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and<00:11:07.779><c> their</c><00:11:08.080><c> eyes</c><00:11:08.519><c> they</c><00:11:08.759><c> have</c><00:11:09.100><c> closed,</c><00:11:09.759><c> lest</c><00:11:09.860><c> at</c><00:11:10.200><c> any</c><00:11:10.519><c> time</c><00:11:10.940><c> they</c><00:11:11.659><c> should</c><00:11:11.879><c> see</c>

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and<00:11:13.940><c> hear</c><00:11:14.059><c> with</c><00:11:14.299><c> their</c><00:11:14.539><c> ears,</c><00:11:15.759><c> and</c><00:11:15.960><c> should</c><00:11:16.179><c> understand</c><00:11:16.840><c> with</c>

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and<00:11:19.500><c> I</c><00:11:19.720><c> should</c><00:11:19.940><c> heal</c><00:11:20.220><c> them.</c><00:11:21.639><c> But</c><00:11:22.019><c> blessed</c><00:11:22.379><c> are</c><00:11:22.620><c> your</c><00:11:22.919><c> eyes,</c>

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have<00:11:32.759><c> desired</c><00:11:33.379><c> to</c><00:11:33.759><c> see</c><00:11:34.019><c> those</c><00:11:34.320><c> things</c>

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hear,<00:11:39.559><c> and</c><00:11:39.779><c> have</c><00:11:40.039><c> not</c><00:11:40.620><c> heard</c><00:11:40.980><c> them.</c>

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point,<00:11:47.080><c> is</c><00:11:47.179><c> that</c><00:11:47.340><c> the</c><00:11:47.519><c> children</c><00:11:47.779><c> of</c><00:11:48.000><c> Israel</c>

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were<00:11:49.340><c> both</c><00:11:49.840><c> blind</c><00:11:50.500><c> and</c><00:11:51.019><c> deaf</c><00:11:51.419><c> to</c><00:11:52.240><c> the</c><00:11:52.440><c> teaching</c><00:11:52.740><c> of</c><00:11:53.000><c> the</c><00:11:53.139><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:11:53.679><c> Christ.</c><00:11:54.019><c> So</c><00:11:54.139><c> it</c><00:11:54.139><c> was</c><00:11:54.279><c> really</c><00:11:54.539><c> for</c><00:11:54.799><c> those</c>

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who<00:11:55.960><c> deep</c><00:11:56.259><c> in</c><00:11:56.440><c> their</c><00:11:56.779><c> heart</c><00:11:57.080><c> were</c><00:11:57.559><c> searching</c><00:11:58.019><c> for</c><00:11:58.399><c> these</c><00:11:58.700><c> things,</c><00:11:59.759><c> and</c>

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knew<00:12:00.139><c> that</c><00:12:00.320><c> they</c><00:12:00.460><c> could</c><00:12:00.720><c> find</c><00:12:01.019><c> these</c><00:12:01.279><c> words</c>

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of<00:12:01.700><c> eternal</c><00:12:02.019><c> life</c><00:12:02.519><c> from</c><00:12:02.899><c> none</c><00:12:03.120><c> other,</c><00:12:03.980><c> and</c><00:12:04.279><c> that</c><00:12:04.460><c> to</c><00:12:04.779><c> those</c><00:12:05.580><c> these</c><00:12:06.399><c> things</c><00:12:06.740><c> would</c><00:12:07.039><c> be</c>

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revealed<00:12:07.720><c> so</c><00:12:07.899><c> that</c><00:12:08.120><c> they</c><00:12:08.340><c> would</c>

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see,<00:12:10.039><c> and</c><00:12:10.340><c> that</c><00:12:10.519><c> they</c><00:12:10.740><c> would</c><00:12:11.220><c> hear</c><00:12:11.940><c> the</c><00:12:12.639><c> truth</c><00:12:12.879><c> that</c><00:12:13.039><c> was</c><00:12:13.200><c> being</c><00:12:13.480><c> taught</c><00:12:13.820><c> unto</c>

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them.<00:12:15.679><c> And</c><00:12:15.980><c> the</c><00:12:16.139><c> things</c><00:12:16.279><c> that</c><00:12:16.460><c> Jesus</c>

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said<00:12:17.340><c> and</c><00:12:17.720><c> did</c><00:12:17.899><c> really</c><00:12:18.659><c> drew</c><00:12:18.919><c> out</c><00:12:19.299><c> this</c><00:12:19.639><c> distinction</c><00:12:20.059><c> between</c>

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it<00:12:24.059><c> was</c><00:12:24.240><c> meant</c><00:12:24.440><c> to</c><00:12:24.639><c> do,</c><00:12:24.820><c> wasn't</c><00:12:25.100><c> it?</c><00:12:27.279><c> So</c><00:12:27.659><c> when</c><00:12:27.759><c> we</c><00:12:27.899><c> come</c><00:12:28.000><c> to</c><00:12:28.159><c> chapter</c><00:12:28.500><c> 12,</c>

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and<00:12:29.159><c> we</c><00:12:29.279><c> come</c><00:12:29.419><c> back</c><00:12:29.639><c> to</c><00:12:30.039><c> our</c><00:12:30.500><c> context,</c>

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and<00:12:31.340><c> we</c><00:12:31.559><c> understand</c><00:12:32.220><c> the</c><00:12:33.419><c> way</c><00:12:33.879><c> that</c><00:12:34.179><c> Jesus'</c><00:12:34.840><c> ministry</c><00:12:35.440><c> was</c><00:12:35.840><c> set</c><00:12:36.100><c> out</c><00:12:36.259><c> to</c>

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be<00:12:36.539><c> a</c><00:12:36.700><c> ministry</c><00:12:37.139><c> of</c><00:12:37.659><c> parables,</c>

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we<00:12:39.980><c> find</c><00:12:40.240><c> something</c><00:12:40.620><c> interesting</c><00:12:41.139><c> here</c><00:12:41.460><c> in</c><00:12:41.580><c> verse</c><00:12:41.879><c> 22.</c>

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devil,<00:12:50.519><c> blind</c><00:12:51.139><c> and</c><00:12:51.820><c> dumb,</c>

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and<00:12:54.179><c> he</c><00:12:54.480><c> healed</c><00:12:54.720><c> him</c><00:12:54.980><c> in</c><00:12:55.179><c> so</c><00:12:55.299><c> much</c><00:12:55.500><c> that</c><00:12:55.679><c> the</c><00:12:55.980><c> blind</c><00:12:56.379><c> and</c><00:12:56.820><c> dumb</c>

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and<00:13:08.980><c> dumb.</c><00:13:10.019><c> Now,</c><00:13:10.379><c> dumb</c><00:13:10.460><c> means</c><00:13:10.759><c> that</c><00:13:10.940><c> he</c><00:13:11.019><c> can't</c><00:13:11.639><c> speak,</c><00:13:12.340><c> right?</c>

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deaf,<00:13:22.080><c> right?</c><00:13:24.000><c> So</c><00:13:24.259><c> the</c><00:13:24.399><c> person</c><00:13:24.639><c> is</c>

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both,<00:13:25.899><c> they</c><00:13:26.139><c> cannot</c><00:13:26.399><c> see</c><00:13:26.980><c> and</c><00:13:27.240><c> they</c><00:13:27.620><c> cannot</c><00:13:28.000><c> hear</c><00:13:28.840><c> physically.</c><00:13:31.700><c> But</c><00:13:31.899><c> we've</c>

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what<00:14:27.500><c> he</c><00:14:27.860><c> says.</c><00:14:28.399><c> Because</c><00:14:28.700><c> in</c><00:14:28.899><c> the</c><00:14:29.279><c> parable</c><00:14:29.779><c> of</c><00:14:30.779><c> the</c><00:14:31.000><c> seven</c><00:14:31.279><c> wicked</c><00:14:31.679><c> spirits,</c><00:14:32.580><c> he's</c><00:14:32.940><c> saying</c><00:14:33.320><c> that</c><00:14:34.120><c> there's</c><00:14:34.500><c> a</c><00:14:34.779><c> parable</c>

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demon<00:14:39.580><c> possession</c><00:14:40.220><c> healing,</c><00:14:42.019><c> it's</c><00:14:42.399><c> remarkable</c><00:14:42.980><c> that</c>

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we<00:14:43.299><c> can</c><00:14:43.500><c> often</c><00:14:43.860><c> see</c><00:14:44.220><c> in</c><00:14:45.039><c> these</c><00:14:45.500><c> acts</c><00:14:46.299><c> that</c><00:14:46.659><c> he</c><00:14:46.840><c> does</c><00:14:47.480><c> a</c><00:14:48.639><c> parable</c>

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it<00:15:09.340><c> literally</c><00:15:09.899><c> happens</c><00:15:10.580><c> before</c><00:15:11.039><c> their</c><00:15:11.360><c> eyes.</c>

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and<00:15:25.500><c> ears</c><00:15:25.700><c> to</c><00:15:25.860><c> hear</c><00:15:26.100><c> these</c><00:15:26.360><c> things,</c><00:15:26.600><c> we</c><00:15:26.779><c> know</c><00:15:27.000><c> that</c><00:15:27.139><c> there</c><00:15:27.340><c> is</c>

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stories<00:15:40.080><c> in</c><00:15:40.379><c> the</c><00:15:40.580><c> Bible</c><00:15:40.960><c> and</c><00:15:42.259><c> you'll</c><00:15:42.559><c> find</c><00:15:42.720><c> a</c><00:15:43.080><c> parable</c><00:15:43.379><c> there,</c>

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Mark<00:16:01.220><c> chapter</c><00:16:01.740><c> one.</c><00:16:05.580><c> Mark</c><00:16:05.840><c> gives</c><00:16:06.080><c> us</c><00:16:06.720><c> a</c><00:16:07.539><c> great</c><00:16:07.759><c> account</c><00:16:08.340><c> of</c>

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somebody<00:16:14.320><c> who</c><00:16:14.779><c> is</c><00:16:16.299><c> possessed</c><00:16:16.720><c> with</c><00:16:17.000><c> a</c><00:16:17.159><c> demon.</c>

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Let's<00:16:30.779><c> just</c><00:16:30.960><c> start</c><00:16:31.059><c> verse</c><00:16:31.299><c> 21</c><00:16:31.700><c> just</c><00:16:31.899><c> to</c><00:16:32.039><c> get</c><00:16:32.120><c> the</c><00:16:32.399><c> context.</c><00:16:33.159><c> And</c><00:16:33.220><c> they</c><00:16:33.379><c> went</c><00:16:33.539><c> into</c><00:16:33.759><c> Capernaum</c><00:16:34.259><c> and</c><00:16:34.539><c> straightway</c><00:16:34.860><c> on</c>

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do<00:16:54.799><c> with</c><00:16:55.019><c> thee,</c><00:16:55.259><c> thou</c><00:16:55.360><c> Jesus</c><00:16:55.820><c> of</c><00:16:56.019><c> Nazareth?</c><00:16:57.279><c> Art</c><00:16:57.440><c> thou</c><00:16:57.799><c> come</c><00:16:58.179><c> to</c><00:16:58.500><c> destroy</c><00:16:59.159><c> us?</c><00:17:00.299><c> I</c>

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what<00:17:20.480><c> thing</c><00:17:20.779><c> is</c><00:17:21.079><c> this?</c><00:17:21.440><c> What</c><00:17:21.599><c> new</c><00:17:21.839><c> doctrine</c><00:17:22.200><c> is</c><00:17:22.460><c> this?</c><00:17:22.680><c> For</c><00:17:22.799><c> with</c><00:17:23.079><c> authority</c><00:17:23.779><c> commandeth</c><00:17:24.359><c> he</c>

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spirits,<00:17:26.660><c> and</c><00:17:27.559><c> they</c><00:17:28.079><c> do</c><00:17:28.339><c> obey</c><00:17:28.660><c> him.</c><00:17:29.539><c> And</c><00:17:29.960><c> immediately</c><00:17:30.440><c> his</c>

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it<00:17:52.180><c> up</c><00:17:52.279><c> in</c><00:17:52.380><c> your</c><00:17:52.559><c> Bibles,</c><00:17:52.859><c> but</c><00:17:53.019><c> I</c><00:17:53.160><c> do</c><00:17:53.359><c> have</c><00:17:53.559><c> it</c><00:17:53.680><c> up</c>

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the<00:18:24.200><c> wilderness.</c><00:18:25.119><c> Wherefore,</c><00:18:25.579><c> Hasel</c><00:18:25.839><c> dealt</c><00:18:26.119><c> with</c><00:18:26.420><c> us</c><00:18:26.660><c> to</c><00:18:26.960><c> carry</c><00:18:27.140><c> us</c>

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forth<00:18:27.599><c> out</c><00:18:27.819><c> of</c><00:18:27.960><c> Egypt.</c><00:18:29.079><c> Is</c><00:18:29.319><c> not</c><00:18:29.559><c> this</c><00:18:29.759><c> the</c><00:18:30.000><c> word</c>

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that<00:18:30.339><c> we</c><00:18:30.500><c> did</c><00:18:30.740><c> tell</c><00:18:30.940><c> thee</c><00:18:31.079><c> in</c><00:18:31.200><c> Egypt,</c><00:18:31.599><c> saying,</c><00:18:32.039><c> let</c><00:18:32.220><c> us</c><00:18:32.480><c> alone,</c>

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that<00:18:33.500><c> we</c><00:18:33.660><c> may</c><00:18:33.859><c> serve</c><00:18:34.140><c> the</c><00:18:34.400><c> Egyptians?</c><00:18:35.519><c> For</c><00:18:35.700><c> it</c>

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been<00:18:35.940><c> better</c><00:18:36.279><c> for</c><00:18:36.519><c> us</c><00:18:36.660><c> to</c><00:18:36.920><c> serve</c><00:18:37.099><c> the</c><00:18:37.420><c> Egyptians</c><00:18:37.819><c> than</c><00:18:38.079><c> that</c>

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we<00:18:38.500><c> should</c><00:18:38.720><c> die</c><00:18:39.059><c> in</c><00:18:39.259><c> the</c><00:18:39.420><c> wilderness.</c><00:18:40.819><c> And</c><00:18:41.099><c> Moses</c><00:18:41.440><c> said</c>

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unto<00:18:41.900><c> the</c><00:18:42.140><c> people,</c><00:18:43.140><c> fear</c><00:18:43.319><c> ye</c><00:18:43.559><c> not,</c><00:18:43.980><c> stand</c><00:18:44.279><c> still,</c><00:18:44.599><c> and</c><00:18:44.859><c> see</c><00:18:45.140><c> the</c><00:18:45.420><c> salvation</c><00:18:45.940><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:46.319><c> Lord,</c><00:18:47.079><c> which</c><00:18:47.299><c> he</c><00:18:47.500><c> will</c><00:18:47.740><c> show</c><00:18:48.059><c> to</c>

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you<00:18:48.299><c> today.</c><00:18:49.599><c> For</c><00:18:49.740><c> the</c><00:18:49.980><c> Egyptians</c><00:18:50.380><c> whom</c><00:18:50.640><c> you</c><00:18:50.819><c> have</c><00:18:51.000><c> seen</c><00:18:51.200><c> today,</c><00:18:51.579><c> you</c>

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shall<00:18:51.940><c> see</c><00:18:52.180><c> them</c><00:18:52.420><c> again</c><00:18:52.640><c> no</c><00:18:52.940><c> more</c><00:18:53.200><c> forever.</c>

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The<00:18:55.000><c> Lord</c><00:18:55.319><c> shall</c><00:18:55.619><c> fight</c><00:18:55.940><c> for</c><00:18:56.220><c> you,</c><00:18:57.220><c> and</c><00:18:57.460><c> ye</c><00:18:57.660><c> shall</c><00:18:57.960><c> hold</c><00:18:58.460><c> your</c><00:18:59.099><c> peace.</c>

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So<00:19:02.740><c> if</c><00:19:02.940><c> I</c><00:19:03.000><c> take</c><00:19:03.240><c> that</c><00:19:03.500><c> and</c><00:19:03.619><c> I</c><00:19:03.799><c> kind</c><00:19:03.940><c> of</c><00:19:04.240><c> underline</c><00:19:04.859><c> between</c><00:19:05.500><c> these</c><00:19:06.099><c> two</c>

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stories<00:19:07.000><c> some</c><00:19:07.579><c> of</c><00:19:07.779><c> the</c><00:19:08.019><c> details,</c>

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we<00:19:10.299><c> find</c><00:19:10.559><c> that</c><00:19:11.740><c> the</c><00:19:12.319><c> demon</c><00:19:12.640><c>-possessed</c><00:19:13.259><c> man</c><00:19:13.720><c> cried</c><00:19:14.200><c> out,</c>

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and<00:19:16.460><c> so</c><00:19:16.740><c> did</c><00:19:16.859><c> the</c><00:19:17.059><c> children</c><00:19:17.440><c> of</c><00:19:17.660><c> Israel.</c><00:19:18.220><c> They</c><00:19:18.220><c> cried</c><00:19:18.619><c> out</c><00:19:19.400><c> unto</c><00:19:19.859><c> the</c><00:19:20.200><c> Lord.</c>

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The<00:19:22.480><c> demon</c><00:19:22.819><c>-possessed</c><00:19:23.299><c> man</c><00:19:23.759><c> says,</c><00:19:24.400><c> let</c><00:19:24.500><c> us</c><00:19:25.099><c> alone,</c><00:19:26.740><c> and</c><00:19:26.960><c> so</c><00:19:27.140><c> did</c><00:19:27.259><c> the</c><00:19:27.559><c> Israelites.</c><00:19:29.000><c> They</c><00:19:29.240><c> said</c><00:19:29.400><c> in</c>

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verse<00:19:29.799><c> 12</c><00:19:30.200><c> there,</c>

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let<00:19:31.019><c> us</c><00:19:31.559><c> alone,</c><00:19:32.359><c> that</c><00:19:32.500><c> we</c><00:19:32.640><c> may</c><00:19:32.839><c> serve</c><00:19:33.279><c> the</c><00:19:33.599><c> Egyptians.</c><00:19:35.779><c> The</c>

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demon<00:19:36.380><c>-possessed</c><00:19:36.779><c> man</c><00:19:37.180><c> fears</c><00:19:37.880><c> destruction,</c>

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and<00:19:40.279><c> so</c><00:19:40.599><c> do</c><00:19:41.220><c> the</c><00:19:41.740><c> Israelites.</c><00:19:43.940><c> Have</c><00:19:43.980><c> thou</c><00:19:44.180><c> taken</c><00:19:44.519><c> us</c><00:19:44.839><c> away</c><00:19:45.039><c> to</c>

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die<00:19:45.779><c> in</c><00:19:46.119><c> the</c><00:19:46.319><c> wilderness?</c><00:19:46.900><c> Better</c><00:19:47.160><c> that</c><00:19:47.799><c> we</c><00:19:47.980><c> should</c><00:19:48.200><c> die</c>

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in<00:19:48.759><c> the</c><00:19:49.000><c> wilderness.</c><00:19:50.539><c> Art</c><00:19:50.680><c> thou</c><00:19:50.880><c> come</c><00:19:51.160><c> to</c><00:19:51.359><c> destroy</c><00:19:51.880><c> us,</c><00:19:52.140><c> the</c>

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demon<00:19:52.619><c> says.</c><00:19:54.220><c> Even</c><00:19:54.480><c> the</c><00:19:54.740><c> technique</c><00:19:55.119><c> that</c><00:19:55.400><c> the</c><00:19:56.240><c> demon</c>

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possessed<00:19:56.940><c> man</c><00:19:57.279><c> used,</c><00:19:57.460><c> he</c><00:19:57.779><c> confronts</c><00:19:58.279><c> with</c><00:19:58.599><c> questions,</c><00:19:59.980><c> and</c>

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that's<00:20:01.119><c> the</c><00:20:01.240><c> way</c><00:20:01.359><c> the</c><00:20:01.720><c> Israelites</c><00:20:01.960><c> confront</c><00:20:02.539><c> Moses</c>

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with<00:20:03.440><c> questions.</c><00:20:06.579><c> And</c><00:20:06.779><c> what</c><00:20:06.920><c> does</c><00:20:07.140><c> Moses</c><00:20:07.480><c> say</c><00:20:07.819><c> to</c><00:20:08.039><c> the</c><00:20:08.220><c> Israelites?</c><00:20:09.460><c> He</c>

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says,<00:20:10.140><c> stand</c><00:20:10.940><c> still,</c>

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and<00:20:13.180><c> that's</c><00:20:13.460><c> the</c><00:20:13.599><c> thing</c><00:20:13.740><c> that</c><00:20:14.019><c> the</c><00:20:14.400><c> the</c><00:20:14.500><c> spirit</c><00:20:14.900><c> tears</c><00:20:15.579><c> this</c>

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this<00:20:16.859><c> demonic</c><00:20:17.200><c> man,</c><00:20:18.460><c> tears</c><00:20:18.680><c> him,</c><00:20:18.880><c> and</c><00:20:18.980><c> he</c><00:20:19.220><c> cries</c>

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with<00:20:19.779><c> a</c><00:20:19.839><c> loud</c><00:20:20.079><c> voice,</c><00:20:21.460><c> and</c><00:20:22.920><c> Jesus</c><00:20:23.279><c> says,</c><00:20:24.279><c> hold</c><00:20:24.900><c> thy</c><00:20:25.460><c> peace,</c><00:20:27.140><c> and</c><00:20:27.319><c> come</c><00:20:27.480><c> out</c><00:20:27.740><c> of</c>

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him,<00:20:28.039><c> and</c><00:20:28.240><c> it's</c><00:20:28.559><c> exact</c><00:20:28.980><c> same</c><00:20:29.480><c> words</c><00:20:30.000><c> of</c>

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our<00:20:30.559><c> Lord,</c><00:20:32.339><c> hold</c><00:20:32.539><c> your</c><00:20:33.920><c> peace,</c><00:20:34.880><c> and</c><00:20:35.119><c> come</c><00:20:35.480><c> out</c><00:20:35.779><c> of</c><00:20:35.940><c> him.</c><00:20:38.059><c> And</c>

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the<00:20:39.059><c> effect</c><00:20:39.440><c> of</c><00:20:39.859><c> this</c><00:20:40.319><c> is</c><00:20:40.819><c> to</c><00:20:41.079><c> make</c><00:20:41.440><c> the</c><00:20:42.079><c> ways</c><00:20:42.299><c> of</c><00:20:42.579><c> God</c>

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known<00:20:43.220><c> very</c><00:20:43.799><c> instantly.</c><00:20:44.440><c> Immediately,</c><00:20:45.119><c> it</c><00:20:45.339><c> says,</c><00:20:45.660><c> his</c><00:20:45.859><c> fame</c>

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was<00:20:47.000><c> spread</c><00:20:47.279><c> abroad</c><00:20:47.559><c> throughout</c><00:20:47.900><c> all</c><00:20:48.200><c> the</c><00:20:48.400><c> region,</c>

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round<00:20:48.960><c> about</c><00:20:49.220><c> Galilee,</c><00:20:49.640><c> and</c><00:20:49.900><c> all</c><00:20:50.119><c> the</c><00:20:50.319><c> people</c><00:20:50.500><c> were</c><00:20:51.279><c> amazed.</c>

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And<00:20:52.779><c> that</c><00:20:53.019><c> same</c><00:20:53.220><c> effect</c><00:20:53.579><c> of</c><00:20:53.779><c> the</c><00:20:54.079><c> Exodus</c>

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makes<00:20:55.359><c> all</c><00:20:55.740><c> the</c><00:20:55.940><c> Gentile</c><00:20:56.440><c> nations</c><00:20:56.839><c> amazed,</c><00:20:57.619><c> and</c><00:20:57.880><c> his</c><00:20:58.279><c> fame</c>

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spreads<00:20:59.240><c> abroad.</c>

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So<00:21:01.960><c> when</c><00:21:02.059><c> you</c><00:21:02.200><c> put</c><00:21:02.299><c> those</c><00:21:02.539><c> two</c><00:21:02.839><c> stories</c><00:21:03.140><c> together,</c><00:21:03.619><c> you</c><00:21:03.680><c> think,</c><00:21:03.940><c> wow,</c>

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there's<00:21:04.559><c> a</c><00:21:04.680><c> lot</c><00:21:04.940><c> of</c><00:21:05.319><c> similarities</c><00:21:05.980><c> there</c>

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between<00:21:08.380><c> the</c><00:21:08.779><c> attitude</c><00:21:09.359><c> of</c><00:21:09.799><c> the</c><00:21:10.420><c> of</c><00:21:10.420><c> the</c><00:21:10.680><c> demoniac</c><00:21:11.240><c> man,</c><00:21:11.539><c> the</c>

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unclean<00:21:12.259><c> man</c><00:21:12.579><c> in</c><00:21:12.839><c> the</c><00:21:13.140><c> synagogue,</c><00:21:13.640><c> who</c><00:21:13.799><c> is</c><00:21:14.119><c> really</c>

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representing<00:21:15.079><c> the</c><00:21:15.480><c> attitude</c><00:21:16.000><c> of</c><00:21:16.359><c> the</c><00:21:16.599><c> people,</c><00:21:17.579><c> that</c><00:21:18.240><c> there</c><00:21:18.720><c> is</c><00:21:19.539><c> a</c>

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question<00:21:20.500><c> of</c><00:21:20.880><c> the</c><00:21:21.240><c> authority</c><00:21:21.579><c> of</c><00:21:21.799><c> the</c><00:21:22.059><c> scribes</c>

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before<00:21:22.880><c> them.</c><00:21:23.160><c> And</c><00:21:23.359><c> that's</c><00:21:23.619><c> the</c><00:21:23.740><c> reaction</c><00:21:24.140><c> of</c><00:21:24.400><c> this</c><00:21:25.000><c> this</c><00:21:25.200><c> man</c>

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who<00:21:25.599><c> has</c><00:21:25.779><c> an</c><00:21:26.119><c> unclean</c><00:21:26.599><c> spirit.</c><00:21:27.220><c> Art</c><00:21:27.279><c> thou</c><00:21:27.539><c> come</c>

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to<00:21:28.680><c> destroy</c><00:21:29.500><c> us?</c><00:21:31.339><c> For</c><00:21:31.559><c> Jesus</c><00:21:32.000><c> was</c><00:21:32.299><c> confronting</c><00:21:32.940><c> the</c><00:21:33.579><c> very</c><00:21:33.880><c> authority</c><00:21:34.440><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:34.900><c> scribes</c><00:21:35.380><c> during</c><00:21:35.640><c> his</c><00:21:35.980><c> time.</c>

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Here's<00:21:39.980><c> another</c><00:21:40.359><c> another</c><00:21:40.779><c> passage,</c><00:21:41.339><c> it's</c><00:21:41.519><c> from</c><00:21:41.740><c> Deuteronomy</c>

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chapter<00:21:42.660><c> 1</c><00:21:42.900><c> verse</c><00:21:43.200><c> 27</c><00:21:43.779><c> and</c><00:21:44.000><c> 30,</c>

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which<00:21:45.220><c> brings</c><00:21:45.519><c> it</c><00:21:45.960><c> even</c><00:21:46.200><c> more</c><00:21:46.500><c> into</c><00:21:46.740><c> focus,</c><00:21:47.220><c> because</c><00:21:47.660><c> the</c><00:21:47.980><c> unclean</c><00:21:48.359><c> man</c>

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says,<00:21:49.259><c> art</c><00:21:49.319><c> thou</c><00:21:49.519><c> come</c><00:21:49.799><c> to</c><00:21:50.079><c> destroy</c><00:21:50.579><c> us?</c>

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And<00:21:52.799><c> this</c><00:21:52.960><c> was</c><00:21:53.180><c> the</c><00:21:53.380><c> attitude</c><00:21:53.720><c> Moses</c><00:21:54.099><c> relates</c><00:21:54.559><c> later</c><00:21:54.920><c> of</c><00:21:55.480><c> the</c>

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children<00:21:55.960><c> of</c><00:21:56.119><c> Israel</c><00:21:56.400><c> in</c><00:21:56.539><c> the</c><00:21:56.660><c> wilderness,</c>

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and<00:21:57.279><c> he</c><00:21:57.420><c> murmured</c><00:21:57.839><c> in</c><00:21:58.039><c> your</c><00:21:58.319><c> tents</c><00:21:58.559><c> and</c><00:21:58.819><c> said,</c><00:22:00.000><c> because</c><00:22:00.019><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:22:00.480><c> hated</c><00:22:00.880><c> us,</c><00:22:01.220><c> he</c><00:22:01.420><c> brought</c><00:22:01.640><c> us</c><00:22:01.960><c> forth</c><00:22:02.220><c> out</c><00:22:02.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:02.799><c> land</c><00:22:02.980><c> of</c><00:22:03.200><c> Egypt</c><00:22:03.440><c> to</c><00:22:03.680><c> deliver</c><00:22:04.039><c> us</c><00:22:04.339><c> into</c><00:22:04.559><c> the</c><00:22:04.799><c> hand</c><00:22:04.980><c> of</c><00:22:05.200><c> the</c>

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Amorites<00:22:06.279><c> to</c><00:22:06.759><c> destroy</c><00:22:07.400><c> us.</c><00:22:09.700><c> So</c><00:22:10.160><c> here</c><00:22:10.619><c> again</c><00:22:10.859><c> is</c><00:22:11.019><c> that</c>

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whole<00:22:11.599><c> attitude</c><00:22:12.180><c> of</c><00:22:12.519><c> the</c><00:22:12.819><c> Israelites</c><00:22:13.259><c> in</c><00:22:13.539><c> the</c><00:22:13.779><c> Exodus</c><00:22:14.119><c> reflected</c><00:22:14.900><c> throughout</c><00:22:15.480><c> their</c>

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history,<00:22:17.119><c> as</c><00:22:17.420><c> we've</c><00:22:17.720><c> seen</c>

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is<00:22:22.240><c> dealing</c><00:22:22.480><c> with.</c>

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that<00:22:31.779><c> same</c><00:22:32.299><c> attitude.</c>

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Jesus<00:22:35.380><c> is</c><00:22:35.720><c> really</c><00:22:36.319><c> challenging</c><00:22:36.920><c> the</c><00:22:37.480><c> status</c><00:22:37.920><c> quo</c><00:22:38.259><c> of</c><00:22:38.579><c> his</c><00:22:38.900><c> time,</c><00:22:39.180><c> and</c>

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it's<00:22:39.500><c> in</c><00:22:39.660><c> the</c><00:22:39.779><c> gospel</c><00:22:40.140><c> of</c><00:22:40.400><c> Mark</c>

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that<00:22:41.319><c> you</c><00:22:41.460><c> can</c><00:22:41.640><c> really</c><00:22:42.019><c> see</c><00:22:42.240><c> this</c><00:22:42.559><c> coming</c><00:22:42.859><c> through.</c><00:22:44.440><c> All</c><00:22:45.119><c> throughout</c><00:22:45.460><c> the</c>

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beginning<00:22:45.960><c> of</c><00:22:46.299><c> Mark,</c>

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authority,<00:23:00.759><c> and</c><00:23:01.819><c> he</c><00:23:01.940><c> is</c><00:23:02.180><c> challenged</c><00:23:02.519><c> by</c><00:23:02.779><c> the</c><00:23:03.039><c> unclean</c><00:23:03.519><c> spirit</c>

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that<00:23:04.500><c> is</c><00:23:04.960><c> representative</c><00:23:05.619><c> of</c><00:23:06.119><c> the</c><00:23:06.380><c> people,</c>

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art<00:23:06.980><c> thou</c><00:23:07.140><c> come</c><00:23:07.420><c> to</c><00:23:07.740><c> destroy</c><00:23:08.039><c> us?</c><00:23:09.240><c> But</c><00:23:09.599><c> Mark</c><00:23:09.839><c> really</c><00:23:10.440><c> relates</c>

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all<00:23:11.400><c> these</c><00:23:11.660><c> kind</c><00:23:11.900><c> of</c><00:23:12.259><c> challenging</c><00:23:12.960><c> aspects.</c>

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He<00:23:14.500><c> heals</c><00:23:14.960><c> a</c><00:23:15.240><c> leper,</c><00:23:16.880><c> right,</c><00:23:17.380><c> and</c><00:23:17.559><c> he</c><00:23:17.859><c> actually</c><00:23:18.259><c> lays</c><00:23:18.640><c> his</c><00:23:18.940><c> hands</c><00:23:19.160><c> upon</c><00:23:19.460><c> the</c>

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leper,<00:23:20.079><c> and</c><00:23:20.359><c> what</c><00:23:20.519><c> does</c><00:23:20.700><c> he</c><00:23:20.839><c> do</c>

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once<00:23:21.220><c> he</c><00:23:21.400><c> heals</c><00:23:21.619><c> him?</c><00:23:21.799><c> He</c><00:23:21.900><c> says,</c><00:23:22.640><c> go</c><00:23:22.680><c> and</c><00:23:23.099><c> tell</c><00:23:23.460><c> the</c><00:23:23.980><c> priest.</c>

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And<00:23:26.400><c> so</c><00:23:26.539><c> here</c><00:23:26.720><c> was</c><00:23:26.980><c> this</c><00:23:27.519><c> sign</c><00:23:28.000><c> of</c><00:23:29.240><c> another</c>

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priest<00:23:30.240><c> that</c><00:23:30.519><c> has</c><00:23:30.759><c> come</c><00:23:31.240><c> to</c><00:23:31.900><c> heal</c><00:23:32.140><c> lepers.</c><00:23:33.920><c> He</c><00:23:34.339><c> heals</c><00:23:34.759><c> the</c><00:23:35.099><c> lame</c><00:23:35.339><c> man</c>

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in<00:23:35.799><c> Mark</c><00:23:36.039><c> chapter</c><00:23:36.519><c> 2,</c><00:23:36.920><c> and</c><00:23:37.160><c> again</c><00:23:37.660><c> it's</c><00:23:37.940><c> a</c>

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question<00:23:38.380><c> of</c><00:23:38.599><c> authority.</c><00:23:39.180><c> Who</c><00:23:39.400><c> has</c><00:23:39.960><c> authority</c><00:23:40.420><c> on</c><00:23:40.700><c> earth</c><00:23:40.940><c> to</c>

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forgive<00:23:41.579><c> sins?</c>

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And<00:23:44.660><c> then</c><00:23:44.819><c> he</c><00:23:44.940><c> calls</c><00:23:45.319><c> Levi,</c><00:23:46.019><c> and</c><00:23:46.059><c> he</c><00:23:46.440><c> gathers</c><00:23:46.839><c> all</c><00:23:47.099><c> the</c><00:23:47.279><c> publicans</c><00:23:47.779><c> and</c><00:23:48.019><c> sinners</c><00:23:48.339><c> together,</c><00:23:48.980><c> and</c><00:23:49.119><c> he</c>

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eats<00:23:49.619><c> with</c>

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them,<00:23:50.160><c> and</c><00:23:50.440><c> the</c><00:23:50.660><c> Pharisees</c><00:23:51.359><c> question</c><00:23:52.180><c> him</c><00:23:52.660><c> for</c><00:23:52.980><c> eating</c><00:23:53.299><c> with</c>

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publicans<00:23:54.380><c> and</c><00:23:54.759><c> sinners.</c><00:23:56.920><c> And</c><00:23:57.240><c> then</c><00:23:57.359><c> there's</c><00:23:57.579><c> a</c>

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question<00:23:58.079><c> of</c><00:23:58.259><c> Jesus's</c><00:23:58.900><c> disciples</c><00:23:59.440><c> versus</c><00:23:59.900><c> the</c><00:24:00.319><c> Pharisees'</c>

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disciples,<00:24:02.480><c> and</c><00:24:02.720><c> this</c><00:24:03.099><c> old</c><00:24:03.440><c> and</c><00:24:03.619><c> new</c><00:24:03.880><c> wineskins</c><00:24:04.640><c> concepts.</c>

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And<00:24:06.779><c> then</c><00:24:06.940><c> that</c><00:24:07.180><c> follows</c><00:24:07.500><c> right</c><00:24:07.859><c> into</c><00:24:08.359><c> his</c><00:24:09.099><c> disciples</c><00:24:09.579><c> going</c>

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through<00:24:10.160><c> the</c><00:24:10.400><c> grain</c><00:24:10.640><c> fields</c><00:24:11.019><c> and</c><00:24:11.339><c> plucking</c><00:24:11.680><c> the</c>

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ears<00:24:12.279><c> of</c><00:24:12.640><c> grain</c><00:24:12.839><c> on</c><00:24:13.039><c> the</c><00:24:13.299><c> Sabbath</c><00:24:13.539><c> day,</c><00:24:14.799><c> and</c><00:24:14.980><c> it</c><00:24:15.140><c> leads</c><00:24:15.299><c> to</c><00:24:15.500><c> another</c><00:24:15.880><c> confrontation</c><00:24:16.819><c> where</c><00:24:18.359><c> Jesus</c><00:24:18.759><c> says</c><00:24:19.160><c> he,</c>

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the<00:24:19.799><c> son</c><00:24:20.039><c> of</c><00:24:20.299><c> man,</c><00:24:20.660><c> is</c><00:24:21.039><c> Lord</c><00:24:21.579><c> of</c><00:24:21.839><c> the</c><00:24:22.240><c> Sabbath</c><00:24:22.599><c> as</c><00:24:23.099><c> well.</c><00:24:25.720><c> And</c><00:24:26.420><c> so</c><00:24:26.799><c> that</c><00:24:27.259><c> leads</c><00:24:27.839><c> in</c><00:24:28.640><c> Mark</c><00:24:28.900><c> to</c><00:24:29.420><c> a</c>

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healing<00:24:30.019><c> with</c><00:24:30.420><c> a</c><00:24:30.720><c> man</c>

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with<00:24:31.140><c> a</c><00:24:31.339><c> withered</c><00:24:31.700><c> hand</c><00:24:32.160><c> on</c><00:24:32.559><c> the</c><00:24:32.839><c> Sabbath</c><00:24:33.119><c> day,</c><00:24:34.359><c> and</c><00:24:34.500><c> it</c><00:24:34.640><c> comes</c>

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where<00:24:39.599><c> there</c><00:24:40.039><c> is</c><00:24:40.279><c> brought</c><00:24:40.440><c> before</c><00:24:40.859><c> him</c><00:24:41.059><c> a</c><00:24:41.279><c> man</c><00:24:41.480><c> that</c><00:24:41.680><c> is</c><00:24:41.920><c> both</c>

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blind<00:24:42.759><c> and</c><00:24:43.180><c> dumb.</c><00:24:43.859><c> Now</c><00:24:44.079><c> I</c><00:24:44.140><c> just</c><00:24:44.380><c> want</c><00:24:44.500><c> you</c><00:24:44.660><c> to</c><00:24:44.839><c> get</c>

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that<00:24:45.519><c> flavor</c><00:24:46.019><c> here</c><00:24:46.259><c> because</c><00:24:46.779><c> really</c><00:24:47.539><c> what</c><00:24:47.720><c> Jesus</c><00:24:48.119><c> is</c><00:24:48.440><c> doing</c>

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is<00:24:49.200><c> he's</c><00:24:50.079><c> confronting</c><00:24:50.940><c> the</c><00:24:52.960><c> whole</c><00:24:53.279><c> power</c><00:24:53.759><c> structure</c>

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of<00:24:54.579><c> the</c><00:24:54.700><c> nation</c><00:24:54.980><c> of</c><00:24:55.200><c> Israel</c><00:24:55.539><c> during</c><00:24:55.799><c> that</c><00:24:56.059><c> day.</c><00:24:56.259><c> We</c><00:24:56.440><c> know</c><00:24:56.740><c> that,</c><00:24:57.160><c> right?</c><00:24:57.940><c> But</c>

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can<00:24:58.339><c> you</c><00:24:58.539><c> see</c><00:24:58.660><c> that</c><00:24:58.900><c> in</c><00:24:59.099><c> his</c><00:24:59.440><c> actions</c>

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and<00:25:00.220><c> his</c><00:25:00.680><c> miracles</c><00:25:01.319><c> and</c><00:25:01.880><c> what</c><00:25:02.259><c> he's</c><00:25:02.599><c> doing?</c><00:25:03.799><c> He's</c><00:25:04.119><c> really</c><00:25:04.480><c> confronting</c><00:25:05.299><c> the</c>

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Pharisees<00:25:07.859><c> and</c><00:25:08.019><c> the</c><00:25:08.240><c> Sadducees</c>

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saw<00:25:14.240><c> as</c><00:25:14.859><c> cursed</c><00:25:15.460><c> because</c><00:25:16.359><c> they</c><00:25:16.619><c> knew</c><00:25:16.880><c> not</c>

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the<00:25:17.839><c> law.</c><00:25:19.059><c> They</c><00:25:19.279><c> did</c><00:25:19.519><c> not</c><00:25:19.779><c> look</c><00:25:20.059><c> after</c><00:25:20.500><c> the</c><00:25:20.799><c> poor</c><00:25:21.099><c> and</c><00:25:21.400><c> the</c><00:25:21.599><c> needy,</c><00:25:22.140><c> but</c>

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rather,<00:25:23.539><c> through</c><00:25:23.759><c> their</c><00:25:24.099><c> system,</c>

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they<00:25:25.220><c> put</c><00:25:25.460><c> them</c><00:25:25.799><c> down</c><00:25:26.359><c> to</c><00:25:26.700><c> establish</c><00:25:27.140><c> their</c><00:25:27.440><c> own</c><00:25:27.720><c> power</c><00:25:28.400><c> and</c>

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riches<00:25:29.180><c> and</c><00:25:30.240><c> authority.</c>

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So<00:25:33.039><c> let's</c><00:25:33.220><c> turn</c><00:25:33.400><c> back</c><00:25:33.619><c> to</c><00:25:33.740><c> Matthew</c><00:25:34.119><c> chapter</c><00:25:34.519><c> 12</c><00:25:35.799><c> and</c><00:25:37.640><c> verse</c><00:25:38.539><c> 22.</c>

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Just<00:25:49.859><c> to</c><00:25:50.119><c> establish</c><00:25:50.500><c> this</c><00:25:50.859><c> verse</c><00:25:51.079><c> again</c><00:25:51.380><c> and</c><00:25:51.519><c> what's</c><00:25:51.920><c> happening</c><00:25:52.140><c> here,</c>

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"...then<00:25:52.640><c> was</c><00:25:52.920><c> brought</c><00:25:53.180><c> unto</c><00:25:53.480><c> him</c><00:25:53.779><c> possessed</c><00:25:54.480><c> with</c><00:25:55.180><c> a</c><00:25:55.400><c> devil</c>

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blind<00:25:57.099><c> and</c><00:25:57.460><c> dumb,</c><00:25:58.319><c> and</c><00:25:58.599><c> he</c><00:25:58.859><c> healed</c><00:25:59.079><c> him</c>

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insomuch<00:25:59.839><c> that</c><00:26:00.000><c> the</c><00:26:00.220><c> blind</c><00:26:00.519><c> and</c><00:26:00.819><c> dumb</c><00:26:01.420><c> both</c><00:26:02.339><c> spake</c><00:26:03.180><c> and</c><00:26:03.700><c> saw."</c>

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So<00:26:06.940><c> we</c><00:26:07.079><c> have</c><00:26:07.240><c> this</c><00:26:07.640><c> aspect</c><00:26:08.099><c> presented</c><00:26:08.519><c> to</c><00:26:08.779><c> us</c><00:26:08.940><c> that</c>

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the<00:26:09.619><c> reason</c><00:26:09.960><c> that</c><00:26:10.240><c> this</c><00:26:11.039><c> person</c><00:26:11.480><c> is</c><00:26:11.740><c> both</c><00:26:11.980><c> blind</c><00:26:12.279><c> and</c><00:26:12.539><c> dumb</c><00:26:12.700><c> is</c>

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because<00:26:13.099><c> he's</c><00:26:13.440><c> possessed</c><00:26:13.799><c> with</c><00:26:14.079><c> a</c><00:26:14.240><c> demon.</c>

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And<00:26:15.660><c> that</c><00:26:16.099><c> we</c><00:26:16.420><c> saw</c><00:26:16.799><c> was</c><00:26:17.259><c> a</c><00:26:17.920><c> belief</c><00:26:18.180><c> that</c><00:26:18.680><c> came</c><00:26:19.079><c> from</c><00:26:19.539><c> Persian</c>

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belief<00:26:20.400><c> that</c><00:26:21.200><c> qualified</c><00:26:22.059><c> really</c><00:26:22.660><c> the</c>

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aspect<00:26:23.420><c> of</c><00:26:23.740><c> a</c><00:26:23.940><c> sovereign</c><00:26:24.299><c> god</c><00:26:25.000><c> overall</c><00:26:25.920><c> for</c><00:26:26.920><c> this</c><00:26:27.220><c> aspect</c><00:26:27.740><c> of</c>

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demons.<00:26:29.079><c> Now,</c><00:26:29.660><c> I</c><00:26:29.920><c> have</c><00:26:30.079><c> in</c><00:26:30.180><c> my</c><00:26:30.440><c> margin</c>

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a<00:26:31.000><c> cross</c><00:26:31.220><c>-reference</c><00:26:31.619><c> to</c><00:26:32.079><c> Exodus</c><00:26:32.539><c> 4</c><00:26:33.059><c> verse</c><00:26:33.339><c> 11,</c><00:26:34.500><c> and</c><00:26:34.900><c> if</c><00:26:35.119><c> you</c><00:26:35.279><c> go</c>

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there<00:26:35.799><c> and</c><00:26:35.960><c> you</c><00:26:36.079><c> can</c><00:26:36.259><c> just</c><00:26:36.500><c> compare</c><00:26:36.900><c> these</c><00:26:37.359><c> two,</c>

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Exodus<00:26:38.079><c> 4</c><00:26:38.500><c> verse</c><00:26:38.779><c> 11</c><00:26:39.140><c> versus</c><00:26:40.220><c> Matthew</c><00:26:40.759><c> 12</c><00:26:41.299><c> and</c><00:26:41.500><c> verse</c><00:26:41.779><c> 22,</c><00:26:43.480><c> we</c><00:26:43.799><c> have</c>

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really<00:26:46.880><c> what</c><00:26:47.200><c> seems</c><00:26:47.440><c> to</c><00:26:47.619><c> be</c><00:26:47.779><c> a</c><00:26:48.079><c> contradiction.</c><00:26:50.819><c> If</c><00:26:50.940><c> we</c><00:26:51.140><c> were</c><00:26:51.279><c> to</c><00:26:51.400><c> look</c><00:26:51.539><c> at</c><00:26:51.700><c> this,</c><00:26:52.039><c> in</c><00:26:52.039><c> Matthew</c><00:26:52.359><c> 4</c>

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verse<00:26:52.920><c> 11,</c>

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God<00:26:53.660><c> says,</c><00:26:54.559><c> the</c><00:26:54.660><c> Lord</c><00:26:54.859><c> said</c><00:26:55.079><c> unto</c><00:26:55.319><c> him,</c><00:26:55.480><c> he</c><00:26:55.619><c> said</c><00:26:55.740><c> unto</c><00:26:55.940><c> Moses,</c>

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Who<00:26:57.700><c> hath</c><00:26:57.900><c> made</c><00:26:58.180><c> man's</c><00:26:58.660><c> mouth,</c><00:27:00.259><c> or</c><00:27:00.539><c> who</c><00:27:00.759><c> maketh</c><00:27:01.039><c> the</c><00:27:01.420><c> dumb,</c><00:27:02.359><c> or</c>

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deaf,<00:27:03.220><c> or</c><00:27:03.380><c> the</c><00:27:03.740><c> seeing,</c><00:27:04.099><c> or</c><00:27:04.259><c> the</c><00:27:04.539><c> blind,</c>

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have<00:27:05.059><c> not</c><00:27:05.380><c> I</c><00:27:05.779><c> the</c><00:27:05.980><c> Lord?</c><00:27:08.660><c> And</c><00:27:08.779><c> so</c><00:27:08.880><c> we</c><00:27:08.980><c> have</c><00:27:09.099><c> from</c><00:27:09.339><c> the</c><00:27:09.420><c> very</c><00:27:09.700><c> beginning</c><00:27:10.140><c> the</c>

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very<00:27:10.640><c> established</c><00:27:11.380><c> principle</c><00:27:12.380><c> that</c>

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God<00:27:13.559><c> is</c><00:27:14.000><c> in</c><00:27:14.299><c> control.</c><00:27:14.759><c> He</c><00:27:14.920><c> is</c><00:27:15.259><c> sovereign</c><00:27:15.660><c> over</c><00:27:16.000><c> all</c><00:27:16.259><c> his</c><00:27:16.500><c> creation,</c><00:27:17.019><c> and</c>

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God<00:27:17.460><c> says</c><00:27:17.640><c> from</c><00:27:17.900><c> the</c><00:27:17.980><c> very</c><00:27:18.220><c> beginning,</c>

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I<00:27:19.400><c> make</c><00:27:19.599><c> the</c><00:27:19.839><c> blind.</c><00:27:21.299><c> I</c><00:27:21.559><c> make</c><00:27:21.759><c> the</c><00:27:22.000><c> deaf.</c><00:27:23.539><c> It's</c><00:27:24.059><c> not</c><00:27:24.240><c> a</c><00:27:24.380><c> demon.</c>

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And<00:27:27.720><c> so</c><00:27:27.819><c> what's</c><00:27:28.059><c> the</c><00:27:28.200><c> principle</c><00:27:28.500><c> we're</c><00:27:28.720><c> going</c><00:27:28.839><c> to</c><00:27:29.019><c> take</c><00:27:29.180><c> here</c>

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when<00:27:29.480><c> we</c><00:27:29.759><c> talk</c><00:27:29.960><c> to</c><00:27:30.180><c> these</c><00:27:30.359><c> things</c><00:27:30.640><c> about</c><00:27:30.980><c> our</c>

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friends?<00:27:31.640><c> We</c><00:27:31.900><c> take</c><00:27:32.099><c> them</c><00:27:32.220><c> to</c><00:27:32.339><c> these</c><00:27:32.619><c> passages</c><00:27:33.019><c> and</c><00:27:33.259><c> we</c><00:27:33.500><c> see</c><00:27:33.700><c> that.</c><00:27:35.440><c> But</c><00:27:35.579><c> yesterday</c><00:27:35.880><c> we</c>

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saw<00:27:36.259><c> an</c><00:27:36.599><c> idle</c><00:27:36.900><c> demon</c>

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connection,<00:27:38.259><c> and</c><00:27:38.400><c> it's</c><00:27:38.480><c> very</c><00:27:38.819><c> interesting,</c><00:27:39.339><c> isn't</c><00:27:39.500><c> it?</c><00:27:39.660><c> Now,</c>

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if<00:27:39.940><c> we</c><00:27:40.059><c> turn</c><00:27:40.319><c> to</c><00:27:41.599><c> Psalm</c><00:27:41.859><c> 115,</c><00:27:42.940><c> we</c><00:27:43.099><c> can</c><00:27:43.380><c> see</c>

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:48.599
this<00:27:45.339><c> aspect</c><00:27:45.859><c> here</c><00:27:46.500><c> of</c><00:27:47.019><c> really,</c><00:27:47.319><c> I</c><00:27:47.440><c> think,</c><00:27:47.720><c> why</c><00:27:48.099><c> we're</c><00:27:48.279><c> being</c>

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told<00:27:48.859><c> that</c><00:27:49.039><c> this</c><00:27:49.279><c> was</c><00:27:49.619><c> a</c><00:27:50.059><c> demon</c><00:27:50.299><c>-possessed</c>

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person<00:27:51.980><c> in</c><00:27:52.279><c> this</c><00:27:52.700><c> case.</c><00:27:54.599><c> We're</c><00:27:55.059><c> getting,</c><00:27:55.279><c> again,</c><00:27:55.640><c> an</c><00:27:55.880><c> idle</c><00:27:56.220><c> demon</c><00:27:56.619><c> connection.</c><00:27:57.400><c> If</c>

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you<00:27:57.599><c> turn</c><00:27:57.740><c> to</c><00:27:57.900><c> Psalm</c><00:27:58.140><c> 115,</c>

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in<00:28:06.819><c> verse,</c><00:28:07.079><c> we'll</c><00:28:07.339><c> start</c><00:28:07.500><c> just</c><00:28:07.720><c> at</c><00:28:07.900><c> verse</c><00:28:08.440><c> two.</c>

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Wherefore<00:28:12.400><c> should</c><00:28:12.660><c> the</c><00:28:12.940><c> heathen</c><00:28:13.279><c> say,</c><00:28:14.039><c> Where</c><00:28:14.279><c> is</c><00:28:14.640><c> now</c><00:28:14.920><c> their</c>

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God?<00:28:15.619><c> But</c><00:28:15.779><c> our</c><00:28:16.019><c> God</c><00:28:16.279><c> is</c><00:28:16.539><c> in</c><00:28:16.700><c> the</c><00:28:16.839><c> heavens.</c><00:28:17.319><c> He</c><00:28:17.339><c> hath</c>

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done<00:28:18.200><c> whatsoever</c><00:28:18.819><c> he</c><00:28:19.099><c> hath</c><00:28:19.319><c> pleased.</c><00:28:20.660><c> Their</c><00:28:20.900><c> idols</c><00:28:21.420><c> are</c><00:28:21.880><c> silver</c><00:28:22.259><c> and</c>

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gold.<00:28:23.140><c> The</c><00:28:23.460><c> work</c><00:28:23.759><c> of</c><00:28:24.019><c> men's</c><00:28:24.500><c> hands,</c>

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they<00:28:25.480><c> have</c><00:28:25.680><c> mouths,</c><00:28:26.400><c> but</c><00:28:26.880><c> they</c><00:28:27.200><c> speak</c><00:28:27.400><c> not.</c><00:28:28.380><c> Ears</c><00:28:28.880><c> have</c><00:28:29.180><c> they,</c>

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but<00:28:29.599><c> they</c><00:28:29.940><c> see</c><00:28:30.160><c> not.</c>

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They,<00:28:32.160><c> sorry,</c><00:28:32.660><c> the</c><00:28:32.920><c> eyes</c><00:28:33.180><c> have</c><00:28:33.420><c> they,</c><00:28:33.599><c> but</c><00:28:33.720><c> they</c><00:28:33.920><c> see</c><00:28:34.119><c> not.</c>

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They<00:28:34.519><c> have</c><00:28:34.799><c> ears,</c><00:28:35.299><c> but</c><00:28:35.500><c> they</c><00:28:35.720><c> hear</c><00:28:35.940><c> not.</c><00:28:36.819><c> Noses</c><00:28:37.119><c> have</c>

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they,<00:28:37.640><c> but</c><00:28:37.759><c> they</c><00:28:38.059><c> smell</c><00:28:38.279><c> not.</c><00:28:39.220><c> They</c><00:28:39.480><c> have</c><00:28:39.700><c> hands,</c><00:28:40.200><c> but</c><00:28:40.319><c> they</c>

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handle<00:28:40.799><c> not.</c><00:28:41.140><c> Feet</c><00:28:41.440><c> have</c><00:28:41.660><c> they,</c><00:28:41.859><c> but</c><00:28:42.019><c> they</c><00:28:42.319><c> walk</c><00:28:42.619><c> not.</c>

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Neither<00:28:43.740><c> speak</c><00:28:44.420><c> they</c><00:28:44.740><c> through</c><00:28:45.019><c> their</c><00:28:45.420><c> throat.</c><00:28:46.960><c> They</c><00:28:47.240><c> that</c>

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make<00:28:47.700><c> them</c><00:28:48.099><c> are</c><00:28:48.420><c> like</c><00:28:48.619><c> unto</c><00:28:48.940><c> them.</c>

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So<00:28:50.380><c> is</c><00:28:50.579><c> everyone</c><00:28:50.960><c> that</c><00:28:51.299><c> trusts</c><00:28:51.619><c> within</c><00:28:51.880><c> them.</c><00:28:52.819><c> So</c><00:28:53.019><c> it's</c><00:28:53.460><c> an</c><00:28:53.460><c> interesting</c><00:28:53.759><c> aspect</c><00:28:54.180><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:54.460><c> Bible,</c><00:28:54.819><c> isn't</c><00:28:54.960><c> it,</c>

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that<00:28:55.220><c> it</c><00:28:55.380><c> makes</c><00:28:55.680><c> fun</c><00:28:56.140><c> or</c><00:28:56.319><c> pokes</c><00:28:56.700><c> fun</c><00:28:57.000><c> at</c><00:28:57.359><c> idols</c><00:28:57.640><c> or</c><00:28:57.940><c> idols</c><00:28:59.200><c> as</c>

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not<00:29:00.279><c> being</c><00:29:00.480><c> able</c><00:29:00.740><c> to</c><00:29:01.680><c> hear</c><00:29:02.240><c> and</c><00:29:03.279><c> not</c><00:29:03.519><c> being</c><00:29:03.740><c> able</c><00:29:03.920><c> to</c>

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speak,<00:29:05.420><c> not</c><00:29:05.660><c> being</c><00:29:05.900><c> able</c><00:29:06.079><c> to</c><00:29:06.460><c> see,</c><00:29:07.519><c> not</c><00:29:07.740><c> being</c><00:29:07.960><c> able</c><00:29:08.119><c> to</c><00:29:08.420><c> smell.</c><00:29:08.579><c> They</c>

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have<00:29:08.839><c> no</c><00:29:09.160><c> senses,</c><00:29:09.779><c> yet</c><00:29:09.900><c> they</c><00:29:11.099><c> stand</c><00:29:11.400><c> up</c>

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these<00:29:11.759><c> little</c><00:29:12.140><c> idols</c><00:29:12.720><c> and</c><00:29:13.759><c> give</c><00:29:14.000><c> them</c><00:29:14.299><c> life.</c><00:29:16.259><c> But</c><00:29:16.460><c> they</c><00:29:16.799><c> say</c>

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in<00:29:17.119><c> verse</c><00:29:17.319><c> 8,</c><00:29:17.799><c> they</c><00:29:17.799><c> that</c><00:29:18.200><c> make</c><00:29:18.500><c> them</c><00:29:18.940><c> are</c><00:29:19.400><c> like</c><00:29:19.799><c> unto</c>

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them.<00:29:21.200><c> So</c><00:29:21.500><c> is</c><00:29:21.779><c> everyone</c><00:29:22.240><c> that</c><00:29:22.680><c> trusteth</c><00:29:23.339><c> in</c><00:29:23.819><c> them.</c><00:29:25.220><c> So</c><00:29:25.500><c> is</c><00:29:25.640><c> that</c><00:29:25.799><c> more</c><00:29:25.980><c> of</c>

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:28.039
the<00:29:26.319><c> aspect</c><00:29:26.700><c> of</c><00:29:26.859><c> what</c><00:29:26.980><c> the</c><00:29:27.180><c> gospel</c><00:29:27.579><c> writer</c>

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is<00:29:28.460><c> bringing</c><00:29:28.900><c> out</c><00:29:29.279><c> here,</c><00:29:29.559><c> that</c><00:29:29.759><c> this</c><00:29:30.099><c> demon</c><00:29:30.359><c>-possessed</c><00:29:30.799><c> person</c><00:29:31.420><c> is</c>

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both<00:29:33.299><c> blind</c><00:29:34.660><c> and</c><00:29:35.839><c> deaf.</c><00:29:37.180><c> They</c><00:29:37.259><c> are</c><00:29:37.440><c> like</c><00:29:37.640><c> the</c>

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idol<00:29:38.480><c>-demon</c><00:29:38.940><c> connection</c><00:29:39.480><c> that</c><00:29:39.740><c> they</c><00:29:39.880><c> are</c><00:29:40.440><c> bringing</c><00:29:41.000><c> in,</c><00:29:41.380><c> that</c>

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Jesus<00:29:41.920><c> is</c><00:29:42.160><c> going</c><00:29:42.339><c> to</c><00:29:42.720><c> heal</c><00:29:42.920><c> them</c><00:29:43.839><c> so</c><00:29:44.140><c> that</c><00:29:44.319><c> they</c><00:29:44.420><c> can</c>

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:51.079
see<00:29:45.119><c> that</c><00:29:45.460><c> it</c><00:29:45.660><c> is</c><00:29:45.859><c> God</c><00:29:46.460><c> that</c><00:29:47.140><c> really</c><00:29:48.480><c> makes</c><00:29:49.259><c> a</c><00:29:49.559><c> person</c><00:29:49.960><c> see</c><00:29:50.579><c> and</c>

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makes<00:29:51.359><c> a</c><00:29:51.640><c> person</c><00:29:52.200><c> hear.</c><00:29:54.779><c> So</c><00:29:55.119><c> there's</c><00:29:55.380><c> a</c><00:29:55.700><c> parable</c>

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of<00:29:58.660><c> healing</c><00:29:59.019><c> blind</c><00:29:59.660><c> people</c><00:30:00.440><c> that</c><00:30:01.099><c> is</c><00:30:01.420><c> both</c><00:30:01.740><c> physical,</c><00:30:02.440><c> but</c><00:30:02.559><c> it's</c><00:30:03.079><c> spiritual</c><00:30:03.519><c> as</c>

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well.<00:30:04.220><c> And</c><00:30:04.400><c> that's</c><00:30:04.579><c> really</c>

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the<00:30:05.339><c> lesson</c><00:30:05.339><c> that</c><00:30:05.559><c> Jesus</c><00:30:05.940><c> is</c><00:30:06.619><c> trying</c><00:30:06.819><c> to</c><00:30:07.059><c> bring</c><00:30:07.200><c> out</c><00:30:07.440><c> when</c><00:30:07.640><c> he</c>

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heals<00:30:08.240><c> blind</c><00:30:08.680><c> people,</c><00:30:09.140><c> isn't</c><00:30:09.259><c> it?</c>

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And<00:30:10.500><c> we</c><00:30:10.619><c> have</c><00:30:10.799><c> great</c><00:30:11.039><c> examples</c><00:30:11.559><c> of</c><00:30:11.759><c> that,</c><00:30:11.859><c> and</c><00:30:11.980><c> I</c><00:30:12.039><c> think</c><00:30:12.220><c> the</c>

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greatest<00:30:12.779><c> example</c><00:30:13.380><c> of</c><00:30:13.579><c> that</c><00:30:13.900><c> is</c><00:30:14.180><c> John</c><00:30:14.500><c> chapter</c><00:30:14.859><c> 9.</c>

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If<00:30:16.400><c> you</c><00:30:16.559><c> turn</c><00:30:16.700><c> to</c><00:30:16.880><c> John</c><00:30:17.220><c> chapter</c><00:30:17.599><c> 9,</c>

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it's<00:30:22.000><c> interesting</c><00:30:22.400><c> when</c><00:30:22.559><c> you</c><00:30:22.660><c> look</c><00:30:22.819><c> at</c><00:30:22.940><c> the</c><00:30:23.099><c> gospels,</c><00:30:23.579><c> like</c>

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the<00:30:24.039><c> first</c><00:30:24.259><c> three</c><00:30:24.519><c> gospels</c><00:30:25.799><c> have</c><00:30:27.440><c> incidences</c><00:30:28.400><c> of</c>

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demoniacs.<00:30:32.450><c> But</c><00:30:32.710><c> is</c><00:30:32.910><c> there</c><00:30:33.150><c> any</c><00:30:33.910><c> instance</c><00:30:34.329><c> in</c><00:30:34.549><c> the</c><00:30:34.690><c> gospel</c><00:30:35.029><c> of</c>

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John<00:30:35.829><c> where</c><00:30:36.710><c> there's</c><00:30:36.990><c> a</c><00:30:37.109><c> person</c><00:30:37.710><c> who's</c><00:30:38.170><c> possessed</c>

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with<00:30:39.150><c> a</c><00:30:39.309><c> demon?</c><00:30:41.710><c> There</c><00:30:42.289><c> isn't.</c><00:30:43.569><c> And</c><00:30:43.710><c> you</c><00:30:44.130><c> think</c><00:30:44.349><c> about</c><00:30:44.589><c> the</c><00:30:45.049><c> audiences,</c><00:30:45.970><c> maybe</c><00:30:46.430><c> it's</c><00:30:46.670><c> the</c><00:30:47.029><c> influence</c><00:30:47.329><c> of</c><00:30:47.529><c> the</c>

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audience<00:30:48.170><c> that</c><00:30:48.369><c> these</c><00:30:48.589><c> gospels</c><00:30:48.990><c> were</c><00:30:49.210><c> written</c><00:30:49.430><c> to,</c><00:30:49.730><c> because</c>

00:30:50.309 --> 00:30:52.250
the<00:30:50.609><c> gospel</c><00:30:50.890><c> of</c><00:30:51.109><c> John</c><00:30:51.289><c> was</c><00:30:51.509><c> really</c><00:30:52.009><c> written</c>

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for<00:30:52.549><c> believers,</c><00:30:53.329><c> wasn't</c><00:30:53.470><c> it?</c><00:30:54.529><c> Whereas</c><00:30:54.849><c> the</c><00:30:55.269><c> other</c><00:30:55.490><c> gospels</c>

00:30:55.970 --> 00:30:57.710
were<00:30:56.150><c> written</c><00:30:56.329><c> for</c><00:30:56.710><c> certain</c><00:30:57.029><c> audiences,</c>

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Jewish<00:30:58.509><c> gentile</c><00:30:59.470><c> audiences.</c><00:31:00.509><c> But</c><00:31:00.509><c> this</c><00:31:01.049><c> is</c><00:31:01.230><c> a</c><00:31:01.450><c> special</c><00:31:01.789><c> gospel,</c><00:31:02.309><c> and</c>

00:31:02.490 --> 00:31:03.849
it's<00:31:02.650><c> just</c><00:31:02.789><c> very</c><00:31:03.029><c> interesting</c><00:31:03.450><c> in</c><00:31:03.630><c> that</c>

00:31:03.849 --> 00:31:07.789
sense<00:31:04.069><c> that</c><00:31:04.609><c> every</c><00:31:05.069><c> place</c><00:31:05.430><c> where</c><00:31:06.470><c> the</c><00:31:06.829><c> word</c><00:31:07.069><c> demon</c><00:31:07.349><c> is</c><00:31:07.589><c> used</c>

00:31:07.789 --> 00:31:10.150
in<00:31:07.950><c> the</c><00:31:08.089><c> gospel</c><00:31:08.369><c> of</c><00:31:08.569><c> John,</c><00:31:08.789><c> it's</c><00:31:09.109><c> used</c><00:31:09.349><c> as</c><00:31:09.589><c> an</c><00:31:09.750><c> epitaph.</c>

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It's<00:31:10.430><c> used</c><00:31:10.569><c> as</c><00:31:10.789><c> an</c><00:31:11.069><c> insult</c><00:31:11.549><c> to</c><00:31:12.670><c> say</c><00:31:12.930><c> that,</c><00:31:13.170><c> are</c><00:31:13.430><c> we</c><00:31:13.630><c> not</c><00:31:13.869><c> right</c>

00:31:14.029 --> 00:31:16.410
that<00:31:14.170><c> our</c><00:31:14.470><c> Samaritan</c><00:31:15.089><c> has</c><00:31:15.349><c> a</c><00:31:15.549><c> demon?</c>

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So,<00:31:18.190><c> just</c><00:31:18.190><c> keep</c><00:31:18.589><c> that</c><00:31:18.809><c> in</c><00:31:18.950><c> mind,</c><00:31:19.150><c> because</c><00:31:19.410><c> in</c><00:31:19.589><c> John</c><00:31:19.809><c> chapter</c><00:31:20.130><c> 9,</c><00:31:20.450><c> we</c><00:31:20.589><c> are</c><00:31:20.890><c> presented</c><00:31:21.349><c> with</c><00:31:21.769><c> a</c>

00:31:21.990 --> 00:31:23.809
person<00:31:22.269><c> who</c><00:31:22.430><c> is</c><00:31:22.690><c> blind,</c>

00:31:24.390 --> 00:31:27.210
who<00:31:24.609><c> is</c><00:31:24.950><c> healed.</c><00:31:25.210><c> And</c><00:31:25.369><c> it's</c><00:31:25.490><c> here</c><00:31:25.609><c> in</c><00:31:25.690><c> John</c><00:31:25.950><c> chapter</c><00:31:26.269><c> 9,</c><00:31:26.789><c> right?</c><00:31:27.049><c> And</c>

00:31:27.210 --> 00:31:28.410
it's<00:31:27.470><c> in</c><00:31:27.630><c> verse</c>

00:31:29.710 --> 00:31:34.609
verse<00:31:30.269><c> 1,</c><00:31:30.710><c> as</c><00:31:31.029><c> Jesus</c><00:31:31.450><c> passed</c><00:31:31.809><c> by,</c><00:31:32.250><c> he</c><00:31:32.390><c> saw</c><00:31:32.710><c> a</c><00:31:32.930><c> man</c><00:31:33.150><c> which</c><00:31:33.450><c> was</c>

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blind<00:31:35.369><c> from</c><00:31:36.309><c> his</c><00:31:36.730><c> birth.</c>

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And<00:31:38.829><c> his</c><00:31:39.009><c> disciples</c><00:31:39.410><c> asked</c><00:31:39.730><c> him,</c><00:31:40.589><c> saying,</c><00:31:40.829><c> Master,</c><00:31:41.410><c> who</c><00:31:41.710><c> did</c>

00:31:42.130 --> 00:31:45.210
sin,<00:31:42.490><c> this</c><00:31:42.769><c> man</c><00:31:43.069><c> or</c><00:31:43.349><c> his</c><00:31:43.630><c> parents</c><00:31:43.869><c> that</c><00:31:44.109><c> he</c><00:31:44.289><c> was</c><00:31:44.609><c> born</c>

00:31:45.210 --> 00:31:49.509
blind?<00:31:46.349><c> So</c><00:31:46.549><c> the</c><00:31:47.589><c> aspect</c><00:31:48.089><c> that</c><00:31:48.250><c> they're</c><00:31:48.490><c> looking</c><00:31:48.809><c> at</c><00:31:49.029><c> of</c><00:31:49.230><c> what</c>

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caused<00:31:50.069><c> this</c><00:31:50.549><c> blindness,</c><00:31:51.130><c> it's</c><00:31:51.250><c> not</c><00:31:51.430><c> a</c><00:31:51.630><c> demon,</c>

00:31:52.789 --> 00:31:58.470
it's<00:31:53.390><c> actually</c><00:31:53.670><c> sin</c><00:31:54.410><c> that</c><00:31:54.750><c> they're</c><00:31:55.009><c> trying</c><00:31:55.210><c> to</c><00:31:55.490><c> attribute</c><00:31:55.829><c> this</c><00:31:56.190><c> to,</c><00:31:56.930><c> whether</c><00:31:57.210><c> the</c><00:31:57.430><c> man</c><00:31:57.630><c> did</c><00:31:57.789><c> it</c><00:31:57.910><c> himself,</c>

00:31:58.609 --> 00:32:03.029
which<00:31:58.829><c> is</c><00:31:59.150><c> strange</c><00:31:59.410><c> because</c><00:31:59.609><c> he's</c><00:31:59.849><c> born</c><00:32:00.150><c> that</c><00:32:00.430><c> way,</c><00:32:01.990><c> or</c><00:32:02.430><c> whether</c><00:32:02.710><c> his</c>

00:32:03.029 --> 00:32:04.910
parents<00:32:03.390><c> did</c><00:32:03.730><c> sin.</c>

00:32:06.509 --> 00:32:10.269
And<00:32:06.869><c> the</c><00:32:07.009><c> answer</c><00:32:07.309><c> of</c><00:32:07.470><c> Jesus</c><00:32:07.849><c> gives</c><00:32:08.150><c> is</c><00:32:08.349><c> instructive,</c><00:32:09.049><c> isn't</c><00:32:09.210><c> it?</c>

00:32:10.329 --> 00:32:15.710
Neither<00:32:10.730><c> did</c><00:32:10.930><c> this</c><00:32:11.230><c> man</c><00:32:11.490><c> sin</c><00:32:11.710><c> nor</c><00:32:12.049><c> his</c><00:32:12.490><c> parents,</c><00:32:14.109><c> but</c><00:32:14.230><c> that</c><00:32:14.450><c> the</c><00:32:14.829><c> works</c><00:32:15.190><c> of</c>

00:32:15.710 --> 00:32:17.750
God<00:32:16.230><c> should</c><00:32:16.470><c> be</c><00:32:16.750><c> made</c><00:32:17.150><c> manifest</c>

00:32:17.750 --> 00:32:22.769
in<00:32:18.150><c> him,</c><00:32:18.410><c> the</c><00:32:18.670><c> works</c><00:32:18.950><c> of</c><00:32:19.230><c> God</c><00:32:19.490><c> himself,</c><00:32:20.410><c> the</c><00:32:20.650><c> one</c><00:32:20.829><c> who</c><00:32:21.250><c> causes</c>

00:32:22.769 --> 00:32:27.369
men<00:32:23.529><c> to</c><00:32:23.750><c> be</c><00:32:23.990><c> blind</c><00:32:24.490><c> or</c><00:32:24.849><c> causes</c><00:32:25.349><c> men</c><00:32:25.650><c> to</c><00:32:25.890><c> be</c><00:32:26.230><c> deaf.</c>

00:32:27.630 --> 00:32:32.130
And<00:32:28.230><c> it's</c><00:32:28.390><c> for</c><00:32:28.650><c> his</c><00:32:28.890><c> very</c><00:32:29.289><c> purpose,</c><00:32:30.049><c> it's</c><00:32:30.269><c> for</c><00:32:30.490><c> his</c><00:32:30.750><c> glory,</c><00:32:31.609><c> that</c><00:32:31.990><c> he</c>

00:32:32.130 --> 00:32:34.789
is<00:32:32.369><c> going</c><00:32:32.650><c> to</c><00:32:33.589><c> heal</c><00:32:34.069><c> this</c><00:32:34.509><c> man,</c>

00:32:34.789 --> 00:32:39.750
this<00:32:35.309><c> blind</c><00:32:35.890><c> man.</c><00:32:37.569><c> You're</c><00:32:37.930><c> familiar</c><00:32:38.430><c> with</c><00:32:38.789><c> the</c><00:32:39.109><c> story,</c><00:32:39.509><c> right?</c><00:32:39.630><c> And</c>

00:32:39.750 --> 00:32:42.970
this<00:32:39.930><c> kind</c><00:32:40.130><c> of</c><00:32:40.670><c> ironic</c><00:32:41.369><c> nature</c><00:32:41.990><c> behind</c>

00:32:43.369 --> 00:32:49.789
this<00:32:44.089><c> is</c><00:32:44.609><c> really</c><00:32:44.990><c> drawing</c><00:32:45.250><c> out</c><00:32:45.609><c> a</c><00:32:46.049><c> parable,</c><00:32:47.289><c> isn't</c><00:32:47.509><c> it?</c><00:32:48.609><c> Because</c><00:32:49.009><c> the</c>

00:32:49.789 --> 00:32:51.630
baseline<00:32:50.470><c> of</c><00:32:51.029><c> this</c><00:32:51.289><c> parable,</c>

00:32:51.670 --> 00:32:56.549
what<00:32:51.930><c> is</c><00:32:52.210><c> the</c><00:32:52.509><c> conclusion</c><00:32:53.109><c> of</c><00:32:53.950><c> this</c><00:32:54.250><c> parable?</c><00:32:54.710><c> It's</c><00:32:54.910><c> in</c><00:32:55.029><c> verse</c><00:32:55.269><c> 39.</c>

00:33:05.690 --> 00:33:07.549
Might<00:33:06.369><c> see.</c>

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And<00:33:09.549><c> that</c><00:33:09.869><c> they</c><00:33:10.750><c> which</c><00:33:11.549><c> see</c><00:33:12.190><c> might</c><00:33:12.990><c> be</c><00:33:13.509><c> made</c><00:33:14.170><c> blind.</c>

00:33:17.410 --> 00:33:20.509
And<00:33:17.829><c> some</c><00:33:18.009><c> of</c><00:33:18.210><c> the</c><00:33:18.410><c> Pharisees</c><00:33:19.250><c> which</c><00:33:19.470><c> were</c><00:33:19.730><c> with</c><00:33:19.950><c> him</c><00:33:20.190><c> heard</c>

00:33:20.509 --> 00:33:22.930
these<00:33:20.869><c> words</c><00:33:21.289><c> and</c><00:33:21.609><c> said</c><00:33:21.789><c> unto</c><00:33:22.009><c> him,</c>

00:33:23.069 --> 00:33:29.609
are<00:33:23.329><c> we</c><00:33:23.650><c> blind</c><00:33:23.950><c> also?</c><00:33:26.609><c> And</c><00:33:27.190><c> Jesus</c><00:33:27.410><c> said</c><00:33:27.650><c> unto</c><00:33:27.849><c> them,</c><00:33:29.109><c> if</c><00:33:29.430><c> you</c>

00:33:29.609 --> 00:33:32.710
are<00:33:29.769><c> blind,</c><00:33:31.009><c> you</c><00:33:31.130><c> should</c><00:33:31.329><c> have</c><00:33:31.529><c> no</c><00:33:31.829><c> sin.</c>

00:33:32.930 --> 00:33:39.029
But<00:33:33.210><c> now</c><00:33:33.450><c> you</c><00:33:33.750><c> say</c><00:33:34.029><c> we</c><00:33:34.470><c> see,</c><00:33:35.990><c> therefore</c><00:33:36.170><c> your</c><00:33:36.569><c> sin</c><00:33:37.549><c> remaineth.</c>

00:33:40.569 --> 00:33:42.930
Now<00:33:40.769><c> isn't</c><00:33:40.950><c> that</c><00:33:41.210><c> interesting?</c><00:33:41.789><c> Out</c><00:33:41.970><c> of</c><00:33:42.109><c> all</c><00:33:42.369><c> of</c><00:33:42.490><c> this,</c><00:33:42.750><c> the</c>

00:33:42.930 --> 00:33:45.009
conclusion<00:33:43.230><c> of</c><00:33:43.450><c> the</c><00:33:43.549><c> matter</c><00:33:43.789><c> is</c><00:33:43.930><c> that</c><00:33:44.150><c> the</c><00:33:44.450><c> Pharisees</c>

00:33:45.009 --> 00:33:51.069
themselves<00:33:45.769><c> were</c><00:33:46.509><c> the</c><00:33:46.809><c> blind</c><00:33:47.150><c> man,</c><00:33:47.569><c> the</c><00:33:47.910><c> blind</c><00:33:48.230><c> ones.</c><00:33:50.869><c> And</c>

00:33:51.069 --> 00:33:53.990
the<00:33:51.230><c> man</c><00:33:51.390><c> that</c><00:33:51.670><c> had</c><00:33:51.829><c> been</c><00:33:52.690><c> physically</c><00:33:53.329><c> blind,</c>

00:33:53.990 --> 00:33:59.509
he<00:33:54.190><c> was</c><00:33:54.430><c> the</c><00:33:54.589><c> one</c><00:33:54.730><c> who</c><00:33:54.890><c> could</c><00:33:55.150><c> truly</c><00:33:55.769><c> see,</c><00:33:56.910><c> wasn't</c><00:33:57.309><c> it?</c><00:33:59.089><c> And</c>

00:33:59.509 --> 00:34:02.410
you<00:33:59.589><c> can</c><00:33:59.769><c> see</c><00:33:59.890><c> how</c><00:34:00.450><c> Jesus</c><00:34:00.829><c> turns</c><00:34:01.309><c> that</c><00:34:01.630><c> whole</c><00:34:01.890><c> aspect</c>

00:34:02.410 --> 00:34:06.650
around.<00:34:03.970><c> And</c><00:34:04.109><c> so</c><00:34:04.170><c> I'm</c><00:34:04.309><c> saying</c><00:34:04.549><c> to</c><00:34:04.789><c> you,</c><00:34:04.910><c> that's</c><00:34:05.269><c> the</c><00:34:05.470><c> same</c><00:34:05.670><c> thing</c><00:34:05.849><c> that's</c><00:34:06.089><c> happening</c><00:34:06.369><c> here</c><00:34:06.609><c> in</c>

00:34:06.650 --> 00:34:07.769
Matthew<00:34:07.089><c> 12</c>

00:34:07.769 --> 00:34:11.869
that<00:34:08.269><c> we're</c><00:34:08.449><c> going</c><00:34:08.530><c> to</c><00:34:08.670><c> be</c><00:34:08.949><c> seeing.</c><00:34:09.710><c> And</c><00:34:09.969><c> that</c><00:34:10.070><c> it's</c><00:34:10.289><c> no</c><00:34:10.570><c> accident</c><00:34:11.090><c> that</c>

00:34:11.869 --> 00:34:13.550
the<00:34:12.329><c> one</c><00:34:12.469><c> that</c><00:34:12.590><c> was</c><00:34:12.809><c> brought</c><00:34:12.989><c> before</c><00:34:13.409><c> them</c>

00:34:13.550 --> 00:34:16.809
was<00:34:13.730><c> both</c><00:34:14.190><c> blind</c><00:34:14.730><c> and</c><00:34:15.769><c> dumb.</c>

00:34:19.349 --> 00:34:23.110
It's<00:34:19.969><c> very</c><00:34:20.210><c> instructive</c><00:34:20.829><c> in</c><00:34:21.010><c> John</c><00:34:21.269><c> chapter</c><00:34:21.650><c> 9</c><00:34:22.190><c> of</c><00:34:22.530><c> this</c><00:34:22.829><c> blind</c>

00:34:23.110 --> 00:34:26.909
man,<00:34:24.590><c> even</c><00:34:24.829><c> though</c><00:34:25.010><c> he's</c><00:34:25.230><c> blind</c><00:34:25.789><c> from</c><00:34:26.030><c> his</c>

00:34:26.909 --> 00:34:31.989
from<00:34:26.909><c> his</c><00:34:27.150><c> birth</c><00:34:27.610><c> and</c><00:34:28.849><c> he</c><00:34:29.050><c> was,</c><00:34:29.650><c> I'd</c><00:34:30.050><c> have</c><00:34:30.130><c> to</c><00:34:30.409><c> sit</c><00:34:30.829><c> at</c><00:34:31.030><c> the</c><00:34:31.210><c> gate</c><00:34:31.429><c> and</c>

00:34:31.989 --> 00:34:34.130
beg<00:34:32.429><c> his</c><00:34:32.869><c> whole</c><00:34:33.130><c> life,</c><00:34:33.429><c> he</c><00:34:33.570><c> was</c><00:34:33.769><c> not</c>

00:34:34.130 --> 00:34:39.590
dumb.<00:34:35.730><c> And</c><00:34:35.969><c> I</c><00:34:36.050><c> think</c><00:34:36.190><c> he</c><00:34:36.329><c> knew</c><00:34:36.429><c> his</c><00:34:36.670><c> scripture.</c><00:34:38.869><c> And</c><00:34:39.170><c> when</c><00:34:39.409><c> he</c>

00:34:39.590 --> 00:34:43.789
was<00:34:39.849><c> confronted</c><00:34:40.510><c> in</c><00:34:41.989><c> verse</c><00:34:42.289><c> 29,</c>

00:34:44.610 --> 00:34:47.730
the<00:34:44.750><c> Pharisees</c><00:34:45.289><c> said</c><00:34:45.510><c> to</c><00:34:45.630><c> him,</c><00:34:45.829><c> we</c><00:34:45.829><c> know</c><00:34:46.070><c> that</c><00:34:46.230><c> God</c><00:34:46.570><c> spake</c><00:34:46.909><c> unto</c><00:34:47.050><c> Moses,</c><00:34:47.710><c> as</c>

00:34:47.730 --> 00:34:49.730
for<00:34:47.909><c> this</c><00:34:48.210><c> fellow</c><00:34:48.489><c> we</c><00:34:48.769><c> know</c><00:34:49.050><c> not</c><00:34:49.409><c> from</c>

00:34:49.730 --> 00:34:56.610
whence<00:34:49.949><c> he</c><00:34:50.170><c> is.</c><00:34:51.750><c> The</c><00:34:51.929><c> blind</c><00:34:52.090><c> man</c><00:34:52.289><c> says</c><00:34:52.449><c> this,</c><00:34:55.710><c> why</c><00:34:55.929><c> hearing</c><00:34:56.309><c> is</c>

00:34:56.610 --> 00:35:01.309
a<00:34:56.849><c> marvelous</c><00:34:57.230><c> thing,</c><00:34:59.550><c> that</c><00:34:59.690><c> you</c><00:34:59.989><c> know</c><00:35:00.230><c> not</c><00:35:00.630><c> from</c><00:35:00.929><c> whence</c>

00:35:01.309 --> 00:35:08.170
he<00:35:01.329><c> is,</c><00:35:02.789><c> and</c><00:35:03.190><c> yet</c><00:35:03.829><c> he</c><00:35:04.329><c> hath</c><00:35:04.489><c> opened</c><00:35:04.789><c> mine</c><00:35:05.070><c> eyes.</c><00:35:07.250><c> Now</c><00:35:07.670><c> we</c><00:35:07.909><c> know</c>

00:35:08.170 --> 00:35:11.130
that<00:35:08.349><c> God</c><00:35:08.630><c> heareth</c><00:35:08.909><c> not</c><00:35:09.289><c> sinners,</c><00:35:09.869><c> but</c><00:35:10.030><c> if</c><00:35:10.269><c> any</c><00:35:10.510><c> man</c><00:35:10.710><c> be</c><00:35:10.929><c> a</c>

00:35:11.130 --> 00:35:15.630
worshiper<00:35:11.530><c> of</c><00:35:11.730><c> God</c><00:35:12.070><c> and</c><00:35:12.329><c> doeth</c><00:35:12.590><c> his</c><00:35:12.889><c> will,</c><00:35:13.849><c> him</c><00:35:14.110><c> he</c><00:35:14.610><c> heareth.</c>

00:35:16.650 --> 00:35:20.050
Since<00:35:17.050><c> the</c><00:35:17.369><c> world</c><00:35:17.750><c> began,</c><00:35:18.510><c> was</c><00:35:18.530><c> it</c><00:35:18.690><c> not</c><00:35:18.949><c> heard</c><00:35:19.349><c> that</c><00:35:19.670><c> any</c>

00:35:20.050 --> 00:35:26.610
man<00:35:20.369><c> opened</c><00:35:20.769><c> the</c><00:35:21.030><c> eyes</c><00:35:21.369><c> of</c><00:35:21.570><c> one</c><00:35:21.909><c> that</c><00:35:22.090><c> was</c><00:35:22.409><c> born</c><00:35:23.050><c> blind?</c><00:35:24.929><c> If</c><00:35:25.409><c> this</c><00:35:25.750><c> man</c><00:35:25.909><c> were</c><00:35:26.150><c> not</c><00:35:26.309><c> of</c>

00:35:26.610 --> 00:35:28.570
God,<00:35:26.969><c> he</c><00:35:27.150><c> could</c><00:35:27.309><c> do</c><00:35:27.550><c> nothing.</c>

00:35:29.590 --> 00:35:33.429
So<00:35:30.190><c> here</c><00:35:30.429><c> was</c><00:35:30.610><c> a</c><00:35:30.769><c> man</c><00:35:30.929><c> born</c><00:35:31.269><c> blind,</c><00:35:32.409><c> who</c><00:35:32.610><c> would</c><00:35:32.909><c> want</c><00:35:33.130><c> nothing</c>

00:35:33.429 --> 00:35:37.670
more<00:35:33.769><c> in</c><00:35:33.909><c> this</c><00:35:34.150><c> world</c><00:35:34.550><c> than</c><00:35:35.349><c> to</c><00:35:35.590><c> receive</c><00:35:35.989><c> his</c><00:35:36.489><c> sight,</c>

00:35:38.489 --> 00:35:41.809
and<00:35:38.610><c> he</c><00:35:38.690><c> would</c><00:35:38.789><c> go</c><00:35:38.909><c> to</c><00:35:39.110><c> the</c><00:35:39.369><c> synagogue,</c><00:35:41.110><c> and</c><00:35:41.469><c> he</c><00:35:41.510><c> would</c><00:35:41.690><c> hear</c>

00:35:41.809 --> 00:35:44.150
the<00:35:42.090><c> scriptures</c><00:35:42.530><c> read</c>

00:35:45.630 --> 00:35:51.489
Sabbath<00:35:46.230><c> after</c><00:35:46.750><c> Sabbath,</c><00:35:47.590><c> seeking</c><00:35:47.989><c> for</c><00:35:48.449><c> any</c><00:35:49.329><c> miracle</c><00:35:49.769><c> from</c><00:35:50.090><c> the</c><00:35:50.210><c> Old</c><00:35:50.409><c> Testament</c><00:35:50.929><c> that</c><00:35:51.230><c> a</c>

00:35:51.489 --> 00:35:52.349
man<00:35:51.789><c> that</c><00:35:51.989><c> had</c><00:35:52.130><c> been</c>

00:35:52.349 --> 00:35:56.349
born<00:35:52.590><c> blind</c><00:35:52.989><c> had</c><00:35:53.150><c> been</c><00:35:53.449><c> healed,</c><00:35:54.469><c> and</c><00:35:54.630><c> he</c><00:35:54.750><c> could</c><00:35:54.969><c> find</c><00:35:55.289><c> none.</c>

00:35:57.389 --> 00:36:01.150
There<00:35:57.570><c> was</c><00:35:58.130><c> seemingly</c><00:35:59.309><c> no</c><00:35:59.809><c> hope</c><00:36:00.150><c> for</c><00:36:00.409><c> him</c>

00:36:03.050 --> 00:36:06.969
as<00:36:03.530><c> he</c><00:36:04.010><c> read</c><00:36:04.250><c> through</c><00:36:04.530><c> the</c><00:36:04.769><c> scriptures.</c><00:36:05.510><c> And</c><00:36:05.690><c> so</c><00:36:05.789><c> he</c><00:36:05.929><c> told</c><00:36:06.190><c> them,</c><00:36:06.489><c> since</c><00:36:06.710><c> the</c>

00:36:06.969 --> 00:36:08.269
world<00:36:07.130><c> began,</c><00:36:07.750><c> was</c><00:36:07.769><c> it</c><00:36:07.889><c> not</c><00:36:08.110><c> heard</c>

00:36:08.269 --> 00:36:14.030
that<00:36:08.469><c> any</c><00:36:08.710><c> man</c><00:36:08.889><c> opened</c><00:36:09.170><c> the</c><00:36:09.389><c> eyes</c><00:36:09.570><c> of</c><00:36:09.809><c> one</c><00:36:10.309><c> that</c><00:36:10.789><c> was</c><00:36:11.010><c> born</c><00:36:11.289><c> blind?</c><00:36:13.550><c> But</c>

00:36:14.030 --> 00:36:17.610
he<00:36:14.170><c> would</c><00:36:14.409><c> read</c><00:36:14.630><c> the</c><00:36:16.389><c> prophecies</c><00:36:16.909><c> of</c><00:36:17.150><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:36:17.610 --> 00:36:21.210
and<00:36:17.929><c> I</c><00:36:18.110><c> think</c><00:36:18.269><c> he</c><00:36:18.409><c> would</c><00:36:18.630><c> get</c><00:36:18.869><c> hope</c><00:36:19.150><c> there.</c><00:36:20.090><c> And</c><00:36:20.369><c> I</c><00:36:20.489><c> think</c><00:36:20.630><c> it</c><00:36:20.690><c> gives</c><00:36:20.869><c> us</c><00:36:21.130><c> a</c>

00:36:21.210 --> 00:36:23.030
little<00:36:21.409><c> clue</c><00:36:21.829><c> in</c><00:36:21.989><c> verse</c><00:36:22.269><c> 30</c>

00:36:23.030 --> 00:36:31.309
when<00:36:23.730><c> he</c><00:36:23.969><c> said,</c><00:36:25.170><c> why</c><00:36:25.349><c> hearing</c><00:36:25.789><c> is</c><00:36:26.230><c> a</c><00:36:26.590><c> marvelous</c><00:36:27.230><c> thing.</c><00:36:29.130><c> There's</c><00:36:29.570><c> a</c><00:36:29.710><c> little</c><00:36:30.010><c> echo</c><00:36:30.369><c> here</c><00:36:30.829><c> to</c>

00:36:31.309 --> 00:36:34.130
Isaiah<00:36:32.030><c> chapter</c><00:36:32.889><c> 29,</c>

00:36:34.210 --> 00:36:37.530
and<00:36:34.750><c> I'd</c><00:36:34.969><c> like</c><00:36:35.090><c> you</c><00:36:35.269><c> to</c><00:36:35.389><c> go</c><00:36:35.630><c> there,</c><00:36:36.730><c> because</c><00:36:36.829><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:37.170><c> chapter</c>

00:36:37.530 --> 00:36:41.550
29,<00:36:38.170><c> because</c><00:36:38.949><c> I</c><00:36:40.050><c> think</c><00:36:40.309><c> he's</c><00:36:40.869><c> alluding</c><00:36:41.230><c> to</c>

00:36:41.550 --> 00:36:48.110
passage,<00:36:43.530><c> and</c><00:36:43.789><c> there's</c><00:36:44.150><c> more</c><00:36:44.869><c> to</c><00:36:45.730><c> it</c><00:36:46.150><c> than</c><00:36:46.349><c> meets</c><00:36:46.789><c> the</c><00:36:47.269><c> eye.</c>

00:36:54.309 --> 00:36:58.989
So<00:36:54.989><c> he</c><00:36:55.210><c> says,</c><00:36:55.690><c> here's</c><00:36:56.110><c> a</c><00:36:56.309><c> marvelous,</c><00:36:56.829><c> marvelous</c><00:36:57.610><c> thing</c><00:36:58.369><c> that</c>

00:36:58.989 --> 00:37:01.449
you<00:36:59.190><c> know</c><00:36:59.409><c> not</c><00:36:59.750><c> from</c><00:37:00.070><c> whence</c><00:37:00.409><c> he</c><00:37:00.610><c> is,</c>

00:37:02.190 --> 00:37:05.010
and<00:37:02.429><c> yet</c><00:37:02.630><c> he</c><00:37:02.730><c> hath</c><00:37:02.869><c> opened</c><00:37:03.230><c> mine</c><00:37:03.570><c> eyes.</c><00:37:04.250><c> And</c><00:37:04.409><c> if</c><00:37:04.530><c> we</c><00:37:04.650><c> come</c><00:37:04.829><c> to</c>

00:37:05.010 --> 00:37:07.010
Isaiah<00:37:05.829><c> 29,</c>

00:37:15.090 --> 00:37:18.130
and<00:37:15.769><c> we</c><00:37:15.909><c> look</c><00:37:16.110><c> at</c><00:37:16.269><c> verse</c><00:37:17.010><c> 14,</c>

00:37:21.789 --> 00:37:25.429
God<00:37:21.789><c> says,</c><00:37:22.670><c> Therefore,</c><00:37:22.869><c> behold,</c><00:37:23.329><c> I</c><00:37:23.570><c> will</c><00:37:23.789><c> proceed</c><00:37:24.289><c> to</c><00:37:24.590><c> do</c><00:37:24.909><c> a</c>

00:37:25.429 --> 00:37:27.730
marvelous<00:37:26.010><c> work</c><00:37:26.670><c> among</c><00:37:27.130><c> this</c><00:37:27.409><c> people.</c>

00:37:27.849 --> 00:37:32.949
And<00:37:28.309><c> there's</c><00:37:28.550><c> that</c><00:37:28.750><c> word</c><00:37:28.949><c> marvelous.</c><00:37:29.670><c> It's</c><00:37:29.869><c> a</c><00:37:30.070><c> marvelous</c><00:37:30.550><c> thing</c><00:37:31.309><c> that</c><00:37:32.110><c> God's</c><00:37:32.530><c> going</c><00:37:32.690><c> to</c>

00:37:32.949 --> 00:37:34.550
do<00:37:33.289><c> among</c><00:37:33.750><c> his</c><00:37:34.150><c> people,</c>

00:37:34.550 --> 00:37:39.030
even<00:37:35.150><c> a</c><00:37:35.449><c> marvelous</c><00:37:35.929><c> work</c><00:37:36.750><c> and</c><00:37:37.869><c> a</c><00:37:38.110><c> wonder.</c>

00:37:41.269 --> 00:37:44.150
And<00:37:41.409><c> look</c><00:37:41.550><c> at</c><00:37:41.670><c> the</c><00:37:41.829><c> second</c><00:37:42.030><c> half</c><00:37:42.269><c> of</c><00:37:42.409><c> this</c><00:37:42.630><c> verse.</c><00:37:43.090><c> It</c><00:37:43.090><c> says,</c>

00:37:44.489 --> 00:37:47.329
For<00:37:44.510><c> the</c><00:37:44.769><c> wisdom</c><00:37:45.250><c> of</c><00:37:45.489><c> their</c><00:37:45.750><c> wise</c><00:37:46.110><c> men</c><00:37:46.349><c> shall</c><00:37:46.670><c> perish,</c>

00:37:47.710 --> 00:37:51.250
and<00:37:48.190><c> the</c><00:37:48.449><c> understanding</c><00:37:49.010><c> of</c><00:37:49.190><c> their</c><00:37:49.429><c> prudent</c><00:37:49.710><c> men</c><00:37:49.989><c> shall</c><00:37:50.250><c> be</c><00:37:50.530><c> hid.</c>

00:37:51.449 --> 00:37:55.190
That's<00:37:52.010><c> what</c><00:37:52.389><c> the</c><00:37:52.630><c> blind</c><00:37:52.809><c> man</c><00:37:53.090><c> says.</c><00:37:53.570><c> He</c><00:37:53.590><c> says,</c><00:37:54.389><c> You</c><00:37:54.610><c> know</c><00:37:54.829><c> not</c>

00:37:55.190 --> 00:37:56.829
from<00:37:55.530><c> whence</c><00:37:55.809><c> he</c><00:37:56.050><c> is.</c>

00:37:56.989 --> 00:38:01.269
You<00:37:57.449><c> have</c><00:37:57.710><c> no</c><00:37:58.010><c> idea.</c><00:37:58.610><c> Your</c><00:37:58.889><c> wisdom</c><00:37:59.409><c> has</c><00:37:59.969><c> perished.</c>

00:38:03.309 --> 00:38:07.010
But<00:38:03.909><c> let's</c><00:38:04.170><c> just</c><00:38:04.510><c> broaden</c><00:38:04.710><c> the</c><00:38:05.030><c> context</c><00:38:05.429><c> out</c><00:38:05.730><c> a</c><00:38:05.869><c> little</c><00:38:06.070><c> bit</c><00:38:06.289><c> more,</c>

00:38:07.010 --> 00:38:11.349
because<00:38:08.150><c> that's</c><00:38:08.590><c> where</c><00:38:08.869><c> the</c><00:38:09.550><c> blind</c><00:38:09.869><c> man</c><00:38:10.130><c> is</c><00:38:10.449><c> referring</c><00:38:10.809><c> to,</c><00:38:11.130><c> I</c>

00:38:11.349 --> 00:38:13.090
think,<00:38:11.630><c> but</c>

00:38:13.309 --> 00:38:16.690
let's<00:38:13.909><c> just</c><00:38:14.309><c> back</c><00:38:14.570><c> up</c><00:38:14.750><c> here</c><00:38:14.909><c> to</c><00:38:15.010><c> verse</c><00:38:15.250><c> 9.</c>

00:38:18.090 --> 00:38:21.510
Stay<00:38:18.550><c> yourselves</c><00:38:19.110><c> in</c><00:38:19.409><c> wonder,</c><00:38:20.010><c> cry</c><00:38:20.150><c> ye</c><00:38:20.329><c> out</c><00:38:20.550><c> and</c><00:38:20.869><c> cry.</c><00:38:21.309><c> They</c>

00:38:21.510 --> 00:38:23.289
are<00:38:21.809><c> drunken,</c><00:38:22.389><c> but</c><00:38:22.510><c> not</c><00:38:22.690><c> with</c><00:38:22.989><c> wine.</c>

00:38:23.309 --> 00:38:26.070
They<00:38:23.690><c> stagger,</c><00:38:24.030><c> but</c><00:38:24.250><c> not</c><00:38:24.429><c> with</c><00:38:24.730><c> strong</c><00:38:24.969><c> brink.</c>

00:38:26.489 --> 00:38:30.750
For<00:38:26.730><c> the</c><00:38:26.969><c> Lord</c><00:38:27.230><c> hath</c><00:38:27.510><c> poured</c><00:38:27.809><c> out</c><00:38:28.110><c> upon</c><00:38:28.530><c> you</c><00:38:29.010><c> the</c><00:38:29.449><c> Spirit</c><00:38:30.010><c> of</c><00:38:30.750><c> God,</c>

00:38:30.750 --> 00:38:35.489
deep<00:38:31.110><c> sleep,</c><00:38:32.489><c> and</c><00:38:32.989><c> hath</c><00:38:33.349><c> closed</c><00:38:33.969><c> your</c><00:38:34.269><c> eyes.</c>

00:38:35.909 --> 00:38:41.110
The<00:38:36.190><c> prophets</c><00:38:36.610><c> and</c><00:38:36.869><c> your</c><00:38:37.130><c> rulers,</c><00:38:37.570><c> the</c><00:38:37.949><c> seers,</c><00:38:39.650><c> hath</c><00:38:39.909><c> he</c><00:38:40.269><c> covered.</c>

00:38:41.389 --> 00:38:44.349
So<00:38:41.789><c> there's</c><00:38:42.090><c> this</c><00:38:42.389><c> prophecy</c><00:38:42.849><c> happening</c><00:38:43.250><c> here</c><00:38:43.530><c> in</c><00:38:43.670><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:44.190><c> in</c>

00:38:44.349 --> 00:38:46.670
this<00:38:44.610><c> context</c><00:38:45.130><c> where</c><00:38:46.050><c> God</c><00:38:46.289><c> is</c><00:38:46.389><c> saying,</c>

00:38:46.809 --> 00:38:48.489
I'm<00:38:46.969><c> going</c><00:38:47.090><c> to</c><00:38:47.329><c> close</c><00:38:47.510><c> your</c><00:38:47.730><c> eyes.</c><00:38:47.909><c> You're</c><00:38:48.050><c> not</c><00:38:48.170><c> going</c><00:38:48.269><c> to</c><00:38:48.389><c> be</c>

00:38:48.489 --> 00:38:51.110
able<00:38:48.969><c> to</c><00:38:49.469><c> discern</c><00:38:49.789><c> these</c><00:38:50.150><c> things.</c>

00:38:51.289 --> 00:38:53.550
And<00:38:51.469><c> again,</c><00:38:51.650><c> in</c><00:38:51.789><c> your</c><00:38:52.030><c> margin,</c><00:38:52.329><c> you</c><00:38:52.409><c> might</c><00:38:52.650><c> have</c><00:38:53.010><c> a</c><00:38:53.289><c> reference</c>

00:38:53.550 --> 00:38:54.869
there.<00:38:53.730><c> That's</c><00:38:54.070><c> actually</c><00:38:54.369><c> quoted</c><00:38:54.650><c> of</c>

00:38:54.869 --> 00:38:59.250
Israel<00:38:55.309><c> in</c><00:38:55.469><c> Romans</c><00:38:55.969><c> chapter</c><00:38:57.110><c> 11.</c><00:38:57.550><c> Paul</c><00:38:57.829><c> uses</c><00:38:58.190><c> that</c><00:38:58.429><c> verse.</c>

00:38:59.989 --> 00:39:03.010
So<00:39:00.469><c> he</c><00:39:00.590><c> talks</c><00:39:00.809><c> about</c><00:39:01.050><c> a</c><00:39:01.269><c> time</c><00:39:01.489><c> that</c><00:39:01.769><c> there</c><00:39:02.070><c> will</c><00:39:02.269><c> be</c><00:39:02.489><c> darkness,</c>

00:39:03.050 --> 00:39:04.710
that<00:39:03.170><c> he's</c><00:39:03.389><c> going</c><00:39:03.570><c> to</c><00:39:04.130><c> seal</c><00:39:04.349><c> the</c><00:39:04.570><c> book.</c>

00:39:04.809 --> 00:39:08.369
Nobody's<00:39:05.170><c> able</c><00:39:05.309><c> going</c><00:39:05.650><c> to</c><00:39:06.510><c> to</c><00:39:06.829><c> read</c><00:39:07.070><c> this.</c><00:39:07.750><c> And</c><00:39:07.949><c> so</c><00:39:08.070><c> he</c><00:39:08.170><c> says</c>

00:39:08.369 --> 00:39:10.070
in<00:39:08.510><c> verse</c><00:39:08.750><c> 13,</c>

00:39:10.210 --> 00:39:12.809
Wherefore<00:39:10.590><c> the</c><00:39:10.750><c> Lord</c><00:39:10.989><c> said,</c><00:39:11.409><c> for</c><00:39:11.610><c> as</c><00:39:11.789><c> much</c><00:39:11.989><c> as</c><00:39:12.210><c> this</c><00:39:12.449><c> people</c>

00:39:12.809 --> 00:39:15.230
draw<00:39:13.150><c> near</c><00:39:13.389><c> me</c><00:39:13.650><c> with</c><00:39:13.889><c> their</c><00:39:14.130><c> mouth,</c>

00:39:15.389 --> 00:39:19.409
and<00:39:15.730><c> with</c><00:39:16.030><c> their</c><00:39:16.349><c> lips</c><00:39:16.869><c> do</c><00:39:17.190><c> honor</c><00:39:17.329><c> me,</c><00:39:17.610><c> but</c><00:39:17.849><c> have</c><00:39:18.090><c> removed</c><00:39:18.510><c> their</c><00:39:18.809><c> heart</c><00:39:19.050><c> far</c>

00:39:19.409 --> 00:39:20.150
from<00:39:19.690><c> me,</c>

00:39:20.449 --> 00:39:25.329
and<00:39:20.750><c> their</c><00:39:21.070><c> fear</c><00:39:21.309><c> toward</c><00:39:21.590><c> me</c><00:39:21.789><c> is</c><00:39:22.110><c> taught</c><00:39:22.369><c> by</c><00:39:22.630><c> the</c><00:39:23.070><c> precept</c><00:39:23.590><c> of</c><00:39:24.230><c> men.</c>

00:39:26.030 --> 00:39:29.070
Again,<00:39:26.829><c> that's</c><00:39:27.210><c> quoted</c><00:39:27.469><c> in</c><00:39:27.710><c> the</c><00:39:27.789><c> New</c><00:39:27.949><c> Testament.</c>

00:39:29.230 --> 00:39:33.829
This<00:39:29.550><c> passage</c><00:39:30.269><c> is</c><00:39:31.369><c> quoted</c><00:39:31.889><c> three</c><00:39:32.789><c> times</c><00:39:33.130><c> in</c><00:39:33.250><c> New</c><00:39:33.449><c> Testament,</c>

00:39:33.989 --> 00:39:34.989
or<00:39:34.190><c> two</c><00:39:34.469><c> times.</c>

00:39:35.329 --> 00:39:40.489
Matthew<00:39:35.690><c> 15</c><00:39:36.130><c> verse</c><00:39:36.409><c> 8</c><00:39:36.869><c> and</c><00:39:37.190><c> Mark</c><00:39:37.550><c> 7</c><00:39:37.969><c> verses</c><00:39:38.309><c> 6</c><00:39:38.630><c> and</c><00:39:38.809><c> 7.</c><00:39:39.929><c> This</c><00:39:40.230><c> is</c>

00:39:40.489 --> 00:39:43.250
about<00:39:40.809><c> the</c><00:39:41.170><c> times</c><00:39:41.530><c> of</c><00:39:41.849><c> Jesus.</c>

00:39:44.429 --> 00:39:47.750
And<00:39:44.630><c> so</c><00:39:44.769><c> it's</c><00:39:44.949><c> no</c><00:39:45.130><c> wonder</c><00:39:45.389><c> that</c><00:39:46.050><c> the</c><00:39:46.710><c> blind</c><00:39:46.989><c> man</c><00:39:47.210><c> brings</c><00:39:47.469><c> our</c>

00:39:47.750 --> 00:39:50.250
thoughts<00:39:47.969><c> here</c><00:39:48.230><c> back</c><00:39:48.469><c> to</c><00:39:48.710><c> verse</c><00:39:48.969><c> 14.</c>

00:39:52.190 --> 00:39:55.769
But<00:39:52.570><c> let's</c><00:39:53.210><c> again</c><00:39:53.530><c> keep</c><00:39:54.010><c> reading</c><00:39:54.349><c> in</c><00:39:54.510><c> the</c><00:39:54.730><c> context,</c><00:39:55.170><c> but</c><00:39:55.289><c> let's</c><00:39:55.570><c> just</c>

00:39:55.769 --> 00:39:57.929
drop<00:39:55.929><c> down</c><00:39:56.170><c> to</c><00:39:56.329><c> verse</c><00:39:56.650><c> 18.</c>

00:39:58.110 --> 00:40:01.050
Because<00:39:58.710><c> this</c><00:39:58.969><c> is</c><00:39:59.130><c> where</c><00:39:59.289><c> the</c><00:39:59.550><c> blind</c><00:39:59.789><c> man</c><00:40:00.070><c> would</c><00:40:00.289><c> just</c><00:40:00.670><c> join</c>

00:40:01.050 --> 00:40:02.489
his<00:40:01.349><c> heart.</c><00:40:01.550><c> He</c><00:40:01.730><c> says,</c>

00:40:02.510 --> 00:40:07.030
In<00:40:02.510><c> that</c><00:40:02.829><c> day</c><00:40:03.929><c> shall</c><00:40:04.550><c> the</c><00:40:04.949><c> deaf</c><00:40:05.309><c> hear</c><00:40:05.829><c> the</c><00:40:06.090><c> words</c><00:40:06.309><c> of</c><00:40:06.530><c> the</c><00:40:06.670><c> book,</c>

00:40:07.409 --> 00:40:11.710
and<00:40:07.670><c> the</c><00:40:07.949><c> eyes</c><00:40:08.309><c> of</c><00:40:08.530><c> the</c><00:40:08.730><c> blind</c><00:40:09.030><c> shall</c><00:40:09.730><c> see</c><00:40:10.289><c> out</c><00:40:10.710><c> of</c><00:40:11.050><c> obscurity</c>

00:40:11.710 --> 00:40:14.010
and<00:40:12.110><c> out</c><00:40:12.550><c> of</c><00:40:12.869><c> darkness.</c>

00:40:15.190 --> 00:40:18.070
The<00:40:15.409><c> meek</c><00:40:15.650><c> also</c><00:40:16.210><c> shall</c><00:40:16.449><c> increase</c><00:40:16.969><c> their</c><00:40:17.269><c> joy</c><00:40:17.510><c> in</c><00:40:17.630><c> the</c><00:40:17.849><c> Lord,</c>

00:40:18.170 --> 00:40:21.650
and<00:40:18.289><c> the</c><00:40:18.650><c> poor</c><00:40:18.889><c> among</c><00:40:19.269><c> men</c><00:40:20.030><c> shall</c><00:40:20.329><c> rejoice</c>

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:26.070
in<00:40:22.030><c> the</c><00:40:22.510><c> Holy</c><00:40:22.869><c> One</c><00:40:23.409><c> of</c><00:40:23.769><c> Israel.</c><00:40:24.789><c> And</c><00:40:25.190><c> those</c><00:40:25.429><c> are</c><00:40:25.590><c> the</c><00:40:25.750><c> words</c><00:40:25.909><c> I</c>

00:40:26.070 --> 00:40:28.170
think<00:40:26.289><c> that</c><00:40:26.469><c> the</c><00:40:26.730><c> blind</c><00:40:26.949><c> man</c><00:40:27.309><c> latched</c><00:40:27.750><c> onto.</c>

00:40:28.289 --> 00:40:32.250
Because<00:40:28.530><c> even</c><00:40:28.750><c> though</c><00:40:28.909><c> he</c><00:40:28.989><c> had</c><00:40:29.190><c> no</c><00:40:29.929><c> example</c><00:40:30.809><c> from</c><00:40:31.130><c> the</c><00:40:31.250><c> Old</c><00:40:31.449><c> Testament</c><00:40:31.909><c> of</c>

00:40:32.250 --> 00:40:33.269
anyone<00:40:32.510><c> being</c><00:40:32.889><c> healed,</c>

00:40:33.570 --> 00:40:39.329
he<00:40:33.809><c> had</c><00:40:33.989><c> the</c><00:40:34.409><c> promise</c><00:40:34.789><c> of</c><00:40:35.230><c> God</c><00:40:35.789><c> that</c><00:40:36.550><c> the</c><00:40:36.929><c> blind</c><00:40:37.289><c> shall</c><00:40:37.650><c> see</c><00:40:38.289><c> out</c><00:40:38.849><c> of</c>

00:40:39.329 --> 00:40:43.309
obscurity<00:40:40.309><c> and</c><00:40:40.969><c> out</c><00:40:41.590><c> of</c><00:40:42.070><c> darkness.</c>

00:40:47.469 --> 00:40:55.769
Now,<00:40:48.550><c> lest</c><00:40:48.670><c> we</c><00:40:48.849><c> end</c><00:40:49.030><c> there,</c><00:40:50.289><c> verses</c><00:40:50.429><c> 20</c><00:40:51.030><c> and</c><00:40:51.230><c> 21</c><00:40:52.050><c> also</c><00:40:53.389><c> are</c><00:40:53.949><c> applicable.</c><00:40:55.130><c> Because</c><00:40:55.449><c> when</c><00:40:55.630><c> you</c>

00:40:55.769 --> 00:40:56.869
look<00:40:55.949><c> at</c><00:40:56.110><c> the</c><00:40:56.349><c> attitude</c>

00:40:56.869 --> 00:41:02.030
of<00:40:57.610><c> the</c><00:40:57.889><c> Pharisees</c><00:40:58.389><c> in</c><00:40:58.510><c> John</c><00:40:58.849><c> chapter</c><00:40:59.230><c> 9,</c><00:41:00.429><c> I</c><00:41:00.789><c> think</c><00:41:01.130><c> they</c><00:41:01.650><c> are</c>

00:41:02.030 --> 00:41:05.630
prophesied<00:41:02.590><c> in</c><00:41:02.789><c> verses</c><00:41:03.170><c> 20</c><00:41:03.570><c> and</c><00:41:03.730><c> 21</c><00:41:04.210><c> here</c><00:41:04.690><c> of</c><00:41:05.010><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:41:05.710 --> 00:41:08.849
I<00:41:05.829><c> don't</c><00:41:05.909><c> know</c><00:41:05.969><c> if</c><00:41:06.010><c> you</c><00:41:06.150><c> ever</c><00:41:06.389><c> looked</c><00:41:06.630><c> at</c><00:41:07.829><c> prophecies</c><00:41:08.530><c> in</c><00:41:08.690><c> the</c>

00:41:08.849 --> 00:41:11.170
Old<00:41:09.050><c> Testament</c><00:41:09.449><c> actually</c><00:41:09.869><c> being</c><00:41:10.510><c> prophecies</c>

00:41:11.170 --> 00:41:13.429
of<00:41:11.409><c> the</c><00:41:11.690><c> Pharisees</c><00:41:12.150><c> and</c><00:41:12.309><c> the</c><00:41:12.530><c> attitudes</c><00:41:12.869><c> that</c><00:41:13.070><c> they</c><00:41:13.230><c> would</c>

00:41:13.429 --> 00:41:15.449
display<00:41:13.869><c> during</c><00:41:14.210><c> that</c><00:41:14.510><c> time.</c>

00:41:16.050 --> 00:41:19.389
And<00:41:16.250><c> I</c><00:41:16.389><c> have</c><00:41:16.530><c> up</c><00:41:16.670><c> in</c><00:41:16.829><c> the</c><00:41:17.030><c> screen</c><00:41:17.210><c> here</c><00:41:17.389><c> the</c><00:41:17.690><c> NIV</c><00:41:18.070><c> version</c><00:41:18.570><c> because</c><00:41:18.789><c> I</c><00:41:18.969><c> think</c><00:41:19.130><c> it</c>

00:41:19.389 --> 00:41:21.070
comes<00:41:19.610><c> out</c><00:41:20.190><c> a</c><00:41:20.389><c> little</c><00:41:20.570><c> bit</c><00:41:20.710><c> more</c>

00:41:21.070 --> 00:41:26.570
interesting<00:41:21.469><c> here</c><00:41:21.789><c> in</c><00:41:21.989><c> the</c><00:41:22.369><c> NIV</c><00:41:23.389><c> in</c><00:41:24.269><c> aspects</c><00:41:24.670><c> of</c><00:41:25.449><c> the</c><00:41:25.849><c> eye</c><00:41:26.130><c> or</c>

00:41:26.570 --> 00:41:29.949
blindness.<00:41:28.750><c> So</c><00:41:29.010><c> the</c><00:41:29.170><c> NIV</c><00:41:29.530><c> says,</c>

00:41:30.389 --> 00:41:36.050
The<00:41:30.550><c> ruthless</c><00:41:31.190><c> will</c><00:41:32.150><c> vanish,</c><00:41:33.869><c> the</c><00:41:34.349><c> mockers</c><00:41:34.989><c> will</c><00:41:35.289><c> disappear,</c>

00:41:36.309 --> 00:41:39.730
and<00:41:37.110><c> all</c><00:41:37.610><c> who</c><00:41:37.889><c> have</c><00:41:38.110><c> an</c><00:41:38.530><c> eye</c><00:41:39.010><c> for</c><00:41:39.389><c> evil</c>

00:41:39.730 --> 00:41:45.710
will<00:41:39.929><c> be</c><00:41:40.190><c> cut</c><00:41:40.449><c> down.</c><00:41:41.530><c> Those</c><00:41:42.090><c> who</c><00:41:42.469><c> with</c><00:41:42.690><c> a</c><00:41:42.969><c> word</c><00:41:43.389><c> will</c><00:41:44.389><c> make</c><00:41:44.869><c> someone</c><00:41:45.349><c> out</c>

00:41:45.710 --> 00:41:48.570
to<00:41:45.869><c> be</c><00:41:46.110><c> guilty,</c><00:41:47.510><c> who</c><00:41:47.710><c> ensnare</c>

00:41:48.570 --> 00:41:55.389
the<00:41:48.969><c> defender</c><00:41:49.429><c> in</c><00:41:49.909><c> court,</c><00:41:51.269><c> and</c><00:41:51.429><c> with</c><00:41:51.750><c> false</c><00:41:52.289><c> testimony,</c><00:41:54.289><c> deprive</c><00:41:54.909><c> the</c>

00:41:55.389 --> 00:41:57.369
innocent<00:41:55.789><c> of</c><00:41:56.289><c> justice.</c>

00:41:58.789 --> 00:42:01.909
And<00:41:59.090><c> so</c><00:41:59.329><c> the</c><00:41:59.610><c> ironic</c><00:42:00.030><c> thing</c><00:42:00.349><c> about</c><00:42:00.650><c> the</c><00:42:00.949><c> Pharisees,</c><00:42:01.409><c> what</c><00:42:01.550><c> they</c><00:42:01.769><c> did</c>

00:42:01.909 --> 00:42:04.400
to<00:42:02.130><c> the</c><00:42:02.349><c> blind</c><00:42:02.550><c> man,</c><00:42:02.869><c> it</c><00:42:03.110><c> says</c><00:42:03.289><c> that</c><00:42:03.530><c> they</c>

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:10.159
cast<00:42:05.079><c> him</c><00:42:05.400><c> out</c><00:42:06.159><c> of</c><00:42:06.800><c> the</c><00:42:07.199><c> synagogue.</c><00:42:08.639><c> And</c><00:42:08.860><c> that</c><00:42:09.019><c> word</c><00:42:09.300><c> cast</c><00:42:09.820><c> out</c>

00:42:10.159 --> 00:42:13.579
is<00:42:10.380><c> the</c><00:42:10.659><c> same</c><00:42:10.900><c> word</c><00:42:11.360><c> that</c><00:42:12.199><c> is</c><00:42:12.639><c> used</c><00:42:12.920><c> of</c><00:42:13.219><c> Jesus</c>

00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:18.280
casting<00:42:14.219><c> out</c><00:42:14.619><c> demons.</c><00:42:16.300><c> And</c><00:42:16.960><c> that's</c><00:42:17.280><c> the</c><00:42:17.420><c> ironic</c><00:42:17.739><c> thing</c><00:42:17.980><c> about</c>

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:20.260
it,<00:42:18.460><c> isn't</c><00:42:18.639><c> it?</c><00:42:19.059><c> Now</c><00:42:19.320><c> this</c><00:42:19.460><c> whole</c><00:42:19.679><c> thing</c><00:42:19.900><c> gets</c>

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this<00:42:20.619><c> turned</c><00:42:20.780><c> upon</c><00:42:21.340><c> its</c><00:42:22.179><c> head.</c><00:42:26.199><c> So</c><00:42:26.800><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:27.199><c> is</c><00:42:27.420><c> wonderful</c><00:42:28.059><c> in</c>

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this<00:42:28.940><c> aspect,</c><00:42:29.460><c> and</c><00:42:29.579><c> we</c><00:42:29.699><c> can</c><00:42:29.940><c> see</c><00:42:30.139><c> that</c>

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Isaiah<00:42:31.139><c> prophesies</c><00:42:31.880><c> about</c><00:42:32.119><c> the</c><00:42:32.360><c> times</c><00:42:32.619><c> of</c><00:42:32.820><c> Jesus,</c><00:42:33.260><c> and</c><00:42:33.400><c> I</c><00:42:33.539><c> think</c><00:42:33.699><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:42:34.079><c> Jesus</c><00:42:34.519><c> Christ</c><00:42:35.300><c> would</c><00:42:35.820><c> have</c>

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read<00:42:36.179><c> these</c><00:42:36.579><c> prophecies,</c><00:42:37.260><c> and</c><00:42:37.380><c> he</c><00:42:37.480><c> would</c><00:42:37.639><c> have</c><00:42:37.840><c> seen</c><00:42:38.039><c> them</c><00:42:38.900><c> come</c><00:42:39.420><c> to</c>

00:42:39.699 --> 00:42:41.900
fruition<00:42:40.079><c> right</c><00:42:40.559><c> before</c><00:42:40.920><c> his</c><00:42:41.119><c> very</c><00:42:41.460><c> eyes</c>

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:46.679
as<00:42:42.179><c> these</c><00:42:42.480><c> things</c><00:42:42.679><c> are</c><00:42:43.059><c> acted</c><00:42:43.280><c> out.</c><00:42:44.260><c> And</c><00:42:44.639><c> that</c><00:42:44.820><c> it's</c><00:42:45.099><c> no</c><00:42:45.320><c> accident</c><00:42:45.760><c> that</c>

00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:48.440
the<00:42:46.980><c> blind</c><00:42:47.199><c> man</c><00:42:47.420><c> in</c><00:42:47.559><c> John</c><00:42:47.800><c> chapter</c><00:42:48.099><c> 9</c>

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draws<00:42:48.860><c> our</c><00:42:49.940><c> eyes</c><00:42:50.340><c> here</c><00:42:50.659><c> to</c><00:42:51.119><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:51.639><c> chapter</c><00:42:52.119><c> 29.</c><00:42:55.019><c> I'd</c><00:42:55.480><c> like</c><00:42:55.500><c> to</c>

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give<00:42:55.800><c> you</c><00:42:55.980><c> another</c><00:42:56.159><c> one.</c><00:42:56.320><c> I'd</c><00:42:56.539><c> like</c><00:42:56.559><c> to</c><00:42:56.739><c> show</c>

00:42:56.920 --> 00:42:59.320
you<00:42:57.019><c> another</c><00:42:57.159><c> one</c><00:42:57.380><c> in</c><00:42:57.639><c> Isaiah,</c><00:42:58.159><c> because</c><00:42:58.380><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:58.719><c> often</c><00:42:59.039><c> talks</c>

00:42:59.320 --> 00:43:02.639
about<00:42:59.539><c> the</c><00:42:59.840><c> blind</c><00:43:00.079><c> and</c><00:43:00.360><c> dumb,</c><00:43:01.539><c> and</c><00:43:01.880><c> how</c><00:43:02.019><c> it</c><00:43:02.360><c> reflects</c>

00:43:02.639 --> 00:43:07.059
to<00:43:02.880><c> our</c><00:43:03.000><c> situation</c><00:43:03.619><c> in</c><00:43:04.019><c> Matthew</c><00:43:04.480><c> chapter</c><00:43:04.940><c> 12.</c><00:43:06.199><c> And</c><00:43:06.420><c> it's,</c><00:43:06.940><c> if</c>

00:43:07.059 --> 00:43:08.840
you<00:43:07.179><c> just</c><00:43:07.420><c> turn</c><00:43:07.579><c> over</c><00:43:07.800><c> a</c><00:43:07.820><c> couple</c><00:43:08.039><c> of</c><00:43:08.239><c> chapters,</c><00:43:08.619><c> it's</c>

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Isaiah<00:43:09.179><c> chapter</c><00:43:09.599><c> 32.</c><00:43:19.760><c> And</c><00:43:20.159><c> I'm</c><00:43:20.340><c> going</c><00:43:20.460><c> to</c><00:43:20.599><c> put</c><00:43:20.719><c> this</c><00:43:20.940><c> up</c><00:43:21.159><c> here</c>

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again<00:43:21.860><c> in</c><00:43:22.739><c> the</c><00:43:23.019><c> NIV.</c><00:43:23.400><c> This</c><00:43:23.579><c> is</c><00:43:23.880><c> one</c><00:43:24.039><c> of</c><00:43:24.159><c> those</c>

00:43:24.760 --> 00:43:28.679
passages<00:43:25.219><c> in</c><00:43:25.400><c> the</c><00:43:25.579><c> King</c><00:43:25.760><c> James</c><00:43:26.059><c> where</c><00:43:26.300><c> it</c><00:43:26.860><c> talks</c><00:43:27.139><c> about</c><00:43:27.500><c> the</c>

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churl<00:43:28.980><c> and</c><00:43:29.159><c> the</c><00:43:29.340><c> vile</c><00:43:29.599><c> person</c><00:43:29.960><c> versus</c><00:43:30.300><c> the</c><00:43:30.639><c> liberal</c>

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:36.539
and<00:43:31.599><c> those</c><00:43:32.099><c> kind</c><00:43:32.280><c> of</c><00:43:32.400><c> things.</c><00:43:32.820><c> And</c><00:43:32.820><c> I</c><00:43:33.039><c> think</c><00:43:33.260><c> we</c><00:43:34.320><c> lose</c><00:43:34.579><c> it</c><00:43:34.719><c> a</c><00:43:34.780><c> little</c><00:43:34.980><c> bit</c><00:43:36.039><c> of</c>

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what<00:43:36.920><c> it's</c><00:43:37.179><c> really</c><00:43:37.519><c> saying.</c><00:43:38.400><c> But</c>

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listen<00:43:38.820><c> to</c><00:43:39.019><c> this.</c><00:43:39.280><c> In</c><00:43:39.400><c> verse</c><00:43:39.639><c> 1,</c><00:43:39.940><c> it</c><00:43:39.980><c> says,</c><00:43:41.840><c> See,</c><00:43:41.840><c> a</c><00:43:42.079><c> king</c><00:43:42.320><c> will</c>

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reign<00:43:42.820><c> in</c><00:43:43.059><c> righteousness,</c><00:43:43.800><c> and</c><00:43:43.980><c> rulers</c><00:43:44.380><c> rule</c><00:43:45.079><c> with</c>

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justice.<00:43:45.800><c> And</c><00:43:45.980><c> who</c><00:43:46.119><c> does</c><00:43:46.199><c> that</c><00:43:46.460><c> remind</c><00:43:46.739><c> you</c><00:43:46.960><c> of?</c><00:43:47.099><c> A</c><00:43:47.239><c> king</c><00:43:47.719><c> will</c>

00:43:48.159 --> 00:43:49.659
reign<00:43:48.340><c> in</c><00:43:48.519><c> righteousness.</c><00:43:48.980><c> It's</c><00:43:49.139><c> the</c><00:43:49.179><c> Lord</c><00:43:49.340><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ,<00:43:50.159><c> isn't</c><00:43:50.320><c> it?</c><00:43:51.900><c> Now,</c><00:43:52.059><c> if</c><00:43:52.139><c> you</c><00:43:52.239><c> just</c><00:43:52.440><c> drop</c><00:43:52.599><c> down</c><00:43:52.800><c> to</c><00:43:52.900><c> verse</c>

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3,<00:43:53.460><c> it</c><00:43:53.480><c> says,</c><00:43:55.239><c> Then</c><00:43:55.380><c> the</c><00:43:55.659><c> eyes</c><00:43:56.239><c> of</c><00:43:56.500><c> those</c><00:43:57.219><c> who</c><00:43:57.820><c> see</c>

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will<00:43:59.579><c> no</c><00:43:59.860><c> longer</c><00:44:00.119><c> be</c><00:44:00.500><c> closed,</c><00:44:01.579><c> and</c><00:44:01.860><c> the</c><00:44:02.059><c> ears</c><00:44:02.519><c> of</c><00:44:02.820><c> those</c><00:44:03.280><c> who</c>

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hear<00:44:04.019><c> will</c><00:44:04.780><c> listen.</c><00:44:05.679><c> Eyes</c><00:44:06.239><c> and</c><00:44:06.900><c> ears</c>

00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:12.539
being<00:44:08.599><c> opened.</c><00:44:10.059><c> The</c><00:44:10.219><c> fearful</c><00:44:10.480><c> heart</c><00:44:10.900><c> will</c><00:44:11.139><c> know</c><00:44:11.320><c> and</c><00:44:11.599><c> understand,</c><00:44:12.119><c> and</c><00:44:12.280><c> the</c>

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stammering<00:44:13.219><c> tongue</c><00:44:13.639><c> will</c><00:44:13.900><c> be</c>

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fluent<00:44:14.460><c> and</c><00:44:14.860><c> clear.</c><00:44:15.820><c> So</c><00:44:15.980><c> those</c><00:44:16.179><c> who</c><00:44:16.360><c> are</c><00:44:16.559><c> dumb,</c><00:44:17.139><c> who</c><00:44:17.380><c> cannot</c>

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speak,<00:44:18.519><c> will</c><00:44:18.599><c> be</c><00:44:18.840><c> fluent</c><00:44:19.000><c> and</c><00:44:19.280><c> clear.</c><00:44:19.440><c> That</c><00:44:19.619><c> will</c><00:44:19.800><c> be</c><00:44:19.940><c> the</c>

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effects<00:44:20.360><c> of</c><00:44:20.519><c> this</c><00:44:20.780><c> king</c><00:44:20.980><c> of</c><00:44:21.219><c> righteousness.</c><00:44:23.960><c> No</c><00:44:24.179><c> longer</c><00:44:24.559><c> will</c>

00:44:24.780 --> 00:44:27.659
the<00:44:25.119><c> fool</c><00:44:25.380><c> be</c><00:44:25.739><c> called</c><00:44:25.940><c> noble,</c><00:44:26.760><c> nor</c><00:44:26.880><c> the</c><00:44:27.199><c> scoundrel</c>

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be<00:44:27.960><c> highly</c><00:44:28.820><c> respected.</c><00:44:30.260><c> So</c><00:44:30.539><c> is</c><00:44:30.739><c> this</c><00:44:31.059><c> prophecy,</c><00:44:31.480><c> again,</c><00:44:32.019><c> a</c><00:44:32.239><c> prophecy</c><00:44:32.699><c> of</c>

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the<00:44:33.179><c> attitude</c><00:44:33.739><c> of</c><00:44:34.360><c> the</c><00:44:34.639><c> scribes</c><00:44:35.099><c> and</c>

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Pharisees<00:44:35.860><c> during</c><00:44:36.079><c> the</c><00:44:36.360><c> times</c><00:44:36.739><c> of</c><00:44:37.460><c> Jesus?</c><00:44:39.340><c> For</c><00:44:39.780><c> this</c><00:44:40.260><c> fool</c><00:44:40.599><c> speak</c><00:44:41.099><c> folly,</c><00:44:41.559><c> it</c>

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says<00:44:41.900><c> in</c><00:44:42.019><c> the</c><00:44:42.179><c> NIV</c><00:44:42.480><c> in</c><00:44:42.659><c> verse</c><00:44:42.940><c> 6,</c>

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their<00:44:43.940><c> hearts</c><00:44:44.360><c> are</c><00:44:44.760><c> bent</c><00:44:45.019><c> on</c><00:44:45.360><c> evil.</c><00:44:46.480><c> They</c><00:44:47.179><c> practice</c><00:44:47.699><c> ungodliness</c><00:44:48.659><c> and</c><00:44:49.800><c> spread</c><00:44:50.260><c> air</c>

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concerning<00:44:51.599><c> the</c><00:44:52.099><c> Lord.</c>

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Oh,<00:44:54.219><c> he</c><00:44:54.440><c> cast</c><00:44:54.760><c> out</c><00:44:55.420><c> demons</c><00:44:55.860><c> by</c><00:44:56.480><c> the</c><00:44:56.699><c> prince</c><00:44:56.940><c> of</c><00:44:57.159><c> demons,</c><00:44:57.599><c> Beelzebub.</c><00:44:58.739><c> That</c>

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was<00:44:59.280><c> their</c><00:44:59.699><c> whole</c>

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operation.<00:45:02.820><c> That's</c><00:45:03.019><c> what</c><00:45:03.159><c> they</c><00:45:03.360><c> were</c><00:45:03.519><c> doing.</c><00:45:03.840><c> That</c><00:45:03.980><c> was</c><00:45:04.800><c> a</c><00:45:05.539><c> planned</c><00:45:06.280><c> smear</c><00:45:08.519><c> of</c>

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the<00:45:08.940><c> Lord</c><00:45:09.099><c> Jesus</c><00:45:09.420><c> Christ.</c>

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They<00:45:10.000><c> practice</c><00:45:10.500><c> ungodliness</c><00:45:11.239><c> and</c><00:45:11.960><c> spread</c><00:45:12.280><c> air</c><00:45:12.639><c> concerning</c>

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the<00:45:13.420><c> Lord.</c><00:45:14.320><c> The</c><00:45:14.579><c> hungry</c><00:45:14.820><c> they</c><00:45:15.099><c> leave</c><00:45:15.280><c> empty,</c>

00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:19.920
and<00:45:15.840><c> from</c><00:45:16.159><c> the</c><00:45:16.420><c> thirsty</c><00:45:16.679><c> they</c><00:45:16.920><c> withhold</c><00:45:17.300><c> water.</c><00:45:19.239><c> Scoundrels</c>

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use<00:45:20.699><c> wicked</c><00:45:21.119><c> methods.</c><00:45:22.519><c> They</c><00:45:22.820><c> make</c><00:45:23.119><c> up</c>

00:45:23.420 --> 00:45:28.039
evil<00:45:23.860><c> schemes</c><00:45:24.500><c> to</c><00:45:24.900><c> destroy</c><00:45:25.519><c> the</c><00:45:25.880><c> poor</c><00:45:26.179><c> with</c><00:45:26.539><c> lies,</c><00:45:27.500><c> even</c><00:45:27.840><c> when</c>

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:30.360
the<00:45:28.280><c> plea</c><00:45:28.460><c> of</c><00:45:28.639><c> the</c><00:45:28.840><c> needy</c><00:45:29.079><c> is</c><00:45:29.340><c> just.</c>

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But<00:45:30.920><c> the</c><00:45:31.239><c> noble</c><00:45:31.639><c> make</c><00:45:32.019><c> noble</c><00:45:32.420><c> plans,</c><00:45:33.559><c> and</c><00:45:33.940><c> by</c><00:45:34.199><c> noble</c><00:45:34.559><c> deeds</c><00:45:35.000><c> they</c><00:45:35.480><c> stand.</c><00:45:36.800><c> So</c>

00:45:37.139 --> 00:45:39.039
you<00:45:37.219><c> can</c><00:45:37.440><c> see</c><00:45:37.579><c> how</c><00:45:37.780><c> that</c><00:45:38.059><c> really</c><00:45:38.559><c> fits</c><00:45:38.840><c> in</c>

00:45:39.039 --> 00:45:43.719
the<00:45:39.260><c> context</c><00:45:39.780><c> of</c><00:45:40.500><c> Matthew</c><00:45:41.219><c> chapter</c><00:45:41.800><c> 12.</c><00:45:43.079><c> And</c><00:45:43.280><c> so</c><00:45:43.340><c> we</c><00:45:43.420><c> can</c><00:45:43.599><c> see</c>

00:45:43.719 --> 00:45:46.119
that<00:45:43.900><c> it's</c><00:45:44.159><c> no</c><00:45:44.360><c> accident</c><00:45:44.900><c> that</c><00:45:45.260><c> was</c>

00:45:46.139 --> 00:45:49.980
right<00:45:46.719><c> there</c><00:45:46.940><c> in</c><00:45:47.079><c> the</c><00:45:47.159><c> midst</c><00:45:47.300><c> of</c><00:45:47.559><c> them.</c><00:45:48.539><c> The</c><00:45:48.800><c> king</c><00:45:49.199><c> heals</c><00:45:49.639><c> one</c>

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who<00:45:50.219><c> is</c><00:45:51.019><c> blind</c><00:45:51.599><c> and</c><00:45:52.079><c> dumb.</c><00:45:53.300><c> But</c><00:45:53.599><c> it</c><00:45:53.820><c> brings</c><00:45:54.119><c> forth</c>

00:45:54.539 --> 00:45:58.179
what<00:45:54.679><c> we're</c><00:45:54.860><c> going</c><00:45:54.960><c> to</c><00:45:55.099><c> be</c><00:45:55.480><c> dealing</c><00:45:55.760><c> with</c><00:45:56.500><c> tomorrow</c><00:45:57.280><c> is</c><00:45:57.699><c> this</c>

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confrontation<00:45:59.760><c> between</c><00:46:00.320><c> Jesus</c><00:46:00.900><c> and</c><00:46:01.519><c> the</c>

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Pharisees<00:46:03.679><c> with</c><00:46:04.019><c> Satan</c><00:46:04.619><c> casting</c><00:46:05.300><c> out</c><00:46:05.760><c> Satan.</c>