:27.619><c> the</c><00:21:27.700><c> letter</c><00:21:27.819><c> to</c> 00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:29.000 the<00:21:28.180><c> Romans.</c> 00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:32.220 Let's<00:21:29.319><c> just</c><00:21:29.559><c> turn</c><00:21:29.720><c> to</c><00:21:29.859><c> Romans</c><00:21:30.200><c> chapter</c><00:21:30.660><c> 8.</c> 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:40.019 And<00:21:35.119><c> see</c><00:21:35.799><c> the</c><00:21:37.759><c> feeling</c><00:21:38.200><c> that</c><00:21:38.440><c> the</c><00:21:38.579><c> Apostle</c><00:21:38.960><c> Paul</c><00:21:39.259><c> has</c><00:21:39.599><c> here.</c> 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:43.119 You<00:21:40.400><c> know</c><00:21:40.559><c> the</c><00:21:40.700><c> words</c><00:21:40.859><c> very</c><00:21:41.200><c> well,</c><00:21:41.319><c> I'm</c><00:21:41.599><c> sure.</c> 00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:54.940 In<00:21:49.859><c> verses</c><00:21:50.099><c> 4</c><00:21:50.460><c> to</c><00:21:50.720><c> 11,</c><00:21:51.400><c> he</c><00:21:53.240><c> describes</c><00:21:53.859><c> the</c><00:21:54.119><c> tension</c><00:21:54.519><c> and</c><00:21:54.740><c> the</c> 00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:59.640 battle<00:21:55.180><c> between</c><00:21:55.599><c> the</c><00:21:55.859><c> fleshly</c><00:21:56.599><c> desires</c><00:21:57.160><c> and</c><00:21:57.440><c> the</c><00:21:57.779><c> spiritual</c><00:21:58.400><c> ways</c> 00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:02.680 for<00:22:00.619><c> what</c><00:22:00.799><c> the</c><00:22:00.960><c> law</c><00:22:01.099><c> could</c><00:22:01.319><c> not</c><00:22:01.500><c> do,</c><00:22:01.819><c> verse</c><00:22:01.940><c> 3,</c><00:22:02.339><c> in</c><00:22:02.460><c> that</c><00:22:02.579><c> it</c> 00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:03.740 was<00:22:02.880><c> weak</c><00:22:03.059><c> through</c><00:22:03.279><c> the</c><00:22:03.559><c> flesh.</c> 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:07.259 God<00:22:04.059><c> sending</c><00:22:04.279><c> his</c><00:22:04.539><c> own</c><00:22:04.759><c> Son</c><00:22:04.980><c> in</c><00:22:05.140><c> the</c><00:22:05.319><c> likeness</c><00:22:05.579><c> of</c><00:22:05.759><c> sinful</c><00:22:05.940><c> flesh</c><00:22:06.400><c> and</c> 00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:10.140 as<00:22:07.380><c> an</c><00:22:07.539><c> offering</c><00:22:07.759><c> for</c><00:22:08.000><c> sin</c><00:22:08.220><c> condemned</c><00:22:08.779><c> sin</c><00:22:08.940><c> in</c><00:22:09.140><c> the</c><00:22:09.279><c> flesh.</c> 00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:12.880 That<00:22:10.599><c> the</c><00:22:10.900><c> ordinance</c><00:22:11.240><c> of</c><00:22:11.460><c> the</c><00:22:11.640><c> law</c><00:22:11.859><c> might</c><00:22:12.079><c> be</c><00:22:12.319><c> fulfilled</c><00:22:12.680><c> in</c> 00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:15.660 us<00:22:13.000><c> who</c><00:22:13.180><c> walk</c><00:22:13.380><c> not</c><00:22:13.599><c> after</c><00:22:13.839><c> the</c><00:22:14.099><c> flesh</c><00:22:14.380><c> but</c><00:22:14.940><c> after</c><00:22:15.200><c> the</c><00:22:15.500><c> Spirit.</c> 00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:18.180 Then<00:22:15.799><c> we</c><00:22:15.920><c> have</c><00:22:16.019><c> that</c><00:22:16.299><c> enmity</c><00:22:16.559><c> mentioned</c><00:22:16.880><c> in</c><00:22:17.059><c> verse</c><00:22:17.259><c> 7</c><00:22:17.759><c> because</c> 00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:20.900 the<00:22:18.559><c> carnal</c><00:22:18.880><c> mind</c><00:22:19.339><c> is</c><00:22:20.019><c> enmity</c><00:22:20.440><c> with</c><00:22:20.660><c> God.</c> 00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:22.420 It's<00:22:21.079><c> not</c><00:22:21.359><c> subject</c><00:22:21.660><c> to</c><00:22:21.839><c> the</c><00:22:21.920><c> law</c><00:22:22.039><c> of</c><00:22:22.220><c> God.</c> 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:24.559 We've<00:22:22.859><c> all</c><00:22:23.019><c> got</c><00:22:23.200><c> it</c><00:22:23.380><c> in</c><00:22:23.599><c> some</c><00:22:23.819><c> form</c><00:22:23.980><c> or</c><00:22:24.200><c> other.</c> 00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:28.660 It's<00:22:25.299><c> going</c><00:22:25.420><c> to</c><00:22:25.700><c> be</c><00:22:26.519><c> at</c><00:22:26.819><c> loggerheads</c><00:22:27.319><c> with</c><00:22:27.759><c> the</c><00:22:27.980><c> way</c><00:22:28.160><c> of</c><00:22:28.400><c> God.</c> 00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:36.240 And<00:22:29.440><c> we've</c><00:22:29.779><c> got</c><00:22:29.960><c> to</c><00:22:30.819><c> try</c><00:22:31.319><c> and</c><00:22:32.680><c> overcome</c><00:22:33.240><c> what</c><00:22:34.180><c> the</c><00:22:34.480><c> flesh</c><00:22:34.740><c> would</c><00:22:35.019><c> and</c> 00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:41.380 allow<00:22:36.900><c> the</c><00:22:37.140><c> way</c><00:22:37.279><c> of</c><00:22:37.519><c> God</c><00:22:37.960><c> to</c><00:22:39.640><c> take</c><00:22:39.940><c> over.</c> 00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:46.740 Taking<00:22:41.660><c> his</c><00:22:41.900><c> word</c><00:22:42.180><c> on</c><00:22:42.380><c> us</c><00:22:42.859><c> and</c><00:22:43.119><c> in</c><00:22:43.319><c> us,</c><00:22:44.640><c> that</c><00:22:44.940><c> will</c><00:22:45.160><c> help</c><00:22:45.380><c> us</c><00:22:46.359><c> to</c> 00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:48.579 set<00:22:46.859><c> a</c><00:22:47.079><c> watch</c><00:22:47.279><c> against</c><00:22:47.640><c> our</c><00:22:48.000><c> lips.</c> 00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:51.000 Now<00:22:48.940><c> verse</c><00:22:49.119><c> 17.</c> 00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:58.720 And<00:22:52.079><c> if</c><00:22:52.920><c> children,</c><00:22:55.619><c> little</c><00:22:56.200><c> children,</c><00:22:57.660><c> they're</c><00:22:57.839><c> here.</c> 00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:02.519 If<00:22:59.440><c> children,</c><00:23:01.059><c> then</c><00:23:01.319><c> heirs.</c> 00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:05.440 So<00:23:02.960><c> we've</c><00:23:03.160><c> got</c><00:23:03.240><c> to</c><00:23:03.400><c> become</c><00:23:03.619><c> children</c><00:23:04.059><c> first</c><00:23:04.579><c> before</c><00:23:05.019><c> we</c><00:23:05.119><c> can</c> 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.339 become<00:23:05.819><c> heirs.</c> 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:10.980 Oh,<00:23:07.039><c> we're</c><00:23:07.240><c> all</c><00:23:07.480><c> adults,</c><00:23:07.880><c> aren't</c><00:23:07.960><c> we?</c><00:23:08.579><c> Sons</c><00:23:09.000><c> and</c><00:23:09.619><c> grown</c><00:23:09.920><c>-up</c><00:23:10.240><c> people</c><00:23:10.559><c> of</c><00:23:10.779><c> Adam.</c> 00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.700 That's<00:23:11.799><c> easy.</c> 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:16.119 But<00:23:13.140><c> to</c><00:23:13.400><c> become</c><00:23:13.579><c> children</c><00:23:13.920><c> of</c><00:23:14.140><c> God</c><00:23:14.559><c> is</c><00:23:15.200><c> so</c><00:23:15.460><c> much</c><00:23:15.619><c> more</c><00:23:15.839><c> difficult.</c> 00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:17.880 It's<00:23:16.339><c> this</c><00:23:16.539><c> refining</c><00:23:17.099><c> process.</c> 00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:20.299 Heirs<00:23:18.599><c> of</c><00:23:18.779><c> God</c><00:23:18.980><c> and</c><00:23:19.299><c> joint</c><00:23:19.599><c> heirs</c><00:23:19.740><c> with</c><00:23:19.960><c> Christ.</c> 00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:23.960 If<00:23:20.619><c> so</c><00:23:20.819><c> be</c><00:23:21.000><c> that</c><00:23:21.140><c> we</c><00:23:21.380><c> suffer</c><00:23:21.619><c> with</c><00:23:21.859><c> him,</c><00:23:22.720><c> that</c><00:23:22.839><c> we</c><00:23:23.019><c> may</c><00:23:23.220><c> also</c><00:23:23.579><c> be</c> 00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:26.079 glorified<00:23:24.740><c> together.</c> 00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:28.400 And<00:23:27.579><c> then</c><00:23:27.720><c> verse</c><00:23:27.900><c> 18.</c> 00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:32.579 For<00:23:29.000><c> I</c><00:23:29.299><c> reckon</c><00:23:29.660><c> that</c><00:23:30.259><c> the</c><00:23:30.660><c> sufferings</c><00:23:31.039><c> of</c><00:23:31.240><c> this</c><00:23:31.519><c> present</c><00:23:31.960><c> time</c> 00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:36.240 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of</c><00:23:49.880><c> God.</c> 00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:55.519 For<00:23:51.099><c> the</c><00:23:51.299><c> creation</c><00:23:51.759><c> was</c><00:23:52.079><c> subject</c><00:23:52.579><c> to</c><00:23:52.799><c> vanity,</c><00:23:53.720><c> not</c><00:23:53.839><c> of</c><00:23:53.960><c> its</c><00:23:54.160><c> own</c><00:23:54.380><c> will,</c><00:23:55.099><c> but</c><00:23:55.200><c> by</c> 00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:57.759 reason<00:23:55.799><c> of</c><00:23:55.960><c> him</c><00:23:56.160><c> who</c><00:23:56.460><c> hath</c><00:23:56.779><c> subjected</c><00:23:57.279><c> it,</c> 00:23:57.819 --> 00:24:01.500 in<00:23:58.079><c> hope</c><00:23:58.420><c> that</c><00:23:59.039><c> the</c><00:23:59.319><c> creation</c><00:23:59.640><c> itself</c><00:24:00.180><c> also</c><00:24:00.519><c> might</c><00:24:00.700><c> be</c><00:24:00.960><c> delivered</c><00:24:01.240><c> from</c> 00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:04.940 bondage<00:24:01.859><c> of</c><00:24:02.059><c> corruption</c><00:24:02.480><c> into</c><00:24:03.259><c> the</c><00:24:03.519><c> liberty</c><00:24:03.880><c> and</c><00:24:04.299><c> the</c><00:24:04.539><c> glory</c> 00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:06.720 of<00:24:05.339><c> the</c><00:24:05.559><c> children</c><00:24:05.940><c> of</c><00:24:06.380><c> God.</c> 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:10.740 For<00:24:07.380><c> we</c><00:24:07.599><c> know</c><00:24:07.880><c> that</c><00:24:08.099><c> the</c><00:24:08.259><c> whole</c><00:24:08.500><c> creation</c><00:24:09.119><c> groaneth</c><00:24:09.799><c> and</c><00:24:09.980><c> trefeareth</c><00:24:10.460><c> in</c> 00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:12.440 pain<00:24:10.940><c> together</c><00:24:11.299><c> until</c><00:24:11.660><c> now.</c> 00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:16.019 And<00:24:12.740><c> not</c><00:24:12.880><c> only</c><00:24:13.180><c> so,</c><00:24:14.240><c> but</c><00:24:14.420><c> ourselves</c><00:24:14.960><c> also,</c><00:24:15.380><c> which</c><00:24:15.579><c> have</c><00:24:15.740><c> 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an</c><00:24:29.619><c> agonizing</c><00:24:30.119><c> process</c><00:24:30.539><c> when</c><00:24:30.700><c> we</c><00:24:30.859><c> feel</c><00:24:31.099><c> we</c><00:24:31.319><c> so</c><00:24:31.519><c> much</c><00:24:31.799><c> want</c><00:24:32.180><c> to</c> 00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:34.200 be<00:24:32.759><c> a</c><00:24:32.900><c> child</c><00:24:33.099><c> of</c><00:24:33.299><c> God,</c> 00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:37.140 and<00:24:34.759><c> that</c><00:24:34.859><c> we</c><00:24:34.980><c> fall</c><00:24:35.180><c> down</c><00:24:35.420><c> in</c><00:24:35.619><c> the</c><00:24:35.680><c> stumble</c><00:24:35.940><c> and</c><00:24:36.420><c> go</c><00:24:36.720><c> the</c><00:24:36.880><c> way</c> 00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:39.240 of<00:24:37.559><c> the</c><00:24:37.880><c> children</c><00:24:38.200><c> of</c><00:24:38.400><c> Adam.</c> 00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:49.640 So<00:24:47.200><c> it's</c><00:24:47.720><c> a</c><00:24:47.880><c> painful</c><00:24:48.180><c> process.</c> 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at</c><00:28:06.019><c> the</c><00:28:06.180><c> right</c><00:28:06.420><c> hand</c><00:28:06.619><c> of</c><00:28:06.779><c> the</c><00:28:06.920><c> Majesty</c> 00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.660 on<00:28:07.460><c> high.</c> 00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:12.799 Our<00:28:08.339><c> Lord</c><00:28:08.579><c> is</c><00:28:08.779><c> the</c><00:28:08.900><c> master</c><00:28:09.240><c> of</c><00:28:09.420><c> finest,</c><00:28:09.720><c> sitting</c><00:28:10.339><c> to</c><00:28:11.660><c> carefully</c><00:28:12.039><c> refine</c> 00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:19.119 the<00:28:16.160><c> Father's</c><00:28:16.519><c> children</c><00:28:17.240><c> and</c><00:28:17.819><c> his</c><00:28:18.079><c> disciples.</c> 00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:23.140 So<00:28:19.740><c> isn't</c><00:28:19.940><c> scripture</c><00:28:20.279><c> beautiful</c><00:28:20.859><c> as</c><00:28:21.339><c> these</c><00:28:21.599><c> things</c><00:28:21.859><c> come</c><00:28:22.099><c> together?</c> 00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:28.720 So<00:28:25.359><c> much</c><00:28:25.579><c> more</c><00:28:25.859><c> beautiful</c><00:28:26.180><c> than</c><00:28:26.420><c> those</c><00:28:27.579><c> silly</c><00:28:28.039><c> little</c><00:28:28.400><c> silver</c> 00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:32.460 shrines<00:28:29.160><c> that</c><00:28:29.400><c> Demetrius</c><00:28:29.960><c> made</c><00:28:30.359><c> to</c><00:28:31.160><c> Diana</c><00:28:31.460><c> of</c><00:28:31.680><c> the</c><00:28:31.880><c> Ephesians.</c> 00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:34.940 He<00:28:33.019><c> was</c><00:28:33.200><c> just</c><00:28:33.400><c> doing</c><00:28:33.559><c> that</c><00:28:33.759><c> for</c><00:28:33.980><c> profit,</c><00:28:34.400><c> wasn't</c><00:28:34.500><c> he?</c> 00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:37.039 Oh<00:28:35.559><c> yes,</c><00:28:35.660><c> they</c><00:28:35.779><c> all</c><00:28:35.859><c> had</c><00:28:35.920><c> to</c><00:28:36.039><c> be</c><00:28:36.160><c> the</c><00:28:36.319><c> same</c><00:28:36.599><c> and</c><00:28:36.720><c> they</c><00:28:36.900><c> had</c><00:28:36.960><c> to</c> 00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:39.759 have<00:28:37.180><c> some</c><00:28:37.599><c> likeness</c><00:28:38.059><c> of</c><00:28:38.380><c> this</c><00:28:38.900><c> Greek</c><00:28:39.279><c> goddess,</c> 00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:45.039 but<00:28:40.500><c> that</c><00:28:41.920><c> was</c><00:28:42.200><c> a</c><00:28:42.319><c> mere</c><00:28:42.559><c> material</c><00:28:43.720><c> occupation.</c> 00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:48.380 So<00:28:45.500><c> this</c><00:28:45.660><c> process</c><00:28:46.079><c> that</c><00:28:46.220><c> we've</c><00:28:46.420><c> seen</c><00:28:46.579><c> from</c><00:28:46.859><c> Romans</c><00:28:47.359><c> is</c><00:28:48.019><c> a</c> 00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:49.359 painful<00:28:48.779><c> process.</c> 00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:53.220 And<00:28:49.799><c> many</c><00:28:50.000><c> of</c><00:28:50.099><c> us</c><00:28:50.180><c> in</c><00:28:50.240><c> this</c><00:28:50.480><c> room</c><00:28:50.759><c> know</c><00:28:51.220><c> what</c><00:28:51.440><c> that</c><00:28:51.720><c> pain</c><00:28:51.920><c> is.</c> 00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:57.619 But<00:28:54.039><c> chapter</c><00:28:54.319><c> 12</c><00:28:54.640><c> of</c><00:28:54.819><c> Hebrews,</c><00:28:55.160><c> if</c><00:28:55.319><c> you're</c><00:28:55.460><c> still</c><00:28:55.720><c> there,</c><00:28:57.160><c> just</c><00:28:57.339><c> thumb</c><00:28:57.480><c> on</c> 00:28:57.619 --> 00:28:58.220 to<00:28:57.740><c> chapter</c><00:28:57.960><c> 12.</c> 00:28:58.380 --> 00:29:00.539 We've<00:28:58.660><c> looked</c><00:28:58.819><c> at</c><00:28:58.920><c> this</c><00:28:59.099><c> briefly</c><00:28:59.339><c> already</c><00:28:59.819><c> during</c><00:29:00.220><c> the</c><00:29:00.359><c> week</c> 00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:02.220 with<00:29:00.740><c> our</c><00:29:01.259><c> brothers.</c> 00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:16.099 Helpful<00:29:12.200><c> in</c><00:29:12.339><c> this</c><00:29:12.599><c> study</c><00:29:12.940><c> of</c><00:29:14.019><c> how</c><00:29:14.519><c> we</c><00:29:14.700><c> are</c><00:29:14.799><c> to</c><00:29:14.920><c> be</c><00:29:15.180><c> refined</c><00:29:15.660><c> and</c> 00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:19.619 corrected<00:29:16.500><c> and</c><00:29:17.380><c> moulded</c><00:29:18.319><c> to</c><00:29:18.740><c> be</c><00:29:18.880><c> like</c><00:29:19.180><c> him.</c> 00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:22.480 Having<00:29:20.380><c> gone</c><00:29:20.599><c> through</c><00:29:20.799><c> the</c><00:29:21.000><c> great</c><00:29:21.299><c> cloud</c><00:29:21.519><c> of</c><00:29:21.700><c> witnesses</c><00:29:22.000><c> in</c> 00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:24.720 chapter<00:29:22.799><c> 11,</c><00:29:23.500><c> we</c><00:29:23.660><c> are</c><00:29:23.779><c> encompassed</c><00:29:24.160><c> about</c><00:29:24.359><c> with</c><00:29:24.539><c> them.</c> 00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:27.380 Let<00:29:25.000><c> us</c><00:29:25.240><c> lay</c><00:29:25.519><c> aside</c><00:29:25.859><c> every</c><00:29:26.200><c> weight</c><00:29:26.380><c> and</c><00:29:26.559><c> the</c><00:29:26.799><c> sin</c><00:29:27.000><c> which</c><00:29:27.240><c> doth</c> 00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:29.359 so<00:29:27.680><c> easily</c><00:29:28.039><c> beset</c><00:29:28.359><c> us.</c> 00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:31.180 And<00:29:29.880><c> isn't</c><00:29:29.980><c> that</c><00:29:30.279><c> true?</c> 00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:36.119 When<00:29:32.759><c> we</c><00:29:33.079><c> think</c><00:29:33.339><c> we've</c><00:29:33.759><c> overcome</c><00:29:34.140><c> that</c><00:29:34.440><c> temptation,</c><00:29:35.059><c> something</c><00:29:35.380><c> else</c><00:29:35.660><c> comes</c><00:29:35.900><c> in</c> 00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.680 under<00:29:36.279><c> the</c><00:29:36.480><c> door</c> 00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:41.559 and<00:29:36.880><c> we</c><00:29:37.420><c> just</c><00:29:37.680><c> can't</c><00:29:37.940><c> stop</c><00:29:38.180><c> it,</c><00:29:39.000><c> and</c><00:29:39.900><c> it</c><00:29:40.039><c> besets</c><00:29:40.380><c> us.</c> 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:44.779 Let<00:29:42.420><c> us</c><00:29:42.619><c> run</c><00:29:42.779><c> with</c><00:29:43.059><c> patience</c><00:29:43.380><c> the</c><00:29:43.640><c> race</c><00:29:43.880><c> that</c><00:29:44.059><c> is</c><00:29:44.259><c> set</c><00:29:44.400><c> before</c> 00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:46.319 us,<00:29:44.940><c> looking</c><00:29:45.200><c> unto</c><00:29:45.539><c> Jesus,</c> 00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:50.880 the<00:29:47.240><c> author</c><00:29:47.740><c> and</c><00:29:48.279><c> finisher</c><00:29:48.579><c> or</c><00:29:49.039><c> perfecter</c><00:29:49.700><c> of</c><00:29:49.859><c> our</c><00:29:50.119><c> faith.</c> 00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:54.660 He<00:29:51.180><c> wants</c><00:29:51.440><c> to</c><00:29:51.680><c> perfect</c><00:29:51.940><c> us.</c><00:29:52.519><c> He</c><00:29:52.640><c> wants</c><00:29:52.859><c> us</c><00:29:53.059><c> to</c><00:29:53.220><c> be</c><00:29:53.339><c> like</c><00:29:53.579><c> him.</c> 00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:59.000 And<00:29:55.460><c> that's</c><00:29:55.640><c> why</c><00:29:55.819><c> we</c><00:29:56.220><c> pray</c><00:29:56.519><c> through</c><00:29:56.799><c> him</c><00:29:57.140><c> as</c><00:29:57.440><c> our</c><00:29:58.299><c> ever</c><00:29:58.680><c> loving</c> 00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:00.500 and<00:29:59.380><c> faithful</c><00:29:59.700><c> high</c><00:30:00.019><c> priest</c> 00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:03.119 who<00:30:01.180><c> presents</c><00:30:01.519><c> our</c><00:30:01.779><c> petitions</c><00:30:02.259><c> before</c><00:30:02.599><c> the</c><00:30:02.839><c> Father.</c> 00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:07.400 And<00:30:03.559><c> what</c><00:30:03.660><c> did</c><00:30:03.759><c> he</c><00:30:03.940><c> do</c><00:30:04.500><c> for</c><00:30:05.819><c> the</c><00:30:06.000><c> joy</c><00:30:06.240><c> that</c><00:30:06.380><c> was</c><00:30:06.599><c> set</c><00:30:06.759><c> before</c><00:30:07.160><c> him?</c> 00:30:07.539 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time,</c><00:30:39.740><c> wherein</c><00:30:39.980><c> have</c><00:30:40.240><c> we</c> 00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:42.420 wearied<00:30:40.740><c> thee?</c> 00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:49.960 Lest<00:30:46.559><c> ye</c><00:30:46.759><c> be</c><00:30:47.000><c> wearied</c><00:30:47.680><c> and</c><00:30:48.279><c> faint</c><00:30:48.440><c> in</c><00:30:48.619><c> your</c><00:30:48.940><c> soul.</c> 00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:53.900 And<00:30:50.500><c> he</c><00:30:50.579><c> goes</c><00:30:50.759><c> on</c><00:30:50.940><c> in</c><00:30:51.099><c> verse</c><00:30:51.299><c> 5,</c><00:30:51.700><c> My</c><00:30:51.900><c> son,</c><00:30:52.339><c> despise</c><00:30:53.319><c> not</c><00:30:53.660><c> thou</c> 00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:55.019 the<00:30:54.180><c> chastening</c><00:30:54.539><c> of</c><00:30:54.720><c> the</c><00:30:54.859><c> Lord.</c> 00:30:55.059 --> 00:31:00.319 So<00:30:55.240><c> we</c><00:30:55.380><c> haven't</c><00:30:55.559><c> got</c><00:30:55.799><c> to</c><00:30:56.000><c> esteem</c><00:30:57.079><c> lightly</c><00:30:57.640><c> or</c><00:30:58.039><c> of</c><00:30:58.220><c> little</c><00:30:58.539><c> value</c><00:30:58.980><c> this</c><00:30:59.240><c> process.</c> 00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:04.539 We've<00:31:01.400><c> got</c><00:31:01.599><c> to</c><00:31:01.859><c> say,</c><00:31:02.259><c> yes,</c><00:31:02.480><c> Lord,</c><00:31:02.619><c> I</c><00:31:02.900><c> know</c><00:31:03.359><c> that</c><00:31:03.599><c> we've</c><00:31:03.819><c> got</c><00:31:04.039><c> to</c> 00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:07.460 iron<00:31:04.819><c> out</c><00:31:05.339><c> all</c><00:31:06.039><c> those</c><00:31:06.380><c> features</c><00:31:06.779><c> of</c><00:31:07.000><c> our</c><00:31:07.200><c> lives</c> 00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:10.180 that<00:31:07.579><c> are</c><00:31:07.759><c> not</c><00:31:07.980><c> acceptable</c><00:31:08.420><c> to</c><00:31:08.680><c> you,</c><00:31:08.900><c> whatever</c><00:31:09.119><c> they</c><00:31:09.359><c> are.</c> 00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:13.500 Just<00:31:10.599><c> as</c><00:31:10.740><c> the</c><00:31:10.920><c> Lord</c><00:31:11.319><c> straightened</c><00:31:11.920><c> every</c><00:31:12.420><c> fibre</c><00:31:12.700><c> of</c><00:31:12.839><c> his</c><00:31:13.039><c> being</c><00:31:13.299><c> to</c> 00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:15.839 make<00:31:13.640><c> himself</c><00:31:14.039><c> perfect,</c><00:31:14.940><c> as</c><00:31:15.039><c> we</c><00:31:15.200><c> saw</c><00:31:15.339><c> yesterday,</c> 00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:19.640 so<00:31:16.339><c> that</c><00:31:16.460><c> he</c><00:31:16.559><c> could</c><00:31:16.819><c> be</c><00:31:17.420><c> that</c><00:31:17.900><c> narrow</c><00:31:18.279><c> door,</c><00:31:18.559><c> the</c><00:31:18.819><c> way,</c><00:31:19.420><c> the</c> 00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:21.019 truth<00:31:19.819><c> and</c><00:31:19.980><c> the</c><00:31:20.160><c> life.</c> 00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:27.160 4<00:31:21.759><c> verse</c><00:31:22.019><c> 6,</c><00:31:22.279><c> The</c><00:31:22.359><c> Lord</c><00:31:22.880><c> loveth</c><00:31:23.539><c> whom</c><00:31:23.880><c> he</c><00:31:24.240><c> chasteneth,</c><00:31:24.839><c> and</c><00:31:25.079><c> scourgeth</c><00:31:25.420><c> every</c><00:31:25.839><c> son</c><00:31:26.220><c> whom</c><00:31:26.380><c> he</c><00:31:26.720><c> receiveth.</c> 00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:31.960 If<00:31:27.559><c> ye</c><00:31:27.819><c> endure</c><00:31:28.119><c> chastening,</c><00:31:29.119><c> God</c><00:31:29.380><c> dealeth</c><00:31:29.700><c> with</c><00:31:29.880><c> you</c><00:31:30.220><c> as</c><00:31:30.599><c> with</c><00:31:30.900><c> sons.</c> 00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:35.859 For<00:31:32.200><c> what</c><00:31:32.460><c> son</c><00:31:32.640><c> is</c><00:31:32.819><c> he</c><00:31:33.019><c> whom</c><00:31:33.200><c> the</c><00:31:33.519><c> Father</c><00:31:34.099><c> chasteneth</c><00:31:34.900><c> not?</c> 00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.900 Okay? 00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:42.099 So<00:31:39.339><c> now</c><00:31:39.480><c> he's</c><00:31:39.680><c> talking</c><00:31:39.900><c> on</c><00:31:40.740><c> a</c><00:31:40.839><c> human</c><00:31:41.140><c> plane.</c> 00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:45.039 He<00:31:42.740><c> says</c><00:31:42.859><c> in</c><00:31:42.980><c> verse</c><00:31:43.180><c> 9,</c><00:31:43.839><c> Furthermore,</c><00:31:44.240><c> we've</c><00:31:44.480><c> had</c><00:31:44.599><c> fathers</c><00:31:44.880><c> of</c> 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:46.460 our<00:31:45.259><c> flesh</c><00:31:45.519><c> which</c><00:31:45.900><c> corrected</c><00:31:46.220><c> us,</c> 00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:48.539 and<00:31:46.599><c> we</c><00:31:46.740><c> gave</c><00:31:46.880><c> them</c><00:31:47.079><c> reverence.</c> 00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:50.720 Did<00:31:49.680><c> we?</c> 00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:54.700 Well,<00:31:52.359><c> they</c><00:31:52.519><c> did</c><00:31:52.700><c> certainly</c><00:31:53.000><c> in</c><00:31:53.180><c> this</c><00:31:53.460><c> time,</c><00:31:53.799><c> and</c><00:31:53.920><c> in</c><00:31:54.099><c> Malachi's</c><00:31:54.579><c> time</c> 00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:54.980 they<00:31:54.859><c> said,</c> 00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:58.900 well,<00:31:55.180><c> you</c><00:31:55.380><c> know,</c><00:31:56.539><c> you</c><00:31:56.819><c> give</c><00:31:57.660><c> a</c><00:31:57.940><c> certain</c><00:31:58.140><c> amount</c><00:31:58.380><c> of</c><00:31:58.519><c> respect</c> 00:31:58.900 --> 00:32:00.079 to<00:31:59.019><c> your</c><00:31:59.220><c> governors</c> 00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:03.119 and<00:32:01.220><c> young</c><00:32:01.460><c> children</c><00:32:01.700><c> to</c><00:32:01.819><c> their</c><00:32:02.019><c> parents.</c> 00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:07.480 Well,<00:32:04.039><c> here</c><00:32:04.319><c> in</c><00:32:04.500><c> the</c><00:32:04.619><c> time</c><00:32:04.759><c> of</c><00:32:04.940><c> this</c><00:32:05.460><c> writer,</c><00:32:06.839><c> they</c><00:32:07.059><c> gave</c> 00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:09.400 their<00:32:07.839><c> fathers</c><00:32:08.339><c> reverence.</c> 00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:14.059 Now<00:32:10.160><c> he</c><00:32:10.380><c> then</c><00:32:10.579><c> turns</c><00:32:10.779><c> it</c><00:32:11.059><c> round</c><00:32:11.299><c> and</c><00:32:12.000><c> looks</c><00:32:12.160><c> on</c><00:32:12.319><c> the</c><00:32:12.400><c> much</c><00:32:12.660><c> greater</c><00:32:12.920><c> plane</c><00:32:13.200><c> between</c><00:32:13.539><c> the</c><00:32:13.740><c> children</c> 00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:15.619 and<00:32:14.640><c> the</c><00:32:14.839><c> Father</c><00:32:15.019><c> who</c><00:32:15.119><c> is</c><00:32:15.279><c> in</c><00:32:15.440><c> heaven.</c> 00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:19.200 Shall<00:32:16.039><c> we</c><00:32:16.240><c> not</c><00:32:16.720><c> much</c><00:32:17.079><c> rather</c><00:32:17.500><c> be</c><00:32:17.740><c> in</c><00:32:17.900><c> subjection</c><00:32:18.319><c> unto</c><00:32:18.460><c> the</c><00:32:18.680><c> Father</c><00:32:18.880><c> of</c> 00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.859 spirits<00:32:19.680><c> and</c><00:32:19.960><c> live?</c> 00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:24.119 And<00:32:22.200><c> we</c><00:32:22.380><c> should</c><00:32:22.539><c> say</c><00:32:22.740><c> yes.</c> 00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.759 We<00:32:24.819><c> should.</c> 00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:31.440 For<00:32:26.839><c> they,</c><00:32:27.359><c> verily,</c><00:32:27.720><c> that's</c><00:32:28.400><c> human</c><00:32:28.700><c> fathers,</c><00:32:29.480><c> for</c><00:32:29.599><c> a</c><00:32:29.940><c> few</c><00:32:30.099><c> days</c><00:32:30.539><c> chastened</c><00:32:31.039><c> us</c> 00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:33.339 after<00:32:31.940><c> their</c><00:32:32.200><c> own</c><00:32:32.480><c> pleasure.</c> 00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:36.400 And<00:32:34.960><c> we</c><00:32:35.079><c> do,</c><00:32:35.319><c> don't</c><00:32:35.440><c> we?</c> 00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:39.759 We<00:32:36.700><c> don't</c><00:32:36.839><c> just</c><00:32:37.079><c> say</c><00:32:37.259><c> to</c><00:32:37.400><c> our</c><00:32:37.619><c> children,</c><00:32:38.279><c> keep</c><00:32:38.319><c> your</c><00:32:38.539><c> rooms</c><00:32:38.759><c> tidy,</c> 00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:43.240 just<00:32:40.400><c> because</c><00:32:40.980><c> it</c><00:32:41.319><c> makes</c><00:32:41.500><c> mum's</c><00:32:42.460><c> job</c><00:32:42.559><c> a</c><00:32:42.700><c> bit</c><00:32:42.799><c> easier</c><00:32:43.019><c> when</c><00:32:43.140><c> she</c> 00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:44.859 comes<00:32:43.440><c> to</c><00:32:43.559><c> the</c><00:32:43.700><c> vacuuming.</c> 00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:48.400 Or<00:32:45.579><c> try</c><00:32:45.880><c> to</c><00:32:46.680><c> tell</c><00:32:46.859><c> the</c><00:32:47.019><c> children</c><00:32:47.180><c> to</c><00:32:47.359><c> say</c><00:32:47.519><c> thank</c><00:32:47.799><c> you</c><00:32:48.200><c> when</c> 00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:49.259 they're<00:32:48.599><c> given</c><00:32:48.819><c> something.</c> 00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:52.559 Or<00:32:50.200><c> hold</c><00:32:50.539><c> the</c><00:32:50.720><c> door</c><00:32:50.880><c> open</c><00:32:51.079><c> when</c><00:32:51.299><c> someone</c><00:32:51.539><c> older</c><00:32:51.740><c> needs</c><00:32:51.980><c> to</c><00:32:52.119><c> go</c><00:32:52.319><c> through,</c> 00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:55.180 instead<00:32:52.940><c> of</c><00:32:53.019><c> rushing</c><00:32:53.240><c> through</c><00:32:53.579><c> first,</c><00:32:54.460><c> as</c><00:32:54.720><c> our</c><00:32:54.839><c> little</c><00:32:55.019><c> boy</c> 00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:56.460 tends<00:32:55.440><c> to</c><00:32:55.680><c> do.</c> 00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:58.160 We<00:32:57.099><c> do</c><00:32:57.299><c> this,</c><00:32:57.500><c> don't</c><00:32:57.700><c> we?</c> 00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:03.380 So<00:32:58.779><c> that</c><00:32:59.359><c> with</c><00:32:59.720><c> this</c><00:32:59.980><c> gradual</c><00:33:00.440><c> training</c><00:33:00.940><c> process</c><00:33:01.420><c> that</c><00:33:01.700><c> parents</c><00:33:02.279><c> give</c> 00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:04.220 for<00:33:03.599><c> their</c><00:33:03.819><c> children,</c> 00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:06.200 lovingly<00:33:04.779><c> and</c><00:33:04.900><c> willingly,</c><00:33:05.119><c> they</c><00:33:05.299><c> don't</c><00:33:05.539><c> hit</c><00:33:05.799><c> them</c><00:33:05.940><c> because</c> 00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.839 they<00:33:06.480><c> hate</c><00:33:06.660><c> them,</c> 00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:11.039 they<00:33:07.019><c> hit</c><00:33:07.259><c> them,</c><00:33:07.920><c> if</c><00:33:08.119><c> necessary,</c><00:33:08.940><c> because</c><00:33:09.180><c> they</c><00:33:09.559><c> love</c><00:33:09.759><c> them.</c> 00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:14.079 And<00:33:13.019><c> why</c><00:33:13.140><c> do</c><00:33:13.299><c> we</c><00:33:13.400><c> want</c><00:33:13.559><c> to</c><00:33:13.680><c> do</c><00:33:13.859><c> that?</c> 00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:16.880 We<00:33:14.319><c> want</c><00:33:14.539><c> them</c><00:33:14.759><c> to</c><00:33:14.920><c> be</c><00:33:15.019><c> able</c><00:33:15.180><c> to</c><00:33:15.319><c> grow</c><00:33:15.460><c> up</c><00:33:15.640><c> as</c><00:33:15.839><c> responsible</c><00:33:16.480><c> adults,</c> 00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:19.819 so<00:33:17.079><c> that</c><00:33:17.200><c> if</c><00:33:17.339><c> they</c><00:33:17.579><c> have</c><00:33:17.799><c> families,</c><00:33:18.859><c> they</c><00:33:19.039><c> can</c><00:33:19.339><c> train</c><00:33:19.519><c> their</c> 00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:20.700 children<00:33:20.099><c> in</c><00:33:20.299><c> the</c><00:33:20.380><c> right</c><00:33:20.539><c> way.</c> 00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:22.539 That's<00:33:20.960><c> why</c><00:33:21.099><c> we</c><00:33:21.279><c> do</c><00:33:21.480><c> it.</c> 00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:25.440 And<00:33:23.200><c> the</c><00:33:23.319><c> writer</c><00:33:23.500><c> here</c><00:33:23.700><c> in</c><00:33:23.819><c> verse</c><00:33:24.000><c> 10</c><00:33:24.200><c> says,</c> 00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:27.400 verily,<00:33:26.420><c> for</c><00:33:26.579><c> a</c><00:33:26.759><c> few</c><00:33:26.900><c> days.</c> 00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:30.559 So<00:33:27.900><c> we</c><00:33:28.240><c> who</c><00:33:28.440><c> are</c><00:33:28.579><c> adults</c><00:33:28.859><c> and</c><00:33:29.059><c> have</c><00:33:29.160><c> been</c><00:33:29.259><c> through</c><00:33:29.420><c> the</c><00:33:29.599><c> process,</c> 00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:32.240 we<00:33:31.319><c> don't</c><00:33:31.519><c> begrudge</c><00:33:31.819><c> it,</c><00:33:32.099><c> do</c><00:33:32.140><c> we?</c> 00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:35.039 We<00:33:32.339><c> look</c><00:33:32.500><c> back</c><00:33:32.720><c> and</c><00:33:32.839><c> it</c><00:33:33.000><c> seems</c><00:33:33.140><c> but</c><00:33:33.299><c> a</c><00:33:33.480><c> moment</c><00:33:33.920><c> if</c><00:33:34.640><c> we</c><00:33:34.799><c> had</c><00:33:34.920><c> to</c> 00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:36.240 be<00:33:35.259><c> corrected.</c> 00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:42.000 But<00:33:38.440><c> he,</c><00:33:39.200><c> for</c><00:33:39.380><c> our</c><00:33:39.839><c> profit,</c><00:33:40.500><c> middle</c><00:33:40.640><c> of</c><00:33:40.819><c> verse</c><00:33:41.079><c> 10,</c> 00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:44.940 that<00:33:42.500><c> we</c><00:33:42.700><c> might</c><00:33:42.940><c> be</c><00:33:43.200><c> partakers</c><00:33:43.799><c> of</c><00:33:44.019><c> his</c><00:33:44.380><c> holiness.</c> 00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:48.099 Now,<00:33:45.940><c> this</c><00:33:45.980><c> is</c><00:33:46.180><c> the</c><00:33:46.279><c> work</c><00:33:46.420><c> of</c><00:33:46.559><c> the</c><00:33:46.680><c> master</c><00:33:46.940><c> refiner.</c> 00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:53.680 He's<00:33:49.920><c> working</c><00:33:50.099><c> on</c><00:33:50.259><c> us</c><00:33:50.420><c> now</c><00:33:50.819><c> in</c><00:33:51.039><c> our</c><00:33:51.359><c> everyday</c><00:33:51.660><c> lives</c><00:33:52.259><c> to</c><00:33:52.460><c> refine</c><00:33:52.960><c> us,</c> 00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:59.000 to<00:33:54.000><c> take</c><00:33:54.180><c> away</c><00:33:54.339><c> the</c><00:33:54.599><c> dross</c><00:33:55.079><c> that</c><00:33:55.700><c> we</c><00:33:55.880><c> can</c><00:33:56.279><c> share</c><00:33:56.859><c> God's</c><00:33:57.700><c> holiness</c><00:33:58.099><c> through</c><00:33:58.880><c> the</c> 00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:00.660 Lord<00:33:59.180><c> Jesus</c><00:33:59.559><c> Christ.</c> 00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:05.579 Now,<00:34:03.700><c> he</c><00:34:03.920><c> says</c><00:34:04.079><c> the</c><00:34:04.339><c> truth</c><00:34:04.599><c> here</c><00:34:04.819><c> in</c><00:34:05.000><c> verse</c><00:34:05.259><c> 11.</c> 00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:11.239 No,<00:34:06.119><c> chasing</c><00:34:06.480><c> for</c><00:34:06.720><c> the</c><00:34:07.059><c> present</c><00:34:07.920><c> seemeth</c><00:34:08.460><c> to</c><00:34:08.659><c> be</c><00:34:08.920><c> joyous,</c><00:34:09.940><c> but</c><00:34:10.139><c> grievous.</c> 00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:14.019 Nevertheless,<00:34:11.820><c> afterward</c><00:34:12.260><c> it</c><00:34:12.539><c> yieldeth</c><00:34:12.840><c> the</c><00:34:13.159><c> peaceable</c><00:34:13.599><c> fruit</c><00:34:13.800><c> of</c> 00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.820 righteousness<00:34:14.360><c> unto</c><00:34:14.599><c> them</c> 00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:16.699 which<00:34:14.940><c> are</c><00:34:15.179><c> exercised</c><00:34:15.659><c> thereby.</c> 00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:23.699 So<00:34:17.960><c> God</c><00:34:18.539><c> has</c><00:34:19.320><c> never</c><00:34:19.659><c> said</c><00:34:20.260><c> that</c><00:34:20.960><c> his</c><00:34:21.239><c> process</c><00:34:22.219><c> of</c><00:34:23.199><c> working</c><00:34:23.460><c> on</c> 00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:25.559 his<00:34:23.980><c> children</c><00:34:24.380><c> to</c><00:34:24.699><c> refine</c><00:34:25.099><c> them,</c> 00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:28.320 the<00:34:26.179><c> working</c><00:34:26.400><c> of</c><00:34:26.599><c> the</c><00:34:26.780><c> master</c><00:34:27.019><c> refiner,</c><00:34:27.559><c> is</c><00:34:27.639><c> ever</c><00:34:27.880><c> a</c><00:34:28.079><c> pleasant</c> 00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:31.239 job<00:34:28.900><c> when</c><00:34:29.820><c> the</c><00:34:30.079><c> children</c><00:34:30.280><c> look</c><00:34:30.460><c> at</c><00:34:30.639><c> it.</c> 00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:33.599 It's<00:34:32.199><c> a</c><00:34:32.300><c> difficult</c><00:34:32.539><c> one.</c> 00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:36.760 But<00:34:33.900><c> what</c><00:34:34.059><c> we've</c><00:34:34.199><c> got</c><00:34:34.280><c> to</c><00:34:34.440><c> do</c><00:34:34.900><c> is</c><00:34:35.619><c> to</c><00:34:35.760><c> have</c><00:34:36.000><c> vision</c><00:34:36.360><c> for</c><00:34:36.579><c> what</c> 00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.380 he<00:34:36.980><c> wants.</c> 00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:40.199 He<00:34:38.059><c> wants</c><00:34:38.320><c> us</c><00:34:38.539><c> to</c><00:34:38.739><c> partake</c><00:34:39.239><c> and</c><00:34:39.480><c> share</c><00:34:39.699><c> his</c><00:34:39.940><c> holiness.</c> 00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:42.420 He<00:34:40.579><c> wants</c><00:34:40.840><c> us</c><00:34:41.039><c> to</c><00:34:41.179><c> be</c><00:34:41.260><c> in</c><00:34:41.340><c> that</c><00:34:41.619><c> kingdom.</c> 00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:48.820 My<00:34:44.739><c> good</c><00:34:45.219><c> pleasure,</c><00:34:47.119><c> my</c><00:34:47.360><c> father's</c><00:34:47.760><c> good</c><00:34:47.900><c> pleasure,</c><00:34:48.260><c> isn't</c><00:34:48.420><c> it,</c><00:34:48.579><c> to</c> 00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:49.900 give<00:34:48.980><c> you</c><00:34:49.440><c> the</c><00:34:49.679><c> kingdom.</c> 00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:51.460 That's<00:34:50.179><c> what</c><00:34:50.280><c> he</c><00:34:50.440><c> wants.</c> 00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:53.619 And<00:34:52.000><c> those</c><00:34:52.179><c> peaceable</c><00:34:52.539><c> fruits</c><00:34:52.760><c> of</c><00:34:52.980><c> righteousness</c><00:34:53.280><c> are</c><00:34:53.519><c> the</c> 00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:54.219 fruits<00:34:53.719><c> of</c><00:34:53.880><c> the</c><00:34:54.039><c> Spirit.</c> 00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:57.860 He<00:34:54.340><c> wants</c><00:34:54.559><c> us</c><00:34:54.780><c> to</c><00:34:55.260><c> emulate</c><00:34:55.639><c> those</c><00:34:55.960><c> now</c><00:34:56.260><c> in</c><00:34:56.420><c> our</c><00:34:56.599><c> daily</c><00:34:56.820><c> lives.</c> 00:34:57.940 --> 00:35:00.139 Not<00:34:58.139><c> the</c><00:34:58.300><c> lusts</c><00:34:58.559><c> of</c><00:34:58.559><c> the</c><00:34:58.860><c> flesh,</c><00:34:59.239><c> to</c><00:34:59.380><c> do</c><00:34:59.480><c> our</c><00:34:59.679><c> own</c><00:34:59.860><c> thing</c><00:34:59.980><c> in</c> 00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:01.500 our<00:35:00.260><c> own</c><00:35:00.519><c> time,</c> 00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:06.179 but<00:35:03.340><c> to</c><00:35:03.579><c> exercise</c><00:35:04.139><c> those</c><00:35:04.559><c> godly</c><00:35:05.000><c> qualities</c><00:35:05.400><c> that</c><00:35:05.659><c> our</c><00:35:05.880><c> Lord</c> 00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:10.940 Jesus<00:35:07.559><c> lived</c><00:35:08.139><c> and</c><00:35:08.920><c> walked</c><00:35:09.199><c> with</c><00:35:09.460><c> so</c><00:35:09.940><c> beautifully.</c> 00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:16.639 So,<00:35:13.519><c> my</c><00:35:13.519><c> dear</c><00:35:13.659><c> brothers</c><00:35:13.900><c> and</c><00:35:14.159><c> sisters,</c><00:35:15.960><c> we</c><00:35:16.179><c> are</c><00:35:16.219><c> looking</c><00:35:16.440><c> to</c> 00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:18.099 that<00:35:16.780><c> eternal</c><00:35:17.340><c> future.</c> 00:35:21.260 --> 00:35:27.619 Wherefore,<00:35:21.960><c> verse</c><00:35:22.320><c> 12,</c><00:35:26.420><c> and</c><00:35:26.619><c> some</c><00:35:26.820><c> of</c><00:35:26.920><c> us</c><00:35:27.000><c> may</c><00:35:27.179><c> have</c><00:35:27.320><c> come</c><00:35:27.440><c> to</c> 00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:29.639 Bible<00:35:27.860><c> school</c><00:35:28.139><c> with</c><00:35:28.360><c> these</c><00:35:28.619><c> thoughts,</c> 00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:36.159 lift<00:35:30.820><c> up</c><00:35:31.059><c> the</c><00:35:31.300><c> hands</c><00:35:31.679><c> which</c><00:35:31.980><c> hang</c><00:35:32.300><c> down</c><00:35:33.179><c> and</c><00:35:34.900><c> the</c><00:35:35.079><c> palsied</c><00:35:35.519><c> knees,</c> 00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:41.159 make<00:35:37.039><c> straight</c><00:35:37.760><c> paths</c><00:35:38.159><c> for</c><00:35:38.420><c> your</c><00:35:38.739><c> feet,</c><00:35:40.440><c> lest</c><00:35:40.579><c> that</c><00:35:40.800><c> which</c><00:35:40.940><c> is</c> 00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:43.519 lame<00:35:41.340><c> be</c><00:35:41.719><c> turned</c><00:35:42.019><c> out</c><00:35:42.239><c> of</c><00:35:42.380><c> the</c><00:35:42.519><c> way,</c> 00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:45.000 but<00:35:43.920><c> let</c><00:35:44.039><c> it</c><00:35:44.239><c> rather</c><00:35:44.420><c> be</c><00:35:44.679><c> healed.</c> 00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:47.280 Let's<00:35:45.539><c> consider</c><00:35:45.880><c> this</c><00:35:46.079><c> for</c><00:35:46.300><c> a</c><00:35:46.400><c> moment.</c> 00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:52.320 The<00:35:48.039><c> hands</c><00:35:48.300><c> that</c><00:35:48.460><c> are</c><00:35:48.579><c> hanging</c><00:35:48.780><c> down,</c><00:35:50.780><c> they</c><00:35:50.920><c> are</c><00:35:51.059><c> wearied,</c> 00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:56.559 they<00:35:53.659><c> are</c><00:35:53.739><c> tired,</c><00:35:55.320><c> they</c><00:35:55.460><c> are</c><00:35:55.659><c> limp,</c> 00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:59.599 they<00:35:58.199><c> are</c><00:35:58.300><c> without</c><00:35:58.579><c> energy.</c> 00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.079 Why? 00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:06.199 Because<00:36:01.960><c> when</c><00:36:02.179><c> the</c><00:36:02.400><c> hands</c><00:36:02.599><c> are</c><00:36:02.840><c> hanging</c><00:36:03.019><c> down</c><00:36:03.260><c> like</c><00:36:03.579><c> this,</c><00:36:04.480><c> they</c><00:36:04.639><c> are</c><00:36:04.699><c> not</c><00:36:04.960><c> holding</c><00:36:05.440><c> the</c><00:36:05.639><c> word</c><00:36:05.800><c> of</c><00:36:06.000><c> life</c> 00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:08.579 and<00:36:06.420><c> accepting</c><00:36:06.840><c> the</c><00:36:07.360><c> very</c><00:36:07.719><c> food</c><00:36:07.920><c> that</c><00:36:08.059><c> they</c><00:36:08.219><c> need.</c> 00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:11.659 They<00:36:08.739><c> are</c><00:36:08.820><c> not</c><00:36:09.039><c> taking</c><00:36:09.340><c> the</c><00:36:09.539><c> bread</c><00:36:09.960><c> that</c><00:36:10.599><c> the</c><00:36:10.840><c> father</c><00:36:11.119><c> gives.</c> 00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:15.179 So,<00:36:12.679><c> that's</c><00:36:12.920><c> why</c><00:36:13.119><c> the</c><00:36:13.300><c> apostle</c><00:36:13.619><c> here</c><00:36:14.000><c> says,</c><00:36:14.480><c> lift</c><00:36:14.780><c> up</c><00:36:15.000><c> the</c> 00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:16.280 hands<00:36:15.420><c> which</c><00:36:15.659><c> hang</c><00:36:15.880><c> down,</c> 00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:19.460 get<00:36:16.659><c> that</c><00:36:16.860><c> word</c><00:36:17.019><c> of</c><00:36:17.199><c> life</c><00:36:17.519><c> back</c><00:36:17.860><c> there</c><00:36:18.239><c> and</c><00:36:18.559><c> read</c><00:36:18.820><c> it</c><00:36:19.059><c> and</c><00:36:19.139><c> take</c> 00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:21.340 that<00:36:19.820><c> sustenance</c><00:36:20.199><c> you</c><00:36:20.480><c> need.</c> 00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:26.920 Say,<00:36:23.500><c> amen</c><00:36:23.980><c> to</c><00:36:24.159><c> the</c><00:36:24.380><c> father</c><00:36:24.820><c> when</c><00:36:25.599><c> he</c><00:36:25.780><c> has</c><00:36:26.019><c> chastened</c><00:36:26.440><c> you</c><00:36:26.719><c> and</c> 00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:29.440 you<00:36:27.119><c> are</c><00:36:27.179><c> a</c><00:36:27.300><c> little</c><00:36:27.679><c> closer</c><00:36:28.139><c> to</c><00:36:28.260><c> that</c><00:36:28.440><c> image</c><00:36:28.639><c> of</c><00:36:28.820><c> his</c><00:36:29.099><c> son.</c> 00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:32.719 And<00:36:30.139><c> then</c><00:36:30.619><c> when</c><00:36:30.900><c> your</c><00:36:31.079><c> hands</c><00:36:31.480><c> are</c><00:36:31.760><c> holding</c><00:36:32.000><c> the</c><00:36:32.219><c> word</c><00:36:32.320><c> of</c><00:36:32.519><c> life</c> 00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:34.739 and<00:36:32.920><c> receiving</c><00:36:33.340><c> that</c><00:36:33.659><c> nourishment,</c> 00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:37.400 your<00:36:35.119><c> knees</c><00:36:35.539><c> will</c><00:36:35.739><c> be</c><00:36:36.039><c> stronger</c><00:36:36.280><c> and</c><00:36:36.480><c> your</c><00:36:36.699><c> feet</c><00:36:36.960><c> will</c><00:36:37.219><c> walk</c> 00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:39.960 in<00:36:37.579><c> that</c><00:36:37.840><c> way,</c><00:36:38.320><c> the</c><00:36:38.480><c> way</c><00:36:38.679><c> of</c><00:36:39.000><c> holiness,</c> 00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:42.860 which<00:36:40.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:40.880><c> says</c><00:36:41.119><c> in</c><00:36:41.219><c> chapter</c><00:36:41.460><c> 35,</c><00:36:42.119><c> no</c><00:36:42.260><c> unclean</c><00:36:42.699><c> shall</c> 00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.360 walk<00:36:43.059><c> there.</c> 00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:47.820 It's<00:36:43.840><c> the</c><00:36:43.940><c> way</c><00:36:44.059><c> that</c><00:36:44.260><c> leads</c><00:36:44.420><c> to</c><00:36:44.699><c> Zion</c><00:36:45.099><c> and</c><00:36:46.599><c> it</c><00:36:46.719><c> will</c><00:36:46.860><c> be</c><00:36:47.039><c> done</c> 00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:49.800 in<00:36:48.980><c> joy.</c> 00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:55.460 So,<00:36:51.860><c> if</c><00:36:52.019><c> the</c><00:36:52.239><c> joints</c><00:36:52.679><c> have</c><00:36:53.059><c> become</c><00:36:53.260><c> a</c><00:36:53.340><c> little</c><00:36:53.599><c> stiff,</c><00:36:55.199><c> let's</c> 00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:56.980 loosen<00:36:55.699><c> them</c><00:36:55.900><c> up.</c> 00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:59.619 There's<00:36:57.960><c> that</c><00:36:58.099><c> word</c><00:36:58.300><c> exercise</c><00:36:58.820><c> there,</c><00:36:59.139><c> isn't</c><00:36:59.199><c> it,</c><00:36:59.260><c> at</c><00:36:59.380><c> the</c><00:36:59.380><c> end</c><00:36:59.519><c> of</c> 00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:00.679 verse<00:36:59.780><c> 11.</c> 00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:03.320 It's<00:37:01.400><c> an</c><00:37:01.760><c> exercise,</c><00:37:02.239><c> a</c><00:37:02.440><c> daily</c><00:37:02.820><c> process.</c> 00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:06.340 You<00:37:03.500><c> don't</c><00:37:03.639><c> get</c><00:37:03.900><c> fit</c><00:37:04.019><c> just</c><00:37:04.219><c> by</c><00:37:04.400><c> going</c><00:37:04.619><c> jogging</c><00:37:04.920><c> once</c><00:37:05.139><c> a</c><00:37:05.320><c> month.</c> 00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:09.460 It<00:37:07.559><c> won't</c><00:37:07.559><c> help</c><00:37:07.619><c> you</c><00:37:07.860><c> at</c><00:37:08.019><c> all,</c><00:37:08.280><c> it</c><00:37:08.360><c> will</c><00:37:08.420><c> probably</c><00:37:08.719><c> do</c><00:37:08.900><c> more</c><00:37:09.139><c> harm.</c> 00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:12.940 It's<00:37:09.800><c> a</c><00:37:10.119><c> regular</c><00:37:10.639><c> process,</c><00:37:11.199><c> isn't</c><00:37:11.440><c> it,</c><00:37:11.599><c> that</c><00:37:11.760><c> we</c><00:37:11.980><c> need.</c> 00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:16.420 There<00:37:13.880><c> are</c><00:37:14.019><c> no</c><00:37:14.159><c> excess</c><00:37:14.659><c> words</c><00:37:15.119><c> in</c><00:37:15.400><c> scripture.</c> 00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:22.280 Verse<00:37:16.820><c> 14,</c><00:37:18.380><c> follow</c><00:37:18.719><c> peace</c><00:37:19.280><c> with</c><00:37:19.519><c> all</c><00:37:19.780><c> men</c><00:37:20.219><c> and</c><00:37:20.480><c> holiness</c><00:37:20.960><c> without</c><00:37:21.519><c> which</c><00:37:21.960><c> no</c> 00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:24.320 man<00:37:22.840><c> shall</c><00:37:23.079><c> see</c><00:37:23.300><c> the</c><00:37:23.500><c> Lord.</c> 00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:28.480 So<00:37:25.460><c> we've</c><00:37:25.719><c> got</c><00:37:25.739><c> to</c><00:37:25.880><c> see</c><00:37:25.980><c> his</c><00:37:26.199><c> footprints</c><00:37:26.820><c> and</c><00:37:27.780><c> to</c><00:37:27.940><c> do</c><00:37:28.079><c> that</c><00:37:28.360><c> we</c> 00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:29.920 need<00:37:28.679><c> to</c><00:37:28.840><c> follow</c><00:37:28.980><c> the</c><00:37:29.179><c> word</c><00:37:29.280><c> of</c><00:37:29.500><c> life</c> 00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:33.039 and<00:37:30.800><c> then</c><00:37:30.960><c> we</c><00:37:31.079><c> can</c><00:37:31.300><c> walk</c><00:37:31.820><c> in</c><00:37:32.099><c> his</c><00:37:32.480><c> steps.</c> 00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:35.639 We<00:37:33.519><c> seek</c><00:37:33.739><c> to</c><00:37:34.000><c> dwell</c><00:37:34.239><c> on</c><00:37:34.400><c> the</c><00:37:34.599><c> kingdom</c><00:37:34.840><c> and</c><00:37:34.980><c> his</c><00:37:35.219><c> righteousness</c> 00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:37.900 by<00:37:36.239><c> talking</c><00:37:36.679><c> to</c><00:37:37.400><c> one</c><00:37:37.579><c> another</c> 00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:40.320 and<00:37:38.079><c> taking</c><00:37:38.360><c> in</c><00:37:38.519><c> our</c><00:37:38.639><c> hands</c><00:37:38.900><c> the</c><00:37:39.059><c> word</c><00:37:39.199><c> of</c><00:37:39.460><c> life.</c> 00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:43.079 We<00:37:40.519><c> need</c><00:37:40.679><c> to</c><00:37:40.960><c> strengthen</c><00:37:41.219><c> our</c><00:37:41.780><c> fellowship,</c><00:37:42.420><c> seen</c><00:37:42.639><c> as</c><00:37:42.820><c> those</c> 00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.739 silver<00:37:43.380><c> bases,</c> 00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:46.420 by<00:37:44.239><c> regularly</c><00:37:44.719><c> attending</c><00:37:45.119><c> our</c><00:37:45.420><c> meetings</c><00:37:45.719><c> wherever</c><00:37:45.980><c> we</c><00:37:46.239><c> can.</c> 00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:48.699 I<00:37:46.539><c> know</c><00:37:46.719><c> there</c><00:37:46.860><c> are</c><00:37:46.920><c> a</c><00:37:47.019><c> number</c><00:37:47.159><c> in</c><00:37:47.360><c> isolation</c><00:37:47.760><c> here</c><00:37:48.059><c> and</c><00:37:48.400><c> you</c> 00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:50.480 value<00:37:49.039><c> the</c><00:37:49.260><c> meeting</c><00:37:49.460><c> of</c><00:37:49.659><c> yourselves</c><00:37:50.059><c> together.</c> 00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:54.800 But<00:37:50.820><c> just</c><00:37:51.199><c> as</c><00:37:51.340><c> those</c><00:37:51.679><c> silver</c><00:37:51.980><c> bases</c><00:37:52.400><c> held</c><00:37:53.059><c> the</c><00:37:53.320><c> tabernacle</c><00:37:53.739><c> together,</c> 00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:58.360 let<00:37:55.079><c> us</c><00:37:55.280><c> take</c><00:37:55.519><c> the</c><00:37:55.760><c> value</c><00:37:56.000><c> of</c><00:37:56.219><c> this</c><00:37:56.639><c> and</c><00:37:57.139><c> then</c><00:37:57.460><c> our</c><00:37:57.739><c> knees</c><00:37:58.079><c> will</c> 00:37:58.360 --> 00:38:00.960 receive<00:37:58.699><c> strength</c><00:37:59.079><c> and</c><00:37:59.199><c> we</c><00:37:59.280><c> can</c><00:37:59.440><c> get</c><00:37:59.619><c> up</c><00:37:59.800><c> and</c><00:38:00.019><c> walk.</c> 00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:06.699 We<00:38:02.820><c> can</c><00:38:03.000><c> be</c><00:38:03.199><c> attuned</c><00:38:03.619><c> to</c><00:38:03.800><c> the</c><00:38:03.960><c> Master's</c><00:38:04.400><c> voice</c><00:38:05.059><c> who</c><00:38:06.320><c> said</c><00:38:06.500><c> to</c> 00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:08.300 the<00:38:06.860><c> palsied</c><00:38:07.340><c> man,</c> 00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:11.519 get<00:38:09.039><c> up</c><00:38:09.760><c> and</c><00:38:10.679><c> walk.</c> 00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:13.400 Our<00:38:12.360><c> lameness</c><00:38:12.719><c> can</c><00:38:12.920><c> be</c><00:38:13.099><c> healed.</c> 00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:17.199 Our<00:38:13.860><c> eyes</c><00:38:14.119><c> again</c><00:38:14.460><c> can</c><00:38:14.719><c> become</c><00:38:15.099><c> keen</c><00:38:15.639><c> and</c><00:38:15.840><c> we</c><00:38:15.980><c> can</c><00:38:16.440><c> observe</c><00:38:16.940><c> the</c> 00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:18.840 Master<00:38:17.460><c> refiner</c><00:38:17.880><c> at</c><00:38:18.159><c> work,</c> 00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:22.360 removing<00:38:19.460><c> the</c><00:38:19.780><c> impurities</c><00:38:20.179><c> in</c><00:38:20.420><c> our</c><00:38:20.639><c> lives.</c> 00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:30.280 Verse<00:38:23.500><c> 15,</c><00:38:25.440><c> looking</c><00:38:25.800><c> diligently</c><00:38:26.659><c> lest</c><00:38:28.000><c> any</c><00:38:28.199><c> man</c><00:38:28.559><c> fail</c><00:38:29.340><c> of</c><00:38:30.139><c> the</c> 00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:30.800 grace<00:38:30.460><c> of</c><00:38:30.659><c> God,</c> 00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:33.619 lest<00:38:31.039><c> any</c><00:38:31.219><c> root</c><00:38:31.340><c> of</c><00:38:31.639><c> bitterness</c><00:38:32.019><c> bringing</c><00:38:32.360><c> up</c><00:38:32.639><c> thereby</c><00:38:33.019><c> trouble</c><00:38:33.360><c> you</c> 00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:37.099 and<00:38:34.320><c> thereby</c><00:38:34.920><c> many</c><00:38:35.400><c> be</c><00:38:35.840><c> defiled.</c> 00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:40.219 Well<00:38:38.320><c> there</c><00:38:38.400><c> are</c><00:38:38.460><c> some</c><00:38:38.619><c> references</c><00:38:38.940><c> in</c><00:38:39.199><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:38:39.659><c> 29.</c> 00:38:40.260 --> 00:38:44.860 If<00:38:40.360><c> you</c><00:38:40.420><c> want</c><00:38:40.519><c> to</c><00:38:40.659><c> make</c><00:38:40.800><c> a</c><00:38:40.900><c> note</c><00:38:41.000><c> of</c><00:38:41.119><c> the</c><00:38:41.260><c> verses,</c><00:38:43.119><c> they're</c><00:38:43.420><c> from</c><00:38:43.619><c> about</c><00:38:43.940><c> 10</c> 00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:46.519 to<00:38:45.260><c> 20.</c> 00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:52.460 In<00:38:47.260><c> verse</c><00:38:47.519><c> 18,</c><00:38:49.320><c> Moses</c><00:38:49.460><c> there</c><00:38:50.199><c> talks</c><00:38:50.679><c> about</c><00:38:51.639><c> the</c><00:38:52.099><c> bitterness</c> 00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:53.679 of<00:38:52.880><c> God.</c> 00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:55.920 He's<00:38:54.199><c> already</c><00:38:54.420><c> mentioned</c><00:38:54.679><c> in</c><00:38:54.880><c> verse</c><00:38:55.099><c> 10,</c><00:38:55.360><c> we</c><00:38:55.480><c> haven't</c><00:38:55.659><c> time</c> 00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:57.500 to<00:38:56.059><c> turn</c><00:38:56.239><c> to</c><00:38:56.400><c> it</c><00:38:56.519><c> now,</c> 00:38:57.760 --> 00:39:00.500 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00:39:17.300 So<00:39:14.219><c> Moses</c><00:39:14.559><c> is</c><00:39:14.860><c> looking</c><00:39:14.940><c> forward</c><00:39:15.239><c> to</c><00:39:15.400><c> the</c><00:39:15.599><c> Gentiles</c><00:39:16.179><c> all</c><00:39:16.559><c> standing</c><00:39:16.960><c> there</c> 00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:18.699 with<00:39:17.460><c> the</c><00:39:17.619><c> nation,</c> 00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:22.519 us<00:39:19.440><c> standing,</c><00:39:20.519><c> looking</c><00:39:20.820><c> into</c><00:39:21.059><c> the</c><00:39:21.300><c> promised</c><00:39:21.500><c> land.</c> 00:39:23.300 --> 00:39:25.460 And<00:39:23.400><c> the</c><00:39:23.599><c> warnings</c><00:39:23.780><c> there</c><00:39:24.039><c> in</c><00:39:24.159><c> that</c><00:39:24.400><c> chapter</c><00:39:24.719><c> are</c><00:39:24.860><c> to</c><00:39:25.059><c> pass</c><00:39:25.340><c> through.</c> 00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:27.800 You've<00:39:25.760><c> left</c><00:39:26.039><c> his</c><00:39:26.320><c> Egypt</c><00:39:26.659><c> behind.</c> 00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:30.980 Don't<00:39:28.199><c> be</c><00:39:28.500><c> distracted</c><00:39:28.840><c> by</c><00:39:29.139><c> the</c><00:39:29.460><c> idolatries</c><00:39:29.960><c> of</c><00:39:30.179><c> the</c><00:39:30.320><c> surrounding</c><00:39:30.599><c> nations</c> 00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:31.739 as<00:39:31.179><c> you</c><00:39:31.300><c> pass</c><00:39:31.460><c> by.</c> 00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:35.539 Keep<00:39:32.199><c> your</c><00:39:32.519><c> vision</c><00:39:32.980><c> clear</c><00:39:33.579><c> on</c><00:39:34.059><c> the</c><00:39:34.320><c> promised</c><00:39:34.519><c> land.</c> 00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:39.639 Then<00:39:36.199><c> in</c><00:39:36.300><c> verse</c><00:39:36.480><c> 18</c><00:39:36.760><c> he</c><00:39:36.920><c> talks</c><00:39:37.159><c> about</c><00:39:37.380><c> the</c><00:39:37.619><c> bitterness</c><00:39:37.900><c> of</c><00:39:38.340><c> gold.</c> 00:39:41.340 --> 00:39:45.380 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to</c><00:39:59.239><c> be</c><00:39:59.500><c> sullied</c><00:39:59.679><c> by</c><00:39:59.900><c> anything.</c> 00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:03.139 He<00:40:00.719><c> wanted</c><00:40:00.900><c> to</c><00:40:01.059><c> have</c><00:40:01.159><c> a</c><00:40:01.460><c> clear</c><00:40:01.699><c> thought</c><00:40:02.199><c> right</c><00:40:02.760><c> until</c><00:40:02.980><c> his</c> 00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:04.440 last<00:40:03.400><c> breath.</c> 00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:10.480 And<00:40:05.480><c> he</c><00:40:05.579><c> only</c><00:40:05.840><c> took</c><00:40:06.039><c> that</c><00:40:06.559><c> little</c><00:40:07.239><c> sip</c><00:40:07.780><c> right</c><00:40:09.539><c> at</c><00:40:09.719><c> the</c><00:40:09.880><c> end,</c><00:40:10.480><c> at</c> 00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:12.059 the<00:40:10.659><c> very</c><00:40:11.000><c> last,</c> 00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:14.440 so<00:40:12.239><c> that</c><00:40:12.340><c> his</c><00:40:12.599><c> voice</c><00:40:12.860><c> could</c><00:40:13.039><c> be</c><00:40:13.340><c> clear</c><00:40:13.679><c> when</c><00:40:13.820><c> he</c><00:40:13.960><c> could</c><00:40:14.219><c> say,</c> 00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:16.000 it<00:40:14.579><c> is</c><00:40:14.940><c> finished.</c> 00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:25.079 And<00:40:17.920><c> the</c><00:40:18.079><c> work</c><00:40:18.280><c> of</c><00:40:18.579><c> his</c><00:40:19.019><c> master</c><00:40:19.440><c> refiner</c><00:40:20.219><c> had</c><00:40:21.579><c> finally</c><00:40:22.019><c> brought</c><00:40:22.440><c> the</c><00:40:22.840><c> last</c><00:40:23.940><c> brilliance</c><00:40:24.880><c> to</c> 00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:25.699 that<00:40:25.219><c> image,</c> 00:40:25.699 --> 00:40:30.219 that<00:40:26.340><c> imprint</c><00:40:26.880><c> of</c><00:40:27.519><c> his</c><00:40:27.699><c> father</c><00:40:28.519><c> as</c><00:40:29.320><c> he</c><00:40:29.500><c> offered</c><00:40:29.619><c> that</c><00:40:29.860><c> perfect</c> 00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:33.199 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the</c><00:40:45.679><c> master</c><00:40:46.000><c> refiner</c><00:40:46.519><c> and</c><00:40:46.639><c> there's</c><00:40:46.840><c> much</c> 00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:48.320 more<00:40:47.360><c> still.</c> 00:40:48.340 --> 00:40:50.400 But<00:40:48.539><c> there's</c><00:40:48.860><c> another</c><00:40:49.079><c> figure</c><00:40:49.360><c> here.</c> 00:40:50.739 --> 00:40:53.519 In<00:40:50.880><c> the</c><00:40:50.960><c> end</c><00:40:51.099><c> of</c><00:40:51.199><c> verse</c><00:40:51.360><c> 2,</c><00:40:51.659><c> it's</c><00:40:51.880><c> like</c><00:40:52.280><c> fuller's</c><00:40:53.159><c> soap.</c> 00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:57.019 This<00:40:53.980><c> refining</c><00:40:54.440><c> process,</c><00:40:55.980><c> it's</c><00:40:56.139><c> the</c><00:40:56.280><c> sons</c><00:40:56.340><c> of</c><00:40:56.539><c> Levi</c><00:40:56.739><c> that</c><00:40:56.940><c> are</c> 00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:57.559 being<00:40:57.199><c> refined</c> 00:40:57.559 --> 00:41:01.019 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we</c><00:41:10.019><c> need</c><00:41:10.199><c> it.</c> 00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:14.739 So<00:41:12.340><c> the</c><00:41:12.519><c> work</c><00:41:12.659><c> of</c><00:41:12.800><c> the</c><00:41:13.039><c> fuller,</c><00:41:13.900><c> well,</c><00:41:14.039><c> what</c><00:41:14.159><c> was</c><00:41:14.320><c> that</c><00:41:14.440><c> to</c><00:41:14.619><c> do?</c> 00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:16.940 It<00:41:14.880><c> was</c><00:41:15.079><c> to</c><00:41:15.360><c> whiten</c><00:41:16.139><c> the</c><00:41:16.480><c> garments.</c> 00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:23.039 This<00:41:17.920><c> is</c><00:41:18.559><c> spiritually</c><00:41:19.340><c> making</c><00:41:19.900><c> the</c><00:41:20.179><c> righteousness</c><00:41:20.780><c> be</c><00:41:21.980><c> seen.</c> 00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:27.019 It<00:41:23.960><c> was</c><00:41:24.079><c> seen</c><00:41:24.280><c> beautifully,</c><00:41:24.679><c> wasn't</c><00:41:24.900><c> it,</c><00:41:25.460><c> in</c><00:41:25.719><c> our</c><00:41:26.139><c> Lord</c><00:41:26.460><c> Jesus.</c> 00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:29.340 Let's<00:41:27.659><c> have</c><00:41:27.780><c> a</c><00:41:27.820><c> look</c><00:41:27.920><c> at</c><00:41:28.039><c> the</c><00:41:28.239><c> fuller's</c><00:41:28.579><c> work.</c> 00:41:29.500 --> 00:41:35.480 He<00:41:29.699><c> was</c><00:41:29.880><c> employed</c><00:41:30.260><c> to</c><00:41:30.480><c> dress</c><00:41:30.820><c> both</c><00:41:31.480><c> new</c><00:41:32.800><c> and</c><00:41:33.619><c> old</c><00:41:34.139><c> garments,</c> 00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:36.820 soiled<00:41:36.559><c> garments,</c> 00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:39.960 so<00:41:37.059><c> that</c><00:41:37.199><c> the</c><00:41:37.420><c> best</c><00:41:38.079><c> white</c><00:41:38.420><c> appearance</c><00:41:39.059><c> could</c><00:41:39.260><c> be</c><00:41:39.500><c> presented</c> 00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:42.340 for<00:41:40.619><c> the</c><00:41:40.800><c> owner</c><00:41:41.000><c> and</c><00:41:41.199><c> the</c><00:41:41.440><c> wearer.</c> 00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:46.500 The<00:41:42.739><c> process</c><00:41:43.139><c> was</c><00:41:43.420><c> equivalent</c><00:41:43.760><c> to</c><00:41:44.019><c> our</c><00:41:44.480><c> modern</c><00:41:44.820><c> day</c><00:41:45.079><c> bleaching.</c> 00:41:47.219 --> 00:41:50.039 The<00:41:47.300><c> fuller</c><00:41:47.539><c> placed</c><00:41:47.699><c> his</c><00:41:47.920><c> garments</c><00:41:48.199><c> into</c><00:41:48.519><c> a</c><00:41:48.760><c> bath</c><00:41:49.219><c> into</c><00:41:49.860><c> which</c> 00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:52.239 he<00:41:50.199><c> added</c><00:41:50.320><c> alkali</c><00:41:50.860><c> and</c><00:41:51.079><c> so</c><00:41:51.300><c> on.</c> 00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:55.039 And<00:41:52.579><c> it</c><00:41:52.780><c> needed</c><00:41:52.980><c> a</c><00:41:53.059><c> lot</c><00:41:53.219><c> of</c><00:41:53.420><c> work</c><00:41:53.659><c> and</c><00:41:53.800><c> he</c><00:41:53.900><c> used</c><00:41:54.000><c> to</c><00:41:54.219><c> tread</c><00:41:54.360><c> the</c><00:41:54.599><c> garments.</c> 00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:56.880 And<00:41:55.300><c> then</c><00:41:55.380><c> they</c><00:41:55.420><c> had</c><00:41:55.539><c> to</c><00:41:55.659><c> be</c><00:41:55.880><c> washed.</c> 00:41:57.760 --> 00:42:00.179 And<00:41:57.880><c> then</c><00:41:58.000><c> they</c><00:41:58.059><c> had</c><00:41:58.119><c> to</c><00:41:58.239><c> be</c><00:41:58.400><c> laid</c><00:41:58.539><c> out</c><00:41:58.760><c> in</c><00:41:58.920><c> the</c><00:41:59.179><c> sun</c><00:41:59.619><c> for</c><00:41:59.960><c> the</c> 00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:01.400 work<00:42:00.320><c> of</c><00:42:00.519><c> the</c><00:42:00.659><c> sun's</c><00:42:01.019><c> rays</c> 00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:04.679 to<00:42:01.800><c> finally</c><00:42:02.260><c> complete</c><00:42:02.679><c> this</c><00:42:02.980><c> process</c><00:42:03.639><c> of</c><00:42:04.239><c> whitening.</c> 00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:08.880 It<00:42:05.260><c> was</c><00:42:05.579><c> a</c><00:42:05.760><c> malodorous</c><00:42:06.659><c> process,</c><00:42:07.739><c> just</c><00:42:07.940><c> like</c><00:42:08.199><c> Simon</c><00:42:08.500><c> the</c><00:42:08.739><c> Tanner,</c> 00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:11.159 whose<00:42:09.059><c> house</c><00:42:09.260><c> was</c><00:42:09.460><c> near</c><00:42:09.579><c> the</c><00:42:09.760><c> seaside</c><00:42:10.280><c> because</c><00:42:10.559><c> his</c><00:42:10.820><c> job</c><00:42:10.940><c> was</c> 00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:11.860 equally<00:42:11.400><c> smelly.</c> 00:42:11.860 --> 00:42:15.380 So<00:42:12.579><c> the</c><00:42:12.840><c> fuller</c><00:42:13.079><c> had</c><00:42:13.260><c> a</c><00:42:13.519><c> field</c><00:42:13.780><c> often</c><00:42:14.219><c> outside</c><00:42:14.840><c> the</c><00:42:15.119><c> town</c> 00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:16.840 because<00:42:15.659><c> people</c><00:42:15.940><c> couldn't</c><00:42:16.179><c> stand</c><00:42:16.360><c> the</c><00:42:16.539><c> smell.</c> 00:42:17.179 --> 00:42:18.980 It<00:42:17.300><c> wasn't</c><00:42:17.579><c> a</c><00:42:17.739><c> nice</c><00:42:17.920><c> job.</c> 00:42:21.219 --> 00:42:24.219 So<00:42:21.380><c> the</c><00:42:21.559><c> clothes</c><00:42:21.940><c> were</c><00:42:22.199><c> then</c><00:42:22.500><c> treated</c><00:42:23.400><c> thoroughly.</c> 00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:28.920 They<00:42:24.539><c> were</c><00:42:24.780><c> washed</c><00:42:25.119><c> clean</c><00:42:25.840><c> and</c><00:42:27.199><c> laid</c><00:42:27.440><c> down</c><00:42:27.659><c> in</c><00:42:27.840><c> the</c><00:42:28.059><c> sun.</c> 00:42:28.980 --> 00:42:30.119 And<00:42:29.099><c> thus</c><00:42:29.239><c> the</c><00:42:29.480><c> work</c><00:42:29.599><c> was</c><00:42:29.860><c> done.</c> 00:42:30.219 --> 00:42:33.559 When<00:42:30.420><c> in</c><00:42:30.639><c> the</c><00:42:30.800><c> transfiguration</c><00:42:32.159><c> in</c><00:42:32.679><c> the</c><00:42:32.800><c> Gospels,</c> 00:42:33.719 --> 00:42:36.340 it's<00:42:34.059><c> Mark</c><00:42:34.280><c> particularly</c><00:42:34.960><c> who</c><00:42:35.239><c> notes</c><00:42:35.719><c> this,</c> 00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:40.239 he<00:42:37.119><c> takes</c><00:42:37.340><c> the</c><00:42:37.519><c> trouble</c><00:42:37.760><c> to</c><00:42:38.019><c> say</c><00:42:38.500><c> that</c><00:42:39.280><c> the</c><00:42:39.500><c> Lord's</c><00:42:39.960><c> garments</c> 00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:42.000 in<00:42:40.579><c> the</c><00:42:41.239><c> transfiguration</c> 00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:46.199 were<00:42:42.360><c> glistering</c><00:42:43.000><c> white,</c><00:42:43.519><c> whiter</c><00:42:43.679><c> than</c><00:42:43.940><c> any</c><00:42:44.280><c> fuller</c><00:42:44.519><c> on</c><00:42:44.659><c> earth</c><00:42:44.840><c> could</c><00:42:45.019><c> make</c><00:42:45.260><c> them.</c> 00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:49.059 That's<00:42:47.059><c> because</c><00:42:47.300><c> perhaps</c><00:42:47.659><c> he</c><00:42:47.800><c> was</c><00:42:48.000><c> writing</c><00:42:48.260><c> to</c><00:42:48.519><c> Roman</c><00:42:48.719><c> readers</c> 00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:51.280 who<00:42:49.219><c> would</c><00:42:49.420><c> know</c><00:42:49.559><c> what</c><00:42:49.719><c> this</c><00:42:49.940><c> process</c><00:42:50.219><c> was</c><00:42:50.460><c> and</c><00:42:50.599><c> who</c><00:42:50.840><c> used</c><00:42:51.059><c> the</c> 00:42:51.280 --> 00:42:52.039 fullers<00:42:51.480><c> regularly</c> 00:42:52.039 --> 00:42:57.559 to<00:42:52.780><c> make</c><00:42:52.960><c> their</c><00:42:53.219><c> garments</c><00:42:53.519><c> clean</c><00:42:53.860><c> for</c><00:42:54.079><c> their</c><00:42:55.380><c> functions</c><00:42:55.860><c> and</c><00:42:56.179><c> festivities.</c> 00:42:59.880 --> 00:43:03.820 But<00:43:00.199><c> the</c><00:43:00.400><c> fuller</c><00:43:00.619><c> worked</c><00:43:00.880><c> on</c><00:43:01.199><c> garments</c><00:43:01.639><c> that</c><00:43:01.820><c> were</c><00:43:02.099><c> soiled.</c> 00:43:03.820 --> 00:43:06.780 Our<00:43:04.840><c> garments</c><00:43:05.139><c> get</c><00:43:05.440><c> soiled,</c><00:43:05.780><c> don't</c><00:43:05.960><c> they?</c> 00:43:07.219 --> 00:43:11.659 And<00:43:07.420><c> every</c><00:43:07.579><c> week</c><00:43:08.199><c> we</c><00:43:08.780><c> come</c><00:43:09.039><c> to</c><00:43:09.219><c> the</c><00:43:09.420><c> fuller</c><00:43:10.019><c> and</c><00:43:11.340><c> to</c><00:43:11.500><c> the</c> 00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:12.500 master<00:43:11.940><c> refiner</c> 00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:15.280 and<00:43:13.539><c> remember</c><00:43:13.880><c> him</c><00:43:14.059><c> in</c><00:43:14.300><c> emblems</c><00:43:14.639><c> of</c><00:43:14.760><c> bread</c><00:43:14.900><c> and</c><00:43:15.119><c> wine.</c> 00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:17.960 We<00:43:15.480><c> bring</c><00:43:15.719><c> our</c><00:43:16.059><c> garments</c><00:43:16.460><c> for</c><00:43:16.860><c> cleansing,</c> 00:43:18.420 --> 00:43:23.300 that<00:43:18.579><c> we</c><00:43:18.820><c> might</c><00:43:19.400><c> be</c><00:43:20.159><c> the</c><00:43:20.420><c> better</c><00:43:20.760><c> fitted</c><00:43:21.099><c> for</c><00:43:22.000><c> a</c><00:43:22.179><c> new</c><00:43:22.360><c> week.</c> 00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:28.719 It's<00:43:26.219><c> fitting</c><00:43:26.360><c> therefore</c><00:43:26.699><c> that</c><00:43:26.880><c> Malachi</c><00:43:27.380><c> uses</c><00:43:28.059><c> these</c><00:43:28.420><c> two</c> 00:43:28.719 --> 00:43:29.739 everyday<00:43:29.159><c> examples</c> 00:43:29.739 --> 00:43:33.719 in<00:43:29.980><c> his</c><00:43:30.900><c> cleansing</c><00:43:31.420><c> process</c><00:43:31.960><c> to</c><00:43:32.199><c> describe</c><00:43:32.679><c> the</c><00:43:33.000><c> purification</c> 00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:35.739 of<00:43:33.900><c> the</c><00:43:34.079><c> sons</c><00:43:34.300><c> of</c><00:43:34.619><c> Levi.</c> 00:43:36.760 --> 00:43:38.699 You've<00:43:36.880><c> already</c><00:43:36.980><c> seen</c><00:43:37.199><c> how</c><00:43:37.400><c> the</c><00:43:37.579><c> priests</c><00:43:37.800><c> in</c><00:43:37.980><c> Malachi's</c><00:43:38.519><c> time</c> 00:43:38.699 --> 00:43:40.039 needed<00:43:39.039><c> this</c><00:43:39.440><c> drastically</c> 00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:43.260 to<00:43:40.659><c> revise</c><00:43:41.099><c> their</c><00:43:41.420><c> thinking</c><00:43:41.659><c> and</c><00:43:41.840><c> their</c><00:43:42.079><c> minds</c><00:43:42.340><c> and</c><00:43:42.500><c> their</c><00:43:42.579><c> way</c><00:43:42.699><c> of</c><00:43:42.920><c> life,</c> 00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:47.320 to<00:43:43.739><c> take</c><00:43:43.920><c> away</c><00:43:44.260><c> the</c><00:43:44.599><c> slovenly</c><00:43:45.119><c> approach</c><00:43:45.699><c> and</c><00:43:46.280><c> the</c><00:43:46.440><c> perfunctory</c><00:43:47.059><c> way</c> 00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:52.139 in<00:43:47.400><c> which</c><00:43:47.539><c> they</c><00:43:47.719><c> did</c><00:43:47.820><c> their</c><00:43:48.059><c> duties</c><00:43:48.480><c> and</c><00:43:49.639><c> to</c><00:43:49.860><c> do</c><00:43:49.960><c> it</c><00:43:50.719><c> with</c><00:43:51.000><c> willingness.</c> 00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:58.719 And<00:43:54.519><c> with</c><00:43:55.039><c> the</c><00:43:55.139><c> nation</c><00:43:55.340><c> of</c><00:43:55.500><c> Israel,</c><00:43:56.699><c> in</c><00:43:56.880><c> a</c><00:43:57.119><c> similar</c><00:43:57.360><c> way,</c><00:43:58.539><c> that</c> 00:43:58.719 --> 00:43:59.920 will<00:43:58.900><c> happen.</c> 00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:03.699 When<00:44:00.699><c> he</c><00:44:00.840><c> comes</c><00:44:01.119><c> again,</c><00:44:02.099><c> he</c><00:44:02.219><c> will</c><00:44:02.440><c> have</c><00:44:02.699><c> to</c><00:44:02.900><c> purify</c><00:44:03.320><c> the</c><00:44:03.519><c> sons</c> 00:44:03.699 --> 00:44:04.219 of<00:44:03.940><c> Levi.</c> 00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:07.420 It's<00:44:04.739><c> the</c><00:44:04.880><c> only</c><00:44:05.139><c> way</c><00:44:05.400><c> they</c><00:44:05.539><c> can</c><00:44:05.800><c> possibly</c><00:44:06.139><c> be</c><00:44:06.480><c> accepted.</c> 00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:12.440 When<00:44:08.719><c> they</c><00:44:08.900><c> look</c><00:44:09.059><c> on</c><00:44:09.280><c> him</c><00:44:09.579><c> whom</c><00:44:09.699><c> they</c><00:44:09.940><c> have</c><00:44:10.199><c> pierced</c><00:44:11.739><c> and</c> 00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:13.960 shall<00:44:12.780><c> mourn,</c> 00:44:14.179 --> 00:44:20.940 then<00:44:14.659><c> they</c><00:44:15.699><c> will</c><00:44:15.940><c> suffer</c><00:44:16.159><c> that</c><00:44:16.500><c> pain</c><00:44:17.039><c> and</c><00:44:18.039><c> they</c><00:44:18.179><c> will</c><00:44:18.380><c> be</c><00:44:18.579><c> refined</c><00:44:19.219><c> and</c><00:44:20.159><c> whitened</c> 00:44:20.940 --> 00:44:23.800 and<00:44:21.679><c> then</c><00:44:21.920><c> be</c><00:44:22.099><c> united</c><00:44:22.559><c> with</c><00:44:22.960><c> spiritual</c><00:44:23.440><c> Israel.</c> 00:44:23.860 --> 00:44:28.239 And<00:44:24.099><c> so</c><00:44:24.340><c> all</c><00:44:24.719><c> Israel</c><00:44:25.119><c> shall</c><00:44:25.280><c> be</c><00:44:25.559><c> saved,</c><00:44:26.219><c> as</c><00:44:26.360><c> Roman</c><00:44:26.760><c> says</c><00:44:27.119><c> so</c><00:44:27.639><c> wonderfully</c><00:44:28.000><c> in</c> 00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:29.460 chapter<00:44:28.559><c> 11.</c> 00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:32.900 So<00:44:30.099><c> they've</c><00:44:30.320><c> got</c><00:44:30.420><c> to</c><00:44:30.579><c> undergo</c><00:44:30.940><c> this</c><00:44:31.199><c> painful</c><00:44:31.599><c> process.</c> 00:44:32.940 --> 00:44:35.800 So<00:44:33.139><c> a</c><00:44:33.380><c> remnant</c><00:44:33.659><c> will</c><00:44:33.840><c> be</c><00:44:34.079><c> saved</c><00:44:34.219><c> and</c><00:44:34.420><c> their</c><00:44:34.679><c> blindness,</c><00:44:35.179><c> their</c><00:44:35.360><c> hardness,</c> 00:44:36.179 --> 00:44:40.000 will<00:44:36.340><c> continue</c><00:44:36.780><c> until</c><00:44:37.300><c> that</c><00:44:37.579><c> time</c><00:44:37.880><c> and</c><00:44:38.199><c> that</c><00:44:38.440><c> work</c><00:44:38.619><c> has</c><00:44:38.739><c> been</c><00:44:39.000><c> done.</c> 00:44:41.019 --> 00:44:43.539 And<00:44:41.139><c> so</c><00:44:41.260><c> Malachi</c><00:44:41.579><c> gives</c><00:44:41.820><c> us</c><00:44:42.079><c> proof</c><00:44:42.300><c> that</c><00:44:42.639><c> natural</c><00:44:43.099><c> Israel</c><00:44:43.400><c> is</c> 00:44:43.539 --> 00:44:45.219 to<00:44:43.659><c> be</c><00:44:43.840><c> purged</c><00:44:44.179><c> by</c><00:44:44.340><c> the</c><00:44:44.519><c> refiner's</c><00:44:44.940><c> fire.</c> 00:44:45.219 --> 00:44:48.719 They<00:44:46.039><c> are</c><00:44:46.300><c> to</c><00:44:46.440><c> be</c><00:44:46.659><c> trampled</c><00:44:46.880><c> underfoot</c><00:44:47.340><c> to</c><00:44:47.480><c> the</c><00:44:47.679><c> fuller,</c> 00:44:48.780 --> 00:44:52.920 to<00:44:48.920><c> produce</c><00:44:49.360><c> that</c><00:44:49.980><c> whiteness</c><00:44:51.099><c> which</c><00:44:51.440><c> the</c><00:44:51.639><c> Messiah</c><00:44:52.119><c> needs</c><00:44:52.719><c> at</c> 00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:54.079 his<00:44:53.179><c> coming.</c> 00:44:54.400 --> 00:44:58.820 And<00:44:54.579><c> only</c><00:44:54.719><c> in</c><00:44:54.880><c> this</c><00:44:55.119><c> purified,</c><00:44:56.119><c> sin</c><00:44:56.340><c>-free</c><00:44:56.679><c> state</c><00:44:57.320><c> will</c><00:44:58.579><c> the</c> 00:44:58.820 --> 00:45:00.280 Levites,<00:44:59.519><c> that's</c><00:44:59.739><c> the</c><00:44:59.940><c> Jews,</c> 00:45:00.340 --> 00:45:03.400 all<00:45:00.659><c> of</c><00:45:00.780><c> them</c><00:45:00.920><c> together,</c><00:45:01.880><c> be</c><00:45:02.000><c> totally</c><00:45:02.420><c> acceptable</c><00:45:03.039><c> to</c><00:45:03.239><c> bring</c> 00:45:03.400 --> 00:45:05.039 offerings<00:45:03.780><c> to</c><00:45:04.000><c> the</c><00:45:04.139><c> Lord.</c> 00:45:05.099 --> 00:45:07.300 Now<00:45:05.300><c> verse</c><00:45:05.500><c> 4</c><00:45:05.780><c> of</c><00:45:05.940><c> Malachi</c><00:45:06.260><c> 3.</c> 00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:10.940 Then<00:45:07.559><c> shall</c><00:45:07.820><c> the</c><00:45:08.039><c> offering</c><00:45:08.300><c> of</c><00:45:08.539><c> Judah</c><00:45:08.800><c> and</c><00:45:09.000><c> Jerusalem</c><00:45:09.420><c> be</c><00:45:09.780><c> pleasant</c><00:45:10.059><c> unto</c><00:45:10.260><c> the</c><00:45:10.500><c> Lord,</c> 00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:16.219 as<00:45:11.480><c> in</c><00:45:11.639><c> the</c><00:45:11.800><c> days</c><00:45:11.920><c> of</c><00:45:12.179><c> old</c><00:45:12.559><c> and</c><00:45:13.360><c> as</c><00:45:13.539><c> in</c><00:45:13.760><c> the</c><00:45:14.000><c> ancient</c><00:45:14.559><c> years.</c> 00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:22.019 Things<00:45:17.619><c> went</c><00:45:17.960><c> wrong</c><00:45:18.500><c> at</c><00:45:18.800><c> the</c><00:45:19.119><c> centre</c><00:45:19.519><c> of</c><00:45:19.699><c> Israel,</c><00:45:21.500><c> in</c><00:45:21.659><c> Judah</c> 00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:22.920 and<00:45:22.320><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:45:23.360 --> 00:45:24.699 That's<00:45:23.619><c> where</c><00:45:23.739><c> they</c><00:45:23.940><c> went</c><00:45:24.199><c> wrong.</c> 00:45:25.079 --> 00:45:28.420 And<00:45:25.199><c> with</c><00:45:25.360><c> the</c><00:45:25.619><c> tribe</c><00:45:26.000><c> closest</c><00:45:26.659><c> to</c><00:45:26.980><c> the</c><00:45:27.199><c> centre</c><00:45:27.460><c> it</c><00:45:27.639><c> was</c><00:45:27.960><c> Levi.</c> 00:45:28.760 --> 00:45:31.519 And<00:45:28.960><c> so</c><00:45:29.079><c> it's</c><00:45:29.440><c> fitting</c><00:45:29.739><c> that</c><00:45:30.320><c> we</c><00:45:30.500><c> have</c><00:45:30.699><c> to</c><00:45:31.019><c> correct</c><00:45:31.219><c> things</c> 00:45:31.519 --> 00:45:33.739 from<00:45:31.739><c> the</c><00:45:32.019><c> centre</c><00:45:32.539><c> outwards.</c> 00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:36.679 That's<00:45:34.179><c> what</c><00:45:34.340><c> our</c><00:45:35.079><c> Lord</c><00:45:35.320><c> God</c><00:45:35.619><c> wants.</c> 00:45:37.179 --> 00:45:39.139 He<00:45:37.320><c> wants</c><00:45:37.539><c> us</c><00:45:37.739><c> to</c><00:45:37.840><c> get</c><00:45:37.980><c> our</c><00:45:38.239><c> hearts</c><00:45:38.539><c> right.</c> 00:45:39.139 --> 00:45:43.579 And<00:45:40.000><c> then</c><00:45:40.179><c> all</c><00:45:40.579><c> the</c><00:45:40.739><c> little</c><00:45:40.900><c> things</c><00:45:41.179><c> of</c><00:45:41.460><c> life,</c><00:45:41.980><c> the</c><00:45:42.159><c> small</c><00:45:42.400><c> decisions,</c> 00:45:44.300 --> 00:45:47.280 they<00:45:44.599><c> will</c><00:45:44.800><c> work</c><00:45:45.079><c> out</c><00:45:45.599><c> and</c><00:45:46.400><c> be</c><00:45:46.599><c> fitting</c><00:45:46.840><c> to</c><00:45:47.099><c> him.</c> 00:45:47.519 --> 00:45:49.699 And<00:45:47.639><c> the</c><00:45:47.760><c> days</c><00:45:47.920><c> of</c><00:45:48.139><c> old</c><00:45:48.300><c> here,</c><00:45:48.739><c> these</c><00:45:48.940><c> were</c><00:45:49.099><c> the</c><00:45:49.239><c> days</c><00:45:49.380><c> of</c><00:45:49.579><c> old</c> 00:45:49.699 --> 00:45:50.900 of<00:45:49.900><c> Moses,</c> 00:45:51.440 --> 00:45:54.800 when<00:45:51.920><c> the</c><00:45:52.099><c> nation</c><00:45:52.320><c> was</c><00:45:52.559><c> enthusiastic,</c><00:45:53.900><c> when</c><00:45:54.159><c> they</c><00:45:54.380><c> walked</c><00:45:54.619><c> in</c> 00:45:54.800 --> 00:45:56.000 God's<00:45:55.179><c> ways.</c> 00:45:56.719 --> 00:45:58.760 We<00:45:57.059><c> have</c><00:45:57.260><c> a</c><00:45:57.440><c> phrase,</c><00:45:57.679><c> don't</c><00:45:57.800><c> we?</c> 00:45:59.599 --> 00:46:04.380 It<00:45:59.800><c> wasn't</c><00:45:59.900><c> like</c><00:46:00.159><c> this</c><00:46:00.900><c> in</c><00:46:01.460><c> the</c><00:46:01.579><c> old</c><00:46:01.760><c> days,</c><00:46:02.539><c> the</c><00:46:02.800><c> good</c><00:46:03.000><c> old</c><00:46:03.280><c> days,</c> 00:46:04.400 --> 00:46:07.500 as<00:46:04.840><c> we</c><00:46:05.139><c> think</c><00:46:05.480><c> about</c><00:46:05.800><c> things</c><00:46:06.119><c> now,</c><00:46:06.739><c> when</c><00:46:06.820><c> the</c><00:46:07.059><c> standards</c><00:46:07.260><c> have</c> 00:46:07.500 --> 00:46:08.840 gone<00:46:07.699><c> downhill,</c> 00:46:10.440 --> 00:46:12.719 respect<00:46:10.699><c> for</c><00:46:11.019><c> morals</c><00:46:11.360><c> and</c><00:46:11.659><c> honesty,</c> 00:46:14.139 --> 00:46:17.219 we<00:46:14.199><c> have</c><00:46:14.360><c> an</c><00:46:14.519><c> era</c><00:46:14.679><c> here</c><00:46:14.920><c> when</c><00:46:15.079><c> people</c><00:46:15.360><c> say,</c><00:46:15.760><c> I</c><00:46:15.780><c> want</c><00:46:15.960><c> it</c><00:46:16.119><c> now,</c> 00:46:17.460 --> 00:46:18.800 give<00:46:17.639><c> it</c><00:46:17.800><c> me.</c> 00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:21.760 That's<00:46:20.199><c> what's</c><00:46:20.480><c> taken</c><00:46:20.659><c> over.</c> 00:46:22.780 --> 00:46:25.659 We<00:46:23.000><c> had</c><00:46:23.139><c> a</c><00:46:23.219><c> little</c><00:46:23.400><c> problem</c><00:46:23.780><c> when</c><00:46:24.760><c> we</c><00:46:24.980><c> were</c><00:46:25.119><c> here</c><00:46:25.260><c> just</c><00:46:25.440><c> before</c> 00:46:25.659 --> 00:46:27.420 we<00:46:25.800><c> came</c><00:46:25.920><c> to</c><00:46:26.059><c> Bible</c><00:46:26.340><c> school.</c> 00:46:27.860 --> 00:46:30.320 When<00:46:28.019><c> they</c><00:46:28.159><c> made</c><00:46:28.300><c> up</c><00:46:28.480><c> the</c><00:46:28.639><c> bill</c><00:46:28.739><c> at</c><00:46:28.900><c> the</c><00:46:29.019><c> hotel,</c> 00:46:31.619 --> 00:46:34.639 I<00:46:31.980><c> looked</c><00:46:32.179><c> at</c><00:46:32.360><c> it</c><00:46:32.559><c> and</c><00:46:32.739><c> paid</c><00:46:32.940><c> it,</c><00:46:33.420><c> went</c><00:46:33.519><c> back</c><00:46:33.739><c> to</c><00:46:33.820><c> the</c><00:46:33.980><c> room,</c> 00:46:34.699 --> 00:46:36.840 and<00:46:34.780><c> we'd</c><00:46:35.039><c> been</c><00:46:35.179><c> there</c><00:46:35.340><c> four</c><00:46:35.599><c> days</c><00:46:35.940><c> and</c><00:46:36.079><c> we'd</c><00:46:36.179><c> only</c><00:46:36.320><c> had</c><00:46:36.480><c> breakfast.</c> 00:46:36.940 --> 00:46:40.380 And<00:46:37.039><c> they</c><00:46:37.119><c> only</c><00:46:37.260><c> charged</c><00:46:37.519><c> for</c><00:46:37.679><c> three</c><00:46:37.940><c> breakfasts,</c><00:46:39.980><c> and</c><00:46:40.199><c> we'd</c> 00:46:40.380 --> 00:46:41.500 had<00:46:40.480><c> four.</c> 00:46:41.579 --> 00:46:42.920 And<00:46:41.900><c> I</c><00:46:42.019><c> didn't</c><00:46:42.219><c> feel</c><00:46:42.500><c> comfortable.</c> 00:46:42.940 --> 00:46:46.559 I<00:46:43.119><c> had</c><00:46:43.360><c> to</c><00:46:43.500><c> go</c><00:46:43.900><c> back</c><00:46:44.199><c> and</c><00:46:44.559><c> say,</c><00:46:45.599><c> do</c><00:46:45.699><c> you</c><00:46:45.840><c> want</c><00:46:45.920><c> the</c><00:46:46.099><c> good</c><00:46:46.280><c> news</c> 00:46:46.559 --> 00:46:47.920 or<00:46:46.679><c> the</c><00:46:46.880><c> bad</c><00:46:47.039><c> news?</c> 00:46:48.460 --> 00:46:50.139 They<00:46:48.659><c> said,</c><00:46:48.900><c> well,</c><00:46:49.400><c> they</c><00:46:49.539><c> said</c><00:46:49.619><c> the</c><00:46:49.760><c> good</c><00:46:49.920><c> news.</c> 00:46:50.199 --> 00:46:51.619 I<00:46:50.320><c> said,</c><00:46:50.400><c> well,</c><00:46:50.519><c> the</c><00:46:50.599><c> good</c><00:46:50.780><c> news</c><00:46:50.920><c> is</c><00:46:51.059><c> I'm</c><00:46:51.260><c> here.</c> 00:46:52.059 --> 00:46:55.199 If<00:46:52.219><c> you</c><00:46:52.340><c> like</c><00:46:52.420><c> to</c><00:46:52.559><c> look</c><00:46:52.639><c> at</c><00:46:52.780><c> my</c><00:46:52.960><c> bill,</c><00:46:53.800><c> I've</c><00:46:54.079><c> been</c><00:46:54.199><c> here</c><00:46:54.400><c> four</c><00:46:54.679><c> days,</c> 00:46:55.500 --> 00:46:59.039 and<00:46:55.800><c> you</c><00:46:55.860><c> only</c><00:46:56.059><c> charge</c><00:46:56.360><c> me</c><00:46:57.119><c> for</c><00:46:57.500><c> three</c><00:46:57.699><c> breakfasts.</c> 00:46:59.039 --> 00:47:01.820 I'd<00:46:59.699><c> like</c><00:46:59.800><c> to</c><00:46:59.940><c> pay</c><00:47:00.099><c> for</c><00:47:00.239><c> the</c><00:47:00.380><c> one</c><00:47:00.500><c> that</c><00:47:00.619><c> I've</c><00:47:00.760><c> just</c><00:47:01.039><c> had.</c> 00:47:02.119 --> 00:47:03.300 And<00:47:02.260><c> she</c><00:47:02.280><c> said,</c><00:47:02.400><c> oh,</c><00:47:02.639><c> thank</c><00:47:02.860><c> you.</c> 00:47:03.460 --> 00:47:07.380 And<00:47:03.599><c> she</c><00:47:03.719><c> took</c><00:47:03.820><c> out</c><00:47:04.139><c> the</c><00:47:04.639><c> slip</c><00:47:04.800><c> that</c><00:47:05.059><c> came</c><00:47:05.219><c> from</c><00:47:05.440><c> the</c><00:47:05.639><c> cafeteria</c><00:47:06.000><c> and</c><00:47:07.019><c> said,</c> 00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:09.659 it's<00:47:08.159><c> got</c><00:47:08.340><c> 207</c><00:47:08.960><c> on.</c> 00:47:09.780 --> 00:47:11.159 I<00:47:10.179><c> said,</c><00:47:10.500><c> there's</c><00:47:10.699><c> the</c><00:47:10.780><c> mistake.</c> 00:47:11.400 --> 00:47:14.519 I'm<00:47:11.719><c> in</c><00:47:11.820><c> room</c><00:47:12.039><c> 107,</c><00:47:12.639><c> which</c><00:47:12.780><c> I</c><00:47:13.019><c> told</c><00:47:13.159><c> the</c><00:47:13.340><c> lady</c><00:47:13.500><c> at</c><00:47:13.639><c> the</c><00:47:13.800><c> checkout.</c> 00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:16.639 Oh,<00:47:15.119><c> thank</c><00:47:15.320><c> you</c><00:47:15.420><c> for</c><00:47:15.519><c> coming</c><00:47:15.739><c> back.</c> 00:47:17.039 --> 00:47:19.699 And<00:47:17.179><c> they</c><00:47:17.280><c> couldn't</c><00:47:17.440><c> have</c><00:47:17.599><c> come</c><00:47:17.719><c> to</c><00:47:17.920><c> Bible</c><00:47:18.199><c> school</c><00:47:18.599><c> being</c><00:47:19.099><c> $20</c> 00:47:19.699 --> 00:47:20.920 better<00:47:20.019><c> off.</c> 00:47:21.380 --> 00:47:23.800 I<00:47:21.780><c> had</c><00:47:22.019><c> to</c><00:47:22.139><c> go</c><00:47:22.360><c> and</c><00:47:22.519><c> do</c><00:47:22.679><c> it.</c> 00:47:24.699 --> 00:47:27.159 But<00:47:25.079><c> in</c><00:47:25.239><c> our</c><00:47:25.380><c> memories</c><00:47:25.699><c> when</c><00:47:25.840><c> we</c><00:47:25.960><c> think</c><00:47:26.059><c> about</c><00:47:26.239><c> the</c><00:47:26.400><c> good</c><00:47:26.579><c> old</c><00:47:26.800><c> days,</c> 00:47:27.159 --> 00:47:29.880 the<00:47:27.619><c> strawberries</c><00:47:28.059><c> were</c><00:47:28.340><c> always</c><00:47:28.659><c> bigger,</c><00:47:29.019><c> weren't</c><00:47:29.239><c> they?</c> 00:47:30.340 --> 00:47:31.199 Yeah. 00:47:31.639 --> 00:47:35.000 The<00:47:31.840><c> summers</c><00:47:32.119><c> were</c><00:47:32.440><c> warmer</c><00:47:32.760><c> and</c><00:47:33.119><c> longer</c><00:47:33.420><c> and</c><00:47:33.980><c> everything</c><00:47:34.659><c> was</c><00:47:34.900><c> better.</c> 00:47:35.039 --> 00:47:39.059 But<00:47:35.179><c> we're</c><00:47:35.300><c> in</c><00:47:35.400><c> April</c><00:47:35.639><c> 1990,</c><00:47:37.000><c> and</c><00:47:37.239><c> it's</c><00:47:37.460><c> nearly</c><00:47:37.820><c> 1050.</c> 00:47:40.260 --> 00:47:43.380 So<00:47:40.559><c> we've</c><00:47:40.880><c> got</c><00:47:41.000><c> to</c><00:47:41.260><c> think</c><00:47:41.619><c> that</c><00:47:41.840><c> it's</c><00:47:42.079><c> the</c><00:47:42.340><c> eternal</c><00:47:42.920><c> standards</c> 00:47:43.380 --> 00:47:45.219 of<00:47:43.659><c> our</c><00:47:43.860><c> Lord</c><00:47:44.099><c> God</c> 00:47:45.739 --> 00:47:47.960 that<00:47:46.340><c> we're</c><00:47:46.519><c> working</c><00:47:46.880><c> towards.</c> 00:47:48.460 --> 00:47:50.900 The<00:47:48.699><c> Lord</c><00:47:49.079><c> does</c><00:47:49.320><c> not</c><00:47:49.579><c> change,</c><00:47:50.199><c> verse</c><00:47:50.519><c> six.</c> 00:47:51.039 --> 00:47:51.800 I<00:47:51.320><c> am</c><00:47:51.460><c> the</c><00:47:51.639><c> Lord.</c> 00:47:51.880 --> 00:47:52.739 I<00:47:52.079><c> change</c><00:47:52.380><c> not.</c> 00:47:52.739 --> 00:47:57.860 Therefore,<00:47:54.619><c> O</c><00:47:54.679><c> ye</c><00:47:54.820><c> sons</c><00:47:55.099><c> of</c><00:47:55.280><c> Jacob,</c><00:47:56.460><c> ye</c><00:47:56.659><c> are</c><00:47:56.860><c> not</c><00:47:57.139><c> consumed.</c> 00:47:58.119 --> 00:47:59.619 Isn't<00:47:58.300><c> that</c><00:47:58.440><c> wonderful?</c> 00:47:59.900 --> 00:48:03.659 Because<00:48:00.219><c> God</c><00:48:00.440><c> doesn't</c><00:48:00.760><c> change</c><00:48:01.480><c> those</c><00:48:02.539><c> children</c><00:48:03.119><c> of</c><00:48:03.400><c> his.</c> 00:48:04.039 --> 00:48:07.039 They're<00:48:04.219><c> not</c><00:48:04.420><c> fully</c><00:48:04.699><c> shriveled</c><00:48:05.119><c> up</c><00:48:05.300><c> by</c><00:48:05.519><c> the</c><00:48:05.679><c> refiners'</c><00:48:06.219><c> fire.</c> 00:48:07.119 --> 00:48:08.639 They<00:48:07.320><c> are</c><00:48:07.539><c> preserved.</c> 00:48:09.199 --> 00:48:13.579 And<00:48:09.480><c> we</c><00:48:09.619><c> can</c><00:48:09.960><c> rely</c><00:48:10.420><c> on</c><00:48:10.659><c> the</c><00:48:10.960><c> unchangeability</c><00:48:12.059><c> of</c><00:48:12.239><c> his</c><00:48:12.579><c> name,</c> 00:48:14.800 --> 00:48:19.500 that<00:48:14.940><c> eternal</c><00:48:15.340><c> God</c><00:48:15.960><c> who</c><00:48:17.219><c> is</c><00:48:18.239><c> eternal,</c> 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try</c><00:48:33.619><c> and</c><00:48:33.960><c> live</c><00:48:34.099><c> these</c><00:48:34.400><c> things</c><00:48:34.760><c> right.</c> 00:48:35.679 --> 00:48:38.480 Those<00:48:35.900><c> of</c><00:48:36.000><c> us</c><00:48:36.119><c> who</c><00:48:36.219><c> are</c><00:48:36.360><c> employers</c><00:48:36.840><c> must</c><00:48:37.219><c> give</c><00:48:37.539><c> our</c><00:48:37.960><c> employees</c> 00:48:38.480 --> 00:48:40.219 their<00:48:39.199><c> rightful</c><00:48:39.719><c> duties.</c> 00:48:40.500 --> 00:48:43.340 We<00:48:40.659><c> mustn't</c><00:48:40.920><c> oppress</c><00:48:41.260><c> those</c><00:48:41.539><c> who</c><00:48:41.699><c> are</c><00:48:41.900><c> poor</c><00:48:42.079><c> around</c><00:48:42.440><c> us</c> 00:48:43.340 --> 00:48:45.920 because<00:48:44.079><c> we</c><00:48:44.280><c> were</c><00:48:44.440><c> strangers</c><00:48:44.739><c> in</c><00:48:44.980><c> Egypt.</c> 00:48:46.380 --> 00:48:49.739 And<00:48:46.960><c> we</c><00:48:47.059><c> must</c><00:48:47.260><c> have</c><00:48:47.539><c> reverence</c><00:48:47.940><c> for</c><00:48:48.179><c> our</c><00:48:48.360><c> Lord</c><00:48:48.639><c> God</c> 00:48:49.900 --> 00:48:51.300 because<00:48:50.480><c> that's</c><00:48:50.699><c> what</c><00:48:50.860><c> we</c><00:48:51.079><c> need.</c> 00:48:51.480 --> 00:48:53.900 We<00:48:51.500><c> have</c><00:48:51.840><c> confidence</c><00:48:52.380><c> in</c><00:48:52.679><c> this</c><00:48:52.900><c> God</c> 00:48:54.860 --> 00:48:59.780 that<00:48:55.440><c> nothing</c><00:48:55.679><c> else</c><00:48:55.940><c> in</c><00:48:56.099><c> this</c><00:48:56.360><c> world</c><00:48:56.940><c> will</c><00:48:58.099><c> remain</c><00:48:58.400><c> unchangeable.</c> 00:49:00.019 --> 00:49:01.019 It's<00:49:00.159><c> only</c><00:49:00.539><c> God.</c> 00:49:01.519 --> 00:49:05.900 And<00:49:01.679><c> if</c><00:49:01.760><c> we're</c><00:49:01.980><c> not</c><00:49:02.039><c> God</c><00:49:02.320><c>-based,</c><00:49:03.920><c> then</c><00:49:04.059><c> we</c><00:49:04.260><c> won't</c><00:49:04.719><c> stand</c><00:49:05.460><c> when</c> 00:49:05.900 --> 00:49:07.300 he<00:49:06.139><c> appears.</c> 00:49:07.400 --> 00:49:11.260 For<00:49:07.559><c> us,</c><00:49:08.019><c> we</c><00:49:08.239><c> see</c><00:49:08.420><c> his</c><00:49:08.719><c> son</c><00:49:09.360><c> who</c><00:49:09.679><c> is</c><00:49:09.820><c> the</c><00:49:10.139><c> imprint</c><00:49:10.440><c> of</c><00:49:10.599><c> his</c><00:49:10.800><c> father,</c> 00:49:11.599 --> 00:49:14.719 Jesus<00:49:11.900><c> Christ,</c><00:49:12.300><c> the</c><00:49:12.440><c> same</c><00:49:12.619><c> yesterday,</c><00:49:13.139><c> today,</c><00:49:13.559><c> and</c><00:49:13.840><c> forever.</c> 00:49:14.780 --> 00:49:17.199 This<00:49:15.300><c> is</c><00:49:15.579><c> the</c><00:49:15.739><c> one</c><00:49:15.880><c> in</c><00:49:16.059><c> whom</c><00:49:16.199><c> we</c><00:49:16.360><c> have</c><00:49:16.619><c> confidence</c> 00:49:17.199 --> 00:49:20.199 and<00:49:17.500><c> we</c><00:49:17.579><c> can</c><00:49:17.800><c> have</c><00:49:18.199><c> total</c><00:49:18.639><c> reliance</c><00:49:19.260><c> on</c><00:49:19.519><c> him</c> 00:49:20.199 --> 00:49:24.659 and<00:49:20.619><c> that</c><00:49:20.960><c> God</c><00:49:21.280><c> has</c><00:49:21.539><c> placed</c><00:49:21.800><c> in</c><00:49:21.880><c> his</c><00:49:22.239><c> son</c><00:49:22.760><c> those</c><00:49:23.480><c> righteous</c><00:49:24.019><c> judgments.</c> 00:49:25.139 --> 00:49:27.500 And<00:49:25.159><c> we</c><00:49:25.440><c> need</c><00:49:25.659><c> have</c><00:49:25.980><c> no</c><00:49:26.440><c> fears.</c> 00:49:28.239 --> 00:49:29.400 Seek<00:49:28.480><c> ye</c><00:49:28.599><c> the</c><00:49:28.739><c> kingdom</c><00:49:28.980><c> of</c><00:49:29.199><c> God,</c> 00:49:29.599 --> 00:49:31.599 and<00:49:29.679><c> all</c><00:49:30.039><c> these</c><00:49:30.320><c> things</c><00:49:30.519><c> shall</c><00:49:30.699><c> be</c><00:49:30.820><c> added</c><00:49:31.000><c> unto</c><00:49:31.219><c> you.</c> 00:49:31.619 --> 00:49:33.360 Fear<00:49:31.840><c> not,</c><00:49:32.079><c> little</c><00:49:32.380><c> flock,</c> 00:49:33.519 --> 00:49:35.860 for<00:49:33.599><c> it's</c><00:49:33.699><c> your</c><00:49:33.920><c> father's</c><00:49:34.500><c> good</c><00:49:34.800><c> pleasure</c><00:49:35.119><c> to</c><00:49:35.380><c> give</c><00:49:35.599><c> to</c><00:49:35.760><c> you</c> 00:49:35.860 --> 00:49:37.079 the<00:49:36.059><c> kingdom.</c> 00:49:39.139 --> 00:49:41.139 And<00:49:39.280><c> Lamentation</c><00:49:39.780><c> says,</c> 00:49:41.260 --> 00:49:45.360 it<00:49:41.719><c> is</c><00:49:41.940><c> at</c><00:49:42.099><c> the</c><00:49:42.280><c> Lord's</c><00:49:42.860><c> mercies</c><00:49:43.340><c> that</c><00:49:43.480><c> we</c><00:49:43.639><c> are</c><00:49:44.019><c> not</c><00:49:44.219><c> consumed</c> 00:49:45.760 --> 00:49:48.360 because<00:49:46.219><c> his</c><00:49:46.440><c> compassions</c><00:49:47.079><c> fail</c><00:49:47.440><c> not.</c> 00:49:49.619 --> 00:49:51.360 So,<00:49:49.780><c> my</c><00:49:49.860><c> dear</c><00:49:49.980><c> brothers</c><00:49:50.159><c> and</c><00:49:50.400><c> sisters,</c><00:49:50.659><c> there</c><00:49:50.840><c> we</c><00:49:50.980><c> must</c><00:49:51.119><c> leave</c> 00:49:51.360 --> 00:49:52.840 Marakai<00:49:51.760><c> for</c><00:49:51.940><c> today.</c> 00:49:53.940 --> 00:49:54.860 Thank<00:49:54.400><c> you.</c> 00:50:09.280 --> 00:50:12.539 We<00:50:09.840><c> thank</c><00:50:10.139><c> our</c><00:50:10.380><c> brother</c><00:50:10.619><c> Andrew</c><00:50:11.000><c> for</c><00:50:11.280><c> his</c><00:50:11.780><c> words</c><00:50:12.079><c> this</c><00:50:12.260><c> morning,</c> 00:50:12.639 --> 00:50:15.900 reminding<00:50:12.940><c> us</c><00:50:13.840><c> of</c><00:50:14.159><c> the</c><00:50:14.320><c> beauty</c><00:50:14.639><c> of</c><00:50:14.960><c> the</c><00:50:15.079><c> image</c><00:50:15.239><c> of</c><00:50:15.440><c> Christ</c><00:50:15.699><c> we</c> 00:50:15.900 --> 00:50:18.059 must<00:50:16.119><c> have</c><00:50:16.760><c> within</c><00:50:17.039><c> us.</c> 00:50:18.239 --> 00:50:21.500 We<00:50:18.539><c> have</c><00:50:19.000><c> nine</c><00:50:19.239><c> minutes</c><00:50:19.519><c> before</c><00:50:19.840><c> the</c><00:50:19.960><c> start</c><00:50:20.079><c> of</c><00:50:20.239><c> our</c><00:50:20.380><c> third</c><00:50:20.539><c> period.</c> 00:50:40.539 --> 00:50:41.500 Thank<00:50:40.860><c> you.</c>