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that<00:11:58.919><c> when</c><00:11:59.100><c> Jesus</c><00:11:59.440><c> was</c><00:11:59.720><c> asked</c><00:11:59.919><c> about</c><00:12:00.200><c> the</c><00:12:00.340><c> great</c><00:12:00.679><c> commandments</c><00:12:01.220><c> of</c><00:12:01.480><c> the</c><00:12:01.659><c> law,</c>

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he<00:12:02.340><c> lifts</c><00:12:02.779><c> part</c><00:12:03.159><c> of</c><00:12:03.399><c> that</c><00:12:03.759><c> verse</c><00:12:04.440><c> out</c><00:12:05.240><c> of</c><00:12:05.360><c> the</c><00:12:05.559><c> context</c><00:12:05.860><c> of</c><00:12:06.080><c> all</c>

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these<00:12:06.580><c> social</c><00:12:07.039><c> obligations</c>

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which<00:12:09.519><c> emphasize</c><00:12:10.120><c> the</c><00:12:10.360><c> need</c><00:12:10.500><c> to</c><00:12:10.700><c> be</c><00:12:10.899><c> kind</c><00:12:11.259><c> and</c><00:12:11.500><c> benevolent,</c>

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to<00:12:12.620><c> be</c><00:12:12.879><c> generous</c><00:12:13.299><c>-minded,</c><00:12:14.340><c> to</c><00:12:14.360><c> be</c><00:12:14.639><c> merciful</c><00:12:15.080><c> and</c><00:12:15.440><c> loving.</c>

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For<00:12:16.840><c> this</c><00:12:17.240><c> was</c><00:12:18.639><c> the</c><00:12:18.899><c> filling</c><00:12:19.299><c> full</c><00:12:20.019><c> of</c><00:12:20.259><c> the</c><00:12:20.500><c> law</c><00:12:20.659><c> of</c><00:12:21.000><c> Moses.</c>

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This<00:12:22.179><c> was</c><00:12:22.419><c> the</c><00:12:22.659><c> love</c><00:12:22.879><c> of</c><00:12:23.159><c> neighbor</c><00:12:23.419><c> at</c><00:12:23.799><c> work</c><00:12:24.159><c> in</c><00:12:24.620><c> the</c><00:12:25.000><c> arena</c><00:12:25.340><c> of</c>

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daily<00:12:25.919><c> life.</c>

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So,<00:12:29.419><c> coming</c><00:12:29.720><c> back</c><00:12:30.100><c> to</c><00:12:30.259><c> the</c><00:12:30.379><c> fifth</c><00:12:30.620><c> chapter</c><00:12:31.039><c> of</c><00:12:31.220><c> Matthew,</c>

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Jesus<00:12:34.240><c> takes</c><00:12:34.720><c> hold</c><00:12:35.159><c> of</c><00:12:35.399><c> this</c><00:12:35.679><c> Old</c><00:12:36.100><c> Testament</c><00:12:36.700><c> theology</c>

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and<00:12:38.559><c> he</c><00:12:38.820><c> gives</c><00:12:39.080><c> it</c><00:12:39.399><c> the</c><00:12:39.639><c> fullness</c><00:12:40.320><c> which</c><00:12:41.200><c> had</c><00:12:41.379><c> been</c><00:12:41.639><c> there</c><00:12:41.940><c> all</c>

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the<00:12:42.559><c> time,</c>

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but<00:12:43.879><c> which</c><00:12:44.019><c> they</c><00:12:44.259><c> hadn't</c><00:12:44.539><c> seen,</c><00:12:45.639><c> which</c><00:12:45.899><c> needed</c><00:12:46.220><c> to</c><00:12:46.480><c> be</c><00:12:46.759><c> extracted.</c>

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It<00:12:48.139><c> needed</c><00:12:48.379><c> to</c><00:12:48.600><c> be</c><00:12:48.860><c> brought</c><00:12:49.120><c> out</c><00:12:49.460><c> and</c><00:12:49.799><c> underlined.</c>

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Indeed,<00:12:53.159><c> as</c><00:12:53.440><c> we</c><00:12:53.879><c> read</c><00:12:54.139><c> through</c><00:12:54.340><c> the</c><00:12:54.500><c> Old</c><00:12:54.740><c> Testament,</c><00:12:55.299><c> brethren</c><00:12:55.460><c> and</c><00:12:55.659><c> sisters,</c>

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many<00:12:56.139><c> of</c><00:12:56.279><c> the</c><00:12:56.480><c> prophets</c><00:12:56.679><c> had</c><00:12:56.919><c> done</c><00:12:57.000><c> the</c><00:12:57.240><c> same</c><00:12:57.500><c> thing</c><00:12:57.720><c> in</c><00:12:57.980><c> measure</c><00:12:58.220><c> in</c>

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time<00:12:58.820><c> past,</c>

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and<00:13:00.220><c> they</c><00:13:00.399><c> had</c><00:13:00.559><c> castigated</c><00:13:01.120><c> their</c><00:13:01.460><c> contemporaries</c>

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because<00:13:02.580><c> they</c><00:13:02.759><c> were</c><00:13:02.980><c> not</c><00:13:03.259><c> fulfilling</c><00:13:03.700><c> these</c><00:13:04.100><c> ancient</c><00:13:04.519><c> laws</c>

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which<00:13:05.159><c> God</c><00:13:05.440><c> had</c><00:13:05.700><c> given</c><00:13:05.919><c> them,</c>

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and<00:13:06.700><c> were</c><00:13:06.919><c> consequently</c><00:13:07.480><c> failing</c><00:13:07.919><c> miserably</c><00:13:08.700><c> in</c><00:13:09.059><c> their</c><00:13:09.320><c> duty</c>

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to<00:13:09.899><c> their</c><00:13:10.100><c> neighbor.</c>

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I'm<00:13:11.519><c> thinking</c><00:13:11.740><c> of</c><00:13:11.899><c> men</c><00:13:12.120><c> like</c><00:13:12.500><c> Amos</c><00:13:13.139><c> and</c><00:13:13.759><c> Hosea,</c>

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who<00:13:14.879><c> are</c><00:13:15.120><c> particularly</c><00:13:15.679><c> interesting</c><00:13:16.299><c> in</c><00:13:16.460><c> this</c><00:13:16.740><c> particular</c><00:13:17.179><c> connection,</c>

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but<00:13:18.720><c> that</c><00:13:18.940><c> is</c><00:13:19.159><c> another</c><00:13:19.379><c> story</c><00:13:19.879><c> and</c><00:13:20.159><c> another</c><00:13:20.419><c> day's</c><00:13:20.879><c> work.</c>

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So,<00:13:23.960><c> Jesus</c><00:13:24.539><c> was</c><00:13:25.019><c> not</c><00:13:25.500><c> giving</c><00:13:26.220><c> his</c><00:13:26.759><c> disciples</c><00:13:27.460><c> another</c><00:13:28.259><c> legal</c>

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code<00:13:29.440><c> to</c><00:13:29.779><c> replace</c><00:13:30.279><c> the</c><00:13:30.559><c> old</c><00:13:30.879><c> one.</c>

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Sometimes<00:13:32.720><c> we</c><00:13:32.879><c> almost</c><00:13:33.360><c> speak</c><00:13:33.679><c> as</c><00:13:33.879><c> though</c><00:13:34.019><c> Jesus</c><00:13:34.399><c> came</c><00:13:34.700><c> to</c><00:13:34.860><c> give</c><00:13:34.960><c> us</c>

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the<00:13:35.340><c> equivalent</c><00:13:35.639><c> of</c><00:13:35.879><c> another</c><00:13:36.039><c> Ten</c><00:13:36.399><c> Commandments.</c>

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Jews<00:13:38.559><c> had</c><00:13:38.779><c> the</c><00:13:38.960><c> law</c><00:13:39.059><c> of</c><00:13:39.299><c> Moses,</c><00:13:40.500><c> we've</c><00:13:41.000><c> got</c><00:13:41.259><c> the</c><00:13:41.419><c> law</c><00:13:41.580><c> of</c><00:13:41.820><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:13:43.100><c> we</c><00:13:43.299><c> tick</c><00:13:43.480><c> off</c><00:13:43.639><c> all</c><00:13:43.879><c> the</c><00:13:44.139><c> commandments</c><00:13:44.679><c> one</c><00:13:45.059><c> by</c><00:13:45.419><c> one</c><00:13:45.740><c> like</c>

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the<00:13:46.240><c> Jews</c><00:13:46.399><c> did</c><00:13:46.600><c> under</c><00:13:46.820><c> the</c><00:13:46.899><c> law</c><00:13:47.039><c> of</c><00:13:47.299><c> Moses,</c>

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and<00:13:47.700><c> we</c><00:13:47.840><c> say,</c><00:13:48.059><c> all</c><00:13:48.320><c> these</c><00:13:48.620><c> things</c><00:13:49.059><c> have</c><00:13:49.399><c> I</c><00:13:49.600><c> kept</c><00:13:49.799><c> from</c><00:13:50.080><c> my</c><00:13:50.340><c> youth</c><00:13:50.539><c> up.</c>

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That<00:13:52.379><c> wasn't</c><00:13:52.820><c> the</c><00:13:53.100><c> purpose</c><00:13:53.539><c> of</c><00:13:53.820><c> the</c><00:13:54.019><c> Sermon</c><00:13:54.279><c> on</c><00:13:54.519><c> the</c><00:13:54.720><c> Mount.</c>

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Jesus<00:13:56.100><c> didn't</c><00:13:56.440><c> intend</c><00:13:56.799><c> us</c><00:13:57.059><c> to</c><00:13:57.259><c> take</c><00:13:57.419><c> this</c><00:13:57.639><c> as</c><00:13:57.879><c> a</c><00:13:57.980><c> code</c><00:13:58.179><c> of</c><00:13:58.500><c> laws.</c>

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He<00:14:00.379><c> intended</c><00:14:00.779><c> us</c><00:14:01.139><c> to</c><00:14:01.480><c> view</c><00:14:01.840><c> this</c><00:14:02.340><c> as</c><00:14:02.679><c> a</c><00:14:02.940><c> set</c><00:14:03.259><c> of</c><00:14:03.779><c> precedents,</c>

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or<00:14:05.639><c> illustrative</c><00:14:06.519><c> examples</c><00:14:07.799><c> of</c><00:14:08.980><c> the</c><00:14:09.340><c> filling</c><00:14:09.600><c> full</c><00:14:10.100><c> of</c><00:14:10.320><c> God's</c><00:14:10.919><c> requirements,</c>

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requirements<00:14:13.600><c> that</c><00:14:13.820><c> had</c><00:14:14.039><c> been</c><00:14:14.299><c> there</c><00:14:14.659><c> from</c><00:14:15.019><c> the</c><00:14:15.360><c> beginning.</c>

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God<00:14:16.960><c> has</c><00:14:17.179><c> always</c><00:14:17.620><c> wanted</c><00:14:17.980><c> the</c><00:14:18.240><c> same</c><00:14:18.460><c> kind</c><00:14:18.700><c> of</c><00:14:18.879><c> people</c><00:14:19.059><c> for</c><00:14:19.279><c> his</c><00:14:19.519><c> kingdom.</c>

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He<00:14:20.440><c> has</c><00:14:20.700><c> always</c><00:14:21.299><c> wanted</c><00:14:21.679><c> the</c><00:14:22.000><c> same</c><00:14:22.299><c> kind</c><00:14:22.639><c> of</c><00:14:22.879><c> behavior,</c>

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the<00:14:24.899><c> same</c><00:14:25.139><c> kind</c><00:14:25.419><c> of</c><00:14:26.039><c> characteristics</c><00:14:26.500><c> in</c><00:14:26.840><c> his</c><00:14:27.059><c> citizens,</c>

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whether<00:14:29.139><c> under</c><00:14:29.460><c> the</c><00:14:29.639><c> law</c><00:14:29.759><c> and</c><00:14:29.940><c> the</c><00:14:30.240><c> prophets,</c>

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or<00:14:31.480><c> in</c><00:14:31.659><c> the</c><00:14:31.899><c> fullness</c><00:14:32.220><c> of</c><00:14:32.500><c> the</c><00:14:32.779><c> revelation</c><00:14:33.399><c> in</c><00:14:33.960><c> the</c><00:14:34.139><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:14:34.940><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:14:37.039><c> all</c><00:14:37.220><c> Jesus</c><00:14:37.559><c> is</c><00:14:37.840><c> doing</c><00:14:38.000><c> here</c><00:14:38.340><c> is</c><00:14:38.519><c> saying,</c><00:14:38.879><c> look,</c><00:14:39.700><c> this</c><00:14:40.100><c> is</c>

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the<00:14:40.659><c> kind</c><00:14:40.940><c> of</c><00:14:41.220><c> person</c><00:14:41.519><c> God</c><00:14:41.759><c> is</c><00:14:42.000><c> looking</c><00:14:42.320><c> for.</c>

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This<00:14:42.980><c> is</c><00:14:43.220><c> the</c><00:14:43.299><c> kind</c><00:14:43.559><c> of</c><00:14:43.720><c> person</c><00:14:43.960><c> you've</c><00:14:44.240><c> got</c><00:14:44.480><c> to</c><00:14:44.740><c> be.</c>

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And<00:14:46.820><c> in</c><00:14:47.240><c> explaining</c><00:14:47.759><c> this</c><00:14:48.000><c> to</c><00:14:48.100><c> his</c><00:14:48.360><c> audience,</c><00:14:49.000><c> he</c><00:14:49.000><c> is</c><00:14:49.379><c> filling</c>

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full<00:14:50.759><c> the</c><00:14:51.700><c> Old</c><00:14:51.940><c> Testament</c><00:14:52.360><c> principles.</c>

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And<00:14:54.200><c> his</c><00:14:54.480><c> disciples</c><00:14:55.120><c> must</c><00:14:55.659><c> then</c><00:14:56.120><c> work</c><00:14:56.480><c> them</c><00:14:56.740><c> out</c><00:14:57.059><c> for</c><00:14:57.279><c> themselves</c><00:14:58.059><c> in</c><00:14:58.460><c> their</c><00:14:58.740><c> own</c><00:14:59.059><c> lives.</c>

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So<00:15:01.580><c> it's</c><00:15:01.620><c> not</c><00:15:01.820><c> a</c><00:15:02.019><c> kind</c><00:15:02.220><c> of</c><00:15:02.440><c> grid</c><00:15:02.639><c> that</c><00:15:02.820><c> you</c><00:15:02.940><c> just</c><00:15:03.279><c> place</c><00:15:03.460><c> over</c>

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your<00:15:04.019><c> life</c><00:15:04.220><c> and</c><00:15:04.379><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:15:04.899><c> this</c><00:15:05.220><c> is</c><00:15:05.519><c> exactly</c><00:15:05.879><c> what</c><00:15:06.100><c> we've</c><00:15:06.360><c> got</c><00:15:06.500><c> to</c><00:15:06.620><c> do.</c>

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It's<00:15:06.860><c> not</c><00:15:07.019><c> like</c><00:15:07.279><c> that</c><00:15:07.440><c> at</c><00:15:07.620><c> all.</c>

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We've<00:15:10.320><c> got</c><00:15:10.440><c> to</c><00:15:10.559><c> interpret</c><00:15:11.399><c> the</c><00:15:11.899><c> principles</c><00:15:12.460><c> which</c><00:15:12.720><c> he</c><00:15:12.940><c> is</c><00:15:13.240><c> illustrating</c><00:15:13.940><c> for</c>

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us<00:15:14.700><c> in</c><00:15:15.120><c> our</c><00:15:15.320><c> own</c><00:15:15.600><c> personal</c><00:15:16.019><c> situations.</c>

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And<00:15:18.419><c> this</c><00:15:18.620><c> is</c><00:15:18.799><c> where</c><00:15:18.940><c> I</c><00:15:19.080><c> think</c><00:15:19.279><c> the</c><00:15:19.500><c> teaching</c><00:15:19.740><c> of</c><00:15:19.960><c> Jesus</c><00:15:20.299><c> is</c>

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sometimes<00:15:21.159><c> not</c><00:15:22.419><c> misapplied</c><00:15:23.220><c> exactly,</c>

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but<00:15:24.820><c> only</c><00:15:25.179><c> half</c><00:15:25.519><c> applied.</c>

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We<00:15:27.659><c> tend</c><00:15:27.799><c> to</c><00:15:27.940><c> think</c><00:15:28.059><c> that</c><00:15:28.220><c> we've</c><00:15:28.360><c> only</c><00:15:28.559><c> got</c><00:15:28.799><c> to</c><00:15:28.980><c> turn</c><00:15:29.159><c> up,</c><00:15:29.399><c> say,</c>

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Matthew<00:15:30.340><c> 18</c><00:15:30.840><c> verse</c><00:15:31.159><c> 15,</c>

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and<00:15:31.919><c> there's</c><00:15:32.240><c> the</c><00:15:32.419><c> answer</c><00:15:32.600><c> to</c><00:15:32.779><c> our</c><00:15:32.980><c> problem,</c><00:15:33.299><c> brethren.</c>

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It<00:15:35.580><c> isn't</c><00:15:35.759><c> like</c><00:15:36.120><c> that.</c>

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We've<00:15:37.539><c> got</c><00:15:37.700><c> to</c><00:15:38.059><c> fill</c><00:15:38.360><c> full</c><00:15:38.960><c> his</c><00:15:39.399><c> sayings</c><00:15:40.379><c> ourselves</c><00:15:41.399><c> in</c><00:15:41.919><c> our</c>

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as<00:15:48.799><c> expressions</c><00:15:49.559><c> of</c><00:15:50.240><c> the</c><00:15:50.419><c> love</c><00:15:50.539><c> of</c><00:15:50.840><c> God</c><00:15:51.740><c> operative</c><00:15:52.679><c> in</c><00:15:52.940><c> human</c>

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beings<00:15:53.720><c> in</c><00:15:54.000><c> loving</c><00:15:54.200><c> their</c><00:15:54.500><c> neighbor.</c>

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And<00:15:56.039><c> then</c><00:15:56.259><c> find</c><00:15:56.559><c> our</c><00:15:56.899><c> own</c><00:15:57.100><c> way</c><00:15:57.320><c> of</c><00:15:57.659><c> expressing</c><00:15:57.919><c> it</c><00:15:58.960><c> so</c><00:15:59.580><c> that</c><00:15:59.720><c> the</c><00:15:59.960><c> principles</c><00:16:00.320><c> are</c><00:16:00.580><c> fulfilled</c><00:16:00.980><c> in</c>

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our<00:16:01.399><c> own</c><00:16:01.600><c> lives.</c>

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I<00:16:03.960><c> don't</c><00:16:04.419><c> think,</c><00:16:05.240><c> therefore,</c><00:16:06.460><c> and</c><00:16:06.580><c> this</c><00:16:06.820><c> is</c><00:16:07.039><c> the</c><00:16:07.200><c> thorny</c><00:16:07.519><c> bit,</c>

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I<00:16:09.059><c> don't</c><00:16:09.500><c> think</c><00:16:09.960><c> the</c><00:16:10.440><c> application</c><00:16:11.240><c> will</c><00:16:11.740><c> necessarily</c><00:16:12.440><c> be</c><00:16:12.679><c> the</c>

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same<00:16:13.100><c> for</c><00:16:13.299><c> any</c><00:16:13.600><c> two</c><00:16:13.779><c> people.</c>

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That<00:16:15.840><c> is</c><00:16:16.039><c> to</c><00:16:16.279><c> say,</c><00:16:17.399><c> the</c><00:16:17.620><c> experience</c><00:16:18.379><c> and</c><00:16:18.700><c> the</c><00:16:19.120><c> spirituality</c>

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of<00:16:20.399><c> one</c><00:16:20.659><c> particular</c><00:16:21.159><c> brother</c>

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may<00:16:22.299><c> well</c><00:16:22.799><c> enable</c><00:16:23.259><c> him</c><00:16:23.559><c> to</c><00:16:23.820><c> rise</c><00:16:24.200><c> to</c><00:16:24.419><c> a</c><00:16:24.679><c> higher</c><00:16:25.019><c> level</c><00:16:25.399><c> of</c><00:16:25.659><c> fulfillment</c>

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than<00:16:27.019><c> I,</c><00:16:27.580><c> who</c><00:16:27.820><c> am</c><00:16:28.379><c> weak</c><00:16:28.639><c> and</c><00:16:28.919><c> feeble,</c><00:16:29.399><c> even</c><00:16:29.700><c> though</c><00:16:29.940><c> I</c><00:16:30.080><c> may</c><00:16:30.299><c> be</c>

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doing<00:16:30.639><c> my</c><00:16:31.019><c> best</c>

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to<00:16:32.039><c> fulfill</c><00:16:32.440><c> the</c><00:16:32.679><c> teaching</c><00:16:32.919><c> of</c><00:16:33.059><c> Jesus</c><00:16:33.419><c> in</c><00:16:33.600><c> my</c><00:16:33.840><c> own</c><00:16:34.039><c> life.</c>

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So<00:16:36.259><c> as</c><00:16:36.500><c> a</c><00:16:36.539><c> result,</c><00:16:37.120><c> brethren</c><00:16:37.299><c> and</c><00:16:37.519><c> sisters,</c><00:16:37.940><c> we</c><00:16:38.320><c> may</c><00:16:38.620><c> sometimes</c><00:16:39.019><c> be</c><00:16:39.220><c> faced</c>

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with<00:16:39.620><c> a</c><00:16:39.799><c> situation</c>

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in<00:16:40.500><c> which</c><00:16:40.700><c> two</c><00:16:40.960><c> people</c><00:16:41.379><c> taking</c><00:16:41.860><c> different</c><00:16:42.440><c> points</c><00:16:42.840><c> of</c><00:16:43.080><c> view</c>

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according<00:16:44.379><c> to</c><00:16:44.539><c> their</c><00:16:44.679><c> particular</c><00:16:45.159><c> level</c><00:16:45.500><c> of</c><00:16:45.820><c> spiritual</c><00:16:46.240><c> development</c><00:16:46.740><c> and</c><00:16:47.039><c> understanding</c>

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come<00:16:50.120><c> to</c><00:16:50.340><c> different</c><00:16:50.779><c> conclusions</c><00:16:51.460><c> and</c><00:16:52.220><c> both</c><00:16:52.700><c> be</c><00:16:53.080><c> right.</c>

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Now<00:16:55.620><c> you</c><00:16:55.759><c> have</c><00:16:55.980><c> this</c><00:16:56.500><c> illustrated,</c><00:16:57.080><c> for</c><00:16:57.340><c> example,</c><00:16:57.679><c> in</c><00:16:57.759><c> Romans</c><00:16:58.059><c> 14,</c>

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and<00:16:58.620><c> I</c><00:16:58.740><c> don't</c><00:16:58.940><c> want</c><00:16:59.059><c> you</c><00:16:59.240><c> to</c><00:16:59.399><c> turn</c><00:16:59.539><c> to</c><00:16:59.740><c> that</c><00:16:59.940><c> place,</c>

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but<00:17:00.840><c> just</c><00:17:01.139><c> think</c><00:17:01.299><c> what</c><00:17:01.500><c> Romans</c><00:17:01.820><c> 14</c><00:17:02.240><c> is</c><00:17:02.500><c> about</c><00:17:02.740><c> for</c><00:17:02.960><c> a</c><00:17:03.120><c> moment.</c>

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The<00:17:05.099><c> argumentation</c><00:17:05.619><c> that</c><00:17:05.819><c> was</c><00:17:06.140><c> going</c><00:17:06.500><c> on</c><00:17:07.240><c> about</c><00:17:08.039><c> meat</c><00:17:08.519><c> and</c>

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drink<00:17:09.200><c> and</c><00:17:09.539><c> days</c><00:17:09.940><c> and</c><00:17:10.259><c> festivals.</c>

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So<00:17:12.000><c> the</c><00:17:12.140><c> brethren</c><00:17:12.319><c> and</c><00:17:12.579><c> sisters</c><00:17:12.759><c> were</c><00:17:12.940><c> just</c><00:17:13.240><c> the</c><00:17:13.420><c> same</c><00:17:13.539><c> in</c><00:17:13.680><c> the</c>

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first<00:17:14.039><c> century</c><00:17:14.359><c> as</c><00:17:14.519><c> they</c><00:17:14.599><c> are</c><00:17:14.839><c> today.</c>

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One<00:17:17.180><c> brother</c><00:17:17.460><c> felt</c><00:17:17.740><c> that</c><00:17:17.900><c> he</c><00:17:17.980><c> could</c><00:17:18.160><c> easily</c><00:17:18.599><c> eat</c><00:17:18.839><c> and</c><00:17:19.079><c> drink</c><00:17:19.279><c> anything.</c>

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The<00:17:20.299><c> observance</c><00:17:20.839><c> of</c><00:17:21.039><c> feast</c><00:17:21.299><c> and</c><00:17:21.579><c> fast</c><00:17:21.900><c> days</c><00:17:22.299><c> was</c><00:17:22.519><c> a</c><00:17:22.640><c> thing</c><00:17:22.759><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:23.099><c> past.</c>

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Christ<00:17:23.960><c> had</c><00:17:24.180><c> made</c><00:17:24.400><c> it</c><00:17:24.619><c> obsolete.</c>

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Freedom<00:17:26.420><c> from</c><00:17:26.680><c> the</c><00:17:26.859><c> bondage</c><00:17:27.160><c> of</c><00:17:27.339><c> the</c><00:17:27.519><c> law.</c>

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And<00:17:29.339><c> he</c><00:17:29.839><c> was</c><00:17:30.420><c> right.</c>

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Paul<00:17:32.119><c> said,</c><00:17:32.500><c> sir,</c><00:17:34.380><c> the</c><00:17:34.539><c> other</c><00:17:34.880><c> brother</c><00:17:35.420><c> felt</c><00:17:35.799><c> totally</c><00:17:36.500><c> inhibited.</c>

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He'd<00:17:38.079><c> been</c><00:17:38.279><c> brought</c><00:17:38.519><c> up</c><00:17:38.700><c> in</c><00:17:38.859><c> the</c><00:17:39.059><c> Jewish</c><00:17:39.299><c> tradition,</c><00:17:39.799><c> you</c><00:17:40.119><c> see.</c>

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And<00:17:41.460><c> for</c><00:17:41.539><c> him</c><00:17:41.680><c> to</c><00:17:41.900><c> eat</c><00:17:42.059><c> pork,</c><00:17:42.339><c> well,</c><00:17:42.500><c> that</c><00:17:42.640><c> was</c><00:17:42.900><c> heresy.</c>

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And<00:17:44.599><c> not</c><00:17:44.779><c> to</c><00:17:45.039><c> observe</c><00:17:45.339><c> certain</c><00:17:45.779><c> feast</c><00:17:46.200><c> days,</c><00:17:47.079><c> to</c><00:17:47.180><c> him</c><00:17:47.359><c> that</c><00:17:47.539><c> was</c><00:17:47.740><c> a</c>

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denial<00:17:48.259><c> of</c><00:17:48.539><c> God.</c>

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Paul<00:17:54.220><c> said,</c><00:17:55.140><c> sir,</c><00:17:56.839><c> they</c><00:17:56.920><c> were</c><00:17:57.099><c> both</c><00:17:57.279><c> serving</c><00:17:57.619><c> the</c><00:17:57.839><c> same</c><00:17:58.119><c> Lord</c>

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And<00:18:03.940><c> the</c><00:18:04.099><c> only</c><00:18:04.319><c> thing</c><00:18:04.460><c> that</c><00:18:04.619><c> was</c><00:18:04.880><c> wrong</c><00:18:05.140><c> with</c><00:18:05.299><c> them</c><00:18:05.500><c> was</c><00:18:05.700><c> their</c>

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belaboring<00:18:06.599><c> of</c><00:18:06.799><c> one</c><00:18:06.960><c> another</c>

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Who<00:18:11.380><c> art</c><00:18:11.599><c> thou</c><00:18:11.779><c> that</c><00:18:11.980><c> judgest</c><00:18:12.240><c> another</c><00:18:12.519><c> man's</c><00:18:13.079><c> servant?</c><00:18:13.420><c> says</c><00:18:13.480><c> Paul.</c>

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Yea,<00:18:18.440><c> he</c><00:18:18.680><c> shall</c><00:18:18.880><c> be</c><00:18:19.160><c> holden</c><00:18:19.480><c> up</c><00:18:19.680><c> for</c><00:18:19.839><c> the</c><00:18:20.039><c> Lord</c><00:18:20.279><c> is</c><00:18:20.559><c> able</c><00:18:20.859><c> to</c>

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hold<00:18:21.339><c> him</c><00:18:21.539><c> up.</c>

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And<00:18:22.759><c> then</c><00:18:22.880><c> he</c><00:18:23.039><c> points</c><00:18:23.279><c> to</c><00:18:23.500><c> the</c><00:18:23.660><c> judgment</c><00:18:23.960><c> seat</c><00:18:24.180><c> of</c><00:18:24.420><c> Christ</c>

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where<00:18:25.579><c> all</c><00:18:25.819><c> the</c><00:18:26.059><c> final</c><00:18:26.299><c> decisions</c><00:18:26.819><c> will</c><00:18:27.079><c> be</c><00:18:27.359><c> made.</c>

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So<00:18:33.119><c> who</c><00:18:33.319><c> are</c><00:18:33.460><c> you</c><00:18:33.619><c> to</c><00:18:33.779><c> judge</c><00:18:34.019><c> your</c><00:18:34.299><c> brother</c><00:18:34.660><c> or</c><00:18:35.519><c> ridicule</c><00:18:36.160><c> your</c>

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brother<00:18:36.859><c> for</c><00:18:37.220><c> his</c><00:18:37.660><c> scruples?</c>

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So<00:18:40.420><c> you</c><00:18:40.640><c> see,</c><00:18:40.759><c> in</c><00:18:40.900><c> this</c><00:18:41.119><c> particular</c><00:18:41.740><c> instance,</c>

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in<00:18:42.759><c> the</c><00:18:43.019><c> particular</c><00:18:43.440><c> circumstances</c><00:18:44.200><c> which</c><00:18:44.480><c> Paul</c><00:18:44.700><c> is</c><00:18:44.900><c> bringing</c><00:18:45.099><c> to</c><00:18:45.359><c> our</c><00:18:45.559><c> notice,</c>

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they<00:18:47.140><c> were</c><00:18:47.500><c> both</c><00:18:48.039><c> right</c><00:18:48.640><c> in</c><00:18:48.839><c> their</c><00:18:49.299><c> interpretation</c><00:18:50.099><c> of</c>

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Christ's<00:18:51.079><c> requirements</c>

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according<00:18:53.019><c> to</c><00:18:53.200><c> their</c><00:18:53.400><c> individual</c><00:18:54.140><c> faith</c><00:18:54.480><c> and</c><00:18:54.799><c> conscience.</c>

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And<00:18:57.259><c> yet</c><00:18:57.380><c> they</c><00:18:57.519><c> were</c><00:18:57.720><c> both</c><00:18:58.039><c> wrong</c><00:18:58.900><c> for</c><00:18:59.339><c> brushing</c><00:18:59.640><c> aside</c><00:19:00.059><c> the</c>

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opinions<00:19:00.700><c> and</c><00:19:00.960><c> views</c><00:19:01.160><c> of</c><00:19:01.339><c> the</c><00:19:01.519><c> other</c>

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And<00:19:07.339><c> I'd</c><00:19:07.500><c> just</c><00:19:07.700><c> like</c><00:19:07.940><c> to</c><00:19:08.200><c> delve</c><00:19:08.440><c> into</c><00:19:08.740><c> this</c><00:19:09.000><c> in</c><00:19:09.160><c> a</c><00:19:09.279><c> little</c><00:19:09.440><c> more</c>

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detail<00:19:10.220><c> with</c><00:19:10.500><c> you</c><00:19:10.640><c> this</c><00:19:10.920><c> morning</c>

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because<00:19:11.420><c> I</c><00:19:11.599><c> think</c><00:19:11.779><c> you'll</c><00:19:12.279><c> find,</c><00:19:13.519><c> both</c><00:19:13.819><c> in</c><00:19:14.000><c> the</c><00:19:14.200><c> teaching</c><00:19:14.480><c> of</c><00:19:14.720><c> Jesus</c>

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that<00:19:17.559><c> there</c><00:19:17.859><c> are</c><00:19:18.299><c> often</c><00:19:19.039><c> two</c><00:19:19.880><c> possible</c><00:19:20.579><c> levels</c><00:19:21.000><c> of</c><00:19:21.380><c> application</c>

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when<00:19:22.859><c> dealing</c><00:19:23.140><c> with</c><00:19:23.400><c> important</c><00:19:23.859><c> spiritual</c><00:19:24.420><c> principles.</c>

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On<00:19:27.400><c> the</c><00:19:27.559><c> one</c><00:19:27.839><c> hand</c><00:19:28.099><c> we</c><00:19:28.240><c> are</c><00:19:28.619><c> often</c><00:19:28.819><c> presented</c><00:19:29.339><c> with</c><00:19:29.579><c> the</c><00:19:29.839><c> counsel</c><00:19:30.200><c> of</c><00:19:30.539><c> perfection,</c>

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the<00:19:32.859><c> fulfillment</c><00:19:33.460><c> of</c><00:19:33.819><c> all</c><00:19:34.200><c> that</c><00:19:34.460><c> God</c><00:19:35.000><c> would</c><00:19:35.400><c> want</c><00:19:35.660><c> us</c><00:19:35.960><c> to</c><00:19:36.299><c> be</c>

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in<00:19:37.000><c> His</c><00:19:37.440><c> Son.</c>

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On<00:19:39.900><c> the</c><00:19:40.119><c> other</c><00:19:40.380><c> hand,</c><00:19:42.140><c> there</c><00:19:42.140><c> is</c><00:19:42.339><c> a</c><00:19:42.519><c> clear</c><00:19:42.720><c> understanding</c><00:19:43.440><c> on</c>

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the<00:19:43.859><c> part</c><00:19:44.019><c> of</c><00:19:44.240><c> the</c><00:19:44.359><c> Lord</c><00:19:44.680><c> and</c><00:19:44.880><c> His</c><00:19:45.119><c> Apostles</c>

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that<00:19:46.000><c> perfection</c><00:19:46.700><c> will</c><00:19:47.720><c> not</c><00:19:47.980><c> be</c><00:19:48.359><c> attainable</c><00:19:48.819><c> in</c><00:19:49.039><c> most</c><00:19:49.359><c> instances.</c>

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And<00:19:51.299><c> so</c><00:19:51.440><c> an</c><00:19:51.720><c> accommodation</c><00:19:52.299><c> is</c><00:19:52.720><c> made</c><00:19:53.519><c> for</c><00:19:54.019><c> the</c><00:19:54.200><c> weakness</c><00:19:54.559><c> and</c>

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the<00:19:55.019><c> frailty</c><00:19:55.339><c> of</c><00:19:55.579><c> our</c><00:19:55.799><c> human</c><00:19:56.059><c> nature.</c>

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Let<00:19:57.920><c> me</c><00:19:58.059><c> give</c><00:19:58.180><c> you</c><00:19:58.339><c> an</c><00:19:58.500><c> example</c><00:19:58.980><c> from</c><00:19:59.240><c> Matthew's</c><00:19:59.940><c> Gospel.</c>

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We'll<00:20:00.579><c> start</c><00:20:00.920><c> there.</c>

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Will<00:20:02.039><c> you</c><00:20:02.200><c> come</c><00:20:02.420><c> to</c><00:20:02.519><c> Matthew</c><00:20:02.920><c> chapter</c><00:20:03.299><c> 19?</c>

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The<00:20:05.859><c> well</c><00:20:06.160><c>-known</c><00:20:06.420><c> passage</c><00:20:07.019><c> where</c><00:20:07.359><c> Jesus</c><00:20:07.799><c> is</c><00:20:08.160><c> discussing</c><00:20:08.539><c> the</c>

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subject<00:20:09.200><c> of</c><00:20:09.440><c> marriage</c><00:20:09.799><c> with</c><00:20:10.000><c> His</c><00:20:10.259><c> disciples.</c>

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And<00:20:13.539><c> we</c><00:20:14.039><c> take</c><00:20:14.339><c> the</c><00:20:14.759><c> context</c><00:20:15.140><c> from</c><00:20:15.359><c> the</c><00:20:15.519><c> ninth</c><00:20:15.799><c> verse.</c>

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Matthew<00:20:17.880><c> chapter</c><00:20:18.180><c> 19</c><00:20:18.700><c> verse</c><00:20:19.000><c> 9.</c>

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Jesus<00:20:21.220><c> says</c><00:20:21.480><c> to</c><00:20:21.599><c> them,</c><00:20:22.000><c> And</c><00:20:22.099><c> I</c><00:20:22.460><c> say</c><00:20:22.680><c> unto</c><00:20:22.960><c> you,</c><00:20:24.339><c> Whosoever</c><00:20:24.700><c> shall</c><00:20:24.859><c> put</c>

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away<00:20:25.319><c> his</c><00:20:25.619><c> wife,</c>

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except<00:20:26.319><c> it</c><00:20:26.480><c> be</c><00:20:26.619><c> for</c><00:20:26.819><c> fornication,</c><00:20:28.180><c> and</c><00:20:28.359><c> shall</c><00:20:28.480><c> marry</c>

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another,<00:20:29.400><c> committeth</c><00:20:29.579><c> adultery.</c>

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And<00:20:31.019><c> whoso</c><00:20:31.359><c> marryeth</c><00:20:31.799><c> her</c><00:20:32.059><c> which</c><00:20:32.220><c> is</c><00:20:32.400><c> put</c><00:20:32.619><c> away,</c><00:20:33.640><c> doth</c><00:20:33.740><c> commit</c><00:20:34.019><c> adultery.</c>

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We've<00:20:35.799><c> had</c><00:20:35.920><c> many</c><00:20:36.140><c> an</c><00:20:36.460><c> argument</c><00:20:36.839><c> over</c><00:20:37.099><c> the</c><00:20:37.220><c> meaning</c><00:20:37.380><c> of</c><00:20:37.559><c> that</c>

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verse,<00:20:38.180><c> haven't</c><00:20:38.220><c> we,</c><00:20:38.619><c> brethren?</c>

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Then<00:20:40.339><c> He</c><00:20:40.519><c> says,</c><00:20:41.619><c> verse</c><00:20:41.819><c> 10,</c><00:20:43.019><c> or</c><00:20:43.220><c> His</c><00:20:43.400><c> disciples</c><00:20:43.839><c> say</c><00:20:44.079><c> to</c><00:20:44.240><c> Him,</c>

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If<00:20:45.819><c> the</c><00:20:46.000><c> case</c><00:20:46.220><c> of</c><00:20:46.380><c> the</c><00:20:46.519><c> man</c><00:20:46.680><c> be</c><00:20:46.960><c> so</c><00:20:47.079><c> with</c><00:20:47.240><c> his</c><00:20:47.519><c> wife,</c><00:20:48.019><c> it's</c><00:20:48.240><c> not</c>

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good<00:20:48.640><c> to</c><00:20:48.920><c> marry.</c>

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But<00:20:50.279><c> He</c><00:20:50.579><c> said</c><00:20:50.759><c> to</c><00:20:50.920><c> them,</c><00:20:51.839><c> All</c><00:20:52.359><c> men</c><00:20:52.759><c> cannot</c><00:20:53.180><c> receive</c><00:20:53.839><c> this</c><00:20:54.259><c> saying,</c><00:20:54.920><c> save</c>

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they<00:20:55.559><c> to</c><00:20:55.779><c> whom</c><00:20:55.920><c> it</c><00:20:56.059><c> is</c><00:20:56.319><c> given.</c>

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For<00:20:57.940><c> there</c><00:20:58.119><c> are</c><00:20:58.359><c> some</c><00:20:58.660><c> eunuchs</c><00:20:59.160><c> which</c><00:20:59.460><c> were</c><00:20:59.680><c> so</c><00:20:59.940><c> born</c><00:21:00.140><c> from</c>

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their<00:21:00.500><c> mother's</c><00:21:00.940><c> womb,</c>

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there<00:21:02.119><c> are</c><00:21:02.279><c> some</c><00:21:02.440><c> eunuchs</c><00:21:02.740><c> which</c><00:21:02.900><c> were</c><00:21:03.140><c> made</c><00:21:03.460><c> eunuchs</c><00:21:03.920><c> of</c><00:21:04.220><c> men,</c>

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and<00:21:05.720><c> there</c><00:21:06.039><c> be</c><00:21:06.259><c> eunuchs</c><00:21:06.720><c> which</c><00:21:06.920><c> have</c><00:21:07.119><c> made</c><00:21:07.319><c> themselves</c><00:21:08.140><c> eunuchs</c><00:21:08.740><c> for</c>

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the<00:21:09.200><c> kingdom</c><00:21:09.539><c> of</c><00:21:09.839><c> heaven's</c><00:21:10.460><c> sake.</c>

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He<00:21:11.880><c> that</c><00:21:12.059><c> is</c><00:21:12.460><c> able</c><00:21:12.859><c> to</c><00:21:13.240><c> receive</c><00:21:13.599><c> it,</c><00:21:14.579><c> let</c><00:21:14.819><c> him</c><00:21:15.400><c> receive</c><00:21:16.000><c> it.</c>

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Note<00:21:18.019><c> the</c><00:21:18.279><c> context.</c><00:21:18.839><c> The</c><00:21:19.000><c> disciples</c><00:21:19.380><c> have</c><00:21:19.579><c> said,</c>

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Look,<00:21:20.380><c> if</c><00:21:20.519><c> marriage</c><00:21:20.759><c> is</c><00:21:20.940><c> going</c><00:21:21.059><c> to</c><00:21:21.200><c> bring</c><00:21:21.319><c> all</c><00:21:21.559><c> sorts</c><00:21:21.819><c> of</c><00:21:22.079><c> problems</c><00:21:22.400><c> with</c><00:21:22.640><c> it,</c>

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perhaps<00:21:23.380><c> better</c><00:21:23.700><c> not</c><00:21:23.900><c> to</c><00:21:24.079><c> marry</c><00:21:24.279><c> at</c><00:21:25.019><c> all.</c>

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And<00:21:26.599><c> Jesus</c><00:21:26.900><c> says,</c><00:21:27.240><c> Right,</c><00:21:27.460><c> well,</c><00:21:27.559><c> thinking</c><00:21:27.779><c> about</c><00:21:28.140><c> that,</c>

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some<00:21:30.440><c> men</c><00:21:30.680><c> are</c><00:21:31.200><c> incapacitated</c><00:21:32.140><c> by</c><00:21:32.599><c> nature,</c>

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some<00:21:34.220><c> in</c><00:21:34.380><c> those</c><00:21:34.720><c> days</c><00:21:35.019><c> had</c><00:21:35.240><c> been</c><00:21:35.539><c> incapacitated</c><00:21:36.319><c> by</c><00:21:36.680><c> the</c><00:21:37.000><c> inhumanity</c><00:21:37.619><c> and</c>

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cruelty<00:21:38.200><c> of</c><00:21:38.460><c> other</c><00:21:38.660><c> men,</c>

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but<00:21:40.480><c> some</c><00:21:41.079><c> men</c><00:21:41.380><c> remain</c><00:21:41.900><c> unmarried</c><00:21:42.640><c> because</c><00:21:43.059><c> they</c><00:21:43.299><c> have</c><00:21:43.619><c> chosen</c><00:21:44.079><c> to</c><00:21:44.380><c> do</c>

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so<00:21:44.880><c> for</c><00:21:45.039><c> the</c><00:21:45.220><c> kingdom</c><00:21:45.500><c> of</c><00:21:45.740><c> heaven's</c><00:21:46.299><c> sake.</c>

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And<00:21:47.680><c> Jesus</c><00:21:47.859><c> says,</c><00:21:48.200><c> It's</c><00:21:48.339><c> up</c><00:21:48.619><c> to</c><00:21:48.880><c> you.</c>

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If<00:21:50.799><c> you're</c><00:21:50.980><c> able</c><00:21:51.220><c> to</c><00:21:51.500><c> receive</c><00:21:51.759><c> this</c><00:21:52.099><c> latter</c><00:21:52.299><c> course,</c><00:21:52.799><c> then</c>

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receive<00:21:53.559><c> it.</c>

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If<00:21:54.940><c> not,</c><00:21:56.079><c> don't.</c>

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And<00:22:01.500><c> Paul</c><00:22:01.660><c> gives</c><00:22:01.859><c> similar</c><00:22:02.279><c> advice,</c><00:22:02.680><c> you</c><00:22:02.799><c> may</c><00:22:03.000><c> remember,</c><00:22:03.400><c> in</c><00:22:03.519><c> the</c><00:22:03.700><c> 1</c>

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Corinthians<00:22:04.599><c> chapter</c><00:22:05.079><c> 7.</c>

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You<00:22:07.660><c> may</c><00:22:07.900><c> remember</c><00:22:08.200><c> how</c><00:22:08.400><c> that</c><00:22:08.680><c> chapter</c><00:22:09.059><c> commences.</c>

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In<00:22:09.900><c> fact,</c><00:22:10.140><c> I'm</c><00:22:10.359><c> going</c><00:22:10.480><c> to</c><00:22:10.740><c> take</c><00:22:10.900><c> you</c><00:22:11.059><c> there</c><00:22:11.279><c> because</c><00:22:11.579><c> there</c><00:22:11.819><c> are</c><00:22:11.900><c> a</c>

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couple<00:22:12.180><c> of</c><00:22:12.460><c> passages</c>

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to<00:22:13.920><c> refer</c><00:22:14.299><c> to</c><00:22:14.500><c> in</c><00:22:14.660><c> 1</c><00:22:14.920><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:15.380><c> chapter</c><00:22:15.759><c> 7.</c>

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But<00:22:16.299><c> in</c><00:22:16.460><c> the</c><00:22:16.640><c> first</c><00:22:16.880><c> nine</c><00:22:17.220><c> verses,</c><00:22:18.400><c> Paul</c><00:22:18.619><c> says,</c><00:22:19.119><c> It's</c><00:22:19.200><c> the</c>

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best<00:22:19.740><c> thing</c><00:22:20.200><c> generally</c>

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for<00:22:21.880><c> all</c><00:22:22.160><c> men</c><00:22:22.339><c> to</c><00:22:22.519><c> have</c><00:22:22.640><c> their</c><00:22:22.920><c> own</c><00:22:23.220><c> wives</c><00:22:23.740><c> and</c><00:22:24.039><c> vice</c><00:22:24.279><c> versa,</c>

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so<00:22:25.799><c> that</c><00:22:25.960><c> they</c><00:22:26.099><c> shan't</c><00:22:26.319><c> be</c><00:22:26.579><c> tempted</c><00:22:26.900><c> by</c><00:22:27.200><c> the</c><00:22:27.400><c> sins</c><00:22:27.599><c> of</c><00:22:27.819><c> the</c><00:22:28.039><c> flesh.</c>

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But<00:22:29.599><c> if</c><00:22:29.839><c> possible,</c><00:22:31.039><c> if</c><00:22:31.240><c> you</c><00:22:31.539><c> feel</c><00:22:31.900><c> so</c><00:22:32.339><c> inclined,</c>

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I<00:22:34.160><c> would</c><00:22:34.319><c> that</c><00:22:34.500><c> all</c><00:22:34.819><c> men</c><00:22:35.019><c> were</c><00:22:35.220><c> even</c><00:22:35.460><c> as</c><00:22:35.759><c> I</c><00:22:36.039><c> am,</c>

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that<00:22:37.559><c> they</c><00:22:37.779><c> might</c><00:22:38.099><c> serve</c><00:22:38.440><c> the</c><00:22:38.640><c> Lord</c><00:22:38.859><c> without</c><00:22:39.380><c> distraction</c><00:22:40.180><c> by</c>

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remaining<00:22:41.180><c> unmarried.</c>

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Can<00:22:43.599><c> you</c><00:22:43.779><c> see</c><00:22:43.960><c> that</c><00:22:44.099><c> there</c><00:22:44.299><c> are</c><00:22:44.579><c> two</c><00:22:44.859><c> levels</c><00:22:45.220><c> of</c><00:22:45.519><c> application</c>

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being<00:22:46.500><c> discussed</c><00:22:47.039><c> here,</c>

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both<00:22:47.539><c> by</c><00:22:47.819><c> Jesus</c><00:22:48.200><c> and</c><00:22:48.539><c> Paul?</c>

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The<00:22:50.019><c> counsel</c><00:22:50.380><c> of</c><00:22:50.680><c> perfection,</c><00:22:52.180><c> to</c><00:22:52.259><c> remain</c><00:22:52.680><c> unmarried</c><00:22:53.500><c> if</c><00:22:53.619><c> at</c>

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all<00:22:54.019><c> possible,</c>

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that<00:22:54.660><c> you</c><00:22:54.779><c> might</c><00:22:55.039><c> devote</c><00:22:55.359><c> yourself</c><00:22:55.799><c> more</c><00:22:56.140><c> fully</c><00:22:56.380><c> to</c><00:22:56.579><c> the</c>

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Lord's<00:22:57.299><c> service.</c>

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But<00:22:59.319><c> recognizing</c><00:22:59.880><c> that</c><00:23:00.480><c> most</c><00:23:00.799><c> people</c><00:23:01.059><c> won't</c><00:23:01.319><c> be</c><00:23:01.519><c> able</c><00:23:01.720><c> to</c>

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receive<00:23:02.339><c> that</c><00:23:02.759><c> saying,</c>

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and<00:23:04.279><c> as</c><00:23:04.480><c> a</c><00:23:04.640><c> concession</c><00:23:05.039><c> to</c><00:23:05.279><c> our</c><00:23:05.519><c> human</c><00:23:05.819><c> nature</c><00:23:06.240><c> and</c><00:23:06.500><c> in</c><00:23:06.680><c> line</c>

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with<00:23:07.039><c> God's</c><00:23:07.579><c> provision</c><00:23:07.980><c> for</c><00:23:08.319><c> our</c><00:23:08.619><c> needs,</c>

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he<00:23:10.220><c> advises</c><00:23:10.559><c> them</c><00:23:10.759><c> to</c><00:23:11.000><c> marry.</c>

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This<00:23:12.579><c> would</c><00:23:12.779><c> be</c><00:23:13.079><c> right</c><00:23:13.460><c> and</c><00:23:14.079><c> proper</c><00:23:14.359><c> course</c><00:23:14.680><c> to</c><00:23:14.960><c> follow.</c>

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Now<00:23:17.339><c> there's</c><00:23:17.579><c> another</c><00:23:17.839><c> example</c><00:23:18.339><c> in</c><00:23:18.559><c> the</c><00:23:18.740><c> closing</c><00:23:19.059><c> verses</c><00:23:19.440><c> of</c>

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1<00:23:19.880><c> Corinthians</c><00:23:20.380><c> 7,</c>

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that<00:23:21.480><c> rather</c><00:23:21.940><c> strange</c><00:23:22.420><c> passage</c><00:23:22.839><c> about</c><00:23:23.259><c> giving</c><00:23:23.619><c> or</c><00:23:23.859><c> not</c><00:23:24.059><c> giving</c><00:23:24.299><c> in</c><00:23:24.559><c> marriage</c>

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and<00:23:25.059><c> keeping</c><00:23:25.380><c> his</c><00:23:25.759><c> virgin.</c>

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And<00:23:28.559><c> obviously</c><00:23:28.839><c> there</c><00:23:28.980><c> must</c><00:23:29.220><c> be</c><00:23:29.440><c> two</c><00:23:29.740><c> ways</c><00:23:30.119><c> of</c><00:23:30.319><c> looking</c><00:23:30.519><c> at</c>

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these<00:23:31.000><c> verses,</c>

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although<00:23:31.779><c> I</c><00:23:31.900><c> don't</c><00:23:32.140><c> think</c><00:23:32.279><c> we</c><00:23:32.420><c> can</c><00:23:32.559><c> be</c><00:23:32.759><c> absolutely</c><00:23:33.180><c> certain</c>

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of<00:23:33.839><c> what</c><00:23:34.019><c> Paul</c><00:23:34.299><c> did</c><00:23:34.680><c> mean,</c>

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because<00:23:35.279><c> the</c><00:23:35.519><c> text</c><00:23:35.700><c> isn't</c><00:23:36.079><c> clear.</c>

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The<00:23:37.599><c> various</c><00:23:37.819><c> modern</c><00:23:38.240><c> translations</c><00:23:38.980><c> in</c><00:23:39.240><c> the</c><00:23:39.400><c> footnotes</c><00:23:40.140><c> indicate</c><00:23:40.720><c> that</c>

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there's<00:23:41.180><c> a</c><00:23:41.359><c> problem</c>

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in<00:23:42.160><c> deciding</c><00:23:42.640><c> precisely</c><00:23:43.180><c> what</c><00:23:43.400><c> the</c><00:23:43.640><c> original</c><00:23:43.980><c> text</c><00:23:44.279><c> meant.</c>

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Paul<00:23:46.119><c> may</c><00:23:46.420><c> have</c><00:23:46.619><c> been</c><00:23:46.960><c> talking</c><00:23:47.259><c> about</c><00:23:47.579><c> a</c><00:23:47.799><c> father</c><00:23:48.180><c> giving</c><00:23:49.220><c> his</c>

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daughter<00:23:49.880><c> in</c><00:23:50.160><c> marriage,</c>

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or<00:23:52.039><c> he</c><00:23:52.220><c> may</c><00:23:52.500><c> have</c><00:23:52.680><c> been</c><00:23:52.960><c> talking</c><00:23:53.200><c> about</c><00:23:53.480><c> a</c><00:23:53.619><c> man</c><00:23:53.839><c> keeping</c><00:23:54.160><c> his</c>

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own<00:23:54.619><c> virginity</c>

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and<00:23:55.359><c> remaining</c><00:23:55.779><c> single</c><00:23:56.220><c> in</c><00:23:56.680><c> his</c><00:23:56.940><c> service</c><00:23:57.200><c> to</c><00:23:57.400><c> the</c><00:23:57.559><c> Lord.</c>

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Personally<00:24:00.019><c> I</c><00:24:00.460><c> think</c><00:24:00.759><c> he</c><00:24:01.039><c> probably</c><00:24:01.420><c> meant</c><00:24:01.660><c> the</c><00:24:01.940><c> latter,</c><00:24:03.039><c> but</c>

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you<00:24:03.359><c> may</c><00:24:03.539><c> not</c><00:24:03.779><c> agree.</c>

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That<00:24:05.319><c> is,</c><00:24:05.700><c> a</c><00:24:05.700><c> man</c><00:24:06.519><c> deciding</c><00:24:07.180><c> within</c><00:24:07.460><c> himself</c><00:24:07.920><c> that</c><00:24:08.119><c> he</c><00:24:08.279><c> would</c>

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retain<00:24:08.880><c> his</c><00:24:09.140><c> virginity</c>

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and<00:24:10.059><c> remain</c><00:24:10.460><c> unmarried,</c><00:24:11.140><c> that</c><00:24:11.259><c> he</c><00:24:11.339><c> might</c><00:24:11.599><c> wait</c><00:24:11.859><c> upon</c><00:24:12.099><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:24:12.460><c> without</c><00:24:12.880><c> distraction.</c>

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But<00:24:14.900><c> the</c><00:24:15.019><c> point</c><00:24:15.259><c> that</c><00:24:15.480><c> I'm</c><00:24:15.660><c> getting</c><00:24:16.019><c> at</c><00:24:16.759><c> comes</c><00:24:17.180><c> out</c><00:24:17.619><c> loud</c><00:24:17.980><c> and</c>

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clear<00:24:18.539><c> in</c><00:24:18.779><c> verse</c><00:24:19.140><c> 38.</c>

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So<00:24:21.799><c> then,</c><00:24:23.059><c> he</c><00:24:23.259><c> that</c><00:24:23.519><c> giveth</c><00:24:23.759><c> in</c><00:24:24.019><c> marriage</c><00:24:24.420><c> doeth</c><00:24:24.940><c> well,</c>

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but<00:24:26.079><c> he</c><00:24:26.359><c> that</c><00:24:26.619><c> giveth</c><00:24:26.980><c> not</c><00:24:27.339><c> in</c><00:24:27.640><c> marriage</c><00:24:28.240><c> doeth</c><00:24:29.000><c> better.</c>

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So<00:24:31.759><c> there</c><00:24:31.960><c> are</c><00:24:32.240><c> two</c><00:24:32.680><c> perfectly</c><00:24:33.039><c> legitimate</c><00:24:33.579><c> courses</c><00:24:33.980><c> which</c>

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may<00:24:34.480><c> be</c><00:24:34.680><c> pursued,</c>

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but<00:24:35.579><c> the</c><00:24:35.839><c> one</c><00:24:36.240><c> is</c><00:24:36.680><c> better</c><00:24:37.079><c> than</c><00:24:37.339><c> the</c><00:24:37.640><c> other.</c>

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The<00:24:39.200><c> man</c><00:24:39.440><c> who</c><00:24:39.539><c> gives</c><00:24:39.759><c> in</c><00:24:39.980><c> marriage</c><00:24:40.240><c> is</c><00:24:40.480><c> perfectly</c><00:24:40.880><c> at</c><00:24:41.099><c> liberty</c>

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to<00:24:41.619><c> do</c><00:24:41.859><c> so.</c>

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It's<00:24:42.519><c> right</c><00:24:42.759><c> and</c><00:24:43.079><c> proper.</c><00:24:44.200><c> It's</c><00:24:44.299><c> in</c><00:24:44.519><c> accordance</c><00:24:44.819><c> with</c><00:24:45.079><c> God's</c><00:24:45.539><c> provision.</c>

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He<00:24:46.720><c> does</c><00:24:47.079><c> no</c><00:24:47.400><c> wrong.</c>

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The<00:24:49.400><c> man</c><00:24:49.619><c> who</c><00:24:49.839><c> withholds</c><00:24:50.339><c> himself</c><00:24:50.619><c> from</c><00:24:50.839><c> marriage</c><00:24:51.160><c> in</c><00:24:51.359><c> order</c>

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that<00:24:51.660><c> he</c><00:24:51.759><c> might</c><00:24:52.000><c> serve</c><00:24:52.240><c> his</c><00:24:52.460><c> Lord</c><00:24:52.859><c> wholeheartedly</c><00:24:54.299><c> does</c><00:24:55.019><c> better.</c>

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He<00:24:56.640><c> has</c><00:24:56.940><c> chosen</c><00:24:57.319><c> the</c><00:24:57.700><c> better</c><00:24:58.059><c> of</c><00:24:58.460><c> two</c><00:24:59.319><c> right</c><00:24:59.740><c> courses.</c>

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Not<00:25:00.819><c> one</c><00:25:01.059><c> right</c><00:25:01.319><c> and</c><00:25:01.440><c> one</c><00:25:01.700><c> wrong,</c><00:25:02.420><c> two</c><00:25:02.759><c> right</c><00:25:03.160><c> courses.</c>

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One<00:25:04.579><c> better</c><00:25:04.859><c> than</c><00:25:05.059><c> the</c><00:25:05.279><c> other.</c>

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And<00:25:06.700><c> this</c><00:25:06.880><c> is</c><00:25:07.079><c> the</c><00:25:07.279><c> nub</c><00:25:07.420><c> of</c><00:25:07.619><c> the</c><00:25:07.799><c> matter,</c><00:25:08.279><c> brethren</c><00:25:08.420><c> and</c><00:25:08.619><c> sisters.</c>

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This<00:25:09.019><c> is</c><00:25:09.220><c> the</c><00:25:09.359><c> concept</c><00:25:09.700><c> we</c><00:25:09.819><c> need</c><00:25:10.000><c> to</c><00:25:10.160><c> get</c><00:25:10.319><c> our</c><00:25:10.559><c> minds</c><00:25:10.920><c> around.</c>

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The<00:25:12.599><c> better</c><00:25:12.940><c> of</c><00:25:13.240><c> two</c><00:25:13.799><c> right</c><00:25:14.160><c> courses.</c>

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Because<00:25:15.700><c> so</c><00:25:16.039><c> often</c><00:25:16.200><c> in</c><00:25:16.420><c> our</c><00:25:16.640><c> deliberations</c><00:25:17.279><c> about</c><00:25:17.599><c> the</c><00:25:18.000><c> interpretations</c><00:25:18.539><c> of</c><00:25:18.799><c> Scripture,</c>

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especially<00:25:20.440><c> the</c><00:25:20.900><c> interpretation</c><00:25:21.559><c> of</c><00:25:21.799><c> our</c><00:25:22.099><c> personal</c><00:25:22.539><c> responsibilities</c><00:25:23.619><c> in</c><00:25:24.019><c> terms</c><00:25:24.319><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:24.680><c> Word</c><00:25:24.819><c> of</c><00:25:25.059><c> God,</c>

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we<00:25:26.440><c> tend</c><00:25:26.640><c> to</c><00:25:26.859><c> think</c><00:25:27.000><c> that</c><00:25:27.339><c> our</c><00:25:27.740><c> view</c><00:25:27.960><c> is</c><00:25:28.119><c> the</c><00:25:28.319><c> only</c><00:25:28.680><c> possible</c><00:25:29.180><c> one.</c>

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And<00:25:30.579><c> that</c><00:25:30.700><c> if</c><00:25:30.880><c> we</c><00:25:31.099><c> are</c><00:25:31.319><c> right,</c><00:25:32.140><c> then</c><00:25:32.319><c> by</c><00:25:32.740><c> definition</c><00:25:33.539><c> any</c><00:25:34.519><c> other</c><00:25:34.700><c> view</c>

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must<00:25:35.140><c> be</c><00:25:35.380><c> wrong.</c>

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Not<00:25:37.400><c> necessarily</c><00:25:38.220><c> so,</c><00:25:38.720><c> brethren.</c>

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It<00:25:40.980><c> may</c><00:25:41.240><c> well</c><00:25:41.460><c> be</c><00:25:41.660><c> that</c><00:25:41.759><c> there</c><00:25:42.000><c> are</c><00:25:42.200><c> two</c><00:25:42.799><c> right</c><00:25:43.180><c> courses.</c>

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The<00:25:44.460><c> one</c><00:25:44.680><c> perfectly</c><00:25:45.319><c> proper,</c><00:25:46.180><c> the</c><00:25:46.460><c> other</c><00:25:46.880><c> the</c><00:25:47.240><c> better</c><00:25:47.519><c> of</c><00:25:47.779><c> the</c><00:25:47.960><c> two.</c>

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Example<00:25:51.319><c> number</c><00:25:51.599><c> three</c><00:25:52.079><c> to</c><00:25:52.279><c> be</c><00:25:52.500><c> found</c><00:25:52.720><c> in</c><00:25:52.940><c> 1</c><00:25:53.259><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:53.900><c> chapter</c><00:25:54.380><c> 12.</c>

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Paul<00:26:02.700><c> has</c><00:26:02.920><c> been</c><00:26:03.220><c> dealing</c><00:26:03.579><c> with</c><00:26:03.900><c> the</c><00:26:04.240><c> vexed</c><00:26:04.819><c> question</c><00:26:05.339><c> of</c><00:26:05.619><c> the</c>

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Spirit<00:26:06.279><c> gifts.</c>

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He<00:26:08.640><c> has</c><00:26:08.640><c> clearly</c><00:26:08.900><c> been</c><00:26:09.200><c> worrying</c><00:26:09.619><c> the</c><00:26:09.859><c> Corinthian</c><00:26:10.319><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:26:10.960><c> sisters.</c>

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Some<00:26:13.279><c> who</c><00:26:13.839><c> had</c><00:26:14.000><c> the</c><00:26:14.220><c> gift</c><00:26:14.519><c> of</c><00:26:14.920><c> tongues</c><00:26:15.359><c> seemed</c><00:26:16.019><c> bent</c><00:26:16.559><c> on</c><00:26:17.079><c> exalting</c><00:26:17.680><c> it</c><00:26:17.799><c> to</c>

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be<00:26:18.019><c> the</c><00:26:18.180><c> most</c><00:26:18.420><c> important</c><00:26:19.000><c> of</c><00:26:19.220><c> the</c><00:26:19.400><c> gifts.</c>

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And<00:26:21.200><c> other</c><00:26:21.299><c> members</c><00:26:21.559><c> of</c><00:26:21.759><c> the</c><00:26:21.980><c> Ecclesia</c><00:26:22.420><c> had</c><00:26:22.839><c> asked</c><00:26:23.240><c> Paul</c><00:26:23.539><c> for</c>

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a<00:26:24.039><c> ruling</c><00:26:24.279><c> on</c><00:26:24.559><c> the</c><00:26:24.700><c> matter.</c>

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And<00:26:26.079><c> I</c><00:26:26.140><c> think</c><00:26:26.240><c> it's</c><00:26:26.519><c> instructive</c><00:26:27.039><c> to</c><00:26:27.299><c> note</c><00:26:27.519><c> both</c><00:26:27.920><c> here</c><00:26:28.319><c> in</c><00:26:28.519><c> chapter</c><00:26:28.779><c> 12</c>

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and<00:26:29.460><c> in</c><00:26:29.640><c> chapter</c><00:26:29.819><c> 14</c>

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how<00:26:30.740><c> Paul</c><00:26:31.240><c> in</c><00:26:31.740><c> such</c><00:26:31.980><c> a</c><00:26:32.200><c> thoroughly</c><00:26:32.619><c> sensible</c><00:26:33.220><c> way</c><00:26:34.039><c> puts</c><00:26:34.640><c> the</c>

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whole<00:26:35.059><c> matter</c><00:26:35.279><c> in</c><00:26:35.440><c> its</c><00:26:35.640><c> proper</c><00:26:35.859><c> perspective.</c>

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Then<00:26:37.980><c> he</c><00:26:38.180><c> says</c><00:26:38.460><c> in</c><00:26:38.619><c> verse</c><00:26:38.900><c> 31</c><00:26:39.519><c> of</c><00:26:39.859><c> chapter</c><00:26:40.160><c> 12,</c>

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But<00:26:42.740><c> covet</c><00:26:43.160><c> earnestly</c><00:26:44.160><c> the</c><00:26:44.579><c> best</c><00:26:45.119><c> gifts,</c><00:26:46.160><c> or</c><00:26:46.240><c> earnestly</c><00:26:46.859><c> desire</c><00:26:47.700><c> the</c>

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best<00:26:48.440><c> gifts.</c>

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So<00:26:51.319><c> it</c><00:26:51.500><c> was</c><00:26:51.839><c> perfectly</c><00:26:52.220><c> right</c><00:26:52.539><c> and</c><00:26:52.900><c> proper</c><00:26:53.140><c> for</c><00:26:53.339><c> them</c><00:26:53.539><c> to</c><00:26:53.779><c> want</c>

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spiritual<00:26:54.500><c> gifts</c><00:26:54.740><c> they</c><00:26:54.980><c> haven't</c><00:26:55.359><c> got.</c>

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If<00:26:56.759><c> you</c><00:26:57.019><c> pray</c><00:26:57.299><c> to</c><00:26:57.500><c> God</c><00:26:57.740><c> and</c><00:26:57.920><c> he</c><00:26:58.039><c> gives</c><00:26:58.339><c> them</c><00:26:58.619><c> to</c><00:26:58.920><c> you,</c><00:26:59.140><c> this</c><00:26:59.359><c> is</c>

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splendid,<00:27:00.079><c> he</c><00:27:00.279><c> seems</c><00:27:00.559><c> to</c><00:27:00.779><c> be</c><00:27:00.940><c> saying.</c>

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So<00:27:02.299><c> covet</c><00:27:02.960><c> earnestly</c><00:27:03.619><c> or</c><00:27:04.160><c> eagerly</c><00:27:04.740><c> desire</c><00:27:05.019><c> the</c><00:27:05.220><c> best</c><00:27:05.579><c> gifts.</c>

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:10.819
And<00:27:07.420><c> it</c><00:27:07.539><c> must</c><00:27:07.720><c> therefore</c><00:27:08.160><c> have</c><00:27:08.420><c> been</c><00:27:08.720><c> possible</c><00:27:09.440><c> for</c><00:27:10.420><c> them</c><00:27:10.559><c> to</c>

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receive<00:27:11.099><c> additional</c><00:27:11.619><c> gifts</c><00:27:11.859><c> to</c><00:27:12.099><c> those</c><00:27:12.299><c> they</c><00:27:12.500><c> already</c><00:27:13.059><c> had.</c>

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Otherwise<00:27:13.619><c> it</c><00:27:13.759><c> would</c><00:27:13.920><c> be</c><00:27:14.140><c> no</c><00:27:14.400><c> point</c><00:27:14.599><c> in</c><00:27:14.980><c> saying</c><00:27:15.259><c> earnestly</c>

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desire<00:27:16.500><c> them.</c>

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And<00:27:18.400><c> yet</c><00:27:18.559><c> he</c><00:27:18.819><c> says,</c><00:27:19.680><c> I</c><00:27:19.980><c> show</c><00:27:20.339><c> unto</c><00:27:20.579><c> you</c><00:27:20.940><c> a</c><00:27:21.359><c> more</c><00:27:21.839><c> excellent</c><00:27:22.599><c> way.</c>

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Chapter<00:27:31.059><c> 13.</c>

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Though<00:27:31.059><c> I</c><00:27:32.140><c> speak</c><00:27:32.339><c> with</c><00:27:32.539><c> the</c><00:27:32.660><c> tongue</c><00:27:32.839><c> of</c><00:27:33.059><c> men</c><00:27:33.339><c> and</c><00:27:33.619><c> angels,</c><00:27:34.079><c> and</c>

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have<00:27:34.480><c> not</c><00:27:34.799><c> charity,</c>

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I<00:27:36.180><c> am</c><00:27:36.299><c> become</c><00:27:36.519><c> a</c><00:27:36.859><c> sounding</c><00:27:37.319><c> brass,</c><00:27:38.819><c> or</c><00:27:39.019><c> a</c><00:27:39.140><c> tinkling</c><00:27:39.480><c> cymbal.</c>

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And<00:27:41.259><c> the</c><00:27:41.460><c> whole</c><00:27:41.660><c> of</c><00:27:41.900><c> this</c><00:27:42.119><c> 13th</c><00:27:42.779><c> chapter</c><00:27:43.180><c> is</c><00:27:43.579><c> directly</c><00:27:44.319><c> in</c><00:27:44.779><c> point.</c>

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It<00:27:46.279><c> isn't</c><00:27:46.819><c> inserted</c><00:27:47.480><c> as</c><00:27:47.779><c> some</c><00:27:48.079><c> kind</c><00:27:48.359><c> of</c><00:27:48.640><c> essay</c><00:27:48.880><c> on</c><00:27:49.279><c> love.</c>

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It<00:27:50.480><c> isn't</c><00:27:50.940><c> a</c><00:27:51.160><c> digression,</c><00:27:52.779><c> it</c><00:27:52.880><c> is</c><00:27:53.220><c> directly</c><00:27:53.960><c> related</c><00:27:54.480><c> to</c><00:27:54.700><c> the</c>

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Corinthian<00:27:55.339><c> problem</c><00:27:55.680><c> of</c><00:27:55.880><c> the</c><00:27:56.059><c> spiritual</c><00:27:56.460><c> gifts.</c>

00:27:58.240 --> 00:28:00.500
Paul<00:27:58.480><c> has</c><00:27:58.720><c> set</c><00:27:58.839><c> the</c><00:27:59.019><c> whole</c><00:27:59.240><c> matter</c><00:27:59.480><c> in</c><00:27:59.700><c> order</c><00:27:59.920><c> for</c><00:28:00.140><c> them</c><00:28:00.299><c> and</c>

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given<00:28:00.619><c> them</c><00:28:00.859><c> some</c><00:28:01.099><c> sensible</c><00:28:01.539><c> rules</c><00:28:01.920><c> to</c><00:28:02.180><c> govern</c><00:28:02.359><c> their</c>

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ecclesial<00:28:03.059><c> conduct.</c>

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But<00:28:05.180><c> he</c><00:28:05.359><c> says,</c><00:28:06.180><c> if</c><00:28:06.299><c> you</c><00:28:06.500><c> could</c><00:28:06.759><c> just</c><00:28:07.099><c> get</c><00:28:07.519><c> love</c><00:28:07.799><c> into</c><00:28:08.119><c> your</c><00:28:08.480><c> hearts,</c>

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:12.240
you<00:28:09.799><c> wouldn't</c><00:28:10.119><c> need</c><00:28:10.400><c> all</c><00:28:10.680><c> these</c><00:28:10.940><c> rules</c><00:28:11.259><c> that</c><00:28:11.460><c> I'm</c><00:28:11.680><c> laying</c><00:28:11.900><c> out</c>

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:13.380
for<00:28:12.519><c> you.</c>

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If<00:28:14.460><c> you're</c><00:28:14.619><c> motivated</c><00:28:15.119><c> by</c><00:28:15.440><c> love,</c><00:28:15.720><c> there</c><00:28:15.839><c> won't</c><00:28:16.140><c> be</c><00:28:16.440><c> all</c><00:28:16.700><c> this</c>

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:18.339
jockeying<00:28:17.519><c> for</c><00:28:17.759><c> position,</c>

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:22.480
or<00:28:19.400><c> seeking</c><00:28:19.740><c> to</c><00:28:20.019><c> promote</c><00:28:20.240><c> your</c><00:28:20.500><c> own</c><00:28:20.720><c> image</c><00:28:20.940><c> in</c><00:28:21.119><c> the</c><00:28:21.299><c> community.</c>

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You<00:28:23.039><c> will</c><00:28:23.259><c> be</c><00:28:23.640><c> thoughtful</c><00:28:24.140><c> and</c><00:28:24.859><c> considerate</c><00:28:25.640><c> of</c><00:28:25.920><c> the</c><00:28:26.099><c> feelings</c><00:28:26.400><c> and</c><00:28:26.619><c> the</c>

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sensibilities<00:28:27.359><c> of</c><00:28:27.599><c> the</c><00:28:27.779><c> other</c><00:28:27.960><c> ecclesial</c><00:28:28.400><c> members,</c>

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because<00:28:29.920><c> love</c><00:28:30.380><c> is</c><00:28:31.380><c> the</c><00:28:31.539><c> filling</c><00:28:31.920><c> full</c><00:28:32.740><c> of</c><00:28:33.019><c> the</c><00:28:33.299><c> law.</c>

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:39.640
So<00:28:37.119><c> here</c><00:28:37.339><c> again</c><00:28:37.700><c> are</c><00:28:37.940><c> the</c><00:28:38.180><c> two</c><00:28:38.440><c> levels</c><00:28:38.839><c> you</c><00:28:39.059><c> see,</c><00:28:39.460><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:28:39.880><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:28:41.319><c> one</c><00:28:41.460><c> is</c><00:28:41.839><c> perfectly</c><00:28:42.480><c> acceptable,</c><00:28:44.599><c> covered</c><00:28:44.779><c> earnestly</c><00:28:45.460><c> the</c><00:28:45.720><c> best</c><00:28:46.160><c> gifts,</c><00:28:46.539><c> he</c><00:28:46.839><c> says.</c>

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But<00:28:48.799><c> if</c><00:28:49.160><c> you</c><00:28:49.480><c> have</c><00:28:49.839><c> love</c><00:28:50.119><c> in</c><00:28:50.359><c> your</c><00:28:50.700><c> hearts,</c><00:28:51.599><c> you've</c><00:28:51.799><c> got</c><00:28:51.920><c> the</c>

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:54.160
greatest<00:28:52.539><c> gift</c><00:28:52.859><c> of</c><00:28:53.119><c> all.</c>

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:58.059
You<00:28:54.680><c> won't</c><00:28:55.039><c> need</c><00:28:55.440><c> me</c><00:28:55.740><c> to</c><00:28:55.960><c> set</c><00:28:56.119><c> things</c><00:28:56.420><c> in</c><00:28:56.640><c> order</c><00:28:56.900><c> for</c><00:28:57.240><c> you,</c><00:28:57.500><c> you'll</c><00:28:57.859><c> be</c>

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:59.799
able<00:28:58.299><c> to</c><00:28:58.460><c> do</c><00:28:58.559><c> it</c><00:28:58.700><c> for</c><00:28:58.940><c> yourselves.</c>

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Because<00:29:00.940><c> love</c><00:29:01.500><c> suffereth</c><00:29:02.119><c> long</c><00:29:02.559><c> and</c><00:29:02.819><c> is</c><00:29:03.140><c> kind,</c><00:29:04.279><c> love</c><00:29:04.539><c> envieth</c>

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:07.119
not,<00:29:05.579><c> love</c><00:29:05.880><c> vaunteth</c><00:29:06.400><c> not</c><00:29:06.579><c> itself,</c>

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:13.420
is<00:29:07.640><c> not</c><00:29:07.980><c> puffed</c><00:29:08.380><c> up,</c><00:29:08.940><c> doth</c><00:29:09.079><c> not</c><00:29:09.420><c> behave</c><00:29:09.799><c> itself</c><00:29:10.319><c> unseemly,</c><00:29:12.240><c> and</c><00:29:12.579><c> so</c><00:29:12.920><c> on.</c>

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And<00:29:14.380><c> this</c><00:29:14.579><c> is</c><00:29:14.859><c> obviously</c><00:29:15.440><c> the</c><00:29:15.839><c> better</c><00:29:16.220><c> of</c><00:29:16.640><c> two</c><00:29:16.940><c> right</c><00:29:17.279><c> courses.</c>

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Not<00:29:19.900><c> a</c><00:29:20.019><c> whole</c><00:29:20.200><c> set</c><00:29:20.359><c> of</c><00:29:20.599><c> rules</c><00:29:20.839><c> and</c><00:29:21.200><c> regulations,</c><00:29:22.759><c> right</c><00:29:23.000><c> and</c>

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:25.279
proper<00:29:23.400><c> though</c><00:29:23.599><c> they</c><00:29:23.880><c> were,</c>

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:31.960
but<00:29:27.259><c> being</c><00:29:27.500><c> motivated</c><00:29:28.079><c> by</c><00:29:28.480><c> love</c><00:29:28.779><c> so</c><00:29:29.019><c> that</c><00:29:29.160><c> they</c><00:29:29.339><c> were</c><00:29:29.539><c> sensitive</c><00:29:30.420><c> to</c><00:29:31.740><c> the</c>

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needs<00:29:32.200><c> and</c><00:29:32.380><c> the</c><00:29:32.640><c> feelings</c><00:29:32.900><c> of</c><00:29:33.119><c> other</c><00:29:33.319><c> people,</c>

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and<00:29:34.680><c> behaved</c><00:29:35.039><c> accordingly.</c>

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Now<00:29:38.339><c> after</c><00:29:38.799><c> that</c><00:29:39.140><c> digression,</c><00:29:39.880><c> can</c><00:29:40.079><c> we</c><00:29:40.200><c> come</c><00:29:40.440><c> back</c><00:29:40.680><c> to</c><00:29:40.799><c> Matthew</c><00:29:41.220><c> chapter</c><00:29:41.599><c> 5?</c>

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And<00:29:43.960><c> we</c><00:29:44.240><c> remind</c><00:29:44.559><c> ourselves</c><00:29:45.220><c> what</c><00:29:45.480><c> we</c><00:29:45.720><c> are</c><00:29:45.779><c> looking</c><00:29:46.140><c> at.</c>

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:54.299
The<00:29:48.640><c> way</c><00:29:48.960><c> in</c><00:29:49.200><c> which</c><00:29:49.480><c> Jesus</c><00:29:50.200><c> filled</c><00:29:50.839><c> full</c><00:29:51.460><c> the</c><00:29:51.779><c> basic</c><00:29:52.259><c> principles</c><00:29:52.859><c> of</c><00:29:53.140><c> the</c><00:29:53.359><c> law,</c>

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:57.420
in<00:29:54.880><c> order</c><00:29:55.119><c> to</c><00:29:55.339><c> bring</c><00:29:55.480><c> out</c><00:29:55.740><c> the</c><00:29:55.980><c> meaning</c><00:29:56.319><c> that</c><00:29:56.500><c> had</c><00:29:56.740><c> been</c><00:29:56.980><c> there</c>

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:58.920
all<00:29:57.819><c> along,</c>

00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:03.039
so<00:29:59.680><c> that</c><00:29:59.900><c> we</c><00:30:00.180><c> could</c><00:30:00.640><c> follow</c><00:30:01.319><c> in</c><00:30:02.039><c> his</c><00:30:02.319><c> footsteps.</c>

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:09.119
And<00:30:04.259><c> also</c><00:30:05.180><c> to</c><00:30:05.500><c> be</c><00:30:05.859><c> aware</c><00:30:06.740><c> that</c><00:30:07.619><c> there's</c><00:30:07.920><c> often</c><00:30:08.160><c> more</c><00:30:08.480><c> than</c><00:30:08.740><c> one</c>

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:13.599
way<00:30:09.579><c> of</c><00:30:09.980><c> filling</c><00:30:10.380><c> full</c><00:30:11.140><c> the</c><00:30:11.759><c> law's</c><00:30:12.400><c> requirements.</c>

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:19.740
And<00:30:15.720><c> we</c><00:30:15.960><c> find</c><00:30:16.460><c> as</c><00:30:16.680><c> we</c><00:30:16.900><c> go</c><00:30:17.099><c> through</c><00:30:17.299><c> chapter</c><00:30:17.680><c> 5</c><00:30:18.140><c> that</c><00:30:18.339><c> Jesus</c><00:30:18.740><c> requires</c><00:30:19.319><c> from</c><00:30:19.500><c> his</c>

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:23.740
disciples<00:30:20.240><c> not</c><00:30:20.740><c> less</c><00:30:21.299><c> than</c><00:30:21.579><c> the</c><00:30:21.779><c> law</c><00:30:21.900><c> demands,</c><00:30:22.460><c> but</c><00:30:22.700><c> more.</c>

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:28.240
And<00:30:24.799><c> this</c><00:30:24.960><c> is</c><00:30:25.140><c> because</c><00:30:25.480><c> love</c><00:30:25.980><c> or</c><00:30:26.380><c> Christian</c><00:30:26.900><c> charity</c><00:30:27.619><c> demands</c>

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more<00:30:28.680><c> than</c><00:30:28.960><c> law.</c>

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:32.680
Have<00:30:29.940><c> you</c><00:30:30.119><c> thought</c><00:30:30.359><c> about</c><00:30:30.700><c> that</c><00:30:30.980><c> brethren</c><00:30:31.299><c> and</c><00:30:31.640><c> sisters?</c>

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:35.920
Rules<00:30:33.759><c> and</c><00:30:34.079><c> regulations</c><00:30:34.579><c> have</c><00:30:34.900><c> their</c><00:30:35.220><c> place.</c>

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:40.000
They<00:30:36.700><c> provide</c><00:30:37.019><c> a</c><00:30:37.220><c> basic</c><00:30:37.519><c> framework</c><00:30:38.019><c> for</c><00:30:38.319><c> ecclesial</c><00:30:38.859><c> life.</c>

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:44.720
But<00:30:40.779><c> the</c><00:30:41.079><c> love</c><00:30:41.259><c> of</c><00:30:41.599><c> Christ</c><00:30:42.039><c> goes</c><00:30:42.519><c> further</c><00:30:43.039><c> than</c><00:30:43.400><c> that.</c>

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:50.099
And<00:30:45.700><c> we've</c><00:30:45.960><c> got</c><00:30:46.119><c> to</c><00:30:46.859><c> develop</c><00:30:47.440><c> the</c><00:30:47.759><c> perspective</c><00:30:48.359><c> of</c><00:30:48.640><c> Jesus</c><00:30:49.119><c> which</c><00:30:49.440><c> says</c><00:30:49.819><c> the</c>

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law<00:30:50.359><c> was</c><00:30:50.799><c> right</c><00:30:51.259><c> in</c><00:30:51.759><c> demanding</c><00:30:52.339><c> minimum</c><00:30:52.960><c> standards</c><00:30:53.440><c> of</c><00:30:53.740><c> behaviour.</c>

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:58.680
But<00:30:55.400><c> the</c><00:30:55.700><c> child</c><00:30:56.140><c> of</c><00:30:56.359><c> God</c><00:30:57.059><c> will</c><00:30:57.559><c> want</c><00:30:57.779><c> to</c><00:30:57.940><c> go</c><00:30:58.079><c> a</c><00:30:58.180><c> lot</c><00:30:58.380><c> further</c>

00:30:58.680 --> 00:31:00.200
than<00:30:58.940><c> that,</c>

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:06.799
and<00:31:01.400><c> fill</c><00:31:01.880><c> full</c><00:31:02.480><c> the</c><00:31:03.059><c> underlying</c><00:31:03.740><c> purpose</c><00:31:04.700><c> of</c><00:31:05.420><c> God's</c><00:31:05.859><c> law.</c>

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:12.720
So,<00:31:09.619><c> Matthew</c><00:31:09.920><c> chapter</c><00:31:10.279><c> 5</c><00:31:10.680><c> verse</c><00:31:11.519><c> 21.</c>

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:18.720
You've<00:31:14.079><c> heard</c><00:31:14.240><c> that</c><00:31:14.380><c> it</c><00:31:14.480><c> was</c><00:31:14.640><c> said</c><00:31:14.819><c> by</c><00:31:15.039><c> them</c><00:31:15.220><c> of</c><00:31:15.440><c> old</c><00:31:15.740><c> time,</c><00:31:16.119><c> thou</c><00:31:16.259><c> shalt</c><00:31:16.480><c> not</c><00:31:16.799><c> kill,</c><00:31:17.299><c> and</c><00:31:17.420><c> whosoever</c><00:31:17.819><c> shall</c><00:31:18.039><c> kill</c><00:31:18.359><c> shall</c><00:31:18.539><c> be</c>

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:20.039
in<00:31:18.859><c> danger</c><00:31:19.220><c> of</c><00:31:19.420><c> the</c><00:31:19.579><c> judgment.</c>

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:23.960
But<00:31:20.980><c> I</c><00:31:21.380><c> say</c><00:31:21.599><c> unto</c><00:31:21.859><c> you</c><00:31:22.180><c> that</c><00:31:22.380><c> whosoever</c><00:31:22.839><c> is</c><00:31:23.099><c> angry</c><00:31:23.519><c> with</c><00:31:23.740><c> his</c>

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:26.920
brother<00:31:24.160><c> without</c><00:31:24.559><c> cause</c><00:31:24.920><c> shall</c><00:31:25.099><c> be</c><00:31:25.279><c> in</c><00:31:25.420><c> danger</c><00:31:25.700><c> of</c><00:31:25.839><c> the</c><00:31:26.000><c> judgment,</c>

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:30.500
and<00:31:27.660><c> whosoever</c><00:31:28.039><c> shall</c><00:31:28.200><c> say</c><00:31:28.400><c> to</c><00:31:28.500><c> his</c><00:31:28.700><c> brother,</c><00:31:29.160><c> Rocker,</c><00:31:30.359><c> shall</c>

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.759
be<00:31:30.660><c> in</c><00:31:30.839><c> danger</c><00:31:30.960><c> of</c><00:31:31.119><c> the</c><00:31:31.319><c> council,</c>

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:35.880
and<00:31:32.019><c> whosoever</c><00:31:32.420><c> shall</c><00:31:32.660><c> say,</c><00:31:33.099><c> thou</c><00:31:33.319><c> fool,</c><00:31:34.619><c> shall</c><00:31:34.779><c> be</c><00:31:35.039><c> in</c><00:31:35.140><c> danger</c><00:31:35.579><c> of</c>

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:37.240
hell<00:31:36.180><c> fire.</c>

00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:41.099
Now<00:31:38.619><c> I'm</c><00:31:38.700><c> sure</c><00:31:38.920><c> you</c><00:31:39.039><c> will</c><00:31:39.279><c> know</c><00:31:39.480><c> because</c><00:31:39.859><c> it's</c><00:31:40.259><c> old</c><00:31:40.619><c> hat</c><00:31:40.839><c> or</c>

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:43.039
Christadelphian<00:31:41.819><c> ABC,</c>

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:46.079
that<00:31:43.400><c> what</c><00:31:43.619><c> Jesus</c><00:31:43.960><c> is</c><00:31:44.279><c> saying</c><00:31:44.440><c> in</c><00:31:44.660><c> these</c><00:31:44.900><c> verses</c><00:31:45.240><c> is</c><00:31:45.500><c> that</c><00:31:45.680><c> it's</c><00:31:45.880><c> the</c>

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:48.519
motivation<00:31:46.880><c> that</c><00:31:47.160><c> God's</c><00:31:47.700><c> concerned</c><00:31:48.059><c> with.</c>

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:52.640
To<00:31:49.579><c> hate</c><00:31:49.799><c> your</c><00:31:50.000><c> brother</c><00:31:50.299><c> is</c><00:31:50.500><c> as</c><00:31:50.700><c> bad</c><00:31:50.859><c> as</c><00:31:50.980><c> actually</c><00:31:51.539><c> murdering</c><00:31:52.099><c> him.</c>

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:55.619
You<00:31:53.180><c> may</c><00:31:53.420><c> as</c><00:31:53.539><c> well</c><00:31:53.700><c> kill</c><00:31:53.940><c> him</c><00:31:54.140><c> in</c><00:31:54.380><c> God's</c><00:31:54.759><c> book.</c>

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:58.400
In<00:31:55.819><c> fact,</c><00:31:56.079><c> John</c><00:31:56.420><c> says</c><00:31:56.779><c> as</c><00:31:56.980><c> much</c><00:31:57.140><c> in</c><00:31:57.279><c> his</c><00:31:57.559><c> epistle.</c>

00:31:58.859 --> 00:32:02.279
He<00:31:59.059><c> that</c><00:31:59.380><c> hateth</c><00:31:59.680><c> his</c><00:31:59.980><c> brother</c><00:32:00.319><c> is</c><00:32:00.900><c> a</c><00:32:01.359><c> murderer,</c><00:32:01.880><c> says</c><00:32:02.000><c> John</c>

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:03.880
in<00:32:02.420><c> his</c><00:32:02.599><c> first</c><00:32:02.880><c> epistle.</c>

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:10.119
Why?<00:32:05.980><c> Because</c><00:32:06.579><c> the</c><00:32:07.779><c> impulses</c><00:32:08.380><c> are</c><00:32:08.680><c> just</c><00:32:09.079><c> the</c><00:32:09.440><c> same</c><00:32:09.700><c> as</c><00:32:09.920><c> those</c>

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:13.119
of<00:32:10.319><c> a</c><00:32:10.480><c> person</c><00:32:10.740><c> who</c><00:32:11.039><c> actually</c><00:32:11.500><c> commits</c><00:32:11.900><c> the</c><00:32:12.220><c> deed.</c>

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:18.839
But<00:32:13.900><c> if</c><00:32:14.119><c> you</c><00:32:14.279><c> love</c><00:32:14.579><c> your</c><00:32:14.819><c> brother,</c><00:32:16.180><c> then</c><00:32:16.299><c> these</c><00:32:16.680><c> unworthy</c><00:32:17.319><c> thoughts</c><00:32:18.059><c> will</c><00:32:18.579><c> go.</c>

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:21.640
They<00:32:19.119><c> will</c><00:32:19.359><c> be</c><00:32:19.619><c> totally</c><00:32:20.119><c> dispelled.</c>

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:26.460
So<00:32:23.359><c> you</c><00:32:23.500><c> see,</c><00:32:23.880><c> brethren</c><00:32:24.059><c> and</c><00:32:24.259><c> sisters,</c><00:32:24.480><c> it</c><00:32:24.619><c> isn't</c><00:32:24.920><c> enough</c><00:32:25.559><c> for</c>

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:29.279
the<00:32:26.579><c> disciple</c><00:32:26.960><c> of</c><00:32:27.160><c> Christ</c><00:32:27.420><c> to</c><00:32:27.619><c> adopt</c><00:32:27.920><c> a</c><00:32:28.200><c> legalistic</c><00:32:28.759><c> approach</c>

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:31.680
as<00:32:29.480><c> they</c><00:32:29.660><c> did</c><00:32:29.779><c> under</c><00:32:30.099><c> the</c><00:32:30.240><c> Old</c><00:32:30.440><c> Testament</c><00:32:30.960><c> and</c><00:32:31.460><c> say,</c>

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:34.079
well,<00:32:31.880><c> as</c><00:32:31.980><c> long</c><00:32:32.220><c> as</c><00:32:32.359><c> I</c><00:32:32.559><c> stick</c><00:32:32.720><c> to</c><00:32:32.940><c> the</c><00:32:33.160><c> rules</c><00:32:33.400><c> and</c><00:32:33.599><c> never</c><00:32:33.859><c> call</c>

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:38.079
my<00:32:34.359><c> brother</c><00:32:34.539><c> a</c><00:32:34.900><c> fool</c><00:32:35.220><c> or</c><00:32:35.640><c> a</c><00:32:35.799><c> vain</c><00:32:36.079><c> fellow</c><00:32:36.519><c> or</c><00:32:37.039><c> a</c><00:32:37.259><c> worthless</c><00:32:37.579><c> idiot,</c>

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:40.319
I<00:32:38.819><c> shall</c><00:32:38.960><c> be</c><00:32:39.220><c> all</c><00:32:39.380><c> right.</c>

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:43.720
You've<00:32:41.480><c> got</c><00:32:41.539><c> to</c><00:32:41.660><c> go</c><00:32:41.720><c> a</c><00:32:41.839><c> lot</c><00:32:41.960><c> further</c><00:32:42.299><c> than</c><00:32:42.559><c> that,</c><00:32:42.740><c> Jesus</c><00:32:43.140><c> is</c><00:32:43.400><c> saying.</c>

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:48.019
You've<00:32:44.460><c> got</c><00:32:44.599><c> to</c><00:32:44.759><c> learn</c><00:32:44.960><c> to</c><00:32:45.319><c> love</c><00:32:45.480><c> your</c><00:32:45.799><c> brother</c><00:32:46.259><c> because</c><00:32:47.700><c> that</c>

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:51.299
was<00:32:48.279><c> the</c><00:32:48.660><c> underlying</c><00:32:49.099><c> purpose</c><00:32:49.759><c> of</c><00:32:50.019><c> this</c><00:32:50.279><c> law.</c>

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:53.619
Verse<00:32:52.420><c> 23.</c>

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:55.920
Therefore,<00:32:54.339><c> if</c><00:32:54.460><c> thou</c><00:32:54.559><c> bring</c><00:32:54.799><c> thy</c><00:32:55.000><c> gift</c><00:32:55.180><c> to</c><00:32:55.359><c> the</c><00:32:55.539><c> altar,</c><00:32:55.859><c> and</c>

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:59.000
there<00:32:56.119><c> remembrance</c><00:32:56.440><c> thy</c><00:32:56.720><c> brother</c><00:32:57.000><c> hath</c><00:32:57.240><c> ought</c><00:32:57.400><c> against</c><00:32:57.920><c> thee,</c>

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:02.619
leave<00:32:59.619><c> there</c><00:32:59.859><c> thy</c><00:33:00.099><c> gift</c><00:33:00.420><c> before</c><00:33:00.700><c> the</c><00:33:00.940><c> altar,</c><00:33:01.140><c> go</c><00:33:01.380><c> thy</c><00:33:01.680><c> way,</c><00:33:01.940><c> and</c><00:33:02.140><c> first</c><00:33:02.359><c> be</c>

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:03.759
reconciled<00:33:03.059><c> to</c><00:33:03.259><c> thy</c><00:33:03.440><c> brother,</c>

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:07.900
and<00:33:04.339><c> then</c><00:33:05.079><c> come</c><00:33:05.720><c> and</c><00:33:06.220><c> offer</c><00:33:06.400><c> thy</c><00:33:06.799><c> gift.</c>

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:13.539
Verse<00:33:12.539><c> 27.</c>

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:17.779
You<00:33:14.240><c> have</c><00:33:14.460><c> heard</c><00:33:14.700><c> that</c><00:33:14.880><c> it</c><00:33:15.000><c> was</c><00:33:15.200><c> said</c><00:33:15.420><c> by</c><00:33:15.700><c> them</c><00:33:15.920><c> of</c><00:33:16.180><c> old</c><00:33:16.539><c> time,</c>

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:20.319
thou<00:33:17.980><c> shalt</c><00:33:18.279><c> not</c><00:33:18.779><c> commit</c><00:33:19.160><c> adultery.</c>

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:23.460
But<00:33:21.160><c> I</c><00:33:21.420><c> say</c><00:33:21.559><c> unto</c><00:33:21.779><c> you,</c><00:33:22.099><c> that</c><00:33:22.200><c> whosoever</c><00:33:22.680><c> looketh</c><00:33:22.960><c> on</c><00:33:23.099><c> a</c><00:33:23.240><c> woman</c>

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:25.099
to<00:33:23.680><c> lust</c><00:33:24.019><c> after</c><00:33:24.460><c> her,</c>

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:30.000
hath<00:33:25.539><c> committed</c><00:33:26.019><c> adultery</c><00:33:26.619><c> with</c><00:33:26.839><c> her</c><00:33:27.099><c> already</c><00:33:27.880><c> in</c><00:33:28.619><c> his</c><00:33:28.980><c> heart.</c>

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:34.279
To<00:33:31.660><c> look</c><00:33:31.839><c> on</c><00:33:32.059><c> a</c><00:33:32.220><c> woman</c><00:33:32.460><c> to</c><00:33:32.640><c> lust</c><00:33:32.980><c> after</c><00:33:33.380><c> her,</c><00:33:33.599><c> Jesus</c><00:33:33.920><c> says,</c><00:33:34.200><c> is</c>

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:35.400
as<00:33:34.480><c> bad</c><00:33:34.640><c> as</c><00:33:34.859><c> the</c><00:33:35.059><c> act.</c>

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:39.420
If<00:33:36.319><c> you</c><00:33:36.539><c> are</c><00:33:36.819><c> restrained</c><00:33:37.599><c> because</c><00:33:37.940><c> you</c><00:33:38.180><c> lack</c><00:33:38.359><c> opportunity</c><00:33:39.079><c> or</c>

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:41.220
fear<00:33:39.660><c> the</c><00:33:40.039><c> consequences,</c>

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:48.400
but<00:33:42.079><c> secretly</c><00:33:42.539><c> you</c><00:33:43.019><c> indulge</c><00:33:43.460><c> the</c><00:33:43.720><c> passion,</c><00:33:45.519><c> then</c><00:33:45.680><c> you</c><00:33:46.000><c> are</c><00:33:46.420><c> an</c><00:33:46.700><c> adulterer.</c>

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:52.819
So,<00:33:49.839><c> mere</c><00:33:49.839><c> outward</c><00:33:50.440><c> restraint</c><00:33:51.140><c> is</c><00:33:51.480><c> not</c><00:33:51.779><c> enough.</c>

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:56.799
You've<00:33:53.440><c> got</c><00:33:53.579><c> to</c><00:33:53.740><c> learn</c><00:33:53.980><c> to</c><00:33:54.240><c> love</c><00:33:54.440><c> your</c><00:33:54.720><c> neighbour</c><00:33:55.079><c> as</c><00:33:55.440><c> yourself,</c>

00:33:56.839 --> 00:34:01.019
and<00:33:57.079><c> shun</c><00:33:57.279><c> the</c><00:33:57.480><c> very</c><00:33:57.880><c> thoughts</c><00:33:58.400><c> that</c><00:33:58.660><c> would</c><00:33:58.980><c> lead</c><00:33:59.339><c> to</c><00:33:59.640><c> her</c><00:33:59.980><c> harm.</c>

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:05.039
Now,<00:34:02.380><c> that</c><00:34:02.559><c> isn't</c><00:34:02.920><c> the</c><00:34:03.220><c> law</c><00:34:03.440><c> of</c><00:34:03.700><c> Christ,</c><00:34:04.299><c> brethren</c><00:34:04.480><c> and</c><00:34:04.740><c> sisters.</c>

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:07.779
It's<00:34:05.579><c> the</c><00:34:05.940><c> Spirit</c><00:34:06.299><c> of</c><00:34:06.599><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:11.559
This<00:34:08.340><c> is</c><00:34:08.760><c> the</c><00:34:09.280><c> filling</c><00:34:09.619><c> full</c><00:34:10.239><c> of</c><00:34:10.460><c> the</c><00:34:10.659><c> things</c><00:34:10.880><c> written</c><00:34:11.179><c> in</c><00:34:11.420><c> the</c>

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:13.079
law<00:34:11.699><c> and</c><00:34:11.900><c> the</c><00:34:12.199><c> prophets.</c>

00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:17.260
God's<00:34:13.699><c> always</c><00:34:14.260><c> wanted</c><00:34:14.599><c> people</c><00:34:14.920><c> to</c><00:34:15.159><c> be</c><00:34:15.320><c> like</c><00:34:15.639><c> this,</c><00:34:15.820><c> as</c><00:34:15.980><c> I</c><00:34:16.119><c> said</c><00:34:16.260><c> earlier.</c>

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:21.739
He's<00:34:19.059><c> wanted</c><00:34:19.320><c> people</c><00:34:19.679><c> to</c><00:34:19.960><c> see</c><00:34:20.179><c> the</c><00:34:20.599><c> underlying</c><00:34:21.019><c> purpose</c><00:34:21.539><c> of</c>

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:22.559
His<00:34:22.000><c> regulations,</c>

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:26.500
that<00:34:22.739><c> they</c><00:34:22.940><c> weren't</c><00:34:23.139><c> just</c><00:34:23.619><c> arbitrarily</c><00:34:24.280><c> imposed</c><00:34:24.860><c> on</c><00:34:25.139><c> Israel.</c>

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:30.420
It<00:34:27.300><c> was</c><00:34:28.619><c> a</c><00:34:28.739><c> kind</c><00:34:28.940><c> of</c><00:34:29.239><c> fence.</c>

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:33.000
They<00:34:30.820><c> had</c><00:34:31.019><c> to</c><00:34:31.219><c> live</c><00:34:31.519><c> within</c><00:34:31.780><c> a</c><00:34:32.139><c> small</c><00:34:32.480><c> space,</c>

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:37.460
because<00:34:33.440><c> God</c><00:34:33.840><c> had</c><00:34:34.260><c> arbitrarily</c><00:34:34.760><c> decided</c><00:34:35.320><c> that's</c><00:34:35.739><c> how</c><00:34:36.039><c> it</c><00:34:36.059><c> would</c><00:34:36.320><c> be.</c>

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:41.679
He<00:34:38.719><c> wanted</c><00:34:38.960><c> them</c><00:34:39.139><c> to</c><00:34:39.320><c> see</c><00:34:39.500><c> the</c><00:34:39.880><c> underlying</c><00:34:40.360><c> purpose.</c>

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:45.619
It<00:34:42.139><c> is</c><00:34:42.480><c> for</c><00:34:42.980><c> thy</c><00:34:43.420><c> good,</c><00:34:43.920><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:34:44.619><c> says,</c>

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:49.179
that<00:34:46.320><c> thou</c><00:34:46.480><c> shalt</c><00:34:46.679><c> keep</c><00:34:47.019><c> and</c><00:34:47.280><c> obey</c><00:34:47.440><c> all</c><00:34:47.780><c> these</c><00:34:48.079><c> laws.</c>

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:53.219
And<00:34:49.900><c> then,</c><00:34:50.159><c> having</c><00:34:50.300><c> seen</c><00:34:50.619><c> the</c><00:34:50.800><c> purpose,</c><00:34:51.320><c> to</c><00:34:51.699><c> interpret</c><00:34:52.320><c> the</c><00:34:52.639><c> principles</c>

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:56.780
into<00:34:53.880><c> their</c><00:34:54.119><c> attitudes</c><00:34:54.659><c> towards</c><00:34:55.099><c> their</c><00:34:55.400><c> fellows.</c>

00:34:58.280 --> 00:35:01.820
So,<00:34:58.380><c> to</c><00:34:58.539><c> briefly</c><00:34:58.860><c> summarise</c><00:34:59.440><c> what</c><00:34:59.699><c> we've</c><00:34:59.980><c> been</c><00:35:00.619><c> saying,</c>

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:05.480
under<00:35:02.659><c> the</c><00:35:02.840><c> Ten</c><00:35:03.079><c> Commandments,</c><00:35:04.039><c> thou</c><00:35:04.199><c> shalt</c><00:35:04.480><c> not</c><00:35:04.860><c> kill,</c>

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:08.159
didn't<00:35:06.199><c> just</c><00:35:06.559><c> mean</c><00:35:06.900><c> that</c><00:35:07.139><c> as</c><00:35:07.320><c> long</c><00:35:07.460><c> as</c><00:35:07.539><c> you</c><00:35:07.599><c> didn't</c><00:35:07.800><c> actually</c>

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.940
murder<00:35:08.460><c> somebody,</c>

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:11.280
you<00:35:09.340><c> were</c><00:35:09.559><c> alright</c><00:35:09.860><c> in</c><00:35:10.119><c> God's</c><00:35:10.500><c> book.</c>

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:14.860
It<00:35:11.980><c> meant</c><00:35:12.099><c> that</c><00:35:12.260><c> you</c><00:35:12.340><c> shouldn't</c><00:35:12.599><c> even</c><00:35:12.920><c> have</c><00:35:13.179><c> murderous</c><00:35:13.760><c> thoughts,</c>

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:19.599
unkind<00:35:15.719><c> feelings</c><00:35:16.219><c> towards</c><00:35:16.679><c> others,</c><00:35:17.719><c> bitterness</c><00:35:18.000><c> in</c><00:35:18.300><c> your</c><00:35:18.599><c> heart.</c>

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:24.000
Now,<00:35:20.519><c> that's</c><00:35:20.840><c> the</c><00:35:21.019><c> interpretation</c><00:35:21.500><c> we</c><00:35:21.679><c> saw</c><00:35:21.860><c> earlier</c><00:35:22.239><c> in</c><00:35:22.380><c> Leviticus</c><00:35:22.800><c> 19.</c>

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:30.659
And<00:35:24.619><c> so,</c><00:35:26.480><c> anger</c><00:35:26.739><c> is</c><00:35:27.019><c> murder,</c><00:35:28.179><c> impure</c><00:35:28.599><c> desires</c><00:35:29.059><c> are</c><00:35:29.480><c> adultery,</c>

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:33.280
and<00:35:30.940><c> so</c><00:35:31.139><c> we</c><00:35:31.280><c> could</c><00:35:31.420><c> go</c><00:35:31.639><c> on</c><00:35:31.840><c> making</c><00:35:32.099><c> the</c><00:35:32.360><c> list.</c>

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:39.119
And<00:35:34.099><c> these</c><00:35:34.360><c> unworthy</c><00:35:34.820><c> thoughts</c><00:35:35.199><c> can</c><00:35:35.539><c> only</c><00:35:36.019><c> be</c><00:35:36.420><c> dispelled</c><00:35:36.960><c> and</c><00:35:37.519><c> transcended</c>

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:41.800
by<00:35:39.619><c> the</c><00:35:39.880><c> law</c><00:35:40.019><c> of</c><00:35:40.260><c> Christian</c><00:35:40.639><c> charity,</c>

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:45.739
by<00:35:42.260><c> learning</c><00:35:42.519><c> to</c><00:35:42.880><c> love</c><00:35:43.079><c> your</c><00:35:43.440><c> neighbour</c><00:35:43.820><c> as</c><00:35:44.219><c> yourself.</c>

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:50.739
To<00:35:48.739><c> express</c><00:35:49.179><c> it</c><00:35:49.500><c> another</c><00:35:49.760><c> way,</c>

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:56.840
law<00:35:52.360><c> is</c><00:35:52.920><c> concerned</c><00:35:53.639><c> with</c><00:35:53.920><c> the</c><00:35:54.260><c> obvious</c><00:35:54.920><c> and</c><00:35:55.599><c> the</c><00:35:55.940><c> external,</c>

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:58.139
isn't<00:35:57.199><c> it?</c>

00:35:58.420 --> 00:36:02.079
It's<00:35:58.940><c> concerned</c><00:35:59.380><c> with</c><00:35:59.860><c> measurable</c><00:36:00.639><c> behaviour.</c>

00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:07.980
You<00:36:03.880><c> can</c><00:36:04.239><c> measure</c><00:36:04.760><c> and</c><00:36:05.360><c> regulate</c><00:36:05.980><c> behaviour</c><00:36:06.579><c> by</c><00:36:07.039><c> law.</c>

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:12.440
Thou<00:36:08.380><c> shalt</c><00:36:08.699><c> do</c><00:36:09.079><c> this,</c><00:36:09.840><c> thou</c><00:36:10.019><c> shalt</c><00:36:10.300><c> do</c><00:36:10.679><c> that,</c><00:36:11.360><c> and</c><00:36:11.500><c> thou</c><00:36:11.699><c> shalt</c><00:36:12.119><c> not</c>

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:14.059
do<00:36:12.699><c> the</c><00:36:13.000><c> other.</c>

00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:17.940
But<00:36:15.639><c> love</c><00:36:15.860><c> is</c><00:36:16.500><c> immeasurable.</c>

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:21.659
It<00:36:18.179><c> goes</c><00:36:18.579><c> right</c><00:36:19.039><c> beyond</c><00:36:19.699><c> external</c><00:36:20.440><c> and</c><00:36:20.699><c> measurable</c><00:36:21.039><c> behaviour.</c>

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:25.000
It's<00:36:22.199><c> the</c><00:36:22.460><c> interpretation</c><00:36:23.059><c> of</c><00:36:23.300><c> the</c><00:36:23.320><c> very</c><00:36:23.679><c> Spirit</c><00:36:24.139><c> of</c><00:36:24.460><c> God</c>

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:28.500
into<00:36:25.679><c> our</c><00:36:25.940><c> relationships</c><00:36:26.900><c> and</c><00:36:27.400><c> our</c><00:36:27.639><c> living.</c>

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:33.840
Under<00:36:30.579><c> law,</c><00:36:31.079><c> you</c><00:36:31.219><c> could</c><00:36:31.579><c> easily</c><00:36:32.119><c> be</c><00:36:32.460><c> judged</c><00:36:32.820><c> by</c><00:36:33.159><c> your</c><00:36:33.460><c> fellows</c>

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:36.760
because<00:36:34.360><c> it's</c><00:36:34.820><c> concerned</c><00:36:35.159><c> with</c><00:36:35.400><c> outward</c><00:36:35.659><c> behaviour.</c>

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:40.139
They<00:36:37.780><c> would</c><00:36:38.000><c> certainly</c><00:36:38.400><c> know</c><00:36:38.699><c> if</c><00:36:38.860><c> you</c><00:36:39.000><c> had</c><00:36:39.139><c> committed</c><00:36:39.400><c> murder,</c><00:36:39.780><c> wouldn't</c><00:36:39.960><c> they?</c>

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:41.940
Because<00:36:40.380><c> there'd</c><00:36:40.579><c> be</c><00:36:40.800><c> a</c><00:36:41.000><c> corpse.</c>

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:47.239
They<00:36:43.480><c> would</c><00:36:44.039><c> probably</c><00:36:44.780><c> know</c><00:36:45.219><c> if</c><00:36:45.420><c> you</c><00:36:45.619><c> had</c><00:36:45.880><c> committed</c><00:36:46.219><c> adultery</c>

00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:51.880
because<00:36:48.119><c> there</c><00:36:48.440><c> are</c><00:36:49.239><c> very</c><00:36:49.780><c> often</c><00:36:50.280><c> consequences.</c>

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:56.739
But<00:36:53.280><c> under</c><00:36:53.579><c> the</c><00:36:53.760><c> law</c><00:36:53.880><c> of</c><00:36:54.159><c> love,</c><00:36:54.719><c> you've</c><00:36:54.860><c> got</c><00:36:55.000><c> to</c><00:36:55.099><c> judge</c><00:36:55.340><c> yourself,</c>

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:59.559
regulate<00:36:57.659><c> your</c><00:36:58.099><c> own</c><00:36:58.420><c> behaviour.</c>

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:03.179
If<00:37:00.320><c> we</c><00:37:00.539><c> would</c><00:37:00.780><c> judge</c><00:37:01.019><c> ourselves,</c><00:37:01.639><c> we</c><00:37:01.820><c> should</c><00:37:02.099><c> not</c><00:37:02.440><c> be</c><00:37:02.800><c> judged,</c>

00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:04.579
says<00:37:03.539><c> Paul.</c>

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:06.920
We've<00:37:05.000><c> got</c><00:37:05.099><c> to</c><00:37:05.159><c> look</c><00:37:05.340><c> into</c><00:37:05.599><c> our</c><00:37:05.820><c> own</c><00:37:06.019><c> hearts</c><00:37:06.320><c> and</c><00:37:06.579><c> pronounce</c>

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.780
our<00:37:07.219><c> own</c><00:37:07.460><c> judgement</c>

00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:10.219
and<00:37:08.119><c> then</c><00:37:08.400><c> act</c><00:37:08.820><c> accordingly.</c>

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:15.000
Under<00:37:11.380><c> the</c><00:37:11.619><c> law</c><00:37:12.199><c> of</c><00:37:13.280><c> the</c><00:37:13.460><c> love</c><00:37:13.599><c> of</c><00:37:13.820><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:18.000
And<00:37:15.840><c> this</c><00:37:16.059><c> surely</c><00:37:16.320><c> is</c><00:37:16.519><c> the</c><00:37:16.719><c> significance,</c><00:37:17.460><c> brethren</c><00:37:17.599><c> and</c><00:37:17.800><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:20.780
of<00:37:18.179><c> that</c><00:37:18.380><c> well</c><00:37:18.719><c>-known</c><00:37:18.980><c> parable</c><00:37:19.420><c> which</c><00:37:19.639><c> Jesus</c><00:37:20.019><c> told</c><00:37:20.280><c> about</c><00:37:20.539><c> the</c>

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:22.559
Pharisee<00:37:21.139><c> and</c><00:37:21.219><c> the</c><00:37:21.460><c> publican.</c>

00:37:22.699 --> 00:37:26.699
You<00:37:22.880><c> see,</c><00:37:23.139><c> the</c><00:37:23.300><c> Pharisee</c><00:37:23.820><c> had</c><00:37:23.940><c> got</c><00:37:24.099><c> everything</c><00:37:24.500><c> right</c><00:37:24.920><c> according</c><00:37:25.440><c> to</c><00:37:25.800><c> law.</c>

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:30.920
I<00:37:27.440><c> fast</c><00:37:27.800><c> twice</c><00:37:28.179><c> in</c><00:37:28.400><c> the</c><00:37:28.539><c> week.</c><00:37:28.840><c> I</c><00:37:29.119><c> give</c><00:37:29.420><c> tithes</c><00:37:29.800><c> of</c><00:37:29.960><c> all</c><00:37:30.199><c> that</c><00:37:30.360><c> I</c><00:37:30.599><c> possess.</c>

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:33.659
I<00:37:31.440><c> do</c><00:37:31.659><c> this</c><00:37:31.960><c> and</c><00:37:32.119><c> that</c><00:37:32.360><c> and</c><00:37:32.480><c> the</c><00:37:32.659><c> other</c><00:37:32.860><c> thing.</c>

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:38.139
All<00:37:34.400><c> the</c><00:37:34.739><c> external</c><00:37:35.159><c> things,</c><00:37:35.579><c> the</c><00:37:35.800><c> items</c><00:37:36.099><c> of</c><00:37:36.420><c> measurable</c><00:37:36.880><c> behaviour.</c>

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:42.199
Take<00:37:39.039><c> them</c><00:37:39.239><c> off,</c><00:37:39.559><c> take</c><00:37:39.719><c> them</c><00:37:39.880><c> off,</c><00:37:40.199><c> I'm</c><00:37:40.519><c> alright</c><00:37:40.900><c> with</c><00:37:41.199><c> God.</c>

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:44.320
Or<00:37:42.980><c> so</c><00:37:43.079><c> I</c><00:37:43.300><c> think.</c>

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:47.599
The<00:37:45.780><c> publican</c><00:37:46.159><c> looked</c><00:37:46.420><c> into</c><00:37:46.719><c> his</c><00:37:47.019><c> heart</c><00:37:47.219><c> and</c><00:37:47.440><c> said,</c>

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:51.920
No,<00:37:49.039><c> God</c><00:37:49.380><c> be</c><00:37:49.800><c> merciful</c><00:37:50.300><c> to</c><00:37:50.619><c> me</c><00:37:50.880><c> a</c><00:37:51.159><c> sinner.</c>

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:55.760
And<00:37:53.219><c> it</c><00:37:53.320><c> was</c><00:37:53.320><c> this</c><00:37:53.500><c> man</c><00:37:53.739><c> who</c><00:37:53.860><c> went</c><00:37:54.059><c> down</c><00:37:54.300><c> to</c><00:37:54.420><c> his</c><00:37:54.579><c> house</c><00:37:54.760><c> justified</c><00:37:55.360><c> in</c><00:37:55.619><c> the</c>

00:37:55.760 --> 00:37:56.840
sight<00:37:55.860><c> of</c><00:37:56.099><c> God.</c>

00:37:57.400 --> 00:38:00.360
He'd<00:37:57.679><c> looked</c><00:37:57.800><c> into</c><00:37:58.099><c> his</c><00:37:58.360><c> heart,</c><00:37:58.699><c> he'd</c><00:37:58.880><c> pronounced</c><00:37:59.179><c> his</c><00:37:59.500><c> own</c><00:37:59.780><c> judgement</c>

00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:04.260
and<00:38:01.360><c> he'd</c><00:38:01.659><c> sought</c><00:38:01.860><c> God's</c><00:38:02.460><c> forgiveness</c><00:38:02.860><c> and</c><00:38:03.599><c> help</c>

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:06.679
so<00:38:05.000><c> that</c><00:38:05.119><c> he</c><00:38:05.159><c> could</c><00:38:05.320><c> act</c><00:38:05.599><c> accordingly.</c>

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:10.920
I<00:38:08.980><c> think</c><00:38:09.099><c> it's</c><00:38:09.340><c> also</c><00:38:09.619><c> interesting</c><00:38:10.119><c> as</c><00:38:10.260><c> we're</c><00:38:10.480><c> going</c><00:38:10.639><c> through</c>

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.840
this<00:38:11.139><c> Sermon</c><00:38:11.340><c> on</c><00:38:11.500><c> the</c><00:38:11.679><c> Mount</c>

00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:16.360
to<00:38:12.119><c> observe</c><00:38:12.539><c> that</c><00:38:12.739><c> Jesus</c><00:38:13.280><c> never</c><00:38:14.179><c> places</c><00:38:14.719><c> any</c><00:38:15.320><c> emphasis</c><00:38:15.880><c> on</c>

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:18.639
rights<00:38:16.900><c> under</c><00:38:17.500><c> law.</c>

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:22.320
So<00:38:20.119><c> frequently</c><00:38:20.480><c> that</c><00:38:20.679><c> happens</c><00:38:20.940><c> in</c><00:38:21.119><c> the</c><00:38:21.260><c> modern</c><00:38:21.500><c> world,</c><00:38:21.800><c> doesn't</c><00:38:22.119><c> it?</c>

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:26.380
We've<00:38:22.679><c> got</c><00:38:22.840><c> a</c><00:38:23.079><c> right</c><00:38:23.300><c> to</c><00:38:23.559><c> do</c><00:38:23.699><c> this</c><00:38:23.960><c> and</c><00:38:24.260><c> that,</c><00:38:24.420><c> it's</c><00:38:24.699><c> our</c><00:38:25.019><c> constitutional</c><00:38:25.739><c> right</c>

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:30.639
and<00:38:27.440><c> we're</c><00:38:27.820><c> going</c><00:38:27.940><c> to</c><00:38:28.260><c> demand</c><00:38:28.559><c> our</c><00:38:29.000><c> pound</c><00:38:29.320><c> of</c><00:38:29.659><c> flesh.</c>

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:34.139
Jesus<00:38:32.619><c> never</c><00:38:32.920><c> did</c><00:38:33.139><c> that.</c>

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:37.679
Never,<00:38:35.559><c> not</c><00:38:35.780><c> even</c><00:38:36.000><c> in</c><00:38:36.179><c> our</c><00:38:36.400><c> relationships</c><00:38:36.960><c> with</c><00:38:37.219><c> one</c><00:38:37.420><c> another</c>

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:39.039
is<00:38:37.880><c> it</c><00:38:38.079><c> permissible.</c>

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:43.900
The<00:38:39.699><c> emphasis</c><00:38:40.099><c> is</c><00:38:40.539><c> always</c><00:38:41.300><c> on</c><00:38:42.300><c> reconciliation</c><00:38:43.159><c> in</c><00:38:43.539><c> love,</c>

00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:48.860
in<00:38:44.440><c> the</c><00:38:44.679><c> true</c><00:38:44.880><c> spirit</c><00:38:45.340><c> of</c><00:38:45.860><c> filling</c><00:38:46.179><c> full</c><00:38:46.940><c> the</c><00:38:47.900><c> underlying</c><00:38:48.280><c> purpose</c><00:38:48.679><c> of</c>

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:50.380
the<00:38:48.960><c> law</c><00:38:49.079><c> and</c><00:38:49.239><c> the</c><00:38:49.460><c> prophets.</c>

00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:55.460
Just<00:38:51.460><c> look</c><00:38:51.639><c> again</c><00:38:52.119><c> in</c><00:38:53.039><c> verses</c><00:38:53.280><c> 23</c><00:38:53.760><c> and</c><00:38:53.940><c> 24</c><00:38:54.480><c> which</c><00:38:54.800><c> I</c><00:38:55.059><c> read</c><00:38:55.260><c> to</c>

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:58.039
you<00:38:55.619><c> but</c><00:38:56.099><c> passed</c><00:38:56.380><c> over</c><00:38:56.619><c> without</c><00:38:56.980><c> comment.</c>

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:01.780
Therefore,<00:39:00.280><c> if</c><00:39:00.500><c> thou</c><00:39:00.599><c> bring</c><00:39:00.820><c> thy</c><00:39:01.019><c> gift</c><00:39:01.179><c> to</c><00:39:01.380><c> the</c><00:39:01.559><c> altar,</c>

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:04.119
and<00:39:02.079><c> there</c><00:39:02.300><c> rememberst</c><00:39:02.780><c> that</c><00:39:02.920><c> thy</c><00:39:03.159><c> brother</c><00:39:03.480><c> hath</c><00:39:03.780><c> aught</c>

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:05.320
against<00:39:04.639><c> thee.</c>

00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:08.719
Not<00:39:06.280><c> that</c><00:39:06.420><c> you</c><00:39:06.599><c> have</c><00:39:06.760><c> something</c><00:39:07.019><c> against</c><00:39:07.380><c> him,</c>

00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:11.659
but<00:39:08.920><c> you're</c><00:39:09.139><c> aware</c><00:39:09.380><c> that</c><00:39:09.500><c> he's</c><00:39:09.659><c> got</c><00:39:09.820><c> a</c><00:39:09.940><c> problem</c><00:39:10.199><c> with</c><00:39:10.420><c> you.</c>

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:14.659
Leave<00:39:12.219><c> there</c><00:39:12.480><c> thy</c><00:39:12.699><c> gift</c><00:39:12.920><c> before</c><00:39:13.219><c> the</c><00:39:13.460><c> altar,</c><00:39:13.719><c> go</c><00:39:14.000><c> thy</c><00:39:14.320><c> way.</c>

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:18.199
First<00:39:15.260><c> be</c><00:39:15.559><c> reconciled</c><00:39:16.019><c> to</c><00:39:16.219><c> thy</c><00:39:16.400><c> brother</c><00:39:16.719><c> and</c><00:39:17.000><c> then</c><00:39:17.340><c> come</c><00:39:17.820><c> and</c>

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:19.800
offer<00:39:18.360><c> thy</c><00:39:18.719><c> gift.</c>

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:26.179
Now<00:39:21.780><c> that</c><00:39:22.239><c> illustrates</c><00:39:23.179><c> the</c><00:39:24.000><c> difference</c><00:39:24.639><c> between</c><00:39:25.300><c> legalism</c>

00:39:26.179 --> 00:39:27.900
and<00:39:26.500><c> love.</c>

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:30.880
Going<00:39:29.000><c> through</c><00:39:29.260><c> the</c><00:39:29.380><c> ritual</c><00:39:29.780><c> of</c><00:39:30.059><c> Christadelphianism,</c>

00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:33.780
attending<00:39:31.760><c> all</c><00:39:32.039><c> the</c><00:39:32.260><c> meetings,</c><00:39:32.800><c> attending</c><00:39:33.079><c> the</c><00:39:33.280><c> breaking</c><00:39:33.519><c> of</c>

00:39:33.780 --> 00:39:34.659
bread<00:39:33.900><c> every</c><00:39:34.260><c> Sunday,</c>

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:37.619
would<00:39:35.119><c> be</c><00:39:35.320><c> the</c><00:39:35.460><c> modern</c><00:39:35.800><c> equivalent</c><00:39:36.300><c> of</c><00:39:36.500><c> taking</c><00:39:36.860><c> thy</c><00:39:37.139><c> gift</c><00:39:37.400><c> to</c>

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:38.639
the<00:39:37.820><c> altar.</c>

00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:41.679
It's<00:39:39.039><c> right</c><00:39:39.340><c> brethren</c><00:39:39.659><c> and</c><00:39:39.940><c> sisters,</c><00:39:40.320><c> it's</c><00:39:40.679><c> commanded.</c>

00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:45.539
Please<00:39:42.139><c> don't</c><00:39:42.420><c> misunderstand</c><00:39:43.219><c> me,</c><00:39:44.099><c> it's</c><00:39:44.500><c> right.</c>

00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:50.500
But<00:39:46.880><c> Jesus</c><00:39:47.500><c> says,</c><00:39:48.860><c> your</c><00:39:48.900><c> relationships</c><00:39:49.639><c> with</c><00:39:49.860><c> one</c><00:39:50.119><c> another</c>

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:55.280
are<00:39:51.039><c> far</c><00:39:51.559><c> more</c><00:39:52.039><c> important</c><00:39:52.679><c> than</c><00:39:52.940><c> mere</c><00:39:53.380><c> outward</c><00:39:54.000><c> observances.</c>

00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:59.099
Go<00:39:56.159><c> and</c><00:39:56.539><c> be</c><00:39:57.039><c> reconciled</c><00:39:57.659><c> to</c><00:39:57.860><c> your</c><00:39:58.199><c> brother.</c>

00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:04.119
Have<00:40:01.320><c> you</c><00:40:01.480><c> ever</c><00:40:01.840><c> absented</c><00:40:02.280><c> yourself</c><00:40:02.800><c> from</c><00:40:03.039><c> the</c><00:40:03.219><c> breaking</c><00:40:03.460><c> of</c><00:40:03.800><c> bread</c>

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:07.940
in<00:40:04.659><c> order</c><00:40:04.920><c> to</c><00:40:05.179><c> attend</c><00:40:05.679><c> to</c><00:40:06.199><c> a</c><00:40:06.400><c> reconciliation</c><00:40:07.119><c> with</c><00:40:07.340><c> the</c><00:40:07.500><c> brother</c><00:40:07.699><c> that</c>

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:09.840
you've<00:40:08.059><c> been</c><00:40:08.300><c> at</c><00:40:08.480><c> loggerheads</c><00:40:08.920><c> with?</c>

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:12.619
I<00:40:10.800><c> can't</c><00:40:11.159><c> say</c><00:40:11.420><c> I</c><00:40:11.679><c> ever</c><00:40:12.099><c> have.</c>

00:40:12.619 --> 00:40:15.659
And<00:40:13.460><c> I</c><00:40:13.619><c> shouldn't</c><00:40:13.860><c> be</c><00:40:14.079><c> at</c><00:40:14.199><c> all</c><00:40:14.360><c> surprised</c><00:40:14.900><c> if</c><00:40:15.039><c> you</c><00:40:15.239><c> made</c><00:40:15.400><c> the</c>

00:40:15.659 --> 00:40:17.079
same<00:40:15.960><c> confession.</c>

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:25.219
But<00:40:18.239><c> it's</c><00:40:18.460><c> most</c><00:40:18.860><c> important</c><00:40:19.659><c> to</c><00:40:21.000><c> get</c><00:40:21.159><c> the</c><00:40:21.360><c> law</c><00:40:21.500><c> of</c><00:40:21.639><c> love</c><00:40:22.000><c> operative</c><00:40:22.559><c> in</c><00:40:22.820><c> your</c><00:40:23.139><c> lives,</c><00:40:23.579><c> Jesus</c><00:40:23.980><c> is</c><00:40:24.300><c> saying.</c>

00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:29.760
Then<00:40:26.179><c> God</c><00:40:26.480><c> will</c><00:40:26.699><c> be</c><00:40:26.880><c> pleased</c><00:40:27.079><c> to</c><00:40:27.320><c> receive</c><00:40:27.579><c> your</c><00:40:27.800><c> gifts</c><00:40:28.039><c> of</c><00:40:28.219><c> worship</c><00:40:28.539><c> and</c><00:40:28.880><c> service.</c>

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:32.340
Don't<00:40:30.199><c> think</c><00:40:30.360><c> that</c><00:40:30.519><c> by</c><00:40:30.719><c> coming</c><00:40:30.900><c> to</c><00:40:31.039><c> the</c><00:40:31.179><c> Lord's</c><00:40:31.539><c> table</c><00:40:31.739><c> regularly</c>

00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:35.500
that<00:40:32.519><c> this</c><00:40:32.739><c> replaces</c><00:40:33.179><c> in</c><00:40:33.519><c> some</c><00:40:33.699><c> magical</c><00:40:34.159><c> and</c><00:40:34.480><c> mysterious</c><00:40:35.000><c> way</c>

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:38.559
the<00:40:36.000><c> exercise</c><00:40:36.559><c> of</c><00:40:36.880><c> love</c><00:40:37.119><c> for</c><00:40:37.380><c> your</c><00:40:37.639><c> neighbour.</c>

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.619
It<00:40:40.099><c> doesn't.</c>

00:40:40.619 --> 00:40:45.260
Love<00:40:41.360><c> is</c><00:40:41.800><c> the</c><00:40:42.139><c> filling</c><00:40:42.539><c> full</c><00:40:43.219><c> of</c><00:40:43.559><c> the</c><00:40:43.860><c> law.</c>

00:40:47.250 --> 00:40:50.579
Now<00:40:47.659><c> I</c><00:40:47.760><c> get</c><00:40:47.940><c> the</c><00:40:48.239><c> same</c><00:40:48.480><c> basic</c><00:40:48.980><c> message</c><00:40:49.380><c> from</c><00:40:49.619><c> Matthew</c><00:40:50.039><c> 18</c>

00:40:50.579 --> 00:40:54.340
and<00:40:50.739><c> this</c><00:40:50.980><c> will</c><00:40:51.139><c> be</c><00:40:51.300><c> our</c><00:40:51.519><c> final</c><00:40:51.880><c> reference</c><00:40:52.360><c> for</c><00:40:52.599><c> this</c><00:40:52.900><c> session.</c>

00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:58.599
Matthew<00:40:57.099><c> 18.</c>

00:41:01.739 --> 00:41:05.599
The<00:41:02.000><c> celebrated</c><00:41:02.460><c> passage</c><00:41:03.039><c> about</c><00:41:03.579><c> disputes</c><00:41:04.440><c> between</c>

00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:06.920
ecclesial<00:41:06.199><c> members.</c>

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:10.420
Verse<00:41:08.079><c> 15.</c>

00:41:10.619 --> 00:41:13.139
Moreover,<00:41:11.320><c> if</c><00:41:11.320><c> thy</c><00:41:11.639><c> brother</c><00:41:11.940><c> shall</c><00:41:12.159><c> trespass</c><00:41:12.579><c> against</c><00:41:12.940><c> thee,</c>

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:16.780
go<00:41:13.360><c> and</c><00:41:13.639><c> tell</c><00:41:13.739><c> him</c><00:41:13.940><c> his</c><00:41:14.260><c> fault</c><00:41:14.519><c> between</c><00:41:14.920><c> thee</c><00:41:15.219><c> and</c><00:41:15.320><c> him</c><00:41:15.699><c> alone.</c>

00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:21.460
If<00:41:17.099><c> he</c><00:41:17.400><c> shall</c><00:41:17.599><c> hear</c><00:41:18.019><c> thee,</c><00:41:18.719><c> thou</c><00:41:18.960><c> hast</c><00:41:19.340><c> gained</c><00:41:19.960><c> thy</c><00:41:20.519><c> brother.</c>

00:41:21.860 --> 00:41:24.380
Do<00:41:22.039><c> you</c><00:41:22.119><c> notice</c><00:41:22.360><c> immediately</c><00:41:22.920><c> that</c><00:41:23.179><c> the</c><00:41:23.360><c> emphasis</c><00:41:23.659><c> once</c><00:41:23.980><c> again</c><00:41:24.199><c> is</c>

00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:26.260
not<00:41:24.579><c> on</c><00:41:24.900><c> rights</c><00:41:25.380><c> under</c><00:41:25.960><c> law</c>

00:41:26.260 --> 00:41:29.880
but<00:41:26.539><c> on</c><00:41:27.199><c> reconciliation</c><00:41:28.179><c> in</c><00:41:28.780><c> love?</c>

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:33.500
If<00:41:31.179><c> he</c><00:41:31.280><c> will</c><00:41:31.500><c> not</c><00:41:31.760><c> hear</c><00:41:32.079><c> thee,</c><00:41:32.380><c> then</c><00:41:32.559><c> take</c><00:41:32.820><c> with</c><00:41:33.000><c> thee</c><00:41:33.119><c> two</c><00:41:33.320><c> or</c>

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:34.260
three<00:41:33.760><c> more.</c>

00:41:34.260 --> 00:41:36.739
But<00:41:34.860><c> in</c><00:41:34.960><c> the</c><00:41:35.079><c> mouth</c><00:41:35.239><c> of</c><00:41:35.440><c> two</c><00:41:35.599><c> or</c><00:41:35.639><c> three</c><00:41:35.780><c> witnesses</c><00:41:36.179><c> every</c><00:41:36.519><c> word</c>

00:41:36.739 --> 00:41:38.320
may<00:41:36.960><c> be</c><00:41:37.239><c> established.</c>

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:41.980
And<00:41:38.739><c> if</c><00:41:38.820><c> he</c><00:41:38.980><c> shall</c><00:41:39.119><c> neglect</c><00:41:39.440><c> to</c><00:41:39.719><c> hear</c><00:41:39.900><c> them,</c><00:41:40.920><c> tell</c><00:41:41.059><c> it</c><00:41:41.199><c> to</c><00:41:41.320><c> the</c><00:41:41.480><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:45.820
If<00:41:42.480><c> he</c><00:41:42.599><c> won't</c><00:41:42.780><c> hear</c><00:41:42.980><c> the</c><00:41:43.179><c> ecclesia,</c><00:41:43.679><c> then</c><00:41:43.860><c> let</c><00:41:44.000><c> him</c><00:41:44.179><c> be</c><00:41:44.380><c> unto</c><00:41:44.599><c> thee</c><00:41:45.119><c> as</c><00:41:45.659><c> a</c>

00:41:45.820 --> 00:41:48.519
heathen<00:41:46.659><c> and</c><00:41:47.099><c> a</c><00:41:47.360><c> publican.</c>

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:53.179
And<00:41:50.340><c> we've</c><00:41:50.500><c> made</c><00:41:50.679><c> this</c><00:41:50.900><c> into</c><00:41:51.079><c> an</c><00:41:51.239><c> ecclesial</c><00:41:51.619><c> rule,</c><00:41:52.119><c> haven't</c><00:41:52.360><c> we?</c>

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:56.179
It's<00:41:53.679><c> incorporated</c><00:41:54.179><c> in</c><00:41:54.400><c> most</c><00:41:54.559><c> ecclesial</c><00:41:55.059><c> constitutions</c><00:41:56.019><c> and</c>

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:59.059
in<00:41:56.480><c> certain</c><00:41:56.719><c> situations</c><00:41:57.360><c> it</c><00:41:57.619><c> is</c><00:41:58.099><c> properly</c><00:41:58.619><c> said.</c>

00:41:59.059 --> 00:42:02.300
Have<00:41:59.719><c> you</c><00:42:00.039><c> carried</c><00:42:00.420><c> out</c><00:42:00.780><c> what</c><00:42:00.940><c> is</c><00:42:01.219><c> required</c><00:42:01.699><c> under</c><00:42:01.960><c> Matthew</c>

00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:06.099
18<00:42:02.780><c> and</c><00:42:03.099><c> spoken</c><00:42:03.420><c> to</c><00:42:03.639><c> the</c><00:42:03.880><c> person</c><00:42:04.360><c> face</c><00:42:04.800><c> to</c><00:42:05.079><c> face?</c>

00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:09.940
And<00:42:07.159><c> Jesus</c><00:42:07.440><c> is</c><00:42:07.699><c> saying</c><00:42:07.860><c> to</c><00:42:08.000><c> us,</c><00:42:08.119><c> look,</c><00:42:08.300><c> this</c><00:42:08.500><c> is</c><00:42:08.800><c> right.</c>

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:12.400
If<00:42:10.280><c> there</c><00:42:10.480><c> are</c><00:42:10.699><c> disputes</c><00:42:10.980><c> between</c><00:42:11.500><c> brethren,</c><00:42:11.860><c> this</c><00:42:12.039><c> is</c><00:42:12.260><c> the</c>

00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:13.699
way<00:42:12.539><c> to</c><00:42:12.800><c> deal</c><00:42:12.980><c> with</c><00:42:13.239><c> them.</c>

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:16.519
This<00:42:14.260><c> is</c><00:42:14.480><c> the</c><00:42:14.579><c> way</c><00:42:14.739><c> to</c><00:42:15.039><c> conduct</c><00:42:15.300><c> yourselves.</c>

00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:21.559
But<00:42:17.199><c> have</c><00:42:17.820><c> you</c><00:42:18.119><c> noticed</c><00:42:18.719><c> that</c><00:42:19.500><c> lower</c><00:42:19.880><c> down</c><00:42:20.239><c> this</c><00:42:20.579><c> same</c><00:42:21.019><c> chapter</c>

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:24.539
he<00:42:21.760><c> gives</c><00:42:22.039><c> the</c><00:42:22.300><c> wonderful</c><00:42:22.780><c> little</c><00:42:23.099><c> parable</c><00:42:23.579><c> which</c><00:42:23.820><c> says</c><00:42:24.059><c> to</c><00:42:24.280><c> me,</c>

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:28.139
do<00:42:24.840><c> you</c><00:42:24.940><c> know</c><00:42:25.260><c> there</c><00:42:25.559><c> is</c><00:42:25.960><c> actually</c><00:42:26.480><c> a</c><00:42:26.900><c> better</c><00:42:27.219><c> way</c><00:42:27.599><c> of</c><00:42:27.820><c> dealing</c>

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with<00:42:28.480><c> the</c><00:42:28.739><c> problem?</c>

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It's<00:42:31.400><c> the</c><00:42:31.579><c> way</c><00:42:31.780><c> of</c><00:42:32.119><c> Christian</c><00:42:32.619><c> charity.</c>

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Why<00:42:35.159><c> don't</c><00:42:35.500><c> you</c><00:42:35.780><c> rather</c><00:42:36.280><c> consider</c><00:42:37.199><c> forgiving</c><00:42:37.920><c> him?</c>

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Note<00:42:40.380><c> the</c><00:42:40.699><c> context.</c>

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Verse<00:42:42.579><c> 21,</c><00:42:43.260><c> Peter</c><00:42:43.460><c> came</c><00:42:43.820><c> to</c><00:42:43.980><c> him</c><00:42:44.119><c> and</c><00:42:44.179><c> said,</c>

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Lord,<00:42:44.579><c> how</c><00:42:44.780><c> often</c><00:42:45.019><c> shall</c><00:42:45.139><c> my</c><00:42:45.400><c> brother</c><00:42:45.619><c> sin</c><00:42:45.800><c> against</c><00:42:46.099><c> me</c><00:42:46.260><c> and</c><00:42:46.360><c> I</c>

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have<00:42:46.639><c> forgiven</c><00:42:46.860><c> him?</c>

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Is<00:42:47.300><c> seven</c><00:42:47.500><c> times</c><00:42:47.840><c> enough?</c>

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Jesus<00:42:49.320><c> said</c><00:42:49.619><c> to</c><00:42:49.719><c> him,</c><00:42:50.039><c> I</c><00:42:50.039><c> say</c><00:42:50.260><c> not</c><00:42:50.500><c> unto</c><00:42:50.760><c> you</c><00:42:51.039><c> seven</c><00:42:51.420><c> times,</c>

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but<00:42:52.300><c> until</c><00:42:52.780><c> seventy</c><00:42:53.420><c> times</c><00:42:54.099><c> seven.</c>

00:42:55.199 --> 00:42:57.559
And<00:42:55.360><c> then</c><00:42:55.639><c> follows</c><00:42:56.059><c> the</c><00:42:56.320><c> parable</c><00:42:56.579><c> of</c><00:42:56.739><c> the</c><00:42:56.920><c> two</c><00:42:57.159><c> debtors,</c>

00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:59.860
the<00:42:57.679><c> one</c><00:42:57.940><c> who</c><00:42:58.079><c> was</c><00:42:58.340><c> forgiven</c><00:42:58.579><c> an</c><00:42:58.900><c> enormous</c><00:42:59.420><c> debt,</c>

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:03.599
the<00:43:00.539><c> equivalent</c><00:43:00.960><c> of</c><00:43:01.320><c> millions</c><00:43:01.760><c> of</c><00:43:02.079><c> dollars</c><00:43:02.460><c> today,</c>

00:43:03.739 --> 00:43:09.320
and<00:43:04.000><c> he</c><00:43:04.219><c> refused</c><00:43:04.940><c> to</c><00:43:05.219><c> forgive</c><00:43:05.480><c> his</c><00:43:05.860><c> fellow</c><00:43:06.099><c> the</c><00:43:06.380><c> miserable</c><00:43:07.000><c> pittance</c><00:43:07.539><c> owed</c><00:43:07.780><c> to</c><00:43:08.000><c> him.</c>

00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:13.719
34,<00:43:11.099><c> his</c><00:43:11.320><c> lord</c><00:43:11.579><c> was</c><00:43:11.920><c> wroth</c><00:43:12.219><c> and</c><00:43:12.360><c> delivered</c><00:43:12.659><c> him</c><00:43:12.860><c> to</c><00:43:13.019><c> the</c><00:43:13.159><c> tormentors</c>

00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:16.460
till<00:43:13.840><c> he</c><00:43:13.960><c> should</c><00:43:14.159><c> pay</c><00:43:14.539><c> all</c><00:43:14.880><c> that</c><00:43:15.079><c> was</c><00:43:15.280><c> due</c><00:43:15.420><c> to</c><00:43:15.599><c> him.</c>

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So<00:43:17.099><c> likewise</c><00:43:17.699><c> shall</c><00:43:17.940><c> my</c><00:43:18.139><c> heavenly</c><00:43:18.500><c> father</c><00:43:18.840><c> do</c><00:43:19.199><c> also</c><00:43:19.659><c> unto</c><00:43:20.019><c> you,</c>

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:24.679
if<00:43:20.940><c> ye</c><00:43:21.300><c> from</c><00:43:21.559><c> your</c><00:43:22.000><c> hearts</c><00:43:22.900><c> forgive</c><00:43:23.480><c> not</c><00:43:23.800><c> every</c><00:43:24.139><c> one</c><00:43:24.400><c> his</c>

00:43:24.679 --> 00:43:27.260
brother<00:43:25.300><c> their</c><00:43:25.920><c> trespasses.</c>

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We<00:43:27.900><c> could</c><00:43:28.059><c> just</c><00:43:28.260><c> remember,</c><00:43:28.940><c> brethren</c><00:43:29.099><c> and</c><00:43:29.360><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:29.960 --> 00:43:34.019
every<00:43:30.119><c> moment</c><00:43:30.460><c> of</c><00:43:30.719><c> every</c><00:43:31.000><c> day</c><00:43:31.340><c> how</c><00:43:31.860><c> much</c><00:43:32.280><c> we</c><00:43:32.639><c> have</c><00:43:32.900><c> been</c><00:43:33.280><c> forgiven</c><00:43:33.659><c> by</c>

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our<00:43:34.199><c> heavenly</c><00:43:34.559><c> father.</c>

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Then<00:43:35.940><c> we</c><00:43:36.099><c> would</c><00:43:36.360><c> not</c><00:43:36.579><c> bear</c><00:43:36.820><c> animosity</c><00:43:37.380><c> in</c><00:43:37.639><c> our</c><00:43:37.840><c> hearts</c>

00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:41.099
towards<00:43:38.420><c> someone</c><00:43:38.760><c> who</c><00:43:38.980><c> has</c><00:43:39.119><c> committed</c><00:43:39.699><c> some</c><00:43:40.260><c> comparatively</c>

00:43:41.099 --> 00:43:43.780
trifling<00:43:41.780><c> trespass</c><00:43:42.300><c> against</c><00:43:42.699><c> us.</c>

00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:48.519
So<00:43:44.460><c> you</c><00:43:44.659><c> see,</c><00:43:45.059><c> Matthew</c><00:43:45.280><c> 18</c><00:43:46.000><c> contains</c><00:43:46.500><c> a</c><00:43:46.699><c> very</c><00:43:47.059><c> penetrating</c><00:43:47.719><c> comment</c><00:43:48.320><c> if</c>

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:49.860
we<00:43:48.719><c> will</c><00:43:48.920><c> receive</c><00:43:49.239><c> it.</c>

00:43:49.860 --> 00:43:52.880
On<00:43:50.619><c> the</c><00:43:50.760><c> difference</c><00:43:51.119><c> between</c><00:43:51.579><c> law</c><00:43:51.940><c> and</c><00:43:52.280><c> grace.</c>

00:43:53.239 --> 00:43:55.559
In<00:43:53.300><c> putting</c><00:43:53.539><c> those</c><00:43:53.820><c> two</c><00:43:54.039><c> things</c><00:43:54.320><c> side</c><00:43:54.659><c> by</c><00:43:54.960><c> side,</c>

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:58.840
the<00:43:56.179><c> rules</c><00:43:56.460><c> about</c><00:43:56.920><c> go</c><00:43:57.500><c> and</c><00:43:57.679><c> tell</c><00:43:57.739><c> him</c><00:43:57.840><c> his</c><00:43:58.059><c> fault</c><00:43:58.239><c> between</c><00:43:58.559><c> thee</c><00:43:58.760><c> and</c>

00:43:58.840 --> 00:43:59.539
him<00:43:59.059><c> alone,</c>

00:43:59.900 --> 00:44:03.199
and<00:44:00.099><c> then</c><00:44:00.320><c> the</c><00:44:00.679><c> parable</c><00:44:01.000><c> of</c><00:44:01.599><c> the</c><00:44:01.840><c> two</c><00:44:02.079><c> servants.</c>

00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:06.360
It<00:44:04.199><c> highlights</c><00:44:04.460><c> the</c><00:44:04.719><c> difference</c><00:44:05.000><c> between</c><00:44:05.340><c> law</c><00:44:05.559><c> and</c><00:44:05.880><c> grace,</c>

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between<00:44:07.159><c> legalism</c><00:44:07.820><c> and</c><00:44:08.119><c> love.</c>

00:44:10.300 --> 00:44:13.539
It's<00:44:10.699><c> the</c><00:44:10.880><c> difference</c><00:44:11.179><c> between</c><00:44:11.539><c> the</c><00:44:11.800><c> letter</c><00:44:12.079><c> of</c><00:44:12.320><c> the</c><00:44:12.539><c> law</c><00:44:12.900><c> and</c>

00:44:13.539 --> 00:44:14.940
the<00:44:13.940><c> spirit</c><00:44:14.159><c> of</c><00:44:14.400><c> the</c><00:44:14.579><c> law.</c>

00:44:14.940 --> 00:44:18.360
It<00:44:15.739><c> highlights</c><00:44:16.199><c> the</c><00:44:16.360><c> difference</c><00:44:16.679><c> between</c><00:44:17.099><c> rights</c><00:44:17.559><c> under</c><00:44:17.960><c> law</c>

00:44:18.360 --> 00:44:21.960
and<00:44:19.559><c> reconciliation</c><00:44:20.500><c> in</c><00:44:20.860><c> love.</c>

00:44:23.199 --> 00:44:26.440
Now<00:44:23.340><c> we</c><00:44:23.579><c> do</c><00:44:24.039><c> need</c><00:44:24.440><c> law,</c><00:44:25.019><c> brethren</c><00:44:25.239><c> and</c><00:44:25.519><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:28.760
It's<00:44:26.719><c> our</c><00:44:27.280><c> starting</c><00:44:27.659><c> point.</c>

00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:31.679
We<00:44:29.079><c> do</c><00:44:29.420><c> have</c><00:44:29.659><c> to</c><00:44:29.840><c> have</c><00:44:29.920><c> it</c><00:44:30.219><c> all</c><00:44:30.679><c> set</c><00:44:30.980><c> out</c><00:44:31.199><c> for</c><00:44:31.360><c> us,</c>

00:44:31.820 --> 00:44:35.019
laid<00:44:31.980><c> on</c><00:44:32.219><c> the</c><00:44:32.440><c> line</c><00:44:32.659><c> as</c><00:44:32.860><c> to</c><00:44:32.940><c> how</c><00:44:33.099><c> we</c><00:44:33.199><c> shall</c><00:44:33.360><c> behave</c><00:44:33.659><c> as</c><00:44:33.860><c> a</c><00:44:34.079><c> community.</c>

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But<00:44:35.440><c> we</c><00:44:35.679><c> also</c><00:44:36.099><c> need</c><00:44:36.420><c> to</c><00:44:36.699><c> realize</c><00:44:37.219><c> that</c><00:44:37.500><c> law</c><00:44:37.820><c> establishes</c><00:44:39.159><c> a</c><00:44:39.579><c> minimum</c><00:44:40.000><c> standard</c><00:44:40.460><c> of</c><00:44:40.739><c> conduct.</c>

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That's<00:44:41.320><c> all</c><00:44:41.460><c> it</c><00:44:41.679><c> does.</c>

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It's<00:44:44.079><c> a</c><00:44:44.219><c> foundation</c><00:44:44.880><c> on</c><00:44:45.159><c> which</c><00:44:45.360><c> to</c><00:44:45.639><c> build,</c>

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:49.780
and<00:44:46.480><c> we</c><00:44:46.699><c> need</c><00:44:46.980><c> to</c><00:44:47.400><c> move</c><00:44:47.699><c> on</c><00:44:48.219><c> from</c><00:44:48.519><c> there,</c>

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:55.019
as<00:44:50.139><c> we</c><00:44:50.739><c> fill</c><00:44:51.159><c> full</c><00:44:51.840><c> and</c><00:44:52.599><c> interpret</c><00:44:53.119><c> its</c><00:44:53.480><c> principles</c><00:44:54.159><c> into</c><00:44:54.760><c> our</c>

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own<00:44:55.280><c> lives.</c>

00:44:56.920 --> 00:45:00.320
And<00:44:57.199><c> then,</c><00:44:58.699><c> as</c><00:44:58.840><c> we</c><00:44:59.059><c> progress</c><00:44:59.360><c> little</c><00:44:59.599><c> by</c><00:44:59.920><c> little</c>

00:45:00.320 --> 00:45:04.559
towards<00:45:00.840><c> the</c><00:45:01.139><c> measure</c><00:45:01.380><c> of</c><00:45:01.639><c> the</c><00:45:01.900><c> stature</c><00:45:02.260><c> of</c><00:45:02.519><c> the</c><00:45:02.780><c> fullness</c><00:45:03.079><c> of</c><00:45:03.400><c> Christ,</c>

00:45:04.780 --> 00:45:07.659
we<00:45:04.940><c> shall</c><00:45:05.139><c> find</c><00:45:05.360><c> that</c><00:45:05.519><c> we</c><00:45:05.639><c> don't</c><00:45:05.940><c> need</c><00:45:06.300><c> to</c><00:45:06.480><c> be</c><00:45:06.659><c> hedged</c><00:45:06.920><c> about</c><00:45:07.199><c> by</c><00:45:07.500><c> a</c>

00:45:07.659 --> 00:45:09.559
myriad<00:45:07.880><c> of</c><00:45:08.179><c> rules</c><00:45:08.440><c> and</c><00:45:08.760><c> regulations,</c>

00:45:09.559 --> 00:45:13.619
because<00:45:10.219><c> we've</c><00:45:10.699><c> realized</c><00:45:11.179><c> there</c><00:45:11.500><c> is</c><00:45:11.960><c> a</c><00:45:12.219><c> more</c><00:45:12.559><c> excellent</c><00:45:13.099><c> way</c>

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of<00:45:14.059><c> doing</c><00:45:14.320><c> things,</c>

00:45:16.039 --> 00:45:21.840
and<00:45:16.360><c> that</c><00:45:16.599><c> love</c><00:45:17.340><c> is</c><00:45:18.579><c> the</c><00:45:18.860><c> fulfilling</c><00:45:19.460><c> of</c><00:45:20.659><c> the</c><00:45:20.920><c> law.</c>

00:45:22.539 --> 00:45:26.000
May<00:45:22.840><c> God</c><00:45:23.039><c> help</c><00:45:23.340><c> us</c><00:45:24.420><c> to</c><00:45:24.599><c> do</c><00:45:24.760><c> it.</c>

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Thank<00:45:39.579><c> you.</c>