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But<00:11:31.240><c> after</c><00:11:31.580><c> all</c><00:11:31.960><c> this</c><00:11:32.279><c> time,</c><00:11:34.419><c> three</c><00:11:34.539><c> and</c><00:11:34.720><c> a</c><00:11:34.759><c> half</c><00:11:34.919><c> years,</c><00:11:37.259><c> twelve</c><00:11:37.700><c> grown</c><00:11:38.000><c> men,</c>

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eleven<00:11:39.240><c> at</c><00:11:39.399><c> this</c><00:11:39.700><c> point,</c><00:11:41.080><c> had</c><00:11:41.200><c> been</c><00:11:41.419><c> with</c><00:11:41.700><c> the</c><00:11:41.820><c> Lord.</c>

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They'd<00:11:44.320><c> done</c><00:11:44.759><c> responsible</c><00:11:45.860><c> work,</c><00:11:46.980><c> they'd</c><00:11:47.179><c> done</c><00:11:47.600><c> difficult</c>

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work,<00:11:49.279><c> they'd</c><00:11:49.620><c> made</c><00:11:49.740><c> great</c><00:11:50.080><c> personal</c><00:11:50.580><c> sacrifice</c><00:11:51.460><c> to</c><00:11:52.799><c> follow</c>

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They'd<00:11:54.539><c> suffered</c><00:11:55.100><c> ridicule</c><00:11:56.059><c> and</c><00:11:56.279><c> abuse,</c><00:11:58.039><c> they'd</c><00:11:58.299><c> been</c><00:11:58.500><c> misunderstood</c><00:11:59.159><c> in</c>

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And<00:12:00.860><c> now</c><00:12:01.179><c> all</c><00:12:01.419><c> this</c><00:12:02.120><c> complex</c><00:12:02.960><c> situation</c><00:12:03.559><c> of</c><00:12:03.700><c> the</c><00:12:03.840><c> Lord</c><00:12:04.320><c> talking</c><00:12:05.419><c> about</c>

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Surely<00:12:11.000><c> they</c><00:12:11.320><c> deserved</c><00:12:11.740><c> some</c><00:12:12.379><c> respect,</c><00:12:13.159><c> they</c><00:12:13.419><c> deserved</c><00:12:13.720><c> to</c>

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And<00:12:21.000><c> they</c><00:12:21.139><c> were</c><00:12:21.340><c> treated</c><00:12:21.580><c> that</c><00:12:21.860><c> way.</c>

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But<00:12:24.059><c> for</c><00:12:24.279><c> the</c><00:12:24.559><c> focus</c><00:12:25.019><c> of</c><00:12:25.279><c> what</c><00:12:25.500><c> Jesus</c><00:12:26.080><c> is</c><00:12:26.840><c> now</c><00:12:27.259><c> about</c><00:12:27.580><c> to</c><00:12:27.799><c> say</c>

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Small<00:12:36.820><c> little</c><00:12:37.580><c> children.</c><00:12:38.500><c> With</c><00:12:38.620><c> that</c><00:12:39.340><c> attitude</c><00:12:39.720><c> they</c><00:12:39.940><c> need</c>

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have<00:13:07.740><c> loved</c><00:13:08.000><c> you,</c><00:13:09.480><c> that</c><00:13:09.659><c> ye</c><00:13:09.960><c> also</c><00:13:10.860><c> love</c><00:13:11.700><c> one</c><00:13:12.100><c> another.</c>

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Now<00:13:23.539><c> this</c><00:13:23.740><c> is</c><00:13:24.080><c> almost</c><00:13:24.600><c> startling</c><00:13:25.320><c> as</c><00:13:25.919><c> we</c><00:13:26.279><c> think</c><00:13:26.620><c> about</c><00:13:26.919><c> this</c>

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Doesn't<00:13:45.519><c> it</c><00:13:45.759><c> seem</c><00:13:46.240><c> a</c><00:13:46.919><c> very</c><00:13:47.159><c> surprising</c><00:13:47.779><c> situation</c><00:13:48.440><c> that</c><00:13:48.679><c> now</c>

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It's<00:14:04.419><c> not</c><00:14:04.639><c> a</c><00:14:05.139><c> reminder</c><00:14:05.679><c> of</c><00:14:05.860><c> something</c><00:14:06.100><c> that</c><00:14:06.299><c> just</c><00:14:06.559><c> happens</c><00:14:06.860><c> to</c>

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It's<00:14:14.480><c> not</c><00:14:14.639><c> a</c><00:14:14.919><c> last</c><00:14:15.159><c> minute</c><00:14:15.379><c> thought.</c><00:14:15.759><c> It's</c><00:14:15.799><c> not</c><00:14:15.940><c> an</c><00:14:16.220><c> afterthought.</c>

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The<00:14:24.019><c> supreme</c><00:14:24.500><c> commandment.</c><00:14:27.340><c> But</c><00:14:27.460><c> he</c><00:14:27.519><c> has</c><00:14:27.700><c> their</c><00:14:27.899><c> attention.</c>

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And<00:14:30.639><c> he's</c><00:14:30.940><c> approached</c><00:14:31.159><c> them,</c><00:14:32.379><c> addressed</c><00:14:32.940><c> them</c><00:14:33.100><c> in</c><00:14:33.279><c> a</c><00:14:33.360><c> way</c><00:14:33.600><c> that</c><00:14:33.759><c> will</c><00:14:34.120><c> force</c><00:14:34.360><c> them</c><00:14:34.539><c> to</c>

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think<00:14:35.460><c> about</c><00:14:36.120><c> what</c><00:14:36.279><c> he</c><00:14:36.480><c> is</c><00:14:36.620><c> saying.</c>

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The<00:14:39.480><c> commandment</c><00:14:39.779><c> is</c><00:14:39.980><c> given</c><00:14:40.139><c> twice.</c><00:14:40.759><c> It's</c><00:14:40.879><c> given</c><00:14:41.080><c> here</c><00:14:41.419><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:14:41.860><c> 13.</c>

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And<00:14:55.580><c> our</c><00:14:55.720><c> conclusion</c><00:14:56.120><c> was</c><00:14:56.480><c> that</c><00:14:56.740><c> this</c><00:14:57.019><c> discourse</c><00:14:57.440><c> was</c><00:14:57.840><c> continuous</c><00:14:58.539><c> because</c><00:14:59.840><c> he</c><00:15:00.460><c> deals</c><00:15:00.720><c> with</c><00:15:00.940><c> the</c>

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same<00:15:01.279><c> issues,</c><00:15:01.600><c> the</c><00:15:01.799><c> same</c><00:15:02.019><c> subjects.</c>

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Chapter<00:15:04.919><c> 13</c><00:15:05.320><c> verse</c><00:15:05.559><c> 34</c><00:15:06.100><c> gives</c><00:15:06.440><c> us</c><00:15:06.860><c> the</c><00:15:07.360><c> new</c><00:15:07.600><c> commandment</c><00:15:08.320><c> stated</c><00:15:08.679><c> for</c>

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And<00:15:10.279><c> chapter</c><00:15:10.679><c> 15,</c><00:15:11.440><c> the</c><00:15:11.620><c> second</c><00:15:11.980><c> half</c><00:15:12.399><c> of</c><00:15:13.220><c> the</c><00:15:13.419><c> discourse,</c><00:15:15.340><c> at</c>

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verse<00:15:16.759><c> 12.</c>

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15<00:15:20.120><c> verse</c><00:15:20.480><c> 12.</c>

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This<00:15:22.740><c> is</c><00:15:23.000><c> my</c><00:15:23.220><c> commandment,</c><00:15:24.000><c> that</c><00:15:24.120><c> ye</c><00:15:24.340><c> love</c><00:15:24.600><c> one</c><00:15:24.860><c> another</c><00:15:25.259><c> as</c><00:15:26.240><c> I</c>

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have<00:15:27.139><c> loved</c><00:15:27.399><c> you.</c>

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And<00:15:29.720><c> they</c><00:15:30.120><c> give</c><00:15:30.299><c> some</c><00:15:30.539><c> more</c><00:15:30.740><c> description,</c><00:15:31.299><c> which</c><00:15:31.519><c> we'll</c><00:15:32.080><c> return</c><00:15:32.360><c> to</c><00:15:32.519><c> in</c><00:15:32.639><c> a</c>

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few<00:15:32.860><c> moments.</c>

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What<00:15:34.759><c> we</c><00:15:34.899><c> want</c><00:15:35.080><c> to</c><00:15:35.159><c> think</c><00:15:35.399><c> about</c><00:15:35.639><c> for</c><00:15:35.840><c> a</c><00:15:35.980><c> minute</c><00:15:36.399><c> is</c><00:15:37.559><c> this</c><00:15:39.279><c> way</c>

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in<00:15:40.179><c> which</c><00:15:40.419><c> the</c><00:15:41.539><c> principles</c><00:15:41.940><c> introduced,</c>

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that<00:15:42.919><c> ye</c><00:15:43.100><c> love</c><00:15:43.279><c> one</c><00:15:43.480><c> another</c><00:15:43.759><c> as</c><00:15:44.240><c> I</c><00:15:44.559><c> have</c><00:15:44.799><c> loved</c><00:15:44.980><c> you.</c><00:15:45.340><c> It</c><00:15:45.360><c> is</c><00:15:45.559><c> described</c><00:15:46.379><c> by</c><00:15:46.860><c> the</c><00:15:47.059><c> Lord</c><00:15:47.340><c> as</c><00:15:47.759><c> a</c><00:15:48.059><c> commandment.</c>

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And<00:15:50.440><c> we</c><00:15:50.519><c> know</c><00:15:50.779><c> as</c><00:15:51.179><c> we</c><00:15:51.620><c> think</c><00:15:51.879><c> about</c><00:15:52.159><c> it</c><00:15:52.360><c> that</c><00:15:52.779><c> it's</c><00:15:53.240><c> very</c><00:15:53.659><c> difficult</c><00:15:54.159><c> to</c><00:15:54.480><c> think</c><00:15:54.720><c> of</c>

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loving<00:15:55.840><c> someone</c><00:15:56.399><c> as</c><00:15:57.419><c> a</c><00:15:57.620><c> commandment.</c>

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If<00:16:01.200><c> you</c><00:16:01.360><c> were</c><00:16:01.600><c> asked</c><00:16:01.919><c> to</c><00:16:02.120><c> look</c><00:16:02.299><c> to</c><00:16:02.460><c> the</c><00:16:02.580><c> person</c><00:16:02.840><c> to</c><00:16:03.000><c> your</c><00:16:03.139><c> right</c>

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or<00:16:03.440><c> left</c><00:16:03.720><c> and</c><00:16:04.559><c> sit</c><00:16:05.299><c> there</c><00:16:05.700><c> and</c><00:16:06.299><c> love</c><00:16:06.740><c> them,</c>

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feel<00:16:08.759><c> within</c><00:16:09.159><c> yourself</c><00:16:09.600><c> a</c><00:16:09.860><c> whole</c><00:16:10.580><c> warm,</c><00:16:12.200><c> tender,</c><00:16:13.720><c> kindly</c><00:16:14.019><c> disposition</c><00:16:14.779><c> of</c><00:16:15.100><c> love.</c>

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You<00:16:16.879><c> might</c><00:16:17.059><c> be</c><00:16:17.200><c> able</c><00:16:17.279><c> to</c><00:16:17.399><c> do</c><00:16:17.539><c> that</c><00:16:17.720><c> if</c><00:16:17.879><c> they're</c><00:16:18.559><c> a</c><00:16:18.820><c> friend,</c><00:16:19.019><c> someone</c><00:16:19.220><c> you</c>

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know,<00:16:19.960><c> or</c><00:16:20.340><c> perhaps</c><00:16:20.580><c> a</c><00:16:20.779><c> relative.</c>

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But<00:16:23.899><c> it</c><00:16:24.019><c> would</c><00:16:24.120><c> be</c><00:16:24.159><c> very</c><00:16:24.399><c> hard</c><00:16:24.539><c> to</c><00:16:24.759><c> do</c><00:16:24.940><c> if</c><00:16:25.039><c> someone</c><00:16:25.399><c> that's</c><00:16:26.139><c> a</c><00:16:26.360><c> brother</c><00:16:26.600><c> or</c><00:16:26.820><c> a</c><00:16:27.039><c> sister,</c>

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who<00:16:28.980><c> lives</c><00:16:29.419><c> 800</c><00:16:29.720><c> miles</c><00:16:30.100><c> away</c><00:16:30.340><c> and</c><00:16:30.440><c> you've</c><00:16:30.720><c> said</c><00:16:30.840><c> hello</c><00:16:31.000><c> to</c>

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them<00:16:31.220><c> three</c><00:16:31.500><c> times</c><00:16:32.340><c> during</c><00:16:32.980><c> this</c><00:16:33.259><c> week,</c>

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and<00:16:33.799><c> were</c><00:16:33.960><c> to</c><00:16:34.200><c> love</c><00:16:34.440><c> them</c><00:16:34.679><c> in</c><00:16:34.840><c> this</c><00:16:35.080><c> very</c><00:16:35.419><c> profound</c><00:16:35.860><c> and</c><00:16:36.059><c> deep</c>

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way,<00:16:37.759><c> because</c><00:16:38.019><c> it's</c><00:16:38.259><c> a</c><00:16:38.480><c> command.</c>

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So<00:16:41.559><c> we</c><00:16:41.720><c> need</c><00:16:41.919><c> to</c><00:16:42.139><c> take</c><00:16:42.320><c> apart</c><00:16:42.720><c> the</c><00:16:43.519><c> understanding</c><00:16:44.080><c> of</c><00:16:44.259><c> the</c>

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word<00:16:44.519><c> command.</c>

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And<00:16:46.440><c> we've</c><00:16:46.720><c> tried</c><00:16:46.940><c> to</c><00:16:47.960><c> illustrate</c><00:16:48.460><c> it.</c><00:16:48.600><c> It's</c><00:16:48.700><c> in</c><00:16:48.799><c> your</c><00:16:49.000><c> notes,</c>

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but<00:16:49.360><c> I</c><00:16:49.480><c> have</c><00:16:49.559><c> it</c><00:16:49.700><c> on</c><00:16:49.860><c> a</c><00:16:50.059><c> little</c><00:16:50.320><c> slide</c><00:16:50.620><c> here,</c>

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which<00:16:51.000><c> may</c><00:16:51.220><c> be</c><00:16:51.379><c> helpful.</c><00:16:53.879><c> Can</c><00:16:54.220><c> we</c><00:16:54.419><c> just</c><00:16:55.039><c> turn</c><00:16:56.539><c> that</c><00:16:56.759><c> one</c><00:16:56.919><c> light</c>

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down,<00:16:57.580><c> please?</c>

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Thank<00:17:02.299><c> you.</c>

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The<00:17:10.339><c> research</c><00:17:10.619><c> indicates</c><00:17:11.180><c> that</c><00:17:11.680><c> in</c><00:17:12.140><c> the</c><00:17:12.619><c> Gospel</c><00:17:12.960><c> of</c><00:17:13.200><c> John,</c><00:17:13.960><c> and</c><00:17:14.140><c> indeed</c><00:17:14.359><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:14.599><c> New</c><00:17:14.779><c> Testament,</c>

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but<00:17:15.960><c> particularly</c><00:17:16.519><c> in</c><00:17:16.680><c> the</c><00:17:16.799><c> Gospel</c><00:17:17.140><c> of</c><00:17:17.259><c> John,</c><00:17:18.940><c> there</c><00:17:19.099><c> are</c><00:17:19.339><c> different</c><00:17:20.019><c> ways</c><00:17:20.640><c> in</c>

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which<00:17:21.079><c> the</c><00:17:21.240><c> word</c><00:17:21.440><c> command</c><00:17:21.759><c> is</c><00:17:21.980><c> used.</c>

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It's<00:17:22.400><c> one</c><00:17:22.619><c> word,</c><00:17:24.000><c> but</c><00:17:24.299><c> the</c><00:17:24.700><c> context</c><00:17:25.160><c> of</c><00:17:25.359><c> that</c><00:17:25.640><c> word</c><00:17:25.819><c> will</c><00:17:26.119><c> certainly</c><00:17:27.339><c> demand</c><00:17:28.519><c> that</c>

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we<00:17:29.420><c> view</c><00:17:29.640><c> it</c><00:17:30.500><c> with</c><00:17:30.920><c> certain</c><00:17:31.259><c> shades</c><00:17:31.619><c> of</c><00:17:31.900><c> meaning.</c>

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And<00:17:34.240><c> so</c><00:17:34.400><c> we've</c><00:17:34.799><c> described</c><00:17:35.099><c> these</c><00:17:35.299><c> here</c><00:17:35.500><c> on</c><00:17:35.660><c> the</c><00:17:35.859><c> overhead</c><00:17:36.240><c> and</c>

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also<00:17:37.480><c> in</c><00:17:37.640><c> the</c><00:17:37.779><c> notes,</c>

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and<00:17:38.119><c> let's</c><00:17:38.299><c> just</c><00:17:38.559><c> look</c><00:17:38.680><c> at</c><00:17:38.779><c> this</c><00:17:38.980><c> now</c><00:17:39.259><c> and</c><00:17:39.940><c> analyze</c><00:17:40.240><c> it</c><00:17:40.559><c> as</c><00:17:40.759><c> best</c><00:17:40.900><c> we</c><00:17:41.160><c> can.</c>

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Firstly,<00:17:43.839><c> there</c><00:17:43.880><c> is</c><00:17:44.079><c> the</c><00:17:44.200><c> use</c><00:17:44.400><c> of</c><00:17:44.880><c> the</c><00:17:44.940><c> word</c><00:17:45.240><c> command</c><00:17:45.740><c> in</c><00:17:45.960><c> the</c>

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very<00:17:46.779><c> traditional</c><00:17:48.160><c> understanding</c><00:17:49.240><c> of</c><00:17:49.460><c> that</c><00:17:49.700><c> word,</c>

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that<00:17:50.119><c> it's</c><00:17:50.819><c> an</c><00:17:51.160><c> edict.</c><00:17:51.960><c> It's</c><00:17:52.259><c> a</c><00:17:53.019><c> straightforward</c><00:17:53.980><c> statement</c>

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that<00:17:55.440><c> is</c><00:17:55.700><c> non</c><00:17:55.940><c>-negotiable</c><00:17:57.140><c> and</c><00:17:58.599><c> response</c><00:17:59.519><c> is</c><00:18:00.140><c> imperative.</c>

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It's<00:18:02.119><c> the</c><00:18:02.279><c> army</c><00:18:02.559><c> commander</c><00:18:03.160><c> who</c><00:18:04.859><c> tells</c><00:18:05.500><c> his</c><00:18:05.799><c> troops</c><00:18:06.180><c> what</c><00:18:06.700><c> to</c>

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do.<00:18:07.559><c> It's</c><00:18:07.779><c> a</c><00:18:08.000><c> command.</c><00:18:08.500><c> It</c><00:18:08.619><c> goes</c><00:18:08.759><c> out.</c>

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It's<00:18:09.299><c> very</c><00:18:09.539><c> specific</c><00:18:10.160><c> in</c><00:18:10.380><c> its</c><00:18:10.599><c> nature.</c><00:18:11.480><c> You</c><00:18:11.599><c> go</c><00:18:12.000><c> and</c><00:18:12.220><c> do</c><00:18:12.460><c> this,</c>

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and<00:18:15.119><c> compliance</c><00:18:15.819><c> is</c><00:18:16.599><c> required</c><00:18:17.119><c> in</c><00:18:17.480><c> precise</c><00:18:17.819><c> detail.</c>

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Then,<00:18:22.299><c> moving</c><00:18:22.619><c> down</c><00:18:23.000><c> from</c><00:18:23.200><c> that,</c><00:18:24.440><c> is</c><00:18:24.640><c> where</c><00:18:24.940><c> we</c><00:18:25.240><c> would</c><00:18:25.420><c> look</c>

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at<00:18:26.779><c> command</c><00:18:27.140><c> as</c><00:18:27.420><c> being</c><00:18:27.599><c> more</c><00:18:27.839><c> in</c><00:18:27.940><c> the</c><00:18:28.039><c> nature</c><00:18:28.319><c> of</c><00:18:28.519><c> an</c><00:18:28.920><c> instruction.</c>

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And<00:18:31.000><c> rather</c><00:18:31.299><c> than</c><00:18:31.539><c> be</c><00:18:32.500><c> totally</c><00:18:32.920><c> precise,</c><00:18:33.720><c> absolutely</c><00:18:34.200><c> precise</c><00:18:35.319><c> in</c><00:18:35.880><c> all</c>

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the<00:18:36.319><c> detail,</c>

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go<00:18:36.859><c> to</c><00:18:37.039><c> this</c><00:18:37.220><c> place</c><00:18:37.559><c> and</c><00:18:37.779><c> pick</c><00:18:37.980><c> up</c><00:18:38.140><c> that</c><00:18:38.440><c> thing</c><00:18:38.660><c> and</c><00:18:38.819><c> do</c><00:18:39.059><c> this,</c>

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it<00:18:39.980><c> would</c><00:18:40.140><c> be</c><00:18:40.279><c> more</c><00:18:40.579><c> directional.</c>

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We're<00:18:41.720><c> going</c><00:18:41.819><c> to</c><00:18:41.900><c> look</c><00:18:42.099><c> at</c><00:18:42.279><c> the</c><00:18:42.640><c> passages</c><00:18:43.059><c> in</c><00:18:43.460><c> John</c><00:18:43.579><c> to</c><00:18:43.700><c> illustrate</c><00:18:44.119><c> this,</c>

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but<00:18:44.819><c> it</c><00:18:45.259><c> is</c><00:18:45.480><c> directional</c><00:18:45.940><c> in</c><00:18:46.180><c> nature,</c>

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and<00:18:47.059><c> what</c><00:18:47.240><c> it</c><00:18:47.440><c> does</c><00:18:47.579><c> in</c><00:18:47.779><c> a</c><00:18:47.960><c> sense</c><00:18:48.160><c> is</c><00:18:48.460><c> provide</c><00:18:49.119><c> the</c><00:18:49.480><c> individual</c>

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with<00:18:50.119><c> the</c><00:18:50.460><c> authorization</c><00:18:51.119><c> for</c><00:18:51.400><c> what</c><00:18:51.579><c> they</c><00:18:51.839><c> do.</c>

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It's<00:18:53.640><c> a</c><00:18:53.880><c> different</c><00:18:54.299><c> shade</c><00:18:54.579><c> of</c><00:18:54.819><c> meaning.</c><00:18:56.059><c> It's</c><00:18:56.200><c> the</c><00:18:56.319><c> same</c><00:18:56.519><c> word,</c><00:18:56.960><c> but</c>

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it<00:18:57.359><c> has</c><00:18:57.359><c> a</c><00:18:57.720><c> different</c><00:18:58.400><c> kind</c><00:18:58.920><c> of</c><00:18:59.160><c> implication.</c>

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And<00:19:01.500><c> the</c><00:19:01.680><c> third</c><00:19:01.940><c> level</c><00:19:02.339><c> is</c><00:19:03.740><c> that</c><00:19:04.200><c> of</c><00:19:04.559><c> precept.</c><00:19:06.799><c> And</c><00:19:06.960><c> in</c><00:19:07.099><c> this,</c>

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there<00:19:07.539><c> is</c><00:19:07.640><c> a</c><00:19:07.720><c> very</c><00:19:08.059><c> general</c><00:19:08.440><c> and</c><00:19:08.960><c> broad</c><00:19:09.299><c> application,</c>

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and<00:19:11.140><c> the</c><00:19:11.319><c> person</c><00:19:11.660><c> will</c><00:19:11.980><c> respond</c><00:19:12.660><c> through</c><00:19:13.980><c> willing</c><00:19:14.259><c> acceptance.</c><00:19:15.500><c> They're</c>

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expected<00:19:16.140><c> to</c><00:19:16.420><c> do</c><00:19:16.819><c> what</c><00:19:17.160><c> the</c><00:19:17.440><c> precept</c><00:19:18.019><c> describes,</c>

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but<00:19:20.200><c> they</c><00:19:20.420><c> do</c><00:19:20.640><c> it</c><00:19:20.819><c> out</c><00:19:20.960><c> of</c><00:19:21.059><c> an</c><00:19:21.279><c> understanding</c><00:19:21.880><c> and</c><00:19:22.119><c> a</c><00:19:22.339><c> willingness</c><00:19:22.640><c> to</c><00:19:22.920><c> comply,</c><00:19:23.920><c> rather</c><00:19:24.119><c> than</c>

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you<00:19:24.799><c> do</c><00:19:25.019><c> this</c><00:19:25.220><c> or</c><00:19:25.380><c> you're</c><00:19:25.599><c> going</c><00:19:25.599><c> to</c><00:19:25.680><c> end</c><00:19:25.819><c> up</c><00:19:26.259><c> in</c><00:19:26.440><c> the</c><00:19:26.640><c> brig.</c>

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You<00:19:28.759><c> see</c><00:19:28.940><c> the</c><00:19:29.099><c> difference</c><00:19:29.400><c> there.</c><00:19:29.680><c> You</c><00:19:29.779><c> see</c><00:19:29.960><c> that</c><00:19:30.119><c> there's</c><00:19:30.400><c> a</c>

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gradation<00:19:31.200><c> in</c><00:19:31.420><c> which</c><00:19:31.640><c> the</c><00:19:31.839><c> word</c><00:19:31.940><c> can</c><00:19:32.119><c> be</c><00:19:32.380><c> used.</c>

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So<00:19:34.160><c> I'll</c><00:19:34.519><c> ask</c><00:19:34.680><c> that</c><00:19:34.799><c> the</c><00:19:34.940><c> lights</c><00:19:35.059><c> go</c><00:19:35.259><c> back</c><00:19:35.480><c> on,</c><00:19:35.759><c> and</c><00:19:35.940><c> we'll</c><00:19:36.279><c> look</c><00:19:36.480><c> at</c>

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the<00:19:36.799><c> examples</c><00:19:37.099><c> now</c><00:19:37.720><c> in</c><00:19:38.359><c> the</c><00:19:38.500><c> Gospel</c><00:19:38.799><c> of</c><00:19:39.000><c> John.</c>

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John<00:19:43.960><c> chapter</c><00:19:44.440><c> 11,</c><00:19:47.279><c> verse</c><00:19:47.319><c> 57.</c>

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Now<00:19:55.140><c> both</c><00:19:55.420><c> the</c><00:19:55.619><c> chief</c><00:19:55.859><c> priests</c><00:19:56.220><c> and</c><00:19:56.400><c> the</c><00:19:56.660><c> Pharisees</c><00:19:57.140><c> had</c><00:19:57.380><c> given</c><00:19:57.660><c> a</c><00:19:58.039><c> commandment</c><00:19:58.740><c> that</c><00:19:59.220><c> if</c>

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any<00:20:00.599><c> man</c><00:20:00.839><c> knew</c><00:20:01.099><c> where</c><00:20:01.339><c> he</c><00:20:01.640><c> were,</c>

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he<00:20:02.779><c> should</c><00:20:03.079><c> show</c><00:20:03.460><c> it</c><00:20:03.900><c> that</c><00:20:04.259><c> they</c><00:20:04.480><c> might</c><00:20:04.759><c> take</c><00:20:05.059><c> him.</c><00:20:06.140><c> That</c><00:20:06.380><c> was</c>

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a<00:20:07.140><c> commandment.</c><00:20:07.680><c> That</c><00:20:07.819><c> was</c><00:20:08.079><c> a</c><00:20:08.240><c> very</c><00:20:08.480><c> direct</c><00:20:08.940><c> kind</c><00:20:09.180><c> of</c><00:20:09.359><c> a</c><00:20:09.500><c> statement,</c>

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and<00:20:10.900><c> there</c><00:20:11.400><c> was</c><00:20:11.579><c> an</c><00:20:11.819><c> urgency</c><00:20:12.240><c> about</c><00:20:12.599><c> it,</c><00:20:12.900><c> and</c><00:20:13.019><c> they</c><00:20:13.240><c> wanted</c><00:20:13.720><c> the</c><00:20:14.440><c> people</c><00:20:14.619><c> who</c><00:20:14.880><c> heard</c><00:20:15.079><c> that</c><00:20:15.519><c> to</c><00:20:15.940><c> comply.</c>

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It<00:20:18.220><c> was</c><00:20:18.460><c> very,</c><00:20:18.700><c> very</c><00:20:18.900><c> important.</c><00:20:19.299><c> There</c><00:20:19.380><c> was</c><00:20:19.660><c> an</c><00:20:20.059><c> expected</c>

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compliance<00:20:21.099><c> here</c><00:20:21.359><c> that</c><00:20:21.559><c> had</c><00:20:21.940><c> some</c><00:20:22.279><c> considerable</c><00:20:22.799><c> urgency.</c>

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This<00:20:23.819><c> was</c><00:20:24.039><c> a</c><00:20:24.259><c> crisis</c><00:20:24.539><c> to</c><00:20:24.779><c> them.</c><00:20:25.900><c> And</c><00:20:26.099><c> so</c><00:20:26.319><c> in</c><00:20:26.539><c> that</c><00:20:26.819><c> sense,</c><00:20:27.000><c> we</c>

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see<00:20:27.779><c> the</c><00:20:28.160><c> illustration.</c>

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If<00:20:30.140><c> we</c><00:20:30.660><c> looked</c><00:20:30.839><c> at</c><00:20:31.039><c> a</c><00:20:31.220><c> modern</c><00:20:31.680><c> example</c><00:20:32.319><c> of</c><00:20:32.539><c> that,</c><00:20:34.900><c> we</c><00:20:35.000><c> might</c><00:20:35.380><c> say</c><00:20:35.799><c> to</c>

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our<00:20:36.140><c> children</c><00:20:36.500><c> who</c><00:20:36.740><c> venture</c><00:20:37.000><c> near</c><00:20:37.240><c> a</c><00:20:37.420><c> campfire,</c>

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get<00:20:38.420><c> away</c><00:20:38.680><c> from</c><00:20:38.859><c> the</c><00:20:39.079><c> fire.</c><00:20:41.660><c> We</c><00:20:42.000><c> want</c><00:20:42.579><c> immediate</c><00:20:43.380><c> compliance</c>

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with<00:20:44.920><c> that</c><00:20:45.180><c> statement.</c>

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We're<00:20:46.480><c> not</c><00:20:46.680><c> going</c><00:20:46.819><c> to</c><00:20:46.940><c> think</c><00:20:47.099><c> about</c><00:20:47.339><c> it.</c><00:20:47.440><c> We</c><00:20:47.500><c> don't</c><00:20:47.660><c> expect</c><00:20:47.960><c> them</c><00:20:48.140><c> to</c>

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think<00:20:48.480><c> about</c><00:20:48.640><c> it.</c><00:20:48.740><c> We</c><00:20:48.779><c> want</c><00:20:48.920><c> them</c><00:20:49.059><c> to</c><00:20:49.220><c> do</c><00:20:49.359><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:20:50.799><c> specific</c><00:20:51.640><c> in</c><00:20:52.220><c> its</c><00:20:52.480><c> description,</c><00:20:53.019><c> and</c><00:20:53.680><c> it's</c><00:20:53.960><c> imperative</c>

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that<00:20:55.079><c> the</c><00:20:55.240><c> person</c><00:20:55.640><c> respond.</c>

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So<00:20:58.440><c> we</c><00:20:58.640><c> have,</c><00:20:58.960><c> then,</c><00:20:59.619><c> the</c><00:20:59.839><c> example</c><00:21:00.220><c> in</c><00:21:00.579><c> John</c><00:21:00.900><c> of</c><00:21:01.119><c> a</c><00:21:01.160><c> very</c>

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specific<00:21:01.920><c> command.</c>

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They'd<00:21:02.519><c> given</c><00:21:02.640><c> a</c><00:21:02.880><c> command</c><00:21:03.279><c> to</c><00:21:03.619><c> people</c><00:21:04.059><c> to</c><00:21:05.119><c> give</c><00:21:05.779><c> information</c>

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about<00:21:07.599><c> where</c><00:21:08.700><c> the</c><00:21:08.920><c> Lord</c><00:21:09.220><c> was</c><00:21:09.799><c> so</c><00:21:10.039><c> that</c><00:21:10.160><c> they</c><00:21:10.220><c> could</c><00:21:10.420><c> take</c>

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immediate<00:21:11.079><c> action.</c>

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Now<00:21:12.880><c> the</c><00:21:13.039><c> second</c><00:21:13.359><c> level</c><00:21:14.319><c> may</c><00:21:14.819><c> be</c><00:21:14.980><c> illustrated</c><00:21:15.640><c> in</c><00:21:17.039><c> a</c><00:21:17.039><c> very</c><00:21:17.400><c> interesting</c><00:21:17.740><c> way</c>

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in<00:21:18.519><c> the</c><00:21:18.740><c> Lord's</c><00:21:19.279><c> relationship</c><00:21:19.500><c> with</c><00:21:19.680><c> His</c><00:21:19.880><c> Father.</c>

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We'll<00:21:20.839><c> look</c><00:21:21.059><c> at</c><00:21:21.140><c> two</c><00:21:21.359><c> of</c><00:21:21.460><c> these</c><00:21:21.640><c> passages,</c><00:21:22.519><c> John</c><00:21:22.740><c> chapter</c><00:21:23.240><c> 10,</c>

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verse<00:21:25.759><c> 18.</c>

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No<00:21:35.480><c> man</c><00:21:35.940><c> taketh</c><00:21:36.319><c> it</c><00:21:36.579><c> from</c><00:21:36.759><c> me.</c><00:21:36.940><c> That</c><00:21:37.059><c> is</c><00:21:37.339><c> the</c><00:21:37.400><c> life</c><00:21:37.579><c> of</c><00:21:37.720><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:21:37.980><c> Jesus.</c>

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No<00:21:38.579><c> man</c><00:21:38.839><c> taketh</c><00:21:39.079><c> it</c><00:21:39.259><c> from</c><00:21:39.420><c> me,</c><00:21:39.859><c> but</c><00:21:40.039><c> I</c><00:21:40.259><c> lay</c><00:21:40.380><c> it</c><00:21:40.559><c> down</c><00:21:40.700><c> of</c><00:21:40.839><c> myself.</c><00:21:41.819><c> I</c><00:21:41.859><c> have</c>

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power<00:21:42.619><c> to</c><00:21:43.660><c> lay</c><00:21:43.940><c> it</c><00:21:44.200><c> down,</c><00:21:44.660><c> and</c><00:21:44.839><c> I</c><00:21:45.000><c> have</c><00:21:45.200><c> power</c><00:21:45.519><c> to</c><00:21:45.779><c> take</c><00:21:45.940><c> it</c><00:21:46.299><c> again.</c>

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This<00:21:47.599><c> commandment</c><00:21:49.059><c> have</c><00:21:49.299><c> I</c><00:21:49.819><c> received</c><00:21:50.519><c> of</c><00:21:51.099><c> my</c><00:21:51.359><c> Father.</c>

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There's<00:21:53.539><c> the</c><00:21:53.700><c> same</c><00:21:53.859><c> word.</c>

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And<00:21:56.460><c> surely</c><00:21:56.599><c> there's</c><00:21:56.819><c> a</c><00:21:56.980><c> different</c><00:21:57.519><c> flavor</c><00:21:57.920><c> here.</c><00:21:58.299><c> There's</c><00:21:58.480><c> a</c>

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different<00:21:59.619><c> sense</c><00:22:00.640><c> in</c><00:22:00.819><c> which</c><00:22:00.980><c> this</c><00:22:01.140><c> is</c><00:22:01.359><c> given.</c>

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God,<00:22:03.819><c> I</c><00:22:03.900><c> don't</c><00:22:04.099><c> think</c><00:22:04.259><c> any</c><00:22:04.440><c> of</c><00:22:04.480><c> us</c><00:22:04.579><c> would</c><00:22:04.779><c> believe,</c><00:22:05.200><c> was</c><00:22:05.579><c> in</c><00:22:06.220><c> heaven</c><00:22:06.640><c> giving</c><00:22:07.279><c> specific</c><00:22:08.460><c> fiat</c><00:22:09.180><c> and</c><00:22:10.279><c> absolute</c><00:22:10.680><c> direction</c><00:22:11.180><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:11.579><c> Lord</c>

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And<00:22:17.079><c> the</c><00:22:17.920><c> Lord</c><00:22:18.039><c> was</c><00:22:18.440><c> acting</c><00:22:18.720><c> like</c><00:22:19.000><c> a</c><00:22:19.140><c> robot</c><00:22:19.500><c> to</c><00:22:19.759><c> behave</c><00:22:19.960><c> in</c><00:22:20.140><c> a</c>

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certain<00:22:20.440><c> way.</c>

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But<00:22:21.140><c> there</c><00:22:21.319><c> were</c><00:22:21.579><c> instructions,</c><00:22:22.259><c> clearly.</c><00:22:22.720><c> The</c><00:22:22.819><c> Lord</c><00:22:22.980><c> was</c><00:22:23.259><c> in</c>

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regular<00:22:24.299><c> communication</c><00:22:25.000><c> with</c><00:22:25.180><c> His</c><00:22:25.359><c> Father,</c><00:22:25.779><c> and</c><00:22:25.839><c> there</c><00:22:25.980><c> were</c><00:22:26.539><c> instructions.</c>

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There<00:22:27.440><c> was</c><00:22:27.660><c> a</c><00:22:27.940><c> direction</c><00:22:28.420><c> to</c><00:22:29.059><c> His</c><00:22:29.319><c> life</c><00:22:29.559><c> which</c><00:22:29.740><c> He</c><00:22:29.880><c> was</c><00:22:30.059><c> expected</c><00:22:30.579><c> to</c><00:22:31.160><c> follow.</c>

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This<00:22:33.519><c> commandment</c><00:22:34.039><c> have</c><00:22:34.319><c> I</c><00:22:34.500><c> received</c><00:22:34.759><c> of</c><00:22:34.920><c> my</c><00:22:35.099><c> Father.</c>

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The<00:22:37.099><c> sense</c><00:22:37.359><c> here</c><00:22:37.859><c> doesn't</c><00:22:38.799><c> at</c><00:22:38.980><c> all</c><00:22:39.200><c> seem</c><00:22:39.339><c> to</c><00:22:39.500><c> be</c><00:22:39.640><c> that</c><00:22:39.920><c> thou</c><00:22:40.119><c> shalt</c><00:22:40.619><c> on</c>

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this<00:22:41.279><c> day</c><00:22:42.099><c> submit</c><00:22:42.720><c> to</c><00:22:43.059><c> arrest</c><00:22:43.579><c> and</c><00:22:44.059><c> allow</c><00:22:44.319><c> yourself</c><00:22:44.759><c> to</c><00:22:44.920><c> be</c><00:22:45.099><c> crucified.</c>

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That<00:22:46.720><c> doesn't</c><00:22:47.019><c> seem</c><00:22:47.299><c> at</c><00:22:47.500><c> all</c><00:22:47.660><c> to</c><00:22:47.900><c> meet</c><00:22:48.380><c> the</c><00:22:49.539><c> whole</c><00:22:49.859><c> spirit</c><00:22:50.359><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:50.960><c> relationship</c><00:22:51.380><c> of</c><00:22:51.539><c> the</c><00:22:51.700><c> Lord</c><00:22:52.000><c> with</c><00:22:52.359><c> His</c><00:22:52.619><c> Father.</c>

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There<00:22:53.859><c> was</c><00:22:54.039><c> a</c><00:22:54.200><c> general</c><00:22:54.420><c> direction</c><00:22:55.099><c> and</c><00:22:55.779><c> expected</c><00:22:56.759><c> compliance</c>

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that<00:22:59.099><c> was</c><00:22:59.380><c> given</c><00:22:59.740><c> in</c><00:23:00.980><c> a</c><00:23:01.559><c> general</c><00:23:01.859><c> direction</c><00:23:02.299><c> of</c><00:23:02.480><c> His</c><00:23:02.700><c> life.</c>

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And<00:23:04.119><c> there</c><00:23:04.279><c> were</c><00:23:04.859><c> certainly</c><00:23:05.839><c> occasions</c><00:23:07.660><c> of</c><00:23:07.980><c> guidance</c><00:23:08.319><c> to</c><00:23:08.559><c> help</c><00:23:08.700><c> Him</c>

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do<00:23:09.079><c> that.</c>

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In<00:23:12.079><c> our</c><00:23:12.759><c> 20th</c><00:23:13.279><c> century</c><00:23:13.539><c> example,</c><00:23:15.480><c> we</c><00:23:15.599><c> might</c><00:23:15.880><c> say</c><00:23:16.220><c> to</c><00:23:17.319><c> our</c><00:23:17.980><c> son</c>

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who's<00:23:19.200><c> taking</c><00:23:19.500><c> the</c><00:23:19.759><c> car</c><00:23:20.039><c> to</c><00:23:20.440><c> be</c><00:23:21.059><c> repaired,</c>

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tell<00:23:23.799><c> the</c><00:23:24.259><c> manager</c><00:23:24.700><c> in</c><00:23:25.680><c> the</c><00:23:25.859><c> service</c><00:23:26.160><c> department</c><00:23:26.720><c> that</c><00:23:27.420><c> the</c>

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car<00:23:27.859><c> coughs</c><00:23:28.339><c> and</c><00:23:28.480><c> sputters</c><00:23:28.740><c> when</c><00:23:29.000><c> we</c><00:23:29.500><c> turn</c><00:23:29.700><c> it</c><00:23:29.859><c> on</c><00:23:30.059><c> in</c><00:23:30.319><c> the</c><00:23:30.460><c> morning.</c>

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Now<00:23:32.819><c> that</c><00:23:32.980><c> is</c><00:23:33.200><c> different</c><00:23:33.579><c> from</c><00:23:34.039><c> an</c><00:23:34.480><c> army</c><00:23:34.819><c> command.</c>

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We<00:23:36.779><c> expect</c><00:23:37.240><c> the</c><00:23:39.000><c> son</c><00:23:39.319><c> to</c><00:23:40.039><c> go</c><00:23:40.299><c> and</c><00:23:40.519><c> take</c><00:23:40.640><c> that</c><00:23:40.900><c> car</c><00:23:41.339><c> and</c><00:23:42.400><c> check</c>

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it<00:23:42.880><c> in</c><00:23:43.000><c> the</c><00:23:43.099><c> way</c><00:23:43.200><c> you</c><00:23:43.460><c> do</c><00:23:43.900><c> and</c><00:23:44.220><c> give</c><00:23:44.400><c> some</c><00:23:44.579><c> information</c><00:23:45.119><c> to</c><00:23:45.359><c> the</c>

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manager<00:23:45.900><c> about</c><00:23:46.440><c> what</c><00:23:46.619><c> is</c><00:23:46.839><c> happening.</c>

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It's<00:23:48.779><c> directional</c><00:23:49.240><c> and</c><00:23:49.500><c> you're</c><00:23:49.740><c> providing</c><00:23:50.180><c> to</c><00:23:50.380><c> that</c><00:23:50.660><c> son</c><00:23:50.859><c> authorization</c><00:23:51.660><c> to</c>

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take<00:23:52.299><c> your</c><00:23:52.519><c> car</c><00:23:52.740><c> to</c><00:23:52.940><c> leave</c><00:23:53.160><c> it</c><00:23:53.500><c> for</c><00:23:53.680><c> him</c><00:23:53.839><c> to</c><00:23:54.140><c> authorize</c><00:23:54.619><c> the</c><00:23:55.480><c> service</c><00:23:55.940><c> department</c><00:23:56.519><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:57.279><c> car</c><00:23:57.440><c> agency</c><00:23:57.720><c> to</c><00:23:57.940><c> fix</c><00:23:58.160><c> the</c><00:23:58.420><c> car.</c>

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It's<00:23:59.559><c> not</c><00:23:59.759><c> a</c><00:23:59.960><c> command</c><00:24:00.359><c> with</c><00:24:00.920><c> precise</c><00:24:01.980><c> wording</c><00:24:02.559><c> that</c><00:24:03.339><c> you</c><00:24:03.460><c> expect</c><00:24:03.740><c> him</c>

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to<00:24:04.079><c> write</c><00:24:04.240><c> that</c><00:24:04.559><c> down</c><00:24:04.940><c> and</c><00:24:05.160><c> do</c><00:24:05.779><c> exactly</c><00:24:06.359><c> what</c><00:24:07.140><c> you're</c><00:24:07.859><c> saying</c>

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to<00:24:08.259><c> him.</c>

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It's<00:24:09.880><c> a</c><00:24:09.960><c> little</c><00:24:10.160><c> broader</c><00:24:10.980><c> in</c><00:24:12.319><c> its</c><00:24:14.220><c> direction.</c>

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Look<00:24:17.200><c> at</c><00:24:17.440><c> another</c><00:24:17.660><c> passage</c><00:24:18.079><c> here</c><00:24:18.299><c> to</c><00:24:18.380><c> illustrate</c><00:24:18.779><c> this.</c>

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John<00:24:19.420><c> chapter</c><00:24:20.019><c> 12</c><00:24:24.740><c> verse</c><00:24:29.940><c> 49.</c>

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For<00:24:33.119><c> I</c><00:24:33.339><c> have</c><00:24:33.559><c> not</c><00:24:33.900><c> spoken</c><00:24:34.420><c> of</c><00:24:34.920><c> myself,</c><00:24:36.500><c> but</c><00:24:36.579><c> the</c><00:24:36.759><c> Father</c><00:24:37.099><c> which</c>

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sent<00:24:38.079><c> me,</c><00:24:38.759><c> He</c><00:24:38.920><c> gave</c><00:24:39.160><c> me</c><00:24:39.579><c> a</c><00:24:39.839><c> commandment</c><00:24:40.779><c> what</c><00:24:41.359><c> I</c><00:24:41.799><c> should</c><00:24:42.000><c> say</c><00:24:42.619><c> and</c><00:24:43.259><c> what</c><00:24:43.680><c> I</c>

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should<00:24:44.299><c> speak.</c>

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I<00:24:46.900><c> don't</c><00:24:47.099><c> think</c><00:24:47.259><c> any</c><00:24:47.480><c> of</c><00:24:47.579><c> us</c><00:24:47.799><c> think</c><00:24:48.019><c> that</c><00:24:48.440><c> every</c><00:24:48.839><c> word</c><00:24:49.279><c> and</c><00:24:49.519><c> every</c><00:24:49.759><c> action</c><00:24:50.140><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:24:51.180><c> was</c><00:24:51.819><c> first</c><00:24:53.119><c> given</c><00:24:53.420><c> to</c><00:24:53.619><c> him</c><00:24:53.880><c> in</c><00:24:54.200><c> a</c><00:24:54.519><c> precise</c><00:24:55.200><c> defined</c><00:24:55.779><c> statement</c><00:24:56.220><c> of</c>

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what<00:24:56.500><c> he</c><00:24:56.619><c> should</c><00:24:56.759><c> say</c><00:24:57.000><c> and</c><00:24:57.119><c> what</c><00:24:57.200><c> he</c><00:24:57.319><c> should</c><00:24:57.500><c> speak.</c>

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He<00:24:59.019><c> was</c><00:24:59.220><c> given</c><00:24:59.599><c> the</c><00:25:00.000><c> mandate</c><00:25:00.599><c> to</c><00:25:01.599><c> do</c><00:25:02.000><c> certain</c><00:25:02.299><c> things</c><00:25:02.980><c> and</c><00:25:03.779><c> he</c>

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knew<00:25:04.259><c> clearly</c><00:25:04.720><c> what</c><00:25:04.900><c> the</c><00:25:05.119><c> direction</c><00:25:05.380><c> of</c><00:25:05.519><c> his</c><00:25:05.660><c> life</c><00:25:05.779><c> should</c><00:25:05.980><c> be</c>

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and<00:25:06.380><c> how</c><00:25:06.859><c> to</c><00:25:07.160><c> carry</c><00:25:07.339><c> it</c><00:25:07.579><c> out.</c>

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So<00:25:09.160><c> that's</c><00:25:09.500><c> the</c><00:25:09.680><c> second</c><00:25:09.940><c> level</c><00:25:10.359><c> and</c><00:25:11.019><c> I</c><00:25:11.099><c> think</c><00:25:11.279><c> it's</c><00:25:11.640><c> well</c>

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described<00:25:12.339><c> here.</c>

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We<00:25:12.559><c> need</c><00:25:12.720><c> to</c><00:25:12.859><c> look</c><00:25:12.980><c> at</c><00:25:13.079><c> the</c><00:25:13.299><c> context.</c>

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We<00:25:13.980><c> need</c><00:25:14.180><c> to</c><00:25:14.359><c> look</c><00:25:14.519><c> at</c><00:25:14.720><c> the</c><00:25:15.380><c> spirit</c><00:25:15.859><c> of</c><00:25:16.000><c> the</c><00:25:16.220><c> relationship,</c><00:25:17.220><c> the</c><00:25:17.440><c> spirit</c><00:25:17.740><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:18.200><c> instruction</c><00:25:18.579><c> to</c><00:25:18.900><c> understand</c><00:25:19.640><c> just</c><00:25:20.319><c> what</c><00:25:20.500><c> is</c><00:25:20.740><c> involved</c><00:25:21.039><c> here.</c>

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Now,<00:25:23.359><c> the</c><00:25:23.579><c> third</c><00:25:23.779><c> level</c><00:25:24.279><c> is</c><00:25:25.119><c> that</c><00:25:25.579><c> of</c><00:25:26.619><c> precept,</c><00:25:28.460><c> which</c><00:25:28.640><c> is</c>

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broader<00:25:29.599><c> again.</c>

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It<00:25:30.519><c> is</c><00:25:30.779><c> very</c><00:25:31.140><c> general.</c>

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And<00:25:32.640><c> what</c><00:25:32.900><c> is</c><00:25:33.099><c> expected</c><00:25:33.579><c> here</c><00:25:34.000><c> in</c><00:25:34.400><c> following</c><00:25:34.700><c> out</c><00:25:35.180><c> what</c><00:25:35.339><c> is</c><00:25:35.579><c> said</c><00:25:35.880><c> is</c>

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a<00:25:36.779><c> willing</c><00:25:36.980><c> compliance.</c>

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That<00:25:38.279><c> is,</c><00:25:38.599><c> there</c><00:25:38.700><c> is</c><00:25:38.839><c> an</c><00:25:39.099><c> appreciation</c><00:25:39.819><c> of</c><00:25:40.640><c> the</c><00:25:40.940><c> intent.</c>

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There's<00:25:43.900><c> a</c><00:25:44.140><c> willing</c><00:25:44.339><c> acceptance</c><00:25:44.900><c> of</c><00:25:45.140><c> what</c><00:25:45.359><c> is</c><00:25:45.660><c> trying</c><00:25:45.779><c> to</c><00:25:45.900><c> be</c><00:25:46.140><c> accomplished.</c>

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And<00:25:47.700><c> one</c><00:25:47.819><c> understands</c><00:25:48.400><c> the</c><00:25:48.660><c> principle</c><00:25:49.140><c> and</c><00:25:50.380><c> acts</c><00:25:50.880><c> and</c>

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behaves<00:25:51.500><c> accordingly.</c>

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So<00:25:54.420><c> that's</c><00:25:54.619><c> what</c><00:25:54.759><c> we</c><00:25:55.019><c> have</c><00:25:55.200><c> in</c><00:25:55.539><c> the</c><00:25:55.740><c> verse</c><00:25:55.900><c> that</c><00:25:56.059><c> we</c><00:25:56.220><c> read.</c>

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A<00:25:56.480><c> new</c><00:25:56.740><c> commandment</c><00:25:57.339><c> I</c><00:25:57.500><c> give</c><00:25:57.660><c> unto</c><00:25:57.859><c> you</c><00:25:58.059><c> that</c><00:25:58.220><c> you</c><00:25:58.400><c> love</c><00:25:58.599><c> one</c><00:25:58.839><c> another.</c>

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It<00:25:59.480><c> is</c><00:25:59.680><c> a</c><00:25:59.920><c> precept.</c>

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It<00:26:00.640><c> is</c><00:26:00.900><c> a</c><00:26:01.119><c> broad</c><00:26:01.460><c> general</c><00:26:02.000><c> statement</c><00:26:02.599><c> where</c><00:26:03.180><c> one</c><00:26:03.500><c> has</c><00:26:03.759><c> to</c><00:26:04.440><c> understand</c><00:26:05.140><c> what's</c><00:26:05.500><c> behind</c><00:26:05.859><c> it</c>

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rather<00:26:07.140><c> than</c><00:26:07.539><c> to</c><00:26:07.799><c> look</c><00:26:08.059><c> for</c><00:26:08.359><c> an</c><00:26:08.720><c> exact</c><00:26:09.119><c> prescribed</c><00:26:10.160><c> course</c><00:26:10.500><c> of</c><00:26:10.799><c> action.</c>

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It's<00:26:11.200><c> not</c><00:26:11.380><c> given.</c>

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So<00:26:13.740><c> we</c><00:26:13.859><c> have</c><00:26:14.000><c> those</c><00:26:14.259><c> levels</c><00:26:14.559><c> there.</c>

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The<00:26:17.180><c> 20th</c><00:26:17.599><c> century</c><00:26:17.819><c> example</c><00:26:18.240><c> might</c><00:26:18.480><c> be</c><00:26:19.500><c> we</c><00:26:20.259><c> say</c><00:26:20.440><c> to</c><00:26:20.579><c> our</c><00:26:20.759><c> children</c><00:26:21.019><c> as</c><00:26:21.400><c> we</c>

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leave<00:26:22.339><c> the</c><00:26:22.539><c> home,</c><00:26:23.220><c> take</c><00:26:23.279><c> good</c><00:26:23.619><c> care</c><00:26:23.880><c> of</c><00:26:24.039><c> your</c><00:26:24.220><c> brother</c><00:26:24.380><c> and</c>

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sister<00:26:25.259><c> while</c><00:26:25.660><c> we're</c><00:26:25.960><c> away.</c>

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That's<00:26:28.720><c> a</c><00:26:28.839><c> precept.</c>

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That's<00:26:30.480><c> broad.</c>

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We're<00:26:31.779><c> not</c><00:26:31.940><c> telling</c><00:26:32.180><c> them</c><00:26:32.460><c> get</c><00:26:32.740><c> them</c><00:26:32.900><c> up</c><00:26:33.059><c> a</c><00:26:33.200><c> certain</c><00:26:33.380><c> time,</c>

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make<00:26:33.839><c> sure</c><00:26:34.059><c> they</c><00:26:34.220><c> have</c><00:26:34.859><c> this</c><00:26:35.279><c> clothing</c><00:26:35.680><c> and</c><00:26:35.819><c> you</c><00:26:36.019><c> feed</c><00:26:36.119><c> them</c>

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this<00:26:36.559><c> food.</c>

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We're<00:26:37.059><c> giving</c><00:26:37.259><c> them</c><00:26:38.240><c> a</c><00:26:38.460><c> general</c><00:26:39.000><c> statement</c><00:26:39.619><c> where</c><00:26:40.539><c> they're</c>

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going<00:26:41.019><c> to</c><00:26:41.119><c> have</c><00:26:41.240><c> to</c><00:26:41.440><c> think</c><00:26:41.619><c> about</c><00:26:41.880><c> it.</c>

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They're<00:26:42.700><c> going</c><00:26:42.779><c> to</c><00:26:42.900><c> have</c><00:26:43.079><c> to</c><00:26:43.920><c> use</c><00:26:44.319><c> their</c><00:26:44.680><c> own</c><00:26:46.039><c> initiative</c><00:26:46.700><c> and</c>

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understanding<00:26:48.299><c> of</c><00:26:48.480><c> the</c><00:26:48.539><c> situation</c><00:26:49.119><c> to</c><00:26:49.380><c> make</c><00:26:49.519><c> that</c><00:26:49.839><c> work.</c>

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And<00:26:51.480><c> it</c><00:26:51.599><c> would</c><00:26:51.660><c> be</c><00:26:51.799><c> impossible</c><00:26:52.259><c> for</c><00:26:52.460><c> us</c><00:26:52.680><c> to</c><00:26:52.799><c> sit</c><00:26:52.960><c> down</c><00:26:53.180><c> and</c><00:26:53.339><c> write</c><00:26:53.519><c> every</c><00:26:53.920><c> last</c><00:26:54.200><c> little</c><00:26:54.400><c> detail</c><00:26:54.859><c> about</c><00:26:55.440><c> how</c>

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to<00:26:56.660><c> deal</c><00:26:56.960><c> with</c><00:26:57.779><c> your</c><00:26:58.740><c> brothers</c><00:26:58.980><c> and</c><00:26:59.259><c> sisters</c><00:26:59.839><c> in</c><00:27:00.940><c> a</c><00:27:01.099><c> family</c>

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situation<00:27:01.920><c> here</c><00:27:02.440><c> once</c><00:27:03.160><c> the</c><00:27:03.380><c> parents</c><00:27:03.579><c> leave.</c>

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You<00:27:03.920><c> couldn't</c><00:27:04.119><c> do</c><00:27:04.359><c> it.</c>

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You<00:27:04.640><c> couldn't</c><00:27:05.180><c> establish</c><00:27:05.759><c> every</c><00:27:06.160><c> contingency.</c>

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You<00:27:07.700><c> couldn't</c><00:27:08.319><c> think</c><00:27:08.660><c> of</c><00:27:08.819><c> all</c><00:27:09.019><c> the</c><00:27:09.180><c> possible</c><00:27:09.500><c> situations</c><00:27:10.099><c> where</c><00:27:10.319><c> you</c>

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might<00:27:10.660><c> have</c><00:27:10.920><c> to</c><00:27:11.099><c> give</c><00:27:11.460><c> instruction.</c>

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If<00:27:12.619><c> there's</c><00:27:12.900><c> a</c><00:27:13.099><c> fire,</c><00:27:13.859><c> if</c><00:27:14.039><c> someone</c><00:27:14.299><c> breaks</c><00:27:14.599><c> into</c><00:27:14.819><c> the</c><00:27:15.059><c> house,</c>

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:20.039
if<00:27:16.359><c> the</c><00:27:16.880><c> water</c><00:27:17.200><c> pipe</c><00:27:17.400><c> breaks,</c><00:27:18.519><c> you'd</c><00:27:19.259><c> never</c><00:27:19.440><c> get</c><00:27:19.660><c> done.</c>

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And<00:27:21.319><c> you'd</c><00:27:22.259><c> surely</c><00:27:22.500><c> miss</c><00:27:22.779><c> something.</c>

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So<00:27:24.059><c> there's</c><00:27:24.259><c> a</c><00:27:24.400><c> general</c><00:27:24.759><c> statement</c><00:27:25.119><c> there</c><00:27:25.440><c> given</c><00:27:25.839><c> to</c><00:27:27.099><c> guide</c>

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the<00:27:29.019><c> conduct</c><00:27:29.559><c> of</c><00:27:30.720><c> this</c><00:27:30.940><c> person</c><00:27:31.220><c> in</c><00:27:31.480><c> charge.</c>

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:38.599
I<00:27:34.299><c> hope</c><00:27:34.460><c> that's</c><00:27:34.720><c> helpful</c><00:27:35.140><c> in</c><00:27:35.359><c> looking</c><00:27:35.680><c> at</c><00:27:35.940><c> the</c><00:27:36.220><c> different</c><00:27:36.519><c> possible</c><00:27:37.039><c> ways</c><00:27:37.339><c> here</c><00:27:38.039><c> in</c>

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which<00:27:38.819><c> this</c><00:27:39.140><c> word</c><00:27:39.380><c> commandment</c><00:27:40.339><c> can</c><00:27:40.619><c> be</c><00:27:40.920><c> used.</c>

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What<00:27:42.920><c> we</c><00:27:43.099><c> need</c><00:27:43.359><c> now,</c><00:27:45.119><c> whatever</c><00:27:45.240><c> our</c><00:27:45.539><c> conclusions</c><00:27:45.859><c> are</c><00:27:46.079><c> about</c>

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:53.779
that,<00:27:46.660><c> and</c><00:27:46.779><c> I'm</c><00:27:46.960><c> quite</c><00:27:47.279><c> certain,</c><00:27:48.240><c> and</c><00:27:48.539><c> I</c><00:27:48.680><c> hope</c><00:27:48.839><c> you</c><00:27:49.000><c> will</c><00:27:49.160><c> be</c><00:27:49.319><c> as</c><00:27:49.759><c> we</c><00:27:50.000><c> finish</c><00:27:50.240><c> this</c><00:27:50.539><c> lesson,</c><00:27:50.900><c> quite</c><00:27:51.140><c> certain</c><00:27:51.420><c> that</c><00:27:51.579><c> what</c><00:27:51.799><c> the</c><00:27:51.940><c> Lord</c><00:27:52.079><c> is</c><00:27:52.299><c> giving</c><00:27:52.559><c> is</c><00:27:53.079><c> a</c><00:27:53.339><c> precept.</c>

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:57.900
It<00:27:53.920><c> is</c><00:27:54.160><c> the</c><00:27:54.400><c> third</c><00:27:54.720><c> level</c><00:27:55.200><c> of</c><00:27:56.119><c> the</c><00:27:56.380><c> usage</c><00:27:56.619><c> of</c><00:27:56.839><c> this</c><00:27:57.059><c> word.</c>

00:27:58.619 --> 00:28:03.299
But<00:27:58.839><c> what</c><00:27:58.960><c> is</c><00:27:59.140><c> very</c><00:27:59.460><c> clear</c><00:27:59.920><c> is</c><00:28:00.519><c> that</c><00:28:01.039><c> regardless</c><00:28:01.559><c> of</c><00:28:01.819><c> what</c><00:28:02.099><c> level</c><00:28:02.559><c> you</c>

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:07.319
choose<00:28:03.700><c> to</c><00:28:04.259><c> look</c><00:28:04.519><c> at</c><00:28:05.200><c> how</c><00:28:05.539><c> that</c><00:28:05.799><c> word</c><00:28:05.920><c> is</c><00:28:06.220><c> used</c><00:28:06.500><c> by</c><00:28:07.019><c> the</c><00:28:07.160><c> Lord</c>

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:09.240
Jesus<00:28:07.660><c> in</c><00:28:07.859><c> this</c><00:28:08.039><c> situation,</c>

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:15.059
there<00:28:10.880><c> is</c><00:28:11.200><c> expectation</c><00:28:12.019><c> of</c><00:28:13.019><c> complete</c><00:28:13.700><c> obedience.</c>

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:20.960
Just<00:28:16.259><c> because</c><00:28:16.500><c> it's</c><00:28:16.759><c> a</c><00:28:16.900><c> precept</c><00:28:17.180><c> doesn't</c><00:28:17.440><c> mean</c><00:28:17.740><c> that</c><00:28:18.319><c> that</c><00:28:18.480><c> one</c><00:28:18.599><c> can</c><00:28:18.900><c> alter</c><00:28:19.240><c> what</c><00:28:19.680><c> is</c><00:28:19.980><c> expected.</c>

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And<00:28:22.839><c> secondly,</c><00:28:23.900><c> there</c><00:28:24.119><c> are</c><00:28:25.079><c> consequences</c><00:28:25.900><c> of</c><00:28:26.819><c> noncompliance.</c>

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:33.240
That<00:28:28.839><c> is</c><00:28:29.160><c> true</c><00:28:29.519><c> of</c><00:28:29.839><c> a</c><00:28:30.079><c> commandment,</c><00:28:31.400><c> regardless</c><00:28:31.920><c> of</c><00:28:32.200><c> its</c><00:28:32.420><c> level.</c>

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:39.779
Now,<00:28:35.259><c> I</c><00:28:35.380><c> think</c><00:28:35.599><c> that's</c><00:28:35.799><c> helpful</c><00:28:36.160><c> to</c><00:28:36.599><c> fix</c><00:28:37.039><c> in</c><00:28:37.259><c> our</c><00:28:37.440><c> minds</c><00:28:38.019><c> that</c>

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:42.240
God<00:28:41.240><c> expects</c><00:28:41.700><c> obedience.</c>

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.559
We<00:28:42.460><c> can't</c><00:28:42.759><c> negotiate</c><00:28:43.259><c> it.</c>

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:48.599
And<00:28:43.720><c> when</c><00:28:43.920><c> we</c><00:28:44.180><c> disobey,</c><00:28:45.519><c> there</c><00:28:45.660><c> are</c><00:28:46.240><c> consequences</c><00:28:46.900><c> for</c><00:28:47.460><c> that</c><00:28:47.660><c> disobedience.</c>

00:28:56.299 --> 00:29:02.119
It<00:28:56.839><c> is</c><00:28:57.380><c> not</c><00:28:57.720><c> unlike</c><00:28:58.920><c> the</c><00:29:00.119><c> commandment,</c><00:29:00.920><c> and</c><00:29:01.079><c> we</c><00:29:01.460><c> regard</c><00:29:01.759><c> it</c><00:29:01.940><c> as</c>

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:04.940
so,<00:29:02.339><c> the</c><00:29:02.400><c> commandment</c><00:29:03.319><c> to</c><00:29:03.680><c> break</c><00:29:03.940><c> bread.</c>

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:08.940
We<00:29:06.799><c> would</c><00:29:06.960><c> say</c><00:29:07.140><c> that's</c><00:29:07.380><c> a</c><00:29:07.519><c> commandment</c><00:29:07.799><c> of</c><00:29:07.940><c> the</c><00:29:08.099><c> Lord.</c>

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:12.019
But<00:29:10.299><c> it's</c><00:29:10.440><c> not</c><00:29:10.599><c> a</c><00:29:10.700><c> precise</c><00:29:11.099><c> commandment.</c>

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:16.359
He<00:29:12.799><c> doesn't</c><00:29:13.059><c> tell</c><00:29:13.339><c> us</c><00:29:14.019><c> how</c><00:29:14.319><c> often</c><00:29:14.599><c> to</c><00:29:14.819><c> do</c><00:29:14.960><c> it.</c>

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:19.859
So<00:29:16.700><c> the</c><00:29:16.920><c> disciples</c><00:29:17.420><c> initially</c><00:29:18.559><c> broke</c><00:29:18.920><c> bread</c><00:29:19.119><c> every</c><00:29:19.460><c> day,</c><00:29:19.720><c> and</c>

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:25.180
then<00:29:20.039><c> they</c><00:29:20.759><c> settled</c><00:29:20.980><c> down</c><00:29:21.339><c> to</c><00:29:21.940><c> a</c><00:29:22.299><c> weekly</c><00:29:22.819><c> observance</c><00:29:23.440><c> of</c><00:29:23.980><c> the</c><00:29:24.240><c> practice.</c>

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:28.599
It<00:29:26.140><c> doesn't</c><00:29:26.279><c> tell</c><00:29:26.460><c> us</c><00:29:26.880><c> where</c><00:29:27.160><c> we</c><00:29:27.359><c> should</c><00:29:27.480><c> break</c><00:29:27.740><c> bread.</c>

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:31.279
We<00:29:29.359><c> could</c><00:29:29.500><c> do</c><00:29:29.640><c> it</c><00:29:30.019><c> in</c><00:29:30.200><c> our</c><00:29:30.380><c> homes.</c>

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.980
We<00:29:31.779><c> could</c><00:29:31.920><c> do</c><00:29:32.039><c> it</c><00:29:32.160><c> in</c><00:29:32.339><c> a</c><00:29:32.420><c> rented</c><00:29:32.579><c> hall.</c>

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:36.259
We<00:29:33.099><c> could</c><00:29:33.240><c> do</c><00:29:33.420><c> it</c><00:29:33.640><c> in</c><00:29:34.380><c> an</c><00:29:34.480><c> ecclesial</c><00:29:34.859><c> building</c><00:29:35.220><c> we</c><00:29:35.480><c> own</c><00:29:36.000><c> ourselves.</c>

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We<00:29:36.720><c> could</c><00:29:36.859><c> do</c><00:29:36.980><c> it</c><00:29:37.160><c> outside.</c>

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There's<00:29:37.819><c> no</c><00:29:38.380><c> right</c><00:29:38.660><c> or</c><00:29:38.779><c> wrong</c><00:29:39.140><c> in</c><00:29:39.259><c> terms</c><00:29:39.619><c> of</c><00:29:40.359><c> location.</c>

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:45.960
He<00:29:44.140><c> doesn't</c><00:29:44.339><c> tell</c><00:29:44.559><c> us</c><00:29:44.859><c> about</c><00:29:45.160><c> circumstance.</c>

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In<00:29:46.440><c> the</c><00:29:46.579><c> first</c><00:29:46.759><c> century,</c><00:29:47.259><c> it</c><00:29:47.259><c> seems</c><00:29:47.660><c> they</c><00:29:48.099><c> broke</c><00:29:48.380><c> bread</c><00:29:48.880><c> following</c><00:29:49.500><c> a</c><00:29:49.740><c> meal.</c>

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:53.740
But<00:29:52.079><c> it</c><00:29:52.119><c> could</c><00:29:52.299><c> have</c><00:29:52.420><c> been</c><00:29:52.660><c> anywhere.</c>

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:56.000
And<00:29:54.180><c> for</c><00:29:54.319><c> us,</c><00:29:54.539><c> it</c><00:29:54.539><c> can</c><00:29:54.700><c> be</c><00:29:54.900><c> anywhere.</c>

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:58.039
At<00:29:56.660><c> any</c><00:29:56.900><c> time.</c>

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At<00:29:58.519><c> any</c><00:29:58.759><c> frequency.</c>

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:02.720
So<00:30:00.599><c> long</c><00:30:00.880><c> as</c><00:30:01.059><c> it</c><00:30:01.400><c> is</c><00:30:01.680><c> regular.</c>

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:05.960
And<00:30:03.559><c> if</c><00:30:03.799><c> possible,</c><00:30:04.660><c> with</c><00:30:04.839><c> our</c><00:30:05.019><c> brethren</c><00:30:05.240><c> and</c><00:30:05.539><c> sisters.</c>

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:10.160
And<00:30:06.839><c> as</c><00:30:07.539><c> we</c><00:30:07.700><c> think</c><00:30:07.880><c> about</c><00:30:08.140><c> it,</c><00:30:08.240><c> we</c><00:30:08.339><c> know</c><00:30:08.680><c> how</c><00:30:08.960><c> we</c><00:30:09.140><c> should</c><00:30:09.299><c> behave</c><00:30:09.720><c> today</c>

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:12.799
in<00:30:10.400><c> this</c><00:30:11.019><c> society</c><00:30:11.559><c> to</c><00:30:11.839><c> apply</c><00:30:12.240><c> that</c><00:30:12.440><c> principle.</c>

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:15.079
But<00:30:13.339><c> it</c><00:30:13.819><c> is</c><00:30:14.079><c> a</c><00:30:14.299><c> commandment.</c>

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:19.319
But<00:30:15.599><c> not</c><00:30:15.779><c> a</c><00:30:15.900><c> precise</c><00:30:16.359><c> commandment</c><00:30:16.960><c> in</c><00:30:17.099><c> terms</c><00:30:17.420><c> of</c><00:30:17.980><c> all</c><00:30:18.119><c> its</c><00:30:18.299><c> detail.</c>

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:22.660
So<00:30:21.200><c> that's</c><00:30:21.400><c> what</c><00:30:21.519><c> we</c><00:30:21.779><c> have.</c>

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:26.920
Turn<00:30:24.000><c> please</c><00:30:24.440><c> to</c><00:30:25.640><c> Matthew</c><00:30:26.039><c> chapter</c><00:30:26.500><c> 7.</c>

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:30.839
Just<00:30:27.539><c> one</c><00:30:27.779><c> other</c><00:30:28.380><c> illustration</c><00:30:28.980><c> here</c><00:30:29.319><c> that</c><00:30:29.619><c> may</c><00:30:29.779><c> be</c><00:30:29.980><c> helpful.</c>

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:44.460
Verse<00:30:42.240><c> 24</c><00:30:42.920><c> of</c><00:30:43.140><c> Matthew</c><00:30:43.440><c> 7.</c>

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Therefore,<00:30:47.519><c> whosoever</c><00:30:48.200><c> heareth</c><00:30:48.779><c> these</c><00:30:49.200><c> sayings</c><00:30:49.779><c> of</c><00:30:50.140><c> mine</c><00:30:50.460><c> and</c><00:30:50.819><c> doeth</c><00:30:51.180><c> them,</c><00:30:52.000><c> I</c>

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:56.140
will<00:30:52.460><c> liken</c><00:30:52.740><c> him</c><00:30:53.180><c> unto</c><00:30:53.480><c> a</c><00:30:53.799><c> wise</c><00:30:54.119><c> man</c><00:30:54.640><c> which</c><00:30:55.099><c> built</c><00:30:55.359><c> his</c><00:30:55.599><c> house</c>

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:57.519
upon<00:30:56.440><c> a</c><00:30:56.680><c> rock.</c>

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That's<00:30:58.000><c> all</c><00:30:58.180><c> we</c><00:30:58.279><c> need</c><00:30:58.420><c> to</c><00:30:58.640><c> read</c><00:30:58.779><c> there.</c>

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:02.039
Just<00:30:59.680><c> to</c><00:30:59.980><c> see</c><00:31:00.400><c> what</c><00:31:00.680><c> the</c><00:31:00.859><c> Lord</c><00:31:00.980><c> is</c><00:31:01.259><c> saying.</c>

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:05.259
Whosoever<00:31:02.740><c> heareth</c><00:31:03.240><c> these</c><00:31:03.619><c> sayings</c><00:31:04.119><c> of</c><00:31:04.420><c> mine.</c>

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:07.259
The<00:31:06.039><c> word</c><00:31:06.140><c> is</c><00:31:06.380><c> logos.</c>

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:09.420
Sayings<00:31:08.759><c> of</c><00:31:09.240><c> mine.</c>

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:11.779
The<00:31:09.700><c> word</c><00:31:10.200><c> of</c><00:31:10.720><c> the</c><00:31:10.920><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:16.660
And<00:31:13.799><c> he's</c><00:31:14.279><c> just</c><00:31:14.460><c> given</c><00:31:14.599><c> the</c><00:31:14.839><c> Sermon</c><00:31:15.000><c> on</c><00:31:15.140><c> the</c><00:31:15.319><c> Mount</c><00:31:15.480><c> which</c><00:31:15.759><c> contains</c><00:31:16.279><c> some</c><00:31:16.559><c> of</c>

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:21.140
the<00:31:16.799><c> most</c><00:31:17.440><c> important</c><00:31:18.200><c> principles</c><00:31:18.839><c> of</c><00:31:19.539><c> our</c><00:31:19.759><c> discipleship.</c>

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:24.920
He<00:31:22.059><c> talks</c><00:31:22.240><c> about</c><00:31:22.599><c> a</c><00:31:22.960><c> wise</c><00:31:23.160><c> man</c><00:31:23.400><c> and</c><00:31:23.539><c> a</c><00:31:23.740><c> foolish</c><00:31:23.940><c> man.</c>

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:28.420
But<00:31:26.519><c> we</c><00:31:27.000><c> just</c><00:31:27.359><c> need</c><00:31:27.480><c> to</c><00:31:27.720><c> see</c><00:31:27.799><c> that</c><00:31:28.059><c> word</c><00:31:28.240><c> there.</c>

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:32.880
He's<00:31:28.740><c> given</c><00:31:29.059><c> what</c><00:31:29.259><c> we</c><00:31:29.500><c> would</c><00:31:29.720><c> not</c><00:31:30.539><c> generally</c><00:31:31.319><c> regard</c><00:31:31.680><c> as</c><00:31:31.880><c> a</c><00:31:32.000><c> series</c><00:31:32.359><c> of</c>

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:35.200
commandments<00:31:33.539><c> per</c><00:31:34.299><c> se.</c>

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:37.019
They<00:31:35.359><c> were</c><00:31:36.000><c> the</c><00:31:36.380><c> word</c><00:31:36.579><c> of</c><00:31:36.759><c> the</c><00:31:36.900><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.819
The<00:31:37.339><c> sayings</c><00:31:37.640><c> of</c><00:31:37.799><c> the</c><00:31:37.960><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:41.319
But<00:31:39.579><c> he</c><00:31:39.859><c> expects</c><00:31:40.480><c> compliance.</c>

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:45.680
He<00:31:41.660><c> expects</c><00:31:41.859><c> us</c><00:31:42.140><c> to</c><00:31:42.359><c> now</c><00:31:42.619><c> act</c><00:31:43.140><c> in</c><00:31:44.039><c> a</c><00:31:44.480><c> very</c><00:31:44.740><c> deliberate</c><00:31:45.079><c> way</c><00:31:45.460><c> to</c>

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:47.319
apply<00:31:45.960><c> those</c><00:31:46.240><c> principles.</c>

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:51.500
Without<00:31:47.940><c> giving</c><00:31:48.220><c> us</c><00:31:48.500><c> all</c><00:31:48.759><c> the</c><00:31:49.019><c> detail</c><00:31:49.420><c> of</c><00:31:49.819><c> how</c><00:31:50.140><c> to</c><00:31:50.339><c> do</c><00:31:50.539><c> that.</c>

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:53.339
Alright.

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:56.839
That<00:31:53.759><c> may</c><00:31:53.940><c> be</c><00:31:54.119><c> helpful</c><00:31:54.660><c> in</c><00:31:55.019><c> thinking</c><00:31:55.240><c> about</c><00:31:55.519><c> this</c><00:31:55.819><c> as</c><00:31:56.039><c> a</c><00:31:56.279><c> commandment</c><00:31:56.700><c> to</c>

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.539
love<00:31:57.039><c> one</c><00:31:57.259><c> another.</c>

00:31:57.539 --> 00:32:01.180
It's<00:31:58.119><c> not</c><00:31:58.299><c> a</c><00:31:58.500><c> commandment</c><00:31:58.859><c> where</c><00:31:59.640><c> tomorrow</c><00:32:00.140><c> morning</c><00:32:00.500><c> when</c><00:32:00.680><c> you</c><00:32:00.819><c> get</c><00:32:00.960><c> up</c>

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:04.740
you're<00:32:01.400><c> going</c><00:32:01.579><c> to</c><00:32:01.740><c> have</c><00:32:01.920><c> to</c><00:32:02.359><c> love</c><00:32:02.880><c> sister</c><00:32:03.420><c> X</c><00:32:03.700><c> and</c><00:32:03.900><c> brother</c><00:32:04.160><c> Y.</c>

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:07.339
And<00:32:05.460><c> here's</c><00:32:05.700><c> what</c><00:32:05.839><c> you</c><00:32:06.039><c> do</c><00:32:06.200><c> to</c><00:32:06.400><c> show</c><00:32:06.640><c> that</c><00:32:06.960><c> love.</c>

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:10.319
And<00:32:07.859><c> make</c><00:32:07.980><c> sure</c><00:32:08.220><c> you</c><00:32:08.359><c> do</c><00:32:08.539><c> it</c><00:32:09.140><c> repeatedly</c><00:32:09.599><c> and</c><00:32:09.839><c> so</c><00:32:10.099><c> forth.</c>

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:12.099
It's<00:32:10.759><c> not</c><00:32:10.940><c> a</c><00:32:11.160><c> commandment</c><00:32:11.460><c> in</c><00:32:11.680><c> that</c><00:32:11.900><c> sense.</c>

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:17.619
It<00:32:12.200><c> is</c><00:32:12.500><c> a</c><00:32:12.720><c> broad</c><00:32:13.000><c> general</c><00:32:13.440><c> precept</c><00:32:14.180><c> that</c><00:32:15.019><c> still</c><00:32:15.400><c> has</c><00:32:15.880><c> the</c><00:32:16.400><c> force</c><00:32:16.799><c> of</c>

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:20.339
urgency<00:32:18.200><c> to</c><00:32:18.779><c> make</c><00:32:18.940><c> sure</c><00:32:19.140><c> it</c><00:32:19.380><c> happens.</c>

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:23.420
The<00:32:21.319><c> requirement</c><00:32:21.839><c> that</c><00:32:22.039><c> it</c><00:32:22.140><c> be</c><00:32:22.299><c> practiced.</c>

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:25.779
So<00:32:24.839><c> that's</c><00:32:25.140><c> the</c><00:32:25.220><c> first</c><00:32:25.500><c> issue.</c>

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:27.619
It<00:32:25.920><c> was</c><00:32:25.980><c> a</c><00:32:26.039><c> new</c><00:32:26.220><c> commandment.</c>

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:31.059
The<00:32:28.519><c> second</c><00:32:28.720><c> issue</c><00:32:29.019><c> is</c><00:32:29.460><c> that</c><00:32:29.740><c> it</c><00:32:29.799><c> was</c><00:32:30.059><c> new.</c>

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:35.440
And<00:32:32.240><c> that</c><00:32:32.400><c> creates</c><00:32:32.700><c> some</c><00:32:32.960><c> problems</c><00:32:33.240><c> as</c><00:32:33.420><c> we</c><00:32:33.559><c> think</c><00:32:33.759><c> about</c><00:32:34.019><c> it.</c>

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:38.819
Was<00:32:35.940><c> it</c><00:32:36.200><c> a</c><00:32:36.640><c> new</c><00:32:37.440><c> commandment?</c>

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:44.539
We<00:32:41.759><c> looked</c><00:32:41.940><c> up</c><00:32:42.119><c> the</c><00:32:42.259><c> word</c><00:32:42.440><c> new</c><00:32:42.720><c> to</c><00:32:42.900><c> see</c><00:32:43.319><c> if</c><00:32:43.519><c> that</c><00:32:43.740><c> was</c><00:32:44.099><c> helpful.</c>

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:47.279
And<00:32:45.079><c> indeed</c><00:32:45.380><c> there</c><00:32:45.579><c> are</c><00:32:45.960><c> certain</c><00:32:46.160><c> shades</c><00:32:46.420><c> of</c><00:32:46.640><c> meaning</c><00:32:46.839><c> there.</c>

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:51.539
A<00:32:47.599><c> certain</c><00:32:47.740><c> couple</c><00:32:47.940><c> ways</c><00:32:48.200><c> you</c><00:32:48.299><c> can</c><00:32:48.519><c> go</c><00:32:49.279><c> with</c><00:32:49.839><c> the</c><00:32:50.279><c> understanding</c><00:32:50.680><c> of</c><00:32:50.839><c> the</c><00:32:50.920><c> word</c><00:32:51.099><c> new.</c>

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:55.559
It<00:32:52.619><c> can</c><00:32:52.940><c> mean</c><00:32:53.319><c> in</c><00:32:53.500><c> the</c><00:32:53.759><c> sense</c><00:32:54.299><c> brand</c><00:32:54.900><c> new.</c>

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:59.779
Something<00:32:56.099><c> that</c><00:32:56.839><c> never</c><00:32:57.279><c> was</c><00:32:57.779><c> seen</c><00:32:58.059><c> or</c><00:32:58.380><c> existed</c><00:32:58.660><c> before.</c>

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:03.960
Or<00:33:01.380><c> it</c><00:33:01.599><c> can</c><00:33:01.799><c> have</c><00:33:02.000><c> the</c><00:33:02.180><c> meaning</c><00:33:02.500><c> of</c><00:33:02.859><c> being</c><00:33:03.460><c> fresh.</c>

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:05.519
A<00:33:04.119><c> new</c><00:33:04.420><c> start.</c>

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:07.460
A<00:33:06.619><c> new</c><00:33:06.880><c> look</c><00:33:07.079><c> at</c><00:33:07.279><c> something.</c>

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:09.559
A<00:33:07.640><c> new</c><00:33:07.839><c> perspective</c><00:33:08.420><c> on</c><00:33:08.660><c> something.</c>

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:15.240
And<00:33:11.980><c> it</c><00:33:12.279><c> would</c><00:33:12.440><c> seem</c><00:33:12.579><c> to</c><00:33:12.799><c> me</c><00:33:13.180><c> that</c><00:33:13.400><c> what</c><00:33:13.640><c> the</c><00:33:13.799><c> Lord</c><00:33:13.940><c> is</c><00:33:14.920><c> telling</c>

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:19.319
us<00:33:15.519><c> here</c><00:33:15.980><c> is</c><00:33:16.480><c> that</c><00:33:16.599><c> it's</c><00:33:16.859><c> not</c><00:33:17.200><c> new</c><00:33:17.579><c> as</c><00:33:18.079><c> being</c><00:33:18.519><c> additional.</c>

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:23.140
The<00:33:19.640><c> principle</c><00:33:20.099><c> of</c><00:33:20.339><c> love</c><00:33:20.599><c> was</c><00:33:21.079><c> ingrained</c><00:33:21.640><c> in</c><00:33:22.079><c> the</c><00:33:22.279><c> body</c><00:33:22.559><c> of</c><00:33:22.799><c> teaching</c><00:33:22.980><c> in</c>

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.819
the<00:33:23.200><c> Old</c><00:33:23.380><c> Testament.</c>

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:25.279
Which<00:33:24.119><c> we'll</c><00:33:24.559><c> soon</c><00:33:24.839><c> see.</c>

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:28.400
It<00:33:25.839><c> was</c><00:33:25.960><c> not</c><00:33:26.160><c> new</c><00:33:26.339><c> as</c><00:33:26.579><c> being</c><00:33:27.039><c> additional.</c>

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:35.039
But<00:33:29.740><c> it</c><00:33:29.799><c> was</c><00:33:30.059><c> new</c><00:33:30.380><c> in</c><00:33:30.619><c> terms</c><00:33:30.960><c> of</c><00:33:31.220><c> its</c><00:33:31.839><c> scope</c><00:33:32.400><c> and</c><00:33:33.440><c> its</c><00:33:33.880><c> application.</c>

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:37.359
That's<00:33:36.740><c> what</c><00:33:36.880><c> was</c><00:33:37.119><c> new.</c>

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:39.440
To<00:33:37.839><c> talk</c><00:33:38.019><c> about</c><00:33:38.339><c> love.</c>

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:40.400
The<00:33:39.720><c> love</c><00:33:39.839><c> of</c><00:33:39.960><c> the</c><00:33:40.180><c> Father.</c>

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:41.740
The<00:33:40.559><c> love</c><00:33:40.640><c> of</c><00:33:40.900><c> God.</c>

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:44.740
And<00:33:42.079><c> love</c><00:33:42.339><c> between</c><00:33:42.920><c> people</c><00:33:43.740><c> as</c><00:33:44.000><c> God's</c><00:33:44.400><c> children.</c>

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:50.799
Love<00:33:45.460><c> could</c><00:33:45.539><c> not</c><00:33:45.980><c> in</c><00:33:46.259><c> any</c><00:33:46.539><c> sense</c><00:33:46.819><c> be</c><00:33:47.160><c> seen</c><00:33:47.400><c> as</c><00:33:47.599><c> a</c><00:33:47.839><c> new</c><00:33:49.019><c> commandment.</c>

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:53.799
But<00:33:51.920><c> the</c><00:33:52.039><c> way</c><00:33:52.180><c> in</c><00:33:52.279><c> which</c><00:33:52.380><c> it's</c><00:33:52.640><c> described</c><00:33:53.240><c> is</c><00:33:53.559><c> new.</c>

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:58.119
Its<00:33:54.420><c> scope</c><00:33:54.700><c> and</c><00:33:54.980><c> application</c><00:33:55.640><c> is</c><00:33:56.380><c> what</c><00:33:56.559><c> is</c><00:33:56.839><c> new</c><00:33:57.000><c> here.</c>

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:02.319
Let's<00:34:00.039><c> look</c><00:34:00.240><c> at</c><00:34:00.339><c> the</c><00:34:00.500><c> second</c><00:34:00.720><c> page</c><00:34:01.099><c> in</c><00:34:01.299><c> this</c><00:34:01.680><c> little</c><00:34:02.019><c> handout</c>

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:04.019
that<00:34:02.460><c> we</c><00:34:02.619><c> have</c><00:34:02.740><c> this</c><00:34:03.000><c> morning.</c>

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:16.880
This<00:34:14.599><c> will</c><00:34:14.760><c> be</c><00:34:14.960><c> familiar</c><00:34:15.300><c> ground</c><00:34:15.619><c> because</c><00:34:15.920><c> it</c><00:34:16.139><c> talks</c><00:34:16.400><c> about</c>

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:18.699
the<00:34:17.420><c> great</c><00:34:17.739><c> commandment.</c>

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:22.340
And<00:34:19.139><c> it's</c><00:34:19.340><c> given</c><00:34:19.500><c> a</c><00:34:19.699><c> number</c><00:34:19.900><c> of</c><00:34:20.119><c> times</c><00:34:20.579><c> in</c><00:34:21.380><c> the</c><00:34:21.480><c> New</c><00:34:21.659><c> Testament.</c>

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.880
Taken<00:34:23.079><c> from</c><00:34:23.239><c> the</c><00:34:23.380><c> Old</c><00:34:23.559><c> Testament.</c>

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:25.230
Taken<00:34:24.300><c> from</c><00:34:24.480><c> Deuteronomy.</c>

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:27.000
Taken<00:34:25.739><c> from</c><00:34:25.940><c> Leviticus.</c>

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:29.679
So<00:34:27.619><c> what</c><00:34:28.460><c> we're</c><00:34:28.599><c> looking</c><00:34:28.780><c> at</c><00:34:28.920><c> here</c><00:34:29.059><c> is</c><00:34:29.159><c> not</c><00:34:29.440><c> new.</c>

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:34.219
It<00:34:29.820><c> was</c><00:34:30.119><c> a</c><00:34:30.679><c> body</c><00:34:31.000><c> of</c><00:34:31.219><c> teaching</c><00:34:31.420><c> which</c><00:34:31.599><c> was</c><00:34:31.920><c> very,</c><00:34:32.400><c> very</c><00:34:32.739><c> important</c><00:34:33.360><c> and</c><00:34:33.780><c> ingrained</c><00:34:34.079><c> in</c>

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:36.219
the<00:34:34.420><c> teaching</c><00:34:34.800><c> of</c><00:34:35.239><c> the</c><00:34:35.420><c> scripture.</c>

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:40.219
Let's<00:34:36.940><c> go</c><00:34:37.159><c> back</c><00:34:37.440><c> to</c><00:34:37.599><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:34:38.039><c> chapter</c><00:34:38.559><c> 6</c><00:34:38.980><c> for</c><00:34:39.239><c> a</c><00:34:39.420><c> moment.</c>

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:06.019
Verse<00:35:04.960><c> 1.</c>

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:09.820
Now<00:35:06.659><c> these</c><00:35:06.920><c> are</c><00:35:07.139><c> the</c><00:35:07.360><c> commandments,</c><00:35:08.659><c> the</c><00:35:08.980><c> statutes</c><00:35:09.440><c> and</c><00:35:09.619><c> the</c>

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:13.800
judgments<00:35:10.239><c> which</c><00:35:10.659><c> the</c><00:35:10.860><c> Lord</c><00:35:11.059><c> your</c><00:35:11.219><c> God</c><00:35:11.559><c> commanded</c><00:35:12.300><c> to</c><00:35:12.940><c> teach</c><00:35:13.219><c> you.</c>

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:17.119
That<00:35:14.199><c> ye</c><00:35:14.360><c> might</c><00:35:14.639><c> do</c><00:35:14.920><c> them</c><00:35:15.360><c> in</c><00:35:15.739><c> the</c><00:35:15.940><c> land</c><00:35:16.159><c> whither</c><00:35:16.440><c> ye</c><00:35:16.699><c> go</c><00:35:16.920><c> to</c>

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:18.559
possess<00:35:17.400><c> it.</c>

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:24.659
The<00:35:19.139><c> word</c><00:35:19.380><c> commandments,</c><00:35:20.639><c> beginning</c><00:35:20.780><c> of</c><00:35:20.980><c> that</c><00:35:21.219><c> verse,</c><00:35:22.980><c> means</c><00:35:23.719><c> precept.</c>

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:29.980
It<00:35:25.559><c> might</c><00:35:26.940><c> be</c><00:35:27.079><c> very</c><00:35:27.340><c> surprising</c><00:35:27.940><c> to</c><00:35:28.500><c> take</c><00:35:28.619><c> a</c><00:35:28.880><c> concordance</c><00:35:29.659><c> and</c>

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:35.300
to<00:35:30.199><c> look</c><00:35:30.340><c> at</c><00:35:30.519><c> the</c><00:35:30.659><c> predominant</c><00:35:31.900><c> use</c><00:35:32.340><c> of</c><00:35:32.599><c> the</c><00:35:32.659><c> word</c><00:35:32.900><c> commandment</c><00:35:33.659><c> in</c><00:35:33.940><c> the</c><00:35:34.059><c> Old</c><00:35:34.260><c> Testament.</c>

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:37.179
There's<00:35:35.500><c> a</c><00:35:35.559><c> number</c><00:35:35.739><c> of</c><00:35:35.920><c> different</c><00:35:36.079><c> words.</c>

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:41.539
But<00:35:37.380><c> far</c><00:35:37.800><c> and</c><00:35:37.980><c> away</c><00:35:38.139><c> the</c><00:35:38.280><c> most</c><00:35:38.719><c> frequent</c><00:35:39.719><c> Hebrew</c><00:35:40.900><c> word</c><00:35:41.199><c> that's</c>

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:45.940
used<00:35:42.000><c> in</c><00:35:42.199><c> the</c><00:35:42.320><c> Old</c><00:35:42.579><c> Testament</c><00:35:42.880><c> for</c><00:35:43.159><c> commandment</c><00:35:43.920><c> means</c><00:35:44.639><c> precept.</c>

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:50.539
Now<00:35:47.579><c> there</c><00:35:47.619><c> were</c><00:35:47.800><c> ten</c><00:35:48.099><c> commandments</c><00:35:48.679><c> and</c><00:35:49.300><c> they</c><00:35:49.440><c> were</c><00:35:49.619><c> different.</c>

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:52.400
They<00:35:50.980><c> were</c><00:35:51.280><c> words.</c>

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:58.500
That<00:35:53.659><c> was</c><00:35:54.179><c> equivalent</c><00:35:54.559><c> to</c><00:35:55.300><c> the</c><00:35:55.539><c> sayings,</c><00:35:55.920><c> the</c><00:35:56.059><c> word</c><00:35:56.639><c> that</c><00:35:58.039><c> was</c>

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.440
expected<00:35:58.920><c> to</c><00:35:59.099><c> be</c><00:35:59.320><c> followed.</c>

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It's<00:35:59.699><c> very</c><00:36:00.099><c> definite.</c>

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:06.420
But<00:36:01.659><c> the</c><00:36:02.059><c> great</c><00:36:02.360><c> body</c><00:36:02.780><c> of</c><00:36:03.000><c> teaching</c><00:36:03.219><c> here</c><00:36:03.900><c> are</c><00:36:05.079><c> precepts,</c><00:36:06.119><c> the</c>

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commandments<00:36:06.900><c> of</c><00:36:07.239><c> the</c><00:36:07.400><c> Lord.</c>

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Verse<00:36:07.940><c> 2.</c>

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:12.280
That<00:36:08.639><c> thou</c><00:36:08.820><c> mightest</c><00:36:09.239><c> fear</c><00:36:09.380><c> the</c><00:36:09.579><c> Lord</c><00:36:10.460><c> thy</c><00:36:10.800><c> God</c><00:36:11.099><c> to</c><00:36:11.320><c> keep</c><00:36:11.800><c> his</c>

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:13.960
statutes<00:36:12.820><c> and</c><00:36:13.079><c> his</c><00:36:13.519><c> commandments.</c>

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:16.699
And<00:36:14.179><c> you</c><00:36:14.260><c> can</c><00:36:14.380><c> go</c><00:36:14.480><c> on</c><00:36:14.800><c> and</c><00:36:14.920><c> on</c><00:36:15.079><c> and</c><00:36:15.159><c> on</c><00:36:15.380><c> to</c><00:36:15.579><c> see</c><00:36:15.920><c> that</c><00:36:16.239><c> that's</c>

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:17.239
the<00:36:16.719><c> word</c><00:36:16.860><c> that's</c><00:36:17.119><c> used.</c>

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:19.199
It<00:36:17.380><c> means</c><00:36:17.980><c> precept.</c>

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And<00:36:22.320><c> it's</c><00:36:22.800><c> important,</c><00:36:23.159><c> I</c><00:36:23.360><c> think,</c><00:36:23.500><c> to</c><00:36:23.719><c> understand</c><00:36:24.219><c> that</c><00:36:24.579><c> even</c>

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:27.679
though<00:36:25.019><c> there</c><00:36:25.119><c> was</c><00:36:25.260><c> a</c><00:36:25.420><c> law</c><00:36:25.539><c> that</c><00:36:25.739><c> gave</c><00:36:25.840><c> a</c><00:36:26.039><c> great</c><00:36:26.219><c> deal</c><00:36:26.440><c> of</c><00:36:26.699><c> detail,</c>

00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:32.039
what<00:36:27.880><c> was</c><00:36:28.159><c> expected</c><00:36:28.960><c> of</c><00:36:30.199><c> the</c><00:36:30.480><c> children</c><00:36:30.699><c> of</c><00:36:30.860><c> Israel</c><00:36:31.320><c> was</c><00:36:31.880><c> that</c>

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:35.619
they<00:36:32.159><c> would</c><00:36:32.400><c> understand</c><00:36:33.039><c> the</c><00:36:33.539><c> spirit</c><00:36:33.780><c> behind</c><00:36:34.280><c> those</c><00:36:34.599><c> laws.</c>

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:38.559
And<00:36:36.320><c> where</c><00:36:36.480><c> the</c><00:36:36.659><c> Jews</c><00:36:36.780><c> got</c><00:36:36.940><c> in</c><00:36:37.119><c> trouble</c><00:36:37.400><c> was</c><00:36:37.579><c> they</c><00:36:38.000><c> memorized</c>

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:41.500
the<00:36:38.780><c> law</c><00:36:38.880><c> and</c><00:36:39.159><c> followed</c><00:36:39.300><c> it</c><00:36:39.500><c> in</c><00:36:39.559><c> its</c><00:36:39.719><c> detail</c><00:36:40.059><c> and</c><00:36:40.340><c> never</c><00:36:40.760><c> understood</c><00:36:41.239><c> or</c>

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applied<00:36:41.659><c> the</c><00:36:41.860><c> principle</c><00:36:42.199><c> behind</c><00:36:42.639><c> it.</c>

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:48.579
So<00:36:44.699><c> in</c><00:36:45.219><c> a</c><00:36:45.500><c> sense,</c><00:36:46.239><c> God</c><00:36:46.440><c> was</c><00:36:46.639><c> dealing</c><00:36:46.820><c> with</c><00:36:47.019><c> the</c><00:36:47.179><c> same</c><00:36:47.340><c> difficulty</c><00:36:47.780><c> we</c><00:36:48.159><c> have</c>

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:53.059
in<00:36:48.960><c> giving</c><00:36:49.199><c> instructions</c><00:36:49.719><c> to</c><00:36:49.900><c> our</c><00:36:50.079><c> children</c><00:36:50.440><c> to</c><00:36:51.360><c> deal</c><00:36:52.719><c> with</c><00:36:52.920><c> a</c>

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.880
certain<00:36:53.199><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:36:54.300><c> you</c><00:36:54.460><c> can't</c><00:36:54.900><c> cover</c><00:36:55.119><c> every</c><00:36:56.179><c> situation.</c>

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:59.559
You<00:36:57.960><c> can't</c><00:36:58.219><c> do</c><00:36:58.440><c> it.</c>

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:03.019
Unless<00:37:00.559><c> there's</c><00:37:00.840><c> a</c><00:37:00.960><c> willingness</c><00:37:01.199><c> to</c><00:37:01.460><c> understand</c><00:37:01.860><c> the</c><00:37:02.119><c> principle</c><00:37:02.539><c> behind</c>

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:05.719
what<00:37:03.260><c> is</c><00:37:03.559><c> trying</c><00:37:03.699><c> to</c><00:37:03.820><c> be</c><00:37:04.059><c> accomplished,</c><00:37:04.860><c> there's</c><00:37:05.099><c> always</c><00:37:05.360><c> ways</c><00:37:05.579><c> to</c>

00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:06.400
get<00:37:05.880><c> around</c><00:37:06.139><c> things.</c>

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:12.780
And<00:37:06.559><c> one</c><00:37:06.760><c> can,</c><00:37:07.059><c> in</c><00:37:07.239><c> fact,</c><00:37:07.820><c> follow</c><00:37:08.059><c> the</c><00:37:08.320><c> detail</c><00:37:08.980><c> of</c><00:37:09.940><c> a</c><00:37:10.360><c> commandment</c><00:37:11.460><c> and</c><00:37:12.500><c> miss</c>

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:16.559
the<00:37:13.039><c> spirit,</c><00:37:14.119><c> miss</c><00:37:14.280><c> the</c><00:37:14.539><c> intent</c><00:37:14.880><c> of</c><00:37:15.019><c> what</c><00:37:15.199><c> is</c><00:37:15.360><c> going</c><00:37:15.579><c> on.</c>

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:20.780
Now,<00:37:18.500><c> there's</c><00:37:18.820><c> another</c><00:37:19.280><c> very</c><00:37:19.599><c> important</c><00:37:19.920><c> principle</c><00:37:20.320><c> here</c><00:37:20.619><c> in</c>

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:24.599
this<00:37:21.260><c> same</c><00:37:21.780><c> chapter,</c><00:37:22.300><c> Chapter</c><00:37:22.659><c> 6,</c><00:37:23.219><c> Verse</c><00:37:23.380><c> 17.</c>

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:29.000
And<00:37:25.840><c> it</c><00:37:26.079><c> provides</c><00:37:26.380><c> for</c><00:37:26.639><c> us</c><00:37:26.780><c> a</c><00:37:26.860><c> very</c><00:37:27.219><c> helpful</c><00:37:27.539><c> contrast</c><00:37:28.239><c> to</c><00:37:28.619><c> what</c><00:37:28.780><c> the</c>

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:33.460
Lord<00:37:29.199><c> teaches</c><00:37:29.719><c> his</c><00:37:30.340><c> disciples</c><00:37:30.840><c> in</c><00:37:31.099><c> Chapter</c><00:37:31.420><c> 13</c><00:37:31.840><c> and</c><00:37:31.960><c> 15</c><00:37:32.320><c> of</c><00:37:32.500><c> John.</c>

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:36.420
Here<00:37:34.380><c> we</c><00:37:34.480><c> are</c><00:37:34.699><c> again</c><00:37:34.900><c> with</c><00:37:35.079><c> this</c><00:37:35.300><c> word,</c><00:37:35.699><c> commandment,</c><00:37:36.340><c> which</c>

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means<00:37:36.760><c> precept.</c>

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:39.300
Verse<00:37:37.860><c> 17.</c>

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So<00:38:04.639><c> there</c><00:38:04.820><c> was</c><00:38:05.019><c> benefit</c><00:38:05.659><c> to</c><00:38:07.900><c> the</c><00:38:08.539><c> Hebrews</c><00:38:09.019><c> in</c><00:38:09.519><c> keeping</c><00:38:09.800><c> the</c><00:38:10.079><c> commandments</c><00:38:10.360><c> of</c>

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:13.840
the<00:38:10.679><c> Lord,</c><00:38:11.099><c> that</c><00:38:11.119><c> it</c><00:38:11.300><c> may</c><00:38:11.500><c> go</c><00:38:11.820><c> well</c><00:38:12.099><c> with</c><00:38:12.380><c> thee</c><00:38:12.920><c> and</c><00:38:13.539><c> that</c><00:38:13.719><c> thou</c>

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:17.679
mayst<00:38:14.239><c> go</c><00:38:14.400><c> in</c><00:38:14.579><c> and</c><00:38:14.739><c> possess</c><00:38:15.019><c> the</c><00:38:15.300><c> good</c><00:38:15.480><c> land</c><00:38:16.019><c> which</c><00:38:17.139><c> the</c><00:38:17.480><c> Lord</c>

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swear<00:38:18.039><c> unto</c><00:38:18.239><c> thy</c><00:38:18.539><c> fathers.</c>

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The<00:38:19.159><c> two</c><00:38:19.340><c> things</c><00:38:19.599><c> there.</c>

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That<00:38:21.739><c> would</c><00:38:21.920><c> provide</c><00:38:22.219><c> good</c><00:38:22.460><c> motivation,</c><00:38:23.059><c> I</c><00:38:23.420><c> would</c><00:38:23.659><c> think,</c><00:38:24.380><c> for</c><00:38:24.579><c> people</c><00:38:24.980><c> to</c>

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obey<00:38:25.619><c> the</c><00:38:25.880><c> commands.</c>

00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:29.199
Those<00:38:27.079><c> are</c><00:38:27.360><c> very</c><00:38:27.599><c> important</c><00:38:28.079><c> benefits.</c>

00:38:29.320 --> 00:38:33.420
Very<00:38:29.920><c> tangible</c><00:38:30.519><c> things,</c><00:38:31.039><c> which</c><00:38:31.260><c> one</c><00:38:31.980><c> would</c><00:38:32.900><c> certainly</c><00:38:33.179><c> like</c>

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:36.340
to<00:38:33.699><c> have</c><00:38:34.039><c> by</c><00:38:34.420><c> keeping</c><00:38:34.840><c> the</c><00:38:35.360><c> commandments</c><00:38:35.659><c> of</c><00:38:35.840><c> the</c><00:38:35.980><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:38.300
That<00:38:36.800><c> it</c><00:38:36.940><c> may</c><00:38:37.019><c> go</c><00:38:37.199><c> well</c><00:38:37.420><c> with</c><00:38:37.619><c> thee</c><00:38:37.760><c> and</c><00:38:37.860><c> that</c><00:38:37.940><c> you're</c><00:38:38.079><c> going</c>

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:41.019
to<00:38:39.019><c> inherit</c><00:38:39.719><c> this</c><00:38:40.019><c> land.</c>

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:47.199
But<00:38:42.940><c> when</c><00:38:43.159><c> the</c><00:38:43.320><c> Lord</c><00:38:43.519><c> talks</c><00:38:43.880><c> about</c><00:38:44.280><c> the</c><00:38:44.460><c> new</c><00:38:44.619><c> commandment,</c><00:38:45.460><c> let's</c><00:38:45.739><c> look</c><00:38:46.000><c> now</c><00:38:46.559><c> at</c>

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:49.480
the<00:38:48.239><c> descriptors.</c>

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:52.500
Let's<00:38:49.739><c> look</c><00:38:50.340><c> at</c><00:38:51.119><c> what</c><00:38:51.480><c> the</c><00:38:51.719><c> benefits</c><00:38:51.980><c> are.</c>

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:55.619
The<00:38:53.300><c> little</c><00:38:53.500><c> chart</c><00:38:53.760><c> was</c><00:38:53.940><c> just</c><00:38:54.179><c> given</c><00:38:54.360><c> to</c><00:38:54.619><c> show</c><00:38:54.800><c> the</c><00:38:55.039><c> frequency</c>

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:57.820
of<00:38:56.679><c> the</c><00:38:56.940><c> principle</c><00:38:57.320><c> of</c><00:38:57.619><c> love.</c>

00:38:57.860 --> 00:39:00.139
Loving<00:38:58.099><c> God,</c><00:38:58.880><c> loving</c><00:38:59.159><c> neighbor.</c>

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:06.440
But<00:39:00.860><c> look</c><00:39:01.079><c> now,</c><00:39:01.699><c> quite</c><00:39:01.940><c> specifically,</c><00:39:02.539><c> what</c><00:39:02.719><c> the</c><00:39:02.920><c> Lord</c><00:39:03.199><c> is</c><00:39:03.519><c> asking</c><00:39:03.820><c> his</c><00:39:04.079><c> disciples</c><00:39:04.519><c> to</c><00:39:04.780><c> do.</c>

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:12.860
Back<00:39:11.179><c> in</c><00:39:11.780><c> John</c><00:39:12.039><c> chapter</c><00:39:12.340><c> 13.</c>

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:18.480
A<00:39:12.960><c> new</c><00:39:13.260><c> commandment</c><00:39:14.019><c> I</c><00:39:14.239><c> give</c><00:39:14.400><c> unto</c><00:39:14.619><c> you,</c><00:39:15.440><c> that</c><00:39:15.500><c> ye</c><00:39:15.760><c> love</c><00:39:16.500><c> one</c><00:39:16.940><c> another</c><00:39:17.340><c> as</c><00:39:18.159><c> I</c>

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:22.500
have<00:39:18.739><c> loved</c><00:39:18.960><c> you,</c><00:39:19.780><c> that</c><00:39:20.099><c> ye</c><00:39:20.539><c> also</c><00:39:21.039><c> love</c><00:39:21.340><c> one</c><00:39:21.599><c> another.</c>

00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:25.440
By<00:39:22.820><c> this</c><00:39:23.059><c> shall</c><00:39:23.360><c> all</c><00:39:23.639><c> men</c><00:39:23.800><c> know</c><00:39:24.099><c> that</c><00:39:24.320><c> ye</c><00:39:24.480><c> are</c><00:39:24.619><c> my</c><00:39:24.820><c> disciples,</c>

00:39:25.579 --> 00:39:29.079
if<00:39:25.760><c> ye</c><00:39:26.019><c> have</c><00:39:26.300><c> loved</c><00:39:26.940><c> one</c><00:39:27.760><c> to</c><00:39:28.260><c> another.</c>

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:34.079
And<00:39:29.960><c> we</c><00:39:30.079><c> will</c><00:39:30.280><c> now</c><00:39:30.519><c> read</c><00:39:30.980><c> in</c><00:39:31.239><c> John</c><00:39:31.480><c> 15</c><00:39:32.059><c> the</c><00:39:32.280><c> rest</c><00:39:32.579><c> of</c><00:39:32.900><c> the</c><00:39:33.599><c> statement</c><00:39:33.900><c> of</c>

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:37.079
the<00:39:34.239><c> Lord</c><00:39:34.400><c> that</c><00:39:34.679><c> connects</c><00:39:35.039><c> with</c><00:39:35.460><c> that</c><00:39:35.760><c> commandment.</c>

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:41.579
Verse<00:39:38.519><c> 12,</c><00:39:39.500><c> this</c><00:39:39.539><c> is</c><00:39:39.739><c> my</c><00:39:39.860><c> commandment,</c><00:39:40.559><c> that</c><00:39:40.559><c> ye</c><00:39:40.699><c> love</c><00:39:40.900><c> one</c><00:39:41.099><c> another</c><00:39:41.340><c> as</c>

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:43.239
I<00:39:41.739><c> have</c><00:39:41.920><c> loved</c><00:39:42.119><c> you.</c>

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:47.519
Greater<00:39:43.820><c> love</c><00:39:44.599><c> hath</c><00:39:45.039><c> no</c><00:39:45.280><c> man</c><00:39:45.539><c> than</c><00:39:45.780><c> this,</c><00:39:46.800><c> that</c><00:39:46.880><c> he</c><00:39:47.099><c> lay</c><00:39:47.280><c> down</c>

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:49.679
his<00:39:47.780><c> life</c><00:39:48.000><c> for</c><00:39:48.260><c> his</c><00:39:48.599><c> friends.</c>

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Ye<00:39:50.559><c> are</c><00:39:50.960><c> my</c><00:39:51.239><c> friends,</c><00:39:52.219><c> if</c><00:39:52.400><c> ye</c><00:39:52.639><c> do</c><00:39:53.039><c> whatsoever</c><00:39:53.679><c> I</c><00:39:54.179><c> command</c><00:39:54.579><c> you.</c>

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There's<00:39:56.039><c> a</c><00:39:56.139><c> benefit,</c><00:39:56.639><c> that's</c><00:39:57.000><c> different.</c>

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That's<00:39:57.639><c> not</c><00:39:57.800><c> saying</c><00:39:58.000><c> things</c><00:39:58.219><c> are</c><00:39:58.380><c> going</c><00:39:58.440><c> to</c><00:39:58.559><c> go</c><00:39:58.719><c> well</c><00:39:58.920><c> with</c><00:39:59.179><c> you</c><00:39:59.320><c> or</c>

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you're<00:39:59.579><c> going</c><00:39:59.760><c> to</c><00:39:59.880><c> inherit</c><00:40:00.079><c> the</c><00:40:00.340><c> land.</c>

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A<00:40:01.300><c> consequence</c><00:40:01.840><c> to</c><00:40:02.099><c> the</c><00:40:02.320><c> disciples</c><00:40:02.880><c> for</c><00:40:03.719><c> obeying</c><00:40:04.139><c> this</c><00:40:04.440><c> commandment</c><00:40:05.199><c> is</c><00:40:05.900><c> that</c><00:40:06.579><c> you</c><00:40:06.679><c> will</c><00:40:06.840><c> be</c>

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my<00:40:07.300><c> friends.</c>

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Henceforth<00:40:09.079><c> I</c><00:40:09.300><c> call</c><00:40:09.420><c> you</c><00:40:09.579><c> not</c><00:40:09.880><c> servants,</c><00:40:10.360><c> for</c><00:40:10.440><c> the</c><00:40:10.639><c> servant</c>

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knoweth<00:40:11.179><c> not</c><00:40:11.420><c> what</c><00:40:11.599><c> his</c><00:40:11.739><c> Lord</c><00:40:11.940><c> doeth.</c>

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But<00:40:12.519><c> I</c><00:40:12.780><c> have</c><00:40:13.000><c> called</c><00:40:13.179><c> you</c><00:40:13.539><c> friends,</c><00:40:15.079><c> for</c><00:40:15.340><c> all</c><00:40:15.760><c> things</c><00:40:16.099><c> that</c><00:40:16.380><c> I</c>

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have<00:40:17.119><c> heard</c><00:40:17.440><c> of</c><00:40:17.599><c> my</c><00:40:17.820><c> Father</c><00:40:18.119><c> I</c><00:40:18.360><c> have</c><00:40:18.559><c> made</c><00:40:18.780><c> known</c><00:40:19.039><c> unto</c><00:40:19.300><c> you.</c>

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Ye<00:40:20.639><c> have</c><00:40:20.780><c> not</c><00:40:21.019><c> chosen</c><00:40:21.340><c> me,</c><00:40:22.059><c> but</c><00:40:22.159><c> I</c><00:40:22.380><c> have</c><00:40:22.579><c> chosen</c><00:40:22.880><c> you</c><00:40:23.539><c> and</c><00:40:23.760><c> ordained</c><00:40:24.159><c> you,</c>

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that<00:40:24.539><c> ye</c><00:40:24.719><c> should</c><00:40:24.920><c> go</c><00:40:25.400><c> and</c><00:40:25.860><c> bring</c><00:40:26.099><c> forth</c><00:40:26.500><c> fruit.</c>

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And<00:40:27.760><c> that</c><00:40:27.920><c> your</c><00:40:28.199><c> fruit</c><00:40:28.400><c> should</c><00:40:28.639><c> remain,</c><00:40:29.920><c> that</c><00:40:30.280><c> whatsoever</c><00:40:30.760><c> ye</c>

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shall<00:40:31.280><c> ask</c><00:40:31.659><c> of</c><00:40:31.780><c> the</c><00:40:31.920><c> Father</c><00:40:32.179><c> in</c><00:40:32.300><c> my</c><00:40:32.639><c> name,</c><00:40:33.239><c> he</c><00:40:33.460><c> may</c><00:40:33.659><c> give</c><00:40:33.880><c> it</c><00:40:34.079><c> you.</c>

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:40.679
These<00:40:36.280><c> things</c><00:40:36.659><c> I</c><00:40:36.900><c> command</c><00:40:37.340><c> you,</c><00:40:38.019><c> that</c><00:40:38.260><c> ye</c><00:40:38.579><c> love</c><00:40:39.400><c> one</c><00:40:39.739><c> another.</c>

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So<00:40:42.960><c> there</c><00:40:43.119><c> it</c><00:40:43.300><c> is,</c><00:40:44.280><c> and</c><00:40:44.500><c> we've</c><00:40:45.079><c> given</c><00:40:45.320><c> in</c><00:40:45.500><c> our</c><00:40:45.619><c> note</c><00:40:45.800><c> here</c><00:40:46.360><c> what</c>

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is<00:40:47.179><c> different.</c>

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What<00:40:48.539><c> are</c><00:40:48.739><c> the</c><00:40:48.900><c> new</c><00:40:49.219><c> features</c><00:40:49.739><c> of</c><00:40:50.019><c> this</c><00:40:50.260><c> command?</c><00:40:50.760><c> Let's</c><00:40:50.940><c> just</c>

00:40:51.179 --> 00:40:52.599
look<00:40:51.360><c> at</c><00:40:51.460><c> them.</c>

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There<00:40:52.820><c> was</c><00:40:53.019><c> a</c><00:40:53.199><c> new</c><00:40:53.420><c> standard,</c><00:40:54.760><c> we</c><00:40:54.980><c> hadn't</c><00:40:55.219><c> seen</c><00:40:55.460><c> this</c><00:40:55.659><c> before.</c>

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This<00:40:56.619><c> was</c><00:40:56.800><c> a</c><00:40:57.000><c> new</c><00:40:57.300><c> standard</c><00:40:57.900><c> of</c><00:40:58.179><c> how</c><00:40:58.400><c> to</c><00:40:58.599><c> love.</c>

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As<00:41:00.480><c> I</c><00:41:00.960><c> have</c><00:41:01.519><c> loved</c><00:41:01.940><c> you,</c><00:41:04.320><c> and</c><00:41:04.420><c> was</c><00:41:04.619><c> going</c><00:41:04.820><c> to</c><00:41:04.980><c> love</c><00:41:05.119><c> them.</c>

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:08.380
He<00:41:06.000><c> had</c><00:41:06.099><c> loved</c><00:41:06.199><c> them</c><00:41:06.380><c> already</c><00:41:06.760><c> in</c><00:41:06.920><c> the</c><00:41:07.099><c> washing</c><00:41:07.300><c> of</c><00:41:07.460><c> their</c><00:41:07.719><c> feet</c><00:41:07.980><c> and</c>

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in<00:41:08.659><c> all</c><00:41:08.900><c> that</c><00:41:09.000><c> he</c><00:41:09.139><c> had</c><00:41:09.139><c> done</c><00:41:09.340><c> for</c><00:41:09.480><c> them.</c>

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The<00:41:10.739><c> focus</c><00:41:11.079><c> here</c><00:41:11.380><c> was</c><00:41:11.579><c> at</c><00:41:11.840><c> this</c><00:41:12.280><c> time,</c><00:41:13.940><c> his</c><00:41:14.079><c> service</c><00:41:14.340><c> to</c><00:41:14.519><c> them</c>

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as<00:41:15.619><c> Redeemer,</c><00:41:16.719><c> as</c><00:41:17.739><c> Messiah,</c><00:41:19.219><c> as</c><00:41:19.360><c> the</c><00:41:19.579><c> one</c><00:41:19.719><c> who</c><00:41:19.860><c> was</c><00:41:20.019><c> going</c><00:41:20.199><c> to</c>

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give<00:41:20.500><c> his</c><00:41:20.719><c> life</c><00:41:21.300><c> for</c><00:41:21.800><c> them.</c>

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There<00:41:22.500><c> were</c><00:41:22.699><c> new</c><00:41:22.980><c> limits,</c><00:41:24.739><c> new</c><00:41:25.059><c> limits</c><00:41:25.480><c> to</c><00:41:25.800><c> the</c><00:41:26.119><c> expectation</c>

00:41:26.760 --> 00:41:29.840
in<00:41:27.099><c> the</c><00:41:27.800><c> application</c><00:41:28.380><c> of</c><00:41:28.679><c> a</c><00:41:28.940><c> principle.</c>

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No<00:41:30.500><c> one</c><00:41:30.659><c> ever</c><00:41:30.940><c> had</c><00:41:31.360><c> sat</c><00:41:31.679><c> down</c><00:41:32.039><c> and</c><00:41:32.300><c> described</c><00:41:32.699><c> that</c><00:41:33.179><c> you're</c><00:41:33.440><c> to</c>

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love<00:41:33.739><c> your</c><00:41:33.940><c> neighbor,</c><00:41:34.760><c> to</c><00:41:34.900><c> love</c><00:41:35.079><c> your</c><00:41:35.320><c> family,</c><00:41:36.260><c> and</c><00:41:36.360><c> to</c><00:41:36.500><c> love</c>

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one<00:41:36.900><c> another.</c>

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As<00:41:38.639><c> I</c><00:41:38.940><c> have,</c><00:41:39.960><c> said</c><00:41:40.000><c> Jesus,</c><00:41:41.019><c> and</c><00:41:41.260><c> I'm</c><00:41:41.460><c> going</c><00:41:41.559><c> to</c><00:41:41.739><c> lay</c><00:41:41.900><c> down</c><00:41:42.079><c> my</c>

00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:44.619
life<00:41:42.559><c> for</c><00:41:42.920><c> you</c><00:41:43.360><c> in</c><00:41:43.800><c> showing</c><00:41:43.960><c> you</c><00:41:44.179><c> my</c><00:41:44.340><c> love.</c>

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No<00:41:44.860><c> one</c><00:41:44.940><c> had</c><00:41:44.960><c> ever</c><00:41:45.179><c> done</c><00:41:45.360><c> that.</c><00:41:45.719><c> That</c><00:41:45.860><c> was</c><00:41:46.699><c> certainly</c><00:41:46.980><c> a</c><00:41:47.179><c> new</c>

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:52.199
concept<00:41:48.159><c> of</c><00:41:49.679><c> the</c><00:41:50.000><c> way</c><00:41:50.179><c> in</c><00:41:50.300><c> which</c><00:41:50.440><c> someone</c><00:41:50.679><c> should</c><00:41:50.940><c> love.</c>

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:59.219
The<00:41:55.500><c> recipients</c><00:41:55.980><c> of</c><00:41:56.880><c> the</c><00:41:57.099><c> love</c><00:41:57.619><c> was</c><00:41:58.119><c> different.</c>

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:03.739
The<00:42:00.820><c> sheet</c><00:42:00.900><c> we</c><00:42:01.000><c> just</c><00:42:01.260><c> looked</c><00:42:01.440><c> at</c><00:42:01.699><c> showed</c><00:42:01.860><c> that</c><00:42:02.000><c> we</c><00:42:02.099><c> should</c><00:42:02.260><c> love</c><00:42:02.480><c> God,</c><00:42:03.619><c> and</c>

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we<00:42:03.800><c> should</c><00:42:03.980><c> love</c><00:42:04.199><c> neighbor.</c>

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Here,<00:42:07.119><c> the</c><00:42:07.579><c> recipient</c><00:42:07.980><c> is</c><00:42:08.619><c> to</c><00:42:08.920><c> love</c><00:42:09.380><c> one</c><00:42:09.719><c> another.</c>

00:42:10.300 --> 00:42:14.840
That<00:42:10.500><c> is</c><00:42:10.840><c> in</c><00:42:11.480><c> the</c><00:42:11.880><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:12.519><c> that</c><00:42:12.980><c> was</c><00:42:13.179><c> about</c><00:42:13.440><c> to</c><00:42:13.599><c> be</c><00:42:13.920><c> formed.</c>

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:19.139
This<00:42:16.179><c> was</c><00:42:16.420><c> a</c><00:42:16.460><c> whole</c><00:42:16.800><c> new</c><00:42:17.500><c> type</c><00:42:17.860><c> of</c><00:42:18.139><c> relationship.</c>

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:22.739
The<00:42:19.920><c> people</c><00:42:20.159><c> of</c><00:42:20.340><c> God</c><00:42:20.440><c> in</c><00:42:20.579><c> the</c><00:42:20.719><c> past</c><00:42:20.920><c> lived</c><00:42:21.119><c> together</c><00:42:21.460><c> as</c><00:42:21.639><c> families.</c>

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:24.480
The<00:42:23.260><c> children</c><00:42:23.679><c> of</c><00:42:23.940><c> Israel.</c>

00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:28.019
They<00:42:25.039><c> were</c><00:42:25.199><c> together</c><00:42:25.539><c> because</c><00:42:25.920><c> they</c><00:42:26.139><c> were</c><00:42:26.760><c> of</c><00:42:26.900><c> the</c><00:42:27.099><c> same</c><00:42:27.280><c> progenity.</c>

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:30.340
They<00:42:28.659><c> had</c><00:42:28.820><c> the</c><00:42:28.980><c> same</c><00:42:29.219><c> ancestors.</c>

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:35.780
But<00:42:32.139><c> here,</c><00:42:32.860><c> there's</c><00:42:33.039><c> going</c><00:42:33.179><c> to</c><00:42:33.360><c> be</c><00:42:33.500><c> now</c><00:42:33.760><c> a</c><00:42:33.760><c> group</c><00:42:33.980><c> of</c><00:42:34.139><c> people</c><00:42:34.340><c> brought</c><00:42:34.639><c> together</c><00:42:35.159><c> on</c><00:42:35.539><c> a</c>

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whole<00:42:36.179><c> new</c><00:42:36.480><c> basis.</c>

00:42:38.340 --> 00:42:40.639
And<00:42:38.420><c> some</c><00:42:38.539><c> of</c><00:42:38.559><c> them</c><00:42:38.659><c> are</c><00:42:38.719><c> going</c><00:42:38.780><c> to</c><00:42:38.860><c> be</c><00:42:39.000><c> different</c><00:42:39.340><c> and</c><00:42:39.679><c> strange,</c><00:42:40.119><c> and</c><00:42:40.480><c> we</c>

00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:43.360
won't<00:42:40.820><c> know</c><00:42:40.960><c> who</c><00:42:41.099><c> they</c><00:42:41.300><c> are</c><00:42:41.739><c> or</c><00:42:42.059><c> their</c><00:42:42.219><c> backgrounds.</c>

00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:45.539
And<00:42:43.679><c> as</c><00:42:43.820><c> we</c><00:42:43.960><c> read</c><00:42:44.059><c> the</c><00:42:44.199><c> book</c><00:42:44.340><c> of</c><00:42:44.519><c> Acts,</c><00:42:44.699><c> we</c><00:42:44.800><c> see</c><00:42:44.980><c> exactly</c><00:42:45.400><c> what</c>

00:42:45.539 --> 00:42:46.659
was<00:42:45.780><c> involved</c><00:42:46.059><c> in</c><00:42:46.260><c> that.</c>

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:52.280
Great<00:42:47.340><c> dilemma,</c><00:42:47.960><c> great</c><00:42:48.280><c> tension</c><00:42:49.000><c> came</c><00:42:49.800><c> because</c><00:42:50.519><c> of</c><00:42:50.820><c> the</c><00:42:51.039><c> induction</c><00:42:51.619><c> of</c>

00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:54.179
new<00:42:52.460><c> people</c><00:42:52.860><c> into</c><00:42:53.039><c> the</c><00:42:53.280><c> family</c><00:42:53.519><c> of</c><00:42:53.760><c> God.</c>

00:42:54.179 --> 00:42:59.579
And<00:42:54.380><c> they</c><00:42:55.099><c> were</c><00:42:55.239><c> to</c><00:42:55.559><c> love</c><00:42:55.760><c> them,</c><00:42:57.260><c> each</c><00:42:57.599><c> of</c><00:42:57.760><c> them,</c><00:42:58.820><c> as</c><00:42:59.039><c> Christ</c>

00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:01.880
had<00:43:00.199><c> loved</c><00:43:00.380><c> them.</c>

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Turn<00:43:03.659><c> back</c><00:43:03.920><c> please</c><00:43:04.320><c> to</c><00:43:05.159><c> Matthew</c><00:43:05.500><c> chapter</c><00:43:05.960><c> 5.</c>

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:17.059
Matthew<00:43:15.119><c> 5</c><00:43:15.500><c> verse</c><00:43:15.739><c> 43.</c>

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Sorry.

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So<00:43:38.840><c> here's</c><00:43:39.280><c> an</c><00:43:39.420><c> injunction</c><00:43:39.800><c> for</c><00:43:39.980><c> love,</c><00:43:40.659><c> and</c><00:43:40.719><c> it's</c><00:43:40.900><c> to</c><00:43:41.039><c> love</c><00:43:41.219><c> enemies.</c>

00:43:44.539 --> 00:43:48.599
What<00:43:44.679><c> we</c><00:43:44.880><c> have</c><00:43:45.059><c> here</c><00:43:45.400><c> is</c><00:43:45.659><c> a</c><00:43:45.820><c> new</c><00:43:46.019><c> commandment</c><00:43:46.980><c> to</c><00:43:47.219><c> love</c><00:43:47.420><c> each</c><00:43:47.699><c> other.</c>

00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:52.139
And<00:43:50.039><c> I</c><00:43:50.179><c> submit</c><00:43:50.440><c> to</c><00:43:50.619><c> you,</c><00:43:50.800><c> which</c><00:43:50.920><c> was</c><00:43:51.159><c> harder?</c>

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To<00:43:53.599><c> love</c><00:43:54.139><c> your</c><00:43:54.539><c> enemies</c><00:43:54.960><c> or</c><00:43:56.679><c> to</c><00:43:56.820><c> love</c><00:43:57.019><c> your</c><00:43:57.219><c> brethren?</c>

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That's<00:44:00.940><c> a</c><00:44:01.019><c> very</c><00:44:01.199><c> interesting</c><00:44:01.519><c> question.</c>

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We<00:44:02.000><c> might</c><00:44:02.219><c> say,</c><00:44:03.340><c> well,</c><00:44:03.760><c> it's</c><00:44:04.119><c> really</c><00:44:04.460><c> hard</c><00:44:04.619><c> to</c><00:44:04.780><c> love</c><00:44:04.980><c> someone</c>

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who's<00:44:06.000><c> taking</c><00:44:06.300><c> active</c><00:44:06.780><c> steps</c><00:44:07.099><c> to</c><00:44:07.300><c> make</c><00:44:07.440><c> you</c><00:44:07.619><c> uncomfortable</c>

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and<00:44:09.500><c> speak</c><00:44:09.960><c> evil</c><00:44:10.219><c> things</c><00:44:10.500><c> against</c><00:44:10.860><c> you.</c>

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That's<00:44:11.260><c> very</c><00:44:11.480><c> difficult.</c>

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Perhaps<00:44:14.539><c> when</c><00:44:14.780><c> we</c><00:44:14.860><c> think</c><00:44:15.079><c> about</c><00:44:15.340><c> it,</c><00:44:15.519><c> we</c><00:44:15.659><c> may</c><00:44:16.199><c> come</c><00:44:16.579><c> to</c><00:44:16.760><c> realize</c><00:44:17.219><c> that</c>

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it's<00:44:17.719><c> harder</c><00:44:18.219><c> to</c><00:44:19.440><c> love</c><00:44:20.159><c> our</c><00:44:20.639><c> brethren</c><00:44:21.079><c> in</c><00:44:22.619><c> the</c><00:44:22.880><c> sense</c><00:44:23.099><c> that</c><00:44:23.280><c> the</c><00:44:23.440><c> Lord</c><00:44:23.579><c> gives</c><00:44:23.880><c> us</c><00:44:24.159><c> here.</c>

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The<00:44:26.920><c> new</c><00:44:27.179><c> dimensions</c><00:44:27.780><c> of</c><00:44:28.159><c> this</c><00:44:28.480><c> love,</c><00:44:29.139><c> which</c><00:44:29.320><c> we</c><00:44:29.500><c> are</c><00:44:29.639><c> now</c><00:44:29.820><c> to</c>

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show<00:44:30.239><c> to</c><00:44:30.480><c> one</c><00:44:30.619><c> another.</c>

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People<00:44:31.619><c> much</c><00:44:31.920><c> closer</c><00:44:32.320><c> to</c><00:44:32.639><c> us,</c><00:44:33.860><c> not</c><00:44:34.260><c> active</c><00:44:34.960><c> enemies,</c><00:44:35.420><c> although</c><00:44:35.639><c> they</c><00:44:35.780><c> might</c><00:44:36.000><c> be</c>

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on<00:44:36.440><c> occasion</c><00:44:36.760><c> and</c><00:44:37.059><c> create</c><00:44:37.539><c> a</c><00:44:38.219><c> difficult</c><00:44:38.920><c> situation</c><00:44:40.400><c> for</c><00:44:40.760><c> us.</c>

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But<00:44:41.480><c> by</c><00:44:41.780><c> and</c><00:44:41.940><c> large,</c><00:44:42.239><c> they</c><00:44:42.340><c> are</c><00:44:42.440><c> people</c><00:44:42.820><c> for</c><00:44:43.099><c> whom</c><00:44:43.280><c> we</c><00:44:43.460><c> have</c><00:44:43.659><c> to</c>

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show<00:44:44.199><c> a</c><00:44:44.840><c> new</c><00:44:45.400><c> kind</c><00:44:45.780><c> of</c><00:44:46.019><c> initiative</c><00:44:46.480><c> in</c><00:44:48.119><c> demonstrating</c><00:44:48.699><c> our</c><00:44:49.000><c> love.</c>

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It<00:44:51.039><c> was</c><00:44:51.280><c> a</c><00:44:51.420><c> test</c><00:44:51.719><c> of</c><00:44:52.119><c> discipleship.</c><00:44:53.500><c> That</c><00:44:53.699><c> was</c><00:44:53.980><c> new.</c>

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Before<00:44:56.079><c> it</c><00:44:56.139><c> was</c><00:44:56.340><c> a</c><00:44:56.500><c> general</c><00:44:56.820><c> precept</c><00:44:57.380><c> and</c><00:44:58.019><c> there</c><00:44:58.280><c> was</c><00:44:58.480><c> no</c><00:44:58.699><c> penalty</c><00:44:59.039><c> for</c>

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not<00:44:59.460><c> showing</c><00:44:59.639><c> love.</c>

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If<00:45:00.260><c> you</c><00:45:00.380><c> broke</c><00:45:00.579><c> the</c><00:45:00.840><c> Sabbath</c><00:45:01.000><c> day</c><00:45:01.280><c> or</c><00:45:01.400><c> murdered</c><00:45:01.659><c> your</c><00:45:01.860><c> neighbor,</c><00:45:02.119><c> there</c><00:45:02.219><c> was</c><00:45:02.420><c> a</c><00:45:02.559><c> penalty.</c>

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But<00:45:03.340><c> if</c><00:45:03.440><c> you</c><00:45:03.519><c> didn't</c><00:45:03.719><c> love</c><00:45:03.960><c> your</c><00:45:04.099><c> neighbor,</c><00:45:04.860><c> there</c><00:45:04.960><c> was</c><00:45:05.139><c> no</c>

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immediate<00:45:05.679><c> consequence.</c>

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But<00:45:07.860><c> there's</c><00:45:08.119><c> a</c><00:45:08.380><c> consequence</c><00:45:08.760><c> here.</c><00:45:09.019><c> It's</c><00:45:09.300><c> a</c><00:45:09.440><c> test</c><00:45:09.800><c> of</c><00:45:10.300><c> discipleship.</c>

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And<00:45:13.179><c> Jesus</c><00:45:13.500><c> goes</c><00:45:13.760><c> on</c><00:45:14.000><c> to</c><00:45:14.219><c> describe</c><00:45:14.559><c> in</c><00:45:15.039><c> John</c><00:45:15.659><c> 15</c><00:45:16.159><c> that</c><00:45:16.380><c> it</c><00:45:16.519><c> is</c>

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the<00:45:17.079><c> expected</c><00:45:17.980><c> behavior</c><00:45:18.900><c> of</c><00:45:19.179><c> the</c><00:45:19.460><c> friends</c><00:45:19.659><c> of</c><00:45:19.820><c> the</c><00:45:20.000><c> Lord</c><00:45:20.320><c> and</c>

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the<00:45:21.119><c> expected</c><00:45:21.579><c> behavior</c><00:45:22.199><c> of</c><00:45:22.619><c> those</c><00:45:23.000><c> chosen</c><00:45:23.619><c> by</c><00:45:24.099><c> the</c><00:45:24.280><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:45:24.559><c> he</c><00:45:24.639><c> says,</c><00:45:25.079><c> I</c><00:45:25.079><c> have</c><00:45:25.360><c> chosen</c><00:45:25.679><c> you.</c><00:45:26.360><c> You're</c><00:45:26.639><c> chosen.</c>

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And<00:45:28.980><c> as</c><00:45:29.179><c> we'll</c><00:45:29.440><c> see</c><00:45:29.940><c> tomorrow,</c><00:45:31.119><c> it</c><00:45:31.219><c> is</c><00:45:31.440><c> the</c><00:45:31.679><c> primary</c><00:45:32.119><c> fruit</c><00:45:32.719><c> of</c>

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those<00:45:33.719><c> who</c><00:45:34.059><c> abide</c><00:45:34.500><c> in</c><00:45:35.099><c> him.</c>

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So<00:45:37.760><c> we'll</c><00:45:37.940><c> have</c><00:45:38.039><c> to</c><00:45:38.179><c> leave</c><00:45:38.280><c> our</c><00:45:38.440><c> lesson</c><00:45:38.699><c> there.</c>

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Just<00:45:39.960><c> thinking</c><00:45:40.420><c> about</c><00:45:41.400><c> the</c><00:45:41.639><c> nature</c><00:45:41.900><c> of</c><00:45:42.079><c> the</c><00:45:42.260><c> commandment,</c><00:45:43.739><c> the</c><00:45:43.980><c> newness</c><00:45:44.300><c> of</c>

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it,<00:45:45.639><c> that</c><00:45:45.739><c> this</c><00:45:45.980><c> is</c><00:45:46.239><c> the</c><00:45:46.639><c> highest</c><00:45:47.199><c> and</c><00:45:47.880><c> the</c><00:45:48.280><c> hardest</c><00:45:48.719><c> of</c><00:45:49.139><c> the</c>

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Lord's<00:45:49.840><c> precepts.</c>

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It<00:45:51.420><c> is</c><00:45:51.679><c> not</c><00:45:51.860><c> defined</c><00:45:52.260><c> by</c><00:45:52.539><c> occasion,</c><00:45:53.699><c> circumstance.</c><00:45:54.840><c> It</c><00:45:54.960><c> is</c><00:45:55.199><c> not</c><00:45:55.480><c> regulated.</c><00:45:56.440><c> It</c>

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is<00:45:56.780><c> not</c><00:45:57.440><c> conditional.</c>

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It<00:45:59.739><c> is</c><00:46:00.000><c> given</c><00:46:00.219><c> as</c><00:46:00.500><c> a</c><00:46:00.739><c> precept</c><00:46:01.159><c> where</c><00:46:01.380><c> we</c><00:46:01.519><c> must</c><00:46:01.840><c> use</c><00:46:02.519><c> our</c><00:46:03.199><c> initiative</c><00:46:03.860><c> and</c><00:46:04.780><c> the</c><00:46:05.219><c> deepest</c><00:46:05.679><c> roots</c><00:46:06.139><c> of</c>

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our<00:46:06.699><c> spirituality</c><00:46:07.340><c> to</c><00:46:07.739><c> apply</c><00:46:08.320><c> as</c><00:46:08.820><c> we</c><00:46:08.980><c> look</c><00:46:09.099><c> at</c><00:46:09.239><c> the</c><00:46:09.380><c> example</c>

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of<00:46:10.059><c> the</c><00:46:10.219><c> Lord</c><00:46:10.579><c> and</c><00:46:11.400><c> look</c><00:46:11.579><c> at</c><00:46:11.719><c> the</c><00:46:11.940><c> needs</c><00:46:12.619><c> of</c><00:46:13.500><c> our</c><00:46:13.699><c> brethren</c><00:46:14.099><c> and</c>

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our<00:46:14.940><c> sisters.</c>

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Thank<00:46:36.519><c> you.</c>