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that<00:13:07.120><c> the</c><00:13:07.320><c> death</c><00:13:07.519><c> and</c><00:13:07.779><c> resurrection</c><00:13:08.220><c> of</c><00:13:08.440><c> Jesus</c><00:13:08.840><c> Christ</c>

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has<00:13:24.419><c> affected</c><00:13:24.879><c> that</c><00:13:25.240><c> reconciliation.</c>

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have<00:13:50.299><c> got</c><00:13:50.440><c> into</c><00:13:50.720><c> deep</c><00:13:51.019><c> water</c><00:13:51.700><c> by</c><00:13:52.659><c> trying</c><00:13:53.000><c> to</c><00:13:53.240><c> go</c><00:13:53.460><c> further</c>

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You<00:14:02.179><c> know</c><00:14:02.360><c> that</c><00:14:02.480><c> it</c><00:14:02.580><c> is</c><00:14:02.799><c> possible</c>

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People,<00:14:29.500><c> brothers</c><00:14:29.659><c> and</c><00:14:29.879><c> sisters,</c>

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at<00:17:32.200><c> their</c><00:17:32.539><c> crudity</c><00:17:33.599><c> and</c><00:17:34.019><c> inadequacy,</c>

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and<00:17:35.660><c> the</c><00:17:35.880><c> extent</c><00:17:36.079><c> to</c><00:17:36.240><c> which</c><00:17:36.440><c> certain</c><00:17:36.839><c> phrases</c><00:17:37.279><c> in</c><00:17:37.599><c> Scripture</c>

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in<00:17:38.779><c> both</c><00:17:38.980><c> Old</c><00:17:39.200><c> Testament</c><00:17:39.539><c> and</c><00:17:39.700><c> New</c><00:17:39.980><c> Testament</c>

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have<00:17:41.140><c> been</c><00:17:41.440><c> pressed</c><00:17:41.759><c> too</c><00:17:42.200><c> far</c>

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out<00:17:43.380><c> of</c><00:17:43.559><c> all</c><00:17:43.859><c> proportion</c>

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to<00:17:46.000><c> other</c><00:17:46.440><c> parallel</c><00:17:47.519><c> and</c><00:17:48.059><c> complementary</c><00:17:48.640><c> truths.</c>

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Interpretations<00:17:50.900><c> have</c><00:17:51.099><c> been</c><00:17:51.259><c> advanced,</c><00:17:51.700><c> for</c><00:17:51.940><c> example,</c>

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against<00:17:53.039><c> the</c><00:17:53.259><c> background</c><00:17:53.619><c> of</c><00:17:53.819><c> the</c><00:17:53.960><c> law</c><00:17:54.240><c> court,</c>

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the<00:17:55.180><c> feudal</c><00:17:55.559><c> system,</c><00:17:56.400><c> or</c><00:17:56.579><c> the</c><00:17:56.819><c> marketplace.</c>

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They<00:17:58.519><c> have</c><00:17:58.900><c> attempted</c><00:17:59.480><c> to</c><00:18:00.079><c> view</c><00:18:00.319><c> the</c><00:18:00.599><c> atonement</c>

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in<00:18:01.819><c> any</c><00:18:02.079><c> one</c><00:18:02.259><c> of</c><00:18:02.400><c> a</c><00:18:02.500><c> number</c><00:18:02.740><c> of</c><00:18:03.019><c> categories,</c>

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the<00:18:04.920><c> judicial,</c><00:18:06.359><c> the</c><00:18:06.579><c> penal,</c>

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the<00:18:08.160><c> ethical,</c><00:18:09.220><c> the</c><00:18:09.480><c> moral,</c>

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even<00:18:11.079><c> very</c><00:18:12.160><c> up</c><00:18:12.359><c>-to</c><00:18:12.579><c>-date,</c><00:18:13.440><c> the</c><00:18:13.619><c> psychological.</c>

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And<00:18:15.839><c> I</c><00:18:15.940><c> submit</c><00:18:16.220><c> to</c><00:18:16.420><c> you,</c><00:18:16.599><c> my</c><00:18:16.740><c> dear</c><00:18:16.900><c> brethren</c><00:18:17.180><c> and</c><00:18:17.400><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:18:18.460><c> they</c><00:18:18.779><c> all,</c><00:18:19.859><c> without</c><00:18:20.200><c> exception,</c>

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have<00:18:21.740><c> their</c><00:18:21.920><c> limitations.</c>

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One<00:18:25.859><c> writer</c><00:18:26.160><c> has</c><00:18:26.500><c> said,</c>

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the<00:18:28.200><c> atonement</c><00:18:29.079><c> was</c><00:18:29.859><c> wrought</c><00:18:30.119><c> in</c><00:18:30.380><c> darkness</c>

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because<00:18:32.420><c> its</c><00:18:32.759><c> full</c><00:18:33.039><c> meaning</c>

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could<00:18:35.000><c> not</c><00:18:35.200><c> in</c><00:18:35.299><c> the</c><00:18:35.500><c> end</c><00:18:35.640><c> be</c><00:18:35.960><c> comprehended</c>

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by<00:18:37.640><c> the</c><00:18:37.880><c> finite</c><00:18:38.220><c> mind.</c>

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All<00:18:39.440><c> the</c><00:18:39.619><c> forces</c><00:18:39.819><c> of</c><00:18:40.240><c> sin,</c>

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disintegration,<00:18:43.500><c> decay,</c>

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disorientation,<00:18:46.059><c> of</c><00:18:46.180><c> which</c><00:18:46.299><c> we</c><00:18:46.440><c> are</c><00:18:46.660><c> all</c><00:18:46.980><c> part,</c>

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are<00:18:48.400><c> surely</c><00:18:48.660><c> indicated</c><00:18:49.160><c> in</c><00:18:49.319><c> that</c><00:18:49.539><c> period</c><00:18:49.819><c> of</c><00:18:50.039><c> darkness</c>

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from<00:18:51.220><c> the</c><00:18:51.480><c> sixth</c><00:18:52.059><c> to</c><00:18:52.579><c> the</c><00:18:52.819><c> ninth</c><00:18:53.099><c> hour.</c>

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In<00:18:55.119><c> the</c><00:18:55.299><c> purpose</c><00:18:55.500><c> of</c><00:18:55.799><c> God,</c>

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a<00:18:57.059><c> veil</c><00:18:57.359><c> is</c><00:18:57.660><c> drawn</c><00:18:57.819><c> over</c><00:18:58.240><c> the</c><00:18:58.839><c> horrors</c><00:18:59.160><c> of</c><00:18:59.359><c> the</c><00:18:59.500><c> dying</c><00:18:59.759><c> Lord,</c>

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so<00:19:01.700><c> that</c><00:19:02.220><c> inquiring</c><00:19:02.859><c> eyes,</c><00:19:04.059><c> human</c><00:19:04.299><c> eyes,</c>

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shall<00:19:05.859><c> not</c><00:19:06.240><c> see</c><00:19:06.559><c> what</c><00:19:06.720><c> it</c><00:19:06.920><c> is</c><00:19:07.140><c> inappropriate</c>

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for<00:19:08.880><c> them</c><00:19:09.059><c> to</c><00:19:09.380><c> see.</c>

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Another<00:19:11.579><c> writer</c><00:19:11.839><c> has</c><00:19:12.160><c> said,</c>

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how<00:19:13.319><c> or</c><00:19:13.680><c> in</c><00:19:13.859><c> what</c><00:19:14.099><c> particular</c><00:19:14.519><c> way</c>

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Christ's<00:19:16.119><c> death</c><00:19:16.259><c> was</c><00:19:16.519><c> efficacious.</c>

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There<00:19:18.180><c> are</c><00:19:18.339><c> not</c><00:19:18.579><c> wanting</c><00:19:19.000><c> persons</c>

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who<00:19:20.279><c> have</c><00:19:20.500><c> endeavoured</c><00:19:20.839><c> to</c><00:19:21.200><c> explain</c><00:19:21.440><c> it,</c>

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but<00:19:22.599><c> I</c><00:19:22.779><c> do</c><00:19:22.960><c> not</c><00:19:23.160><c> find</c><00:19:23.980><c> that</c><00:19:24.579><c> Scripture</c>

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hath<00:19:26.339><c> fully</c><00:19:27.279><c> explained</c><00:19:28.019><c> it.</c>

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So,<00:19:30.500><c> my</c><00:19:30.500><c> dear</c><00:19:30.660><c> brethren</c><00:19:30.900><c> and</c><00:19:31.140><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:19:32.539><c> may</c><00:19:32.740><c> have</c><00:19:32.920><c> our</c><00:19:33.180><c> problems</c>

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with<00:19:33.940><c> our</c><00:19:34.259><c> theories</c><00:19:34.740><c> and</c><00:19:35.380><c> our</c><00:19:35.599><c> mechanisms,</c>

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but<00:19:37.740><c> we</c><00:19:37.940><c> have</c><00:19:38.140><c> no</c><00:19:38.380><c> problems</c><00:19:39.119><c> with</c><00:19:40.259><c> facts.</c>

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The<00:19:42.359><c> foreshadowing</c><00:19:43.000><c> of</c><00:19:43.220><c> the</c><00:19:43.440><c> cross</c><00:19:43.880><c> is</c><00:19:44.619><c> a</c><00:19:44.839><c> fact.</c>

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The<00:19:45.839><c> Lamb</c><00:19:46.119><c> slain</c><00:19:46.539><c> from</c><00:19:46.740><c> the</c><00:19:46.920><c> foundation</c><00:19:47.339><c> of</c><00:19:47.519><c> the</c><00:19:47.720><c> world.</c>

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The<00:19:48.819><c> Lord</c><00:19:49.000><c> was</c><00:19:49.180><c> a</c><00:19:49.400><c> schoolmaster</c>

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to<00:19:50.599><c> bring</c><00:19:50.740><c> us</c><00:19:50.920><c> to</c><00:19:51.140><c> Christ.</c>

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He<00:19:52.420><c> was</c><00:19:52.619><c> oppressed</c><00:19:53.059><c> and</c><00:19:53.299><c> afflicted,</c>

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yet<00:19:54.400><c> He</c><00:19:54.660><c> opened</c><00:19:54.920><c> not</c><00:19:55.119><c> His</c><00:19:55.319><c> mouth.</c>

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He<00:19:56.559><c> made</c><00:19:56.759><c> His</c><00:19:57.000><c> grave</c><00:19:57.319><c> with</c><00:19:57.500><c> the</c><00:19:57.640><c> wicked</c>

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and<00:19:58.619><c> with</c><00:19:58.839><c> the</c><00:19:58.980><c> rich</c><00:19:59.420><c> in</c><00:20:00.140><c> His</c><00:20:00.400><c> death.</c>

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The<00:20:02.480><c> realisation</c><00:20:03.180><c> of</c><00:20:03.400><c> the</c><00:20:03.660><c> cross</c><00:20:04.119><c> is</c><00:20:04.819><c> also</c><00:20:05.240><c> a</c><00:20:05.420><c> fact.</c>

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He<00:20:07.240><c> suffered</c><00:20:07.640><c> under</c><00:20:07.920><c> Pontius</c><00:20:08.339><c> Pilate.</c>

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Christ<00:20:10.259><c> Jesus,</c><00:20:11.440><c> who</c><00:20:11.579><c> before</c><00:20:11.839><c> Pontius</c><00:20:12.359><c> Pilate</c>

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witnessed<00:20:13.720><c> a</c><00:20:13.940><c> good</c><00:20:14.160><c> confession,</c>

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Jesus<00:20:16.119><c> also</c><00:20:17.480><c> suffered</c><00:20:17.940><c> without</c><00:20:18.740><c> the</c><00:20:18.980><c> gate.</c>

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The<00:20:21.619><c> proclamation</c><00:20:22.180><c> of</c><00:20:22.400><c> the</c><00:20:22.640><c> cross</c><00:20:23.339><c> is</c><00:20:24.039><c> a</c><00:20:24.220><c> fact.</c>

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Unto<00:20:26.140><c> us</c><00:20:26.420><c> which</c><00:20:26.660><c> are</c><00:20:26.960><c> saved,</c>

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it<00:20:28.220><c> is</c><00:20:28.420><c> the</c><00:20:28.579><c> power</c><00:20:28.839><c> of</c><00:20:29.099><c> God.</c>

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Go<00:20:30.940><c> ye</c><00:20:31.119><c> therefore</c><00:20:31.680><c> and</c><00:20:32.079><c> teach</c><00:20:32.759><c> all</c><00:20:33.240><c> nations,</c>

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baptising<00:20:35.400><c> them</c><00:20:35.579><c> in</c><00:20:35.740><c> the</c><00:20:35.759><c> name</c><00:20:35.920><c> of</c><00:20:36.079><c> the</c><00:20:36.259><c> Father</c>

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and<00:20:37.240><c> of</c><00:20:37.440><c> the</c><00:20:37.579><c> Son</c><00:20:38.240><c> and</c><00:20:38.500><c> of</c><00:20:38.640><c> the</c><00:20:38.779><c> Holy</c><00:20:39.039><c> Spirit.</c>

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They<00:20:41.500><c> ceased</c><00:20:41.920><c> not</c><00:20:42.839><c> to</c><00:20:43.259><c> teach</c>

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and<00:20:44.440><c> to</c><00:20:44.720><c> preach</c><00:20:45.259><c> Jesus</c><00:20:46.200><c> Christ.</c>

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It<00:20:49.039><c> presents</c><00:20:49.420><c> a</c><00:20:49.740><c> life</c><00:20:49.980><c> to</c><00:20:50.180><c> be</c><00:20:50.420><c> known.</c>

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Ye<00:20:51.359><c> are</c><00:20:53.000><c> they</c><00:20:53.240><c> which</c><00:20:53.420><c> have</c><00:20:53.660><c> continued</c><00:20:54.180><c> with</c><00:20:54.420><c> me</c>

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in<00:20:55.480><c> my</c><00:20:55.720><c> temptations.</c>

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Ye<00:20:58.000><c> shall</c><00:20:58.200><c> know</c><00:20:58.559><c> that</c><00:20:58.819><c> I</c><00:20:58.940><c> am</c><00:20:59.059><c> in</c><00:20:59.160><c> the</c><00:20:59.359><c> Father</c>

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and<00:21:00.920><c> ye</c><00:21:01.140><c> in</c><00:21:01.240><c> me</c><00:21:01.880><c> and</c><00:21:02.400><c> I</c><00:21:02.680><c> in</c><00:21:02.839><c> you,</c>

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that<00:21:04.819><c> ye</c><00:21:04.960><c> may</c><00:21:05.160><c> know</c><00:21:05.380><c> and</c><00:21:05.579><c> believe</c>

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that<00:21:06.920><c> the</c><00:21:07.059><c> Father</c><00:21:07.339><c> is</c><00:21:07.539><c> in</c><00:21:07.700><c> me</c><00:21:08.200><c> and</c><00:21:09.220><c> I</c><00:21:09.519><c> in</c><00:21:09.740><c> Him.</c>

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These<00:21:11.599><c> things</c><00:21:11.880><c> are</c><00:21:12.160><c> written</c>

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that<00:21:13.640><c> believing</c><00:21:14.240><c> He</c><00:21:15.539><c> might</c><00:21:15.799><c> have</c><00:21:16.099><c> life</c>

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through<00:21:18.160><c> His</c><00:21:18.460><c> name.</c>

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And<00:21:20.680><c> it</c><00:21:20.920><c> presents</c><00:21:21.240><c> also</c><00:21:22.539><c> a</c><00:21:23.000><c> person</c><00:21:24.259><c> to</c><00:21:24.799><c> be</c><00:21:25.059><c> loved.</c>

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If<00:21:26.980><c> God</c><00:21:27.240><c> were</c><00:21:27.480><c> your</c><00:21:27.759><c> Father,</c>

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ye<00:21:29.460><c> would</c><00:21:29.619><c> love</c><00:21:29.859><c> me.</c>

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If<00:21:32.039><c> ye</c><00:21:32.220><c> loved</c><00:21:32.420><c> me,</c><00:21:32.660><c> ye</c><00:21:32.779><c> would</c><00:21:33.000><c> rejoice</c>

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because<00:21:34.420><c> I</c><00:21:34.740><c> said,</c><00:21:35.680><c> I</c><00:21:35.700><c> go</c><00:21:35.920><c> unto</c><00:21:36.119><c> the</c><00:21:36.339><c> Father.</c>

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If<00:21:38.460><c> ye</c><00:21:38.680><c> love</c><00:21:38.859><c> me,</c><00:21:40.359><c> keep</c><00:21:41.119><c> my</c><00:21:43.119><c> commandments.</c>

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Not<00:21:45.579><c> just</c><00:21:46.319><c> abstract,</c><00:21:47.599><c> distant,</c><00:21:49.819><c> coerced</c><00:21:50.359><c> love,</c>

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but<00:21:52.900><c> close,</c><00:21:54.140><c> tender,</c><00:21:55.619><c> gracious</c><00:21:55.940><c> love,</c>

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conscious<00:21:58.059><c> of</c><00:21:58.240><c> men's</c><00:21:58.619><c> weakness,</c>

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Simon<00:22:00.900><c> son</c><00:22:01.180><c> of</c><00:22:01.420><c> Jonah,</c>

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Lovest<00:22:03.460><c> thou</c><00:22:03.700><c> me,</c><00:22:05.900><c> feed</c><00:22:06.119><c> my</c><00:22:06.460><c> sheep.</c>

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The<00:22:12.400><c> purpose</c><00:22:12.720><c> of</c><00:22:12.980><c> this</c><00:22:13.579><c> series</c><00:22:13.940><c> of</c><00:22:14.160><c> addresses,</c>

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my<00:22:15.460><c> dear</c><00:22:15.660><c> brethren</c><00:22:15.900><c> and</c><00:22:16.180><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:23:11.319><c> some</c><00:23:11.579><c> introductory</c><00:23:12.000><c> points.</c>

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And<00:23:38.700><c> the</c><00:23:38.880><c> fourth</c><00:23:39.039><c> and</c><00:23:39.240><c> final</c><00:23:39.539><c> address,</c>

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salvation<00:23:41.220><c> and</c><00:23:42.059><c> human</c><00:23:42.339><c> destiny.</c>

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in<00:23:50.319><c> the</c><00:23:50.519><c> purpose</c><00:23:50.720><c> of</c><00:23:51.000><c> God?</c>

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How<00:23:52.019><c> do</c><00:23:52.200><c> we</c><00:23:52.259><c> get</c><00:23:52.460><c> from</c><00:23:52.759><c> here</c><00:23:53.380><c> to</c><00:23:53.819><c> there?</c>

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are<00:24:07.539><c> mainly</c><00:24:08.019><c> analytical</c>

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and<00:24:09.559><c> expository</c><00:24:10.240><c> in</c><00:24:10.440><c> nature.</c>

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are<00:24:14.440><c> principally</c><00:24:15.000><c> excitational</c><00:24:15.920><c> and</c><00:24:16.500><c> devotional.</c>

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and<00:25:56.480><c> the</c><00:25:56.539><c> New</c><00:25:56.759><c> Testament</c>

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a<00:26:11.099><c> doctrine,</c><00:26:11.859><c> a</c><00:26:12.140><c> teaching</c><00:26:12.660><c> associated</c><00:26:13.559><c> with</c><00:26:13.960><c> God,</c>

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His<00:26:30.819><c> knowledge</c><00:26:31.160><c> of</c><00:26:31.440><c> man</c>

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and<00:26:36.940><c> His</c><00:26:37.140><c> being</c><00:26:37.420><c> known</c><00:26:37.779><c> of</c><00:26:38.039><c> us</c>

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through<00:26:40.000><c> His</c><00:26:40.480><c> self</c><00:26:40.700><c>-revelation</c><00:26:41.220><c> in</c><00:26:41.400><c> His</c><00:26:41.660><c> Word</c>

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:44.259
and<00:26:42.799><c> in</c><00:26:42.980><c> His</c><00:26:43.299><c> Son.</c>

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:47.599
God<00:26:45.579><c> wills</c><00:26:46.000><c> that</c><00:26:46.200><c> all</c><00:26:46.519><c> men</c>

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.900
shall<00:26:48.180><c> be</c><00:26:48.500><c> saved</c>

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:51.740
and<00:26:49.579><c> come</c><00:26:49.819><c> unto</c><00:26:49.960><c> the</c><00:26:50.160><c> knowledge</c><00:26:50.400><c> of</c><00:26:50.579><c> the</c><00:26:50.779><c> truth.</c>

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:53.799
He<00:26:52.000><c> is</c><00:26:52.140><c> not</c><00:26:52.359><c> willing</c><00:26:52.539><c> that</c><00:26:52.779><c> any</c><00:26:52.980><c> should</c><00:26:53.200><c> perish,</c>

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:56.880
but<00:26:54.400><c> that</c><00:26:54.660><c> all</c><00:26:54.920><c> should</c><00:26:55.099><c> come</c><00:26:55.420><c> to</c><00:26:55.619><c> repentance.</c>

00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:59.140
And<00:26:57.819><c> this</c><00:26:58.000><c> revelation</c><00:26:58.480><c> of</c><00:26:58.759><c> God,</c>

00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:02.400
this<00:26:59.619><c> purpose</c><00:27:00.019><c> of</c><00:27:00.299><c> God,</c><00:27:00.619><c> this</c><00:27:00.839><c> declaration</c><00:27:01.400><c> of</c><00:27:01.660><c> God,</c>

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:05.319
looks<00:27:03.039><c> with</c><00:27:03.240><c> a</c><00:27:03.420><c> response</c><00:27:03.740><c> from</c><00:27:04.019><c> us,</c>

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:08.140
as<00:27:05.619><c> described</c><00:27:05.960><c> by</c><00:27:06.180><c> the</c><00:27:06.319><c> Lord</c><00:27:06.460><c> Jesus</c><00:27:06.799><c> Christ</c><00:27:07.099><c> Himself.</c>

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:10.559
If<00:27:08.440><c> any</c><00:27:08.700><c> man</c><00:27:09.039><c> willeth</c><00:27:09.420><c> to</c><00:27:09.640><c> do</c><00:27:09.779><c> His</c><00:27:10.059><c> will,</c>

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:13.299
he<00:27:11.420><c> shall</c><00:27:11.660><c> know</c><00:27:11.880><c> of</c><00:27:12.019><c> the</c><00:27:12.160><c> doctrine.</c>

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:19.119
So<00:27:16.000><c> each</c><00:27:16.259><c> and</c><00:27:16.400><c> every</c><00:27:17.279><c> interpretation</c><00:27:18.119><c> of</c><00:27:18.359><c> the</c><00:27:18.519><c> atonement</c>

00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:22.180
is<00:27:20.039><c> closely</c><00:27:20.420><c> associated</c><00:27:21.140><c> with</c><00:27:21.359><c> some</c><00:27:21.599><c> aspect</c>

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:25.099
of<00:27:22.680><c> the</c><00:27:22.900><c> essential</c><00:27:23.180><c> meaning</c><00:27:23.460><c> of</c><00:27:23.700><c> our</c><00:27:23.940><c> faith.</c>

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:29.180
And<00:27:25.819><c> particularly</c><00:27:26.579><c> and</c><00:27:28.059><c> importantly,</c>

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:33.759
it<00:27:30.000><c> reflects</c><00:27:30.279><c> our</c><00:27:30.599><c> understanding</c><00:27:31.299><c> of</c><00:27:32.140><c> the</c><00:27:32.380><c> divine</c><00:27:32.619><c> nature.</c>

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:36.880
It<00:27:34.819><c> is</c><00:27:34.980><c> in</c><00:27:35.099><c> our</c><00:27:35.319><c> understanding</c><00:27:35.779><c> of</c><00:27:36.119><c> God</c>

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:39.839
that<00:27:37.960><c> our</c><00:27:38.200><c> understanding</c><00:27:38.660><c> of</c><00:27:38.880><c> the</c><00:27:39.099><c> atonement</c>

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:43.359
has<00:27:40.700><c> its</c><00:27:40.980><c> ultimate</c><00:27:41.420><c> ground</c><00:27:42.000><c> and</c><00:27:42.319><c> basis.</c>

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.759
Or<00:27:44.559><c> to</c><00:27:44.619><c> put</c><00:27:44.740><c> it</c><00:27:44.900><c> another</c><00:27:45.099><c> way,</c>

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:48.180
the<00:27:46.440><c> atonement,</c><00:27:46.980><c> my</c><00:27:47.079><c> dear</c><00:27:47.299><c> brethren</c><00:27:47.559><c> and</c><00:27:47.799><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:52.240
is<00:27:48.680><c> not</c><00:27:49.079><c> simply</c><00:27:49.720><c> an</c><00:27:50.259><c> understanding</c><00:27:50.720><c> of</c><00:27:50.940><c> the</c><00:27:51.220><c> cross.</c>

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:55.799
Attempt<00:27:53.539><c> to</c><00:27:53.859><c> so</c><00:27:54.140><c> restrict</c><00:27:54.539><c> its</c><00:27:54.839><c> scope</c>

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:58.099
will<00:27:55.940><c> always</c><00:27:56.240><c> result</c><00:27:56.599><c> in</c><00:27:56.859><c> misunderstanding.</c>

00:27:58.920 --> 00:28:02.839
We<00:27:59.160><c> do</c><00:27:59.359><c> not</c><00:27:59.559><c> explain</c><00:28:00.319><c> or</c><00:28:00.660><c> interpret</c><00:28:01.240><c> atonement</c><00:28:01.819><c> by</c><00:28:02.079><c> the</c><00:28:02.319><c> cross,</c>

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:07.099
but<00:28:03.660><c> rather</c><00:28:04.019><c> the</c><00:28:04.299><c> cross</c><00:28:05.039><c> by</c><00:28:05.880><c> atonement.</c>

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:13.359
And<00:28:09.680><c> so</c><00:28:09.819><c> no</c><00:28:10.059><c> discussion</c><00:28:10.559><c> of</c><00:28:10.740><c> the</c><00:28:10.940><c> cross</c><00:28:11.380><c> can</c><00:28:11.940><c> be</c><00:28:12.180><c> adequate,</c>

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:16.779
which<00:28:13.599><c> rests</c><00:28:14.240><c> upon</c><00:28:15.539><c> an</c><00:28:15.799><c> inadequate</c><00:28:16.220><c> conception</c>

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:18.359
of<00:28:16.980><c> the</c><00:28:17.200><c> high</c><00:28:17.380><c> and</c><00:28:17.559><c> holy</c><00:28:17.799><c> God,</c>

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:20.660
His<00:28:18.980><c> power</c><00:28:19.420><c> and</c><00:28:19.599><c> His</c><00:28:19.799><c> almightiness,</c>

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:22.980
His<00:28:21.400><c> sovereignty</c><00:28:21.859><c> over</c><00:28:22.299><c> all,</c>

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.880
whether<00:28:23.500><c> recognized</c><00:28:24.019><c> or</c><00:28:24.299><c> not,</c>

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:27.480
and<00:28:25.480><c> His</c><00:28:25.720><c> fatherhood</c><00:28:26.220><c> of</c><00:28:26.420><c> the</c><00:28:26.619><c> Son.</c>

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:31.619
And<00:28:29.279><c> similarly,</c><00:28:30.299><c> in</c><00:28:30.420><c> the</c><00:28:30.559><c> same</c><00:28:30.819><c> way,</c>

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:34.079
no<00:28:32.500><c> investigation,</c><00:28:33.440><c> no</c><00:28:33.599><c> analysis,</c>

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:37.440
no<00:28:34.460><c> study</c><00:28:34.759><c> of</c><00:28:35.119><c> the</c><00:28:35.640><c> sacrifice</c><00:28:36.119><c> of</c><00:28:36.359><c> Christ</c>

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:42.440
is<00:28:37.799><c> complete</c><00:28:38.319><c> if</c><00:28:38.460><c> it</c><00:28:38.740><c> seeks</c><00:28:39.039><c> to</c><00:28:40.900><c> separate</c>

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:46.500
God's<00:28:44.160><c> visiting</c><00:28:44.400><c> His</c><00:28:44.680><c> people</c><00:28:44.920><c> in</c><00:28:45.160><c> Assam,</c>

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:49.440
His<00:28:46.720><c> humble</c><00:28:47.019><c> origins,</c><00:28:48.559><c> His</c><00:28:48.759><c> birth</c>

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:53.119
from<00:28:50.319><c> His</c><00:28:50.579><c> sacrifice</c><00:28:51.000><c> upon</c><00:28:51.259><c> the</c><00:28:51.440><c> cross</c><00:28:51.579><c> on</c><00:28:51.759><c> the</c><00:28:51.880><c> one</c><00:28:52.119><c> hand,</c>

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:58.160
and<00:28:54.640><c> the</c><00:28:54.859><c> resurrection</c><00:28:55.440><c> and</c><00:28:55.980><c> exaltation</c><00:28:57.000><c> and</c><00:28:57.480><c> return</c>

00:28:58.160 --> 00:29:00.759
from<00:28:58.920><c> His</c><00:28:59.420><c> sacrifice</c><00:28:59.960><c> on</c><00:29:00.160><c> the</c><00:29:00.339><c> cross</c>

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:02.660
on<00:29:01.279><c> the</c><00:29:01.440><c> other</c><00:29:01.660><c> hand.</c>

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:04.500
All<00:29:03.039><c> are</c><00:29:03.259><c> essential</c><00:29:03.619><c> components</c>

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:09.579
to<00:29:05.759><c> a</c><00:29:06.140><c> full</c><00:29:06.440><c> understanding</c><00:29:07.180><c> of</c><00:29:08.279><c> this</c><00:29:08.460><c> subject.</c>

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:14.880
Earlier<00:29:13.000><c> studies</c><00:29:13.279><c> in</c><00:29:13.779><c> God</c><00:29:14.000><c> manifestation</c>

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:17.440
in<00:29:16.019><c> our</c><00:29:16.299><c> history</c><00:29:16.619><c> of</c><00:29:16.759><c> the</c><00:29:16.940><c> community</c>

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:20.559
are,<00:29:18.099><c> I</c><00:29:18.240><c> think,</c><00:29:19.400><c> helpful</c><00:29:19.400><c> in</c><00:29:19.839><c> drawing</c><00:29:20.039><c> attention</c>

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:22.299
to<00:29:20.720><c> this</c><00:29:20.880><c> most</c><00:29:21.200><c> important</c><00:29:21.740><c> point</c>

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:25.940
that<00:29:23.279><c> we</c><00:29:24.319><c> must</c><00:29:24.559><c> have</c><00:29:24.759><c> as</c><00:29:24.940><c> our</c><00:29:25.119><c> basis</c>

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:29.319
an<00:29:26.559><c> adequate</c><00:29:27.079><c> and</c><00:29:27.700><c> a</c><00:29:27.980><c> full</c><00:29:28.460><c> understanding</c>

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:33.599
of<00:29:30.059><c> the</c><00:29:30.240><c> nature</c><00:29:31.019><c> and</c><00:29:31.940><c> purpose</c><00:29:32.180><c> of</c><00:29:32.460><c> God,</c>

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:37.779
that<00:29:34.720><c> it</c><00:29:34.880><c> is</c><00:29:35.259><c> in</c><00:29:35.619><c> Him</c><00:29:36.180><c> that</c><00:29:37.099><c> we</c><00:29:37.319><c> understand</c>

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:40.980
the<00:29:38.019><c> ultimate</c><00:29:38.359><c> origins,</c><00:29:39.720><c> the</c><00:29:39.859><c> purpose,</c>

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:43.640
the<00:29:41.180><c> revelation</c><00:29:41.839><c> and</c><00:29:42.480><c> the</c><00:29:42.759><c> motivation</c>

00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:46.359
for<00:29:44.680><c> all</c><00:29:44.920><c> these</c><00:29:45.160><c> things.</c>

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:53.500
Secondly,<00:29:51.940><c> the</c><00:29:52.059><c> atonement</c><00:29:52.700><c> incorporates</c>

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:55.319
and<00:29:53.759><c> reveals</c><00:29:54.099><c> in</c><00:29:54.259><c> all</c><00:29:54.500><c> its</c><00:29:54.700><c> fullness</c>

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:57.019
the<00:29:55.880><c> nature</c><00:29:56.240><c> of</c><00:29:56.539><c> man,</c>

00:29:57.019 --> 00:30:00.680
the<00:29:58.019><c> light</c><00:29:58.319><c> of</c><00:29:58.500><c> the</c><00:29:58.720><c> ministry</c><00:29:59.000><c> of</c><00:29:59.160><c> the</c><00:29:59.240><c> Lord</c><00:29:59.440><c> Jesus</c><00:29:59.880><c> Christ</c>

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:04.200
reveals<00:30:01.619><c> very</c><00:30:02.220><c> starkly</c><00:30:02.980><c> and</c><00:30:03.339><c> very</c><00:30:03.740><c> clearly</c>

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:07.660
the<00:30:04.720><c> darkness</c><00:30:05.420><c> of</c><00:30:06.079><c> the</c><00:30:06.279><c> world</c><00:30:06.519><c> in</c><00:30:06.700><c> which</c><00:30:06.859><c> He</c><00:30:07.099><c> moved,</c>

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:11.720
the<00:30:08.319><c> darkness</c><00:30:09.140><c> of</c><00:30:10.299><c> men</c><00:30:10.559><c> without</c><00:30:10.880><c> God</c>

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:15.720
and<00:30:12.339><c> of</c><00:30:12.539><c> men</c><00:30:13.339><c> without</c><00:30:13.819><c> the</c><00:30:14.039><c> Word</c><00:30:14.200><c> of</c><00:30:14.440><c> God.</c>

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:19.539
The<00:30:16.519><c> condition</c><00:30:16.779><c> of</c><00:30:17.019><c> man</c><00:30:17.480><c> is</c><00:30:18.160><c> clearly</c><00:30:18.460><c> revealed</c><00:30:18.859><c> to</c><00:30:19.079><c> us</c>

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:23.380
in<00:30:19.799><c> the</c><00:30:19.920><c> Word</c><00:30:20.079><c> of</c><00:30:20.240><c> God</c><00:30:20.380><c> and</c><00:30:20.519><c> it</c><00:30:20.660><c> is</c><00:30:21.059><c> to</c><00:30:21.460><c> and</c><00:30:21.759><c> for</c><00:30:22.079><c> that</c><00:30:22.299><c> condition</c>

00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:26.359
that<00:30:24.200><c> this</c><00:30:24.380><c> revelation</c><00:30:24.759><c> of</c><00:30:24.960><c> God</c><00:30:25.200><c> comes.</c>

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:30.089
Man<00:30:28.160><c> is</c><00:30:28.460><c> capable</c><00:30:28.859><c> of</c><00:30:29.160><c> inflicting</c><00:30:29.660><c> pain</c>

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:32.660
and<00:30:31.079><c> suffering</c><00:30:31.519><c> and</c><00:30:32.259><c> death.</c>

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:36.940
Willful<00:30:33.779><c> and</c><00:30:34.299><c> skillful</c><00:30:35.119><c> disobedience.</c>

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:38.940
Human<00:30:37.359><c> nature</c><00:30:37.700><c> at</c><00:30:37.880><c> the</c><00:30:38.000><c> cross</c><00:30:38.119><c> of</c><00:30:38.339><c> Christ</c>

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:41.160
was<00:30:39.500><c> revealed</c><00:30:40.039><c> for</c><00:30:40.279><c> all</c><00:30:40.519><c> to</c><00:30:40.819><c> see</c>

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:45.519
in<00:30:41.619><c> all</c><00:30:41.799><c> its</c><00:30:42.140><c> strange</c><00:30:42.579><c> folly</c><00:30:43.299><c> and</c><00:30:43.619><c> immoral</c><00:30:44.039><c> grandeur.</c>

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:49.380
The<00:30:46.819><c> terrible</c><00:30:47.140><c> prerogative</c><00:30:48.039><c> and</c><00:30:48.519><c> unseemliness</c>

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:52.440
of<00:30:50.160><c> seeking</c><00:30:50.420><c> to</c><00:30:50.660><c> withstand</c><00:30:51.279><c> the</c><00:30:51.559><c> Lord</c><00:30:51.740><c> of</c><00:30:51.980><c> all.</c>

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:54.940
The<00:30:53.180><c> woeful</c><00:30:54.059><c> recalcitrance,</c>

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:57.680
reparation<00:30:56.079><c> and</c><00:30:56.579><c> shame.</c>

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:01.059
Man<00:30:59.519><c> and</c><00:30:59.740><c> man</c><00:30:59.920><c> alone</c>

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:04.140
wants<00:31:02.299><c> and</c><00:31:02.559><c> seeks</c><00:31:02.900><c> the</c><00:31:03.140><c> good</c>

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:08.019
and<00:31:05.339><c> then</c><00:31:05.599><c> forsakes</c><00:31:06.039><c> it</c><00:31:06.980><c> and</c><00:31:07.180><c> denies</c><00:31:07.500><c> it</c>

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:09.920
almost<00:31:08.339><c> in</c><00:31:08.559><c> the</c><00:31:08.720><c> same</c><00:31:08.940><c> breath.</c>

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:13.839
He<00:31:10.640><c> forsakes</c><00:31:11.319><c> and</c><00:31:11.960><c> he</c><00:31:12.259><c> promotes</c><00:31:12.619><c> the</c><00:31:12.920><c> evil.</c>

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:17.519
In<00:31:15.000><c> His</c><00:31:15.299><c> being</c><00:31:15.539><c> there</c><00:31:15.799><c> is</c><00:31:16.319><c> from</c><00:31:16.559><c> time</c><00:31:16.799><c> to</c><00:31:16.980><c> time</c>

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:20.180
the<00:31:18.039><c> coexistence</c><00:31:18.819><c> of</c><00:31:18.960><c> the</c><00:31:19.140><c> highest</c><00:31:19.380><c> and</c><00:31:19.559><c> the</c><00:31:19.720><c> best</c>

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:22.920
and<00:31:20.740><c> the</c><00:31:20.920><c> basest</c><00:31:21.259><c> and</c><00:31:21.380><c> the</c><00:31:21.680><c> worst.</c>

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:25.720
This<00:31:23.299><c> juxtaposition</c><00:31:24.119><c> of</c><00:31:24.339><c> good</c><00:31:24.519><c> and</c><00:31:24.759><c> evil,</c>

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:28.759
self<00:31:26.180><c>-denial</c><00:31:27.059><c> and</c><00:31:27.539><c> self</c><00:31:27.819><c>-assertion</c>

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:32.019
stand<00:31:29.339><c> alongside</c><00:31:30.000><c> the</c><00:31:30.160><c> very</c><00:31:30.440><c> cross</c><00:31:30.579><c> of</c><00:31:30.799><c> Christ,</c><00:31:31.180><c> don't</c><00:31:31.440><c> they,</c>

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:34.119
in<00:31:32.539><c> the</c><00:31:32.700><c> two</c><00:31:32.920><c> thieves,</c>

00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:36.960
the<00:31:35.099><c> one</c><00:31:35.259><c> who</c><00:31:35.440><c> railed</c><00:31:35.740><c> on</c><00:31:35.940><c> Him</c>

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:41.039
and<00:31:37.779><c> the</c><00:31:37.940><c> one</c><00:31:39.359><c> who</c><00:31:39.559><c> in</c><00:31:39.720><c> humility</c>

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:43.680
sought<00:31:42.119><c> to</c><00:31:42.299><c> be</c><00:31:42.400><c> with</c><00:31:42.640><c> Him.</c>

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:45.839
Perhaps<00:31:44.500><c> there</c><00:31:44.759><c> we</c><00:31:44.880><c> have</c><00:31:45.039><c> a</c><00:31:45.200><c> representation</c>

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:47.660
of<00:31:46.099><c> the</c><00:31:46.200><c> whole</c><00:31:46.599><c> human</c><00:31:46.940><c> race</c>

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:50.299
capable<00:31:48.440><c> of</c><00:31:48.619><c> being</c><00:31:48.839><c> divided</c><00:31:49.160><c> into</c><00:31:49.480><c> two</c>

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:52.480
solely<00:31:50.720><c> on</c><00:31:50.920><c> this</c><00:31:51.119><c> basis,</c>

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:54.200
perhaps<00:31:52.900><c> revealing</c><00:31:53.279><c> also</c>

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:57.839
that<00:31:54.599><c> such</c><00:31:54.799><c> a</c><00:31:55.000><c> division</c><00:31:55.460><c> is</c><00:31:56.339><c> in</c><00:31:56.440><c> each</c><00:31:56.660><c> of</c><00:31:56.819><c> us,</c>

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:59.660
in<00:31:58.039><c> each</c><00:31:58.200><c> of</c><00:31:58.359><c> our</c><00:31:58.559><c> minds,</c>

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:01.160
and<00:31:59.819><c> in</c><00:31:59.940><c> each</c><00:32:00.119><c> of</c><00:32:00.299><c> our</c><00:32:00.539><c> hearts.</c>

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:04.599
That<00:32:01.700><c> terrible</c><00:32:02.099><c> duplicity</c><00:32:03.240><c> caused</c><00:32:03.680><c> by</c><00:32:04.119><c> sin</c>

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:07.299
and<00:32:05.380><c> the</c><00:32:05.500><c> temptations</c><00:32:06.000><c> to</c><00:32:06.279><c> sin,</c>

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:10.539
seeking<00:32:08.140><c> to</c><00:32:08.299><c> be</c><00:32:08.420><c> with</c><00:32:08.599><c> Him</c><00:32:08.980><c> at</c><00:32:09.259><c> one</c><00:32:09.480><c> moment</c>

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:13.599
and<00:32:10.880><c> railing</c><00:32:11.240><c> on</c><00:32:11.400><c> Him</c><00:32:11.599><c> for</c><00:32:11.819><c> all</c><00:32:12.039><c> the</c><00:32:12.200><c> woes</c><00:32:12.440><c> of</c><00:32:12.700><c> sin</c>

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:15.000
in<00:32:13.880><c> the</c><00:32:14.019><c> next.</c>

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:18.319
And<00:32:16.240><c> the</c><00:32:16.380><c> final</c><00:32:16.819><c> wretchedness</c><00:32:17.400><c> and</c><00:32:17.599><c> despair</c>

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:20.339
of<00:32:19.119><c> putting</c><00:32:19.359><c> to</c><00:32:19.660><c> death</c>

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:22.700
the<00:32:20.980><c> only</c><00:32:21.279><c> righteous</c><00:32:21.680><c> man.</c>

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:25.279
We<00:32:23.420><c> will</c><00:32:23.740><c> not</c><00:32:23.960><c> have</c><00:32:24.200><c> this</c><00:32:24.559><c> man</c>

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:27.900
to<00:32:25.839><c> reign</c><00:32:25.960><c> over</c><00:32:26.279><c> us</c>

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:32.299
anticipated<00:32:29.640><c> by</c><00:32:30.000><c> the</c><00:32:30.140><c> Lord</c><00:32:30.299><c> Jesus</c><00:32:30.640><c> Christ,</c>

00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:35.500
He<00:32:32.740><c> that</c><00:32:33.500><c> eateth</c><00:32:33.940><c> bread</c><00:32:34.180><c> with</c><00:32:34.400><c> me</c>

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:39.819
hath<00:32:35.839><c> lifted</c><00:32:36.099><c> up</c><00:32:36.359><c> His</c><00:32:36.599><c> heel</c><00:32:37.519><c> against</c><00:32:38.660><c> me.</c>

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:42.900
So<00:32:40.400><c> I</c><00:32:40.400><c> might</c><00:32:40.660><c> have</c><00:32:40.900><c> thought</c><00:32:41.119><c> that</c><00:32:41.319><c> with</c><00:32:41.559><c> this</c><00:32:41.779><c> lesson</c><00:32:42.039><c> from</c><00:32:42.279><c> history</c>

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:46.460
the<00:32:43.779><c> error</c><00:32:43.900><c> would</c><00:32:44.099><c> be</c><00:32:44.299><c> avoided,</c><00:32:44.839><c> but</c><00:32:45.039><c> not</c><00:32:45.339><c> so.</c>

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:51.460
Subsequently<00:32:47.720><c> we</c><00:32:47.900><c> learn</c><00:32:48.119><c> of</c><00:32:48.319><c> those</c><00:32:48.740><c> whose</c><00:32:49.519><c> tragic</c><00:32:50.079><c> destiny</c>

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:53.640
was<00:32:52.099><c> still</c><00:32:52.400><c> to</c><00:32:52.640><c> tread</c><00:32:52.779><c> underfoot</c>

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:55.299
the<00:32:54.259><c> Son</c><00:32:54.460><c> of</c><00:32:54.680><c> God</c>

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:58.180
and<00:32:55.900><c> to</c><00:32:56.079><c> put</c><00:32:56.200><c> Him</c><00:32:56.480><c> to</c><00:32:56.640><c> an</c><00:32:56.819><c> open</c><00:32:57.099><c> shade.</c>

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:01.119
So<00:32:59.859><c> my</c><00:33:00.019><c> dear</c><00:33:00.180><c> brethren</c><00:33:00.460><c> and</c><00:33:00.680><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:04.259
the<00:33:01.700><c> nature,</c><00:33:02.119><c> character</c><00:33:02.440><c> and</c><00:33:02.599><c> purpose</c><00:33:02.900><c> of</c><00:33:03.160><c> God</c>

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:06.700
and<00:33:05.359><c> the</c><00:33:05.500><c> nature</c><00:33:05.740><c> of</c><00:33:05.960><c> man</c>

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:10.299
are<00:33:07.720><c> the</c><00:33:07.880><c> two</c><00:33:08.039><c> essential</c><00:33:08.839><c> prerequisites</c>

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:15.019
in<00:33:10.559><c> our</c><00:33:10.779><c> understanding</c><00:33:11.559><c> of</c><00:33:12.539><c> the</c><00:33:12.660><c> basis</c><00:33:12.980><c> for</c><00:33:13.220><c> atonement.</c>

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:24.099
Let<00:33:21.039><c> us</c><00:33:21.180><c> consider</c><00:33:21.519><c> next</c><00:33:21.839><c> some</c><00:33:22.359><c> introductory</c><00:33:22.859><c> points</c>

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:26.920
to<00:33:24.640><c> set</c><00:33:24.720><c> the</c><00:33:24.980><c> wider</c><00:33:25.259><c> context</c><00:33:25.779><c> of</c><00:33:25.880><c> what</c><00:33:26.000><c> we</c><00:33:26.160><c> have</c><00:33:26.299><c> to</c><00:33:26.440><c> say</c><00:33:26.579><c> later</c>

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:28.700
on<00:33:27.079><c> in</c><00:33:27.240><c> this</c><00:33:27.420><c> series.</c>

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:32.640
We<00:33:29.440><c> might</c><00:33:29.539><c> describe</c><00:33:29.960><c> this</c><00:33:30.339><c> as</c><00:33:30.579><c> it</c><00:33:30.740><c> were</c><00:33:30.880><c> as</c><00:33:31.000><c> a</c><00:33:31.140><c> long</c><00:33:31.460><c> view</c>

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:34.839
to<00:33:33.220><c> give</c><00:33:33.319><c> us</c><00:33:33.539><c> the</c><00:33:33.720><c> distant</c><00:33:34.140><c> vision</c>

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:38.859
so<00:33:35.680><c> that</c><00:33:35.859><c> subsequent</c><00:33:36.259><c> details</c><00:33:37.180><c> may</c><00:33:37.619><c> be</c><00:33:37.819><c> seen</c><00:33:37.960><c> in</c><00:33:38.240><c> perspective</c>

00:33:38.859 --> 00:33:41.920
rather<00:33:39.500><c> like</c><00:33:40.220><c> beholding</c><00:33:40.759><c> a</c><00:33:40.940><c> bridge</c>

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.900
from<00:33:43.099><c> a</c><00:33:43.220><c> distance</c>

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:46.799
so<00:33:44.660><c> that</c><00:33:44.859><c> later</c><00:33:45.160><c> on</c><00:33:45.420><c> when</c><00:33:45.519><c> we</c><00:33:45.700><c> come</c><00:33:45.839><c> to</c><00:33:45.960><c> look</c><00:33:46.099><c> at</c><00:33:46.240><c> the</c><00:33:46.440><c> bricks</c>

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:50.740
and<00:33:47.380><c> the</c><00:33:47.599><c> mortar,</c><00:33:48.700><c> the</c><00:33:48.859><c> components</c><00:33:49.339><c> of</c><00:33:49.539><c> the</c><00:33:49.740><c> bridge</c>

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:53.460
we're<00:33:51.279><c> not</c><00:33:51.460><c> in</c><00:33:51.680><c> danger</c><00:33:52.140><c> of</c><00:33:52.440><c> losing</c><00:33:52.839><c> sight</c>

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:55.759
of<00:33:54.059><c> losing</c><00:33:54.339><c> understanding</c>

00:33:55.769 --> 00:33:57.180
of<00:33:56.039><c> what</c><00:33:56.200><c> the</c><00:33:56.400><c> bridge</c><00:33:56.579><c> is</c>

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:59.539
or<00:33:57.779><c> what</c><00:33:57.900><c> the</c><00:33:58.079><c> bridge</c><00:33:58.240><c> is</c><00:33:58.539><c> for.</c>

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:03.519
As<00:34:01.400><c> it</c><00:34:01.539><c> seems</c><00:34:01.740><c> to</c><00:34:01.960><c> me</c>

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:05.539
central<00:34:04.259><c> to</c><00:34:04.420><c> the</c><00:34:04.559><c> cross</c><00:34:04.660><c> of</c><00:34:04.839><c> Christ</c>

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:08.639
are<00:34:06.339><c> firstly</c><00:34:06.680><c> the</c><00:34:06.980><c> forgiveness</c><00:34:07.279><c> of</c><00:34:07.640><c> sins.</c>

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:10.599
Was<00:34:09.119><c> this</c><00:34:09.320><c> not</c><00:34:09.460><c> an</c><00:34:09.739><c> important</c><00:34:10.039><c> aspect</c>

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:13.000
of<00:34:11.179><c> the</c><00:34:11.320><c> first</c><00:34:11.500><c> century</c><00:34:11.920><c> preaching?</c>

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:16.159
Repent<00:34:13.699><c> and</c><00:34:14.300><c> be</c><00:34:14.579><c> baptized</c><00:34:15.099><c> every</c><00:34:15.380><c> one</c><00:34:15.559><c> of</c><00:34:15.760><c> you</c>

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:18.300
in<00:34:16.559><c> the</c><00:34:16.679><c> name</c><00:34:16.840><c> of</c><00:34:17.000><c> Jesus</c><00:34:17.400><c> Christ</c>

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:20.920
for<00:34:18.900><c> the</c><00:34:19.059><c> remission</c><00:34:19.360><c> of</c><00:34:19.599><c> sins.</c>

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:24.480
Repent<00:34:22.179><c> ye</c><00:34:22.360><c> therefore</c><00:34:22.980><c> and</c><00:34:23.400><c> be</c><00:34:23.739><c> converted</c>

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:27.199
that<00:34:25.219><c> your</c><00:34:25.500><c> sins</c><00:34:25.840><c> may</c><00:34:26.059><c> be</c><00:34:26.219><c> blotted</c><00:34:26.400><c> out</c>

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:29.139
when<00:34:27.840><c> the</c><00:34:28.079><c> times</c><00:34:28.340><c> of</c><00:34:28.679><c> refreshing</c>

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:32.420
shall<00:34:30.000><c> come</c><00:34:30.440><c> from</c><00:34:30.639><c> the</c><00:34:30.840><c> presence</c><00:34:31.079><c> of</c><00:34:31.300><c> the</c><00:34:31.440><c> law.</c>

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:36.039
And<00:34:33.699><c> the</c><00:34:33.760><c> Lord</c><00:34:34.000><c> Jesus</c><00:34:34.400><c> Christ</c><00:34:34.719><c> throughout</c><00:34:35.000><c> His</c><00:34:35.320><c> ministry</c>

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:40.079
emphasized<00:34:37.280><c> the</c><00:34:37.719><c> terrible</c><00:34:38.119><c> reality</c><00:34:38.900><c> of</c><00:34:39.599><c> sin</c>

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:42.579
and<00:34:40.820><c> its</c><00:34:41.079><c> true</c><00:34:41.320><c> source.</c>

00:34:43.219 --> 00:34:47.119
It<00:34:43.219><c> came</c><00:34:43.699><c> from</c><00:34:44.860><c> within</c><00:34:45.139><c> the</c><00:34:45.219><c> very</c><00:34:45.579><c> heart</c><00:34:45.820><c> of</c><00:34:46.079><c> man</c>

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:53.960
defiling,<00:34:49.900><c> degrading,</c><00:34:51.179><c> deceiving</c><00:34:51.800><c> and</c><00:34:52.539><c> debilitating.</c>

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:57.719
And<00:34:55.300><c> over</c><00:34:55.480><c> against</c><00:34:55.840><c> this</c><00:34:56.360><c> predicament</c>

00:34:57.730 --> 00:35:00.639
Jesus<00:34:58.179><c> proclaims</c><00:34:59.019><c> the</c><00:34:59.159><c> gracious</c><00:34:59.440><c> forgiveness</c><00:34:59.880><c> of</c><00:35:00.179><c> God.</c>

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:03.519
The<00:35:01.519><c> woman</c><00:35:01.820><c> taken</c><00:35:02.139><c> in</c><00:35:02.360><c> adultery,</c>

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:05.079
the<00:35:03.699><c> prodigal</c><00:35:04.099><c> son,</c>

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:07.420
the<00:35:05.199><c> man</c><00:35:05.460><c> sick</c><00:35:05.599><c> of</c><00:35:05.739><c> the</c><00:35:05.920><c> palsy</c><00:35:06.219><c> and</c><00:35:06.320><c> many</c><00:35:06.619><c> others.</c>

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:11.059
The<00:35:07.780><c> list</c><00:35:08.219><c> is</c><00:35:09.000><c> legion,</c><00:35:09.420><c> isn't</c><00:35:09.579><c> it?</c>

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:14.119
Forgiveness<00:35:11.820><c> centered</c><00:35:12.420><c> in</c><00:35:12.619><c> the</c><00:35:12.739><c> Lord</c><00:35:12.880><c> Jesus</c><00:35:13.239><c> Christ</c>

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:16.920
but<00:35:14.840><c> only</c><00:35:15.099><c> at</c><00:35:15.380><c> great</c><00:35:15.659><c> cost.</c>

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:19.199
Firstly<00:35:17.800><c> to</c><00:35:18.039><c> the</c><00:35:18.199><c> Redeemer</c><00:35:18.539><c> Himself</c>

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:23.300
and<00:35:20.300><c> then</c><00:35:20.579><c> subsequently</c><00:35:21.079><c> to</c><00:35:21.340><c> man</c><00:35:21.840><c> also.</c>

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:26.320
For<00:35:23.659><c> just</c><00:35:23.840><c> as</c><00:35:24.139><c> Jesus</c><00:35:25.039><c> had</c><00:35:25.219><c> to</c><00:35:25.440><c> count</c><00:35:25.619><c> the</c><00:35:25.880><c> cost</c>

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:27.840
of<00:35:26.760><c> going</c><00:35:27.019><c> to</c><00:35:27.199><c> the</c><00:35:27.380><c> cross</c>

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:30.280
so<00:35:28.559><c> man</c><00:35:28.760><c> also</c><00:35:29.199><c> had</c><00:35:29.360><c> to</c><00:35:29.559><c> count</c><00:35:29.699><c> the</c><00:35:29.940><c> cost</c>

00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:31.840
of<00:35:30.820><c> taking</c><00:35:30.980><c> up</c><00:35:31.219><c> the</c><00:35:31.420><c> cross</c>

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:35.139
personally,<00:35:33.300><c> individually</c><00:35:33.739><c> and</c><00:35:34.420><c> corporately.</c>

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:37.059
To<00:35:35.599><c> count</c><00:35:35.739><c> the</c><00:35:35.960><c> cost</c><00:35:36.219><c> of</c><00:35:36.480><c> forgiveness</c>

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:40.639
in<00:35:37.980><c> a</c><00:35:38.139><c> renewed</c><00:35:38.500><c> and</c><00:35:38.739><c> in</c><00:35:38.860><c> a</c><00:35:39.039><c> transformed</c><00:35:39.619><c> life.</c>

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:45.699
Show<00:35:42.059><c> your</c><00:35:42.320><c> repentance</c><00:35:43.179><c> by</c><00:35:44.300><c> the</c><00:35:44.619><c> fruit</c><00:35:44.780><c> it</c><00:35:45.099><c> bears</c>

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:48.960
was<00:35:46.519><c> the</c><00:35:46.699><c> message</c><00:35:46.940><c> that</c><00:35:47.139><c> came</c><00:35:47.340><c> out</c><00:35:47.619><c> of</c><00:35:47.739><c> the</c><00:35:47.880><c> wilderness</c>

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:52.820
for<00:35:50.400><c> the</c><00:35:50.599><c> attention</c><00:35:50.880><c> of</c><00:35:51.059><c> the</c><00:35:51.219><c> scribes</c><00:35:51.500><c> and</c><00:35:51.679><c> Pharisees</c>

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:54.820
in<00:35:53.039><c> the</c><00:35:53.179><c> days</c><00:35:53.340><c> of</c><00:35:53.519><c> John</c><00:35:53.659><c> the</c><00:35:53.800><c> Baptist.</c>

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:57.539
The<00:35:55.880><c> Lord</c><00:35:56.119><c> Jesus</c><00:35:56.519><c> Christ</c>

00:35:57.539 --> 00:36:00.940
taught<00:35:58.019><c> men</c><00:35:58.619><c> to</c><00:35:58.960><c> practice</c><00:35:59.619><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:03.619
Not<00:36:01.760><c> as</c><00:36:01.920><c> it</c><00:36:02.079><c> were</c><00:36:02.280><c> as</c><00:36:02.420><c> a</c><00:36:02.579><c> temporary</c><00:36:02.960><c> theory</c>

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:07.559
but<00:36:04.199><c> as</c><00:36:04.380><c> a</c><00:36:04.559><c> continual</c><00:36:05.059><c> practice</c><00:36:05.980><c> indefinitely.</c>

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:09.940
No<00:36:08.159><c> limited</c><00:36:08.539><c> number</c><00:36:08.860><c> of</c><00:36:09.059><c> wrongs</c>

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:12.739
makes<00:36:10.420><c> the</c><00:36:10.760><c> practice</c><00:36:11.039><c> of</c><00:36:11.300><c> forgiveness</c><00:36:11.860><c> perfect.</c>

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:17.000
To<00:36:13.340><c> quantify</c><00:36:13.900><c> it,</c><00:36:15.639><c> to</c><00:36:15.820><c> measure</c><00:36:16.119><c> it,</c>

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:18.780
to<00:36:17.380><c> seek</c><00:36:17.559><c> to</c><00:36:17.800><c> delimit</c><00:36:18.199><c> it</c>

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:20.719
was<00:36:18.980><c> to</c><00:36:19.139><c> misunderstand</c><00:36:19.840><c> it,</c>

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:22.780
to<00:36:21.280><c> miss</c><00:36:21.440><c> the</c><00:36:21.699><c> point,</c>

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:25.079
to<00:36:23.619><c> nail</c><00:36:23.760><c> it</c><00:36:24.000><c> down</c>

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:27.800
was<00:36:25.699><c> to</c><00:36:25.900><c> nail</c><00:36:26.019><c> him</c><00:36:26.199><c> to</c><00:36:26.360><c> the</c><00:36:26.559><c> tree.</c>

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:31.139
Father<00:36:29.300><c> forgive</c><00:36:29.739><c> them</c>

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:34.300
for<00:36:31.960><c> they</c><00:36:32.159><c> know</c><00:36:32.320><c> not</c><00:36:32.500><c> what</c><00:36:32.679><c> they</c><00:36:32.940><c> do.</c>

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:39.519
If<00:36:35.880><c> ye</c><00:36:36.119><c> forgive</c><00:36:36.380><c> men</c><00:36:37.320><c> their</c><00:36:38.300><c> trespasses</c>

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:43.079
your<00:36:40.320><c> heavenly</c><00:36:40.659><c> Father</c><00:36:40.920><c> will</c><00:36:41.119><c> also</c><00:36:41.500><c> forgive</c><00:36:41.800><c> you.</c>

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:46.400
But<00:36:43.800><c> if</c><00:36:43.960><c> ye</c><00:36:44.139><c> forgive</c><00:36:44.380><c> not</c><00:36:44.639><c> men</c><00:36:44.860><c> their</c><00:36:45.119><c> trespasses</c>

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:49.239
neither<00:36:47.159><c> will</c><00:36:47.400><c> your</c><00:36:47.659><c> Father</c>

00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:52.420
forgive<00:36:50.059><c> your</c><00:36:51.000><c> trespasses.</c>

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:55.980
Our<00:36:53.820><c> world,</c><00:36:54.159><c> my</c><00:36:54.300><c> dear</c><00:36:54.519><c> brethren</c><00:36:54.780><c> and</c><00:36:55.019><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:56.320 --> 00:37:01.280
seeks<00:36:56.659><c> easy</c><00:36:57.599><c> ways</c><00:36:57.940><c> out</c><00:36:58.340><c> of</c><00:36:58.539><c> this</c><00:36:58.920><c> challenge</c><00:36:59.559><c> of</c><00:37:00.099><c> Jesus.</c>

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:04.280
And<00:37:02.059><c> perhaps</c><00:37:02.260><c> even</c><00:37:02.519><c> we</c><00:37:02.760><c> do</c><00:37:02.960><c> too.</c>

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:06.579
Diminish<00:37:05.179><c> sin</c><00:37:05.380><c> and</c><00:37:05.639><c> wrong.</c>

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:10.239
Make<00:37:08.179><c> light</c><00:37:08.539><c> of</c><00:37:08.719><c> the</c><00:37:08.840><c> deadly</c><00:37:09.119><c> deed.</c>

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:14.699
And<00:37:11.179><c> even</c><00:37:11.440><c> joke</c><00:37:12.039><c> over</c><00:37:12.940><c> unseemly</c><00:37:13.599><c> behavior.</c>

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:38.539
Amen.

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:08.599
Amen.

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:49.280
Amen.

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:19.280
Amen.

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:32.639
After<00:39:30.699><c> that,</c><00:39:31.280><c> in</c><00:39:31.280><c> the</c><00:39:31.619><c> wisdom</c><00:39:31.900><c> of</c><00:39:32.179><c> God,</c>

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:35.139
the<00:39:33.219><c> world</c><00:39:33.500><c> by</c><00:39:33.780><c> wisdom</c><00:39:34.159><c> knew</c><00:39:34.400><c> not</c><00:39:34.719><c> God,</c>

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:38.219
it<00:39:35.780><c> pleased</c><00:39:36.079><c> God</c><00:39:36.440><c> by</c><00:39:36.699><c> the</c><00:39:36.940><c> foolishness</c><00:39:37.440><c> of</c><00:39:37.679><c> preaching</c>

00:39:38.219 --> 00:39:41.019
to<00:39:39.019><c> save</c><00:39:39.400><c> them</c><00:39:39.699><c> that</c><00:39:39.980><c> believe.</c>

00:39:41.380 --> 00:39:43.179
For<00:39:41.579><c> the</c><00:39:41.780><c> Jews</c><00:39:42.000><c> require</c><00:39:42.440><c> a</c><00:39:42.659><c> sign</c>

00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:45.260
and<00:39:43.699><c> the</c><00:39:43.880><c> Greeks</c><00:39:44.059><c> seek</c><00:39:44.340><c> after</c><00:39:44.579><c> wisdom.</c>

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:47.820
But<00:39:45.940><c> we</c><00:39:46.219><c> preach</c><00:39:46.519><c> Christ</c><00:39:46.980><c> crucified</c>

00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:49.219
unto<00:39:48.559><c> the</c><00:39:48.820><c> Jews</c><00:39:49.079><c> established</c><00:39:49.219><c> by</c><00:39:49.219><c> God.</c>

00:39:50.170 --> 00:39:53.000
and<00:39:50.500><c> unto</c><00:39:50.719><c> the</c><00:39:50.940><c> Greeks</c><00:39:51.320><c> foolishness.</c>

00:39:53.260 --> 00:39:55.900
But<00:39:53.400><c> unto</c><00:39:53.539><c> them</c><00:39:53.760><c> which</c><00:39:54.039><c> are</c><00:39:54.340><c> called,</c><00:39:54.719><c> both</c><00:39:55.079><c> Jews</c><00:39:55.219><c> and</c><00:39:55.480><c> Greeks,</c>

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:58.340
Christ<00:39:56.780><c> the</c><00:39:57.119><c> power</c><00:39:57.519><c> of</c><00:39:57.739><c> God</c>

00:39:58.340 --> 00:40:00.840
and<00:39:59.039><c> the</c><00:39:59.260><c> wisdom</c><00:39:59.539><c> of</c><00:39:59.820><c> God.</c>

00:40:01.219 --> 00:40:05.099
We<00:40:01.599><c> speak</c><00:40:02.360><c> the</c><00:40:03.199><c> wisdom</c><00:40:03.519><c> of</c><00:40:03.820><c> God</c>

00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:07.300
in<00:40:06.139><c> a</c><00:40:06.239><c> mystery.</c>

00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:11.460
Man's<00:40:09.179><c> weakness,</c><00:40:09.599><c> my</c><00:40:09.780><c> dear</c><00:40:09.960><c> brethren</c><00:40:10.239><c> and</c><00:40:10.480><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:13.840
is<00:40:11.739><c> revealed</c><00:40:12.380><c> in</c><00:40:12.539><c> a</c><00:40:12.760><c> paradox</c>

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:16.440
in<00:40:14.619><c> the</c><00:40:14.699><c> very</c><00:40:14.980><c> heart</c><00:40:15.219><c> of</c><00:40:15.460><c> human</c><00:40:15.699><c> strength</c>

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:19.460
for<00:40:17.440><c> both</c><00:40:17.820><c> Jew</c><00:40:17.960><c> and</c><00:40:18.179><c> Gentile.</c>

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:24.860
The<00:40:20.659><c> Jew</c><00:40:20.840><c> held</c><00:40:21.119><c> that</c><00:40:21.300><c> God</c><00:40:21.579><c> had</c><00:40:21.860><c> revealed</c><00:40:22.119><c> himself</c><00:40:22.760><c> in</c><00:40:23.460><c> history.</c>

00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:27.260
And<00:40:25.179><c> so</c><00:40:25.300><c> it</c><00:40:25.420><c> was</c><00:40:25.800><c> naturally</c><00:40:26.239><c> easy</c>

00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:29.400
to<00:40:27.719><c> presume</c><00:40:28.139><c> to</c><00:40:28.440><c> know</c>

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:32.199
how<00:40:29.559><c> he</c><00:40:29.699><c> would</c><00:40:29.940><c> reveal</c><00:40:30.179><c> himself</c><00:40:30.679><c> in</c><00:40:30.860><c> the</c><00:40:31.000><c> future.</c>

00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:35.340
A<00:40:33.079><c> temptation</c><00:40:33.679><c> to</c><00:40:34.099><c> seek</c><00:40:34.300><c> to</c><00:40:34.639><c> calculate</c>

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:38.579
God's<00:40:35.980><c> favor</c><00:40:36.519><c> or</c><00:40:37.360><c> his</c><00:40:37.579><c> disapproval</c>

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:40.500
by<00:40:39.139><c> outward</c><00:40:39.380><c> signs.</c>

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:43.380
And<00:40:41.360><c> so</c><00:40:41.500><c> it</c><00:40:41.639><c> was</c><00:40:41.960><c> that</c><00:40:42.119><c> many</c><00:40:42.380><c> Jews</c><00:40:42.579><c> believed</c>

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:45.800
that<00:40:44.059><c> when</c><00:40:44.280><c> their</c><00:40:44.480><c> great</c><00:40:44.760><c> deliverer</c><00:40:45.179><c> came,</c>

00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:49.679
he<00:40:46.420><c> would</c><00:40:46.699><c> bear</c><00:40:46.880><c> himself</c><00:40:47.420><c> in</c><00:40:47.659><c> the</c><00:40:47.940><c> anticipated</c><00:40:48.519><c> way</c>

00:40:49.699 --> 00:40:54.340
and<00:40:50.019><c> accomplish</c><00:40:50.840><c> the</c><00:40:52.000><c> goals</c><00:40:52.340><c> that</c><00:40:52.519><c> they</c><00:40:52.800><c> looked</c><00:40:53.079><c> for.</c>

00:40:56.360 --> 00:40:57.480
Similarly,<00:40:56.619><c> if</c><00:40:56.760><c> you</c><00:40:56.880><c> were</c><00:40:57.059><c> a</c><00:40:57.219><c> Greek</c>

00:40:57.480 --> 00:41:01.280
and<00:40:58.539><c> had</c><00:40:58.719><c> developed</c><00:40:59.000><c> the</c><00:40:59.159><c> power</c><00:40:59.480><c> of</c><00:40:59.840><c> abstract</c><00:41:00.119><c> thought,</c>

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:05.019
you<00:41:02.039><c> were</c><00:41:02.139><c> led</c><00:41:02.219><c> to</c><00:41:02.440><c> suppose</c><00:41:02.880><c> that</c><00:41:03.179><c> nothing</c><00:41:03.579><c> could</c><00:41:03.780><c> be</c><00:41:03.980><c> true</c><00:41:04.159><c> or</c><00:41:04.519><c> real</c>

00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:07.820
which<00:41:05.619><c> disturbed</c><00:41:06.139><c> the</c><00:41:06.440><c> balance</c><00:41:06.719><c> and</c><00:41:07.199><c> completeness</c>

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:09.980
of<00:41:08.579><c> that</c><00:41:08.880><c> thought.</c>

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:13.619
Intellectual<00:41:11.420><c> satisfaction</c><00:41:12.059><c> brought</c><00:41:12.900><c> about</c>

00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:16.519
by<00:41:14.199><c> the</c><00:41:14.440><c> exercise</c><00:41:14.880><c> of</c><00:41:15.179><c> true</c><00:41:15.380><c> reason.</c>

00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:20.980
The<00:41:18.940><c> Greeks</c><00:41:19.139><c> came</c><00:41:19.440><c> to</c><00:41:19.619><c> see</c><00:41:19.860><c> Jesus.</c>

00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:26.239
Sir,<00:41:23.659><c> we</c><00:41:23.980><c> would</c><00:41:24.219><c> see</c><00:41:24.460><c> Jesus,</c><00:41:25.000><c> they</c><00:41:25.260><c> said.</c>

00:41:26.719 --> 00:41:29.840
And<00:41:27.000><c> they</c><00:41:27.079><c> were</c><00:41:27.219><c> sent</c><00:41:27.480><c> away</c><00:41:27.800><c> with</c><00:41:27.960><c> the</c><00:41:28.099><c> most</c><00:41:28.320><c> disturbing</c><00:41:28.820><c> message.</c>

00:41:31.260 --> 00:41:34.000
Verily,<00:41:31.739><c> verily,</c><00:41:32.000><c> I</c><00:41:32.219><c> say</c><00:41:32.360><c> unto</c><00:41:32.619><c> you,</c>

00:41:34.039 --> 00:41:37.480
except<00:41:34.320><c> a</c><00:41:34.539><c> corn</c><00:41:34.739><c> of</c><00:41:34.960><c> wheat</c><00:41:35.139><c> fall</c><00:41:35.480><c> into</c><00:41:35.719><c> the</c><00:41:35.920><c> ground</c><00:41:36.159><c> and</c><00:41:36.519><c> die,</c>

00:41:37.659 --> 00:41:39.340
it<00:41:37.840><c> abideth</c><00:41:38.239><c> alone.</c>

00:41:39.760 --> 00:41:42.639
But<00:41:39.960><c> if</c><00:41:40.099><c> it</c><00:41:40.340><c> die,</c><00:41:40.820><c> bringeth</c><00:41:41.059><c> forth</c><00:41:41.340><c> much</c><00:41:41.679><c> fruit.</c>

00:41:43.099 --> 00:41:45.800
He<00:41:43.440><c> that</c><00:41:43.639><c> loveth</c><00:41:43.920><c> his</c><00:41:44.119><c> life</c><00:41:44.340><c> shall</c><00:41:44.559><c> lose</c><00:41:44.820><c> it,</c>

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:48.980
and<00:41:46.219><c> he</c><00:41:46.380><c> that</c><00:41:46.619><c> hateth</c><00:41:46.820><c> his</c><00:41:47.019><c> life</c><00:41:47.239><c> in</c><00:41:47.400><c> this</c><00:41:47.679><c> world</c>

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:52.579
shall<00:41:49.360><c> keep</c><00:41:49.699><c> it</c><00:41:51.000><c> unto</c><00:41:51.239><c> life</c><00:41:51.559><c> eternal.</c>

00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:55.800
The<00:41:53.500><c> fundamental</c><00:41:53.980><c> error</c><00:41:54.400><c> of</c><00:41:54.679><c> both</c><00:41:54.980><c> Jew</c><00:41:55.119><c> and</c><00:41:55.400><c> Greek</c>

00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:58.920
was<00:41:56.440><c> to</c><00:41:56.840><c> suppose</c><00:41:57.280><c> that</c><00:41:57.519><c> man's</c><00:41:57.860><c> theory</c><00:41:58.179><c> of</c><00:41:58.360><c> life</c>

00:41:58.920 --> 00:42:01.219
was<00:41:59.400><c> complete</c><00:41:59.860><c> and</c><00:42:00.199><c> satisfying.</c>

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:04.659
That<00:42:02.159><c> you</c><00:42:02.260><c> could</c><00:42:02.460><c> use</c><00:42:02.760><c> a</c><00:42:03.320><c> human</c><00:42:03.679><c> yardstick</c>

00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:08.920
to<00:42:05.219><c> measure</c><00:42:05.519><c> out</c><00:42:05.960><c> God's</c><00:42:06.380><c> ways</c><00:42:06.900><c> in</c><00:42:07.500><c> relation</c><00:42:07.840><c> to</c><00:42:08.119><c> man.</c>

00:42:10.699 --> 00:42:14.199
How<00:42:11.260><c> is</c><00:42:11.420><c> it</c><00:42:11.500><c> possible</c><00:42:11.820><c> for</c><00:42:12.019><c> us,</c><00:42:12.360><c> my</c><00:42:12.500><c> dear</c><00:42:12.699><c> brethren</c><00:42:12.960><c> and</c><00:42:13.219><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:14.219 --> 00:42:16.219
to<00:42:14.420><c> avoid</c><00:42:14.699><c> these</c><00:42:15.000><c> dangers?</c>

00:42:16.800 --> 00:42:19.820
How<00:42:16.980><c> is</c><00:42:17.139><c> it</c><00:42:17.300><c> possible</c><00:42:17.639><c> for</c><00:42:17.860><c> us</c><00:42:18.519><c> to</c><00:42:18.800><c> see</c><00:42:19.019><c> more</c><00:42:19.340><c> fully</c>

00:42:19.820 --> 00:42:23.099
the<00:42:20.340><c> crucified</c><00:42:20.960><c> Christ</c><00:42:21.800><c> as</c><00:42:22.320><c> the</c><00:42:22.539><c> power</c>

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:25.599
and<00:42:23.619><c> as</c><00:42:23.800><c> the</c><00:42:23.960><c> wisdom</c><00:42:24.239><c> of</c><00:42:24.559><c> God?</c>

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:29.099
By<00:42:26.739><c> what</c><00:42:27.019><c> steps</c><00:42:27.539><c> or</c><00:42:27.840><c> by</c><00:42:28.079><c> what</c><00:42:28.320><c> stages</c>

00:42:29.280 --> 00:42:32.119
may<00:42:29.840><c> this</c><00:42:30.119><c> mystery</c><00:42:30.519><c> be</c><00:42:30.780><c> made</c><00:42:30.960><c> known</c><00:42:31.119><c> unto</c><00:42:31.340><c> us</c>

00:42:32.360 --> 00:42:34.280
and<00:42:32.920><c> fully</c><00:42:33.139><c> revealed?</c>

00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:36.880
Well,<00:42:35.440><c> I</c><00:42:35.480><c> think</c><00:42:35.619><c> it's</c><00:42:35.860><c> elaborated</c>

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:39.920
in<00:42:37.219><c> 1</c><00:42:37.420><c> Corinthians</c><00:42:37.960><c> chapters</c><00:42:38.360><c> 1</c><00:42:38.679><c> and</c><00:42:38.860><c> 2</c>

00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:41.679
where<00:42:40.340><c> we</c><00:42:40.579><c> began.</c>

00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:44.820
And<00:42:43.219><c> the</c><00:42:43.360><c> pathway,</c><00:42:43.940><c> I</c><00:42:43.940><c> think,</c>

00:42:45.260 --> 00:42:47.079
is<00:42:45.460><c> firstly</c><00:42:45.800><c> humility,</c>

00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:49.599
secondly<00:42:48.400><c> faith,</c>

00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:52.699
and<00:42:50.360><c> thirdly</c><00:42:51.380><c> putting</c><00:42:51.659><c> on</c>

00:42:52.699 --> 00:42:54.659
the<00:42:53.099><c> mind</c><00:42:53.360><c> of</c><00:42:53.639><c> Christ.</c>

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:58.179
The<00:42:55.659><c> first</c><00:42:55.920><c> prerequisite</c><00:42:56.539><c> is</c><00:42:56.739><c> humility,</c>

00:42:58.760 --> 00:43:00.699
because<00:42:59.039><c> that</c><00:42:59.280><c> was</c><00:42:59.400><c> what</c><00:42:59.579><c> Jesus</c><00:42:59.940><c> demanded</c>

00:43:00.699 --> 00:43:02.920
of<00:43:01.780><c> the</c><00:43:01.980><c> Greeks.</c>

00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:06.420
And<00:43:04.280><c> in</c><00:43:04.440><c> a</c><00:43:04.519><c> sense</c><00:43:04.679><c> that's</c><00:43:04.940><c> the</c><00:43:05.039><c> whole</c><00:43:05.239><c> context,</c><00:43:05.760><c> isn't</c><00:43:06.039><c> it,</c>

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:09.380
of<00:43:06.840><c> the</c><00:43:06.900><c> opening</c><00:43:07.260><c> chapters</c><00:43:07.699><c> of</c><00:43:08.119><c> Corinthians,</c>

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:11.260
that<00:43:09.960><c> humility</c><00:43:10.420><c> of</c><00:43:10.739><c> mind</c>

00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:13.340
is<00:43:11.800><c> an</c><00:43:12.000><c> essential</c><00:43:12.400><c> prerequisite</c>

00:43:13.340 --> 00:43:15.420
for<00:43:14.219><c> life</c><00:43:14.500><c> in</c><00:43:14.719><c> the</c><00:43:14.880><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:18.079
Not<00:43:16.079><c> self</c><00:43:16.380><c>-exaltation,</c>

00:43:18.659 --> 00:43:20.139
but<00:43:18.840><c> self</c><00:43:19.059><c>-abasement.</c>

00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:24.619
And<00:43:21.679><c> faith</c><00:43:22.079><c> is</c><00:43:22.699><c> also</c><00:43:23.079><c> necessary.</c>

00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:28.079
Chapter<00:43:25.000><c> 2</c><00:43:25.900><c> and</c><00:43:26.300><c> verse</c><00:43:26.639><c> 4.</c>

00:43:28.219 --> 00:43:29.739
My<00:43:28.320><c> speech</c><00:43:28.719><c> and</c><00:43:28.940><c> my</c><00:43:29.199><c> preaching</c>

00:43:29.739 --> 00:43:33.340
was<00:43:30.380><c> not</c><00:43:30.599><c> with</c><00:43:30.860><c> enticing</c><00:43:31.340><c> words</c><00:43:31.659><c> of</c><00:43:31.800><c> man's</c><00:43:32.199><c> wisdom,</c>

00:43:34.460 --> 00:43:37.639
but<00:43:34.980><c> in</c><00:43:35.239><c> demonstration</c><00:43:35.880><c> of</c><00:43:36.099><c> the</c><00:43:36.340><c> Spirit</c><00:43:36.599><c> and</c><00:43:36.800><c> of</c><00:43:37.059><c> power,</c>

00:43:38.139 --> 00:43:41.380
that<00:43:38.280><c> your</c><00:43:38.619><c> faith</c><00:43:38.880><c> should</c><00:43:39.079><c> not</c><00:43:39.300><c> stand</c><00:43:39.559><c> in</c><00:43:39.719><c> the</c><00:43:39.860><c> wisdom</c><00:43:40.099><c> of</c><00:43:40.340><c> man,</c>

00:43:41.619 --> 00:43:43.539
but<00:43:41.719><c> in</c><00:43:41.860><c> the</c><00:43:42.079><c> power</c><00:43:42.280><c> of</c><00:43:42.539><c> God.</c>

00:43:44.179 --> 00:43:46.860
And<00:43:44.460><c> thirdly,</c><00:43:45.159><c> we</c><00:43:45.500><c> have</c><00:43:45.699><c> to</c><00:43:45.880><c> put</c><00:43:46.119><c> on</c>

00:43:46.860 --> 00:43:48.460
the<00:43:47.219><c> mind</c><00:43:47.539><c> of</c><00:43:47.780><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:49.679
Verse<00:43:48.840><c> 16.</c>

00:43:50.099 --> 00:43:52.239
Who<00:43:50.280><c> hath</c><00:43:50.500><c> known</c><00:43:50.880><c> the</c><00:43:51.019><c> mind</c><00:43:51.280><c> of</c><00:43:51.440><c> the</c><00:43:51.599><c> Lord,</c>

00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:54.260
that<00:43:52.699><c> he</c><00:43:52.880><c> may</c><00:43:53.159><c> instruct</c><00:43:53.559><c> him,</c>

00:43:54.460 --> 00:44:00.119
but<00:43:54.719><c> we</c><00:43:55.840><c> have</c><00:43:56.719><c> the</c><00:43:56.880><c> mind</c><00:43:58.000><c> of</c><00:43:58.920><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:04.599
And<00:44:03.260><c> the</c><00:44:03.440><c> fourth</c><00:44:03.820><c> key</c><00:44:04.059><c> element</c>

00:44:04.599 --> 00:44:10.000
is<00:44:05.460><c> to</c><00:44:05.699><c> understand</c><00:44:06.539><c> obedience</c><00:44:07.519><c> and</c><00:44:08.880><c> suffering.</c>

00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:11.880
Not<00:44:10.460><c> in</c><00:44:10.699><c> isolation,</c>

00:44:12.460 --> 00:44:15.320
in<00:44:12.639><c> sole</c><00:44:12.860><c> connection</c><00:44:13.300><c> with</c><00:44:13.480><c> the</c><00:44:13.639><c> sacrifice</c><00:44:14.059><c> of</c><00:44:14.320><c> Christ,</c>

00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:17.940
but<00:44:15.719><c> to</c><00:44:15.960><c> understand</c><00:44:16.420><c> its</c><00:44:16.719><c> place</c><00:44:17.019><c> and</c><00:44:17.280><c> its</c><00:44:17.579><c> path</c>

00:44:18.360 --> 00:44:20.400
in<00:44:18.739><c> the</c><00:44:18.920><c> purpose</c><00:44:19.139><c> of</c><00:44:19.420><c> God.</c>

00:44:20.800 --> 00:44:24.860
It<00:44:20.940><c> came</c><00:44:21.099><c> to</c><00:44:21.260><c> its</c><00:44:21.440><c> focus</c><00:44:22.239><c> in</c><00:44:22.980><c> the</c><00:44:23.119><c> Lord</c><00:44:23.280><c> Jesus</c><00:44:23.659><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:26.519
He<00:44:25.280><c> learned</c><00:44:25.500><c> obedience</c>

00:44:26.519 --> 00:44:29.440
by<00:44:27.559><c> the</c><00:44:27.780><c> things</c><00:44:28.119><c> which</c><00:44:28.679><c> he</c><00:44:29.019><c> suffered.</c>

00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:32.940
Many<00:44:30.340><c> of</c><00:44:30.480><c> those</c><00:44:30.659><c> Old</c><00:44:30.940><c> Testament</c><00:44:31.340><c> prophecies</c>

00:44:33.300 --> 00:44:36.539
foretold<00:44:34.039><c> of</c><00:44:34.519><c> the</c><00:44:35.519><c> suffering,</c>

00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:38.480
the<00:44:36.780><c> precise</c><00:44:37.119><c> nature</c><00:44:37.559><c> of</c><00:44:37.739><c> that</c><00:44:38.019><c> suffering</c>

00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:40.699
that<00:44:39.139><c> he</c><00:44:39.280><c> would</c><00:44:39.539><c> endure.</c>

00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:45.199
Why<00:44:42.840><c> suffering,</c><00:44:43.420><c> my</c><00:44:43.480><c> dear</c><00:44:43.659><c> brethren</c><00:44:43.920><c> and</c><00:44:44.199><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:45.360 --> 00:44:49.199
such<00:44:45.480><c> an</c><00:44:45.780><c> integral</c><00:44:46.139><c> part</c><00:44:46.960><c> of</c><00:44:47.599><c> God's</c><00:44:48.000><c> purpose</c>

00:44:49.329 --> 00:44:52.320
and<00:44:49.699><c> the</c><00:44:49.920><c> lives</c><00:44:50.199><c> that</c><00:44:50.360><c> we</c><00:44:50.519><c> are</c><00:44:50.699><c> called</c><00:44:50.880><c> upon</c><00:44:51.260><c> to</c><00:44:51.539><c> play</c>

00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:54.420
in<00:44:53.539><c> that</c><00:44:53.800><c> purpose?</c>

00:44:54.420 --> 00:44:57.019
We<00:44:55.420><c> shall</c><00:44:55.619><c> consider</c><00:44:55.980><c> that</c>

00:44:57.019 --> 00:44:59.099
in<00:44:57.679><c> our</c><00:44:57.840><c> later</c><00:44:58.119><c> addresses.</c>

00:44:59.599 --> 00:45:03.119
But<00:44:59.760><c> once</c><00:44:59.940><c> again,</c><00:45:00.500><c> it's</c><00:45:00.920><c> an</c><00:45:01.099><c> invitation</c><00:45:01.579><c> for</c><00:45:01.940><c> us</c>

00:45:03.219 --> 00:45:06.340
to<00:45:03.820><c> go</c><00:45:04.119><c> back</c><00:45:04.280><c> where</c><00:45:04.480><c> we</c><00:45:04.659><c> should</c><00:45:04.860><c> really</c><00:45:05.179><c> be</c>

00:45:06.280 --> 00:45:08.380
on<00:45:06.579><c> the</c><00:45:06.719><c> basis</c><00:45:06.940><c> of</c><00:45:07.159><c> our</c><00:45:07.340><c> subject,</c>

00:45:08.920 --> 00:45:11.539
to<00:45:09.159><c> consider</c><00:45:09.539><c> the</c><00:45:09.820><c> Divine</c><00:45:10.179><c> Originator,</c>

00:45:11.960 --> 00:45:15.239
His<00:45:12.239><c> sovereignty</c><00:45:13.300><c> over</c><00:45:14.239><c> all.</c>

00:45:15.519 --> 00:45:17.539
It<00:45:15.659><c> cannot</c><00:45:15.980><c> be</c><00:45:16.260><c> questioned.</c>

00:45:17.880 --> 00:45:20.280
Shall<00:45:18.119><c> not</c><00:45:18.400><c> the</c><00:45:18.539><c> Judge</c><00:45:18.820><c> of</c><00:45:19.019><c> all</c><00:45:19.260><c> the</c><00:45:19.460><c> earth</c>

00:45:20.280 --> 00:45:22.579
do<00:45:21.219><c> right?</c>

00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:28.599
If<00:45:25.460><c> we</c><00:45:25.599><c> do</c><00:45:25.719><c> not</c><00:45:25.920><c> understand</c><00:45:26.320><c> it,</c><00:45:26.519><c> my</c><00:45:26.679><c> dear</c><00:45:26.880><c> brethren</c><00:45:27.139><c> and</c><00:45:27.340><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:28.719 --> 00:45:30.780
in<00:45:28.800><c> humility</c><00:45:29.099><c> we</c><00:45:29.280><c> must</c><00:45:29.500><c> accept</c><00:45:29.980><c> it,</c>

00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:34.260
the<00:45:31.280><c> final</c><00:45:31.880><c> inscrutability</c><00:45:32.940><c> of</c><00:45:33.219><c> God</c>

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:36.940
where<00:45:35.280><c> man</c><00:45:35.599><c> cannot</c><00:45:35.960><c> go</c>

00:45:36.940 --> 00:45:39.019
and<00:45:37.800><c> where</c><00:45:37.940><c> in</c><00:45:38.079><c> the</c><00:45:38.260><c> end</c>

00:45:39.019 --> 00:45:42.760
he<00:45:39.539><c> has</c><00:45:39.780><c> no</c><00:45:40.079><c> right</c><00:45:40.659><c> to</c><00:45:41.320><c> inquire.</c>

00:45:43.639 --> 00:45:46.920
All<00:45:44.000><c> our</c><00:45:44.199><c> desolating</c><00:45:44.780><c> and</c><00:45:45.400><c> painful</c><00:45:45.760><c> experiences</c>

00:45:46.920 --> 00:45:50.559
rightly<00:45:47.599><c> viewed</c><00:45:48.500><c> in</c><00:45:48.860><c> humility</c><00:45:49.260><c> of</c><00:45:49.539><c> mind</c>

00:45:50.920 --> 00:45:53.519
can<00:45:51.579><c> under</c><00:45:51.920><c> God's</c><00:45:52.280><c> good</c><00:45:52.539><c> hand</c>

00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:56.679
lead<00:45:54.079><c> to</c><00:45:55.179><c> spiritual</c><00:45:55.539><c> growth.</c>

00:45:56.900 --> 00:45:59.019
Faith<00:45:57.119><c> is</c><00:45:57.360><c> never</c><00:45:57.599><c> abandoned,</c>

00:45:59.039 --> 00:46:02.400
but<00:45:59.219><c> rather</c><00:45:59.500><c> ennobled</c><00:46:01.099><c> through</c><00:46:01.420><c> suffering.</c>

00:46:02.960 --> 00:46:04.860
Think<00:46:03.179><c> of</c><00:46:03.320><c> the</c><00:46:03.440><c> Apostle</c><00:46:03.800><c> Paul.</c>

00:46:05.500 --> 00:46:08.800
I<00:46:05.739><c> will</c><00:46:05.920><c> show</c><00:46:06.139><c> him</c><00:46:06.860><c> how</c><00:46:07.460><c> great</c><00:46:07.980><c> things</c>

00:46:08.800 --> 00:46:13.360
he<00:46:09.320><c> must</c><00:46:09.599><c> suffer</c><00:46:10.360><c> for</c><00:46:11.699><c> my</c><00:46:12.019><c> name's</c><00:46:12.599><c> sake.</c>

00:46:13.980 --> 00:46:16.860
And<00:46:14.559><c> it</c><00:46:14.659><c> was</c><00:46:14.860><c> in</c><00:46:14.980><c> one</c><00:46:15.099><c> of</c><00:46:15.219><c> his</c><00:46:15.420><c> later</c><00:46:15.920><c> epistles</c>

00:46:16.860 --> 00:46:19.539
that<00:46:17.840><c> Paul</c><00:46:18.280><c> still</c><00:46:18.659><c> spoke</c><00:46:19.019><c> of</c><00:46:19.179><c> a</c><00:46:19.340><c> name</c>

00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:20.980
that<00:46:19.679><c> was</c><00:46:19.880><c> not</c><00:46:20.079><c> yet</c><00:46:20.280><c> achieved,</c>

00:46:21.440 --> 00:46:23.920
an<00:46:21.719><c> aspiration</c><00:46:22.260><c> that</c><00:46:22.460><c> was</c><00:46:22.639><c> still</c><00:46:22.840><c> not</c><00:46:23.099><c> realized</c>

00:46:23.920 --> 00:46:27.360
to<00:46:24.780><c> know</c><00:46:25.059><c> the</c><00:46:25.260><c> fellowship</c><00:46:25.639><c> of</c><00:46:25.900><c> Christ's</c><00:46:26.420><c> sufferings</c>

00:46:27.579 --> 00:46:29.369
through<00:46:27.880><c> the</c><00:46:28.159><c> continual</c><00:46:28.579><c> process</c>

00:46:29.420 --> 00:46:33.300
of<00:46:29.940><c> becoming</c><00:46:30.260><c> conformed</c><00:46:31.960><c> to</c><00:46:32.139><c> his</c><00:46:32.380><c> death.</c>

00:46:34.760 --> 00:46:35.920
And<00:46:34.980><c> remember</c><00:46:35.300><c> too</c>

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:38.760
what<00:46:36.679><c> the</c><00:46:36.840><c> Lord</c><00:46:37.019><c> Jesus</c><00:46:37.320><c> said</c><00:46:37.539><c> of</c><00:46:37.780><c> Peter,</c>

00:46:38.980 --> 00:46:42.139
When<00:46:39.539><c> thou</c><00:46:39.780><c> wast</c><00:46:40.019><c> young,</c><00:46:40.579><c> thou</c><00:46:40.719><c> girdest</c><00:46:41.099><c> thyself</c>

00:46:42.139 --> 00:46:44.400
and<00:46:42.559><c> walkest</c><00:46:42.940><c> where</c><00:46:43.119><c> thou</c><00:46:43.360><c> wouldest.</c>

00:46:44.880 --> 00:46:46.099
But<00:46:45.019><c> when</c><00:46:45.239><c> thou</c><00:46:45.360><c> shalt</c><00:46:45.599><c> be</c><00:46:45.900><c> old,</c>

00:46:46.119 --> 00:46:48.059
thou<00:46:46.260><c> shalt</c><00:46:46.440><c> stretch</c><00:46:46.780><c> forth</c><00:46:47.119><c> thine</c><00:46:47.300><c> hands</c>

00:46:48.059 --> 00:46:50.380
and<00:46:48.840><c> another</c><00:46:49.059><c> shall</c><00:46:49.300><c> gird</c><00:46:49.579><c> thee</c>

00:46:50.380 --> 00:46:52.519
and<00:46:51.019><c> carry</c><00:46:51.360><c> thee</c>

00:46:52.519 --> 00:46:54.500
whither<00:46:52.920><c> thou</c><00:46:53.179><c> wouldest</c><00:46:53.559><c> not.</c>

00:46:57.219 --> 00:47:00.800
To<00:46:57.780><c> be</c><00:46:57.980><c> fully</c><00:46:58.159><c> obedient,</c><00:46:59.059><c> my</c><00:46:59.159><c> dear</c><00:46:59.340><c> brethren</c><00:46:59.619><c> and</c><00:46:59.840><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:01.099 --> 00:47:03.280
is<00:47:01.239><c> to</c><00:47:01.440><c> share</c><00:47:01.599><c> with</c><00:47:01.800><c> Christ</c><00:47:02.219><c> in</c><00:47:02.440><c> his</c><00:47:02.639><c> death,</c>

00:47:03.780 --> 00:47:05.900
to<00:47:03.920><c> truly</c><00:47:04.199><c> fellowship</c><00:47:04.780><c> his</c><00:47:05.039><c> sufferings,</c>

00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:09.440
to<00:47:06.460><c> have</c><00:47:06.559><c> a</c><00:47:06.719><c> sense</c><00:47:06.980><c> of</c><00:47:07.320><c> participation</c><00:47:07.860><c> in</c><00:47:08.039><c> his</c><00:47:08.280><c> cross,</c>

00:47:10.800 --> 00:47:15.260
that<00:47:10.900><c> the</c><00:47:11.079><c> new</c><00:47:11.260><c> man</c><00:47:11.440><c> in</c><00:47:11.699><c> Christ</c><00:47:12.480><c> might</c><00:47:13.719><c> be</c><00:47:14.000><c> revealed</c>

00:47:15.659 --> 00:47:20.639
and<00:47:16.139><c> might</c><00:47:16.400><c> give</c><00:47:16.659><c> honor</c><00:47:17.340><c> and</c><00:47:18.260><c> glory</c><00:47:18.920><c> and</c><00:47:19.559><c> majesty</c>

00:47:20.760 --> 00:47:24.599
to<00:47:21.239><c> the</c><00:47:21.420><c> Creator</c><00:47:22.000><c> and</c><00:47:22.960><c> the</c><00:47:23.139><c> Lord</c><00:47:23.280><c> of</c><00:47:23.519><c> all.</c>

00:47:26.800 --> 00:47:29.840
So<00:47:27.280><c> we</c><00:47:27.360><c> come</c><00:47:27.500><c> to</c><00:47:27.739><c> our</c><00:47:28.460><c> conclusions</c>

00:47:29.900 --> 00:47:32.340
from<00:47:30.460><c> this</c><00:47:30.719><c> first</c><00:47:31.039><c> address.</c>

00:47:32.840 --> 00:47:35.960
The<00:47:33.559><c> conclusions</c><00:47:34.019><c> are</c><00:47:34.320><c> threefold.</c>

00:47:36.719 --> 00:47:41.599
Firstly,<00:47:40.059><c> the</c><00:47:40.159><c> cross</c><00:47:40.300><c> of</c><00:47:40.519><c> Christ</c>

00:47:41.840 --> 00:47:43.820
and<00:47:42.280><c> the</c><00:47:42.420><c> preaching</c><00:47:42.619><c> of</c><00:47:42.800><c> the</c><00:47:43.019><c> cross</c>

00:47:43.820 --> 00:47:46.420
and<00:47:44.760><c> an</c><00:47:44.920><c> understanding</c><00:47:45.380><c> of</c><00:47:45.559><c> the</c><00:47:45.780><c> cross</c>

00:47:46.420 --> 00:47:50.820
is<00:47:47.340><c> a</c><00:47:47.519><c> positive</c><00:47:48.159><c> and</c><00:47:48.980><c> an</c><00:47:49.199><c> objective</c><00:47:49.619><c> message.</c>

00:47:51.019 --> 00:47:54.579
It<00:47:51.099><c> is</c><00:47:51.260><c> the</c><00:47:51.440><c> power</c><00:47:51.719><c> of</c><00:47:52.000><c> God</c><00:47:52.679><c> unto</c><00:47:53.139><c> salvation.</c>

00:47:54.960 --> 00:47:57.019
It<00:47:55.099><c> begins</c><00:47:55.380><c> with</c><00:47:55.639><c> God</c>

00:47:57.300 --> 00:48:00.579
and<00:47:57.800><c> is</c><00:47:58.039><c> primarily</c><00:47:58.539><c> concerned</c><00:47:59.139><c> with</c><00:47:59.400><c> goals,</c>

00:48:00.619 --> 00:48:03.699
with<00:48:00.800><c> objectives</c><00:48:01.519><c> and</c><00:48:02.239><c> with</c><00:48:02.519><c> destination.</c>

00:48:05.659 --> 00:48:08.579
Secondly,<00:48:06.940><c> all</c><00:48:07.139><c> procedures</c><00:48:07.619><c> and</c><00:48:07.920><c> mechanisms,</c>

00:48:09.079 --> 00:48:10.559
theories<00:48:09.380><c> and</c><00:48:09.719><c> explanations</c>

00:48:10.559 --> 00:48:13.320
are<00:48:11.599><c> attempts</c><00:48:12.000><c> from</c><00:48:12.280><c> man's</c><00:48:12.760><c> viewpoint</c>

00:48:13.320 --> 00:48:15.659
and<00:48:14.159><c> man's</c><00:48:14.599><c> viewpoint</c><00:48:14.920><c> alone</c>

00:48:15.659 --> 00:48:18.940
to<00:48:16.360><c> understand</c><00:48:16.760><c> the</c><00:48:17.000><c> mechanics</c><00:48:17.300><c> of</c><00:48:17.539><c> our</c><00:48:17.719><c> salvation.</c>

00:48:20.059 --> 00:48:22.380
They<00:48:20.320><c> all</c><00:48:20.559><c> have</c><00:48:20.760><c> their</c><00:48:20.920><c> limitations</c>

00:48:22.519 --> 00:48:24.519
because<00:48:23.579><c> of</c><00:48:23.780><c> necessity.</c>

00:48:24.519 --> 00:48:28.280
The<00:48:25.360><c> full</c><00:48:25.559><c> reasons</c><00:48:26.280><c> and</c><00:48:27.039><c> the</c><00:48:27.159><c> full</c><00:48:27.300><c> details</c>

00:48:28.280 --> 00:48:30.400
are<00:48:28.840><c> known</c><00:48:28.980><c> only</c><00:48:29.199><c> to</c><00:48:29.500><c> God.</c>

00:48:30.639 --> 00:48:32.480
What<00:48:30.760><c> we</c><00:48:30.960><c> can</c><00:48:31.219><c> understand</c>

00:48:32.449 --> 00:48:34.159
are<00:48:32.699><c> the</c><00:48:32.820><c> foreshadowing</c><00:48:33.440><c> of</c><00:48:33.639><c> the</c><00:48:33.840><c> cross,</c>

00:48:34.320 --> 00:48:36.519
its<00:48:34.460><c> promise</c><00:48:34.820><c> and</c><00:48:35.019><c> its</c><00:48:35.280><c> expectation,</c>

00:48:37.019 --> 00:48:38.199
the<00:48:37.199><c> realization</c><00:48:37.659><c> of</c><00:48:37.840><c> the</c><00:48:38.039><c> cross,</c>

00:48:38.340 --> 00:48:40.219
the<00:48:38.519><c> proclamation</c><00:48:39.000><c> of</c><00:48:39.199><c> the</c><00:48:39.400><c> cross,</c>

00:48:40.280 --> 00:48:41.480
the<00:48:40.480><c> observation</c><00:48:40.940><c> of</c><00:48:41.099><c> the</c><00:48:41.300><c> cross</c>

00:48:41.480 --> 00:48:43.619
and<00:48:41.619><c> the</c><00:48:41.780><c> portrayal</c><00:48:42.300><c> of</c><00:48:42.420><c> the</c><00:48:42.639><c> cross.</c>

00:48:44.280 --> 00:48:46.039
What<00:48:44.539><c> we</c><00:48:44.780><c> can</c><00:48:45.059><c> understand</c>

00:48:46.039 --> 00:48:49.059
are<00:48:47.019><c> the</c><00:48:47.199><c> spiritual,</c><00:48:48.480><c> practical</c>

00:48:49.059 --> 00:48:52.599
and<00:48:49.880><c> excitational</c><00:48:51.199><c> principles</c><00:48:51.960><c> of</c><00:48:52.159><c> the</c><00:48:52.360><c> cross,</c>

00:48:52.599 --> 00:48:55.820
its<00:48:52.920><c> value,</c><00:48:53.880><c> its</c><00:48:54.059><c> importance,</c><00:48:55.179><c> its</c><00:48:55.260><c> meaning,</c>

00:48:56.219 --> 00:48:59.340
its<00:48:56.360><c> blessings,</c><00:48:58.659><c> its</c><00:48:58.780><c> privileges</c>

00:48:59.340 --> 00:49:01.699
and<00:49:00.099><c> its</c><00:49:00.360><c> responsibilities.</c>

00:49:03.960 --> 00:49:06.260
Thirdly,<00:49:05.380><c> in</c><00:49:05.460><c> order</c><00:49:05.639><c> to</c><00:49:05.860><c> understand</c>

00:49:06.260 --> 00:49:08.119
the<00:49:06.519><c> atoning</c><00:49:06.900><c> work</c><00:49:07.320><c> of</c><00:49:07.539><c> Christ,</c>

00:49:08.599 --> 00:49:11.480
in<00:49:08.719><c> order</c><00:49:08.940><c> to</c><00:49:09.260><c> understand</c><00:49:09.579><c> the</c><00:49:09.760><c> principle</c><00:49:10.079><c> of</c><00:49:10.300><c> atonement,</c>

00:49:11.659 --> 00:49:15.239
we<00:49:11.780><c> must</c><00:49:12.039><c> first</c><00:49:12.480><c> understand</c><00:49:13.539><c> the</c><00:49:14.000><c> primacy</c><00:49:14.480><c> of</c><00:49:14.739><c> God</c>

00:49:15.239 --> 00:49:18.340
and<00:49:15.980><c> His</c><00:49:16.179><c> self</c><00:49:16.460><c>-revelation</c><00:49:16.940><c> in</c><00:49:17.139><c> His</c><00:49:17.360><c> Son.</c>

00:49:18.900 --> 00:49:20.860
We<00:49:19.000><c> need</c><00:49:19.199><c> to</c><00:49:19.420><c> understand</c><00:49:19.739><c> the</c><00:49:19.920><c> nature</c><00:49:20.199><c> of</c><00:49:20.460><c> man,</c>

00:49:20.860 --> 00:49:23.480
the<00:49:21.840><c> principle</c><00:49:22.199><c> of</c><00:49:22.480><c> forgiveness</c>

00:49:23.860 --> 00:49:28.980
and<00:49:24.579><c> the</c><00:49:24.719><c> need</c><00:49:24.880><c> for</c><00:49:25.280><c> obedience</c><00:49:26.300><c> and</c><00:49:27.820><c> sacrifice.</c>