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God.<00:14:58.480><c> He</c><00:14:59.039><c> pleaded</c><00:14:59.340><c> with</c><00:14:59.559><c> God</c><00:14:59.759><c> to</c><00:14:59.980><c> forgive</c><00:15:00.179><c> him</c><00:15:00.419><c> his</c>

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abased,<00:15:07.559><c> he</c><00:15:07.759><c> hated</c><00:15:08.019><c> and</c><00:15:08.440><c> despised</c><00:15:08.879><c> himself</c><00:15:09.279><c> for</c><00:15:09.460><c> what</c>

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and<00:15:30.179><c> sisters,</c><00:15:30.500><c> David</c><00:15:30.899><c> was</c><00:15:31.200><c> also</c><00:15:31.759><c> a</c><00:15:32.220><c> great</c><00:15:32.440><c> man</c><00:15:32.740><c> by</c><00:15:33.059><c> worldly</c><00:15:33.460><c> standards,</c><00:15:34.120><c> wasn't</c><00:15:34.379><c> he?</c><00:15:35.059><c> He</c>

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was<00:15:35.379><c> a</c><00:15:35.519><c> courageous</c><00:15:36.100><c> warrior,</c>

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his<00:15:49.600><c> greatness</c><00:15:50.059><c> in</c><00:15:50.419><c> God's</c><00:15:51.019><c> sight</c><00:15:51.159><c> did</c><00:15:51.460><c> not</c>

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contrite<00:16:03.600><c> heart,</c><00:16:03.980><c> O</c><00:16:04.100><c> God,</c><00:16:04.360><c> thou</c><00:16:04.539><c> wilt</c><00:16:04.919><c> not</c><00:16:05.240><c> despise,</c><00:16:05.820><c> he</c><00:16:05.919><c> said.</c><00:16:10.240><c> Blessed</c><00:16:10.519><c> are</c>

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they<00:16:10.940><c> that</c><00:16:11.240><c> mourn,</c><00:16:13.740><c> for</c><00:16:13.919><c> they</c><00:16:14.120><c> shall</c>

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died.<00:16:30.759><c> That's</c><00:16:31.100><c> our</c><00:16:31.340><c> common</c><00:16:31.679><c> humanity,</c><00:16:32.700><c> brethren</c><00:16:32.899><c> and</c><00:16:33.120><c> sisters.</c><00:16:33.440><c> We're</c>

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not.<00:16:42.059><c> So</c><00:16:42.279><c> it's</c><00:16:42.360><c> not</c><00:16:42.580><c> that</c><00:16:42.879><c> kind</c><00:16:43.080><c> of</c><00:16:43.299><c> mourning</c><00:16:43.519><c> at</c><00:16:43.879><c> all</c><00:16:44.399><c> that</c><00:16:44.679><c> Jesus</c><00:16:44.980><c> is</c>

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talking<00:16:45.519><c> about.</c><00:16:46.259><c> Jesus</c><00:16:46.600><c> is</c><00:16:46.840><c> thinking</c><00:16:47.080><c> of</c><00:16:47.419><c> sober</c>

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people<00:16:49.059><c> who</c><00:16:49.539><c> mourn</c><00:16:49.860><c> for</c><00:16:50.059><c> their</c><00:16:50.399><c> sins</c><00:16:50.820><c> and</c><00:16:51.019><c> for</c><00:16:51.159><c> the</c><00:16:51.360><c> sins</c><00:16:51.539><c> of</c>

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his<00:17:11.079><c> fellow</c><00:17:11.319><c> man</c><00:17:11.700><c> and</c><00:17:11.880><c> the</c>

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vast<00:17:12.339><c> oceans</c><00:17:12.720><c> of</c><00:17:13.000><c> suffering</c><00:17:13.299><c> which</c><00:17:13.599><c> exist</c><00:17:13.940><c> in</c><00:17:14.140><c> our</c><00:17:14.359><c> world</c><00:17:14.579><c> right</c><00:17:14.859><c> at</c>

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to<00:17:17.660><c> mourn</c><00:17:17.960><c> about.</c><00:17:21.140><c> My</c><00:17:21.640><c> own</c><00:17:21.980><c> personal</c><00:17:22.480><c> sin</c><00:17:22.779><c> is</c><00:17:23.059><c> something</c><00:17:23.339><c> for</c>

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me<00:17:23.799><c> to</c><00:17:24.019><c> mourn</c><00:17:24.359><c> about</c><00:17:24.839><c> and</c><00:17:26.359><c> you</c><00:17:26.559><c> for</c><00:17:26.759><c> yours.</c>

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in<00:17:56.839><c> verse</c><00:17:57.099><c> 4.</c><00:17:59.099><c> Christianity</c><00:17:59.660><c> is</c><00:18:00.400><c> a</c><00:18:00.740><c> joyous</c>

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religion<00:18:02.019><c> but</c><00:18:02.839><c> it</c><00:18:03.019><c> is</c><00:18:03.180><c> not</c><00:18:03.480><c> a</c><00:18:03.680><c> jolly</c><00:18:04.019><c> religion.</c><00:18:05.579><c> There's</c><00:18:05.859><c> a</c><00:18:06.059><c> distinction.</c><00:18:07.799><c> The</c><00:18:07.980><c> knowledge</c><00:18:08.220><c> of</c>

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our<00:18:08.660><c> release</c><00:18:08.960><c> from</c>

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bondage<00:18:09.740><c> of</c><00:18:09.900><c> sin</c><00:18:10.079><c> and</c><00:18:10.339><c> death</c><00:18:10.539><c> in</c><00:18:10.740><c> Jesus</c><00:18:11.180><c> Christ</c><00:18:11.940><c> is</c><00:18:12.660><c> cause</c><00:18:12.940><c> for</c>

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deep<00:18:14.319><c> thankfulness</c><00:18:15.059><c> and</c><00:18:15.279><c> gratitude.</c>

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circles,<00:18:20.920><c> isn't</c><00:18:21.180><c> there?</c>

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all<00:18:26.460><c> happy</c><00:18:26.819><c> and</c><00:18:27.099><c> clapping</c><00:18:27.380><c> hands</c><00:18:27.859><c> and</c><00:18:28.200><c> smiling</c>

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a<00:18:33.019><c> good</c><00:18:33.200><c> chap</c><00:18:33.579><c> which</c><00:18:34.079><c> means</c><00:18:34.519><c> a</c><00:18:34.759><c> good</c><00:18:34.900><c> Christian.</c>

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appraisal<00:18:46.960><c> of</c><00:18:47.099><c> the</c><00:18:47.259><c> true</c><00:18:47.500><c> state</c><00:18:47.779><c> of</c><00:18:48.079><c> affairs.</c>

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It<00:18:49.059><c> looks</c><00:18:49.299><c> on</c><00:18:49.559><c> the</c><00:18:49.859><c> reality</c><00:18:50.279><c> of</c><00:18:50.680><c> sin</c><00:18:51.079><c> and</c><00:18:51.980><c> sees</c><00:18:52.220><c> it</c><00:18:52.359><c> from</c><00:18:52.599><c> God's</c>

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point<00:18:53.400><c> of</c><00:18:53.640><c> view</c><00:18:54.059><c> and</c><00:18:55.039><c> it's</c><00:18:55.279><c> those</c><00:18:55.619><c> who</c><00:18:56.000><c> mourn,</c>

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says<00:18:58.099><c> Jesus,</c><00:18:58.480><c> who</c><00:18:58.660><c> are</c><00:18:58.799><c> truly</c><00:18:59.019><c> blessed.</c><00:19:00.859><c> Now</c><00:19:01.000><c> of</c><00:19:01.079><c> course</c><00:19:01.200><c> he</c>

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doesn't<00:19:01.640><c> mean</c><00:19:01.940><c> leaving</c><00:19:02.259><c> it</c><00:19:02.480><c> at</c><00:19:02.599><c> that,</c>

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and<00:19:03.220><c> bringing</c><00:19:04.519><c> our</c><00:19:04.900><c> hands</c><00:19:05.180><c> and</c><00:19:05.359><c> feeling</c><00:19:05.599><c> desperately</c><00:19:06.180><c> wretched</c><00:19:06.539><c> 24</c><00:19:07.059><c> hours</c><00:19:07.380><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:07.720><c> day</c>

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but<00:19:09.759><c> as</c><00:19:09.920><c> we</c><00:19:10.079><c> suggested</c><00:19:10.460><c> a</c><00:19:10.660><c> moment</c><00:19:10.900><c> ago,</c><00:19:11.200><c> seeing</c><00:19:11.480><c> the</c><00:19:11.720><c> answer</c>

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to<00:19:12.420><c> our</c><00:19:12.660><c> mourning</c><00:19:13.059><c> in</c><00:19:13.359><c> Jesus</c><00:19:13.839><c> Christ.</c>

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As<00:19:16.220><c> Psalm</c><00:19:16.400><c> 30</c><00:19:16.680><c> says,</c><00:19:17.259><c> weeping</c><00:19:17.579><c> may</c><00:19:17.900><c> endure</c><00:19:18.240><c> for</c><00:19:18.539><c> a</c><00:19:18.680><c> night</c><00:19:18.880><c> but</c>

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joy<00:19:19.660><c> cometh</c><00:19:20.039><c> in</c><00:19:20.279><c> the</c><00:19:20.460><c> morning</c>

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and<00:19:22.740><c> those</c><00:19:23.000><c> who</c><00:19:23.259><c> mourn</c><00:19:23.539><c> over</c><00:19:23.819><c> the</c><00:19:24.019><c> right</c><00:19:24.339><c> things,</c><00:19:24.880><c> those</c><00:19:25.160><c> whose</c><00:19:25.359><c> hearts</c><00:19:25.660><c> are</c>

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quiet<00:19:26.299><c> and</c><00:19:26.680><c> sober</c><00:19:26.900><c> before</c><00:19:27.339><c> God,</c>

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understanding<00:19:29.220><c> their</c><00:19:29.599><c> own</c><00:19:29.900><c> frailty</c><00:19:30.259><c> and</c><00:19:30.480><c> their</c><00:19:30.700><c> sinfulness,</c>

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Christ<00:19:35.299><c> will</c><00:19:36.140><c> be</c><00:19:36.359><c> made</c><00:19:36.640><c> happy</c><00:19:36.980><c> in</c><00:19:37.240><c> the</c><00:19:37.400><c> morning</c><00:19:37.700><c> when</c><00:19:37.960><c> the</c><00:19:38.140><c> new</c>

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day<00:19:38.920><c> age</c><00:19:39.200><c> dawns.</c><00:19:40.940><c> Now</c><00:19:41.200><c> this</c><00:19:41.480><c> is</c><00:19:41.759><c> the</c><00:19:42.000><c> blessedness</c>

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that<00:19:42.740><c> he</c><00:19:43.000><c> attaches</c><00:19:43.380><c> to</c><00:19:43.680><c> this</c><00:19:43.980><c> assessment</c><00:19:44.519><c> of</c><00:19:44.819><c> things.</c><00:19:48.799><c> Blessed</c><00:19:48.900><c> are</c><00:19:49.079><c> the</c><00:19:49.240><c> meek,</c><00:19:49.619><c> he</c>

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says<00:19:49.839><c> next.</c>

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Now<00:19:52.519><c> Jesus</c><00:19:52.960><c> was</c><00:19:53.259><c> meek</c><00:19:54.160><c> but</c><00:19:54.539><c> he</c><00:19:54.700><c> certainly</c><00:19:55.019><c> wasn't</c><00:19:55.359><c> a</c><00:19:55.559><c> weak</c><00:19:55.759><c> man,</c><00:19:56.220><c> was</c>

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he?<00:19:56.980><c> He</c><00:19:57.079><c> was</c><00:19:57.299><c> surely</c><00:19:57.619><c> the</c><00:19:58.039><c> strongest</c><00:19:58.480><c> man</c><00:19:58.900><c> who</c>

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ever<00:19:59.640><c> lived.</c><00:20:01.599><c> Moses</c><00:20:01.980><c> was</c><00:20:02.299><c> meek,</c><00:20:02.619><c> we</c><00:20:02.819><c> are</c><00:20:02.920><c> told.</c><00:20:03.940><c> One</c><00:20:04.140><c> of</c><00:20:04.279><c> the</c>

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meekest<00:20:04.859><c> men</c><00:20:05.079><c> on</c><00:20:05.299><c> the</c><00:20:05.519><c> face</c><00:20:05.740><c> of</c><00:20:05.960><c> the</c><00:20:06.079><c> earth</c><00:20:06.259><c> is</c><00:20:06.519><c> the</c>

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testimony<00:20:08.119><c> of</c><00:20:09.039><c> the</c><00:20:09.160><c> Old</c><00:20:09.380><c> Testament.</c><00:20:11.259><c> And</c><00:20:11.400><c> yet</c><00:20:11.519><c> what</c><00:20:11.740><c> a</c><00:20:11.960><c> mighty</c>

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man<00:20:12.599><c> he</c><00:20:12.900><c> was</c><00:20:13.119><c> in</c><00:20:13.339><c> so</c><00:20:13.539><c> many</c><00:20:13.799><c> ways,</c><00:20:15.039><c> like</c><00:20:15.319><c> his</c><00:20:15.559><c> Lord.</c>

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words.<00:20:25.779><c> It</c><00:20:25.880><c> certainly</c><00:20:26.180><c> involves</c><00:20:26.759><c> the</c><00:20:27.119><c> bending</c><00:20:27.440><c> of</c><00:20:27.779><c> our</c><00:20:28.140><c> will</c>

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to<00:20:31.920><c> it</c><00:20:32.339><c> than</c><00:20:32.619><c> that</c><00:20:33.160><c> and</c><00:20:34.079><c> it</c><00:20:34.240><c> has</c><00:20:34.420><c> been</c><00:20:34.619><c> suggested</c><00:20:35.240><c> by</c><00:20:35.660><c> one</c><00:20:36.059><c> commentator</c><00:20:36.619><c> and</c>

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I<00:20:36.839><c> think</c><00:20:36.980><c> this</c><00:20:37.180><c> is</c><00:20:37.339><c> a</c><00:20:37.400><c> useful</c><00:20:37.779><c> suggestion</c>

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be<00:20:58.019><c> well</c><00:20:58.299><c> thought</c><00:20:58.599><c> of,</c><00:21:00.259><c> we're</c><00:21:00.400><c> trying</c>

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life,<00:21:03.579><c> we're</c><00:21:03.799><c> trying</c><00:21:03.880><c> to</c><00:21:04.059><c> be</c><00:21:04.380><c> recognised,</c>

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make<00:21:05.880><c> progress</c><00:21:06.279><c> in</c><00:21:06.519><c> our</c><00:21:06.720><c> careers</c><00:21:07.059><c> and</c><00:21:07.259><c> so</c><00:21:07.579><c> forth.</c><00:21:09.359><c> But</c><00:21:09.579><c> Jesus</c>

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says<00:21:10.000><c> it's</c><00:21:10.220><c> not</c><00:21:10.359><c> meant</c><00:21:10.539><c> to</c><00:21:10.700><c> be</c><00:21:10.839><c> like</c><00:21:11.059><c> that</c><00:21:11.279><c> at</c><00:21:11.519><c> all.</c>

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You're<00:21:13.480><c> not</c><00:21:13.660><c> in</c><00:21:13.859><c> the</c><00:21:14.079><c> promotion</c><00:21:14.559><c> race,</c><00:21:14.940><c> brethren,</c><00:21:15.539><c> he's</c><00:21:15.740><c> saying</c><00:21:16.059><c> to</c>

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us.<00:21:17.720><c> You're</c><00:21:17.940><c> not</c><00:21:18.200><c> trying</c><00:21:18.559><c> to</c><00:21:18.859><c> glorify</c>

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yourselves,<00:21:21.000><c> you're</c><00:21:21.660><c> not</c><00:21:21.920><c> trying</c><00:21:22.200><c> to</c><00:21:22.420><c> promote</c><00:21:22.680><c> your</c><00:21:23.000><c> own</c><00:21:23.220><c> image</c><00:21:23.539><c> because</c><00:21:23.799><c> you</c>

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haven't<00:21:24.200><c> got</c><00:21:24.460><c> an</c><00:21:24.720><c> image</c><00:21:24.960><c> worth</c>

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promoting,<00:21:26.500><c> saving</c><00:21:27.200><c> the</c><00:21:28.720><c> stamp</c><00:21:29.039><c> of</c><00:21:29.319><c> the</c><00:21:29.519><c> living</c><00:21:29.799><c> God,</c><00:21:31.319><c> whose</c>

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you<00:21:31.740><c> are</c><00:21:32.380><c> and</c><00:21:32.799><c> whom</c><00:21:32.980><c> you</c><00:21:33.319><c> serve.</c><00:21:34.980><c> That's</c><00:21:35.460><c> the</c><00:21:35.700><c> imprint</c>

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worth<00:21:36.359><c> promoting.</c><00:21:38.039><c> So</c><00:21:38.119><c> blessed</c><00:21:38.400><c> are</c><00:21:38.559><c> the</c><00:21:38.740><c> meek,</c><00:21:39.480><c> those</c><00:21:39.740><c> who</c>

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want<00:21:40.119><c> God</c><00:21:41.680><c> to</c><00:21:41.980><c> have</c><00:21:42.119><c> all</c><00:21:42.420><c> the</c><00:21:42.640><c> glory,</c>

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without<00:21:50.420><c> trying</c><00:21:50.700><c> to</c><00:21:50.839><c> get</c><00:21:50.980><c> anything</c><00:21:51.240><c> out</c><00:21:51.519><c> of</c><00:21:51.579><c> it</c><00:21:51.680><c> for</c><00:21:51.859><c> themselves.</c><00:21:53.720><c> They're</c>

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not<00:21:54.180><c> in</c><00:21:54.500><c> competition</c><00:21:55.079><c> with</c>

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other<00:21:55.539><c> people,</c><00:21:56.799><c> they're</c><00:21:56.980><c> just</c><00:21:57.240><c> trying</c><00:21:57.460><c> to</c><00:21:57.700><c> please</c><00:21:57.900><c> God</c><00:21:58.200><c> to</c><00:21:58.400><c> the</c><00:21:58.500><c> best</c><00:21:58.720><c> of</c>

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Come<00:22:02.779><c> unto</c><00:22:03.079><c> me,</c><00:22:03.480><c> all</c><00:22:03.640><c> ye</c><00:22:03.779><c> that</c><00:22:04.000><c> labour</c><00:22:04.319><c> under</c><00:22:04.660><c> heavy</c><00:22:05.019><c> laden,</c><00:22:05.900><c> and</c><00:22:06.259><c> I</c>

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will<00:22:06.700><c> give</c><00:22:06.900><c> you</c><00:22:07.099><c> rest,</c><00:22:08.519><c> the</c><00:22:08.819><c> king</c><00:22:09.119><c> said.</c>

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and<00:22:14.799><c> lowly</c><00:22:15.119><c> of</c><00:22:15.359><c> heart,</c>

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and<00:22:16.500><c> ye</c><00:22:16.619><c> shall</c><00:22:16.759><c> find</c><00:22:17.259><c> rest</c><00:22:17.839><c> unto</c><00:22:18.180><c> your</c><00:22:18.579><c> souls.</c><00:22:20.259><c> You</c><00:22:20.440><c> know,</c><00:22:20.700><c> brethren</c><00:22:20.900><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:22:21.539><c> of</c><00:22:21.660><c> one</c><00:22:21.880><c> thing</c><00:22:22.039><c> I</c><00:22:22.160><c> am</c>

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absolutely<00:22:22.900><c> convinced</c><00:22:23.579><c> that</c><00:22:24.200><c> rest</c><00:22:24.599><c> is</c><00:22:24.819><c> something</c><00:22:25.220><c> we</c><00:22:25.460><c> are</c>

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all<00:22:26.539><c> desperately</c><00:22:27.319><c> wanting.</c><00:22:29.299><c> Rest</c><00:22:29.500><c> for</c><00:22:29.859><c> our</c><00:22:30.279><c> souls,</c>

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to<00:22:31.440><c> be</c><00:22:31.619><c> at</c><00:22:31.920><c> peace</c><00:22:32.160><c> with</c><00:22:32.380><c> God,</c><00:22:33.240><c> to</c><00:22:33.319><c> be</c><00:22:33.460><c> at</c><00:22:33.700><c> peace</c><00:22:33.920><c> with</c><00:22:34.180><c> our</c><00:22:34.440><c> neighbour,</c><00:22:35.400><c> to</c>

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be<00:22:35.660><c> at</c><00:22:35.960><c> peace</c><00:22:36.200><c> with</c><00:22:36.519><c> ourselves</c><00:22:37.220><c> day</c><00:22:37.640><c> by</c><00:22:38.000><c> day.</c>

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Well,<00:22:40.900><c> you</c><00:22:40.980><c> can</c><00:22:41.200><c> have</c><00:22:41.380><c> it,</c><00:22:41.700><c> says</c><00:22:41.799><c> Jesus,</c><00:22:42.960><c> but</c><00:22:43.140><c> you</c><00:22:43.259><c> can</c><00:22:43.579><c> only</c>

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have<00:22:44.140><c> it</c><00:22:44.460><c> my</c><00:22:44.759><c> way.</c><00:22:46.420><c> Come</c><00:22:46.599><c> unto</c><00:22:46.819><c> me,</c><00:22:47.200><c> all</c><00:22:47.359><c> ye</c><00:22:47.500><c> who</c><00:22:47.619><c> are</c>

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competitive,<00:22:50.400><c> all</c><00:22:50.420><c> ye</c><00:22:50.559><c> that</c><00:22:50.720><c> labour</c><00:22:51.079><c> under</c><00:22:51.380><c> heavy</c><00:22:51.680><c> laden,</c><00:22:52.140><c> and</c><00:22:52.200><c> I</c>

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will<00:22:52.640><c> give</c><00:22:52.799><c> you</c><00:22:53.019><c> rest,</c><00:22:54.319><c> learn</c><00:22:54.559><c> of</c><00:22:54.799><c> me,</c>

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for<00:22:56.019><c> I</c><00:22:56.220><c> am</c><00:22:56.339><c> meek</c><00:22:56.599><c> and</c><00:22:56.779><c> lowly</c><00:22:57.059><c> of</c><00:22:57.319><c> heart,</c><00:22:57.799><c> and</c><00:22:58.000><c> you</c><00:22:58.119><c> will</c><00:22:58.359><c> find</c>

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it,<00:22:58.779><c> you</c><00:22:58.859><c> will</c><00:22:59.079><c> find</c><00:22:59.259><c> this</c><00:22:59.539><c> elusive</c><00:22:59.960><c> thing</c><00:23:00.359><c> that</c>

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you<00:23:00.819><c> have</c><00:23:00.940><c> been</c><00:23:01.180><c> seeking</c><00:23:01.480><c> all</c><00:23:01.819><c> your</c><00:23:02.099><c> life,</c><00:23:02.539><c> whether</c><00:23:02.779><c> you've</c><00:23:03.059><c> recognised</c><00:23:03.539><c> it</c><00:23:03.779><c> or</c><00:23:03.960><c> not.</c><00:23:05.539><c> Peace</c><00:23:05.960><c> I</c>

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give<00:23:06.519><c> unto</c><00:23:06.859><c> you,</c>

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my<00:23:08.240><c> peace,</c><00:23:09.440><c> not</c><00:23:09.619><c> as</c><00:23:09.779><c> the</c><00:23:09.980><c> world</c><00:23:10.240><c> giveth</c><00:23:10.480><c> give</c><00:23:10.700><c> I</c><00:23:10.819><c> unto</c><00:23:11.079><c> you,</c>

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but<00:23:12.660><c> rest</c><00:23:12.980><c> for</c><00:23:13.200><c> your</c><00:23:13.480><c> souls.</c>

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And<00:23:17.420><c> blessed</c><00:23:17.619><c> are</c><00:23:17.779><c> they</c><00:23:17.960><c> which</c><00:23:18.180><c> do</c><00:23:18.400><c> hunger</c><00:23:18.680><c> and</c><00:23:19.059><c> thirst</c><00:23:19.380><c> after</c>

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righteousness,<00:23:21.859><c> for</c><00:23:22.019><c> they</c><00:23:22.240><c> shall</c><00:23:22.420><c> be</c><00:23:22.740><c> filled.</c>

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Ah,<00:23:24.460><c> and</c><00:23:24.640><c> that's</c><00:23:24.920><c> the</c><00:23:25.180><c> crunch,</c><00:23:25.500><c> isn't</c><00:23:25.700><c> it?</c><00:23:27.940><c> When</c><00:23:28.140><c> it</c><00:23:28.339><c> comes</c><00:23:28.539><c> to</c>

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considering<00:23:29.180><c> Christian</c><00:23:29.660><c> discipleship,</c>

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that's<00:23:30.900><c> the</c><00:23:31.140><c> crunch.</c><00:23:32.819><c> Hungering</c><00:23:33.259><c> and</c><00:23:33.599><c> thirsting</c><00:23:34.019><c> after</c><00:23:34.420><c> righteousness.</c>

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It<00:23:36.480><c> really</c><00:23:36.839><c> means</c><00:23:37.160><c> what</c><00:23:37.500><c> do</c><00:23:37.740><c> you</c><00:23:37.980><c> want</c><00:23:38.259><c> out</c><00:23:38.539><c> of</c><00:23:38.799><c> life?</c><00:23:39.720><c> What</c><00:23:39.900><c> are</c><00:23:40.079><c> you</c><00:23:40.339><c> trying</c><00:23:40.559><c> to</c>

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achieve,<00:23:41.420><c> brethren</c><00:23:41.720><c> and</c><00:23:42.000><c> sisters?</c>

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Where<00:23:44.019><c> are</c><00:23:44.240><c> you</c><00:23:44.359><c> going?</c><00:23:45.200><c> What's</c><00:23:45.619><c> life</c><00:23:45.819><c> all</c><00:23:46.079><c> about</c><00:23:46.359><c> as</c><00:23:46.579><c> far</c><00:23:46.839><c> as</c>

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you<00:23:47.119><c> are</c><00:23:47.279><c> concerned?</c>

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It's<00:23:48.920><c> one</c><00:23:49.099><c> thing</c><00:23:49.240><c> to</c><00:23:49.380><c> be</c><00:23:49.519><c> a</c><00:23:49.640><c> Christadelphian,</c><00:23:50.960><c> it's</c><00:23:51.579><c> one</c><00:23:51.819><c> thing</c><00:23:51.940><c> to</c>

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understand<00:23:52.539><c> the</c><00:23:52.799><c> truth</c><00:23:52.940><c> and</c><00:23:53.140><c> be</c>

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baptised<00:23:53.819><c> and</c><00:23:53.920><c> go</c><00:23:54.119><c> to</c><00:23:54.299><c> all</c><00:23:54.460><c> the</c><00:23:54.619><c> meetings.</c><00:23:55.160><c> It</c><00:23:55.359><c> is</c><00:23:55.640><c> a</c><00:23:55.779><c> very</c><00:23:56.420><c> different</c><00:23:56.940><c> thing</c><00:23:57.640><c> to</c>

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hunger<00:23:58.440><c> and</c><00:23:58.980><c> thirst</c><00:23:59.319><c> after</c>

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righteousness.<00:24:02.200><c> I</c><00:24:02.380><c> think</c><00:24:02.579><c> we</c><00:24:02.859><c> know,</c><00:24:03.599><c> we</c><00:24:04.079><c> know</c><00:24:05.039><c> that</c><00:24:05.799><c> our</c><00:24:06.019><c> hungering</c><00:24:06.259><c> and</c>

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thirsting<00:24:06.920><c> half</c><00:24:07.220><c> the</c><00:24:07.480><c> time,</c>

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nay,<00:24:08.750><c> three</c><00:24:08.829><c> quarters</c><00:24:09.130><c> of</c><00:24:09.369><c> the</c><00:24:09.549><c> time,</c><00:24:10.829><c> isn't</c><00:24:11.069><c> really</c><00:24:11.390><c> after</c>

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righteousness<00:24:12.109><c> at</c><00:24:12.430><c> all,</c><00:24:12.630><c> is</c><00:24:12.730><c> it?</c><00:24:13.549><c> There</c><00:24:13.809><c> are</c><00:24:14.069><c> so</c>

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many<00:24:14.730><c> things,</c><00:24:15.750><c> so</c><00:24:15.990><c> many</c><00:24:16.309><c> other</c><00:24:16.650><c> things</c><00:24:17.190><c> that</c><00:24:17.430><c> we</c><00:24:17.690><c> want,</c><00:24:18.509><c> that</c>

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we<00:24:18.890><c> look</c><00:24:19.210><c> forward</c><00:24:19.670><c> to,</c><00:24:20.170><c> that</c><00:24:20.309><c> we</c><00:24:20.609><c> enjoy</c><00:24:21.069><c> doing.</c>

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Jesus<00:24:23.109><c> says,</c><00:24:23.470><c> no,</c><00:24:23.690><c> I'm</c><00:24:23.990><c> sorry.</c><00:24:25.369><c> The</c><00:24:25.569><c> blessing</c><00:24:25.990><c> is</c><00:24:26.369><c> reserved</c>

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for<00:24:27.190><c> those</c><00:24:27.670><c> who</c><00:24:28.009><c> hunger</c><00:24:28.390><c> and</c><00:24:29.210><c> thirst</c><00:24:29.589><c> after</c>

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righteousness.<00:24:32.950><c> Now,</c><00:24:33.569><c> do</c><00:24:33.569><c> you?</c><00:24:34.809><c> Do</c><00:24:35.109><c> you</c><00:24:35.430><c> really</c><00:24:36.089><c> love</c><00:24:36.470><c> it</c><00:24:36.970><c> so</c>

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much,<00:24:38.829><c> long</c><00:24:39.049><c> for</c><00:24:39.329><c> it</c><00:24:39.529><c> so</c><00:24:39.809><c> much</c><00:24:40.029><c> that</c><00:24:40.170><c> you</c><00:24:40.289><c> can</c>

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honestly<00:24:40.809><c> describe</c><00:24:41.289><c> it</c><00:24:41.490><c> as</c><00:24:41.690><c> hungering</c><00:24:42.150><c> and</c><00:24:42.710><c> thirsting</c><00:24:43.230><c> for</c>

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it?<00:24:45.289><c> Jesus</c><00:24:45.690><c> did.</c><00:24:46.970><c> That's</c><00:24:47.390><c> the</c><00:24:47.549><c> testimony.</c>

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Thou<00:24:49.630><c> hast</c><00:24:49.930><c> loved</c><00:24:50.410><c> righteousness</c><00:24:51.069><c> and</c><00:24:51.549><c> hated</c><00:24:51.829><c> iniquity,</c><00:24:52.990><c> therefore</c><00:24:53.410><c> God,</c><00:24:54.009><c> even</c><00:24:54.490><c> thy</c>

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God,<00:24:55.910><c> hath</c><00:24:56.069><c> anointed</c><00:24:56.509><c> thee</c>

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with<00:24:57.750><c> the</c><00:24:58.109><c> oil</c><00:24:58.289><c> of</c><00:24:58.589><c> gladness</c><00:24:58.990><c> above</c><00:24:59.269><c> thy</c><00:24:59.589><c> fellows.</c><00:25:01.450><c> That's</c><00:25:02.029><c> why</c><00:25:02.170><c> he's</c><00:25:02.410><c> going</c><00:25:02.529><c> to</c>

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be<00:25:02.849><c> king</c><00:25:03.269><c> in</c><00:25:04.410><c> the</c><00:25:04.609><c> eternal</c>

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kingdom.<00:25:06.009><c> That's</c><00:25:06.269><c> why</c><00:25:06.509><c> the</c><00:25:06.670><c> Lord</c><00:25:06.829><c> has</c><00:25:07.069><c> highly</c><00:25:07.450><c> exalted</c><00:25:07.890><c> him</c><00:25:08.190><c> and</c><00:25:08.509><c> given</c><00:25:08.630><c> him</c><00:25:08.829><c> a</c>

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name<00:25:09.130><c> which</c><00:25:09.309><c> is</c><00:25:09.509><c> above</c><00:25:09.690><c> every</c><00:25:10.109><c> name.</c>

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It<00:25:12.170><c> is</c><00:25:12.410><c> because</c><00:25:13.230><c> he</c><00:25:15.150><c> first</c><00:25:15.490><c> received</c><00:25:15.910><c> God's</c><00:25:16.369><c> will</c><00:25:16.490><c> into</c><00:25:16.730><c> his</c>

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own<00:25:17.250><c> life</c><00:25:17.789><c> and</c><00:25:18.410><c> let</c><00:25:18.609><c> God</c><00:25:18.910><c> be</c><00:25:19.170><c> king</c><00:25:19.369><c> over</c><00:25:19.670><c> all</c><00:25:19.890><c> his</c>

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desires.<00:25:21.670><c> That's</c><00:25:21.990><c> why</c><00:25:22.190><c> he's</c><00:25:22.410><c> to</c><00:25:22.549><c> judge</c><00:25:22.730><c> the</c><00:25:22.930><c> world</c><00:25:23.089><c> in</c><00:25:23.349><c> righteousness,</c><00:25:26.210><c> for</c><00:25:26.390><c> his</c><00:25:26.710><c> spirit</c><00:25:27.490><c> is</c>

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holy<00:25:28.509><c> in</c><00:25:28.710><c> subjection</c>

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to<00:25:29.450><c> the</c><00:25:29.529><c> will</c><00:25:29.630><c> of</c><00:25:29.849><c> God.</c><00:25:32.029><c> That's</c><00:25:32.529><c> why</c><00:25:32.730><c> he</c><00:25:32.829><c> will</c><00:25:33.049><c> establish</c><00:25:33.470><c> God's</c><00:25:33.849><c> will</c>

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over<00:25:34.210><c> all</c><00:25:34.450><c> the</c><00:25:34.630><c> nations.</c><00:25:36.230><c> He</c><00:25:36.569><c> loved</c>

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righteousness<00:25:37.650><c> and</c><00:25:38.390><c> hated</c><00:25:38.750><c> iniquity</c><00:25:39.609><c> and</c><00:25:40.710><c> that</c><00:25:40.970><c> qualified</c>

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him<00:25:41.630><c> to</c><00:25:41.769><c> be</c><00:25:41.890><c> head</c><00:25:42.009><c> of</c><00:25:42.170><c> the</c><00:25:42.309><c> kingdom</c><00:25:42.529><c> of</c><00:25:42.750><c> God.</c>

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Now,<00:25:45.210><c> if</c><00:25:45.390><c> you</c><00:25:45.529><c> want</c><00:25:45.690><c> to</c><00:25:45.809><c> be</c><00:25:45.910><c> there,</c><00:25:46.170><c> Jesus</c><00:25:46.529><c> says,</c><00:25:48.369><c> then</c><00:25:48.450><c> you've</c>

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got<00:25:48.750><c> to</c><00:25:48.930><c> learn</c><00:25:49.089><c> this</c><00:25:49.349><c> lesson.</c><00:25:50.309><c> You've</c><00:25:50.650><c> got</c><00:25:50.890><c> to</c>

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learn<00:25:51.490><c> to</c><00:25:51.809><c> love</c><00:25:52.069><c> the</c><00:25:52.410><c> things</c><00:25:52.690><c> that</c><00:25:52.930><c> the</c><00:25:53.250><c> kingdom</c><00:25:53.670><c> stands</c><00:25:54.269><c> for</c><00:25:55.309><c> now.</c>

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Blessed<00:26:00.970><c> are</c><00:26:01.250><c> the</c><00:26:01.470><c> merciful,</c><00:26:02.150><c> says</c><00:26:02.289><c> verse</c><00:26:02.630><c> seven,</c><00:26:03.569><c> for</c><00:26:03.750><c> they</c>

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shall<00:26:04.390><c> obtain</c><00:26:04.970><c> mercy.</c>

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But<00:26:08.529><c> how</c><00:26:08.890><c> shall</c><00:26:09.089><c> we</c><00:26:09.390><c> hope</c><00:26:09.650><c> for</c><00:26:09.990><c> mercy</c><00:26:10.529><c> giving</c><00:26:11.230><c> none,</c>

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said<00:26:13.750><c> Portia</c><00:26:14.349><c> to</c><00:26:14.730><c> Shylock</c><00:26:15.210><c> the</c><00:26:15.509><c> Jew</c><00:26:15.690><c> in</c><00:26:15.930><c> Shakespeare's</c><00:26:16.650><c> Merchant</c><00:26:16.930><c> of</c><00:26:17.150><c> Venice.</c>

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Perhaps<00:26:18.509><c> some</c><00:26:18.750><c> of</c><00:26:18.869><c> you</c><00:26:18.990><c> have</c><00:26:19.150><c> studied</c><00:26:19.369><c> those</c><00:26:19.730><c> things</c><00:26:20.990><c> at</c><00:26:21.869><c> high</c>

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school<00:26:22.289><c> or</c><00:26:22.569><c> university.</c>

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You<00:26:25.250><c> may</c><00:26:25.470><c> remember</c><00:26:25.869><c> how</c><00:26:26.630><c> that</c><00:26:28.170><c> statement</c><00:26:28.630><c> continues.</c>

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Though<00:26:31.269><c> justice</c><00:26:31.910><c> be</c><00:26:32.289><c> thy</c><00:26:32.650><c> plea,</c><00:26:33.130><c> consider</c><00:26:33.690><c> this,</c><00:26:35.750><c> that</c><00:26:35.849><c> in</c><00:26:36.029><c> the</c><00:26:36.250><c> course</c><00:26:36.490><c> of</c>

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justice<00:26:37.690><c> none</c><00:26:38.390><c> of</c><00:26:38.549><c> us</c><00:26:38.710><c> should</c><00:26:38.930><c> see</c>

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salvation.<00:26:41.769><c> We</c><00:26:42.210><c> do</c><00:26:42.589><c> pray</c><00:26:42.849><c> for</c><00:26:43.170><c> mercy</c><00:26:43.690><c> and</c><00:26:44.390><c> that</c><00:26:44.769><c> same</c><00:26:45.170><c> prayer</c>

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doth<00:26:45.910><c> teach</c><00:26:46.269><c> us</c><00:26:46.670><c> all</c><00:26:47.190><c> to</c><00:26:47.769><c> render</c><00:26:48.269><c> the</c><00:26:48.829><c> deeds</c><00:26:49.109><c> of</c><00:26:49.490><c> mercy.</c>

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The<00:26:52.970><c> point</c><00:26:53.170><c> is</c><00:26:53.369><c> well</c><00:26:53.609><c> made,</c><00:26:53.970><c> brethren</c><00:26:54.230><c> and</c><00:26:54.450><c> sisters,</c><00:26:54.690><c> is</c><00:26:54.869><c> it</c><00:26:55.049><c> not?</c><00:26:55.849><c> Those</c><00:26:56.130><c> words</c><00:26:56.410><c> came</c><00:26:56.670><c> from</c><00:26:56.849><c> the</c><00:26:57.069><c> pen</c><00:26:57.210><c> of</c><00:26:57.410><c> a</c><00:26:57.569><c> man</c>

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whom<00:26:59.089><c> we</c><00:26:59.309><c> believe</c><00:26:59.569><c> had</c><00:26:59.750><c> not</c><00:26:59.930><c> the</c><00:27:00.190><c> truth</c><00:27:00.470><c> and</c><00:27:00.690><c> yet</c><00:27:00.789><c> he</c><00:27:00.930><c> could</c><00:27:01.130><c> see</c><00:27:01.309><c> the</c><00:27:01.569><c> issues</c><00:27:01.829><c> so</c><00:27:02.269><c> clearly</c>

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that<00:27:03.470><c> in</c><00:27:03.630><c> the</c><00:27:03.809><c> course</c><00:27:03.990><c> of</c><00:27:04.289><c> justice</c><00:27:04.690><c> if</c><00:27:04.849><c> we</c><00:27:05.009><c> got</c><00:27:05.150><c> what</c><00:27:05.329><c> we</c><00:27:05.630><c> deserved</c><00:27:06.069><c> none</c>

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of<00:27:06.630><c> us</c><00:27:06.750><c> should</c><00:27:06.950><c> see</c><00:27:07.170><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:27:09.930><c> so</c><00:27:10.029><c> we</c><00:27:10.250><c> pray</c><00:27:10.430><c> for</c><00:27:10.690><c> mercy</c><00:27:11.269><c> and</c><00:27:12.569><c> that</c><00:27:12.829><c> same</c><00:27:13.130><c> prayer</c><00:27:13.450><c> doth</c><00:27:13.630><c> teach</c><00:27:13.869><c> us</c>

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all<00:27:14.410><c> to</c><00:27:14.670><c> render</c><00:27:14.990><c> the</c><00:27:15.309><c> deeds</c><00:27:15.549><c> of</c><00:27:15.890><c> mercy</c>

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to<00:27:17.109><c> others.</c><00:27:19.470><c> Being</c><00:27:19.670><c> merciful</c><00:27:20.150><c> means</c><00:27:20.529><c> being</c><00:27:21.009><c> kind</c><00:27:21.390><c> to</c><00:27:21.609><c> other</c>

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people,<00:27:23.730><c> being</c><00:27:23.990><c> kind</c><00:27:24.450><c> about</c><00:27:25.049><c> other</c><00:27:25.470><c> people,</c>

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being<00:27:26.789><c> kind</c><00:27:27.210><c> in</c><00:27:27.490><c> your</c><00:27:27.829><c> judgments</c><00:27:28.410><c> of</c><00:27:28.650><c> other</c><00:27:28.910><c> people,</c><00:27:29.849><c> recognizing</c><00:27:30.829><c> their</c>

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frailty,<00:27:32.490><c> not</c><00:27:32.789><c> trying</c><00:27:33.109><c> to</c><00:27:33.369><c> impose</c>

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your<00:27:34.289><c> own</c><00:27:34.630><c> standards</c><00:27:35.029><c> on</c><00:27:35.369><c> them</c><00:27:35.730><c> saying</c><00:27:35.950><c> if</c><00:27:36.109><c> I</c><00:27:36.369><c> can</c><00:27:36.490><c> do</c><00:27:36.609><c> it</c><00:27:36.750><c> so</c>

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can<00:27:37.210><c> they.</c><00:27:38.130><c> That's</c><00:27:38.450><c> not</c><00:27:38.750><c> true,</c><00:27:39.250><c> brethren</c><00:27:39.390><c> and</c><00:27:39.609><c> sisters,</c>

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we're<00:27:40.150><c> all</c><00:27:40.410><c> different.</c><00:27:42.450><c> We</c><00:27:42.730><c> have</c><00:27:42.930><c> to</c><00:27:43.150><c> take</c><00:27:43.329><c> account</c><00:27:43.690><c> of</c><00:27:43.849><c> other</c>

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people's<00:27:44.690><c> frailties.</c><00:27:46.670><c> If</c><00:27:46.789><c> you</c><00:27:46.970><c> hope</c><00:27:47.089><c> to</c><00:27:47.349><c> receive</c>

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mercy<00:27:47.950><c> from</c><00:27:48.190><c> the</c><00:27:48.410><c> Lord</c><00:27:48.789><c> then</c><00:27:49.250><c> be</c><00:27:49.609><c> merciful</c><00:27:50.009><c> to</c><00:27:50.369><c> others</c><00:27:50.809><c> is</c><00:27:52.910><c> the</c>

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lesson<00:27:53.250><c> of</c><00:27:53.430><c> the</c><00:27:53.529><c> New</c><00:27:53.690><c> Testament.</c><00:27:55.150><c> Given</c><00:27:55.529><c> it</c><00:27:55.769><c> shall</c>

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be<00:27:56.190><c> given</c><00:27:56.349><c> to</c><00:27:56.670><c> you,</c><00:27:57.009><c> Jesus</c><00:27:57.390><c> said,</c><00:27:57.789><c> good</c><00:27:58.049><c> measure,</c><00:27:58.549><c> pressed</c>

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down,<00:27:59.869><c> shaken</c><00:28:00.009><c> together</c><00:28:00.470><c> and</c><00:28:00.930><c> running</c><00:28:01.250><c> over</c>

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shall<00:28:02.490><c> men</c><00:28:02.690><c> give</c><00:28:02.869><c> into</c><00:28:03.089><c> your</c><00:28:03.349><c> bosom.</c><00:28:04.789><c> Now</c><00:28:05.009><c> that's</c><00:28:05.190><c> just</c><00:28:05.529><c> another</c><00:28:05.829><c> way</c>

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of<00:28:06.410><c> saying</c><00:28:07.009><c> that</c><00:28:08.109><c> the</c><00:28:08.329><c> merciful</c>

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shall<00:28:08.950><c> obtain</c><00:28:09.390><c> mercy,</c><00:28:10.890><c> that</c><00:28:11.049><c> the</c><00:28:11.289><c> kind</c><00:28:11.569><c> shall</c><00:28:11.809><c> receive</c><00:28:12.210><c> kindness</c><00:28:12.849><c> and</c>

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even<00:28:14.250><c> in</c><00:28:14.430><c> this</c><00:28:14.650><c> life</c><00:28:14.869><c> you</c><00:28:15.009><c> know</c><00:28:15.150><c> it's</c><00:28:15.349><c> true,</c>

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isn't<00:28:16.150><c> it?</c><00:28:17.789><c> The</c><00:28:18.089><c> critical</c><00:28:18.630><c> carping</c><00:28:19.210><c> spirit,</c><00:28:19.710><c> the</c><00:28:19.930><c> person</c><00:28:20.230><c> who's</c><00:28:20.609><c> always</c><00:28:21.349><c> finding</c><00:28:21.990><c> fault</c><00:28:22.470><c> with</c><00:28:23.369><c> things</c><00:28:23.650><c> in</c><00:28:23.869><c> the</c>

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ecclesia,<00:28:26.829><c> they</c><00:28:26.829><c> are</c><00:28:27.170><c> usually</c><00:28:27.690><c> the</c><00:28:27.910><c> most</c><00:28:28.289><c> unhappy</c><00:28:28.769><c> members</c>

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of<00:28:29.369><c> our</c><00:28:29.589><c> community.</c><00:28:30.970><c> They</c><00:28:31.130><c> are</c><00:28:31.309><c> the</c><00:28:31.410><c> ones</c><00:28:31.630><c> with</c><00:28:31.869><c> the</c><00:28:32.049><c> lean</c>

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and<00:28:32.549><c> hungry</c><00:28:32.910><c> look,</c><00:28:34.690><c> whereas</c><00:28:35.009><c> the</c><00:28:35.269><c> generous</c><00:28:35.710><c> man</c><00:28:36.529><c> who</c><00:28:37.069><c> gives</c>

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generously<00:28:37.750><c> of</c><00:28:37.970><c> his</c><00:28:38.289><c> time</c><00:28:38.569><c> and</c><00:28:38.750><c> his</c><00:28:38.990><c> substance,</c>

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he<00:28:39.690><c> receives</c><00:28:40.049><c> generously</c><00:28:40.670><c> from</c><00:28:41.049><c> others.</c><00:28:44.609><c> And</c><00:28:44.849><c> please</c><00:28:45.029><c> notice</c>

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also<00:28:45.750><c> in</c><00:28:46.069><c> passing,</c><00:28:46.509><c> this</c><00:28:46.690><c> is</c><00:28:46.829><c> an</c><00:28:46.950><c> aspect</c><00:28:47.190><c> we</c>

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present<00:28:54.630><c> tense</c><00:28:55.009><c> is</c><00:28:55.349><c> used.</c><00:28:56.970><c> It's</c><00:28:57.029><c> not</c><00:28:57.230><c> just</c><00:28:57.410><c> something</c><00:28:57.769><c> reserved</c><00:28:58.190><c> for</c><00:28:58.390><c> the</c><00:28:58.569><c> future</c><00:28:58.970><c> that</c><00:28:59.549><c> one</c><00:28:59.890><c> day</c><00:29:00.210><c> if</c>

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you<00:29:00.609><c> grit</c>

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your<00:29:01.130><c> teeth</c><00:29:01.450><c> and</c><00:29:01.869><c> carry</c><00:29:02.130><c> on</c><00:29:02.450><c> and</c><00:29:02.589><c> hang</c><00:29:02.809><c> on</c><00:29:03.029><c> till</c><00:29:03.170><c> the</c><00:29:03.349><c> end</c><00:29:03.490><c> then</c>

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you'll<00:29:03.849><c> get</c><00:29:03.950><c> all</c><00:29:04.170><c> these</c><00:29:04.430><c> blessings.</c><00:29:05.170><c> Not</c><00:29:05.410><c> at</c><00:29:05.670><c> all,</c>

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that's<00:29:06.049><c> not</c><00:29:06.230><c> what</c><00:29:06.369><c> Jesus</c><00:29:06.650><c> is</c><00:29:06.890><c> saying</c><00:29:07.089><c> to</c><00:29:07.349><c> us.</c><00:29:08.569><c> He</c><00:29:08.769><c> says</c><00:29:08.890><c> there</c>

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are<00:29:09.250><c> tremendous</c><00:29:09.910><c> blessings</c><00:29:10.410><c> associated</c><00:29:11.089><c> with</c>

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these<00:29:11.630><c> qualities</c><00:29:12.109><c> now</c><00:29:12.809><c> in</c><00:29:13.910><c> this</c><00:29:14.289><c> life.</c><00:29:15.950><c> For</c><00:29:16.170><c> example,</c><00:29:16.789><c> the</c>

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merciful<00:29:17.349><c> obtain</c><00:29:17.910><c> mercy</c><00:29:18.430><c> now.</c><00:29:19.269><c> Blessed</c><00:29:19.670><c> are</c><00:29:20.230><c> the</c>

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merciful.<00:29:21.599><c> And</c><00:29:22.039><c> in</c><00:29:22.259><c> the</c><00:29:22.519><c> world</c><00:29:22.720><c> to</c><00:29:23.019><c> come,</c><00:29:23.519><c> by</c><00:29:23.779><c> the</c><00:29:23.980><c> grace</c><00:29:24.220><c> of</c>

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God,<00:29:25.380><c> eternal</c><00:29:25.740><c> mercy</c><00:29:26.079><c> in</c><00:29:26.240><c> his</c><00:29:26.480><c> everlasting</c><00:29:27.059><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:29:28.299><c> so</c><00:29:28.460><c> it</c><00:29:28.579><c> is</c><00:29:28.720><c> with</c><00:29:28.900><c> all</c><00:29:29.180><c> the</c><00:29:29.319><c> qualities</c><00:29:29.660><c> we've</c><00:29:29.920><c> been</c><00:29:30.240><c> considering.</c><00:29:31.339><c> You'll</c>

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notice<00:29:31.740><c> that</c><00:29:31.960><c> the</c><00:29:32.200><c> present</c><00:29:32.380><c> tense</c>

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is<00:29:32.859><c> used</c><00:29:33.119><c> throughout.</c><00:29:34.619><c> So</c><00:29:34.779><c> there</c><00:29:34.940><c> is</c><00:29:35.099><c> a</c><00:29:35.259><c> blessing</c><00:29:35.539><c> for</c><00:29:35.759><c> the</c><00:29:35.920><c> life</c><00:29:36.140><c> that</c><00:29:36.420><c> now</c><00:29:36.740><c> is</c>

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and<00:29:38.619><c> a</c><00:29:38.819><c> greater</c><00:29:39.059><c> blessing</c>

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in<00:29:40.200><c> the</c><00:29:40.359><c> age</c><00:29:40.579><c> to</c><00:29:40.839><c> come.</c><00:29:42.880><c> Blessed</c><00:29:43.119><c> are</c><00:29:43.299><c> the</c><00:29:43.519><c> pure</c><00:29:43.759><c> in</c><00:29:44.019><c> heart</c><00:29:45.059><c> for</c>

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they.<00:29:48.059><c> And</c><00:29:48.539><c> you</c><00:29:48.680><c> know</c><00:29:48.960><c> our</c><00:29:49.160><c> Lord</c><00:29:49.380><c> Jesus</c><00:29:49.740><c> always</c>

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insisted<00:29:50.980><c> on</c><00:29:51.400><c> inner</c><00:29:52.279><c> cleanliness</c><00:29:52.960><c> and</c><00:29:54.119><c> not</c><00:29:54.299><c> on</c><00:29:54.480><c> external</c><00:29:55.000><c> appearances,</c><00:29:56.599><c> not</c>

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on<00:29:56.940><c> the</c><00:29:57.119><c> scrubbing</c>

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of<00:29:57.539><c> the</c><00:29:57.720><c> outward</c><00:29:58.019><c> man,</c><00:29:59.400><c> putting</c><00:29:59.619><c> on</c><00:29:59.839><c> a</c><00:29:59.940><c> good</c><00:30:00.099><c> face</c><00:30:00.400><c> to</c><00:30:00.660><c> others</c>

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and<00:30:02.279><c> putting</c><00:30:02.420><c> on</c><00:30:02.640><c> our</c><00:30:02.940><c> finery</c><00:30:03.420><c> so</c><00:30:03.660><c> that</c><00:30:03.839><c> we</c><00:30:04.000><c> look</c>

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religious<00:30:04.779><c> outwardly.</c><00:30:07.079><c> It's</c><00:30:07.559><c> what</c><00:30:07.720><c> we</c><00:30:07.940><c> like</c><00:30:08.119><c> inside</c><00:30:08.599><c> that</c><00:30:08.920><c> counts.</c><00:30:10.160><c> According</c><00:30:10.400><c> as</c>

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a<00:30:10.759><c> man</c><00:30:10.920><c> thinketh</c><00:30:11.200><c> in</c><00:30:11.380><c> his</c><00:30:11.660><c> heart,</c>

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so<00:30:12.339><c> is</c><00:30:12.700><c> he.</c><00:30:14.119><c> The</c><00:30:14.460><c> motivation</c><00:30:15.000><c> of</c><00:30:15.220><c> a</c><00:30:15.359><c> man,</c><00:30:15.559><c> that's</c><00:30:15.880><c> what</c><00:30:16.059><c> matters.</c><00:30:17.160><c> That's</c>

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what<00:30:17.660><c> counts</c><00:30:18.019><c> to</c><00:30:18.279><c> our</c><00:30:18.480><c> Lord</c>

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as<00:30:20.240><c> he</c><00:30:20.400><c> is</c><00:30:20.539><c> recruiting</c><00:30:20.920><c> citizens</c><00:30:21.440><c> for</c><00:30:21.660><c> the</c><00:30:21.819><c> kingdom</c><00:30:22.059><c> to</c><00:30:22.319><c> come.</c>

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:25.279
Blessed<00:30:24.079><c> are</c><00:30:24.279><c> the</c><00:30:24.480><c> pure</c><00:30:24.700><c> in</c><00:30:24.900><c> heart</c><00:30:25.099><c> for</c>

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:29.720
they<00:30:25.519><c> shall</c><00:30:25.799><c> see</c><00:30:26.220><c> God.</c><00:30:28.599><c> Now,</c><00:30:28.819><c> brethren</c><00:30:28.940><c> and</c><00:30:29.160><c> sisters,</c><00:30:29.420><c> I</c><00:30:29.500><c> must</c>

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confess<00:30:30.099><c> that</c><00:30:30.279><c> I</c><00:30:30.400><c> don't</c><00:30:30.660><c> really</c><00:30:31.059><c> know</c><00:30:31.339><c> what</c><00:30:31.539><c> that</c>

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means<00:30:32.539><c> in</c><00:30:33.700><c> all</c><00:30:33.880><c> its</c><00:30:34.079><c> fullness.</c><00:30:35.519><c> I</c><00:30:35.720><c> don't</c><00:30:35.940><c> think</c><00:30:36.059><c> we</c><00:30:36.359><c> can</c><00:30:36.599><c> know</c>

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the<00:30:37.059><c> fullness</c><00:30:37.319><c> of</c><00:30:37.519><c> that</c><00:30:37.720><c> expression,</c><00:30:38.440><c> this</c><00:30:38.460><c> side</c>

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of<00:30:38.720><c> the</c><00:30:38.839><c> kingdom</c><00:30:39.059><c> of</c><00:30:39.339><c> God.</c><00:30:40.559><c> I</c><00:30:41.000><c> think</c><00:30:41.140><c> it</c><00:30:41.279><c> will</c><00:30:41.380><c> be</c><00:30:41.559><c> a</c><00:30:41.720><c> process.</c>

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But<00:30:43.319><c> as</c><00:30:43.539><c> the</c><00:30:43.759><c> first</c><00:30:44.059><c> stage,</c><00:30:44.519><c> we</c><00:30:44.579><c> shall</c><00:30:44.779><c> see</c>

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:48.079
the<00:30:45.140><c> King</c><00:30:45.359><c> in</c><00:30:45.559><c> all</c><00:30:45.759><c> his</c><00:30:45.980><c> glory</c><00:30:46.380><c> and</c><00:30:46.599><c> his</c><00:30:46.819><c> beauty.</c><00:30:47.759><c> For</c><00:30:47.779><c> he</c><00:30:47.980><c> that</c>

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have<00:30:48.240><c> seen</c><00:30:48.440><c> me</c><00:30:48.680><c> have</c><00:30:48.839><c> seen</c><00:30:49.059><c> the</c><00:30:49.299><c> Father,</c><00:30:49.619><c> said</c><00:30:49.799><c> Jesus</c>

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:53.299
during<00:30:50.819><c> the</c><00:30:51.079><c> days</c><00:30:51.240><c> of</c><00:30:51.420><c> his</c><00:30:51.660><c> flesh.</c><00:30:52.539><c> And</c><00:30:52.700><c> I'm</c><00:30:52.779><c> sure</c><00:30:52.940><c> that</c><00:30:53.119><c> will</c>

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:56.920
be<00:30:53.579><c> equally</c><00:30:53.880><c> true</c><00:30:54.339><c> when</c><00:30:55.339><c> he</c><00:30:55.660><c> takes</c><00:30:56.019><c> his</c><00:30:56.380><c> throne</c><00:30:56.640><c> and</c>

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reigns<00:30:57.240><c> from</c><00:30:57.440><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:30:58.980><c> So</c><00:30:59.160><c> we</c><00:30:59.259><c> shall</c><00:30:59.460><c> see</c><00:30:59.720><c> God</c><00:30:59.980><c> in</c><00:31:00.220><c> that</c><00:31:00.539><c> sense.</c><00:31:01.799><c> And</c><00:31:01.940><c> then</c><00:31:02.099><c> surely</c><00:31:02.259><c> at</c>

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:02.900
the<00:31:02.539><c> end</c><00:31:02.660><c> of</c><00:31:02.819><c> the</c>

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millennium,<00:31:03.339><c> when</c><00:31:03.480><c> God</c><00:31:03.759><c> is</c><00:31:03.980><c> all</c><00:31:04.220><c> and</c><00:31:04.500><c> in</c><00:31:04.740><c> all,</c><00:31:06.000><c> then</c><00:31:06.200><c> we</c><00:31:06.420><c> shall</c>

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:10.940
see<00:31:06.859><c> God</c><00:31:07.480><c> in</c><00:31:08.420><c> a</c><00:31:08.619><c> greater</c><00:31:08.960><c> and</c><00:31:09.720><c> fuller</c><00:31:10.099><c> sense.</c>

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:14.700
But<00:31:11.539><c> if</c><00:31:11.720><c> you</c><00:31:11.900><c> hope</c><00:31:12.039><c> to</c><00:31:12.359><c> realize</c><00:31:12.759><c> the</c><00:31:13.000><c> fullness</c><00:31:13.220><c> of</c><00:31:13.480><c> that</c><00:31:13.740><c> statement,</c><00:31:14.299><c> whatever</c><00:31:14.440><c> it</c>

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:16.000
may<00:31:14.960><c> mean,</c>

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you<00:31:16.200><c> have</c><00:31:16.380><c> to</c><00:31:16.519><c> be</c><00:31:16.680><c> pure</c><00:31:16.859><c> inside,</c><00:31:17.539><c> says</c><00:31:17.599><c> Jesus.</c><00:31:19.099><c> It's</c><00:31:19.180><c> one</c><00:31:19.319><c> of</c>

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the<00:31:19.579><c> conditions</c><00:31:19.940><c> of</c><00:31:20.160><c> his</c><00:31:20.380><c> kingdom,</c>

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:23.920
that<00:31:21.319><c> we</c><00:31:21.500><c> first</c><00:31:21.779><c> cleanse</c><00:31:22.119><c> that</c><00:31:22.420><c> which</c><00:31:22.599><c> is</c><00:31:22.839><c> within,</c><00:31:23.480><c> that</c><00:31:23.579><c> the</c>

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:26.119
whole<00:31:24.180><c> man</c><00:31:24.539><c> may</c><00:31:24.819><c> be</c><00:31:25.079><c> clean.</c>

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:31.000
Blessed<00:31:27.579><c> are</c><00:31:27.759><c> the</c><00:31:28.039><c> pure</c><00:31:28.319><c> in</c><00:31:28.519><c> heart</c><00:31:29.099><c> for</c><00:31:29.940><c> they</c><00:31:30.180><c> shall</c><00:31:30.359><c> see</c><00:31:30.640><c> God,</c>

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:34.740
says<00:31:31.299><c> our</c><00:31:31.599><c> hymn.</c><00:31:32.900><c> The</c><00:31:33.200><c> secret</c><00:31:33.539><c> of</c><00:31:33.799><c> the</c><00:31:34.059><c> Lord</c><00:31:34.299><c> is</c>

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:40.180
theirs.<00:31:36.200><c> What</c><00:31:36.359><c> a</c><00:31:36.480><c> beautiful</c><00:31:36.960><c> phrase</c><00:31:37.359><c> that</c><00:31:37.680><c> is.</c><00:31:39.619><c> Their</c><00:31:39.819><c> heart</c>

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:41.920
is<00:31:40.500><c> Christ's</c><00:31:41.099><c> abode.</c>

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:48.019
Blessed<00:31:44.680><c> are</c><00:31:44.980><c> the</c><00:31:45.220><c> peacemakers,</c><00:31:46.720><c> for</c><00:31:46.799><c> they</c><00:31:47.039><c> shall</c><00:31:47.220><c> be</c><00:31:47.559><c> called</c>

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:50.220
the<00:31:48.420><c> children</c><00:31:48.880><c> of</c><00:31:49.119><c> God.</c>

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:55.140
Blessed<00:31:51.160><c> are</c><00:31:51.339><c> the</c><00:31:51.640><c> peacemakers,</c><00:31:52.480><c> you'll</c><00:31:52.700><c> notice,</c><00:31:53.059><c> not</c><00:31:53.339><c> the</c><00:31:53.640><c> pacemakers.</c>

00:31:57.519 --> 00:32:01.279
Now<00:31:57.799><c> we</c><00:31:57.880><c> usually</c><00:31:58.200><c> tend</c><00:31:58.400><c> to</c><00:31:58.579><c> give</c><00:31:58.720><c> credit</c><00:31:58.940><c> to</c><00:31:59.180><c> people</c><00:31:59.420><c> who</c><00:31:59.839><c> blaze</c><00:32:00.339><c> trails,</c><00:32:01.160><c> lead</c>

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:03.920
expositions,<00:32:02.960><c> or</c><00:32:03.220><c> expeditions</c>

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:10.140
rather,<00:32:04.400><c> do</c><00:32:04.859><c> exploits,</c><00:32:05.900><c> they</c><00:32:06.079><c> achieve</c><00:32:06.440><c> historic</c><00:32:07.119><c> firsts,</c><00:32:08.160><c> they</c><00:32:08.460><c> fire</c><00:32:08.799><c> the</c><00:32:09.000><c> guns,</c><00:32:09.440><c> they're</c><00:32:09.640><c> up</c><00:32:09.900><c> front</c>

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where<00:32:10.400><c> the</c><00:32:10.619><c> action</c><00:32:10.880><c> is.</c><00:32:13.200><c> I'm</c><00:32:13.400><c> sorry</c><00:32:13.519><c> those</c><00:32:13.700><c> are</c><00:32:13.880><c> not</c><00:32:14.000><c> the</c><00:32:14.180><c> people</c><00:32:14.359><c> I'm</c>

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:19.200
looking<00:32:14.819><c> for,</c><00:32:15.059><c> Jesus</c><00:32:15.440><c> says,</c><00:32:17.519><c> the</c><00:32:17.920><c> peacemakers.</c>

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:24.140
One<00:32:21.480><c> of</c><00:32:21.619><c> the</c><00:32:21.839><c> qualities</c><00:32:22.339><c> that</c><00:32:22.640><c> William</c><00:32:22.960><c> Paley</c><00:32:23.279><c> spoke</c><00:32:23.680><c> about,</c>

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:28.299
the<00:32:24.900><c> unnatural</c><00:32:25.579><c> qualities,</c><00:32:27.119><c> not</c><00:32:27.440><c> the</c><00:32:27.799><c> arrogant</c>

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:35.380
or<00:32:28.799><c> the</c><00:32:29.000><c> vengeful</c><00:32:29.880><c> or</c><00:32:30.299><c> the</c><00:32:30.579><c> fighters,</c><00:32:32.400><c> the</c><00:32:32.660><c> peacemakers.</c><00:32:35.119><c> And</c>

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you<00:32:35.480><c> remember</c><00:32:35.640><c> that</c><00:32:36.019><c> marvellous</c>

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phrase<00:32:37.420><c> which</c><00:32:37.680><c> comes</c><00:32:37.920><c> later</c><00:32:38.279><c> in</c><00:32:38.440><c> the</c><00:32:38.559><c> New</c><00:32:38.759><c> Testament,</c><00:32:39.359><c> I</c><00:32:39.460><c> think</c><00:32:39.599><c> it's</c>

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:41.119
in<00:32:39.880><c> the</c><00:32:39.940><c> epistle</c><00:32:40.180><c> of</c><00:32:40.380><c> James,</c><00:32:40.819><c> he</c><00:32:40.940><c> says,</c>

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:46.079
the<00:32:41.460><c> fruit</c><00:32:41.839><c> of</c><00:32:42.279><c> righteousness</c><00:32:42.940><c> is</c><00:32:43.559><c> sown</c><00:32:43.920><c> in</c><00:32:44.519><c> peace</c><00:32:45.119><c> of</c><00:32:45.799><c> them</c>

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that<00:32:46.460><c> make</c><00:32:46.720><c> peace.</c>

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As<00:32:49.539><c> the</c><00:32:49.740><c> brother</c><00:32:49.900><c> once</c><00:32:50.220><c> said,</c><00:32:50.579><c> you</c><00:32:50.599><c> don't</c><00:32:51.259><c> sow</c><00:32:51.779><c> seed</c><00:32:52.059><c> on</c><00:32:52.299><c> a</c><00:32:52.599><c> battlefield,</c><00:32:53.420><c> do</c>

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:54.740
you<00:32:53.859><c> brethren?</c>

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There's<00:32:55.960><c> a</c><00:32:56.119><c> thought</c><00:32:56.259><c> for</c><00:32:56.480><c> today,</c><00:32:57.599><c> you</c><00:32:57.740><c> don't</c><00:32:58.160><c> sow</c><00:32:58.539><c> seed</c><00:32:58.759><c> on</c><00:32:59.000><c> a</c>

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:02.279
battlefield,<00:33:00.180><c> it</c><00:33:00.279><c> would</c><00:33:00.279><c> be</c><00:33:00.460><c> a</c><00:33:00.599><c> pointless</c><00:33:00.960><c> exercise,</c>

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:05.480
utter<00:33:02.720><c> waste</c><00:33:03.019><c> of</c><00:33:03.279><c> time,</c><00:33:04.019><c> even</c><00:33:04.220><c> if</c><00:33:04.339><c> it</c><00:33:04.559><c> germinated</c><00:33:05.119><c> it</c><00:33:05.279><c> would</c>

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:07.859
soon<00:33:05.660><c> be</c><00:33:05.920><c> trampled</c><00:33:06.220><c> underfoot</c><00:33:06.640><c> of</c><00:33:06.859><c> men.</c>

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:14.160
No,<00:33:10.099><c> the</c><00:33:10.299><c> fruit</c><00:33:10.500><c> of</c><00:33:10.819><c> righteousness</c><00:33:11.539><c> is</c><00:33:12.119><c> sown</c><00:33:12.420><c> in</c><00:33:12.940><c> peace</c><00:33:13.619><c> of</c>

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:16.000
them<00:33:14.500><c> that</c><00:33:14.920><c> make</c><00:33:15.200><c> peace.</c>

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:21.579
And<00:33:18.339><c> then</c><00:33:18.519><c> the</c><00:33:18.819><c> persecuted</c><00:33:19.339><c> and</c><00:33:19.579><c> the</c><00:33:19.859><c> reviled,</c><00:33:21.099><c> those</c><00:33:21.359><c> who</c>

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:24.059
are<00:33:21.660><c> heaped</c><00:33:21.920><c> with</c><00:33:22.200><c> contumely</c><00:33:22.859><c> and</c><00:33:23.279><c> shame</c><00:33:23.579><c> for</c><00:33:23.759><c> the</c><00:33:23.920><c> name</c>

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:27.559
of<00:33:24.180><c> the</c><00:33:24.359><c> Lord</c><00:33:24.599><c> Jesus</c><00:33:25.019><c> Christ,</c><00:33:25.900><c> we're</c><00:33:26.099><c> told</c><00:33:26.259><c> that</c><00:33:26.420><c> they're</c><00:33:26.720><c> also</c><00:33:26.980><c> amongst</c><00:33:27.299><c> the</c>

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blessed<00:33:27.779><c> and</c><00:33:27.980><c> the</c><00:33:28.200><c> truly</c><00:33:28.380><c> happy.</c>

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:34.500
Now<00:33:31.160><c> it's</c><00:33:31.339><c> an</c><00:33:31.539><c> apparent</c><00:33:31.920><c> contradiction,</c><00:33:32.819><c> isn't</c><00:33:33.059><c> it?</c><00:33:33.880><c> It's</c><00:33:34.299><c> a</c>

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:37.720
paradox,<00:33:36.440><c> nothing</c><00:33:36.720><c> like</c><00:33:37.000><c> you</c><00:33:37.099><c> would</c><00:33:37.299><c> imagine</c>

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:41.619
as<00:33:37.920><c> the</c><00:33:38.099><c> basis</c><00:33:38.380><c> for</c><00:33:38.640><c> blessing</c><00:33:38.940><c> or</c><00:33:39.259><c> happiness.</c><00:33:41.059><c> But</c><00:33:41.319><c> of</c><00:33:41.480><c> course</c>

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:43.339
you<00:33:41.759><c> wouldn't</c><00:33:42.099><c> imagine</c><00:33:42.559><c> it,</c><00:33:42.839><c> brethren</c><00:33:43.079><c> and</c>

00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:48.039
sisters,<00:33:44.279><c> because</c><00:33:45.559><c> these</c><00:33:45.799><c> are</c><00:33:46.000><c> not</c><00:33:46.160><c> natural</c><00:33:46.619><c> thoughts.</c><00:33:47.799><c> So</c>

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:51.099
you<00:33:48.160><c> wouldn't</c><00:33:48.539><c> imagine</c><00:33:49.019><c> it</c><00:33:49.460><c> of</c><00:33:49.640><c> your</c><00:33:49.900><c> own</c><00:33:50.119><c> accord,</c>

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:56.759
these<00:33:52.160><c> are</c><00:33:52.500><c> divine</c><00:33:53.039><c> thoughts.</c><00:33:54.680><c> This</c><00:33:55.240><c> is</c><00:33:55.420><c> God's</c><00:33:55.940><c> estimate</c><00:33:56.220><c> of</c>

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:58.779
what<00:33:56.960><c> makes</c><00:33:57.240><c> up</c><00:33:57.440><c> the</c><00:33:57.740><c> complete</c><00:33:58.000><c> man.</c>

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:02.319
And<00:33:59.779><c> those</c><00:33:59.980><c> who</c><00:34:00.259><c> are</c><00:34:00.700><c> accounted</c><00:34:00.980><c> worthy</c><00:34:01.400><c> to</c><00:34:01.740><c> suffer</c><00:34:01.980><c> shame</c>

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:05.519
for<00:34:02.500><c> his</c><00:34:02.759><c> name,</c><00:34:03.759><c> rejoice</c><00:34:04.200><c> and</c><00:34:04.559><c> praise</c><00:34:04.980><c> God,</c>

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:09.159
just<00:34:06.119><c> like</c><00:34:06.319><c> Paul</c><00:34:06.559><c> and</c><00:34:06.859><c> Silas</c><00:34:07.119><c> whom</c><00:34:07.299><c> we</c><00:34:07.480><c> mentioned</c><00:34:07.720><c> on</c><00:34:07.900><c> Sunday</c><00:34:08.179><c> morning.</c>

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:12.199
They<00:34:09.880><c> rejoice</c><00:34:10.219><c> that</c><00:34:10.380><c> they</c><00:34:10.559><c> were</c><00:34:10.739><c> accounted</c><00:34:11.019><c> worthy</c><00:34:11.420><c> to</c><00:34:11.619><c> endure</c><00:34:11.920><c> such</c>

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:14.880
things<00:34:12.780><c> for</c><00:34:13.380><c> the</c><00:34:13.559><c> master's</c><00:34:14.079><c> sake.</c>

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:19.559
Now<00:34:16.599><c> I've</c><00:34:16.719><c> only</c><00:34:16.940><c> very</c><00:34:17.199><c> briefly</c><00:34:17.579><c> run</c><00:34:17.860><c> through</c><00:34:18.079><c> these</c><00:34:18.320><c> qualities</c><00:34:18.719><c> with</c><00:34:19.059><c> you,</c><00:34:19.159><c> that's</c><00:34:19.400><c> all</c>

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.579
we<00:34:19.739><c> have</c><00:34:20.000><c> time</c><00:34:20.320><c> to</c>

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:24.260
in<00:34:20.860><c> relation</c><00:34:21.280><c> to</c><00:34:21.500><c> the</c><00:34:21.639><c> Beatitudes.</c><00:34:23.079><c> Jesus</c><00:34:23.360><c> sets</c><00:34:23.639><c> forth</c><00:34:23.940><c> these</c>

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:26.800
first<00:34:24.659><c> principles</c><00:34:25.099><c> of</c><00:34:25.340><c> the</c><00:34:25.480><c> Christian</c><00:34:25.860><c> life.</c>

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:29.760
But<00:34:27.380><c> it's</c><00:34:27.480><c> very</c><00:34:27.719><c> interesting</c><00:34:28.199><c> that</c><00:34:28.480><c> having</c><00:34:28.760><c> described</c><00:34:29.500><c> the</c>

00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:31.500
citizens<00:34:30.139><c> of</c><00:34:30.300><c> the</c><00:34:30.480><c> kingdom</c><00:34:30.820><c> for</c><00:34:31.219><c> us,</c>

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:37.199
he<00:34:32.179><c> then</c><00:34:32.420><c> goes</c><00:34:32.619><c> on</c><00:34:32.860><c> to</c><00:34:33.099><c> discuss</c><00:34:33.360><c> their</c><00:34:33.639><c> function</c><00:34:34.179><c> in</c><00:34:34.719><c> verses</c><00:34:35.019><c> 13</c><00:34:35.559><c> to</c><00:34:35.699><c> 16.</c><00:34:36.920><c> And</c><00:34:37.099><c> I</c>

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:38.159
want<00:34:37.360><c> to</c><00:34:37.559><c> take</c><00:34:37.699><c> us</c><00:34:37.840><c> up</c><00:34:38.000><c> to</c>

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:41.699
that<00:34:38.420><c> point</c><00:34:38.739><c> in</c><00:34:39.360><c> concluding</c><00:34:39.900><c> this</c><00:34:40.159><c> session</c><00:34:40.440><c> this</c><00:34:40.739><c> morning.</c>

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:46.760
So<00:34:43.059><c> having</c><00:34:43.440><c> described</c><00:34:44.199><c> the</c><00:34:44.960><c> rounded</c><00:34:45.460><c> character</c><00:34:46.199><c> of</c><00:34:46.579><c> the</c>

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:49.280
Christian<00:34:47.179><c> discipleship,</c><00:34:48.139><c> which</c><00:34:48.219><c> is</c><00:34:48.519><c> the</c><00:34:48.679><c> character</c><00:34:48.980><c> of</c><00:34:49.199><c> the</c>

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:53.539
king<00:34:49.460><c> himself,</c><00:34:51.699><c> he</c><00:34:51.820><c> then</c><00:34:52.159><c> proceeds</c><00:34:52.739><c> to</c><00:34:53.079><c> discuss</c>

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:58.119
the<00:34:53.940><c> function</c><00:34:54.440><c> of</c><00:34:54.679><c> his</c><00:34:54.980><c> disciples.</c><00:34:55.639><c> And</c><00:34:55.820><c> he</c><00:34:55.960><c> uses</c><00:34:56.260><c> two</c><00:34:56.519><c> figures</c><00:34:56.800><c> of</c><00:34:57.139><c> speech</c><00:34:57.460><c> to</c>

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:59.159
explain<00:34:58.480><c> the</c><00:34:58.699><c> function</c><00:34:59.019><c> of</c>

00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:02.420
those<00:34:59.420><c> who</c><00:34:59.639><c> belong</c><00:34:59.820><c> to</c><00:34:59.980><c> the</c><00:35:00.099><c> kingdom</c><00:35:00.360><c> of</c><00:35:00.559><c> God.</c><00:35:01.519><c> He</c><00:35:01.679><c> says,</c><00:35:01.940><c> first</c><00:35:02.179><c> of</c>

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:05.239
all,<00:35:03.380><c> you</c><00:35:03.559><c> are</c><00:35:03.900><c> the</c><00:35:04.139><c> salt</c><00:35:04.380><c> of</c><00:35:04.639><c> the</c><00:35:04.880><c> earth,</c>

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:09.780
that's<00:35:05.639><c> in</c><00:35:05.820><c> verse</c><00:35:06.039><c> 13.</c><00:35:07.360><c> And</c><00:35:07.719><c> secondly,</c><00:35:08.679><c> you</c><00:35:09.000><c> are</c><00:35:09.360><c> the</c><00:35:09.599><c> light</c>

00:35:09.780 --> 00:35:13.199
of<00:35:10.019><c> the</c><00:35:10.260><c> world,</c><00:35:11.519><c> in</c><00:35:11.719><c> verse</c><00:35:11.940><c> 14.</c>

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:18.920
And<00:35:14.199><c> we'll</c><00:35:14.539><c> consider</c><00:35:14.860><c> those</c><00:35:15.199><c> two</c><00:35:15.380><c> figures</c><00:35:15.599><c> of</c><00:35:15.880><c> speech</c><00:35:16.039><c> in</c><00:35:16.280><c> that</c><00:35:16.500><c> order.</c><00:35:18.800><c> Now</c>

00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:20.460
there<00:35:19.039><c> are</c><00:35:19.239><c> two</c><00:35:19.460><c> functions</c><00:35:19.920><c> of</c><00:35:20.260><c> salt,</c>

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:23.619
aren't<00:35:20.820><c> there</c><00:35:21.039><c> brethren</c><00:35:21.360><c> and</c><00:35:21.639><c> sisters?</c><00:35:22.699><c> If</c><00:35:22.800><c> you</c><00:35:23.159><c> pause</c><00:35:23.400><c> to</c>

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:25.400
think<00:35:23.840><c> about</c><00:35:24.139><c> it,</c><00:35:24.260><c> there</c><00:35:24.420><c> are</c><00:35:24.699><c> two</c><00:35:24.940><c> functions,</c>

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:30.340
two<00:35:25.719><c> reasons</c><00:35:26.119><c> why</c><00:35:26.400><c> we</c><00:35:26.639><c> use</c><00:35:26.840><c> salt.</c><00:35:28.579><c> The</c><00:35:28.800><c> one</c><00:35:28.920><c> is</c><00:35:29.219><c> to</c><00:35:29.480><c> preserve,</c>

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:36.239
as<00:35:31.139><c> with</c><00:35:31.420><c> salt</c><00:35:31.739><c> beef,</c><00:35:33.179><c> rubbed</c><00:35:33.480><c> into</c><00:35:33.679><c> the</c><00:35:33.920><c> meat</c><00:35:34.119><c> to</c><00:35:34.380><c> stop</c><00:35:34.579><c> it</c>

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:43.159
deteriorating.<00:35:37.639><c> And</c><00:35:37.940><c> the</c><00:35:38.019><c> other</c><00:35:38.219><c> function</c><00:35:38.679><c> is</c><00:35:39.019><c> to</c><00:35:39.360><c> flavor</c><00:35:40.139><c> food.</c><00:35:42.920><c> And</c><00:35:43.059><c> so</c>

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:44.820
there's<00:35:43.400><c> an</c><00:35:43.699><c> implied</c><00:35:44.119><c> criticism</c>

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:48.739
of<00:35:45.119><c> our</c><00:35:45.400><c> world</c><00:35:45.599><c> in</c><00:35:45.780><c> the</c><00:35:45.860><c> very</c><00:35:46.139><c> fact</c><00:35:46.360><c> that</c><00:35:46.539><c> Jesus</c><00:35:46.860><c> says</c><00:35:47.099><c> it</c><00:35:47.280><c> needs</c><00:35:47.679><c> salt,</c><00:35:48.579><c> and</c>

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:50.280
you<00:35:48.960><c> are</c><00:35:49.099><c> that</c><00:35:49.420><c> salt.</c>

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:55.320
Because<00:35:51.039><c> you</c><00:35:51.219><c> see,</c><00:35:51.579><c> our</c><00:35:51.860><c> world</c><00:35:52.119><c> is</c><00:35:52.380><c> always</c><00:35:52.780><c> tendering</c><00:35:53.199><c> to</c><00:35:53.440><c> putrefaction,</c><00:35:54.300><c> isn't</c><00:35:54.460><c> it?</c>

00:35:55.760 --> 00:36:02.579
It<00:35:55.940><c> goes</c><00:35:56.320><c> downhill,</c><00:35:58.079><c> left</c><00:35:58.280><c> to</c><00:35:58.519><c> itself,</c><00:35:59.239><c> society</c><00:35:59.860><c> corrupts.</c><00:36:01.960><c> You</c><00:36:02.219><c> get</c><00:36:02.420><c> a</c>

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:04.119
gaggle<00:36:02.820><c> of</c><00:36:02.980><c> people</c><00:36:03.260><c> together</c><00:36:03.679><c> in</c><00:36:03.880><c> any</c>

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:07.760
situation<00:36:04.820><c> outside</c><00:36:05.300><c> the</c><00:36:06.119><c> truth,</c><00:36:06.519><c> and</c><00:36:06.619><c> they</c><00:36:06.800><c> nearly</c><00:36:07.019><c> always</c>

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:09.460
descend<00:36:08.119><c> in</c><00:36:08.300><c> their</c><00:36:08.440><c> manner</c><00:36:08.639><c> of</c><00:36:09.019><c> conversation</c>

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:12.119
to<00:36:09.780><c> crudity</c><00:36:10.219><c> and</c><00:36:10.460><c> obscenity</c><00:36:10.960><c> within</c><00:36:11.159><c> a</c><00:36:11.320><c> very</c><00:36:11.539><c> short</c><00:36:11.780><c> space,</c>

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:16.320
don't<00:36:12.420><c> they?</c><00:36:13.920><c> You</c><00:36:14.199><c> will</c><00:36:14.420><c> know</c><00:36:14.599><c> that</c><00:36:15.320><c> from</c><00:36:15.860><c> experience</c>

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:20.559
in<00:36:16.500><c> the</c><00:36:16.699><c> workplace</c><00:36:17.300><c> and</c><00:36:17.880><c> so</c><00:36:18.179><c> forth.</c><00:36:19.400><c> Human</c><00:36:19.579><c> nature</c><00:36:19.900><c> is</c><00:36:20.219><c> evil</c>

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:24.500
and<00:36:21.000><c> not</c><00:36:21.280><c> good,</c><00:36:21.480><c> as</c><00:36:21.699><c> we</c><00:36:21.920><c> well</c><00:36:22.139><c> know.</c><00:36:24.219><c> So</c><00:36:24.360><c> the</c>

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:28.280
constitution<00:36:25.139><c> of</c><00:36:25.500><c> mankind</c><00:36:25.900><c> is</c><00:36:26.300><c> one</c><00:36:26.539><c> that</c><00:36:26.719><c> is</c><00:36:26.980><c> going</c><00:36:27.280><c> rotten.</c>

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:30.320
And<00:36:28.699><c> if</c><00:36:28.739><c> it</c><00:36:28.960><c> hasn't</c><00:36:29.139><c> already</c><00:36:29.619><c> done</c><00:36:29.920><c> so,</c>

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:33.260
then<00:36:30.480><c> it's</c><00:36:30.820><c> flavorless</c><00:36:31.300><c> and</c><00:36:31.500><c> it's</c><00:36:31.800><c> insipid</c><00:36:32.179><c> from</c><00:36:32.400><c> God's</c><00:36:32.840><c> point</c><00:36:33.059><c> of</c>

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:37.059
view.<00:36:35.000><c> So</c><00:36:35.199><c> it</c><00:36:35.360><c> desperately</c><00:36:35.659><c> needs</c><00:36:36.059><c> salt.</c>

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:40.920
And<00:36:38.239><c> the</c><00:36:38.420><c> interesting</c><00:36:38.679><c> thing</c><00:36:38.900><c> about</c><00:36:39.340><c> salt</c><00:36:39.780><c> and</c><00:36:40.059><c> this</c><00:36:40.260><c> particular</c><00:36:40.679><c> figure</c>

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:42.900
of<00:36:41.199><c> speech</c><00:36:41.400><c> is</c><00:36:41.619><c> that</c><00:36:41.920><c> salt</c><00:36:42.219><c> is</c><00:36:42.519><c> an</c>

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:46.780
additive.<00:36:44.460><c> It's</c><00:36:44.639><c> quite</c><00:36:44.960><c> different</c><00:36:45.579><c> from</c><00:36:45.780><c> the</c><00:36:46.059><c> material</c><00:36:46.519><c> into</c>

00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:48.320
which<00:36:46.960><c> it</c><00:36:47.119><c> is</c><00:36:47.420><c> placed.</c>

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:52.840
To<00:36:49.860><c> take</c><00:36:50.019><c> a</c><00:36:50.179><c> homely</c><00:36:50.400><c> illustration,</c><00:36:50.980><c> you</c><00:36:51.159><c> might</c><00:36:51.380><c> have</c><00:36:51.579><c> potatoes</c><00:36:52.039><c> bubbling</c><00:36:52.400><c> away</c><00:36:52.699><c> in</c>

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.559
the<00:36:53.019><c> pot</c><00:36:53.139><c> and</c><00:36:53.280><c> you've</c>

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:57.360
forgotten<00:36:53.800><c> to</c><00:36:53.980><c> put</c><00:36:54.139><c> salt.</c><00:36:55.800><c> And</c><00:36:56.079><c> you</c><00:36:56.199><c> know</c><00:36:56.320><c> exactly</c><00:36:56.679><c> what</c><00:36:56.880><c> they'll</c><00:36:57.139><c> be</c>

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:58.780
like<00:36:57.579><c> when</c><00:36:57.739><c> they're</c><00:36:58.059><c> cooked.</c><00:36:58.239><c> They'll</c><00:36:58.519><c> be</c>

00:36:58.780 --> 00:37:02.800
bland,<00:36:59.320><c> they'll</c><00:36:59.400><c> be</c><00:36:59.559><c> insipid,</c><00:37:00.900><c> they'll</c><00:37:01.079><c> have</c><00:37:01.219><c> no</c><00:37:01.699><c> real</c><00:37:02.039><c> flavor</c><00:37:02.460><c> at</c>

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:06.500
all.<00:37:05.079><c> And</c><00:37:05.239><c> your</c><00:37:05.360><c> guests</c><00:37:05.599><c> will</c><00:37:05.820><c> not</c><00:37:05.980><c> enjoy</c><00:37:06.280><c> the</c>

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:10.219
meal.<00:37:07.880><c> And</c><00:37:08.019><c> so</c><00:37:08.119><c> you</c><00:37:08.320><c> hastily</c><00:37:08.719><c> add</c><00:37:08.960><c> a</c><00:37:09.099><c> teaspoon</c><00:37:09.420><c> of</c><00:37:09.760><c> salt,</c><00:37:10.139><c> you</c>

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:11.820
give<00:37:10.320><c> them</c><00:37:10.480><c> another</c><00:37:10.679><c> few</c><00:37:10.860><c> minutes</c><00:37:11.139><c> on</c><00:37:11.360><c> the</c><00:37:11.639><c> stove,</c>

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:14.900
give<00:37:12.000><c> it</c><00:37:12.179><c> a</c><00:37:12.420><c> stir</c><00:37:12.659><c> to</c><00:37:12.940><c> allow</c><00:37:13.239><c> the</c><00:37:13.519><c> salt</c><00:37:13.699><c> to</c><00:37:13.960><c> permeate</c><00:37:14.559><c> through</c>

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:17.119
and<00:37:15.099><c> give</c><00:37:15.380><c> flavor</c><00:37:15.780><c> to</c><00:37:16.000><c> the</c><00:37:16.260><c> food.</c>

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:22.519
That,<00:37:19.039><c> says</c><00:37:19.099><c> Jesus,</c><00:37:19.739><c> is</c><00:37:20.000><c> the</c><00:37:20.179><c> function</c><00:37:20.539><c> of</c><00:37:20.800><c> my</c><00:37:21.039><c> disciples,</c><00:37:22.179><c> to</c>

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:25.900
give<00:37:22.860><c> some</c><00:37:23.420><c> kind</c><00:37:23.880><c> of</c><00:37:24.260><c> flavor</c><00:37:24.579><c> of</c><00:37:24.820><c> Christ</c><00:37:25.320><c> to</c><00:37:25.539><c> the</c>

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:32.840
society<00:37:27.019><c> to</c><00:37:27.500><c> which</c><00:37:27.659><c> they</c><00:37:27.940><c> belong.</c><00:37:29.639><c> As</c><00:37:30.280><c> thou</c><00:37:30.639><c> hast</c><00:37:31.000><c> sent</c><00:37:31.360><c> me</c><00:37:31.699><c> into</c><00:37:31.940><c> the</c><00:37:32.260><c> world,</c><00:37:32.619><c> he</c>

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:35.300
said,<00:37:33.539><c> even</c><00:37:34.019><c> so</c><00:37:34.460><c> have</c><00:37:34.659><c> I</c><00:37:35.019><c> sent</c>

00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:41.039
them<00:37:35.639><c> into</c><00:37:35.960><c> the</c><00:37:36.239><c> world,</c><00:37:38.699><c> to</c><00:37:38.940><c> preserve</c><00:37:39.300><c> men</c><00:37:39.619><c> from</c><00:37:39.900><c> corruption,</c>

00:37:41.159 --> 00:37:43.179
to<00:37:41.440><c> bring</c><00:37:41.619><c> the</c><00:37:41.960><c> savor</c><00:37:42.280><c> of</c><00:37:42.500><c> Christ</c><00:37:42.920><c> into</c>

00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:47.679
their<00:37:43.539><c> environment.</c><00:37:46.119><c> And</c><00:37:46.320><c> so</c><00:37:46.400><c> it's</c><00:37:46.559><c> a</c><00:37:46.659><c> very</c><00:37:46.880><c> profound</c><00:37:47.340><c> figure</c>

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:50.960
that.<00:37:49.619><c> And</c><00:37:49.760><c> so</c><00:37:49.840><c> as</c><00:37:49.940><c> you</c><00:37:50.059><c> go</c><00:37:50.219><c> about</c><00:37:50.460><c> your</c><00:37:50.659><c> daily</c>

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:53.500
lives,<00:37:51.320><c> brethren</c><00:37:51.599><c> and</c><00:37:51.860><c> sisters</c><00:37:52.139><c> and</c><00:37:52.320><c> your</c><00:37:52.480><c> everyday</c><00:37:52.900><c> tasks,</c>

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:55.559
Jesus<00:37:53.860><c> says,</c><00:37:54.179><c> think</c><00:37:54.400><c> of</c><00:37:54.559><c> yourselves</c><00:37:55.039><c> as</c><00:37:55.260><c> being</c>

00:37:55.559 --> 00:38:01.280
sent<00:37:55.940><c> into</c><00:37:56.280><c> the</c><00:37:56.579><c> world</c><00:37:57.000><c> by</c><00:37:57.519><c> me,</c><00:37:58.559><c> a</c><00:37:58.719><c> spiritual</c><00:37:59.179><c> salt.</c><00:38:01.079><c> Now</c><00:38:01.239><c> we</c>

00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:03.659
don't<00:38:01.519><c> always</c><00:38:01.860><c> do</c><00:38:02.119><c> what</c><00:38:02.300><c> we're</c><00:38:02.559><c> supposed</c><00:38:02.960><c> to</c><00:38:03.179><c> do.</c>

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:07.400
And<00:38:04.400><c> historically</c><00:38:04.760><c> we</c><00:38:05.039><c> have</c><00:38:05.320><c> tended</c><00:38:05.719><c> to</c><00:38:06.460><c> withdraw</c><00:38:06.880><c> from</c><00:38:07.139><c> the</c>

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:09.320
world<00:38:07.559><c> to</c><00:38:07.800><c> a</c><00:38:07.920><c> large</c><00:38:08.119><c> extent.</c><00:38:08.460><c> We've</c><00:38:08.639><c> been</c><00:38:08.820><c> afraid</c><00:38:09.179><c> of</c>

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:15.380
it.<00:38:11.139><c> Come</c><00:38:11.340><c> inside,</c><00:38:12.079><c> shut</c><00:38:12.219><c> the</c><00:38:12.480><c> door,</c><00:38:12.780><c> close</c><00:38:13.099><c> the</c><00:38:13.380><c> curtains</c><00:38:13.699><c> and</c><00:38:14.099><c> leave</c><00:38:14.340><c> those</c><00:38:14.679><c> out</c><00:38:14.920><c> there</c><00:38:15.119><c> to</c>

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:16.059
stew<00:38:15.460><c> in</c><00:38:15.599><c> their</c><00:38:15.820><c> own</c>

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:22.900
shoes.<00:38:17.280><c> Their</c><00:38:17.480><c> own</c><00:38:17.699><c> silly</c><00:38:17.920><c> fault</c><00:38:18.139><c> that</c><00:38:18.260><c> they're</c><00:38:18.480><c> out</c><00:38:18.699><c> there</c><00:38:18.940><c> anyway.</c><00:38:21.000><c> Jesus</c><00:38:21.199><c> says,</c><00:38:21.719><c> no,</c><00:38:22.579><c> I</c>

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:24.059
have<00:38:23.300><c> sent</c><00:38:23.659><c> you</c>

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:28.360
into<00:38:24.400><c> the</c><00:38:24.679><c> world,</c><00:38:24.880><c> whether</c><00:38:25.099><c> you</c><00:38:25.340><c> like</c><00:38:25.480><c> it</c><00:38:25.679><c> or</c><00:38:25.780><c> not.</c><00:38:27.860><c> To</c><00:38:28.079><c> try</c><00:38:28.199><c> to</c>

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:30.159
bring<00:38:28.500><c> something</c><00:38:28.840><c> of</c><00:38:29.019><c> the</c><00:38:29.219><c> flavor</c><00:38:29.420><c> of</c><00:38:29.619><c> Christ</c><00:38:29.920><c> into</c>

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:33.320
the<00:38:30.380><c> environment</c><00:38:30.880><c> in</c><00:38:31.079><c> which</c><00:38:31.239><c> you</c><00:38:31.519><c> live.</c><00:38:31.920><c> If</c><00:38:32.219><c> perchance</c><00:38:32.980><c> you</c>

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:35.579
may<00:38:33.579><c> be</c><00:38:33.739><c> able</c><00:38:33.900><c> to</c><00:38:34.139><c> save</c><00:38:34.360><c> some</c><00:38:34.679><c> of</c><00:38:34.860><c> them</c><00:38:35.000><c> which</c><00:38:35.260><c> believe</c>

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:40.320
on<00:38:35.860><c> me</c><00:38:36.099><c> through</c><00:38:36.480><c> your</c><00:38:37.000><c> word.</c><00:38:38.840><c> So</c><00:38:39.019><c> let</c><00:38:39.199><c> your</c><00:38:39.460><c> speech</c><00:38:39.659><c> be</c><00:38:39.900><c> always</c>

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:42.619
seasoned<00:38:40.619><c> with</c><00:38:40.940><c> salt</c><00:38:41.300><c> and</c><00:38:41.760><c> with</c><00:38:42.059><c> grace,</c>

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:45.579
for<00:38:43.239><c> ye</c><00:38:43.559><c> are</c><00:38:43.960><c> the</c><00:38:44.199><c> salt</c><00:38:44.420><c> of</c><00:38:44.659><c> the</c><00:38:44.820><c> earth.</c>

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:52.280
Now<00:38:48.940><c> we</c><00:38:49.119><c> sometimes</c><00:38:49.719><c> say,</c><00:38:50.239><c> do</c><00:38:50.300><c> we</c><00:38:50.539><c> not,</c><00:38:50.880><c> that</c><00:38:51.039><c> certain</c><00:38:51.300><c> brethren</c><00:38:51.599><c> and</c><00:38:51.840><c> sisters</c><00:38:52.059><c> in</c>

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:53.139
the<00:38:52.440><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:38:52.719><c> we</c><00:38:52.960><c> say</c>

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:57.260
they<00:38:53.360><c> are</c><00:38:53.659><c> the</c><00:38:54.000><c> salt</c><00:38:54.260><c> of</c><00:38:54.500><c> the</c><00:38:54.679><c> earth.</c><00:38:56.239><c> By</c><00:38:56.539><c> that</c><00:38:56.800><c> meaning</c><00:38:57.119><c> that</c>

00:38:57.260 --> 00:39:00.280
they<00:38:57.500><c> are</c><00:38:57.699><c> prime</c><00:38:57.960><c> examples</c><00:38:58.579><c> of</c><00:38:58.940><c> godliness</c><00:38:59.400><c> and</c>

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:04.099
faithfulness.<00:39:01.699><c> Brethren</c><00:39:01.960><c> and</c><00:39:02.239><c> sisters</c><00:39:02.420><c> on</c><00:39:02.699><c> whom</c><00:39:02.820><c> we</c><00:39:03.019><c> can</c><00:39:03.280><c> rely,</c><00:39:03.940><c> who</c>

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:06.639
are<00:39:04.480><c> kindly</c><00:39:05.119><c> and</c><00:39:05.539><c> have</c><00:39:05.699><c> the</c><00:39:05.860><c> law</c><00:39:05.980><c> of</c><00:39:06.320><c> kindness</c>

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:12.380
in<00:39:06.860><c> their</c><00:39:07.219><c> tongue.</c><00:39:09.920><c> But</c><00:39:10.199><c> here</c><00:39:10.780><c> Jesus</c><00:39:11.300><c> is</c><00:39:11.659><c> applying</c><00:39:11.920><c> the</c><00:39:12.179><c> term</c>

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:15.559
to<00:39:12.659><c> every</c><00:39:13.199><c> single</c><00:39:13.639><c> one</c><00:39:13.860><c> of</c><00:39:14.019><c> us</c><00:39:14.280><c> and</c><00:39:14.659><c> saying,</c>

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:19.280
you<00:39:15.940><c> have</c><00:39:16.139><c> a</c><00:39:16.440><c> special</c><00:39:16.739><c> mission</c><00:39:17.099><c> to</c><00:39:17.380><c> fulfill.</c><00:39:18.440><c> I</c><00:39:18.539><c> want</c><00:39:18.820><c> you</c><00:39:19.019><c> to</c>

00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:22.519
take<00:39:19.539><c> me</c><00:39:20.159><c> with</c><00:39:20.519><c> you</c><00:39:20.960><c> into</c><00:39:21.260><c> the</c><00:39:21.559><c> world</c>

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:24.920
and<00:39:22.860><c> bring</c><00:39:23.059><c> something</c><00:39:23.400><c> of</c><00:39:23.559><c> the</c><00:39:23.760><c> flavor</c><00:39:23.960><c> of</c><00:39:24.139><c> Christ</c><00:39:24.460><c> into</c><00:39:24.699><c> the</c>

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:26.739
circle<00:39:25.300><c> in</c><00:39:25.800><c> which</c><00:39:26.000><c> you</c><00:39:26.260><c> operate</c>

00:39:26.739 --> 00:39:29.699
and<00:39:27.219><c> the</c><00:39:27.380><c> people</c><00:39:27.539><c> with</c><00:39:27.739><c> whom</c><00:39:27.860><c> you</c><00:39:28.039><c> come</c><00:39:28.179><c> in</c><00:39:28.420><c> contact.</c>

00:39:32.139 --> 00:39:38.179
Then<00:39:32.860><c> secondly</c><00:39:33.340><c> he</c><00:39:33.539><c> says,</c><00:39:34.880><c> you</c><00:39:34.880><c> are</c><00:39:35.219><c> the</c><00:39:35.519><c> light</c><00:39:35.780><c> of</c><00:39:36.019><c> the</c><00:39:36.260><c> world.</c><00:39:37.980><c> And</c><00:39:38.119><c> I</c>

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:40.000
think<00:39:38.320><c> there's</c><00:39:38.519><c> an</c><00:39:38.860><c> important</c><00:39:39.260><c> contrast</c>

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here,<00:39:41.219><c> a</c><00:39:41.300><c> designed</c><00:39:41.800><c> contrast.</c><00:39:44.179><c> Because</c><00:39:44.320><c> you</c><00:39:44.400><c> see</c><00:39:44.739><c> salt</c><00:39:45.199><c> mixes</c>

00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:48.719
with<00:39:46.119><c> the</c><00:39:46.480><c> environment</c><00:39:47.079><c> unobtrusively</c>

00:39:48.719 --> 00:39:54.679
as<00:39:49.519><c> it</c><00:39:49.800><c> were.</c><00:39:50.539><c> You</c><00:39:50.679><c> can't</c><00:39:51.119><c> see</c><00:39:51.480><c> salt</c><00:39:51.860><c> at</c><00:39:52.179><c> work.</c><00:39:53.860><c> But</c><00:39:54.039><c> it's</c><00:39:54.260><c> there</c><00:39:54.519><c> and</c>

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:56.280
it<00:39:54.800><c> does</c><00:39:55.000><c> its</c><00:39:55.239><c> job.</c>

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:59.360
Taking<00:39:57.119><c> Christ</c><00:39:57.599><c> and</c><00:39:57.880><c> showing</c><00:39:58.099><c> him</c><00:39:58.320><c> to</c><00:39:58.440><c> men</c><00:39:58.619><c> and</c><00:39:58.739><c> women</c><00:39:58.980><c> in</c><00:39:59.159><c> our</c>

00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:01.900
daily<00:39:59.599><c> lives</c><00:39:59.940><c> because</c><00:40:00.340><c> of</c><00:40:00.519><c> what</c><00:40:00.739><c> we</c><00:40:01.119><c> are.</c>

00:40:03.380 --> 00:40:06.300
The<00:40:03.639><c> unobtrusive</c><00:40:04.320><c> witness</c><00:40:04.739><c> of</c><00:40:05.000><c> the</c><00:40:05.239><c> disciple,</c>

00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:11.619
the<00:40:08.440><c> example</c><00:40:09.079><c> that</c><00:40:09.460><c> he</c><00:40:09.699><c> sets,</c><00:40:10.260><c> the</c><00:40:10.480><c> standards</c><00:40:10.940><c> that</c><00:40:11.159><c> he</c><00:40:11.400><c> sets</c>

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:15.019
because<00:40:12.019><c> of</c><00:40:12.219><c> what</c><00:40:12.440><c> he</c><00:40:12.760><c> is.</c><00:40:13.940><c> But</c><00:40:14.239><c> light</c>

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:19.800
stands<00:40:16.039><c> up</c><00:40:16.320><c> and</c><00:40:16.539><c> shines</c><00:40:16.820><c> forth</c><00:40:17.199><c> clearly</c><00:40:17.579><c> and</c><00:40:17.900><c> dispels</c><00:40:18.260><c> darkness.</c><00:40:19.559><c> And</c><00:40:19.739><c> I</c>

00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:21.300
think<00:40:19.940><c> it</c><00:40:20.099><c> is</c><00:40:20.219><c> the</c><00:40:20.440><c> positive</c><00:40:20.920><c> witness</c>

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:25.239
of<00:40:21.480><c> the</c><00:40:21.699><c> ecclesia</c><00:40:22.159><c> which</c><00:40:22.340><c> is</c><00:40:22.599><c> here</c><00:40:22.840><c> being</c><00:40:23.420><c> proclaimed</c><00:40:24.300><c> and</c><00:40:24.860><c> brought</c><00:40:25.039><c> to</c>

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our<00:40:25.480><c> attention</c><00:40:26.039><c> as</c><00:40:26.579><c> an</c><00:40:26.840><c> exhortation.</c>

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Shine<00:40:29.679><c> ye</c><00:40:29.860><c> as</c><00:40:29.980><c> lights</c><00:40:30.280><c> in</c><00:40:30.480><c> the</c><00:40:30.719><c> world</c><00:40:31.000><c> holding</c><00:40:31.460><c> forth</c><00:40:31.880><c> the</c><00:40:32.119><c> word</c><00:40:32.320><c> of</c>

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life.<00:40:34.119><c> That's</c><00:40:34.460><c> the</c><00:40:34.679><c> exhortation</c><00:40:35.239><c> to</c><00:40:35.539><c> us.</c>

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The<00:40:37.280><c> world</c><00:40:37.460><c> is</c><00:40:37.739><c> dark</c><00:40:38.260><c> and</c><00:40:38.800><c> you</c><00:40:38.960><c> are</c><00:40:39.179><c> its</c><00:40:39.420><c> light.</c><00:40:41.699><c> The</c><00:40:41.880><c> world</c><00:40:42.079><c> is</c>

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infected<00:40:42.860><c> and</c><00:40:43.679><c> you</c><00:40:43.880><c> are</c><00:40:44.059><c> its</c><00:40:44.320><c> health.</c>

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The<00:40:45.420><c> world</c><00:40:45.679><c> is</c><00:40:45.940><c> insipid</c><00:40:46.780><c> and</c><00:40:47.199><c> you</c><00:40:47.360><c> are</c><00:40:47.539><c> its</c><00:40:47.820><c> flavor.</c><00:40:50.079><c> These</c>

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are<00:40:51.000><c> the</c><00:40:51.300><c> exhortations</c><00:40:51.960><c> that</c><00:40:52.139><c> are</c><00:40:52.280><c> brought</c>

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forth<00:40:52.800><c> in</c><00:40:53.019><c> the</c><00:40:53.219><c> salt</c><00:40:53.420><c> of</c><00:40:53.619><c> the</c><00:40:53.760><c> earth</c><00:40:53.920><c> and</c><00:40:54.079><c> the</c><00:40:54.260><c> light</c><00:40:54.420><c> of</c><00:40:54.619><c> the</c>

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world.<00:40:55.860><c> Both</c><00:40:56.179><c> activities</c><00:40:56.760><c> making</c><00:40:57.139><c> the</c><00:40:57.380><c> disciple</c>

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complete.<00:40:59.139><c> Preaching</c><00:40:59.480><c> by</c><00:40:59.900><c> word</c><00:41:00.440><c> and</c><00:41:01.340><c> preaching</c><00:41:01.699><c> by</c><00:41:02.119><c> living.</c>

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The<00:41:03.460><c> example</c><00:41:03.760><c> of</c><00:41:03.940><c> what</c><00:41:04.179><c> we</c><00:41:04.480><c> are</c><00:41:05.019><c> as</c><00:41:05.480><c> the</c>

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master's<00:41:06.260><c> servants.</c><00:41:08.059><c> And</c><00:41:08.219><c> please</c><00:41:08.400><c> notice</c><00:41:08.659><c> that</c><00:41:08.840><c> he</c><00:41:08.940><c> makes</c><00:41:09.139><c> it</c>

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