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He<00:11:35.110><c> closed</c><00:11:35.490><c> the</c><00:11:35.710><c> book.</c>

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He<00:11:37.850><c> gave</c><00:11:38.090><c> it</c><00:11:38.350><c> back</c><00:11:38.610><c> to</c><00:11:38.970><c> the</c><00:11:39.269><c> attendant.</c>

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And<00:11:41.470><c> he</c><00:11:41.590><c> sat</c><00:11:41.809><c> down.</c>

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And<00:11:45.149><c> the</c><00:11:45.330><c> eyes</c><00:11:45.690><c> of</c><00:11:46.009><c> all</c><00:11:46.370><c> in</c><00:11:46.549><c> the</c><00:11:46.730><c> synagogue</c><00:11:47.110><c> were</c><00:11:47.889><c> fixed</c><00:11:48.269><c> on</c><00:11:48.470><c> him.</c>

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And<00:11:52.070><c> he</c><00:11:52.210><c> began</c><00:11:52.490><c> to</c><00:11:52.710><c> say</c><00:11:52.850><c> to</c><00:11:52.950><c> them,</c><00:11:54.370><c> today,</c><00:11:55.289><c> this</c><00:11:55.470><c> scripture</c><00:11:56.009><c> has</c><00:11:56.950><c> been</c><00:11:57.289><c> fulfilled</c><00:11:57.929><c> in</c>

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Now,<00:12:04.129><c> brethren</c><00:12:04.210><c> and</c><00:12:04.389><c> sisters,</c><00:12:04.629><c> that</c><00:12:05.289><c> is</c><00:12:06.090><c> an</c><00:12:06.169><c> extraordinary</c><00:12:06.830><c> event.</c>

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Where<00:12:09.090><c> Jesus,</c><00:12:10.129><c> publicly</c><00:12:10.529><c> in</c><00:12:10.769><c> the</c><00:12:10.950><c> synagogue,</c><00:12:11.769><c> reads</c><00:12:11.950><c> from</c><00:12:12.169><c> the</c><00:12:12.309><c> 61st</c><00:12:12.850><c> chapter</c><00:12:13.210><c> of</c><00:12:13.490><c> Isaiah,</c>

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and<00:12:14.370><c> also</c><00:12:14.690><c> a</c><00:12:14.870><c> short</c><00:12:15.110><c> passage</c><00:12:15.450><c> from</c><00:12:15.669><c> the</c><00:12:15.809><c> 58th</c><00:12:16.330><c> chapter</c><00:12:16.529><c> of</c><00:12:16.690><c> Isaiah,</c><00:12:17.029><c> verse</c><00:12:17.269><c> 6.</c>

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And<00:12:18.610><c> he</c><00:12:18.730><c> sits</c><00:12:18.950><c> down,</c><00:12:20.049><c> and</c><00:12:20.210><c> there</c><00:12:20.389><c> was</c><00:12:20.509><c> something,</c><00:12:20.889><c> and</c><00:12:21.070><c> I</c><00:12:21.610><c> know</c>

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this<00:12:22.029><c> word</c><00:12:22.169><c> is</c><00:12:22.370><c> used</c><00:12:22.509><c> very</c><00:12:23.169><c> loosely</c><00:12:23.570><c> these</c><00:12:23.929><c> days,</c>

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but<00:12:24.590><c> there</c><00:12:24.789><c> was</c><00:12:24.789><c> something</c><00:12:25.090><c> unquestionably</c><00:12:25.929><c> charismatic</c>

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about<00:12:26.750><c> the</c><00:12:26.909><c> Lord's</c><00:12:27.250><c> presence.</c>

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people<00:12:34.370><c> were</c><00:12:34.590><c> just</c><00:12:36.769><c> amazed,</c><00:12:38.870><c> or</c><00:12:39.049><c> wondered,</c><00:12:39.889><c> or</c><00:12:40.049><c> marvelled,</c>

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is<00:12:40.809><c> the</c><00:12:41.330><c> Greek</c><00:12:41.509><c> word</c><00:12:41.889><c> here.</c>

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They<00:12:42.889><c> wondered</c><00:12:43.149><c> at</c><00:12:43.309><c> the</c><00:12:43.450><c> greatest</c><00:12:43.730><c> words</c><00:12:44.129><c> which</c><00:12:44.450><c> proceeded</c>

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out<00:12:45.029><c> of</c><00:12:45.129><c> his</c><00:12:45.330><c> mouth.</c>

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And<00:12:48.389><c> Jesus</c><00:12:48.629><c> was</c><00:12:48.870><c> saying</c><00:12:49.129><c> something</c><00:12:49.509><c> which</c><00:12:49.769><c> was</c><00:12:50.090><c> just</c><00:12:50.669><c> an</c><00:12:51.629><c> ellipse</c><00:12:51.909><c> of</c>

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anybody<00:12:52.409><c> else,</c><00:12:52.830><c> brethren</c><00:12:52.909><c> and</c><00:12:53.129><c> sisters,</c>

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who<00:12:53.389><c> would</c><00:12:53.470><c> have</c><00:12:53.610><c> been</c><00:12:53.789><c> absurdly</c><00:12:54.769><c> precocious</c><00:12:55.509><c> and</c><00:12:55.990><c> presumptuous.</c>

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He<00:12:58.110><c> was</c><00:12:58.289><c> saying</c><00:12:58.509><c> that</c><00:12:58.710><c> all</c><00:12:58.929><c> that</c><00:12:59.029><c> was</c><00:12:59.169><c> written</c><00:12:59.429><c> in</c><00:12:59.690><c> Isaiah,</c>

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and<00:13:01.570><c> by</c><00:13:01.750><c> extension</c><00:13:02.190><c> all</c><00:13:02.470><c> that</c><00:13:02.570><c> is</c><00:13:02.710><c> written</c><00:13:02.889><c> in</c><00:13:03.049><c> the</c><00:13:03.269><c> prophets</c>

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it's<00:13:05.610><c> all</c><00:13:05.769><c> about</c><00:13:06.029><c> me.</c>

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Any<00:13:08.269><c> other</c><00:13:08.529><c> person</c><00:13:08.809><c> who's</c><00:13:09.009><c> ever</c><00:13:09.269><c> lived,</c><00:13:09.629><c> brethren</c><00:13:09.769><c> and</c><00:13:10.009><c> sisters,</c><00:13:10.250><c> to</c><00:13:10.409><c> have</c><00:13:10.610><c> said</c><00:13:10.850><c> that</c><00:13:11.169><c> and</c><00:13:11.350><c> to</c>

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have<00:13:11.570><c> made</c><00:13:11.730><c> that</c><00:13:12.049><c> claim,</c>

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would<00:13:13.330><c> have</c><00:13:13.529><c> been</c><00:13:14.230><c> exposed</c><00:13:14.629><c> to</c><00:13:14.830><c> the</c><00:13:14.889><c> most</c><00:13:15.190><c> severe</c><00:13:15.669><c> ridicule.</c>

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But<00:13:18.190><c> here</c><00:13:18.370><c> is</c><00:13:18.570><c> Jesus</c><00:13:18.950><c> implicitly</c><00:13:19.629><c> saying</c><00:13:19.769><c> that</c><00:13:20.009><c> everything</c>

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And<00:13:29.929><c> we've</c><00:13:30.129><c> got</c><00:13:30.250><c> so</c><00:13:30.509><c> used</c><00:13:30.690><c> to</c><00:13:30.889><c> that,</c><00:13:31.269><c> brethren</c><00:13:31.429><c> and</c><00:13:31.629><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:13:32.429><c> I</c><00:13:32.649><c> think</c><00:13:32.809><c> sometimes</c><00:13:33.269><c> we</c><00:13:33.490><c> might</c><00:13:33.710><c> forget</c><00:13:34.070><c> the</c><00:13:34.409><c> impact</c><00:13:34.830><c> that</c><00:13:34.950><c> must</c><00:13:35.149><c> have</c><00:13:35.370><c> had</c>

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who<00:13:36.350><c> listened</c><00:13:36.590><c> for</c><00:13:36.769><c> the</c><00:13:36.909><c> first</c><00:13:37.169><c> time</c><00:13:37.850><c> there</c><00:13:38.289><c> in</c><00:13:38.850><c> a</c><00:13:39.009><c> synagogue</c>

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when<00:13:41.129><c> Jesus</c><00:13:41.570><c> read</c><00:13:42.129><c> from</c><00:13:42.370><c> scripture,</c><00:13:43.730><c> when</c><00:13:43.850><c> he</c><00:13:44.049><c> presumably</c><00:13:44.730><c> expounded</c><00:13:45.330><c> it</c>

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and<00:13:47.429><c> made</c><00:13:47.710><c> that</c><00:13:48.049><c> claim,</c><00:13:48.309><c> that</c><00:13:48.669><c> extraordinary</c><00:13:49.210><c> claim,</c>

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He<00:14:09.049><c> didn't</c><00:14:09.529><c> hesitate,</c><00:14:10.169><c> as</c><00:14:10.389><c> soon</c><00:14:10.549><c> as</c><00:14:10.710><c> his</c><00:14:10.950><c> ministry</c><00:14:11.250><c> had</c><00:14:11.509><c> begun,</c>

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he<00:14:12.629><c> didn't</c><00:14:13.230><c> hesitate</c><00:14:13.870><c> to</c><00:14:14.350><c> use</c><00:14:14.649><c> the</c><00:14:14.909><c> authority</c><00:14:15.450><c> which</c><00:14:16.090><c> had</c><00:14:16.250><c> been</c><00:14:16.409><c> given</c><00:14:16.549><c> to</c><00:14:16.769><c> him.</c>

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And<00:14:17.129><c> the</c><00:14:17.250><c> language</c><00:14:17.570><c> which</c><00:14:17.950><c> he</c><00:14:18.169><c> spoke</c><00:14:18.450><c> was</c><00:14:18.669><c> not</c><00:14:18.850><c> the</c><00:14:18.970><c> language</c>

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not<00:14:20.610><c> the</c><00:14:20.809><c> language</c><00:14:21.090><c> of</c><00:14:21.429><c> possibility.</c>

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He<00:14:22.850><c> appropriated</c><00:14:23.549><c> the</c><00:14:23.830><c> message</c><00:14:24.190><c> of</c><00:14:24.610><c> the</c><00:14:24.870><c> Old</c><00:14:25.070><c> Testament</c><00:14:25.429><c> scriptures,</c>

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and<00:14:26.429><c> he</c><00:14:26.610><c> said</c><00:14:26.710><c> it</c><00:14:26.809><c> was</c><00:14:27.029><c> all,</c><00:14:27.389><c> the</c><00:14:27.470><c> whole</c><00:14:27.730><c> thing</c><00:14:28.570><c> was</c><00:14:29.950><c> about</c><00:14:30.230><c> me.</c>

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And<00:14:33.049><c> I</c><00:14:33.169><c> think</c><00:14:33.289><c> there's</c><00:14:33.570><c> a</c><00:14:33.690><c> tremendous</c><00:14:34.149><c> lesson</c><00:14:34.490><c> there,</c><00:14:34.809><c> brethren</c><00:14:34.909><c> and</c><00:14:35.070><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:14:35.970><c> lesson</c><00:14:36.190><c> I</c><00:14:36.470><c> conclude</c><00:14:36.769><c> from</c><00:14:36.970><c> that</c><00:14:37.190><c> is</c><00:14:37.370><c> that</c><00:14:37.529><c> there</c><00:14:38.129><c> is</c><00:14:38.350><c> an</c><00:14:38.509><c> incompleteness</c>

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we<00:14:53.289><c> talk,</c><00:14:53.450><c> the</c><00:14:53.710><c> priesthood,</c>

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the<00:14:55.470><c> endless</c><00:14:55.769><c> things</c><00:14:56.169><c> of</c><00:14:56.490><c> detail</c><00:14:56.870><c> which</c><00:14:57.070><c> are</c><00:14:57.230><c> given</c><00:14:57.370><c> to</c><00:14:57.549><c> us</c><00:14:57.649><c> in</c>

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they're<00:14:59.129><c> all</c><00:14:59.370><c> about</c><00:14:59.610><c> Jesus.</c>

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He<00:15:00.830><c> could</c><00:15:00.950><c> have</c><00:15:01.129><c> picked</c><00:15:01.289><c> up</c><00:15:01.509><c> another</c><00:15:01.690><c> passage</c><00:15:02.309><c> and</c><00:15:02.950><c> talked</c><00:15:03.129><c> to</c>

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He<00:15:04.389><c> could</c><00:15:04.549><c> have</c><00:15:04.710><c> picked</c><00:15:04.830><c> up</c><00:15:05.029><c> another</c><00:15:05.230><c> passage,</c><00:15:05.730><c> as</c><00:15:05.870><c> I'm</c><00:15:06.049><c> sure</c>

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and<00:15:07.730><c> speak</c><00:15:08.409><c> of</c><00:15:08.529><c> the</c><00:15:08.769><c> priesthood,</c><00:15:10.909><c> of</c><00:15:11.009><c> the</c><00:15:11.230><c> altar,</c><00:15:11.610><c> the</c><00:15:11.850><c> offerings.</c>

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Everything<00:15:14.210><c> of</c><00:15:14.549><c> consequence</c><00:15:15.129><c> in</c><00:15:15.289><c> the</c><00:15:15.409><c> Old</c><00:15:15.549><c> Testament</c><00:15:15.850><c> scriptures</c><00:15:16.350><c> was</c><00:15:16.610><c> all</c><00:15:16.909><c> focused</c><00:15:17.269><c> in</c><00:15:17.490><c> him.</c>

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This<00:15:20.509><c> is</c><00:15:20.710><c> a</c><00:15:20.870><c> marvelous</c><00:15:21.230><c> thought,</c><00:15:21.649><c> it</c><00:15:21.669><c> seems</c><00:15:21.909><c> to</c><00:15:22.070><c> me,</c><00:15:22.389><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:15:22.929><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:15:24.549><c> Jesus</c><00:15:24.809><c> never</c><00:15:25.129><c> hesitated,</c><00:15:26.389><c> never</c><00:15:26.669><c> hesitated</c><00:15:27.450><c> to</c><00:15:28.610><c> claim</c>

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it,<00:15:29.470><c> to</c><00:15:29.669><c> state</c><00:15:29.809><c> it,</c>

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because<00:15:30.269><c> it</c><00:15:30.389><c> was</c><00:15:30.590><c> the</c><00:15:30.769><c> truth,</c><00:15:31.490><c> and</c><00:15:31.710><c> it</c><00:15:31.830><c> gave</c><00:15:32.029><c> the</c><00:15:32.549><c> authority</c>

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to<00:15:33.330><c> what</c><00:15:33.450><c> he</c><00:15:33.669><c> said.</c>

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Verily,<00:15:35.429><c> verily,</c><00:15:35.889><c> I</c><00:15:35.909><c> say</c><00:15:36.049><c> unto</c><00:15:36.250><c> you,</c><00:15:36.529><c> there</c><00:15:36.649><c> was</c><00:15:36.809><c> a</c>

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definitive<00:15:37.389><c> statement.</c>

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There<00:15:39.049><c> was</c><00:15:39.110><c> no</c><00:15:39.289><c> ambiguity</c><00:15:39.710><c> in</c><00:15:39.850><c> his</c><00:15:40.090><c> mind</c><00:15:40.289><c> about</c><00:15:40.509><c> his</c><00:15:40.789><c> role.</c>

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He<00:15:41.830><c> was</c><00:15:42.690><c> the</c><00:15:42.909><c> Messiah.</c>

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He<00:15:44.789><c> was</c><00:15:45.049><c> the</c><00:15:45.210><c> one</c><00:15:46.149><c> who</c><00:15:46.570><c> was</c><00:15:46.929><c> to</c><00:15:47.690><c> release</c><00:15:47.970><c> those</c><00:15:48.269><c> who</c><00:15:48.429><c> were</c><00:15:48.610><c> captives</c>

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and<00:15:49.889><c> to</c><00:15:50.070><c> give</c><00:15:50.190><c> liberty</c><00:15:50.509><c> to</c><00:15:50.690><c> those</c><00:15:50.929><c> who</c><00:15:51.090><c> were</c><00:15:51.230><c> oppressed</c>

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and<00:15:52.330><c> to</c><00:15:52.590><c> proclaim</c><00:15:52.830><c> the</c><00:15:53.169><c> acceptable</c><00:15:53.690><c> year</c><00:15:54.269><c> of</c><00:15:54.750><c> the</c><00:15:54.929><c> Lord.</c>

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Now,<00:16:00.629><c> once</c><00:16:00.789><c> having</c><00:16:01.190><c> said</c><00:16:01.409><c> that,</c><00:16:01.730><c> as</c><00:16:01.889><c> I</c><00:16:02.029><c> said</c><00:16:02.210><c> a</c><00:16:02.330><c> little</c><00:16:02.409><c> earlier,</c>

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to<00:16:02.970><c> reflect</c><00:16:03.330><c> on</c><00:16:03.549><c> the</c><00:16:03.669><c> way</c><00:16:04.009><c> Jesus</c><00:16:04.549><c> spoke,</c><00:16:07.029><c> some</c><00:16:07.230><c> of</c><00:16:07.889><c> the</c><00:16:07.929><c> ways,</c>

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some<00:16:08.509><c> of</c><00:16:08.669><c> the</c><00:16:08.769><c> techniques</c><00:16:09.129><c> he</c><00:16:09.409><c> used</c><00:16:09.950><c> in</c><00:16:10.129><c> his</c><00:16:10.350><c> preaching.</c>

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Certainly,<00:16:13.529><c> one</c><00:16:13.730><c> of</c><00:16:13.809><c> them</c><00:16:13.889><c> we've</c><00:16:14.070><c> just</c><00:16:14.289><c> looked</c><00:16:14.490><c> at</c><00:16:14.710><c> here</c><00:16:14.990><c> is</c>

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to<00:16:15.409><c> go</c><00:16:15.549><c> into</c><00:16:15.750><c> the</c><00:16:15.929><c> synagogues,</c>

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to<00:16:18.450><c> read</c><00:16:18.669><c> from</c><00:16:18.850><c> Scripture,</c><00:16:19.990><c> and</c><00:16:20.169><c> to</c><00:16:20.370><c> state</c><00:16:20.529><c> clearly</c><00:16:20.950><c> and</c><00:16:21.389><c> unequivocally</c>

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that<00:16:22.190><c> this</c><00:16:22.490><c> was</c><00:16:22.730><c> about</c><00:16:22.909><c> himself.</c>

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But<00:16:24.129><c> what</c><00:16:24.309><c> were</c><00:16:24.429><c> the</c><00:16:24.570><c> other</c><00:16:24.789><c> styles</c><00:16:25.169><c> that</c><00:16:25.409><c> the</c><00:16:25.529><c> Lord</c><00:16:25.649><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:16:26.309><c> used?</c>

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The<00:16:32.029><c> one,</c><00:16:32.230><c> of</c><00:16:32.409><c> course,</c><00:16:32.629><c> which</c><00:16:32.870><c> comes</c><00:16:34.230><c> quickly</c><00:16:34.750><c> to</c><00:16:34.990><c> mind,</c><00:16:35.330><c> brethren</c><00:16:35.470><c> and</c><00:16:35.690><c> sisters,</c>

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are<00:16:36.769><c> the</c><00:16:36.970><c> parables</c><00:16:37.389><c> of</c><00:16:37.669><c> the</c><00:16:37.789><c> Lord</c><00:16:37.909><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:16:41.210><c> the</c><00:16:41.470><c> parables,</c><00:16:41.710><c> of</c><00:16:41.909><c> course,</c><00:16:42.110><c> were</c><00:16:42.210><c> one</c><00:16:42.370><c> of</c><00:16:42.470><c> his</c><00:16:42.649><c> great</c>

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preaching<00:16:44.570><c> techniques.</c>

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He<00:16:47.990><c> drew</c><00:16:48.269><c> on</c><00:16:48.529><c> the</c><00:16:48.830><c> experience</c><00:16:49.210><c> of</c><00:16:49.370><c> his</c><00:16:49.529><c> early</c><00:16:49.789><c> years,</c>

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and<00:16:51.370><c> he</c><00:16:52.129><c> used</c><00:16:52.409><c> them</c><00:16:52.870><c> to</c><00:16:53.289><c> make</c><00:16:53.549><c> the</c><00:16:53.789><c> most</c><00:16:53.950><c> profound</c><00:16:54.950><c> spiritual</c><00:16:56.090><c> observations</c>

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or<00:16:57.549><c> to</c><00:16:57.990><c> explain</c><00:16:58.429><c> some</c><00:16:58.610><c> of</c><00:16:58.750><c> the</c><00:16:58.990><c> most</c><00:16:59.149><c> profound</c><00:16:59.970><c> spiritual</c>

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truths<00:17:01.029><c> about</c><00:17:01.309><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:17:04.730><c> yet</c><00:17:04.890><c> there</c><00:17:05.130><c> is</c><00:17:05.390><c> a</c><00:17:05.650><c> paradox,</c><00:17:06.190><c> it</c><00:17:06.190><c> seems</c><00:17:06.410><c> to</c><00:17:06.589><c> me,</c><00:17:06.809><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:17:07.009><c> sisters,</c>

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about<00:17:07.430><c> the</c><00:17:07.710><c> parables,</c><00:17:08.029><c> and</c><00:17:08.109><c> we'll</c><00:17:08.250><c> look</c><00:17:08.410><c> at</c><00:17:08.470><c> this</c><00:17:08.769><c> a</c><00:17:08.869><c> little</c>

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bit<00:17:09.170><c> now.</c>

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The<00:17:11.349><c> parables</c><00:17:11.690><c> were</c><00:17:11.970><c> simple</c><00:17:12.390><c> in</c><00:17:12.569><c> their</c><00:17:12.809><c> stories,</c><00:17:14.349><c> were</c><00:17:14.529><c> so</c><00:17:14.950><c> simple.</c>

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The<00:17:15.890><c> story</c><00:17:16.170><c> about</c><00:17:16.430><c> the</c><00:17:16.650><c> lost</c><00:17:16.869><c> coin,</c><00:17:17.289><c> as</c><00:17:17.369><c> we</c><00:17:17.490><c> said</c><00:17:17.630><c> yesterday,</c>

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the<00:17:18.950><c> little,</c><00:17:19.390><c> the</c><00:17:19.490><c> banal</c><00:17:19.950><c> sort</c><00:17:20.130><c> of</c><00:17:20.349><c> stories</c><00:17:20.609><c> of</c><00:17:20.869><c> everyday</c><00:17:21.109><c> life.</c>

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And<00:17:24.390><c> yet</c><00:17:24.529><c> the</c><00:17:24.789><c> paradox</c><00:17:25.170><c> is</c><00:17:25.910><c> that</c><00:17:26.470><c> the</c><00:17:26.910><c> secret</c><00:17:27.269><c> had</c><00:17:27.490><c> to</c><00:17:27.609><c> be</c><00:17:27.730><c> unlocked.</c>

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They<00:17:28.430><c> were</c><00:17:28.609><c> simple,</c><00:17:29.009><c> and</c><00:17:29.190><c> yet</c><00:17:29.309><c> in</c><00:17:29.470><c> a</c><00:17:29.630><c> way</c><00:17:29.769><c> they</c><00:17:29.930><c> were</c><00:17:30.109><c> complex.</c>

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You<00:17:31.970><c> couldn't</c><00:17:32.269><c> understand</c><00:17:33.069><c> what</c><00:17:33.490><c> Jesus</c><00:17:33.789><c> was</c><00:17:34.029><c> talking</c><00:17:34.309><c> about</c>

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unless<00:17:35.529><c> you</c><00:17:35.750><c> understood,</c><00:17:36.390><c> or</c><00:17:36.549><c> you</c><00:17:36.670><c> had</c><00:17:36.769><c> the</c><00:17:36.950><c> secret,</c><00:17:37.589><c> the</c><00:17:37.769><c> key</c>

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to<00:17:39.210><c> how</c><00:17:39.450><c> you</c><00:17:39.630><c> were</c><00:17:39.730><c> to</c><00:17:39.970><c> interpret</c><00:17:40.390><c> the</c><00:17:40.750><c> parables.</c>

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And<00:17:41.650><c> so</c><00:17:41.769><c> there</c><00:17:41.930><c> is</c><00:17:42.049><c> what</c><00:17:42.190><c> I</c><00:17:42.329><c> would</c><00:17:42.529><c> call</c><00:17:42.829><c> sort</c><00:17:43.329><c> of</c><00:17:43.490><c> a</c><00:17:43.670><c> paradox</c>

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in<00:17:44.690><c> his</c><00:17:44.869><c> use</c><00:17:45.049><c> of</c><00:17:45.410><c> parables</c><00:17:45.769><c> as</c><00:17:46.049><c> a</c><00:17:46.210><c> teaching</c><00:17:46.470><c> technique.</c>

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It<00:17:47.630><c> was</c><00:17:48.109><c> the</c><00:17:48.329><c> language</c><00:17:48.730><c> of</c><00:17:49.049><c> the</c><00:17:49.569><c> common</c><00:17:49.789><c> man,</c>

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the<00:17:51.069><c> language</c><00:17:51.490><c> in</c><00:17:51.869><c> contradistinction</c><00:17:52.650><c> to</c><00:17:52.890><c> the</c><00:17:53.950><c> very</c><00:17:54.289><c> arcane,</c>

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the<00:17:55.130><c> very</c><00:17:55.329><c> sort</c><00:17:55.390><c> of,</c><00:17:57.329><c> the</c><00:17:57.609><c> very</c><00:17:57.869><c> scholastic</c><00:17:58.450><c> style</c><00:17:58.809><c> of</c><00:17:59.029><c> the</c><00:17:59.250><c> rabbis.</c>

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Even<00:18:01.430><c> then,</c><00:18:02.190><c> even</c><00:18:02.430><c> though</c><00:18:02.529><c> it</c><00:18:02.549><c> was</c><00:18:02.730><c> so</c><00:18:02.950><c> simple,</c><00:18:03.329><c> it</c><00:18:03.529><c> still</c><00:18:03.750><c> had</c>

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to<00:18:04.009><c> be</c><00:18:04.269><c> interpreted.</c>

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They<00:18:04.730><c> had</c><00:18:04.890><c> to</c><00:18:05.049><c> see,</c><00:18:05.430><c> they</c><00:18:05.549><c> had</c><00:18:05.730><c> to</c><00:18:05.809><c> have</c><00:18:05.869><c> the</c><00:18:06.130><c> key</c><00:18:06.549><c> to</c><00:18:06.990><c> what</c><00:18:07.150><c> he</c>

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was<00:18:07.450><c> talking</c><00:18:07.730><c> about.</c>

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And<00:18:11.329><c> that's</c><00:18:11.529><c> why</c><00:18:12.329><c> he</c><00:18:13.910><c> gives</c><00:18:14.130><c> a</c><00:18:14.329><c> few</c><00:18:14.450><c> examples,</c><00:18:15.049><c> like</c><00:18:15.250><c> the</c><00:18:15.470><c> parable</c><00:18:15.630><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:16.029><c> sower.</c>

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He<00:18:16.369><c> gives</c><00:18:16.710><c> a</c><00:18:17.049><c> clue</c><00:18:17.349><c> as</c><00:18:17.630><c> to</c><00:18:17.769><c> how</c><00:18:17.990><c> you</c><00:18:18.349><c> interpret</c><00:18:18.849><c> what</c><00:18:19.089><c> he's</c>

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talking<00:18:19.589><c> about.</c>

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The<00:18:20.869><c> parable</c><00:18:21.089><c> of</c><00:18:21.289><c> the</c><00:18:21.390><c> sower</c><00:18:21.509><c> is</c><00:18:21.670><c> one</c><00:18:21.829><c> of</c><00:18:21.950><c> the</c><00:18:22.029><c> very</c><00:18:22.390><c> few</c><00:18:22.670><c> parables</c>

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where<00:18:23.170><c> he</c><00:18:23.410><c> actually</c><00:18:23.809><c> explains</c><00:18:24.670><c> what</c><00:18:25.109><c> it</c><00:18:25.309><c> means.</c>

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And<00:18:25.890><c> you</c><00:18:26.130><c> know</c><00:18:26.329><c> the</c><00:18:26.529><c> passages,</c><00:18:26.869><c> I'm</c><00:18:27.089><c> sure,</c><00:18:27.250><c> in</c><00:18:27.410><c> the</c><00:18:27.529><c> Gospels.</c>

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We<00:18:27.950><c> won't</c><00:18:28.089><c> look</c><00:18:28.309><c> at</c><00:18:28.369><c> them</c><00:18:28.809><c> at</c><00:18:29.089><c> it</c><00:18:29.289><c> now.</c>

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He<00:18:29.990><c> states</c><00:18:30.809><c> the</c><00:18:31.829><c> parable</c><00:18:32.109><c> of</c><00:18:32.309><c> the</c><00:18:32.549><c> sower,</c>

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how<00:18:33.430><c> the</c><00:18:33.650><c> seed</c><00:18:33.930><c> went</c><00:18:35.710><c> into</c><00:18:35.930><c> the</c><00:18:37.589><c> various</c><00:18:37.869><c> soils,</c>

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some<00:18:38.769><c> rich,</c><00:18:39.009><c> some</c><00:18:39.269><c> poor,</c><00:18:39.470><c> some</c><00:18:39.789><c> stony.</c>

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And<00:18:40.710><c> then</c><00:18:40.809><c> he</c><00:18:40.970><c> proceeds</c><00:18:41.230><c> to</c><00:18:41.690><c> explain</c><00:18:42.250><c> how</c><00:18:42.849><c> one</c><00:18:43.130><c> should</c><00:18:43.410><c> interpret</c><00:18:44.190><c> a</c><00:18:44.950><c> parable.</c>

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And<00:18:47.549><c> there</c><00:18:47.650><c> are</c><00:18:47.670><c> one</c><00:18:47.829><c> or</c><00:18:47.869><c> two</c><00:18:48.049><c> other</c><00:18:48.210><c> cases.</c>

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But<00:18:49.250><c> essentially</c><00:18:49.970><c> the</c><00:18:50.309><c> parables</c><00:18:50.690><c> remain</c><00:18:51.230><c> unexplained.</c>

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And<00:18:53.890><c> so</c><00:18:53.990><c> for</c><00:18:54.109><c> those</c><00:18:54.309><c> who</c><00:18:54.490><c> are</c><00:18:54.609><c> uninitiated,</c>

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for<00:18:55.329><c> those</c><00:18:55.549><c> who</c><00:18:55.670><c> do</c><00:18:55.789><c> not</c><00:18:55.970><c> understand</c><00:18:56.369><c> or</c><00:18:56.569><c> have</c><00:18:56.730><c> the</c><00:18:56.990><c> secrets</c>

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of<00:18:57.430><c> what</c><00:18:57.589><c> he</c><00:18:57.750><c> was</c><00:18:57.910><c> talking</c><00:18:58.170><c> about,</c>

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it<00:18:58.950><c> would</c><00:18:59.650><c> have</c><00:18:59.769><c> seemed</c><00:18:59.950><c> as</c><00:19:00.109><c> though</c><00:19:00.190><c> Jesus</c><00:19:00.450><c> was</c><00:19:00.650><c> talking</c><00:19:00.970><c> about</c>

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the<00:19:01.349><c> most</c><00:19:01.809><c> ordinary</c><00:19:02.390><c> things</c><00:19:02.990><c> without</c><00:19:03.470><c> meaning.</c>

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He<00:19:04.789><c> was</c><00:19:04.970><c> not</c><00:19:05.190><c> just</c><00:19:05.589><c> talking</c><00:19:05.849><c> in</c><00:19:06.029><c> a</c><00:19:06.130><c> language</c><00:19:06.470><c> different</c><00:19:06.950><c> from</c>

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the<00:19:07.309><c> rabbis.</c>

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He<00:19:08.450><c> was</c><00:19:08.670><c> talking</c><00:19:08.970><c> in</c><00:19:09.170><c> a</c><00:19:09.250><c> language</c><00:19:09.589><c> which</c><00:19:09.789><c> was</c><00:19:09.970><c> so</c><00:19:10.230><c> simple</c><00:19:10.529><c> as</c>

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to<00:19:10.849><c> be</c><00:19:11.049><c> odd.</c>

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And<00:19:12.789><c> it</c><00:19:12.910><c> wasn't</c><00:19:13.190><c> until</c><00:19:13.589><c> you</c><00:19:14.029><c> realized</c><00:19:14.450><c> that</c><00:19:14.609><c> there</c><00:19:14.750><c> is</c><00:19:14.930><c> a</c><00:19:15.109><c> key,</c>

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there<00:19:15.490><c> is</c><00:19:15.710><c> a</c><00:19:15.890><c> clue</c><00:19:16.269><c> to</c><00:19:17.329><c> interpretation</c><00:19:18.009><c> of</c><00:19:18.230><c> the</c><00:19:18.450><c> parables</c>

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that<00:19:19.369><c> you</c><00:19:19.670><c> understood</c><00:19:20.250><c> that</c><00:19:20.450><c> he</c><00:19:20.650><c> was</c><00:19:21.170><c> getting</c><00:19:21.470><c> at</c><00:19:21.750><c> great</c>

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spiritual<00:19:22.670><c> points.</c>

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Now<00:19:25.490><c> as</c><00:19:25.750><c> a</c><00:19:25.990><c> very,</c><00:19:26.490><c> I</c><00:19:26.710><c> think,</c><00:19:27.130><c> helpful</c><00:19:27.269><c> example</c><00:19:27.690><c> of</c><00:19:27.829><c> this,</c>

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we<00:19:28.150><c> turn</c><00:19:28.450><c> to</c><00:19:28.630><c> the</c><00:19:28.769><c> fourth</c><00:19:29.009><c> chapter</c><00:19:29.509><c> of</c><00:19:30.410><c> Mark,</c>

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which<00:19:30.970><c> I</c><00:19:31.170><c> think</c><00:19:31.289><c> is</c><00:19:32.630><c> an</c><00:19:33.089><c> interesting</c><00:19:33.490><c> section</c>

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because<00:19:34.309><c> it</c><00:19:34.990><c> explains</c><00:19:35.490><c> how</c><00:19:36.230><c> and</c><00:19:36.569><c> why</c><00:19:37.210><c> Jesus</c><00:19:37.769><c> used</c><00:19:38.589><c> parables</c>

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as<00:19:39.849><c> one</c><00:19:40.190><c> of</c><00:19:40.349><c> his</c><00:19:41.230><c> teaching</c><00:19:41.829><c> techniques.</c>

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Mark<00:19:44.789><c> chapter</c><00:19:45.109><c> 4,</c><00:19:50.250><c> verse</c><00:19:50.549><c> 10.</c>

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And<00:19:54.930><c> when</c><00:19:55.130><c> he</c><00:19:55.289><c> was</c><00:19:55.529><c> alone,</c>

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those<00:19:58.549><c> who</c><00:19:58.769><c> were</c><00:19:58.990><c> about</c><00:19:59.210><c> him</c><00:19:59.509><c> with</c><00:19:59.650><c> the</c><00:19:59.869><c> twelve</c>

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asked<00:20:00.430><c> him</c><00:20:00.690><c> concerning</c><00:20:01.089><c> the</c><00:20:01.430><c> parables.</c>

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They<00:20:02.069><c> were</c><00:20:02.690><c> mystified.</c>

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What<00:20:03.470><c> are</c><00:20:03.589><c> you</c><00:20:03.789><c> talking</c><00:20:04.009><c> about,</c><00:20:04.490><c> the</c><00:20:04.670><c> coin,</c><00:20:04.970><c> the</c><00:20:05.130><c> lost</c><00:20:05.349><c> coin,</c>

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the<00:20:06.990><c> sheep,</c><00:20:08.049><c> the</c><00:20:08.250><c> mustard</c><00:20:08.490><c> seed?</c>

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They<00:20:09.690><c> asked</c><00:20:09.970><c> him</c><00:20:10.130><c> about</c><00:20:10.349><c> the</c><00:20:10.650><c> parables.</c>

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And<00:20:12.029><c> he</c><00:20:12.130><c> said</c><00:20:12.289><c> unto</c><00:20:12.470><c> them,</c>

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To<00:20:13.829><c> you</c><00:20:14.089><c> has</c><00:20:14.309><c> been</c><00:20:14.549><c> given</c><00:20:14.829><c> the</c><00:20:15.289><c> secret</c><00:20:15.630><c> or</c><00:20:15.789><c> the</c><00:20:15.970><c> mystery</c>

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of<00:20:17.049><c> the</c><00:20:17.230><c> kingdom</c><00:20:17.470><c> of</c><00:20:17.730><c> God,</c>

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but<00:20:18.990><c> for</c><00:20:19.190><c> those</c><00:20:19.630><c> outside,</c><00:20:21.849><c> everything</c><00:20:22.349><c> is</c><00:20:22.970><c> in</c><00:20:23.230><c> parables,</c>

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so<00:20:25.950><c> that</c><00:20:26.089><c> they</c><00:20:26.250><c> may</c><00:20:26.529><c> indeed</c><00:20:26.950><c> see,</c><00:20:28.009><c> but</c><00:20:28.069><c> not</c><00:20:28.309><c> perceive,</c>

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and<00:20:29.829><c> may</c><00:20:30.130><c> indeed</c><00:20:30.529><c> hear,</c><00:20:31.509><c> but</c><00:20:31.650><c> not</c><00:20:31.930><c> understand,</c>

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lest<00:20:34.190><c> they</c><00:20:34.430><c> should</c><00:20:34.650><c> turn</c><00:20:34.930><c> again</c><00:20:35.430><c> and</c><00:20:35.829><c> be</c><00:20:36.109><c> forgiven.</c>

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Now<00:20:39.630><c> what</c><00:20:39.730><c> does</c><00:20:39.869><c> this</c><00:20:40.069><c> mean,</c><00:20:40.329><c> brothers</c><00:20:40.410><c> and</c><00:20:40.609><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:20:40.890><c> I</c><00:20:41.150><c> believe</c><00:20:41.410><c> this</c><00:20:41.730><c> is</c><00:20:42.069><c> one</c><00:20:42.910><c> of</c><00:20:43.069><c> the</c><00:20:43.190><c> key</c><00:20:43.430><c> texts</c>

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of<00:20:44.349><c> explaining</c><00:20:44.690><c> or</c><00:20:45.009><c> understanding</c><00:20:45.390><c> why</c><00:20:45.769><c> Jesus</c><00:20:46.150><c> used</c><00:20:46.630><c> parables.</c>

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He's<00:20:50.329><c> saying,</c><00:20:50.650><c> oddly</c><00:20:50.890><c> enough,</c><00:20:52.430><c> that</c><00:20:52.430><c> parables,</c>

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he<00:20:53.769><c> used</c><00:20:54.130><c> parables</c><00:20:54.829><c> so</c><00:20:55.450><c> that</c><00:20:55.809><c> those,</c>

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basically<00:20:57.589><c> for</c><00:20:57.769><c> those</c><00:20:58.029><c> outside,</c><00:20:58.650><c> everything</c><00:20:58.930><c> is</c><00:20:59.109><c> in</c><00:20:59.369><c> parables.</c>

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Those<00:21:02.250><c> outside,</c><00:21:03.150><c> I</c><00:21:03.410><c> presume</c><00:21:03.690><c> he</c><00:21:03.829><c> means</c><00:21:04.049><c> by</c><00:21:04.190><c> this,</c>

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those<00:21:04.650><c> who</c><00:21:04.809><c> are</c><00:21:04.890><c> not</c><00:21:05.029><c> his</c><00:21:05.230><c> immediate</c><00:21:05.529><c> disciples.</c>

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And<00:21:07.549><c> he</c><00:21:07.690><c> says,</c><00:21:07.910><c> so</c><00:21:08.150><c> that</c><00:21:08.269><c> they</c><00:21:08.410><c> may</c><00:21:08.809><c> indeed</c><00:21:09.349><c> see,</c><00:21:09.769><c> but</c><00:21:09.890><c> not</c><00:21:10.089><c> perceive,</c>

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and<00:21:11.849><c> indeed</c><00:21:12.190><c> hear,</c><00:21:12.630><c> but</c><00:21:12.650><c> not</c><00:21:12.829><c> understand.</c>

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So<00:21:13.990><c> what</c><00:21:14.130><c> else</c><00:21:14.369><c> can</c><00:21:14.509><c> he</c><00:21:14.730><c> mean,</c>

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that<00:21:16.470><c> it's</c><00:21:16.990><c> impossible</c><00:21:17.589><c> to</c><00:21:18.910><c> understand</c><00:21:19.309><c> these</c><00:21:19.569><c> parables</c>

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other<00:21:21.549><c> than</c><00:21:21.769><c> in</c><00:21:21.930><c> their</c><00:21:22.109><c> spiritual</c><00:21:22.529><c> domain?</c>

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There's<00:21:24.509><c> an</c><00:21:24.710><c> obfuscation</c><00:21:25.250><c> about</c><00:21:25.430><c> what</c><00:21:25.549><c> he's</c><00:21:25.789><c> talking</c><00:21:26.049><c> about.</c>

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There's<00:21:26.990><c> an</c><00:21:27.210><c> obscurity.</c>

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It's<00:21:27.769><c> sort</c><00:21:27.970><c> of</c><00:21:28.109><c> like</c><00:21:28.349><c> a,</c>

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there's<00:21:28.970><c> a</c><00:21:29.130><c> pointlessness</c><00:21:29.549><c> to</c><00:21:29.710><c> what</c><00:21:29.789><c> he's</c><00:21:30.009><c> talking</c><00:21:30.269><c> about.</c>

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You're<00:21:31.470><c> forced</c><00:21:31.930><c> to</c><00:21:32.690><c> understand</c><00:21:33.109><c> Jesus</c><00:21:33.630><c> in</c><00:21:34.150><c> a</c><00:21:34.369><c> spiritual</c><00:21:34.650><c> context.</c>

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This<00:21:35.809><c> is</c><00:21:36.009><c> the</c><00:21:36.150><c> beauty</c><00:21:36.369><c> of</c><00:21:36.549><c> the</c><00:21:36.789><c> parables.</c>

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They're<00:21:37.549><c> just</c><00:21:37.950><c> so</c><00:21:38.609><c> ordinary</c><00:21:38.990><c> as</c><00:21:39.190><c> to</c><00:21:39.289><c> be</c><00:21:39.450><c> almost</c><00:21:39.809><c> foolish.</c>

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He<00:21:41.309><c> is</c><00:21:41.809><c> forcing</c><00:21:42.269><c> people</c><00:21:42.890><c> to</c><00:21:44.410><c> come</c><00:21:44.789><c> into</c><00:21:45.549><c> the</c><00:21:46.150><c> spiritual</c><00:21:46.589><c> realm</c>

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of<00:21:47.150><c> thought.</c>

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You<00:21:48.849><c> don't</c><00:21:49.130><c> understand</c><00:21:49.630><c> hardly</c><00:21:49.910><c> anything</c>

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that<00:21:50.430><c> he</c><00:21:50.589><c> talks</c><00:21:50.789><c> about</c><00:21:51.049><c> in</c><00:21:51.250><c> parables,</c>

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unless<00:21:52.490><c> you</c><00:21:53.990><c> see</c><00:21:54.690><c> what</c><00:21:54.950><c> he's</c><00:21:55.210><c> saying</c><00:21:55.509><c> in</c><00:21:56.049><c> a</c><00:21:56.329><c> spiritual</c><00:21:56.710><c> sphere,</c>

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unless<00:21:58.009><c> you're</c><00:21:58.369><c> hiked</c><00:21:58.609><c> up,</c><00:21:59.210><c> if</c><00:21:59.309><c> you</c><00:21:59.910><c> like</c><00:22:00.069><c> to</c><00:22:00.450><c> put</c><00:22:00.569><c> it</c><00:22:00.630><c> that</c><00:22:00.809><c> way,</c>

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into<00:22:01.990><c> a</c><00:22:02.490><c> spiritual</c><00:22:03.329><c> way</c><00:22:04.049><c> of</c><00:22:04.569><c> thinking.</c>

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Otherwise,<00:22:08.309><c> they</c><00:22:08.509><c> hear,</c><00:22:08.890><c> but</c><00:22:08.910><c> they</c><00:22:09.049><c> don't</c><00:22:09.289><c> understand.</c>

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And<00:22:10.650><c> so</c><00:22:10.910><c> this</c><00:22:11.190><c> is</c><00:22:11.349><c> the</c><00:22:11.609><c> paradox</c><00:22:12.029><c> of</c><00:22:12.250><c> his</c><00:22:12.650><c> use</c><00:22:12.970><c> of</c><00:22:13.490><c> the</c><00:22:13.750><c> parable.</c>

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There<00:22:14.789><c> was</c><00:22:15.049><c> sort</c><00:22:15.230><c> of</c><00:22:15.710><c> a</c><00:22:16.009><c> mystery</c><00:22:16.430><c> attached</c><00:22:16.869><c> to</c><00:22:17.069><c> it,</c>

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but<00:22:18.089><c> once</c><00:22:18.450><c> you</c><00:22:18.789><c> understood</c><00:22:19.289><c> it,</c>

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once<00:22:20.049><c> you</c><00:22:20.230><c> are</c><00:22:20.450><c> forced</c><00:22:20.690><c> to</c><00:22:20.930><c> think</c><00:22:21.029><c> in</c><00:22:21.170><c> the</c><00:22:21.289><c> way</c>

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which<00:22:21.609><c> Jesus</c><00:22:21.890><c> himself</c><00:22:22.349><c> thought,</c>

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namely<00:22:23.210><c> in</c><00:22:24.809><c> spiritual</c><00:22:25.289><c> realms,</c>

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then<00:22:26.210><c> it</c><00:22:26.470><c> had</c><00:22:26.670><c> these</c><00:22:27.049><c> great</c><00:22:27.369><c> vistas</c><00:22:27.950><c> of</c><00:22:29.170><c> exposition,</c>

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and<00:22:31.750><c> you</c><00:22:31.950><c> understood</c><00:22:32.329><c> what</c><00:22:32.529><c> a</c><00:22:32.750><c> wonderful</c><00:22:33.109><c> point</c>

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he<00:22:33.589><c> was</c><00:22:33.750><c> making</c><00:22:34.069><c> by</c><00:22:34.309><c> his</c><00:22:34.569><c> parables,</c>

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be<00:22:36.109><c> it</c><00:22:36.789><c> the</c><00:22:37.069><c> lost</c><00:22:37.369><c> sheep,</c><00:22:39.109><c> be</c><00:22:39.190><c> it</c><00:22:39.769><c> the</c><00:22:40.069><c> sower</c><00:22:40.369><c> or</c><00:22:40.490><c> whatever,</c>

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that<00:22:41.150><c> he</c><00:22:41.250><c> was</c><00:22:41.450><c> opening</c><00:22:41.690><c> up</c><00:22:41.990><c> vistas</c><00:22:42.230><c> of</c><00:22:42.450><c> the</c><00:22:42.589><c> kingdom</c><00:22:42.809><c> of</c><00:22:43.049><c> heaven,</c>

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the<00:22:43.950><c> kingdom</c><00:22:44.089><c> of</c><00:22:44.369><c> God.</c>

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So<00:22:46.410><c> he</c><00:22:46.549><c> says</c><00:22:46.730><c> in</c><00:22:46.910><c> verse</c><00:22:47.089><c> 13,</c><00:22:47.470><c> in</c><00:22:47.589><c> a</c><00:22:47.650><c> very</c><00:22:47.950><c> interesting</c><00:22:48.329><c> play</c><00:22:48.609><c> on</c><00:22:48.890><c> words,</c>

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in<00:22:49.789><c> verse</c><00:22:49.910><c> 13</c><00:22:50.309><c> of</c><00:22:50.730><c> Mark</c><00:22:50.890><c> chapter</c><00:22:51.190><c> 4,</c><00:22:52.109><c> he</c><00:22:52.170><c> said</c><00:22:52.349><c> unto</c><00:22:52.529><c> them,</c>

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Do<00:22:53.769><c> you</c><00:22:54.630><c> not</c><00:22:54.829><c> understand</c><00:22:55.430><c> this</c><00:22:55.690><c> parable?</c>

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How<00:22:58.609><c> then</c><00:22:59.029><c> will</c><00:22:59.289><c> you</c><00:23:00.529><c> begin</c><00:23:00.990><c> to</c><00:23:01.349><c> understand?</c>

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And<00:23:01.970><c> there's</c><00:23:02.210><c> a</c><00:23:02.390><c> change</c><00:23:02.549><c> in</c><00:23:02.710><c> the</c><00:23:02.910><c> Greek</c><00:23:03.089><c> here,</c>

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which<00:23:03.670><c> I</c><00:23:03.930><c> find</c><00:23:04.049><c> very</c><00:23:04.309><c> interesting</c><00:23:04.789><c> in</c><00:23:04.990><c> Mark</c><00:23:05.250><c> chapter</c><00:23:05.470><c> 4,</c><00:23:05.789><c> verse</c><00:23:05.970><c> 13.</c>

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Do<00:23:07.609><c> you</c><00:23:07.829><c> not</c><00:23:08.069><c> understand</c><00:23:08.490><c> this</c><00:23:08.769><c> parable?</c>

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How<00:23:11.430><c> then</c><00:23:11.690><c> will</c><00:23:11.849><c> you</c><00:23:12.049><c> begin</c><00:23:12.509><c> to</c><00:23:12.849><c> understand</c><00:23:13.289><c> all</c><00:23:13.890><c> the</c><00:23:14.170><c> parables?</c>

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If<00:23:15.430><c> you</c><00:23:15.569><c> don't</c><00:23:15.829><c> sort</c><00:23:15.970><c> of</c><00:23:16.190><c> see</c><00:23:16.650><c> that</c><00:23:17.089><c> there's</c><00:23:17.329><c> a</c><00:23:17.509><c> key</c><00:23:17.690><c> to</c><00:23:17.910><c> understanding</c><00:23:18.369><c> this,</c>

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how<00:23:20.150><c> are</c><00:23:20.269><c> you</c><00:23:20.490><c> going</c><00:23:20.910><c> to</c><00:23:21.230><c> understand</c><00:23:21.470><c> anything</c><00:23:21.849><c> which</c><00:23:22.109><c> I'm</c>

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talking<00:23:22.630><c> about?</c>

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And<00:23:26.250><c> that,</c><00:23:26.769><c> brethren</c><00:23:26.769><c> and</c><00:23:26.930><c> sisters,</c>

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if<00:23:27.289><c> I</c><00:23:27.390><c> can</c><00:23:27.529><c> just</c><00:23:27.730><c> sort</c><00:23:27.849><c> of</c><00:23:27.990><c> make</c><00:23:28.150><c> a</c><00:23:28.589><c> point</c><00:23:28.769><c> in</c><00:23:29.069><c> passing,</c>

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that<00:23:29.569><c> I</c><00:23:29.750><c> think</c><00:23:29.869><c> is</c><00:23:30.029><c> one</c><00:23:30.150><c> of</c><00:23:30.269><c> the</c><00:23:30.529><c> clues</c><00:23:30.869><c> of</c><00:23:31.109><c> the</c><00:23:31.309><c> teaching</c><00:23:31.630><c> techniques</c><00:23:32.150><c> of</c><00:23:32.529><c> Jesus.</c>

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You're<00:23:34.170><c> forced</c><00:23:34.690><c> to</c><00:23:36.250><c> understand</c><00:23:36.650><c> him</c><00:23:36.910><c> spiritually.</c>

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We're<00:23:39.490><c> forced</c><00:23:39.829><c> to</c><00:23:40.089><c> understand</c><00:23:40.450><c> what</c><00:23:40.589><c> he</c><00:23:40.809><c> says</c><00:23:40.990><c> in</c><00:23:41.190><c> a</c><00:23:41.410><c> spiritual</c><00:23:41.690><c> way.</c>

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He<00:23:44.769><c> is</c><00:23:45.150><c> interested,</c><00:23:45.509><c> of</c><00:23:45.730><c> course,</c><00:23:46.970><c> in</c><00:23:47.950><c> a</c><00:23:48.250><c> way</c><00:23:48.410><c> of</c><00:23:48.650><c> life,</c>

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a<00:23:49.609><c> secular</c><00:23:49.829><c> world</c><00:23:50.170><c> and</c><00:23:50.369><c> so</c><00:23:50.509><c> on</c><00:23:50.670><c> and</c><00:23:50.690><c> so</c><00:23:50.950><c> on,</c>

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but<00:23:52.269><c> he</c><00:23:52.410><c> wants</c><00:23:52.750><c> us</c><00:23:52.910><c> and</c><00:23:53.049><c> he</c><00:23:53.329><c> insists,</c><00:23:53.670><c> really,</c>

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that<00:23:55.210><c> we</c><00:23:55.490><c> think</c><00:23:55.690><c> of</c><00:23:55.809><c> him</c><00:23:56.349><c> in</c><00:23:57.210><c> spiritual</c><00:23:57.609><c> terms.</c>

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And<00:24:02.390><c> I</c><00:24:03.029><c> think</c><00:24:03.170><c> that's</c><00:24:03.410><c> a</c><00:24:03.529><c> very,</c><00:24:03.950><c> very</c><00:24:03.950><c> potent</c><00:24:04.210><c> lesson</c><00:24:04.549><c> for</c><00:24:04.730><c> us</c>

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in<00:24:05.170><c> these</c><00:24:05.390><c> days,</c><00:24:05.750><c> brethren</c><00:24:05.890><c> and</c><00:24:06.089><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:24:06.809><c> we</c><00:24:07.049><c> have</c><00:24:07.329><c> to</c><00:24:07.730><c> understand</c><00:24:08.710><c> the</c><00:24:09.390><c> teachings</c>

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and<00:24:09.910><c> the</c><00:24:10.130><c> claims</c><00:24:10.309><c> of</c><00:24:10.470><c> the</c><00:24:10.549><c> Lord</c><00:24:10.690><c> Jesus</c><00:24:11.069><c> Christ</c><00:24:11.769><c> spiritually.</c>

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We<00:24:13.930><c> have</c><00:24:14.210><c> to</c><00:24:14.410><c> think</c><00:24:14.890><c> in</c><00:24:15.490><c> a</c><00:24:15.690><c> spiritual</c><00:24:15.990><c> world</c>

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if<00:24:16.329><c> we</c><00:24:17.230><c> are</c><00:24:17.390><c> really</c><00:24:17.690><c> to</c><00:24:17.910><c> understand</c><00:24:18.230><c> or</c><00:24:18.390><c> to</c><00:24:18.670><c> comprehend</c>

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what<00:24:19.150><c> the</c><00:24:19.269><c> Lord</c><00:24:19.410><c> Jesus</c><00:24:19.769><c> Christ</c><00:24:20.109><c> was</c><00:24:20.349><c> speaking</c><00:24:20.650><c> about.</c>

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And<00:24:23.230><c> so</c><00:24:23.289><c> in</c><00:24:23.450><c> verse</c><00:24:23.650><c> 21,</c><00:24:24.109><c> just</c><00:24:24.269><c> to</c><00:24:24.450><c> finish</c><00:24:24.609><c> off</c><00:24:24.789><c> this</c><00:24:25.009><c> point,</c>

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in<00:24:25.329><c> verse</c><00:24:25.529><c> 21</c><00:24:25.950><c> of</c><00:24:26.589><c> Mark</c><00:24:26.809><c> chapter</c><00:24:27.190><c> 4,</c>

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he<00:24:29.230><c> says</c><00:24:29.329><c> something</c><00:24:29.609><c> which</c><00:24:29.809><c> I</c><00:24:29.890><c> think</c><00:24:30.029><c> is</c><00:24:30.170><c> sort</c><00:24:30.349><c> of</c><00:24:30.470><c> an</c><00:24:30.750><c> extension</c><00:24:31.109><c> of</c><00:24:31.329><c> this</c><00:24:31.589><c> point.</c>

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He<00:24:32.869><c> said</c><00:24:33.009><c> unto</c><00:24:33.190><c> them,</c>

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Is<00:24:34.589><c> a</c><00:24:34.789><c> lamp</c><00:24:34.990><c> brought</c><00:24:35.430><c> in</c><00:24:35.890><c> to</c><00:24:36.029><c> be</c><00:24:36.210><c> put</c><00:24:36.349><c> under</c><00:24:36.670><c> a</c><00:24:36.789><c> bushel</c><00:24:37.170><c> or</c><00:24:37.910><c> under</c><00:24:38.230><c> a</c><00:24:38.390><c> bed,</c>

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and<00:24:39.430><c> not</c><00:24:39.609><c> on</c><00:24:39.829><c> a</c><00:24:40.150><c> stand?</c>

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For<00:24:42.049><c> there</c><00:24:42.269><c> is</c><00:24:42.410><c> nothing</c><00:24:42.750><c> hid</c><00:24:43.450><c> except</c><00:24:44.210><c> to</c><00:24:44.390><c> be</c><00:24:44.509><c> made</c><00:24:44.789><c> manifest,</c>

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nor<00:24:46.390><c> is</c><00:24:46.589><c> anything</c><00:24:46.890><c> secret</c><00:24:47.309><c> except</c><00:24:47.670><c> to</c><00:24:47.910><c> come</c><00:24:48.029><c> to</c><00:24:48.250><c> light.</c>

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If<00:24:49.549><c> any</c><00:24:49.769><c> man</c><00:24:49.970><c> has</c><00:24:50.309><c> ears</c><00:24:50.589><c> to</c><00:24:50.910><c> hear,</c><00:24:51.809><c> let</c><00:24:51.910><c> him</c><00:24:52.150><c> hear.</c>

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And<00:24:54.210><c> there,</c><00:24:54.569><c> as</c><00:24:54.690><c> many</c><00:24:54.849><c> of</c><00:24:54.990><c> our</c><00:24:55.210><c> commentators</c><00:24:55.609><c> have</c><00:24:55.849><c> said,</c><00:24:56.309><c> brethren</c><00:24:56.309><c> and</c><00:24:56.549><c> sisters,</c>

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here<00:24:57.250><c> is</c><00:24:57.509><c> a</c><00:24:57.750><c> parable</c><00:24:59.349><c> about</c><00:25:00.569><c> parables.</c>

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It<00:25:03.690><c> remains</c><00:25:03.990><c> a</c><00:25:04.250><c> secret.</c>

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It's<00:25:05.049><c> something</c><00:25:05.250><c> hidden,</c><00:25:06.450><c> something</c><00:25:06.789><c> which</c><00:25:07.029><c> is</c><00:25:07.170><c> not</c><00:25:07.369><c> manifest</c>

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until<00:25:08.750><c> we</c><00:25:09.230><c> understand</c><00:25:09.670><c> that</c><00:25:09.890><c> Jesus</c><00:25:10.230><c> Christ</c><00:25:10.549><c> is</c><00:25:10.750><c> speaking</c><00:25:11.009><c> to</c>

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us<00:25:11.430><c> in</c><00:25:11.710><c> spiritual</c><00:25:12.170><c> terms.</c>

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Of<00:25:16.130><c> course,</c><00:25:17.509><c> it</c><00:25:17.630><c> was</c><00:25:17.829><c> not</c><00:25:18.029><c> just</c><00:25:18.250><c> in</c><00:25:18.390><c> his</c><00:25:18.609><c> parables,</c>

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but<00:25:19.289><c> in</c><00:25:19.450><c> his</c><00:25:19.769><c> general</c><00:25:20.130><c> discourses,</c><00:25:20.809><c> in</c><00:25:20.950><c> his</c><00:25:21.170><c> speeches</c><00:25:21.430><c> he</c><00:25:21.710><c> insisted</c><00:25:22.009><c> on</c><00:25:22.269><c> this.</c>

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In<00:25:23.109><c> fact,</c><00:25:23.230><c> some</c><00:25:23.410><c> of</c><00:25:23.549><c> his</c><00:25:23.769><c> comments</c><00:25:24.069><c> were</c><00:25:24.269><c> so</c><00:25:24.430><c> extreme,</c><00:25:25.369><c> or</c><00:25:25.630><c> so</c>

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it<00:25:25.869><c> would</c><00:25:26.069><c> seem,</c>

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that<00:25:26.829><c> you</c><00:25:26.910><c> couldn't</c><00:25:27.289><c> understand</c><00:25:27.750><c> them</c><00:25:27.990><c> unless,</c><00:25:28.750><c> like</c><00:25:28.990><c> these</c><00:25:29.670><c> parables,</c>

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you<00:25:30.210><c> couldn't</c><00:25:30.470><c> understand</c><00:25:30.890><c> them</c><00:25:31.029><c> unless</c><00:25:31.230><c> you</c><00:25:31.529><c> perceived</c><00:25:31.869><c> them</c><00:25:32.309><c> in</c>

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a<00:25:32.670><c> spiritual</c><00:25:32.970><c> dimension.</c>

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How<00:25:33.950><c> else</c><00:25:34.210><c> would</c><00:25:34.630><c> one</c><00:25:34.809><c> possibly</c><00:25:35.210><c> understand</c><00:25:35.650><c> his</c><00:25:35.910><c> statement?</c>

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That<00:25:37.130><c> unless</c><00:25:37.369><c> you</c><00:25:37.970><c> eat</c><00:25:38.349><c> the</c><00:25:38.569><c> flesh</c><00:25:38.950><c> of</c><00:25:39.190><c> the</c><00:25:39.329><c> Son</c><00:25:39.470><c> of</c><00:25:39.650><c> Man</c><00:25:39.809><c> and</c>

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drink<00:25:40.210><c> His</c><00:25:40.450><c> blood,</c>

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there<00:25:41.710><c> is</c><00:25:41.950><c> no</c><00:25:42.190><c> life</c><00:25:42.450><c> in</c><00:25:42.650><c> you.</c>

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He<00:25:44.670><c> spoke,</c><00:25:45.450><c> and</c><00:25:45.609><c> this</c><00:25:45.950><c> is,</c><00:25:46.289><c> I</c><00:25:46.470><c> believe,</c><00:25:47.289><c> the</c><00:25:47.750><c> kernel</c><00:25:47.930><c> of</c><00:25:48.130><c> his</c>

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preaching<00:25:49.009><c> style.</c>

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He<00:25:50.089><c> spoke</c><00:25:50.349><c> in</c><00:25:50.609><c> such</c><00:25:51.289><c> strong,</c><00:25:51.890><c> such</c><00:25:52.210><c> almost</c><00:25:52.730><c> extravagant</c><00:25:53.349><c> language,</c>

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such<00:25:55.910><c> stark</c><00:25:56.170><c> language,</c><00:25:58.009><c> language</c><00:25:58.390><c> of</c><00:25:58.750><c> parables,</c><00:25:59.109><c> if</c><00:25:59.289><c> you</c><00:25:59.390><c> like,</c>

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in<00:26:01.829><c> a</c><00:26:01.950><c> way</c><00:26:02.150><c> which,</c><00:26:03.410><c> in</c><00:26:03.529><c> terms</c><00:26:03.710><c> of</c><00:26:03.869><c> his</c><00:26:04.269><c> central</c><00:26:04.569><c> message,</c>

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you<00:26:06.670><c> had</c><00:26:07.130><c> to</c><00:26:07.950><c> come</c><00:26:08.210><c> up</c><00:26:08.430><c> to</c><00:26:08.549><c> his</c><00:26:08.750><c> plane</c><00:26:08.990><c> of</c><00:26:09.269><c> thought</c><00:26:09.730><c> to</c><00:26:11.029><c> comprehend</c><00:26:11.529><c> him.</c>

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And<00:26:15.049><c> that,</c><00:26:15.470><c> brethren</c><00:26:15.470><c> and</c><00:26:15.609><c> sisters,</c><00:26:15.690><c> I</c><00:26:15.930><c> believe,</c><00:26:16.190><c> even</c><00:26:16.450><c> now,</c>

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in<00:26:16.869><c> these</c><00:26:17.049><c> far</c><00:26:17.289><c>-off</c><00:26:17.450><c> days,</c>

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is<00:26:18.109><c> the</c><00:26:18.250><c> essence</c><00:26:18.650><c> of</c><00:26:19.009><c> studying</c><00:26:19.289><c> scripture</c><00:26:19.809><c> and</c><00:26:20.509><c> of</c><00:26:20.750><c> understanding</c><00:26:21.190><c> his</c><00:26:21.509><c> teachings.</c>

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We<00:26:24.289><c> have</c><00:26:24.549><c> to</c><00:26:24.849><c> probe</c><00:26:25.210><c> what</c><00:26:25.549><c> he</c><00:26:25.730><c> is</c><00:26:25.809><c> getting</c><00:26:26.049><c> at</c><00:26:26.369><c> spiritually</c><00:26:26.950><c> to</c>

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understand<00:26:28.910><c> him.</c>

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That<00:26:31.349><c> is</c><00:26:31.589><c> the</c><00:26:31.710><c> secret,</c><00:26:31.970><c> I</c><00:26:32.130><c> think,</c><00:26:32.329><c> for</c><00:26:32.549><c> Bible</c><00:26:32.809><c> exposition.</c>

00:26:34.210 --> 00:26:36.970
Certainly<00:26:34.809><c> the</c><00:26:35.150><c> exposition</c><00:26:35.609><c> of</c><00:26:35.789><c> his</c><00:26:35.990><c> own</c><00:26:36.269><c> teachings</c><00:26:36.609><c> here</c><00:26:36.869><c> in</c>

00:26:36.970 --> 00:26:37.869
the<00:26:37.130><c> Gospels.</c>

00:26:38.130 --> 00:26:40.569
He<00:26:38.269><c> spoke</c><00:26:38.670><c> like</c><00:26:39.769><c> no</c><00:26:39.970><c> other</c><00:26:40.170><c> man.</c>

00:26:40.990 --> 00:26:43.069
He<00:26:41.109><c> spoke</c><00:26:41.410><c> on</c><00:26:41.710><c> a</c><00:26:41.849><c> plane</c><00:26:42.049><c> like</c><00:26:42.289><c> no</c><00:26:42.490><c> other</c><00:26:42.670><c> man,</c>

00:26:43.369 --> 00:26:46.150
and<00:26:43.490><c> he</c><00:26:43.710><c> forced</c><00:26:43.950><c> those</c><00:26:44.269><c> who</c><00:26:44.410><c> would</c><00:26:44.650><c> understand</c><00:26:44.990><c> him</c><00:26:45.589><c> clearly</c>

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and<00:26:46.930><c> would</c><00:26:47.150><c> receive</c><00:26:47.390><c> his</c><00:26:47.630><c> message.</c>

00:26:48.650 --> 00:26:52.529
He<00:26:49.109><c> insisted</c><00:26:49.750><c> that</c><00:26:50.369><c> they</c><00:26:50.509><c> would</c><00:26:50.710><c> meet</c><00:26:50.849><c> him</c><00:26:51.190><c> in</c><00:26:51.410><c> discourse</c><00:26:51.829><c> on</c>

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his<00:26:52.650><c> own</c><00:26:52.990><c> terms,</c>

00:26:54.569 --> 00:26:59.029
that<00:26:54.670><c> they</c><00:26:55.930><c> would</c><00:26:56.289><c> recognize</c><00:26:56.750><c> that</c><00:26:56.950><c> he</c><00:26:57.230><c> spoke</c><00:26:57.769><c> spiritually,</c>

00:26:59.329 --> 00:27:04.890
and<00:26:59.910><c> he</c><00:27:00.089><c> wants</c><00:27:00.309><c> to</c><00:27:00.569><c> draw</c><00:27:00.670><c> us</c><00:27:00.849><c> up</c><00:27:01.109><c> to</c><00:27:01.369><c> his</c><00:27:02.430><c> criteria,</c><00:27:03.230><c> his</c><00:27:03.289><c> standards</c><00:27:03.710><c> of</c><00:27:04.029><c> thought,</c>

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draw<00:27:05.230><c> us</c><00:27:05.630><c> closer</c><00:27:05.910><c> to</c><00:27:06.089><c> him.</c>

00:27:10.609 --> 00:27:15.230
So<00:27:10.769><c> that</c><00:27:10.930><c> was</c><00:27:12.009><c> an</c><00:27:12.450><c> essential</c><00:27:13.089><c> technique,</c><00:27:13.789><c> I</c><00:27:13.990><c> believe,</c><00:27:14.349><c> of</c><00:27:14.490><c> the</c>

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teaching<00:27:15.549><c> of</c><00:27:15.730><c> the</c><00:27:15.829><c> Lord</c><00:27:15.970><c> Jesus,</c>

00:27:17.369 --> 00:27:22.529
to<00:27:17.950><c> see</c><00:27:18.109><c> the</c><00:27:18.289><c> capacity</c><00:27:18.990><c> that</c><00:27:19.250><c> we</c><00:27:19.450><c> all</c><00:27:19.730><c> have</c><00:27:20.769><c> for</c><00:27:21.549><c> spiritual</c><00:27:22.009><c> thought</c>

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and<00:27:23.130><c> to</c><00:27:23.769><c> encourage</c><00:27:24.470><c> us</c><00:27:25.150><c> constantly</c><00:27:25.990><c> to</c><00:27:26.869><c> think</c><00:27:27.009><c> in</c><00:27:27.130><c> those</c><00:27:27.369><c> terms.</c>

00:27:30.650 --> 00:27:35.450
And<00:27:30.730><c> he</c><00:27:30.789><c> did</c><00:27:30.970><c> it</c><00:27:31.190><c> with,</c><00:27:33.230><c> not</c><00:27:33.490><c> perhaps</c><00:27:33.809><c> with</c><00:27:34.029><c> immediate</c><00:27:34.329><c> success.</c>

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Many,<00:27:35.910><c> many</c><00:27:36.250><c> people,</c><00:27:36.549><c> as</c><00:27:36.690><c> we</c><00:27:36.829><c> read</c><00:27:36.930><c> in</c><00:27:37.089><c> the</c><00:27:37.210><c> Gospels,</c><00:27:37.509><c> had</c><00:27:37.670><c> no</c>

00:27:37.910 --> 00:27:39.230
idea<00:27:38.309><c> what</c><00:27:38.470><c> he</c><00:27:38.630><c> was</c><00:27:38.769><c> talking</c><00:27:38.970><c> about.</c>

00:27:39.309 --> 00:27:43.329
Even<00:27:39.509><c> his</c><00:27:39.789><c> immediate</c><00:27:40.069><c> disciples</c><00:27:40.789><c> were</c><00:27:41.829><c> in</c><00:27:42.130><c> the</c><00:27:42.309><c> dark,</c>

00:27:43.390 --> 00:27:46.349
wanting<00:27:43.529><c> explanations</c><00:27:44.390><c> constantly</c><00:27:44.950><c> of</c><00:27:45.069><c> what</c><00:27:45.210><c> he</c><00:27:45.349><c> was</c><00:27:45.569><c> saying.</c>

00:27:46.750 --> 00:27:49.849
But<00:27:47.069><c> surely</c><00:27:47.390><c> when</c><00:27:47.630><c> they</c><00:27:47.930><c> reflected</c><00:27:48.369><c> in</c><00:27:48.849><c> their</c><00:27:49.049><c> later</c><00:27:49.269><c> ministry</c><00:27:49.710><c> and</c>

00:27:49.849 --> 00:27:50.630
their<00:27:49.990><c> later</c><00:27:50.230><c> years,</c>

00:27:50.630 --> 00:27:54.190
they<00:27:51.210><c> must</c><00:27:51.450><c> have</c><00:27:51.650><c> sort</c><00:27:51.769><c> of</c><00:27:52.009><c> wondered</c><00:27:52.329><c> at</c><00:27:52.569><c> the</c><00:27:52.910><c> truth,</c><00:27:53.910><c> the</c>

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sublime<00:27:54.750><c> truths,</c>

00:27:55.309 --> 00:27:58.329
the<00:27:55.509><c> gems</c><00:27:55.869><c> which</c><00:27:56.109><c> were</c><00:27:56.309><c> there</c><00:27:56.970><c> within</c><00:27:57.470><c> the</c><00:27:57.809><c> teachings</c><00:27:58.089><c> of</c><00:27:58.269><c> the</c>

00:27:58.329 --> 00:27:59.250
Lord<00:27:58.470><c> Jesus</c><00:27:58.809><c> Christ,</c>

00:27:59.470 --> 00:28:04.130
how<00:27:59.849><c> in</c><00:28:00.130><c> a</c><00:28:00.309><c> certain</c><00:28:00.490><c> sense</c><00:28:00.829><c> he</c><00:28:01.329><c> initially</c><00:28:01.849><c> obscured</c><00:28:02.470><c> it</c><00:28:02.730><c> from</c><00:28:02.869><c> them,</c>

00:28:04.950 --> 00:28:07.930
spoke<00:28:05.150><c> in</c><00:28:05.430><c> enigmas</c><00:28:05.890><c> to</c><00:28:06.150><c> some</c><00:28:06.369><c> extent,</c>

00:28:08.490 --> 00:28:12.490
spoke<00:28:08.789><c> in</c><00:28:09.390><c> ways</c><00:28:09.849><c> which</c><00:28:10.089><c> were</c><00:28:10.410><c> strange</c><00:28:10.789><c> for</c><00:28:10.970><c> them</c><00:28:11.150><c> to</c><00:28:11.670><c> perceive,</c>

00:28:12.509 --> 00:28:17.789
and<00:28:13.109><c> yet</c><00:28:13.309><c> when</c><00:28:13.569><c> they</c><00:28:14.089><c> thought</c><00:28:14.309><c> like</c><00:28:14.569><c> he</c><00:28:14.829><c> thought,</c><00:28:16.950><c> then</c><00:28:17.289><c> it</c><00:28:17.529><c> was</c><00:28:17.670><c> a</c>

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different<00:28:17.990><c> world.</c>

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You're<00:28:23.170><c> thinking</c><00:28:23.470><c> like</c><00:28:24.049><c> the</c><00:28:24.289><c> way</c><00:28:24.589><c> God</c><00:28:24.849><c> wants</c><00:28:25.130><c> us</c><00:28:25.289><c> to</c><00:28:25.490><c> think,</c>

00:28:26.950 --> 00:28:30.109
because<00:28:27.230><c> it's</c><00:28:27.410><c> the</c><00:28:27.549><c> things</c><00:28:27.769><c> which</c><00:28:28.009><c> are</c><00:28:28.309><c> spiritual</c><00:28:28.750><c> which</c><00:28:29.009><c> are</c><00:28:29.210><c> eternal,</c>

00:28:30.690 --> 00:28:34.910
it's<00:28:30.829><c> the</c><00:28:30.910><c> things</c><00:28:31.130><c> which</c><00:28:31.369><c> are</c><00:28:31.549><c> temporal,</c><00:28:33.049><c> which</c><00:28:33.529><c> we</c><00:28:33.910><c> see</c><00:28:34.109><c> which</c><00:28:34.470><c> are</c>

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just<00:28:35.109><c> temporal.</c>

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This<00:28:38.789><c> then</c><00:28:38.970><c> I</c><00:28:39.109><c> believe</c><00:28:39.269><c> was</c><00:28:39.569><c> the</c><00:28:40.650><c> real</c><00:28:41.089><c> effectiveness</c><00:28:41.789><c> and</c><00:28:42.230><c> the</c><00:28:42.549><c> core</c><00:28:43.109><c> of</c>

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Jesus'<00:28:45.210><c> teachings,</c>

00:28:45.230 --> 00:28:50.410
his<00:28:45.930><c> ability</c><00:28:46.650><c> to</c><00:28:47.509><c> make</c><00:28:47.769><c> people,</c><00:28:48.529><c> to</c><00:28:48.829><c> force</c><00:28:49.029><c> people</c><00:28:49.670><c> to</c><00:28:50.250><c> think</c>

00:28:50.410 --> 00:28:51.730
that<00:28:50.670><c> way.</c>

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Now<00:28:55.829><c> one</c><00:28:55.970><c> other</c><00:28:56.170><c> thing</c><00:28:56.309><c> to</c><00:28:56.529><c> say</c><00:28:56.750><c> on</c><00:28:57.049><c> this,</c><00:28:57.289><c> and</c><00:28:57.430><c> I</c><00:28:57.529><c> just</c><00:28:57.710><c> want</c>

00:28:57.809 --> 00:28:58.910
to<00:28:57.890><c> leave</c><00:28:58.089><c> the</c><00:28:58.289><c> point</c><00:28:58.450><c> of</c><00:28:58.690><c> parables,</c>

00:28:58.990 --> 00:29:01.990
but<00:28:59.150><c> I</c><00:28:59.289><c> do</c><00:28:59.430><c> want</c><00:28:59.549><c> to</c><00:28:59.650><c> make</c><00:28:59.769><c> this</c><00:29:00.869><c> other</c><00:29:01.029><c> point,</c>

00:29:02.470 --> 00:29:06.150
that<00:29:02.609><c> it</c><00:29:02.789><c> seems</c><00:29:03.029><c> to</c><00:29:03.250><c> me,</c><00:29:03.650><c> and</c><00:29:03.650><c> maybe</c><00:29:04.829><c> you</c><00:29:05.269><c> can</c><00:29:05.630><c> contradict</c><00:29:05.930><c> me</c>

00:29:06.150 --> 00:29:06.609
on<00:29:06.250><c> this,</c>

00:29:07.009 --> 00:29:11.329
it<00:29:07.150><c> seems</c><00:29:07.410><c> to</c><00:29:07.549><c> me</c><00:29:08.089><c> from</c><00:29:08.329><c> my</c><00:29:08.529><c> reading</c><00:29:08.730><c> of</c><00:29:09.970><c> scripture</c><00:29:10.410><c> and</c><00:29:10.630><c> other</c><00:29:10.789><c> literature</c>

00:29:11.329 --> 00:29:14.990
that<00:29:12.069><c> parables</c><00:29:12.529><c> were</c><00:29:12.809><c> a</c><00:29:12.809><c> very</c><00:29:13.210><c> unusual</c><00:29:13.769><c> technique.</c>

00:29:16.049 --> 00:29:21.509
Jesus<00:29:16.170><c> was</c><00:29:16.470><c> not</c><00:29:16.809><c> drawing</c><00:29:17.210><c> on</c><00:29:17.609><c> a</c><00:29:17.970><c> well</c><00:29:18.250><c> established</c><00:29:19.289><c> sort</c><00:29:19.730><c> of</c>

00:29:21.509 --> 00:29:24.109
style<00:29:21.730><c> of</c><00:29:22.210><c> speaking</c><00:29:22.650><c> or</c><00:29:23.049><c> teaching.</c>

00:29:24.950 --> 00:29:29.069
Parables<00:29:25.750><c> were</c><00:29:26.549><c> to</c><00:29:27.210><c> a</c><00:29:27.390><c> considerable</c><00:29:27.589><c> extent</c><00:29:28.089><c> new.</c>

00:29:30.009 --> 00:29:36.109
You<00:29:30.109><c> can</c><00:29:30.230><c> go</c><00:29:30.450><c> back</c><00:29:30.710><c> a</c><00:29:30.829><c> long</c><00:29:31.029><c> way</c><00:29:31.349><c> to</c><00:29:32.970><c> the</c><00:29:33.609><c> times</c><00:29:34.329><c> of</c><00:29:34.630><c> prophetic</c><00:29:35.170><c> proclamation,</c>

00:29:36.230 --> 00:29:40.509
way<00:29:36.470><c> back</c><00:29:36.849><c> to</c><00:29:37.789><c> the</c><00:29:38.089><c> parables</c><00:29:38.470><c> of</c><00:29:38.750><c> Jotham</c><00:29:39.289><c> and</c><00:29:39.529><c> so</c><00:29:39.690><c> on,</c>

00:29:40.509 --> 00:29:44.849
Song<00:29:41.210><c> of</c><00:29:41.329><c> the</c><00:29:41.490><c> Vineyard,</c><00:29:42.190><c> Nathan,</c><00:29:43.190><c> but</c><00:29:43.309><c> there</c><00:29:43.410><c> are</c><00:29:43.410><c> very,</c><00:29:43.930><c> very</c><00:29:43.930><c> few</c><00:29:44.349><c> parables</c>

00:29:44.849 --> 00:29:48.309
in<00:29:45.049><c> the</c><00:29:45.170><c> Old</c><00:29:45.329><c> Testament</c><00:29:45.690><c> scriptures,</c><00:29:46.490><c> very,</c><00:29:46.930><c> very</c><00:29:47.190><c> few.</c>

00:29:48.890 --> 00:29:54.930
And<00:29:49.170><c> I</c><00:29:49.289><c> get</c><00:29:49.450><c> the</c><00:29:49.650><c> impression</c><00:29:50.210><c> that</c><00:29:52.069><c> Jesus</c><00:29:52.509><c> in</c><00:29:53.829><c> his</c><00:29:54.109><c> speaking</c><00:29:54.509><c> style</c>

00:29:54.930 --> 00:29:58.349
is<00:29:55.230><c> using</c><00:29:55.569><c> not</c><00:29:55.930><c> sort</c><00:29:56.190><c> of</c><00:29:56.769><c> a</c><00:29:57.109><c> long</c><00:29:57.390><c> established</c><00:29:57.890><c> tradition,</c>

00:29:58.470 --> 00:30:01.890
it's<00:29:58.710><c> a</c><00:29:58.809><c> new</c><00:29:59.049><c> style,</c><00:30:00.490><c> and</c><00:30:00.670><c> it's</c><00:30:00.829><c> a</c><00:30:00.950><c> style</c><00:30:01.150><c> which</c><00:30:01.349><c> is</c><00:30:01.509><c> done</c><00:30:01.650><c> with</c>

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effect<00:30:02.230><c> and</c><00:30:02.490><c> with</c><00:30:02.730><c> purpose.</c>

00:30:08.369 --> 00:30:12.329
So<00:30:08.930><c> Jesus</c><00:30:09.210><c> spoke</c><00:30:09.769><c> in</c><00:30:11.190><c> parables.</c>

00:30:13.890 --> 00:30:18.130
He<00:30:14.450><c> also</c><00:30:14.829><c> spoke</c><00:30:15.269><c> in</c><00:30:15.809><c> sayings,</c><00:30:16.829><c> in</c><00:30:17.029><c> long</c><00:30:17.269><c> discourses,</c>

00:30:20.289 --> 00:30:23.789
sermons<00:30:20.450><c> on</c><00:30:20.650><c> the</c><00:30:20.789><c> mouth,</c><00:30:21.589><c> long</c><00:30:21.990><c> discourses,</c><00:30:22.910><c> some</c><00:30:23.109><c> very</c><00:30:23.490><c> short,</c>

00:30:23.950 --> 00:30:26.210
some<00:30:24.289><c> statements</c><00:30:24.690><c> which</c><00:30:24.910><c> are</c><00:30:25.069><c> very,</c><00:30:25.309><c> very</c><00:30:25.509><c> brief</c><00:30:25.750><c> in</c><00:30:26.009><c> telling,</c>

00:30:26.450 --> 00:30:30.289
like<00:30:26.589><c> John</c><00:30:26.789><c> the</c><00:30:26.950><c> Baptist</c><00:30:27.269><c> was</c><00:30:27.490><c> the</c><00:30:27.710><c> greatest</c><00:30:28.630><c> of</c><00:30:29.970><c> the</c><00:30:30.049><c> prophets.</c>

00:30:30.289 --> 00:30:33.170
Some<00:30:30.750><c> of</c><00:30:30.829><c> his</c><00:30:31.170><c> were</c><00:30:31.390><c> very</c><00:30:31.670><c> short</c><00:30:32.150><c> statements.</c>

00:30:34.950 --> 00:30:36.789
But<00:30:35.049><c> one</c><00:30:35.250><c> of</c><00:30:35.369><c> the</c><00:30:35.430><c> things</c><00:30:35.650><c> which</c><00:30:35.869><c> I</c><00:30:36.089><c> note,</c><00:30:36.329><c> brethren</c><00:30:36.509><c> and</c><00:30:36.690><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:36.829 --> 00:30:38.789
when<00:30:36.970><c> I</c><00:30:37.170><c> read</c><00:30:37.369><c> the</c><00:30:37.470><c> words</c><00:30:37.630><c> of</c><00:30:37.789><c> the</c><00:30:37.849><c> Lord</c><00:30:38.029><c> Jesus</c><00:30:38.369><c> Christ,</c>

00:30:39.150 --> 00:30:44.529
is<00:30:39.269><c> that</c><00:30:39.430><c> how</c><00:30:39.569><c> he</c><00:30:39.750><c> doesn't</c><00:30:41.130><c> speak</c><00:30:41.710><c> in</c><00:30:42.869><c> abstract</c><00:30:43.410><c> ways.</c>

00:30:46.410 --> 00:30:50.470
He<00:30:46.809><c> doesn't</c><00:30:47.109><c> say,</c><00:30:47.549><c> for</c><00:30:47.809><c> example,</c><00:30:49.369><c> I</c><00:30:49.630><c> don't</c><00:30:49.789><c> have</c><00:30:49.970><c> a</c><00:30:50.109><c> home</c><00:30:50.269><c> to</c>

00:30:50.470 --> 00:30:51.789
go<00:30:50.690><c> to.</c>

00:30:52.730 --> 00:30:55.789
He<00:30:53.049><c> has</c><00:30:53.250><c> a</c><00:30:53.430><c> lyrical</c><00:30:53.769><c> quality</c><00:30:54.230><c> to</c><00:30:54.490><c> his</c><00:30:54.869><c> prose.</c>

00:30:55.990 --> 00:30:58.230
He<00:30:56.150><c> says</c><00:30:56.349><c> foxes</c><00:30:56.890><c> have</c><00:30:57.029><c> holes</c><00:30:57.329><c> and</c><00:30:57.509><c> the</c><00:30:57.650><c> birds</c><00:30:57.829><c> of</c><00:30:58.009><c> the</c><00:30:58.130><c> air</c>

00:30:58.230 --> 00:30:59.049
have<00:30:58.430><c> their</c><00:30:58.609><c> nest,</c>

00:30:59.049 --> 00:31:03.630
but<00:30:59.769><c> the</c><00:30:59.950><c> son</c><00:31:00.069><c> of</c><00:31:00.269><c> man</c><00:31:00.470><c> has</c><00:31:00.789><c> nowhere</c><00:31:01.190><c> to</c><00:31:02.009><c> lay</c><00:31:02.150><c> his</c><00:31:02.470><c> head.</c>

00:31:05.690 --> 00:31:10.390
He<00:31:05.950><c> doesn't</c><00:31:06.269><c> say</c><00:31:06.670><c> that</c><00:31:07.369><c> little</c><00:31:07.650><c> things</c><00:31:08.029><c> have</c><00:31:09.470><c> great</c><00:31:09.849><c> possibilities,</c>

00:31:10.670 --> 00:31:13.150
some<00:31:10.890><c> sort</c><00:31:11.109><c> of</c><00:31:11.910><c> abstract</c><00:31:12.309><c> statement</c><00:31:12.589><c> like</c><00:31:12.890><c> that.</c>

00:31:13.210 --> 00:31:15.309
Little<00:31:13.470><c> things</c><00:31:13.710><c> have</c><00:31:13.950><c> great</c><00:31:14.170><c> possibilities.</c>

00:31:16.509 --> 00:31:19.170
He<00:31:16.670><c> says,</c><00:31:16.990><c> consider</c><00:31:17.369><c> the</c><00:31:17.569><c> lilies</c><00:31:17.849><c> of</c><00:31:18.029><c> the</c><00:31:18.210><c> field.</c>

00:31:19.549 --> 00:31:21.470
They<00:31:19.670><c> toil</c><00:31:19.930><c> not,</c><00:31:20.289><c> neither</c><00:31:20.470><c> do</c><00:31:20.650><c> they</c><00:31:20.910><c> spin.</c>

00:31:21.470 --> 00:31:25.869
And<00:31:22.150><c> yet</c><00:31:22.289><c> Solomon</c><00:31:22.670><c> in</c><00:31:22.869><c> all</c><00:31:23.029><c> his</c><00:31:23.309><c> glory</c><00:31:23.789><c> was</c><00:31:24.569><c> not</c><00:31:24.829><c> arrayed</c><00:31:25.630><c> like</c>

00:31:25.869 --> 00:31:27.289
one<00:31:26.089><c> of</c><00:31:26.309><c> these.</c>

00:31:29.650 --> 00:31:31.690
So<00:31:29.829><c> I</c><00:31:29.990><c> can't</c><00:31:30.269><c> help</c><00:31:30.630><c> but</c><00:31:30.829><c> think,</c><00:31:31.049><c> brethren</c><00:31:31.309><c> and</c><00:31:31.549><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:31.710 --> 00:31:37.769
that<00:31:32.490><c> Jesus'</c><00:31:34.029><c> discourses</c><00:31:34.630><c> had</c><00:31:34.829><c> a</c><00:31:35.009><c> wonderful</c><00:31:35.930><c> lyrical</c><00:31:36.670><c> quality</c><00:31:37.089><c> about</c><00:31:37.410><c> them.</c>

00:31:38.029 --> 00:31:40.349
He<00:31:38.190><c> had</c><00:31:38.369><c> a</c><00:31:38.549><c> sense</c><00:31:38.730><c> of</c><00:31:39.049><c> poetry.</c>

00:31:41.230 --> 00:31:43.589
Poetry,<00:31:41.869><c> of</c><00:31:41.990><c> course,</c><00:31:42.250><c> which</c><00:31:42.470><c> was</c><00:31:42.769><c> drawn</c><00:31:43.009><c> from</c><00:31:43.309><c> the</c><00:31:43.410><c> Old</c>

00:31:43.589 --> 00:31:44.990
Testament<00:31:43.869><c> Scripture,</c>

00:31:45.250 --> 00:31:50.130
and<00:31:45.809><c> there</c><00:31:46.029><c> was</c><00:31:47.549><c> something</c><00:31:47.549><c> unforgettable</c><00:31:48.470><c> about</c><00:31:49.869><c> the</c><00:31:49.990><c> way</c>

00:31:50.130 --> 00:31:51.710
he<00:31:50.329><c> said</c><00:31:50.549><c> things.</c>

00:31:52.029 --> 00:31:54.150
You<00:31:52.369><c> never</c><00:31:52.549><c> forget</c><00:31:53.009><c> the</c><00:31:53.289><c> sayings</c><00:31:53.549><c> of</c><00:31:53.690><c> Jesus.</c>

00:31:54.630 --> 00:31:57.509
How<00:31:54.890><c> can</c><00:31:55.049><c> you</c><00:31:55.190><c> ever</c><00:31:55.430><c> forget</c><00:31:55.710><c> what</c><00:31:55.849><c> he</c><00:31:56.009><c> said</c><00:31:56.630><c> about</c><00:31:57.130><c> the</c><00:31:57.289><c> lilies</c>

00:31:57.509 --> 00:31:58.809
of<00:31:57.710><c> the</c><00:31:57.910><c> field?</c>

00:31:59.950 --> 00:32:03.269
His<00:32:00.289><c> sayings</c><00:32:00.650><c> were</c><00:32:00.950><c> absolutely</c><00:32:01.890><c> unforgettable.</c>

00:32:06.369 --> 00:32:13.890
So<00:32:06.549><c> Jesus,</c><00:32:07.269><c> as</c><00:32:08.130><c> I</c><00:32:08.329><c> say,</c><00:32:08.650><c> did</c><00:32:08.769><c> not,</c><00:32:09.890><c> like</c><00:32:10.410><c> so</c><00:32:10.650><c> many</c><00:32:10.849><c> of</c><00:32:10.970><c> those</c><00:32:11.250><c> times,</c><00:32:11.769><c> speak</c><00:32:11.990><c> in</c><00:32:12.470><c> abstractions.</c>

00:32:13.930 --> 00:32:19.890
He<00:32:14.410><c> had</c><00:32:14.650><c> this</c><00:32:15.410><c> wonderful</c><00:32:16.089><c> quality</c><00:32:16.490><c> to</c><00:32:16.849><c> make</c><00:32:17.329><c> a</c><00:32:17.589><c> point</c><00:32:18.289><c> using</c>

00:32:19.890 --> 00:32:21.990
the<00:32:20.069><c> most</c><00:32:20.230><c> beautiful</c><00:32:20.630><c> style,</c>

00:32:22.930 --> 00:32:25.250
and<00:32:22.990><c> surely</c><00:32:23.210><c> that</c><00:32:23.390><c> must</c><00:32:23.529><c> have</c><00:32:23.650><c> been</c><00:32:23.750><c> part</c><00:32:23.950><c> of</c><00:32:24.089><c> his</c><00:32:24.269><c> appeal.</c>

00:32:25.549 --> 00:32:27.970
There<00:32:25.650><c> was</c><00:32:25.769><c> a</c><00:32:25.930><c> quality,</c><00:32:26.450><c> there</c><00:32:26.450><c> was</c><00:32:26.589><c> sort</c><00:32:26.769><c> of</c><00:32:27.269><c> a</c><00:32:27.410><c> perception</c>

00:32:27.970 --> 00:32:29.170
about<00:32:28.369><c> the</c><00:32:28.529><c> Lord</c><00:32:28.690><c> Jesus</c>

00:32:29.170 --> 00:32:32.750
which<00:32:29.910><c> he</c><00:32:30.430><c> brought</c><00:32:30.609><c> to</c><00:32:30.829><c> bear</c><00:32:31.049><c> in</c><00:32:31.509><c> his</c><00:32:31.730><c> speeches.</c>

00:32:33.869 --> 00:32:35.690
And<00:32:34.069><c> they</c><00:32:34.269><c> are</c><00:32:34.450><c> never</c><00:32:34.690><c> forgotten.</c>

00:32:38.009 --> 00:32:42.309
We<00:32:38.490><c> never</c><00:32:38.730><c> forget</c><00:32:39.509><c> the</c><00:32:40.069><c> way</c><00:32:40.190><c> he</c><00:32:40.390><c> said</c><00:32:40.589><c> it.</c>

00:32:42.630 --> 00:32:45.829
And<00:32:43.069><c> it,</c><00:32:43.170><c> of</c><00:32:43.170><c> course,</c><00:32:43.349><c> gives</c><00:32:43.509><c> so</c><00:32:43.769><c> much</c><00:32:43.970><c> more</c><00:32:44.210><c> impact</c><00:32:44.829><c> to</c><00:32:45.650><c> the</c>

00:32:45.829 --> 00:32:47.890
substance<00:32:46.210><c> of</c><00:32:46.410><c> his</c><00:32:46.609><c> thoughts.</c>

00:32:55.089 --> 00:32:56.829
Now<00:32:55.349><c> the</c><00:32:55.430><c> other</c><00:32:55.609><c> interesting</c><00:32:55.890><c> thing</c><00:32:56.049><c> to</c><00:32:56.250><c> note,</c><00:32:56.390><c> of</c><00:32:56.569><c> course,</c>

00:32:56.910 --> 00:33:00.670
is<00:32:56.990><c> that</c><00:32:57.789><c> many</c><00:32:58.230><c> of</c><00:32:58.410><c> the</c><00:32:58.569><c> sayings</c><00:32:58.789><c> of</c><00:32:58.950><c> Jesus</c><00:32:59.329><c> have</c><00:33:00.210><c> different</c>

00:33:00.670 --> 00:33:02.329
rhythmic<00:33:01.289><c> qualities.</c>

00:33:03.529 --> 00:33:04.970
There's<00:33:03.650><c> no</c><00:33:03.829><c> time</c><00:33:03.990><c> to</c><00:33:04.109><c> go</c><00:33:04.210><c> into</c><00:33:04.369><c> it</c><00:33:04.569><c> now,</c>

00:33:04.970 --> 00:33:07.690
but<00:33:05.470><c> it's</c><00:33:05.670><c> very</c><00:33:06.009><c> interesting</c><00:33:06.309><c> that</c><00:33:06.549><c> some</c><00:33:06.690><c> of</c><00:33:06.829><c> you</c><00:33:06.829><c> can</c><00:33:07.069><c> analyze</c><00:33:07.450><c> this,</c>

00:33:07.710 --> 00:33:10.109
and<00:33:07.869><c> the</c><00:33:07.970><c> literary</c><00:33:08.250><c> analysis</c><00:33:08.710><c> of</c><00:33:09.150><c> his</c><00:33:09.369><c> sayings</c><00:33:09.690><c> is</c><00:33:09.869><c> very,</c>

00:33:10.109 --> 00:33:10.750
very<00:33:10.369><c> interesting.</c>

00:33:10.750 --> 00:33:13.390
Some<00:33:11.029><c> of</c><00:33:11.109><c> it's</c><00:33:11.250><c> in</c><00:33:11.369><c> two</c><00:33:11.630><c> beats,</c><00:33:11.869><c> some</c><00:33:12.049><c> of</c><00:33:12.170><c> it's</c><00:33:12.230><c> in</c><00:33:12.369><c> four</c><00:33:12.549><c> beats,</c><00:33:13.089><c> some</c>

00:33:13.390 --> 00:33:14.869
of<00:33:13.549><c> it's</c><00:33:13.630><c> in</c><00:33:13.829><c> three</c><00:33:14.069><c> beats.</c>

00:33:15.109 --> 00:33:17.670
It's<00:33:15.549><c> very,</c><00:33:15.809><c> very</c><00:33:16.029><c> interesting</c><00:33:16.549><c> the</c><00:33:16.730><c> way</c><00:33:16.990><c> in</c><00:33:17.150><c> which</c><00:33:17.269><c> you</c><00:33:17.430><c> can</c>

00:33:17.670 --> 00:33:19.049
analyze<00:33:17.990><c> the</c><00:33:18.230><c> statements</c><00:33:18.470><c> of</c><00:33:18.670><c> Jesus,</c>

00:33:19.210 --> 00:33:23.549
how<00:33:19.650><c> varied</c><00:33:19.990><c> he</c><00:33:20.150><c> was</c><00:33:20.390><c> in</c><00:33:20.549><c> his</c><00:33:20.769><c> technique</c><00:33:21.369><c> of</c><00:33:22.170><c> literary</c><00:33:22.529><c> use.</c>

00:33:23.950 --> 00:33:29.450
There's<00:33:24.269><c> a</c><00:33:24.390><c> beautiful</c><00:33:24.789><c> study</c><00:33:25.089><c> on</c><00:33:25.329><c> this,</c><00:33:27.210><c> how</c><00:33:27.630><c> he</c><00:33:27.990><c> varied</c><00:33:28.289><c> it.</c>

00:33:29.809 --> 00:33:33.549
Sometimes<00:33:30.289><c> quick</c><00:33:30.710><c> short</c><00:33:30.990><c> phrases,</c><00:33:32.089><c> sometimes</c><00:33:32.529><c> long</c><00:33:33.089><c> sort</c><00:33:33.309><c> of</c>

00:33:33.549 --> 00:33:34.990
poetic<00:33:33.849><c> phrases.</c>

00:33:35.230 --> 00:33:37.450
And<00:33:35.549><c> there</c><00:33:35.650><c> was</c><00:33:35.809><c> this</c><00:33:36.009><c> sort</c><00:33:36.150><c> of</c><00:33:36.369><c> varied</c><00:33:36.569><c> quality</c><00:33:36.970><c> in</c><00:33:37.130><c> his</c><00:33:37.289><c> speech.</c>

00:33:37.450 --> 00:33:39.549
Because<00:33:37.490><c> there's</c><00:33:37.750><c> nothing</c><00:33:38.069><c> sort</c><00:33:38.309><c> of</c><00:33:38.609><c> a</c><00:33:38.750><c> sameness</c><00:33:39.130><c> about</c>

00:33:39.549 --> 00:33:41.069
Jesus'<00:33:40.410><c> teaching.</c>

00:33:42.089 --> 00:33:48.269
He<00:33:42.250><c> brought</c><00:33:42.809><c> into</c><00:33:44.269><c> his</c><00:33:44.589><c> work,</c><00:33:45.849><c> into</c><00:33:46.049><c> the</c><00:33:46.430><c> artistry</c><00:33:46.890><c> of</c><00:33:47.049><c> his</c><00:33:47.269><c> words,</c>

00:33:48.410 --> 00:33:51.369
he<00:33:48.609><c> brought</c><00:33:48.930><c> a</c><00:33:50.410><c> quality.</c>

00:33:51.829 --> 00:33:55.849
And<00:33:51.970><c> there's</c><00:33:52.130><c> nothing</c><00:33:52.369><c> like</c><00:33:53.049><c> good</c><00:33:53.589><c> literary</c><00:33:54.029><c> quality,</c><00:33:54.670><c> brethren</c><00:33:54.769><c> and</c><00:33:54.970><c> sisters.</c>

00:33:56.289 --> 00:33:58.190
Great<00:33:56.589><c> speeches</c><00:33:56.970><c> are</c><00:33:57.309><c> remembered.</c>

00:33:59.349 --> 00:34:01.490
We<00:33:59.750><c> know</c><00:33:59.970><c> that</c><00:34:00.170><c> from</c><00:34:00.430><c> just</c><00:34:00.750><c> the</c><00:34:00.910><c> secular</c><00:34:01.170><c> world.</c>

00:34:01.569 --> 00:34:03.009
Great<00:34:01.910><c> speeches</c><00:34:02.309><c> are</c><00:34:02.630><c> remembered.</c>

00:34:03.410 --> 00:34:06.069
And<00:34:03.549><c> Jesus</c><00:34:04.470><c> was</c><00:34:05.609><c> no</c><00:34:05.849><c> less.</c>

00:34:06.069 --> 00:34:09.090
In<00:34:06.269><c> fact,</c><00:34:06.509><c> he</c><00:34:06.650><c> was</c><00:34:06.950><c> the</c><00:34:07.230><c> paragon</c><00:34:07.730><c> of</c><00:34:08.210><c> the</c><00:34:08.329><c> one</c><00:34:08.510><c> who</c><00:34:08.750><c> could</c>

00:34:09.090 --> 00:34:11.469
convey<00:34:10.050><c> thoughts,</c>

00:34:12.449 --> 00:34:16.010
memorably<00:34:13.050><c> and</c><00:34:13.650><c> essentially</c><00:34:14.130><c> at</c><00:34:14.530><c> the</c><00:34:14.670><c> spiritual</c><00:34:15.090><c> level.</c>

00:34:16.030 --> 00:34:20.449
This<00:34:16.409><c> sublime</c><00:34:16.949><c> quality</c><00:34:17.309><c> he</c><00:34:17.630><c> had</c><00:34:18.150><c> to</c><00:34:18.989><c> capture</c><00:34:19.409><c> a</c><00:34:19.650><c> thought,</c>

00:34:21.070 --> 00:34:23.170
to<00:34:21.670><c> bring</c><00:34:21.869><c> you</c><00:34:22.070><c> up</c><00:34:22.250><c> to</c><00:34:22.369><c> a</c><00:34:22.550><c> spiritual</c><00:34:22.849><c> plane,</c>

00:34:23.289 --> 00:34:26.869
and<00:34:23.429><c> to</c><00:34:23.550><c> make</c><00:34:23.750><c> absolutely</c><00:34:24.289><c> sure</c><00:34:24.710><c> that</c><00:34:24.869><c> you</c><00:34:25.030><c> would</c><00:34:25.150><c> never</c><00:34:25.349><c> forget</c><00:34:25.650><c> it.</c>

00:34:28.050 --> 00:34:31.969
This<00:34:28.449><c> is</c><00:34:28.730><c> the</c><00:34:28.929><c> quality</c><00:34:29.329><c> which</c><00:34:30.289><c> he</c><00:34:30.489><c> had</c><00:34:30.610><c> in</c><00:34:30.789><c> his</c><00:34:30.989><c> teaching.</c>

00:34:32.690 --> 00:34:34.809
And<00:34:33.230><c> it's</c><00:34:33.429><c> a</c><00:34:33.510><c> quality</c><00:34:33.789><c> I</c><00:34:33.989><c> think,</c><00:34:34.309><c> brethren</c><00:34:34.489><c> and</c><00:34:34.670><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:34.849 --> 00:34:37.210
for<00:34:35.050><c> which</c><00:34:35.170><c> we</c><00:34:35.349><c> should</c><00:34:35.469><c> be</c><00:34:35.710><c> eternally</c><00:34:36.170><c> grateful</c>

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:42.550
that<00:34:37.650><c> no</c><00:34:38.610><c> man</c><00:34:39.070><c> ever</c><00:34:40.050><c> spoke</c><00:34:40.309><c> or</c><00:34:40.590><c> taught</c><00:34:41.110><c> like</c><00:34:42.050><c> this</c><00:34:42.329><c> man.</c>

00:34:42.630 --> 00:34:48.730
He<00:34:42.769><c> was</c><00:34:43.070><c> incomparable</c><00:34:44.150><c> as</c><00:34:45.429><c> one</c><00:34:45.590><c> who</c><00:34:45.750><c> could</c><00:34:45.929><c> speak</c><00:34:46.710><c> and</c><00:34:47.550><c> teach.</c>

00:34:52.989 --> 00:34:57.210
What<00:34:53.250><c> was</c><00:34:53.469><c> the</c><00:34:53.710><c> language</c><00:34:54.349><c> that</c><00:34:55.090><c> the</c><00:34:55.250><c> Lord</c><00:34:55.409><c> Jesus</c><00:34:55.769><c> Christ</c><00:34:56.150><c> used?</c>

00:34:58.670 --> 00:34:59.769
Does<00:34:59.070><c> it</c><00:34:59.190><c> really</c><00:34:59.389><c> matter?</c>

00:34:59.769 --> 00:35:01.849
Was<00:35:00.809><c> it</c><00:35:00.989><c> Greek?</c>

00:35:02.329 --> 00:35:04.010
Was<00:35:02.469><c> it</c><00:35:02.670><c> Aramaic?</c>

00:35:05.289 --> 00:35:06.489
Was<00:35:05.489><c> it</c><00:35:05.670><c> Hebrew?</c>

00:35:09.190 --> 00:35:13.050
There<00:35:09.789><c> are</c><00:35:09.889><c> many</c><00:35:10.130><c> references</c><00:35:10.530><c> of</c><00:35:10.769><c> course</c><00:35:11.050><c> in</c><00:35:12.090><c> the</c><00:35:12.289><c> Gospels</c><00:35:12.750><c> to</c>

00:35:13.050 --> 00:35:14.230
the<00:35:13.710><c> Aramaic.</c>

00:35:14.250 --> 00:35:18.349
If<00:35:14.349><c> you</c><00:35:14.469><c> look</c><00:35:14.670><c> for</c><00:35:14.829><c> example</c><00:35:15.130><c> at</c><00:35:15.909><c> Mark</c><00:35:16.150><c> chapter</c><00:35:16.449><c> 5</c><00:35:16.909><c> verse</c><00:35:17.210><c> 41,</c>

00:35:18.590 --> 00:35:22.429
which<00:35:18.650><c> we're</c><00:35:21.070><c> close</c><00:35:21.329><c> to</c><00:35:21.449><c> in</c><00:35:21.590><c> our</c><00:35:21.750><c> previous</c><00:35:22.050><c> reference,</c>

00:35:22.550 --> 00:35:25.650
Mark<00:35:22.809><c> chapter</c><00:35:23.090><c> 5</c><00:35:23.510><c> verse</c><00:35:24.190><c> 41.</c>

00:35:29.949 --> 00:35:32.849
Taking<00:35:30.469><c> her</c><00:35:30.690><c> by</c><00:35:30.849><c> the</c><00:35:31.050><c> hand,</c><00:35:31.329><c> he</c><00:35:31.389><c> said</c><00:35:31.610><c> to</c><00:35:31.710><c> her,</c>

00:35:33.130 --> 00:35:35.949
this<00:35:33.389><c> is</c><00:35:33.630><c> the</c><00:35:33.769><c> child</c><00:35:33.989><c> of</c><00:35:34.230><c> course</c><00:35:34.489><c> who</c><00:35:34.710><c> was</c><00:35:34.989><c> healed,</c>

00:35:36.210 --> 00:35:42.590
jelitha<00:35:36.650><c> kimai,</c><00:35:38.050><c> which</c><00:35:38.289><c> means</c><00:35:38.750><c> little</c><00:35:39.650><c> girl</c><00:35:40.070><c> I</c><00:35:40.809><c> say</c><00:35:40.989><c> unto</c><00:35:41.230><c> you</c><00:35:41.510><c> arise.</c>

00:35:43.269 --> 00:35:44.389
And<00:35:43.550><c> there</c><00:35:43.690><c> are</c><00:35:43.690><c> other</c><00:35:43.969><c> references.</c>

00:35:44.789 --> 00:35:47.730
There's<00:35:45.309><c> the</c><00:35:45.429><c> reference</c><00:35:45.750><c> to</c><00:35:45.969><c> Eli,</c><00:35:46.710><c> Eli,</c><00:35:46.849><c> Lama</c><00:35:47.130><c> Sabachthani</c>

00:35:47.730 --> 00:35:48.909
on<00:35:47.889><c> the</c><00:35:48.110><c> cross,</c>

00:35:49.309 --> 00:35:51.650
the<00:35:49.550><c> unique</c><00:35:49.789><c> use</c><00:35:50.030><c> of</c><00:35:50.329><c> Abba,</c><00:35:50.670><c> Father,</c><00:35:50.909><c> which</c><00:35:51.090><c> we'll</c><00:35:51.309><c> discuss</c>

00:35:51.650 --> 00:35:53.570
in<00:35:51.809><c> our</c><00:35:52.030><c> fourth</c><00:35:52.230><c> class,</c>

00:35:54.090 --> 00:35:55.570
Ben,<00:35:54.690><c> Baal</c><00:35:55.190><c> Gehenna.</c>

00:35:55.789 --> 00:35:58.489
There<00:35:56.150><c> are</c><00:35:56.210><c> quite</c><00:35:56.409><c> a</c><00:35:56.510><c> number</c><00:35:56.750><c> of</c><00:35:56.949><c> references</c><00:35:57.269><c> in</c><00:35:57.550><c> the</c><00:35:58.010><c> Gospels</c>

00:35:58.489 --> 00:36:00.110
to<00:35:58.769><c> the</c><00:35:59.010><c> Aramaic.</c>

00:36:01.449 --> 00:36:07.610
And<00:36:01.710><c> it</c><00:36:01.789><c> would</c><00:36:02.030><c> seem</c><00:36:02.610><c> that</c><00:36:03.289><c> Jesus</c><00:36:03.630><c> used</c><00:36:04.550><c> Aramaic</c><00:36:05.369><c> as</c><00:36:05.730><c> the</c><00:36:06.050><c> language</c><00:36:06.650><c> of</c>

00:36:07.610 --> 00:36:08.690
his<00:36:07.829><c> teaching.</c>

00:36:10.849 --> 00:36:12.889
I<00:36:10.989><c> suppose</c><00:36:11.230><c> we</c><00:36:11.409><c> can't</c><00:36:11.670><c> be</c><00:36:11.909><c> definitive</c><00:36:12.250><c> on</c><00:36:12.449><c> this,</c><00:36:12.789><c> brothers</c>

00:36:12.889 --> 00:36:13.289
and<00:36:13.110><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:13.289 --> 00:36:16.730
but<00:36:14.030><c> I</c><00:36:14.309><c> think</c><00:36:14.570><c> that</c><00:36:14.750><c> there's</c><00:36:14.969><c> enough</c><00:36:15.230><c> evidence</c><00:36:15.550><c> in</c><00:36:15.789><c> Scripture</c>

00:36:17.030 --> 00:36:20.650
to<00:36:17.590><c> suggest</c><00:36:18.050><c> that</c><00:36:18.489><c> he</c><00:36:18.769><c> spoke</c><00:36:19.150><c> in</c><00:36:19.389><c> the</c><00:36:19.570><c> language</c><00:36:19.909><c> again</c><00:36:20.309><c> of</c><00:36:20.449><c> the</c>

00:36:20.650 --> 00:36:21.849
common<00:36:20.809><c> person.</c>

00:36:22.170 --> 00:36:27.630
He<00:36:22.690><c> spoke,</c><00:36:25.630><c> when</c><00:36:25.969><c> occasion</c><00:36:26.309><c> demanded</c><00:36:26.730><c> of</c><00:36:26.929><c> course</c><00:36:27.110><c> in</c><00:36:27.309><c> Hebrew,</c>

00:36:27.869 --> 00:36:31.110
as<00:36:27.989><c> he</c><00:36:28.150><c> would</c><00:36:28.329><c> obviously</c><00:36:28.750><c> have</c><00:36:28.949><c> done</c><00:36:29.050><c> when</c><00:36:29.230><c> he</c><00:36:29.369><c> quoted</c><00:36:29.550><c> in</c><00:36:30.090><c> the</c><00:36:30.210><c> synagogue,</c>

00:36:31.949 --> 00:36:33.710
he<00:36:32.210><c> certainly</c><00:36:32.530><c> would</c><00:36:32.710><c> have</c><00:36:32.789><c> been</c><00:36:32.989><c> proficient</c><00:36:33.269><c> with</c><00:36:33.469><c> Greek.</c>

00:36:33.789 --> 00:36:34.969
That's<00:36:34.070><c> also</c><00:36:34.309><c> quite</c><00:36:34.610><c> clear.</c>

00:36:35.409 --> 00:36:39.369
But<00:36:35.570><c> one</c><00:36:35.730><c> gets</c><00:36:35.929><c> the</c><00:36:36.090><c> impression</c><00:36:36.409><c> that</c><00:36:36.570><c> he</c><00:36:36.730><c> used</c><00:36:36.989><c> the</c><00:36:38.730><c> Aramaic</c>

00:36:39.369 --> 00:36:43.590
and<00:36:39.670><c> very</c><00:36:39.969><c> likely</c><00:36:40.170><c> the</c><00:36:40.389><c> Galilean</c><00:36:40.849><c> version</c><00:36:41.190><c> of</c><00:36:41.409><c> Western</c><00:36:42.150><c> Aramaic.</c>

00:36:45.070 --> 00:36:48.409
The<00:36:45.349><c> nearest</c><00:36:45.690><c> linguistic</c><00:36:46.469><c> analogies</c><00:36:46.989><c> to</c><00:36:47.190><c> the</c><00:36:47.309><c> sayings</c><00:36:47.530><c> of</c><00:36:47.730><c> Jesus</c>

00:36:48.409 --> 00:36:51.170
were<00:36:48.789><c> in</c><00:36:48.889><c> the</c><00:36:49.110><c> popular</c><00:36:49.409><c> Aramaic</c><00:36:49.989><c> passages</c><00:36:50.349><c> of</c><00:36:50.550><c> the</c><00:36:50.710><c> Palestine</c>

00:36:51.170 --> 00:36:53.670
Talmud<00:36:52.030><c> and</c><00:36:52.369><c> Midrashim.</c>

00:36:54.130 --> 00:36:56.090
And<00:36:54.369><c> so</c><00:36:54.489><c> it</c><00:36:54.550><c> seems,</c><00:36:54.909><c> brothers</c><00:36:55.070><c> and</c><00:36:55.269><c> sisters,</c><00:36:55.409><c> that</c><00:36:55.610><c> he</c><00:36:55.730><c> spoke</c>

00:36:56.090 --> 00:36:57.469
in<00:36:56.389><c> a</c><00:36:56.530><c> language</c>

00:36:57.710 --> 00:37:02.349
that<00:36:58.230><c> was</c><00:36:58.750><c> the</c><00:36:59.530><c> language</c><00:36:59.929><c> of</c><00:37:00.190><c> the</c><00:37:00.449><c> common</c><00:37:00.670><c> man,</c><00:37:01.909><c> and</c><00:37:02.150><c> they</c>

00:37:02.349 --> 00:37:03.889
understood<00:37:02.690><c> him.</c>

00:37:05.030 --> 00:37:08.889
That<00:37:05.510><c> in</c><00:37:05.869><c> itself,</c><00:37:06.269><c> it</c><00:37:06.969><c> seems</c><00:37:07.130><c> to</c><00:37:07.269><c> me,</c><00:37:07.449><c> is</c><00:37:07.590><c> unusual.</c>

00:37:12.489 --> 00:37:15.309
That<00:37:13.010><c> he</c><00:37:13.170><c> chose</c><00:37:13.369><c> a</c><00:37:13.510><c> language</c><00:37:14.030><c> different</c><00:37:14.610><c> to</c><00:37:14.789><c> the</c><00:37:14.949><c> scribes</c><00:37:15.210><c> and</c>

00:37:15.309 --> 00:37:15.849
the<00:37:15.510><c> Pharisees</c>

00:37:15.849 --> 00:37:17.530
for<00:37:15.989><c> much</c><00:37:16.210><c> of</c><00:37:16.369><c> his</c><00:37:16.530><c> teaching.</c>

00:37:18.650 --> 00:37:24.130
And<00:37:18.809><c> this</c><00:37:19.110><c> I</c><00:37:19.230><c> think</c><00:37:19.489><c> would</c><00:37:19.610><c> have</c><00:37:20.030><c> enhanced,</c><00:37:20.610><c> would</c><00:37:20.690><c> have</c><00:37:20.889><c> enriched</c><00:37:21.309><c> his</c><00:37:23.230><c> appeal.</c>

00:37:27.469 --> 00:37:31.010
Now<00:37:27.610><c> there</c><00:37:27.730><c> are</c><00:37:27.809><c> other</c><00:37:28.070><c> unique</c><00:37:28.510><c> phrases</c><00:37:28.889><c> which</c><00:37:29.190><c> the</c><00:37:29.329><c> Lord</c><00:37:29.449><c> Jesus</c><00:37:29.730><c> used</c><00:37:30.090><c> in</c>

00:37:31.010 --> 00:37:32.090
his<00:37:31.170><c> teaching.</c>

00:37:32.769 --> 00:37:35.510
We<00:37:32.829><c> can</c><00:37:32.949><c> only</c><00:37:33.110><c> be</c><00:37:33.369><c> selective</c><00:37:33.730><c> on</c><00:37:33.909><c> one</c><00:37:34.050><c> or</c><00:37:34.110><c> two,</c><00:37:34.449><c> brothers</c><00:37:34.610><c> and</c><00:37:34.769><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:36.349 --> 00:37:39.030
There<00:37:36.469><c> were</c><00:37:36.690><c> some</c><00:37:36.969><c> phrases</c><00:37:37.369><c> which</c><00:37:37.650><c> the</c><00:37:37.750><c> Lord</c><00:37:37.889><c> Jesus</c><00:37:38.269><c> Christ</c><00:37:38.630><c> used</c>

00:37:39.030 --> 00:37:42.550
and<00:37:39.289><c> some</c><00:37:39.570><c> styles</c><00:37:39.829><c> of</c><00:37:40.150><c> speech</c><00:37:40.409><c> which</c><00:37:40.710><c> he</c><00:37:40.949><c> used,</c><00:37:42.230><c> which</c><00:37:42.429><c> are</c>

00:37:42.550 --> 00:37:43.070
very<00:37:42.829><c> interesting.</c>

00:37:43.070 --> 00:37:49.369
And<00:37:43.190><c> I</c><00:37:43.449><c> sometimes</c><00:37:43.829><c> wonder</c><00:37:44.170><c> why</c><00:37:45.110><c> it</c><00:37:45.309><c> is</c><00:37:45.409><c> that</c><00:37:45.610><c> we</c><00:37:46.090><c> neglect</c><00:37:46.829><c> the</c><00:37:49.050><c> literary</c>

00:37:49.369 --> 00:37:51.869
or<00:37:49.630><c> the</c><00:37:49.829><c> linguistic</c><00:37:50.250><c> aspects</c><00:37:50.809><c> of</c><00:37:50.989><c> the</c><00:37:51.090><c> Lord's</c><00:37:51.449><c> teachings.</c>

00:37:52.170 --> 00:37:57.570
Because<00:37:52.670><c> when</c><00:37:53.369><c> he</c><00:37:53.590><c> used</c><00:37:53.909><c> a</c><00:37:54.230><c> style,</c><00:37:55.909><c> then</c><00:37:56.110><c> it's</c><00:37:56.630><c> very</c><00:37:56.889><c> interesting</c><00:37:57.190><c> for</c><00:37:57.389><c> us</c>

00:37:57.570 --> 00:38:00.610
to<00:37:57.690><c> look</c><00:37:57.889><c> a</c><00:37:57.969><c> little</c><00:37:58.429><c> bit</c><00:37:58.769><c> at</c><00:37:58.929><c> least</c><00:37:59.190><c> into</c><00:37:59.469><c> why</c><00:37:59.690><c> he</c><00:37:59.849><c> used</c><00:38:00.090><c> it</c>

00:38:00.610 --> 00:38:02.690
and<00:38:01.170><c> why</c><00:38:01.389><c> he</c><00:38:01.590><c> used</c><00:38:01.730><c> particular</c><00:38:02.170><c> phrases.</c>

00:38:02.989 --> 00:38:06.289
And<00:38:03.190><c> I</c><00:38:03.250><c> want</c><00:38:03.409><c> to</c><00:38:03.590><c> use</c><00:38:03.809><c> just</c><00:38:04.590><c> one</c><00:38:04.909><c> phrase</c><00:38:05.230><c> that</c><00:38:05.409><c> he</c><00:38:05.550><c> used</c><00:38:05.690><c> frequently</c>

00:38:06.289 --> 00:38:09.329
and<00:38:07.210><c> then</c><00:38:07.349><c> just</c><00:38:07.530><c> to</c><00:38:07.630><c> talk</c><00:38:07.730><c> more</c><00:38:07.969><c> generally</c><00:38:08.289><c> about</c><00:38:08.570><c> some</c><00:38:08.809><c> other</c><00:38:08.989><c> phrases</c>

00:38:09.329 --> 00:38:10.670
or<00:38:09.530><c> other</c><00:38:09.750><c> styles</c><00:38:10.090><c> that</c><00:38:10.309><c> he</c><00:38:10.429><c> used.</c>

00:38:10.670 --> 00:38:13.550
One<00:38:11.230><c> particularly</c><00:38:11.750><c> which</c><00:38:11.989><c> I</c><00:38:12.630><c> find</c><00:38:12.769><c> quite</c><00:38:13.090><c> fascinating</c>

00:38:13.550 --> 00:38:19.050
is<00:38:13.869><c> his</c><00:38:14.010><c> use</c><00:38:14.329><c> of</c><00:38:15.710><c> the</c><00:38:15.889><c> one</c><00:38:16.090><c> word,</c><00:38:17.989><c> amen.</c>

00:38:24.570 --> 00:38:26.550
Let's<00:38:25.289><c> just</c><00:38:25.489><c> look</c><00:38:25.650><c> at</c><00:38:25.849><c> an</c><00:38:26.090><c> example.</c>

00:38:26.929 --> 00:38:30.429
Just<00:38:27.210><c> look</c><00:38:27.369><c> at</c><00:38:27.489><c> one</c><00:38:27.750><c> very</c><00:38:28.389><c> common</c><00:38:28.650><c> example</c><00:38:29.010><c> where</c><00:38:29.389><c> we</c><00:38:29.909><c> can</c><00:38:30.110><c> take</c><00:38:30.289><c> it</c>

00:38:30.429 --> 00:38:32.070
in<00:38:30.590><c> Mark's</c><00:38:31.030><c> Gospel</c><00:38:31.210><c> again,</c>

00:38:32.230 --> 00:38:35.710
chapter<00:38:32.230><c> 3,</c><00:38:33.829><c> verse</c><00:38:34.489><c> 28.</c>

00:38:41.570 --> 00:38:44.769
Mark<00:38:42.170><c> chapter</c><00:38:42.409><c> 3,</c><00:38:42.710><c> verse</c><00:38:42.809><c> 28.</c>

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This<00:39:03.989><c> is</c><00:39:04.590><c> the</c><00:39:04.630><c> subject</c><00:39:04.949><c> that</c><00:39:05.150><c> Mother</c><00:39:05.409><c> Steve</c><00:39:05.670><c> spoke</c><00:39:05.989><c> about</c><00:39:06.269><c> in</c>

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his<00:39:06.670><c> excitation</c><00:39:07.349><c> on</c><00:39:08.050><c> Sunday.</c>

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Truly<00:39:11.130><c> I</c><00:39:11.429><c> say</c><00:39:11.590><c> unto</c><00:39:11.769><c> you,</c><00:39:12.170><c> amen.</c>

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The<00:39:13.510><c> unique</c><00:39:13.869><c> use,</c><00:39:14.650><c> absolutely</c><00:39:14.789><c> unique</c><00:39:15.250><c> use</c><00:39:15.570><c> by</c><00:39:15.750><c> the</c><00:39:15.889><c> Lord</c><00:39:16.070><c> Jesus</c><00:39:16.429><c> of</c>

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the<00:39:16.909><c> word</c><00:39:17.110><c> amen.</c>

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Amen<00:39:18.230><c> is</c><00:39:18.389><c> always</c><00:39:18.829><c> used</c><00:39:19.090><c> in</c><00:39:19.269><c> Scripture</c><00:39:19.610><c> outside</c><00:39:20.050><c> the</c><00:39:20.269><c> Gospels</c>

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as<00:39:21.190><c> the</c><00:39:21.510><c> end</c><00:39:21.809><c> of</c><00:39:22.070><c> a</c><00:39:22.210><c> phrase,</c><00:39:23.030><c> the</c><00:39:23.230><c> ascent</c><00:39:23.869><c> to</c><00:39:24.190><c> what</c><00:39:24.329><c> has</c><00:39:24.510><c> been</c>

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said<00:39:24.889><c> before.</c>

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The<00:39:26.070><c> Lord</c><00:39:26.250><c> Jesus,</c><00:39:27.250><c> unique</c><00:39:27.650><c> amongst</c><00:39:27.969><c> teachers,</c><00:39:28.969><c> used</c><00:39:29.269><c> amen</c>

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to<00:39:30.050><c> begin</c><00:39:30.309><c> his</c><00:39:30.590><c> definitive</c><00:39:30.969><c> statements.</c>

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Amen,<00:39:32.869><c> the</c><00:39:32.929><c> word</c><00:39:33.190><c> truly</c><00:39:33.489><c> there</c><00:39:33.730><c> is</c><00:39:33.929><c> amen.</c>

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And<00:39:34.869><c> as</c><00:39:34.989><c> I'm</c><00:39:35.210><c> sure</c><00:39:35.369><c> you</c><00:39:35.510><c> know,</c><00:39:35.670><c> the</c><00:39:35.789><c> word</c><00:39:35.929><c> amen</c><00:39:36.210><c> is</c><00:39:36.789><c> exactly</c>

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the<00:39:37.429><c> same</c>

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in<00:39:37.750><c> Hebrew</c><00:39:38.210><c> or</c><00:39:38.869><c> in</c><00:39:39.130><c> Greek</c><00:39:39.469><c> or</c><00:39:40.309><c> in</c><00:39:40.550><c> Aramaic.</c>

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The<00:39:42.590><c> word</c><00:39:42.789><c> is</c><00:39:43.110><c> amen.</c>

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And<00:39:43.849><c> when</c><00:39:44.010><c> Jesus</c><00:39:44.349><c> uses</c><00:39:44.670><c> the</c><00:39:44.849><c> word</c><00:39:45.030><c> amen,</c>

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he's<00:39:45.489><c> not</c><00:39:45.750><c> using</c><00:39:45.989><c> it</c><00:39:46.170><c> at</c><00:39:46.309><c> the</c><00:39:46.550><c> end</c><00:39:46.809><c> of</c><00:39:47.050><c> a</c><00:39:47.190><c> sentence</c><00:39:47.449><c> to</c><00:39:48.230><c> affirm</c>

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what<00:39:48.789><c> has</c><00:39:48.969><c> been</c><00:39:49.230><c> said.</c>

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He<00:39:50.210><c> is</c><00:39:50.869><c> using</c><00:39:51.150><c> it</c><00:39:51.329><c> at</c><00:39:51.429><c> the</c><00:39:51.570><c> beginning</c><00:39:52.010><c> of</c><00:39:52.829><c> a</c><00:39:53.030><c> sentence</c><00:39:53.269><c> to</c><00:39:53.530><c> say,</c>

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here<00:39:54.730><c> comes</c><00:39:55.190><c> a</c><00:39:55.590><c> definitive</c><00:39:56.010><c> statement</c><00:39:56.570><c> which</c><00:39:58.250><c> I</c><00:39:58.610><c> have</c><00:39:58.769><c> the</c><00:39:58.969><c> authority</c><00:39:59.309><c> to</c><00:39:59.610><c> state</c>

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because<00:40:01.269><c> I</c><00:40:01.550><c> speak</c><00:40:01.710><c> by</c><00:40:01.849><c> the</c><00:40:02.090><c> Spirit.</c>

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And<00:40:03.150><c> so</c><00:40:03.269><c> amen,</c><00:40:05.090><c> I</c><00:40:05.190><c> say</c><00:40:05.329><c> unto</c><00:40:05.530><c> you,</c><00:40:06.369><c> all</c><00:40:06.690><c> sins</c><00:40:06.989><c> will</c><00:40:07.170><c> be</c><00:40:07.349><c> forgiven.</c>

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Now<00:40:09.090><c> that</c><00:40:09.190><c> was</c><00:40:10.530><c> unique.</c>

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The<00:40:11.989><c> disciples,</c><00:40:12.650><c> the</c><00:40:12.829><c> apostles,</c><00:40:13.670><c> those</c><00:40:13.889><c> who</c><00:40:14.070><c> listened</c><00:40:14.269><c> to</c>

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him,<00:40:14.610><c> brethren</c><00:40:14.789><c> and</c><00:40:14.989><c> sisters,</c>

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must<00:40:15.909><c> have</c><00:40:16.110><c> been</c><00:40:16.789><c> astonished</c><00:40:17.309><c> at</c><00:40:17.469><c> his</c><00:40:17.650><c> use</c><00:40:17.949><c> of</c><00:40:18.210><c> amen.</c>

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It<00:40:18.570><c> was</c><00:40:18.809><c> so</c><00:40:19.050><c> atypical.</c>

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It<00:40:20.750><c> was</c><00:40:20.969><c> so</c><00:40:21.230><c> out</c><00:40:21.309><c> of</c><00:40:21.389><c> the</c><00:40:21.650><c> ordinary.</c>

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But<00:40:25.449><c> they</c><00:40:25.650><c> must</c><00:40:25.869><c> have</c><00:40:26.889><c> begun</c><00:40:27.010><c> to</c><00:40:27.329><c> learn</c><00:40:27.489><c> over</c><00:40:27.710><c> those</c><00:40:27.969><c> three</c><00:40:28.250><c> years</c>

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that<00:40:29.070><c> when</c><00:40:29.409><c> Jesus</c><00:40:30.150><c> states</c><00:40:30.789><c> amen,</c><00:40:33.070><c> listen,</c><00:40:34.650><c> listen</c><00:40:35.190><c> to</c><00:40:37.269><c> a</c>

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profoundly<00:40:37.929><c> important</c><00:40:38.469><c> statement.</c>

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And<00:40:42.050><c> when</c><00:40:42.170><c> you</c><00:40:42.329><c> get</c><00:40:42.510><c> to</c><00:40:42.690><c> John's</c><00:40:43.190><c> Gospel,</c><00:40:43.510><c> and</c><00:40:43.590><c> this</c><00:40:43.989><c> I</c><00:40:44.269><c> think</c>

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is<00:40:46.489><c> sort</c><00:40:46.690><c> of</c><00:40:46.829><c> an</c><00:40:47.030><c> extension</c><00:40:47.289><c> of</c><00:40:47.550><c> the</c><00:40:47.570><c> point,</c>

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when<00:40:47.949><c> you</c><00:40:48.110><c> get</c><00:40:48.230><c> to</c><00:40:48.369><c> John's</c><00:40:48.789><c> Gospel,</c><00:40:49.389><c> every</c><00:40:49.829><c> reference</c><00:40:50.269><c> to</c><00:40:50.530><c> amen</c><00:40:50.889><c> is</c><00:40:51.230><c> duplicated.</c>

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Every<00:40:52.309><c> single</c><00:40:52.710><c> reference,</c><00:40:53.510><c> the</c><00:40:53.670><c> 25</c><00:40:54.110><c> references</c><00:40:54.710><c> to</c><00:40:55.429><c> amen</c><00:40:55.849><c> in</c>

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the<00:40:56.710><c> John's</c><00:40:57.090><c> Gospel</c><00:40:57.309><c> are</c><00:40:57.730><c> amen,</c>

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amen,<00:40:59.469><c> verily,</c><00:40:59.809><c> verily,</c><00:41:00.469><c> I</c><00:41:00.469><c> say</c><00:41:00.590><c> unto</c><00:41:00.809><c> you.</c>

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John<00:41:02.489><c> chapter</c><00:41:02.769><c> 1</c><00:41:03.050><c> verse</c><00:41:03.309><c> 51</c><00:41:03.769><c> is</c><00:41:04.329><c> one</c><00:41:04.690><c> of</c><00:41:04.809><c> the</c><00:41:04.969><c> 25</c><00:41:05.369><c> examples.</c>

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John<00:41:09.110><c> chapter</c><00:41:09.369><c> 1</c><00:41:09.690><c> verse</c><00:41:10.869><c> 51,</c><00:41:12.110><c> and</c><00:41:12.429><c> he</c><00:41:12.570><c> said</c><00:41:12.690><c> unto</c><00:41:12.909><c> him,</c><00:41:14.590><c> verily,</c><00:41:15.030><c> verily,</c><00:41:15.469><c> I</c><00:41:15.489><c> say</c>

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unto<00:41:15.929><c> you,</c>

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amen,<00:41:17.469><c> amen,</c><00:41:19.030><c> I</c><00:41:19.190><c> say</c><00:41:19.369><c> unto</c><00:41:19.590><c> you,</c><00:41:20.809><c> you</c><00:41:21.030><c> will</c><00:41:21.250><c> see</c><00:41:21.469><c> heaven</c><00:41:21.710><c> opened</c>

00:41:22.250 --> 00:41:25.989
and<00:41:22.789><c> the</c><00:41:22.949><c> angels</c><00:41:23.409><c> of</c><00:41:23.590><c> God</c><00:41:23.869><c> ascending</c><00:41:24.389><c> and</c><00:41:24.670><c> descending</c><00:41:25.190><c> upon</c>

00:41:25.989 --> 00:41:27.949
the<00:41:26.489><c> Son</c><00:41:26.690><c> of</c><00:41:26.909><c> Man.</c>

00:41:31.590 --> 00:41:37.349
Jesus<00:41:31.969><c> had</c><00:41:32.230><c> a</c><00:41:32.570><c> unique</c><00:41:32.989><c> usage</c><00:41:33.570><c> of</c><00:41:34.429><c> the</c><00:41:34.550><c> idea</c><00:41:35.090><c> of</c><00:41:35.530><c> amen,</c><00:41:36.489><c> sure,</c>

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absolutely,<00:41:38.630><c> certainly.</c>

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And<00:41:41.650><c> just</c><00:41:42.070><c> parenthetically,</c><00:41:42.869><c> brethren</c><00:41:42.989><c> and</c><00:41:43.150><c> sisters,</c><00:41:43.369><c> let</c>

00:41:43.550 --> 00:41:44.230
me<00:41:43.690><c> just</c><00:41:43.909><c> say</c><00:41:44.030><c> this.</c>

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One<00:41:44.449><c> of</c><00:41:44.610><c> the</c><00:41:44.730><c> delights</c><00:41:45.670><c> about</c><00:41:46.550><c> going</c><00:41:46.809><c> to</c><00:41:46.989><c> Malawi</c><00:41:47.489><c> in</c><00:41:48.090><c> Central</c><00:41:48.469><c> Africa,</c>

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where<00:41:48.929><c> I</c><00:41:49.050><c> go</c><00:41:49.230><c> quite</c><00:41:49.469><c> frequently</c><00:41:49.829><c> for</c><00:41:50.150><c> work</c><00:41:50.409><c> and</c><00:41:50.690><c> visit</c><00:41:50.849><c> the</c>

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wonderful<00:41:51.889><c> brethren</c><00:41:52.170><c> and</c><00:41:52.349><c> sisters</c><00:41:52.489><c> there,</c>

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almost<00:41:53.530><c> 2</c><00:41:53.789><c>,000</c><00:41:54.090><c> brethren</c><00:41:54.389><c> and</c><00:41:54.570><c> sisters</c><00:41:54.690><c> in</c><00:41:54.929><c> Malawi</c><00:41:55.250><c> now,</c><00:41:56.010><c> over</c>

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70<00:41:56.550><c> Eccleses,</c>

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one<00:41:58.210><c> of</c><00:41:58.369><c> their</c><00:41:58.570><c> favourite</c><00:41:59.010><c> expressions,</c><00:41:59.590><c> the</c><00:41:59.769><c> common</c><00:42:00.050><c> expression</c><00:42:00.469><c> in</c><00:42:00.650><c> Malawi</c><00:42:01.150><c> is</c>

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sure,<00:42:02.369><c> amen.</c>

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It's<00:42:03.789><c> just</c><00:42:04.110><c> an</c><00:42:04.489><c> expression,</c><00:42:07.190><c> sure.</c>

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If<00:42:07.610><c> you</c><00:42:07.789><c> say</c><00:42:07.949><c> something,</c><00:42:08.309><c> they</c><00:42:08.449><c> say</c><00:42:08.590><c> sure,</c><00:42:09.489><c> and</c><00:42:09.590><c> you</c><00:42:09.670><c> ask</c><00:42:09.889><c> the</c><00:42:10.050><c> brethren,</c>

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what<00:42:10.349><c> does</c><00:42:10.530><c> it</c><00:42:10.650><c> mean</c><00:42:10.829><c> in</c><00:42:10.989><c> Chichua,</c><00:42:11.449><c> which</c><00:42:11.590><c> is</c><00:42:11.730><c> the</c><00:42:11.809><c> local</c><00:42:12.050><c> language,</c><00:42:12.449><c> they</c>

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say<00:42:12.650><c> that</c><00:42:12.789><c> means</c><00:42:13.050><c> amen,</c>

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Malawi<00:42:14.670><c> being</c><00:42:14.849><c> a</c><00:42:14.989><c> very,</c><00:42:15.269><c> very</c><00:42:15.489><c> religious</c><00:42:15.769><c> society.</c>

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So<00:42:18.469><c> that's</c><00:42:18.889><c> the</c><00:42:19.010><c> meaning</c><00:42:19.170><c> of</c><00:42:19.389><c> amen,</c><00:42:20.489><c> sure,</c><00:42:21.130><c> absolutely.</c>

00:42:23.530 --> 00:42:26.829
And<00:42:23.769><c> it</c><00:42:23.849><c> was</c><00:42:24.010><c> only</c><00:42:24.289><c> Jesus,</c><00:42:25.190><c> absolutely</c><00:42:25.489><c> only</c><00:42:25.750><c> the</c><00:42:25.889><c> Lord</c><00:42:26.050><c> Jesus</c><00:42:26.389><c> Christ,</c>

00:42:27.190 --> 00:42:30.210
who<00:42:27.309><c> could</c><00:42:27.590><c> definitively</c><00:42:28.230><c> say</c><00:42:28.489><c> sure,</c><00:42:29.110><c> this</c><00:42:29.409><c> is</c><00:42:29.670><c> a</c><00:42:29.789><c> statement</c>

00:42:30.210 --> 00:42:35.309
for<00:42:31.110><c> which</c><00:42:31.250><c> I</c><00:42:31.429><c> have</c><00:42:31.530><c> the</c><00:42:31.710><c> full</c><00:42:31.869><c> authority</c><00:42:32.469><c> from</c><00:42:33.869><c> God</c><00:42:34.090><c> himself.</c>

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Verily,<00:42:37.150><c> verily,</c><00:42:37.750><c> I</c><00:42:37.909><c> say</c><00:42:38.050><c> unto</c><00:42:38.230><c> you.</c>

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There<00:42:41.710><c> are</c><00:42:41.869><c> other</c><00:42:42.050><c> phrases,</c><00:42:43.650><c> Abba,</c><00:42:44.050><c> Father,</c><00:42:44.590><c> another,</c><00:42:44.789><c> which</c>

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we'll<00:42:45.170><c> be</c><00:42:45.369><c> considering</c><00:42:45.650><c> in</c><00:42:45.809><c> our</c><00:42:46.010><c> fourth</c><00:42:46.190><c> class.</c>

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That<00:42:46.650><c> was</c><00:42:46.869><c> unique</c><00:42:47.409><c> for</c><00:42:47.829><c> Jesus</c><00:42:48.210><c> too,</c><00:42:49.150><c> Abba,</c><00:42:49.630><c> Father.</c>

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In<00:42:50.829><c> a</c><00:42:50.969><c> certain</c><00:42:51.150><c> context,</c><00:42:51.610><c> that</c><00:42:51.730><c> was</c><00:42:51.949><c> absolutely</c><00:42:52.309><c> unique</c><00:42:52.710><c> for</c>

00:42:52.929 --> 00:42:57.769
Jesus,<00:42:54.110><c> how</c><00:42:54.389><c> he</c><00:42:54.610><c> addressed</c><00:42:55.070><c> our</c><00:42:55.750><c> God</c><00:42:56.070><c> as</c><00:42:57.010><c> our</c><00:42:57.429><c> Father.</c>

00:42:57.909 --> 00:42:59.869
And<00:42:58.070><c> we're</c><00:42:58.210><c> going</c><00:42:58.289><c> to</c><00:42:58.510><c> discuss</c><00:42:58.730><c> that</c><00:42:58.929><c> when</c><00:42:59.070><c> we</c><00:42:59.329><c> reflect</c><00:42:59.590><c> upon</c>

00:42:59.869 --> 00:43:02.510
Jesus'<00:43:00.449><c> use</c><00:43:00.949><c> of</c><00:43:01.610><c> prayer.</c>

00:43:03.730 --> 00:43:09.750
Abba,<00:43:04.469><c> Father,</c><00:43:05.949><c> my</c><00:43:06.230><c> Father,</c><00:43:06.829><c> or</c><00:43:06.989><c> our</c><00:43:07.230><c> Father,</c><00:43:08.250><c> who</c><00:43:08.389><c> art</c><00:43:08.530><c> in</c><00:43:08.690><c> heaven.</c>

00:43:13.789 --> 00:43:16.889
Now,<00:43:14.130><c> as</c><00:43:14.389><c> I</c><00:43:14.550><c> said,</c><00:43:14.750><c> there's</c><00:43:14.889><c> a</c><00:43:15.030><c> few</c><00:43:15.210><c> other</c><00:43:15.750><c> literary</c><00:43:16.329><c> aspects</c>

00:43:16.889 --> 00:43:18.809
of<00:43:17.090><c> the</c><00:43:17.210><c> Lord's</c><00:43:17.789><c> style,</c><00:43:17.969><c> which</c><00:43:18.150><c> I</c><00:43:18.329><c> find</c><00:43:18.469><c> interesting,</c>

00:43:18.889 --> 00:43:22.849
not<00:43:19.110><c> perhaps</c><00:43:19.550><c> specific</c><00:43:20.750><c> words</c><00:43:21.050><c> so</c><00:43:21.289><c> much</c><00:43:21.449><c> that</c><00:43:21.610><c> he</c><00:43:21.750><c> used,</c><00:43:22.610><c> but</c>

00:43:22.849 --> 00:43:24.929
the<00:43:23.269><c> style</c><00:43:23.590><c> that</c><00:43:23.809><c> he</c><00:43:24.010><c> used.</c>

00:43:27.050 --> 00:43:29.630
There's<00:43:27.349><c> one</c><00:43:27.630><c> particular</c><00:43:28.369><c> style</c><00:43:28.670><c> that</c><00:43:28.849><c> he</c><00:43:28.949><c> used,</c><00:43:29.190><c> which</c><00:43:29.409><c> has</c>

00:43:29.630 --> 00:43:30.809
a<00:43:29.869><c> rather</c><00:43:30.090><c> technical</c><00:43:30.449><c> name,</c>

00:43:30.809 --> 00:43:33.909
which<00:43:30.989><c> is</c><00:43:31.230><c> very</c><00:43:31.429><c> interesting,</c><00:43:31.989><c> it's</c><00:43:32.070><c> called</c><00:43:32.230><c> the</c><00:43:32.469><c> divine</c><00:43:32.809><c> passive.</c>

00:43:34.489 --> 00:43:39.429
Many<00:43:34.750><c> of</c><00:43:34.929><c> his</c><00:43:35.110><c> phrases,</c><00:43:36.909><c> when</c><00:43:37.030><c> he's</c><00:43:37.349><c> talking</c><00:43:37.750><c> about</c><00:43:38.130><c> God,</c><00:43:39.070><c> although</c><00:43:39.250><c> of</c>

00:43:39.429 --> 00:43:41.730
course<00:43:39.570><c> he</c><00:43:39.829><c> frequently</c><00:43:40.150><c> mentions</c><00:43:40.489><c> the</c><00:43:40.570><c> name</c><00:43:40.750><c> of</c><00:43:40.969><c> God,</c>

00:43:41.789 --> 00:43:47.369
but<00:43:41.869><c> many</c><00:43:42.210><c> of</c><00:43:42.389><c> the</c><00:43:42.670><c> phrases</c><00:43:43.110><c> are</c><00:43:43.590><c> circumlocutions,</c><00:43:45.150><c> like</c><00:43:46.230><c> from</c><00:43:46.489><c> Matthew</c><00:43:46.809><c> chapter</c><00:43:47.070><c> 10,</c>

00:43:47.469 --> 00:43:47.929
verse<00:43:47.610><c> 30,</c>

00:43:47.989 --> 00:43:51.289
where<00:43:48.150><c> he</c><00:43:48.190><c> says,</c><00:43:48.989><c> there</c><00:43:49.010><c> is</c><00:43:49.230><c> one</c><00:43:49.510><c> who</c><00:43:49.670><c> has</c><00:43:49.929><c> numbered</c><00:43:50.309><c> all</c><00:43:51.110><c> the</c>

00:43:51.289 --> 00:43:52.829
hairs<00:43:51.469><c> of</c><00:43:51.650><c> your</c><00:43:51.929><c> head.</c>

00:43:53.610 --> 00:43:57.230
He<00:43:53.969><c> doesn't</c><00:43:54.269><c> mention</c><00:43:54.690><c> the</c><00:43:54.809><c> name</c><00:43:54.969><c> of</c><00:43:55.190><c> God</c><00:43:55.510><c> in</c><00:43:56.449><c> these</c><00:43:56.929><c> sort</c><00:43:57.110><c> of</c>

00:43:57.230 --> 00:43:58.969
divine<00:43:57.489><c> passive</c><00:43:57.849><c> statements,</c><00:43:58.269><c> as</c><00:43:58.409><c> they're</c><00:43:58.670><c> called.</c>

00:43:59.449 --> 00:44:02.309
There's<00:43:59.929><c> sort</c><00:44:00.130><c> of</c><00:44:00.289><c> a</c><00:44:00.449><c> circumlocution,</c><00:44:01.170><c> a</c><00:44:01.210><c> sense</c><00:44:01.369><c> that</c><00:44:01.510><c> he</c><00:44:01.650><c> says,</c><00:44:02.010><c> there</c><00:44:02.050><c> is</c>

00:44:02.309 --> 00:44:04.349
one<00:44:02.730><c> who</c><00:44:03.289><c> has</c><00:44:03.510><c> numbered.</c>

00:44:04.889 --> 00:44:07.690
And<00:44:04.889><c> the</c><00:44:05.570><c> technique,</c><00:44:06.110><c> the</c><00:44:06.369><c> style</c><00:44:06.610><c> we're</c><00:44:06.969><c> told</c><00:44:07.150><c> in</c><00:44:07.329><c> the</c><00:44:07.429><c> divine</c>

00:44:07.690 --> 00:44:12.269
passive,<00:44:08.590><c> is</c><00:44:08.730><c> to</c><00:44:09.769><c> encourage</c><00:44:10.590><c> a</c><00:44:10.929><c> sense</c><00:44:11.210><c> of</c><00:44:11.469><c> sanctity.</c>

00:44:12.769 --> 00:44:15.050
There<00:44:12.889><c> is</c><00:44:13.130><c> one,</c><00:44:13.289><c> there</c><00:44:13.409><c> is</c><00:44:13.530><c> a</c><00:44:13.690><c> holy</c><00:44:13.889><c> one.</c>

00:44:16.210 --> 00:44:20.070
There<00:44:16.369><c> is</c><00:44:16.610><c> one</c><00:44:16.909><c> who</c><00:44:17.090><c> has</c><00:44:17.349><c> numbered</c><00:44:17.610><c> all</c><00:44:18.230><c> the</c><00:44:18.929><c> hairs</c><00:44:19.150><c> of</c><00:44:19.510><c> your</c><00:44:19.809><c> head.</c>

00:44:20.349 --> 00:44:23.269
This,<00:44:20.710><c> of</c><00:44:20.849><c> course,</c><00:44:21.969><c> doesn't</c><00:44:22.210><c> come</c><00:44:22.489><c> through</c><00:44:22.690><c> in</c><00:44:22.889><c> our</c><00:44:23.050><c> English</c>

00:44:23.269 --> 00:44:26.190
translations,<00:44:23.949><c> but</c><00:44:24.070><c> it's</c><00:44:24.349><c> clearly</c><00:44:24.590><c> there</c><00:44:24.929><c> in</c><00:44:25.090><c> the</c><00:44:25.289><c> Greek.</c>

00:44:27.809 --> 00:44:31.389
This<00:44:28.289><c> use</c><00:44:28.769><c> of</c><00:44:28.969><c> the</c><00:44:29.110><c> divine</c><00:44:29.389><c> passive,</c><00:44:29.889><c> which</c><00:44:30.150><c> is</c><00:44:30.409><c> used</c><00:44:30.630><c> a</c><00:44:30.789><c> hundred</c><00:44:30.989><c> times</c>

00:44:31.389 --> 00:44:35.230
or<00:44:31.610><c> more</c><00:44:32.190><c> in</c><00:44:33.309><c> the</c><00:44:33.630><c> Gospels.</c>

00:44:37.289 --> 00:44:40.610
Another<00:44:37.769><c> technique</c><00:44:38.250><c> which</c><00:44:38.489><c> the</c><00:44:38.550><c> Lord</c><00:44:38.730><c> Jesus</c><00:44:39.630><c> used,</c><00:44:40.269><c> to</c><00:44:40.489><c> use</c>

00:44:40.610 --> 00:44:41.630
another<00:44:40.849><c> technical</c><00:44:41.289><c> phrase,</c>

00:44:41.710 --> 00:44:44.050
but<00:44:41.849><c> it's</c><00:44:41.989><c> really</c><00:44:42.309><c> quite</c><00:44:42.489><c> a</c><00:44:42.690><c> simple</c><00:44:42.909><c> thought,</c><00:44:43.769><c> is</c><00:44:43.889><c> his</c>

00:44:44.050 --> 00:44:46.170
antithetic<00:44:44.630><c> parallelisms,</c>

00:44:46.349 --> 00:44:49.769
where<00:44:46.469><c> he'd</c><00:44:46.710><c> make</c><00:44:46.849><c> a</c><00:44:47.050><c> statement</c><00:44:47.329><c> and</c><00:44:47.510><c> he'd</c><00:44:47.710><c> give</c><00:44:47.829><c> the</c><00:44:48.050><c> reverse,</c><00:44:48.949><c> almost</c><00:44:49.289><c> instantly.</c>

00:44:49.769 --> 00:44:53.269
Look<00:44:50.210><c> across</c><00:44:50.829><c> at</c><00:44:51.429><c> Mark</c><00:44:51.650><c> chapter</c><00:44:51.949><c> 2.</c>

00:44:54.409 --> 00:45:00.090
Mark<00:44:54.710><c> chapter</c><00:44:54.989><c> 2</c><00:44:55.449><c> is</c><00:44:55.630><c> an</c><00:44:55.809><c> example</c><00:44:56.110><c> of</c><00:44:57.070><c> these</c><00:44:57.409><c> antithetic</c><00:44:58.809><c> parallelisms</c><00:44:59.849><c> used</c>

00:45:00.090 --> 00:45:01.050
by<00:45:00.329><c> Jesus.</c>

00:45:01.449 --> 00:45:06.650
Mark<00:45:01.730><c> chapter</c><00:45:01.989><c> 2,</c><00:45:04.550><c> verse</c><00:45:04.550><c> 19.</c>

00:45:12.630 --> 00:45:17.309
As<00:45:13.150><c> long</c><00:45:13.409><c> as</c><00:45:13.570><c> they</c><00:45:13.769><c> have</c><00:45:15.510><c> the</c><00:45:16.010><c> bridegroom</c><00:45:16.389><c> with</c><00:45:16.610><c> them,</c><00:45:17.090><c> they</c>

00:45:17.309 --> 00:45:18.190
cannot<00:45:17.610><c> fast.</c>

00:45:18.190 --> 00:45:21.289
Then<00:45:19.110><c> he</c><00:45:19.210><c> gives</c><00:45:19.409><c> the</c><00:45:19.690><c> reverse</c><00:45:19.969><c> of</c><00:45:20.269><c> the</c><00:45:20.409><c> statement.</c>

00:45:21.769 --> 00:45:25.949
The<00:45:21.829><c> days</c><00:45:22.090><c> will</c><00:45:22.369><c> come</c><00:45:22.889><c> when</c><00:45:23.449><c> the</c><00:45:23.650><c> bridegroom</c><00:45:24.809><c> is</c><00:45:25.429><c> taken</c><00:45:25.670><c> away</c>

00:45:25.949 --> 00:45:29.969
from<00:45:26.110><c> them,</c><00:45:26.789><c> and</c><00:45:27.050><c> then</c><00:45:27.250><c> they</c><00:45:27.449><c> will</c><00:45:27.670><c> fast</c><00:45:28.130><c> in</c><00:45:28.949><c> that</c><00:45:29.170><c> day.</c>

00:45:30.150 --> 00:45:34.710
That<00:45:30.329><c> was</c><00:45:30.650><c> a</c><00:45:31.909><c> frequent</c><00:45:32.670><c> technique,</c><00:45:33.909><c> used</c><00:45:34.150><c> over</c><00:45:34.409><c> a</c><00:45:34.429><c> hundred</c>

00:45:34.710 --> 00:45:36.610
times,<00:45:35.349><c> this</c><00:45:35.449><c> antithetic</c><00:45:35.929><c> parallelisms,</c>

00:45:36.670 --> 00:45:40.050
where<00:45:36.809><c> Jesus</c><00:45:37.090><c> would</c><00:45:37.269><c> make</c><00:45:37.449><c> a</c><00:45:37.630><c> statement</c><00:45:37.989><c> and</c><00:45:38.469><c> then</c><00:45:38.650><c> give</c><00:45:38.809><c> the</c><00:45:39.070><c> inverse.</c>

00:45:40.829 --> 00:45:42.949
I'm<00:45:41.050><c> sure</c><00:45:41.250><c> if</c><00:45:41.570><c> we</c><00:45:41.730><c> had</c><00:45:41.849><c> a</c><00:45:41.949><c> little</c><00:45:42.110><c> contest,</c><00:45:42.570><c> we</c><00:45:42.670><c> could</c><00:45:42.789><c> think</c>

00:45:42.949 --> 00:45:44.230
of<00:45:43.050><c> lots</c><00:45:43.250><c> of</c><00:45:43.530><c> examples</c><00:45:43.789><c> of</c><00:45:44.030><c> that.</c>

00:45:44.230 --> 00:45:48.150
He<00:45:44.610><c> had</c><00:45:44.929><c> a</c><00:45:45.389><c> number</c><00:45:45.690><c> of</c><00:45:46.130><c> speaking</c><00:45:46.530><c> techniques</c><00:45:47.150><c> which</c><00:45:47.590><c> he</c><00:45:47.829><c> used,</c>

00:45:48.289 --> 00:45:52.530
to<00:45:48.530><c> make</c><00:45:48.690><c> a</c><00:45:48.889><c> statement,</c><00:45:49.690><c> to</c><00:45:49.869><c> give</c><00:45:50.010><c> the</c><00:45:50.269><c> reverse,</c><00:45:51.269><c> so</c><00:45:51.409><c> that</c><00:45:51.550><c> you</c>

00:45:52.530 --> 00:45:55.050
would<00:45:52.630><c> see</c><00:45:52.769><c> the</c><00:45:53.010><c> cogency</c><00:45:53.409><c> of</c><00:45:53.570><c> what</c><00:45:53.690><c> he</c><00:45:53.829><c> was</c><00:45:54.090><c> saying.</c>

00:45:56.989 --> 00:45:58.469
And<00:45:57.070><c> there</c><00:45:57.170><c> are</c><00:45:57.190><c> others,</c><00:45:57.570><c> brethren</c><00:45:57.690><c> and</c><00:45:57.929><c> sisters,</c><00:45:58.190><c> and</c><00:45:58.309><c> our</c>

00:45:58.469 --> 00:45:59.550
time<00:45:58.610><c> doesn't</c><00:45:58.869><c> allow</c><00:45:59.150><c> it.</c>

00:45:59.789 --> 00:46:02.789
There<00:45:59.989><c> are</c><00:46:00.010><c> so</c><00:46:00.289><c> many</c><00:46:00.530><c> different</c><00:46:01.590><c> styles</c><00:46:02.030><c> of</c><00:46:02.329><c> speech</c><00:46:02.530><c> which</c>

00:46:02.789 --> 00:46:04.250
Jesus<00:46:03.110><c> used,</c>

00:46:05.809 --> 00:46:08.889
that<00:46:05.989><c> really</c><00:46:06.590><c> I</c><00:46:07.329><c> wonder</c><00:46:07.510><c> sometimes</c><00:46:07.949><c> why</c><00:46:08.090><c> we</c><00:46:08.250><c> don't</c><00:46:08.389><c> give</c><00:46:08.610><c> more</c>

00:46:08.889 --> 00:46:10.010
thought<00:46:09.110><c> to</c><00:46:09.349><c> this.</c>

00:46:10.010 --> 00:46:15.210
That<00:46:10.449><c> he,</c><00:46:12.769><c> what</c><00:46:12.989><c> may</c><00:46:13.269><c> seem</c><00:46:13.730><c> sort</c><00:46:14.170><c> of</c><00:46:14.170><c> spontaneous</c><00:46:14.750><c> comments</c>

00:46:15.210 --> 00:46:16.650
from<00:46:15.369><c> the</c><00:46:15.469><c> Lord</c><00:46:15.590><c> Jesus,</c>

00:46:16.730 --> 00:46:19.130
were<00:46:16.889><c> very,</c><00:46:17.250><c> very</c><00:46:17.469><c> well</c><00:46:17.670><c> thought</c><00:46:17.889><c> out.</c>

00:46:19.690 --> 00:46:24.190
And<00:46:20.110><c> they</c><00:46:20.469><c> added</c><00:46:20.889><c> force</c><00:46:21.570><c> to</c><00:46:22.730><c> what</c><00:46:22.909><c> he</c><00:46:23.070><c> was</c><00:46:23.289><c> saying.</c>

00:46:30.969 --> 00:46:32.510
But<00:46:31.070><c> the</c><00:46:31.230><c> sum</c><00:46:31.389><c> total</c><00:46:31.570><c> of</c><00:46:31.690><c> this,</c><00:46:31.909><c> brethren</c><00:46:32.050><c> and</c><00:46:32.190><c> sisters,</c><00:46:32.409><c> and</c>

00:46:32.510 --> 00:46:34.909
we<00:46:32.630><c> have</c><00:46:32.809><c> to</c><00:46:32.989><c> finish</c><00:46:33.309><c> on</c><00:46:33.550><c> this</c><00:46:33.769><c> point</c><00:46:33.949><c> now.</c>

00:46:35.130 --> 00:46:38.750
The<00:46:35.690><c> sum</c><00:46:35.869><c> total</c><00:46:36.050><c> of</c><00:46:36.230><c> this</c><00:46:36.449><c> is</c><00:46:36.750><c> that</c><00:46:37.070><c> in</c><00:46:37.230><c> all</c><00:46:37.369><c> his</c><00:46:37.590><c> teachings,</c>

00:46:39.369 --> 00:46:42.829
whether<00:46:39.550><c> it</c><00:46:39.769><c> be</c><00:46:39.929><c> his</c><00:46:40.630><c> use</c><00:46:41.010><c> of</c><00:46:41.269><c> parables,</c><00:46:42.210><c> whether</c><00:46:42.389><c> it</c><00:46:42.570><c> be</c><00:46:42.690><c> the</c>

00:46:42.829 --> 00:46:45.150
use<00:46:43.090><c> of</c><00:46:44.730><c> riddles,</c>

00:46:45.289 --> 00:46:47.909
of<00:46:45.369><c> little</c><00:46:45.710><c> memorable</c><00:46:46.150><c> sayings</c><00:46:46.550><c> or</c><00:46:46.750><c> discourses,</c>

00:46:48.389 --> 00:46:52.690
whether<00:46:48.610><c> it</c><00:46:48.809><c> be</c><00:46:49.909><c> his</c><00:46:50.250><c> use</c><00:46:50.530><c> of</c><00:46:50.989><c> different</c><00:46:51.349><c> literary</c><00:46:51.650><c> techniques,</c>

00:46:53.389 --> 00:46:57.070
the<00:46:53.550><c> essence</c><00:46:53.869><c> of</c><00:46:54.030><c> what</c><00:46:54.130><c> he</c><00:46:54.369><c> said</c><00:46:54.610><c> is</c><00:46:54.929><c> that</c><00:46:55.150><c> the</c><00:46:55.389><c> hour</c><00:46:55.610><c> has</c><00:46:55.949><c> come.</c>

00:46:58.190 --> 00:47:00.269
That<00:46:58.369><c> all</c><00:46:58.550><c> scripture</c><00:46:58.989><c> is</c><00:46:59.590><c> about</c><00:46:59.829><c> me.</c>

00:47:00.269 --> 00:47:04.449
I'd<00:47:01.190><c> like</c><00:47:01.309><c> to</c><00:47:01.489><c> close,</c><00:47:01.929><c> if</c><00:47:02.170><c> you</c><00:47:02.369><c> would,</c><00:47:03.230><c> on</c><00:47:03.230><c> turning</c><00:47:03.550><c> back</c><00:47:03.809><c> to</c><00:47:04.449><c> the,</c>

00:47:04.449 --> 00:47:07.789
turning<00:47:04.789><c> on</c><00:47:04.989><c> to</c><00:47:05.150><c> the</c><00:47:05.210><c> 24th</c><00:47:05.670><c> chapter</c><00:47:06.030><c> of</c><00:47:06.289><c> Luke's</c><00:47:06.690><c> Gospel.</c>

00:47:10.969 --> 00:47:13.769
24th<00:47:11.530><c> chapter</c><00:47:11.789><c> of</c><00:47:12.070><c> Luke.</c>

00:47:19.210 --> 00:47:24.730
Reading<00:47:19.769><c> from</c><00:47:20.070><c> verse</c><00:47:20.369><c> 26</c><00:47:21.869><c> and</c><00:47:22.050><c> 27,</c><00:47:22.750><c> which</c><00:47:23.369><c> I</c><00:47:24.309><c> think</c><00:47:24.469><c> surely</c>

00:47:24.730 --> 00:47:25.389
must<00:47:24.929><c> summarize</c>

00:47:25.389 --> 00:47:28.389
the<00:47:26.289><c> style</c><00:47:26.530><c> which</c><00:47:26.710><c> he</c><00:47:26.929><c> used</c><00:47:27.070><c> in</c><00:47:27.230><c> all</c><00:47:27.349><c> his</c><00:47:27.530><c> preaching.</c>

00:47:30.469 --> 00:47:33.010
Was<00:47:30.949><c> it</c><00:47:31.090><c> not</c><00:47:31.250><c> necessary</c><00:47:31.670><c> that</c><00:47:31.889><c> the</c><00:47:32.070><c> Christ</c><00:47:32.389><c> should</c><00:47:32.690><c> suffer</c>

00:47:33.010 --> 00:47:35.530
these<00:47:33.309><c> things</c><00:47:33.570><c> and</c><00:47:33.809><c> enter</c><00:47:33.949><c> into</c><00:47:34.190><c> his</c><00:47:34.409><c> glory?</c>

00:47:37.269 --> 00:47:39.789
And<00:47:37.730><c> here</c><00:47:37.869><c> is</c><00:47:38.030><c> the</c><00:47:38.210><c> statement</c><00:47:38.429><c> of</c><00:47:38.610><c> how</c><00:47:38.710><c> he</c><00:47:38.949><c> taught.</c>

00:47:40.409 --> 00:47:44.650
And<00:47:40.570><c> beginning</c><00:47:40.809><c> with</c><00:47:41.050><c> Moses</c><00:47:41.610><c> and</c><00:47:43.130><c> all</c><00:47:43.369><c> the</c><00:47:43.610><c> prophets,</c>

00:47:46.349 --> 00:47:49.690
he<00:47:46.829><c> interpreted</c><00:47:47.230><c> to</c><00:47:47.469><c> them</c><00:47:47.670><c> in</c><00:47:47.849><c> all</c><00:47:48.050><c> the</c><00:47:48.250><c> scriptures</c><00:47:48.769><c> the</c>

00:47:49.690 --> 00:47:53.170
things<00:47:50.730><c> concerning</c><00:47:51.670><c> himself.</c>

00:47:55.389 --> 00:48:00.670
Brethren<00:47:56.150><c> and</c><00:47:56.369><c> sisters,</c><00:47:57.250><c> everything</c><00:47:57.869><c> to</c><00:47:58.230><c> do</c><00:47:58.369><c> with</c><00:47:58.550><c> God's</c><00:47:58.969><c> purpose</c><00:47:59.449><c> is</c>

00:48:00.670 --> 00:48:02.489
focused<00:48:01.110><c> in</c><00:48:01.329><c> the</c><00:48:01.449><c> Lord</c><00:48:01.610><c> Jesus.</c>

00:48:03.590 --> 00:48:08.030
He<00:48:03.809><c> is</c><00:48:04.130><c> the</c><00:48:04.469><c> absolute</c><00:48:05.070><c> centrality</c><00:48:05.750><c> of</c><00:48:06.349><c> God's</c><00:48:06.789><c> purpose.</c>

00:48:09.289 --> 00:48:11.809
And<00:48:09.610><c> he</c><00:48:09.750><c> never</c><00:48:10.130><c> shied</c><00:48:10.389><c> away</c><00:48:10.650><c> from</c><00:48:10.869><c> this.</c>

00:48:11.869 --> 00:48:16.469
In<00:48:11.969><c> his</c><00:48:12.130><c> own</c><00:48:12.369><c> teaching,</c><00:48:13.829><c> in</c><00:48:13.929><c> his</c><00:48:14.130><c> example</c><00:48:14.610><c> and</c><00:48:14.909><c> all</c><00:48:15.150><c> his</c><00:48:15.429><c> activities,</c>

00:48:17.329 --> 00:48:23.110
he<00:48:17.889><c> taught</c><00:48:18.309><c> that</c><00:48:19.190><c> the</c><00:48:19.449><c> whole</c><00:48:20.190><c> purpose</c><00:48:20.650><c> of</c><00:48:20.929><c> God</c><00:48:21.369><c> was</c><00:48:22.829><c> centered</c>

00:48:23.110 --> 00:48:24.489
in<00:48:23.409><c> him.</c>

00:48:25.630 --> 00:48:28.489
And<00:48:25.789><c> when</c><00:48:25.909><c> you</c><00:48:26.050><c> just</c><00:48:26.309><c> come</c><00:48:26.469><c> to</c><00:48:26.650><c> think</c><00:48:26.789><c> of</c><00:48:26.949><c> that,</c><00:48:27.289><c> brethren</c><00:48:27.429><c> and</c><00:48:27.630><c> sisters,</c>

00:48:29.130 --> 00:48:31.190
to<00:48:29.369><c> think</c><00:48:29.570><c> that</c><00:48:29.750><c> his</c><00:48:29.869><c> whole</c><00:48:30.170><c> three</c><00:48:30.409><c> and</c><00:48:30.510><c> a</c><00:48:30.550><c> half</c><00:48:30.670><c> years</c><00:48:30.949><c> he</c><00:48:31.050><c> was</c>

00:48:31.190 --> 00:48:33.010
making<00:48:31.489><c> essentially</c><00:48:31.829><c> that</c><00:48:32.150><c> point,</c>

00:48:33.789 --> 00:48:37.190
we<00:48:34.349><c> begin,</c><00:48:34.789><c> I</c><00:48:34.789><c> think,</c><00:48:35.429><c> to</c><00:48:35.429><c> understand</c><00:48:35.949><c> how</c><00:48:36.210><c> extraordinary</c><00:48:36.670><c> he</c><00:48:36.909><c> was,</c>

00:48:37.329 --> 00:48:41.690
because<00:48:37.429><c> there's</c><00:48:37.710><c> nobody</c><00:48:38.030><c> who's</c><00:48:38.289><c> ever</c><00:48:38.590><c> lived</c><00:48:38.989><c> who</c><00:48:40.550><c> could</c><00:48:40.710><c> ever</c><00:48:40.889><c> do</c><00:48:41.110><c> that,</c>

00:48:42.110 --> 00:48:43.909
or<00:48:42.309><c> could</c><00:48:42.429><c> even</c><00:48:42.710><c> begin</c><00:48:42.929><c> to</c><00:48:43.230><c> claim</c><00:48:43.369><c> it.</c>

00:48:43.909 --> 00:48:46.769
Everything<00:48:44.769><c> that</c><00:48:45.030><c> is</c><00:48:45.210><c> in</c><00:48:45.429><c> God's</c><00:48:45.829><c> purpose,</c><00:48:46.309><c> everything</c><00:48:46.550><c> which</c>

00:48:46.769 --> 00:48:48.090
has<00:48:47.050><c> meaning,</c>

00:48:48.369 --> 00:48:51.769
everything<00:48:48.809><c> which</c><00:48:49.110><c> leads</c><00:48:49.389><c> to</c><00:48:49.630><c> spiritual</c><00:48:50.070><c> life</c><00:48:50.409><c> and</c><00:48:50.590><c> to</c><00:48:50.789><c> purpose,</c>

00:48:52.010 --> 00:48:56.030
everything,<00:48:52.550><c> brethren</c><00:48:52.730><c> and</c><00:48:52.949><c> sisters,</c><00:48:54.070><c> is</c><00:48:54.250><c> centered</c><00:48:54.590><c> in</c><00:48:54.929><c> Jesus.</c>

00:48:56.949 --> 00:48:57.949
Everything.

00:49:01.329 --> 00:49:04.489
And<00:49:01.650><c> so</c><00:49:01.789><c> it</c><00:49:01.889><c> is</c><00:49:02.050><c> that</c><00:49:02.190><c> when</c><00:49:02.329><c> he</c><00:49:02.570><c> taught</c><00:49:02.809><c> and</c><00:49:03.070><c> when</c><00:49:03.210><c> he</c><00:49:03.449><c> spoke,</c>

00:49:05.210 --> 00:49:07.230
he<00:49:05.710><c> made</c><00:49:05.889><c> these</c><00:49:06.110><c> points.</c>

00:49:08.170 --> 00:49:10.130
And<00:49:08.550><c> we</c><00:49:08.730><c> need</c><00:49:08.909><c> to</c><00:49:09.190><c> accept</c><00:49:09.389><c> that,</c><00:49:09.590><c> brethren</c><00:49:09.769><c> and</c><00:49:09.969><c> sisters,</c>

00:49:10.130 --> 00:49:13.769
we<00:49:10.309><c> need</c><00:49:10.550><c> to</c><00:49:11.250><c> accept</c><00:49:11.590><c> that</c><00:49:12.289><c> all</c><00:49:12.530><c> that</c><00:49:12.690><c> we</c><00:49:12.829><c> say</c><00:49:13.150><c> and</c><00:49:13.429><c> all</c><00:49:13.610><c> that</c>

00:49:13.769 --> 00:49:14.469
we<00:49:13.909><c> do</c>

00:49:14.469 --> 00:49:17.469
and<00:49:14.750><c> all</c><00:49:14.889><c> that</c><00:49:15.030><c> we</c><00:49:15.210><c> think</c><00:49:15.389><c> in</c><00:49:15.590><c> our</c><00:49:15.750><c> ecclesial</c><00:49:16.130><c> life</c>

00:49:17.510 --> 00:49:22.329
has<00:49:17.989><c> to</c><00:49:18.170><c> be</c><00:49:18.429><c> and</c><00:49:18.610><c> must</c><00:49:18.909><c> be</c><00:49:19.909><c> an</c><00:49:20.269><c> acceptance</c><00:49:20.610><c> of</c><00:49:20.849><c> this</c><00:49:21.170><c> principle,</c>

00:49:23.030 --> 00:49:27.530
that<00:49:23.190><c> all</c><00:49:23.570><c> that</c><00:49:23.690><c> is</c><00:49:23.769><c> in</c><00:49:23.929><c> Scripture</c><00:49:24.409><c> in</c><00:49:24.969><c> the</c><00:49:25.130><c> end</c><00:49:25.750><c> is</c><00:49:26.570><c> about</c><00:49:27.150><c> the</c>

00:49:27.530 --> 00:49:28.710
Lord<00:49:27.690><c> Jesus.</c>

00:49:30.409 --> 00:49:33.210
Now<00:49:30.829><c> we're</c><00:49:30.989><c> going</c><00:49:31.090><c> to</c><00:49:31.170><c> sing</c><00:49:31.349><c> of</c><00:49:31.489><c> this</c><00:49:31.730><c> now</c><00:49:31.969><c> in</c><00:49:32.190><c> the</c><00:49:32.369><c> words</c><00:49:32.610><c> of</c>

00:49:33.210 --> 00:49:36.630
hymn<00:49:33.449><c> number</c><00:49:34.449><c> 161,</c>

00:49:38.650 --> 00:49:42.690
after<00:49:39.289><c> which</c><00:49:39.570><c> our</c><00:49:39.789><c> brother</c><00:49:40.489><c> Bob</c><00:49:40.929><c> Lloyd</c><00:49:41.190><c> is</c><00:49:41.369><c> going</c><00:49:41.510><c> to</c><00:49:41.949><c> lead</c><00:49:41.949><c> us</c>

00:49:42.690 --> 00:49:43.349
in<00:49:43.030><c> prayer</c>

00:49:43.349 --> 00:49:46.190
to<00:49:44.409><c> finish</c><00:49:44.610><c> our</c><00:49:44.869><c> morning</c><00:49:45.110><c> of</c><00:49:45.429><c> study.</c>