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can<00:11:21.759><c> know</c><00:11:21.940><c> it?</c><00:11:23.879><c> And</c><00:11:24.139><c> the</c><00:11:24.320><c> answer</c><00:11:24.580><c> is</c><00:11:24.840><c> it</c><00:11:24.980><c> can</c><00:11:25.299><c> be</c><00:11:25.600><c> known.</c>

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But<00:11:28.360><c> in</c><00:11:29.080><c> order</c><00:11:29.360><c> for</c><00:11:29.639><c> it</c><00:11:29.860><c> to</c><00:11:30.000><c> be</c><00:11:30.279><c> known,</c><00:11:31.700><c> it</c><00:11:31.879><c> requires</c><00:11:32.580><c> a</c><00:11:33.200><c> considerable</c><00:11:33.700><c> amount</c>

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And<00:11:56.659><c> that</c><00:11:57.320><c> word</c><00:11:57.580><c> is</c><00:11:57.919><c> translated</c><00:11:58.419><c> in</c><00:11:58.740><c> scripture</c><00:11:59.419><c> as</c><00:12:00.220><c> soul</c><00:12:00.740><c> or</c>

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life<00:12:01.879><c> or</c><00:12:03.299><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:12:06.059><c> the</c><00:12:06.559><c> eucalon,</c><00:12:07.519><c> when</c><00:12:07.740><c> it's</c><00:12:08.340><c> transliterated</c><00:12:09.080><c> into</c>

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English,<00:12:13.000><c> becomes</c>

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a<00:12:15.600><c> psyche.</c><00:12:16.740><c> And</c><00:12:16.759><c> so,</c><00:12:18.139><c> coupling</c><00:12:18.419><c> it</c><00:12:18.759><c> with</c><00:12:19.179><c> Logos,</c><00:12:21.919><c> psychology</c>

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is<00:12:24.600><c> the</c><00:12:25.179><c> knowledge</c><00:12:25.700><c> of</c><00:12:26.379><c> the</c><00:12:26.580><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:12:30.019><c> the</c><00:12:30.700><c> mind</c><00:12:31.179><c> can</c><00:12:31.960><c> be</c><00:12:32.460><c> known</c><00:12:33.419><c> provided</c><00:12:34.480><c> we</c><00:12:35.039><c> study</c><00:12:35.460><c> it</c>

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And<00:12:38.700><c> the</c><00:12:38.840><c> very</c><00:12:39.279><c> best</c><00:12:39.679><c> source</c><00:12:40.200><c> of</c><00:12:41.019><c> correct</c><00:12:41.460><c> information</c><00:12:42.419><c> regarding</c><00:12:43.139><c> the</c>

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mind<00:12:44.159><c> comes</c><00:12:44.820><c> to</c><00:12:45.059><c> us</c><00:12:45.559><c> from</c><00:12:46.259><c> the</c><00:12:46.539><c> scriptures.</c>

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its<00:13:07.220><c> foibles</c><00:13:07.879><c> and</c><00:13:08.460><c> fallacies.</c>

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We<00:13:14.500><c> mentioned</c><00:13:15.720><c> in</c><00:13:16.279><c> the</c><00:13:16.440><c> list</c><00:13:16.779><c> of</c><00:13:17.360><c> attributes</c><00:13:17.899><c> of</c><00:13:18.200><c> God</c><00:13:18.759><c> yesterday</c><00:13:19.620><c> that</c><00:13:20.960><c> God</c><00:13:21.539><c> is</c><00:13:22.000><c> true.</c>

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What<00:13:30.600><c> is</c><00:13:30.860><c> it</c><00:13:30.980><c> that</c><00:13:31.120><c> He</c><00:13:31.259><c> wants</c><00:13:31.840><c> us</c><00:13:32.659><c> to</c><00:13:33.080><c> be?</c><00:13:35.320><c> He</c><00:13:35.620><c> wants</c><00:13:35.940><c> us</c><00:13:36.580><c> also</c>

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phony,<00:13:54.860><c> to</c><00:13:55.259><c> use</c><00:13:55.539><c> it</c><00:13:55.779><c> in</c><00:13:55.960><c> common</c><00:13:56.659><c> slang.</c>

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And<00:14:00.899><c> as</c><00:14:01.720><c> I</c><00:14:01.960><c> said,</c><00:14:02.600><c> God</c><00:14:02.980><c> hates</c><00:14:04.100><c> hypocrites.</c><00:14:05.799><c> He</c><00:14:06.220><c> hates</c><00:14:06.580><c> people</c>

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Well,<00:14:11.580><c> what</c><00:14:11.879><c> is</c><00:14:12.500><c> it</c><00:14:13.000><c> that</c><00:14:13.220><c> causes</c><00:14:13.620><c> us</c><00:14:14.200><c> to</c><00:14:14.840><c> be</c><00:14:15.519><c> phony?</c><00:14:17.000><c> It</c><00:14:17.340><c> really</c><00:14:17.679><c> means,</c><00:14:18.100><c> then,</c>

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Now,<00:14:38.200><c> suppose</c><00:14:39.100><c> you</c><00:14:39.299><c> do</c><00:14:39.600><c> something</c><00:14:40.159><c> exceedingly</c><00:14:41.039><c> stupid.</c><00:14:43.139><c> You</c>

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make<00:14:43.440><c> a</c><00:14:43.919><c> terrible</c><00:14:44.340><c> mistake</c><00:14:44.799><c> that</c><00:14:45.039><c> you're</c><00:14:45.960><c> ashamed</c>

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why<00:14:51.820><c> you</c><00:14:52.019><c> couldn't</c><00:14:52.279><c> possibly</c>

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which<00:15:03.100><c> someone</c><00:15:03.679><c> has</c><00:15:04.919><c> very</c><00:15:05.639><c> aptly</c><00:15:08.360><c> pronounced</c><00:15:10.500><c> a</c><00:15:10.899><c> lie</c><00:15:11.100><c> by</c><00:15:11.519><c> eye,</c>

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It<00:15:40.019><c> takes</c><00:15:40.299><c> a</c><00:15:40.419><c> very</c><00:15:41.340><c> honest</c><00:15:42.320><c> person,</c><00:15:43.379><c> a</c><00:15:43.620><c> true</c><00:15:44.059><c> person,</c><00:15:45.820><c> to</c><00:15:46.000><c> be</c>

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It's<00:16:04.799><c> simply</c><00:16:05.419><c> for</c><00:16:06.659><c> the</c><00:16:06.779><c> purpose</c><00:16:07.299><c> of,</c><00:16:08.360><c> first,</c><00:16:09.340><c> getting</c><00:16:09.620><c> us</c><00:16:10.000><c> to</c>

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realize<00:16:11.279><c> this</c><00:16:12.559><c> lying</c><00:16:13.080><c> tendency,</c>

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this<00:16:15.379><c> hypocritical</c><00:16:16.320><c> tendency</c><00:16:16.840><c> we</c><00:16:17.139><c> have</c><00:16:17.559><c> within</c><00:16:17.899><c> us,</c><00:16:20.039><c> and</c><00:16:20.240><c> also</c><00:16:21.179><c> to</c>

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humiliate<00:16:24.360><c> us,</c>

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I<00:17:16.740><c> am</c><00:17:17.619><c> the</c><00:17:18.220><c> way,</c><00:17:19.759><c> the</c><00:17:20.000><c> truth,</c><00:17:21.599><c> and</c><00:17:21.859><c> the</c><00:17:22.059><c> life.</c><00:17:24.240><c> No</c><00:17:24.519><c> man</c><00:17:24.839><c> cometh</c>

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unto<00:17:25.460><c> God</c><00:17:25.839><c> but</c><00:17:26.140><c> by</c><00:17:26.480><c> me.</c>

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And<00:17:29.900><c> so,</c><00:17:30.940><c> when,</c><00:17:32.039><c> in</c><00:17:32.279><c> the</c><00:17:32.420><c> words</c><00:17:32.720><c> of</c><00:17:33.180><c> the</c><00:17:33.359><c> Apostle</c><00:17:34.500><c> Saul</c><00:17:35.079><c> of</c><00:17:35.220><c> Tarsus</c><00:17:35.680><c> to</c><00:17:35.900><c> Jesus,</c>

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Lord,<00:17:36.779><c> what</c><00:17:37.039><c> wilt</c><00:17:37.420><c> thou</c><00:17:37.680><c> have</c><00:17:38.000><c> me</c><00:17:38.299><c> to</c><00:17:38.539><c> do?</c><00:17:41.400><c> The</c><00:17:41.660><c> main</c><00:17:41.880><c> thing</c><00:17:42.160><c> we</c>

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have<00:17:42.660><c> to</c><00:17:42.880><c> do</c><00:17:43.240><c> in</c><00:17:43.519><c> life</c><00:17:44.019><c> is</c><00:17:44.599><c> to</c><00:17:44.859><c> learn</c><00:17:45.200><c> to</c><00:17:45.500><c> be</c><00:17:46.140><c> true.</c>

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Now,<00:17:51.059><c> there</c><00:17:51.299><c> are</c><00:17:51.420><c> various</c><00:17:51.720><c> ways</c><00:17:52.220><c> of</c><00:17:52.539><c> learning</c><00:17:53.059><c> to</c><00:17:53.700><c> be</c><00:17:54.099><c> true.</c>

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One,<00:17:57.920><c> of</c><00:17:58.339><c> course,</c><00:17:58.819><c> is</c><00:17:59.059><c> by</c><00:17:59.480><c> experience,</c><00:18:00.180><c> which</c><00:18:00.359><c> we</c><00:18:00.640><c> said</c><00:18:00.759><c> was</c>

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one<00:18:01.259><c> form</c><00:18:01.519><c> of</c><00:18:01.759><c> teacher.</c>

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our<00:18:08.660><c> actions,</c><00:18:09.339><c> particularly</c>

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why<00:18:14.779><c> we</c><00:18:15.039><c> did</c><00:18:15.240><c> something</c><00:18:15.619><c> that</c><00:18:15.960><c> was</c><00:18:16.420><c> wrong</c><00:18:16.859><c> or</c><00:18:17.200><c> foolish,</c>

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and<00:18:21.440><c> then,</c><00:18:22.200><c> as</c><00:18:22.859><c> we</c><00:18:23.059><c> see</c><00:18:23.460><c> this</c><00:18:23.819><c> tendency</c><00:18:24.240><c> within</c><00:18:24.599><c> us,</c><00:18:25.079><c> if</c><00:18:25.240><c> we</c><00:18:25.420><c> have</c><00:18:25.660><c> a</c>

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desire<00:18:26.220><c> to</c><00:18:26.519><c> correct</c><00:18:26.859><c> it,</c>

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we<00:18:27.460><c> can.</c><00:18:28.240><c> In</c><00:18:28.500><c> other</c><00:18:28.700><c> words,</c><00:18:29.059><c> we</c><00:18:29.079><c> can</c><00:18:29.319><c> discover</c><00:18:29.960><c> ourselves</c><00:18:30.900><c> or,</c>

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obeying<00:18:33.000><c> the</c><00:18:33.240><c> commandment</c><00:18:33.619><c> of</c><00:18:33.720><c> the</c><00:18:33.900><c> Apostle</c><00:18:34.339><c> Paul,</c>

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examine<00:18:35.559><c> ourselves</c><00:18:36.380><c> to</c><00:18:36.599><c> see</c><00:18:37.000><c> whether</c><00:18:37.279><c> we</c><00:18:37.579><c> be</c><00:18:38.099><c> in</c><00:18:38.880><c> the</c><00:18:39.180><c> faith.</c>

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But<00:18:55.480><c> we</c><00:18:55.619><c> can</c><00:18:55.900><c> also</c><00:18:56.380><c> learn</c><00:18:57.259><c> by</c><00:18:58.279><c> the</c><00:18:58.740><c> process</c><00:18:59.359><c> of,</c><00:19:00.220><c> I'll</c><00:19:00.880><c> call</c><00:19:01.099><c> it,</c><00:19:02.319><c> alimentation,</c><00:19:03.799><c> spiritual</c><00:19:04.359><c> alimentation</c><00:19:05.279><c> or</c><00:19:05.680><c> feeding,</c>

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because<00:19:08.420><c> it</c><00:19:08.640><c> is</c><00:19:09.000><c> a</c><00:19:09.319><c> general</c><00:19:09.720><c> principle</c><00:19:10.359><c> that</c><00:19:12.160><c> our</c><00:19:13.200><c> minds</c><00:19:13.940><c> tend</c>

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I'm<00:19:31.819><c> sure</c><00:19:32.119><c> that</c><00:19:32.400><c> this</c><00:19:33.059><c> is</c><00:19:33.599><c> probably</c>

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of<00:19:42.400><c> television</c><00:19:42.839><c> programming</c><00:19:43.500><c> contains,</c>

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have<00:19:50.220><c> to</c><00:19:51.119><c> say</c><00:19:51.420><c> in</c><00:19:51.619><c> all</c><00:19:51.859><c> honesty</c><00:19:52.319><c> that</c><00:19:52.500><c> there</c><00:19:52.740><c> are</c>

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some<00:19:53.859><c> worthwhile</c><00:19:54.480><c> things</c><00:19:55.079><c> that</c><00:19:55.400><c> one</c><00:19:55.640><c> can</c><00:19:56.019><c> see</c><00:19:56.200><c> on</c><00:19:56.480><c> television,</c><00:19:57.160><c> such</c><00:19:57.380><c> as</c><00:19:57.680><c> news.</c><00:19:59.740><c> If</c>

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one<00:20:00.480><c> limits</c><00:20:00.920><c> oneself</c>

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condemned.<00:20:10.640><c> But</c><00:20:10.940><c> to</c><00:20:11.200><c> feed</c><00:20:11.420><c> our</c><00:20:11.759><c> minds</c><00:20:12.180><c> upon</c><00:20:12.700><c> filth</c>

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letting<00:20:33.440><c> our</c><00:20:33.819><c> minds</c><00:20:34.240><c> feed</c><00:20:34.779><c> upon</c><00:20:35.259><c> this,</c>

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our<00:20:37.380><c> minds</c><00:20:37.859><c> can</c><00:20:38.339><c> first</c><00:20:38.740><c> of</c><00:20:38.960><c> all</c><00:20:39.579><c> discover</c><00:20:40.640><c> what</c><00:20:41.359><c> is</c><00:20:41.700><c> truth.</c><00:20:43.839><c> They</c><00:20:43.960><c> can</c><00:20:44.579><c> then</c><00:20:45.500><c> learn</c><00:20:46.119><c> to</c>

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just<00:21:03.460><c> want</c><00:21:03.619><c> to</c><00:21:03.779><c> read</c>

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nor<00:21:14.539><c> standeth</c><00:21:15.180><c> in</c><00:21:15.319><c> the</c><00:21:15.420><c> way</c><00:21:15.619><c> of</c><00:21:15.940><c> sinners,</c><00:21:17.180><c> nor</c><00:21:17.440><c> sitteth</c><00:21:17.920><c> in</c><00:21:18.180><c> the</c><00:21:18.319><c> seat</c><00:21:18.500><c> of</c>

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But<00:21:21.160><c> his</c><00:21:21.460><c> delight</c><00:21:21.900><c> is</c><00:21:22.220><c> in</c><00:21:22.420><c> the</c><00:21:22.579><c> law</c><00:21:22.960><c> of</c><00:21:23.279><c> the</c><00:21:23.440><c> Lord,</c><00:21:24.440><c> and</c><00:21:24.759><c> in</c><00:21:25.220><c> his</c>

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law<00:21:25.880><c> doth</c><00:21:26.079><c> he</c><00:21:26.380><c> meditate</c><00:21:27.160><c> day</c><00:21:28.440><c> and</c><00:21:28.940><c> night.</c>

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And<00:21:33.720><c> being</c><00:21:33.720><c> antitypically</c><00:21:36.660><c> clean</c><00:21:37.200><c> animals,</c><00:21:37.859><c> which</c><00:21:38.059><c> we</c><00:21:38.299><c> hope</c>

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we<00:21:38.940><c> are,</c><00:21:40.859><c> not</c><00:21:41.160><c> only</c><00:21:41.460><c> must</c><00:21:41.759><c> we</c><00:21:42.500><c> feed</c><00:21:42.980><c> upon</c>

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them,<00:21:50.660><c> as</c><00:21:51.759><c> the</c><00:21:52.000><c> clean</c><00:21:52.220><c> animals</c><00:21:52.859><c> did</c><00:21:53.660><c> and</c><00:21:54.180><c> do.</c>

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you<00:22:19.799><c> therefore,</c><00:22:20.819><c> brethren,</c><00:22:21.640><c> by</c><00:22:21.980><c> the</c><00:22:22.200><c> mercies</c><00:22:22.640><c> of</c><00:22:22.799><c> God</c>

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that<00:22:23.880><c> ye</c><00:22:24.059><c> present</c><00:22:24.460><c> your</c><00:22:24.819><c> bodies</c><00:22:25.220><c> of</c><00:22:25.440><c> living</c><00:22:25.740><c> sacrifice</c><00:22:27.019><c> wholly</c><00:22:28.240><c> acceptable</c><00:22:29.500><c> unto</c><00:22:29.880><c> God,</c>

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which<00:22:30.539><c> is</c><00:22:30.980><c> your</c><00:22:31.259><c> reasonable</c><00:22:31.920><c> service.</c><00:22:34.660><c> And</c><00:22:34.880><c> this</c><00:22:35.119><c> brings</c><00:22:35.400><c> up</c>

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another<00:22:35.880><c> principle</c><00:22:36.299><c> that</c><00:22:36.480><c> we</c><00:22:36.680><c> want</c><00:22:36.839><c> to</c><00:22:37.019><c> talk</c><00:22:37.220><c> about</c>

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shortly,<00:22:38.980><c> namely</c><00:22:39.319><c> that</c><00:22:39.859><c> of</c><00:22:40.140><c> sacrifice.</c><00:22:42.579><c> And</c><00:22:42.859><c> be</c><00:22:43.079><c> not</c><00:22:43.339><c> conformed</c><00:22:44.660><c> to</c><00:22:44.859><c> this</c><00:22:45.240><c> world.</c>

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Now,<00:22:47.779><c> the</c><00:22:47.960><c> more</c><00:22:48.420><c> we</c><00:22:48.680><c> feed</c><00:22:49.059><c> upon</c><00:22:50.180><c> the</c><00:22:50.619><c> world's</c><00:22:51.960><c> garbage,</c><00:22:52.339><c> if</c><00:22:52.519><c> you'll</c><00:22:52.839><c> pardon</c><00:22:53.039><c> my</c>

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use<00:22:53.599><c> of</c><00:22:53.819><c> that</c><00:22:54.279><c> term,</c>

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the<00:22:56.019><c> more</c><00:22:56.759><c> we</c><00:22:57.579><c> are</c><00:22:58.119><c> going</c><00:22:58.380><c> to</c><00:22:58.819><c> become</c><00:22:59.380><c> that</c><00:22:59.940><c> way.</c><00:23:02.480><c> But</c><00:23:02.799><c> on</c><00:23:03.039><c> the</c>

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other<00:23:03.400><c> hand,</c><00:23:03.920><c> if</c><00:23:04.099><c> we</c><00:23:04.420><c> feed</c><00:23:04.880><c> upon</c><00:23:05.440><c> truth,</c>

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the<00:23:07.579><c> high,</c><00:23:08.779><c> noble,</c><00:23:10.200><c> beautiful</c><00:23:10.579><c> things</c><00:23:11.119><c> of</c><00:23:11.319><c> God's</c><00:23:12.079><c> Spirit,</c><00:23:13.900><c> the</c><00:23:14.680><c> transformation</c><00:23:15.440><c> will</c><00:23:15.680><c> go</c>

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in<00:23:16.140><c> the</c><00:23:16.279><c> other</c><00:23:16.460><c> way.</c>

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So<00:23:17.900><c> he</c><00:23:18.000><c> says,</c><00:23:18.759><c> but</c><00:23:18.759><c> be</c><00:23:19.279><c> ye</c><00:23:19.619><c> transformed</c><00:23:20.279><c> by</c><00:23:20.720><c> the</c><00:23:20.920><c> renewing</c><00:23:21.400><c> of</c>

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your<00:23:21.819><c> mind</c><00:23:22.140><c> that</c><00:23:22.380><c> ye</c><00:23:22.640><c> may</c><00:23:22.920><c> prove</c>

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what<00:23:24.160><c> is</c><00:23:24.500><c> that</c><00:23:24.759><c> good</c><00:23:25.180><c> and</c><00:23:26.000><c> acceptable</c><00:23:26.599><c> and</c><00:23:27.859><c> perfect</c><00:23:28.599><c> will</c><00:23:29.180><c> of</c><00:23:29.640><c> God.</c>

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It<00:23:32.079><c> is</c><00:23:32.720><c> God's</c><00:23:33.240><c> perfect</c><00:23:33.500><c> or</c><00:23:33.759><c> complete</c><00:23:34.279><c> will</c><00:23:34.920><c> that</c><00:23:36.059><c> we</c><00:23:36.299><c> become</c>

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as<00:23:37.160><c> much</c><00:23:37.619><c> like</c><00:23:37.960><c> him</c><00:23:38.660><c> as</c><00:23:39.299><c> possible.</c>

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You<00:23:40.819><c> remember</c><00:23:41.039><c> we</c><00:23:41.259><c> referred</c><00:23:41.799><c> yesterday</c><00:23:42.619><c> to</c><00:23:43.720><c> Jesus</c><00:23:44.160><c> being</c><00:23:44.500><c> spoken</c><00:23:44.859><c> out</c>

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in<00:23:45.779><c> Zechariah</c><00:23:46.940><c> as</c><00:23:47.519><c> the</c><00:23:47.799><c> man,</c><00:23:48.480><c> God's</c><00:23:49.599><c> fellow.</c>

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We<00:23:55.799><c> said</c><00:23:56.039><c> also</c><00:23:56.480><c> yesterday</c><00:23:57.099><c> that</c><00:23:57.660><c> anything,</c><00:23:59.420><c> whether</c><00:23:59.700><c> it</c><00:24:00.900><c> be</c>

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in<00:24:02.019><c> worldly</c><00:24:02.400><c> accomplishment,</c><00:24:03.240><c> but</c><00:24:03.500><c> certainly</c>

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in<00:24:04.559><c> spiritual</c><00:24:05.140><c> accomplishment,</c><00:24:06.460><c> takes</c><00:24:06.579><c> effort.</c><00:24:08.519><c> It</c><00:24:08.680><c> takes</c>

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deliberate<00:24:09.500><c> effort.</c><00:24:11.640><c> We</c><00:24:11.900><c> have</c><00:24:12.200><c> to</c><00:24:12.400><c> desire</c>

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to<00:24:14.079><c> be</c><00:24:14.900><c> good,</c><00:24:16.660><c> to</c><00:24:16.799><c> be</c><00:24:17.140><c> true.</c><00:24:19.019><c> No</c><00:24:19.200><c> one</c><00:24:19.440><c> can</c><00:24:20.099><c> legislate</c><00:24:20.859><c> this</c><00:24:21.160><c> to</c>

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us,<00:24:23.039><c> though</c><00:24:23.140><c> one</c><00:24:23.920><c> is</c><00:24:24.680><c> true</c><00:24:25.480><c> through</c><00:24:26.099><c> legislation</c>

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affecting<00:24:30.039><c> us</c><00:24:30.619><c> when</c><00:24:31.079><c> we</c><00:24:31.359><c> are</c><00:24:31.680><c> immature,</c><00:24:35.180><c> shield</c><00:24:35.400><c> us</c><00:24:35.660><c> from</c><00:24:36.279><c> some</c><00:24:36.579><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:38.539><c> malign</c><00:24:39.160><c> influences</c><00:24:39.880><c> of</c><00:24:40.259><c> the</c><00:24:40.460><c> world.</c>

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But<00:24:43.259><c> basically,</c><00:24:44.839><c> people</c><00:24:45.059><c> will</c><00:24:45.380><c> not</c><00:24:45.599><c> be</c><00:24:46.019><c> good</c><00:24:46.380><c> unless</c><00:24:46.900><c> they</c><00:24:47.279><c> desire</c><00:24:47.859><c> to</c>

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be<00:24:48.420><c> good.</c><00:24:50.160><c> This</c><00:24:50.460><c> is</c><00:24:50.740><c> a</c><00:24:50.980><c> principle.</c>

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We<00:24:53.500><c> will</c><00:24:53.740><c> only</c><00:24:53.980><c> be</c><00:24:54.259><c> good</c><00:24:54.980><c> if</c><00:24:55.480><c> we</c><00:24:55.759><c> want</c><00:24:56.140><c> to</c><00:24:56.500><c> be</c><00:24:56.660><c> good.</c><00:24:59.019><c> And</c><00:24:59.339><c> we</c><00:24:59.500><c> will</c><00:24:59.759><c> only</c><00:25:00.059><c> want</c><00:25:00.380><c> to</c>

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be<00:25:00.799><c> good</c><00:25:01.319><c> if</c><00:25:01.740><c> we</c><00:25:01.940><c> can</c><00:25:02.220><c> see,</c>

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first<00:25:03.880><c> of</c><00:25:04.099><c> all,</c><00:25:05.720><c> that</c><00:25:05.960><c> it</c><00:25:06.819><c> is</c><00:25:07.140><c> the</c><00:25:07.240><c> only</c><00:25:07.819><c> proper</c><00:25:08.240><c> thing</c><00:25:08.839><c> to</c><00:25:09.140><c> be,</c>

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and<00:25:10.240><c> this</c><00:25:10.519><c> is</c><00:25:10.880><c> why</c><00:25:11.140><c> we</c><00:25:11.339><c> should</c><00:25:11.539><c> want</c><00:25:11.799><c> to</c><00:25:11.980><c> be</c><00:25:12.160><c> good.</c>

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But<00:25:13.880><c> also,</c><00:25:15.420><c> of</c><00:25:15.759><c> course,</c><00:25:16.099><c> we</c><00:25:16.200><c> know</c><00:25:16.539><c> that</c><00:25:16.720><c> there</c><00:25:17.000><c> are</c><00:25:17.259><c> rewards</c>

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for<00:25:17.980><c> being</c><00:25:18.339><c> good,</c><00:25:19.039><c> and</c><00:25:19.119><c> God</c><00:25:19.400><c> has</c><00:25:19.660><c> promised</c><00:25:20.039><c> us</c>

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a<00:25:21.000><c> reward.</c><00:25:23.799><c> But</c><00:25:24.200><c> if</c><00:25:24.380><c> we're</c><00:25:24.720><c> going</c><00:25:24.940><c> to</c><00:25:25.119><c> be</c><00:25:25.299><c> good</c><00:25:25.559><c> just</c><00:25:26.200><c> in</c><00:25:26.480><c> hope</c>

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of<00:25:27.200><c> reaping</c><00:25:27.799><c> that</c><00:25:28.079><c> reward,</c>

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I<00:25:29.819><c> don't</c><00:25:30.079><c> believe</c><00:25:30.559><c> that</c><00:25:30.920><c> we</c><00:25:31.039><c> are</c><00:25:32.279><c> entirely,</c><00:25:32.980><c> properly</c><00:25:33.759><c> motivated.</c>

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You<00:25:36.759><c> probably</c><00:25:37.279><c> may</c><00:25:37.480><c> have</c><00:25:37.680><c> heard</c><00:25:37.900><c> the</c><00:25:38.099><c> old</c><00:25:38.539><c> adage</c><00:25:39.259><c> that</c><00:25:40.200><c> honesty</c><00:25:40.920><c> is</c><00:25:41.279><c> the</c>

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best<00:25:41.839><c> policy,</c>

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but<00:25:44.140><c> he</c><00:25:44.539><c> who</c><00:25:44.799><c> acts</c><00:25:45.220><c> on</c><00:25:45.500><c> that</c><00:25:45.839><c> policy</c><00:25:46.319><c> is</c><00:25:46.519><c> not</c><00:25:46.779><c> an</c><00:25:47.000><c> honest</c><00:25:47.220><c> man.</c>

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What<00:25:49.579><c> does</c><00:25:49.859><c> it</c><00:25:49.859><c> mean?</c>

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It<00:25:51.799><c> merely</c><00:25:52.099><c> means</c><00:25:52.519><c> that</c><00:25:52.759><c> if</c><00:25:52.980><c> you</c><00:25:53.200><c> are</c><00:25:53.440><c> honest</c><00:25:53.740><c> only</c><00:25:54.079><c> because</c>

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it<00:25:54.680><c> pays</c><00:25:55.079><c> off</c><00:25:55.619><c> in</c><00:25:56.119><c> business</c><00:25:56.539><c> and</c><00:25:56.779><c> other</c>

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relationships,<00:25:58.000><c> if</c><00:25:58.220><c> that's</c><00:25:58.519><c> your</c><00:25:58.720><c> reason</c><00:25:58.940><c> for</c><00:25:59.079><c> being</c><00:25:59.440><c> honest,</c><00:26:00.220><c> you're</c>

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really<00:26:00.619><c> not</c><00:26:00.859><c> fundamentally</c><00:26:01.400><c> honest.</c>

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So<00:26:04.380><c> also,</c><00:26:06.299><c> if</c><00:26:06.480><c> we</c><00:26:06.819><c> are</c><00:26:08.039><c> good</c><00:26:08.640><c> living</c><00:26:08.960><c> people,</c><00:26:11.579><c> we</c><00:26:12.160><c> are</c><00:26:13.400><c> righteous</c><00:26:13.880><c> insofar</c>

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as<00:26:14.799><c> it</c><00:26:14.900><c> is</c><00:26:15.099><c> possible</c><00:26:15.440><c> for</c><00:26:15.680><c> a</c><00:26:15.859><c> human</c>

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being<00:26:16.380><c> to</c><00:26:16.460><c> be</c><00:26:16.720><c> righteous,</c><00:26:18.980><c> only</c><00:26:19.279><c> because</c><00:26:20.079><c> we</c><00:26:20.420><c> hope</c><00:26:20.799><c> for</c><00:26:21.200><c> a</c><00:26:21.380><c> reward,</c><00:26:23.579><c> we</c>

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are<00:26:24.220><c> not</c><00:26:25.160><c> fundamentally</c><00:26:25.799><c> good</c>

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and<00:26:27.240><c> fundamentally</c><00:26:28.000><c> righteous.</c><00:26:30.460><c> We</c><00:26:31.420><c> have</c><00:26:31.700><c> to</c><00:26:31.799><c> develop</c><00:26:32.519><c> what</c>

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is<00:26:33.299><c> called</c><00:26:34.079><c> the</c><00:26:34.660><c> Spirit</c><00:26:35.359><c> of</c><00:26:35.619><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:26:36.660><c> we</c><00:26:36.880><c> hear</c><00:26:37.119><c> much</c><00:26:37.380><c> talk</c><00:26:37.779><c> about</c><00:26:38.319><c> the</c><00:26:38.720><c> Spirit</c><00:26:39.460><c> of</c><00:26:39.619><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:26:43.559><c> nearly</c><00:26:44.160><c> everyone</c><00:26:44.839><c> in</c><00:26:45.240><c> the</c><00:26:45.359><c> Christian</c><00:26:45.619><c> body</c><00:26:46.200><c> can</c><00:26:46.519><c> quote</c>

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there<00:26:47.119><c> from</c><00:26:47.339><c> Romans</c><00:26:47.720><c> 8,</c>

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if<00:26:49.460><c> any</c><00:26:49.660><c> man</c><00:26:49.980><c> have</c><00:26:50.279><c> not</c><00:26:50.559><c> the</c><00:26:50.859><c> Spirit</c><00:26:51.299><c> of</c><00:26:51.579><c> Christ,</c><00:26:52.160><c> he</c><00:26:52.359><c> is</c><00:26:52.579><c> none</c>

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of<00:26:52.980><c> his.</c>

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What<00:27:03.779><c> does</c><00:27:04.079><c> it</c><00:27:04.079><c> mean</c><00:27:04.460><c> to</c><00:27:04.660><c> have</c><00:27:04.839><c> the</c><00:27:05.019><c> Spirit</c><00:27:05.480><c> of</c><00:27:05.680><c> Christ?</c>

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Does<00:27:08.660><c> it</c><00:27:08.920><c> mean</c><00:27:10.160><c> merely</c><00:27:11.779><c> to</c><00:27:12.599><c> be</c><00:27:12.940><c> very</c><00:27:13.380><c> agreeable,</c><00:27:14.220><c> sweet,</c><00:27:14.920><c> gentle,</c><00:27:15.960><c> loving</c><00:27:16.160><c> and</c>

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so<00:27:16.660><c> forth?</c><00:27:17.660><c> Not</c><00:27:18.299><c> necessarily.</c>

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There<00:27:21.700><c> is</c><00:27:22.420><c> nothing</c><00:27:22.799><c> mysterious</c><00:27:23.619><c> about</c><00:27:24.160><c> the</c><00:27:24.420><c> term.</c><00:27:26.700><c> The</c><00:27:26.799><c> Spirit</c><00:27:27.279><c> of</c><00:27:27.500><c> Christ</c><00:27:28.140><c> is</c>

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the<00:27:28.940><c> spirit</c><00:27:29.380><c> or</c><00:27:29.720><c> the</c><00:27:29.980><c> attitude</c>

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that<00:27:30.579><c> Christ</c><00:27:30.880><c> had.</c><00:27:32.940><c> That's</c><00:27:33.339><c> it.</c><00:27:34.599><c> Plainly</c><00:27:35.240><c> and</c><00:27:35.420><c> simply</c><00:27:35.859><c> stated.</c><00:27:38.039><c> But</c>

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:40.920
what<00:27:38.460><c> was</c><00:27:38.799><c> the</c><00:27:39.000><c> Spirit</c><00:27:39.299><c> that</c><00:27:39.480><c> Christ</c><00:27:39.799><c> had?</c>

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It<00:27:41.619><c> was</c><00:27:41.759><c> first</c><00:27:42.079><c> of</c><00:27:42.279><c> all</c><00:27:42.940><c> that</c><00:27:43.460><c> first</c><00:27:44.259><c> most</c><00:27:44.519><c> important</c><00:27:45.039><c> principle</c><00:27:45.460><c> at</c><00:27:45.700><c> the</c>

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top<00:27:45.960><c> of</c><00:27:46.180><c> the</c><00:27:46.299><c> hierarchy</c><00:27:46.779><c> to</c><00:27:46.980><c> do</c>

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:56.980
His<00:27:47.500><c> Father's</c><00:27:47.880><c> will.</c><00:27:53.579><c> And</c><00:27:53.779><c> people,</c><00:27:54.079><c> I'm</c><00:27:54.339><c> afraid,</c><00:27:54.900><c> get</c><00:27:55.180><c> confused</c><00:27:56.319><c> along</c>

00:27:56.980 --> 00:28:00.980
this<00:27:57.920><c> line</c><00:27:58.960><c> in</c><00:27:59.960><c> speaking</c><00:28:00.259><c> of</c><00:28:00.460><c> the</c><00:28:00.619><c> Spirit</c>

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:04.000
of<00:28:01.140><c> Christ,</c><00:28:01.460><c> particularly</c><00:28:01.940><c> when</c><00:28:02.220><c> they</c><00:28:02.940><c> identify</c><00:28:03.480><c> it</c><00:28:03.779><c> with</c>

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being<00:28:04.900><c> very</c><00:28:06.019><c> sweet</c><00:28:06.619><c> and</c><00:28:07.019><c> agreeable.</c>

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We<00:28:08.759><c> can</c><00:28:09.000><c> ask</c><00:28:09.779><c> the</c><00:28:10.059><c> honest</c><00:28:10.339><c> question,</c><00:28:11.700><c> who</c><00:28:12.240><c> is</c><00:28:12.579><c> being</c><00:28:13.539><c> exalted,</c>

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:20.640
God<00:28:15.460><c> or</c><00:28:16.160><c> man?</c><00:28:18.779><c> Let's</c><00:28:19.099><c> think</c><00:28:19.319><c> about</c><00:28:19.599><c> that.</c>

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:29.380
We<00:28:22.839><c> have</c><00:28:23.039><c> said</c><00:28:23.299><c> that</c><00:28:23.500><c> God's</c><00:28:24.000><c> will</c><00:28:24.539><c> must</c><00:28:25.500><c> come</c><00:28:26.559><c> above</c><00:28:27.579><c> man's</c><00:28:28.400><c> will.</c>

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:35.539
And<00:28:31.019><c> this</c><00:28:31.480><c> leads</c><00:28:31.799><c> us</c><00:28:32.039><c> then</c><00:28:32.240><c> to</c><00:28:32.480><c> a</c><00:28:32.640><c> very</c><00:28:33.460><c> general</c><00:28:34.200><c> principle,</c>

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:41.039
possibly<00:28:36.720><c> second</c><00:28:38.099><c> in</c><00:28:38.460><c> rank</c><00:28:38.900><c> to</c><00:28:39.480><c> the</c><00:28:39.640><c> fact</c><00:28:39.900><c> that</c><00:28:40.099><c> God's</c><00:28:40.599><c> will</c>

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must<00:28:41.880><c> be</c><00:28:42.319><c> exalted</c><00:28:42.900><c> and</c><00:28:43.319><c> obeyed.</c><00:28:45.599><c> Namely,</c><00:28:47.700><c> when</c><00:28:47.819><c> we</c><00:28:48.359><c> are</c><00:28:49.279><c> in</c><00:28:49.700><c> a</c>

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situation<00:28:50.420><c> where</c><00:28:50.640><c> we</c><00:28:50.799><c> have</c><00:28:51.119><c> to</c>

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:55.519
determine<00:28:52.380><c> whether</c><00:28:52.900><c> something</c><00:28:53.400><c> is</c><00:28:53.759><c> right</c><00:28:54.200><c> or</c><00:28:54.799><c> something</c><00:28:55.180><c> is</c>

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wrong,<00:28:57.799><c> we</c><00:28:57.940><c> should</c><00:28:58.299><c> ask</c><00:28:58.640><c> ourselves,</c>

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what<00:29:00.579><c> does</c><00:29:01.119><c> it</c><00:29:01.920><c> exalt</c><00:29:02.500><c> or</c><00:29:02.900><c> honor?</c><00:29:04.299><c> God</c><00:29:04.880><c> or</c><00:29:06.079><c> man?</c><00:29:08.059><c> Remembering</c>

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:12.400
that<00:29:08.880><c> you</c><00:29:09.480><c> yourself</c><00:29:10.259><c> are</c><00:29:10.880><c> a</c><00:29:11.140><c> man</c><00:29:11.460><c> in</c><00:29:11.819><c> the</c><00:29:11.980><c> sense</c><00:29:12.160><c> of</c>

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:20.319
homo<00:29:12.740><c> sapiens,</c><00:29:13.740><c> the</c><00:29:14.220><c> human</c><00:29:14.519><c> race.</c><00:29:17.119><c> If</c><00:29:17.619><c> it</c><00:29:17.880><c> exalts</c><00:29:18.319><c> man,</c><00:29:20.119><c> it's</c>

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wrong.<00:29:22.339><c> If</c><00:29:22.539><c> it</c><00:29:22.819><c> exalts</c><00:29:23.259><c> God,</c><00:29:24.779><c> it's</c><00:29:25.059><c> right.</c>

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:35.240
Now,<00:29:30.759><c> there</c><00:29:30.819><c> may</c><00:29:31.140><c> be</c><00:29:32.599><c> situations</c><00:29:33.240><c> that</c><00:29:33.460><c> you</c><00:29:33.619><c> get</c><00:29:33.859><c> into,</c><00:29:34.599><c> decisions</c><00:29:35.079><c> you</c>

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have<00:29:35.519><c> to</c><00:29:35.680><c> make,</c><00:29:36.039><c> where</c><00:29:36.380><c> it's</c><00:29:36.700><c> not</c><00:29:36.980><c> possible</c>

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:47.259
to<00:29:37.720><c> see</c><00:29:38.140><c> whether</c><00:29:38.480><c> there</c><00:29:39.339><c> is</c><00:29:39.700><c> any</c><00:29:40.259><c> exaltation</c><00:29:41.759><c> of</c><00:29:42.160><c> God</c><00:29:42.759><c> necessarily</c><00:29:43.799><c> in</c><00:29:44.460><c> them.</c><00:29:46.420><c> But</c>

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:50.119
then<00:29:48.960><c> I</c><00:29:49.059><c> think</c><00:29:49.240><c> we</c><00:29:49.460><c> have</c><00:29:49.700><c> to</c>

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:56.859
ask<00:29:50.660><c> ourselves</c><00:29:51.400><c> this</c><00:29:51.819><c> question.</c><00:29:54.200><c> How</c><00:29:54.559><c> is</c><00:29:54.779><c> it</c><00:29:54.960><c> going</c><00:29:55.119><c> to</c><00:29:55.440><c> affect</c><00:29:55.759><c> me?</c>

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Is<00:29:57.799><c> it</c><00:29:58.099><c> going</c><00:29:58.240><c> to</c><00:29:58.660><c> help</c><00:29:58.920><c> me</c><00:29:59.500><c> in</c><00:29:59.799><c> my</c><00:30:00.200><c> exaltation</c>

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:06.200
of<00:30:01.500><c> God's</c><00:30:02.099><c> will,</c><00:30:02.599><c> or</c><00:30:02.900><c> is</c><00:30:03.160><c> it</c><00:30:03.259><c> going</c><00:30:03.500><c> to</c><00:30:03.700><c> make</c><00:30:03.880><c> it</c><00:30:03.960><c> more</c><00:30:04.240><c> difficult</c><00:30:04.779><c> for</c><00:30:05.039><c> me?</c>

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:09.039
I<00:30:07.640><c> think</c><00:30:07.920><c> as</c><00:30:08.180><c> Ted</c><00:30:08.339><c> brought</c><00:30:08.640><c> out</c><00:30:08.920><c> in</c>

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:16.220
one<00:30:09.259><c> of</c><00:30:09.380><c> his</c><00:30:09.579><c> lessons</c><00:30:10.220><c> that</c><00:30:11.079><c> anything</c><00:30:11.799><c> that</c><00:30:12.440><c> injures</c><00:30:12.880><c> us,</c><00:30:13.819><c> that</c><00:30:14.220><c> impedes</c><00:30:15.220><c> our</c>

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progress<00:30:16.900><c> or</c><00:30:18.779><c> hinders</c><00:30:19.539><c> this</c>

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personal<00:30:21.059><c> transformation,</c><00:30:22.400><c> the</c><00:30:22.619><c> transformation</c><00:30:23.259><c> of</c><00:30:23.500><c> our</c><00:30:23.720><c> mind</c><00:30:23.940><c> that</c><00:30:24.099><c> we</c>

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:26.380
read<00:30:24.460><c> about</c><00:30:24.759><c> there</c><00:30:24.980><c> in</c><00:30:25.119><c> Romans</c><00:30:25.539><c> 11,</c>

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is<00:30:27.059><c> hurting</c><00:30:27.480><c> the</c><00:30:28.440><c> body</c><00:30:28.900><c> of</c><00:30:29.119><c> Christ,</c><00:30:31.200><c> maybe</c><00:30:31.480><c> to</c><00:30:31.799><c> only</c><00:30:32.700><c> a</c><00:30:32.940><c> slight</c>

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degree,<00:30:33.640><c> but</c><00:30:33.779><c> nevertheless</c><00:30:34.339><c> it</c><00:30:34.599><c> is</c><00:30:34.819><c> hurting</c><00:30:35.039><c> it,</c>

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and<00:30:35.980><c> therefore</c><00:30:36.380><c> it</c><00:30:36.740><c> is</c><00:30:37.160><c> hurting</c><00:30:37.680><c> Christ</c><00:30:38.859><c> and</c><00:30:40.220><c> is</c><00:30:40.940><c> dishonoring</c><00:30:41.779><c> God.</c>

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So<00:30:45.240><c> in</c><00:30:45.380><c> our</c><00:30:45.619><c> personal</c><00:30:46.039><c> decisions</c><00:30:46.819><c> then,</c><00:30:48.180><c> we</c><00:30:48.319><c> need</c><00:30:48.619><c> to</c><00:30:48.880><c> stop</c><00:30:49.140><c> to</c>

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think.<00:30:50.839><c> If</c><00:30:51.180><c> I</c><00:30:51.420><c> do</c><00:30:51.720><c> such</c><00:30:52.000><c> and</c><00:30:52.279><c> such,</c>

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am<00:30:54.700><c> I</c><00:30:55.380><c> going</c><00:30:55.900><c> to</c><00:30:56.240><c> be</c><00:30:57.759><c> diminished,</c><00:30:59.779><c> or</c><00:30:59.839><c> is</c><00:31:00.079><c> my</c><00:31:01.380><c> love</c><00:31:01.720><c> for</c><00:31:02.079><c> God</c><00:31:02.660><c> and</c><00:31:03.180><c> desire</c><00:31:03.640><c> to</c>

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obey<00:31:04.099><c> Him</c><00:31:04.299><c> going</c><00:31:04.559><c> to</c><00:31:04.799><c> be</c><00:31:05.079><c> diminished,</c>

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or<00:31:06.980><c> not?</c><00:31:09.099><c> If</c><00:31:09.420><c> it</c><00:31:09.480><c> is</c><00:31:09.660><c> something</c><00:31:10.000><c> that</c><00:31:10.220><c> is</c><00:31:10.440><c> going</c><00:31:10.759><c> to</c><00:31:11.539><c> militate</c>

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against<00:31:12.880><c> my</c><00:31:14.000><c> service</c><00:31:14.420><c> to</c><00:31:14.619><c> God,</c>

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as<00:31:16.579><c> Ted</c><00:31:16.819><c> was</c><00:31:16.960><c> pointing</c><00:31:17.240><c> out</c><00:31:17.480><c> last</c><00:31:17.819><c> night,</c><00:31:18.059><c> if</c><00:31:18.200><c> it</c><00:31:18.380><c> is</c><00:31:18.559><c> going</c><00:31:18.799><c> to</c>

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consume<00:31:19.460><c> some</c><00:31:19.759><c> valuable</c><00:31:20.259><c> time</c><00:31:20.720><c> that</c><00:31:20.880><c> really</c><00:31:21.279><c> belongs</c>

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:27.619
to<00:31:21.940><c> God</c><00:31:22.460><c> so</c><00:31:23.819><c> that</c><00:31:23.960><c> I</c><00:31:24.039><c> can't</c><00:31:24.359><c> serve</c><00:31:24.660><c> Him</c><00:31:24.819><c> as</c><00:31:25.119><c> well,</c><00:31:27.079><c> then</c><00:31:27.259><c> it</c><00:31:27.380><c> is</c>

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:32.880
wrong.<00:31:30.680><c> And</c><00:31:30.880><c> so</c><00:31:31.119><c> this</c><00:31:31.339><c> business</c><00:31:31.839><c> of</c><00:31:32.099><c> managing</c>

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:39.059
our<00:31:33.720><c> lives</c><00:31:34.480><c> is</c><00:31:35.220><c> a</c><00:31:35.380><c> difficult</c><00:31:35.880><c> one,</c><00:31:37.440><c> but</c><00:31:37.680><c> it</c><00:31:37.759><c> can</c><00:31:38.000><c> best</c><00:31:38.259><c> be</c><00:31:38.519><c> done</c>

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:43.099
if<00:31:39.480><c> we</c><00:31:39.680><c> can</c><00:31:40.119><c> recognize</c><00:31:41.339><c> these</c><00:31:41.980><c> fundamental</c>

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:53.099
principles,<00:31:44.720><c> if</c><00:31:45.400><c> we</c><00:31:45.579><c> can</c><00:31:45.940><c> keep</c><00:31:46.500><c> them</c><00:31:47.779><c> uppermost</c><00:31:48.819><c> in</c><00:31:49.279><c> our</c><00:31:49.599><c> minds,</c><00:31:51.359><c> applying</c><00:31:51.940><c> principles</c><00:31:52.680><c> all</c>

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:54.390
the<00:31:53.279><c> time.</c>

00:31:55.960 --> 00:32:01.920
We<00:31:56.140><c> said</c><00:31:56.359><c> yesterday,</c><00:31:57.079><c> following</c><00:31:57.680><c> Brother</c><00:31:58.779><c> Isaac</c><00:31:59.240><c> Collier's</c>

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:06.440
figure<00:32:02.539><c> of</c><00:32:03.819><c> principles</c><00:32:04.339><c> being</c><00:32:04.700><c> light</c><00:32:05.079><c> stars</c>

00:32:06.369 --> 00:32:13.799
by<00:32:06.940><c> which</c><00:32:07.200><c> one</c><00:32:07.460><c> can</c><00:32:07.740><c> navigate</c><00:32:08.539><c> on</c><00:32:09.480><c> the</c><00:32:10.000><c> seas,</c><00:32:12.200><c> so</c><00:32:12.440><c> also</c><00:32:12.980><c> we</c><00:32:13.579><c> who</c>

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:16.380
are<00:32:13.980><c> on</c><00:32:14.319><c> the</c><00:32:14.579><c> sea</c><00:32:14.920><c> of</c><00:32:15.220><c> life</c>

00:32:16.430 --> 00:32:23.559
can<00:32:17.000><c> navigate</c><00:32:17.980><c> our</c><00:32:19.460><c> little</c><00:32:19.819><c> ship</c><00:32:20.319><c> of</c><00:32:20.759><c> salvation</c><00:32:21.559><c> by</c>

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:33.960
keeping<00:32:26.799><c> continual</c><00:32:27.940><c> attention</c><00:32:28.819><c> to</c><00:32:29.900><c> these</c><00:32:30.380><c> fundamental</c><00:32:31.279><c> principles,</c><00:32:33.039><c> letting</c><00:32:33.339><c> them</c>

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:35.440
be<00:32:34.500><c> our</c><00:32:34.839><c> guides,</c>

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:43.519
and<00:32:36.519><c> learning</c><00:32:36.940><c> these</c><00:32:37.400><c> principles</c><00:32:38.180><c> from</c><00:32:39.559><c> the</c><00:32:40.200><c> scriptures</c><00:32:40.720><c> themselves,</c><00:32:42.940><c> and</c>

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:48.200
giving<00:32:45.400><c> due</c><00:32:45.839><c> thought</c><00:32:46.319><c> to</c><00:32:46.559><c> ourselves.</c>

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:54.680
Getting<00:32:48.660><c> back</c><00:32:49.720><c> to</c><00:32:50.000><c> what</c><00:32:50.180><c> it</c><00:32:50.359><c> said</c><00:32:50.640><c> there</c><00:32:51.339><c> in</c><00:32:52.039><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:52.619><c> 17</c><00:32:53.359><c>.9</c>

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:56.759
about<00:32:55.240><c> the</c><00:32:55.460><c> heart</c><00:32:55.680><c> being</c><00:32:56.039><c> deceitful,</c>

00:32:56.759 --> 00:33:02.059
who<00:32:57.099><c> can</c><00:32:57.319><c> know</c><00:32:57.480><c> it,</c><00:32:58.519><c> we</c><00:32:58.960><c> can</c><00:32:59.259><c> learn</c><00:32:59.599><c> to</c><00:32:59.799><c> know</c><00:32:59.960><c> it,</c><00:33:01.259><c> and</c><00:33:01.539><c> we</c><00:33:01.740><c> can</c>

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learn<00:33:02.759><c> to</c><00:33:03.640><c> control</c><00:33:04.140><c> it</c><00:33:05.000><c> to</c><00:33:05.220><c> a</c><00:33:05.400><c> limited</c><00:33:05.799><c> extent,</c>

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:11.680
and<00:33:07.799><c> maybe</c><00:33:08.160><c> to</c><00:33:08.539><c> a</c><00:33:08.779><c> sufficient</c><00:33:09.240><c> extent</c><00:33:09.960><c> that</c><00:33:10.539><c> God</c><00:33:11.019><c> and</c><00:33:11.319><c> Christ</c>

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will<00:33:11.940><c> be</c><00:33:12.180><c> pleased</c><00:33:12.559><c> to</c><00:33:13.460><c> approve</c><00:33:13.920><c> of</c><00:33:14.380><c> the</c><00:33:14.819><c> measure</c>

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of<00:33:15.579><c> control</c><00:33:16.059><c> over</c><00:33:16.440><c> ourselves</c><00:33:17.119><c> that</c><00:33:17.319><c> we</c><00:33:17.700><c> have</c><00:33:18.019><c> achieved.</c><00:33:20.019><c> But</c>

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:22.250
it's<00:33:20.359><c> something</c><00:33:20.640><c> we've</c><00:33:20.940><c> got</c><00:33:21.039><c> to</c><00:33:21.160><c> work</c><00:33:21.380><c> at.</c>

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It<00:33:22.990><c> doesn't</c><00:33:23.250><c> come</c><00:33:23.529><c> easily.</c><00:33:25.210><c> It</c><00:33:25.410><c> isn't</c><00:33:26.109><c> something</c><00:33:26.710><c> that</c><00:33:27.069><c> we</c>

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can<00:33:29.410><c> drift</c><00:33:29.910><c> into.</c>

00:33:34.829 --> 00:33:39.869
We<00:33:35.029><c> said</c><00:33:35.190><c> we</c><00:33:35.329><c> wanted</c><00:33:35.609><c> to</c><00:33:35.829><c> talk</c><00:33:36.009><c> a</c><00:33:36.150><c> bit</c><00:33:36.369><c> about</c><00:33:36.869><c> the</c><00:33:37.329><c> significance</c><00:33:37.849><c> of</c><00:33:38.349><c> sacrifice</c><00:33:39.109><c> because</c>

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sacrifice<00:33:41.009><c> is</c>

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a<00:33:42.329><c> principle.</c><00:33:45.710><c> It</c><00:33:46.789><c> is</c><00:33:48.250><c> a</c><00:33:48.910><c> principle</c><00:33:49.250><c> that</c><00:33:49.450><c> we</c><00:33:49.690><c> must</c><00:33:50.190><c> observe.</c>

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We're<00:33:53.650><c> not,</c><00:33:54.009><c> of</c><00:33:54.130><c> course,</c><00:33:54.650><c> under</c><00:33:55.170><c> the</c><00:33:56.069><c> mosaic</c>

00:33:56.589 --> 00:34:02.589
law<00:33:57.190><c> where</c><00:33:57.650><c> we</c><00:33:57.849><c> are</c><00:33:58.089><c> required</c><00:33:58.589><c> to</c><00:33:59.750><c> offer</c><00:34:00.390><c> animal</c><00:34:01.190><c> sacrifices,</c>

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but<00:34:03.529><c> we</c><00:34:04.289><c> are</c><00:34:05.049><c> not</c><00:34:06.210><c> thereby</c><00:34:07.150><c> relieved</c>

00:34:08.210 --> 00:34:18.230
of<00:34:08.730><c> the</c><00:34:08.969><c> necessity</c><00:34:10.050><c> to</c><00:34:10.889><c> sacrifice.</c><00:34:14.010><c> We</c><00:34:14.130><c> read</c><00:34:14.369><c> here,</c><00:34:14.769><c> you</c><00:34:14.989><c> recall,</c><00:34:17.730><c> in</c>

00:34:18.949 --> 00:34:26.269
Romans<00:34:19.550><c> 12</c><00:34:20.170><c>.1</c><00:34:21.570><c> that</c><00:34:21.849><c> we</c><00:34:22.070><c> should</c><00:34:22.309><c> present</c><00:34:22.809><c> our</c><00:34:23.210><c> bodies,</c><00:34:25.750><c> bodies</c>

00:34:26.269 --> 00:34:30.829
again<00:34:26.889><c> being</c><00:34:27.329><c> metaphorical</c><00:34:28.449><c> for</c><00:34:29.289><c> our</c><00:34:30.250><c> whole</c>

00:34:30.829 --> 00:34:43.489
being,<00:34:32.590><c> including</c><00:34:33.110><c> our</c><00:34:33.710><c> thinking,</c><00:34:35.929><c> a</c><00:34:36.230><c> living</c><00:34:37.030><c> sacrifice</c><00:34:38.630><c> wholly</c><00:34:40.789><c> acceptable</c><00:34:41.530><c> unto</c><00:34:41.849><c> God,</c><00:34:42.329><c> which</c><00:34:42.510><c> is</c><00:34:42.969><c> your</c>

00:34:43.489 --> 00:34:53.750
reasonable<00:34:44.730><c> service.</c><00:34:50.969><c> Remembering</c><00:34:52.010><c> that</c><00:34:52.469><c> everything</c><00:34:53.349><c> that</c>

00:34:53.750 --> 00:34:59.289
we<00:34:54.110><c> have</c><00:34:54.869><c> is</c><00:34:56.010><c> God's.</c><00:34:57.690><c> We</c><00:34:58.070><c> mention</c><00:34:58.510><c> the</c><00:34:58.809><c> time</c><00:34:59.110><c> that</c>

00:34:59.289 --> 00:35:05.670
we<00:34:59.710><c> have</c><00:34:59.710><c> at</c><00:34:59.869><c> our</c><00:35:00.150><c> disposal,</c><00:35:01.769><c> even</c><00:35:02.309><c> our</c><00:35:03.030><c> very</c><00:35:03.409><c> lives,</c><00:35:05.289><c> because</c>

00:35:05.670 --> 00:35:07.769
when<00:35:05.949><c> the</c><00:35:06.150><c> time</c><00:35:06.349><c> comes</c><00:35:06.869><c> for</c>

00:35:10.010 --> 00:35:15.050
the<00:35:10.809><c> dust</c><00:35:11.150><c> to</c><00:35:11.670><c> return</c><00:35:12.230><c> to</c><00:35:12.449><c> the</c><00:35:12.670><c> earth,</c><00:35:13.789><c> the</c><00:35:14.030><c> spirit</c><00:35:14.349><c> or</c><00:35:14.650><c> life</c>

00:35:15.050 --> 00:35:17.230
returns<00:35:15.750><c> to</c><00:35:15.949><c> God</c><00:35:16.289><c> who</c><00:35:16.489><c> gave</c><00:35:16.750><c> it,</c>

00:35:17.230 --> 00:35:20.730
Solomon<00:35:17.909><c> says,</c><00:35:18.530><c> the</c><00:35:18.550><c> end</c><00:35:18.809><c> of</c><00:35:19.070><c> the</c><00:35:19.070><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

00:35:24.389 --> 00:35:31.789
We<00:35:24.650><c> may</c><00:35:25.010><c> think</c><00:35:25.969><c> in</c><00:35:27.150><c> sacrificing</c><00:35:28.030><c> that</c><00:35:29.269><c> we</c><00:35:29.909><c> are</c><00:35:30.269><c> giving</c><00:35:30.869><c> away</c>

00:35:31.789 --> 00:35:34.750
something<00:35:32.389><c> that</c><00:35:32.889><c> is</c><00:35:33.389><c> our</c><00:35:33.710><c> own.</c>

00:35:35.550 --> 00:35:42.349
We<00:35:35.889><c> aren't.</c><00:35:37.750><c> We're</c><00:35:38.070><c> only</c><00:35:38.510><c> giving</c><00:35:39.010><c> back</c><00:35:39.630><c> to</c><00:35:39.889><c> God</c><00:35:40.230><c> a</c><00:35:40.769><c> small</c><00:35:41.190><c> portion</c><00:35:41.829><c> of</c>

00:35:42.349 --> 00:35:45.889
what<00:35:42.610><c> he</c><00:35:42.969><c> has</c><00:35:44.170><c> given</c><00:35:44.590><c> to</c><00:35:44.889><c> us.</c>

00:35:47.230 --> 00:35:54.250
Again,<00:35:47.849><c> harking</c><00:35:48.190><c> back</c><00:35:48.530><c> to</c><00:35:48.650><c> Ted's</c><00:35:48.969><c> talk</c><00:35:49.369><c> of</c><00:35:49.570><c> last</c><00:35:49.969><c> night,</c><00:35:52.469><c> since</c><00:35:53.550><c> time</c>

00:35:54.250 --> 00:35:56.150
is<00:35:54.429><c> one</c><00:35:54.690><c> of</c><00:35:54.829><c> the</c><00:35:54.909><c> things</c><00:35:55.269><c> that</c><00:35:55.530><c> he</c><00:35:55.670><c> has</c><00:35:55.929><c> given</c>

00:35:56.150 --> 00:36:05.190
us,<00:35:57.929><c> if</c><00:35:58.170><c> we</c><00:35:58.769><c> sacrifice</c><00:36:00.050><c> to</c><00:36:01.030><c> God</c><00:36:01.769><c> a</c><00:36:03.110><c> portion</c><00:36:03.789><c> of</c><00:36:04.190><c> that</c><00:36:04.489><c> time</c><00:36:04.809><c> that</c><00:36:04.969><c> he</c>

00:36:05.190 --> 00:36:08.989
has<00:36:05.429><c> given</c><00:36:05.969><c> to</c><00:36:06.349><c> us</c><00:36:07.050><c> in</c><00:36:08.150><c> his</c><00:36:08.590><c> service,</c>

00:36:08.989 --> 00:36:19.889
this<00:36:09.409><c> is</c><00:36:10.989><c> only</c><00:36:11.289><c> reasonable,</c><00:36:12.590><c> as</c><00:36:12.869><c> Paul</c><00:36:13.150><c> says.</c><00:36:16.210><c> We</c><00:36:16.369><c> may</c><00:36:16.690><c> think</c><00:36:17.329><c> that</c><00:36:18.190><c> we</c><00:36:18.570><c> are</c><00:36:18.809><c> really</c><00:36:19.190><c> giving</c><00:36:19.590><c> a</c>

00:36:19.889 --> 00:36:22.329
lot<00:36:20.289><c> of</c><00:36:20.989><c> ourselves,</c>

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but<00:36:23.590><c> we</c><00:36:23.849><c> aren't.</c><00:36:28.309><c> He</c><00:36:28.570><c> mentioned</c><00:36:28.869><c> last</c><00:36:29.269><c> night</c><00:36:29.550><c> the</c><00:36:30.050><c> necessity</c>

00:36:30.869 --> 00:36:34.809
of<00:36:31.869><c> having</c><00:36:32.630><c> a</c><00:36:33.050><c> set</c><00:36:33.170><c> of</c><00:36:33.530><c> priorities,</c>

00:36:35.070 --> 00:36:42.550
and<00:36:35.469><c> this,</c><00:36:35.969><c> of</c><00:36:35.969><c> course,</c><00:36:36.389><c> is</c><00:36:36.570><c> only</c><00:36:37.070><c> a</c><00:36:37.389><c> part</c><00:36:37.789><c> of</c><00:36:38.329><c> good</c><00:36:39.010><c> management,</c><00:36:40.469><c> as</c><00:36:40.610><c> any</c><00:36:41.489><c> person</c><00:36:42.090><c> who</c><00:36:42.329><c> is</c>

00:36:42.550 --> 00:36:43.269
in<00:36:42.769><c> business</c>

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knows.<00:36:46.130><c> If</c><00:36:46.369><c> you</c><00:36:46.530><c> just</c><00:36:46.769><c> drifted</c><00:36:47.269><c> around</c><00:36:47.550><c> from</c><00:36:47.769><c> one</c><00:36:48.090><c> thing</c><00:36:48.449><c> to</c>

00:36:48.750 --> 00:36:52.909
another<00:36:49.269><c> without</c><00:36:50.829><c> due</c><00:36:51.230><c> regard</c><00:36:51.750><c> as</c><00:36:52.010><c> to</c><00:36:52.130><c> what</c><00:36:52.349><c> was</c>

00:36:52.909 --> 00:36:57.409
more<00:36:53.309><c> important</c><00:36:53.909><c> and</c><00:36:54.150><c> what</c><00:36:54.349><c> was</c><00:36:54.590><c> less</c><00:36:54.909><c> important,</c><00:36:56.130><c> you</c><00:36:57.110><c> will</c>

00:36:57.409 --> 00:37:00.590
never<00:36:57.750><c> accomplish</c><00:36:58.349><c> anything</c><00:36:58.909><c> very</c><00:36:59.489><c> much.</c>

00:37:02.130 --> 00:37:07.989
And<00:37:02.809><c> the</c><00:37:03.030><c> time</c><00:37:03.409><c> that</c><00:37:03.650><c> we</c><00:37:04.489><c> give</c><00:37:04.949><c> to</c><00:37:05.170><c> God,</c><00:37:07.030><c> the</c><00:37:07.210><c> amount</c><00:37:07.489><c> of</c><00:37:07.789><c> our</c>

00:37:07.989 --> 00:37:11.829
own<00:37:08.750><c> desires</c><00:37:09.449><c> that</c><00:37:09.849><c> we</c><00:37:10.170><c> are</c><00:37:10.409><c> willing</c><00:37:10.690><c> to</c><00:37:10.909><c> put</c><00:37:11.130><c> aside</c>

00:37:11.829 --> 00:37:21.889
for<00:37:12.429><c> his</c><00:37:13.070><c> sake,</c><00:37:16.190><c> this</c><00:37:16.590><c> can</c><00:37:16.869><c> be</c><00:37:17.210><c> reckoned</c><00:37:17.750><c> as</c><00:37:18.829><c> acceptable</c><00:37:19.690><c> sacrifice.</c><00:37:21.730><c> You</c>

00:37:21.889 --> 00:37:23.690
may<00:37:22.070><c> recall</c><00:37:22.510><c> that</c><00:37:22.690><c> we</c><00:37:22.769><c> read</c><00:37:23.070><c> to</c><00:37:23.289><c> you</c><00:37:23.469><c> from</c>

00:37:23.690 --> 00:37:26.610
the<00:37:23.849><c> 10th</c><00:37:24.210><c> of</c><00:37:24.269><c> Hebrews</c><00:37:24.690><c> the</c><00:37:25.010><c> other</c><00:37:25.269><c> day</c><00:37:25.570><c> the</c><00:37:25.769><c> quotation</c><00:37:26.289><c> from</c>

00:37:26.610 --> 00:37:29.809
the<00:37:26.750><c> 40th</c><00:37:27.309><c> Psalm</c><00:37:27.750><c> which</c><00:37:28.329><c> speaks</c><00:37:28.730><c> of</c><00:37:28.969><c> Jesus</c><00:37:29.469><c> and</c>

00:37:29.809 --> 00:37:36.150
his<00:37:30.230><c> mind</c><00:37:30.389><c> and</c><00:37:30.750><c> attitude,</c><00:37:33.070><c> where</c><00:37:33.349><c> it</c><00:37:33.489><c> says</c><00:37:33.909><c> that</c><00:37:34.170><c> God</c><00:37:34.590><c> didn't</c>

00:37:36.150 --> 00:37:40.469
require<00:37:37.130><c> sacrifice</c><00:37:38.170><c> and</c><00:37:39.050><c> burnt</c><00:37:39.369><c> offering.</c>

00:37:42.050 --> 00:37:45.550
He<00:37:42.210><c> did</c><00:37:42.510><c> require</c><00:37:42.929><c> it</c><00:37:43.090><c> in</c><00:37:43.329><c> a</c><00:37:43.750><c> formal</c><00:37:44.150><c> legal</c><00:37:44.630><c> sense,</c><00:37:45.070><c> but</c><00:37:45.250><c> this</c>

00:37:45.550 --> 00:37:48.650
wasn't<00:37:46.289><c> what</c><00:37:46.510><c> God</c><00:37:46.869><c> wanted</c><00:37:47.489><c> primarily.</c>

00:37:49.469 --> 00:37:54.690
He<00:37:49.610><c> says</c><00:37:50.010><c> in</c><00:37:50.210><c> verse</c><00:37:50.510><c> 9,</c><00:37:51.329><c> Then</c><00:37:51.650><c> said</c><00:37:51.909><c> I,</c><00:37:52.409><c> Lo,</c><00:37:52.949><c> I</c><00:37:53.369><c> come.</c><00:37:54.329><c> In</c><00:37:54.510><c> the</c>

00:37:54.690 --> 00:37:56.909
volume<00:37:55.070><c> of</c><00:37:55.309><c> the</c><00:37:55.389><c> book</c><00:37:55.590><c> it</c><00:37:55.690><c> is</c><00:37:55.889><c> written</c>

00:37:56.969 --> 00:38:01.550
of<00:37:57.309><c> me</c><00:37:57.610><c> to</c><00:37:57.809><c> do</c><00:37:58.030><c> thy</c><00:37:58.349><c> will.</c><00:37:59.090><c> That,</c><00:37:59.090><c> I'm</c><00:37:59.630><c> sorry,</c><00:37:59.869><c> is</c><00:38:00.010><c> in</c><00:38:00.150><c> verse</c><00:38:00.329><c> 7.</c>

00:38:01.869 --> 00:38:04.510
And<00:38:02.030><c> so</c><00:38:02.550><c> he</c><00:38:02.829><c> says</c><00:38:03.110><c> in</c><00:38:03.269><c> verse</c><00:38:03.829><c> 9,</c>

00:38:04.710 --> 00:38:08.929
in<00:38:04.929><c> commenting</c><00:38:05.269><c> on</c><00:38:05.650><c> this,</c><00:38:06.250><c> he,</c><00:38:07.090><c> that</c><00:38:07.230><c> is,</c><00:38:07.849><c> God,</c><00:38:08.309><c> taketh</c><00:38:08.469><c> away</c>

00:38:08.929 --> 00:38:11.510
the<00:38:09.210><c> first,</c><00:38:09.909><c> that</c><00:38:10.150><c> is,</c><00:38:10.489><c> the</c><00:38:10.570><c> giving</c><00:38:10.769><c> of</c><00:38:11.150><c> animal</c>

00:38:11.510 --> 00:38:16.590
sacrifice,<00:38:13.309><c> to</c><00:38:13.610><c> establish</c><00:38:14.210><c> the</c><00:38:14.650><c> second,</c><00:38:15.369><c> which</c><00:38:15.590><c> is</c><00:38:15.889><c> the</c><00:38:16.110><c> real</c>

00:38:16.590 --> 00:38:20.789
and<00:38:17.409><c> acceptable</c><00:38:17.909><c> sacrifice</c><00:38:18.789><c> that</c><00:38:19.570><c> pleases</c><00:38:20.130><c> God,</c>

00:38:20.789 --> 00:38:26.710
namely<00:38:21.610><c> the</c><00:38:22.250><c> doing</c><00:38:22.650><c> of</c><00:38:23.070><c> his</c><00:38:23.389><c> will.</c><00:38:25.690><c> And</c><00:38:25.730><c> so</c><00:38:25.889><c> he</c><00:38:25.989><c> says</c><00:38:26.230><c> in</c><00:38:26.389><c> verse</c>

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10,<00:38:27.630><c> by</c><00:38:28.070><c> the</c><00:38:28.349><c> which</c><00:38:28.610><c> will,</c><00:38:29.309><c> that</c><00:38:29.409><c> is,</c><00:38:29.750><c> by</c><00:38:29.789><c> God's</c><00:38:30.389><c> will,</c>

00:38:31.829 --> 00:38:36.730
we<00:38:32.230><c> are</c><00:38:32.750><c> sanctified</c><00:38:33.769><c> through</c><00:38:34.309><c> the</c><00:38:34.690><c> offering</c><00:38:35.190><c> of</c><00:38:35.650><c> the</c><00:38:35.750><c> body</c><00:38:36.409><c> of</c>

00:38:36.730 --> 00:38:39.909
Jesus<00:38:37.250><c> Christ</c><00:38:38.030><c> once.</c>

00:38:42.949 --> 00:38:47.130
So<00:38:43.369><c> sacrifice,</c><00:38:44.070><c> brethren</c><00:38:44.190><c> and</c><00:38:44.489><c> sisters,</c><00:38:45.530><c> though</c><00:38:45.750><c> it</c><00:38:45.929><c> may</c><00:38:46.750><c> at</c>

00:38:47.130 --> 00:38:50.070
times<00:38:47.690><c> be</c><00:38:48.409><c> painful</c><00:38:48.869><c> to</c><00:38:49.150><c> us</c>

00:38:50.110 --> 00:38:54.710
as<00:38:50.530><c> we</c><00:38:50.730><c> see</c><00:38:51.489><c> some</c><00:38:52.230><c> of</c><00:38:52.409><c> the</c><00:38:52.530><c> things</c><00:38:52.690><c> that</c><00:38:52.949><c> we</c><00:38:53.090><c> would</c><00:38:53.329><c> like</c><00:38:53.849><c> being</c>

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given<00:38:55.010><c> up,</c>

00:38:56.869 --> 00:39:01.710
we<00:38:57.650><c> can</c><00:38:58.289><c> remember</c><00:38:59.010><c> that</c><00:38:59.849><c> this</c><00:39:00.349><c> is</c><00:39:00.550><c> only</c><00:39:00.789><c> reasonable</c><00:39:01.250><c> that</c><00:39:01.449><c> we</c>

00:39:01.710 --> 00:39:04.130
should<00:39:02.030><c> and</c><00:39:02.369><c> that</c><00:39:02.670><c> in</c><00:39:02.869><c> so</c><00:39:03.090><c> doing</c><00:39:03.409><c> we</c><00:39:03.690><c> are</c><00:39:03.789><c> doing</c>

00:39:04.130 --> 00:39:13.590
God's<00:39:04.730><c> will.</c><00:39:06.570><c> Now</c><00:39:07.010><c> in</c><00:39:07.389><c> connection</c><00:39:07.829><c> with</c><00:39:08.250><c> this</c><00:39:09.010><c> there</c><00:39:10.190><c> is</c><00:39:10.610><c> another</c><00:39:12.150><c> commandment,</c><00:39:12.969><c> offer</c><00:39:13.309><c> to</c>

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God<00:39:14.170><c> the</c><00:39:14.690><c> sacrifice</c>

00:39:15.670 --> 00:39:23.610
of<00:39:16.269><c> praise</c><00:39:16.929><c> continually.</c><00:39:20.150><c> And</c><00:39:20.210><c> so</c><00:39:20.929><c> the</c><00:39:21.289><c> need</c><00:39:21.570><c> to</c><00:39:21.869><c> praise</c><00:39:22.409><c> is</c>

00:39:23.610 --> 00:39:26.130
another<00:39:24.110><c> fundamental</c><00:39:24.849><c> principle.</c>

00:39:27.469 --> 00:39:35.010
In<00:39:27.670><c> what</c><00:39:27.969><c> way</c><00:39:28.610><c> is</c><00:39:29.929><c> praise</c><00:39:30.570><c> to</c><00:39:30.909><c> God</c><00:39:31.369><c> a</c><00:39:31.929><c> sacrifice?</c><00:39:34.329><c> Is</c><00:39:34.530><c> it</c><00:39:34.690><c> that</c>

00:39:35.010 --> 00:39:37.190
the<00:39:35.710><c> time</c><00:39:36.010><c> that</c><00:39:36.190><c> we</c><00:39:36.329><c> spend</c><00:39:36.730><c> praising</c>

00:39:37.190 --> 00:39:41.230
is<00:39:37.610><c> time</c><00:39:37.929><c> that</c><00:39:38.090><c> we</c><00:39:38.269><c> lose</c><00:39:38.550><c> for</c><00:39:38.849><c> other</c><00:39:39.110><c> things?</c><00:39:40.550><c> Well,</c><00:39:40.829><c> in</c><00:39:41.050><c> a</c>

00:39:41.230 --> 00:39:43.010
trivial<00:39:41.489><c> sense</c><00:39:41.909><c> perhaps.</c>

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But<00:39:44.030><c> let's</c><00:39:44.289><c> stop</c><00:39:44.650><c> and</c><00:39:44.909><c> think</c><00:39:45.590><c> about</c><00:39:46.389><c> this</c><00:39:46.809><c> deceitful</c><00:39:47.650><c> human</c>

00:39:48.070 --> 00:39:52.289
heart.<00:39:49.690><c> What</c><00:39:49.869><c> is</c><00:39:50.130><c> it</c><00:39:50.250><c> that</c><00:39:50.389><c> it</c><00:39:50.530><c> loves</c><00:39:51.010><c> most?</c>

00:39:55.690 --> 00:39:59.829
A<00:39:56.489><c> man</c><00:39:56.789><c> who's</c><00:39:57.110><c> made</c><00:39:57.289><c> an</c><00:39:57.570><c> awful</c><00:39:57.730><c> lot</c><00:39:57.969><c> of</c><00:39:58.030><c> money</c><00:39:58.769><c> out</c><00:39:59.210><c> of</c><00:39:59.349><c> a</c><00:39:59.389><c> little</c><00:39:59.650><c> bit</c>

00:39:59.829 --> 00:40:02.449
of<00:39:59.989><c> knowledge</c><00:40:00.289><c> of</c><00:40:00.489><c> the</c><00:40:00.690><c> human</c><00:40:01.489><c> heart</c>

00:40:02.449 --> 00:40:10.769
says<00:40:03.690><c> that</c><00:40:04.949><c> the</c><00:40:06.550><c> sweetest</c><00:40:07.150><c> sound</c><00:40:07.670><c> to</c><00:40:08.289><c> a</c><00:40:08.510><c> man's</c><00:40:09.449><c> ears</c><00:40:09.849><c> is</c><00:40:10.550><c> his</c>

00:40:10.769 --> 00:40:12.110
own<00:40:11.110><c> name.</c>

00:40:13.429 --> 00:40:20.829
This<00:40:14.150><c> is</c><00:40:14.869><c> a</c><00:40:15.510><c> very</c><00:40:16.329><c> well</c><00:40:17.570><c> advertised</c><00:40:18.510><c> form</c><00:40:19.130><c> of</c><00:40:20.190><c> training</c><00:40:20.449><c> in</c>

00:40:20.829 --> 00:40:23.130
public<00:40:21.170><c> speaking.</c><00:40:21.909><c> You've</c><00:40:22.250><c> all</c>

00:40:23.130 --> 00:40:26.289
I<00:40:23.610><c> can't</c><00:40:24.130><c> for</c><00:40:24.429><c> the</c><00:40:24.630><c> moment</c><00:40:24.829><c> remember</c><00:40:25.210><c> the</c><00:40:25.429><c> guy's</c><00:40:25.829><c> name,</c><00:40:26.130><c> but</c>

00:40:26.289 --> 00:40:29.110
you've<00:40:26.590><c> all</c><00:40:26.809><c> seen</c><00:40:27.010><c> it.</c><00:40:27.550><c> It</c><00:40:27.909><c> doesn't</c><00:40:28.090><c> matter.</c>

00:40:30.809 --> 00:40:37.469
We<00:40:31.329><c> like</c><00:40:32.030><c> to</c><00:40:32.769><c> be</c><00:40:33.070><c> praised.</c><00:40:34.949><c> And</c><00:40:35.269><c> because</c><00:40:35.610><c> we</c><00:40:35.889><c> know</c><00:40:36.190><c> that</c><00:40:36.409><c> we</c><00:40:36.929><c> like</c><00:40:37.230><c> to</c>

00:40:37.469 --> 00:40:38.250
be<00:40:37.750><c> praised,</c>

00:40:38.250 --> 00:40:41.510
we<00:40:38.789><c> know</c><00:40:39.010><c> that</c><00:40:39.269><c> other</c><00:40:39.510><c> people</c><00:40:39.809><c> like</c><00:40:40.090><c> to</c><00:40:40.329><c> be</c><00:40:40.570><c> praised,</c><00:40:40.969><c> and</c><00:40:41.230><c> so</c>

00:40:41.510 --> 00:40:44.590
we<00:40:41.750><c> tend</c><00:40:42.070><c> to</c><00:40:42.449><c> praise</c><00:40:43.070><c> each</c><00:40:43.570><c> other.</c>

00:40:45.590 --> 00:40:51.469
Of<00:40:45.869><c> course</c><00:40:46.090><c> this</c><00:40:46.349><c> is</c><00:40:47.070><c> on</c><00:40:47.389><c> sort</c><00:40:47.570><c> of</c><00:40:48.210><c> a</c><00:40:48.250><c> quid</c><00:40:49.389><c> pro</c><00:40:49.789><c> quo</c><00:40:50.190><c> basis.</c><00:40:51.309><c> In</c>

00:40:51.469 --> 00:40:51.849
other<00:40:51.670><c> words,</c>

00:40:51.849 --> 00:40:54.530
if<00:40:52.030><c> we</c><00:40:52.250><c> praise</c><00:40:52.530><c> the</c><00:40:52.769><c> other</c><00:40:53.010><c> fellow,</c><00:40:53.309><c> maybe</c><00:40:53.590><c> he</c><00:40:53.909><c> in</c><00:40:54.090><c> turn</c><00:40:54.269><c> will</c>

00:40:54.530 --> 00:40:56.969
find<00:40:54.889><c> an</c><00:40:55.150><c> occasion</c><00:40:55.510><c> for</c><00:40:55.869><c> praising</c><00:40:56.190><c> us.</c>

00:40:59.449 --> 00:41:05.289
Because<00:41:00.289><c> when</c><00:41:01.130><c> we</c><00:41:01.369><c> praise</c><00:41:01.969><c> God,</c><00:41:03.449><c> that</c><00:41:03.710><c> is</c><00:41:03.949><c> truly</c><00:41:04.269><c> praise</c><00:41:04.690><c> him,</c>

00:41:05.750 --> 00:41:10.130
just<00:41:06.150><c> not</c><00:41:06.769><c> sing</c><00:41:07.670><c> hymns</c><00:41:08.710><c> thoughtlessly,</c>

00:41:10.269 --> 00:41:14.170
offer<00:41:10.530><c> prayers</c><00:41:11.329><c> relatively</c><00:41:12.170><c> thoughtlessly.</c><00:41:13.510><c> But</c><00:41:13.730><c> when</c><00:41:13.929><c> we</c>

00:41:14.170 --> 00:41:17.190
truly<00:41:14.530><c> praise</c><00:41:14.929><c> him</c><00:41:15.309><c> from</c><00:41:15.570><c> the</c><00:41:15.710><c> bottom</c><00:41:16.210><c> of</c><00:41:16.510><c> our</c><00:41:16.769><c> heart,</c>

00:41:17.190 --> 00:41:24.670
we<00:41:17.869><c> are</c><00:41:19.429><c> offering</c><00:41:20.070><c> acceptable</c><00:41:21.050><c> sacrifice.</c><00:41:23.289><c> In</c><00:41:23.429><c> other</c><00:41:23.670><c> words,</c>

00:41:24.789 --> 00:41:28.210
we<00:41:24.909><c> are</c><00:41:26.090><c> taking</c><00:41:26.550><c> from</c><00:41:27.070><c> ourselves</c>

00:41:28.210 --> 00:41:33.989
some<00:41:28.650><c> of</c><00:41:29.050><c> that</c><00:41:29.809><c> thought</c><00:41:30.250><c> of</c><00:41:30.570><c> self,</c><00:41:31.349><c> that</c><00:41:31.750><c> self</c><00:41:32.110><c> concern</c><00:41:32.789><c> that</c>

00:41:33.989 --> 00:41:36.550
is<00:41:34.829><c> so</c><00:41:35.090><c> dear</c><00:41:35.289><c> to</c><00:41:35.550><c> us.</c>

00:41:37.409 --> 00:41:43.590
We<00:41:37.909><c> are</c><00:41:39.389><c> giving,</c><00:41:40.730><c> as</c><00:41:41.010><c> it</c><00:41:41.250><c> were,</c><00:41:41.710><c> something</c><00:41:42.150><c> to</c><00:41:42.650><c> God.</c>

00:41:44.570 --> 00:41:51.239
We<00:41:45.349><c> can't</c><00:41:45.710><c> give</c><00:41:45.909><c> him</c><00:41:46.090><c> anything</c><00:41:46.530><c> material,</c><00:41:49.409><c> but</c><00:41:49.530><c> as</c><00:41:49.769><c> Solomon</c><00:41:50.349><c> said,</c>

00:41:52.309 --> 00:41:59.809
my<00:41:52.590><c> son,</c><00:41:54.369><c> give</c><00:41:54.630><c> me</c><00:41:55.690><c> thine</c><00:41:56.030><c> heart.</c><00:41:58.710><c> And</c><00:41:58.989><c> this</c><00:41:59.130><c> is</c><00:41:59.289><c> really</c><00:41:59.590><c> all</c>

00:41:59.809 --> 00:42:04.650
that<00:41:59.929><c> we</c><00:42:00.190><c> have</c><00:42:00.909><c> to</c><00:42:01.329><c> give</c><00:42:01.550><c> to</c><00:42:01.829><c> God,</c><00:42:03.329><c> our</c><00:42:03.630><c> hearts,</c>

00:42:07.530 --> 00:42:11.429
our<00:42:08.230><c> innermost</c><00:42:08.929><c> thoughts,</c><00:42:09.690><c> which</c><00:42:10.090><c> tend</c><00:42:10.369><c> to</c><00:42:10.610><c> be</c><00:42:10.789><c> so</c><00:42:11.170><c> wrapped</c>

00:42:11.429 --> 00:42:14.369
up<00:42:12.130><c> within</c><00:42:12.690><c> our</c><00:42:13.429><c> own</c><00:42:13.829><c> selves,</c>

00:42:14.469 --> 00:42:20.889
and<00:42:14.730><c> that</c><00:42:15.130><c> with</c><00:42:15.389><c> which</c><00:42:15.570><c> we</c><00:42:15.869><c> identify</c><00:42:16.530><c> ourselves,</c><00:42:17.309><c> such</c><00:42:17.409><c> as</c><00:42:17.590><c> our</c><00:42:17.789><c> children,</c><00:42:18.389><c> our</c><00:42:18.590><c> grandchildren,</c><00:42:19.369><c> and</c><00:42:19.630><c> so</c><00:42:19.909><c> forth.</c>

00:42:22.590 --> 00:42:30.110
It<00:42:22.670><c> is</c><00:42:22.949><c> a</c><00:42:23.230><c> sacrifice.</c><00:42:25.389><c> It</c><00:42:25.389><c> is</c><00:42:25.849><c> a</c><00:42:26.630><c> requested,</c><00:42:27.150><c> it</c><00:42:27.269><c> is</c><00:42:28.349><c> really</c><00:42:29.789><c> a</c>

00:42:30.110 --> 00:42:31.570
commanded<00:42:30.610><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:42:31.570 --> 00:42:37.570
As<00:42:31.849><c> it</c><00:42:32.150><c> is</c><00:42:32.389><c> said,</c><00:42:33.050><c> praise</c><00:42:33.650><c> is</c><00:42:34.050><c> comely</c><00:42:34.889><c> or</c><00:42:35.630><c> suitable,</c><00:42:36.610><c> proper,</c>

00:42:37.730 --> 00:42:39.429
for<00:42:38.050><c> the</c><00:42:38.429><c> upright.</c>

00:42:41.349 --> 00:42:47.269
And<00:42:41.510><c> those</c><00:42:41.809><c> who</c><00:42:42.110><c> truly</c><00:42:43.130><c> understand</c><00:42:44.449><c> what</c><00:42:45.630><c> all</c><00:42:46.030><c> God</c><00:42:46.309><c> has</c><00:42:46.610><c> done</c>

00:42:47.269 --> 00:42:52.090
for<00:42:47.610><c> them,</c><00:42:49.210><c> if</c><00:42:49.429><c> they</c><00:42:49.789><c> are</c><00:42:50.130><c> truly</c><00:42:50.809><c> grateful,</c>

00:42:52.710 --> 00:42:57.250
will<00:42:52.849><c> not</c><00:42:53.369><c> begrudge</c><00:42:54.190><c> God</c><00:42:54.849><c> the</c><00:42:55.289><c> praise</c><00:42:55.690><c> that</c><00:42:55.929><c> is</c><00:42:56.110><c> due</c><00:42:56.349><c> him.</c>

00:42:59.329 --> 00:43:08.030
Gratitude<00:43:00.550><c> is</c><00:43:01.449><c> a</c><00:43:01.789><c> virtue</c><00:43:02.250><c> which</c><00:43:02.670><c> is</c><00:43:03.050><c> so</c><00:43:04.190><c> uncommon.</c><00:43:07.070><c> It</c><00:43:07.190><c> is</c><00:43:07.630><c> so</c>

00:43:08.030 --> 00:43:12.909
uncommon<00:43:08.809><c> that</c><00:43:09.690><c> when</c><00:43:11.630><c> one</c><00:43:12.090><c> encounters</c>

00:43:12.909 --> 00:43:18.550
an<00:43:13.530><c> expression</c><00:43:13.989><c> of</c><00:43:14.289><c> it,</c><00:43:14.789><c> one</c><00:43:15.230><c> is</c><00:43:15.909><c> really</c><00:43:16.730><c> delighted</c><00:43:17.329><c> and</c>

00:43:18.550 --> 00:43:20.349
almost<00:43:19.110><c> amazed.</c>

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One<00:43:22.909><c> of</c><00:43:23.030><c> the</c><00:43:23.289><c> characteristics,</c><00:43:23.909><c> of</c><00:43:24.250><c> course,</c><00:43:24.730><c> of</c><00:43:25.730><c> human</c><00:43:26.170><c> degradation,</c><00:43:27.849><c> is</c><00:43:27.909><c> the</c><00:43:28.369><c> complete</c><00:43:29.110><c> lack</c><00:43:30.190><c> of</c>

00:43:30.889 --> 00:43:32.630
this<00:43:31.869><c> virtue</c>

00:43:32.630 --> 00:43:42.469
of<00:43:33.369><c> gratitude.</c><00:43:35.309><c> Someone</c><00:43:35.710><c> has</c><00:43:36.010><c> very</c><00:43:37.369><c> aptly</c><00:43:38.449><c> put</c><00:43:38.630><c> it,</c><00:43:39.650><c> an</c><00:43:39.869><c> ungrateful</c><00:43:40.530><c> man</c><00:43:41.250><c> is</c><00:43:41.969><c> like</c><00:43:42.230><c> a</c>

00:43:42.469 --> 00:43:45.510
hog<00:43:42.929><c> under</c><00:43:44.110><c> an</c><00:43:44.769><c> oak</c><00:43:45.030><c> tree</c>

00:43:45.510 --> 00:43:48.309
eating<00:43:46.150><c> acorns</c><00:43:46.670><c> and</c><00:43:46.869><c> never</c><00:43:47.110><c> looking</c><00:43:47.389><c> up</c><00:43:47.670><c> to</c><00:43:47.789><c> see</c><00:43:47.949><c> where</c><00:43:48.130><c> they</c>

00:43:48.309 --> 00:43:49.550
came<00:43:48.590><c> from.</c>

00:43:50.849 --> 00:43:57.230
And<00:43:51.489><c> when</c><00:43:51.690><c> we</c><00:43:51.889><c> stop</c><00:43:52.150><c> to</c><00:43:52.349><c> think</c><00:43:52.530><c> about</c><00:43:52.769><c> it,</c><00:43:52.929><c> this</c><00:43:53.130><c> is</c><00:43:53.409><c> not</c><00:43:54.010><c> a</c><00:43:54.469><c> bad</c><00:43:55.869><c> simile.</c>

00:43:58.349 --> 00:44:01.389
Because,<00:43:59.809><c> brethren</c><00:43:59.809><c> and</c><00:44:00.030><c> sisters,</c><00:44:00.409><c> there's</c><00:44:00.690><c> not</c><00:44:00.909><c> a</c><00:44:01.070><c> one</c><00:44:01.210><c> of</c>

00:44:01.389 --> 00:44:05.190
us<00:44:02.429><c> who</c><00:44:03.130><c> has</c><00:44:03.730><c> received,</c>

00:44:05.289 --> 00:44:10.710
who<00:44:05.829><c> has</c><00:44:06.050><c> not</c><00:44:06.349><c> received</c><00:44:07.250><c> great</c><00:44:07.869><c> blessings.</c><00:44:09.409><c> Truly,</c><00:44:10.309><c> some</c><00:44:10.550><c> of</c>

00:44:10.710 --> 00:44:13.909
us<00:44:10.869><c> more,</c><00:44:12.230><c> some</c><00:44:12.530><c> of</c><00:44:12.710><c> us</c><00:44:12.889><c> less,</c>

00:44:14.409 --> 00:44:20.070
some<00:44:15.150><c> of</c><00:44:15.349><c> us</c><00:44:15.829><c> have</c><00:44:16.130><c> suffering</c><00:44:16.630><c> in</c><00:44:18.409><c> great</c><00:44:18.730><c> abundance,</c><00:44:19.630><c> some</c><00:44:19.909><c> of</c>

00:44:20.070 --> 00:44:21.750
us<00:44:20.210><c> have</c><00:44:20.710><c> less,</c>

00:44:22.489 --> 00:44:29.610
and<00:44:23.050><c> this</c><00:44:23.269><c> is</c><00:44:23.489><c> something</c><00:44:23.670><c> that</c><00:44:23.909><c> we</c><00:44:24.949><c> have</c><00:44:26.269><c> little</c><00:44:26.750><c> control</c><00:44:27.369><c> over,</c><00:44:28.989><c> except,</c><00:44:29.409><c> of</c>

00:44:29.610 --> 00:44:31.429
course,<00:44:30.750><c> to</c><00:44:30.889><c> help</c><00:44:31.090><c> to</c>

00:44:31.429 --> 00:44:38.070
the<00:44:32.030><c> suffering</c><00:44:32.650><c> of</c><00:44:33.150><c> someone</c><00:44:33.469><c> else.</c><00:44:36.789><c> But</c><00:44:36.929><c> whether</c><00:44:37.170><c> we</c><00:44:37.630><c> suffer</c>

00:44:38.070 --> 00:44:43.829
physically,<00:44:42.829><c> we</c><00:44:42.829><c> still</c>

00:44:45.469 --> 00:44:51.090
should<00:44:45.969><c> realize</c><00:44:46.730><c> that</c><00:44:48.170><c> it</c><00:44:48.309><c> is</c><00:44:48.510><c> only</c><00:44:49.030><c> for</c><00:44:49.670><c> the</c><00:44:49.889><c> present.</c><00:44:50.670><c> And</c><00:44:50.929><c> I</c>

00:44:51.090 --> 00:44:53.809
know<00:44:51.369><c> that</c><00:44:51.510><c> when</c><00:44:52.250><c> people</c><00:44:52.590><c> suffer</c><00:44:53.090><c> intensely,</c>

00:44:53.809 --> 00:45:03.670
it<00:44:54.409><c> is</c><00:44:54.710><c> hard</c><00:44:55.110><c> to</c><00:44:55.769><c> be</c><00:44:56.210><c> comforted</c><00:44:56.670><c> by</c><00:44:56.969><c> that</c><00:44:57.349><c> fact.</c><00:45:00.809><c> And</c><00:45:01.030><c> Job</c><00:45:01.349><c> spoke</c><00:45:02.090><c> of</c>

00:45:03.670 --> 00:45:07.550
the<00:45:04.150><c> desire</c><00:45:04.630><c> that</c><00:45:05.750><c> he</c><00:45:06.090><c> had</c><00:45:06.269><c> been</c><00:45:06.650><c> like</c><00:45:07.130><c> an</c>

00:45:07.550 --> 00:45:11.269
untimely<00:45:08.230><c> birth</c><00:45:08.570><c> that</c><00:45:08.829><c> had</c><00:45:08.969><c> never</c><00:45:09.289><c> seen</c><00:45:09.570><c> light.</c><00:45:09.989><c> He</c><00:45:10.130><c> was</c><00:45:10.789><c> so</c>

00:45:11.269 --> 00:45:14.150
anxious<00:45:11.650><c> to</c><00:45:11.889><c> get</c><00:45:12.050><c> away</c><00:45:12.349><c> from</c><00:45:12.630><c> his</c><00:45:13.750><c> suffering,</c>

00:45:14.150 --> 00:45:20.610
that<00:45:14.409><c> is,</c><00:45:14.690><c> he</c><00:45:14.690><c> would</c><00:45:14.909><c> have</c><00:45:15.110><c> desired</c><00:45:15.530><c> to</c><00:45:15.769><c> do</c><00:45:15.949><c> so.</c><00:45:18.610><c> And</c><00:45:19.230><c> under</c>

00:45:20.610 --> 00:45:22.849
extreme<00:45:21.489><c> suffering,</c><00:45:22.309><c> undoubtedly,</c>

00:45:23.110 --> 00:45:30.050
it<00:45:23.250><c> is</c><00:45:23.929><c> hard</c><00:45:24.349><c> to</c><00:45:24.590><c> be</c><00:45:24.829><c> grateful.</c><00:45:26.730><c> Nevertheless,</c><00:45:29.449><c> whatever</c><00:45:29.730><c> the</c>

00:45:30.050 --> 00:45:34.070
suffering<00:45:30.309><c> we</c><00:45:30.710><c> have,</c><00:45:31.130><c> it</c><00:45:31.289><c> is</c><00:45:31.730><c> only</c><00:45:32.530><c> for</c><00:45:32.969><c> the</c><00:45:33.170><c> present</c>

00:45:34.389 --> 00:45:38.829
and<00:45:34.809><c> cannot</c><00:45:35.190><c> take</c><00:45:35.570><c> away</c><00:45:35.869><c> from</c><00:45:36.190><c> us</c><00:45:36.570><c> unless</c><00:45:36.969><c> we</c><00:45:37.590><c> give</c><00:45:37.829><c> it</c><00:45:38.130><c> away</c>

00:45:38.829 --> 00:45:41.730
through<00:45:39.610><c> our</c><00:45:40.030><c> own</c><00:45:40.570><c> carelessness.</c>

00:45:42.010 --> 00:45:47.670
The<00:45:42.550><c> incomparable</c><00:45:44.449><c> blessing</c><00:45:45.289><c> of</c><00:45:46.230><c> eternal</c><00:45:46.630><c> life.</c>

00:45:50.389 --> 00:45:56.829
Our<00:45:50.530><c> lives</c><00:45:51.150><c> are</c><00:45:52.110><c> absolutely</c><00:45:52.750><c> secure</c><00:45:53.630><c> in</c><00:45:54.329><c> God's</c><00:45:54.869><c> care.</c><00:45:56.429><c> No</c><00:45:56.630><c> one</c>

00:45:56.829 --> 00:46:01.250
can<00:45:57.110><c> take</c><00:45:57.650><c> our</c><00:45:58.269><c> hope</c><00:45:58.670><c> of</c><00:45:58.969><c> eternal</c><00:45:59.269><c> life</c><00:45:59.869><c> from</c><00:46:00.210><c> us.</c>

00:46:02.210 --> 00:46:10.989
And<00:46:02.389><c> therefore,</c><00:46:03.869><c> realizing</c><00:46:04.289><c> this,</c><00:46:06.730><c> we</c><00:46:06.889><c> shouldn't</c><00:46:07.190><c> really</c><00:46:07.610><c> worry</c><00:46:08.369><c> what</c><00:46:08.869><c> other</c><00:46:09.210><c> people</c><00:46:09.489><c> think</c><00:46:09.750><c> of</c><00:46:09.989><c> us.</c>

00:46:11.230 --> 00:46:14.809
Because<00:46:11.750><c> in</c><00:46:12.010><c> connection</c><00:46:12.389><c> with</c><00:46:12.690><c> suffering,</c><00:46:14.010><c> a</c><00:46:14.090><c> lot</c><00:46:14.269><c> of</c><00:46:14.489><c> people</c>

00:46:14.809 --> 00:46:18.750
suffer<00:46:15.190><c> intensely</c><00:46:16.329><c> worrying</c><00:46:18.030><c> about</c>

00:46:18.750 --> 00:46:25.070
what<00:46:19.190><c> other</c><00:46:19.489><c> people</c><00:46:19.889><c> are</c><00:46:20.230><c> thinking</c><00:46:20.650><c> about</c><00:46:21.210><c> them,</c><00:46:22.150><c> if</c><00:46:22.409><c> they</c><00:46:22.570><c> are</c><00:46:22.690><c> not</c><00:46:22.949><c> thinking</c><00:46:23.250><c> well</c><00:46:23.670><c> enough</c><00:46:23.889><c> of</c><00:46:24.210><c> it.</c>

00:46:25.989 --> 00:46:31.789
I<00:46:26.230><c> remember</c><00:46:26.690><c> years</c><00:46:27.010><c> ago</c><00:46:27.349><c> in</c><00:46:27.690><c> a</c><00:46:28.329><c> class</c><00:46:28.590><c> we</c><00:46:28.849><c> had</c><00:46:29.050><c> here</c><00:46:29.349><c> at</c><00:46:29.550><c> the</c><00:46:29.550><c> Canadian</c><00:46:30.010><c> Bible</c><00:46:30.550><c> School,</c><00:46:31.590><c> a</c>

00:46:31.789 --> 00:46:32.610
thought<00:46:31.989><c> that</c><00:46:32.269><c> had</c>

00:46:32.909 --> 00:46:37.409
come<00:46:33.289><c> to</c><00:46:33.469><c> me</c><00:46:33.849><c> was,</c><00:46:35.730><c> what's</c><00:46:36.110><c> the</c><00:46:36.170><c> use</c><00:46:36.349><c> worrying</c><00:46:36.750><c> what</c><00:46:37.070><c> other</c>

00:46:37.409 --> 00:46:40.230
people<00:46:37.670><c> think</c><00:46:37.909><c> about</c><00:46:38.250><c> you?</c><00:46:38.949><c> They</c><00:46:39.389><c> aren't.</c>

00:46:45.809 --> 00:46:50.630
So<00:46:46.530><c> we</c><00:46:47.250><c> can</c><00:46:47.590><c> spare</c><00:46:47.809><c> ourselves</c><00:46:48.449><c> a</c><00:46:48.590><c> great</c><00:46:48.849><c> deal</c><00:46:49.110><c> of</c><00:46:49.369><c> mental</c><00:46:49.610><c> anguish</c><00:46:50.389><c> and</c>

00:46:50.630 --> 00:46:52.610
psychological<00:46:51.510><c> suffering</c>

00:46:52.889 --> 00:46:56.489
if<00:46:53.250><c> we</c><00:46:53.449><c> realize</c><00:46:54.050><c> that</c><00:46:54.269><c> people</c><00:46:54.510><c> aren't</c><00:46:54.809><c> thinking</c><00:46:55.130><c> about</c><00:46:55.489><c> us</c><00:46:55.750><c> nearly</c><00:46:56.130><c> as</c>

00:46:56.489 --> 00:46:59.090
much<00:46:56.769><c> as</c><00:46:57.030><c> we</c><00:46:57.550><c> think</c><00:46:58.010><c> that</c><00:46:58.210><c> they</c><00:46:58.429><c> are</c><00:46:58.690><c> thinking</c>

00:46:59.090 --> 00:47:09.789
about<00:46:59.510><c> us.</c><00:47:02.269><c> And</c><00:47:02.650><c> a</c><00:47:03.449><c> little</c><00:47:03.849><c> simple</c><00:47:04.349><c> logic</c><00:47:04.789><c> would</c><00:47:05.090><c> tell</c><00:47:05.269><c> us</c><00:47:06.789><c> that</c><00:47:07.050><c> what</c><00:47:07.369><c> other</c><00:47:07.710><c> people</c><00:47:08.110><c> think</c><00:47:08.610><c> of</c><00:47:08.829><c> us</c>

00:47:09.789 --> 00:47:16.150
is<00:47:10.530><c> of</c><00:47:11.010><c> only</c><00:47:11.690><c> temporary</c><00:47:12.489><c> and</c><00:47:12.710><c> even</c><00:47:13.090><c> trivial</c><00:47:14.130><c> amount</c><00:47:14.809><c> and</c><00:47:15.289><c> account.</c>

00:47:17.150 --> 00:47:21.170
The<00:47:17.349><c> important</c><00:47:17.710><c> thing</c><00:47:18.030><c> is</c><00:47:18.150><c> what</c><00:47:18.570><c> do</c><00:47:19.110><c> God</c><00:47:19.550><c> and</c><00:47:19.829><c> Christ</c><00:47:20.329><c> think</c>

00:47:21.170 --> 00:47:22.409
of<00:47:21.449><c> us.</c>

00:47:23.789 --> 00:47:31.210
And<00:47:24.050><c> again,</c><00:47:25.250><c> back</c><00:47:25.369><c> to</c><00:47:26.989><c> Jeremiah</c><00:47:27.570><c> 17,</c><00:47:28.929><c> in</c><00:47:29.170><c> that</c><00:47:29.550><c> tenth</c><00:47:29.929><c> verse,</c>

00:47:31.829 --> 00:47:33.130
God<00:47:32.150><c> says,</c>

00:47:33.969 --> 00:47:38.349
I<00:47:34.869><c> the</c><00:47:35.090><c> Lord</c><00:47:35.989><c> search</c><00:47:36.750><c> the</c><00:47:37.230><c> heart.</c>

00:47:39.969 --> 00:47:45.469
In<00:47:40.230><c> other</c><00:47:40.489><c> words,</c><00:47:42.329><c> he</c><00:47:42.429><c> has</c><00:47:42.750><c> his</c><00:47:43.010><c> opinion</c><00:47:43.530><c> of</c><00:47:43.750><c> us</c><00:47:44.389><c> based</c><00:47:45.150><c> upon</c>

00:47:45.469 --> 00:47:47.849
what<00:47:45.690><c> he</c><00:47:45.969><c> finds</c><00:47:46.650><c> there.</c>

00:47:48.809 --> 00:47:53.630
I<00:47:48.969><c> try</c><00:47:49.349><c> the</c><00:47:49.650><c> reins</c><00:47:50.269><c> even</c><00:47:51.230><c> to</c><00:47:51.530><c> give</c><00:47:51.789><c> every</c><00:47:52.389><c> man</c><00:47:52.769><c> according</c><00:47:53.269><c> to</c>

00:47:53.630 --> 00:47:58.130
his<00:47:53.909><c> ways</c><00:47:54.469><c> and</c><00:47:54.909><c> according</c><00:47:55.369><c> to</c><00:47:55.889><c> the</c><00:47:56.090><c> fruit</c><00:47:56.590><c> of</c><00:47:56.989><c> his</c><00:47:57.289><c> doing.</c>

00:48:00.750 --> 00:48:06.670
It<00:48:01.789><c> is</c><00:48:02.130><c> said</c><00:48:02.230><c> in</c><00:48:02.409><c> the</c><00:48:02.590><c> scripture</c><00:48:03.250><c> in</c><00:48:03.949><c> two</c><00:48:04.190><c> places,</c><00:48:05.730><c> and</c><00:48:05.750><c> people</c>

00:48:06.670 --> 00:48:10.289
say<00:48:07.010><c> it</c><00:48:07.750><c> generally</c><00:48:08.289><c> in</c><00:48:08.690><c> the</c><00:48:08.849><c> world,</c>

00:48:10.449 --> 00:48:17.190
regarding<00:48:10.869><c> what</c><00:48:12.530><c> we</c><00:48:12.869><c> have,</c><00:48:13.909><c> or</c><00:48:14.789><c> when</c><00:48:15.050><c> we</c><00:48:15.369><c> die,</c><00:48:16.030><c> you</c><00:48:16.150><c> can't</c><00:48:16.710><c> take</c><00:48:16.969><c> it</c>

00:48:17.190 --> 00:48:24.289
with<00:48:17.429><c> you.</c><00:48:19.650><c> However,</c><00:48:21.570><c> if</c><00:48:21.809><c> one</c><00:48:22.469><c> pleases</c><00:48:23.090><c> God</c>

00:48:24.590 --> 00:48:32.369
and<00:48:24.989><c> serves</c><00:48:25.489><c> him,</c><00:48:26.710><c> if</c><00:48:26.889><c> one</c><00:48:27.150><c> has</c><00:48:28.289><c> learned</c><00:48:29.070><c> to</c><00:48:29.510><c> be</c><00:48:29.969><c> true,</c><00:48:31.829><c> he</c><00:48:32.090><c> has</c>

00:48:32.369 --> 00:48:34.449
something<00:48:32.730><c> he</c><00:48:32.949><c> can</c><00:48:33.150><c> take</c><00:48:33.429><c> with</c><00:48:33.650><c> him.</c>

00:48:35.809 --> 00:48:40.110
Jesus<00:48:36.090><c> speaks</c><00:48:36.469><c> of</c><00:48:36.690><c> this</c><00:48:37.130><c> in</c><00:48:37.369><c> the</c><00:48:37.530><c> fifth</c><00:48:37.769><c> chapter</c><00:48:38.230><c> of</c><00:48:38.389><c> the</c><00:48:38.550><c> gospel</c><00:48:38.929><c> according</c><00:48:39.409><c> to</c>

00:48:40.110 --> 00:48:43.030
John.<00:48:41.210><c> In</c><00:48:41.429><c> part,</c><00:48:41.610><c> it</c><00:48:41.730><c> appears</c><00:48:42.050><c> to</c><00:48:42.309><c> be</c>

00:48:43.030 --> 00:48:46.389
a<00:48:43.329><c> paradox</c><00:48:43.869><c> and</c><00:48:44.250><c> causes</c><00:48:44.610><c> difficulty,</c><00:48:45.309><c> of</c><00:48:45.550><c> course,</c><00:48:45.789><c> for</c><00:48:46.010><c> those</c>

00:48:46.389 --> 00:48:49.030
believing<00:48:46.789><c> in</c><00:48:47.090><c> the</c><00:48:47.250><c> immortality</c><00:48:47.849><c> of</c><00:48:48.070><c> the</c><00:48:48.230><c> soul.</c>

00:48:49.730 --> 00:48:54.190
Verse<00:48:50.449><c> 24,</c><00:48:50.989><c> Verily,</c><00:48:52.130><c> I</c><00:48:52.710><c> say</c><00:48:53.050><c> unto</c><00:48:53.329><c> you,</c>

00:48:55.710 --> 00:49:01.210
He<00:48:56.090><c> that</c><00:48:56.349><c> heareth</c><00:48:56.670><c> my</c><00:48:57.389><c> word</c><00:48:58.030><c> and</c><00:48:59.289><c> believeth</c><00:48:59.710><c> on</c><00:49:00.050><c> him</c><00:49:00.369><c> that</c><00:49:00.670><c> sent</c><00:49:00.849><c> me,</c>

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and<00:49:01.349><c> remember</c><00:49:01.849><c> we</c><00:49:02.150><c> said</c><00:49:02.510><c> the</c><00:49:02.730><c> other</c><00:49:02.929><c> day,</c>

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believe<00:49:03.789><c> means</c><00:49:04.210><c> to</c><00:49:04.550><c> have</c><00:49:04.849><c> faith,</c><00:49:05.309><c> which</c><00:49:05.550><c> implies</c><00:49:06.309><c> does</c><00:49:06.969><c> works,</c><00:49:10.869><c> hath</c>

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everlasting<00:49:11.969><c> life,</c>

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and<00:49:14.469><c> shall</c><00:49:14.710><c> not</c><00:49:15.110><c> come</c><00:49:15.690><c> into</c><00:49:16.690><c> condemnation,</c><00:49:18.630><c> but</c><00:49:18.869><c> is</c><00:49:19.309><c> passed</c>

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from<00:49:20.769><c> death</c><00:49:21.710><c> into</c><00:49:22.730><c> life.</c>

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Think<00:49:24.610><c> about</c><00:49:24.969><c> it.</c><00:49:26.269><c> Is</c><00:49:26.670><c> passed</c><00:49:27.510><c> not</c><00:49:28.909><c> physically,</c><00:49:30.590><c> but</c><00:49:31.030><c> as</c><00:49:31.510><c> regards</c><00:49:32.010><c> assurance,</c><00:49:33.190><c> as</c>

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regards<00:49:34.130><c> relationship</c>

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from<00:49:36.110><c> death</c><00:49:36.909><c> to</c><00:49:37.289><c> life.</c><00:49:38.889><c> And</c><00:49:39.309><c> what</c><00:49:39.510><c> more</c><00:49:39.710><c> can</c><00:49:39.909><c> we</c><00:49:40.170><c> ask?</c><00:49:41.030><c> Well,</c><00:49:41.190><c> I</c>

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see<00:49:41.510><c> our</c><00:49:41.710><c> time</c><00:49:41.909><c> is</c><00:49:42.070><c> up.</c>

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I<00:49:46.170><c> may</c><00:49:46.710><c> just</c><00:49:47.469><c> be</c><00:49:47.690><c> having</c><00:49:47.889><c> a</c><00:49:48.170><c> blast.</c><00:49:49.150><c> I'm</c><00:49:49.170><c> sure</c><00:49:49.449><c> that</c><00:49:49.670><c> I</c><00:49:49.849><c> speak</c>

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for<00:49:50.250><c> all.</c><00:49:50.929><c> We</c><00:49:50.989><c> do</c><00:49:51.150><c> appreciate</c><00:49:51.630><c> your</c><00:49:51.949><c> efforts</c>

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and<00:49:52.550><c> your</c><00:49:52.710><c> labors</c><00:49:53.010><c> and</c><00:49:53.170><c> work</c><00:49:53.409><c> for</c><00:49:53.670><c> us.</c><00:49:54.230><c> Thank</c><00:49:54.590><c> you</c><00:49:54.750><c> very</c><00:49:54.989><c> much.</c>