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In<00:11:52.179><c> such</c><00:11:52.600><c> an</c><00:11:53.039><c> hour</c><00:11:53.360><c> as</c><00:11:53.919><c> ye</c><00:11:54.419><c> think</c><00:11:55.139><c> not,</c><00:11:56.960><c> the</c><00:11:57.360><c> Son</c><00:11:57.620><c> of</c><00:11:57.799><c> man</c><00:11:58.240><c> cometh.</c>

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It's<00:12:00.240><c> an</c><00:12:00.440><c> interesting</c><00:12:00.759><c> parallel,</c><00:12:01.379><c> isn't</c><00:12:01.480><c> it?</c>

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But<00:12:03.019><c> it</c><00:12:03.200><c> becomes</c><00:12:03.500><c> even</c><00:12:03.879><c> more</c><00:12:04.120><c> interesting</c>

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when<00:12:05.159><c> we</c><00:12:05.419><c> consider</c><00:12:06.120><c> the</c><00:12:06.559><c> words</c><00:12:06.899><c> of</c><00:12:07.100><c> the</c><00:12:07.259><c> Lord</c>

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that<00:12:08.039><c> immediately</c><00:12:08.860><c> preceded</c><00:12:09.659><c> that</c><00:12:10.019><c> statement.</c>

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Do<00:12:11.639><c> you</c><00:12:11.639><c> know</c><00:12:11.740><c> what</c><00:12:11.820><c> he</c><00:12:11.980><c> said?</c>

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Therefore,<00:12:15.679><c> be</c><00:12:15.779><c> ye</c><00:12:16.240><c> also</c><00:12:17.620><c> ready.</c>

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You<00:12:20.539><c> don't</c><00:12:20.820><c> know</c><00:12:21.000><c> exactly</c><00:12:21.600><c> when</c><00:12:21.799><c> the</c><00:12:21.919><c> Lord</c><00:12:22.059><c> is</c><00:12:22.220><c> going</c><00:12:22.379><c> to</c><00:12:22.580><c> come.</c>

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In<00:12:23.879><c> the</c><00:12:24.100><c> same</c><00:12:24.279><c> way</c><00:12:24.519><c> as</c><00:12:24.679><c> in</c><00:12:24.779><c> the</c><00:12:24.899><c> days</c><00:12:25.100><c> when</c><00:12:25.580><c> Philip</c><00:12:25.860><c> and</c><00:12:26.000><c> Nathaniel</c>

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were<00:12:26.620><c> running</c><00:12:26.799><c> around</c><00:12:27.179><c> here</c><00:12:27.419><c> together</c><00:12:27.700><c> with</c><00:12:27.879><c> the</c><00:12:28.000><c> others.</c>

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They<00:12:28.600><c> didn't</c><00:12:28.820><c> actually</c><00:12:29.200><c> know</c><00:12:29.419><c> the</c><00:12:29.639><c> day</c><00:12:29.980><c> when</c><00:12:30.200><c> the</c><00:12:30.340><c> Lord</c><00:12:30.500><c> would</c><00:12:30.720><c> appear.</c>

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And<00:12:32.799><c> so</c><00:12:33.019><c> therefore,</c><00:12:33.879><c> the</c><00:12:33.980><c> same</c><00:12:34.159><c> will</c><00:12:34.440><c> apply</c><00:12:34.879><c> at</c><00:12:35.299><c> the</c><00:12:35.500><c> second</c><00:12:35.740><c> coming.</c>

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It<00:12:37.440><c> is</c><00:12:37.720><c> not</c><00:12:37.940><c> important</c><00:12:38.600><c> that</c><00:12:38.840><c> we</c><00:12:39.000><c> don't</c><00:12:39.259><c> know</c><00:12:39.480><c> the</c><00:12:39.600><c> day</c><00:12:39.879><c> or</c><00:12:40.120><c> the</c><00:12:40.340><c> hour.</c>

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In<00:12:40.820><c> fact,</c><00:12:41.159><c> it</c><00:12:41.159><c> is</c><00:12:41.379><c> better</c><00:12:41.620><c> if</c><00:12:41.820><c> we</c><00:12:41.960><c> do</c><00:12:42.139><c> not.</c>

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That's<00:12:43.139><c> God's</c><00:12:43.519><c> wisdom.</c>

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But<00:12:45.120><c> the</c><00:12:45.320><c> other</c><00:12:45.460><c> words</c><00:12:45.679><c> are</c><00:12:45.960><c> important.</c>

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The<00:12:47.480><c> other</c><00:12:47.679><c> words</c><00:12:47.980><c> are</c><00:12:48.580><c> therefore,</c><00:12:49.980><c> be</c><00:12:50.100><c> ye</c><00:12:50.419><c> also</c><00:12:51.700><c> ready.</c>

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So<00:12:53.820><c> that</c><00:12:54.039><c> as</c><00:12:54.279><c> far</c><00:12:54.460><c> as</c><00:12:54.700><c> Nathaniel</c><00:12:55.159><c> was</c><00:12:55.440><c> concerned,</c>

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although<00:12:56.879><c> he</c><00:12:57.019><c> was</c><00:12:57.220><c> looking</c><00:12:57.539><c> for</c><00:12:57.740><c> the</c><00:12:57.860><c> Messiah</c><00:12:58.279><c> to</c><00:12:58.639><c> come,</c>

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not<00:12:59.659><c> from</c><00:12:59.840><c> Nazareth,</c><00:13:00.700><c> but</c><00:13:00.860><c> from</c><00:13:01.059><c> the</c><00:13:01.320><c> place</c><00:13:01.620><c> already</c><00:13:02.100><c> referred</c><00:13:02.539><c> to</c>

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in<00:13:03.179><c> the</c><00:13:03.320><c> Old</c><00:13:03.519><c> Testament</c><00:13:03.899><c> prophets,</c><00:13:05.179><c> he</c><00:13:05.600><c> was</c><00:13:06.019><c> ready.</c>

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And<00:13:08.480><c> that's</c><00:13:08.840><c> the</c><00:13:09.039><c> wonderful</c><00:13:09.460><c> thing</c><00:13:09.799><c> about</c><00:13:10.039><c> that</c><00:13:10.279><c> man's</c><00:13:10.740><c> life.</c>

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He<00:13:12.240><c> was</c><00:13:12.500><c> taken</c><00:13:12.779><c> off</c><00:13:13.080><c> guard</c><00:13:13.559><c> when</c><00:13:14.120><c> Philip</c><00:13:14.379><c> comes</c><00:13:14.659><c> along</c><00:13:14.940><c> and</c><00:13:15.159><c> says,</c>

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look,<00:13:15.639><c> he's</c><00:13:15.960><c> come</c><00:13:16.179><c> from</c><00:13:16.399><c> Nazareth.</c>

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He<00:13:17.539><c> wasn't</c><00:13:17.879><c> of</c><00:13:17.919><c> course</c><00:13:18.240><c> born</c><00:13:18.580><c> there.</c>

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We<00:13:19.200><c> know</c><00:13:19.379><c> that</c><00:13:19.580><c> the</c><00:13:19.740><c> scriptures</c><00:13:20.019><c> were</c><00:13:20.279><c> accurately</c><00:13:20.779><c> fulfilled.</c>

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But<00:13:21.700><c> as</c><00:13:21.899><c> far</c><00:13:22.080><c> as</c><00:13:22.220><c> Nathaniel</c><00:13:22.659><c> was</c><00:13:22.860><c> concerned,</c>

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he<00:13:23.740><c> simply</c><00:13:24.100><c> accepted</c><00:13:24.539><c> it</c><00:13:24.740><c> as</c><00:13:24.899><c> a</c><00:13:25.000><c> broad</c><00:13:25.179><c> statement.</c>

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But<00:13:27.000><c> he</c><00:13:27.100><c> was</c><00:13:27.500><c> ready.</c>

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That's<00:13:30.100><c> the</c><00:13:30.279><c> point.</c>

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And<00:13:31.960><c> so</c><00:13:32.159><c> therefore,</c><00:13:32.500><c> we</c><00:13:32.720><c> ourselves</c><00:13:33.139><c> have</c><00:13:33.320><c> got</c><00:13:33.399><c> to</c><00:13:33.539><c> ask</c><00:13:33.700><c> the</c>

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same<00:13:34.139><c> question.</c>

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We<00:13:35.679><c> know</c><00:13:35.899><c> not</c><00:13:36.139><c> the</c><00:13:36.240><c> day</c><00:13:36.539><c> nor</c><00:13:36.740><c> the</c><00:13:36.960><c> hour</c>

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when<00:13:37.980><c> the</c><00:13:38.019><c> Lord</c><00:13:38.279><c> Jesus</c><00:13:38.740><c> Christ</c><00:13:39.360><c> shall</c><00:13:39.720><c> return.</c>

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But<00:13:41.340><c> that</c><00:13:41.559><c> becomes</c><00:13:42.120><c> quite</c><00:13:42.779><c> unimportant</c><00:13:43.940><c> so</c><00:13:44.919><c> long</c><00:13:45.440><c> as</c><00:13:45.779><c> we</c><00:13:45.840><c> are</c><00:13:46.059><c> ready.</c>

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And<00:13:48.000><c> it</c><00:13:48.059><c> was</c><00:13:48.279><c> because</c><00:13:48.779><c> he</c><00:13:48.919><c> was</c><00:13:49.139><c> in</c><00:13:49.259><c> a</c><00:13:49.480><c> ready</c><00:13:49.759><c> frame</c><00:13:50.039><c> of</c><00:13:50.360><c> mind</c>

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that<00:13:51.679><c> Nathaniel</c><00:13:52.600><c> was</c><00:13:53.220><c> quite</c><00:13:53.639><c> prepared</c><00:13:54.340><c> to</c><00:13:54.799><c> respond</c>

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And<00:14:00.039><c> when</c><00:14:00.179><c> he</c><00:14:00.360><c> says</c><00:14:01.080><c> to</c><00:14:01.500><c> his</c><00:14:01.740><c> friend</c><00:14:01.919><c> Philip,</c>

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look,<00:14:02.639><c> there</c><00:14:02.799><c> can</c><00:14:03.039><c> be</c><00:14:03.220><c> no</c><00:14:03.500><c> good</c><00:14:03.799><c> thing</c><00:14:04.000><c> come</c><00:14:04.200><c> out</c><00:14:04.379><c> of</c><00:14:04.539><c> Nazareth.</c>

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You're<00:14:06.139><c> asking</c><00:14:06.419><c> me</c><00:14:06.639><c> to</c><00:14:06.759><c> believe</c><00:14:07.000><c> a</c><00:14:07.159><c> lot.</c>

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Philip<00:14:08.799><c> had</c><00:14:09.019><c> a</c><00:14:09.080><c> very</c><00:14:09.440><c> simple</c><00:14:09.700><c> answer.</c>

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Come<00:14:11.799><c> and</c><00:14:12.100><c> see</c><00:14:12.259><c> for</c><00:14:12.460><c> yourself.</c>

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Come<00:14:15.399><c> and</c><00:14:15.679><c> see.</c>

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And<00:14:17.879><c> that's</c><00:14:18.179><c> precisely</c><00:14:18.620><c> what</c><00:14:18.840><c> we</c><00:14:19.080><c> do</c>

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And<00:14:25.159><c> we</c><00:14:25.259><c> are</c><00:14:25.419><c> willing</c><00:14:25.559><c> to</c><00:14:25.779><c> be</c><00:14:25.919><c> persuaded</c>

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concerning<00:14:27.820><c> the</c><00:14:28.159><c> identity</c><00:14:28.960><c> of</c><00:14:29.460><c> the</c><00:14:29.620><c> Son</c><00:14:29.799><c> of</c><00:14:30.039><c> God.</c>

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And<00:14:32.120><c> so</c><00:14:32.379><c> Nathaniel</c><00:14:32.779><c> was</c><00:14:33.080><c> looking</c><00:14:33.419><c> for</c><00:14:33.639><c> the</c><00:14:33.779><c> Messiah.</c>

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And<00:14:35.299><c> therefore,</c><00:14:35.679><c> he</c><00:14:35.940><c> went</c><00:14:36.259><c> without</c><00:14:36.600><c> hesitation</c>

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in<00:14:38.159><c> response</c><00:14:38.620><c> to</c><00:14:38.820><c> the</c><00:14:39.059><c> challenge</c><00:14:39.659><c> of</c><00:14:40.480><c> Philip's</c><00:14:40.899><c> command.</c>

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And<00:14:42.700><c> that</c><00:14:43.059><c> is</c><00:14:43.460><c> the</c><00:14:43.679><c> disposition</c><00:14:44.220><c> of</c><00:14:44.820><c> a</c><00:14:45.059><c> true</c><00:14:45.419><c> Israelite.</c>

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You<00:14:47.360><c> see,</c><00:14:48.200><c> Nathaniel</c><00:14:48.980><c> welcomed</c><00:14:49.860><c> the</c><00:14:50.299><c> call.</c>

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There<00:14:52.159><c> was</c><00:14:52.360><c> the</c><00:14:52.559><c> call,</c><00:14:53.279><c> come</c><00:14:53.460><c> and</c><00:14:53.840><c> see.</c>

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He<00:14:56.340><c> welcomed</c><00:14:56.779><c> the</c><00:14:57.080><c> call.</c>

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He<00:14:58.799><c> sought</c><00:14:59.320><c> the</c><00:14:59.620><c> true</c><00:14:59.879><c> light.</c>

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He<00:15:01.360><c> was</c><00:15:01.679><c> ready</c><00:15:01.980><c> and</c><00:15:02.360><c> willing</c><00:15:02.659><c> to</c><00:15:03.000><c> believe.</c>

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He<00:15:05.200><c> exercised</c><00:15:05.980><c> his</c><00:15:06.460><c> intelligence.</c>

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He<00:15:08.799><c> was</c><00:15:09.340><c> discerning</c><00:15:10.279><c> in</c><00:15:10.720><c> his</c><00:15:11.059><c> appraisal</c><00:15:11.639><c> of</c><00:15:11.840><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:15:14.000><c> when</c><00:15:14.139><c> he</c><00:15:14.279><c> was</c><00:15:14.539><c> satisfied,</c>

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he<00:15:16.320><c> readily</c><00:15:16.759><c> confessed</c><00:15:17.559><c> his</c><00:15:18.100><c> conviction</c>

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and<00:15:19.320><c> admitted</c><00:15:19.740><c> that</c><00:15:19.940><c> he</c><00:15:20.279><c> had</c><00:15:20.440><c> found</c><00:15:20.700><c> the</c><00:15:20.960><c> truth</c>

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and<00:15:21.879><c> that</c><00:15:22.039><c> he</c><00:15:22.299><c> had</c><00:15:22.500><c> found</c><00:15:22.700><c> the</c><00:15:22.860><c> Son</c><00:15:23.059><c> of</c><00:15:23.279><c> God</c>

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and<00:15:23.960><c> that</c><00:15:24.120><c> he</c><00:15:24.340><c> had</c><00:15:24.600><c> found</c><00:15:25.019><c> the</c><00:15:25.299><c> King</c><00:15:25.500><c> of</c><00:15:25.679><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:15:27.940><c> that's</c><00:15:28.240><c> the</c><00:15:28.379><c> invitation</c>

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that<00:15:29.740><c> has</c><00:15:30.059><c> come</c><00:15:30.460><c> to</c><00:15:30.639><c> us</c><00:15:30.960><c> from</c><00:15:31.179><c> God.</c>

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can<00:15:37.059><c> be</c><00:15:37.379><c> identified</c><00:15:37.940><c> with</c><00:15:38.299><c> Nathaniel</c>

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is<00:15:44.820><c> what</c><00:15:44.960><c> the</c><00:15:45.139><c> Word</c><00:15:45.279><c> of</c><00:15:45.500><c> God</c><00:15:45.820><c> has</c><00:15:46.179><c> said</c><00:15:46.320><c> to</c><00:15:46.500><c> each</c><00:15:46.679><c> one</c><00:15:46.799><c> of</c><00:15:46.960><c> us.</c>

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Not<00:15:55.879><c> as</c><00:15:56.159><c> Nathaniel</c><00:15:56.620><c> did.</c>

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Because<00:16:00.000><c> we</c><00:16:00.159><c> can</c><00:16:00.419><c> see</c><00:16:00.620><c> him</c><00:16:00.820><c> in</c><00:16:01.139><c> character</c><00:16:01.500><c> and</c><00:16:02.000><c> in</c><00:16:02.200><c> deed.</c>

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We<00:16:03.299><c> can</c><00:16:03.580><c> see</c><00:16:03.799><c> him</c><00:16:04.019><c> and</c><00:16:04.179><c> identify</c><00:16:04.720><c> him</c>

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in<00:16:05.340><c> the</c><00:16:05.559><c> pages</c><00:16:05.980><c> of</c><00:16:06.299><c> the</c><00:16:06.460><c> Word</c><00:16:06.600><c> of</c><00:16:06.860><c> Truth.</c>

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And<00:16:08.019><c> having</c><00:16:08.320><c> seen</c><00:16:08.799><c> him,</c>

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having<00:16:10.259><c> learned</c><00:16:10.720><c> of</c><00:16:10.879><c> him,</c>

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we<00:16:12.159><c> can</c><00:16:12.419><c> accept</c><00:16:13.000><c> him</c>

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and<00:16:14.279><c> follow</c><00:16:14.759><c> him</c><00:16:15.220><c> to</c><00:16:15.399><c> the</c><00:16:15.659><c> death</c>

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in<00:16:17.179><c> the</c><00:16:17.460><c> same</c><00:16:17.720><c> way</c><00:16:18.019><c> as</c><00:16:18.200><c> did</c><00:16:18.379><c> men</c><00:16:18.559><c> of</c><00:16:18.779><c> faith</c><00:16:19.299><c> like</c><00:16:20.139><c> Nathaniel.</c>

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And<00:16:22.139><c> so</c><00:16:22.320><c> we</c><00:16:22.519><c> have</c><00:16:22.720><c> come</c><00:16:22.960><c> to</c><00:16:23.139><c> him.</c>

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And<00:16:24.539><c> we</c><00:16:24.799><c> have</c><00:16:25.299><c> seen</c><00:16:25.759><c> him.</c>

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But<00:16:27.659><c> the</c><00:16:27.940><c> question</c><00:16:28.360><c> that</c><00:16:28.679><c> every</c><00:16:29.039><c> one</c><00:16:29.200><c> of</c><00:16:29.240><c> us</c>

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have<00:16:29.580><c> got</c><00:16:29.679><c> to</c><00:16:29.919><c> ask</c><00:16:30.220><c> ourselves,</c>

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brethren<00:16:31.000><c> and</c><00:16:31.259><c> sisters,</c>

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we've<00:16:32.879><c> got</c><00:16:32.980><c> to</c><00:16:33.120><c> ask</c><00:16:33.379><c> it</c><00:16:33.600><c> day</c><00:16:33.879><c> by</c><00:16:34.179><c> day,</c>

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week<00:16:34.860><c> by</c><00:16:35.220><c> week,</c><00:16:35.740><c> month</c><00:16:36.019><c> by</c><00:16:36.340><c> month,</c>

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year<00:16:37.259><c> by</c><00:16:37.519><c> year.</c>

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Do<00:16:39.519><c> we</c><00:16:39.720><c> still</c><00:16:39.960><c> have</c><00:16:40.100><c> the</c><00:16:40.320><c> same</c><00:16:40.580><c> conviction?</c>

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Do<00:16:42.519><c> we</c><00:16:42.720><c> still</c><00:16:42.980><c> have</c><00:16:43.159><c> the</c><00:16:43.440><c> same</c><00:16:44.000><c> zeal?</c>

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Do<00:16:46.059><c> we</c><00:16:46.279><c> still</c><00:16:46.500><c> have</c><00:16:46.659><c> the</c><00:16:46.980><c> same</c><00:16:47.419><c> love?</c>

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Are<00:16:49.360><c> we</c><00:16:49.580><c> still</c><00:16:49.840><c> motivated</c><00:16:50.340><c> by</c><00:16:50.620><c> the</c><00:16:50.860><c> same</c><00:16:51.379><c> dedication?</c>

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Will<00:16:54.740><c> the</c><00:16:54.860><c> Lord</c><00:16:55.139><c> Jesus</c><00:16:55.659><c> Christ</c><00:16:56.019><c> confront</c><00:16:56.379><c> us</c>

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and<00:16:57.759><c> say</c><00:16:58.259><c> yes,</c>

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and<00:17:00.440><c> he's</c><00:17:00.639><c> relied</c><00:17:00.860><c> in</c><00:17:01.139><c> deed.</c>

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And<00:17:03.820><c> that's</c><00:17:04.000><c> why</c><00:17:04.200><c> the</c><00:17:04.380><c> Apostle</c><00:17:04.759><c> Paul</c><00:17:05.039><c> calls</c><00:17:05.319><c> upon</c><00:17:05.619><c> us</c>

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to<00:17:06.940><c> exercise</c><00:17:07.579><c> continual</c><00:17:08.680><c> self</c><00:17:09.180><c>-examination.</c>

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Prove<00:17:11.700><c> to</c><00:17:11.880><c> yourselves,</c>

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he<00:17:13.099><c> said</c><00:17:13.220><c> to</c><00:17:13.359><c> the</c><00:17:13.519><c> Corinthians,</c>

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whether<00:17:14.500><c> ye</c><00:17:14.740><c> be</c><00:17:14.920><c> in</c><00:17:15.160><c> the</c><00:17:15.380><c> truth</c><00:17:15.519><c> or</c><00:17:15.779><c> not.</c>

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And<00:17:17.460><c> to</c><00:17:17.539><c> what</c><00:17:17.700><c> extent</c><00:17:18.240><c> we</c><00:17:19.380><c> are</c><00:17:19.799><c> in</c><00:17:20.099><c> the</c><00:17:20.279><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:17:22.140><c> that</c><00:17:22.299><c> gets</c><00:17:22.539><c> down</c><00:17:22.779><c> to</c><00:17:22.960><c> the</c><00:17:22.960><c> question</c>

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of<00:17:23.579><c> personal</c><00:17:23.980><c> priorities,</c><00:17:24.700><c> doesn't</c><00:17:24.799><c> it?</c>

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And<00:17:26.380><c> you</c><00:17:26.480><c> remember</c><00:17:26.720><c> how</c><00:17:26.940><c> those</c><00:17:27.160><c> men</c>

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where<00:17:27.680><c> the</c><00:17:27.819><c> Lord</c><00:17:27.940><c> went</c><00:17:28.140><c> to</c><00:17:28.339><c> them</c>

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and<00:17:29.559><c> introduced</c><00:17:29.980><c> himself</c><00:17:30.420><c> to</c><00:17:30.640><c> them,</c>

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how<00:17:32.180><c> they</c><00:17:32.500><c> left</c><00:17:32.880><c> all</c><00:17:33.640><c> and</c><00:17:34.859><c> followed</c><00:17:35.240><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:37.319><c> we</c><00:17:37.380><c> know</c><00:17:37.599><c> how</c><00:17:37.799><c> at</c><00:17:38.000><c> the</c><00:17:38.160><c> end</c><00:17:38.480><c> of</c><00:17:38.619><c> the</c><00:17:38.720><c> Lord's</c><00:17:39.119><c> ministry</c>

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as<00:17:39.519><c> it</c><00:17:39.680><c> was</c><00:17:39.880><c> drawing</c><00:17:40.039><c> to</c><00:17:40.200><c> a</c><00:17:40.380><c> close,</c>

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Peter,<00:17:43.140><c> who</c><00:17:43.339><c> so</c><00:17:43.599><c> often</c><00:17:43.980><c> in</c><00:17:44.200><c> his</c><00:17:44.480><c> impetuosity</c>

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acted<00:17:45.960><c> as</c><00:17:46.299><c> spokesman</c><00:17:46.740><c> for</c><00:17:46.920><c> all</c><00:17:47.140><c> the</c><00:17:47.279><c> others,</c>

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confronted<00:17:48.920><c> the</c><00:17:49.160><c> Lord</c><00:17:49.319><c> and</c><00:17:49.480><c> he</c><00:17:49.640><c> said,</c>

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look,<00:17:50.160><c> we've</c><00:17:50.500><c> given</c><00:17:50.619><c> up</c><00:17:50.940><c> everything</c><00:17:51.299><c> for</c><00:17:51.559><c> you.</c>

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What<00:17:52.880><c> are</c><00:17:52.980><c> we</c><00:17:53.140><c> going</c><00:17:53.259><c> to</c><00:17:53.400><c> get?</c>

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And<00:17:56.000><c> you</c><00:17:56.119><c> know</c><00:17:56.259><c> the</c><00:17:56.400><c> Lord's</c><00:17:56.700><c> wonderful</c><00:17:57.039><c> reply</c>

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in<00:17:57.599><c> Matthew</c><00:17:57.900><c> 19,</c>

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for<00:17:59.579><c> you</c><00:17:59.819><c> who</c><00:18:00.019><c> have</c><00:18:00.180><c> followed</c><00:18:00.380><c> me,</c>

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in<00:18:01.960><c> the</c><00:18:02.119><c> regeneration</c><00:18:02.720><c> when</c><00:18:03.039><c> the</c><00:18:03.160><c> Son</c><00:18:03.339><c> of</c><00:18:03.519><c> Man</c>

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sitteth<00:18:04.359><c> upon</c><00:18:04.599><c> the</c><00:18:04.759><c> throne</c><00:18:04.859><c> of</c><00:18:04.960><c> his</c><00:18:05.200><c> glory,</c>

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ye<00:18:06.799><c> shall</c><00:18:07.000><c> sit</c><00:18:07.180><c> upon</c><00:18:07.559><c> twelve</c><00:18:07.980><c> thrones</c>

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judging<00:18:09.359><c> the</c><00:18:09.579><c> twelve</c><00:18:09.819><c> tribes</c><00:18:10.140><c> of</c><00:18:10.299><c> Israel.</c>

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Faithfulness<00:18:13.480><c> to</c><00:18:13.720><c> Christ</c>

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will<00:18:15.220><c> never</c><00:18:15.480><c> ever</c><00:18:15.759><c> go</c><00:18:15.980><c> unrewarded.</c>

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Nathaniel<00:18:18.799><c> knew</c><00:18:19.039><c> that.</c>

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And<00:18:20.740><c> the</c><00:18:20.819><c> Lord</c><00:18:21.119><c> told</c><00:18:21.539><c> him</c><00:18:21.740><c> in</c><00:18:21.880><c> these</c><00:18:22.140><c> words</c>

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that<00:18:24.599><c> he</c><00:18:24.740><c> would</c><00:18:24.980><c> remain</c><00:18:25.400><c> faithful</c><00:18:25.799><c> to</c><00:18:26.000><c> the</c><00:18:26.140><c> end</c>

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because<00:18:27.660><c> the</c><00:18:27.880><c> Lord</c><00:18:28.059><c> told</c><00:18:28.400><c> him</c>

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Not<00:18:31.599><c> many</c><00:18:31.819><c> men</c><00:18:31.980><c> have</c><00:18:32.140><c> actually</c><00:18:32.420><c> been</c><00:18:32.740><c> told</c><00:18:33.000><c> that,</c>

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but<00:18:34.180><c> Nathaniel</c><00:18:34.700><c> was</c><00:18:34.980><c> one.</c>

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And<00:18:36.440><c> that</c><00:18:36.680><c> helps</c><00:18:36.900><c> us</c><00:18:37.160><c> to</c><00:18:37.400><c> understand</c><00:18:37.819><c> even</c><00:18:38.200><c> further</c>

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what<00:18:39.660><c> an</c><00:18:40.039><c> incredible</c><00:18:40.779><c> man</c><00:18:41.140><c> of</c><00:18:41.400><c> faith</c>

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this<00:18:42.420><c> man</c><00:18:42.960><c> really</c><00:18:43.759><c> was.</c>

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And<00:18:45.539><c> so</c><00:18:45.819><c> in</c><00:18:45.960><c> this</c><00:18:46.240><c> way,</c>

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we<00:18:47.220><c> have</c><00:18:47.539><c> come</c><00:18:47.779><c> to</c><00:18:48.160><c> intimately</c><00:18:48.640><c> know</c>

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the<00:18:49.500><c> Son</c><00:18:49.720><c> of</c><00:18:49.940><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:50.920><c> we</c><00:18:51.059><c> must</c><00:18:51.359><c> maintain</c><00:18:52.180><c> that</c><00:18:52.460><c> relationship.</c>

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It's<00:18:55.039><c> something</c><00:18:55.279><c> with</c><00:18:55.579><c> which</c><00:18:55.759><c> we've</c><00:18:55.980><c> been</c><00:18:56.359><c> greatly</c><00:18:56.759><c> blessed.</c>

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And<00:18:58.579><c> we've</c><00:18:58.779><c> got</c><00:18:58.920><c> to</c><00:18:59.180><c> cling</c><00:18:59.339><c> to</c><00:18:59.500><c> it.</c>

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Even<00:19:00.759><c> as</c><00:19:01.299><c> Jacob,</c>

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as<00:19:02.039><c> we'll</c><00:19:02.319><c> find</c><00:19:02.519><c> the</c><00:19:02.740><c> illusion</c><00:19:02.920><c> in</c><00:19:03.119><c> a</c><00:19:03.259><c> few</c><00:19:03.380><c> moments'</c><00:19:03.880><c> time,</c>

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even<00:19:05.200><c> as</c><00:19:05.859><c> Jacob</c><00:19:06.640><c> wrestled</c><00:19:07.740><c> with</c><00:19:07.900><c> that</c><00:19:08.079><c> angel</c>

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and<00:19:08.799><c> wouldn't</c><00:19:09.160><c> let</c><00:19:09.480><c> go</c>

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until<00:19:10.980><c> he</c><00:19:11.259><c> received</c><00:19:11.660><c> a</c><00:19:11.900><c> blessing</c><00:19:12.140><c> from</c><00:19:12.380><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:15.380><c> so</c><00:19:15.599><c> we</c><00:19:15.759><c> find</c>

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that<00:19:17.039><c> two</c><00:19:17.200><c> incidents</c><00:19:17.859><c> in</c><00:19:18.559><c> Jacob's</c><00:19:19.180><c> life</c>

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are<00:19:20.160><c> alluded</c><00:19:20.500><c> to.</c>

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First<00:19:22.400><c> of</c><00:19:22.579><c> all</c><00:19:22.720><c> in</c><00:19:22.880><c> the</c><00:19:23.079><c> statement,</c>

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an<00:19:24.279><c> Israelite</c><00:19:25.019><c> indeed.</c>

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Remember<00:19:27.920><c> Jacob's</c><00:19:28.480><c> name</c><00:19:28.700><c> was</c><00:19:29.039><c> changed</c>

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from<00:19:29.900><c> Jacob</c><00:19:30.400><c> to</c><00:19:30.960><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:19:32.980><c> when</c><00:19:33.160><c> you</c><00:19:33.480><c> call</c><00:19:33.839><c> someone</c><00:19:34.200><c> an</c><00:19:34.599><c> Israelite,</c>

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it<00:19:36.599><c> means</c><00:19:36.940><c> that</c><00:19:37.140><c> you</c><00:19:37.259><c> are</c><00:19:37.420><c> speaking</c><00:19:37.779><c> of</c><00:19:38.099><c> someone</c>

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who<00:19:39.859><c> shows</c><00:19:40.359><c> and</c><00:19:40.819><c> manifests</c>

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the<00:19:42.660><c> same</c><00:19:43.160><c> faith</c><00:19:43.740><c> that</c><00:19:44.099><c> Jacob</c><00:19:44.519><c> learned</c><00:19:44.799><c> to</c><00:19:45.039><c> manifest</c>

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after<00:19:46.799><c> he</c><00:19:47.039><c> became</c><00:19:47.539><c> Israel.</c>

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That's<00:19:50.000><c> the</c><00:19:50.180><c> definitive</c><00:19:50.599><c> term.</c>

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But<00:19:52.619><c> then</c><00:19:53.000><c> there's</c><00:19:53.240><c> also</c><00:19:53.660><c> the</c><00:19:53.859><c> illusion</c><00:19:54.140><c> to</c><00:19:54.339><c> the</c><00:19:54.559><c> occasion</c>

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when<00:19:55.700><c> Jacob</c><00:19:56.180><c> wrestled</c><00:19:56.740><c> with</c><00:19:56.960><c> the</c><00:19:57.119><c> angel.</c>

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The<00:19:58.599><c> outcome</c><00:19:58.960><c> of</c><00:19:59.160><c> which</c><00:19:59.339><c> was</c><00:19:59.519><c> that</c><00:19:59.640><c> he</c><00:19:59.740><c> was</c><00:19:59.980><c> no</c><00:20:00.240><c> longer</c>

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the<00:20:01.019><c> supplanter,</c>

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which<00:20:02.259><c> is</c><00:20:02.440><c> what</c><00:20:02.500><c> his</c><00:20:02.720><c> earlier</c><00:20:02.940><c> name</c><00:20:03.200><c> had</c><00:20:03.440><c> meant.</c>

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But<00:20:04.799><c> he</c><00:20:04.960><c> had</c><00:20:05.259><c> conferred</c><00:20:05.680><c> upon</c><00:20:05.920><c> him</c>

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that<00:20:06.980><c> incredibly</c><00:20:07.799><c> powerful</c><00:20:08.799><c> and</c><00:20:09.319><c> honorable</c><00:20:09.779><c> title</c>

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of<00:20:11.119><c> being</c><00:20:11.420><c> a</c><00:20:11.859><c> prince</c><00:20:12.160><c> with</c><00:20:12.420><c> God,</c>

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which<00:20:13.880><c> is</c><00:20:14.099><c> the</c><00:20:14.200><c> meaning</c><00:20:14.440><c> of</c><00:20:14.619><c> the</c><00:20:14.720><c> name</c><00:20:14.900><c> Israel.</c>

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He<00:20:17.059><c> became</c><00:20:17.539><c> a</c><00:20:18.019><c> prince</c><00:20:18.440><c> with</c><00:20:18.880><c> God,</c>

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a<00:20:20.759><c> prince</c><00:20:21.039><c> with</c><00:20:21.319><c> ale,</c>

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and<00:20:22.819><c> so</c><00:20:23.079><c> should</c><00:20:23.160><c> all</c><00:20:23.380><c> others.</c>

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He<00:20:24.599><c> became</c><00:20:24.960><c> Israelite,</c>

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a<00:20:26.480><c> true</c><00:20:27.240><c> Israelite.</c>

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That's<00:20:29.420><c> really</c><00:20:29.680><c> how</c><00:20:29.839><c> we</c><00:20:29.980><c> would</c><00:20:30.200><c> understand</c><00:20:30.579><c> the</c><00:20:30.759><c> term</c><00:20:30.920><c> today.</c>

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A<00:20:32.039><c> true</c><00:20:32.559><c> Israelite.</c>

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And<00:20:35.079><c> a</c><00:20:35.240><c> true</c><00:20:35.460><c> Israelite,</c><00:20:36.119><c> brethren</c><00:20:36.259><c> and</c><00:20:36.500><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:20:38.079><c> a</c><00:20:38.539><c> genuine</c><00:20:39.259><c> spiritual</c><00:20:40.099><c> descendant</c>

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of<00:20:41.599><c> the</c><00:20:41.839><c> patriarchs,</c>

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one<00:20:43.940><c> who</c><00:20:44.339><c> exhibits</c><00:20:44.720><c> and</c><00:20:45.240><c> identifies</c>

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with<00:20:46.079><c> the</c><00:20:46.319><c> faith</c><00:20:46.700><c> of</c><00:20:47.319><c> Abraham,</c><00:20:48.160><c> Isaac</c><00:20:48.500><c> and</c><00:20:48.759><c> Jacob,</c>

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until<00:20:51.000><c> he</c><00:20:51.319><c> receives</c><00:20:51.839><c> the</c><00:20:52.059><c> divine</c><00:20:52.440><c> blessing</c>

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with<00:20:53.980><c> the</c><00:20:54.299><c> dawn</c><00:20:54.759><c> when</c><00:20:55.559><c> the</c><00:20:55.819><c> Son</c><00:20:56.119><c> of</c><00:20:56.319><c> Righteousness</c><00:20:56.940><c> arrives.</c>

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That's<00:20:59.480><c> a</c><00:20:59.579><c> true</c><00:20:59.779><c> spiritual</c><00:21:00.200><c> Israelite.</c>

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He<00:21:02.359><c> will</c><00:21:02.660><c> suffer.</c>

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He<00:21:04.319><c> will</c><00:21:04.640><c> agonize.</c>

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He<00:21:06.500><c> will</c><00:21:06.720><c> deny</c><00:21:07.160><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:21:08.839><c> will</c><00:21:09.099><c> continue</c><00:21:09.700><c> to</c><00:21:10.079><c> struggle,</c>

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and<00:21:11.019><c> through</c><00:21:11.319><c> it</c><00:21:11.559><c> all,</c>

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he<00:21:12.599><c> will</c><00:21:13.119><c> grasp</c><00:21:13.660><c> at</c><00:21:14.339><c> the</c><00:21:14.660><c> only</c><00:21:15.359><c> being</c>

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who<00:21:16.380><c> can</c><00:21:16.720><c> redeem</c><00:21:17.079><c> him</c><00:21:17.400><c> and</c><00:21:17.640><c> deliver</c><00:21:17.980><c> him,</c>

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exactly<00:21:19.960><c> as</c><00:21:20.400><c> Jacob</c><00:21:20.920><c> wrestled</c><00:21:21.980><c> with</c><00:21:22.460><c> that</c><00:21:22.680><c> angel.</c>

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But<00:21:25.759><c> isn't</c><00:21:25.940><c> it</c><00:21:26.160><c> interesting</c>

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to<00:21:27.319><c> come</c><00:21:27.500><c> on</c><00:21:27.619><c> into</c><00:21:27.779><c> the</c><00:21:27.920><c> days</c><00:21:28.119><c> of</c><00:21:28.319><c> Nathaniel?</c>

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Because<00:21:30.859><c> whilst</c><00:21:31.700><c> Jacob</c><00:21:32.319><c> had</c><00:21:32.519><c> done</c><00:21:32.680><c> his</c><00:21:32.960><c> wrestling</c>

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by<00:21:34.220><c> the</c><00:21:34.440><c> banks</c><00:21:34.660><c> of</c><00:21:34.859><c> the</c><00:21:34.880><c> river</c><00:21:35.240><c> Jabok,</c>

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Nathaniel<00:21:37.799><c> did</c><00:21:38.019><c> his</c><00:21:38.319><c> wrestling</c>

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under<00:21:40.720><c> a</c><00:21:41.019><c> fig</c><00:21:41.019><c> tree.</c>

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That's<00:21:43.420><c> what</c><00:21:43.599><c> it</c><00:21:43.759><c> says</c><00:21:43.900><c> here.</c>

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Under<00:21:45.700><c> a</c><00:21:45.900><c> fig</c><00:21:46.059><c> tree.</c>

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And<00:21:48.579><c> you</c><00:21:48.660><c> know</c><00:21:48.799><c> something,</c><00:21:49.420><c> brethren</c><00:21:49.420><c> and</c><00:21:49.640><c> sisters?</c>

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We've<00:21:51.859><c> all</c><00:21:52.019><c> got</c><00:21:52.099><c> to</c><00:21:52.319><c> have</c><00:21:52.319><c> our</c><00:21:52.539><c> fig</c><00:21:52.720><c> tree.</c>

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I<00:21:54.880><c> don't</c><00:21:55.059><c> mean</c><00:21:55.220><c> in</c><00:21:55.359><c> a</c><00:21:55.480><c> literal</c><00:21:55.660><c> sense.</c>

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In<00:21:56.920><c> that</c><00:21:57.119><c> respect,</c><00:21:57.400><c> I'm</c><00:21:57.559><c> very</c><00:21:57.839><c> fortunate.</c>

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I<00:21:58.859><c> have</c><00:21:58.980><c> a</c><00:21:59.160><c> beautiful</c><00:21:59.579><c> fig</c><00:21:59.859><c> tree</c><00:22:00.380><c> in</c><00:22:00.799><c> my</c><00:22:01.039><c> backyard,</c>

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and<00:22:02.500><c> it</c><00:22:02.720><c> produces</c><00:22:03.099><c> a</c><00:22:03.359><c> beautiful</c><00:22:03.940><c> crop</c><00:22:04.180><c> of</c><00:22:04.420><c> beets</c><00:22:04.859><c> every</c><00:22:05.359><c> year.</c>

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And<00:22:07.579><c> sometimes</c><00:22:07.980><c> I</c><00:22:08.160><c> go</c><00:22:08.319><c> and</c><00:22:08.480><c> sit</c><00:22:08.579><c> under</c><00:22:08.740><c> that</c><00:22:09.039><c> fig</c><00:22:09.099><c> tree</c>

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on<00:22:09.519><c> a</c><00:22:09.720><c> warm</c><00:22:09.880><c> day,</c>

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and<00:22:11.940><c> pretend</c><00:22:12.200><c> that</c><00:22:12.359><c> I'm</c><00:22:12.460><c> there</c><00:22:12.640><c> with</c><00:22:12.819><c> Nathaniel.</c>

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I<00:22:15.279><c> can't</c><00:22:15.619><c> sit</c><00:22:15.740><c> under</c><00:22:15.880><c> that</c><00:22:16.160><c> fig</c><00:22:16.359><c> tree</c>

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without<00:22:16.779><c> thinking</c><00:22:17.079><c> of</c><00:22:17.220><c> Nathaniel.</c>

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But<00:22:19.440><c> I'm</c><00:22:19.579><c> not</c><00:22:19.759><c> saying</c><00:22:20.019><c> that</c><00:22:20.220><c> we've</c><00:22:20.420><c> all</c><00:22:20.539><c> got</c><00:22:20.640><c> to</c><00:22:20.759><c> have</c>

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our<00:22:21.019><c> own</c><00:22:21.279><c> fig</c><00:22:21.519><c> tree</c><00:22:21.740><c> literally</c><00:22:22.339><c> in</c><00:22:22.839><c> our</c><00:22:23.019><c> backyard.</c>

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But<00:22:24.480><c> we've</c><00:22:24.819><c> got</c><00:22:24.980><c> to</c><00:22:25.200><c> have</c><00:22:25.440><c> what</c><00:22:25.660><c> that</c><00:22:26.019><c> fig</c><00:22:26.259><c> tree</c><00:22:26.599><c> represents,</c>

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because<00:22:28.460><c> we</c><00:22:28.680><c> must</c><00:22:28.940><c> all</c><00:22:29.339><c> be</c><00:22:29.619><c> prepared</c><00:22:30.000><c> to</c><00:22:30.299><c> wrestle</c>

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during<00:22:31.720><c> the</c><00:22:31.940><c> long</c><00:22:32.240><c> night</c><00:22:32.500><c> of</c><00:22:32.700><c> Gentile</c><00:22:33.220><c> darkness</c>

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to<00:22:34.099><c> receive</c><00:22:34.500><c> that</c><00:22:34.779><c> blessing.</c>

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We've<00:22:38.660><c> got</c><00:22:38.720><c> to</c><00:22:38.940><c> have</c><00:22:38.940><c> the</c><00:22:39.119><c> means</c><00:22:39.299><c> of</c><00:22:39.599><c> wrestling.</c>

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And<00:22:41.259><c> we've</c><00:22:41.440><c> got</c><00:22:41.539><c> to</c><00:22:41.700><c> have</c><00:22:42.019><c> the</c><00:22:42.359><c> right</c><00:22:42.619><c> place</c><00:22:43.119><c> to</c><00:22:43.400><c> wrestle.</c>

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You<00:22:44.940><c> see,</c><00:22:45.220><c> the</c><00:22:45.500><c> fig</c><00:22:45.500><c> tree</c><00:22:45.920><c> was</c><00:22:46.420><c> a</c><00:22:46.640><c> symbol</c><00:22:46.920><c> for</c><00:22:47.319><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:22:49.119><c> that</c><00:22:49.359><c> really</c><00:22:49.640><c> means</c><00:22:49.960><c> that</c><00:22:50.180><c> we</c><00:22:50.460><c> do</c><00:22:50.920><c> our</c><00:22:51.539><c> wrestling</c>

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to<00:22:52.920><c> seek</c><00:22:53.259><c> the</c><00:22:53.480><c> divine</c><00:22:53.799><c> blessing</c>

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under<00:22:55.059><c> the</c><00:22:55.400><c> cover</c><00:22:55.819><c> of</c><00:22:56.539><c> the</c><00:22:56.799><c> hope</c><00:22:56.980><c> of</c><00:22:57.279><c> Israel.</c>

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The<00:22:59.859><c> fig</c><00:23:00.039><c> tree</c><00:23:00.319><c> is</c><00:23:00.559><c> the</c><00:23:00.740><c> symbol</c><00:23:01.059><c> for</c><00:23:01.299><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:23:02.619><c> so,</c><00:23:02.920><c> in</c><00:23:03.119><c> effect,</c><00:23:03.779><c> he</c><00:23:03.839><c> was</c><00:23:04.059><c> a</c><00:23:04.240><c> man</c><00:23:04.440><c> Nathaniel.</c>

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He<00:23:05.559><c> was</c><00:23:05.859><c> related</c><00:23:06.279><c> to</c><00:23:06.579><c> the</c><00:23:06.839><c> hope</c><00:23:06.960><c> of</c><00:23:07.240><c> Israel.</c>

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He<00:23:08.259><c> was</c><00:23:08.480><c> related</c><00:23:08.960><c> to</c><00:23:09.220><c> the</c><00:23:09.400><c> colorance</c><00:23:09.720><c> of</c><00:23:10.000><c> promise.</c>

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He<00:23:10.619><c> was</c><00:23:10.880><c> an</c><00:23:11.160><c> Israelite.</c>

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And<00:23:13.579><c> in</c><00:23:13.819><c> a</c><00:23:13.880><c> symbolic</c><00:23:14.319><c> sense,</c>

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there<00:23:15.740><c> he</c><00:23:15.940><c> was,</c><00:23:16.920><c> covered</c><00:23:17.059><c> by</c><00:23:17.420><c> the</c><00:23:17.619><c> hope</c><00:23:17.759><c> of</c><00:23:18.059><c> Israel.</c>

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But<00:23:20.359><c> that</c><00:23:20.599><c> didn't</c><00:23:20.819><c> mean</c><00:23:21.079><c> that</c><00:23:21.259><c> all</c><00:23:21.359><c> was</c><00:23:21.619><c> well.</c>

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He<00:23:23.180><c> had</c><00:23:23.440><c> found</c><00:23:23.660><c> the</c><00:23:23.880><c> cover.</c>

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He<00:23:25.200><c> had</c><00:23:25.500><c> found</c><00:23:25.740><c> the</c><00:23:26.079><c> understanding</c><00:23:26.700><c> of</c><00:23:26.960><c> divine</c><00:23:27.259><c> truth</c>

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but<00:23:27.960><c> now</c><00:23:28.339><c> he</c><00:23:28.440><c> had</c><00:23:28.619><c> to</c><00:23:28.779><c> make</c><00:23:28.900><c> it</c><00:23:29.180><c> work</c><00:23:29.380><c> in</c><00:23:29.539><c> his</c><00:23:29.759><c> life.</c>

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He<00:23:30.420><c> had</c><00:23:30.619><c> to</c><00:23:30.839><c> produce</c><00:23:31.440><c> a</c><00:23:31.779><c> virile</c><00:23:32.200><c> faith.</c>

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He<00:23:33.880><c> had</c><00:23:34.099><c> to</c><00:23:34.380><c> produce</c><00:23:34.980><c> and</c><00:23:35.559><c> find</c><00:23:36.099><c> a</c><00:23:36.660><c> closer</c><00:23:37.000><c> harmony</c><00:23:37.500><c> with</c><00:23:37.700><c> his</c><00:23:37.920><c> God.</c>

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:42.539
He<00:23:39.420><c> had</c><00:23:39.700><c> to</c><00:23:40.019><c> find</c><00:23:40.279><c> the</c><00:23:40.539><c> way</c><00:23:40.759><c> to</c><00:23:41.039><c> bridge</c><00:23:41.200><c> the</c><00:23:41.519><c> enormous</c><00:23:41.960><c> gap,</c>

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the<00:23:43.180><c> gulf</c><00:23:44.059><c> between</c><00:23:45.059><c> man</c><00:23:45.400><c> upon</c><00:23:45.720><c> earth</c>

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and<00:23:47.680><c> God</c><00:23:48.039><c> in</c><00:23:48.279><c> heaven</c><00:23:48.500><c> above.</c>

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:54.200
And<00:23:50.460><c> that's</c><00:23:50.660><c> the</c><00:23:50.799><c> illusion</c><00:23:51.059><c> that</c><00:23:51.220><c> we</c><00:23:51.400><c> come</c><00:23:51.660><c> to</c><00:23:52.119><c> in</c><00:23:52.599><c> the</c><00:23:52.859><c> closing</c><00:23:53.119><c> words.</c>

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:57.359
So<00:23:55.759><c> he</c><00:23:55.839><c> was</c><00:23:56.000><c> a</c><00:23:56.059><c> wonderful</c><00:23:56.420><c> man.</c>

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God<00:23:57.880><c> described</c><00:23:58.359><c> him</c><00:23:58.539><c> as</c><00:23:58.740><c> a</c><00:23:59.000><c> true</c><00:23:59.339><c> Israelite</c>

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in<00:24:00.539><c> whom</c><00:24:00.819><c> was</c><00:24:01.619><c> no</c><00:24:02.740><c> guile.</c>

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That's<00:24:04.220><c> a</c><00:24:04.299><c> very</c><00:24:04.619><c> interesting</c><00:24:04.980><c> expression.</c>

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:09.740
In<00:24:06.680><c> whom</c><00:24:07.000><c> there</c><00:24:07.279><c> was</c><00:24:07.579><c> no</c><00:24:08.440><c> guile.</c>

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:14.420
It<00:24:10.400><c> means</c><00:24:11.059><c> that</c><00:24:11.579><c> his</c><00:24:11.920><c> character</c><00:24:12.480><c> was</c><00:24:13.619><c> transparent.</c>

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:17.319
That<00:24:15.720><c> doesn't</c><00:24:16.019><c> mean</c><00:24:16.259><c> that</c><00:24:16.359><c> there</c><00:24:16.460><c> was</c><00:24:16.599><c> nothing</c><00:24:16.740><c> in</c><00:24:16.940><c> it.</c>

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:20.160
It<00:24:17.940><c> means</c><00:24:18.180><c> that</c><00:24:18.339><c> you</c><00:24:18.440><c> could</c><00:24:18.740><c> see</c><00:24:19.019><c> right</c><00:24:19.480><c> into</c><00:24:19.680><c> the</c><00:24:19.880><c> heart</c><00:24:20.019><c> of</c>

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that<00:24:20.319><c> man</c>

00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:23.460
if<00:24:21.619><c> you</c><00:24:21.819><c> were</c><00:24:22.000><c> disposed</c><00:24:22.500><c> to</c><00:24:22.700><c> do</c><00:24:22.900><c> so</c>

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:25.700
and<00:24:23.819><c> if</c><00:24:23.980><c> you</c><00:24:24.140><c> had</c><00:24:24.279><c> the</c><00:24:24.400><c> ability</c><00:24:24.900><c> to</c><00:24:25.119><c> do</c><00:24:25.299><c> so.</c>

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:28.359
And<00:24:26.599><c> the</c><00:24:26.779><c> Lord</c><00:24:27.019><c> had</c><00:24:27.220><c> that</c><00:24:27.380><c> ability.</c>

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:30.859
You<00:24:29.180><c> know</c><00:24:29.319><c> that</c><00:24:29.480><c> the</c><00:24:29.700><c> scripture</c><00:24:29.920><c> tells</c><00:24:30.279><c> us</c>

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:34.779
that<00:24:31.099><c> the</c><00:24:31.240><c> Lord</c><00:24:31.500><c> knew</c><00:24:32.000><c> what</c><00:24:32.460><c> was</c><00:24:32.740><c> in</c><00:24:33.180><c> every</c><00:24:33.880><c> man.</c>

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But<00:24:36.140><c> what</c><00:24:36.380><c> we're</c><00:24:36.519><c> learning</c><00:24:36.799><c> here</c>

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:39.440
when<00:24:37.440><c> the</c><00:24:37.599><c> Lord</c><00:24:37.799><c> says</c><00:24:38.160><c> that</c><00:24:38.339><c> he</c><00:24:38.400><c> had</c><00:24:38.640><c> no</c><00:24:38.900><c> guile,</c>

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:43.119
what<00:24:40.000><c> we</c><00:24:40.180><c> are</c><00:24:40.220><c> learning</c><00:24:40.519><c> here</c><00:24:41.059><c> is</c><00:24:41.420><c> the</c><00:24:41.779><c> sort</c><00:24:42.019><c> of</c><00:24:42.359><c> disposition</c>

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:44.380
that<00:24:43.539><c> Nathaniel</c><00:24:44.039><c> had.</c>

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:46.480
He<00:24:44.740><c> was</c><00:24:44.980><c> an</c><00:24:45.200><c> open</c><00:24:45.519><c> man.</c>

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:48.640
He<00:24:46.819><c> was</c><00:24:47.039><c> an</c><00:24:47.319><c> honest</c><00:24:47.599><c> man.</c>

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:50.799
He<00:24:48.940><c> was</c><00:24:49.180><c> a</c><00:24:49.299><c> man</c><00:24:49.460><c> of</c><00:24:49.779><c> integrity.</c>

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:53.460
He<00:24:51.799><c> would</c><00:24:52.039><c> confess</c><00:24:52.480><c> his</c><00:24:52.880><c> failings.</c>

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:56.140
He<00:24:53.799><c> would</c><00:24:54.140><c> know</c><00:24:54.420><c> and</c><00:24:54.599><c> recognize</c><00:24:55.099><c> his</c><00:24:55.339><c> limitations.</c>

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:58.759
But<00:24:57.140><c> above</c><00:24:57.400><c> all</c><00:24:57.599><c> else</c><00:24:57.920><c> before</c><00:24:58.319><c> God,</c>

00:24:58.980 --> 00:25:01.640
he<00:24:59.059><c> was</c><00:24:59.299><c> a</c><00:24:59.599><c> man</c><00:24:59.880><c> of</c><00:25:00.559><c> integrity.</c>

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:04.980
And<00:25:03.700><c> we</c><00:25:03.819><c> all</c><00:25:04.000><c> know</c><00:25:04.160><c> in</c><00:25:04.299><c> any</c><00:25:04.480><c> of</c><00:25:04.559><c> it</c>

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:09.779
that<00:25:05.680><c> guile</c><00:25:06.220><c> is</c><00:25:07.000><c> largely</c><00:25:07.480><c> an</c><00:25:07.799><c> inward</c><00:25:08.079><c> vice,</c><00:25:09.420><c> isn't</c><00:25:09.539><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:25:10.099><c> a</c><00:25:10.200><c> deceitful</c><00:25:10.799><c> vice.</c>

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And<00:25:11.920><c> it</c><00:25:12.059><c> may</c><00:25:12.279><c> not</c><00:25:12.500><c> be</c><00:25:12.720><c> easily</c><00:25:12.940><c> recognized</c><00:25:13.500><c> by</c><00:25:13.819><c> others,</c>

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but<00:25:15.059><c> it</c><00:25:15.180><c> can</c><00:25:15.380><c> be</c><00:25:15.680><c> recognized</c><00:25:16.339><c> by</c><00:25:16.779><c> God.</c>

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:23.460
And<00:25:19.180><c> so</c><00:25:19.299><c> Nathaniel</c><00:25:19.779><c> found</c><00:25:20.079><c> himself</c><00:25:20.700><c> in</c><00:25:21.140><c> an</c><00:25:21.460><c> astonishing</c><00:25:22.059><c> situation.</c>

00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:27.039
In<00:25:24.400><c> verse</c><00:25:24.759><c> 47</c><00:25:25.359><c> of</c><00:25:25.539><c> John</c><00:25:25.779><c> chapter</c><00:25:26.160><c> 1,</c>

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Jesus<00:25:27.640><c> saw</c><00:25:28.059><c> Nathaniel</c><00:25:28.619><c> coming</c><00:25:28.980><c> to</c><00:25:29.279><c> him</c>

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and<00:25:30.299><c> said</c><00:25:30.579><c> unto</c><00:25:30.859><c> him,</c>

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Behold<00:25:32.400><c> a</c><00:25:33.039><c> true</c><00:25:33.420><c> Israelite</c><00:25:34.259><c> in</c><00:25:34.779><c> whom</c><00:25:35.059><c> is</c><00:25:35.259><c> no</c><00:25:35.539><c> guile.</c>

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And<00:25:37.519><c> as</c><00:25:37.700><c> we</c><00:25:37.859><c> would</c><00:25:38.079><c> say</c><00:25:38.200><c> in</c><00:25:38.400><c> Australia,</c>

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that<00:25:39.619><c> took</c><00:25:39.940><c> the</c><00:25:40.180><c> wind</c><00:25:40.380><c> right</c><00:25:40.640><c> out</c><00:25:40.920><c> of</c><00:25:41.000><c> his</c><00:25:41.279><c> sails.</c>

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He<00:25:44.440><c> wasn't</c><00:25:44.759><c> under</c><00:25:45.039><c> the</c><00:25:45.220><c> fig</c><00:25:45.359><c> tree</c><00:25:45.599><c> now.</c>

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Philip<00:25:47.440><c> had</c><00:25:47.640><c> gone</c><00:25:47.740><c> again</c><00:25:48.119><c> and</c><00:25:48.299><c> said</c><00:25:48.460><c> come</c><00:25:48.740><c> and</c><00:25:49.019><c> see.</c>

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So<00:25:49.579><c> he</c><00:25:49.720><c> had</c><00:25:49.920><c> come.</c>

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And<00:25:51.519><c> as</c><00:25:51.740><c> the</c><00:25:51.880><c> Lord</c><00:25:52.059><c> sees</c><00:25:52.380><c> him</c><00:25:52.619><c> approaching,</c>

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:57.140
he<00:25:53.460><c> looks</c><00:25:53.680><c> upon</c><00:25:54.079><c> Nathaniel</c><00:25:54.539><c> and</c><00:25:54.859><c> he</c><00:25:55.200><c> identifies</c><00:25:55.759><c> him.</c>

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Behold<00:25:57.980><c> a</c><00:25:58.380><c> true</c><00:25:58.720><c> Israelite</c><00:25:59.599><c> in</c><00:26:00.059><c> whom</c><00:26:00.240><c> is</c><00:26:00.440><c> no</c><00:26:00.640><c> guile.</c>

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What<00:26:01.599><c> was</c><00:26:01.839><c> Nathaniel</c><00:26:02.339><c> saying?</c>

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In<00:26:04.460><c> verse</c><00:26:04.640><c> 48,</c><00:26:05.980><c> Nathaniel</c><00:26:06.420><c> said</c><00:26:06.619><c> unto</c><00:26:06.880><c> him,</c>

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Whence<00:26:08.779><c> knowest</c><00:26:09.319><c> thou</c><00:26:09.640><c> me?</c>

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You<00:26:12.539><c> don't</c><00:26:12.839><c> know</c><00:26:13.019><c> me?</c>

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How<00:26:17.920><c> can</c><00:26:18.160><c> you</c><00:26:18.380><c> pass</c><00:26:18.680><c> a</c><00:26:18.900><c> judgment</c><00:26:19.180><c> like</c><00:26:19.500><c> that</c><00:26:19.680><c> upon</c><00:26:19.920><c> me</c>

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:21.740
and<00:26:20.619><c> refine</c><00:26:20.960><c> me</c><00:26:21.140><c> in</c><00:26:21.220><c> that</c><00:26:21.440><c> way</c>

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:24.279
when<00:26:22.099><c> you</c><00:26:22.259><c> don't</c><00:26:22.500><c> even</c><00:26:23.000><c> know</c><00:26:23.259><c> me?</c>

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How<00:26:26.759><c> remarkable.</c>

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:31.519
And<00:26:28.500><c> what</c><00:26:28.680><c> does</c><00:26:28.799><c> the</c><00:26:28.920><c> Lord</c><00:26:29.119><c> say</c><00:26:29.599><c> in</c><00:26:29.859><c> his</c><00:26:30.140><c> calm</c><00:26:30.420><c> reply?</c>

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:34.460
Jesus<00:26:32.640><c> answered</c><00:26:33.039><c> and</c><00:26:33.259><c> said</c><00:26:33.380><c> unto</c><00:26:33.599><c> him,</c>

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Before<00:26:35.160><c> that</c><00:26:35.359><c> Philip</c><00:26:35.599><c> called</c><00:26:36.000><c> thee,</c>

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:41.220
when<00:26:36.880><c> thou</c><00:26:37.099><c> wast</c><00:26:37.339><c> under</c><00:26:37.759><c> the</c><00:26:38.039><c> fig</c><00:26:38.180><c> tree,</c><00:26:39.400><c> I</c><00:26:39.819><c> saw</c><00:26:40.119><c> thee.</c>

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:45.079
That<00:26:42.380><c> is</c><00:26:42.700><c> an</c><00:26:42.980><c> incredible</c><00:26:43.960><c> statement.</c>

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Absolutely<00:26:46.660><c> incredible.</c>

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:53.579
That<00:26:47.920><c> is</c><00:26:49.279><c> where</c><00:26:49.680><c> the</c><00:26:50.359><c> Lord</c><00:26:50.799><c> had</c><00:26:51.700><c> seen</c><00:26:52.279><c> him.</c>

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:55.700
And<00:26:53.819><c> do</c><00:26:53.960><c> you</c><00:26:53.960><c> know</c><00:26:54.059><c> what</c><00:26:54.099><c> it</c><00:26:54.339><c> really</c><00:26:54.759><c> means?</c>

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:58.940
Well<00:26:56.960><c> you</c><00:26:57.039><c> know</c><00:26:57.339><c> for</c><00:26:57.559><c> instance</c><00:26:57.839><c> in</c><00:26:58.059><c> John</c><00:26:58.299><c> chapter</c><00:26:58.660><c> 2,</c>

00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:00.299
if<00:26:59.079><c> we</c><00:26:59.180><c> just</c><00:26:59.380><c> go</c><00:26:59.500><c> over</c><00:26:59.759><c> a</c><00:26:59.900><c> chapter,</c>

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:02.599
verse<00:27:00.680><c> 24</c><00:27:01.180><c> and</c><00:27:01.339><c> 25,</c>

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:05.180
we<00:27:03.119><c> know</c><00:27:03.299><c> the</c><00:27:03.519><c> incredible</c><00:27:03.920><c> ability</c><00:27:04.279><c> that</c><00:27:04.519><c> the</c><00:27:04.640><c> Lord</c><00:27:04.839><c> had</c>

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:07.579
to<00:27:05.480><c> see</c><00:27:05.660><c> what</c><00:27:05.819><c> was</c><00:27:06.000><c> in</c><00:27:06.079><c> the</c><00:27:06.240><c> heart</c><00:27:06.460><c> of</c><00:27:06.619><c> a</c><00:27:06.759><c> man.</c>

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:10.079
In<00:27:07.880><c> verse</c><00:27:08.099><c> 24</c><00:27:08.660><c> of</c><00:27:08.839><c> John</c><00:27:09.079><c> chapter</c><00:27:09.500><c> 2,</c>

00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:13.559
it<00:27:10.559><c> says</c><00:27:11.019><c> that</c><00:27:11.579><c> Jesus</c><00:27:11.960><c> did</c><00:27:12.240><c> not</c><00:27:12.400><c> commit</c><00:27:12.599><c> himself</c><00:27:12.960><c> unto</c><00:27:13.240><c> them</c>

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because<00:27:14.059><c> he</c><00:27:14.380><c> knew</c><00:27:14.660><c> all</c><00:27:15.180><c> men.</c>

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:18.059
What<00:27:16.319><c> an</c><00:27:16.579><c> awesome</c><00:27:16.940><c> statement.</c>

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And<00:27:18.460><c> verse</c><00:27:18.640><c> 25,</c>

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And<00:27:20.000><c> needed</c><00:27:20.319><c> not</c><00:27:20.700><c> that</c><00:27:21.039><c> any</c><00:27:21.319><c> should</c><00:27:21.579><c> testify</c><00:27:22.339><c> of</c><00:27:22.880><c> man,</c>

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for<00:27:24.019><c> he</c><00:27:24.539><c> knew</c><00:27:24.920><c> what</c><00:27:25.160><c> was</c><00:27:25.359><c> in</c><00:27:25.619><c> man.</c>

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:31.539
He<00:27:27.920><c> had</c><00:27:28.099><c> this</c><00:27:28.420><c> incredible</c><00:27:29.420><c> ability</c><00:27:30.240><c> to</c><00:27:30.819><c> exercise</c>

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:35.299
every<00:27:32.279><c> aspect</c><00:27:32.900><c> of</c><00:27:34.380><c> the</c><00:27:34.579><c> word</c><00:27:34.740><c> of</c><00:27:35.000><c> God,</c>

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:39.240
because<00:27:35.920><c> he</c><00:27:36.359><c> was</c><00:27:36.859><c> the</c><00:27:37.720><c> word</c><00:27:37.960><c> made</c><00:27:38.279><c> flesh.</c>

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:41.619
And<00:27:40.039><c> he</c><00:27:40.180><c> could</c><00:27:40.279><c> look</c><00:27:40.619><c> right</c><00:27:40.960><c> into</c><00:27:41.200><c> a</c><00:27:41.400><c> man</c>

00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:45.500
and<00:27:41.980><c> read</c><00:27:42.259><c> his</c><00:27:42.579><c> character</c><00:27:43.079><c> from</c><00:27:44.380><c> A</c><00:27:44.960><c> to</c><00:27:45.279><c> Z.</c>

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:47.759
Sorry,<00:27:46.839><c> to</c><00:27:46.920><c> Z.</c>

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:49.660
I<00:27:48.400><c> mean</c><00:27:48.500><c> a</c><00:27:48.680><c> foreign</c><00:27:48.839><c> country.</c>

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:53.960
And<00:27:51.460><c> that</c><00:27:51.619><c> was</c><00:27:51.819><c> the</c><00:27:51.900><c> Lord's</c><00:27:52.240><c> ability,</c><00:27:52.599><c> wasn't</c><00:27:52.759><c> it?</c>

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:56.140
An<00:27:54.279><c> incredible</c><00:27:54.880><c> situation.</c>

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:59.359
How<00:27:57.220><c> did</c><00:27:57.400><c> the</c><00:27:57.619><c> Lord</c><00:27:57.900><c> know</c><00:27:58.400><c> that?</c>

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:07.190
Because<00:28:03.680><c> Nathaniel's</c><00:28:04.380><c> character</c><00:28:05.059><c> had</c><00:28:05.940><c> been</c><00:28:06.339><c> revealed</c>

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:11.240
while<00:28:07.920><c> he</c><00:28:08.099><c> was</c><00:28:08.460><c> there</c><00:28:08.880><c> in</c><00:28:09.559><c> a</c><00:28:09.859><c> certain</c><00:28:10.180><c> attitude</c><00:28:10.700><c> of</c><00:28:11.000><c> mind</c>

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:15.059
and<00:28:11.660><c> disposition</c><00:28:12.259><c> under</c><00:28:13.319><c> the</c><00:28:13.960><c> fig</c><00:28:14.240><c> tree.</c>

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:17.640
What<00:28:16.099><c> was</c><00:28:16.299><c> he</c><00:28:16.480><c> doing</c><00:28:16.740><c> under</c><00:28:16.940><c> the</c><00:28:17.160><c> fig</c><00:28:17.339><c> tree?</c>

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:19.579
He<00:28:18.299><c> was</c><00:28:18.559><c> alone.</c>

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:21.740
There<00:28:20.180><c> was</c><00:28:20.400><c> no</c><00:28:20.539><c> one</c><00:28:20.640><c> with</c><00:28:20.859><c> him.</c>

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:23.420
What<00:28:22.200><c> was</c><00:28:22.380><c> he</c><00:28:22.559><c> doing?</c>

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:26.519
Well,<00:28:24.539><c> nobody</c><00:28:24.859><c> was</c><00:28:25.099><c> doing</c><00:28:25.319><c> because</c><00:28:25.619><c> of</c><00:28:25.859><c> what</c><00:28:25.980><c> the</c><00:28:26.160><c> Lord</c><00:28:26.319><c> has</c>

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.660
just<00:28:26.839><c> said.</c>

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:30.900
He<00:28:28.519><c> was</c><00:28:29.160><c> praying</c><00:28:29.680><c> to</c><00:28:29.839><c> the</c><00:28:30.039><c> Father.</c>

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:33.839
He<00:28:31.480><c> was</c><00:28:31.859><c> meditating</c><00:28:32.420><c> upon</c><00:28:32.759><c> the</c><00:28:33.039><c> truth.</c>

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:36.640
He<00:28:34.579><c> was</c><00:28:34.980><c> studying</c><00:28:35.359><c> the</c><00:28:35.640><c> scriptures.</c>

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:40.740
His<00:28:37.859><c> mind</c><00:28:38.259><c> was</c><00:28:38.640><c> centered</c><00:28:38.819><c> upon</c><00:28:39.180><c> divine</c><00:28:39.700><c> worship.</c>

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:44.759
And<00:28:43.059><c> you</c><00:28:43.160><c> know,</c><00:28:43.339><c> when</c><00:28:43.480><c> we're</c><00:28:43.720><c> in</c><00:28:43.900><c> public,</c>

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:47.920
when<00:28:46.019><c> we're</c><00:28:46.259><c> standing</c><00:28:46.519><c> upon</c><00:28:46.759><c> the</c><00:28:46.960><c> platform,</c>

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:49.940
or<00:28:48.460><c> when</c><00:28:48.599><c> we're</c><00:28:48.740><c> busy</c><00:28:49.000><c> in</c><00:28:49.140><c> neoplasia,</c>

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:52.039
everyone<00:28:50.539><c> sees</c><00:28:50.819><c> what</c><00:28:51.000><c> we</c><00:28:51.180><c> do.</c>

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:54.240
They<00:28:52.740><c> say,</c><00:28:52.880><c> what</c><00:28:53.000><c> a</c><00:28:53.200><c> fine</c><00:28:53.359><c> brother.</c>

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:57.339
How<00:28:55.539><c> dedicated</c><00:28:56.000><c> he</c><00:28:56.160><c> is</c><00:28:56.339><c> to</c><00:28:56.460><c> the</c><00:28:56.619><c> truth.</c>

00:28:57.880 --> 00:29:00.000
What<00:28:58.000><c> a</c><00:28:58.119><c> wonderful</c><00:28:58.500><c> fellow</c><00:28:58.779><c> he</c><00:28:58.960><c> is.</c>

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.819
But<00:29:01.740><c> you</c><00:29:01.859><c> know,</c><00:29:02.220><c> brethren</c><00:29:02.240><c> and</c><00:29:02.480><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:04.880
the<00:29:03.420><c> truth</c><00:29:03.539><c> is</c><00:29:03.740><c> what</c><00:29:03.960><c> I</c><00:29:04.099><c> believe.</c>

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:09.200
He<00:29:05.180><c> is</c><00:29:05.259><c> the</c><00:29:05.380><c> one</c><00:29:05.500><c> who</c><00:29:05.640><c> is</c><00:29:05.819><c> the</c><00:29:06.059><c> same</c><00:29:06.579><c> morning,</c><00:29:07.680><c> noon</c><00:29:08.039><c> and</c><00:29:08.279><c> night.</c>

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:12.299
He<00:29:09.920><c> is</c><00:29:10.079><c> the</c><00:29:10.460><c> same</c><00:29:10.880><c> when</c><00:29:11.079><c> he</c><00:29:11.259><c> is</c><00:29:11.460><c> on</c><00:29:11.740><c> his</c><00:29:12.059><c> own</c>

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:13.700
in<00:29:12.460><c> the</c><00:29:12.740><c> privacy</c><00:29:13.099><c> of</c><00:29:13.279><c> his</c><00:29:13.480><c> home,</c>

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:16.180
under<00:29:14.859><c> his</c><00:29:15.160><c> fig</c><00:29:15.319><c> tree.</c>

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:18.700
When<00:29:17.299><c> he</c><00:29:17.400><c> is</c><00:29:17.599><c> alone,</c>

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:21.519
communing<00:29:19.460><c> with</c><00:29:19.660><c> the</c><00:29:19.839><c> scriptures</c><00:29:20.099><c> of</c><00:29:20.420><c> truth,</c>

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:23.240
praying<00:29:22.220><c> to</c><00:29:22.400><c> the</c><00:29:22.579><c> Father,</c>

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:25.619
meditating<00:29:24.259><c> upon</c><00:29:24.599><c> the</c><00:29:24.819><c> things</c><00:29:24.960><c> of</c><00:29:25.119><c> the</c><00:29:25.339><c> truth,</c>

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:29.160
he<00:29:25.980><c> is</c><00:29:26.180><c> the</c><00:29:26.519><c> same</c><00:29:26.839><c> man</c><00:29:27.299><c> whether</c><00:29:27.619><c> he</c><00:29:27.859><c> is</c><00:29:28.000><c> under</c><00:29:28.279><c> his</c><00:29:28.599><c> fig</c><00:29:28.839><c> tree</c>

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:31.440
or<00:29:29.500><c> whether</c><00:29:29.740><c> he</c><00:29:29.859><c> is</c><00:29:29.980><c> in</c><00:29:30.099><c> the</c><00:29:30.299><c> public</c><00:29:30.619><c> games.</c>

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:36.559
So<00:29:33.140><c> that</c><00:29:33.299><c> Nathaniel,</c><00:29:34.140><c> in</c><00:29:34.220><c> his</c><00:29:34.579><c> personal</c><00:29:35.160><c> solitude</c><00:29:35.880><c> under</c><00:29:36.319><c> the</c>

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.339
fig<00:29:36.799><c> tree,</c>

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:42.319
had<00:29:38.140><c> manifested</c><00:29:38.940><c> the</c><00:29:39.799><c> attitude</c><00:29:40.319><c> that</c><00:29:40.660><c> revealed</c><00:29:41.160><c> him</c><00:29:41.619><c> as</c><00:29:42.000><c> a</c>

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.920
true<00:29:42.759><c> Israelite.</c>

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:46.480
And<00:29:44.839><c> there</c><00:29:45.000><c> was</c><00:29:45.220><c> Paul</c><00:29:45.440><c> Nathaniel.</c>

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:49.180
He<00:29:46.680><c> had</c><00:29:47.019><c> thought</c><00:29:47.140><c> himself</c><00:29:47.539><c> to</c><00:29:47.740><c> be</c><00:29:47.940><c> completely</c><00:29:48.519><c> alone</c><00:29:48.920><c> under</c>

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.759
the<00:29:49.380><c> fig</c><00:29:49.539><c> tree.</c>

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:53.680
And<00:29:50.240><c> that</c><00:29:50.400><c> is</c><00:29:50.579><c> why</c><00:29:50.779><c> he</c><00:29:50.920><c> was</c><00:29:51.220><c> so</c><00:29:51.579><c> astonished</c><00:29:52.119><c> to</c><00:29:52.420><c> discover</c>

00:29:53.509 --> 00:29:56.519
that<00:29:53.779><c> he</c><00:29:53.980><c> had</c><00:29:53.980><c> been</c><00:29:54.240><c> observed</c><00:29:54.980><c> by</c><00:29:55.500><c> the</c><00:29:55.720><c> Lord.</c>

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:59.400
And<00:29:57.680><c> alone</c><00:29:57.880><c> under</c><00:29:58.019><c> that</c><00:29:58.259><c> fig</c><00:29:58.500><c> tree,</c>

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:03.000
he<00:29:59.700><c> had</c><00:30:00.039><c> not</c><00:30:00.299><c> been</c><00:30:00.579><c> performing</c><00:30:01.240><c> ritualistic</c><00:30:02.480><c> forms</c><00:30:02.779><c> of</c>

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.839
religious<00:30:03.400><c> worship</c>

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:06.519
so<00:30:04.259><c> that</c><00:30:04.359><c> he</c><00:30:04.420><c> could</c><00:30:04.599><c> be</c><00:30:04.980><c> seen</c><00:30:05.160><c> by</c><00:30:05.539><c> others.</c>

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:10.740
He<00:30:07.579><c> had</c><00:30:07.819><c> been</c><00:30:08.279><c> seeking</c><00:30:08.660><c> to</c><00:30:08.980><c> be</c><00:30:09.220><c> at</c><00:30:09.400><c> one</c><00:30:09.700><c> with</c><00:30:09.940><c> the</c><00:30:10.119><c> Father</c>

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:15.119
upon<00:30:11.680><c> the</c><00:30:12.000><c> basis</c><00:30:12.599><c> of</c><00:30:13.220><c> the</c><00:30:13.339><c> word</c><00:30:13.519><c> of</c><00:30:13.779><c> truth.</c>

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:17.240
There<00:30:15.900><c> is</c><00:30:16.000><c> a</c><00:30:16.099><c> true</c><00:30:16.240><c> Israelite.</c>

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:19.400
And<00:30:18.180><c> that</c><00:30:18.319><c> is</c><00:30:18.440><c> Nathaniel.</c>

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:24.380
And<00:30:19.900><c> that</c><00:30:20.059><c> is</c><00:30:20.220><c> why</c><00:30:20.480><c> the</c><00:30:20.680><c> Lord</c><00:30:20.940><c> called</c><00:30:21.400><c> him</c><00:30:21.880><c> what</c><00:30:22.279><c> he</c><00:30:22.660><c> did</c><00:30:23.140><c> call</c><00:30:23.480><c> him.</c>

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:27.480
So<00:30:25.140><c> that</c><00:30:25.339><c> Nathaniel's</c><00:30:26.299><c> true</c><00:30:26.579><c> character,</c>

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:30.619
his<00:30:28.200><c> real</c><00:30:28.640><c> deep</c><00:30:29.140><c> inner</c><00:30:29.460><c> disposition,</c>

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:36.059
was<00:30:31.059><c> being</c><00:30:31.559><c> manifested</c><00:30:32.339><c> when</c><00:30:33.440><c> no</c><00:30:33.880><c> one</c><00:30:34.400><c> was</c><00:30:34.819><c> observing</c><00:30:35.460><c> what</c>

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:37.200
he<00:30:36.220><c> was</c><00:30:36.440><c> doing.</c>

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:41.500
His<00:30:38.319><c> true</c><00:30:38.660><c> character</c><00:30:39.500><c> at</c><00:30:40.059><c> that</c><00:30:40.279><c> point</c><00:30:40.559><c> in</c><00:30:40.779><c> time</c>

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:47.420
was<00:30:42.140><c> recognized</c><00:30:42.740><c> only</c><00:30:43.039><c> by</c><00:30:43.319><c> the</c><00:30:43.400><c> Lord</c><00:30:43.779><c> and</c><00:30:44.819><c> by</c><00:30:45.019><c> his</c><00:30:45.200><c> Father</c><00:30:45.920><c> in</c><00:30:46.339><c> heaven.</c>

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:51.579
And<00:30:48.799><c> so</c><00:30:48.980><c> therefore</c><00:30:49.720><c> the</c><00:30:50.259><c> man</c><00:30:50.500><c> or</c><00:30:50.640><c> the</c><00:30:50.819><c> woman</c>

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:55.519
who<00:30:52.279><c> desires</c><00:30:52.680><c> to</c><00:30:53.019><c> impress</c><00:30:53.519><c> other</c><00:30:54.039><c> men</c><00:30:54.359><c> and</c><00:30:54.579><c> other</c><00:30:54.759><c> women</c>

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:58.400
with<00:30:56.480><c> how</c><00:30:56.700><c> religious</c><00:30:57.019><c> they</c><00:30:57.279><c> are,</c>

00:30:58.839 --> 00:31:00.839
they<00:30:59.099><c> make</c><00:30:59.299><c> an</c><00:30:59.519><c> outward</c><00:30:59.819><c> show.</c>

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:03.799
According<00:31:01.359><c> to</c><00:31:01.559><c> the</c><00:31:01.680><c> Lord</c><00:31:01.839><c> in</c><00:31:01.980><c> Matthew</c><00:31:02.380><c> 6</c><00:31:02.940><c> and</c><00:31:03.180><c> verse</c><00:31:03.460><c> 5,</c>

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:07.079
they<00:31:04.779><c> pray</c><00:31:05.339><c> standing</c><00:31:05.900><c> in</c><00:31:06.140><c> the</c><00:31:06.259><c> synagogues</c>

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:08.740
and<00:31:07.299><c> in</c><00:31:07.519><c> the</c><00:31:07.599><c> corners</c><00:31:07.839><c> of</c><00:31:08.019><c> the</c><00:31:08.240><c> streets</c>

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:12.859
that<00:31:09.740><c> they</c><00:31:10.160><c> may</c><00:31:10.480><c> be</c><00:31:10.900><c> seen</c><00:31:11.279><c> of</c><00:31:11.799><c> men.</c>

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:17.529
And<00:31:14.380><c> Nathaniel</c><00:31:14.880><c> was</c><00:31:15.140><c> the</c><00:31:15.200><c> very</c><00:31:15.500><c> exact</c><00:31:16.019><c> opposite</c><00:31:16.480><c> of</c><00:31:16.680><c> that.</c>

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:21.309
He<00:31:19.440><c> didn't</c><00:31:19.680><c> want</c><00:31:19.859><c> others</c><00:31:20.059><c> to</c><00:31:20.319><c> see</c><00:31:20.460><c> him</c>

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:24.599
because<00:31:22.160><c> what</c><00:31:22.380><c> he</c><00:31:22.519><c> was</c><00:31:22.660><c> doing</c><00:31:22.880><c> was</c><00:31:23.140><c> very,</c><00:31:23.420><c> very</c><00:31:23.779><c> private,</c>

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:28.720
very,<00:31:25.339><c> very</c><00:31:25.700><c> personal</c><00:31:26.259><c> and</c><00:31:27.259><c> very,</c><00:31:27.680><c> very</c><00:31:28.200><c> intimate</c>

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:32.160
in<00:31:29.380><c> his</c><00:31:29.720><c> association</c><00:31:30.400><c> with</c><00:31:31.099><c> his</c><00:31:31.339><c> God.</c>

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:38.299
A<00:31:33.859><c> true</c><00:31:34.299><c> Israelite</c><00:31:35.380><c> in</c><00:31:36.539><c> whom</c><00:31:36.779><c> is</c><00:31:36.980><c> no</c><00:31:37.240><c> God.</c>

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:42.039
The<00:31:39.500><c> Lord</c><00:31:39.759><c> must</c><00:31:40.059><c> have</c><00:31:40.220><c> been</c><00:31:40.400><c> right,</c><00:31:40.759><c> mustn't</c><00:31:40.859><c> he?</c>

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:44.059
He<00:31:42.559><c> couldn't</c><00:31:42.819><c> have</c><00:31:43.000><c> been</c><00:31:43.119><c> wrong.</c>

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:48.839
And<00:31:45.539><c> so</c><00:31:45.660><c> if</c><00:31:45.799><c> we</c><00:31:45.980><c> want</c><00:31:46.099><c> to</c><00:31:46.259><c> be</c><00:31:46.500><c> revealed</c><00:31:46.839><c> by</c><00:31:47.079><c> the</c><00:31:47.220><c> Lord</c><00:31:47.420><c> as</c><00:31:47.599><c> true</c><00:31:47.880><c> Israelites,</c>

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:51.259
we'd<00:31:49.900><c> better</c><00:31:50.000><c> have</c><00:31:50.200><c> a</c><00:31:50.279><c> good</c><00:31:50.420><c> look</c><00:31:50.559><c> at</c><00:31:50.680><c> Nathaniel.</c>

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.960
I'm<00:31:51.960><c> sure</c><00:31:52.160><c> we</c><00:31:52.380><c> all</c><00:31:52.619><c> have,</c>

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:56.599
but<00:31:53.720><c> it's</c><00:31:53.940><c> a</c><00:31:54.039><c> good</c><00:31:54.200><c> idea</c><00:31:54.480><c> to</c><00:31:54.700><c> keep</c><00:31:54.880><c> going</c><00:31:55.140><c> back</c><00:31:55.380><c> for</c><00:31:55.599><c> another</c><00:31:55.759><c> look.</c>

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:59.920
To<00:31:57.640><c> remember</c><00:31:58.200><c> that</c><00:31:58.579><c> as</c><00:31:58.799><c> far</c><00:31:58.960><c> as</c><00:31:59.099><c> we</c><00:31:59.240><c> are</c><00:31:59.380><c> concerned,</c>

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:05.200
we've<00:32:01.059><c> got</c><00:32:01.160><c> to</c><00:32:01.319><c> learn</c><00:32:01.500><c> to</c><00:32:01.640><c> retire</c><00:32:02.319><c> to</c><00:32:03.200><c> our</c><00:32:03.400><c> own</c><00:32:03.700><c> personal</c><00:32:04.180><c> fig</c><00:32:04.460><c> tree.</c>

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:09.059
We've<00:32:06.099><c> got</c><00:32:06.180><c> to</c><00:32:06.339><c> learn</c><00:32:06.519><c> that</c><00:32:06.720><c> the</c><00:32:06.880><c> disposition</c><00:32:07.420><c> that</c><00:32:07.599><c> we</c><00:32:07.819><c> manifest</c><00:32:08.259><c> in</c><00:32:08.559><c> public</c>

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:13.420
has<00:32:09.799><c> got</c><00:32:09.900><c> to</c><00:32:10.000><c> be</c><00:32:10.099><c> the</c><00:32:10.339><c> same</c><00:32:10.579><c> as</c><00:32:10.740><c> that</c><00:32:10.920><c> which</c><00:32:11.079><c> we</c><00:32:11.440><c> manifest</c><00:32:11.960><c> in</c><00:32:12.460><c> private.</c>

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:16.660
An<00:32:14.420><c> Israelite</c><00:32:15.220><c> is</c><00:32:15.579><c> a</c><00:32:15.859><c> disposition,</c>

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:18.720
not<00:32:17.400><c> just</c><00:32:17.740><c> a</c><00:32:17.880><c> name.</c>

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:22.980
The<00:32:19.400><c> term</c><00:32:19.759><c> Israelite</c><00:32:21.099><c> defines</c><00:32:21.640><c> one</c><00:32:22.180><c> who</c><00:32:22.579><c> follows</c>

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:26.680
in<00:32:23.299><c> the</c><00:32:23.519><c> footsteps</c><00:32:23.980><c> of</c><00:32:24.259><c> the</c><00:32:24.440><c> faithful</c><00:32:24.920><c> patriarchs.</c>

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:28.339
They're<00:32:27.200><c> going</c><00:32:27.319><c> to</c><00:32:27.480><c> make</c><00:32:27.619><c> mistakes.</c>

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:31.839
They're<00:32:29.279><c> going</c><00:32:29.400><c> to</c><00:32:29.640><c> fail.</c><00:32:30.000><c> They're</c><00:32:30.140><c> going</c><00:32:30.259><c> to</c><00:32:30.400><c> make</c><00:32:30.640><c> blunders.</c>

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:36.099
But<00:32:33.720><c> they're</c><00:32:33.960><c> going</c><00:32:34.059><c> to</c><00:32:34.180><c> have</c><00:32:34.299><c> a</c><00:32:34.500><c> basic</c><00:32:34.900><c> disposition</c>

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:38.319
of<00:32:36.799><c> love</c><00:32:37.099><c> for</c><00:32:37.380><c> God,</c>

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:40.539
love<00:32:39.160><c> for</c><00:32:39.440><c> Christ,</c>

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.859
love<00:32:41.480><c> for</c><00:32:41.680><c> the</c><00:32:41.960><c> truth,</c>

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:45.299
love<00:32:43.440><c> for</c><00:32:43.680><c> the</c><00:32:43.940><c> hope</c><00:32:44.099><c> of</c><00:32:44.319><c> Israel.</c>

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:49.240
A<00:32:46.599><c> disposition</c><00:32:47.039><c> that's</c><00:32:47.359><c> going</c><00:32:47.460><c> to</c><00:32:47.700><c> pass</c><00:32:47.960><c> the</c><00:32:48.180><c> test</c>

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:53.000
at<00:32:49.680><c> the</c><00:32:49.880><c> judgment</c><00:32:50.160><c> seat</c><00:32:50.599><c> of</c><00:32:51.180><c> the</c><00:32:51.299><c> Lord</c><00:32:51.460><c> Jesus</c><00:32:51.859><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:56.839
And<00:32:54.619><c> look</c><00:32:54.799><c> at</c><00:32:54.980><c> Nathaniel's</c><00:32:55.579><c> response.</c>

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:59.880
Just<00:32:57.599><c> the</c><00:32:57.799><c> very</c><00:32:58.160><c> first</c><00:32:58.420><c> word</c><00:32:58.700><c> is</c><00:32:58.940><c> enough.</c>

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In<00:33:00.380><c> verse</c><00:33:00.700><c> 49,</c>

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:04.940
Nathaniel<00:33:02.660><c> answered</c><00:33:03.160><c> and</c><00:33:03.579><c> said</c><00:33:03.880><c> unto</c><00:33:04.140><c> him,</c>

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:06.680
Rabbi!

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:12.440
Do<00:33:10.519><c> we</c><00:33:10.680><c> all</c><00:33:10.839><c> know</c><00:33:10.940><c> what</c><00:33:11.079><c> that</c><00:33:11.299><c> word</c><00:33:11.519><c> means?</c>

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:16.559
We<00:33:13.799><c> know</c><00:33:14.019><c> that</c><00:33:14.240><c> the</c><00:33:14.420><c> word</c><00:33:14.599><c> means</c><00:33:15.220><c> Master.</c>

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:20.000
But<00:33:17.839><c> do</c><00:33:17.960><c> we</c><00:33:18.019><c> know</c><00:33:18.200><c> that</c><00:33:18.319><c> it</c><00:33:18.420><c> means</c><00:33:18.700><c> more</c><00:33:19.000><c> than</c><00:33:19.180><c> that?</c>

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:24.259
According<00:33:21.299><c> to</c><00:33:21.799><c> W</c><00:33:22.119><c>.E.</c><00:33:22.339><c> Vine</c><00:33:22.500><c> in</c><00:33:22.720><c> his</c><00:33:22.880><c> dictionary</c><00:33:23.319><c> of</c><00:33:23.740><c> Greek</c><00:33:24.019><c> New</c>

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.140
Testament<00:33:24.559><c> words,</c>

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:28.720
he<00:33:26.039><c> says</c><00:33:26.319><c> that</c><00:33:26.559><c> the</c><00:33:26.700><c> word</c><00:33:27.039><c> more</c><00:33:27.519><c> fully</c><00:33:27.819><c> means</c>

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:33.720
Master<00:33:30.500><c> in</c><00:33:31.299><c> contrast</c><00:33:32.059><c> to</c><00:33:32.339><c> a</c><00:33:32.559><c> slave.</c>

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:37.039
Now<00:33:34.920><c> that</c><00:33:35.019><c> makes</c><00:33:35.259><c> the</c><00:33:35.480><c> world</c><00:33:35.660><c> of</c><00:33:35.859><c> difference,</c><00:33:36.279><c> doesn't</c><00:33:36.319><c> it?</c>

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:41.960
Because<00:33:37.819><c> it</c><00:33:38.119><c> means</c><00:33:38.740><c> that</c><00:33:39.359><c> the</c><00:33:39.640><c> one</c><00:33:39.900><c> using</c><00:33:40.480><c> the</c><00:33:40.920><c> expression</c>

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:49.099
is<00:33:42.259><c> doing</c><00:33:42.599><c> so</c><00:33:43.299><c> from</c><00:33:43.759><c> a</c><00:33:43.960><c> position</c><00:33:44.579><c> of</c><00:33:45.500><c> humble,</c><00:33:46.579><c> willing</c><00:33:46.940><c> subservience.</c>

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:55.579
And<00:33:52.180><c> in</c><00:33:52.440><c> one</c><00:33:52.759><c> word,</c><00:33:53.799><c> Nathaniel</c><00:33:54.319><c> accepted</c><00:33:54.880><c> that</c><00:33:55.240><c> role</c>

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:58.339
at<00:33:56.819><c> the</c><00:33:57.079><c> feet</c><00:33:57.220><c> of</c><00:33:57.539><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:01.660
It's<00:33:59.880><c> an</c><00:34:00.220><c> incredible</c><00:34:00.660><c> statement.</c>

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:04.880
The<00:34:02.000><c> way</c><00:34:02.160><c> this</c><00:34:02.559><c> one</c><00:34:02.839><c> word,</c><00:34:03.299><c> first</c><00:34:03.640><c> of</c><00:34:03.859><c> all,</c>

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:07.660
bursts<00:34:05.420><c> forth</c><00:34:06.220><c> from</c><00:34:06.980><c> his</c><00:34:07.279><c> lips.</c>

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:09.739
You<00:34:08.420><c> are</c><00:34:08.599><c> the</c><00:34:08.719><c> Master.</c>

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:12.639
I'm<00:34:10.280><c> your</c><00:34:10.679><c> bond</c><00:34:11.000><c> slave</c><00:34:11.440><c> for</c><00:34:11.739><c> life.</c>

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:15.559
That's<00:34:14.340><c> what</c><00:34:14.420><c> it</c><00:34:14.619><c> means.</c>

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:17.920
And<00:34:16.639><c> what</c><00:34:16.800><c> does</c><00:34:16.860><c> he</c><00:34:17.079><c> say?</c>

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:22.400
Thou<00:34:19.380><c> art</c><00:34:20.059><c> the</c><00:34:20.320><c> Son</c><00:34:20.599><c> of</c><00:34:20.820><c> God.</c>

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:26.079
Thou<00:34:22.719><c> art</c><00:34:23.960><c> the</c><00:34:24.420><c> King</c><00:34:24.679><c> of</c><00:34:24.880><c> Israel.</c>

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:31.639
And<00:34:27.280><c> you</c><00:34:27.360><c> can</c><00:34:27.579><c> imagine</c><00:34:28.320><c> Nathaniel's</c><00:34:29.320><c> mind</c><00:34:29.679><c> flooded</c><00:34:30.320><c> with</c><00:34:30.599><c> enlightenment.</c>

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:36.059
There<00:34:32.480><c> is</c><00:34:32.699><c> the</c><00:34:32.960><c> word</c><00:34:33.239><c> made</c><00:34:33.659><c> flesh</c><00:34:33.920><c> right</c><00:34:34.260><c> before</c><00:34:34.840><c> him.</c>

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:38.639
And<00:34:37.159><c> he</c><00:34:37.260><c> makes</c><00:34:37.480><c> this</c><00:34:37.760><c> statement.</c>

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:44.380
Now<00:34:41.280><c> this</c><00:34:41.539><c> was</c><00:34:41.780><c> a</c><00:34:41.900><c> very</c><00:34:42.360><c> awesome</c><00:34:43.179><c> confession</c><00:34:43.780><c> to</c><00:34:44.039><c> make.</c>

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:46.880
Thou<00:34:45.420><c> art</c><00:34:45.860><c> the</c><00:34:46.119><c> Son</c><00:34:46.300><c> of</c><00:34:46.539><c> God.</c>

00:34:47.260 --> 00:34:49.679
Thou<00:34:47.599><c> art</c><00:34:48.179><c> the</c><00:34:48.460><c> King</c><00:34:48.619><c> of</c><00:34:48.760><c> Israel.</c>

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:53.719
But<00:34:50.820><c> it</c><00:34:50.940><c> was</c><00:34:51.219><c> more</c><00:34:51.519><c> than</c><00:34:51.840><c> merely</c><00:34:52.119><c> an</c><00:34:52.420><c> awesome</c><00:34:52.719><c> statement.</c>

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:56.400
Do<00:34:54.699><c> you</c><00:34:54.780><c> know</c><00:34:55.000><c> that</c><00:34:55.300><c> it</c><00:34:55.400><c> is</c><00:34:55.619><c> my</c><00:34:55.800><c> own</c><00:34:56.019><c> belief,</c>

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:58.500
and<00:34:56.780><c> you</c><00:34:56.960><c> think</c><00:34:57.099><c> about</c><00:34:57.360><c> this</c><00:34:57.579><c> yourself</c><00:34:57.960><c> and</c><00:34:58.139><c> see</c><00:34:58.260><c> what</c><00:34:58.360><c> you</c>

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.739
think<00:34:58.659><c> about</c><00:34:58.900><c> it,</c>

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:04.059
that<00:35:00.320><c> Nathaniel</c><00:35:01.199><c> had</c><00:35:01.579><c> his</c><00:35:02.039><c> mind</c><00:35:02.500><c> at</c><00:35:02.780><c> that</c><00:35:03.039><c> time</c>

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:06.940
upon<00:35:04.420><c> a</c><00:35:04.639><c> particular</c><00:35:05.280><c> passage</c><00:35:05.760><c> in</c><00:35:06.019><c> Scripture.</c>

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:11.880
Perhaps<00:35:09.619><c> as</c><00:35:10.039><c> he</c><00:35:10.380><c> meditated</c><00:35:10.900><c> under</c><00:35:11.199><c> the</c><00:35:11.420><c> fig</c><00:35:11.599><c> tree,</c>

00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:14.880
he<00:35:12.300><c> was</c><00:35:12.659><c> reading</c><00:35:13.079><c> this</c><00:35:13.360><c> passage</c><00:35:13.659><c> of</c><00:35:13.900><c> Scripture.</c>

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:18.119
Perhaps<00:35:15.400><c> he</c><00:35:15.619><c> had</c><00:35:15.800><c> it</c><00:35:16.000><c> in</c><00:35:16.000><c> his</c><00:35:16.360><c> mind</c><00:35:16.840><c> and</c><00:35:17.239><c> he</c><00:35:17.300><c> was</c><00:35:17.619><c> meditating</c>

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.739
upon<00:35:18.500><c> it</c>

00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:20.980
because<00:35:19.139><c> it</c><00:35:19.280><c> was</c><00:35:19.599><c> related</c><00:35:19.980><c> to</c><00:35:20.139><c> the</c><00:35:20.280><c> hope</c><00:35:20.400><c> of</c><00:35:20.579><c> Israel.</c>

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:23.039
And<00:35:21.400><c> do</c><00:35:21.500><c> you</c><00:35:21.500><c> know</c><00:35:21.579><c> what</c><00:35:21.659><c> the</c><00:35:21.880><c> passage</c><00:35:22.099><c> was?</c>

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:27.000
I<00:35:23.920><c> may</c><00:35:24.139><c> be</c><00:35:24.360><c> wrong,</c><00:35:25.340><c> but</c><00:35:25.500><c> I</c><00:35:25.699><c> hope</c><00:35:25.840><c> I'm</c><00:35:26.059><c> right.</c>

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:29.920
And<00:35:27.639><c> one</c><00:35:27.860><c> day</c><00:35:28.059><c> I</c><00:35:28.159><c> hope</c><00:35:28.420><c> I'm</c><00:35:28.559><c> going</c><00:35:28.699><c> to</c><00:35:28.820><c> get</c><00:35:28.900><c> to</c><00:35:29.159><c> ask</c><00:35:29.460><c> Nathaniel</c>

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:31.440
whether<00:35:30.099><c> I</c><00:35:30.300><c> am</c><00:35:30.460><c> right.</c>

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:36.139
Dwelling<00:35:33.139><c> upon</c><00:35:33.519><c> those</c><00:35:33.820><c> words</c><00:35:34.159><c> and</c><00:35:34.360><c> thinking</c><00:35:34.639><c> about</c><00:35:34.960><c> them,</c>

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:37.800
I<00:35:36.659><c> come</c><00:35:36.840><c> to</c><00:35:37.000><c> the</c><00:35:37.119><c> conclusion</c>

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:44.239
that<00:35:38.920><c> Nathaniel's</c><00:35:39.820><c> mind</c><00:35:40.059><c> was</c><00:35:40.440><c> centered</c><00:35:40.719><c> upon</c><00:35:41.400><c> Psalm</c><00:35:41.920><c> 2.</c>

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:47.820
You<00:35:45.300><c> might</c><00:35:45.559><c> ask,</c><00:35:46.119><c> why</c><00:35:46.280><c> do</c><00:35:46.420><c> we</c><00:35:46.519><c> make</c><00:35:46.679><c> that</c><00:35:46.880><c> conclusion?</c>

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:53.840
The<00:35:49.460><c> answer</c><00:35:49.800><c> is,</c><00:35:51.019><c> because</c><00:35:51.519><c> of</c><00:35:51.760><c> the</c><00:35:52.000><c> words</c><00:35:52.699><c> that</c><00:35:53.179><c> Nathaniel</c>

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.960
has<00:35:54.179><c> answered.</c>

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:59.780
We<00:35:56.860><c> turn</c><00:35:57.079><c> to</c><00:35:57.239><c> Psalm</c><00:35:57.539><c> 2</c><00:35:58.000><c> and</c><00:35:58.219><c> in</c><00:35:58.400><c> verse</c><00:35:58.639><c> 6</c><00:35:58.900><c> and</c><00:35:59.139><c> 7,</c><00:35:59.320><c> this</c><00:35:59.500><c> is</c><00:35:59.639><c> what</c>

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:00.519
we<00:36:00.039><c> read,</c>

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:02.539
God<00:36:01.500><c> says,</c>

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:19.179
Two<00:36:18.099><c> verses</c><00:36:18.500><c> of</c><00:36:18.760><c> Scripture,</c>

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:23.039
and<00:36:19.699><c> Nathaniel</c><00:36:20.199><c> uses</c><00:36:20.559><c> the</c><00:36:20.940><c> identical</c><00:36:21.739><c> expressions.</c>

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:26.760
Psalm<00:36:24.980><c> 2</c><00:36:25.519><c> says,</c>

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:33.320
and<00:36:31.920><c> Nathaniel</c><00:36:32.480><c> says,</c>

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:44.659
And<00:36:41.739><c> isn't</c><00:36:42.420><c> it</c><00:36:42.639><c> wonderful</c><00:36:42.940><c> that</c><00:36:43.320><c> Psalm</c><00:36:43.599><c> 2</c>

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:49.260
provides<00:36:45.099><c> a</c><00:36:45.300><c> beautiful</c><00:36:45.840><c> summary</c><00:36:46.360><c> to</c><00:36:47.059><c> the</c><00:36:47.440><c> hope</c><00:36:47.699><c> of</c><00:36:48.099><c> Israel.</c>

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:51.179
The<00:36:49.639><c> coming</c><00:36:49.980><c> of</c><00:36:50.179><c> the</c><00:36:50.380><c> just</c><00:36:50.699><c> one,</c>

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:53.920
the<00:36:51.940><c> subjugation</c><00:36:52.619><c> of</c><00:36:52.780><c> the</c><00:36:52.920><c> nations,</c>

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:57.239
the<00:36:54.699><c> King</c><00:36:55.099><c> promised,</c><00:36:55.780><c> seated</c><00:36:56.260><c> upon</c><00:36:56.579><c> his</c><00:36:56.900><c> throne</c>

00:36:57.239 --> 00:37:00.179
in<00:36:57.579><c> the</c><00:36:57.820><c> glory</c><00:36:58.099><c> of</c><00:36:58.420><c> Mount</c><00:36:58.739><c> Zion</c><00:36:59.099><c> of</c><00:36:59.260><c> the</c><00:36:59.420><c> age</c><00:36:59.659><c> to</c><00:36:59.860><c> come,</c>

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:02.679
and<00:37:00.820><c> there</c><00:37:00.920><c> is</c><00:37:01.119><c> the</c><00:37:01.239><c> hope</c><00:37:01.400><c> of</c><00:37:01.659><c> Israel.</c>

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:06.679
And<00:37:03.800><c> there</c><00:37:04.440><c> was</c><00:37:04.980><c> Nathaniel's</c><00:37:05.760><c> mind.</c>

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:09.880
The<00:37:08.000><c> Lord</c><00:37:08.199><c> hadn't</c><00:37:08.500><c> been</c><00:37:08.760><c> wrong.</c>

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:13.329
He<00:37:10.579><c> was</c><00:37:10.880><c> indeed</c><00:37:11.719><c> a</c><00:37:12.300><c> true</c><00:37:12.480><c> Israelite,</c>

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:19.300
whose<00:37:14.179><c> mind</c><00:37:14.579><c> was</c><00:37:15.079><c> God</c><00:37:15.519><c>-centered</c><00:37:15.880><c> and</c><00:37:16.960><c> not</c><00:37:17.880><c> self</c><00:37:18.300><c>-centered.</c>

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:22.480
And<00:37:20.659><c> so</c><00:37:20.800><c> in</c><00:37:20.980><c> these</c><00:37:21.179><c> verses,</c>

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:28.280
we<00:37:22.699><c> find</c><00:37:23.039><c> that</c><00:37:23.239><c> there</c><00:37:23.400><c> was</c><00:37:23.639><c> a</c><00:37:23.860><c> feeling</c><00:37:24.159><c> of</c><00:37:25.099><c> wonderful</c><00:37:25.860><c> mutual</c><00:37:26.860><c> compatibility</c>

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:30.739
between<00:37:29.059><c> the</c><00:37:29.320><c> Lord</c><00:37:29.719><c> and</c><00:37:30.039><c> Nathaniel.</c>

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:33.079
They<00:37:31.519><c> were</c><00:37:31.780><c> attracted</c><00:37:32.260><c> to</c><00:37:32.480><c> one</c><00:37:32.619><c> another</c>

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:36.659
because<00:37:34.059><c> of</c><00:37:34.239><c> a</c><00:37:34.420><c> mutual</c><00:37:34.860><c> reverence</c><00:37:35.280><c> for</c><00:37:35.519><c> divine</c><00:37:35.860><c> truth</c><00:37:36.340><c> and</c>

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:38.440
for<00:37:36.860><c> divine</c><00:37:37.199><c> things.</c>

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:42.280
And<00:37:39.400><c> so</c><00:37:39.500><c> it</c><00:37:39.619><c> has</c><00:37:39.800><c> got</c><00:37:39.980><c> to</c><00:37:40.239><c> be</c><00:37:40.519><c> between</c><00:37:40.980><c> the</c><00:37:41.179><c> Lord</c><00:37:41.380><c> Jesus</c><00:37:41.820><c> Christ</c>

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:43.420
and<00:37:42.659><c> ourselves.</c>

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:48.539
Didn't<00:37:45.199><c> we</c><00:37:45.539><c> see</c><00:37:45.760><c> in</c><00:37:45.940><c> our</c><00:37:46.139><c> daily</c><00:37:46.400><c> readings,</c><00:37:47.000><c> in</c><00:37:47.059><c> our</c><00:37:47.280><c> exhortation</c><00:37:47.900><c> last</c><00:37:48.280><c> night,</c>

00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:51.280
that<00:37:48.900><c> the</c><00:37:49.099><c> Lord</c><00:37:49.280><c> is</c><00:37:49.460><c> going</c><00:37:49.599><c> to</c><00:37:49.780><c> say</c><00:37:49.920><c> to</c><00:37:50.119><c> some</c><00:37:50.320><c> at</c><00:37:50.460><c> the</c><00:37:50.639><c> judgment</c><00:37:50.960><c> seat,</c>

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:54.400
Depart<00:37:52.059><c> from</c><00:37:52.380><c> me,</c><00:37:52.619><c> I</c><00:37:52.860><c> never</c><00:37:53.119><c> knew</c><00:37:53.380><c> you.</c>

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:57.619
And<00:37:55.300><c> we</c><00:37:55.500><c> mention</c><00:37:55.820><c> that</c><00:37:56.039><c> the</c><00:37:56.159><c> word</c><00:37:56.619><c> knew</c><00:37:57.059><c> there</c>

00:37:57.619 --> 00:38:00.260
is<00:37:58.179><c> taken</c><00:37:58.500><c> from</c><00:37:58.719><c> the</c><00:37:58.880><c> Greek</c><00:37:59.039><c> word</c><00:37:59.380><c> ginosko,</c>

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:04.019
and<00:38:00.699><c> it</c><00:38:00.940><c> means</c><00:38:01.219><c> the</c><00:38:01.400><c> most</c><00:38:01.940><c> intimate</c><00:38:02.420><c> form</c><00:38:02.780><c> of</c><00:38:03.039><c> knowledge,</c>

00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:06.239
a<00:38:04.679><c> personal</c><00:38:05.179><c> thing.</c>

00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:10.880
And<00:38:07.880><c> so</c><00:38:08.059><c> those</c><00:38:08.360><c> who</c><00:38:08.780><c> find</c><00:38:09.059><c> this</c><00:38:09.500><c> closeness</c><00:38:10.019><c> and</c><00:38:10.400><c> oneness</c>

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:14.679
and<00:38:12.099><c> compatibility</c><00:38:12.920><c> with</c><00:38:13.519><c> the</c><00:38:13.900><c> Son</c><00:38:14.099><c> of</c><00:38:14.360><c> God,</c>

00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:16.679
who<00:38:14.900><c> is</c><00:38:15.099><c> the</c><00:38:15.320><c> King</c><00:38:15.500><c> of</c><00:38:15.639><c> Israel,</c>

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:18.400
it<00:38:17.039><c> will</c><00:38:17.179><c> be</c><00:38:17.420><c> mutual.</c>

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:20.619
It<00:38:19.199><c> will</c><00:38:19.280><c> be</c><00:38:19.480><c> a</c><00:38:19.679><c> mutual</c><00:38:20.099><c> thing.</c>

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:25.320
So<00:38:21.719><c> we've</c><00:38:22.059><c> got</c><00:38:22.159><c> to</c><00:38:22.420><c> learn</c><00:38:22.599><c> that</c><00:38:23.099><c> we</c><00:38:23.480><c> all</c><00:38:23.940><c> may</c><00:38:24.280><c> be</c><00:38:24.900><c> one,</c>

00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:30.139
as<00:38:25.920><c> the</c><00:38:26.099><c> Lord</c><00:38:26.300><c> said</c><00:38:26.539><c> in</c><00:38:26.719><c> John</c><00:38:27.019><c> 17</c><00:38:27.780><c> and</c><00:38:28.139><c> at</c><00:38:28.400><c> verse</c><00:38:28.960><c> 21.</c>

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:33.300
You<00:38:31.199><c> know,</c><00:38:31.340><c> as</c><00:38:31.500><c> you</c><00:38:31.599><c> look</c><00:38:31.739><c> at</c><00:38:31.880><c> these</c><00:38:32.079><c> words</c><00:38:32.360><c> before</c><00:38:32.760><c> you</c><00:38:33.000><c> hear</c>

00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:34.739
in<00:38:33.619><c> John</c><00:38:33.860><c> chapter</c><00:38:34.179><c> 1,</c>

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:39.380
we<00:38:35.239><c> can't</c><00:38:35.559><c> help</c><00:38:35.760><c> but</c><00:38:35.980><c> notice</c><00:38:36.300><c> how</c><00:38:36.860><c> quickly</c><00:38:37.340><c> the</c><00:38:37.559><c> Lord</c><00:38:38.159><c> was</c>

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:42.119
in<00:38:40.059><c> His</c><00:38:40.500><c> willingness</c><00:38:40.900><c> to</c><00:38:41.159><c> acknowledge</c>

00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:46.260
the<00:38:42.920><c> true</c><00:38:43.159><c> character</c><00:38:43.820><c> and</c><00:38:44.159><c> disposition</c><00:38:44.739><c> of</c><00:38:45.199><c> Nathaniel.</c>

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:49.000
You<00:38:46.960><c> notice</c><00:38:47.179><c> how</c><00:38:47.380><c> He</c><00:38:47.579><c> says</c><00:38:47.860><c> there,</c>

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:52.000
Behold<00:38:50.000><c> a</c><00:38:50.599><c> true</c><00:38:51.039><c> Israelite.</c>

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:56.139
And<00:38:53.559><c> the</c><00:38:53.679><c> word</c><00:38:53.900><c> means</c><00:38:54.199><c> far</c><00:38:54.500><c> more</c><00:38:54.739><c> than</c><00:38:54.900><c> simply</c><00:38:55.239><c> just</c><00:38:55.719><c> see,</c>

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:58.639
there<00:38:56.599><c> is</c><00:38:56.760><c> a</c><00:38:56.860><c> fellow</c><00:38:57.019><c> who</c><00:38:57.159><c> is</c><00:38:57.260><c> a</c><00:38:57.360><c> true</c><00:38:57.500><c> Israelite.</c>

00:38:58.940 --> 00:39:00.400
Because<00:38:59.260><c> in</c><00:38:59.539><c> the</c><00:38:59.659><c> Greek</c><00:38:59.860><c> text,</c>

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:04.880
that<00:39:00.980><c> word</c><00:39:01.340><c> behold</c><00:39:02.000><c> is</c><00:39:02.659><c> in</c><00:39:02.920><c> the</c><00:39:03.159><c> imperative</c><00:39:03.840><c> tense.</c>

00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:09.179
And<00:39:06.440><c> it</c><00:39:06.599><c> always</c><00:39:06.900><c> denotes</c><00:39:07.719><c> a</c><00:39:08.260><c> note</c><00:39:08.400><c> of</c><00:39:08.719><c> urgency.</c>

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:11.639
It's<00:39:09.820><c> like</c><00:39:09.980><c> saying,</c><00:39:10.659><c> look,</c>

00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:14.699
something<00:39:12.599><c> that</c><00:39:12.800><c> needs</c><00:39:12.940><c> to</c><00:39:13.119><c> be</c><00:39:13.360><c> seen</c><00:39:13.559><c> and</c><00:39:13.900><c> mustn't</c><00:39:14.099><c> be</c><00:39:14.360><c> missed,</c>

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:16.480
no<00:39:15.119><c> matter</c><00:39:15.280><c> what</c><00:39:15.460><c> the</c><00:39:15.699><c> cost.</c>

00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:19.559
You<00:39:17.280><c> see</c><00:39:17.519><c> a</c><00:39:17.739><c> tree</c><00:39:17.920><c> catch</c><00:39:18.219><c> fire,</c><00:39:18.619><c> look!</c>

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:24.119
And<00:39:20.559><c> your</c><00:39:20.760><c> voice</c><00:39:21.320><c> conveys</c><00:39:22.260><c> the</c><00:39:22.699><c> imperative</c><00:39:23.079><c> tense.</c>

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:27.860
And<00:39:25.380><c> that's</c><00:39:25.579><c> how</c><00:39:25.840><c> it</c><00:39:25.960><c> was</c><00:39:26.340><c> with</c><00:39:26.739><c> the</c><00:39:26.920><c> Lord</c><00:39:27.119><c> and</c><00:39:27.300><c> Nathaniel.</c>

00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:31.539
And<00:39:28.519><c> you</c><00:39:28.639><c> can</c><00:39:28.940><c> almost</c><00:39:29.400><c> feel</c><00:39:29.820><c> a</c><00:39:29.980><c> note</c><00:39:30.159><c> of</c><00:39:30.539><c> joy</c>

00:39:31.699 --> 00:39:33.900
in<00:39:32.260><c> the</c><00:39:32.420><c> Lord's</c><00:39:32.780><c> voice.</c>

00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:36.960
As<00:39:34.400><c> imperatively</c><00:39:35.139><c> He</c><00:39:35.440><c> called</c><00:39:35.719><c> upon</c><00:39:36.019><c> the</c><00:39:36.239><c> others</c><00:39:36.420><c> to</c><00:39:36.699><c> say,</c>

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:39.800
look,<00:39:37.800><c> this</c><00:39:38.039><c> is</c><00:39:38.199><c> really</c><00:39:38.639><c> someone</c><00:39:39.019><c> to</c><00:39:39.360><c> see,</c>

00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:42.860
here<00:39:40.360><c> is</c><00:39:40.559><c> a</c><00:39:40.699><c> man</c><00:39:40.860><c> who</c><00:39:41.000><c> is</c><00:39:41.260><c> a</c><00:39:41.519><c> true</c><00:39:41.719><c> Israelite.</c>

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:48.380
And<00:39:45.079><c> it's</c><00:39:45.380><c> a</c><00:39:45.500><c> word</c><00:39:45.659><c> that</c><00:39:45.960><c> occurs</c><00:39:47.139><c> prominently</c><00:39:47.820><c> in</c><00:39:47.960><c> the</c><00:39:48.059><c> Gospel</c>

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:49.500
of<00:39:48.579><c> John.</c>

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:52.059
It's<00:39:50.280><c> a</c><00:39:50.380><c> key</c><00:39:50.599><c> word</c><00:39:50.880><c> in</c><00:39:51.059><c> John.</c>

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:56.320
It's<00:39:52.559><c> rather</c><00:39:52.800><c> interesting</c><00:39:53.219><c> that</c><00:39:53.480><c> it</c><00:39:53.639><c> occurs</c><00:39:53.980><c> only</c><00:39:54.559><c> four</c><00:39:54.880><c> times</c><00:39:55.179><c> in</c><00:39:55.320><c> Matthew,</c>

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:59.000
it<00:39:56.860><c> occurs</c><00:39:57.199><c> six</c><00:39:57.539><c> times</c><00:39:57.920><c> in</c><00:39:58.159><c> Mark,</c>

00:39:59.539 --> 00:40:01.960
it<00:39:59.780><c> occurs</c><00:40:00.179><c> not</c><00:40:00.460><c> at</c><00:40:00.639><c> all</c><00:40:00.780><c> in</c><00:40:00.980><c> Luke,</c>

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:06.059
but<00:40:02.280><c> it</c><00:40:02.559><c> occurs</c><00:40:03.019><c> 14</c><00:40:03.739><c> times</c><00:40:04.380><c> in</c><00:40:04.519><c> the</c><00:40:04.639><c> Gospel</c><00:40:04.940><c> of</c><00:40:05.159><c> John.</c>

00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:08.039
Very<00:40:06.659><c> remarkable</c><00:40:07.199><c> way.</c>

00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:10.039
And<00:40:08.940><c> so</c><00:40:09.119><c> here</c><00:40:09.300><c> was</c><00:40:09.480><c> a</c><00:40:09.679><c> man</c>

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:12.780
whom<00:40:10.320><c> the</c><00:40:10.579><c> Lord</c><00:40:10.800><c> was</c><00:40:11.139><c> urging</c><00:40:11.559><c> others</c><00:40:12.039><c> to</c><00:40:12.280><c> look</c><00:40:12.440><c> upon</c>

00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:15.280
and<00:40:13.300><c> to</c><00:40:13.460><c> acknowledge</c><00:40:13.940><c> him,</c><00:40:14.400><c> as</c><00:40:14.599><c> did</c><00:40:14.860><c> the</c><00:40:14.980><c> Lord,</c>

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a<00:40:15.920><c> true</c><00:40:16.639><c> Israelite.</c>

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:21.340
And<00:40:18.320><c> there</c><00:40:18.539><c> he</c><00:40:18.699><c> was,</c><00:40:19.320><c> and</c><00:40:19.599><c> there</c><00:40:19.840><c> was</c><00:40:20.039><c> his</c><00:40:20.300><c> character.</c>

00:40:21.420 --> 00:40:22.900
What<00:40:21.639><c> a</c><00:40:21.840><c> remarkable</c><00:40:22.440><c> man.</c>

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:26.739
And<00:40:23.559><c> what</c><00:40:23.780><c> a</c><00:40:24.179><c> very,</c><00:40:24.619><c> very</c><00:40:25.440><c> wonderful</c><00:40:26.139><c> man</c>

00:40:26.739 --> 00:40:29.019
to<00:40:27.239><c> behold</c><00:40:27.599><c> in</c><00:40:27.800><c> the</c><00:40:28.000><c> truth.</c>

00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:32.340
A<00:40:30.059><c> man</c><00:40:30.400><c> whose</c><00:40:30.719><c> mind</c><00:40:31.039><c> was</c><00:40:31.360><c> God</c><00:40:31.639><c> sent.</c>

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:33.920
I'm<00:40:32.679><c> not</c><00:40:32.900><c> self</c><00:40:33.219><c>-sent.</c>

00:40:34.360 --> 00:40:36.760
A<00:40:34.699><c> man</c><00:40:34.980><c> whose</c><00:40:35.340><c> being</c><00:40:35.679><c> was</c><00:40:36.079><c> directed</c>

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:39.940
toward<00:40:37.699><c> awaiting</c><00:40:38.340><c> and</c><00:40:39.000><c> finding</c>

00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:41.239
for<00:40:40.099><c> the</c><00:40:40.179><c> Messiah.</c>

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:45.219
We<00:40:43.280><c> weren't</c><00:40:43.519><c> there</c><00:40:43.900><c> to</c><00:40:44.019><c> look</c><00:40:44.239><c> for</c><00:40:44.400><c> Him</c><00:40:44.539><c> in</c><00:40:44.559><c> His</c><00:40:44.739><c> first</c><00:40:45.019><c> coming,</c>

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:47.739
but<00:40:45.679><c> we're</c><00:40:46.039><c> here</c><00:40:46.360><c> right</c><00:40:46.679><c> now</c>

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:50.739
and<00:40:48.400><c> we're</c><00:40:48.739><c> waiting</c><00:40:49.099><c> for</c><00:40:49.340><c> the</c><00:40:49.559><c> second</c><00:40:49.800><c> coming,</c>

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:52.920
we're<00:40:51.559><c> waiting</c><00:40:51.900><c> for</c><00:40:52.139><c> Him</c><00:40:52.280><c> to</c><00:40:52.440><c> appear.</c>

00:40:53.280 --> 00:40:55.079
We<00:40:53.360><c> know</c><00:40:53.539><c> it</c><00:40:53.619><c> won't</c><00:40:53.780><c> be</c><00:40:54.039><c> from</c><00:40:54.239><c> Nazareth</c><00:40:54.539><c> this</c><00:40:54.840><c> time,</c>

00:40:55.239 --> 00:40:57.719
it<00:40:55.380><c> will</c><00:40:55.559><c> be</c><00:40:55.719><c> from</c><00:40:55.880><c> the</c><00:40:56.119><c> right</c><00:40:56.360><c> hand</c><00:40:56.519><c> of</c><00:40:56.679><c> the</c><00:40:56.840><c> Father.</c>

00:40:58.300 --> 00:40:59.980
But<00:40:58.480><c> He's</c><00:40:58.920><c> going</c><00:40:59.239><c> to</c><00:40:59.599><c> come.</c>

00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:02.239
There's<00:41:00.699><c> no</c><00:41:01.039><c> question</c><00:41:01.500><c> about</c><00:41:01.800><c> that.</c>

00:41:02.420 --> 00:41:04.519
It's<00:41:02.820><c> only</c><00:41:03.079><c> a</c><00:41:03.239><c> matter</c><00:41:03.400><c> of</c><00:41:03.699><c> time.</c>

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:06.699
And<00:41:04.760><c> you</c><00:41:04.840><c> know,</c><00:41:05.360><c> brethren</c><00:41:05.360><c> and</c><00:41:05.639><c> sisters,</c><00:41:05.920><c> as</c><00:41:06.000><c> we</c><00:41:06.159><c> said</c><00:41:06.300><c> earlier,</c>

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:10.059
time<00:41:07.340><c> is</c><00:41:07.519><c> the</c><00:41:07.739><c> least</c><00:41:08.079><c> important</c><00:41:08.559><c> element</c><00:41:08.840><c> for</c><00:41:09.059><c> us.</c>

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:14.539
The<00:41:10.739><c> most</c><00:41:11.039><c> important</c><00:41:11.619><c> element</c><00:41:11.960><c> is</c><00:41:12.820><c> to</c><00:41:13.179><c> be</c><00:41:13.300><c> like</c><00:41:13.559><c> Nathanael.</c>

00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:16.340
To<00:41:15.239><c> be</c><00:41:15.480><c> ready.</c>

00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:19.480
To<00:41:18.280><c> be</c><00:41:18.460><c> ready.</c>

00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:24.539
If<00:41:22.559><c> the</c><00:41:22.719><c> Lord</c><00:41:22.900><c> were</c><00:41:23.019><c> to</c><00:41:23.139><c> come</c><00:41:23.320><c> right</c><00:41:23.639><c> now,</c>

00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:27.699
what<00:41:25.420><c> would</c><00:41:25.539><c> we</c><00:41:25.719><c> say?</c><00:41:26.440><c> Would</c><00:41:26.559><c> we</c><00:41:26.679><c> be</c><00:41:26.860><c> ready?</c>

00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:32.000
That's<00:41:29.500><c> something</c><00:41:29.760><c> we've</c><00:41:29.980><c> got</c><00:41:30.039><c> to</c><00:41:30.119><c> ask</c><00:41:30.380><c> ourselves</c><00:41:30.840><c> every</c><00:41:31.159><c> day.</c>

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:34.559
We<00:41:32.760><c> can't</c><00:41:33.059><c> give</c><00:41:33.199><c> up</c><00:41:33.320><c> on</c><00:41:33.500><c> that</c><00:41:33.639><c> question.</c>

00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:37.079
Because<00:41:35.579><c> if</c><00:41:35.760><c> we</c><00:41:35.960><c> give</c><00:41:36.079><c> up</c><00:41:36.260><c> on</c><00:41:36.360><c> that</c><00:41:36.559><c> question,</c>

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:40.420
it<00:41:37.820><c> means</c><00:41:38.099><c> our</c><00:41:38.400><c> minds</c><00:41:38.699><c> are</c><00:41:38.920><c> just</c><00:41:39.119><c> not</c><00:41:39.420><c> centered</c><00:41:39.639><c> upon</c><00:41:39.940><c> the</c><00:41:40.099><c> coming</c><00:41:40.239><c> of</c>

00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:41.539
the<00:41:40.519><c> Lord.</c>

00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:44.940
And<00:41:42.179><c> it</c><00:41:42.300><c> means</c><00:41:42.519><c> that</c><00:41:42.719><c> He</c><00:41:42.760><c> will</c><00:41:43.000><c> come</c><00:41:43.300><c> at</c><00:41:43.420><c> an</c><00:41:43.699><c> hour</c><00:41:43.920><c> when</c><00:41:44.119><c> we</c><00:41:44.400><c> think</c><00:41:44.639><c> not</c>

00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:47.679
and<00:41:45.380><c> we</c><00:41:45.639><c> will</c><00:41:46.019><c> not</c><00:41:46.300><c> be</c><00:41:46.679><c> ready.</c>

00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:50.440
What<00:41:49.380><c> a</c><00:41:49.599><c> tragedy.</c>

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:53.739
The<00:41:51.480><c> Jewish</c><00:41:51.760><c> nation</c><00:41:52.119><c> at</c><00:41:52.340><c> large</c><00:41:52.579><c> wasn't</c><00:41:52.900><c> ready.</c>

00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:57.219
When<00:41:54.739><c> we</c><00:41:55.039><c> think</c><00:41:55.239><c> of</c><00:41:55.400><c> the</c><00:41:55.579><c> work</c><00:41:55.840><c> of</c><00:41:56.039><c> the</c><00:41:56.139><c> Lord</c><00:41:56.300><c> Jesus</c><00:41:56.699><c> Christ</c>

00:41:57.219 --> 00:42:00.679
and<00:41:57.619><c> the</c><00:41:57.800><c> numbers</c><00:41:58.219><c> whom</c><00:41:58.619><c> He</c><00:41:58.880><c> enlightened</c><00:41:59.260><c> with</c><00:41:59.480><c> the</c><00:41:59.699><c> truth,</c>

00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:02.880
and<00:42:00.880><c> then</c><00:42:01.039><c> the</c><00:42:01.239><c> apostles</c><00:42:01.639><c> who</c><00:42:01.960><c> followed</c><00:42:02.199><c> after</c><00:42:02.619><c> Him,</c>

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:04.900
and<00:42:03.119><c> the</c><00:42:03.340><c> disciples</c><00:42:03.760><c> that</c><00:42:03.980><c> went</c><00:42:04.079><c> on</c><00:42:04.300><c> from</c><00:42:04.519><c> there,</c>

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:09.579
when<00:42:05.920><c> you</c><00:42:06.219><c> consider</c><00:42:06.920><c> the</c><00:42:07.400><c> teeming</c><00:42:07.880><c> tens</c><00:42:08.219><c> of</c><00:42:08.719><c> thousands</c>

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:13.280
before<00:42:10.800><c> whom</c><00:42:11.039><c> the</c><00:42:11.300><c> truth</c><00:42:11.460><c> would</c><00:42:11.639><c> have</c><00:42:11.800><c> been</c><00:42:12.119><c> sent,</c>

00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:18.280
consider<00:42:14.559><c> the</c><00:42:14.719><c> limited</c><00:42:15.039><c> number</c><00:42:15.619><c> who</c><00:42:16.519><c> responded</c><00:42:17.159><c> in</c><00:42:18.039><c> spirit</c>

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:19.639
and<00:42:18.559><c> in</c><00:42:18.780><c> truth.</c>

00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:24.159
Consider<00:42:21.300><c> the</c><00:42:21.539><c> limited</c><00:42:21.920><c> number</c><00:42:22.539><c> back</c><00:42:23.059><c> in</c><00:42:23.320><c> those</c><00:42:23.619><c> days,</c>

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:28.699
in<00:42:24.659><c> those</c><00:42:25.000><c> far</c><00:42:25.400><c> off</c><00:42:25.619><c> times,</c><00:42:26.500><c> who</c><00:42:26.900><c> died,</c><00:42:27.699><c> who</c><00:42:27.980><c> fell</c><00:42:28.219><c> asleep,</c>

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:32.300
who<00:42:29.239><c> passed</c><00:42:29.639><c> in</c><00:42:29.840><c> the</c><00:42:30.039><c> article</c><00:42:30.300><c> of</c><00:42:30.539><c> death,</c><00:42:31.579><c> ready</c><00:42:31.960><c> for</c><00:42:32.159><c> the</c>

00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:33.860
Lord's<00:42:32.679><c> second</c><00:42:32.920><c> coming.</c>

00:42:34.679 --> 00:42:36.880
That's<00:42:35.199><c> a</c><00:42:35.340><c> true</c><00:42:35.480><c> Israelite.</c>

00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:39.159
And<00:42:37.300><c> that's</c><00:42:37.480><c> what</c><00:42:37.599><c> we've</c><00:42:37.820><c> got</c><00:42:37.900><c> to</c><00:42:38.079><c> try</c><00:42:38.260><c> to</c><00:42:38.440><c> be.</c>

00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:45.340
And<00:42:40.179><c> so</c><00:42:40.320><c> we</c><00:42:40.539><c> find</c><00:42:40.820><c> in</c><00:42:41.460><c> verse</c><00:42:41.940><c> 51,</c><00:42:43.159><c> the</c><00:42:43.380><c> final</c><00:42:43.699><c> verse</c><00:42:43.960><c> in</c><00:42:44.139><c> the</c><00:42:44.260><c> chapter.</c>

00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:49.500
He<00:42:46.500><c> says</c><00:42:46.940><c> to</c><00:42:47.219><c> Nathaniel</c><00:42:48.000><c> in</c><00:42:48.440><c> his</c><00:42:48.699><c> closing</c><00:42:49.039><c> words,</c>

00:42:49.719 --> 00:42:52.380
Verily,<00:42:50.000><c> verily,</c><00:42:50.820><c> I</c><00:42:51.039><c> say</c><00:42:51.300><c> unto</c><00:42:51.480><c> you,</c>

00:42:52.659 --> 00:42:55.000
Hereafter<00:42:53.219><c> ye</c><00:42:53.440><c> shall</c><00:42:53.619><c> see</c><00:42:54.000><c> heaven</c><00:42:54.239><c> open,</c>

00:42:55.260 --> 00:42:59.260
and<00:42:55.440><c> the</c><00:42:55.679><c> angels</c><00:42:56.099><c> of</c><00:42:56.340><c> God</c><00:42:56.699><c> ascending</c><00:42:57.300><c> and</c><00:42:57.559><c> descending</c><00:42:58.219><c> upon</c>

00:42:59.260 --> 00:43:00.699
the<00:42:59.519><c> Son</c><00:42:59.679><c> of</c><00:42:59.860><c> Man.</c>

00:43:00.920 --> 00:43:05.139
The<00:43:01.639><c> reference</c><00:43:02.039><c> there</c><00:43:02.300><c> to</c><00:43:02.480><c> Jacob</c><00:43:02.860><c> is</c><00:43:03.559><c> unmistakable.</c>

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:10.619
Let's<00:43:05.820><c> notice</c><00:43:06.119><c> first</c><00:43:06.440><c> of</c><00:43:06.619><c> all</c><00:43:07.400><c> the</c><00:43:07.800><c> term</c><00:43:08.480><c> verily,</c><00:43:09.480><c> verily.</c>

00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:14.440
That's<00:43:11.539><c> the</c><00:43:11.659><c> very</c><00:43:12.059><c> first</c><00:43:12.420><c> occurrence</c><00:43:12.960><c> of</c><00:43:13.280><c> that</c><00:43:13.539><c> phrase</c><00:43:14.000><c> from</c>

00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:16.199
the<00:43:14.579><c> lips</c><00:43:14.900><c> of</c><00:43:15.159><c> the</c><00:43:15.260><c> Lord.</c>

00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:22.159
And<00:43:16.579><c> you</c><00:43:16.739><c> know</c><00:43:17.219><c> always</c><00:43:17.980><c> in</c><00:43:18.239><c> John's</c><00:43:18.739><c> Gospel</c><00:43:19.039><c> it</c><00:43:19.320><c> is</c><00:43:19.900><c> verily,</c><00:43:21.159><c> verily,</c>

00:43:22.820 --> 00:43:25.179
but<00:43:22.960><c> never</c><00:43:23.300><c> once</c><00:43:23.599><c> in</c><00:43:23.760><c> any</c><00:43:23.880><c> of</c><00:43:24.039><c> the</c><00:43:24.059><c> other</c><00:43:24.320><c> Gospels.</c>

00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:28.360
It's<00:43:26.059><c> always</c><00:43:26.320><c> simply</c><00:43:27.019><c> verily.</c>

00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:32.539
And<00:43:29.519><c> you</c><00:43:29.679><c> know</c><00:43:29.840><c> how</c><00:43:30.000><c> many</c><00:43:30.260><c> times</c><00:43:30.539><c> it</c><00:43:30.699><c> occurs</c><00:43:31.039><c> in</c><00:43:31.219><c> John's</c><00:43:31.619><c> Gospel?</c>

00:43:33.280 --> 00:43:34.960
Twenty<00:43:33.820><c>-five</c><00:43:34.139><c> times.</c>

00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:39.139
Five<00:43:37.679><c> times</c><00:43:38.320><c> five.</c>

00:43:40.739 --> 00:43:43.559
And<00:43:40.940><c> you</c><00:43:41.059><c> know</c><00:43:41.360><c> that</c><00:43:42.019><c> five</c><00:43:42.360><c> is</c><00:43:42.519><c> the</c><00:43:42.599><c> number</c><00:43:42.780><c> in</c><00:43:42.940><c> the</c><00:43:43.059><c> Bible</c><00:43:43.280><c> to</c>

00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:45.619
represent<00:43:44.440><c> grace.</c>

00:43:47.340 --> 00:43:48.280
Grace.

00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:51.579
So<00:43:49.119><c> we've</c><00:43:49.420><c> got</c><00:43:49.619><c> grace</c><00:43:50.119><c> multiplied</c><00:43:50.820><c> by</c><00:43:51.179><c> grace.</c>

00:43:51.860 --> 00:43:53.539
And<00:43:52.039><c> what</c><00:43:52.159><c> does</c><00:43:52.280><c> the</c><00:43:52.380><c> word</c><00:43:52.659><c> verily</c><00:43:53.099><c> mean?</c>

00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:55.320
Well<00:43:54.179><c> it's</c><00:43:54.360><c> the</c><00:43:54.440><c> word</c><00:43:54.780><c> amen.</c>

00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:59.320
It's<00:43:56.260><c> really</c><00:43:56.440><c> a</c><00:43:56.719><c> Hebrew</c><00:43:57.039><c> word</c><00:43:57.500><c> which</c><00:43:57.840><c> became</c><00:43:58.440><c> transliterated</c>

00:43:59.320 --> 00:44:01.019
into<00:43:59.579><c> the</c><00:43:59.820><c> Greek</c><00:43:59.960><c> language.</c>

00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:03.380
It's<00:44:01.380><c> amen</c><00:44:01.559><c> in</c><00:44:01.800><c> Hebrew,</c><00:44:02.380><c> it's</c><00:44:02.579><c> amen</c><00:44:02.760><c> in</c><00:44:03.039><c> Greek.</c>

00:44:03.860 --> 00:44:05.460
And<00:44:04.059><c> now</c><00:44:04.280><c> it's</c><00:44:04.639><c> amen</c><00:44:04.880><c> in</c><00:44:05.099><c> English.</c>

00:44:05.900 --> 00:44:08.739
It's<00:44:06.139><c> just</c><00:44:06.260><c> been</c><00:44:06.579><c> transliterated</c><00:44:07.360><c> through</c><00:44:07.739><c> and</c><00:44:08.119><c> accepted</c><00:44:08.460><c> as</c>

00:44:08.739 --> 00:44:09.119
it<00:44:08.940><c> is.</c>

00:44:09.260 --> 00:44:10.659
And<00:44:09.400><c> what</c><00:44:09.579><c> does</c><00:44:09.659><c> it</c><00:44:09.880><c> mean?</c>

00:44:11.019 --> 00:44:14.679
It's<00:44:11.320><c> a</c><00:44:11.460><c> word</c><00:44:11.639><c> which</c><00:44:11.920><c> means</c><00:44:12.380><c> true</c><00:44:13.179><c> or</c><00:44:13.699><c> faithful.</c>

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:18.679
And<00:44:15.760><c> so</c><00:44:16.019><c> therefore</c><00:44:16.539><c> the</c><00:44:16.980><c> words</c><00:44:17.320><c> as</c><00:44:17.659><c> used</c><00:44:17.880><c> in</c><00:44:18.059><c> the</c><00:44:18.179><c> Gospel</c><00:44:18.500><c> of</c>

00:44:18.679 --> 00:44:19.559
John<00:44:18.960><c> indicate</c>

00:44:19.559 --> 00:44:26.280
that<00:44:20.260><c> through</c><00:44:20.699><c> the</c><00:44:20.960><c> one</c><00:44:21.340><c> who</c><00:44:21.639><c> is</c><00:44:21.980><c> true</c><00:44:22.440><c> and</c><00:44:22.940><c> faithful</c><00:44:23.400><c> we</c><00:44:24.239><c> shall</c><00:44:24.639><c> find</c><00:44:25.420><c> grace.</c>

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:30.280
And<00:44:27.940><c> what</c><00:44:28.039><c> does</c><00:44:28.320><c> Nathaniel's</c><00:44:29.039><c> name</c><00:44:29.280><c> mean?</c>

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:33.780
Again,<00:44:31.880><c> the</c><00:44:32.119><c> gift</c><00:44:32.500><c> of</c><00:44:32.820><c> God.</c>

00:44:34.280 --> 00:44:36.679
And<00:44:34.679><c> what</c><00:44:34.800><c> is</c><00:44:35.019><c> the</c><00:44:35.239><c> gift</c><00:44:35.440><c> of</c><00:44:35.780><c> God?</c>

00:44:36.940 --> 00:44:43.179
It<00:44:37.099><c> is</c><00:44:37.440><c> the</c><00:44:37.840><c> saving</c><00:44:38.260><c> grace</c><00:44:39.280><c> that</c><00:44:40.639><c> only</c><00:44:41.000><c> he</c><00:44:41.239><c> can</c><00:44:41.460><c> pour</c><00:44:41.679><c> out</c><00:44:41.860><c> upon</c><00:44:42.099><c> us.</c>

00:44:43.820 --> 00:44:45.860
Can<00:44:44.019><c> we</c><00:44:44.320><c> earn</c><00:44:44.679><c> salvation?</c>

00:44:46.340 --> 00:44:49.300
Can<00:44:46.539><c> we</c><00:44:46.920><c> buy</c><00:44:47.179><c> our</c><00:44:47.420><c> way</c><00:44:47.539><c> into</c><00:44:47.719><c> the</c><00:44:47.900><c> kingdom</c><00:44:48.119><c> of</c><00:44:48.400><c> God?</c>

00:44:50.019 --> 00:44:52.519
There's<00:44:50.579><c> no</c><00:44:50.840><c> way</c><00:44:51.059><c> we</c><00:44:51.179><c> can</c><00:44:51.340><c> do</c><00:44:51.559><c> that.</c>

00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:56.079
There<00:44:53.099><c> is</c><00:44:53.500><c> no</c><00:44:53.780><c> man</c><00:44:54.099><c> who</c><00:44:54.260><c> can</c><00:44:54.500><c> earn</c><00:44:54.780><c> salvation.</c>

00:44:56.480 --> 00:44:58.360
The<00:44:56.539><c> Judaizers</c><00:44:57.139><c> thought</c><00:44:57.420><c> they</c><00:44:57.599><c> could</c><00:44:57.800><c> do</c><00:44:57.920><c> it.</c>

00:44:58.579 --> 00:45:01.840
And<00:44:58.699><c> the</c><00:44:58.860><c> Apostle</c><00:44:59.260><c> Paul</c><00:44:59.440><c> had</c><00:44:59.619><c> to</c><00:44:59.860><c> fight</c><00:45:00.019><c> them</c><00:45:00.159><c> in</c><00:45:00.300><c> the</c><00:45:00.460><c> ecclesial</c><00:45:00.880><c> world.</c>

00:45:02.400 --> 00:45:05.500
The<00:45:02.599><c> Jews</c><00:45:02.860><c> were</c><00:45:03.059><c> their</c><00:45:03.239><c> religious</c><00:45:03.659><c> leaders</c><00:45:04.059><c> in</c><00:45:04.539><c> the</c><00:45:04.699><c> days</c><00:45:04.860><c> of</c><00:45:05.079><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:05.579 --> 00:45:08.440
Thought<00:45:05.960><c> that</c><00:45:06.159><c> upon</c><00:45:06.340><c> the</c><00:45:06.559><c> basis</c><00:45:06.860><c> of</c><00:45:07.300><c> law</c><00:45:07.599><c> they</c><00:45:07.860><c> could</c><00:45:08.139><c> gain</c>

00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:09.480
eternal<00:45:08.840><c> salvation.</c>

00:45:09.719 --> 00:45:11.099
They<00:45:09.960><c> were</c><00:45:10.239><c> wrong.</c>

00:45:11.280 --> 00:45:14.800
No<00:45:11.659><c> man</c><00:45:12.000><c> can</c><00:45:12.480><c> earn</c><00:45:13.480><c> eternal</c><00:45:14.159><c> salvation.</c>

00:45:15.039 --> 00:45:17.760
It's<00:45:15.460><c> something</c><00:45:15.860><c> that</c><00:45:16.059><c> can</c><00:45:16.380><c> come</c><00:45:16.679><c> only</c><00:45:17.059><c> from</c><00:45:17.340><c> God.</c>

00:45:17.760 --> 00:45:22.280
And<00:45:18.079><c> it's</c><00:45:18.539><c> a</c><00:45:18.820><c> gift,</c><00:45:20.440><c> like</c><00:45:20.659><c> the</c><00:45:20.780><c> name</c><00:45:21.019><c> Nathaniel.</c>

00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:24.500
It's<00:45:22.619><c> the</c><00:45:22.940><c> gift</c><00:45:23.239><c> of</c><00:45:23.519><c> God.</c>

00:45:24.880 --> 00:45:34.059
And<00:45:25.179><c> so</c><00:45:25.420><c> he</c><00:45:25.679><c> says,</c><00:45:27.739><c> verily,</c><00:45:28.539><c> verily,</c><00:45:30.099><c> I</c><00:45:30.440><c> tell</c><00:45:30.760><c> you</c><00:45:31.119><c> faithfully,</c><00:45:32.000><c> I</c><00:45:32.179><c> tell</c><00:45:32.500><c> you</c><00:45:32.880><c> truthfully,</c>

00:45:34.420 --> 00:45:38.800
I<00:45:34.619><c> am</c><00:45:34.860><c> the</c><00:45:35.159><c> faithful</c><00:45:35.579><c> one,</c><00:45:36.139><c> I</c><00:45:36.420><c> am</c><00:45:36.619><c> the</c><00:45:36.940><c> true</c><00:45:37.219><c> one,</c><00:45:37.679><c> I</c><00:45:37.800><c> am</c><00:45:38.000><c> the</c><00:45:38.340><c> amen.</c>

00:45:39.019 --> 00:45:44.800
And<00:45:39.280><c> because</c><00:45:39.780><c> of</c><00:45:39.960><c> that,</c><00:45:40.420><c> Nathaniel,</c><00:45:41.699><c> ye</c><00:45:42.000><c> shall</c><00:45:42.500><c> see</c><00:45:43.639><c> heaven</c><00:45:44.480><c> open.</c>

00:45:44.800 --> 00:45:46.039
Open.

00:45:47.219 --> 00:45:51.199
And<00:45:47.360><c> the</c><00:45:47.559><c> implication</c><00:45:48.159><c> there</c><00:45:48.519><c> is</c><00:45:49.260><c> that</c><00:45:49.880><c> heaven</c><00:45:50.059><c> at</c><00:45:50.300><c> that</c><00:45:50.519><c> time</c>

00:45:51.199 --> 00:45:53.400
was<00:45:51.960><c> not</c><00:45:52.440><c> open.</c>

00:45:54.659 --> 00:45:59.000
We<00:45:54.900><c> know</c><00:45:55.119><c> that</c><00:45:55.320><c> because</c><00:45:55.699><c> of</c><00:45:56.139><c> sin,</c><00:45:57.780><c> man</c><00:45:58.139><c> had</c><00:45:58.380><c> been</c><00:45:58.579><c> cut</c><00:45:58.820><c> off</c>

00:45:59.000 --> 00:45:59.739
from<00:45:59.239><c> God.</c>

00:46:00.099 --> 00:46:04.820
And<00:46:00.239><c> there</c><00:46:00.420><c> therefore</c><00:46:00.840><c> existed</c><00:46:01.440><c> in</c><00:46:01.760><c> that</c><00:46:02.079><c> sense</c><00:46:02.340><c> a</c><00:46:02.800><c> gulf</c><00:46:03.260><c> between</c><00:46:03.780><c> heaven</c><00:46:04.199><c> and</c><00:46:04.480><c> earth.</c>

00:46:05.280 --> 00:46:08.099
You<00:46:05.380><c> know</c><00:46:05.440><c> what</c><00:46:05.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:46:06.059><c> says</c><00:46:06.320><c> about</c><00:46:06.579><c> that</c><00:46:06.900><c> in</c><00:46:07.179><c> chapter</c><00:46:07.460><c> 59</c>

00:46:08.099 --> 00:46:09.199
and<00:46:08.300><c> verse</c><00:46:08.480><c> 16.</c>

00:46:09.659 --> 00:46:12.360
That<00:46:09.880><c> the</c><00:46:10.059><c> Lord</c><00:46:10.239><c> looked</c><00:46:10.639><c> and</c><00:46:10.960><c> he</c><00:46:11.179><c> saw</c><00:46:11.320><c> that</c><00:46:11.480><c> there</c><00:46:11.619><c> was</c><00:46:11.800><c> no</c><00:46:12.059><c> man.</c>

00:46:12.360 --> 00:46:14.820
And<00:46:12.579><c> so</c><00:46:12.800><c> he</c><00:46:12.920><c> revealed</c><00:46:13.300><c> his</c><00:46:13.539><c> own</c><00:46:13.900><c> arm.</c>

00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:17.280
What<00:46:15.679><c> an</c><00:46:15.920><c> incredible</c><00:46:16.320><c> thing.</c>

00:46:17.300 --> 00:46:20.039
And<00:46:17.480><c> so</c><00:46:17.820><c> the</c><00:46:18.119><c> Lord</c><00:46:18.360><c> is</c><00:46:18.539><c> really</c><00:46:18.820><c> trying</c><00:46:19.059><c> to</c><00:46:19.260><c> show</c><00:46:19.420><c> Nathaniel,</c>

00:46:20.199 --> 00:46:22.739
and<00:46:20.380><c> all</c><00:46:20.559><c> those</c><00:46:20.760><c> who</c><00:46:20.900><c> would</c><00:46:21.079><c> be</c><00:46:21.260><c> like</c><00:46:21.480><c> Nathaniel,</c>

00:46:22.840 --> 00:46:26.679
that<00:46:23.019><c> through</c><00:46:23.420><c> the</c><00:46:23.679><c> perfect</c><00:46:24.119><c> sacrifice</c><00:46:24.940><c> of</c><00:46:25.699><c> the</c><00:46:25.960><c> Son</c><00:46:26.139><c> of</c><00:46:26.380><c> God,</c>

00:46:26.880 --> 00:46:28.280
the<00:46:26.980><c> King</c><00:46:27.139><c> of</c><00:46:27.239><c> Israel,</c>

00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:33.000
the<00:46:29.300><c> way</c><00:46:29.719><c> that</c><00:46:29.920><c> had</c><00:46:30.079><c> been</c><00:46:30.320><c> blocked</c><00:46:30.619><c> off</c><00:46:31.019><c> the</c><00:46:31.280><c> man</c><00:46:31.699><c> would</c><00:46:32.039><c> be</c><00:46:32.440><c> opened.</c>

00:46:33.360 --> 00:46:37.500
And<00:46:33.599><c> it</c><00:46:33.699><c> would</c><00:46:33.920><c> become</c><00:46:34.239><c> restored</c><00:46:35.260><c> by</c><00:46:36.340><c> the</c><00:46:36.699><c> Son</c><00:46:36.900><c> of</c><00:46:37.159><c> God.</c>

00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:41.159
And<00:46:38.219><c> remember</c><00:46:38.659><c> that</c><00:46:38.900><c> when</c><00:46:39.260><c> Jacob</c><00:46:39.619><c> had</c><00:46:39.960><c> that</c><00:46:40.260><c> vision,</c>

00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:46.139
Jacob<00:46:42.119><c> had</c><00:46:42.380><c> that</c><00:46:42.699><c> vision</c><00:46:43.000><c> at</c><00:46:43.260><c> a</c><00:46:43.539><c> place</c><00:46:43.820><c> called</c><00:46:44.880><c> Bethel,</c>

00:46:46.380 --> 00:46:49.760
which<00:46:46.699><c> means</c><00:46:47.239><c> the</c><00:46:48.079><c> house</c><00:46:48.420><c> of</c><00:46:48.699><c> God.</c>

00:46:50.619 --> 00:46:56.760
And<00:46:50.800><c> now</c><00:46:51.079><c> here</c><00:46:51.280><c> was</c><00:46:51.519><c> the</c><00:46:51.820><c> Son</c><00:46:52.079><c> of</c><00:46:52.340><c> God</c><00:46:52.880><c> about</c><00:46:53.679><c> to</c><00:46:54.280><c> build</c><00:46:54.840><c> the</c><00:46:55.579><c> house</c><00:46:56.059><c> of</c><00:46:56.500><c> God.</c>

00:46:56.920 --> 00:46:59.280
He<00:46:57.099><c> was</c><00:46:57.420><c> about</c><00:46:57.760><c> to</c><00:46:58.099><c> build</c><00:46:58.440><c> Bethel,</c>

00:47:00.219 --> 00:47:04.440
a<00:47:00.500><c> house</c><00:47:01.059><c> made</c><00:47:01.619><c> up</c><00:47:01.860><c> of</c><00:47:02.099><c> men</c><00:47:02.300><c> and</c><00:47:02.500><c> women</c><00:47:02.920><c> of</c><00:47:03.519><c> like</c><00:47:03.719><c> disposition</c>

00:47:04.440 --> 00:47:06.360
to<00:47:04.820><c> this</c><00:47:05.059><c> man</c><00:47:05.519><c> Nathaniel.</c>

00:47:06.599 --> 00:47:09.340
John<00:47:07.199><c> chapter</c><00:47:07.659><c> 14</c><00:47:08.159><c> and</c><00:47:08.440><c> verse</c><00:47:08.739><c> 2.</c>

00:47:09.599 --> 00:47:13.579
In<00:47:09.619><c> my</c><00:47:10.079><c> father's</c><00:47:10.739><c> house</c><00:47:11.280><c> are</c><00:47:11.920><c> many</c><00:47:12.340><c> abiding</c><00:47:12.980><c> places,</c>

00:47:13.840 --> 00:47:15.780
as<00:47:14.159><c> we</c><00:47:14.320><c> know</c><00:47:14.460><c> it</c><00:47:14.659><c> should</c><00:47:14.800><c> be</c><00:47:14.980><c> rendered.</c>

00:47:15.840 --> 00:47:18.400
And<00:47:16.000><c> the</c><00:47:16.239><c> father's</c><00:47:16.699><c> house</c><00:47:16.940><c> that</c><00:47:17.099><c> he</c><00:47:17.199><c> had</c><00:47:17.320><c> in</c><00:47:17.619><c> mind</c><00:47:17.880><c> was</c><00:47:18.179><c> not</c>

00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:18.900
the<00:47:18.619><c> temple,</c>

00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:20.780
just<00:47:19.239><c> a</c><00:47:19.320><c> little</c><00:47:19.480><c> way</c><00:47:19.719><c> away,</c>

00:47:20.880 --> 00:47:24.719
but<00:47:21.039><c> the</c><00:47:21.480><c> hearts</c><00:47:22.000><c> and</c><00:47:22.420><c> the</c><00:47:22.760><c> minds</c><00:47:23.139><c> of</c><00:47:23.559><c> men</c><00:47:23.760><c> and</c><00:47:23.960><c> women.</c>

00:47:24.960 --> 00:47:26.539
And<00:47:25.280><c> so</c><00:47:25.460><c> he</c><00:47:25.599><c> says</c><00:47:25.840><c> to</c><00:47:26.099><c> Nathaniel,</c>

00:47:26.780 --> 00:47:31.840
you<00:47:26.980><c> will</c><00:47:27.400><c> see</c><00:47:27.800><c> the</c><00:47:28.159><c> angels</c><00:47:28.579><c> of</c><00:47:28.880><c> God</c><00:47:29.219><c> ascending</c><00:47:30.039><c> and</c><00:47:30.699><c> descending.</c>

00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:37.940
How<00:47:32.420><c> incredibly</c><00:47:33.239><c> clearly</c><00:47:33.780><c> is</c><00:47:34.199><c> that</c><00:47:34.440><c> language</c><00:47:34.860><c> taken</c><00:47:35.380><c> from</c><00:47:36.059><c> the</c><00:47:36.320><c> book</c><00:47:36.619><c> of</c><00:47:36.940><c> Genesis.</c>

00:47:38.400 --> 00:47:40.300
And<00:47:38.659><c> so</c><00:47:39.019><c> they</c><00:47:39.500><c> would</c><00:47:39.880><c> come.</c>

00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:43.260
And<00:47:40.679><c> the</c><00:47:40.900><c> time</c><00:47:41.099><c> would</c><00:47:41.420><c> come</c><00:47:41.760><c> when</c><00:47:42.019><c> that</c><00:47:42.360><c> gulf</c><00:47:42.599><c> between</c><00:47:42.980><c> heaven</c>

00:47:43.260 --> 00:47:45.119
and<00:47:43.380><c> earth</c><00:47:43.739><c> would</c><00:47:44.039><c> be</c><00:47:44.400><c> taken</c><00:47:44.639><c> away</c>

00:47:45.119 --> 00:47:46.380
and<00:47:45.340><c> it</c><00:47:45.460><c> would</c><00:47:45.639><c> be</c><00:47:45.820><c> removed.</c>

00:47:46.880 --> 00:47:49.219
And<00:47:47.000><c> they</c><00:47:47.179><c> would</c><00:47:47.460><c> come</c><00:47:47.639><c> and</c><00:47:47.840><c> they</c><00:47:47.880><c> would</c><00:47:48.139><c> ascend</c><00:47:48.480><c> and</c><00:47:48.760><c> descend</c>

00:47:49.219 --> 00:47:50.960
not<00:47:49.639><c> upon</c><00:47:49.940><c> Jacob,</c>

00:47:51.300 --> 00:47:53.840
not<00:47:51.519><c> upon</c><00:47:51.760><c> the</c><00:47:52.179><c> Israel,</c><00:47:52.679><c> the</c><00:47:52.800><c> man</c><00:47:53.000><c> whose</c><00:47:53.199><c> name</c><00:47:53.380><c> was</c><00:47:53.599><c> changed</c>

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to<00:47:54.059><c> Israel,</c>

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but<00:47:55.139><c> upon</c><00:47:55.840><c> the</c><00:47:56.460><c> Son</c><00:47:56.739><c> of</c><00:47:57.019><c> Man.</c>

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What<00:47:58.639><c> an</c><00:47:58.980><c> incredible</c><00:47:59.519><c> thing.</c>

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Now<00:48:00.739><c> I</c><00:48:01.039><c> would</c><00:48:01.320><c> just</c><00:48:01.559><c> like</c><00:48:01.820><c> you</c><00:48:02.059><c> to</c><00:48:02.239><c> notice</c><00:48:02.699><c> the</c><00:48:03.199><c> very</c><00:48:03.739><c> last</c><00:48:04.219><c> words</c><00:48:04.639><c> that</c><00:48:04.880><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:48:05.360><c> uttered</c><00:48:05.880><c> to</c><00:48:06.519><c> Nathaniel.</c>

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The<00:48:07.980><c> angels</c><00:48:08.559><c> of</c><00:48:08.880><c> God</c><00:48:09.360><c> ascending</c><00:48:10.360><c> and</c><00:48:10.820><c> descending</c><00:48:11.519><c> upon</c><00:48:12.320><c> the</c>

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Son<00:48:13.980><c> of</c><00:48:14.340><c> Man.</c>

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That's<00:48:16.699><c> very</c><00:48:16.960><c> important.</c>

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You<00:48:18.920><c> see</c><00:48:19.219><c> Nathaniel</c><00:48:20.380><c> had</c><00:48:20.820><c> correctly</c><00:48:21.239><c> attributed</c><00:48:21.760><c> two</c><00:48:22.199><c> titles</c>

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to<00:48:23.340><c> Jesus</c><00:48:23.739><c> of</c><00:48:23.960><c> Nazareth.</c>

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He<00:48:25.099><c> had</c><00:48:25.400><c> called</c><00:48:25.539><c> him</c><00:48:25.679><c> the</c><00:48:25.860><c> Son</c><00:48:26.019><c> of</c><00:48:26.219><c> God</c><00:48:26.579><c> and</c><00:48:27.019><c> he</c><00:48:27.119><c> had</c><00:48:27.300><c> called</c><00:48:27.460><c> him</c><00:48:27.619><c> the</c><00:48:27.739><c> King</c><00:48:27.900><c> of</c><00:48:28.119><c> Israel,</c>

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both<00:48:29.159><c> of</c><00:48:29.320><c> which</c><00:48:29.519><c> titles</c><00:48:29.880><c> are</c><00:48:30.139><c> found</c><00:48:30.340><c> as</c><00:48:30.480><c> we've</c><00:48:30.760><c> seen</c><00:48:30.940><c> in</c><00:48:31.300><c> Psalm</c><00:48:31.460><c> 2.</c>

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But<00:48:32.380><c> there</c><00:48:32.480><c> was</c><00:48:32.699><c> a</c><00:48:32.960><c> third</c><00:48:33.320><c> title</c><00:48:33.739><c> which</c><00:48:34.159><c> Nathaniel</c><00:48:34.599><c> had</c><00:48:34.800><c> to</c><00:48:35.059><c> acknowledge</c>

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and<00:48:37.119><c> that</c><00:48:37.440><c> was</c><00:48:38.119><c> the</c><00:48:39.199><c> Son</c><00:48:39.460><c> of</c><00:48:39.659><c> Man.</c>

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And<00:48:42.219><c> I</c><00:48:42.519><c> wonder</c><00:48:43.059><c> what</c><00:48:43.719><c> the</c><00:48:43.980><c> Lord's</c><00:48:44.500><c> mind</c><00:48:45.099><c> would</c><00:48:45.440><c> have</c><00:48:45.639><c> directed</c>

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Nathaniel<00:48:46.739><c> to.</c>

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Perhaps<00:48:48.800><c> Psalm</c><00:48:49.179><c> 80,</c><00:48:50.179><c> verses</c><00:48:50.380><c> 15</c><00:48:50.960><c> to</c><00:48:51.119><c> 17,</c>

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in<00:48:52.420><c> referring</c><00:48:52.880><c> to</c><00:48:53.159><c> the</c><00:48:53.500><c> branch</c><00:48:53.900><c> that</c><00:48:54.219><c> God</c><00:48:54.519><c> would</c><00:48:54.760><c> make</c><00:48:55.119><c> strong</c>

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for<00:48:55.800><c> himself,</c>

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the<00:48:56.659><c> Psalm</c><00:48:57.119><c> says,</c>

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let<00:48:58.940><c> thy</c><00:48:59.400><c> hand</c><00:48:59.940><c> be</c><00:49:00.239><c> upon</c><00:49:00.960><c> the</c><00:49:01.980><c> man</c><00:49:02.699><c> of</c><00:49:03.360><c> thy</c><00:49:03.559><c> right</c><00:49:03.900><c> hand,</c>

00:49:05.239 --> 00:49:11.960
the<00:49:05.639><c> Son</c><00:49:05.960><c> of</c><00:49:06.179><c> Man</c><00:49:07.199><c> whom</c><00:49:07.760><c> thou</c><00:49:08.280><c> madest</c><00:49:09.000><c> strong</c><00:49:09.739><c> for</c><00:49:10.440><c> thyself.</c>

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Now<00:49:13.260><c> Nathaniel</c><00:49:13.760><c> knew</c><00:49:14.360><c> and</c><00:49:15.280><c> he</c><00:49:15.539><c> knew</c><00:49:15.800><c> that</c><00:49:16.039><c> the</c><00:49:16.300><c> word</c><00:49:16.619><c> had</c><00:49:16.820><c> to</c>

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be<00:49:17.239><c> made</c><00:49:17.940><c> flesh.</c>

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That<00:49:19.940><c> this</c><00:49:20.219><c> one</c><00:49:20.420><c> who</c><00:49:20.639><c> stood</c><00:49:20.800><c> before</c><00:49:21.260><c> him</c><00:49:21.719><c> was</c><00:49:22.039><c> an</c><00:49:22.320><c> ascendant</c>

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of<00:49:23.159><c> Adam's</c><00:49:23.659><c> race,</c>

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whilst<00:49:24.860><c> at</c><00:49:25.019><c> the</c><00:49:25.320><c> same</c><00:49:25.699><c> time</c><00:49:26.139><c> the</c><00:49:26.659><c> Son</c><00:49:26.920><c> of</c><00:49:27.099><c> God</c><00:49:27.300><c> and</c><00:49:27.460><c> the</c><00:49:27.579><c> King</c>

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of<00:49:27.980><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:49:29.139><c> that</c><00:49:29.340><c> through</c><00:49:29.559><c> what</c><00:49:29.780><c> this</c><00:49:30.099><c> man</c><00:49:30.340><c> would</c><00:49:30.599><c> accomplish</c>

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there<00:49:31.920><c> would</c><00:49:32.139><c> be</c><00:49:32.300><c> a</c><00:49:32.500><c> redemption</c><00:49:33.300><c> eternally</c><00:49:34.260><c> for</c><00:49:34.500><c> Nathaniel.</c>

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And<00:49:36.380><c> not</c><00:49:36.539><c> only</c><00:49:36.760><c> for</c><00:49:36.960><c> Nathaniel,</c><00:49:38.059><c> but</c><00:49:38.260><c> for</c><00:49:38.579><c> all</c><00:49:38.860><c> those</c><00:49:39.420><c> whom</c>

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the<00:49:39.940><c> Lord</c><00:49:40.139><c> will</c><00:49:40.480><c> ultimately</c><00:49:40.980><c> identify</c>

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as<00:49:42.880><c> true</c><00:49:43.340><c> Israelites</c><00:49:44.159><c> in</c><00:49:45.340><c> whom</c><00:49:45.880><c> there</c><00:49:46.559><c> is</c><00:49:46.739><c> no</c><00:49:46.960><c> God.</c>

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Thank<00:49:55.599><c> you.</c>