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you</c><00:12:17.460><c> apply</c><00:12:17.659><c> it</c><00:12:17.840><c> to</c><00:12:17.940><c> this</c><00:12:18.139><c> generation.</c> 00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:22.299 Go<00:12:20.039><c> back</c><00:12:20.440><c> to</c><00:12:20.639><c> the</c><00:12:20.740><c> history</c><00:12:21.220><c> from</c><00:12:21.519><c> where</c><00:12:21.620><c> that</c><00:12:21.840><c> generation</c> 00:12:22.299 --> 00:12:24.419 had<00:12:22.539><c> come</c><00:12:22.759><c> from,</c><00:12:23.080><c> from</c><00:12:23.279><c> the</c><00:12:23.460><c> traditions</c><00:12:23.720><c> of</c><00:12:23.879><c> their</c><00:12:24.039><c> fathers,</c> 00:12:24.659 --> 00:12:26.080 way<00:12:24.720><c> back</c><00:12:24.899><c> in</c><00:12:25.000><c> their</c><00:12:25.159><c> history.</c> 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:28.919 Israel<00:12:26.759><c> had</c><00:12:27.100><c> done</c><00:12:27.279><c> clean</c><00:12:27.639><c> spirits</c><00:12:28.080><c> in</c><00:12:28.259><c> it</c> 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:31.799 before<00:12:29.679><c> the</c><00:12:30.080><c> Babylonian</c><00:12:30.679><c> captivity.</c> 00:12:32.940 --> 00:12:34.220 God<00:12:33.419><c> taught</c><00:12:33.700><c> them</c><00:12:33.919><c> a</c><00:12:34.019><c> lesson.</c> 00:12:34.360 --> 00:12:36.399 He<00:12:34.379><c> said,</c><00:12:34.580><c> right,</c><00:12:35.159><c> you</c><00:12:35.580><c> want</c><00:12:35.700><c> idolatry?</c> 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:37.779 I'll<00:12:36.720><c> show</c><00:12:37.019><c> you</c><00:12:37.259><c> idolatry.</c> 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:40.779 He<00:12:38.139><c> took</c><00:12:38.320><c> them</c><00:12:38.480><c> into</c><00:12:38.700><c> Babylon</c><00:12:39.000><c> and</c><00:12:39.179><c> left</c><00:12:39.379><c> them</c><00:12:39.580><c> there</c><00:12:39.700><c> for</c><00:12:39.960><c> 70</c><00:12:40.279><c> years.</c> 00:12:40.940 --> 00:12:43.299 And<00:12:41.179><c> they</c><00:12:41.340><c> were</c><00:12:41.580><c> absolutely</c><00:12:42.519><c> appalled</c> 00:12:43.299 --> 00:12:45.419 at<00:12:43.460><c> the</c><00:12:43.679><c> idolatry</c><00:12:44.340><c> of</c><00:12:44.620><c> Babylon.</c> 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:47.820 And<00:12:45.820><c> if</c><00:12:46.000><c> it</c><00:12:46.080><c> did</c><00:12:46.259><c> nothing</c><00:12:46.539><c> else</c><00:12:46.899><c> for</c><00:12:47.080><c> them,</c><00:12:47.379><c> brethren</c><00:12:47.460><c> and</c><00:12:47.659><c> sisters,</c> 00:12:47.899 --> 00:12:49.820 it<00:12:48.080><c> got</c><00:12:48.340><c> rid</c><00:12:48.559><c> of</c><00:12:48.720><c> that</c><00:12:49.000><c> spirit.</c> 00:12:50.259 --> 00:12:53.600 They<00:12:50.539><c> never</c><00:12:50.879><c> practiced</c><00:12:51.360><c> idolatry</c><00:12:52.039><c> from</c><00:12:52.220><c> that</c><00:12:52.440><c> day</c><00:12:52.720><c> on.</c> 00:12:54.820 --> 00:12:57.240 They<00:12:55.179><c> did</c><00:12:55.360><c> worse,</c><00:12:55.659><c> actually,</c><00:12:56.120><c> but</c><00:12:56.240><c> they</c><00:12:56.440><c> never</c><00:12:56.679><c> practiced</c> 00:12:57.240 --> 00:13:00.120 literal<00:12:57.639><c> idolatry</c><00:12:58.179><c> from</c><00:12:58.480><c> that</c><00:12:58.860><c> day</c><00:12:59.200><c> forward.</c> 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:02.139 The<00:13:00.740><c> spirit</c><00:13:00.899><c> was</c><00:13:01.220><c> gone.</c> 00:13:02.840 --> 00:13:05.299 Swept<00:13:03.559><c> out</c><00:13:03.799><c> of</c><00:13:03.899><c> their</c><00:13:04.139><c> lives.</c> 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:08.620 But<00:13:06.379><c> when</c><00:13:06.600><c> Jesus</c><00:13:06.960><c> came</c><00:13:07.200><c> to</c><00:13:07.360><c> that</c><00:13:07.480><c> house,</c> 00:13:09.700 --> 00:13:12.500 it<00:13:09.799><c> was</c><00:13:10.120><c> decorated</c><00:13:10.580><c> with</c><00:13:10.860><c> every</c><00:13:11.259><c> pharisaical</c><00:13:12.019><c> adornment</c> 00:13:12.500 --> 00:13:14.019 that<00:13:12.700><c> you</c><00:13:12.820><c> could</c><00:13:13.019><c> imagine.</c> 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:17.679 He<00:13:15.899><c> walked</c><00:13:16.080><c> into</c><00:13:16.259><c> that</c><00:13:16.480><c> house</c> 00:13:17.899 --> 00:13:21.899 and<00:13:18.279><c> it</c><00:13:18.460><c> was</c><00:13:19.000><c> stuffed</c><00:13:19.340><c> full</c><00:13:19.860><c> of</c><00:13:20.220><c> pharisaical</c><00:13:21.259><c> traditions</c> 00:13:21.899 --> 00:13:26.379 and<00:13:22.340><c> decorations,</c><00:13:24.720><c> empty</c><00:13:25.179><c> traditions.</c> 00:13:26.980 --> 00:13:30.399 And<00:13:27.279><c> the</c><00:13:27.399><c> house</c><00:13:27.620><c> being</c><00:13:28.039><c> fully</c><00:13:28.399><c> decorated</c><00:13:29.059><c> was</c><00:13:29.620><c> a</c><00:13:29.879><c> vacuum</c> 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:32.960 when<00:13:30.639><c> it</c><00:13:30.820><c> come</c><00:13:31.080><c> to</c><00:13:31.279><c> spiritual</c><00:13:31.779><c> truth</c> 00:13:33.059 --> 00:13:35.840 and<00:13:33.360><c> the</c><00:13:33.500><c> spirit</c><00:13:33.720><c> of</c><00:13:33.899><c> the</c><00:13:33.960><c> living</c><00:13:34.179><c> God</c><00:13:34.480><c> was</c><00:13:34.840><c> not</c><00:13:35.399><c> there,</c> 00:13:36.059 --> 00:13:37.200 brethren<00:13:36.200><c> and</c><00:13:36.460><c> sisters.</c> 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:40.019 It<00:13:37.799><c> was</c><00:13:38.159><c> not</c><00:13:38.700><c> existent.</c> 00:13:42.340 --> 00:13:48.799 Now<00:13:42.460><c> you</c><00:13:42.639><c> see,</c><00:13:43.860><c> no</c><00:13:44.100><c> good</c><00:13:44.820><c> sweeping</c><00:13:45.940><c> up</c><00:13:46.519><c> the</c><00:13:46.919><c> interior</c><00:13:47.360><c> of</c><00:13:47.600><c> our</c><00:13:47.820><c> lives</c> 00:13:49.139 --> 00:13:52.379 saying,<00:13:49.960><c> I</c><00:13:49.960><c> won't</c><00:13:50.360><c> do</c><00:13:50.639><c> this</c><00:13:50.899><c> and</c><00:13:51.139><c> I</c><00:13:51.519><c> won't</c><00:13:51.860><c> do</c><00:13:52.139><c> that</c> 00:13:52.379 --> 00:13:54.360 and<00:13:52.600><c> I</c><00:13:53.059><c> won't</c><00:13:53.360><c> do</c><00:13:53.600><c> something</c><00:13:53.879><c> else.</c> 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:57.379 Okay,<00:13:55.100><c> so</c><00:13:55.299><c> we</c><00:13:55.720><c> won't</c><00:13:56.220><c> do</c><00:13:56.519><c> evil.</c> 00:13:58.299 --> 00:14:00.179 And<00:13:58.740><c> it's</c><00:13:58.919><c> no</c><00:13:59.259><c> good,</c><00:13:59.539><c> brethren</c><00:13:59.759><c> and</c><00:14:00.059><c> sisters,</c> 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:01.620 thinking<00:14:00.659><c> that</c><00:14:00.840><c> that's</c><00:14:01.240><c> sufficient.</c> 00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:04.080 And<00:14:02.200><c> perhaps</c><00:14:02.500><c> we</c><00:14:02.639><c> might</c><00:14:02.919><c> think,</c><00:14:03.200><c> well,</c> 00:14:04.379 --> 00:14:07.320 I<00:14:04.600><c> realize</c><00:14:05.019><c> that</c><00:14:05.320><c> now</c><00:14:05.500><c> I've</c><00:14:05.720><c> just</c><00:14:06.100><c> made</c><00:14:06.340><c> a</c><00:14:06.539><c> vacuum</c><00:14:06.759><c> of</c><00:14:06.960><c> my</c><00:14:07.139><c> life,</c> 00:14:07.460 --> 00:14:11.480 but,<00:14:08.480><c> well,</c><00:14:08.480><c> we</c><00:14:08.559><c> can</c><00:14:08.720><c> put</c><00:14:08.919><c> up</c><00:14:09.039><c> some</c><00:14:09.220><c> little</c><00:14:09.580><c> decorations,</c><00:14:10.399><c> can't</c><00:14:10.580><c> we?</c> 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:14.139 It<00:14:11.720><c> appears</c><00:14:12.360><c> that</c><00:14:12.559><c> the</c><00:14:12.759><c> house</c><00:14:13.100><c> is</c><00:14:13.379><c> full.</c> 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:17.799 It<00:14:16.039><c> looks</c><00:14:16.480><c> all</c><00:14:16.779><c> right.</c> 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:20.340 So<00:14:18.879><c> for</c><00:14:19.000><c> the</c><00:14:19.200><c> sake</c><00:14:19.360><c> of</c><00:14:19.519><c> our</c><00:14:19.700><c> brethren</c><00:14:19.919><c> and</c><00:14:20.200><c> sisters,</c> 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:23.379 we'll<00:14:20.659><c> leave</c><00:14:20.840><c> Eureka</c><00:14:21.440><c> open</c><00:14:21.980><c> on</c><00:14:22.299><c> the</c><00:14:22.480><c> table.</c> 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:26.080 We'll<00:14:24.440><c> make</c><00:14:24.639><c> sure</c><00:14:24.919><c> that</c><00:14:25.100><c> the</c><00:14:25.299><c> works</c><00:14:25.480><c> of</c><00:14:25.580><c> the</c><00:14:25.820><c> truth</c> 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:30.120 that<00:14:26.179><c> are</c><00:14:26.360><c> seen</c><00:14:26.500><c> on</c><00:14:26.740><c> the</c><00:14:27.220><c> shelf,</c><00:14:28.059><c> of</c><00:14:28.299><c> our</c><00:14:28.620><c> bookshelves</c><00:14:29.200><c> there.</c> 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:33.679 We'll<00:14:30.879><c> have</c><00:14:31.000><c> the</c><00:14:31.200><c> Messiah</c><00:14:31.639><c> playing</c><00:14:32.220><c> on</c><00:14:32.980><c> the</c><00:14:33.259><c> cassette</c> 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:35.519 so<00:14:33.940><c> 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point,</c><00:14:50.340><c> isn't</c><00:14:50.480><c> it,</c><00:14:50.659><c> brethren</c><00:14:50.820><c> and</c><00:14:51.120><c> sisters?</c> 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:54.460 Your<00:14:52.620><c> decorations</c><00:14:53.179><c> would</c><00:14:53.360><c> be</c><00:14:53.500><c> useless.</c> 00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:58.700 We<00:14:56.159><c> cannot</c><00:14:56.519><c> go</c><00:14:56.799><c> on</c><00:14:57.019><c> living</c><00:14:57.320><c> in</c><00:14:57.740><c> a</c><00:14:57.879><c> vacuum.</c> 00:14:59.539 --> 00:15:01.179 Now,<00:14:59.700><c> I</c><00:14:59.779><c> want</c><00:14:59.980><c> to</c><00:15:00.259><c> emphasize</c><00:15:00.659><c> this</c><00:15:00.980><c> point</c> 00:15:01.179 --> 00:15:05.460 because<00:15:01.480><c> this</c><00:15:02.059><c> is</c><00:15:02.440><c> the</c><00:15:02.720><c> pith</c><00:15:03.059><c> and</c><00:15:03.399><c> marrow</c><00:15:03.600><c> of</c><00:15:03.919><c> this</c><00:15:04.200><c> little</c><00:15:04.440><c> parable.</c> 00:15:06.460 --> 00:15:08.460 This<00:15:06.620><c> is</c><00:15:06.879><c> the</c><00:15:06.960><c> absolute</c><00:15:07.419><c> essence</c><00:15:07.759><c> of</c><00:15:07.919><c> it.</c> 00:15:08.919 --> 00:15:11.779 And<00:15:09.100><c> that</c><00:15:09.240><c> is</c><00:15:09.419><c> that</c><00:15:09.620><c> we</c><00:15:09.899><c> must</c><00:15:10.639><c> fill</c><00:15:11.100><c> that</c><00:15:11.500><c> vacuum</c> 00:15:11.779 --> 00:15:14.519 because<00:15:12.080><c> that</c><00:15:12.480><c> restless</c><00:15:13.000><c> spirit</c><00:15:13.500><c> is</c><00:15:13.960><c> everywhere.</c> 00:15:14.779 --> 00:15:17.759 He's<00:15:15.019><c> walking</c><00:15:15.279><c> around</c><00:15:15.820><c> and</c><00:15:15.919><c> around</c><00:15:16.139><c> inside</c><00:15:16.539><c> of</c><00:15:16.659><c> us</c><00:15:16.779><c> in</c><00:15:16.899><c> a</c><00:15:17.100><c> dry</c><00:15:17.279><c> place,</c> 00:15:18.139 --> 00:15:20.039 dying<00:15:18.539><c> to</c><00:15:18.740><c> come</c><00:15:19.019><c> home.</c> 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:22.179 We've<00:15:20.799><c> got</c><00:15:20.840><c> to</c><00:15:20.980><c> keep</c><00:15:21.080><c> him</c><00:15:21.299><c> out.</c> 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:25.820 And<00:15:23.039><c> he</c><00:15:23.259><c> loves</c><00:15:23.720><c> to</c><00:15:23.960><c> come</c><00:15:24.120><c> into</c><00:15:24.360><c> a</c><00:15:24.480><c> vacant</c><00:15:24.700><c> place.</c> 00:15:26.539 --> 00:15:28.759 And<00:15:26.620><c> he'll</c><00:15:26.740><c> bring</c><00:15:26.919><c> his</c><00:15:27.139><c> mates</c><00:15:27.360><c> with</c><00:15:27.600><c> him.</c> 00:15:29.259 --> 00:15:31.419 And<00:15:29.379><c> your</c><00:15:29.600><c> life</c><00:15:29.860><c> will</c><00:15:30.080><c> finish</c><00:15:30.320><c> up</c><00:15:30.559><c> a</c><00:15:30.659><c> total</c><00:15:31.019><c> misery,</c> 00:15:31.580 --> 00:15:33.500 worse<00:15:31.840><c> than</c><00:15:31.980><c> it</c><00:15:32.120><c> ever</c><00:15:32.360><c> was</c><00:15:32.539><c> before</c><00:15:32.820><c> you</c><00:15:32.960><c> knew</c><00:15:33.100><c> the</c><00:15:33.340><c> truth,</c> 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:34.620 if<00:15:33.620><c> you</c><00:15:33.779><c> came</c><00:15:33.919><c> from</c><00:15:34.120><c> the</c><00:15:34.240><c> outside,</c> 00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:38.500 or<00:15:35.000><c> even</c><00:15:35.120><c> if</c><00:15:35.200><c> you</c><00:15:35.320><c> were</c><00:15:35.500><c> baptized</c><00:15:35.919><c> as</c><00:15:36.759><c> a</c><00:15:36.899><c> young</c><00:15:37.220><c> Christendale</c><00:15:37.740><c> family.</c> 00:15:38.980 --> 00:15:41.299 It'll<00:15:39.279><c> be</c><00:15:39.500><c> worse</c><00:15:39.879><c> than</c><00:15:40.299><c> ever</c><00:15:40.559><c> it</c><00:15:40.700><c> was</c><00:15:40.879><c> before,</c> 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:43.440 unless<00:15:41.700><c> you</c><00:15:41.899><c> keep</c><00:15:42.080><c> him</c><00:15:42.240><c> in</c><00:15:42.320><c> that</c><00:15:42.580><c> desert.</c> 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:45.000 And<00:15:44.360><c> so,</c><00:15:44.620><c> brethren</c><00:15:44.779><c> and</c><00:15:44.919><c> sisters,</c> 00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:48.279 I<00:15:45.100><c> want</c><00:15:45.240><c> you</c><00:15:45.360><c> to</c><00:15:45.460><c> just</c><00:15:45.639><c> consider</c><00:15:45.960><c> with</c><00:15:46.139><c> me</c><00:15:46.799><c> three</c><00:15:47.200><c> passages</c><00:15:47.580><c> of</c><00:15:47.840><c> Scripture.</c> 00:15:48.779 --> 00:15:50.259 Romans<00:15:49.159><c> chapter</c><00:15:49.559><c> five.</c> 00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:53.200 The<00:15:50.899><c> need</c><00:15:51.299><c> to</c><00:15:51.600><c> fill</c><00:15:51.820><c> that</c><00:15:52.179><c> vacuum.</c> 00:15:55.019 --> 00:15:57.360 Now,<00:15:55.100><c> I</c><00:15:55.159><c> know</c><00:15:55.360><c> you</c><00:15:55.480><c> know</c><00:15:55.679><c> this</c><00:15:55.879><c> principle</c><00:15:56.240><c> well.</c> 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:02.100 But<00:15:58.879><c> you</c><00:15:59.279><c> just</c><00:15:59.799><c> take</c><00:16:00.279><c> how</c><00:16:00.500><c> this</c><00:16:00.720><c> principle</c><00:16:01.120><c> works</c><00:16:01.679><c> through</c> 00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:03.179 the<00:16:02.259><c> Bible.</c> 00:16:04.100 --> 00:16:06.340 Paul<00:16:04.379><c> here</c><00:16:04.700><c> speaking</c><00:16:05.000><c> about</c><00:16:05.360><c> the</c><00:16:05.639><c> atoning</c><00:16:06.019><c> work</c> 00:16:06.340 --> 00:16:08.340 of<00:16:06.539><c> our</c><00:16:06.679><c> Lord</c><00:16:06.860><c> Jesus</c><00:16:07.299><c> Christ.</c> 00:16:08.860 --> 00:16:13.259 Now,<00:16:08.980><c> look</c><00:16:09.100><c> how</c><00:16:09.240><c> he</c><00:16:09.379><c> puts</c><00:16:09.639><c> it</c><00:16:10.379><c> in</c><00:16:10.779><c> chapter</c><00:16:11.080><c> five</c><00:16:11.480><c> and</c><00:16:11.700><c> verse</c><00:16:11.980><c> 10.</c> 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:18.480 He<00:16:14.179><c> says,</c><00:16:14.820><c> for</c><00:16:14.980><c> if</c><00:16:15.659><c> when</c><00:16:16.340><c> we</c><00:16:16.799><c> were</c><00:16:17.299><c> enemies,</c> 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:24.440 we<00:16:20.240><c> were</c><00:16:20.519><c> reconciled</c><00:16:21.100><c> to</c><00:16:21.360><c> God</c><00:16:21.679><c> by</c><00:16:22.019><c> the</c><00:16:22.220><c> death</c><00:16:22.559><c> of</c><00:16:22.879><c> his</c><00:16:23.179><c> Son,</c> 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:26.799 that's<00:16:25.460><c> one</c><00:16:25.679><c> thing,</c> 00:16:27.539 --> 00:16:30.639 much<00:16:27.840><c> more,</c><00:16:28.740><c> oh,</c><00:16:29.960><c> look</c><00:16:30.120><c> at</c><00:16:30.220><c> that</c><00:16:30.419><c> word,</c> 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:34.620 much<00:16:31.379><c> more</c><00:16:32.500><c> being</c><00:16:33.820><c> reconciled,</c> 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:39.740 we<00:16:35.779><c> shall</c><00:16:35.980><c> be</c><00:16:36.539><c> saved</c><00:16:37.340><c> by</c><00:16:38.080><c> his</c><00:16:38.519><c> life.</c> 00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:43.179 Now,<00:16:41.100><c> you</c><00:16:41.379><c> work</c><00:16:41.659><c> that</c><00:16:41.919><c> out</c><00:16:42.179><c> logically.</c> 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:44.860 You<00:16:43.460><c> might</c><00:16:43.639><c> say,</c><00:16:43.759><c> well,</c><00:16:43.919><c> I</c><00:16:44.059><c> understand</c><00:16:44.399><c> that.</c> 00:16:45.059 --> 00:16:46.240 You<00:16:45.279><c> might.</c> 00:16:46.259 --> 00:16:48.419 But<00:16:46.539><c> work</c><00:16:46.860><c> it</c><00:16:47.059><c> out</c><00:16:47.299><c> logically.</c> 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:52.159 That<00:16:49.639><c> Christ</c><00:16:50.159><c> died</c><00:16:50.600><c> to</c><00:16:50.820><c> do</c><00:16:51.100><c> what?</c> 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:55.299 To<00:16:53.299><c> reconcile</c><00:16:53.820><c> us</c><00:16:54.059><c> to</c><00:16:54.159><c> God.</c> 00:16:55.700 --> 00:16:59.899 But<00:16:55.840><c> Paul</c><00:16:56.019><c> says,</c><00:16:57.240><c> so</c><00:16:57.340><c> far,</c><00:16:57.799><c> so</c><00:16:57.919><c> good,</c><00:16:58.360><c> but</c><00:16:58.480><c> you're</c><00:16:58.659><c> not</c><00:16:58.940><c> saved.</c> 00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:04.000 The<00:17:01.500><c> death</c><00:17:01.679><c> of</c><00:17:01.779><c> Christ</c><00:17:02.059><c> doesn't</c><00:17:02.360><c> save</c><00:17:02.600><c> us,</c><00:17:02.799><c> brethren</c><00:17:02.980><c> and</c><00:17:03.159><c> sisters.</c> 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:05.819 It's<00:17:04.380><c> a</c><00:17:04.480><c> part</c><00:17:04.599><c> of</c><00:17:04.759><c> the</c><00:17:04.839><c> process.</c> 00:17:06.140 --> 00:17:07.700 But<00:17:06.259><c> that's</c><00:17:06.380><c> not</c><00:17:06.519><c> what</c><00:17:06.779><c> saves.</c> 00:17:08.339 --> 00:17:11.640 There's<00:17:08.579><c> something</c><00:17:09.000><c> much</c><00:17:09.500><c> more</c><00:17:10.279><c> that's</c><00:17:10.640><c> required.</c> 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:15.420 We're<00:17:12.799><c> saved</c><00:17:13.119><c> by</c><00:17:13.400><c> his</c><00:17:13.700><c> life,</c><00:17:14.059><c> not</c><00:17:14.259><c> by</c><00:17:14.420><c> his</c><00:17:14.579><c> death.</c> 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:17.500 Now,<00:17:16.740><c> work</c><00:17:16.980><c> it</c><00:17:17.200><c> out.</c> 00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:18.640 Okay. 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:22.619 So,<00:17:20.140><c> we</c><00:17:20.240><c> see</c><00:17:20.559><c> the</c><00:17:20.740><c> death</c><00:17:21.119><c> of</c><00:17:21.339><c> the</c><00:17:21.480><c> Son</c><00:17:21.640><c> of</c><00:17:21.839><c> God.</c> 00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:24.619 Now,<00:17:23.099><c> we're</c><00:17:23.259><c> gonna</c><00:17:23.359><c> think</c><00:17:23.740><c> logically</c><00:17:24.220><c> with</c><00:17:24.460><c> me</c> 00:17:24.619 --> 00:17:26.740 and<00:17:24.759><c> see</c><00:17:24.980><c> the</c><00:17:25.200><c> point</c><00:17:25.319><c> the</c><00:17:25.500><c> apostle's</c><00:17:25.980><c> making.</c> 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:29.740 And<00:17:27.460><c> we,</c><00:17:27.759><c> in</c><00:17:27.900><c> our</c><00:17:28.079><c> mind's</c><00:17:28.440><c> eye,</c><00:17:28.799><c> we</c><00:17:28.940><c> look</c><00:17:29.079><c> at</c><00:17:29.240><c> the</c><00:17:29.420><c> cross</c> 00:17:29.740 --> 00:17:33.759 and<00:17:30.019><c> we</c><00:17:30.200><c> say,</c><00:17:31.279><c> what</c><00:17:31.400><c> is</c><00:17:31.700><c> it</c><00:17:31.960><c> that</c><00:17:32.180><c> God</c><00:17:32.599><c> is</c><00:17:33.000><c> trying</c><00:17:33.240><c> to</c><00:17:33.460><c> tell</c><00:17:33.559><c> us?</c> 00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.859 Because<00:17:33.920><c> this</c><00:17:34.160><c> is</c><00:17:34.339><c> God's</c><00:17:34.740><c> doing.</c> 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:36.079 It's<00:17:35.200><c> marvelous</c><00:17:35.539><c> in</c><00:17:35.740><c> our</c><00:17:35.940><c> eyes.</c> 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:37.819 It's<00:17:36.440><c> a</c><00:17:36.579><c> divine</c><00:17:37.119><c> arrangement</c> 00:17:37.819 --> 00:17:40.799 whereby<00:17:38.319><c> his</c><00:17:38.960><c> righteousness</c><00:17:39.500><c> is</c><00:17:39.880><c> declared.</c> 00:17:40.859 --> 00:17:43.039 So<00:17:41.039><c> we</c><00:17:41.259><c> as</c><00:17:41.519><c> people</c><00:17:41.819><c> who</c><00:17:42.039><c> were</c><00:17:42.180><c> his</c><00:17:42.420><c> enemies</c><00:17:42.759><c> at</c><00:17:42.940><c> one</c><00:17:43.000><c> time,</c> 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:44.500 we<00:17:43.180><c> didn't</c><00:17:43.400><c> think</c><00:17:43.660><c> like</c><00:17:43.880><c> God</c><00:17:44.099><c> one</c><00:17:44.339><c> time.</c> 00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:45.880 We<00:17:44.599><c> were</c><00:17:44.759><c> his</c><00:17:44.980><c> enemies.</c> 00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:48.000 And<00:17:46.819><c> he's</c><00:17:47.039><c> trying</c><00:17:47.240><c> to</c><00:17:47.359><c> tell</c><00:17:47.599><c> us</c><00:17:47.740><c> something.</c> 00:17:48.059 --> 00:17:48.819 And<00:17:48.160><c> we</c><00:17:48.279><c> work</c><00:17:48.500><c> it</c><00:17:48.680><c> out.</c> 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:51.160 We<00:17:48.940><c> think,</c><00:17:49.480><c> oh,</c><00:17:49.700><c> I</c><00:17:49.779><c> can</c><00:17:50.059><c> see</c> 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:54.420 that<00:17:51.799><c> there</c><00:17:52.019><c> is</c><00:17:52.220><c> a</c><00:17:52.359><c> man</c><00:17:52.519><c> who</c><00:17:52.740><c> never</c><00:17:52.980><c> did</c><00:17:53.180><c> any</c><00:17:53.359><c> wrong.</c> 00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:58.200 Matter<00:17:55.680><c> of</c><00:17:55.880><c> fact,</c><00:17:56.500><c> he</c><00:17:56.680><c> did</c><00:17:56.819><c> everything</c><00:17:57.180><c> right.</c> 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:01.420 He<00:17:59.359><c> was</c><00:17:59.579><c> absolutely</c><00:18:00.220><c> perfect.</c> 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:04.400 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father</c><00:18:17.319><c> was</c><00:18:17.599><c> right</c><00:18:17.940><c> in</c><00:18:18.220><c> saying,</c> 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:21.019 I<00:18:19.880><c> relate</c><00:18:20.480><c> that</c><00:18:20.680><c> to</c><00:18:20.859><c> death.</c> 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:23.660 And<00:18:21.220><c> the</c><00:18:21.339><c> son</c><00:18:21.480><c> said,</c><00:18:22.759><c> sure,</c><00:18:23.180><c> that's</c><00:18:23.299><c> right.</c> 00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:24.799 I<00:18:24.000><c> agree</c><00:18:24.140><c> with</c><00:18:24.380><c> that.</c> 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:26.619 That's<00:18:25.319><c> what</c><00:18:25.440><c> the</c><00:18:25.680><c> father</c><00:18:25.920><c> thought</c><00:18:26.200><c> of</c><00:18:26.339><c> it.</c> 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:27.980 And<00:18:27.039><c> we</c><00:18:27.180><c> look</c><00:18:27.279><c> at</c><00:18:27.420><c> that</c><00:18:27.519><c> and</c><00:18:27.599><c> we</c><00:18:27.740><c> think,</c> 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:32.579 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value</c><00:18:41.440><c> to</c><00:18:41.660><c> us.</c> 00:18:42.099 --> 00:18:42.799 What<00:18:42.299><c> are</c><00:18:42.400><c> we</c><00:18:42.539><c> now?</c> 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:44.019 We<00:18:43.180><c> agree</c><00:18:43.380><c> with</c><00:18:43.599><c> God.</c> 00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:45.759 About<00:18:44.660><c> what?</c> 00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:50.539 So<00:18:48.339><c> we've</c><00:18:48.559><c> got</c><00:18:48.640><c> God's</c><00:18:49.099><c> mind</c><00:18:49.319><c> on</c><00:18:49.519><c> the</c><00:18:49.619><c> matter.</c> 00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:55.059 The<00:18:51.059><c> two</c><00:18:51.279><c> of</c><00:18:51.380><c> us</c><00:18:51.559><c> become</c><00:18:51.880><c> reconciled</c><00:18:52.400><c> in</c><00:18:52.559><c> our</c><00:18:52.819><c> thinking</c><00:18:53.180><c> about</c><00:18:53.859><c> what?</c> 00:18:56.180 --> 00:18:58.319 That<00:18:56.380><c> we</c><00:18:57.259><c> are</c><00:18:57.960><c> nothing.</c> 00:18:58.579 --> 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in</c><00:19:42.059><c> there,</c> 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:45.599 that<00:19:43.460><c> one</c><00:19:43.579><c> will</c><00:19:43.759><c> come</c><00:19:44.039><c> back</c><00:19:44.579><c> 10</c><00:19:44.940><c> times</c><00:19:45.339><c> stronger,</c> 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:48.180 or<00:19:45.900><c> seven</c><00:19:46.039><c> times</c><00:19:46.339><c> stronger</c><00:19:46.599><c> than</c><00:19:46.759><c> it</c><00:19:46.940><c> left</c><00:19:47.119><c> you.</c> 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:50.259 That's<00:19:49.539><c> what'll</c><00:19:49.700><c> happen.</c> 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:52.819 There's<00:19:50.859><c> nothing</c><00:19:51.160><c> surer</c><00:19:51.579><c> than</c><00:19:51.740><c> that.</c> 00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:54.140 That's<00:19:53.460><c> what'll</c><00:19:53.720><c> happen.</c> 00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:57.539 As<00:19:54.759><c> Peter</c><00:19:55.000><c> said,</c><00:19:55.859><c> the</c><00:19:55.980><c> sail</c><00:19:56.240><c> that</c><00:19:56.359><c> was</c><00:19:56.640><c> washed</c> 00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:59.920 will<00:19:57.799><c> return</c><00:19:58.119><c> to</c><00:19:58.279><c> the</c><00:19:58.500><c> wallowing</c><00:19:58.779><c> in</c><00:19:58.940><c> her</c><00:19:59.200><c> mire.</c> 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:03.279 She<00:20:00.420><c> got</c><00:20:00.660><c> washed,</c><00:20:02.000><c> but</c><00:20:02.299><c> she</c><00:20:02.460><c> did</c><00:20:02.660><c> nothing</c><00:20:02.859><c> about</c><00:20:03.180><c> it,</c> 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:05.099 and<00:20:03.380><c> she</c><00:20:03.480><c> went</c><00:20:03.720><c> back</c><00:20:04.059><c> to</c><00:20:04.200><c> that</c><00:20:04.460><c> mire.</c> 00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:07.079 And<00:20:05.599><c> there's</c><00:20:05.720><c> a</c><00:20:05.880><c> great</c><00:20:06.099><c> need,</c><00:20:06.559><c> brethren</c><00:20:06.700><c> and</c><00:20:06.960><c> sisters,</c> 00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:09.920 to<00:20:07.279><c> put</c><00:20:07.500><c> 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of</c><00:20:16.599><c> God.</c> 00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:19.920 That's<00:20:18.380><c> our</c><00:20:18.500><c> subject</c><00:20:18.819><c> matter</c><00:20:19.039><c> in</c><00:20:19.259><c> our</c><00:20:19.500><c> class</c> 00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:22.339 every<00:20:20.440><c> second</c><00:20:20.700><c> Wednesday</c><00:20:21.039><c> night,</c><00:20:21.319><c> we</c><00:20:21.480><c> attempt</c><00:20:21.680><c> to</c><00:20:21.859><c> do</c><00:20:22.000><c> that.</c> 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:24.259 That's<00:20:22.980><c> what</c><00:20:23.059><c> we're</c><00:20:23.259><c> trying</c><00:20:23.359><c> to</c><00:20:23.519><c> do.</c> 00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:26.519 Every<00:20:24.640><c> one</c><00:20:24.759><c> of</c><00:20:24.839><c> us</c><00:20:24.940><c> are</c><00:20:25.039><c> trying</c><00:20:25.160><c> to</c><00:20:25.279><c> do</c><00:20:25.420><c> that.</c> 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:28.059 So<00:20:26.759><c> that</c><00:20:26.859><c> when</c><00:20:26.980><c> 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you</c><00:20:55.259><c> leave</c><00:20:55.400><c> it</c><00:20:55.559><c> there,</c><00:20:55.740><c> brethren</c><00:20:56.000><c> and</c><00:20:56.319><c> sisters,</c><00:20:56.779><c> empty,</c> 00:20:58.039 --> 00:21:00.440 with<00:20:58.240><c> all</c><00:20:58.539><c> the</c><00:20:58.900><c> adornments</c><00:20:59.599><c> of</c><00:20:59.779><c> the</c><00:21:00.099><c> externals</c> 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:02.519 which<00:21:00.640><c> people</c><00:21:00.900><c> would</c><00:21:01.319><c> think</c><00:21:01.579><c> you're</c><00:21:01.799><c> a</c><00:21:01.900><c> very</c><00:21:02.160><c> wonderful</c> 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:04.380 Christadelphian,<00:21:03.940><c> useless,</c> 00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:07.759 unless<00:21:05.059><c> you</c><00:21:05.240><c> get</c><00:21:05.480><c> that</c><00:21:05.740><c> man's</c><00:21:06.119><c> life</c><00:21:06.299><c> into</c><00:21:06.539><c> your</c><00:21:06.839><c> life.</c> 00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:12.099 And<00:21:08.339><c> as</c><00:21:08.480><c> I</c><00:21:08.660><c> say,</c><00:21:08.920><c> the</c><00:21:09.099><c> Pharisees</c><00:21:09.500><c> had</c><00:21:09.839><c> every</c><00:21:10.500><c> form</c><00:21:11.000><c> of</c><00:21:11.740><c> adornment</c> 00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:13.720 you<00:21:12.259><c> could</c><00:21:12.480><c> imagine.</c> 00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:18.619 But<00:21:14.180><c> they</c><00:21:14.440><c> were,</c><00:21:14.619><c> it</c><00:21:14.680><c> says,</c><00:21:15.079><c> Jesus'</c><00:21:16.700><c> whited</c><00:21:17.240><c> sepulchres.</c> 00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:22.440 There<00:21:20.380><c> was</c><00:21:20.680><c> a</c><00:21:20.799><c> vacuum,</c><00:21:21.380><c> brethren</c><00:21:21.519><c> and</c><00:21:21.720><c> sisters,</c><00:21:21.880><c> in</c><00:21:22.059><c> their</c><00:21:22.279><c> life.</c> 00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:24.500 A<00:21:22.740><c> total</c><00:21:23.359><c> vacuum.</c> 00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:26.920 And<00:21:25.019><c> from</c><00:21:25.160><c> the</c><00:21:25.380><c> day</c><00:21:25.640><c> when</c><00:21:25.759><c> they</c><00:21:25.900><c> got</c><00:21:26.039><c> the</c><00:21:26.240><c> unclean</c><00:21:26.660><c> spirit</c> 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:28.559 of<00:21:27.140><c> idolatry</c><00:21:27.599><c> out</c><00:21:27.799><c> from</c><00:21:28.000><c> them,</c> 00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:30.839 to<00:21:28.960><c> the</c><00:21:29.000><c> day</c><00:21:29.259><c> of</c><00:21:29.359><c> the</c><00:21:29.420><c> Lord</c><00:21:29.599><c> Jesus</c><00:21:30.079><c> Christ,</c> 00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:33.880 because<00:21:31.279><c> they</c><00:21:31.400><c> had</c><00:21:31.799><c> failed</c><00:21:32.019><c> all</c><00:21:32.380><c> over</c><00:21:32.619><c> that</c><00:21:32.880><c> period</c> 00:21:34.099 --> 00:21:38.880 to<00:21:34.539><c> replace</c><00:21:34.940><c> idolatry</c><00:21:35.920><c> with</c><00:21:36.420><c> the</c><00:21:36.740><c> image</c><00:21:37.240><c> of</c><00:21:37.539><c> the</c><00:21:37.619><c> living</c><00:21:37.859><c> God,</c> 00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:42.200 they<00:21:39.380><c> were</c><00:21:39.579><c> in</c><00:21:39.839><c> a</c><00:21:39.900><c> state</c><00:21:40.079><c> now</c><00:21:40.660><c> seven</c><00:21:41.119><c> times</c><00:21:41.740><c> worse</c> 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:43.759 than<00:21:42.339><c> when</c><00:21:42.420><c> they</c><00:21:42.539><c> went</c><00:21:42.700><c> to</c><00:21:42.900><c> Babylon.</c> 00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.680 That's<00:21:44.960><c> the</c><00:21:45.079><c> point</c><00:21:45.160><c> he's</c><00:21:45.359><c> making.</c> 00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:47.940 Now<00:21:46.279><c> the</c><00:21:46.359><c> other</c><00:21:46.579><c> way</c><00:21:46.759><c> I</c><00:21:46.819><c> would</c><00:21:46.940><c> apply</c><00:21:47.220><c> to</c><00:21:47.319><c> them</c><00:21:47.380><c> was</c><00:21:47.559><c> this,</c> 00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:50.259 that<00:21:48.420><c> many</c><00:21:48.759><c> of</c><00:21:48.960><c> those</c><00:21:49.259><c> people</c><00:21:49.480><c> to</c><00:21:49.660><c> whom</c><00:21:49.799><c> he</c><00:21:50.000><c> spoke,</c> 00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:52.359 when<00:21:50.420><c> you</c><00:21:50.559><c> go</c><00:21:50.799><c> back</c><00:21:50.940><c> to</c><00:21:51.059><c> the</c><00:21:51.200><c> record</c><00:21:51.420><c> of</c><00:21:51.559><c> Matthew</c><00:21:51.920><c> and</c><00:21:52.119><c> Mark,</c> 00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:55.440 many<00:21:53.039><c> of</c><00:21:53.240><c> those</c><00:21:53.500><c> people,</c><00:21:54.599><c> not</c><00:21:54.859><c> all</c><00:21:55.220><c> of</c><00:21:55.319><c> them,</c> 00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:58.500 but<00:21:55.740><c> many</c><00:21:56.000><c> of</c><00:21:56.099><c> them</c><00:21:56.279><c> responded</c><00:21:56.980><c> to</c><00:21:57.220><c> John's</c><00:21:57.740><c> teaching.</c> 00:21:59.380 --> 00:22:01.660 They<00:21:59.859><c> flocked</c><00:22:00.279><c> to</c><00:22:00.380><c> hear</c><00:22:00.559><c> him.</c> 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:04.259 Hundreds<00:22:02.200><c> were</c><00:22:02.500><c> baptized</c><00:22:03.000><c> by</c><00:22:03.319><c> John.</c> 00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:06.740 What<00:22:05.140><c> to</c><00:22:05.500><c> prove?</c> 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:09.839 Into<00:22:07.920><c> what</c><00:22:08.200><c> were</c><00:22:08.400><c> they</c><00:22:08.660><c> baptized?</c> 00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:13.940 All<00:22:11.799><c> flesh</c><00:22:12.160><c> is</c><00:22:12.500><c> grass,</c><00:22:12.859><c> said</c><00:22:13.039><c> John.</c> 00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:16.180 He<00:22:14.519><c> did</c><00:22:14.680><c> not</c><00:22:15.099><c> record</c><00:22:15.500><c> it</c><00:22:15.619><c> that</c><00:22:15.680><c> he</c><00:22:15.799><c> said</c><00:22:15.960><c> that,</c> 00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:18.180 but<00:22:16.339><c> he</c><00:22:16.400><c> said</c><00:22:16.500><c> he's</c><00:22:16.720><c> a</c><00:22:16.900><c> voice</c><00:22:17.259><c> crying</c><00:22:17.640><c> in</c><00:22:17.799><c> the</c><00:22:17.940><c> wilderness.</c> 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:19.559 What<00:22:18.480><c> was</c><00:22:18.640><c> he</c><00:22:18.839><c> crying?</c> 00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.980 All<00:22:20.920><c> flesh</c><00:22:21.400><c> is</c><00:22:21.700><c> grass.</c> 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:23.960 That's<00:22:22.279><c> what</c><00:22:22.359><c> they</c><00:22:22.519><c> were</c><00:22:22.720><c> baptized</c><00:22:23.140><c> into.</c> 00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:26.279 So<00:22:24.960><c> they</c><00:22:25.099><c> went</c><00:22:25.299><c> down</c><00:22:25.420><c> to</c><00:22:25.539><c> the</c><00:22:25.660><c> River</c><00:22:25.859><c> Jordan</c> 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:28.759 and<00:22:26.920><c> emptied</c><00:22:27.420><c> themselves</c><00:22:27.859><c> in</c><00:22:28.019><c> the</c><00:22:28.079><c> river.</c> 00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:30.779 Now<00:22:29.400><c> where</c><00:22:29.559><c> are</c><00:22:29.799><c> they?</c> 00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:33.759 Just<00:22:31.920><c> a</c><00:22:32.079><c> couple</c><00:22:32.220><c> of</c><00:22:32.400><c> years</c><00:22:32.500><c> later,</c><00:22:32.980><c> brothers</c><00:22:33.119><c> and</c><00:22:33.380><c> sisters,</c> 00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:38.779 nearly<00:22:34.299><c> three</c><00:22:34.579><c> years</c><00:22:34.799><c> later,</c><00:22:36.500><c> they're</c><00:22:36.700><c> in</c><00:22:36.839><c> a</c><00:22:37.140><c> shocking</c><00:22:37.400><c> condition</c> 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:42.099 because<00:22:39.480><c> they</c><00:22:39.619><c> wouldn't</c><00:22:39.839><c> take</c><00:22:40.099><c> that</c><00:22:40.299><c> man's</c><00:22:40.660><c> life</c><00:22:40.839><c> into</c><00:22:41.059><c> theirs.</c> 00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:44.759 They<00:22:43.299><c> walked</c><00:22:43.519><c> around</c><00:22:43.839><c> empty,</c> 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:47.839 and<00:22:44.900><c> the</c><00:22:45.099><c> restless</c><00:22:45.400><c> spirit</c><00:22:45.740><c> was</c><00:22:45.940><c> coming</c><00:22:46.200><c> home</c><00:22:46.440><c> with</c><00:22:46.599><c> all</c><00:22:46.740><c> his</c><00:22:46.980><c> friends.</c> 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:50.579 It<00:22:49.079><c> was</c><00:22:49.339><c> a</c><00:22:49.480><c> tremendous</c><00:22:50.140><c> parable.</c> 00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:53.059 Now<00:22:50.900><c> consider</c><00:22:51.240><c> Colossians</c><00:22:51.759><c> chapter</c><00:22:52.119><c> two.</c> 00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:57.599 One<00:22:55.140><c> of</c><00:22:55.220><c> those</c><00:22:56.000><c> passages</c><00:22:56.380><c> of</c><00:22:56.579><c> scripture,</c><00:22:56.960><c> brothers</c><00:22:57.200><c> and</c><00:22:57.240><c> sisters,</c> 00:22:57.640 --> 00:23:00.440 where<00:22:57.900><c> chapter</c><00:22:58.200><c> division</c><00:22:58.539><c> doesn't</c><00:22:58.859><c> help.</c> 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:03.759 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nature's</c><00:23:40.319><c> concerned.</c> 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:44.599 Now<00:23:41.660><c> Paul</c><00:23:41.799><c> says,</c><00:23:42.380><c> why</c><00:23:42.720><c> do</c><00:23:42.880><c> you</c><00:23:43.039><c> want</c><00:23:43.279><c> to</c><00:23:43.599><c> make</c> 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:48.559 those<00:23:45.799><c> things</c><00:23:46.160><c> which</c><00:23:46.319><c> you</c><00:23:46.480><c> got</c><00:23:46.619><c> rid</c><00:23:46.839><c> of</c><00:23:47.279><c> alive?</c> 00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:52.859 Why<00:23:50.339><c> go</c><00:23:50.579><c> around</c><00:23:50.799><c> saying,</c><00:23:51.339><c> hey,</c><00:23:51.339><c> don't</c><00:23:51.460><c> touch</c><00:23:51.700><c> that.</c> 00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:54.779 Hey,<00:23:53.380><c> don't</c><00:23:53.500><c> handle</c><00:23:53.720><c> that.</c> 00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:56.640 Hey,<00:23:55.059><c> don't</c><00:23:55.299><c> taste</c><00:23:55.519><c> that.</c> 00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:58.279 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don't</c><00:24:10.119><c> do</c><00:24:10.220><c> that.</c> 00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.279 Don't<00:24:10.779><c> do</c><00:24:10.900><c> that.</c> 00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.640 Don't<00:24:11.579><c> do</c><00:24:11.759><c> that.</c> 00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:15.420 And<00:24:13.319><c> if</c><00:24:13.460><c> your</c><00:24:13.599><c> life</c><00:24:13.740><c> consists</c><00:24:14.200><c> of</c><00:24:14.380><c> don'ts,</c><00:24:14.940><c> brothers</c><00:24:15.000><c> and</c><00:24:15.200><c> sisters,</c> 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.839 all<00:24:15.660><c> it's</c><00:24:15.859><c> gonna</c><00:24:15.960><c> do</c><00:24:16.319><c> is</c><00:24:16.519><c> tell</c><00:24:16.720><c> you</c> 00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:18.839 that<00:24:16.920><c> you</c><00:24:17.099><c> possibly</c><00:24:17.619><c> can</c><00:24:18.119><c> do</c><00:24:18.319><c> it.</c> 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:20.720 If<00:24:19.099><c> you</c><00:24:19.319><c> tell</c><00:24:19.480><c> me</c><00:24:19.740><c> don't</c><00:24:20.039><c> taste</c><00:24:20.380><c> that,</c> 00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:22.539 it<00:24:21.059><c> means</c><00:24:21.359><c> I</c><00:24:21.579><c> can.</c> 00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:27.440 And<00:24:23.759><c> that</c><00:24:24.019><c> restless</c><00:24:24.380><c> spirit</c><00:24:24.839><c> within</c><00:24:25.079><c> me</c><00:24:25.259><c> will</c><00:24:25.480><c> say,</c><00:24:26.099><c> have</c><00:24:26.119><c> a</c><00:24:26.319><c> go.</c> 00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:29.640 Because<00:24:28.319><c> I'm</c><00:24:28.660><c> conscious</c><00:24:29.220><c> of</c><00:24:29.380><c> it.</c> 00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:32.279 You've<00:24:30.099><c> drawn</c><00:24:30.180><c> my</c><00:24:30.460><c> attention</c><00:24:30.799><c> to</c><00:24:31.019><c> it.</c> 00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:34.319 How<00:24:32.779><c> do</c><00:24:32.839><c> you</c><00:24:32.900><c> get</c><00:24:32.940><c> rid</c><00:24:33.059><c> of</c><00:24:33.160><c> that</c><00:24:33.359><c> spirit?</c> 00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:36.759 Chapter<00:24:35.180><c> three,</c><00:24:35.599><c> verse</c><00:24:35.759><c> one.</c> 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:40.339 If<00:24:37.619><c> ye</c><00:24:37.940><c> be</c><00:24:38.500><c> risen</c><00:24:38.839><c> with</c><00:24:39.099><c> Christ,</c> 00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:42.500 seek<00:24:40.880><c> those</c><00:24:41.279><c> things</c><00:24:41.500><c> which</c><00:24:41.720><c> are</c><00:24:41.980><c> above</c> 00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:45.519 where<00:24:43.240><c> Christ</c><00:24:43.779><c> sitteth</c><00:24:44.079><c> on</c><00:24:44.220><c> the</c><00:24:44.400><c> right</c><00:24:44.660><c> hand</c><00:24:44.839><c> of</c><00:24:45.099><c> God.</c> 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:49.400 Set<00:24:46.380><c> your</c><00:24:47.240><c> affections</c><00:24:47.779><c> or</c><00:24:47.920><c> your</c><00:24:48.299><c> mind,</c><00:24:48.559><c> as</c><00:24:48.740><c> the</c><00:24:48.920><c> margin</c><00:24:49.180><c> said,</c> 00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:53.180 on<00:24:49.960><c> things</c><00:24:50.400><c> above</c><00:24:50.819><c> and</c><00:24:51.259><c> not</c><00:24:51.539><c> on</c><00:24:51.759><c> things</c><00:24:51.960><c> of</c><00:24:52.140><c> the</c><00:24:52.319><c> earth.</c> 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:55.579 For<00:24:53.819><c> ye</c><00:24:54.220><c> are</c><00:24:54.559><c> dead,</c> 00:24:55.859 --> 00:25:00.200 and<00:24:56.099><c> your</c><00:24:56.440><c> life</c><00:24:57.059><c> is</c><00:24:57.440><c> hid</c><00:24:57.779><c> with</c><00:24:58.460><c> Christ</c><00:24:58.900><c> in</c><00:24:59.299><c> God.</c> 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:03.700 When<00:25:00.720><c> Christ,</c><00:25:01.559><c> who</c><00:25:01.700><c> is</c><00:25:02.160><c> our</c><00:25:02.660><c> life,</c><00:25:03.000><c> shall</c><00:25:03.240><c> appear,</c> 00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:06.980 then<00:25:04.380><c> shall</c><00:25:04.640><c> ye</c><00:25:04.839><c> also</c><00:25:05.119><c> appear</c><00:25:05.420><c> with</c><00:25:05.640><c> him</c><00:25:06.119><c> in</c><00:25:06.680><c> glory.</c> 00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:09.619 There's<00:25:07.740><c> your</c><00:25:07.980><c> answer,</c><00:25:08.440><c> brethren</c><00:25:08.559><c> and</c><00:25:08.859><c> sisters.</c> 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:13.079 Paul<00:25:10.420><c> says,</c><00:25:10.700><c> never</c><00:25:10.940><c> mind</c><00:25:11.200><c> about</c><00:25:11.440><c> touch</c><00:25:11.799><c> not</c><00:25:12.019><c> taste</c><00:25:12.359><c> not</c><00:25:12.599><c> handle</c><00:25:12.920><c> not.</c> 00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.819 Forget<00:25:13.759><c> it.</c> 00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:18.740 Live<00:25:16.019><c> as</c><00:25:16.279><c> though</c><00:25:16.420><c> you</c><00:25:16.940><c> forgot</c><00:25:17.559><c> those</c><00:25:17.940><c> things</c><00:25:18.119><c> didn't</c><00:25:18.420><c> exist.</c> 00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:20.859 They<00:25:18.940><c> don't</c><00:25:19.200><c> exist.</c><00:25:19.599><c> You</c><00:25:19.660><c> don't</c><00:25:19.859><c> know</c><00:25:19.960><c> anything</c><00:25:20.119><c> about</c><00:25:20.380><c> them.</c> 00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:22.680 You<00:25:21.099><c> can't</c><00:25:21.420><c> remember</c><00:25:21.779><c> them.</c> 00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:24.259 Seek<00:25:23.160><c> up</c><00:25:23.420><c> here,</c><00:25:23.759><c> brethren</c><00:25:23.920><c> and</c><00:25:24.119><c> sisters,</c> 00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:27.240 where<00:25:24.519><c> Christ</c><00:25:24.880><c> sits</c><00:25:25.279><c> on</c><00:25:25.579><c> the</c><00:25:25.720><c> right</c><00:25:25.940><c> hand</c><00:25:26.099><c> of</c><00:25:26.220><c> God.</c> 00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.819 Think<00:25:27.519><c> about</c><00:25:27.839><c> that.</c> 00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:30.680 Look<00:25:29.059><c> at</c><00:25:29.160><c> the</c><00:25:29.400><c> figure</c><00:25:29.519><c> that</c><00:25:29.680><c> he's</c><00:25:29.940><c> using.</c> 00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:32.059 Look<00:25:30.839><c> at</c><00:25:30.980><c> the</c><00:25:31.160><c> figure.</c> 00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.539 God<00:25:32.500><c> Almighty,</c> 00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:37.180 the<00:25:34.660><c> Father</c><00:25:35.059><c> of</c><00:25:35.319><c> the</c><00:25:35.420><c> Lord</c><00:25:35.619><c> Jesus</c><00:25:36.000><c> Christ,</c><00:25:36.460><c> our</c><00:25:36.799><c> Father,</c> 00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:39.160 the<00:25:37.619><c> God</c><00:25:37.759><c> of</c><00:25:37.980><c> Abraham,</c><00:25:38.380><c> Isaac</c><00:25:38.700><c> and</c><00:25:38.880><c> Jacob,</c> 00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:41.000 the<00:25:39.559><c> God</c><00:25:39.720><c> of</c><00:25:40.000><c> glory.</c> 00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:44.119 What's<00:25:41.700><c> in</c><00:25:41.779><c> the</c><00:25:42.000><c> Lord's</c><00:25:42.440><c> mind</c><00:25:42.619><c> alongside</c><00:25:43.119><c> of</c><00:25:43.380><c> him?</c> 00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:47.539 Think<00:25:45.160><c> of</c><00:25:45.339><c> the</c><00:25:45.480><c> Lord's</c><00:25:45.940><c> mind</c><00:25:46.079><c> alongside</c><00:25:46.500><c> of</c><00:25:46.720><c> his</c><00:25:46.859><c> Father</c><00:25:47.140><c> in</c><00:25:47.339><c> heaven,</c> 00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:50.299 and<00:25:47.819><c> he</c><00:25:47.920><c> no</c><00:25:48.119><c> longer</c><00:25:48.380><c> got</c><00:25:48.559><c> this</c><00:25:48.799><c> struggle</c><00:25:49.059><c> with</c><00:25:49.259><c> his</c><00:25:49.480><c> body.</c> 00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:53.359 He's<00:25:51.000><c> now</c><00:25:51.200><c> got</c><00:25:51.359><c> a</c><00:25:51.579><c> clean</c><00:25:52.240><c> nature.</c> 00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:55.460 No<00:25:54.259><c> promptings</c><00:25:54.759><c> at</c><00:25:54.900><c> all</c><00:25:55.019><c> to</c><00:25:55.119><c> do</c><00:25:55.279><c> evil.</c> 00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:57.740 Every<00:25:56.220><c> instinct</c><00:25:56.819><c> is</c><00:25:57.039><c> to</c><00:25:57.160><c> do</c><00:25:57.380><c> good.</c> 00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:59.700 Seek<00:25:58.380><c> it</c><00:25:58.500><c> that</c><00:25:58.740><c> way,</c><00:25:59.000><c> says</c><00:25:59.039><c> the</c><00:25:59.319><c> Apostle.</c> 00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:01.819 Fill<00:26:00.039><c> your</c><00:26:00.259><c> life</c><00:26:00.440><c> like</c><00:26:00.759><c> that,</c> 00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:04.700 and<00:26:02.319><c> see</c><00:26:02.559><c> that</c><00:26:02.779><c> your</c><00:26:03.099><c> own</c><00:26:03.380><c> life</c><00:26:03.660><c> up</c><00:26:03.920><c> there</c> 00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:06.940 is<00:26:05.539><c> secreted</c><00:26:06.019><c> away,</c> 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:09.619 secreted<00:26:08.319><c> away</c><00:26:08.579><c> in</c><00:26:08.759><c> the</c><00:26:09.119><c> relationship</c> 00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:10.980 between<00:26:09.940><c> the</c><00:26:10.180><c> Father</c><00:26:10.339><c> and</c><00:26:10.500><c> the</c><00:26:10.700><c> Son.</c> 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:12.779 And<00:26:11.660><c> when</c><00:26:11.859><c> the</c><00:26:12.039><c> Son</c><00:26:12.259><c> comes,</c> 00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:14.740 he's<00:26:13.559><c> going</c><00:26:13.759><c> to</c><00:26:13.880><c> be</c><00:26:14.059><c> your</c><00:26:14.359><c> life.</c> 00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:16.000 That's<00:26:15.079><c> going</c><00:26:15.200><c> to</c><00:26:15.259><c> be</c><00:26:15.420><c> your</c><00:26:15.700><c> life.</c> 00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:18.240 Your<00:26:16.299><c> whole</c><00:26:16.640><c> life</c><00:26:16.880><c> is</c><00:26:17.000><c> going</c><00:26:17.079><c> to</c><00:26:17.140><c> be</c><00:26:17.299><c> him.</c> 00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:22.240 What<00:26:19.500><c> a</c><00:26:19.779><c> wonderful</c><00:26:20.099><c> way</c><00:26:20.339><c> to</c><00:26:20.539><c> think,</c><00:26:20.799><c> isn't</c><00:26:20.980><c> it?</c> 00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:23.299 And<00:26:22.480><c> so</c><00:26:22.579><c> you</c><00:26:22.640><c> can</c><00:26:22.900><c> see</c> 00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:25.460 this<00:26:24.200><c> swept</c><00:26:24.500><c> and</c><00:26:24.779><c> garnished</c><00:26:25.099><c> house</c> 00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.980 has<00:26:25.700><c> got</c><00:26:25.799><c> to</c><00:26:26.400><c> be</c><00:26:26.519><c> filled</c><00:26:26.740><c> up.</c> 00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:27.980 That's<00:26:27.240><c> the</c><00:26:27.380><c> second</c><00:26:27.579><c> reference.</c> 00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:30.019 Galatians<00:26:28.880><c> 5,</c><00:26:29.480><c> brethren</c><00:26:29.579><c> and</c><00:26:29.799><c> sisters,</c> 00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:32.519 make<00:26:30.319><c> no</c><00:26:30.539><c> apology</c><00:26:31.079><c> for</c><00:26:31.440><c> extending</c><00:26:32.019><c> this</c><00:26:32.359><c> point</c> 00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:35.539 because<00:26:32.779><c> this</c><00:26:33.099><c> really</c><00:26:33.420><c> is</c><00:26:33.559><c> what</c><00:26:33.759><c> the</c><00:26:34.019><c> parable</c><00:26:34.200><c> is</c><00:26:34.400><c> about.</c> 00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:42.940 In<00:26:37.359><c> Galatians</c><00:26:37.799><c> 5,</c><00:26:40.500><c> verse</c><00:26:40.660><c> 15</c><00:26:41.160><c> to</c><00:26:41.299><c> 17,</c> 00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:46.259 But<00:26:43.579><c> if</c><00:26:43.700><c> ye</c><00:26:43.859><c> bite</c><00:26:44.220><c> and</c><00:26:44.440><c> devour</c><00:26:44.839><c> one</c><00:26:45.039><c> another,</c> 00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:50.000 take<00:26:47.539><c> heed</c><00:26:47.700><c> ye</c><00:26:47.839><c> shall</c><00:26:47.920><c> not</c><00:26:48.079><c> be</c><00:26:48.079><c> consumed</c><00:26:48.779><c> one</c><00:26:48.980><c> another.</c> 00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:52.380 This<00:26:50.480><c> I</c><00:26:50.720><c> say</c><00:26:50.940><c> then,</c> 00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:54.460 walk<00:26:52.839><c> in</c><00:26:53.119><c> the</c><00:26:53.339><c> Spirit,</c> 00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:57.799 and<00:26:55.420><c> ye</c><00:26:55.619><c> shall</c><00:26:55.859><c> not</c><00:26:56.339><c> fulfil</c><00:26:56.819><c> the</c><00:26:56.980><c> lust</c><00:26:57.119><c> of</c><00:26:57.279><c> the</c><00:26:57.440><c> flesh.</c> 00:26:58.279 --> 00:27:00.019 Isn't<00:26:58.480><c> that</c><00:26:58.700><c> the</c><00:26:58.839><c> same</c><00:26:59.099><c> thing?</c> 00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:03.339 You<00:27:01.559><c> see,</c><00:27:02.019><c> brothers</c><00:27:02.180><c> and</c><00:27:02.400><c> sisters,</c> 00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:05.339 it's<00:27:03.799><c> a</c><00:27:03.940><c> little</c><00:27:04.039><c> bit</c><00:27:04.319><c> different.</c> 00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:08.299 It's<00:27:06.140><c> another</c><00:27:06.380><c> extension</c><00:27:06.940><c> of</c><00:27:07.119><c> the</c><00:27:07.400><c> idea.</c> 00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:12.039 Instead<00:27:08.680><c> of</c><00:27:08.839><c> now</c><00:27:09.099><c> seeing</c><00:27:09.359><c> the</c><00:27:09.680><c> house</c><00:27:10.160><c> swept</c><00:27:10.579><c> and</c><00:27:10.900><c> garnished</c> 00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:14.940 and<00:27:12.720><c> then</c><00:27:13.000><c> filled</c><00:27:13.259><c> up,</c> 00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:17.339 Paul's<00:27:15.460><c> talking</c><00:27:15.680><c> to</c><00:27:15.819><c> people</c><00:27:16.059><c> who</c><00:27:16.200><c> had</c><00:27:16.319><c> been</c><00:27:16.599><c> baptised,</c> 00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:19.519 and<00:27:17.740><c> his</c><00:27:17.980><c> point</c><00:27:18.119><c> is</c><00:27:18.240><c> a</c><00:27:18.319><c> little</c><00:27:18.579><c> bit</c><00:27:18.819><c> in</c><00:27:19.000><c> the</c><00:27:19.160><c> reverse,</c> 00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.960 but<00:27:19.740><c> it's</c><00:27:19.980><c> the</c><00:27:20.099><c> same</c><00:27:20.279><c> thing,</c><00:27:20.559><c> really.</c> 00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:22.579 He<00:27:21.559><c> says</c><00:27:21.779><c> instead</c><00:27:22.099><c> of</c><00:27:22.240><c> just</c><00:27:22.420><c> saying,</c> 00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:24.839 well,<00:27:22.960><c> I</c><00:27:23.119><c> will</c><00:27:23.299><c> get</c><00:27:23.460><c> rid</c><00:27:23.619><c> of</c><00:27:23.799><c> certain</c><00:27:23.960><c> things</c><00:27:24.160><c> in</c><00:27:24.319><c> my</c><00:27:24.519><c> life</c> 00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:26.400 and<00:27:25.119><c> then</c><00:27:25.319><c> I</c><00:27:25.440><c> will</c><00:27:25.599><c> put</c><00:27:25.740><c> in</c><00:27:25.880><c> the</c><00:27:26.059><c> positive,</c> 00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:28.539 he's<00:27:26.900><c> saying</c><00:27:26.940><c> just</c><00:27:27.180><c> put</c><00:27:27.319><c> in</c><00:27:27.420><c> the</c><00:27:27.559><c> positive.</c> 00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:31.700 Don't<00:27:30.259><c> think</c><00:27:30.460><c> about</c><00:27:30.700><c> the</c><00:27:30.880><c> negative.</c> 00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:34.559 Walk<00:27:32.380><c> in</c><00:27:32.660><c> the</c><00:27:32.859><c> Spirit,</c><00:27:33.319><c> that's</c><00:27:33.579><c> enough,</c> 00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:37.700 and<00:27:34.980><c> you</c><00:27:35.119><c> won't</c><00:27:35.599><c> fulfil</c><00:27:36.079><c> the</c><00:27:36.259><c> lust</c><00:27:36.400><c> of</c><00:27:36.619><c> the</c><00:27:36.740><c> flesh.</c> 00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:41.140 It<00:27:38.279><c> just</c><00:27:38.480><c> won't</c><00:27:38.660><c> happen</c><00:27:39.099><c> if</c><00:27:39.339><c> you're</c><00:27:39.500><c> walking</c><00:27:39.759><c> in</c><00:27:39.960><c> the</c><00:27:40.180><c> Spirit.</c> 00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:45.200 For,<00:27:41.819><c> he</c><00:27:41.960><c> says,</c><00:27:42.359><c> the</c><00:27:42.460><c> flesh</c><00:27:42.940><c> lusteth</c><00:27:43.480><c> against</c><00:27:43.859><c> the</c><00:27:44.140><c> Spirit,</c> 00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:46.859 and<00:27:45.539><c> the</c><00:27:45.680><c> Spirit</c><00:27:45.960><c> against</c><00:27:46.240><c> the</c><00:27:46.539><c> flesh,</c> 00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:49.160 and<00:27:47.299><c> these</c><00:27:47.559><c> are</c><00:27:47.819><c> the</c><00:27:48.019><c> contrary,</c><00:27:48.460><c> the</c><00:27:48.599><c> one</c><00:27:48.759><c> to</c><00:27:48.859><c> the</c><00:27:49.000><c> other,</c> 00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:51.940 so<00:27:49.619><c> that</c><00:27:49.779><c> ye</c><00:27:49.960><c> cannot</c><00:27:50.440><c> do</c><00:27:50.740><c> the</c><00:27:50.980><c> things</c><00:27:51.140><c> that</c><00:27:51.339><c> ye</c><00:27:51.599><c> would.</c> 00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:55.200 Now,<00:27:52.539><c> you</c><00:27:52.740><c> can</c><00:27:52.940><c> read</c><00:27:53.140><c> that</c><00:27:53.420><c> verse</c><00:27:53.700><c> both</c><00:27:54.059><c> ways.</c> 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:59.019 You<00:27:56.259><c> can</c><00:27:56.500><c> say</c><00:27:56.700><c> that</c><00:27:56.960><c> when</c><00:27:57.200><c> the</c><00:27:57.500><c> flesh</c><00:27:57.839><c> has</c><00:27:58.220><c> the</c><00:27:58.440><c> uppermost</c><00:27:58.859><c> in</c> 00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.960 our<00:27:59.200><c> hearts</c><00:27:59.519><c> and</c><00:27:59.740><c> minds,</c> 00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:01.920 which<00:28:00.119><c> it</c><00:28:00.259><c> often</c><00:28:00.579><c> does,</c><00:28:01.019><c> sadly,</c> 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:04.559 we<00:28:02.920><c> can't</c><00:28:03.359><c> think</c><00:28:03.599><c> of</c><00:28:03.700><c> the</c><00:28:03.859><c> spiritual</c><00:28:04.240><c> things.</c> 00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:07.000 We<00:28:04.980><c> are</c><00:28:05.200><c> destitute</c><00:28:05.700><c> of</c><00:28:05.779><c> that,</c><00:28:05.880><c> and</c><00:28:06.000><c> we</c><00:28:06.099><c> find</c><00:28:06.279><c> it</c><00:28:06.440><c> impossible</c> 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:09.000 to<00:28:07.160><c> get</c><00:28:07.259><c> our</c><00:28:07.480><c> mind</c><00:28:07.599><c> on</c><00:28:07.779><c> spiritual</c><00:28:08.180><c> things.</c> 00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:11.539 Now,<00:28:09.599><c> conversely,</c><00:28:09.940><c> it's</c><00:28:10.160><c> true</c><00:28:10.299><c> also,</c> 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:14.279 that<00:28:12.039><c> you</c><00:28:12.259><c> build</c><00:28:12.519><c> your</c><00:28:12.819><c> mind</c><00:28:12.960><c> with</c><00:28:13.160><c> spiritual</c><00:28:13.640><c> things,</c> 00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:18.359 and<00:28:14.900><c> you'll</c><00:28:15.200><c> find</c><00:28:15.319><c> you</c><00:28:15.619><c> won't</c><00:28:15.920><c> be</c><00:28:16.579><c> doing</c><00:28:16.839><c> the</c><00:28:17.039><c> things</c><00:28:17.160><c> of</c><00:28:17.319><c> the</c><00:28:17.519><c> flesh.</c> 00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:21.339 It's<00:28:18.980><c> a</c><00:28:19.160><c> concentration,</c><00:28:19.880><c> brethren</c><00:28:20.039><c> and</c><00:28:20.319><c> sisters,</c> 00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:23.619 upon<00:28:21.559><c> that</c><00:28:21.759><c> which</c><00:28:21.920><c> is</c><00:28:22.819><c> positive,</c><00:28:23.259><c> isn't</c><00:28:23.460><c> it?</c> 00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:25.480 That's<00:28:24.160><c> what</c><00:28:24.319><c> it's</c><00:28:24.460><c> all</c><00:28:24.579><c> about.</c> 00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.880 Now,<00:28:25.980><c> there's</c><00:28:26.180><c> a</c><00:28:26.200><c> simple</c><00:28:26.559><c> thing.</c> 00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:28.599 You<00:28:27.319><c> don't</c><00:28:27.440><c> learn</c><00:28:27.680><c> anything,</c> 00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:31.019 but<00:28:29.299><c> when</c><00:28:29.559><c> the</c><00:28:29.700><c> way</c><00:28:30.039><c> the</c><00:28:30.259><c> Lord</c><00:28:30.640><c> puts</c><00:28:30.920><c> it,</c> 00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:34.200 he's<00:28:31.200><c> just</c><00:28:31.559><c> laying</c><00:28:31.859><c> emphasis</c><00:28:32.299><c> upon</c><00:28:32.579><c> it</c><00:28:32.839><c> in</c><00:28:33.019><c> that</c><00:28:33.259><c> sort</c><00:28:33.380><c> of</c><00:28:34.000><c> a</c> 00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.839 quaint<00:28:34.519><c> way</c> 00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:36.559 about<00:28:35.160><c> that</c><00:28:35.420><c> unoccupied</c><00:28:36.119><c> house,</c> 00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:41.480 and<00:28:37.259><c> you</c><00:28:37.400><c> can</c><00:28:37.680><c> see</c><00:28:37.940><c> that</c><00:28:39.259><c> grotesque,</c><00:28:40.880><c> ghoulish</c><00:28:41.079><c> spirit</c> 00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:43.319 which<00:28:42.359><c> haunts</c><00:28:42.720><c> you</c><00:28:43.019><c> and</c><00:28:43.180><c> I.</c> 00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:45.900 And<00:28:43.779><c> what</c><00:28:44.000><c> is</c><00:28:44.140><c> it?</c><00:28:44.299><c> It's</c><00:28:44.480><c> us.</c><00:28:44.900><c> It's</c><00:28:45.059><c> me.</c><00:28:45.359><c> It's</c><00:28:45.559><c> you.</c> 00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:48.599 We<00:28:46.319><c> hate</c><00:28:46.680><c> our</c><00:28:46.920><c> nature.</c><00:28:47.099><c> I</c><00:28:47.380><c> do.</c><00:28:47.720><c> I</c><00:28:47.880><c> detest</c><00:28:48.359><c> it.</c> 00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:50.299 Just<00:28:49.279><c> detest</c><00:28:49.940><c> the</c><00:28:50.140><c> thing,</c> 00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:53.579 because<00:28:50.799><c> it</c><00:28:51.240><c> constantly</c><00:28:51.920><c> causes</c><00:28:52.359><c> me</c><00:28:52.599><c> unhappiness</c><00:28:53.079><c> and</c><00:28:53.240><c> misery,</c> 00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:55.299 because<00:28:53.880><c> I</c><00:28:53.980><c> don't</c><00:28:54.220><c> want</c><00:28:54.400><c> to</c><00:28:54.519><c> do</c><00:28:54.619><c> the</c><00:28:54.759><c> things</c><00:28:54.900><c> I</c><00:28:55.160><c> do.</c> 00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.359 It's<00:28:55.740><c> ghoulish,</c> 00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:58.799 and<00:28:57.180><c> you</c><00:28:57.319><c> see</c><00:28:57.539><c> him</c><00:28:57.759><c> cringing</c><00:28:58.019><c> around</c><00:28:58.339><c> your</c><00:28:58.579><c> house,</c> 00:28:58.799 --> 00:29:00.259 looking<00:28:59.019><c> in</c><00:28:59.220><c> your</c><00:28:59.359><c> window,</c> 00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:00.559 and<00:29:00.480><c> it's</c><00:29:00.519><c> easy.</c> 00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.599 You've<00:29:01.000><c> cleaned</c><00:29:01.140><c> it</c><00:29:01.319><c> all</c><00:29:01.440><c> up,</c> 00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:03.460 and<00:29:01.759><c> you're</c><00:29:02.160><c> concentrating</c><00:29:02.480><c> with</c><00:29:02.759><c> all</c><00:29:03.059><c> your...</c> 00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:05.400 You're<00:29:03.720><c> trying</c><00:29:03.839><c> to</c><00:29:04.160><c> concentrate</c><00:29:04.460><c> upon</c><00:29:04.619><c> what</c><00:29:04.819><c> you</c><00:29:05.079><c> can</c><00:29:05.259><c> do</c> 00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:06.140 and<00:29:05.500><c> what</c><00:29:05.660><c> you</c><00:29:05.880><c> can</c><00:29:06.039><c> do,</c> 00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:07.519 and<00:29:06.240><c> you've</c><00:29:06.420><c> got</c><00:29:06.559><c> your</c><00:29:06.819><c> decorations</c><00:29:07.299><c> up</c> 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:09.079 to<00:29:07.720><c> cover</c><00:29:07.920><c> up</c><00:29:08.099><c> for</c><00:29:08.220><c> your</c><00:29:08.440><c> failings,</c> 00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:11.019 but<00:29:09.640><c> it's</c><00:29:10.519><c> empty,</c> 00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:13.819 and<00:29:11.859><c> he's</c><00:29:12.140><c> dying</c><00:29:12.359><c> to</c><00:29:12.420><c> get</c><00:29:12.680><c> back</c><00:29:12.859><c> in</c><00:29:13.019><c> there.</c> 00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:17.119 He<00:29:15.099><c> can't</c><00:29:15.380><c> get</c><00:29:15.599><c> back,</c><00:29:15.900><c> brethren</c><00:29:16.039><c> and</c><00:29:16.319><c> sisters,</c> 00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:19.220 if<00:29:18.000><c> we</c><00:29:18.200><c> keep</c><00:29:18.380><c> him</c><00:29:18.619><c> out,</c><00:29:18.960><c> can</c><00:29:19.099><c> he,</c> 00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:21.200 if<00:29:19.460><c> we</c><00:29:19.740><c> fill</c><00:29:19.880><c> our</c><00:29:20.140><c> lives</c><00:29:20.299><c> with</c><00:29:20.480><c> the</c><00:29:20.660><c> spirit</c><00:29:20.960><c> word.</c> 00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:25.039 Now,<00:29:21.579><c> come</c><00:29:21.819><c> back</c><00:29:21.980><c> to</c><00:29:22.059><c> that</c><00:29:22.240><c> parable.</c> 00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:29.079 Jesus<00:29:26.980><c> goes</c><00:29:27.240><c> on</c><00:29:27.480><c> and</c><00:29:27.680><c> says</c><00:29:27.819><c> this.</c> 00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:31.920 We<00:29:29.519><c> read</c><00:29:29.700><c> verse</c><00:29:30.000><c> 26</c><00:29:30.500><c> again.</c> 00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:45.819 Now,<00:29:43.180><c> he's</c><00:29:43.440><c> not</c><00:29:43.640><c> dealing,</c><00:29:43.880><c> of</c><00:29:44.079><c> course,</c><00:29:44.279><c> with</c><00:29:44.460><c> the</c><00:29:44.579><c> literal</c><00:29:44.960><c> seven.</c> 00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:48.319 Seven<00:29:46.240><c> is</c><00:29:46.519><c> the</c><00:29:46.579><c> number</c><00:29:46.920><c> of</c><00:29:47.460><c> completion.</c> 00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:51.420 It<00:29:49.680><c> talks,</c><00:29:50.200><c> brothers</c><00:29:50.519><c> and</c><00:29:50.779><c> sisters,</c><00:29:51.059><c> about</c><00:29:51.220><c> that,</c> 00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.779 which<00:29:51.559><c> is</c><00:29:51.819><c> total.</c> 00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:57.700 Mary<00:29:53.519><c> Magdalene</c><00:29:54.099><c> had</c><00:29:55.240><c> seven</c><00:29:56.380><c> demons</c><00:29:57.099><c> in</c><00:29:57.339><c> her.</c> 00:29:58.000 --> 00:30:00.140 Different<00:29:58.519><c> idea,</c><00:29:59.099><c> really,</c><00:29:59.539><c> here,</c> 00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:02.240 but<00:30:00.660><c> the</c><00:30:00.920><c> same</c><00:30:01.180><c> number.</c> 00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:05.059 In<00:30:02.799><c> other</c><00:30:03.019><c> words,</c><00:30:03.660><c> people</c><00:30:03.859><c> who</c><00:30:04.019><c> were</c><00:30:04.160><c> possessed</c><00:30:04.440><c> with</c><00:30:04.720><c> demons</c> 00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:06.019 were<00:30:05.500><c> insane.</c> 00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:08.400 They<00:30:06.279><c> were</c><00:30:06.700><c> mentally</c><00:30:07.119><c> deranged.</c> 00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:12.500 Mary<00:30:09.140><c> Magdalene</c><00:30:09.940><c> was</c><00:30:10.579><c> a</c><00:30:11.039><c> shocking</c><00:30:11.480><c> case.</c> 00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:15.579 She<00:30:13.319><c> would</c><00:30:13.519><c> have</c><00:30:13.680><c> been</c><00:30:13.859><c> a</c><00:30:14.180><c> dribbling</c><00:30:14.579><c> idiot.</c> 00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:17.480 Shocking<00:30:16.579><c> sight.</c> 00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:21.220 But<00:30:18.359><c> she</c><00:30:18.720><c> never</c><00:30:18.940><c> had</c><00:30:19.039><c> her</c><00:30:19.240><c> elapsed,</c><00:30:19.599><c> did</c><00:30:19.680><c> she?</c> 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:23.420 Because<00:30:22.460><c> right</c><00:30:22.759><c> up</c><00:30:22.900><c> to</c><00:30:23.019><c> the</c><00:30:23.180><c> last,</c> 00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:25.579 she's<00:30:23.680><c> outside</c><00:30:24.079><c> the</c><00:30:24.299><c> tomb</c><00:30:24.440><c> waiting</c><00:30:24.779><c> for</c><00:30:25.299><c> her</c> 00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:28.059 first<00:30:25.859><c> one</c><00:30:26.079><c> in</c><00:30:26.319><c> humankind</c><00:30:26.759><c> to</c><00:30:26.980><c> see</c><00:30:27.160><c> him</c><00:30:27.259><c> come</c><00:30:27.500><c> out.</c> 00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:30.000 Mary<00:30:28.759><c> Magdalene</c><00:30:29.059><c> didn't</c><00:30:29.259><c> have</c><00:30:29.380><c> any</c><00:30:29.519><c> elapses.</c> 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.380 Why? 00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:32.720 Because<00:30:30.799><c> you</c><00:30:30.960><c> never</c><00:30:31.220><c> find,</c><00:30:31.680><c> as</c><00:30:31.799><c> Luke</c><00:30:32.000><c> in</c><00:30:32.140><c> Luke's</c><00:30:32.519><c> record,</c> 00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:34.160 she<00:30:33.079><c> never</c><00:30:33.339><c> left</c><00:30:33.579><c> his</c><00:30:33.859><c> side.</c> 00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:36.480 Not<00:30:34.779><c> that,</c><00:30:34.960><c> of</c><00:30:35.119><c> course,</c><00:30:35.259><c> she</c><00:30:35.400><c> would</c><00:30:35.539><c> have</c><00:30:35.680><c> gone</c><00:30:35.920><c> mad</c><00:30:36.039><c> again,</c> 00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:38.319 but<00:30:36.880><c> the</c><00:30:37.039><c> figure</c><00:30:37.240><c> is</c><00:30:37.500><c> there.</c> 00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:39.519 But<00:30:39.019><c> she</c><00:30:39.140><c> didn't.</c> 00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:41.259 She<00:30:39.880><c> kept</c><00:30:40.119><c> her</c><00:30:40.380><c> sense.</c> 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:43.660 Because<00:30:42.039><c> she</c><00:30:42.319><c> never</c><00:30:42.720><c> left</c><00:30:43.039><c> his</c><00:30:43.359><c> side.</c> 00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:45.279 Right<00:30:44.160><c> up</c><00:30:44.380><c> to</c><00:30:44.519><c> the</c><00:30:44.619><c> gate</c><00:30:44.740><c> of</c><00:30:44.940><c> the</c><00:30:45.079><c> tomb,</c> 00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:46.599 to<00:30:45.519><c> the</c><00:30:45.680><c> stone</c><00:30:45.940><c> of</c><00:30:46.099><c> that</c><00:30:46.359><c> tomb,</c> 00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:48.680 she<00:30:46.720><c> was</c><00:30:46.940><c> standing</c><00:30:47.259><c> there</c><00:30:47.500><c> waiting</c><00:30:47.759><c> for</c><00:30:47.980><c> him.</c> 00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:51.220 Not<00:30:49.180><c> that</c><00:30:49.319><c> she</c><00:30:49.500><c> expected</c><00:30:49.839><c> him,</c><00:30:50.000><c> but</c><00:30:50.180><c> she</c><00:30:50.299><c> got</c><00:30:50.480><c> him.</c> 00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:55.480 First<00:30:51.759><c> one</c><00:30:53.160><c> among</c><00:30:53.660><c> humankind</c><00:30:54.140><c> to</c><00:30:54.359><c> do</c><00:30:54.500><c> that.</c> 00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:57.839 But<00:30:55.779><c> seven</c><00:30:56.079><c> spirits</c><00:30:56.400><c> had</c><00:30:56.619><c> got</c><00:30:56.680><c> out</c><00:30:56.920><c> of</c><00:30:57.039><c> her.</c> 00:30:58.660 --> 00:31:00.859 But<00:30:58.779><c> now</c><00:30:58.940><c> this</c><00:30:59.880><c> spirit</c><00:31:00.240><c> comes</c><00:31:00.579><c> back,</c> 00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:03.440 and<00:31:01.000><c> it</c><00:31:01.140><c> says</c><00:31:01.440><c> in</c><00:31:02.079><c> verse</c><00:31:02.299><c> 26,</c> 00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:06.140 and<00:31:03.900><c> he</c><00:31:04.000><c> takes</c><00:31:04.420><c> seven</c><00:31:04.920><c> other</c><00:31:05.299><c> spirits</c> 00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:09.779 more<00:31:06.819><c> wicked</c><00:31:07.299><c> than</c><00:31:08.319><c> himself.</c> 00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:14.799 Now<00:31:11.279><c> you</c><00:31:11.799><c> see,</c><00:31:12.299><c> that</c><00:31:12.500><c> spirit</c><00:31:12.819><c> had</c><00:31:13.059><c> got</c><00:31:13.160><c> out</c><00:31:13.339><c> of</c><00:31:13.420><c> the</c><00:31:13.660><c> house.</c> 00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:16.660 Verse<00:31:15.539><c> 26</c><00:31:16.079><c> says,</c> 00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:19.099 the<00:31:17.059><c> last</c><00:31:17.460><c> state</c><00:31:17.599><c> of</c><00:31:17.819><c> the</c><00:31:18.039><c> man,</c> 00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:21.339 so<00:31:19.380><c> the</c><00:31:19.539><c> house</c><00:31:19.859><c> was</c><00:31:20.119><c> the</c><00:31:20.299><c> man.</c> 00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:23.299 The<00:31:21.819><c> unclean</c><00:31:22.220><c> spirit</c><00:31:22.519><c> that</c><00:31:22.680><c> was</c><00:31:22.720><c> in</c><00:31:22.880><c> that</c><00:31:23.079><c> man</c> 00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:25.359 is<00:31:23.480><c> his</c><00:31:23.740><c> natural</c><00:31:24.259><c> spirit.</c> 00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:27.960 And<00:31:25.799><c> when</c><00:31:25.980><c> Jesus</c><00:31:26.319><c> says</c><00:31:26.599><c> that</c><00:31:27.259><c> the</c><00:31:27.519><c> latter</c><00:31:27.700><c> state</c> 00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:29.779 was<00:31:28.539><c> worse</c><00:31:29.019><c> than</c><00:31:29.220><c> himself,</c> 00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:31.619 clear<00:31:30.460><c> implication</c><00:31:31.039><c> of</c><00:31:31.220><c> what</c><00:31:31.339><c> the</c><00:31:31.480><c> Lord</c> 00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:33.579 thought<00:31:31.799><c> about</c><00:31:32.140><c> flesh,</c><00:31:32.559><c> didn't</c><00:31:32.759><c> it?</c> 00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:35.480 If<00:31:34.339><c> it</c><00:31:34.440><c> was</c><00:31:34.740><c> worse</c><00:31:35.079><c> now,</c> 00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:37.660 he<00:31:35.819><c> certainly</c><00:31:36.200><c> thought</c><00:31:36.380><c> it</c><00:31:36.500><c> was</c><00:31:36.700><c> wicked</c><00:31:36.900><c> before.</c> 00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:41.400 There<00:31:38.460><c> was</c><00:31:38.720><c> never</c><00:31:39.019><c> any</c><00:31:39.319><c> goodness</c><00:31:39.559><c> in</c><00:31:39.819><c> it</c><00:31:39.960><c> at</c><00:31:40.220><c> the</c><00:31:40.440><c> beginning.</c> 00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:43.980 Now<00:31:42.099><c> it's</c><00:31:42.299><c> in</c><00:31:42.420><c> a</c><00:31:42.599><c> dreadful</c><00:31:43.019><c> state.</c> 00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:47.440 And<00:31:44.779><c> to</c><00:31:44.940><c> quote</c><00:31:45.160><c> the</c><00:31:45.259><c> words</c><00:31:45.460><c> of</c><00:31:45.599><c> the</c><00:31:45.759><c> Apostles</c><00:31:46.279><c> to</c><00:31:46.500><c> Timothy,</c> 00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:53.759 evil<00:31:47.920><c> men</c><00:31:48.240><c> and</c><00:31:48.539><c> seducers</c><00:31:49.500><c> will</c><00:31:50.099><c> wax</c><00:31:50.420><c> worse</c><00:31:51.259><c> and</c><00:31:52.680><c> worse.</c> 00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:56.660 That's<00:31:55.319><c> what</c><00:31:55.460><c> happens,</c><00:31:55.920><c> brothers</c><00:31:56.019><c> and</c><00:31:56.220><c> sisters,</c> 00:31:56.660 --> 00:32:00.160 when<00:31:57.359><c> you</c><00:31:57.480><c> let</c><00:31:57.720><c> go,</c><00:31:58.880><c> when</c><00:31:59.039><c> you</c><00:31:59.180><c> give</c><00:31:59.380><c> up,</c> 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:02.299 oh<00:32:00.660><c> boy,</c><00:32:01.119><c> it's</c><00:32:01.299><c> bad</c><00:32:01.480><c> news.</c> 00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:05.180 Worse<00:32:02.900><c> and</c><00:32:04.099><c> worse.</c> 00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:08.539 Now<00:32:06.460><c> any</c><00:32:06.980><c> of</c><00:32:07.180><c> you</c><00:32:07.359><c> who</c><00:32:07.559><c> would</c><00:32:07.799><c> have</c> 00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:10.920 The<00:32:08.920><c> Antiquities</c><00:32:09.460><c> of</c><00:32:09.619><c> the</c><00:32:09.799><c> Jews</c><00:32:10.180><c> by</c><00:32:10.660><c> Josephus</c> 00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:13.000 or<00:32:11.519><c> perhaps</c><00:32:11.880><c> better</c><00:32:12.119><c> still,</c> 00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:16.119 The<00:32:13.099><c> Wars</c><00:32:13.599><c> of</c><00:32:13.900><c> the</c><00:32:14.079><c> Jews</c><00:32:14.319><c> by</c><00:32:14.599><c> Josephus,</c> 00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:17.920 you<00:32:16.480><c> want</c><00:32:16.640><c> 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implore</c><00:32:39.119><c> his</c><00:32:39.319><c> own</c><00:32:39.640><c> people</c><00:32:39.900><c> to</c><00:32:40.059><c> give</c><00:32:40.220><c> up</c> 00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:42.319 because<00:32:40.579><c> he</c><00:32:40.660><c> could</c><00:32:40.859><c> see</c><00:32:41.000><c> it</c><00:32:41.140><c> was</c><00:32:41.319><c> hopeless.</c> 00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:44.900 And<00:32:43.140><c> when</c><00:32:43.279><c> he</c><00:32:43.400><c> could</c><00:32:43.640><c> see</c><00:32:43.839><c> that</c><00:32:43.940><c> they</c><00:32:44.059><c> were</c><00:32:44.259><c> so</c><00:32:44.500><c> fanatical</c> 00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.940 they<00:32:45.000><c> were</c><00:32:45.140><c> not</c><00:32:45.240><c> going</c><00:32:45.400><c> to</c><00:32:45.480><c> give</c><00:32:45.660><c> up,</c> 00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:47.180 he<00:32:46.299><c> penned</c><00:32:46.539><c> that</c><00:32:46.680><c> history.</c> 00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.819 And<00:32:47.500><c> in</c><00:32:47.640><c> that</c><00:32:47.839><c> book,</c><00:32:48.160><c> brothers</c><00:32:48.359><c> and</c><00:32:48.579><c> sisters,</c> 00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:50.220 he<00:32:49.380><c> lamented,</c><00:32:50.000><c> he</c><00:32:50.059><c> said,</c> 00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:51.200 the<00:32:50.420><c> state</c><00:32:50.700><c> of</c><00:32:50.839><c> that</c><00:32:51.000><c> nation</c> 00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:53.980 and<00:32:51.579><c> as</c><00:32:51.799><c> the</c><00:32:52.299><c> walls</c><00:32:52.579><c> of</c><00:32:52.819><c> Jerusalem</c><00:32:53.119><c> got</c><00:32:53.420><c> boarded</c><00:32:53.779><c> up</c> 00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:55.819 and<00:32:54.279><c> the</c><00:32:54.440><c> Romans</c><00:32:54.680><c> stood</c><00:32:54.960><c> around</c><00:32:55.200><c> with</c><00:32:55.339><c> their</c><00:32:55.579><c> siege,</c> 00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:57.720 that<00:32:56.299><c> city</c><00:32:56.480><c> went</c><00:32:56.740><c> mad.</c> 00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:59.920 And<00:32:57.960><c> I</c><00:32:58.140><c> mean</c><00:32:58.599><c> mad.</c> 00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:02.539 And<00:33:00.980><c> Josephus</c><00:33:01.559><c> uses</c><00:33:01.880><c> the</c><00:33:02.140><c> words.</c> 00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:05.319 It<00:33:03.019><c> was</c><00:33:03.480><c> full</c><00:33:03.759><c> of</c><00:33:04.039><c> insanity.</c> 00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:08.799 They<00:33:06.920><c> shed</c><00:33:07.180><c> each</c><00:33:07.420><c> other's</c><00:33:07.720><c> blood.</c> 00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:11.980 They<00:33:09.539><c> brutalized</c><00:33:10.160><c> each</c><00:33:10.460><c> other.</c> 00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:15.519 They<00:33:13.440><c> condemned</c><00:33:14.119><c> each</c><00:33:14.460><c> other.</c> 00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:17.440 There<00:33:15.960><c> was</c><00:33:16.319><c> hatred.</c> 00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:20.559 Hatred<00:33:18.920><c> of</c><00:33:19.440><c> brother</c><00:33:19.779><c> against</c><00:33:20.140><c> brother,</c> 00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:22.519 mother<00:33:21.220><c> against</c><00:33:21.539><c> daughter.</c> 00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:26.380 There<00:33:24.700><c> was</c><00:33:25.000><c> everything,</c><00:33:25.619><c> brothers</c><00:33:25.920><c> and</c><00:33:26.200><c> sisters,</c> 00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.859 that<00:33:26.519><c> was</c><00:33:26.839><c> hateful</c><00:33:27.339><c> to</c><00:33:27.500><c> mankind</c> 00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:29.380 so<00:33:28.259><c> that</c><00:33:28.460><c> a</c><00:33:28.539><c> Roman</c><00:33:28.980><c> general,</c> 00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:30.599 the<00:33:29.619><c> general</c><00:33:29.880><c> himself</c><00:33:30.299><c> Pius,</c> 00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:32.640 stood<00:33:30.880><c> over</c><00:33:31.099><c> that</c><00:33:31.359><c> city</c><00:33:31.579><c> and</c><00:33:31.920><c> got</c><00:33:32.039><c> a</c><00:33:32.220><c> bowl</c><00:33:32.380><c> of</c><00:33:32.539><c> water</c> 00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:33.539 and<00:33:32.920><c> washed</c><00:33:33.140><c> his</c><00:33:33.400><c> hands</c> 00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:35.700 when<00:33:33.660><c> he</c><00:33:33.740><c> could</c><00:33:33.940><c> see</c><00:33:34.059><c> what</c><00:33:34.279><c> over</c><00:33:34.440><c> the</c><00:33:34.599><c> wall</c><00:33:34.700><c> was</c><00:33:34.880><c> going</c><00:33:35.180><c> on.</c> 00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:37.819 And<00:33:36.140><c> the</c><00:33:36.299><c> state</c><00:33:36.480><c> of</c><00:33:36.640><c> that</c><00:33:36.859><c> nation,</c><00:33:37.299><c> brothers</c><00:33:37.420><c> and</c><00:33:37.680><c> sisters,</c> 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:42.299 the<00:33:38.140><c> last</c><00:33:38.740><c> state</c><00:33:39.160><c> was</c><00:33:40.000><c> worse</c><00:33:40.440><c> than</c><00:33:40.640><c> it</c><00:33:40.740><c> had</c><00:33:40.880><c> ever</c><00:33:41.339><c> been</c><00:33:41.519><c> before</c> 00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:45.160 because<00:33:43.180><c> that</c><00:33:43.380><c> house</c><00:33:43.720><c> was</c><00:33:43.960><c> empty.</c> 00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:47.460 Because<00:33:45.680><c> the</c><00:33:45.819><c> one</c><00:33:46.000><c> that</c><00:33:46.099><c> should</c><00:33:46.299><c> have</c><00:33:46.400><c> filled</c><00:33:46.619><c> it,</c> 00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:49.460 they<00:33:47.799><c> never</c><00:33:48.019><c> let</c><00:33:48.160><c> him</c><00:33:48.339><c> in.</c> 00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:52.460 And<00:33:50.740><c> the</c><00:33:50.980><c> spirits</c><00:33:51.180><c> came</c><00:33:51.460><c> in,</c><00:33:51.680><c> brothers</c><00:33:51.920><c> and</c><00:33:52.200><c> sisters,</c> 00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:56.500 and<00:33:53.039><c> AD</c><00:33:53.400><c> 70</c><00:33:53.880><c> was</c><00:33:54.839><c> a</c><00:33:55.359><c> stark</c><00:33:55.759><c> testimony</c> 00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:59.839 to<00:33:57.059><c> the</c><00:33:57.259><c> evil</c><00:33:57.720><c> spirits</c><00:33:58.140><c> of</c><00:33:58.259><c> that</c><00:33:58.460><c> nation.</c> 00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:01.640 And<00:34:00.759><c> Paul</c><00:34:00.880><c> told</c><00:34:01.140><c> us,</c><00:34:01.319><c> didn't</c><00:34:01.480><c> he,</c> 00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:03.920 don't<00:34:01.960><c> bite</c><00:34:02.259><c> and</c><00:34:02.480><c> devour</c><00:34:02.740><c> one</c><00:34:02.940><c> another</c> 00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:06.359 because<00:34:04.759><c> biting</c><00:34:05.160><c> and</c><00:34:05.380><c> devouring</c><00:34:05.759><c> each</c><00:34:06.119><c> other,</c> 00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:07.119 brothers<00:34:06.599><c> and</c><00:34:06.819><c> sisters,</c> 00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:10.219 is<00:34:07.460><c> the</c><00:34:07.900><c> last</c><00:34:08.320><c> and</c><00:34:08.500><c> the</c><00:34:08.780><c> worst</c><00:34:09.179><c> state.</c> 00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:12.340 Walk<00:34:11.639><c> in</c><00:34:11.860><c> the</c><00:34:12.059><c> spirit</c> 00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:15.519 and<00:34:12.559><c> you</c><00:34:12.760><c> won't</c><00:34:13.159><c> fulfill</c><00:34:13.820><c> the</c><00:34:14.199><c> lust</c><00:34:14.360><c> of</c><00:34:14.559><c> the</c><00:34:14.739><c> flesh.</c> 00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:19.619 Now,<00:34:17.679><c> when</c><00:34:17.820><c> he's</c><00:34:18.039><c> saying</c><00:34:18.280><c> all</c><00:34:18.539><c> this,</c> 00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:22.219 there's<00:34:20.059><c> a</c><00:34:20.199><c> woman</c><00:34:20.400><c> in</c><00:34:20.579><c> the</c><00:34:20.760><c> crowd</c><00:34:20.980><c> listening.</c> 00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:24.900 And<00:34:23.119><c> verses</c><00:34:23.360><c> 27</c><00:34:23.940><c> and</c><00:34:24.139><c> 28</c> 00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:28.280 record<00:34:25.800><c> this</c><00:34:26.179><c> voice</c><00:34:26.760><c> from</c><00:34:27.039><c> the</c><00:34:27.300><c> crowd.</c> 00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:30.719 Now,<00:34:28.760><c> listen</c><00:34:28.920><c> to</c><00:34:29.079><c> what</c><00:34:29.219><c> Luke</c><00:34:29.380><c> says.</c> 00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:36.000 And<00:34:31.940><c> it</c><00:34:32.139><c> came</c><00:34:32.320><c> to</c><00:34:32.599><c> pass</c><00:34:33.039><c> as</c><00:34:33.400><c> he</c><00:34:33.760><c> spake</c><00:34:34.320><c> these</c><00:34:34.820><c> things.</c> 00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:40.320 Now,<00:34:36.360><c> note</c><00:34:36.599><c> that,</c><00:34:37.719><c> as</c><00:34:37.940><c> he</c><00:34:38.199><c> spake</c><00:34:38.579><c> these</c><00:34:39.119><c> things.</c> 00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:44.280 A<00:34:41.639><c> certain</c><00:34:41.980><c> woman</c><00:34:42.340><c> of</c><00:34:42.539><c> the</c><00:34:42.739><c> company</c><00:34:43.039><c> lifted</c><00:34:43.460><c> up</c><00:34:43.719><c> her</c><00:34:44.019><c> voice</c> 00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:45.820 and<00:34:44.659><c> said,</c> 00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:50.099 Blessed<00:34:47.059><c> is</c><00:34:47.300><c> the</c><00:34:47.559><c> womb</c><00:34:47.960><c> that</c><00:34:48.739><c> bare</c><00:34:49.019><c> thee,</c> 00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:52.320 and<00:34:50.440><c> the</c><00:34:50.619><c> paps</c><00:34:50.820><c> which</c><00:34:51.079><c> thou</c><00:34:51.260><c> hast</c><00:34:51.559><c> sucked.</c> 00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:55.320 Now,<00:34:53.699><c> you</c><00:34:53.719><c> just</c><00:34:53.980><c> think</c><00:34:54.179><c> about</c><00:34:54.460><c> it.</c> 00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:57.840 Now,<00:34:55.840><c> you</c><00:34:55.980><c> imagine</c><00:34:56.460><c> if</c><00:34:56.619><c> you</c><00:34:56.739><c> were</c><00:34:56.860><c> in</c><00:34:56.900><c> that</c><00:34:57.119><c> situation,</c> 00:34:58.340 --> 00:35:00.679 and<00:34:58.559><c> it</c><00:34:58.639><c> was</c><00:34:58.800><c> a</c><00:34:58.920><c> very</c><00:34:59.199><c> grim</c><00:34:59.380><c> situation,</c> 00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:02.940 crowds<00:35:01.099><c> of</c><00:35:01.300><c> people</c><00:35:01.500><c> around</c><00:35:01.780><c> about</c><00:35:02.059><c> you,</c> 00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:06.579 and<00:35:03.480><c> you</c><00:35:03.639><c> get</c><00:35:03.780><c> a</c><00:35:03.940><c> voice</c><00:35:04.139><c> of</c><00:35:04.599><c> support</c><00:35:05.260><c> from</c><00:35:05.539><c> the</c><00:35:05.760><c> crowd.</c> 00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:09.179 Everyone<00:35:07.559><c> loves</c><00:35:08.039><c> support.</c> 00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:12.119 I<00:35:10.820><c> certainly</c><00:35:11.139><c> do.</c> 00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:13.880 It's<00:35:12.500><c> natural</c><00:35:12.780><c> to</c><00:35:13.059><c> us.</c> 00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:16.699 We<00:35:14.179><c> love</c><00:35:14.519><c> to</c><00:35:14.760><c> be</c><00:35:15.119><c> supported</c><00:35:15.440><c> in</c><00:35:15.659><c> a</c><00:35:15.860><c> cause.</c> 00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:20.320 And<00:35:17.840><c> this</c><00:35:18.019><c> woman,</c><00:35:18.519><c> and</c><00:35:18.760><c> I</c><00:35:18.960><c> believe</c><00:35:19.300><c> the</c><00:35:19.460><c> record</c><00:35:19.699><c> implies,</c> 00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:22.659 that<00:35:20.659><c> she</c><00:35:20.780><c> was</c><00:35:20.920><c> very</c><00:35:21.300><c> sincere,</c> 00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:25.460 shouts<00:35:23.559><c> from</c><00:35:23.780><c> the</c><00:35:23.940><c> crowd</c><00:35:24.019><c> when</c><00:35:24.199><c> she</c><00:35:24.360><c> heard</c><00:35:24.579><c> these</c><00:35:25.219><c> things.</c> 00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:26.300 What<00:35:25.800><c> things?</c> 00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:30.699 She<00:35:26.840><c> heard</c><00:35:27.079><c> about</c><00:35:27.440><c> an</c><00:35:27.699><c> unclean</c><00:35:28.079><c> spirit</c><00:35:28.400><c> being</c><00:35:28.659><c> put</c><00:35:28.840><c> out</c><00:35:29.000><c> of</c><00:35:29.079><c> a</c><00:35:29.280><c> house,</c> 00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:33.519 and<00:35:32.300><c> it</c><00:35:32.360><c> could</c><00:35:32.480><c> only</c><00:35:32.659><c> be</c><00:35:32.860><c> kept</c><00:35:33.059><c> out</c> 00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:36.360 if<00:35:33.719><c> the</c><00:35:33.940><c> Spirit</c><00:35:34.139><c> of</c><00:35:34.260><c> God</c><00:35:34.539><c> was</c><00:35:34.739><c> put</c><00:35:34.900><c> in</c><00:35:35.000><c> its</c><00:35:35.239><c> place.</c> 00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:38.619 And<00:35:37.440><c> she's</c><00:35:37.780><c> thrilled</c><00:35:38.000><c> at</c><00:35:38.139><c> the</c><00:35:38.320><c> message,</c> 00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.980 but<00:35:38.880><c> she</c><00:35:38.980><c> doesn't</c><00:35:39.239><c> understand</c><00:35:39.739><c> it.</c> 00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:42.400 She<00:35:40.219><c> has</c><00:35:40.320><c> no</c><00:35:40.659><c> idea</c><00:35:41.139><c> what</c><00:35:41.280><c> she's</c><00:35:41.500><c> saying.</c> 00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:44.480 So<00:35:43.079><c> she</c><00:35:43.380><c> shouts</c><00:35:44.019><c> out,</c> 00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:47.219 Oh,<00:35:45.260><c> blessed</c><00:35:45.460><c> is</c><00:35:45.679><c> the</c><00:35:45.840><c> woman</c><00:35:46.219><c> who</c><00:35:46.659><c> bore</c><00:35:46.840><c> you,</c> 00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:49.860 and<00:35:47.619><c> the</c><00:35:47.900><c> blessed</c><00:35:48.139><c> is</c><00:35:48.360><c> that</c><00:35:48.519><c> woman</c><00:35:48.739><c> that</c><00:35:49.059><c> nourished</c><00:35:49.480><c> you.</c> 00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:51.940 Where<00:35:50.320><c> did</c><00:35:50.500><c> this</c><00:35:50.780><c> unclean</c><00:35:51.159><c> spirit</c><00:35:51.460><c> come</c><00:35:51.760><c> from,</c> 00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:53.300 but<00:35:52.119><c> through</c><00:35:52.280><c> that</c><00:35:52.460><c> woman?</c> 00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:56.239 That's<00:35:54.900><c> where</c><00:35:55.179><c> it</c><00:35:55.179><c> came.</c> 00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:59.380 She<00:35:57.360><c> never</c><00:35:57.719><c> had</c><00:35:57.900><c> a</c><00:35:58.139><c> clue</c><00:35:58.300><c> what</c><00:35:58.440><c> she</c><00:35:58.599><c> was</c><00:35:58.760><c> talking</c><00:35:59.000><c> about.</c> 00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:02.559 That<00:35:59.960><c> is</c><00:36:00.119><c> the</c><00:36:00.380><c> exact</c><00:36:00.719><c> channel</c><00:36:01.139><c> through</c><00:36:01.380><c> which</c><00:36:01.559><c> the</c><00:36:01.760><c> unclean</c><00:36:02.219><c> spirit</c> 00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.860 gets<00:36:02.820><c> into</c><00:36:03.039><c> us,</c><00:36:03.239><c> brethren</c><00:36:03.440><c> and</c><00:36:03.679><c> sisters,</c> 00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:05.739 through<00:36:04.300><c> our</c><00:36:04.460><c> natural</c><00:36:04.860><c> birth.</c> 00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:09.699 That<00:36:06.139><c> woman</c><00:36:06.760><c> was</c><00:36:07.579><c> denying</c><00:36:08.099><c> his</c><00:36:08.579><c> divine</c><00:36:09.000><c> begettal</c> 00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:11.619 as<00:36:10.099><c> equally</c><00:36:10.659><c> as</c><00:36:10.800><c> those</c><00:36:11.139><c> Pharisees,</c> 00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:13.280 and<00:36:11.780><c> she</c><00:36:11.900><c> didn't</c><00:36:12.139><c> know</c><00:36:12.340><c> it.</c> 00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:15.840 They<00:36:14.400><c> wouldn't</c><00:36:14.699><c> accept</c><00:36:15.000><c> his</c><00:36:15.219><c> divine</c><00:36:15.519><c> origin,</c> 00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:18.420 and<00:36:16.059><c> here</c><00:36:16.340><c> she</c><00:36:16.619><c> is,</c><00:36:16.860><c> because</c><00:36:17.139><c> she</c><00:36:17.280><c> was</c><00:36:17.480><c> a</c><00:36:17.559><c> woman</c><00:36:17.780><c> doubtless,</c> 00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:22.400 she<00:36:19.000><c> was</c><00:36:19.239><c> concentrating</c><00:36:19.800><c> upon</c><00:36:20.059><c> the</c><00:36:20.440><c> blessedness</c><00:36:20.920><c> of</c><00:36:21.079><c> his</c><00:36:21.320><c> mother.</c> 00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:26.059 Incredible,<00:36:24.780><c> isn't</c><00:36:24.960><c> it?</c> 00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:27.980 She<00:36:26.699><c> thought</c><00:36:26.860><c> it</c><00:36:26.960><c> was</c><00:36:27.079><c> his</c><00:36:27.360><c> mother</c> 00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:30.559 from<00:36:28.360><c> when</c><00:36:28.519><c> all</c><00:36:28.739><c> these</c><00:36:28.900><c> wonderful</c><00:36:29.300><c> things</c><00:36:29.559><c> came.</c> 00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:34.380 And<00:36:31.179><c> as</c><00:36:31.340><c> I</c><00:36:31.480><c> say,</c><00:36:31.659><c> that's</c><00:36:31.800><c> where</c><00:36:31.980><c> the</c><00:36:32.199><c> unclean</c><00:36:32.639><c> spirit</c><00:36:33.019><c> came</c><00:36:33.380><c> from.</c> 00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:36.619 Not<00:36:34.900><c> that</c><00:36:35.219><c> Mary,</c><00:36:35.539><c> of</c><00:36:35.639><c> course,</c><00:36:35.820><c> was</c><00:36:36.000><c> a</c><00:36:36.099><c> wicked</c><00:36:36.280><c> person,</c> 00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:38.980 not<00:36:36.900><c> suggesting</c><00:36:37.239><c> that,</c><00:36:37.460><c> she</c><00:36:37.539><c> was</c><00:36:37.719><c> a</c><00:36:37.800><c> lovely</c><00:36:38.079><c> woman.</c> 00:36:39.699 --> 00:36:41.400 But<00:36:39.880><c> lovely</c><00:36:40.119><c> as</c><00:36:40.239><c> she</c><00:36:40.420><c> was,</c><00:36:40.780><c> brethren</c><00:36:40.900><c> and</c><00:36:41.139><c> sisters,</c> 00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:42.780 she<00:36:41.579><c> was</c><00:36:41.880><c> flesh.</c> 00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:45.199 He<00:36:43.579><c> didn't</c><00:36:43.820><c> get</c><00:36:44.019><c> his</c><00:36:44.219><c> perfection</c><00:36:44.659><c> from</c><00:36:44.820><c> Mary,</c> 00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:46.780 that's<00:36:45.760><c> for</c><00:36:45.920><c> sure.</c> 00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:49.460 From<00:36:47.579><c> Mary,</c><00:36:47.920><c> he</c><00:36:48.019><c> got</c><00:36:48.179><c> his</c><00:36:48.360><c> house,</c> 00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:52.760 which<00:36:49.800><c> is</c><00:36:50.019><c> the</c><00:36:50.179><c> natural</c><00:36:50.639><c> home</c><00:36:50.900><c> of</c><00:36:51.099><c> every</c><00:36:51.360><c> unclean</c><00:36:51.840><c> spirit.</c> 00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:55.360 This<00:36:53.539><c> poor</c><00:36:53.800><c> woman,</c><00:36:54.219><c> in</c><00:36:54.400><c> all</c><00:36:54.619><c> her</c><00:36:54.820><c> sincerity,</c> 00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:58.960 was<00:36:55.920><c> a</c><00:36:55.980><c> woman</c><00:36:56.219><c> who</c><00:36:56.380><c> didn't</c><00:36:56.679><c> think</c><00:36:57.000><c> things</c><00:36:57.360><c> through,</c><00:36:57.780><c> did</c><00:36:57.960><c> she?</c> 00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:02.239 You<00:36:59.980><c> know,</c><00:37:00.440><c> and</c><00:37:00.519><c> it</c><00:37:00.559><c> was</c><00:37:00.880><c> said</c><00:37:01.320><c> by</c><00:37:01.739><c> Gabriel</c> 00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:05.179 concerning<00:37:02.980><c> the</c><00:37:03.300><c> birth</c><00:37:03.440><c> of</c><00:37:03.599><c> the</c><00:37:03.679><c> Lord</c><00:37:03.840><c> Jesus</c><00:37:04.260><c> Christ</c><00:37:04.599><c> through</c><00:37:04.739><c> Mary,</c> 00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:08.760 he<00:37:05.780><c> said,</c><00:37:06.280><c> all</c><00:37:06.460><c> nations</c><00:37:06.940><c> shall</c><00:37:07.199><c> call</c><00:37:07.460><c> you</c><00:37:07.820><c> blessed,</c> 00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:10.619 and<00:37:09.579><c> they</c><00:37:09.840><c> will.</c> 00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:14.179 But<00:37:11.679><c> when</c><00:37:11.920><c> all</c><00:37:12.159><c> nations</c><00:37:12.460><c> call</c><00:37:12.739><c> her</c><00:37:12.980><c> blessed,</c><00:37:13.659><c> brethren</c><00:37:13.659><c> and</c><00:37:13.940><c> sisters,</c> 00:37:14.179 --> 00:37:16.960 it'll<00:37:14.699><c> be</c><00:37:14.880><c> in</c><00:37:14.880><c> the</c><00:37:15.139><c> right</c><00:37:15.599><c> context.</c> 00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:19.579 It'll<00:37:18.679><c> be</c><00:37:18.820><c> in</c><00:37:18.900><c> the</c><00:37:19.000><c> right</c><00:37:19.380><c> context,</c> 00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:22.099 and<00:37:19.679><c> I'm</c><00:37:19.820><c> going</c><00:37:19.860><c> to</c><00:37:19.860><c> show</c><00:37:20.039><c> you</c><00:37:20.139><c> that</c><00:37:20.320><c> context</c><00:37:20.760><c> in</c><00:37:21.360><c> a</c><00:37:21.480><c> minute.</c> 00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:25.960 There'll<00:37:23.239><c> be</c><00:37:23.320><c> an</c><00:37:23.519><c> understanding</c><00:37:24.079><c> of</c><00:37:24.400><c> why</c><00:37:24.739><c> she</c><00:37:24.940><c> was</c><00:37:25.159><c> blessed.</c> 00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:29.460 But<00:37:27.340><c> this</c><00:37:27.559><c> woman</c><00:37:27.699><c> didn't</c><00:37:27.940><c> understand</c><00:37:28.480><c> that.</c> 00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:31.960 She<00:37:30.239><c> was</c><00:37:30.440><c> a</c><00:37:30.519><c> Roman</c><00:37:30.840><c> Catholic,</c> 00:37:33.300 --> 00:37:35.579 because<00:37:33.440><c> they</c><00:37:33.719><c> call</c><00:37:33.900><c> Mary</c><00:37:34.440><c> blessed.</c> 00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:40.719 In<00:37:38.199><c> exactly</c><00:37:38.539><c> the</c><00:37:38.760><c> same</c><00:37:38.940><c> way</c><00:37:39.079><c> as</c><00:37:39.239><c> that</c><00:37:39.360><c> woman</c><00:37:39.619><c> did,</c> 00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:43.000 in<00:37:41.880><c> seeing</c><00:37:42.139><c> that</c><00:37:42.380><c> through</c><00:37:42.659><c> Mary</c> 00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:45.780 it<00:37:43.239><c> was</c><00:37:43.380><c> the</c><00:37:43.480><c> result</c><00:37:43.920><c> of</c><00:37:44.139><c> Mary's</c><00:37:44.960><c> bearing</c><00:37:45.099><c> that</c><00:37:45.400><c> child</c><00:37:45.579><c> and</c> 00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:46.280 nourishing<00:37:46.099><c> him.</c> 00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:49.079 It<00:37:46.300><c> had</c><00:37:46.480><c> nothing</c><00:37:46.760><c> to</c><00:37:47.000><c> do</c><00:37:47.079><c> with</c><00:37:47.260><c> Mary</c><00:37:47.519><c> at</c><00:37:47.719><c> all.</c> 00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:52.300 I,<00:37:49.760><c> an</c><00:37:49.940><c> instrument</c><00:37:50.119><c> of</c><00:37:50.260><c> God's</c><00:37:50.699><c> hands</c><00:37:50.900><c> to</c><00:37:51.280><c> bring</c><00:37:51.519><c> him</c><00:37:51.719><c> up,</c> 00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:54.219 educated<00:37:53.000><c> him</c><00:37:53.260><c> to</c><00:37:53.420><c> the</c><00:37:53.480><c> best</c><00:37:53.739><c> of</c><00:37:53.880><c> her</c><00:37:54.059><c> ability.</c> 00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:57.079 No<00:37:54.440><c> doubt</c><00:37:54.559><c> about</c><00:37:54.800><c> that,</c><00:37:55.059><c> but</c><00:37:55.179><c> perfection</c><00:37:55.460><c> didn't</c><00:37:55.659><c> come</c><00:37:55.880><c> from</c><00:37:56.019><c> Mary.</c> 00:37:58.119 --> 00:38:00.360 And<00:37:58.239><c> that</c><00:37:58.400><c> woman</c><00:37:58.639><c> was,</c><00:37:58.920><c> in</c><00:37:59.039><c> that</c><00:37:59.280><c> sense,</c><00:37:59.619><c> a</c><00:37:59.760><c> Roman</c><00:37:59.980><c> Catholic,</c> 00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:03.380 though<00:38:00.699><c> perhaps</c><00:38:01.019><c> unwittingly</c><00:38:01.559><c> and</c><00:38:01.699><c> in</c><00:38:02.860><c> sincerity,</c> 00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:05.139 but<00:38:03.659><c> she</c><00:38:03.760><c> was</c><00:38:04.039><c> wrong,</c><00:38:04.559><c> brethren</c><00:38:04.760><c> and</c><00:38:04.960><c> sisters,</c> 00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:07.300 and<00:38:05.320><c> the</c><00:38:05.420><c> Lord</c><00:38:05.639><c> corrected</c><00:38:06.159><c> her.</c> 00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:08.179 Who's<00:38:07.860><c> blessed?</c> 00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:11.039 You<00:38:08.960><c> come</c><00:38:09.119><c> back</c><00:38:09.280><c> to</c><00:38:09.400><c> Luke</c><00:38:09.519><c> chapter</c><00:38:09.920><c> 2.</c> 00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:13.460 Now,<00:38:11.800><c> the</c><00:38:11.960><c> angel</c><00:38:12.260><c> said</c><00:38:12.659><c> in</c><00:38:12.940><c> chapter</c><00:38:13.239><c> 1</c> 00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:15.900 that<00:38:13.719><c> all</c><00:38:14.000><c> nations</c><00:38:14.320><c> would</c><00:38:14.579><c> call</c><00:38:14.699><c> her</c><00:38:14.960><c> blessed.</c> 00:38:17.739 --> 00:38:19.639 But<00:38:17.900><c> you</c><00:38:18.059><c> listen</c><00:38:18.260><c> to</c><00:38:18.460><c> this.</c> 00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:25.139 The<00:38:20.980><c> work</c><00:38:21.199><c> of</c><00:38:22.920><c> the</c><00:38:23.260><c> old</c><00:38:23.500><c> man</c><00:38:23.920><c> Simeon,</c><00:38:24.559><c> right?</c> 00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:27.019 Verse<00:38:25.699><c> 27.</c> 00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:30.000 Now,<00:38:28.539><c> listen</c><00:38:28.739><c> to</c><00:38:28.940><c> this.</c> 00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:36.360 And<00:38:30.780><c> he</c><00:38:30.960><c> came</c><00:38:31.599><c> by</c><00:38:32.920><c> the</c><00:38:34.199><c> Spirit</c><00:38:34.599><c> into</c><00:38:35.099><c> the</c><00:38:35.340><c> temple,</c> 00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:39.300 and<00:38:36.940><c> when</c><00:38:37.099><c> the</c><00:38:37.460><c> parents</c><00:38:37.800><c> brought</c><00:38:38.179><c> in</c><00:38:38.400><c> the</c><00:38:38.579><c> child</c><00:38:38.860><c> Jesus</c> 00:38:39.300 --> 00:38:43.800 to<00:38:39.519><c> do</c><00:38:39.679><c> after</c><00:38:40.179><c> the</c><00:38:40.440><c> custom</c><00:38:40.860><c> of</c><00:38:42.559><c> the</c><00:38:42.780><c> law.</c> 00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:48.539 Isn't<00:38:45.739><c> that</c><00:38:46.019><c> an</c><00:38:46.199><c> interesting</c><00:38:46.579><c> comparison</c><00:38:47.119><c> or</c><00:38:47.500><c> contrast?</c> 00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:51.340 So<00:38:49.500><c> Simeon</c><00:38:49.780><c> comes</c><00:38:50.099><c> in</c><00:38:50.400><c> by</c><00:38:50.659><c> the</c><00:38:50.940><c> Spirit.</c> 00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:53.099 Oh,<00:38:52.079><c> different,</c><00:38:52.559><c> isn't</c><00:38:52.679><c> it?</c> 00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:56.659 But<00:38:53.360><c> they're</c><00:38:53.639><c> there</c><00:38:53.880><c> to</c><00:38:53.980><c> do</c><00:38:54.219><c> after</c><00:38:54.559><c> the</c><00:38:54.739><c> custom</c><00:38:55.139><c> of</c><00:38:55.539><c> the</c><00:38:55.679><c> law.</c> 00:38:58.159 --> 00:39:01.159 Joseph<00:38:58.579><c> and</c><00:38:58.820><c> Mary</c><00:38:58.980><c> had</c><00:38:59.280><c> much</c><00:38:59.699><c> to</c><00:39:00.039><c> learn</c><00:39:00.280><c> about</c><00:39:00.599><c> the</c><00:39:00.820><c> destiny</c> 00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:02.500 of<00:39:01.360><c> that</c><00:39:01.539><c> child.</c> 00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:04.960 Now,<00:39:03.099><c> what</c><00:39:03.280><c> did</c><00:39:03.559><c> Simeon</c><00:39:04.039><c> do?</c> 00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:06.539 Verse<00:39:05.300><c> 28.</c> 00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:15.039 He<00:39:07.400><c> took</c><00:39:07.699><c> Jesus</c><00:39:08.639><c> up</c><00:39:09.260><c> in</c><00:39:09.380><c> his</c><00:39:09.599><c> arms</c><00:39:09.760><c> as</c><00:39:09.920><c> a</c><00:39:10.119><c> baby</c><00:39:10.840><c> and</c><00:39:12.820><c> blessed</c><00:39:13.579><c> God.</c> 00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.800 Now,<00:39:16.159><c> brethren</c><00:39:16.280><c> and</c><00:39:16.559><c> sisters,</c> 00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:19.000 when<00:39:17.360><c> you</c><00:39:17.619><c> read</c><00:39:17.880><c> the</c><00:39:17.920><c> word</c><00:39:18.219><c> blessed,</c><00:39:18.519><c> of</c><00:39:18.739><c> course,</c> 00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:22.400 it<00:39:19.619><c> has</c><00:39:20.420><c> several</c><00:39:21.139><c> connotations,</c> 00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:25.579 depending<00:39:23.079><c> upon</c><00:39:23.280><c> the</c><00:39:23.599><c> context</c><00:39:23.940><c> in</c><00:39:24.079><c> which</c><00:39:24.219><c> it's</c><00:39:24.539><c> found.</c> 00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:29.519 And<00:39:26.880><c> clearly</c><00:39:27.219><c> in</c><00:39:27.440><c> this</c><00:39:27.719><c> context,</c><00:39:28.199><c> what</c><00:39:28.340><c> he's</c><00:39:28.559><c> doing,</c> 00:39:29.820 --> 00:39:31.300 he<00:39:29.940><c> sees</c><00:39:30.199><c> these</c><00:39:30.519><c> two</c><00:39:30.760><c> people</c><00:39:31.059><c> come,</c> 00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:32.980 very<00:39:31.760><c> genuine</c><00:39:32.199><c> and</c><00:39:32.420><c> sincere</c><00:39:32.719><c> people,</c> 00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:35.260 no<00:39:33.300><c> question</c><00:39:33.639><c> of</c><00:39:33.860><c> that,</c><00:39:34.380><c> but</c><00:39:34.559><c> flesh</c><00:39:34.760><c> and</c><00:39:34.980><c> blood.</c> 00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:38.639 But<00:39:35.980><c> he</c><00:39:36.119><c> comes</c><00:39:36.579><c> in</c><00:39:36.880><c> the</c><00:39:37.320><c> Spirit</c><00:39:37.659><c> into</c><00:39:37.840><c> this</c><00:39:38.019><c> situation,</c> 00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:41.840 and<00:39:39.260><c> they're</c><00:39:39.440><c> coming</c><00:39:39.699><c> there</c><00:39:39.960><c> to</c><00:39:40.039><c> do</c><00:39:40.179><c> what</c><00:39:40.380><c> the</c><00:39:40.619><c> law</c><00:39:40.860><c> says.</c> 00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:44.719 And<00:39:42.300><c> he</c><00:39:42.380><c> takes</c><00:39:42.639><c> the</c><00:39:42.900><c> baby</c><00:39:43.219><c> out</c><00:39:43.639><c> of</c><00:39:43.840><c> Mary's</c><00:39:44.239><c> hands,</c> 00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:46.739 holds<00:39:45.400><c> it</c><00:39:45.579><c> in</c><00:39:45.619><c> his</c><00:39:45.860><c> arms,</c> 00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:50.960 and<00:39:47.079><c> congratulates</c><00:39:47.980><c> the</c><00:39:48.239><c> Father,</c><00:39:48.940><c> the</c><00:39:49.199><c> real</c><00:39:49.880><c> Father.</c> 00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:53.440 He<00:39:51.820><c> blessed</c><00:39:52.280><c> God.</c> 00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:57.030 And<00:39:54.159><c> when</c><00:39:54.440><c> Paul</c><00:39:54.880><c> in</c><00:39:55.179><c> Romans,</c><00:39:55.619><c> I</c><00:39:55.699><c> think</c><00:39:55.860><c> it's</c><00:39:55.960><c> chapter</c><00:39:56.239><c> 3,</c> 00:39:57.300 --> 00:40:00.699 was<00:39:57.539><c> talking</c><00:39:57.960><c> about</c><00:39:59.440><c> the</c><00:39:59.880><c> Jewish</c><00:40:00.199><c> law</c> 00:40:00.699 --> 00:40:02.639 and<00:40:01.199><c> the</c><00:40:01.440><c> promises</c><00:40:01.679><c> made</c><00:40:01.940><c> to</c><00:40:02.079><c> the</c><00:40:02.280><c> fathers,</c> 00:40:02.639 --> 00:40:06.719 he<00:40:03.480><c> says,</c><00:40:04.320><c> of</c><00:40:04.320><c> whom</c><00:40:04.579><c> in</c><00:40:04.800><c> the</c><00:40:05.000><c> flesh</c><00:40:05.420><c> Jesus</c><00:40:06.199><c> came,</c> 00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:09.480 God<00:40:07.639><c> blessed</c><00:40:08.179><c> forever.</c> 00:40:10.780 --> 00:40:14.460 Oh,<00:40:11.159><c> yes,</c><00:40:11.719><c> he</c><00:40:11.880><c> came</c><00:40:12.280><c> in</c><00:40:12.480><c> the</c><00:40:12.739><c> flesh</c><00:40:13.159><c> of</c><00:40:13.519><c> Jewish,</c> 00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:18.119 but<00:40:15.099><c> he</c><00:40:15.239><c> was</c><00:40:15.699><c> God</c><00:40:16.320><c> blessed</c><00:40:16.920><c> forever.</c> 00:40:18.760 --> 00:40:20.820 It<00:40:18.840><c> was</c><00:40:19.239><c> God</c><00:40:19.679><c> that</c><00:40:19.860><c> was</c><00:40:20.000><c> to</c><00:40:20.119><c> be</c><00:40:20.340><c> congratulated</c> 00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:22.679 on<00:40:20.980><c> the</c><00:40:21.079><c> day,</c><00:40:21.420><c> brothers</c><00:40:21.559><c> and</c><00:40:21.780><c> sisters.</c> 00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:26.139 That's<00:40:23.300><c> where</c><00:40:23.539><c> congratulations</c><00:40:24.260><c> were</c><00:40:24.699><c> first</c><00:40:24.980><c> to</c><00:40:25.159><c> be</c><00:40:25.260><c> given.</c> 00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:28.800 And<00:40:27.179><c> so</c><00:40:27.300><c> when</c><00:40:27.579><c> Simeon</c><00:40:27.880><c> came,</c><00:40:28.260><c> he</c><00:40:28.280><c> didn't</c><00:40:28.519><c> say,</c> 00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:31.699 blessed<00:40:29.300><c> is</c><00:40:29.579><c> the</c><00:40:29.760><c> womb</c><00:40:29.940><c> that</c><00:40:30.199><c> bare</c><00:40:30.360><c> you,</c> 00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:36.019 and<00:40:32.280><c> the</c><00:40:32.400><c> way</c><00:40:32.579><c> you</c><00:40:32.679><c> were</c><00:40:32.920><c> nourished,</c><00:40:34.519><c> blessed</c><00:40:34.739><c> be</c><00:40:34.980><c> God.</c> 00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:38.739 Interesting,<00:40:37.780><c> isn't</c><00:40:37.980><c> it,</c><00:40:38.179><c> brothers</c><00:40:38.300><c> and</c><00:40:38.300><c> sisters?</c> 00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:40.239 Very<00:40:39.320><c> interesting</c><00:40:39.820><c> indeed.</c> 00:40:40.619 --> 00:40:42.820 Now<00:40:40.900><c> let</c><00:40:41.179><c> me</c><00:40:41.380><c> show</c><00:40:41.619><c> you</c><00:40:41.800><c> something.</c> 00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:46.159 Now<00:40:43.619><c> here's</c><00:40:43.820><c> this</c><00:40:44.059><c> woman</c><00:40:44.699><c> eulogising</c><00:40:45.719><c> Mary.</c> 00:40:46.280 --> 00:40:48.480 Whether<00:40:46.500><c> she</c><00:40:46.760><c> knew</c><00:40:46.940><c> Mary</c><00:40:47.239><c> or</c><00:40:47.420><c> not,</c><00:40:47.659><c> we</c><00:40:47.739><c> don't</c><00:40:48.039><c> know.</c> 00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:50.400 Obviously<00:40:49.380><c> she</c><00:40:49.599><c> must</c><00:40:49.860><c> have,</c><00:40:50.000><c> I</c><00:40:50.139><c> suppose.</c> 00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:51.659 Would<00:40:50.519><c> you</c><00:40:50.659><c> think</c><00:40:50.880><c> about</c><00:40:51.099><c> it?</c> 00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:54.980 And<00:40:52.400><c> she</c><00:40:52.579><c> sees</c><00:40:52.820><c> that</c><00:40:53.099><c> Mary</c><00:40:53.380><c> is</c><00:40:53.579><c> the</c><00:40:53.739><c> result</c><00:40:53.980><c> of</c><00:40:54.139><c> all</c><00:40:54.360><c> this.</c> 00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:58.139 But<00:40:55.780><c> what</c><00:40:56.119><c> role</c><00:40:56.340><c> did</c><00:40:56.599><c> Mary</c><00:40:56.920><c> play,</c><00:40:57.300><c> brothers</c><00:40:57.519><c> and</c><00:40:57.760><c> sisters,</c> 00:40:58.139 --> 00:41:03.519 in<00:40:58.519><c> a</c><00:40:58.760><c> situation</c><00:40:59.460><c> which</c><00:40:59.840><c> was</c><00:41:00.239><c> exactly</c><00:41:01.059><c> the</c><00:41:01.699><c> same</c><00:41:02.260><c> context?</c> 00:41:04.099 --> 00:41:06.059 Mark<00:41:04.320><c> chapter</c><00:41:04.659><c> 3.</c> 00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:08.059 Now<00:41:07.039><c> you</c><00:41:07.219><c> look</c><00:41:07.360><c> at</c><00:41:07.559><c> this.</c> 00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:10.579 You<00:41:08.800><c> follow</c><00:41:08.980><c> this</c><00:41:09.179><c> with</c><00:41:09.320><c> me</c><00:41:09.480><c> very</c><00:41:09.800><c> carefully.</c> 00:41:10.739 --> 00:41:13.019 Now<00:41:10.840><c> it</c><00:41:10.840><c> doesn't</c><00:41:11.119><c> mention</c><00:41:11.579><c> her</c><00:41:12.199><c> by</c><00:41:12.460><c> name</c><00:41:12.780><c> here,</c> 00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:14.699 but<00:41:13.380><c> in</c><00:41:13.780><c> Matthew</c><00:41:14.139><c> it</c><00:41:14.360><c> does.</c> 00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:17.300 But<00:41:14.880><c> I've</c><00:41:15.059><c> chosen</c><00:41:15.320><c> this</c><00:41:15.599><c> record</c><00:41:15.860><c> for</c><00:41:16.139><c> a</c><00:41:16.300><c> reason.</c> 00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:24.139 See<00:41:20.260><c> verse</c><00:41:20.500><c> 23,</c><00:41:21.340><c> or</c><00:41:21.440><c> verse</c><00:41:21.659><c> 22</c><00:41:22.059><c> rather,</c><00:41:22.500><c> of</c><00:41:22.699><c> Mark</c><00:41:23.000><c> chapter</c><00:41:23.320><c> 3.</c> 00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:27.840 It's<00:41:25.039><c> dealing</c><00:41:25.320><c> with</c><00:41:25.519><c> that</c><00:41:25.699><c> matter</c><00:41:25.960><c> about</c><00:41:26.460><c> bills</c><00:41:26.860><c> above.</c> 00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:28.840 It<00:41:28.280><c> says</c><00:41:28.539><c> there,</c> 00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:31.119 And<00:41:28.980><c> the</c><00:41:29.139><c> scribes</c><00:41:29.500><c> which</c><00:41:29.659><c> came</c><00:41:29.940><c> down</c><00:41:30.179><c> from</c><00:41:30.380><c> Jerusalem</c><00:41:30.780><c> said,</c> 00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:33.880 He<00:41:31.559><c> hath</c><00:41:31.880><c> bills</c><00:41:32.179><c> above,</c><00:41:32.579><c> and</c><00:41:32.599><c> by</c><00:41:32.840><c> the</c><00:41:33.019><c> prince</c><00:41:33.239><c> of</c><00:41:33.400><c> the</c><00:41:33.559><c> devils</c> 00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:36.119 cast<00:41:34.360><c> thee</c><00:41:34.639><c> out</c><00:41:35.000><c> devils.</c> 00:41:36.820 --> 00:41:39.579 But<00:41:37.219><c> have</c><00:41:37.420><c> a</c><00:41:37.500><c> look</c><00:41:37.599><c> at</c><00:41:37.739><c> the</c><00:41:37.980><c> previous</c><00:41:38.380><c> verse.</c> 00:41:40.260 --> 00:41:43.039 And<00:41:40.360><c> when</c><00:41:40.539><c> his</c><00:41:40.800><c> friends</c><00:41:41.179><c> heard</c><00:41:41.460><c> it,</c><00:41:42.059><c> Marjan,</c> 00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:46.679 his<00:41:44.260><c> kinsmen,</c><00:41:44.739><c> or</c><00:41:45.019><c> his</c><00:41:45.519><c> relations,</c> 00:41:47.320 --> 00:41:51.179 they<00:41:47.780><c> thought</c><00:41:48.440><c> he</c><00:41:49.699><c> was</c><00:41:50.179><c> mad.</c> 00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:56.460 Now<00:41:54.079><c> you</c><00:41:54.280><c> think</c><00:41:54.519><c> about</c><00:41:54.840><c> that.</c> 00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:59.699 So<00:41:57.139><c> here</c><00:41:57.480><c> is</c><00:41:57.679><c> his</c><00:41:57.880><c> relations</c><00:41:58.500><c> who</c><00:41:58.739><c> are</c><00:41:59.000><c> worried</c><00:41:59.239><c> about</c><00:41:59.539><c> him</c> 00:41:59.699 --> 00:42:04.079 because<00:41:59.940><c> they</c><00:42:00.239><c> think</c><00:42:01.500><c> that</c><00:42:01.980><c> he's</c><00:42:02.300><c> gone,</c><00:42:02.679><c> he's</c><00:42:02.920><c> unbalanced.</c> 00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:06.719 He's<00:42:05.059><c> really</c><00:42:05.320><c> gone</c><00:42:05.500><c> over</c><00:42:05.760><c> the</c><00:42:05.880><c> hill,</c><00:42:06.079><c> he's</c><00:42:06.320><c> unbalanced,</c> 00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:09.820 and<00:42:06.880><c> they're</c><00:42:07.139><c> worried</c><00:42:07.239><c> about</c><00:42:08.500><c> their</c><00:42:08.840><c> relation.</c> 00:42:10.139 --> 00:42:11.639 The<00:42:10.239><c> next</c><00:42:10.500><c> verse</c><00:42:10.739><c> said,</c> 00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:13.119 The<00:42:12.119><c> scribes</c><00:42:12.420><c> and</c><00:42:12.559><c> Pharisees</c><00:42:12.920><c> said,</c> 00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:16.079 Ah,<00:42:13.900><c> he's</c><00:42:14.199><c> casting</c><00:42:14.400><c> him</c><00:42:14.559><c> out</c><00:42:14.659><c> by</c><00:42:14.820><c> bills</c><00:42:15.159><c> above.</c> 00:42:16.260 --> 00:42:20.659 Now<00:42:16.780><c> there</c><00:42:16.960><c> wouldn't</c><00:42:17.219><c> have</c><00:42:17.500><c> been</c><00:42:18.380><c> any</c><00:42:19.639><c> cooperation</c><00:42:20.599><c> here</c> 00:42:20.659 --> 00:42:21.199 at<00:42:20.860><c> all.</c> 00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:23.019 But<00:42:21.460><c> the</c><00:42:21.679><c> same</c><00:42:21.900><c> idea</c><00:42:22.179><c> was</c><00:42:22.340><c> put</c><00:42:22.559><c> forward,</c> 00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:25.679 though<00:42:23.559><c> it</c><00:42:23.579><c> might</c><00:42:23.860><c> be</c><00:42:23.980><c> in</c><00:42:24.099><c> another</c><00:42:24.380><c> form,</c><00:42:24.719><c> might</c><00:42:25.000><c> not.</c> 00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:28.719 And<00:42:26.940><c> then</c><00:42:27.099><c> you</c><00:42:27.219><c> have</c><00:42:27.400><c> the</c><00:42:27.659><c> story</c><00:42:27.940><c> about</c><00:42:28.400><c> Satan</c> 00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:30.599 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Behold<00:42:41.559><c> thy</c><00:42:41.860><c> mother</c><00:42:42.199><c> and</c><00:42:42.360><c> thy</c><00:42:42.619><c> brethren</c><00:42:42.840><c> without</c><00:42:43.179><c> sick</c><00:42:43.599><c> with</c><00:42:43.780><c> thee.</c> 00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:44.940 And<00:42:44.219><c> he</c><00:42:44.440><c> answered</c><00:42:44.619><c> and</c><00:42:44.780><c> said,</c> 00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:47.420 Who<00:42:45.340><c> is</c><00:42:45.800><c> my</c><00:42:46.039><c> mother</c><00:42:46.420><c> and</c><00:42:46.679><c> who</c><00:42:46.940><c> are</c><00:42:47.059><c> my</c><00:42:47.199><c> brethren?</c> 00:42:47.639 --> 00:42:49.519 Is<00:42:47.739><c> it</c><00:42:47.860><c> these</c><00:42:48.079><c> people</c><00:42:48.340><c> out</c><00:42:48.559><c> here</c><00:42:48.639><c> that</c><00:42:48.800><c> do</c><00:42:48.900><c> the</c><00:42:49.039><c> will</c><00:42:49.119><c> of</c><00:42:49.320><c> God?</c> 00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:52.139 They're<00:42:49.699><c> my</c><00:42:50.480><c> mother</c><00:42:50.760><c> and</c><00:42:50.900><c> my</c><00:42:51.139><c> brother.</c> 00:42:52.460 --> 00:42:54.539 So<00:42:52.599><c> you</c><00:42:52.739><c> put</c><00:42:52.860><c> it</c><00:42:52.980><c> all</c><00:42:53.139><c> together.</c> 00:42:55.260 --> 00:42:57.619 In<00:42:55.400><c> a</c><00:42:55.659><c> context</c><00:42:56.199><c> where</c><00:42:56.599><c> they</c><00:42:56.699><c> were</c><00:42:56.860><c> dealing</c><00:42:57.139><c> with</c><00:42:57.340><c> the</c> 00:42:57.619 --> 00:42:59.579 casting<00:42:57.940><c> out</c><00:42:58.159><c> of</c><00:42:58.300><c> bills</c><00:42:58.519><c> above,</c> 00:43:00.239 --> 00:43:02.519 and<00:43:00.340><c> Jesus</c><00:43:00.679><c> showed</c><00:43:00.960><c> them</c><00:43:01.239><c> really</c><00:43:01.639><c> where</c><00:43:01.840><c> the</c><00:43:02.000><c> real</c><00:43:02.280><c> house</c> 00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:03.800 of<00:43:02.679><c> the</c><00:43:02.800><c> unclean</c><00:43:03.159><c> spirit</c><00:43:03.420><c> was,</c> 00:43:04.059 --> 00:43:06.940 a<00:43:04.179><c> woman</c><00:43:04.420><c> stands</c><00:43:04.739><c> up</c><00:43:05.119><c> and</c><00:43:05.340><c> eulogises</c><00:43:05.880><c> Mary.</c> 00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:12.500 Back<00:43:09.519><c> in</c><00:43:09.719><c> another</c><00:43:10.000><c> context</c><00:43:10.460><c> when</c><00:43:10.780><c> exactly</c><00:43:11.480><c> the</c><00:43:11.800><c> same</c><00:43:12.099><c> subject</c> 00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:14.539 was<00:43:12.739><c> the</c><00:43:12.900><c> subject</c><00:43:13.260><c> in</c><00:43:13.519><c> question,</c> 00:43:14.739 --> 00:43:16.980 it<00:43:14.800><c> was</c><00:43:15.019><c> Mary</c><00:43:15.380><c> and</c><00:43:15.559><c> her</c><00:43:15.840><c> sons</c><00:43:16.219><c> that</c><00:43:16.420><c> had</c><00:43:16.599><c> come</c><00:43:16.760><c> there</c> 00:43:16.980 --> 00:43:19.559 to<00:43:17.619><c> suggest</c><00:43:17.619><c> that</c><00:43:17.820><c> he</c><00:43:17.920><c> was</c><00:43:18.199><c> mad.</c> 00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:22.760 And<00:43:20.880><c> when</c><00:43:21.019><c> the</c><00:43:21.199><c> time</c><00:43:21.420><c> came</c><00:43:21.659><c> for</c><00:43:21.800><c> him</c><00:43:22.000><c> to</c><00:43:22.159><c> be</c><00:43:22.360><c> appealed</c><00:43:22.679><c> to,</c> 00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:24.440 to<00:43:22.920><c> come</c><00:43:23.079><c> out</c><00:43:23.360><c> and</c><00:43:23.460><c> meet</c><00:43:23.659><c> them</c><00:43:23.800><c> and</c><00:43:23.840><c> go</c><00:43:24.059><c> home,</c> 00:43:24.719 --> 00:43:25.559 he<00:43:24.840><c> rejected</c><00:43:25.340><c> them.</c> 00:43:25.599 --> 00:43:27.420 In<00:43:25.599><c> that</c><00:43:25.800><c> sense,</c><00:43:26.199><c> he</c><00:43:26.440><c> turned</c><00:43:26.860><c> his</c><00:43:27.079><c> back</c><00:43:27.239><c> and</c><00:43:27.340><c> said,</c> 00:43:27.460 --> 00:43:28.440 No,<00:43:27.619><c> no,</c><00:43:27.760><c> no.</c> 00:43:28.619 --> 00:43:30.280 Men<00:43:28.739><c> are</c><00:43:28.840><c> my</c><00:43:29.019><c> relations.</c> 00:43:31.219 --> 00:43:32.840 I've<00:43:31.320><c> only</c><00:43:31.460><c> got</c><00:43:31.739><c> spiritual</c><00:43:32.260><c> relations.</c> 00:43:33.300 --> 00:43:34.699 Isn't<00:43:33.500><c> that</c><00:43:33.780><c> interesting?</c> 00:43:35.380 --> 00:43:38.599 So<00:43:35.599><c> you</c><00:43:35.800><c> see</c><00:43:35.900><c> how</c><00:43:36.340><c> far</c><00:43:36.760><c> that</c><00:43:36.980><c> woman</c><00:43:37.159><c> was</c><00:43:37.420><c> from</c><00:43:37.599><c> the</c><00:43:37.800><c> truth?</c> 00:43:39.059 --> 00:43:41.360 She<00:43:39.300><c> was</c><00:43:39.619><c> way</c><00:43:39.900><c> out,</c><00:43:40.219><c> brethren</c><00:43:40.360><c> and</c><00:43:40.619><c> sisters.</c> 00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:42.639 Now<00:43:41.739><c> you</c><00:43:41.840><c> consider</c><00:43:42.179><c> this.</c> 00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:44.340 She<00:43:43.059><c> said</c><00:43:43.260><c> two</c><00:43:43.500><c> things.</c> 00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:49.599 She<00:43:46.059><c> said,</c><00:43:46.639><c> blessed</c><00:43:47.139><c> is</c><00:43:47.380><c> the</c><00:43:47.699><c> womb</c><00:43:48.059><c> that</c><00:43:48.360><c> bear</c><00:43:48.519><c> thee,</c> 00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:54.719 and<00:43:50.780><c> blessed,</c><00:43:51.119><c> she</c><00:43:51.320><c> said,</c><00:43:51.599><c> is</c><00:43:51.719><c> the</c><00:43:51.880><c> woman</c><00:43:52.079><c> that</c><00:43:52.599><c> nourished</c><00:43:52.960><c> him</c> 00:43:54.760 --> 00:43:55.800 from<00:43:55.199><c> her</c><00:43:55.380><c> own</c><00:43:55.599><c> body.</c> 00:43:55.980 --> 00:43:58.920 Blessed<00:43:56.199><c> is</c><00:43:56.360><c> that</c><00:43:56.480><c> woman</c><00:43:56.679><c> that</c><00:43:57.039><c> nourished</c><00:43:57.340><c> him</c><00:43:57.500><c> from</c><00:43:57.639><c> her</c><00:43:57.840><c> own</c><00:43:58.039><c> body.</c> 00:43:59.380 --> 00:44:02.380 So<00:43:59.500><c> you</c><00:43:59.659><c> see,</c><00:44:00.159><c> being</c><00:44:00.360><c> a</c><00:44:00.559><c> woman</c><00:44:00.820><c> herself,</c><00:44:01.260><c> being</c><00:44:01.659><c> womanly,</c> 00:44:02.739 --> 00:44:04.159 she's<00:44:03.079><c> wrapped</c><00:44:03.239><c> up</c><00:44:03.500><c> in</c><00:44:03.519><c> that,</c><00:44:03.739><c> isn't</c><00:44:03.900><c> she?</c> 00:44:04.380 --> 00:44:05.619 You<00:44:04.559><c> can</c><00:44:04.739><c> understand</c><00:44:05.119><c> that.</c> 00:44:05.860 --> 00:44:07.019 That's<00:44:06.079><c> how</c><00:44:06.219><c> she'd</c><00:44:06.599><c> see</c><00:44:06.739><c> it.</c> 00:44:07.280 --> 00:44:09.659 But<00:44:07.360><c> you</c><00:44:07.440><c> see,</c><00:44:07.800><c> it</c><00:44:07.800><c> was</c><00:44:08.019><c> all</c><00:44:08.400><c> the</c><00:44:08.800><c> womanly</c><00:44:09.320><c> instincts</c> 00:44:09.659 --> 00:44:11.820 were<00:44:09.980><c> clouding</c><00:44:10.420><c> her</c><00:44:10.639><c> vision</c><00:44:10.820><c> to</c><00:44:10.960><c> what</c><00:44:11.039><c> was</c><00:44:11.239><c> the</c><00:44:11.480><c> reality</c> 00:44:11.820 --> 00:44:13.019 of<00:44:12.000><c> what</c><00:44:12.099><c> was</c><00:44:12.360><c> before</c><00:44:12.679><c> her.</c> 00:44:13.019 --> 00:44:15.960 And<00:44:13.619><c> you</c><00:44:13.780><c> know,</c><00:44:13.860><c> they</c><00:44:13.940><c> can</c><00:44:14.099><c> do</c><00:44:14.239><c> it</c><00:44:14.400><c> to</c><00:44:14.500><c> us,</c><00:44:14.920><c> brethren</c><00:44:14.920><c> and</c><00:44:15.139><c> sisters.</c> 00:44:16.059 --> 00:44:18.820 We<00:44:16.219><c> can</c><00:44:16.420><c> have,</c><00:44:16.739><c> you</c><00:44:16.960><c> know,</c><00:44:17.360><c> sort</c><00:44:17.539><c> of</c><00:44:17.800><c> an</c><00:44:18.019><c> emotional</c><00:44:18.440><c> appeal</c> 00:44:18.820 --> 00:44:22.800 made<00:44:19.119><c> to</c><00:44:19.860><c> something</c><00:44:20.139><c> which</c><00:44:20.579><c> we</c><00:44:20.940><c> feel</c><00:44:21.400><c> we</c><00:44:21.900><c> have</c><00:44:22.079><c> a</c><00:44:22.219><c> kinship</c><00:44:22.619><c> with</c> 00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:26.119 and<00:44:22.940><c> we</c><00:44:23.260><c> feel</c><00:44:23.900><c> is</c><00:44:24.460><c> perhaps</c><00:44:24.800><c> a</c><00:44:25.219><c> spiritual</c><00:44:25.599><c> quality.</c> 00:44:26.159 --> 00:44:27.019 It<00:44:26.360><c> may</c><00:44:26.500><c> not</c><00:44:26.760><c> be.</c> 00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:30.699 But<00:44:27.500><c> because</c><00:44:28.199><c> there</c><00:44:28.559><c> is</c><00:44:28.820><c> a</c><00:44:29.159><c> sort</c><00:44:29.280><c> of</c><00:44:29.400><c> an</c><00:44:29.659><c> attachment</c><00:44:30.179><c> there</c> 00:44:30.699 --> 00:44:33.320 through<00:44:31.280><c> some</c><00:44:32.079><c> affinity</c><00:44:32.639><c> 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he</c><00:44:43.639><c> was</c><00:44:43.880><c> nourished,</c> 00:44:45.239 --> 00:44:47.380 all<00:44:45.519><c> the</c><00:44:45.679><c> things</c><00:44:45.739><c> that</c><00:44:45.880><c> a</c><00:44:45.960><c> woman</c><00:44:46.099><c> would</c><00:44:46.280><c> think</c><00:44:46.480><c> about.</c> 00:44:47.599 --> 00:44:49.260 What<00:44:47.739><c> did</c><00:44:47.860><c> the</c><00:44:48.019><c> Bible</c><00:44:48.360><c> say?</c> 00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:51.559 You<00:44:49.440><c> know,</c><00:44:49.780><c> in</c><00:44:49.920><c> Isaiah</c><00:44:50.239><c> 49,</c><00:44:50.960><c> brethren</c><00:44:51.179><c> and</c><00:44:51.400><c> sisters,</c> 00:44:51.639 --> 00:44:54.300 this<00:44:51.840><c> is</c><00:44:51.960><c> what</c><00:44:52.059><c> it</c><00:44:52.260><c> said</c><00:44:52.780><c> about</c><00:44:53.219><c> the</c><00:44:53.400><c> Messiah.</c> 00:44:54.400 --> 00:44:56.760 The<00:44:54.579><c> woman</c><00:44:54.719><c> should</c><00:44:54.920><c> have</c><00:44:55.000><c> thought</c><00:44:55.159><c> about</c><00:44:55.420><c> this</c><00:44:55.679><c> one.</c> 00:44:58.280 --> 00:45:00.059 Isaiah<00:44:58.679><c> 49</c><00:44:59.079><c> and</c><00:44:59.239><c> verse</c><00:44:59.519><c> 1,</c> 00:45:00.320 --> 00:45:02.420 speaking<00:45:00.639><c> of</c><00:45:00.820><c> the</c><00:45:01.019><c> coming</c><00:45:01.199><c> of</c><00:45:01.360><c> the</c><00:45:01.480><c> Messiah,</c> 00:45:02.940 --> 00:45:04.280 a<00:45:03.159><c> message</c><00:45:03.360><c> to</c><00:45:03.599><c> the</c><00:45:03.739><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:45:04.360 --> 00:45:06.380 The<00:45:04.559><c> Gentile</c><00:45:05.400><c> chapter.</c> 00:45:06.719 --> 00:45:09.360 Listen,<00:45:07.320><c> O</c><00:45:07.519><c> Gentiles,</c><00:45:08.519><c> unto</c><00:45:08.679><c> me.</c> 00:45:09.360 --> 00:45:11.039 And<00:45:10.139><c> listen,</c><00:45:10.699><c> Israel.</c> 00:45:11.139 --> 00:45:13.280 He<00:45:11.139><c> said,</c><00:45:11.320><c> listen,</c><00:45:11.719><c> my</c><00:45:11.880><c> people.</c> 00:45:14.019 --> 00:45:19.199 Yahweh<00:45:14.519><c> hath</c><00:45:14.860><c> called</c><00:45:15.420><c> me</c><00:45:16.659><c> from</c><00:45:17.480><c> the</c><00:45:18.280><c> womb,</c> 00:45:19.940 --> 00:45:22.079 from<00:45:20.440><c> the</c><00:45:20.800><c> bowels</c><00:45:21.239><c> of</c><00:45:21.440><c> my</c><00:45:21.699><c> mother</c> 00:45:22.079 --> 00:45:24.500 he<00:45:22.360><c> hath</c><00:45:22.500><c> made</c><00:45:22.840><c> mention</c><00:45:23.159><c> of</c><00:45:23.380><c> my</c><00:45:23.559><c> name.</c> 00:45:25.260 --> 00:45:29.460 So<00:45:25.719><c> Jesus</c><00:45:26.179><c> did</c><00:45:26.619><c> not</c><00:45:27.099><c> originate</c><00:45:28.179><c> in</c><00:45:28.460><c> the</c><00:45:28.679><c> womb.</c> 00:45:29.599 --> 00:45:30.840 She<00:45:29.800><c> was</c><00:45:30.059><c> wrong.</c> 00:45:31.980 --> 00:45:34.099 The<00:45:32.199><c> womb,</c><00:45:32.780><c> 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strength</c><00:45:51.719><c> came.</c> 00:45:53.739 --> 00:45:55.380 And<00:45:53.900><c> he'd</c><00:45:54.199><c> made</c><00:45:54.420><c> mention</c><00:45:54.699><c> of</c><00:45:54.840><c> his</c><00:45:55.059><c> name</c> 00:45:55.780 --> 00:45:58.380 from<00:45:56.239><c> his</c><00:45:56.500><c> mother's</c><00:45:57.139><c> bowels.</c> 00:45:58.619 --> 00:46:00.119 It<00:45:58.619><c> was</c><00:45:58.820><c> all</c><00:45:59.119><c> done</c><00:45:59.320><c> and</c><00:45:59.579><c> predetermined</c> 00:46:00.119 --> 00:46:02.539 before<00:46:00.500><c> ever</c><00:46:00.940><c> Mary</c><00:46:01.219><c> was</c><00:46:01.460><c> thought</c><00:46:01.719><c> of.</c> 00:46:02.940 --> 00:46:03.760 Think<00:46:03.159><c> about</c><00:46:03.440><c> that.</c> 00:46:04.119 --> 00:46:05.260 Now<00:46:04.300><c> what</c><00:46:04.460><c> about</c><00:46:04.699><c> the</c><00:46:04.920><c> nourishment?</c> 00:46:05.260 --> 00:46:08.960 Have<00:46:06.179><c> a</c><00:46:06.260><c> look</c><00:46:06.400><c> at</c><00:46:06.579><c> Genesis</c><00:46:07.820><c> 49.</c> 00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:12.079 Here's<00:46:09.280><c> the</c><00:46:09.300><c> most</c><00:46:09.800><c> interesting</c><00:46:10.539><c> thing.</c> 00:46:15.300 --> 00:46:17.039 Think<00:46:15.480><c> about</c><00:46:15.780><c> this.</c> 00:46:18.099 --> 00:46:20.239 Genesis<00:46:18.480><c> 49,</c><00:46:19.239><c> the</c><00:46:19.360><c> blessings</c><00:46:19.659><c> of</c><00:46:19.900><c> Jacob</c> 00:46:20.239 --> 00:46:22.039 upon<00:46:20.639><c> his</c><00:46:21.159><c> sons.</c> 00:46:23.480 --> 00:46:24.480 And<00:46:23.579><c> he's</c><00:46:23.780><c> speaking</c><00:46:24.039><c> about</c> 00:46:24.480 --> 00:46:26.519 the<00:46:24.719><c> blessings</c><00:46:25.000><c> upon</c><00:46:25.340><c> Joseph.</c> 00:46:28.500 --> 00:46:29.360 And<00:46:28.619><c> we</c><00:46:28.699><c> know,</c><00:46:28.960><c> of</c><00:46:29.119><c> course,</c> 00:46:29.519 --> 00:46:31.460 that<00:46:29.619><c> Joseph</c><00:46:29.960><c> was</c><00:46:30.280><c> a</c><00:46:30.539><c> wonderful</c><00:46:31.079><c> type</c> 00:46:31.460 --> 00:46:32.599 of<00:46:31.639><c> the</c><00:46:31.739><c> Lord</c><00:46:31.900><c> Jesus</c><00:46:32.340><c> Christ.</c> 00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:34.039 So<00:46:32.780><c> in</c><00:46:33.139><c> verse</c><00:46:33.380><c> 22,</c> 00:46:34.440 --> 00:46:35.880 Joseph<00:46:34.599><c> is</c><00:46:34.800><c> a</c><00:46:35.019><c> fruitful</c><00:46:35.420><c> bough,</c> 00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:38.440 even<00:46:36.239><c> a</c><00:46:36.480><c> fruitful</c><00:46:36.800><c> bough</c><00:46:37.039><c> by</c><00:46:37.340><c> a</c><00:46:37.699><c> well.</c> 00:46:39.739 --> 00:46:42.579 And<00:46:39.920><c> Jesus,</c><00:46:40.460><c> being</c><00:46:40.800><c> worried</c><00:46:41.139><c> with</c><00:46:41.340><c> his</c><00:46:41.599><c> journey,</c> 00:46:43.400 --> 00:46:45.239 sat<00:46:43.480><c> at</c><00:46:43.599><c> that</c><00:46:43.960><c> well,</c><00:46:44.239><c> brothers</c><00:46:44.559><c> and</c><00:46:44.820><c> sisters,</c> 00:46:45.340 --> 00:46:46.619 at<00:46:45.659><c> Shechem,</c> 00:46:47.179 --> 00:46:50.360 which<00:46:47.539><c> Jacob</c><00:46:48.059><c> had</c><00:46:48.300><c> gave</c><00:46:48.440><c> to</c><00:46:48.639><c> his</c><00:46:48.800><c> son</c><00:46:49.119><c> Joseph.</c> 00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:52.139 So<00:46:51.179><c> we</c><00:46:51.280><c> know</c><00:46:51.440><c> who</c><00:46:51.679><c> he</c><00:46:51.780><c> is,</c> 00:46:52.179 --> 00:46:53.699 because<00:46:52.320><c> he</c><00:46:52.500><c> sat</c><00:46:52.719><c> there.</c> 00:46:54.420 --> 00:46:55.900 And<00:46:54.599><c> John</c><00:46:54.780><c> identified</c><00:46:55.320><c> him</c><00:46:55.500><c> as</c><00:46:55.639><c> the</c><00:46:55.760><c> one</c> 00:46:55.900 --> 00:46:57.260 that<00:46:56.099><c> sat</c><00:46:56.179><c> on</c><00:46:56.300><c> that</c><00:46:56.539><c> well.</c> 00:46:57.380 --> 00:46:58.719 So<00:46:57.519><c> this</c><00:46:57.719><c> prophecy</c><00:46:58.079><c> of</c><00:46:58.260><c> Joseph,</c> 00:46:58.719 --> 00:47:00.860 though<00:46:58.940><c> it</c><00:46:59.059><c> certainly</c><00:47:00.019><c> had</c><00:47:00.119><c> an</c><00:47:00.280><c> application</c> 00:47:00.860 --> 00:47:02.300 to<00:47:01.519><c> Joseph</c><00:47:01.860><c> himself,</c> 00:47:02.340 --> 00:47:04.340 but<00:47:02.460><c> it</c><00:47:02.820><c> stretched</c><00:47:03.039><c> into</c><00:47:03.260><c> the</c><00:47:03.420><c> future.</c> 00:47:04.659 --> 00:47:06.000 And<00:47:04.760><c> we</c><00:47:04.880><c> read</c><00:47:05.039><c> in</c><00:47:05.219><c> verse</c><00:47:05.440><c> 24</c> 00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:08.340 that<00:47:06.380><c> this</c><00:47:06.699><c> one,</c><00:47:07.059><c> his</c><00:47:07.159><c> bow</c><00:47:07.460><c> abode</c><00:47:07.780><c> in</c><00:47:08.099><c> strength</c> 00:47:08.340 --> 00:47:10.300 and<00:47:08.519><c> the</c><00:47:08.679><c> arms</c><00:47:08.900><c> of</c><00:47:09.039><c> his</c><00:47:09.260><c> hands</c><00:47:09.460><c> were</c><00:47:09.599><c> made</c><00:47:09.960><c> strong</c> 00:47:10.300 --> 00:47:12.179 by<00:47:10.539><c> the</c><00:47:10.679><c> hands</c><00:47:10.820><c> of</c><00:47:11.000><c> the</c><00:47:11.099><c> mighty</c><00:47:11.380><c> God</c><00:47:11.559><c> of</c><00:47:11.800><c> Jacob.</c> 00:47:12.579 --> 00:47:14.300 From<00:47:12.880><c> thence</c><00:47:13.320><c> is</c><00:47:13.480><c> the</c><00:47:13.900><c> shepherd,</c> 00:47:14.659 --> 00:47:17.099 and<00:47:14.900><c> we</c><00:47:15.019><c> learn</c><00:47:15.159><c> about</c><00:47:15.360><c> him</c><00:47:15.539><c> in</c><00:47:15.619><c> John</c><00:47:15.840><c> chapter</c><00:47:16.139><c> 10,</c> 00:47:17.360 --> 00:47:19.019 and<00:47:17.699><c> the</c><00:47:18.139><c> stone</c><00:47:18.460><c> of</c><00:47:18.619><c> Israel.</c> 00:47:19.099 --> 00:47:20.739 And<00:47:19.340><c> we</c><00:47:19.500><c> learn</c><00:47:19.659><c> about</c><00:47:19.900><c> him</c><00:47:20.079><c> as</c><00:47:20.239><c> the</c><00:47:20.440><c> stone</c> 00:47:20.739 --> 00:47:21.760 which<00:47:20.920><c> the</c><00:47:21.139><c> builders</c><00:47:21.300><c> rejected.</c> 00:47:21.840 --> 00:47:23.440 This<00:47:22.079><c> is</c><00:47:22.280><c> the</c><00:47:22.360><c> Lord</c><00:47:22.519><c> Jesus</c><00:47:22.940><c> Christ.</c> 00:47:23.679 --> 00:47:24.900 Now<00:47:23.920><c> listen.</c> 00:47:25.199 --> 00:47:29.000 Even<00:47:25.840><c> by</c><00:47:26.300><c> the</c><00:47:26.659><c> ale</c><00:47:27.139><c> of</c><00:47:27.800><c> thy</c><00:47:28.179><c> father,</c> 00:47:29.880 --> 00:47:31.699 who<00:47:29.980><c> shall</c><00:47:30.179><c> help</c><00:47:30.539><c> thee,</c> 00:47:32.699 --> 00:47:34.739 and<00:47:32.940><c> by</c><00:47:33.260><c> the</c><00:47:33.559><c> Shaddai,</c> 00:47:35.659 --> 00:47:36.860 who<00:47:35.960><c> shall</c><00:47:36.219><c> bless</c><00:47:36.559><c> thee</c> 00:47:36.860 --> 00:47:38.380 with<00:47:37.099><c> blessings</c><00:47:37.460><c> of</c><00:47:37.699><c> heaven</c><00:47:37.900><c> above,</c> 00:47:38.860 --> 00:47:41.280 blessings<00:47:39.159><c> of</c><00:47:39.340><c> the</c><00:47:39.539><c> deep</c><00:47:39.719><c> that</c><00:47:40.019><c> lieth</c><00:47:40.340><c> under,</c> 00:47:41.380 --> 00:47:43.000 blessings<00:47:41.880><c> of</c><00:47:42.219><c> the</c><00:47:42.500><c> breasts</c> 00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:44.380 and<00:47:43.539><c> of</c><00:47:43.920><c> the</c><00:47:44.139><c> womb.</c> 00:47:44.420 --> 00:47:46.659 There<00:47:44.739><c> are</c><00:47:44.960><c> both</c><00:47:45.219><c> things</c><00:47:45.619><c> mentioned.</c> 00:47:46.860 --> 00:47:48.639 But<00:47:47.199><c> he's</c><00:47:47.260><c> not</c><00:47:47.579><c> talking,</c><00:47:48.059><c> brothers</c><00:47:48.199><c> and</c><00:47:48.460><c> sisters,</c> 00:47:48.760 --> 00:47:50.119 here<00:47:48.960><c> literally,</c> 00:47:50.900 --> 00:47:53.440 about<00:47:51.159><c> those</c><00:47:51.480><c> literal</c><00:47:51.860><c> parts</c><00:47:52.199><c> of</c><00:47:52.360><c> the</c><00:47:52.519><c> human</c><00:47:52.739><c> body.</c> 00:47:53.920 --> 00:47:55.260 He's<00:47:54.360><c> talking</c><00:47:54.619><c> about</c> 00:47:55.260 --> 00:47:56.639 ale<00:47:56.079><c> Shaddai.</c> 00:47:56.820 --> 00:47:58.340 Now<00:47:56.960><c> let</c><00:47:57.099><c> me</c><00:47:57.219><c> tell</c><00:47:57.380><c> you</c><00:47:57.519><c> something.</c> 00:47:59.079 --> 00:48:00.059 You<00:47:59.239><c> just</c><00:47:59.460><c> listen</c><00:47:59.639><c> to</c><00:47:59.820><c> this.</c> 00:48:00.199 --> 00:48:02.139 You<00:48:00.280><c> just</c><00:48:00.619><c> listen</c><00:48:00.860><c> to</c><00:48:00.960><c> this.</c> 00:48:03.039 --> 00:48:04.420 Ale<00:48:03.480><c> Shaddai.</c> 00:48:04.860 --> 00:48:07.300 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all</c><00:48:18.239><c> know</c><00:48:18.400><c> that.</c> 00:48:19.659 --> 00:48:20.619 But<00:48:19.880><c> I</c><00:48:19.960><c> want</c><00:48:20.099><c> to</c><00:48:20.260><c> show</c><00:48:20.360><c> you</c><00:48:20.519><c> something.</c> 00:48:20.619 --> 00:48:22.559 I<00:48:20.840><c> won't</c><00:48:21.139><c> turn</c><00:48:21.380><c> all</c><00:48:21.519><c> these</c><00:48:21.719><c> references</c><00:48:22.000><c> up,</c> 00:48:23.059 --> 00:48:25.039 but<00:48:23.280><c> you</c><00:48:23.539><c> check</c><00:48:23.679><c> them</c><00:48:23.840><c> for</c><00:48:24.000><c> yourself.</c> 00:48:25.280 --> 00:48:26.960 You<00:48:25.460><c> go</c><00:48:25.659><c> back</c><00:48:25.860><c> to</c><00:48:25.980><c> the</c><00:48:26.099><c> life</c><00:48:26.260><c> of</c><00:48:26.480><c> Abraham,</c> 00:48:27.000 --> 00:48:28.519 Isaac<00:48:27.380><c> and</c><00:48:27.579><c> Jacob,</c><00:48:28.079><c> and</c><00:48:28.239><c> through</c><00:48:28.360><c> here</c> 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nourishing</c><00:48:39.800><c> young</c><00:48:40.360><c> children.</c> 00:48:42.320 --> 00:48:42.880 So<00:48:42.659><c> that</c><00:48:42.739><c> when</c> 00:48:42.880 --> 00:48:44.619 God<00:48:43.139><c> manifested</c><00:48:43.639><c> himself</c><00:48:43.980><c> to</c><00:48:44.239><c> Abraham,</c> 00:48:44.880 --> 00:48:46.639 it<00:48:45.000><c> was</c><00:48:45.300><c> ale</c><00:48:46.000><c> Shaddai</c> 00:48:46.639 --> 00:48:48.900 because<00:48:47.119><c> the</c><00:48:47.539><c> nation</c><00:48:47.820><c> was</c><00:48:48.059><c> about</c><00:48:48.320><c> to</c><00:48:48.519><c> be</c> 00:48:48.900 --> 00:48:51.219 born<00:48:49.320><c> in</c><00:48:49.519><c> this</c><00:48:49.780><c> human</c><00:48:50.079><c> father.</c> 00:48:52.000 --> 00:48:52.820 And<00:48:52.119><c> from</c><00:48:52.300><c> then</c><00:48:52.519><c> on,</c> 00:48:53.000 --> 00:48:55.119 the<00:48:53.119><c> word</c><00:48:53.300><c> is</c><00:48:53.519><c> used</c><00:48:53.659><c> 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and</c><00:56:19.639><c> the</c><00:56:19.800><c> pride</c><00:56:19.940><c> of</c><00:56:20.119><c> life.</c> 00:56:20.780 --> 00:56:22.500 That<00:56:20.980><c> is</c><00:56:21.159><c> the</c><00:56:21.380><c> instinct</c><00:56:21.840><c> to</c><00:56:22.059><c> do</c><00:56:22.179><c> it.</c> 00:56:22.599 --> 00:56:24.500 He<00:56:22.719><c> didn't</c><00:56:23.019><c> practice</c><00:56:23.500><c> them,</c><00:56:23.860><c> but</c><00:56:23.960><c> he</c><00:56:24.039><c> had</c><00:56:24.219><c> those</c> 00:56:24.500 --> 00:56:26.400 instincts.<00:56:24.920><c> He</c><00:56:25.019><c> got</c><00:56:25.159><c> that</c><00:56:25.300><c> from</c><00:56:25.440><c> his</c><00:56:25.619><c> mum.</c> 00:56:26.980 --> 00:56:28.380 And<00:56:27.139><c> that's</c><00:56:27.460><c> the</c><00:56:27.599><c> unclean</c><00:56:28.059><c> spirit</c> 00:56:28.380 --> 00:56:30.340 that<00:56:28.900><c> just</c><00:56:29.440><c> got</c><00:56:29.780><c> tossed</c><00:56:30.119><c> out</c> 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get</c><00:58:52.000><c> into</c><00:58:52.219><c> God's</c><00:58:52.619><c> house,</c> 00:58:53.239 --> 00:58:55.099 he's<00:58:53.579><c> knocking</c><00:58:53.940><c> just</c><00:58:54.360><c> as</c><00:58:54.619><c> persistently</c> 00:58:55.099 --> 00:58:56.539 to<00:58:55.260><c> get</c><00:58:55.440><c> into</c><00:58:55.719><c> ours.</c> 00:58:57.079 --> 00:58:59.800 That's<00:58:57.400><c> the</c><00:58:57.579><c> figures</c><00:58:57.760><c> that</c><00:58:57.980><c> the</c><00:58:58.079><c> Lord</c><00:58:58.219><c> Jesus</c><00:58:58.639><c> Christ</c><00:58:58.960><c> uses.</c> 00:58:59.920 --> 00:59:01.239 And<00:59:00.059><c> if</c><00:59:00.139><c> we</c><00:59:00.239><c> can</c><00:59:00.420><c> bring</c><00:59:00.639><c> God</c><00:59:00.940><c> and</c> 00:59:01.239 --> 00:59:03.539 his<00:59:01.559><c> son</c><00:59:01.659><c> into</c><00:59:01.860><c> our</c><00:59:02.179><c> homes</c><00:59:02.699><c> through</c><00:59:03.059><c> the</c><00:59:03.340><c> 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the</c><00:59:28.000><c> spirit</c><00:59:28.199><c> word,</c><00:59:28.519><c> and</c><00:59:28.940><c> you'll</c> 00:59:29.300 --> 00:59:31.760 never<00:59:29.559><c> live</c><00:59:30.039><c> in</c><00:59:30.280><c> an</c><00:59:30.380><c> unoccupied</c><00:59:30.960><c> house.</c>