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Microphone?

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I'm<00:11:49.519><c> sorry.</c>

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Okay.

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Isaac<00:15:08.399><c> participating</c><00:15:09.179><c> with</c><00:15:09.639><c> understanding</c><00:15:10.279><c> in</c><00:15:10.779><c> the</c><00:15:11.039><c> sacrifice</c><00:15:11.500><c> that</c><00:15:11.659><c> is</c>

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the<00:15:18.799><c> son</c><00:15:18.980><c> of</c><00:15:19.139><c> his</c><00:15:19.360><c> heart,</c><00:15:19.879><c> the</c><00:15:20.059><c> son</c><00:15:20.299><c> of</c><00:15:20.480><c> his</c><00:15:20.700><c> love,</c>

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because<00:15:21.820><c> of</c><00:15:22.019><c> his</c><00:15:22.259><c> zeal,</c><00:15:22.980><c> his</c><00:15:23.279><c> desire,</c><00:15:23.820><c> his</c><00:15:24.080><c> love</c><00:15:24.379><c> for</c><00:15:24.600><c> God.</c>

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Both<00:15:27.860><c> Abraham</c><00:15:28.320><c> and</c><00:15:28.580><c> Isaac</c><00:15:28.980><c> participated</c><00:15:29.740><c> in</c><00:15:29.940><c> that</c><00:15:30.179><c> offering.</c>

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We<00:15:30.659><c> read</c><00:15:30.860><c> in</c><00:15:30.980><c> Genesis</c><00:15:31.320><c> 22,</c><00:15:31.980><c> verses</c><00:15:32.299><c> 6</c><00:15:32.639><c> and</c><00:15:32.779><c> 8</c><00:15:33.139><c> that</c><00:15:33.500><c> they</c><00:15:33.740><c> went</c>

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both<00:15:34.399><c> of</c><00:15:34.600><c> them</c><00:15:34.840><c> together</c>

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to<00:15:35.980><c> the</c><00:15:36.159><c> place</c><00:15:36.299><c> of</c><00:15:36.679><c> sacrifice.</c>

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We<00:15:38.820><c> know</c><00:15:39.460><c> without</c><00:15:40.419><c> a</c><00:15:40.659><c> doubt</c><00:15:40.879><c> that</c><00:15:41.139><c> Abraham</c><00:15:41.740><c> suffered</c><00:15:42.620><c> along</c><00:15:43.320><c> with,</c>

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even<00:15:44.460><c> more</c><00:15:44.779><c> so</c><00:15:45.059><c> perhaps,</c><00:15:45.899><c> than</c><00:15:46.100><c> did</c><00:15:46.299><c> Isaac</c><00:15:46.659><c> in</c><00:15:46.840><c> the</c><00:15:47.139><c> contemplation</c><00:15:48.019><c> of</c><00:15:48.480><c> that</c><00:15:48.679><c> sacrifice.</c>

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And<00:15:51.039><c> we</c><00:15:51.139><c> know</c><00:15:51.360><c> also</c><00:15:51.820><c> that</c><00:15:52.700><c> in</c><00:15:53.399><c> the</c><00:15:54.120><c> climax</c><00:15:54.620><c> resulting</c><00:15:55.320><c> from</c>

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the<00:15:55.919><c> faith</c><00:15:56.139><c> that</c><00:15:56.299><c> was</c><00:15:56.519><c> enacted</c>

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in<00:15:57.259><c> that</c><00:15:57.500><c> sacrifice,</c><00:15:58.059><c> though</c><00:15:58.220><c> it</c><00:15:58.320><c> was</c><00:15:58.580><c> terminated</c><00:15:59.000><c> before</c>

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its<00:15:59.539><c> conclusion,</c>

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that<00:16:01.100><c> God</c><00:16:01.679><c> says</c><00:16:02.139><c> to</c><00:16:02.620><c> Abraham,</c>

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And<00:16:08.200><c> we</c><00:16:08.960><c> see</c><00:16:09.259><c> as</c><00:16:09.500><c> Paul</c><00:16:09.840><c> is</c><00:16:10.159><c> quoting</c><00:16:10.419><c> from</c><00:16:10.759><c> Genesis</c><00:16:11.139><c> 22</c><00:16:11.700><c> in</c><00:16:11.940><c> relation</c><00:16:12.440><c> to</c><00:16:13.100><c> God</c>

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and<00:16:13.779><c> the</c><00:16:14.019><c> sacrifice</c><00:16:14.500><c> of</c><00:16:14.620><c> his</c><00:16:14.820><c> only</c><00:16:15.120><c> begotten</c><00:16:15.600><c> son,</c><00:16:15.980><c> Jesus,</c>

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we<00:16:17.220><c> see</c><00:16:17.539><c> that</c><00:16:18.100><c> Abraham</c><00:16:18.600><c> therefore</c><00:16:19.179><c> typifies</c><00:16:19.860><c> God.</c>

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We<00:16:21.759><c> see</c><00:16:22.080><c> and</c><00:16:22.259><c> we</c><00:16:22.600><c> recognize</c><00:16:23.080><c> that</c><00:16:23.360><c> God</c><00:16:23.799><c> was</c><00:16:24.480><c> participating</c><00:16:25.279><c> in</c>

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the<00:16:25.799><c> sacrifice</c><00:16:26.220><c> of</c><00:16:26.399><c> his</c><00:16:26.580><c> son,</c>

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that<00:16:27.240><c> God</c><00:16:27.620><c> was</c><00:16:27.960><c> actively</c><00:16:28.460><c> engaged</c><00:16:29.159><c> in</c><00:16:29.639><c> this</c><00:16:29.919><c> act</c><00:16:30.200><c> of</c><00:16:30.419><c> love</c><00:16:30.620><c> by</c>

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which<00:16:31.100><c> his</c><00:16:31.340><c> son</c>

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laid<00:16:31.759><c> down</c><00:16:32.039><c> his</c><00:16:32.240><c> life</c><00:16:32.860><c> for</c><00:16:33.080><c> us.</c>

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We<00:16:34.440><c> read</c><00:16:34.659><c> in</c><00:16:34.759><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:35.120><c> 53</c><00:16:35.639><c> and</c><00:16:35.820><c> verse</c><00:16:36.080><c> 10</c><00:16:36.580><c> that</c><00:16:37.059><c> it</c><00:16:37.399><c> was</c><00:16:37.659><c> God's</c>

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pleasure<00:16:38.580><c> to</c><00:16:38.840><c> do</c><00:16:39.039><c> so,</c>

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and<00:16:39.919><c> yet</c><00:16:40.080><c> we</c><00:16:40.379><c> must</c><00:16:40.679><c> recognize</c><00:16:41.539><c> that</c><00:16:42.299><c> it</c><00:16:42.860><c> brought</c><00:16:43.159><c> upon</c><00:16:43.559><c> him</c>

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sorrow<00:16:44.899><c> and</c><00:16:45.320><c> affliction</c>

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for<00:16:46.299><c> our</c><00:16:47.279><c> sakes</c><00:16:48.159><c> that</c><00:16:49.019><c> God</c><00:16:49.460><c> participated</c><00:16:50.279><c> in</c><00:16:50.759><c> that</c><00:16:51.000><c> sacrifice.</c>

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And<00:16:51.840><c> so</c><00:16:52.159><c> as</c><00:16:52.519><c> we</c><00:16:52.779><c> contemplate</c><00:16:53.299><c> what</c><00:16:53.519><c> Abraham</c><00:16:54.080><c> and</c><00:16:54.960><c> Isaac</c><00:16:55.320><c> did,</c>

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we<00:16:56.340><c> recognize</c><00:16:56.940><c> that</c><00:16:57.139><c> God</c><00:16:57.379><c> is</c><00:16:57.600><c> teaching</c><00:16:57.799><c> us</c><00:16:58.019><c> a</c><00:16:58.179><c> profound</c><00:16:58.639><c> lesson,</c>

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that<00:16:59.799><c> whereas</c><00:17:00.100><c> the</c><00:17:00.320><c> scriptures,</c><00:17:00.779><c> the</c><00:17:00.940><c> Old</c><00:17:01.159><c> Testament</c><00:17:01.460><c> scriptures,</c>

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are<00:17:02.500><c> filled</c><00:17:02.960><c> with</c><00:17:03.279><c> types</c><00:17:03.740><c> where</c><00:17:04.319><c> one</c><00:17:04.619><c> man</c><00:17:05.220><c> typifies</c><00:17:05.839><c> another</c><00:17:06.200><c> man,</c>

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the<00:17:06.619><c> Lord</c><00:17:06.839><c> Jesus</c><00:17:07.220><c> Christ,</c><00:17:07.759><c> to</c><00:17:07.819><c> come,</c>

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yet<00:17:08.680><c> in</c><00:17:09.599><c> this</c><00:17:09.900><c> quotation</c><00:17:10.299><c> of</c><00:17:10.579><c> Paul</c><00:17:10.720><c> we</c><00:17:10.880><c> have</c><00:17:11.079><c> the</c><00:17:11.359><c> profoundest</c>

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of<00:17:12.160><c> all</c><00:17:12.440><c> types</c>

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because<00:17:13.240><c> God,</c><00:17:14.220><c> the</c><00:17:14.400><c> creator</c><00:17:14.720><c> of</c><00:17:14.940><c> heaven</c><00:17:15.119><c> and</c><00:17:15.279><c> earth,</c>

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God<00:17:16.220><c> who</c><00:17:16.380><c> is</c><00:17:16.700><c> all</c><00:17:17.019><c>-powerful</c><00:17:17.640><c> has</c><00:17:18.059><c> condescended</c><00:17:19.400><c> to</c><00:17:20.160><c> allow</c><00:17:20.700><c> himself</c><00:17:21.380><c> and</c>

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his<00:17:21.900><c> emotions</c>

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and<00:17:23.059><c> his</c><00:17:23.339><c> love</c><00:17:23.619><c> for</c><00:17:23.839><c> us</c><00:17:24.240><c> to</c><00:17:24.619><c> be</c><00:17:24.880><c> typified</c><00:17:25.420><c> by</c><00:17:25.779><c> a</c><00:17:26.059><c> man.</c>

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And<00:17:27.059><c> so</c><00:17:27.240><c> the</c><00:17:27.440><c> man</c><00:17:27.759><c> Abraham</c><00:17:28.259><c> typifies</c><00:17:28.960><c> not</c><00:17:29.400><c> another</c><00:17:29.720><c> man,</c>

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but<00:17:30.599><c> the</c><00:17:30.839><c> God</c><00:17:31.039><c> of</c><00:17:31.240><c> heaven</c><00:17:31.460><c> and</c><00:17:31.640><c> earth</c><00:17:32.160><c> in</c><00:17:32.539><c> offering</c><00:17:32.839><c> his</c><00:17:33.160><c> son</c><00:17:33.420><c> as</c><00:17:33.660><c> a</c><00:17:33.900><c> sacrifice.</c>

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All<00:17:36.680><c> of</c><00:17:36.819><c> this</c><00:17:36.960><c> was</c><00:17:37.180><c> done</c><00:17:37.440><c> so</c><00:17:37.680><c> as</c><00:17:37.819><c> to</c><00:17:38.000><c> bring</c><00:17:38.220><c> blessings</c><00:17:38.660><c> to</c><00:17:38.980><c> others,</c>

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just<00:17:39.960><c> as</c><00:17:40.220><c> the</c><00:17:40.400><c> work</c><00:17:40.539><c> of</c><00:17:40.859><c> Abraham</c><00:17:41.200><c> and</c><00:17:41.380><c> the</c><00:17:41.539><c> faith</c><00:17:41.720><c> of</c><00:17:41.940><c> Abraham</c>

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brought<00:17:43.019><c> blessings</c><00:17:43.519><c> upon</c><00:17:43.839><c> all</c><00:17:44.200><c> nations,</c><00:17:44.980><c> upon</c><00:17:45.160><c> us</c><00:17:45.599><c> here</c>

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assembled<00:17:46.359><c> together</c><00:17:46.839><c> today.</c>

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God<00:17:49.140><c> so</c><00:17:49.599><c> loved</c><00:17:49.960><c> the</c><00:17:50.220><c> world</c><00:17:50.460><c> that</c><00:17:50.599><c> he</c><00:17:50.799><c> gave</c><00:17:51.079><c> his</c><00:17:51.339><c> only</c><00:17:51.660><c> begotten</c><00:17:52.119><c> son</c>

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that<00:17:53.220><c> whosoever</c><00:17:54.160><c> of</c><00:17:54.720><c> all</c><00:17:55.039><c> nations</c><00:17:55.440><c> believeth</c><00:17:56.079><c> in</c><00:17:56.299><c> him</c>

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should<00:17:57.660><c> not</c><00:17:57.960><c> perish</c><00:17:58.599><c> but</c><00:17:59.440><c> should</c><00:17:59.559><c> have</c><00:17:59.759><c> everlasting</c><00:18:00.259><c> life.</c>

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We<00:18:04.660><c> contemplate</c><00:18:05.299><c> this</c><00:18:05.640><c> gift</c><00:18:06.039><c> and</c><00:18:07.339><c> we</c><00:18:07.500><c> ask</c><00:18:07.759><c> ourselves,</c>

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can<00:18:09.420><c> God</c><00:18:09.859><c> feel</c><00:18:10.299><c> sorrow?</c><00:18:12.779><c> Can</c><00:18:13.019><c> God</c><00:18:13.440><c> feel</c><00:18:13.839><c> pain?</c>

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Remember,<00:18:17.920><c> we</c><00:18:18.200><c> are</c><00:18:18.420><c> in</c><00:18:18.579><c> God's</c><00:18:19.119><c> image.</c>

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Can<00:18:22.740><c> God</c><00:18:23.019><c> be</c><00:18:23.279><c> compassionate?</c>

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Can<00:18:27.500><c> God</c><00:18:27.920><c> truly</c><00:18:28.660><c> love</c><00:18:29.859><c> us?</c>

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The<00:18:34.339><c> Greeks</c><00:18:34.619><c> and</c><00:18:34.799><c> the</c><00:18:34.960><c> Romans</c><00:18:35.220><c> and</c><00:18:35.400><c> the</c><00:18:35.579><c> other</c><00:18:36.400><c> pagan</c><00:18:36.779><c> societies</c><00:18:37.500><c> of</c><00:18:37.759><c> Paul's</c><00:18:38.240><c> day,</c>

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as<00:18:39.099><c> do</c><00:18:39.240><c> the</c><00:18:39.460><c> pagan</c><00:18:39.720><c> societies</c><00:18:40.319><c> of</c><00:18:40.539><c> our</c><00:18:40.839><c> day,</c>

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worship<00:18:41.740><c> gods</c><00:18:42.180><c> and</c><00:18:42.400><c> goddesses</c><00:18:42.940><c> that</c><00:18:43.059><c> they</c><00:18:43.339><c> set</c><00:18:43.500><c> high</c><00:18:44.059><c> above</c><00:18:44.380><c> mankind,</c>

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on<00:18:45.339><c> Mount</c><00:18:45.539><c> Olympus</c><00:18:46.000><c> perhaps,</c><00:18:46.819><c> far</c><00:18:47.140><c> removed</c><00:18:47.559><c> from</c><00:18:47.740><c> our</c><00:18:47.980><c> emotions</c><00:18:48.420><c> and</c><00:18:48.720><c> feelings.</c>

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Such<00:18:51.440><c> gods</c><00:18:52.039><c> mock</c><00:18:52.619><c> and</c><00:18:53.099><c> scorn</c><00:18:53.799><c> poor,</c><00:18:54.500><c> feeble</c><00:18:54.759><c> mankind</c>

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that<00:18:55.640><c> tries</c><00:18:55.880><c> to</c><00:18:56.140><c> reach</c><00:18:56.319><c> up</c><00:18:56.539><c> to</c><00:18:56.680><c> their</c><00:18:56.859><c> heights.</c>

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And<00:18:58.579><c> yet</c><00:18:58.759><c> our</c><00:18:59.099><c> God,</c><00:18:59.839><c> the</c><00:19:00.059><c> God</c><00:19:00.319><c> of</c><00:19:00.500><c> Israel,</c><00:19:01.240><c> is</c><00:19:01.579><c> infinitely</c><00:19:02.019><c> different.</c>

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He<00:19:04.660><c> condescends,</c><00:19:05.579><c> he</c><00:19:05.880><c> kneels</c><00:19:06.359><c> down</c><00:19:06.779><c> to</c><00:19:07.000><c> us</c><00:19:07.339><c> to</c><00:19:07.700><c> portray</c><00:19:08.200><c> himself</c><00:19:08.819><c> as</c><00:19:09.339><c> a</c><00:19:09.579><c> father,</c>

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to<00:19:10.720><c> bring</c><00:19:11.039><c> himself</c><00:19:11.700><c> into</c><00:19:12.460><c> a</c><00:19:12.759><c> family</c><00:19:13.160><c> relationship</c><00:19:13.859><c> with</c><00:19:14.099><c> us,</c>

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and<00:19:15.359><c> we</c><00:19:15.720><c> reciprocate</c><00:19:16.319><c> that</c><00:19:16.579><c> relationship</c><00:19:17.200><c> in</c><00:19:17.539><c> faith.</c>

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Those<00:19:28.059><c> words</c><00:19:28.400><c> that</c><00:19:28.579><c> we</c><00:19:28.660><c> just</c><00:19:28.940><c> sang,</c><00:19:29.339><c> hymn</c><00:19:29.559><c> 286,</c>

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they<00:19:32.720><c> send</c><00:19:32.960><c> chills</c><00:19:33.440><c> through</c><00:19:33.759><c> me.</c>

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If<00:19:34.559><c> we</c><00:19:34.720><c> just</c><00:19:35.019><c> think</c><00:19:35.180><c> of</c><00:19:35.319><c> the</c><00:19:35.519><c> implication,</c>

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behold<00:19:38.140><c> the</c><00:19:38.579><c> amazing</c><00:19:39.960><c> gift</c><00:19:40.559><c> of</c><00:19:40.819><c> love</c><00:19:41.299><c> the</c><00:19:42.359><c> Father</c><00:19:42.759><c> hath</c><00:19:43.140><c> bestowed</c><00:19:43.859><c> on</c><00:19:44.359><c> us,</c>

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the<00:19:46.920><c> sinful</c><00:19:47.319><c> sons</c><00:19:47.720><c> of</c><00:19:47.940><c> men,</c><00:19:49.119><c> to</c><00:19:49.420><c> call</c><00:19:49.740><c> us</c><00:19:51.980><c> sons</c><00:19:52.759><c> of</c><00:19:52.960><c> God.</c>

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In<00:19:59.130><c> verse</c><00:19:59.450><c> 33,</c><00:20:01.829><c> Paul</c><00:20:02.130><c> says,</c>

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who<00:20:04.309><c> will</c><00:20:04.589><c> bring</c><00:20:04.789><c> any</c><00:20:05.210><c> charge</c><00:20:05.529><c> against</c><00:20:05.930><c> God's</c><00:20:06.509><c> chosen</c><00:20:06.809><c> ones?</c>

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And<00:20:08.509><c> in</c><00:20:08.630><c> this</c><00:20:08.829><c> translation,</c><00:20:09.349><c> in</c><00:20:09.529><c> verses</c><00:20:09.809><c> 33</c><00:20:10.269><c> and</c><00:20:10.450><c> 34,</c>

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we<00:20:11.190><c> recognize</c><00:20:11.890><c> that</c><00:20:12.309><c> what</c><00:20:12.470><c> we</c><00:20:12.730><c> have</c><00:20:12.930><c> is</c><00:20:13.170><c> a</c><00:20:13.390><c> series</c><00:20:13.769><c> of</c>

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rhetorical<00:20:15.049><c> questions,</c>

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so<00:20:16.849><c> that</c><00:20:17.490><c> the</c><00:20:17.809><c> questions</c><00:20:18.269><c> demand,</c><00:20:19.130><c> by</c><00:20:19.410><c> the</c><00:20:19.529><c> way</c><00:20:19.690><c> in</c><00:20:19.829><c> which</c>

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they're<00:20:20.230><c> put,</c>

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the<00:20:21.130><c> answer</c><00:20:21.450><c> of</c><00:20:21.750><c> no.</c>

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And<00:20:23.029><c> so</c><00:20:23.210><c> we</c><00:20:23.430><c> read</c><00:20:23.549><c> it</c><00:20:23.690><c> with</c><00:20:23.789><c> this</c><00:20:23.990><c> in</c><00:20:24.190><c> mind.</c>

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Who<00:20:25.049><c> will</c><00:20:25.309><c> bring</c><00:20:25.470><c> any</c><00:20:25.789><c> charge</c><00:20:26.069><c> against</c><00:20:26.410><c> God's</c><00:20:26.950><c> chosen</c><00:20:27.210><c> ones?</c>

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Will<00:20:28.150><c> God,</c><00:20:29.910><c> who</c><00:20:30.309><c> pronounces</c><00:20:31.029><c> us</c><00:20:31.450><c> righteous,</c><00:20:33.890><c> who</c><00:20:34.089><c> will</c><00:20:34.430><c> condemn</c><00:20:34.730><c> us?</c>

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Will<00:20:36.049><c> Christ,</c><00:20:37.170><c> Christ</c><00:20:37.630><c> who</c><00:20:37.950><c> died</c><00:20:38.289><c> for</c><00:20:38.609><c> us</c><00:20:38.930><c> and</c><00:20:39.230><c> is</c><00:20:39.509><c> risen</c><00:20:39.750><c> again</c>

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and<00:20:40.809><c> now</c><00:20:41.230><c> intercedes</c><00:20:41.789><c> at</c><00:20:41.950><c> the</c><00:20:42.109><c> right</c><00:20:42.349><c> hand</c><00:20:42.490><c> of</c><00:20:42.650><c> the</c><00:20:42.809><c> Father</c><00:20:43.069><c> on</c>

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our<00:20:43.849><c> behalf,</c>

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will<00:20:45.109><c> he</c><00:20:45.430><c> condemn</c><00:20:45.789><c> us?</c>

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If<00:20:47.670><c> God</c><00:20:48.089><c> is</c><00:20:48.430><c> for</c><00:20:48.609><c> us</c><00:20:48.750><c> and</c><00:20:48.950><c> if</c><00:20:49.130><c> his</c><00:20:49.470><c> Son</c><00:20:49.769><c> is</c><00:20:50.470><c> for</c><00:20:50.789><c> us</c><00:20:51.069><c> on</c><00:20:51.289><c> our</c><00:20:51.650><c> part,</c>

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who<00:20:52.809><c> could</c><00:20:53.130><c> possibly</c><00:20:53.630><c> be</c><00:20:53.890><c> against</c><00:20:54.190><c> us?</c>

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We<00:20:59.650><c> have</c><00:20:59.950><c> in</c><00:21:00.670><c> the</c><00:21:00.970><c> book</c><00:21:01.130><c> of</c><00:21:01.329><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:01.869><c> several</c><00:21:02.509><c> passages</c><00:21:02.970><c> that</c>

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we'll<00:21:03.289><c> look</c><00:21:03.470><c> at</c><00:21:03.650><c> very</c><00:21:03.950><c> briefly.</c>

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They<00:21:04.829><c> develop</c><00:21:05.130><c> a</c><00:21:05.369><c> picture,</c><00:21:05.890><c> a</c><00:21:06.109><c> picture</c><00:21:06.329><c> that</c><00:21:06.529><c> I</c><00:21:06.630><c> think</c><00:21:06.890><c> Paul</c>

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had<00:21:07.430><c> in</c><00:21:07.730><c> mind</c>

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when<00:21:08.609><c> he</c><00:21:10.029><c> demonstrates</c><00:21:10.609><c> to</c><00:21:10.849><c> us</c><00:21:11.029><c> this</c><00:21:12.109><c> courtroom</c><00:21:12.650><c> scene</c>

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where<00:21:13.710><c> we</c><00:21:13.990><c> stand</c><00:21:14.250><c> in</c><00:21:14.410><c> the</c><00:21:14.609><c> presence</c><00:21:14.869><c> of</c><00:21:15.130><c> God</c><00:21:15.509><c> and</c><00:21:15.849><c> Christ.</c>

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If<00:21:16.849><c> we</c><00:21:16.970><c> look</c><00:21:17.130><c> at</c><00:21:17.250><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:17.549><c> 41,</c><00:21:18.230><c> we'll</c><00:21:18.329><c> see</c><00:21:18.490><c> the</c><00:21:18.650><c> first</c><00:21:18.910><c> of</c><00:21:19.089><c> these.</c>

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Isaiah<00:21:34.869><c> 41,</c><00:21:35.609><c> verse</c><00:21:35.970><c> 21.</c>

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Let<00:21:43.430><c> them</c><00:21:43.630><c> bring</c><00:21:43.829><c> them</c><00:21:44.109><c> forth</c><00:21:44.430><c> and</c><00:21:44.829><c> show</c><00:21:45.089><c> us</c><00:21:45.269><c> what</c><00:21:45.430><c> shall</c><00:21:45.630><c> happen.</c>

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Let<00:21:46.130><c> them</c><00:21:46.390><c> show</c><00:21:46.650><c> the</c><00:21:46.869><c> former</c><00:21:47.089><c> things</c><00:21:47.410><c> what</c><00:21:47.630><c> they</c><00:21:47.930><c> be.</c>

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Verse<00:21:49.490><c> 23,</c><00:21:50.490><c> show</c><00:21:50.690><c> the</c><00:21:50.930><c> things</c><00:21:51.150><c> that</c><00:21:51.390><c> are</c><00:21:51.589><c> to</c><00:21:51.829><c> come</c><00:21:53.130><c> hereafter,</c>

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that<00:21:54.710><c> we</c><00:21:54.890><c> may</c><00:21:55.069><c> know</c><00:21:55.329><c> that</c><00:21:55.549><c> ye</c><00:21:55.670><c> are</c><00:21:55.789><c> gods.</c>

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Behold,<00:21:57.190><c> ye</c><00:21:57.369><c> are</c><00:21:57.589><c> of</c><00:21:57.789><c> nothing,</c><00:21:58.109><c> and</c><00:21:58.329><c> your</c><00:21:58.569><c> work</c><00:21:58.849><c> is</c><00:21:59.089><c> of</c><00:21:59.269><c> naught,</c>

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and<00:22:00.130><c> abomination</c><00:22:00.710><c> is</c><00:22:01.029><c> he</c><00:22:01.309><c> that</c><00:22:01.630><c> chooseth</c><00:22:01.930><c> you.</c>

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God<00:22:03.509><c> is</c><00:22:03.869><c> calling</c><00:22:04.309><c> the</c><00:22:05.130><c> nations,</c><00:22:05.609><c> the</c><00:22:05.849><c> people</c><00:22:06.190><c> into</c><00:22:06.569><c> a</c><00:22:06.829><c> courtroom</c>

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and<00:22:07.869><c> presenting</c><00:22:08.269><c> to</c><00:22:08.470><c> them</c><00:22:08.710><c> his</c><00:22:09.029><c> case</c><00:22:09.430><c> that</c><00:22:09.589><c> he</c><00:22:09.910><c> is</c><00:22:10.130><c> the</c><00:22:10.309><c> only</c>

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true<00:22:10.910><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:12.109><c> so</c><00:22:12.269><c> we</c><00:22:12.430><c> proceed</c><00:22:12.789><c> into</c><00:22:13.029><c> chapter</c><00:22:13.609><c> 43.</c>

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The<00:22:15.190><c> same</c><00:22:15.509><c> theme</c><00:22:15.789><c> continues</c><00:22:16.309><c> in</c><00:22:16.509><c> verse</c><00:22:16.750><c> 8.</c>

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Bring<00:22:18.089><c> forth</c><00:22:18.450><c> the</c><00:22:18.789><c> blind</c><00:22:19.230><c> people</c><00:22:19.630><c> that</c><00:22:19.849><c> have</c><00:22:20.029><c> eyes</c><00:22:20.430><c> and</c><00:22:20.609><c> the</c>

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deaf<00:22:21.029><c> that</c><00:22:21.250><c> have</c><00:22:21.410><c> ears,</c>

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the<00:22:22.589><c> nation</c><00:22:22.869><c> of</c><00:22:23.029><c> Israel.</c>

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Let<00:22:24.109><c> all</c><00:22:24.509><c> the</c><00:22:24.710><c> nations</c><00:22:25.029><c> be</c><00:22:25.329><c> gathered</c><00:22:25.529><c> together</c><00:22:25.910><c> and</c><00:22:26.029><c> let</c><00:22:26.190><c> the</c>

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people<00:22:26.609><c> be</c><00:22:26.869><c> assembled.</c>

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Who<00:22:27.849><c> among</c><00:22:28.089><c> them</c><00:22:28.369><c> can</c><00:22:28.609><c> declare</c><00:22:28.950><c> this</c><00:22:29.309><c> and</c><00:22:29.750><c> show</c><00:22:29.930><c> us</c><00:22:30.170><c> former</c><00:22:30.450><c> things?</c>

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Let<00:22:30.970><c> them</c><00:22:31.150><c> bring</c><00:22:31.410><c> forth</c><00:22:31.730><c> their</c><00:22:32.049><c> witnesses</c><00:22:32.589><c> that</c><00:22:33.150><c> they</c><00:22:33.349><c> may</c><00:22:33.529><c> be</c><00:22:33.789><c> justified,</c>

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that<00:22:34.910><c> they</c><00:22:35.190><c> may</c><00:22:35.410><c> be</c><00:22:35.750><c> declared</c><00:22:36.029><c> righteous.</c>

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Ye<00:22:37.430><c> are</c><00:22:37.769><c> my</c><00:22:38.089><c> witnesses,</c><00:22:38.769><c> saith</c><00:22:38.890><c> the</c><00:22:39.069><c> Lord,</c><00:22:39.609><c> and</c><00:22:39.809><c> my</c><00:22:40.130><c> servant</c><00:22:40.470><c> whom</c><00:22:40.630><c> I</c>

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have<00:22:41.029><c> chosen,</c>

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that<00:22:41.849><c> ye</c><00:22:42.049><c> may</c><00:22:42.190><c> know</c><00:22:42.509><c> and</c><00:22:42.750><c> believe</c><00:22:43.109><c> me</c><00:22:43.390><c> and</c><00:22:43.509><c> understand</c><00:22:44.029><c> that</c><00:22:44.230><c> I</c>

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am<00:22:44.569><c> he.</c>

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I,<00:22:45.809><c> even</c><00:22:46.109><c> I,</c><00:22:46.589><c> am</c><00:22:46.829><c> the</c><00:22:47.029><c> Lord,</c><00:22:47.750><c> and</c><00:22:47.990><c> beside</c><00:22:48.390><c> me</c><00:22:48.609><c> there</c><00:22:48.809><c> is</c><00:22:48.990><c> no</c><00:22:49.309><c> Savior.</c>

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God<00:22:50.410><c> is</c><00:22:50.690><c> continuing</c><00:22:51.109><c> to</c><00:22:51.470><c> testify</c><00:22:51.849><c> both</c><00:22:52.170><c> to</c><00:22:52.509><c> Jews</c><00:22:52.849><c> and</c><00:22:53.549><c> Gentiles</c>

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that<00:22:54.569><c> they</c><00:22:54.829><c> are</c><00:22:54.930><c> without</c><00:22:55.349><c> righteousness,</c><00:22:55.910><c> that</c><00:22:56.049><c> they</c><00:22:56.289><c> stand</c>

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naked<00:22:57.089><c> and</c><00:22:57.650><c> sinful</c><00:22:57.990><c> before</c><00:22:58.410><c> God,</c>

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that<00:22:59.109><c> they</c><00:22:59.289><c> can't</c><00:22:59.490><c> even</c><00:22:59.789><c> predict</c><00:23:00.109><c> what's</c><00:23:00.410><c> going</c><00:23:00.569><c> to</c><00:23:00.829><c> happen</c><00:23:01.029><c> tomorrow,</c>

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much<00:23:02.230><c> less</c><00:23:02.509><c> tell</c><00:23:02.809><c> the</c><00:23:02.950><c> distant</c><00:23:03.329><c> future.</c>

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They<00:23:04.150><c> stand</c><00:23:04.549><c> before</c><00:23:04.950><c> God,</c><00:23:05.690><c> helpless</c><00:23:06.130><c> and</c><00:23:06.789><c> hopeless.</c>

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Chapter<00:23:08.309><c> 44,</c><00:23:09.069><c> verse</c><00:23:09.250><c> 8.</c>

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Fear<00:23:13.509><c> ye</c><00:23:13.789><c> not,</c><00:23:14.029><c> neither</c><00:23:14.269><c> be</c><00:23:14.509><c> afraid.</c>

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Have<00:23:15.069><c> I</c><00:23:15.250><c> not</c><00:23:15.490><c> told</c><00:23:15.750><c> thee</c><00:23:15.990><c> from</c><00:23:16.150><c> that</c><00:23:16.450><c> time</c><00:23:16.690><c> and</c><00:23:16.829><c> have</c><00:23:17.009><c> declared</c><00:23:17.369><c> it?</c>

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Ye<00:23:17.930><c> are</c><00:23:18.029><c> even</c><00:23:18.289><c> my</c><00:23:18.529><c> witnesses.</c><00:23:19.269><c> Is</c><00:23:19.470><c> there</c><00:23:19.710><c> a</c><00:23:19.769><c> God</c><00:23:20.029><c> beside</c><00:23:20.470><c> me?</c>

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Yea,<00:23:21.410><c> there</c><00:23:21.650><c> is</c><00:23:21.930><c> no</c><00:23:22.190><c> God,</c><00:23:22.789><c> I</c><00:23:23.049><c> know</c><00:23:23.230><c> not</c><00:23:23.549><c> any.</c>

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Chapter<00:23:24.730><c> 45,</c><00:23:25.549><c> verse</c><00:23:25.750><c> 20.</c>

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Assemble<00:23:29.670><c> yourselves</c><00:23:30.190><c> and</c><00:23:30.609><c> come.</c>

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Draw<00:23:31.650><c> near</c><00:23:31.970><c> together,</c><00:23:32.750><c> ye</c><00:23:32.769><c> that</c><00:23:32.910><c> are</c><00:23:33.309><c> escaped</c><00:23:33.650><c> of</c><00:23:33.849><c> the</c><00:23:33.990><c> nations,</c>

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that<00:23:35.309><c> have</c><00:23:35.450><c> no</c><00:23:35.769><c> knowledge,</c><00:23:36.690><c> that</c><00:23:36.930><c> set</c><00:23:37.029><c> up</c><00:23:37.250><c> the</c><00:23:37.490><c> wood</c><00:23:37.630><c> of</c><00:23:37.750><c> their</c>

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graven<00:23:38.309><c> image,</c>

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and<00:23:38.890><c> pray</c><00:23:39.069><c> unto</c><00:23:39.329><c> a</c><00:23:39.509><c> God</c><00:23:39.690><c> that</c><00:23:39.970><c> cannot</c><00:23:40.250><c> save.</c>

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Tell<00:23:41.569><c> ye</c><00:23:41.769><c> and</c><00:23:41.890><c> bring</c><00:23:42.130><c> them</c><00:23:42.369><c> near,</c><00:23:43.089><c> yea,</c><00:23:43.329><c> let</c><00:23:43.490><c> them</c><00:23:43.710><c> take</c>

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counsel<00:23:44.390><c> together.</c>

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Who<00:23:45.410><c> hath</c><00:23:45.569><c> declared</c><00:23:46.009><c> this</c><00:23:46.269><c> from</c><00:23:46.490><c> ancient</c><00:23:46.890><c> time?</c><00:23:47.470><c> Who</c><00:23:47.670><c> hath</c><00:23:47.890><c> told</c><00:23:48.130><c> it</c>

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from<00:23:48.470><c> that</c><00:23:48.750><c> time?</c>

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Have<00:23:49.430><c> not</c><00:23:49.750><c> I</c><00:23:50.029><c> the</c><00:23:50.150><c> Lord,</c><00:23:50.490><c> and</c><00:23:50.650><c> there</c><00:23:50.869><c> is</c><00:23:51.089><c> no</c><00:23:51.309><c> God</c><00:23:51.650><c> else</c><00:23:51.990><c> beside</c><00:23:52.430><c> me,</c>

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a<00:23:53.309><c> just</c><00:23:53.569><c> God</c><00:23:53.930><c> and</c><00:23:54.130><c> a</c><00:23:54.309><c> Savior,</c><00:23:54.890><c> and</c><00:23:55.150><c> there</c><00:23:55.369><c> is</c><00:23:55.650><c> none</c><00:23:55.890><c> beside</c><00:23:56.430><c> me?</c>

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Continually,<00:23:58.170><c> in</c><00:23:58.630><c> the</c><00:23:59.109><c> typical</c><00:23:59.549><c> picture</c><00:23:59.910><c> that</c><00:24:00.150><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:00.490><c> is</c>

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painting<00:24:00.970><c> here,</c>

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God<00:24:01.869><c> is</c><00:24:02.190><c> bringing</c><00:24:02.470><c> the</c><00:24:02.710><c> nations,</c><00:24:03.150><c> Jews</c><00:24:03.509><c> and</c><00:24:03.750><c> Gentiles,</c><00:24:04.390><c> before</c><00:24:04.750><c> him,</c>

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declaring<00:24:05.730><c> to</c><00:24:05.950><c> them</c><00:24:06.150><c> their</c><00:24:06.349><c> inadequacy</c><00:24:07.049><c> and</c><00:24:07.190><c> their</c><00:24:07.450><c> failures,</c>

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and<00:24:08.289><c> setting</c><00:24:08.490><c> himself</c><00:24:08.869><c> up</c><00:24:09.130><c> as</c><00:24:09.250><c> the</c><00:24:09.470><c> only</c><00:24:09.829><c> true</c><00:24:10.089><c> God,</c>

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the<00:24:11.029><c> one</c><00:24:11.190><c> who</c><00:24:11.329><c> has</c><00:24:11.609><c> righteousness</c><00:24:12.069><c> and</c><00:24:12.390><c> immortality.</c>

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How<00:24:13.609><c> can</c><00:24:13.890><c> man</c><00:24:14.250><c> stand</c><00:24:14.789><c> in</c><00:24:15.309><c> that</c><00:24:15.609><c> kind</c><00:24:15.809><c> of</c><00:24:15.950><c> a</c><00:24:16.150><c> courtroom</c><00:24:16.349><c> when</c><00:24:16.609><c> he</c>

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comes<00:24:17.029><c> before</c><00:24:17.410><c> God?</c>

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How<00:24:18.190><c> can</c><00:24:18.349><c> he</c><00:24:18.450><c> do</c><00:24:18.589><c> anything</c><00:24:18.910><c> but</c><00:24:19.210><c> cringe</c><00:24:19.630><c> and</c><00:24:19.930><c> fall</c><00:24:20.109><c> to</c><00:24:20.309><c> the</c><00:24:20.490><c> floor,</c>

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and<00:24:21.789><c> faint</c><00:24:21.950><c> away</c><00:24:22.289><c> in</c><00:24:22.470><c> the</c><00:24:22.710><c> presence</c><00:24:22.990><c> of</c><00:24:23.230><c> God?</c>

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All<00:24:27.289><c> of</c><00:24:27.490><c> this</c><00:24:27.950><c> Paul</c><00:24:28.329><c> has</c><00:24:28.609><c> summarized</c><00:24:29.210><c> in</c><00:24:29.410><c> Romans</c><00:24:29.730><c> as</c><00:24:29.930><c> he</c><00:24:30.150><c> leads</c>

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us<00:24:30.789><c> into</c><00:24:31.250><c> chapter</c><00:24:31.650><c> 8,</c>

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that<00:24:32.769><c> great</c><00:24:33.109><c> conclusion</c><00:24:33.630><c> in</c><00:24:33.809><c> Romans</c><00:24:34.109><c> chapter</c><00:24:34.509><c> 3</c><00:24:34.829><c> when</c><00:24:34.990><c> he</c><00:24:35.210><c> says,</c>

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All<00:24:36.210><c> men</c><00:24:36.670><c> are</c><00:24:37.029><c> under</c><00:24:37.390><c> the</c><00:24:37.609><c> dominion</c><00:24:37.890><c> of</c><00:24:38.130><c> sin.</c>

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God<00:24:38.690><c> hath</c><00:24:38.890><c> pronounced</c><00:24:39.390><c> both</c><00:24:39.809><c> Jews</c><00:24:40.210><c> and</c><00:24:40.690><c> Gentiles</c><00:24:41.549><c> sinners.</c>

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There<00:24:42.509><c> is</c><00:24:42.750><c> none</c><00:24:42.990><c> righteous,</c><00:24:43.589><c> no</c><00:24:43.710><c> not</c><00:24:44.009><c> one.</c><00:24:44.650><c> No</c><00:24:44.890><c> man</c><00:24:45.170><c> can</c><00:24:45.410><c> redeem</c><00:24:45.650><c> his</c><00:24:45.930><c> brother.</c>

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These<00:24:46.849><c> thoughts</c><00:24:47.289><c> expressing</c><00:24:48.609><c> the</c><00:24:49.130><c> primary</c><00:24:49.609><c> conclusion</c><00:24:50.130><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:50.430><c> book</c><00:24:50.569><c> of</c><00:24:50.789><c> Romans,</c>

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showing<00:24:51.710><c> man</c><00:24:52.049><c> where</c><00:24:52.230><c> his</c><00:24:52.549><c> true</c><00:24:52.789><c> position</c><00:24:53.250><c> is</c><00:24:53.690><c> in</c><00:24:53.990><c> relation</c><00:24:54.289><c> to</c><00:24:54.509><c> God,</c>

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and<00:24:54.869><c> one</c><00:24:54.950><c> of</c><00:24:55.529><c> abject</c><00:24:56.049><c> humility</c><00:24:56.609><c> and</c><00:24:56.869><c> hopelessness,</c>

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as<00:24:58.029><c> he</c><00:24:58.650><c> stands</c><00:24:59.150><c> and</c><00:24:59.609><c> then</c><00:24:59.990><c> falls</c><00:25:00.289><c> to</c><00:25:00.509><c> the</c><00:25:00.690><c> ground</c><00:25:00.910><c> in</c><00:25:01.049><c> the</c><00:25:01.250><c> courtroom</c><00:25:01.529><c> of</c><00:25:01.769><c> God.</c>

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Who<00:25:03.470><c> can</c><00:25:03.730><c> redeem</c><00:25:04.029><c> man?</c>

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Who<00:25:04.829><c> can</c><00:25:05.109><c> bring</c><00:25:05.329><c> man</c><00:25:05.910><c> to</c><00:25:07.029><c> stand</c><00:25:07.509><c> in</c><00:25:07.730><c> the</c><00:25:07.990><c> presence</c><00:25:08.289><c> of</c><00:25:08.549><c> God</c>

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with<00:25:09.329><c> any</c><00:25:09.569><c> degree</c><00:25:09.910><c> of</c><00:25:10.289><c> confidence</c><00:25:10.769><c> or</c><00:25:11.410><c> trust?</c>

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We<00:25:13.210><c> turn</c><00:25:13.410><c> to</c><00:25:13.569><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:13.970><c> chapter</c><00:25:14.430><c> 50,</c><00:25:15.730><c> and</c><00:25:16.829><c> again</c><00:25:17.170><c> we</c><00:25:17.309><c> have</c><00:25:17.549><c> a</c>

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courtroom<00:25:18.089><c> scene.</c>

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In<00:25:19.650><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:20.049><c> 50</c><00:25:21.230><c> and</c><00:25:21.609><c> verse</c><00:25:22.029><c> 4,</c><00:25:23.950><c> we</c><00:25:23.950><c> read</c><00:25:24.309><c> typically,</c><00:25:25.230><c> prophetically,</c><00:25:25.869><c> the</c><00:25:25.930><c> words</c><00:25:26.170><c> of</c><00:25:26.369><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:25:28.109><c> Lord</c><00:25:28.490><c> God</c><00:25:28.809><c> hath</c><00:25:29.029><c> given</c><00:25:29.309><c> me</c><00:25:29.569><c> the</c><00:25:29.890><c> tongue</c><00:25:30.230><c> of</c><00:25:30.509><c> the</c><00:25:30.690><c> learned,</c>

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that<00:25:31.210><c> I</c><00:25:31.430><c> should</c><00:25:31.589><c> know</c><00:25:31.829><c> how</c><00:25:32.049><c> to</c><00:25:32.250><c> speak</c><00:25:32.450><c> a</c><00:25:32.670><c> word</c><00:25:32.890><c> in</c><00:25:33.250><c> season</c><00:25:33.589><c> to</c>

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him<00:25:34.349><c> that</c><00:25:34.509><c> is</c><00:25:34.710><c> weary.</c>

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He<00:25:35.970><c> wakeneth</c><00:25:36.329><c> morning</c><00:25:36.730><c> by</c><00:25:37.029><c> morning,</c><00:25:37.809><c> he</c><00:25:38.049><c> wakeneth</c><00:25:38.470><c> mine</c><00:25:38.750><c> ear</c>

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to<00:25:39.349><c> hear</c><00:25:39.630><c> as</c><00:25:39.869><c> the</c><00:25:40.109><c> learned.</c>

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The<00:25:41.309><c> Lord</c><00:25:41.589><c> God</c><00:25:41.890><c> hath</c><00:25:42.069><c> opened</c><00:25:42.390><c> mine</c><00:25:42.730><c> ear,</c><00:25:43.130><c> and</c><00:25:43.289><c> I</c><00:25:43.450><c> was</c><00:25:43.650><c> not</c><00:25:43.950><c> rebellious,</c><00:25:44.829><c> neither</c><00:25:45.089><c> turned</c><00:25:45.470><c> I</c>

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away<00:25:46.029><c> back.</c>

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I<00:25:46.829><c> gave</c><00:25:47.130><c> my</c><00:25:47.490><c> back</c><00:25:47.710><c> to</c><00:25:47.869><c> the</c><00:25:48.049><c> smithers</c><00:25:48.569><c> and</c><00:25:48.849><c> my</c><00:25:49.130><c> cheeks</c><00:25:49.369><c> to</c><00:25:49.509><c> them</c>

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that<00:25:49.910><c> plucked</c><00:25:50.170><c> off</c><00:25:50.410><c> the</c><00:25:50.609><c> hair.</c>

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I<00:25:51.490><c> hid</c><00:25:51.670><c> not</c><00:25:51.930><c> my</c><00:25:52.190><c> face</c><00:25:52.470><c> from</c><00:25:52.750><c> shame</c><00:25:53.150><c> and</c><00:25:53.470><c> spitting.</c>

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The<00:25:55.170><c> Lord</c><00:25:55.450><c> Jesus</c><00:25:55.890><c> Christ</c><00:25:56.329><c> standing</c><00:25:56.890><c> up</c><00:25:57.369><c> in</c><00:25:57.650><c> a</c><00:25:57.910><c> courtroom</c><00:25:58.210><c> situation,</c><00:25:59.630><c> being</c><00:25:59.829><c> judged</c><00:26:00.289><c> by</c><00:26:01.130><c> mankind,</c>

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both<00:26:02.589><c> Jews</c><00:26:02.950><c> and</c><00:26:03.230><c> Gentiles</c><00:26:03.829><c> brought</c><00:26:04.150><c> together</c><00:26:04.650><c> in</c><00:26:05.009><c> that</c><00:26:05.329><c> courtroom</c><00:26:05.750><c> scene</c>

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before<00:26:06.509><c> Pilate,</c>

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where<00:26:07.430><c> the</c><00:26:07.630><c> Jews</c><00:26:07.849><c> cried</c><00:26:08.170><c> out,</c><00:26:08.549><c> crucify</c><00:26:09.150><c> him,</c><00:26:09.690><c> a</c><00:26:09.849><c> man</c><00:26:10.089><c> such</c><00:26:10.349><c> as</c>

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this<00:26:10.710><c> deserves</c><00:26:11.130><c> not</c><00:26:11.369><c> to</c><00:26:11.630><c> live.</c>

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And<00:26:12.890><c> Pilate,</c><00:26:14.650><c> the</c><00:26:14.829><c> personification</c><00:26:15.809><c> of</c><00:26:15.990><c> the</c><00:26:16.150><c> greatest</c><00:26:16.369><c> power</c>

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on<00:26:17.029><c> earth,</c>

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the<00:26:17.509><c> greatest</c><00:26:18.069><c> Gentile</c><00:26:18.849><c> power</c><00:26:19.630><c> participating,</c><00:26:20.650><c> though</c><00:26:20.910><c> unwillingly,</c>

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in<00:26:22.710><c> the</c><00:26:23.130><c> execution</c><00:26:23.750><c> of</c><00:26:24.190><c> this</c><00:26:24.410><c> man</c><00:26:24.650><c> who</c><00:26:24.789><c> was</c><00:26:25.029><c> called</c><00:26:25.230><c> a</c><00:26:25.450><c> criminal.</c>

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And<00:26:30.670><c> yet,</c><00:26:31.730><c> both</c><00:26:32.170><c> Jews</c><00:26:32.509><c> and</c><00:26:33.049><c> Gentiles</c><00:26:33.670><c> who</c><00:26:33.930><c> pronounced</c><00:26:34.329><c> judgment</c><00:26:34.769><c> upon</c><00:26:35.029><c> Christ</c>

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were<00:26:36.369><c> in</c><00:26:36.529><c> a</c><00:26:36.809><c> sense</c><00:26:37.089><c> judging</c><00:26:37.609><c> themselves</c><00:26:38.490><c> as</c><00:26:39.230><c> unworthy</c><00:26:39.930><c> to</c><00:26:40.450><c> understand</c><00:26:41.069><c> and</c><00:26:41.430><c> appreciate</c>

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and<00:26:42.190><c> accept</c><00:26:42.890><c> what</c><00:26:43.369><c> Christ</c><00:26:43.769><c> was</c><00:26:44.009><c> doing</c><00:26:44.190><c> on</c><00:26:44.390><c> their</c><00:26:44.630><c> behalf.</c>

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And<00:26:46.630><c> so,</c><00:26:48.130><c> typically</c><00:26:48.470><c> and</c><00:26:48.789><c> prophetically,</c><00:26:49.490><c> the</c><00:26:49.549><c> words</c><00:26:49.769><c> of</c><00:26:49.930><c> Jesus</c><00:26:50.269><c> continue</c><00:26:50.809><c> in</c>

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Isaiah<00:26:51.309><c> 50,</c>

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and<00:26:52.430><c> he</c><00:26:52.630><c> says</c><00:26:52.890><c> in</c><00:26:53.049><c> verse</c><00:26:53.329><c> 7,</c><00:26:53.950><c> For</c><00:26:54.150><c> the</c><00:26:54.329><c> Lord</c><00:26:54.630><c> God</c><00:26:54.950><c> will</c><00:26:55.269><c> help</c><00:26:55.549><c> me,</c>

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therefore<00:26:56.769><c> shall</c><00:26:57.029><c> I</c><00:26:57.329><c> not</c><00:26:57.529><c> be</c><00:26:57.849><c> confounded</c><00:26:58.289><c> before</c><00:26:58.750><c> mine</c><00:26:58.970><c> enemies.</c>

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Therefore<00:27:00.230><c> have</c><00:27:00.470><c> I</c><00:27:00.690><c> set</c><00:27:00.849><c> my</c><00:27:01.210><c> face</c><00:27:01.450><c> like</c><00:27:01.710><c> a</c><00:27:01.930><c> flint,</c><00:27:02.369><c> and</c><00:27:02.609><c> I</c><00:27:02.930><c> know</c>

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that<00:27:03.789><c> ultimately</c>

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I<00:27:05.029><c> shall</c><00:27:05.329><c> not</c><00:27:05.650><c> be</c><00:27:05.910><c> ashamed.</c><00:27:07.170><c> He</c><00:27:07.329><c> is</c><00:27:07.710><c> near</c><00:27:07.990><c> that</c><00:27:08.430><c> justifieth</c><00:27:09.049><c> me.</c>

00:27:10.130 --> 00:27:13.609
Who<00:27:10.289><c> will</c><00:27:10.569><c> contend</c><00:27:10.930><c> with</c><00:27:11.130><c> me?</c><00:27:12.369><c> Let</c><00:27:12.549><c> us</c><00:27:12.789><c> stand</c><00:27:13.089><c> together.</c>

00:27:13.849 --> 00:27:17.690
Who<00:27:14.009><c> is</c><00:27:14.289><c> mine</c><00:27:14.509><c> adversary?</c><00:27:15.210><c> Jesus</c><00:27:15.609><c> said.</c><00:27:16.329><c> God</c><00:27:16.630><c> is</c><00:27:16.849><c> on</c><00:27:17.069><c> my</c><00:27:17.430><c> side,</c>

00:27:17.710 --> 00:27:20.569
and<00:27:17.849><c> if</c><00:27:18.009><c> God</c><00:27:18.309><c> is</c><00:27:18.630><c> for</c><00:27:18.730><c> me,</c><00:27:19.309><c> who</c><00:27:19.509><c> can</c><00:27:19.670><c> be</c><00:27:19.869><c> against</c><00:27:20.190><c> me,</c>

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though<00:27:20.910><c> all</c><00:27:21.269><c> the</c><00:27:21.430><c> nations</c><00:27:21.809><c> be</c><00:27:22.069><c> arrayed</c><00:27:23.650><c> as</c><00:27:24.029><c> adversaries?</c>

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Who<00:27:25.250><c> can</c><00:27:25.609><c> truly</c><00:27:26.049><c> stand</c><00:27:26.769><c> against</c><00:27:27.410><c> me?</c><00:27:29.710><c> Behold,</c><00:27:30.109><c> the</c><00:27:30.250><c> Lord</c><00:27:30.509><c> God</c>

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will<00:27:31.049><c> help</c><00:27:31.289><c> me.</c>

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Who<00:27:32.130><c> is</c><00:27:32.410><c> he</c><00:27:32.589><c> that</c><00:27:32.750><c> shall</c><00:27:33.029><c> condemn</c><00:27:33.430><c> me?</c><00:27:34.390><c> Lo,</c><00:27:34.650><c> they</c><00:27:34.950><c> all</c><00:27:35.250><c> shall</c><00:27:35.470><c> wax</c><00:27:35.809><c> old</c><00:27:36.150><c> as</c><00:27:36.369><c> a</c><00:27:36.509><c> garment.</c>

00:27:37.269 --> 00:27:39.589
The<00:27:37.529><c> moth</c><00:27:37.750><c> shall</c><00:27:37.990><c> eat</c><00:27:38.190><c> them</c><00:27:38.430><c> up.</c>

00:27:43.970 --> 00:27:47.990
We<00:27:44.529><c> have</c><00:27:44.910><c> stood</c><00:27:45.170><c> in</c><00:27:45.710><c> that</c><00:27:46.269><c> first</c><00:27:46.609><c> courtroom,</c><00:27:47.130><c> as</c><00:27:47.309><c> I</c><00:27:47.509><c> portrayed.</c>

00:27:48.490 --> 00:27:51.329
We<00:27:48.630><c> have</c><00:27:48.890><c> stood</c><00:27:49.029><c> in</c><00:27:49.190><c> the</c><00:27:49.410><c> courtroom</c><00:27:49.769><c> and</c><00:27:50.069><c> recognized</c><00:27:50.710><c> that</c><00:27:51.150><c> in</c>

00:27:51.329 --> 00:27:52.170
the<00:27:51.529><c> presence</c><00:27:51.750><c> of</c><00:27:51.990><c> God</c>

00:27:52.170 --> 00:27:57.029
we<00:27:52.329><c> have</c><00:27:52.549><c> nothing</c><00:27:52.769><c> to</c><00:27:53.109><c> offer,</c><00:27:53.950><c> that</c><00:27:54.130><c> we</c><00:27:54.329><c> are</c><00:27:54.509><c> condemned</c><00:27:55.230><c> outright</c><00:27:55.970><c> for</c>

00:27:57.029 --> 00:27:57.730
our<00:27:57.309><c> sins,</c>

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our<00:27:58.670><c> shortcomings,</c><00:27:59.990><c> our</c><00:28:00.190><c> inadequacies.</c>

00:28:01.869 --> 00:28:05.609
We<00:28:02.369><c> now</c><00:28:02.789><c> come,</c><00:28:03.009><c> as</c><00:28:03.230><c> Paul</c><00:28:03.470><c> says,</c><00:28:03.829><c> to</c><00:28:04.049><c> stand</c><00:28:04.329><c> in</c><00:28:04.490><c> that</c><00:28:04.809><c> second</c><00:28:05.109><c> courtroom,</c>

00:28:06.109 --> 00:28:10.009
and<00:28:06.269><c> now</c><00:28:06.569><c> rather</c><00:28:06.829><c> than</c><00:28:07.109><c> standing</c><00:28:07.470><c> over</c><00:28:08.329><c> against</c><00:28:08.930><c> Christ,</c>

00:28:10.049 --> 00:28:12.549
we<00:28:10.250><c> find</c><00:28:10.670><c> ourselves</c><00:28:11.269><c> standing</c><00:28:11.789><c> with</c><00:28:12.130><c> him.</c>

00:28:12.950 --> 00:28:15.789
The<00:28:13.230><c> beauty</c><00:28:13.490><c> of</c><00:28:13.750><c> Paul's</c><00:28:14.130><c> language</c><00:28:14.430><c> in</c><00:28:14.589><c> Romans</c><00:28:14.890><c> 8</c><00:28:15.170><c> is</c><00:28:15.430><c> this,</c>

00:28:16.049 --> 00:28:20.210
that<00:28:16.329><c> Christ,</c><00:28:17.430><c> who</c><00:28:18.269><c> lived</c><00:28:18.630><c> for</c><00:28:18.849><c> us,</c><00:28:19.130><c> who</c><00:28:19.470><c> died</c><00:28:19.769><c> for</c><00:28:19.990><c> us,</c>

00:28:20.210 --> 00:28:23.269
who<00:28:20.369><c> was</c><00:28:20.630><c> raised</c><00:28:20.990><c> from</c><00:28:21.190><c> the</c><00:28:21.369><c> dead</c><00:28:21.549><c> for</c><00:28:21.730><c> us,</c><00:28:22.269><c> now</c><00:28:22.549><c> stands</c><00:28:22.970><c> on</c>

00:28:23.269 --> 00:28:24.150
our<00:28:23.650><c> side,</c>

00:28:24.150 --> 00:28:27.269
having<00:28:24.529><c> that</c><00:28:24.869><c> fellow</c><00:28:25.170><c> feeling</c><00:28:25.509><c> that</c><00:28:25.849><c> binds</c><00:28:26.210><c> him</c><00:28:26.470><c> together</c><00:28:26.890><c> with</c><00:28:27.130><c> us</c>

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in<00:28:27.569><c> faith</c>

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as<00:28:28.410><c> one</c><00:28:28.710><c> family</c><00:28:29.109><c> in</c><00:28:29.269><c> the</c><00:28:29.450><c> presence</c><00:28:29.690><c> of</c><00:28:29.930><c> God.</c>

00:28:30.509 --> 00:28:32.170
And<00:28:30.690><c> now</c><00:28:30.970><c> we</c><00:28:31.190><c> stand</c><00:28:31.450><c> in</c><00:28:31.650><c> a</c><00:28:31.789><c> courtroom.</c>

00:28:32.609 --> 00:28:36.549
Now<00:28:33.009><c> we</c><00:28:33.269><c> stand</c><00:28:33.470><c> in</c><00:28:33.650><c> a</c><00:28:33.789><c> courtroom</c><00:28:34.210><c> on</c><00:28:34.970><c> Jesus'</c><00:28:36.049><c> side.</c>

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If<00:28:36.970><c> God</c><00:28:37.369><c> be</c><00:28:37.650><c> for</c><00:28:37.809><c> us,</c><00:28:37.990><c> who</c><00:28:38.130><c> can</c><00:28:38.289><c> be</c><00:28:38.509><c> against</c><00:28:38.829><c> us?</c>

00:28:39.609 --> 00:28:41.369
Who<00:28:39.809><c> will</c><00:28:40.150><c> condemn</c><00:28:40.390><c> us?</c><00:28:40.650><c> Will</c><00:28:40.910><c> Christ?</c>

00:28:41.690 --> 00:28:45.549
Christ<00:28:42.109><c> has</c><00:28:42.329><c> done</c><00:28:42.650><c> everything</c><00:28:43.250><c> necessary,</c><00:28:44.410><c> everything</c><00:28:44.750><c> possible</c><00:28:45.309><c> for</c>

00:28:45.549 --> 00:28:46.369
our<00:28:45.789><c> salvation.</c>

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For<00:28:46.950><c> him,</c><00:28:47.789><c> at</c><00:28:48.069><c> the</c><00:28:48.329><c> last</c><00:28:48.730><c> moment,</c><00:28:49.609><c> to</c><00:28:49.769><c> then</c><00:28:50.230><c> turn</c><00:28:50.549><c> around</c><00:28:50.950><c> and</c>

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condemn<00:28:51.490><c> us</c>

00:28:51.670 --> 00:28:55.509
would<00:28:51.809><c> be</c><00:28:52.170><c> for</c><00:28:52.549><c> him</c><00:28:52.829><c> to</c><00:28:53.069><c> deny</c><00:28:53.390><c> all</c><00:28:53.809><c> of</c><00:28:53.930><c> the</c><00:28:54.089><c> work</c><00:28:54.490><c> that</c><00:28:54.849><c> he</c><00:28:54.990><c> had</c><00:28:55.190><c> done</c>

00:28:55.509 --> 00:28:59.849
that<00:28:56.009><c> brings</c><00:28:56.390><c> us</c><00:28:56.849><c> to</c><00:28:57.089><c> the</c><00:28:57.309><c> point</c><00:28:57.730><c> where</c><00:28:58.150><c> we</c><00:28:58.309><c> might</c><00:28:58.589><c> stand</c><00:28:58.990><c> justified,</c>

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where<00:29:00.490><c> we</c><00:29:00.670><c> might</c><00:29:00.950><c> stand</c><00:29:01.450><c> with</c><00:29:02.069><c> imputed</c><00:29:02.670><c> righteousness</c><00:29:03.349><c> before</c><00:29:04.309><c> the</c>

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throne<00:29:04.750><c> of</c><00:29:04.990><c> God.</c>

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In<00:29:15.789><c> John</c><00:29:16.150><c> chapter</c><00:29:16.529><c> 8</c><00:29:16.829><c> we</c><00:29:17.049><c> have</c><00:29:18.470><c> a</c><00:29:18.769><c> very</c><00:29:19.509><c> eloquent</c><00:29:20.170><c> picture</c>

00:29:20.589 --> 00:29:24.470
which<00:29:21.130><c> portrays</c><00:29:21.930><c> the</c><00:29:22.089><c> ideas</c><00:29:22.450><c> that</c><00:29:22.630><c> I'm</c><00:29:23.329><c> trying</c><00:29:23.609><c> to</c><00:29:23.809><c> put</c><00:29:23.950><c> across</c><00:29:24.309><c> in</c>

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this<00:29:24.690><c> class.</c>

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In<00:29:25.950><c> John</c><00:29:26.289><c> chapter</c><00:29:26.690><c> 8</c><00:29:27.250><c> there</c><00:29:27.769><c> was</c><00:29:28.470><c> a</c><00:29:29.569><c> woman</c>

00:29:30.130 --> 00:29:34.690
taken<00:29:31.210><c> in</c><00:29:31.390><c> the</c><00:29:31.509><c> very</c><00:29:31.849><c> act</c><00:29:32.150><c> of</c><00:29:32.369><c> adultery,</c><00:29:33.049><c> verse</c><00:29:33.390><c> 4.</c>

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And<00:29:36.049><c> they</c><00:29:36.230><c> brought</c><00:29:36.430><c> her</c><00:29:37.569><c> to</c><00:29:37.829><c> Jesus,</c><00:29:39.089><c> and</c><00:29:39.150><c> they</c><00:29:39.450><c> said,</c>

00:29:39.930 --> 00:29:42.470
Moses<00:29:40.369><c> in</c><00:29:40.609><c> his</c><00:29:40.890><c> law,</c><00:29:41.130><c> which</c><00:29:41.329><c> was</c><00:29:41.630><c> a</c><00:29:41.789><c> righteous</c><00:29:42.089><c> law,</c>

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a<00:29:42.930><c> holy</c><00:29:43.230><c> and</c><00:29:43.589><c> just</c><00:29:43.849><c> and</c><00:29:44.130><c> good</c><00:29:44.349><c> law,</c>

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said<00:29:45.109><c> such</c><00:29:45.410><c> a</c><00:29:45.609><c> person</c><00:29:46.269><c> should</c><00:29:46.869><c> be</c><00:29:47.289><c> stoned</c><00:29:47.730><c> to</c><00:29:47.990><c> death.</c>

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What<00:29:48.990><c> do</c><00:29:49.210><c> you</c><00:29:49.410><c> say?</c>

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Jesus<00:29:51.910><c> looked</c><00:29:52.150><c> at</c><00:29:52.349><c> them.</c>

00:29:53.490 --> 00:29:55.509
He<00:29:53.809><c> recognized</c><00:29:54.250><c> their</c><00:29:54.490><c> weaknesses.</c>

00:29:56.150 --> 00:29:59.910
He<00:29:56.490><c> recognized,</c><00:29:57.190><c> no</c><00:29:57.309><c> doubt,</c><00:29:58.170><c> the</c><00:29:58.369><c> sin</c><00:29:58.549><c> of</c><00:29:58.710><c> the</c><00:29:58.849><c> woman</c><00:29:59.109><c> that</c>

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knelt<00:30:00.069><c> before</c><00:30:00.549><c> him.</c>

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And<00:30:02.690><c> yet</c><00:30:02.809><c> he</c><00:30:02.990><c> also</c><00:30:04.029><c> must</c><00:30:04.569><c> have</c><00:30:04.769><c> felt</c><00:30:05.029><c> the</c><00:30:05.349><c> size</c><00:30:05.789><c> of</c><00:30:06.069><c> compassion</c>

00:30:06.549 --> 00:30:09.809
that<00:30:06.869><c> binds</c><00:30:07.190><c> him</c><00:30:07.730><c> to</c><00:30:08.289><c> suffering</c><00:30:08.630><c> humanity.</c>

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And<00:30:10.869><c> Jesus</c><00:30:11.190><c> looked</c><00:30:11.410><c> about</c><00:30:11.690><c> him</c><00:30:11.829><c> with</c><00:30:12.109><c> sorrow,</c>

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recognizing<00:30:15.130><c> the</c><00:30:15.890><c> utter</c><00:30:16.410><c> hopelessness</c>

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of<00:30:18.170><c> mankind's</c><00:30:18.930><c> position</c><00:30:19.329><c> before</c><00:30:19.730><c> God</c>

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and<00:30:23.109><c> how</c><00:30:23.869><c> useless</c><00:30:24.349><c> it</c><00:30:24.549><c> is</c><00:30:24.849><c> for</c><00:30:25.130><c> one</c><00:30:25.349><c> of</c><00:30:25.509><c> us</c><00:30:26.009><c> to</c><00:30:26.250><c> criticize</c><00:30:26.769><c> another</c>

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as<00:30:28.089><c> to</c><00:30:28.230><c> our</c><00:30:28.509><c> standing</c><00:30:28.789><c> before</c><00:30:29.190><c> God.</c>

00:30:31.509 --> 00:30:34.970
And<00:30:31.690><c> Jesus</c><00:30:31.990><c> turned</c><00:30:32.369><c> to</c><00:30:32.589><c> the</c><00:30:32.769><c> crowd</c><00:30:32.990><c> that</c><00:30:33.150><c> was</c><00:30:33.410><c> assembled</c><00:30:33.809><c> and</c><00:30:34.089><c> said,</c>

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Let<00:30:35.809><c> him</c><00:30:36.069><c> that</c><00:30:36.170><c> is</c><00:30:36.410><c> without</c><00:30:36.769><c> sin</c><00:30:37.390><c> cast</c><00:30:38.609><c> the</c><00:30:38.809><c> first</c><00:30:39.069><c> stone.</c>

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There<00:30:40.509><c> was</c><00:30:40.769><c> only</c><00:30:41.109><c> one</c><00:30:41.329><c> man</c><00:30:41.589><c> in</c><00:30:41.750><c> that</c><00:30:41.970><c> assembly</c>

00:30:43.470 --> 00:30:45.609
who<00:30:44.029><c> was</c><00:30:44.309><c> without</c><00:30:44.710><c> sin,</c>

00:30:45.670 --> 00:30:49.609
who<00:30:45.849><c> had</c><00:30:46.089><c> the</c><00:30:46.329><c> prerogative,</c><00:30:46.930><c> therefore,</c><00:30:47.349><c> by</c><00:30:47.990><c> Christ's</c><00:30:48.930><c> ultimatum</c>

00:30:49.609 --> 00:30:54.309
to<00:30:50.130><c> cast</c><00:30:50.470><c> that</c><00:30:50.809><c> stone</c><00:30:51.130><c> of</c><00:30:51.349><c> punishment,</c><00:30:52.470><c> of</c><00:30:52.609><c> rejection</c><00:30:53.130><c> and</c><00:30:53.450><c> condemnation.</c>

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If<00:30:55.130><c> all</c><00:30:55.549><c> the</c><00:30:55.769><c> world</c><00:30:55.970><c> had</c><00:30:56.109><c> been</c><00:30:56.309><c> assembled</c><00:30:56.650><c> to</c><00:30:56.829><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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to<00:30:57.569><c> that</c><00:30:57.829><c> place</c><00:30:58.089><c> at</c><00:30:58.309><c> that</c><00:30:58.589><c> time,</c>

00:30:59.329 --> 00:31:01.849
and<00:30:59.529><c> Jesus</c><00:30:59.910><c> had</c><00:31:00.170><c> said,</c><00:31:00.769><c> He</c><00:31:00.910><c> that</c><00:31:01.049><c> is</c><00:31:01.269><c> without</c><00:31:01.609><c> sin,</c>

00:31:01.970 --> 00:31:03.250
let<00:31:02.049><c> him</c><00:31:02.190><c> cast</c><00:31:02.470><c> the</c><00:31:02.670><c> first</c><00:31:02.869><c> stone,</c>

00:31:03.250 --> 00:31:06.809
there<00:31:04.210><c> would</c><00:31:04.410><c> have</c><00:31:04.509><c> been</c><00:31:04.670><c> not</c><00:31:04.930><c> one</c><00:31:05.230><c> hand</c><00:31:05.670><c> lifted.</c>

00:31:09.869 --> 00:31:11.849
And<00:31:09.990><c> he</c><00:31:10.109><c> turned</c><00:31:10.390><c> to</c><00:31:10.549><c> the</c><00:31:10.690><c> woman,</c>

00:31:13.089 --> 00:31:16.630
neither<00:31:13.430><c> do</c><00:31:13.809><c> I</c><00:31:15.089><c> condemn</c><00:31:15.670><c> thee.</c>

00:31:17.670 --> 00:31:20.349
Paul<00:31:18.049><c> echoes</c><00:31:18.470><c> these</c><00:31:18.750><c> words</c><00:31:18.990><c> in</c><00:31:19.190><c> Romans</c><00:31:19.470><c> 8</c><00:31:19.750><c> when</c><00:31:19.910><c> he</c><00:31:20.089><c> says,</c>

00:31:20.349 --> 00:31:24.329
Therefore<00:31:21.029><c> there</c><00:31:21.329><c> is</c><00:31:21.710><c> now</c><00:31:22.230><c> no</c><00:31:22.789><c> condemnation</c>

00:31:24.549 --> 00:31:26.569
to<00:31:25.150><c> those</c><00:31:25.390><c> in</c><00:31:25.630><c> Christ</c><00:31:25.890><c> Jesus.</c>

00:31:26.990 --> 00:31:30.170
They<00:31:27.589><c> cannot</c><00:31:27.869><c> be</c><00:31:28.190><c> condemned</c><00:31:28.690><c> by</c><00:31:28.990><c> their</c><00:31:29.250><c> brethren</c>

00:31:30.549 --> 00:31:33.190
and<00:31:31.109><c> Christ,</c><00:31:31.670><c> the</c><00:31:31.950><c> only</c><00:31:32.230><c> one</c><00:31:32.450><c> who</c><00:31:32.549><c> has</c><00:31:32.809><c> a</c><00:31:32.950><c> right</c>

00:31:33.190 --> 00:31:36.529
to<00:31:33.430><c> pronounce</c><00:31:33.849><c> condemnation,</c><00:31:35.890><c> refuses.</c>

00:31:37.170 --> 00:31:39.930
Neither<00:31:37.509><c> do</c><00:31:37.970><c> I</c><00:31:38.390><c> condemn</c><00:31:38.910><c> thee.</c>

00:31:41.710 --> 00:31:44.269
And<00:31:41.809><c> in</c><00:31:42.009><c> Romans</c><00:31:42.230><c> 8,</c><00:31:42.970><c> just</c><00:31:43.089><c> as</c><00:31:43.269><c> we</c><00:31:43.450><c> have,</c><00:31:43.970><c> first</c><00:31:43.970><c> of</c><00:31:44.130><c> all,</c>

00:31:44.349 --> 00:31:46.930
the<00:31:44.490><c> section</c><00:31:44.789><c> which</c><00:31:45.150><c> states</c><00:31:45.329><c> there</c><00:31:45.569><c> is</c><00:31:45.789><c> no</c><00:31:46.089><c> condemnation,</c>

00:31:47.289 --> 00:31:50.170
and<00:31:47.650><c> secondly,</c><00:31:48.369><c> the</c><00:31:48.549><c> section</c><00:31:48.829><c> which</c><00:31:49.170><c> tells</c><00:31:49.369><c> us</c><00:31:49.609><c> that</c><00:31:49.869><c> now</c>

00:31:50.170 --> 00:31:52.430
as<00:31:50.470><c> a</c><00:31:50.809><c> result</c><00:31:51.069><c> of</c><00:31:51.250><c> that</c><00:31:51.430><c> no</c><00:31:51.690><c> condemnation,</c>

00:31:52.750 --> 00:31:55.910
we<00:31:52.930><c> must</c><00:31:53.369><c> live</c><00:31:53.990><c> lives</c><00:31:54.589><c> guided</c><00:31:55.029><c> by</c><00:31:55.309><c> the</c><00:31:55.549><c> Spirit.</c>

00:31:55.910 --> 00:32:00.549
So<00:31:57.029><c> Jesus,</c><00:31:57.809><c> in</c><00:31:57.970><c> John</c><00:31:58.349><c> chapter</c><00:31:58.710><c> 8,</c><00:31:59.170><c> first</c><00:31:59.309><c> of</c><00:31:59.490><c> all</c><00:31:59.710><c> says,</c>

00:32:00.569 --> 00:32:02.730
Neither<00:32:00.710><c> do</c><00:32:01.029><c> I</c><00:32:01.289><c> condemn</c><00:32:01.789><c> thee.</c>

00:32:02.809 --> 00:32:07.269
And<00:32:03.089><c> secondly,</c><00:32:03.569><c> he</c><00:32:03.690><c> says,</c><00:32:04.650><c> Go,</c><00:32:05.930><c> stand</c><00:32:06.529><c> and</c><00:32:06.970><c> go,</c>

00:32:07.390 --> 00:32:10.930
and<00:32:07.630><c> walk</c><00:32:07.890><c> in</c><00:32:08.069><c> the</c><00:32:08.210><c> way,</c><00:32:09.309><c> and</c><00:32:09.470><c> sin</c><00:32:09.710><c> no</c><00:32:10.009><c> more.</c>

00:32:12.089 --> 00:32:15.250
And<00:32:12.309><c> so</c><00:32:12.450><c> that</c><00:32:12.630><c> woman's</c><00:32:13.089><c> life,</c><00:32:13.470><c> we</c><00:32:13.970><c> might</c><00:32:14.170><c> conclude</c><00:32:14.730><c> from</c><00:32:14.950><c> that</c>

00:32:15.250 --> 00:32:16.450
time<00:32:15.490><c> forward,</c>

00:32:16.589 --> 00:32:21.130
was<00:32:16.809><c> a</c><00:32:17.049><c> living</c><00:32:17.250><c> in</c><00:32:18.930><c> joyful</c><00:32:19.829><c> gladness</c>

00:32:21.130 --> 00:32:23.529
for<00:32:22.069><c> the</c><00:32:22.269><c> forgiveness</c><00:32:22.690><c> that</c><00:32:22.849><c> had</c><00:32:22.950><c> been</c><00:32:23.150><c> provided,</c>

00:32:23.529 --> 00:32:26.849
a<00:32:23.809><c> forgiveness</c><00:32:24.210><c> that</c><00:32:24.490><c> came</c><00:32:25.089><c> entirely</c><00:32:25.750><c> unrelated</c><00:32:26.250><c> to</c><00:32:26.470><c> the</c><00:32:26.630><c> law,</c>

00:32:26.930 --> 00:32:28.970
but<00:32:27.009><c> that</c><00:32:27.309><c> came</c><00:32:27.509><c> through</c><00:32:27.789><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:29.089 --> 00:32:32.930
And<00:32:29.289><c> in</c><00:32:29.529><c> measure</c><00:32:29.890><c> as</c><00:32:30.170><c> she</c><00:32:30.950><c> felt</c><00:32:31.390><c> the</c><00:32:32.230><c> meaningfulness</c>

00:32:32.930 --> 00:32:35.750
of<00:32:33.109><c> that</c><00:32:33.329><c> forgiveness,</c><00:32:34.490><c> she</c><00:32:34.670><c> must</c><00:32:34.910><c> have</c><00:32:35.069><c> lived</c><00:32:35.269><c> a</c><00:32:35.529><c> life</c>

00:32:35.750 --> 00:32:37.750
without<00:32:36.170><c> sin</c><00:32:36.509><c> from</c><00:32:36.750><c> that</c><00:32:37.029><c> time</c><00:32:37.289><c> forward,</c>

00:32:38.190 --> 00:32:41.190
as<00:32:38.450><c> much</c><00:32:38.730><c> as</c><00:32:39.490><c> lay</c><00:32:39.670><c> within</c><00:32:39.950><c> her</c><00:32:40.250><c> power.</c>

00:32:41.430 --> 00:32:42.769
And<00:32:41.670><c> so</c><00:32:41.849><c> it</c><00:32:41.910><c> is</c><00:32:42.069><c> with</c><00:32:42.269><c> us.</c>

00:32:43.250 --> 00:32:45.289
God<00:32:43.589><c> is</c><00:32:43.890><c> saying</c><00:32:44.150><c> to</c><00:32:44.289><c> us</c><00:32:44.569><c> through</c><00:32:44.789><c> Christ,</c>

00:32:45.589 --> 00:32:47.349
Neither<00:32:45.789><c> do</c><00:32:46.089><c> I</c><00:32:46.390><c> condemn</c><00:32:46.789><c> thee.</c>

00:32:47.849 --> 00:32:49.769
And<00:32:48.069><c> yet,</c><00:32:48.569><c> from</c><00:32:48.769><c> this</c><00:32:49.049><c> time</c><00:32:49.329><c> forward,</c>

00:32:49.769 --> 00:32:52.930
Now<00:32:50.470><c> I</c><00:32:51.250><c> beseech</c><00:32:51.849><c> you,</c><00:32:52.089><c> he</c><00:32:52.210><c> says,</c>

00:32:53.329 --> 00:32:57.670
live<00:32:53.509><c> a</c><00:32:53.789><c> life</c><00:32:54.190><c> that</c><00:32:54.630><c> is</c><00:32:55.369><c> consistent</c><00:32:56.089><c> with</c><00:32:57.029><c> the</c><00:32:57.269><c> principles</c>

00:32:57.670 --> 00:32:59.809
by<00:32:57.970><c> which</c><00:32:58.130><c> you</c><00:32:58.329><c> obtained</c><00:32:58.670><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:33:00.190 --> 00:33:04.369
And<00:33:00.490><c> don't</c><00:33:00.670><c> live</c><00:33:00.890><c> that</c><00:33:01.170><c> life</c><00:33:02.549><c> separated</c><00:33:03.490><c> from</c><00:33:03.869><c> sin,</c>

00:33:04.849 --> 00:33:08.029
expecting<00:33:05.289><c> that</c><00:33:05.529><c> in</c><00:33:05.730><c> doing</c><00:33:05.950><c> so</c><00:33:06.230><c> you</c><00:33:06.369><c> will</c><00:33:06.650><c> earn</c><00:33:06.950><c> eternal</c><00:33:07.329><c> life,</c>

00:33:08.269 --> 00:33:10.990
but<00:33:08.569><c> live</c><00:33:08.849><c> that</c><00:33:09.190><c> life,</c><00:33:09.829><c> the</c><00:33:10.130><c> mind</c><00:33:10.470><c> of</c><00:33:10.630><c> the</c><00:33:10.809><c> flesh,</c>

00:33:11.309 --> 00:33:13.650
the<00:33:11.650><c> mind</c><00:33:11.930><c> of</c><00:33:12.089><c> the</c><00:33:12.289><c> Spirit,</c><00:33:12.569><c> the</c><00:33:12.750><c> life</c><00:33:13.009><c> of</c><00:33:13.170><c> the</c><00:33:13.390><c> Spirit.</c>

00:33:13.990 --> 00:33:16.329
Live<00:33:14.170><c> that</c><00:33:14.470><c> kind</c><00:33:14.690><c> of</c><00:33:14.809><c> a</c><00:33:14.970><c> life</c><00:33:15.269><c> out</c><00:33:15.609><c> of</c><00:33:15.869><c> gratitude</c>

00:33:16.329 --> 00:33:18.670
for<00:33:16.509><c> what</c><00:33:16.710><c> has</c><00:33:17.029><c> already</c><00:33:17.470><c> been</c><00:33:17.710><c> done</c><00:33:17.930><c> for</c><00:33:18.170><c> you</c>

00:33:18.670 --> 00:33:22.369
as<00:33:19.130><c> a</c><00:33:19.329><c> child</c><00:33:19.650><c> out</c><00:33:19.869><c> of</c><00:33:20.049><c> gratitude</c><00:33:20.650><c> serves</c><00:33:21.269><c> a</c><00:33:21.470><c> father,</c>

00:33:22.549 --> 00:33:26.009
not<00:33:22.789><c> just</c><00:33:23.029><c> from</c><00:33:23.269><c> fear,</c><00:33:24.450><c> but</c><00:33:24.549><c> from</c><00:33:24.930><c> thankfulness</c>

00:33:26.009 --> 00:33:31.109
and<00:33:26.589><c> walking</c><00:33:26.990><c> together</c><00:33:27.650><c> to</c><00:33:28.730><c> develop</c><00:33:29.109><c> that</c><00:33:29.470><c> family</c><00:33:30.390><c> likeness</c>

00:33:31.109 --> 00:33:34.069
between<00:33:31.470><c> the</c><00:33:31.730><c> father</c><00:33:32.230><c> and</c><00:33:32.630><c> his</c><00:33:32.869><c> children.</c>

00:33:39.589 --> 00:33:43.289
In<00:33:40.450><c> verse</c><00:33:40.710><c> 35,</c><00:33:42.509><c> Paul</c><00:33:42.750><c> says,</c>

00:33:43.289 --> 00:33:48.650
Can<00:33:44.509><c> anything</c><00:33:45.210><c> separate</c><00:33:45.869><c> us</c><00:33:46.710><c> from</c><00:33:47.089><c> Christ's</c><00:33:47.829><c> love?</c>

00:33:50.769 --> 00:33:53.910
Can<00:33:51.130><c> trials,</c><00:33:52.210><c> which</c><00:33:52.470><c> is</c><00:33:52.750><c> the</c><00:33:53.089><c> Greek</c><00:33:53.410><c> word,</c>

00:33:54.230 --> 00:33:57.369
thalipsis<00:33:54.849><c> and</c><00:33:55.049><c> means</c><00:33:55.470><c> pressure</c><00:33:56.210><c> or</c><00:33:56.789><c> stress</c>

00:33:57.369 --> 00:34:00.869
or<00:33:57.930><c> afflictions</c><00:33:58.730><c> or</c><00:33:59.190><c> possibly</c><00:33:59.569><c> persecutions.</c>

00:34:01.049 --> 00:34:02.690
Can<00:34:01.369><c> trials</c><00:34:01.809><c> separate</c><00:34:02.269><c> us?</c>

00:34:02.890 --> 00:34:05.230
Can<00:34:03.170><c> distress</c><00:34:03.869><c> separate</c><00:34:04.869><c> us?</c>

00:34:05.369 --> 00:34:10.369
A<00:34:05.589><c> word</c><00:34:05.809><c> that</c><00:34:06.049><c> means</c><00:34:06.410><c> narrowness</c><00:34:07.329><c> of</c><00:34:07.750><c> place</c><00:34:08.050><c> or</c><00:34:08.630><c> anguish</c><00:34:09.170><c> of</c><00:34:09.469><c> mind.</c>

00:34:10.869 --> 00:34:15.099
Can<00:34:11.250><c> persecution,</c><00:34:13.070><c> a</c><00:34:13.309><c> word</c><00:34:13.570><c> that</c><00:34:13.809><c> means</c><00:34:14.110><c> pursuing</c><00:34:14.750><c> after</c>

00:34:15.409 --> 00:34:19.329
as<00:34:15.829><c> if</c><00:34:15.969><c> to</c><00:34:16.170><c> capture</c><00:34:16.590><c> and</c><00:34:16.909><c> imprison</c><00:34:17.309><c> and</c><00:34:17.949><c> put</c><00:34:18.130><c> to</c><00:34:18.369><c> death.</c>

00:34:19.849 --> 00:34:23.619
Can<00:34:20.070><c> famine,</c><00:34:21.670><c> can</c><00:34:21.869><c> poverty</c><00:34:22.369><c> or</c><00:34:22.769><c> nakedness</c>

00:34:23.710 --> 00:34:26.010
separate<00:34:24.230><c> us</c><00:34:24.710><c> from</c><00:34:24.969><c> God?</c>

00:34:26.289 --> 00:34:30.630
Can<00:34:26.570><c> danger,</c><00:34:27.849><c> the</c><00:34:28.050><c> word</c><00:34:28.269><c> that</c><00:34:28.510><c> Paul</c><00:34:28.929><c> uses</c><00:34:29.670><c> time</c><00:34:30.070><c> after</c><00:34:30.369><c> time</c>

00:34:30.630 --> 00:34:33.010
in<00:34:30.869><c> 2</c><00:34:31.090><c> Corinthians</c><00:34:31.550><c> 11</c><00:34:32.150><c> and</c><00:34:32.429><c> is</c><00:34:32.650><c> translated</c>

00:34:33.010 --> 00:34:35.610
in<00:34:33.170><c> the</c><00:34:33.329><c> King</c><00:34:33.530><c> James</c><00:34:33.849><c> Version,</c><00:34:34.849><c> peril.</c>

00:34:36.030 --> 00:34:38.809
Can<00:34:36.289><c> any</c><00:34:36.769><c> peril</c><00:34:37.110><c> in</c><00:34:37.369><c> which</c><00:34:37.530><c> we</c><00:34:37.789><c> find</c><00:34:38.130><c> ourselves</c>

00:34:38.809 --> 00:34:41.289
separate<00:34:39.650><c> us</c><00:34:39.949><c> from</c><00:34:40.150><c> God?</c>

00:34:42.130 --> 00:34:46.829
Can<00:34:42.329><c> the</c><00:34:42.690><c> sword,</c><00:34:44.030><c> machara,</c><00:34:45.449><c> the</c><00:34:45.750><c> assassin's</c><00:34:46.489><c> dagger,</c>

00:34:47.289 --> 00:34:49.849
probably<00:34:47.730><c> a</c><00:34:48.010><c> reference</c><00:34:48.349><c> to</c><00:34:49.150><c> executions</c>

00:34:49.849 --> 00:34:52.050
as<00:34:50.110><c> practiced</c><00:34:50.429><c> by</c><00:34:50.670><c> the</c><00:34:50.829><c> Roman</c><00:34:51.050><c> power.</c>

00:34:52.130 --> 00:34:57.210
Can<00:34:52.409><c> any</c><00:34:52.809><c> of</c><00:34:52.949><c> these</c><00:34:53.230><c> things</c><00:34:53.889><c> separate</c><00:34:54.550><c> us</c><00:34:55.210><c> from</c><00:34:55.570><c> Christ's</c><00:34:56.170><c> love?</c>

00:35:01.949 --> 00:35:03.969
In<00:35:02.289><c> verse</c><00:35:02.570><c> 36,</c><00:35:03.230><c> Paul</c><00:35:03.550><c> says,</c>

00:35:04.289 --> 00:35:08.070
It<00:35:04.469><c> has</c><00:35:04.809><c> been</c><00:35:05.110><c> written,</c><00:35:06.230><c> for</c><00:35:06.409><c> thy</c><00:35:06.829><c> sake</c><00:35:07.130><c> we</c><00:35:07.369><c> are</c><00:35:07.630><c> killed,</c>

00:35:08.070 --> 00:35:12.530
all<00:35:08.909><c> day,</c><00:35:09.909><c> we</c><00:35:10.010><c> are</c><00:35:10.210><c> considered</c><00:35:10.710><c> sheep</c><00:35:11.190><c> for</c><00:35:11.449><c> the</c><00:35:11.710><c> slaughter.</c>

00:35:12.710 --> 00:35:15.929
And<00:35:12.969><c> it</c><00:35:13.090><c> seems</c><00:35:13.369><c> a</c><00:35:13.570><c> rather</c><00:35:14.030><c> unusual</c><00:35:14.650><c> quotation</c><00:35:15.150><c> at</c><00:35:15.369><c> this</c><00:35:15.610><c> point.</c>

00:35:16.230 --> 00:35:18.909
We<00:35:16.369><c> have</c><00:35:16.590><c> to</c><00:35:16.670><c> look</c><00:35:16.829><c> at</c><00:35:16.949><c> the</c><00:35:17.190><c> context,</c><00:35:17.849><c> which</c><00:35:17.849><c> is</c><00:35:18.050><c> Psalm</c><00:35:18.289><c> 44,</c>

00:35:19.210 --> 00:35:23.510
to<00:35:19.469><c> understand</c><00:35:20.190><c> the</c><00:35:20.809><c> purpose</c><00:35:21.230><c> of</c><00:35:21.590><c> Paul's</c><00:35:22.110><c> using</c><00:35:22.269><c> this</c><00:35:22.550><c> quotation.</c>

00:35:25.170 --> 00:35:31.630
Psalm<00:35:25.769><c> 44</c><00:35:26.369><c> is</c><00:35:29.170><c> a</c><00:35:29.389><c> psalm</c><00:35:29.630><c> dealing</c><00:35:29.909><c> with</c><00:35:30.210><c> the</c><00:35:30.369><c> days</c><00:35:30.570><c> of</c><00:35:30.829><c> Hezekiah,</c>

00:35:32.150 --> 00:35:33.849
a<00:35:32.389><c> testing</c><00:35:32.710><c> time</c><00:35:33.090><c> for</c><00:35:33.309><c> Israel,</c>

00:35:34.190 --> 00:35:36.309
the<00:35:34.429><c> time</c><00:35:34.730><c> of</c><00:35:35.030><c> Sennacherib's</c><00:35:35.710><c> invasion,</c>

00:35:36.309 --> 00:35:39.429
when<00:35:36.809><c> all</c><00:35:37.150><c> of</c><00:35:37.329><c> the</c><00:35:37.469><c> foundations</c><00:35:38.090><c> of</c><00:35:38.309><c> Israel</c><00:35:38.670><c> were</c><00:35:38.949><c> crumbling,</c>

00:35:39.829 --> 00:35:43.309
when<00:35:40.030><c> the</c><00:35:40.250><c> people</c><00:35:40.429><c> were</c><00:35:41.289><c> frightened,</c><00:35:42.250><c> fearful</c><00:35:42.570><c> for</c><00:35:42.829><c> their</c><00:35:43.010><c> lives,</c>

00:35:43.369 --> 00:35:44.690
wondering<00:35:43.670><c> what</c><00:35:43.909><c> would</c><00:35:44.150><c> happen</c><00:35:44.389><c> next,</c>

00:35:44.769 --> 00:35:47.769
what<00:35:45.010><c> would</c><00:35:45.289><c> God</c><00:35:45.730><c> bring</c><00:35:46.250><c> upon</c><00:35:46.570><c> them,</c><00:35:46.909><c> and</c><00:35:47.309><c> why?</c>

00:35:48.130 --> 00:35:50.389
Why<00:35:48.489><c> had</c><00:35:48.730><c> God</c><00:35:48.989><c> brought</c><00:35:49.289><c> these</c><00:35:49.590><c> things</c><00:35:49.809><c> upon</c><00:35:50.110><c> them?</c>

00:35:50.570 --> 00:35:53.369
And<00:35:50.769><c> so</c><00:35:50.909><c> we</c><00:35:51.030><c> see</c><00:35:51.170><c> in</c><00:35:51.329><c> Psalm</c><00:35:51.550><c> 44</c><00:35:52.210><c> and</c><00:35:52.610><c> verse</c><00:35:52.869><c> 9</c>

00:35:53.369 --> 00:35:56.590
this<00:35:53.789><c> plaintive,</c><00:35:55.010><c> questioning</c><00:35:55.510><c> cry.</c>

00:35:57.210 --> 00:36:00.530
But<00:35:57.449><c> thou</c><00:35:57.769><c> hast</c><00:35:58.150><c> cast</c><00:35:58.550><c> us</c><00:35:58.789><c> off</c><00:35:59.010><c> and</c><00:35:59.269><c> put</c><00:35:59.429><c> us</c><00:35:59.650><c> to</c><00:35:59.869><c> shame.</c>

00:36:00.769 --> 00:36:02.809
Thou<00:36:00.989><c> goest</c><00:36:01.329><c> not</c><00:36:01.670><c> forth</c><00:36:01.989><c> with</c><00:36:02.190><c> our</c><00:36:02.469><c> armies.</c>

00:36:02.809 --> 00:36:07.210
Why,<00:36:03.530><c> O</c><00:36:03.889><c> Lord,</c><00:36:04.570><c> why</c><00:36:04.969><c> has</c><00:36:05.110><c> this</c><00:36:05.329><c> happened</c><00:36:05.670><c> to</c><00:36:05.869><c> us?</c>

00:36:08.110 --> 00:36:11.329
In<00:36:08.289><c> verse</c><00:36:08.530><c> 17,</c><00:36:09.670><c> still</c><00:36:10.110><c> the</c><00:36:10.530><c> writer</c><00:36:10.829><c> cries,</c>

00:36:11.630 --> 00:36:13.130
All<00:36:11.650><c> this</c><00:36:11.969><c> has</c><00:36:12.170><c> come</c><00:36:12.349><c> upon</c><00:36:12.650><c> us.</c>

00:36:13.369 --> 00:36:15.070
Yet<00:36:13.510><c> have</c><00:36:13.730><c> we</c><00:36:13.869><c> not</c><00:36:14.170><c> forgotten</c><00:36:14.590><c> thee.</c>

00:36:15.550 --> 00:36:17.710
Why<00:36:15.969><c> have</c><00:36:16.130><c> you</c><00:36:16.309><c> brought</c><00:36:16.530><c> this</c><00:36:16.809><c> upon</c><00:36:17.070><c> us?</c>

00:36:18.190 --> 00:36:20.429
Neither<00:36:18.409><c> have</c><00:36:18.670><c> we</c><00:36:18.809><c> dealt</c><00:36:19.050><c> falsely</c><00:36:19.670><c> in</c><00:36:19.829><c> thy</c><00:36:20.050><c> covenant.</c>

00:36:20.809 --> 00:36:22.489
Our<00:36:21.070><c> heart</c><00:36:21.309><c> is</c><00:36:21.489><c> not</c><00:36:21.730><c> turned</c><00:36:22.010><c> back.</c>

00:36:22.730 --> 00:36:26.070
Neither<00:36:22.949><c> have</c><00:36:23.150><c> our</c><00:36:23.429><c> steps</c><00:36:23.769><c> declined</c><00:36:24.349><c> from</c><00:36:24.650><c> thy</c><00:36:24.889><c> way.</c>

00:36:28.170 --> 00:36:30.309
And<00:36:28.730><c> then</c><00:36:28.989><c> comes</c><00:36:29.250><c> the</c><00:36:29.449><c> answer.</c>

00:36:30.309 --> 00:36:32.329
Verse<00:36:30.909><c> 21.</c>

00:36:32.829 --> 00:36:34.789
Shall<00:36:32.869><c> not</c><00:36:33.329><c> God</c><00:36:33.789><c> search</c><00:36:34.190><c> this</c><00:36:34.510><c> out,</c>

00:36:34.949 --> 00:36:38.030
for<00:36:35.030><c> he</c><00:36:35.389><c> knoweth</c><00:36:35.889><c> the</c><00:36:36.449><c> secrets</c><00:36:36.849><c> of</c><00:36:37.050><c> the</c><00:36:37.250><c> heart?</c>

00:36:38.070 --> 00:36:41.670
Remember<00:36:38.369><c> we</c><00:36:38.530><c> read</c><00:36:38.789><c> in</c><00:36:38.949><c> Romans</c><00:36:39.250><c> 8,</c><00:36:40.070><c> verses</c><00:36:40.210><c> 27</c><00:36:40.969><c> and</c><00:36:41.170><c> 28,</c>

00:36:41.989 --> 00:36:44.670
that<00:36:42.210><c> Christ,</c><00:36:42.650><c> our</c><00:36:42.889><c> intercessor,</c><00:36:43.989><c> cares</c><00:36:44.230><c> for</c><00:36:44.530><c> us,</c>

00:36:44.710 --> 00:36:47.449
that<00:36:44.829><c> he</c><00:36:44.969><c> answers</c><00:36:45.329><c> our</c><00:36:45.610><c> prayers</c><00:36:45.989><c> if</c><00:36:46.210><c> we</c><00:36:46.750><c> pray</c><00:36:47.050><c> to</c><00:36:47.190><c> him</c>

00:36:47.449 --> 00:36:48.909
for<00:36:47.730><c> deliverance</c><00:36:48.170><c> from</c><00:36:48.349><c> our</c><00:36:48.610><c> trials,</c>

00:36:48.909 --> 00:36:51.969
but<00:36:49.110><c> he</c><00:36:49.329><c> does</c><00:36:49.570><c> it</c><00:36:50.230><c> according</c><00:36:50.789><c> to</c><00:36:51.150><c> God's</c><00:36:51.650><c> will,</c>

00:36:52.170 --> 00:36:55.130
because<00:36:52.690><c> he</c><00:36:52.949><c> is</c><00:36:53.170><c> the</c><00:36:53.349><c> one</c><00:36:53.730><c> who</c><00:36:54.170><c> searches</c><00:36:54.550><c> the</c><00:36:54.829><c> hearts,</c>

00:36:55.449 --> 00:36:58.409
who<00:36:55.730><c> understands</c><00:36:56.269><c> what</c><00:36:56.449><c> is</c><00:36:56.750><c> necessary</c><00:36:57.210><c> for</c><00:36:57.449><c> each</c><00:36:57.789><c> individual</c>

00:36:58.409 --> 00:37:01.889
and<00:36:59.349><c> puts</c><00:36:59.750><c> that</c><00:37:00.269><c> individual</c><00:37:00.889><c> in</c><00:37:01.329><c> the</c><00:37:01.489><c> position</c>

00:37:01.889 --> 00:37:04.409
in<00:37:02.130><c> which</c><00:37:02.610><c> their</c><00:37:03.110><c> faith</c><00:37:03.369><c> might</c><00:37:03.650><c> be</c><00:37:03.969><c> strengthened</c>

00:37:04.409 --> 00:37:06.449
if<00:37:04.849><c> they</c><00:37:05.130><c> turn</c><00:37:05.369><c> to</c><00:37:05.510><c> him</c><00:37:05.769><c> in</c><00:37:06.070><c> trust,</c>

00:37:06.769 --> 00:37:09.610
whether<00:37:06.889><c> it</c><00:37:07.090><c> be</c><00:37:07.329><c> trials</c><00:37:07.849><c> or</c><00:37:08.230><c> whether</c><00:37:08.429><c> it</c><00:37:08.610><c> be</c><00:37:08.869><c> comforts</c>

00:37:09.610 --> 00:37:11.889
or<00:37:09.690><c> whether</c><00:37:09.909><c> it</c><00:37:10.150><c> be</c><00:37:10.690><c> a</c><00:37:10.929><c> mixture</c><00:37:11.269><c> of</c><00:37:11.530><c> both.</c>

00:37:12.329 --> 00:37:14.429
Shall<00:37:12.590><c> not</c><00:37:12.949><c> he</c><00:37:13.250><c> that</c><00:37:13.530><c> searcheth</c><00:37:13.929><c> the</c><00:37:14.130><c> hearts</c>

00:37:14.429 --> 00:37:17.070
understand<00:37:15.309><c> what</c><00:37:15.469><c> is</c><00:37:15.730><c> required</c><00:37:16.150><c> for</c><00:37:16.349><c> each</c><00:37:16.650><c> believer</c>

00:37:17.070 --> 00:37:20.510
and<00:37:17.630><c> lead</c><00:37:17.889><c> them</c><00:37:18.190><c> as</c><00:37:18.489><c> a</c><00:37:18.730><c> shepherd</c><00:37:19.269><c> leads</c><00:37:19.730><c> his</c><00:37:20.150><c> flock</c>

00:37:20.510 --> 00:37:23.449
into<00:37:21.349><c> the</c><00:37:21.590><c> right</c><00:37:21.829><c> places,</c><00:37:22.610><c> the</c><00:37:22.869><c> right</c><00:37:23.150><c> paths</c>

00:37:23.449 --> 00:37:26.610
where<00:37:23.650><c> they</c><00:37:23.869><c> might</c><00:37:24.090><c> be</c><00:37:24.409><c> fed,</c><00:37:25.070><c> where</c><00:37:25.190><c> they</c><00:37:25.409><c> might</c><00:37:25.590><c> be</c><00:37:25.929><c> cared</c><00:37:26.170><c> for,</c>

00:37:26.610 --> 00:37:29.230
not<00:37:27.170><c> physically</c><00:37:27.650><c> perhaps</c><00:37:28.090><c> as</c><00:37:28.309><c> well</c><00:37:28.449><c> as</c><00:37:28.530><c> they</c><00:37:28.670><c> would</c><00:37:28.909><c> like,</c>

00:37:29.510 --> 00:37:31.969
but<00:37:29.550><c> where</c><00:37:29.730><c> they</c><00:37:29.889><c> might</c><00:37:30.130><c> be</c><00:37:30.530><c> spiritually</c><00:37:31.090><c> nourished</c>

00:37:31.969 --> 00:37:34.909
and<00:37:32.369><c> brought</c><00:37:32.630><c> up</c><00:37:32.929><c> to</c><00:37:33.090><c> know</c><00:37:33.309><c> God</c><00:37:33.630><c> more</c><00:37:33.989><c> perfectly.</c>

00:37:37.070 --> 00:37:39.449
And<00:37:37.289><c> so</c><00:37:37.449><c> the</c><00:37:37.690><c> Psalmist</c><00:37:38.050><c> says</c><00:37:38.309><c> in</c><00:37:38.469><c> verse</c><00:37:38.690><c> 22,</c>

00:37:39.809 --> 00:37:42.710
Yea,<00:37:41.190><c> I</c><00:37:41.409><c> understand.</c>

00:37:43.090 --> 00:37:47.190
For<00:37:43.449><c> thy</c><00:37:44.010><c> sake</c><00:37:44.409><c> are</c><00:37:44.929><c> we</c><00:37:45.210><c> killed</c><00:37:45.690><c> all</c><00:37:46.429><c> the</c><00:37:46.590><c> day</c><00:37:46.789><c> long.</c>

00:37:47.670 --> 00:37:50.210
And<00:37:47.969><c> his</c><00:37:48.170><c> mistake</c><00:37:48.570><c> was</c><00:37:48.809><c> perhaps</c><00:37:49.150><c> the</c><00:37:49.329><c> mistake</c><00:37:49.650><c> of</c><00:37:49.989><c> Job,</c>

00:37:50.590 --> 00:37:53.650
that<00:37:50.730><c> when</c><00:37:51.469><c> difficulties</c><00:37:52.110><c> came</c><00:37:52.429><c> upon</c><00:37:52.730><c> him</c><00:37:52.949><c> and</c><00:37:53.090><c> his</c><00:37:53.250><c> nation</c>

00:37:53.650 --> 00:37:55.230
in<00:37:54.090><c> the</c><00:37:54.250><c> first</c><00:37:54.489><c> place,</c><00:37:54.730><c> he</c><00:37:54.949><c> thought,</c>

00:37:55.230 --> 00:37:57.429
Why<00:37:55.750><c> would</c><00:37:56.050><c> God</c><00:37:56.329><c> punish</c><00:37:56.730><c> me</c><00:37:57.070><c> so?</c>

00:37:57.909 --> 00:38:01.570
And<00:37:58.210><c> then</c><00:37:58.369><c> he</c><00:37:58.650><c> recognized</c><00:37:59.190><c> that</c><00:37:59.449><c> the</c><00:37:59.670><c> God</c><00:37:59.969><c> who</c><00:38:00.630><c> searches</c><00:38:01.010><c> the</c><00:38:01.309><c> hearts</c>

00:38:01.570 --> 00:38:04.429
and<00:38:01.750><c> the</c><00:38:01.949><c> minds</c><00:38:02.349><c> prepares</c><00:38:02.909><c> for</c><00:38:03.190><c> each</c><00:38:03.489><c> one</c><00:38:03.690><c> of</c><00:38:03.829><c> us</c>

00:38:04.429 --> 00:38:07.510
the<00:38:04.909><c> trials</c><00:38:05.289><c> of</c><00:38:05.530><c> life</c><00:38:05.889><c> that</c><00:38:06.389><c> allow</c><00:38:06.710><c> us</c><00:38:07.050><c> to</c><00:38:07.269><c> grow</c>

00:38:07.510 --> 00:38:08.889
and<00:38:07.809><c> develop</c><00:38:08.050><c> in</c><00:38:08.210><c> his</c><00:38:08.489><c> sight.</c>

00:38:09.130 --> 00:38:10.909
And<00:38:09.369><c> so</c><00:38:09.570><c> the</c><00:38:09.809><c> Psalmist</c><00:38:10.210><c> recognizes,</c>

00:38:11.170 --> 00:38:13.429
This<00:38:11.630><c> was</c><00:38:11.929><c> done</c><00:38:12.230><c> for</c><00:38:12.550><c> thy</c><00:38:13.010><c> sake.</c>

00:38:13.530 --> 00:38:16.989
And<00:38:14.130><c> we</c><00:38:14.409><c> accept</c><00:38:15.110><c> the</c><00:38:15.829><c> trials</c><00:38:16.150><c> and</c><00:38:16.369><c> the</c><00:38:16.610><c> chastenings</c>

00:38:16.989 --> 00:38:19.610
that<00:38:17.230><c> come</c><00:38:17.369><c> upon</c><00:38:17.650><c> us</c><00:38:18.070><c> in</c><00:38:18.409><c> that</c><00:38:18.670><c> spirit.</c>

00:38:19.869 --> 00:38:24.010
For<00:38:20.090><c> thy</c><00:38:20.570><c> sake</c><00:38:20.989><c> we</c><00:38:21.710><c> are</c><00:38:22.150><c> killed</c><00:38:22.590><c> all</c><00:38:23.369><c> the</c><00:38:23.510><c> day</c><00:38:23.710><c> long</c>

00:38:24.010 --> 00:38:27.150
and<00:38:24.190><c> we</c><00:38:24.250><c> are</c><00:38:24.550><c> counted</c><00:38:24.889><c> as</c><00:38:25.570><c> sheep</c><00:38:25.789><c> for</c><00:38:25.989><c> the</c><00:38:26.250><c> slaughter.</c>

00:38:27.789 --> 00:38:30.989
Paul<00:38:28.150><c> says</c><00:38:28.590><c> in</c><00:38:28.949><c> Romans</c><00:38:29.250><c> 8</c><00:38:29.530><c> verses</c><00:38:29.869><c> 17</c><00:38:30.349><c> and</c><00:38:30.489><c> 18,</c>

00:38:31.190 --> 00:38:34.590
If<00:38:31.489><c> we</c><00:38:31.789><c> suffer</c><00:38:32.150><c> with</c><00:38:32.409><c> Christ,</c><00:38:32.869><c> we</c><00:38:32.989><c> will</c><00:38:33.190><c> be</c><00:38:33.429><c> glorified</c><00:38:33.909><c> with</c><00:38:34.190><c> him.</c>

00:38:35.050 --> 00:38:38.190
But<00:38:35.230><c> not</c><00:38:35.489><c> just</c><00:38:35.750><c> any</c><00:38:36.130><c> random</c><00:38:36.769><c> indiscriminate</c><00:38:37.769><c> suffering</c>

00:38:38.190 --> 00:38:39.610
like<00:38:38.469><c> the</c><00:38:38.690><c> world</c><00:38:38.969><c> might</c><00:38:39.230><c> suffer,</c>

00:38:39.909 --> 00:38:42.190
but<00:38:40.030><c> if</c><00:38:40.170><c> we</c><00:38:40.409><c> suffer</c><00:38:40.650><c> as</c><00:38:41.010><c> a</c><00:38:41.309><c> part</c><00:38:41.489><c> of</c><00:38:41.730><c> Christ</c>

00:38:42.190 --> 00:38:45.489
and<00:38:42.550><c> we</c><00:38:42.829><c> recognize</c><00:38:43.269><c> that</c><00:38:43.510><c> our</c><00:38:43.849><c> trials</c><00:38:44.250><c> are</c><00:38:44.829><c> probation</c>

00:38:45.489 --> 00:38:47.710
leading<00:38:46.130><c> us</c><00:38:46.510><c> on</c><00:38:46.650><c> to</c><00:38:46.849><c> develop</c><00:38:47.130><c> a</c><00:38:47.389><c> character,</c>

00:38:47.769 --> 00:38:50.409
and<00:38:48.110><c> we</c><00:38:48.369><c> recognize</c><00:38:48.869><c> that</c><00:38:49.130><c> Christ</c><00:38:49.429><c> is</c><00:38:49.710><c> sharing</c><00:38:49.969><c> with</c><00:38:50.250><c> us</c>

00:38:50.409 --> 00:38:51.989
and<00:38:50.849><c> we</c><00:38:51.030><c> are</c><00:38:51.190><c> sharing</c><00:38:51.429><c> with</c><00:38:51.690><c> him,</c>

00:38:51.989 --> 00:38:54.829
and<00:38:52.369><c> whatever</c><00:38:52.690><c> our</c><00:38:53.210><c> experiences</c><00:38:53.670><c> might</c><00:38:53.969><c> bring</c><00:38:54.230><c> us,</c>

00:38:55.030 --> 00:38:57.489
they<00:38:55.110><c> are</c><00:38:55.230><c> helping</c><00:38:55.510><c> us</c><00:38:55.750><c> to</c><00:38:55.989><c> understand</c><00:38:56.750><c> more</c><00:38:57.230><c> fully</c>

00:38:57.489 --> 00:38:58.750
the<00:38:57.730><c> sufferings</c><00:38:58.110><c> of</c><00:38:58.269><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:59.190 --> 00:39:00.530
Paul<00:38:59.389><c> says</c><00:38:59.630><c> in</c><00:38:59.789><c> Philippians</c><00:39:00.150><c> 3,</c>

00:39:00.809 --> 00:39:02.269
The<00:39:00.969><c> fellowship</c><00:39:01.530><c> of</c><00:39:01.710><c> his</c><00:39:01.949><c> sufferings,</c>

00:39:02.710 --> 00:39:05.550
if<00:39:03.030><c> we</c><00:39:03.190><c> do</c><00:39:03.369><c> this,</c><00:39:03.949><c> if</c><00:39:04.110><c> we</c><00:39:04.309><c> recognize</c><00:39:04.849><c> that</c><00:39:05.090><c> these</c><00:39:05.329><c> things</c>

00:39:05.550 --> 00:39:07.289
are<00:39:05.750><c> done</c><00:39:06.010><c> for</c><00:39:06.349><c> Christ's</c><00:39:06.969><c> sake</c>

00:39:07.289 --> 00:39:10.349
and<00:39:07.989><c> for</c><00:39:08.269><c> our</c><00:39:08.630><c> sake</c><00:39:08.849><c> in</c><00:39:09.130><c> relation</c><00:39:09.550><c> to</c><00:39:09.829><c> him,</c>

00:39:10.670 --> 00:39:12.389
then<00:39:10.909><c> we</c><00:39:11.070><c> will</c><00:39:11.289><c> not</c><00:39:11.469><c> be</c><00:39:11.730><c> sorrowful.</c>

00:39:12.730 --> 00:39:17.389
But<00:39:13.130><c> as</c><00:39:13.630><c> Paul</c><00:39:13.949><c> says,</c><00:39:14.489><c> we</c><00:39:14.610><c> will</c><00:39:15.550><c> climb</c><00:39:15.989><c> the</c><00:39:16.329><c> mountaintop</c>

00:39:17.389 --> 00:39:20.769
and<00:39:17.710><c> we</c><00:39:17.849><c> will</c><00:39:18.530><c> break</c><00:39:18.889><c> through</c><00:39:19.489><c> to</c><00:39:19.929><c> that</c><00:39:20.349><c> plain</c>

00:39:20.769 --> 00:39:25.349
in<00:39:21.030><c> which</c><00:39:21.329><c> we</c><00:39:21.550><c> might</c><00:39:22.010><c> rejoice</c><00:39:23.030><c> in</c><00:39:24.190><c> our</c><00:39:24.510><c> sufferings.</c>

00:39:25.789 --> 00:39:28.090
Extraordinary<00:39:26.469><c> as</c><00:39:26.630><c> it</c><00:39:26.710><c> might</c><00:39:26.989><c> seem,</c>

00:39:28.369 --> 00:39:30.250
the<00:39:28.530><c> more</c><00:39:28.769><c> we</c><00:39:29.010><c> understand</c><00:39:29.449><c> of</c><00:39:29.650><c> God's</c><00:39:29.989><c> purpose,</c>

00:39:30.289 --> 00:39:32.409
the<00:39:30.449><c> more</c><00:39:30.730><c> easily</c><00:39:31.090><c> it</c><00:39:31.349><c> becomes</c><00:39:31.690><c> for</c><00:39:31.909><c> us</c>

00:39:32.409 --> 00:39:36.250
first<00:39:32.849><c> to</c><00:39:33.150><c> accept</c><00:39:34.349><c> whatever</c><00:39:34.869><c> our</c><00:39:35.150><c> situation,</c>

00:39:36.289 --> 00:39:42.769
and<00:39:36.630><c> secondly,</c><00:39:37.869><c> even</c><00:39:38.250><c> to</c><00:39:38.550><c> rejoice</c><00:39:39.349><c> when</c><00:39:41.429><c> we</c><00:39:41.750><c> suffer,</c>

00:39:43.250 --> 00:39:47.969
knowing<00:39:43.510><c> that</c><00:39:43.690><c> it</c><00:39:43.929><c> is</c><00:39:44.170><c> for</c><00:39:44.429><c> God's</c><00:39:45.010><c> sake</c><00:39:45.369><c> and</c><00:39:46.329><c> for</c><00:39:46.570><c> our</c><00:39:46.889><c> sakes.</c>

00:39:48.650 --> 00:39:49.929
And<00:39:49.110><c> so</c><00:39:49.369><c> Paul</c><00:39:49.650><c> says,</c>

00:39:50.090 --> 00:39:51.969
We<00:39:50.130><c> are</c><00:39:50.369><c> counted</c><00:39:50.630><c> as</c><00:39:51.070><c> sheep</c><00:39:51.250><c> for</c><00:39:51.449><c> the</c><00:39:51.690><c> slaughter,</c>

00:39:52.170 --> 00:39:55.150
and<00:39:52.329><c> they</c><00:39:52.429><c> were</c><00:39:52.630><c> taken</c><00:39:52.869><c> to</c><00:39:53.050><c> their</c><00:39:53.269><c> death,</c><00:39:53.469><c> many</c><00:39:53.750><c> of</c><00:39:53.989><c> them.</c>

00:39:55.969 --> 00:39:58.710
What<00:39:56.269><c> would</c><00:39:56.449><c> we</c><00:39:56.769><c> say</c><00:39:56.929><c> if</c><00:39:57.050><c> we</c><00:39:57.250><c> were</c><00:39:57.449><c> brought</c><00:39:57.670><c> to</c><00:39:57.869><c> the</c><00:39:58.070><c> point</c><00:39:58.230><c> of</c><00:39:58.449><c> death?</c>

00:39:58.969 --> 00:39:59.730
Would<00:39:59.130><c> we</c><00:39:59.429><c> say,</c>

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Why,<00:40:00.429><c> O</c><00:40:00.630><c> Lord,</c><00:40:00.789><c> have</c><00:40:00.949><c> you</c><00:40:01.070><c> brought</c><00:40:01.250><c> us</c><00:40:01.409><c> into</c><00:40:01.610><c> this</c><00:40:01.809><c> position?</c>

00:40:03.389 --> 00:40:06.510
How<00:40:03.849><c> could</c><00:40:04.110><c> you</c><00:40:04.250><c> have</c><00:40:04.449><c> done</c><00:40:04.710><c> such</c><00:40:04.949><c> a</c><00:40:05.110><c> thing</c><00:40:05.250><c> to</c><00:40:05.489><c> us?</c>

00:40:06.570 --> 00:40:08.070
Or<00:40:06.710><c> would</c><00:40:06.889><c> we</c><00:40:07.190><c> say,</c>

00:40:08.369 --> 00:40:11.730
Our<00:40:08.550><c> Lord,</c><00:40:08.869><c> who</c><00:40:09.190><c> walked</c><00:40:09.530><c> before</c><00:40:09.949><c> us,</c><00:40:10.769><c> walked</c><00:40:10.949><c> to</c><00:40:11.130><c> his</c><00:40:11.389><c> death.</c>

00:40:11.929 --> 00:40:14.210
And<00:40:12.210><c> if</c><00:40:12.369><c> we</c><00:40:12.570><c> are</c><00:40:12.650><c> counted</c><00:40:12.949><c> as</c><00:40:13.250><c> sheep</c><00:40:13.409><c> for</c><00:40:13.610><c> the</c><00:40:13.849><c> slaughter,</c>

00:40:14.210 --> 00:40:19.610
to<00:40:14.590><c> be</c><00:40:14.769><c> laid</c><00:40:15.010><c> out</c><00:40:15.329><c> in</c><00:40:15.570><c> rows</c><00:40:15.889><c> and</c><00:40:16.210><c> executed</c><00:40:16.789><c> and</c><00:40:17.889><c> slain,</c>

00:40:20.789 --> 00:40:24.590
even<00:40:21.389><c> then,</c><00:40:22.429><c> was</c><00:40:22.570><c> not</c><00:40:22.829><c> our</c><00:40:23.050><c> Master</c><00:40:23.469><c> treated</c><00:40:23.809><c> the</c><00:40:24.110><c> same?</c>

00:40:24.909 --> 00:40:27.849
Are<00:40:25.110><c> we</c><00:40:25.329><c> not</c><00:40:25.570><c> simply</c><00:40:25.909><c> following</c><00:40:26.349><c> in</c><00:40:26.590><c> his</c><00:40:26.809><c> footsteps?</c>

00:40:28.289 --> 00:40:31.670
Should<00:40:28.449><c> we</c><00:40:28.710><c> not</c><00:40:28.969><c> submit</c><00:40:29.409><c> and</c><00:40:29.690><c> give</c><00:40:29.909><c> glory</c><00:40:30.289><c> to</c><00:40:30.510><c> God?</c>

00:40:33.869 --> 00:40:36.710
Christ,<00:40:34.469><c> who</c><00:40:34.670><c> was</c><00:40:34.969><c> led</c><00:40:35.230><c> as</c><00:40:35.570><c> a</c><00:40:35.730><c> lamb</c><00:40:35.909><c> to</c><00:40:36.110><c> the</c><00:40:36.329><c> slaughter</c>

00:40:36.710 --> 00:40:39.829
and<00:40:37.150><c> as</c><00:40:37.389><c> a</c><00:40:37.610><c> sheep</c><00:40:37.809><c> before</c><00:40:38.309><c> her</c><00:40:38.650><c> shearers,</c><00:40:39.230><c> was</c><00:40:39.409><c> dumb,</c>

00:40:39.989 --> 00:40:42.329
so<00:40:40.309><c> he</c><00:40:40.590><c> opened</c><00:40:40.849><c> not</c><00:40:41.070><c> his</c><00:40:41.289><c> mouth.</c>

00:40:42.590 --> 00:40:46.309
Isaiah<00:40:43.309><c> 53,</c><00:40:43.929><c> verses</c><00:40:44.289><c> 6</c><00:40:44.570><c> and</c><00:40:44.730><c> 7.</c>

00:40:46.369 --> 00:40:48.969
And<00:40:46.570><c> Peter</c><00:40:46.829><c> says</c><00:40:47.210><c> in</c><00:40:47.369><c> 1</c><00:40:47.590><c> Peter</c><00:40:47.869><c> chapter</c><00:40:48.289><c> 2,</c>

00:40:49.369 --> 00:40:54.530
Jesus<00:40:49.610><c> suffered,</c><00:40:51.929><c> leaving</c><00:40:52.289><c> us</c><00:40:52.929><c> an</c><00:40:53.429><c> example</c>

00:40:55.050 --> 00:40:57.530
that<00:40:55.769><c> we</c><00:40:55.969><c> should</c><00:40:56.130><c> do</c><00:40:56.329><c> the</c><00:40:56.590><c> same,</c>

00:40:57.670 --> 00:41:00.070
that<00:40:57.829><c> we</c><00:40:58.010><c> should</c><00:40:58.250><c> follow</c><00:40:58.610><c> in</c><00:40:58.769><c> his</c><00:40:58.969><c> footsteps.</c>

00:41:08.650 --> 00:41:12.489
In<00:41:09.289><c> verse</c><00:41:09.590><c> 37,</c><00:41:10.329><c> Paul</c><00:41:10.630><c> answers</c><00:41:11.030><c> the</c><00:41:11.269><c> question</c><00:41:11.570><c> in</c><00:41:11.710><c> verse</c><00:41:11.909><c> 35,</c>

00:41:12.550 --> 00:41:14.929
Can<00:41:12.829><c> anything</c><00:41:13.369><c> separate</c><00:41:13.849><c> us</c><00:41:13.989><c> from</c><00:41:14.170><c> Christ's</c><00:41:14.650><c> love?</c>

00:41:15.230 --> 00:41:16.989
And<00:41:15.409><c> he</c><00:41:15.530><c> answers</c><00:41:15.869><c> with</c><00:41:16.070><c> an</c><00:41:16.289><c> emphatic,</c>

00:41:17.389 --> 00:41:18.409
No.

00:41:19.070 --> 00:41:23.550
In<00:41:19.429><c> all</c><00:41:20.110><c> our</c><00:41:20.630><c> trials</c><00:41:21.130><c> we</c><00:41:21.409><c> are</c><00:41:21.949><c> super</c><00:41:22.409><c> conquerors</c>

00:41:23.550 --> 00:41:25.530
through<00:41:23.989><c> him</c><00:41:24.309><c> who</c><00:41:24.590><c> loved</c><00:41:24.829><c> us.</c>

00:41:25.849 --> 00:41:27.130
Super<00:41:26.469><c> conquerors,</c>

00:41:27.389 --> 00:41:29.550
over<00:41:27.769><c> and</c><00:41:28.150><c> above</c><00:41:28.469><c> those</c><00:41:28.869><c> who</c><00:41:29.090><c> win</c><00:41:29.210><c> a</c><00:41:29.369><c> victory.</c>

00:41:29.550 --> 00:41:33.769
We<00:41:30.170><c> are</c><00:41:30.530><c> more</c><00:41:31.070><c> than</c><00:41:31.429><c> victors,</c><00:41:32.409><c> more</c><00:41:32.769><c> than</c><00:41:33.070><c> conquerors.</c>

00:41:33.969 --> 00:41:35.829
What<00:41:34.110><c> does</c><00:41:34.289><c> he</c><00:41:34.389><c> mean</c><00:41:34.610><c> by</c><00:41:34.869><c> this?</c>

00:41:35.989 --> 00:41:37.150
Perhaps<00:41:36.329><c> he</c><00:41:36.510><c> means</c><00:41:36.769><c> this,</c>

00:41:37.369 --> 00:41:43.630
that<00:41:37.989><c> in</c><00:41:38.469><c> the</c><00:41:40.730><c> natural</c><00:41:41.070><c> force</c><00:41:42.170><c> of</c><00:41:42.510><c> circumstances,</c>

00:41:44.829 --> 00:41:47.389
we<00:41:44.929><c> would</c><00:41:45.389><c> fight</c><00:41:45.789><c> against</c><00:41:46.369><c> our</c><00:41:46.710><c> adversities.</c>

00:41:47.750 --> 00:41:50.449
We<00:41:48.010><c> have</c><00:41:48.130><c> a</c><00:41:48.369><c> difficulty,</c><00:41:48.809><c> we</c><00:41:48.909><c> have</c><00:41:49.210><c> a</c><00:41:49.469><c> financial</c><00:41:49.949><c> stress,</c>

00:41:50.829 --> 00:41:52.250
we<00:41:50.929><c> have</c><00:41:51.389><c> illness</c><00:41:51.789><c> or</c><00:41:51.969><c> whatever,</c>

00:41:52.389 --> 00:41:54.889
we<00:41:52.690><c> struggle</c><00:41:53.150><c> and</c><00:41:53.309><c> we</c><00:41:53.590><c> struggle</c><00:41:53.909><c> harder</c><00:41:54.369><c> and</c><00:41:54.670><c> harder</c>

00:41:54.889 --> 00:41:55.969
against<00:41:55.190><c> those</c><00:41:55.469><c> difficulties.</c>

00:41:56.150 --> 00:41:57.710
We<00:41:56.510><c> fight</c><00:41:56.809><c> to</c><00:41:57.130><c> overcome</c><00:41:57.389><c> them,</c>

00:41:57.710 --> 00:41:59.929
and<00:41:58.010><c> in</c><00:41:58.110><c> our</c><00:41:58.429><c> boastfulness</c><00:41:58.889><c> and</c><00:41:59.050><c> our</c><00:41:59.289><c> pride</c><00:41:59.489><c> we</c><00:41:59.690><c> say,</c>

00:42:00.289 --> 00:42:02.429
we<00:42:00.289><c> can</c><00:42:00.489><c> make</c><00:42:00.710><c> it,</c><00:42:01.070><c> we</c><00:42:01.289><c> can</c><00:42:01.469><c> take</c><00:42:01.670><c> care</c><00:42:01.849><c> of</c><00:42:02.010><c> ourselves.</c>

00:42:02.650 --> 00:42:04.349
There's<00:42:02.889><c> no</c><00:42:03.130><c> difficulty</c><00:42:03.570><c> we</c><00:42:03.750><c> can't</c><00:42:04.090><c> overcome,</c>

00:42:04.449 --> 00:42:07.469
just<00:42:04.670><c> keep</c><00:42:05.050><c> trying</c><00:42:05.510><c> harder</c><00:42:06.170><c> and</c><00:42:06.469><c> harder.</c>

00:42:07.889 --> 00:42:11.909
And<00:42:08.230><c> maybe,</c><00:42:09.110><c> in</c><00:42:09.369><c> some</c><00:42:09.590><c> instances,</c><00:42:10.110><c> we</c><00:42:10.329><c> do</c><00:42:10.650><c> win</c><00:42:10.909><c> a</c><00:42:11.070><c> victory.</c>

00:42:12.289 --> 00:42:14.590
But<00:42:12.530><c> Paul</c><00:42:12.849><c> says,</c><00:42:13.449><c> if</c><00:42:13.750><c> we</c><00:42:13.969><c> are</c><00:42:14.090><c> in</c><00:42:14.309><c> Christ</c>

00:42:14.590 --> 00:42:17.090
and<00:42:14.730><c> if</c><00:42:14.889><c> we</c><00:42:15.130><c> understand</c><00:42:15.550><c> what</c><00:42:15.849><c> God</c><00:42:16.170><c> has</c><00:42:16.389><c> done</c><00:42:16.550><c> for</c><00:42:16.750><c> us,</c>

00:42:17.250 --> 00:42:18.949
what<00:42:17.469><c> God</c><00:42:17.829><c> is</c><00:42:18.230><c> doing</c><00:42:18.449><c> for</c><00:42:18.650><c> us,</c>

00:42:19.110 --> 00:42:21.150
and<00:42:19.309><c> what</c><00:42:19.530><c> God</c><00:42:19.969><c> will</c><00:42:20.329><c> do</c><00:42:20.550><c> for</c><00:42:20.750><c> us,</c>

00:42:21.369 --> 00:42:23.030
then<00:42:21.510><c> we</c><00:42:21.690><c> are</c><00:42:21.929><c> more</c><00:42:22.230><c> than</c><00:42:22.469><c> conquerors.</c>

00:42:23.150 --> 00:42:25.309
We<00:42:23.349><c> don't</c><00:42:23.570><c> have</c><00:42:23.929><c> to</c><00:42:24.090><c> fight</c><00:42:24.329><c> that</c><00:42:24.590><c> kind</c><00:42:24.849><c> of</c><00:42:25.090><c> battle.</c>

00:42:25.309 --> 00:42:28.489
We<00:42:25.750><c> recognize</c><00:42:26.489><c> that</c><00:42:26.710><c> whatever</c><00:42:27.090><c> trial</c><00:42:27.550><c> comes</c><00:42:27.849><c> upon</c><00:42:28.150><c> us</c>

00:42:28.489 --> 00:42:31.050
is<00:42:28.889><c> brought</c><00:42:29.250><c> by</c><00:42:29.489><c> God</c><00:42:29.809><c> for</c><00:42:29.989><c> our</c><00:42:30.230><c> ultimate</c><00:42:30.530><c> benefit.</c>

00:42:31.409 --> 00:42:34.070
And<00:42:31.610><c> even</c><00:42:31.829><c> those</c><00:42:32.130><c> things</c><00:42:32.369><c> that</c><00:42:32.989><c> impose</c><00:42:33.530><c> themselves</c>

00:42:34.070 --> 00:42:36.829
between<00:42:34.489><c> us</c><00:42:34.809><c> and</c><00:42:34.949><c> the</c><00:42:35.130><c> Kingdom,</c><00:42:35.849><c> as</c><00:42:35.969><c> we</c><00:42:36.130><c> might</c><00:42:36.349><c> see</c><00:42:36.610><c> them,</c>

00:42:37.110 --> 00:42:42.570
even<00:42:37.590><c> those</c><00:42:39.429><c> mountains</c><00:42:40.010><c> that</c><00:42:40.409><c> stand</c><00:42:40.610><c> between</c><00:42:41.010><c> us</c><00:42:41.769><c> and</c><00:42:42.070><c> Christ</c>

00:42:42.570 --> 00:42:47.070
are<00:42:43.130><c> really</c><00:42:43.449><c> just</c><00:42:44.530><c> brought</c><00:42:44.909><c> by</c><00:42:45.369><c> God</c><00:42:45.929><c> for</c><00:42:46.389><c> our</c><00:42:46.650><c> benefit.</c>

00:42:47.429 --> 00:42:51.269
And<00:42:47.730><c> so</c><00:42:47.929><c> we</c><00:42:48.170><c> accept</c><00:42:48.769><c> them</c><00:42:49.230><c> not</c><00:42:49.510><c> as</c><00:42:49.849><c> enemies</c><00:42:50.130><c> to</c><00:42:50.429><c> struggle</c><00:42:50.710><c> against,</c>

00:42:51.750 --> 00:42:53.369
but<00:42:51.909><c> we</c><00:42:52.250><c> work</c><00:42:52.550><c> in</c><00:42:52.949><c> faith,</c>

00:42:53.369 --> 00:42:55.949
overcoming<00:42:54.329><c> them</c><00:42:54.929><c> by</c><00:42:55.369><c> that</c><00:42:55.690><c> faith</c>

00:42:55.949 --> 00:42:58.869
and<00:42:56.210><c> making</c><00:42:56.590><c> even</c><00:42:57.250><c> our</c><00:42:57.550><c> adversities</c>

00:42:59.010 --> 00:43:02.110
not<00:42:59.489><c> our</c><00:42:59.769><c> enemies,</c><00:43:00.730><c> but</c><00:43:00.809><c> our</c><00:43:01.130><c> allies.</c>

00:43:02.690 --> 00:43:04.789
And<00:43:02.949><c> so</c><00:43:03.230><c> it's</c><00:43:03.630><c> as</c><00:43:03.829><c> though</c>

00:43:04.789 --> 00:43:07.590
a<00:43:05.309><c> general</c><00:43:05.610><c> goes</c><00:43:05.909><c> into</c><00:43:06.190><c> battle</c><00:43:06.530><c> against</c><00:43:06.809><c> a</c><00:43:07.050><c> great</c><00:43:07.230><c> army,</c>

00:43:07.849 --> 00:43:10.030
and<00:43:08.050><c> as</c><00:43:08.289><c> he</c><00:43:08.469><c> begins</c><00:43:08.730><c> the</c><00:43:09.010><c> battle</c><00:43:09.190><c> he</c><00:43:09.429><c> recognizes</c>

00:43:10.030 --> 00:43:12.829
that<00:43:10.590><c> all</c><00:43:10.829><c> of</c><00:43:10.949><c> those</c><00:43:11.110><c> who</c><00:43:11.289><c> appear</c><00:43:11.530><c> to</c><00:43:11.710><c> be</c><00:43:11.889><c> fighting</c><00:43:12.170><c> against</c><00:43:12.550><c> him</c>

00:43:12.829 --> 00:43:15.769
are<00:43:13.210><c> defecting</c><00:43:13.750><c> and</c><00:43:13.929><c> coming</c><00:43:14.110><c> over</c><00:43:14.389><c> to</c><00:43:14.530><c> his</c><00:43:14.809><c> side.</c>

00:43:15.929 --> 00:43:18.050
And<00:43:16.289><c> suddenly</c><00:43:16.570><c> we</c><00:43:16.730><c> look</c><00:43:16.929><c> around</c><00:43:17.230><c> and</c><00:43:17.409><c> we</c><00:43:17.610><c> realize</c>

00:43:18.050 --> 00:43:19.989
we<00:43:18.690><c> have</c><00:43:18.929><c> no</c><00:43:19.170><c> enemies,</c>

00:43:20.909 --> 00:43:22.349
we<00:43:21.190><c> have</c><00:43:21.449><c> no</c><00:43:21.630><c> adversities,</c>

00:43:22.349 --> 00:43:23.869
they<00:43:22.730><c> were</c><00:43:22.909><c> brought</c><00:43:23.150><c> by</c><00:43:23.409><c> God.</c>

00:43:24.269 --> 00:43:28.309
They<00:43:24.349><c> are</c><00:43:24.550><c> only</c><00:43:25.730><c> testing</c><00:43:26.230><c> and</c><00:43:26.750><c> chastening</c><00:43:27.170><c> to</c><00:43:27.630><c> prepare</c><00:43:27.889><c> us.</c>

00:43:28.449 --> 00:43:30.210
And<00:43:28.590><c> we</c><00:43:28.789><c> submit</c><00:43:29.130><c> in</c><00:43:29.309><c> the</c><00:43:29.489><c> proper</c><00:43:29.750><c> spirit,</c>

00:43:30.630 --> 00:43:32.949
and<00:43:30.730><c> we</c><00:43:30.969><c> then</c><00:43:31.230><c> can</c><00:43:31.469><c> say,</c><00:43:32.010><c> as</c><00:43:32.150><c> does</c><00:43:32.510><c> Paul,</c>

00:43:33.269 --> 00:43:36.909
in<00:43:33.510><c> all</c><00:43:33.789><c> of</c><00:43:33.909><c> our</c><00:43:34.170><c> trials</c><00:43:34.550><c> we</c><00:43:34.949><c> are</c><00:43:35.110><c> more</c><00:43:35.469><c> than</c><00:43:35.690><c> conquerors</c>

00:43:36.909 --> 00:43:39.909
through<00:43:37.610><c> Christ</c><00:43:38.110><c> who</c><00:43:38.429><c> loved</c><00:43:38.650><c> us.</c>

00:43:41.449 --> 00:43:45.489
The<00:43:41.849><c> all</c><00:43:42.190><c> things</c><00:43:42.869><c> of</c><00:43:43.309><c> verse</c><00:43:44.130><c> 37,</c>

00:43:45.630 --> 00:43:47.190
all<00:43:45.949><c> our</c><00:43:46.269><c> trials,</c>

00:43:47.630 --> 00:43:50.610
reproduce<00:43:48.050><c> the</c><00:43:48.269><c> idea</c><00:43:48.670><c> of</c><00:43:48.789><c> verse</c><00:43:49.050><c> 28</c><00:43:49.610><c> which</c><00:43:49.869><c> tells</c><00:43:50.170><c> us</c>

00:43:50.610 --> 00:43:55.789
God<00:43:51.190><c> is</c><00:43:51.650><c> working</c><00:43:52.090><c> in</c><00:43:52.710><c> all</c><00:43:53.250><c> things</c><00:43:54.170><c> for</c><00:43:54.730><c> our</c><00:43:55.010><c> good.</c>

00:43:57.070 --> 00:43:59.469
There<00:43:57.210><c> is</c><00:43:57.889><c> for</c><00:43:58.130><c> the</c><00:43:58.349><c> believer</c><00:43:58.690><c> in</c><00:43:59.030><c> Christ</c>

00:43:59.469 --> 00:44:01.449
no<00:44:00.190><c> ultimate</c><00:44:00.929><c> evil</c>

00:44:01.449 --> 00:44:04.710
if<00:44:02.210><c> he</c><00:44:02.409><c> is</c><00:44:02.610><c> making</c><00:44:02.869><c> his</c><00:44:03.150><c> way</c><00:44:03.349><c> toward</c><00:44:03.570><c> the</c><00:44:03.809><c> kingdom.</c>

00:44:04.809 --> 00:44:06.110
Ultimately,<00:44:05.349><c> in</c><00:44:05.349><c> the</c><00:44:05.550><c> conclusion,</c>

00:44:06.530 --> 00:44:08.969
nothing<00:44:06.849><c> for</c><00:44:07.150><c> us</c><00:44:07.510><c> is</c><00:44:08.050><c> bad</c><00:44:08.349><c> or</c><00:44:08.650><c> evil,</c>

00:44:09.230 --> 00:44:12.449
but<00:44:09.469><c> only</c><00:44:09.829><c> good</c><00:44:10.190><c> because</c><00:44:10.929><c> all</c><00:44:11.409><c> things</c><00:44:11.690><c> are</c><00:44:12.130><c> working</c>

00:44:12.449 --> 00:44:16.070
in<00:44:12.650><c> that</c><00:44:12.869><c> direction</c><00:44:13.469><c> under</c><00:44:14.250><c> the</c><00:44:14.489><c> hand</c><00:44:14.650><c> of</c><00:44:14.869><c> God.</c>

00:44:17.389 --> 00:44:20.730
Paul<00:44:18.030><c> says</c><00:44:18.489><c> we</c><00:44:18.989><c> are</c><00:44:19.429><c> super</c><00:44:19.869><c> conquerors</c>

00:44:20.730 --> 00:44:23.550
through<00:44:21.070><c> him</c><00:44:21.449><c> who</c><00:44:21.929><c> loved</c><00:44:22.329><c> us.</c>

00:44:26.230 --> 00:44:28.730
It's<00:44:26.869><c> the</c><00:44:27.070><c> same</c><00:44:27.269><c> in</c><00:44:27.670><c> the</c><00:44:27.829><c> King</c><00:44:28.030><c> James</c><00:44:28.289><c> Version,</c>

00:44:29.030 --> 00:44:33.070
him<00:44:29.309><c> who</c><00:44:30.230><c> loved,</c><00:44:30.809><c> past</c><00:44:31.429><c> tense,</c><00:44:32.150><c> us.</c>

00:44:33.090 --> 00:44:34.250
Why<00:44:33.349><c> did</c><00:44:33.530><c> Paul</c><00:44:33.730><c> say</c><00:44:33.949><c> that?</c>

00:44:34.550 --> 00:44:37.730
Why<00:44:34.789><c> didn't</c><00:44:35.010><c> Paul</c><00:44:35.369><c> say</c><00:44:35.670><c> him</c><00:44:35.969><c> who</c><00:44:36.369><c> loves</c><00:44:36.690><c> us,</c><00:44:37.110><c> present</c><00:44:37.409><c> tense?</c>

00:44:38.030 --> 00:44:41.349
Because<00:44:38.309><c> does</c><00:44:38.630><c> not</c><00:44:38.829><c> Christ</c><00:44:39.130><c> continue</c><00:44:39.730><c> to</c><00:44:39.969><c> love</c><00:44:40.070><c> us?</c>

00:44:44.530 --> 00:44:48.690
This<00:44:45.250><c> verb</c><00:44:45.710><c> is</c><00:44:46.090><c> in</c><00:44:46.449><c> the</c><00:44:47.150><c> aorist</c><00:44:47.750><c> tense</c><00:44:48.050><c> in</c><00:44:48.250><c> the</c><00:44:48.469><c> Greek.</c>

00:44:48.949 --> 00:44:53.349
We<00:44:49.070><c> are</c><00:44:49.250><c> told</c><00:44:49.489><c> that</c><00:44:49.690><c> this</c><00:44:49.929><c> means</c><00:44:50.369><c> one</c><00:44:51.510><c> past</c><00:44:52.170><c> act,</c>

00:44:53.610 --> 00:44:56.309
and<00:44:53.730><c> therefore</c><00:44:54.050><c> we</c><00:44:54.289><c> recognize</c><00:44:55.010><c> that</c><00:44:55.429><c> when</c><00:44:55.630><c> Paul</c><00:44:55.929><c> says,</c>

00:44:56.550 --> 00:44:59.750
when<00:44:56.690><c> Paul</c><00:44:56.949><c> refers</c><00:44:57.389><c> to</c><00:44:57.929><c> him</c><00:44:58.289><c> who</c><00:44:58.909><c> loved</c><00:44:59.269><c> us,</c>

00:45:00.030 --> 00:45:05.750
he<00:45:00.250><c> is</c><00:45:00.650><c> calling</c><00:45:00.889><c> attention</c><00:45:01.369><c> to</c><00:45:01.590><c> that</c><00:45:02.329><c> one</c><00:45:02.829><c> supreme</c><00:45:03.489><c> act</c><00:45:04.269><c> of</c><00:45:04.750><c> love,</c>

00:45:06.510 --> 00:45:08.989
that<00:45:07.010><c> one</c><00:45:07.409><c> act</c><00:45:07.710><c> of</c><00:45:07.949><c> Christ</c><00:45:08.250><c> on</c><00:45:08.429><c> our</c><00:45:08.670><c> behalf</c>

00:45:08.989 --> 00:45:10.829
that<00:45:09.250><c> encompasses</c><00:45:09.929><c> all</c><00:45:10.610><c> of</c><00:45:10.750><c> his</c><00:45:10.829><c> life</c>

00:45:10.829 --> 00:45:13.789
is<00:45:11.250><c> love,</c><00:45:11.289><c> past</c><00:45:11.690><c> and</c><00:45:12.030><c> present</c><00:45:12.389><c> and</c><00:45:12.789><c> future,</c>

00:45:13.869 --> 00:45:16.210
that<00:45:14.210><c> act</c><00:45:14.550><c> by</c><00:45:14.949><c> which</c><00:45:15.150><c> as</c><00:45:15.389><c> the</c><00:45:15.570><c> good</c><00:45:15.789><c> shepherd</c>

00:45:16.210 --> 00:45:19.849
he<00:45:16.829><c> laid</c><00:45:17.190><c> down</c><00:45:17.590><c> his</c><00:45:17.909><c> life</c><00:45:18.329><c> for</c><00:45:18.809><c> the</c><00:45:19.050><c> sheep.</c>

00:45:20.030 --> 00:45:21.750
And<00:45:20.230><c> Paul</c><00:45:20.429><c> is</c><00:45:20.809><c> centering</c><00:45:21.190><c> everything</c>

00:45:21.750 --> 00:45:24.050
as<00:45:22.210><c> he</c><00:45:22.469><c> closes</c><00:45:22.750><c> this</c><00:45:23.070><c> chapter,</c><00:45:23.409><c> this</c><00:45:23.690><c> section,</c>

00:45:24.550 --> 00:45:26.070
upon<00:45:24.789><c> the</c><00:45:25.070><c> sacrifice</c><00:45:25.550><c> of</c><00:45:25.730><c> Christ,</c>

00:45:26.369 --> 00:45:29.150
just<00:45:26.690><c> as</c><00:45:26.889><c> it</c><00:45:27.030><c> was</c><00:45:27.269><c> centered</c><00:45:27.510><c> upon</c><00:45:27.789><c> the</c><00:45:28.030><c> sacrifice</c><00:45:28.530><c> of</c><00:45:28.769><c> Christ</c>

00:45:29.150 --> 00:45:31.250
at<00:45:29.610><c> the</c><00:45:29.809><c> beginning</c><00:45:30.090><c> of</c><00:45:30.269><c> the</c><00:45:30.449><c> section.</c>

00:45:31.269 --> 00:45:32.690
There<00:45:31.449><c> is</c><00:45:31.690><c> no</c><00:45:31.929><c> condemnation.</c>

00:45:33.170 --> 00:45:36.289
This<00:45:33.469><c> is</c><00:45:33.750><c> because</c><00:45:34.170><c> Christ</c><00:45:34.829><c> hath</c><00:45:35.449><c> loved</c><00:45:35.989><c> us</c>

00:45:36.289 --> 00:45:38.849
with<00:45:36.449><c> that</c><00:45:36.809><c> one</c><00:45:37.130><c> supreme</c><00:45:37.789><c> act</c><00:45:38.210><c> of</c><00:45:38.449><c> love</c>

00:45:38.849 --> 00:45:41.070
which<00:45:39.469><c> made</c><00:45:39.730><c> all</c><00:45:40.010><c> of</c><00:45:40.090><c> the</c><00:45:40.110><c> rest</c><00:45:40.309><c> of</c><00:45:40.429><c> his</c><00:45:40.650><c> life,</c>

00:45:41.110 --> 00:45:43.949
which<00:45:41.409><c> makes</c><00:45:41.690><c> all</c><00:45:42.070><c> of</c><00:45:42.269><c> our</c><00:45:42.550><c> lives</c><00:45:43.190><c> meaningful.</c>

00:45:44.369 --> 00:45:49.489
In<00:45:44.630><c> fact,</c><00:45:44.929><c> the</c><00:45:45.449><c> only</c><00:45:45.849><c> thing</c><00:45:46.510><c> that</c><00:45:47.409><c> makes</c><00:45:47.630><c> our</c><00:45:47.909><c> lives</c><00:45:48.210><c> meaningful.</c>

00:45:52.349 --> 00:45:56.349
Paul<00:45:52.650><c> says</c><00:45:53.070><c> in</c><00:45:53.650><c> 2</c><00:45:53.929><c> Corinthians</c><00:45:54.429><c> chapter</c><00:45:54.969><c> 4,</c>

00:46:02.449 --> 00:46:04.150
verse<00:46:03.050><c> 8,</c>

00:46:05.809 --> 00:46:09.690
We<00:46:06.329><c> are</c><00:46:06.550><c> troubled</c><00:46:06.929><c> on</c><00:46:07.150><c> every</c><00:46:07.489><c> side,</c><00:46:07.829><c> yet</c><00:46:08.090><c> not</c><00:46:08.429><c> distressed.</c>

00:46:10.190 --> 00:46:12.849
We<00:46:10.269><c> are</c><00:46:10.550><c> perplexed,</c><00:46:11.230><c> but</c><00:46:11.449><c> not</c><00:46:11.630><c> in</c><00:46:11.869><c> despair.</c>

00:46:13.230 --> 00:46:15.230
We<00:46:13.309><c> are</c><00:46:13.670><c> persecuted,</c><00:46:14.289><c> but</c><00:46:14.530><c> not</c><00:46:14.730><c> forsaken.</c>

00:46:15.349 --> 00:46:17.889
We<00:46:15.369><c> are</c><00:46:15.590><c> cast</c><00:46:15.869><c> down,</c><00:46:16.269><c> but</c><00:46:16.510><c> not</c><00:46:16.789><c> destroyed.</c>

00:46:18.190 --> 00:46:19.449
And<00:46:18.309><c> he</c><00:46:18.389><c> says</c><00:46:18.590><c> in</c><00:46:18.710><c> verse</c><00:46:18.909><c> 17,</c>

00:46:19.530 --> 00:46:23.030
For<00:46:19.710><c> our</c><00:46:20.210><c> light</c><00:46:20.590><c> affliction,</c><00:46:21.550><c> which</c><00:46:21.769><c> is</c><00:46:22.010><c> but</c><00:46:22.170><c> for</c><00:46:22.429><c> a</c><00:46:22.630><c> moment,</c>

00:46:23.530 --> 00:46:26.010
worketh<00:46:23.789><c> for</c><00:46:23.969><c> us</c><00:46:24.150><c> a</c><00:46:24.369><c> far</c><00:46:24.650><c> more</c><00:46:25.010><c> exceeding</c>

00:46:26.010 --> 00:46:29.130
and<00:46:26.389><c> eternal</c><00:46:27.489><c> weight</c><00:46:27.929><c> of</c><00:46:28.230><c> glory.</c>

00:46:29.170 --> 00:46:31.289
While<00:46:29.449><c> we</c><00:46:29.710><c> look</c><00:46:29.909><c> not</c><00:46:30.230><c> at</c><00:46:30.389><c> the</c><00:46:30.550><c> things</c><00:46:30.710><c> which</c><00:46:30.889><c> are</c><00:46:31.070><c> seen,</c>

00:46:31.349 --> 00:46:33.329
but<00:46:31.469><c> at</c><00:46:31.630><c> the</c><00:46:31.809><c> things</c><00:46:32.030><c> which</c><00:46:32.289><c> are</c><00:46:32.590><c> not</c><00:46:32.909><c> seen,</c>

00:46:33.329 --> 00:46:37.050
for<00:46:33.750><c> the</c><00:46:33.989><c> things</c><00:46:34.329><c> which</c><00:46:34.530><c> are</c><00:46:34.849><c> seen</c><00:46:35.289><c> are</c><00:46:36.070><c> temporal,</c>

00:46:37.210 --> 00:46:40.829
but<00:46:37.329><c> the</c><00:46:37.489><c> things</c><00:46:37.829><c> which</c><00:46:38.050><c> are</c><00:46:38.269><c> not</c><00:46:38.590><c> seen</c><00:46:39.090><c> are</c><00:46:39.849><c> eternal.</c>

00:46:42.369 --> 00:46:45.389
Remember<00:46:42.909><c> as</c><00:46:43.170><c> Jesus</c><00:46:43.929><c> walked</c><00:46:44.489><c> with</c><00:46:44.670><c> his</c><00:46:44.889><c> disciples,</c>

00:46:45.829 --> 00:46:47.730
leaving<00:46:45.849><c> the</c><00:46:46.090><c> temple</c><00:46:46.329><c> for</c><00:46:46.570><c> the</c><00:46:46.650><c> last</c><00:46:46.989><c> time</c>

00:46:47.730 --> 00:46:50.230
in<00:46:48.489><c> the</c><00:46:48.650><c> days</c><00:46:48.829><c> of</c><00:46:48.969><c> his</c><00:46:49.269><c> flesh,</c>

00:46:51.050 --> 00:46:53.250
sorrowing<00:46:51.550><c> because</c><00:46:51.849><c> the</c><00:46:52.050><c> nation</c><00:46:52.289><c> had</c><00:46:52.530><c> turned</c><00:46:52.730><c> against</c><00:46:53.050><c> him,</c>

00:46:53.269 --> 00:46:55.730
and<00:46:53.409><c> yet,</c><00:46:54.210><c> hopefully</c><00:46:54.650><c> drawing</c><00:46:55.170><c> to</c><00:46:55.489><c> him</c>

00:46:55.730 --> 00:46:58.369
that<00:46:56.010><c> small</c><00:46:56.530><c> group</c><00:46:56.889><c> that</c><00:46:57.030><c> would</c><00:46:57.269><c> remain</c><00:46:57.590><c> with</c><00:46:57.869><c> him</c>

00:46:58.369 --> 00:47:00.630
through<00:46:58.710><c> his</c><00:46:59.070><c> trials</c><00:46:59.349><c> and</c><00:46:59.530><c> his</c><00:46:59.730><c> crucifixion,</c>

00:47:00.630 --> 00:47:03.949
or<00:47:00.889><c> so</c><00:47:01.030><c> he</c><00:47:01.250><c> hoped,</c><00:47:01.989><c> that</c><00:47:02.130><c> as</c><00:47:02.230><c> they</c><00:47:02.369><c> were</c><00:47:02.590><c> leaving</c><00:47:02.849><c> the</c><00:47:03.090><c> temple,</c>

00:47:04.349 --> 00:47:05.789
those<00:47:04.670><c> about</c><00:47:04.989><c> him</c><00:47:05.369><c> said,</c>

00:47:06.010 --> 00:47:09.949
Master,<00:47:07.650><c> look</c><00:47:07.889><c> at</c><00:47:08.090><c> the</c><00:47:08.329><c> wondrous</c><00:47:08.829><c> stones</c><00:47:09.250><c> of</c><00:47:09.409><c> this</c><00:47:09.670><c> place.</c>

00:47:10.230 --> 00:47:12.909
Isn't<00:47:10.469><c> it</c><00:47:10.650><c> a</c><00:47:10.909><c> beautiful</c><00:47:11.230><c> and</c><00:47:11.409><c> a</c><00:47:11.690><c> lovely</c><00:47:11.929><c> place?</c>

00:47:13.769 --> 00:47:15.550
And<00:47:13.989><c> Jesus</c><00:47:14.289><c> looked</c><00:47:14.570><c> about</c><00:47:14.869><c> him,</c>

00:47:15.849 --> 00:47:18.570
already<00:47:16.250><c> recognizing</c><00:47:16.929><c> that</c><00:47:17.150><c> he</c><00:47:17.269><c> was</c><00:47:17.510><c> going</c><00:47:17.829><c> to</c><00:47:18.050><c> his</c><00:47:18.289><c> death</c>

00:47:18.570 --> 00:47:20.050
shortly<00:47:18.989><c> thereafter.</c>

00:47:20.369 --> 00:47:23.769
And<00:47:20.590><c> he</c><00:47:20.789><c> said,</c><00:47:21.329><c> God</c><00:47:21.670><c> will</c><00:47:21.889><c> not</c><00:47:22.050><c> leave</c><00:47:22.309><c> one</c><00:47:22.730><c> stone</c><00:47:23.150><c> upon</c><00:47:23.429><c> another</c>

00:47:23.769 --> 00:47:25.150
that<00:47:23.909><c> will</c><00:47:24.130><c> not</c><00:47:24.269><c> be</c><00:47:24.530><c> cast</c><00:47:24.829><c> down.</c>

00:47:25.409 --> 00:47:27.929
The<00:47:25.650><c> things</c><00:47:25.929><c> that</c><00:47:26.070><c> are</c><00:47:26.389><c> seen</c><00:47:26.650><c> around</c><00:47:27.050><c> you</c><00:47:27.269><c> are</c><00:47:27.550><c> temporal,</c>

00:47:27.929 --> 00:47:31.550
are<00:47:28.550><c> temporary,</c><00:47:29.610><c> are</c><00:47:29.949><c> transient</c><00:47:30.309><c> and</c><00:47:30.630><c> passing</c><00:47:30.889><c> away,</c>

00:47:31.949 --> 00:47:34.090
and<00:47:32.269><c> only</c><00:47:32.610><c> those</c><00:47:33.030><c> unseen</c><00:47:33.530><c> things</c>

00:47:34.090 --> 00:47:36.989
of<00:47:34.769><c> devotion</c><00:47:35.289><c> and</c><00:47:35.590><c> love</c><00:47:35.889><c> and</c><00:47:36.150><c> service</c><00:47:36.449><c> to</c><00:47:36.650><c> God,</c>

00:47:37.250 --> 00:47:39.289
only<00:47:37.750><c> those</c><00:47:38.150><c> continue.</c>

00:47:40.150 --> 00:47:41.849
Do<00:47:40.389><c> we</c><00:47:40.590><c> believe</c><00:47:40.889><c> that?</c>

00:47:42.329 --> 00:47:44.170
This<00:47:42.590><c> is</c><00:47:42.769><c> what</c><00:47:42.949><c> Paul</c><00:47:43.210><c> is</c><00:47:43.489><c> telling</c><00:47:43.650><c> us.</c>

00:47:44.349 --> 00:47:47.969
In<00:47:44.630><c> as</c><00:47:45.210><c> strong</c><00:47:45.489><c> a</c><00:47:45.670><c> language</c><00:47:45.929><c> as</c><00:47:46.090><c> we</c><00:47:46.210><c> can</c><00:47:46.449><c> possibly</c><00:47:46.889><c> imagine,</c>

00:47:48.610 --> 00:47:52.309
that<00:47:48.829><c> we</c><00:47:49.130><c> leave</c><00:47:49.550><c> behind</c><00:47:50.250><c> the</c><00:47:51.030><c> world</c><00:47:51.309><c> and</c><00:47:51.489><c> all</c><00:47:51.690><c> it</c><00:47:51.969><c> contains</c>

00:47:52.309 --> 00:47:54.969
and<00:47:52.510><c> all</c><00:47:52.670><c> it</c><00:47:52.949><c> calls</c><00:47:53.210><c> us</c><00:47:53.489><c> forth</c><00:47:53.670><c> to</c><00:47:53.929><c> do,</c>

00:47:55.090 --> 00:47:58.670
and<00:47:55.710><c> we</c><00:47:55.849><c> make</c><00:47:56.130><c> the</c><00:47:56.550><c> step</c><00:47:56.829><c> of</c><00:47:57.250><c> sacrifice</c><00:47:57.849><c> and</c><00:47:58.130><c> surrender,</c>

00:47:59.170 --> 00:48:01.429
giving<00:47:59.289><c> ourselves</c><00:47:59.789><c> to</c><00:48:00.010><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:02.750 --> 00:48:04.730
2<00:48:02.889><c> Corinthians</c><00:48:03.369><c> 5</c><00:48:03.829><c> verse</c><00:48:04.110><c> 14,</c>

00:48:04.809 --> 00:48:07.710
For<00:48:05.030><c> the</c><00:48:05.329><c> love</c><00:48:05.610><c> of</c><00:48:05.849><c> Christ</c><00:48:06.269><c> constraineth</c><00:48:07.230><c> us.</c>

00:48:08.190 --> 00:48:09.989
It<00:48:08.510><c> doesn't</c><00:48:08.989><c> demand</c><00:48:09.630><c> of</c><00:48:09.849><c> us,</c>

00:48:10.030 --> 00:48:12.170
it<00:48:10.090><c> doesn't</c><00:48:10.510><c> impose</c><00:48:11.150><c> upon</c><00:48:11.449><c> us</c><00:48:11.650><c> obedience,</c>

00:48:12.510 --> 00:48:17.050
but<00:48:12.690><c> it</c><00:48:12.929><c> reaches</c><00:48:13.170><c> out</c><00:48:13.570><c> in</c><00:48:13.829><c> beseeching,</c><00:48:15.110><c> constraining.</c>

00:48:17.849 --> 00:48:20.429
Please<00:48:18.469><c> understand</c><00:48:19.090><c> what</c><00:48:19.250><c> has</c><00:48:19.429><c> been</c><00:48:19.610><c> done</c><00:48:19.829><c> for</c><00:48:20.090><c> you.</c>

00:48:20.429 --> 00:48:25.590
The<00:48:20.989><c> love</c><00:48:21.590><c> of</c><00:48:22.030><c> Christ</c><00:48:22.829><c> constraineth</c><00:48:23.969><c> me,</c><00:48:24.130><c> Paul</c><00:48:24.469><c> says,</c>

00:48:25.989 --> 00:48:29.389
because<00:48:26.329><c> we</c><00:48:26.630><c> thus</c><00:48:26.829><c> judge</c><00:48:27.250><c> that</c><00:48:27.469><c> if</c><00:48:27.829><c> one</c><00:48:28.190><c> died</c><00:48:28.590><c> for</c><00:48:28.949><c> all,</c>

00:48:29.809 --> 00:48:31.550
then<00:48:29.989><c> we're</c><00:48:30.369><c> all</c><00:48:30.710><c> dead.</c>

00:48:32.030 --> 00:48:34.409
Everyone<00:48:32.530><c> in</c><00:48:32.710><c> this</c><00:48:32.989><c> room</c><00:48:33.170><c> who</c><00:48:33.349><c> has</c><00:48:33.469><c> been</c><00:48:33.750><c> baptized</c>

00:48:34.409 --> 00:48:39.429
has<00:48:35.389><c> been</c><00:48:35.849><c> dead</c><00:48:36.449><c> and</c><00:48:37.250><c> raised</c><00:48:37.750><c> from</c><00:48:38.150><c> the</c><00:48:38.409><c> dead,</c>

00:48:39.710 --> 00:48:41.449
and<00:48:40.090><c> that</c><00:48:40.269><c> he</c><00:48:40.510><c> died</c><00:48:40.829><c> for</c><00:48:41.170><c> all,</c>

00:48:41.510 --> 00:48:43.530
that<00:48:41.610><c> they</c><00:48:41.929><c> which</c><00:48:42.190><c> live</c><00:48:42.389><c> should</c><00:48:42.670><c> not</c><00:48:42.829><c> henceforth</c>

00:48:43.530 --> 00:48:45.369
live<00:48:43.949><c> unto</c><00:48:44.170><c> themselves,</c>

00:48:45.809 --> 00:48:50.789
but<00:48:46.170><c> unto</c><00:48:46.530><c> him</c><00:48:46.849><c> which</c><00:48:47.150><c> died</c><00:48:47.550><c> for</c><00:48:47.769><c> them</c><00:48:48.469><c> and</c><00:48:48.989><c> rose</c><00:48:49.289><c> again.</c>

00:48:58.469 --> 00:48:59.409
Verse<00:48:58.650><c> 38,</c>

00:48:59.570 --> 00:49:03.369
For<00:49:00.429><c> I</c><00:49:00.889><c> am</c><00:49:01.530><c> absolutely</c><00:49:02.429><c> convinced</c>

00:49:03.369 --> 00:49:07.449
that<00:49:04.190><c> neither</c><00:49:04.510><c> death,</c><00:49:05.610><c> nor</c><00:49:05.769><c> life,</c><00:49:06.650><c> nor</c><00:49:06.829><c> angels,</c>

00:49:07.789 --> 00:49:09.610
nor<00:49:07.929><c> chief</c><00:49:08.309><c> rulers,</c><00:49:08.769><c> nor</c><00:49:08.849><c> lesser</c><00:49:09.170><c> powers,</c>

00:49:09.769 --> 00:49:12.389
nor<00:49:09.929><c> present</c><00:49:10.369><c> things,</c><00:49:11.190><c> nor</c><00:49:11.309><c> future</c><00:49:11.769><c> things,</c>

00:49:12.389 --> 00:49:16.329
nor<00:49:12.889><c> height,</c><00:49:13.610><c> nor</c><00:49:13.809><c> depth,</c><00:49:14.550><c> nor</c><00:49:14.710><c> any</c><00:49:15.170><c> other</c><00:49:15.610><c> creation</c>

00:49:16.329 --> 00:49:19.329
can<00:49:17.250><c> separate</c><00:49:17.670><c> us</c><00:49:18.030><c> from</c><00:49:18.269><c> the</c><00:49:18.469><c> love</c><00:49:18.650><c> of</c><00:49:18.889><c> God</c>

00:49:19.329 --> 00:49:22.309
which<00:49:19.769><c> is</c><00:49:19.969><c> in</c><00:49:20.190><c> Christ</c><00:49:20.449><c> Jesus</c><00:49:20.949><c> our</c><00:49:21.269><c> Lord.</c>

00:49:22.590 --> 00:49:25.190
Paul<00:49:22.909><c> is</c><00:49:23.190><c> speaking</c><00:49:23.489><c> of</c><00:49:23.849><c> full</c><00:49:24.130><c> assurance,</c>

00:49:25.570 --> 00:49:28.670
of<00:49:25.750><c> absolute</c><00:49:26.670><c> conviction,</c>

00:49:29.269 --> 00:49:30.610
no<00:49:29.530><c> physical</c><00:49:30.010><c> condition,</c>

00:49:31.010 --> 00:49:33.250
no<00:49:31.289><c> power</c><00:49:31.769><c> of</c><00:49:32.050><c> any</c><00:49:32.369><c> sort,</c>

00:49:33.389 --> 00:49:34.849
no<00:49:33.769><c> dimension</c><00:49:34.170><c> of</c><00:49:34.409><c> time,</c>

00:49:35.289 --> 00:49:36.690
no<00:49:35.630><c> dimension</c><00:49:36.050><c> of</c><00:49:36.329><c> space,</c>

00:49:37.130 --> 00:49:40.130
not<00:49:37.449><c> even</c><00:49:37.789><c> any</c><00:49:38.050><c> other</c><00:49:38.409><c> part</c><00:49:38.630><c> of</c><00:49:38.869><c> all</c><00:49:39.130><c> of</c><00:49:39.289><c> God's</c><00:49:39.710><c> creation.</c>

00:49:40.130 --> 00:49:42.130
And<00:49:40.929><c> perhaps</c><00:49:41.489><c> by</c><00:49:41.809><c> this,</c>

00:49:42.409 --> 00:49:45.429
if<00:49:42.449><c> we</c><00:49:42.630><c> keep</c><00:49:42.829><c> in</c><00:49:43.030><c> mind</c><00:49:43.190><c> what</c><00:49:43.329><c> we</c><00:49:43.510><c> read</c><00:49:43.670><c> in</c><00:49:43.809><c> verses</c><00:49:44.090><c> 19</c><00:49:44.650><c> through</c><00:49:44.869><c> 22,</c>

00:49:45.809 --> 00:49:48.250
we<00:49:45.969><c> recognize</c><00:49:46.530><c> that</c><00:49:46.710><c> Paul</c><00:49:46.909><c> is</c><00:49:47.190><c> saying</c><00:49:47.349><c> this</c><00:49:47.690><c> as</c><00:49:47.949><c> well,</c>

00:49:48.510 --> 00:49:50.170
not<00:49:48.630><c> even</c><00:49:48.889><c> your</c><00:49:49.170><c> brothers</c><00:49:49.469><c> and</c><00:49:49.769><c> sisters,</c>

00:49:50.429 --> 00:49:53.269
try<00:49:50.789><c> as</c><00:49:51.010><c> they</c><00:49:51.230><c> might,</c><00:49:51.829><c> if</c><00:49:52.030><c> perhaps</c><00:49:52.469><c> misguided,</c>

00:49:53.510 --> 00:49:55.929
can<00:49:53.769><c> keep</c><00:49:54.150><c> you</c><00:49:54.829><c> from</c><00:49:55.269><c> experiencing</c>

00:49:55.929 --> 00:49:59.230
the<00:49:56.590><c> love</c><00:49:56.809><c> of</c><00:49:57.070><c> God</c><00:49:57.309><c> in</c><00:49:57.570><c> Christ</c><00:49:57.849><c> Jesus</c><00:49:58.190><c> your</c><00:49:58.409><c> Lord.</c>

00:49:59.269 --> 00:50:01.190
And<00:49:59.409><c> sometimes,</c><00:50:00.269><c> let's</c><00:50:00.550><c> face</c><00:50:00.829><c> it,</c>

00:50:01.329 --> 00:50:04.030
sometimes<00:50:01.829><c> we</c><00:50:02.090><c> recognize</c><00:50:02.630><c> that</c><00:50:03.090><c> our</c><00:50:03.349><c> greatest</c><00:50:03.650><c> trials</c>

00:50:04.030 --> 00:50:06.309
come<00:50:04.309><c> not</c><00:50:04.570><c> from</c><00:50:04.750><c> the</c><00:50:04.969><c> world</c><00:50:05.250><c> pressing</c><00:50:05.590><c> in</c><00:50:05.829><c> upon</c><00:50:06.050><c> us,</c>

00:50:06.489 --> 00:50:08.050
but<00:50:06.690><c> from</c><00:50:06.889><c> our</c><00:50:07.110><c> brothers</c><00:50:07.349><c> and</c><00:50:07.530><c> our</c><00:50:07.710><c> sisters.</c>

00:50:08.050 --> 00:50:09.829
The<00:50:08.550><c> disputes</c><00:50:08.989><c> and</c><00:50:09.190><c> the</c><00:50:09.449><c> difficulties</c>

00:50:09.829 --> 00:50:12.130
that<00:50:10.030><c> we</c><00:50:10.130><c> have</c><00:50:10.369><c> amongst</c><00:50:10.670><c> ourselves.</c>

00:50:12.530 --> 00:50:14.769
Paul<00:50:12.610><c> says,</c><00:50:13.510><c> not</c><00:50:13.510><c> even</c><00:50:13.909><c> any</c><00:50:14.170><c> other</c><00:50:14.510><c> part</c>

00:50:14.769 --> 00:50:16.969
of<00:50:14.989><c> God's</c><00:50:15.489><c> new</c><00:50:15.670><c> creation</c><00:50:16.170><c> being</c><00:50:16.570><c> forming</c>

00:50:16.969 --> 00:50:20.309
can<00:50:17.550><c> keep</c><00:50:17.949><c> you</c><00:50:18.889><c> from</c><00:50:19.670><c> experiencing</c>

00:50:20.309 --> 00:50:23.610
the<00:50:20.570><c> love</c><00:50:20.750><c> of</c><00:50:20.949><c> God</c><00:50:21.610><c> in</c><00:50:22.150><c> Christ</c><00:50:22.469><c> Jesus.</c>

00:50:28.610 --> 00:50:31.210
And<00:50:28.809><c> what</c><00:50:28.949><c> if</c><00:50:29.070><c> Paul</c><00:50:29.369><c> were</c><00:50:29.590><c> writing</c><00:50:29.809><c> to</c><00:50:29.969><c> us</c><00:50:30.230><c> today?</c>

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What<00:50:32.469><c> would</c><00:50:32.570><c> he</c><00:50:32.769><c> say?</c>

00:50:33.929 --> 00:50:36.250
Wouldn't<00:50:34.210><c> he</c><00:50:34.469><c> tell</c><00:50:34.650><c> us</c><00:50:34.869><c> these</c><00:50:35.190><c> very</c><00:50:35.570><c> same</c><00:50:35.869><c> things?</c>

00:50:36.250 --> 00:50:38.550
Are<00:50:36.690><c> we</c><00:50:36.849><c> any</c><00:50:37.110><c> different</c><00:50:37.449><c> from</c><00:50:37.670><c> those</c><00:50:37.949><c> men</c><00:50:38.170><c> and</c><00:50:38.309><c> women</c>

00:50:38.550 --> 00:50:40.449
who<00:50:38.809><c> lived</c><00:50:38.969><c> in</c><00:50:39.130><c> the</c><00:50:39.289><c> first</c><00:50:39.469><c> century?</c>

00:50:41.190 --> 00:50:42.570
Are<00:50:41.389><c> not</c><00:50:41.650><c> our</c><00:50:41.969><c> experiences</c>

00:50:42.570 --> 00:50:45.050
in<00:50:43.130><c> the</c><00:50:43.369><c> ultimate</c><00:50:43.750><c> foundational</c><00:50:44.530><c> sense,</c>

00:50:45.429 --> 00:50:47.150
are<00:50:45.690><c> they</c><00:50:45.849><c> not</c><00:50:46.030><c> the</c><00:50:46.289><c> same?</c>

00:50:47.289 --> 00:50:50.289
Do<00:50:47.530><c> we</c><00:50:47.750><c> not</c><00:50:47.989><c> need</c><00:50:48.150><c> a</c><00:50:48.409><c> Redeemer</c><00:50:48.730><c> just</c><00:50:49.050><c> as</c><00:50:49.210><c> they</c><00:50:49.449><c> did?</c>

00:50:50.809 --> 00:50:52.170
Do<00:50:51.110><c> we</c><00:50:51.269><c> not</c><00:50:51.469><c> live</c><00:50:51.630><c> in</c><00:50:51.769><c> a</c><00:50:51.969><c> world</c>

00:50:52.170 --> 00:50:53.969
that<00:50:52.349><c> is</c><00:50:52.590><c> sinful</c><00:50:52.889><c> just</c><00:50:53.230><c> as</c><00:50:53.349><c> they</c><00:50:53.590><c> did?</c>

00:50:54.269 --> 00:50:56.449
Even<00:50:54.510><c> though</c><00:50:54.730><c> we</c><00:50:54.889><c> have</c><00:50:55.110><c> planes</c><00:50:55.489><c> and</c><00:50:55.690><c> atomic</c><00:50:56.050><c> weapons</c>

00:50:56.449 --> 00:50:59.150
and<00:50:56.929><c> any</c><00:50:57.150><c> number</c><00:50:57.369><c> of</c><00:50:57.670><c> modern</c><00:50:57.969><c> conveniences,</c>

00:50:59.429 --> 00:51:02.750
is<00:50:59.730><c> not</c><00:50:59.989><c> our</c><00:51:00.289><c> world</c><00:51:00.650><c> essentially</c><00:51:01.309><c> the</c><00:51:01.590><c> same</c><00:51:01.789><c> as</c><00:51:01.969><c> theirs?</c>

00:51:03.010 --> 00:51:06.570
What<00:51:03.570><c> would</c><00:51:03.809><c> Paul</c><00:51:04.150><c> say</c><00:51:04.449><c> if</c><00:51:04.610><c> he</c><00:51:04.730><c> were</c><00:51:04.889><c> writing</c><00:51:05.150><c> to</c><00:51:05.409><c> us</c><00:51:05.610><c> today?</c>

00:51:07.210 --> 00:51:09.510
What<00:51:07.389><c> if</c><00:51:07.590><c> a</c><00:51:07.789><c> man</c><00:51:08.010><c> came</c><00:51:08.329><c> through</c><00:51:08.550><c> that</c><00:51:08.829><c> door</c><00:51:08.989><c> at</c><00:51:09.170><c> the</c><00:51:09.329><c> back</c>

00:51:09.510 --> 00:51:13.130
bringing<00:51:09.989><c> this</c><00:51:10.449><c> assembly</c><00:51:10.989><c> a</c><00:51:11.670><c> letter</c><00:51:11.869><c> from</c><00:51:12.150><c> Paul?</c>

00:51:13.949 --> 00:51:15.789
How<00:51:14.210><c> would</c><00:51:14.349><c> it</c><00:51:14.530><c> read?</c>

00:51:18.550 --> 00:51:22.650
Paul<00:51:18.969><c> to</c><00:51:19.130><c> the</c><00:51:19.289><c> Brethren</c><00:51:19.510><c> in</c><00:51:19.789><c> Christ</c><00:51:20.130><c> in</c><00:51:21.550><c> Pennsylvania,</c>

00:51:23.590 --> 00:51:27.949
Paul<00:51:23.849><c> to</c><00:51:24.030><c> the</c><00:51:24.230><c> Brethren</c><00:51:24.510><c> in</c><00:51:25.690><c> Pittsburgh,</c><00:51:27.130><c> New</c><00:51:27.369><c> York,</c>

00:51:27.949 --> 00:51:34.690
Detroit,<00:51:30.690><c> Texas,</c><00:51:32.369><c> England,</c><00:51:33.449><c> Australia,</c>

00:51:36.150 --> 00:51:41.449
Beloved<00:51:36.530><c> of</c><00:51:36.730><c> God,</c><00:51:37.630><c> grace</c><00:51:38.070><c> and</c><00:51:38.469><c> mercy</c><00:51:38.829><c> and</c><00:51:39.210><c> peace</c><00:51:39.630><c> be</c><00:51:39.949><c> unto</c><00:51:40.230><c> you.</c>

00:51:42.869 --> 00:51:44.789
What<00:51:43.349><c> would</c><00:51:43.530><c> Paul</c><00:51:43.789><c> write?</c>

00:51:45.949 --> 00:51:47.769
Would<00:51:46.170><c> not</c><00:51:46.369><c> he</c><00:51:46.610><c> write</c><00:51:46.789><c> this?</c>

00:51:47.989 --> 00:51:51.510
That<00:51:48.190><c> neither</c><00:51:48.530><c> depression,</c><00:51:50.250><c> nor</c><00:51:50.369><c> recession,</c>

00:51:51.949 --> 00:51:54.809
nor<00:51:52.050><c> inflation,</c><00:51:53.949><c> nor</c><00:51:54.070><c> bankruptcy,</c>

00:51:54.809 --> 00:51:59.469
nor<00:51:55.670><c> unemployment,</c><00:51:57.389><c> nor</c><00:51:57.630><c> crime</c><00:51:57.969><c> in</c><00:51:58.170><c> the</c><00:51:58.389><c> streets,</c>

00:51:59.929 --> 00:52:02.659
nor<00:52:00.090><c> cancer,</c><00:52:01.329><c> nor</c><00:52:01.469><c> heart</c><00:52:01.789><c> disease,</c>

00:52:02.769 --> 00:52:05.170
nor<00:52:02.909><c> arthritis,</c><00:52:04.150><c> nor</c><00:52:04.289><c> old</c><00:52:04.710><c> age,</c>

00:52:05.550 --> 00:52:08.170
nor<00:52:05.670><c> any</c><00:52:06.150><c> fear</c><00:52:06.409><c> or</c><00:52:06.750><c> doubt</c><00:52:07.030><c> imaginable</c>

00:52:08.170 --> 00:52:13.150
can<00:52:09.289><c> possibly</c><00:52:10.369><c> separate</c><00:52:11.170><c> us</c><00:52:11.750><c> from</c><00:52:12.190><c> the</c><00:52:12.449><c> love</c><00:52:12.650><c> of</c><00:52:12.889><c> God</c>

00:52:13.150 --> 00:52:15.889
which<00:52:13.349><c> is</c><00:52:13.510><c> in</c><00:52:13.710><c> Christ</c><00:52:13.929><c> Jesus</c><00:52:14.309><c> our</c><00:52:14.610><c> Lord.</c>

00:52:21.369 --> 00:52:24.710
Jesus<00:52:22.090><c> is</c><00:52:22.409><c> still</c><00:52:22.710><c> speaking</c><00:52:23.110><c> to</c><00:52:23.309><c> us</c><00:52:23.510><c> today.</c>

00:52:25.369 --> 00:52:28.090
He's<00:52:25.530><c> speaking</c><00:52:25.869><c> to</c><00:52:26.030><c> us</c><00:52:26.369><c> these</c><00:52:26.670><c> words,</c>

00:52:28.889 --> 00:52:31.849
fear<00:52:29.289><c> not,</c><00:52:30.590><c> little</c><00:52:30.829><c> flock,</c>

00:52:32.730 --> 00:52:35.650
it<00:52:32.869><c> is</c><00:52:33.130><c> my</c><00:52:33.409><c> Father's</c><00:52:34.110><c> good</c><00:52:34.409><c> pleasure,</c>

00:52:36.170 --> 00:52:38.730
He<00:52:36.349><c> is</c><00:52:36.630><c> desiring</c><00:52:37.110><c> above</c><00:52:37.489><c> all</c><00:52:38.090><c> things</c>

00:52:38.730 --> 00:52:40.949
to<00:52:39.469><c> give</c><00:52:39.670><c> you</c><00:52:39.909><c> the</c><00:52:40.090><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:52:43.989 --> 00:52:45.369
I'd<00:52:44.710><c> like</c><00:52:44.829><c> to</c><00:52:44.969><c> conclude</c><00:52:45.329><c> with</c><00:52:45.369><c> a</c><00:52:45.369><c> few</c><00:52:45.369><c> words</c>

00:52:45.369 --> 00:52:49.889
with<00:52:45.550><c> one</c><00:52:45.849><c> more</c><00:52:46.110><c> passage</c><00:52:46.829><c> from</c><00:52:47.570><c> the</c><00:52:47.650><c> book</c><00:52:47.849><c> of</c><00:52:48.090><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:52:54.010 --> 00:52:56.989
Isaiah<00:52:54.389><c> chapter</c><00:52:54.909><c> 49</c>

00:53:06.409 --> 00:53:10.489
Isaiah<00:53:07.449><c> 49</c><00:53:08.429><c> verse</c><00:53:08.929><c> 13</c>

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Sing,<00:53:14.030><c> O</c><00:53:14.070><c> heavens,</c><00:53:14.730><c> and</c><00:53:14.849><c> be</c><00:53:15.070><c> joyful,</c><00:53:15.730><c> O</c><00:53:15.849><c> earth,</c>

00:53:16.289 --> 00:53:19.070
and<00:53:16.369><c> break</c><00:53:16.650><c> forth</c><00:53:16.909><c> into</c><00:53:17.230><c> singing,</c><00:53:17.889><c> O</c><00:53:17.929><c> mountains,</c>

00:53:19.190 --> 00:53:21.550
for<00:53:19.429><c> the</c><00:53:19.650><c> Lord</c><00:53:19.929><c> hath</c><00:53:20.329><c> comforted</c><00:53:20.909><c> his</c><00:53:21.150><c> people.</c>

00:53:21.889 --> 00:53:25.230
The<00:53:22.090><c> Lord</c><00:53:22.409><c> will</c><00:53:22.670><c> have</c><00:53:22.949><c> mercy</c><00:53:23.369><c> upon</c><00:53:23.670><c> his</c><00:53:23.949><c> afflicted.</c>

00:53:25.389 --> 00:53:27.050
But<00:53:25.670><c> Zion</c><00:53:26.050><c> said,</c>

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The<00:53:27.730><c> Lord</c><00:53:28.070><c> hath</c><00:53:28.329><c> forsaken</c><00:53:29.030><c> me.</c>

00:53:30.289 --> 00:53:33.010
My<00:53:30.650><c> Lord</c><00:53:30.929><c> has</c><00:53:31.289><c> forgotten</c><00:53:31.809><c> me.</c>

00:53:33.769 --> 00:53:35.789
How<00:53:34.329><c> many</c><00:53:34.610><c> times,</c><00:53:35.090><c> brothers</c><00:53:35.289><c> and</c><00:53:35.550><c> sisters,</c>

00:53:35.849 --> 00:53:38.349
have<00:53:35.989><c> we</c><00:53:36.730><c> come</c><00:53:36.989><c> to</c><00:53:37.570><c> what</c><00:53:37.929><c> we</c><00:53:38.210><c> thought</c>

00:53:38.349 --> 00:53:40.510
was<00:53:38.510><c> an</c><00:53:38.829><c> insurmountable</c><00:53:39.909><c> difficulty</c>

00:53:40.510 --> 00:53:41.829
in<00:53:40.650><c> our</c><00:53:40.829><c> spiritual</c><00:53:41.289><c> lives?</c>

00:53:42.309 --> 00:53:44.130
How<00:53:42.489><c> many</c><00:53:42.750><c> times</c><00:53:43.110><c> have</c><00:53:43.309><c> we</c><00:53:43.429><c> been</c><00:53:43.690><c> tempted</c>

00:53:44.130 --> 00:53:47.409
or<00:53:44.510><c> have</c><00:53:44.710><c> we</c><00:53:44.909><c> actually</c><00:53:45.349><c> said</c><00:53:45.690><c> words</c><00:53:46.110><c> to</c><00:53:46.329><c> this</c><00:53:46.489><c> effect?</c>

00:53:48.090 --> 00:53:50.590
Has<00:53:48.269><c> God</c><00:53:48.570><c> brought</c><00:53:48.869><c> me</c><00:53:49.030><c> to</c><00:53:49.130><c> this</c><00:53:49.349><c> place</c><00:53:49.630><c> to</c><00:53:49.849><c> forsake</c><00:53:50.269><c> me?</c>

00:53:50.909 --> 00:53:52.610
Have<00:53:51.030><c> I</c><00:53:51.210><c> been</c><00:53:51.349><c> put</c><00:53:51.570><c> in</c><00:53:51.750><c> this</c><00:53:52.309><c> difficulty</c>

00:53:52.909 --> 00:53:55.030
that<00:53:53.289><c> I</c><00:53:53.590><c> would</c><00:53:53.869><c> not</c><00:53:54.070><c> be</c><00:53:54.269><c> able</c><00:53:54.429><c> to</c><00:53:54.710><c> overcome?</c>

00:53:55.369 --> 00:53:58.389
Has<00:53:55.489><c> He</c><00:53:55.710><c> forgotten</c><00:53:56.150><c> about</c><00:53:56.489><c> me</c><00:53:56.690><c> and</c><00:53:56.909><c> left</c><00:53:57.210><c> me</c><00:53:57.510><c> here</c>

00:53:58.389 --> 00:54:01.429
apart<00:53:59.230><c> from</c><00:53:59.409><c> His</c><00:53:59.630><c> mercy</c><00:53:59.949><c> and</c><00:54:00.110><c> His</c><00:54:00.369><c> love?</c>

00:54:04.949 --> 00:54:07.590
Can<00:54:05.530><c> a</c><00:54:05.730><c> woman</c><00:54:05.989><c> forget</c><00:54:06.429><c> her</c><00:54:06.769><c> sucking</c><00:54:07.110><c> child</c>

00:54:07.590 --> 00:54:09.170
that<00:54:07.750><c> she</c><00:54:07.929><c> should</c><00:54:08.130><c> not</c><00:54:08.369><c> have</c><00:54:08.570><c> compassion</c>

00:54:09.170 --> 00:54:11.570
on<00:54:09.670><c> the</c><00:54:09.869><c> son</c><00:54:09.989><c> of</c><00:54:10.110><c> her</c><00:54:10.389><c> womb,</c><00:54:10.650><c> God</c><00:54:10.989><c> says?</c>

00:54:11.909 --> 00:54:14.829
Yea,<00:54:12.489><c> even</c><00:54:12.929><c> if</c><00:54:13.289><c> she</c><00:54:13.769><c> does</c><00:54:14.329><c> forget,</c>

00:54:15.289 --> 00:54:18.510
yet<00:54:15.449><c> will</c><00:54:15.769><c> I</c><00:54:16.150><c> never</c><00:54:16.789><c> forget</c><00:54:17.269><c> thee.</c>

00:54:20.469 --> 00:54:25.269
Yet<00:54:20.789><c> will</c><00:54:21.150><c> I</c><00:54:21.969><c> never</c><00:54:22.730><c> forget</c><00:54:24.250><c> thee.</c>

00:54:27.150 --> 00:54:29.690
Behold,<00:54:28.289><c> I</c><00:54:28.670><c> have</c><00:54:28.989><c> graven</c><00:54:29.389><c> thee</c>

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upon<00:54:29.969><c> the</c><00:54:30.309><c> palms</c><00:54:30.650><c> of</c><00:54:30.889><c> my</c><00:54:31.150><c> hands.</c>

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Almost<00:54:36.550><c> 2</c><00:54:36.809><c>,000</c><00:54:37.110><c> years</c><00:54:37.369><c> ago,</c>

00:54:38.409 --> 00:54:40.110
there<00:54:38.530><c> was</c><00:54:38.710><c> a</c><00:54:38.969><c> small</c><00:54:39.250><c> band</c><00:54:39.570><c> of</c><00:54:39.809><c> men</c>

00:54:40.110 --> 00:54:42.710
who<00:54:40.730><c> hid,</c><00:54:41.469><c> cringing</c><00:54:41.809><c> from</c><00:54:42.090><c> the</c><00:54:42.349><c> authorities</c>

00:54:42.710 --> 00:54:44.190
in<00:54:42.909><c> an</c><00:54:43.090><c> upper</c><00:54:43.329><c> room.</c>

00:54:44.250 --> 00:54:46.110
Their<00:54:44.489><c> master</c><00:54:44.869><c> had</c><00:54:45.010><c> been</c><00:54:45.269><c> taken</c><00:54:45.449><c> away</c><00:54:45.769><c> from</c><00:54:45.929><c> them</c>

00:54:46.110 --> 00:54:47.670
and<00:54:46.210><c> they</c><00:54:46.449><c> knew</c><00:54:46.690><c> no</c><00:54:47.289><c> hope</c>

00:54:47.670 --> 00:54:50.809
and<00:54:48.150><c> no</c><00:54:48.469><c> possibility</c><00:54:49.130><c> of</c><00:54:50.309><c> deliverance.</c>

00:54:50.989 --> 00:54:52.489
We<00:54:51.289><c> thought</c><00:54:51.550><c> it</c><00:54:51.710><c> would</c><00:54:51.889><c> have</c><00:54:52.030><c> been</c><00:54:52.150><c> He</c>

00:54:52.489 --> 00:54:53.670
who<00:54:52.610><c> would</c><00:54:52.789><c> have</c><00:54:52.989><c> redeemed</c><00:54:53.269><c> Israel,</c>

00:54:53.670 --> 00:54:55.670
but<00:54:53.849><c> now</c><00:54:54.130><c> He</c><00:54:54.250><c> is</c><00:54:54.510><c> dead.</c>

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And<00:54:56.769><c> as</c><00:54:56.949><c> they</c><00:54:57.170><c> sat</c><00:54:57.369><c> there,</c>

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alone,<00:54:59.570><c> afraid,</c>

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He<00:55:00.650><c> was</c><00:55:00.909><c> in</c><00:55:01.110><c> their</c><00:55:01.409><c> midst</c><00:55:01.690><c> again.</c>

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And<00:55:03.030><c> He</c><00:55:03.250><c> said</c><00:55:03.630><c> in</c><00:55:03.869><c> effect,</c>

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How<00:55:04.909><c> could</c><00:55:05.090><c> you</c><00:55:05.329><c> doubt?</c>

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Did<00:55:07.429><c> you</c><00:55:07.710><c> not</c><00:55:07.929><c> know</c><00:55:08.269><c> that</c><00:55:08.429><c> I</c><00:55:08.670><c> loved</c><00:55:08.889><c> you</c>

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and<00:55:09.190><c> my</c><00:55:09.469><c> Father</c><00:55:09.750><c> in</c><00:55:09.969><c> heaven</c><00:55:10.230><c> loved</c><00:55:10.550><c> you?</c>

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Reach<00:55:12.789><c> hither,</c><00:55:13.090><c> He</c><00:55:13.250><c> said,</c>

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and<00:55:13.829><c> touch</c><00:55:14.070><c> my</c><00:55:14.429><c> hands,</c>

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and<00:55:15.769><c> be</c><00:55:15.969><c> not</c><00:55:16.309><c> faithless,</c><00:55:16.829><c> but</c><00:55:17.070><c> believing.</c>

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Behold,<00:55:19.570><c> I</c><00:55:19.769><c> have</c><00:55:20.130><c> graven</c><00:55:20.570><c> you,</c><00:55:21.010><c> He</c><00:55:21.289><c> said,</c>

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in<00:55:22.610><c> the</c><00:55:22.889><c> palms</c><00:55:23.190><c> of</c><00:55:23.429><c> my</c><00:55:23.670><c> hands.</c>

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And<00:55:26.969><c> as</c><00:55:27.150><c> we</c><00:55:27.309><c> come</c><00:55:27.510><c> together</c><00:55:27.889><c> each</c><00:55:28.250><c> week</c>

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in<00:55:29.250><c> our</c><00:55:29.489><c> assemblies</c>

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and<00:55:30.869><c> see</c><00:55:31.070><c> in</c><00:55:31.210><c> the</c><00:55:31.409><c> bread</c><00:55:31.550><c> and</c><00:55:31.710><c> the</c><00:55:31.909><c> wine</c><00:55:32.130><c> before</c><00:55:32.510><c> us</c>

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the<00:55:33.610><c> love</c><00:55:33.889><c> of</c><00:55:34.110><c> God,</c>

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intangible,<00:55:36.530><c> visible</c><00:55:36.949><c> expression,</c>

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can<00:55:39.050><c> we</c><00:55:39.210><c> not</c><00:55:39.570><c> still</c><00:55:39.849><c> hear</c><00:55:40.130><c> those</c><00:55:40.449><c> words?</c>

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Do<00:55:42.750><c> you</c><00:55:42.989><c> think</c><00:55:43.250><c> that</c><00:55:43.449><c> I</c><00:55:43.650><c> have</c><00:55:43.869><c> forgotten</c><00:55:44.150><c> you?</c>

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I<00:55:45.449><c> could</c><00:55:45.769><c> never</c><00:55:46.070><c> forget</c><00:55:46.489><c> you.</c>

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And<00:55:48.489><c> as</c><00:55:48.710><c> we</c><00:55:48.889><c> partake</c><00:55:49.190><c> of</c><00:55:49.329><c> those</c><00:55:49.570><c> emblems</c>

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and<00:55:50.550><c> as</c><00:55:50.789><c> we</c><00:55:51.050><c> recognize</c>

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the<00:55:52.409><c> work</c><00:55:52.650><c> that</c><00:55:52.889><c> God</c><00:55:53.230><c> did</c><00:55:53.550><c> for</c><00:55:53.750><c> us</c>

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through<00:55:54.329><c> Christ,</c>

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always<00:55:56.090><c> before</c><00:55:56.489><c> us</c><00:55:56.769><c> then</c>

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there<00:55:57.150><c> could</c><00:55:57.329><c> be</c><00:55:57.550><c> that</c><00:55:57.789><c> impression.</c>

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Whatever<00:55:59.570><c> trial</c><00:56:00.170><c> or</c><00:56:00.409><c> difficulty</c>

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we<00:56:01.150><c> find</c><00:56:01.409><c> ourselves</c><00:56:01.869><c> in,</c>

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that<00:56:03.409><c> God</c><00:56:03.849><c> loves</c><00:56:04.329><c> us</c><00:56:04.670><c> with</c><00:56:04.909><c> a</c><00:56:05.090><c> love</c>

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far<00:56:06.710><c> beyond</c><00:56:07.170><c> anything</c><00:56:07.650><c> we</c><00:56:07.849><c> could</c><00:56:08.010><c> imagine,</c>

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exceeding<00:56:10.070><c> abundantly</c><00:56:10.909><c> above</c>

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all<00:56:12.630><c> that</c><00:56:12.809><c> we</c><00:56:12.949><c> could</c><00:56:13.250><c> ever</c><00:56:13.690><c> think</c><00:56:13.989><c> of</c><00:56:14.230><c> to</c><00:56:14.550><c> ask.</c>

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Have<00:56:18.010><c> not</c><00:56:18.369><c> I</c><00:56:18.989><c> graven</c><00:56:19.630><c> you</c>

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in<00:56:22.150><c> the</c><00:56:22.389><c> palms</c><00:56:22.630><c> of</c><00:56:22.869><c> my</c><00:56:23.070><c> hands?</c>

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Thank<00:56:36.150><c> you.</c>