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the<00:11:29.240><c> Jordan</c><00:11:29.480><c> quickly</c><00:11:30.159><c> rises</c><00:11:30.580><c> and</c><00:11:30.919><c> quickly</c><00:11:31.480><c> recedes</c><00:11:31.779><c> again</c>

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because<00:11:33.100><c> of</c><00:11:33.279><c> its</c><00:11:33.639><c> rapid</c><00:11:33.919><c> descent</c><00:11:34.299><c> of</c><00:11:34.500><c> the</c><00:11:34.539><c> Dead</c><00:11:34.899><c> Sea.</c>

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And<00:11:36.320><c> as</c><00:11:36.440><c> it</c><00:11:36.740><c> rises,</c><00:11:37.580><c> of</c><00:11:37.580><c> course,</c><00:11:38.200><c> all</c><00:11:38.399><c> the</c><00:11:38.620><c> debris</c><00:11:38.919><c> floats</c><00:11:39.259><c> to</c>

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the<00:11:39.539><c> top</c><00:11:39.679><c> of</c><00:11:39.820><c> the</c><00:11:39.980><c> water,</c>

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the<00:11:40.740><c> turbulent</c><00:11:41.039><c> water</c><00:11:41.340><c> goes</c><00:11:41.620><c> thundering</c><00:11:42.139><c> down</c><00:11:42.340><c> the</c><00:11:42.500><c> Jordan</c><00:11:42.779><c> Valley,</c>

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and<00:11:43.580><c> the</c><00:11:43.759><c> crooked</c><00:11:44.139><c> serpentine</c><00:11:44.980><c> course</c><00:11:45.220><c> of</c><00:11:45.379><c> the</c><00:11:45.519><c> Jordan</c><00:11:45.740><c> almost</c><00:11:46.379><c> straightens</c><00:11:46.799><c> out</c>

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in<00:11:47.320><c> places</c>

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as<00:11:48.080><c> the</c><00:11:48.240><c> water</c><00:11:48.480><c> inundates</c><00:11:49.100><c> the</c><00:11:49.580><c> plain</c><00:11:49.860><c> for</c><00:11:50.279><c> miles</c><00:11:50.659><c> either</c><00:11:50.899><c> side</c><00:11:51.220><c> at</c>

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and<00:11:52.259><c> then</c><00:11:52.679><c> recedes</c><00:11:53.200><c> back</c><00:11:53.480><c> again,</c><00:11:54.399><c> but</c><00:11:54.460><c> to</c><00:11:54.500><c> put</c><00:11:54.620><c> all</c><00:11:54.899><c> the</c><00:11:55.080><c> debris</c><00:11:55.320><c> down</c>

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on<00:11:55.779><c> top</c><00:11:55.919><c> of</c><00:11:56.080><c> all</c><00:11:56.379><c> the</c><00:11:56.440><c> black</c><00:11:56.639><c> and</c><00:11:56.740><c> zy</c><00:11:56.940><c> mud.</c>

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And<00:11:58.139><c> out</c><00:11:58.399><c> of</c><00:11:58.480><c> that</c><00:11:58.639><c> grows</c><00:11:59.000><c> all</c><00:11:59.240><c> this</c><00:11:59.500><c> bracken,</c><00:12:00.580><c> which</c><00:12:00.659><c> from</c><00:12:00.919><c> the</c><00:12:01.080><c> heights</c><00:12:01.379><c> of</c><00:12:01.879><c> Gilead</c>

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or<00:12:02.659><c> the</c><00:12:02.799><c> heights</c><00:12:03.139><c> of</c><00:12:03.360><c> Judea</c><00:12:03.559><c> looking</c><00:12:03.899><c> straight</c><00:12:04.500><c> down</c><00:12:04.620><c> on</c><00:12:04.740><c> it,</c>

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brothers<00:12:05.059><c> and</c><00:12:05.320><c> sisters,</c>

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looks<00:12:06.399><c> beautiful</c><00:12:07.480><c> because</c><00:12:08.159><c> you</c><00:12:08.259><c> just</c><00:12:08.460><c> see</c><00:12:08.580><c> the</c><00:12:08.740><c> top</c><00:12:08.879><c> of</c><00:12:09.039><c> the</c>

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bracken,<00:12:09.960><c> glorious</c><00:12:10.480><c> green</c><00:12:11.059><c> sward,</c>

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but<00:12:12.019><c> underneath</c><00:12:12.659><c> that,</c><00:12:14.039><c> anything</c><00:12:14.519><c> but</c><00:12:14.940><c> the</c><00:12:15.200><c> land</c><00:12:15.360><c> of</c><00:12:15.659><c> peace,</c>

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scorpions,<00:12:17.820><c> all</c><00:12:18.039><c> sorts</c><00:12:18.299><c> of</c><00:12:18.600><c> vermin,</c>

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the<00:12:19.940><c> black</c><00:12:20.259><c> oozy</c><00:12:20.720><c> mud</c><00:12:21.080><c> reeking</c><00:12:22.559><c> as</c><00:12:22.980><c> the</c><00:12:23.340><c> putrefying</c><00:12:24.139><c> debris</c>

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there<00:12:25.200><c> gathers</c><00:12:25.580><c> its</c><00:12:25.980><c> stench</c>

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in<00:12:27.279><c> the</c><00:12:27.559><c> days</c><00:12:27.799><c> of</c><00:12:28.000><c> the</c><00:12:28.080><c> Lord</c><00:12:28.279><c> Jesus</c><00:12:28.720><c> Christ,</c><00:12:30.080><c> filled</c><00:12:30.179><c> with</c><00:12:30.620><c> lions</c><00:12:31.120><c> who</c>

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had<00:12:32.639><c> their</c><00:12:32.899><c> lair</c><00:12:33.179><c> down</c><00:12:33.480><c> there</c>

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beneath<00:12:34.080><c> those</c><00:12:34.659><c> bushes</c><00:12:34.980><c> on</c><00:12:35.519><c> the</c><00:12:35.759><c> drier</c><00:12:36.120><c> parts</c><00:12:36.340><c> of</c><00:12:36.500><c> the</c><00:12:36.639><c> Jordan,</c><00:12:37.480><c> anything</c><00:12:38.019><c> but</c><00:12:38.379><c> the</c><00:12:38.539><c> land</c><00:12:38.759><c> of</c><00:12:39.080><c> peace.</c>

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Zechariah<00:12:40.940><c> 11,</c><00:12:41.340><c> he</c><00:12:41.600><c> speaks</c><00:12:41.840><c> of</c><00:12:41.960><c> it</c><00:12:42.000><c> in</c><00:12:42.200><c> the</c><00:12:42.279><c> same</c><00:12:42.460><c> way,</c><00:12:42.840><c> brothers</c><00:12:43.019><c> and</c><00:12:43.279><c> sisters,</c>

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using<00:12:44.500><c> a</c><00:12:44.740><c> similar</c><00:12:45.039><c> expression,</c><00:12:45.620><c> does</c><00:12:45.820><c> the</c><00:12:46.059><c> prophet</c><00:12:46.299><c> to</c><00:12:46.500><c> that</c>

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of<00:12:46.919><c> Jeremiah</c><00:12:47.320><c> in</c><00:12:47.740><c> his</c><00:12:47.879><c> 11th</c><00:12:48.320><c> chapter,</c>

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and<00:12:49.700><c> here</c><00:12:49.840><c> Zechariah</c><00:12:50.379><c> makes</c><00:12:50.659><c> reference</c><00:12:51.059><c> to</c><00:12:51.240><c> the</c><00:12:51.340><c> way</c><00:12:51.500><c> in</c><00:12:51.620><c> which</c><00:12:51.840><c> lions</c><00:12:52.240><c> were</c>

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very,<00:12:52.700><c> very</c><00:12:53.480><c> prevalent</c>

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in<00:12:53.980><c> the</c><00:12:54.179><c> land</c><00:12:54.299><c> in</c><00:12:54.539><c> the</c><00:12:54.759><c> valley</c><00:12:54.980><c> of</c><00:12:55.139><c> the</c><00:12:55.279><c> Jordan.</c>

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Zechariah<00:12:57.259><c> 11</c><00:12:57.539><c> in</c><00:12:57.720><c> verse</c><00:12:57.960><c> 3,</c><00:12:58.240><c> there</c><00:12:58.340><c> is</c><00:12:58.580><c> a</c><00:12:58.679><c> voice</c><00:12:58.840><c> of</c><00:12:59.019><c> the</c><00:12:59.179><c> howling</c><00:12:59.379><c> of</c>

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the<00:12:59.700><c> shepherds,</c>

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for<00:13:00.360><c> their</c><00:13:00.639><c> glory</c><00:13:00.919><c> is</c><00:13:01.220><c> spoiled,</c><00:13:01.720><c> a</c><00:13:01.899><c> voice</c><00:13:02.059><c> of</c><00:13:02.220><c> the</c><00:13:02.360><c> roaring</c><00:13:02.580><c> of</c>

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young<00:13:03.200><c> lions,</c>

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for<00:13:03.899><c> the</c><00:13:04.259><c> pride</c><00:13:04.539><c> of</c><00:13:04.860><c> Jordan</c><00:13:05.179><c> is</c><00:13:05.600><c> spoiled.</c>

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And<00:13:06.340><c> the</c><00:13:06.480><c> word</c><00:13:06.720><c> pride</c><00:13:07.100><c> there,</c><00:13:07.320><c> of</c><00:13:07.539><c> course,</c><00:13:07.799><c> is</c><00:13:07.940><c> the</c><00:13:08.120><c> same</c><00:13:08.360><c> word</c>

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used<00:13:08.840><c> for</c><00:13:09.159><c> swelling.</c>

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And<00:13:10.000><c> the</c><00:13:10.159><c> idea</c><00:13:10.460><c> of</c><00:13:10.820><c> the</c><00:13:11.080><c> swelling,</c><00:13:11.360><c> of</c><00:13:11.639><c> course,</c><00:13:11.820><c> was</c><00:13:11.960><c> the</c><00:13:12.259><c> quick</c><00:13:12.519><c> floods</c><00:13:12.799><c> and</c>

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that<00:13:14.360><c> as</c><00:13:14.559><c> Jordan</c><00:13:14.940><c> swelled</c><00:13:15.700><c> up</c><00:13:15.919><c> with</c><00:13:16.100><c> its</c><00:13:16.340><c> flood,</c><00:13:16.860><c> so</c><00:13:17.059><c> was</c><00:13:17.259><c> there</c><00:13:17.399><c> with</c>

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the<00:13:17.820><c> pride</c><00:13:17.980><c> of</c><00:13:18.259><c> Jordan.</c>

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From<00:13:19.059><c> above</c><00:13:19.500><c> the</c><00:13:19.960><c> heights</c><00:13:20.299><c> it</c><00:13:20.500><c> looked</c><00:13:20.639><c> glorious,</c><00:13:21.399><c> but</c><00:13:21.600><c> down</c>

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there,<00:13:22.320><c> brothers</c><00:13:22.340><c> and</c><00:13:22.600><c> sisters,</c>

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anything<00:13:23.879><c> else</c><00:13:24.279><c> but</c><00:13:24.460><c> the</c><00:13:24.559><c> land</c><00:13:24.759><c> of</c><00:13:25.059><c> peace.</c>

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And<00:13:26.360><c> it</c><00:13:26.399><c> was</c><00:13:26.659><c> to</c><00:13:26.799><c> that</c><00:13:27.059><c> spot</c><00:13:27.519><c> that</c><00:13:27.960><c> our</c><00:13:28.139><c> Lord</c><00:13:28.360><c> came</c><00:13:28.879><c> to</c><00:13:30.240><c> say</c><00:13:30.419><c> before</c><00:13:30.700><c> His</c>

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heavenly<00:13:31.259><c> Father</c>

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and<00:13:31.759><c> to</c><00:13:31.940><c> all</c><00:13:32.159><c> mankind,</c><00:13:32.879><c> only</c><00:13:33.340><c> in</c><00:13:33.580><c> a</c><00:13:33.700><c> symbolic</c><00:13:34.100><c> action,</c><00:13:35.179><c> that</c>

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all<00:13:35.879><c> flesh</c><00:13:36.360><c> is</c><00:13:36.679><c> grass.</c>

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That's<00:13:38.820><c> where</c><00:13:38.919><c> He</c><00:13:39.139><c> came.</c>

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Now<00:13:39.899><c> I</c><00:13:39.940><c> want</c><00:13:40.139><c> to</c><00:13:40.240><c> show</c><00:13:40.419><c> you</c><00:13:40.980><c> the</c><00:13:41.159><c> course</c><00:13:41.299><c> of</c><00:13:41.480><c> the</c><00:13:41.519><c> River</c><00:13:41.720><c> Jordan,</c>

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from<00:13:42.460><c> where</c><00:13:42.580><c> it</c><00:13:42.820><c> rises</c><00:13:43.259><c> to</c><00:13:43.419><c> where</c><00:13:43.539><c> we</c><00:13:43.720><c> come</c><00:13:43.879><c> to</c><00:13:44.039><c> the</c><00:13:44.220><c> place</c><00:13:44.360><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:44.580><c> Lord's</c><00:13:44.919><c> baptism.</c>

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It<00:13:45.799><c> may</c><00:13:46.000><c> not</c><00:13:46.120><c> give</c><00:13:46.200><c> you</c><00:13:46.379><c> a</c><00:13:46.419><c> very</c><00:13:46.679><c> good</c><00:13:46.840><c> idea,</c><00:13:47.019><c> but</c><00:13:47.120><c> you</c><00:13:47.139><c> get</c><00:13:47.299><c> some</c><00:13:47.600><c> idea,</c><00:13:48.059><c> brothers</c><00:13:48.159><c> and</c><00:13:48.340><c> sisters,</c>

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of<00:13:49.360><c> the</c><00:13:49.539><c> course</c><00:13:49.720><c> of</c><00:13:49.879><c> the</c><00:13:49.940><c> River</c><00:13:50.159><c> Jordan.</c>

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I<00:13:51.700><c> hope</c><00:13:52.179><c> these</c><00:13:52.419><c> slides</c><00:13:52.639><c> are</c><00:13:52.799><c> up</c><00:13:52.899><c> the</c><00:13:53.000><c> right</c><00:13:53.200><c> way.</c>

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If<00:13:53.440><c> they're</c><00:13:53.679><c> not,</c><00:13:55.559><c> the</c><00:13:55.559><c> chairman's</c><00:13:55.840><c> going</c><00:13:55.940><c> to</c><00:13:56.039><c> go</c><00:13:56.320><c> straight</c>

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through<00:13:56.679><c> that</c><00:13:56.940><c> trap</c><00:13:57.120><c> door.</c>

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Right,<00:14:00.419><c> can</c><00:14:00.580><c> we</c><00:14:00.700><c> have</c><00:14:00.840><c> the</c><00:14:01.000><c> lights</c><00:14:01.159><c> out?</c>

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Now<00:14:05.399><c> there's</c><00:14:05.799><c> the</c><00:14:06.120><c> serpentine</c><00:14:06.639><c> course</c><00:14:06.940><c> of</c><00:14:07.100><c> the</c><00:14:07.259><c> Jordan.</c>

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Here,<00:14:09.899><c> down</c><00:14:10.039><c> here,</c><00:14:10.340><c> we've</c><00:14:10.340><c> got</c><00:14:10.500><c> the</c><00:14:10.659><c> heights</c><00:14:10.919><c> just</c><00:14:11.279><c> above,</c><00:14:11.539><c> about</c><00:14:11.779><c> 22</c>

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miles<00:14:13.019><c> above</c><00:14:13.659><c> the</c><00:14:14.080><c> Mount</c><00:14:14.259><c> of</c><00:14:14.519><c> Nepo,</c>

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where<00:14:15.220><c> Moses</c><00:14:15.480><c> looked</c><00:14:15.740><c> across</c><00:14:16.100><c> that</c><00:14:16.379><c> valley.</c>

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This,<00:14:17.539><c> of</c><00:14:17.559><c> course,</c><00:14:17.700><c> is</c><00:14:17.820><c> an</c><00:14:17.980><c> aerial</c><00:14:18.200><c> photograph.</c>

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It's<00:14:18.860><c> not</c><00:14:19.179><c> standing</c><00:14:20.299><c> on</c><00:14:20.440><c> top</c><00:14:20.580><c> of</c><00:14:20.679><c> the</c><00:14:20.740><c> mountain,</c><00:14:21.120><c> so</c><00:14:21.139><c> it's</c><00:14:21.440><c> not</c>

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very<00:14:21.860><c> far</c><00:14:22.059><c> above,</c><00:14:22.480><c> either.</c>

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But<00:14:23.399><c> it's</c><00:14:23.580><c> similar</c><00:14:23.740><c> to</c><00:14:23.940><c> the</c><00:14:24.019><c> view</c><00:14:24.120><c> that</c><00:14:24.360><c> Moses</c><00:14:24.580><c> would</c><00:14:24.779><c> have</c><00:14:25.000><c> seen,</c><00:14:25.259><c> or</c>

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part<00:14:25.659><c> of</c><00:14:25.820><c> the</c><00:14:25.840><c> view</c><00:14:25.960><c> that</c><00:14:26.080><c> Moses</c><00:14:26.379><c> would</c><00:14:26.559><c> have</c><00:14:26.740><c> seen.</c>

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And<00:14:27.320><c> it</c><00:14:27.340><c> was</c><00:14:27.500><c> Moses</c><00:14:27.820><c> out</c><00:14:27.980><c> of</c><00:14:28.120><c> the</c><00:14:28.279><c> Jordan,</c><00:14:28.620><c> coming</c><00:14:28.879><c> down</c><00:14:29.200><c> from</c>

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Galilee<00:14:29.899><c> here,</c>

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running<00:14:31.100><c> the</c><00:14:31.399><c> serpentine</c><00:14:31.919><c> course,</c><00:14:32.399><c> right</c><00:14:32.639><c> down</c><00:14:32.940><c> here,</c>

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falling,<00:14:33.840><c> falling,</c><00:14:34.059><c> falling,</c><00:14:34.659><c> falling,</c>

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until,<00:14:35.039><c> of</c><00:14:35.240><c> course,</c><00:14:35.899><c> it</c><00:14:36.039><c> stagnates</c><00:14:36.500><c> into</c><00:14:36.720><c> the</c><00:14:36.860><c> Dead</c><00:14:37.159><c> Sea.</c>

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And<00:14:38.240><c> the</c><00:14:38.580><c> bottom</c><00:14:38.879><c> of</c><00:14:39.059><c> the</c><00:14:39.379><c> Lake</c><00:14:39.620><c> of</c><00:14:39.779><c> Galilee,</c><00:14:40.179><c> which</c><00:14:40.279><c> is</c><00:14:40.360><c> up</c><00:14:40.440><c> a</c>

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bit<00:14:40.700><c> more,</c><00:14:41.019><c> of</c><00:14:41.059><c> course,</c>

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to<00:14:41.820><c> the</c><00:14:41.940><c> top</c><00:14:42.120><c> of</c><00:14:42.259><c> the</c><00:14:42.340><c> Dead</c><00:14:42.559><c> Sea</c><00:14:42.740><c> is</c><00:14:42.899><c> about</c><00:14:43.059><c> 60</c><00:14:43.379><c> miles</c><00:14:43.820><c> in</c><00:14:44.059><c> length.</c>

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But<00:14:44.700><c> that</c><00:14:44.840><c> river</c><00:14:45.259><c> runs</c><00:14:45.679><c> in</c><00:14:46.360><c> a</c><00:14:46.500><c> course</c><00:14:46.919><c> covering</c><00:14:47.399><c> about</c><00:14:47.820><c> 240</c><00:14:48.519><c> miles</c><00:14:49.139><c> in</c>

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its<00:14:50.039><c> tortuous</c><00:14:50.460><c> way.</c>

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Thank<00:14:51.279><c> you,</c><00:14:51.440><c> Richard.</c>

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Now<00:14:52.759><c> it</c><00:14:52.919><c> drives</c><00:14:53.120><c> us</c><00:14:53.580><c> in</c><00:14:53.879><c> Mount</c><00:14:54.120><c> Hermon.</c>

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This<00:14:56.419><c> is</c><00:14:56.580><c> Mount</c><00:14:56.820><c> Hermon,</c><00:14:57.279><c> as</c><00:14:57.299><c> seen</c><00:14:57.419><c> from</c><00:14:57.580><c> the</c><00:14:57.779><c> air.</c>

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And<00:14:58.879><c> Mount</c><00:14:59.080><c> Hermon,</c><00:14:59.299><c> of</c><00:14:59.480><c> course,</c><00:15:00.240><c> is</c><00:15:00.399><c> the</c><00:15:00.600><c> nose</c><00:15:00.840><c> cone</c><00:15:01.200><c> that</c><00:15:01.379><c> is</c>

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standing<00:15:01.799><c> on</c><00:15:02.100><c> the</c><00:15:02.200><c> end</c><00:15:02.279><c> of</c><00:15:02.419><c> the</c><00:15:02.600><c> Andalusian</c><00:15:03.059><c> range.</c>

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And<00:15:04.100><c> this</c><00:15:04.360><c> base</c><00:15:04.759><c> of</c><00:15:05.019><c> the</c><00:15:05.200><c> mountain,</c><00:15:05.539><c> the</c><00:15:05.720><c> base</c><00:15:05.899><c> of</c><00:15:06.059><c> the</c><00:15:06.179><c> land</c>

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of<00:15:06.600><c> Israel,</c>

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is<00:15:07.000><c> from</c><00:15:07.259><c> these</c><00:15:07.580><c> snows</c><00:15:08.259><c> that</c><00:15:08.799><c> the</c><00:15:08.919><c> River</c><00:15:09.120><c> Jordan</c><00:15:09.440><c> has</c><00:15:09.700><c> to</c><00:15:09.919><c> source.</c>

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Beautiful<00:15:11.179><c> water,</c><00:15:11.659><c> President</c><00:15:11.940><c> Sizzley.</c>

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Pristine<00:15:13.259><c> in</c><00:15:13.460><c> its</c><00:15:13.639><c> clearness,</c><00:15:14.779><c> aqua</c><00:15:15.019><c> in</c><00:15:15.059><c> its</c><00:15:15.299><c> color,</c><00:15:15.980><c> and</c><00:15:15.980><c> it</c>

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spills<00:15:16.360><c> over</c><00:15:16.679><c> the</c><00:15:16.820><c> rocks.</c><00:15:17.179><c> Beautiful.</c>

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In<00:15:18.220><c> the</c><00:15:18.299><c> next</c><00:15:18.559><c> photograph,</c><00:15:19.080><c> we'll</c><00:15:19.200><c> see</c><00:15:19.340><c> that</c><00:15:19.600><c> water</c><00:15:19.740><c> coming</c>

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from<00:15:20.279><c> the</c><00:15:20.399><c> base</c><00:15:20.620><c> of</c><00:15:20.840><c> Jordan.</c>

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It<00:15:21.480><c> oozes</c><00:15:21.720><c> out</c><00:15:22.000><c> of</c><00:15:22.179><c> the</c><00:15:22.200><c> ground.</c><00:15:22.679><c> Thank</c><00:15:22.840><c> you,</c><00:15:23.059><c> Richard.</c>

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And<00:15:24.639><c> there</c><00:15:24.779><c> we</c><00:15:24.960><c> are</c><00:15:25.179><c> standing</c><00:15:25.500><c> now,</c><00:15:25.779><c> and</c><00:15:25.980><c> here's</c><00:15:26.159><c> this</c><00:15:26.440><c> water</c>

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virtually<00:15:27.399><c> just</c><00:15:27.799><c> coming</c><00:15:27.960><c> out</c><00:15:28.179><c> of</c><00:15:28.279><c> the</c><00:15:28.379><c> base</c><00:15:28.580><c> of</c><00:15:28.720><c> that</c><00:15:28.899><c> mountain.</c>

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You<00:15:30.120><c> can't</c><00:15:30.360><c> even</c><00:15:30.580><c> see</c><00:15:30.740><c> it's</c><00:15:31.100><c> source.</c>

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This<00:15:31.519><c> is</c><00:15:31.659><c> one</c><00:15:31.860><c> of</c><00:15:31.980><c> the</c><00:15:32.100><c> sources</c><00:15:32.320><c> of</c><00:15:32.500><c> the</c><00:15:32.580><c> River</c><00:15:32.720><c> Jordan,</c><00:15:33.200><c> the</c>

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base<00:15:33.580><c> of</c><00:15:33.779><c> Mount</c><00:15:33.960><c> Hermon.</c>

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And<00:15:34.899><c> while</c><00:15:35.039><c> we're</c><00:15:35.279><c> standing</c><00:15:35.620><c> here</c><00:15:35.840><c> and</c><00:15:35.919><c> that</c><00:15:36.080><c> water</c><00:15:36.259><c> comes</c><00:15:36.559><c> out,</c><00:15:36.879><c> it's</c><00:15:37.019><c> so</c>

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beautifully<00:15:37.480><c> clear,</c>

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we<00:15:38.340><c> turn</c><00:15:38.659><c> around</c><00:15:38.960><c> and</c><00:15:39.299><c> we</c><00:15:39.539><c> see</c><00:15:39.659><c> this</c><00:15:39.879><c> next</c><00:15:40.139><c> slide.</c>

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And<00:15:41.200><c> that's</c><00:15:41.480><c> exactly</c><00:15:41.740><c> what</c><00:15:41.899><c> you</c><00:15:42.080><c> see</c><00:15:42.179><c> when</c><00:15:42.299><c> you</c><00:15:42.460><c> turn</c><00:15:42.700><c> around.</c>

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And<00:15:44.039><c> what</c><00:15:44.100><c> is</c><00:15:44.259><c> but</c><00:15:44.379><c> a</c><00:15:44.440><c> little</c><00:15:44.720><c> trickle</c><00:15:45.059><c> in</c><00:15:45.240><c> front</c><00:15:45.419><c> of</c><00:15:45.580><c> you</c><00:15:45.860><c> is</c><00:15:46.100><c> a</c>

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wide<00:15:46.620><c> stream</c><00:15:46.919><c> behind</c><00:15:47.360><c> you</c>

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of<00:15:48.320><c> beautiful,</c><00:15:49.059><c> clear</c><00:15:49.200><c> water</c><00:15:49.779><c> as</c><00:15:50.059><c> it</c><00:15:50.279><c> goes</c><00:15:50.519><c> hummily</c><00:15:50.879><c> down</c><00:15:51.480><c> on</c>

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its<00:15:51.840><c> downward</c><00:15:52.100><c> course</c>

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until<00:15:52.960><c> it</c><00:15:53.379><c> stagnates</c><00:15:53.840><c> in</c><00:15:54.039><c> the</c><00:15:54.139><c> Dead</c><00:15:54.399><c> Sea.</c>

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All<00:15:55.220><c> fresh</c><00:15:55.539><c> as</c><00:15:55.899><c> grass.</c>

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Although<00:15:57.440><c> those</c><00:15:57.659><c> men</c><00:15:57.779><c> might</c><00:15:58.059><c> stand</c><00:15:58.360><c> tall</c><00:15:58.820><c> sometimes</c><00:15:59.360><c> and</c><00:15:59.539><c> look</c><00:15:59.899><c> like</c><00:16:00.240><c> the</c>

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glory<00:16:00.799><c> of</c><00:16:01.039><c> Hermon,</c>

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they<00:16:01.720><c> all</c><00:16:01.980><c> finish</c><00:16:02.240><c> up,</c><00:16:02.460><c> brothers</c><00:16:02.720><c> and</c><00:16:02.980><c> sisters,</c><00:16:03.340><c> in</c><00:16:03.419><c> the</c><00:16:03.659><c> stagnation</c><00:16:04.259><c> of</c><00:16:04.580><c> death.</c>

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Now,<00:16:06.139><c> Jordan</c><00:16:06.379><c> continues</c><00:16:06.940><c> on.</c>

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And<00:16:09.159><c> this,</c><00:16:09.659><c> of</c><00:16:09.659><c> course,</c><00:16:09.879><c> as</c><00:16:09.919><c> you</c><00:16:10.120><c> see,</c><00:16:10.419><c> we're</c><00:16:10.539><c> near</c><00:16:10.799><c> the</c><00:16:10.980><c> top</c>

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of<00:16:11.320><c> the</c><00:16:11.360><c> Lake</c><00:16:11.559><c> of</c><00:16:11.820><c> Galilee,</c>

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and<00:16:12.460><c> here</c><00:16:12.580><c> we're</c><00:16:12.879><c> just</c><00:16:13.120><c> about</c><00:16:13.419><c> sea</c><00:16:13.740><c> level.</c>

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And<00:16:14.840><c> you'll</c><00:16:15.059><c> notice</c><00:16:15.220><c> that</c><00:16:15.460><c> the</c><00:16:15.639><c> course</c><00:16:15.840><c> of</c><00:16:15.980><c> the</c><00:16:16.019><c> River</c><00:16:16.159><c> Jordan</c>

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is<00:16:16.679><c> narrower.</c>

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It's<00:16:17.419><c> fairly</c><00:16:17.639><c> deep</c><00:16:17.860><c> here.</c><00:16:18.399><c> It's</c><00:16:18.679><c> narrow,</c><00:16:19.179><c> but</c><00:16:19.299><c> it's</c><00:16:19.480><c> also</c><00:16:19.820><c> now</c>

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getting<00:16:20.299><c> muddy.</c>

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And<00:16:21.299><c> it's</c><00:16:21.539><c> about</c><00:16:21.759><c> to</c><00:16:21.960><c> cause</c><00:16:22.179><c> money's</c><00:16:22.659><c> way</c><00:16:22.940><c> and</c><00:16:23.299><c> to</c><00:16:23.500><c> spill</c><00:16:23.659><c> itself</c><00:16:23.980><c> into</c>

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the<00:16:24.299><c> Lake</c><00:16:24.460><c> of</c><00:16:24.659><c> Galilee.</c>

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Thank<00:16:25.940><c> you,</c><00:16:26.159><c> Richard.</c>

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And<00:16:27.879><c> here</c><00:16:27.919><c> on</c><00:16:28.080><c> the</c><00:16:28.200><c> Lake</c><00:16:28.379><c> of</c><00:16:28.559><c> Galilee,</c><00:16:29.059><c> we're,</c><00:16:29.340><c> of</c><00:16:29.340><c> course,</c><00:16:30.019><c> we</c>

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came<00:16:30.360><c> from</c><00:16:30.580><c> Capernaum</c><00:16:31.019><c> over</c><00:16:31.360><c> here,</c>

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and<00:16:32.100><c> between</c><00:16:32.440><c> those</c><00:16:32.820><c> two</c><00:16:33.059><c> mountain</c><00:16:33.399><c> ranges,</c><00:16:33.919><c> the</c><00:16:33.940><c> fold</c><00:16:34.200><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:34.500><c> mountain</c><00:16:34.679><c> ranges,</c>

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Jordan<00:16:35.860><c> has</c><00:16:36.100><c> its</c><00:16:36.340><c> access</c><00:16:36.799><c> into</c><00:16:37.000><c> the</c><00:16:37.240><c> Lake.</c>

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And<00:16:37.519><c> here,</c><00:16:37.639><c> of</c><00:16:37.840><c> course,</c><00:16:38.360><c> it</c><00:16:38.559><c> forms</c><00:16:38.740><c> a</c><00:16:39.019><c> great</c><00:16:39.139><c> and</c><00:16:39.360><c> a</c><00:16:39.460><c> wonderful</c>

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freshwater<00:16:40.340><c> lake,</c>

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which<00:16:41.100><c> is</c><00:16:41.279><c> about</c><00:16:41.559><c> 600</c><00:16:41.899><c> feet</c><00:16:42.240><c> below</c><00:16:42.519><c> sea</c><00:16:42.840><c> level.</c>

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And<00:16:43.980><c> then,</c><00:16:44.120><c> of</c><00:16:44.200><c> course,</c><00:16:44.299><c> we're</c><00:16:44.539><c> down</c><00:16:44.620><c> here</c><00:16:44.759><c> at</c><00:16:44.820><c> the</c><00:16:45.000><c> bottom.</c>

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This<00:16:46.000><c> is</c><00:16:46.179><c> not</c><00:16:46.340><c> the</c><00:16:46.539><c> slide</c><00:16:46.659><c> that</c><00:16:46.840><c> I</c><00:16:46.940><c> took.</c><00:16:47.240><c> It's</c><00:16:47.399><c> a</c><00:16:47.559><c> slide</c><00:16:47.679><c> of</c><00:16:47.879><c> a</c>

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picture<00:16:48.159><c> of</c><00:16:48.379><c> a</c><00:16:48.539><c> book.</c>

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But<00:16:49.440><c> here's</c><00:16:49.700><c> the</c><00:16:49.879><c> base</c><00:16:50.059><c> of</c><00:16:50.740><c> the</c><00:16:51.279><c> Lake</c><00:16:51.480><c> of</c><00:16:51.740><c> Galilee.</c>

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And,<00:16:52.639><c> of</c><00:16:52.820><c> course,</c><00:16:53.039><c> Jordan,</c><00:16:53.600><c> once</c><00:16:53.740><c> it</c><00:16:53.940><c> gets</c><00:16:54.039><c> to</c><00:16:54.179><c> the</c><00:16:54.340><c> bottom,</c>

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or<00:16:54.679><c> once</c><00:16:54.899><c> it</c><00:16:55.100><c> fills</c><00:16:55.279><c> the</c><00:16:55.480><c> lake,</c><00:16:55.799><c> of</c><00:16:55.840><c> course,</c><00:16:56.399><c> finds</c><00:16:56.659><c> its</c><00:16:57.039><c> egress</c><00:16:57.419><c> here</c>

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from<00:16:58.320><c> the</c><00:16:58.620><c> Lake</c><00:16:58.779><c> of</c><00:16:58.960><c> Galilee</c>

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and<00:16:59.419><c> makes</c><00:16:59.740><c> its</c><00:17:01.139><c> way</c><00:17:01.519><c> down</c><00:17:02.059><c> the</c><00:17:02.440><c> tortuous</c><00:17:02.940><c> track</c><00:17:03.279><c> of</c><00:17:03.860><c> the</c>

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Jordan<00:17:04.119><c> Valley</c><00:17:04.440><c> itself.</c>

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This,<00:17:05.619><c> of</c><00:17:05.759><c> course,</c><00:17:06.140><c> this</c><00:17:06.220><c> little</c><00:17:06.759><c> cleft</c><00:17:07.099><c> in</c><00:17:07.299><c> these</c><00:17:07.500><c> mountains</c><00:17:07.880><c> here,</c>

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the<00:17:08.299><c> River</c><00:17:08.619><c> Yarnack</c><00:17:09.019><c> runs</c><00:17:09.299><c> in</c><00:17:09.599><c> here.</c>

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This<00:17:10.460><c> is</c><00:17:10.680><c> the</c><00:17:10.799><c> base</c><00:17:10.980><c> of</c><00:17:11.220><c> Galilee.</c>

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The<00:17:12.519><c> next</c><00:17:12.740><c> slide</c><00:17:12.940><c> will</c><00:17:13.180><c> show</c><00:17:13.380><c> you</c><00:17:14.400><c> Jordan</c><00:17:14.980><c> as</c><00:17:15.220><c> it</c><00:17:15.460><c> comes</c><00:17:15.660><c> out</c>

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of<00:17:15.980><c> the</c><00:17:16.140><c> bottom</c><00:17:16.299><c> of</c><00:17:16.519><c> the</c><00:17:16.640><c> Lake</c><00:17:16.759><c> of</c><00:17:17.019><c> Galilee.</c>

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Still<00:17:18.160><c> beautiful.</c><00:17:19.359><c> It</c><00:17:19.500><c> can't</c><00:17:19.680><c> be</c><00:17:19.819><c> still</c><00:17:20.059><c> very</c><00:17:20.319><c> beautiful</c><00:17:20.579><c> around</c><00:17:20.859><c> it,</c>

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but<00:17:21.460><c> from</c><00:17:21.720><c> here</c><00:17:21.920><c> on,</c><00:17:22.240><c> brothers</c><00:17:22.359><c> and</c><00:17:22.500><c> sisters,</c><00:17:23.460><c> it</c><00:17:23.599><c> progresses</c>

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its<00:17:24.400><c> rapid</c><00:17:24.759><c> descent</c>

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and<00:17:25.799><c> as</c><00:17:25.980><c> it</c><00:17:26.079><c> goes</c><00:17:26.279><c> further</c><00:17:26.779><c> and</c><00:17:27.079><c> further</c><00:17:27.339><c> down</c><00:17:27.660><c> that</c><00:17:27.920><c> valley.</c>

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So,<00:17:29.559><c> Flesh</c><00:17:29.640><c> is</c><00:17:29.960><c> seen</c><00:17:30.160><c> to</c><00:17:30.339><c> be,</c><00:17:30.480><c> what</c><00:17:30.680><c> it</c><00:17:30.859><c> is,</c><00:17:31.539><c> reclining</c><00:17:32.119><c> inevitably</c><00:17:32.859><c> to</c><00:17:33.400><c> the</c>

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stagnation<00:17:34.180><c> of</c><00:17:34.460><c> death.</c>

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And<00:17:35.119><c> so,</c><00:17:35.839><c> finally,</c><00:17:37.460><c> it</c><00:17:37.619><c> was</c><00:17:37.619><c> around</c><00:17:37.799><c> about</c><00:17:38.039><c> this</c><00:17:38.299><c> region</c><00:17:38.519><c> here</c>

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that<00:17:39.779><c> our</c><00:17:39.920><c> Lord</c><00:17:40.099><c> Jesus</c><00:17:40.519><c> Christ</c><00:17:40.839><c> was</c><00:17:41.119><c> baptized.</c>

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Just<00:17:42.779><c> north</c><00:17:42.960><c> of</c><00:17:43.119><c> the</c><00:17:43.279><c> Dead</c><00:17:43.480><c> Sea,</c><00:17:44.220><c> you'll</c><00:17:44.400><c> see</c><00:17:44.500><c> in</c><00:17:44.640><c> the</c><00:17:44.779><c> background</c><00:17:45.019><c> here</c>

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the<00:17:46.039><c> Arab</c><00:17:46.539><c> region</c><00:17:47.000><c> of</c><00:17:47.579><c> the</c><00:17:47.779><c> wilderness</c><00:17:48.039><c> of</c><00:17:48.299><c> Judea</c>

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where<00:17:49.539><c> the</c><00:17:49.859><c> mountains</c><00:17:50.160><c> were</c><00:17:50.319><c> almost</c><00:17:50.640><c> like</c><00:17:51.119><c> rock</c><00:17:51.319><c> salt,</c><00:17:51.839><c> some</c>

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of<00:17:51.960><c> them,</c>

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blasted<00:17:53.079><c> by</c><00:17:53.279><c> the</c><00:17:53.460><c> wind.</c>

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There's<00:17:54.240><c> a</c><00:17:54.339><c> bit</c><00:17:54.460><c> of</c><00:17:54.640><c> Berger</c><00:17:54.920><c> which</c><00:17:55.200><c> twins</c><00:17:55.400><c> in</c><00:17:55.599><c> the</c><00:17:55.759><c> banks</c><00:17:55.900><c> of</c><00:17:56.140><c> Jordan,</c>

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and<00:17:56.640><c> either</c><00:17:56.920><c> side</c><00:17:57.160><c> of</c><00:17:57.279><c> that,</c><00:17:57.700><c> nothing.</c>

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Sterility,<00:18:00.539><c> as</c><00:18:00.700><c> the</c><00:18:00.900><c> sun</c><00:18:01.119><c> bleaches</c><00:18:01.599><c> this</c><00:18:01.960><c> valley</c><00:18:02.480><c> through</c>

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all<00:18:03.059><c> the</c><00:18:03.180><c> year</c><00:18:03.420><c> round.</c>

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And,<00:18:04.420><c> of</c><00:18:04.440><c> course,</c><00:18:04.660><c> by</c><00:18:04.859><c> the</c><00:18:05.000><c> time</c><00:18:05.160><c> the</c><00:18:05.319><c> river</c><00:18:05.460><c> gets</c><00:18:05.700><c> here,</c>

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it<00:18:06.539><c> is</c><00:18:06.740><c> already</c><00:18:07.039><c> very</c><00:18:07.359><c> muddy,</c><00:18:07.759><c> very</c><00:18:07.980><c> desolate,</c>

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and,<00:18:09.240><c> of</c><00:18:09.400><c> course,</c><00:18:09.700><c> the</c><00:18:09.900><c> Berger</c><00:18:10.119><c> on</c><00:18:10.319><c> either</c><00:18:10.539><c> side</c><00:18:11.140><c> creates</c><00:18:11.660><c> all</c>

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that<00:18:12.200><c> morass</c><00:18:12.640><c> that</c><00:18:12.779><c> I'm</c><00:18:12.960><c> talking</c><00:18:13.160><c> about.</c>

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And<00:18:14.019><c> it</c><00:18:14.019><c> was</c><00:18:14.200><c> in</c><00:18:14.420><c> this</c><00:18:14.660><c> place,</c><00:18:15.500><c> around</c><00:18:15.700><c> about</c><00:18:15.920><c> here,</c>

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that<00:18:17.119><c> our</c><00:18:17.279><c> Lord</c><00:18:17.500><c> Jesus</c><00:18:17.880><c> Christ,</c><00:18:18.779><c> the</c><00:18:18.859><c> Son</c><00:18:19.059><c> of</c><00:18:19.259><c> God,</c><00:18:19.619><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:18:19.920><c> sisters,</c>

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came<00:18:20.759><c> to</c><00:18:21.480><c> make</c><00:18:21.640><c> that</c><00:18:21.880><c> wonderful</c><00:18:22.339><c> declaration.</c>

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Thank<00:18:23.599><c> you</c><00:18:23.700><c> very</c><00:18:23.940><c> much.</c>

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We'll<00:18:24.519><c> have</c><00:18:24.559><c> the</c><00:18:24.740><c> lights</c><00:18:24.920><c> back</c><00:18:25.119><c> on</c><00:18:25.299><c> now,</c><00:18:25.500><c> if</c><00:18:25.700><c> we</c><00:18:25.700><c> will.</c>

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Hope<00:18:27.839><c> that</c><00:18:28.000><c> gives</c><00:18:28.099><c> you</c><00:18:28.279><c> some</c><00:18:28.500><c> idea</c><00:18:29.079><c> the</c><00:18:29.480><c> way</c><00:18:29.680><c> that</c><00:18:29.859><c> that</c><00:18:30.019><c> river</c><00:18:30.240><c> changes</c>

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as<00:18:31.279><c> it</c><00:18:31.420><c> comes</c><00:18:31.680><c> out</c><00:18:31.859><c> of</c><00:18:31.940><c> the</c><00:18:31.980><c> bottom</c><00:18:32.240><c> of</c><00:18:32.500><c> Hermon</c>

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and<00:18:33.180><c> plunges</c><00:18:33.680><c> on</c><00:18:34.000><c> an</c><00:18:34.119><c> inevitable</c><00:18:34.500><c> journey</c><00:18:35.039><c> down</c><00:18:35.640><c> to</c><00:18:36.420><c> the</c><00:18:36.720><c> floors</c><00:18:36.960><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:37.240><c> Dead</c><00:18:37.480><c> Sea.</c>

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Now,<00:18:39.220><c> coming</c><00:18:39.480><c> back</c><00:18:39.799><c> to</c><00:18:39.900><c> Matthew</c><00:18:40.240><c> chapter</c><00:18:40.579><c> 3,</c>

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what<00:18:41.880><c> a</c><00:18:42.079><c> marvelous</c><00:18:42.359><c> occasion</c><00:18:42.839><c> this</c><00:18:43.200><c> must</c><00:18:43.480><c> have</c><00:18:43.740><c> been.</c>

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What<00:18:45.119><c> significance</c><00:18:45.619><c> was</c><00:18:45.859><c> in</c><00:18:46.039><c> these</c><00:18:46.259><c> things?</c>

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So<00:18:48.779><c> we</c><00:18:48.900><c> read</c><00:18:49.119><c> in</c><00:18:49.279><c> verse</c><00:18:49.519><c> 13</c><00:18:49.859><c> of</c><00:18:50.019><c> Matthew</c><00:18:50.400><c> 3,</c>

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And<00:18:56.859><c> our</c><00:18:57.299><c> Lord</c><00:18:57.539><c> Jesus</c><00:18:57.960><c> Christ,</c><00:18:58.339><c> brothers</c><00:18:58.500><c> and</c><00:18:58.680><c> sisters,</c>

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comes<00:18:59.539><c> on</c><00:19:00.299><c> an</c><00:19:00.460><c> act</c><00:19:00.680><c> of</c><00:19:00.900><c> submission.</c>

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He<00:19:02.599><c> was</c><00:19:02.839><c> servant,</c><00:19:03.180><c> really,</c><00:19:03.660><c> to</c><00:19:03.779><c> no</c><00:19:04.000><c> man.</c>

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He<00:19:04.240><c> was</c><00:19:04.559><c> free.</c><00:19:04.819><c> He</c><00:19:04.940><c> was</c><00:19:05.180><c> the</c><00:19:05.339><c> Son</c><00:19:05.519><c> of</c><00:19:05.660><c> God.</c>

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If<00:19:06.039><c> the</c><00:19:06.279><c> children</c><00:19:06.480><c> were</c><00:19:06.740><c> free,</c><00:19:06.960><c> He</c><00:19:07.180><c> was</c><00:19:07.500><c> freer</c><00:19:07.740><c> than</c><00:19:07.880><c> any</c><00:19:08.039><c> man</c><00:19:08.279><c> alive.</c>

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But<00:19:10.019><c> He</c><00:19:10.119><c> came</c><00:19:10.319><c> to</c><00:19:10.480><c> be</c><00:19:10.579><c> the</c><00:19:10.819><c> servant</c><00:19:11.019><c> of</c><00:19:11.240><c> all,</c><00:19:11.579><c> and</c><00:19:11.700><c> He</c><00:19:11.859><c> came</c><00:19:12.140><c> to</c>

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submit<00:19:13.019><c> to</c><00:19:13.400><c> John.</c>

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John<00:19:14.619><c> was</c><00:19:14.859><c> embarrassed</c><00:19:15.359><c> about</c><00:19:15.700><c> that,</c><00:19:16.059><c> but</c><00:19:16.180><c> He</c><00:19:16.339><c> came</c><00:19:16.599><c> to</c><00:19:16.799><c> do</c>

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that,<00:19:17.119><c> brothers</c><00:19:17.380><c> and</c><00:19:17.619><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:19:18.740><c> came</c><00:19:19.200><c> to</c><00:19:19.400><c> be</c><00:19:19.680><c> baptized</c><00:19:20.220><c> of</c><00:19:20.440><c> Him,</c>

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but<00:19:21.259><c> the</c><00:19:21.559><c> Lord</c><00:19:21.940><c> knew</c><00:19:22.559><c> that</c><00:19:22.859><c> that</c><00:19:23.140><c> baptism</c><00:19:23.539><c> was</c><00:19:24.160><c> nothing</c><00:19:24.519><c> to</c>

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the<00:19:24.980><c> submission</c>

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that<00:19:25.539><c> was</c><00:19:25.720><c> going</c><00:19:25.839><c> to</c><00:19:25.940><c> be</c><00:19:26.119><c> called</c><00:19:26.279><c> upon</c><00:19:26.539><c> later.</c>

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Luke<00:19:28.039><c> makes</c><00:19:28.359><c> reference</c><00:19:28.559><c> to</c><00:19:28.720><c> that,</c><00:19:29.099><c> brothers</c><00:19:29.140><c> and</c><00:19:29.220><c> sisters,</c>

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in<00:19:29.700><c> his</c><00:19:29.940><c> twelfth</c><00:19:30.279><c> chapter.</c>

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This<00:19:30.880><c> is</c><00:19:31.160><c> the</c><00:19:31.279><c> real</c><00:19:31.759><c> baptism,</c>

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of<00:19:33.700><c> which</c><00:19:33.839><c> the</c><00:19:34.019><c> one</c><00:19:34.140><c> in</c><00:19:34.380><c> water</c><00:19:34.940><c> was</c><00:19:36.019><c> but</c><00:19:36.759><c> the</c><00:19:37.180><c> prelude.</c>

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And<00:19:41.819><c> in</c><00:19:41.940><c> Luke</c><00:19:42.160><c> chapter</c><00:19:42.480><c> 12,</c><00:19:42.960><c> the</c><00:19:43.039><c> Lord</c><00:19:43.259><c> makes</c><00:19:43.619><c> reference</c>

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to<00:19:46.500><c> this</c><00:19:46.779><c> real</c><00:19:47.279><c> baptism</c><00:19:47.779><c> for</c><00:19:48.039><c> which</c><00:19:48.220><c> He</c><00:19:48.380><c> had</c><00:19:48.500><c> really</c><00:19:48.799><c> come</c><00:19:48.980><c> into</c><00:19:49.119><c> the</c><00:19:49.339><c> world.</c>

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And<00:19:52.559><c> the</c><00:19:52.660><c> Lord</c><00:19:52.819><c> says</c><00:19:53.140><c> in</c><00:19:53.259><c> Luke</c><00:19:53.460><c> 12</c><00:19:53.839><c> and</c><00:19:54.000><c> verse</c><00:19:54.240><c> 50,</c><00:19:54.599><c> He</c><00:19:54.599><c> says,</c>

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But<00:19:54.920><c> I</c><00:19:55.240><c> have</c><00:19:55.680><c> a</c><00:19:55.960><c> baptism</c><00:19:56.460><c> to</c><00:19:57.480><c> be</c><00:19:57.740><c> baptized</c><00:19:58.259><c> with,</c>

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and<00:20:00.079><c> how</c><00:20:00.559><c> I</c><00:20:01.240><c> am</c><00:20:01.819><c> straightened</c><00:20:02.640><c> till</c><00:20:03.339><c> it</c><00:20:03.519><c> be</c><00:20:03.779><c> accomplished.</c>

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You<00:20:05.859><c> look</c><00:20:05.980><c> at</c><00:20:06.099><c> that</c><00:20:06.279><c> word,</c><00:20:06.960><c> straightened,</c>

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and<00:20:07.319><c> you</c><00:20:07.440><c> notice</c><00:20:07.640><c> there's</c><00:20:07.859><c> a</c><00:20:08.039><c> marginal</c><00:20:08.380><c> reference</c><00:20:08.720><c> there,</c>

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brothers<00:20:09.200><c> and</c><00:20:09.420><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:20:09.920><c> the</c><00:20:10.079><c> margin</c><00:20:10.380><c> says,</c><00:20:11.420><c> pained.</c>

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Do<00:20:13.099><c> you</c><00:20:13.180><c> know,</c><00:20:13.480><c> literally,</c><00:20:14.099><c> the</c><00:20:14.259><c> Greek</c><00:20:14.539><c> word</c><00:20:14.859><c> means</c><00:20:16.039><c> under</c><00:20:17.019><c> pressure.</c>

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I<00:20:19.500><c> have</c><00:20:19.779><c> a</c><00:20:19.980><c> baptism</c><00:20:20.380><c> to</c><00:20:20.619><c> be</c><00:20:20.799><c> baptized,</c><00:20:21.240><c> He</c><00:20:21.460><c> said,</c>

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and<00:20:22.700><c> how</c><00:20:23.059><c> am</c><00:20:23.339><c> I</c><00:20:23.519><c> under</c><00:20:24.180><c> pressure</c><00:20:25.059><c> for</c><00:20:25.839><c> that</c><00:20:26.019><c> to</c><00:20:26.180><c> be</c><00:20:26.380><c> accomplished?</c>

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And<00:20:28.240><c> when</c><00:20:28.359><c> He</c><00:20:28.480><c> came</c><00:20:28.720><c> down</c><00:20:29.000><c> there</c><00:20:29.160><c> to</c><00:20:29.279><c> John,</c><00:20:29.819><c> brothers</c><00:20:29.819><c> and</c><00:20:30.079><c> sisters,</c>

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He<00:20:30.579><c> knew</c><00:20:30.779><c> that</c><00:20:31.000><c> going</c><00:20:31.200><c> into</c><00:20:31.380><c> that</c><00:20:31.640><c> water,</c>

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He<00:20:32.319><c> would</c><00:20:32.539><c> almost</c><00:20:33.039><c> feel</c><00:20:33.599><c> the</c><00:20:33.920><c> pain</c><00:20:34.400><c> of</c><00:20:34.559><c> that</c><00:20:34.819><c> cross,</c>

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because<00:20:36.960><c> this</c><00:20:37.240><c> was</c><00:20:37.480><c> the</c><00:20:37.599><c> prelude</c><00:20:38.000><c> to</c><00:20:38.319><c> one</c><00:20:38.500><c> three</c><00:20:38.759><c> and</c><00:20:38.900><c> a</c><00:20:38.940><c> half</c>

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years<00:20:39.359><c> away.</c>

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As<00:20:41.980><c> you</c><00:20:42.140><c> know,</c><00:20:42.619><c> there</c><00:20:42.619><c> was</c><00:20:42.799><c> all</c><00:20:43.119><c> around</c><00:20:43.519><c> John</c><00:20:43.759><c> at</c><00:20:43.900><c> that</c><00:20:44.119><c> time,</c>

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those<00:20:45.339><c> wonderful</c><00:20:46.019><c> men</c><00:20:46.319><c> that</c><00:20:46.579><c> considered</c><00:20:46.819><c> themselves</c><00:20:47.380><c> above</c><00:20:47.940><c> flesh,</c>

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the<00:20:49.339><c> scribes</c><00:20:49.619><c> and</c><00:20:49.759><c> the</c><00:20:49.940><c> Pharisees,</c>

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with<00:20:50.559><c> all</c><00:20:50.779><c> their</c><00:20:51.000><c> attendant</c><00:20:51.440><c> people</c><00:20:52.160><c> who</c><00:20:52.700><c> worshiped</c><00:20:53.240><c> them,</c>

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and<00:20:53.759><c> there</c><00:20:53.920><c> were</c><00:20:54.079><c> men</c><00:20:54.299><c> there</c><00:20:54.700><c> that</c><00:20:54.960><c> it</c><00:20:55.079><c> would</c><00:20:55.200><c> have</c><00:20:55.359><c> been</c>

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equally<00:20:56.200><c> painful</c>

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for<00:20:57.039><c> them</c><00:20:57.259><c> to</c><00:20:57.400><c> go</c><00:20:57.539><c> into</c><00:20:57.660><c> that</c><00:20:57.940><c> water,</c>

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but<00:20:58.480><c> they</c><00:20:58.660><c> would</c><00:20:58.880><c> no</c><00:20:59.119><c> way</c><00:20:59.299><c> do</c><00:20:59.519><c> that,</c>

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because<00:21:01.720><c> that</c><00:21:01.880><c> would</c><00:21:02.079><c> be</c><00:21:02.220><c> too</c><00:21:02.460><c> belittling</c><00:21:02.859><c> to</c><00:21:03.039><c> their</c><00:21:03.319><c> pride.</c>

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And<00:21:05.079><c> there's</c><00:21:05.319><c> our</c><00:21:05.500><c> Lord</c><00:21:05.779><c> Jesus</c><00:21:06.279><c> Christ,</c>

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the<00:21:07.660><c> Son</c><00:21:07.920><c> of</c><00:21:08.079><c> the</c><00:21:08.180><c> living</c><00:21:08.420><c> God,</c><00:21:08.740><c> brothers</c><00:21:08.960><c> and</c><00:21:09.160><c> sisters,</c>

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submitting<00:21:09.779><c> to</c><00:21:10.039><c> that,</c><00:21:10.460><c> and</c><00:21:10.579><c> yea,</c><00:21:11.319><c> more</c><00:21:11.500><c> to</c><00:21:11.740><c> come.</c>

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I<00:21:13.160><c> have</c><00:21:13.359><c> a</c><00:21:13.559><c> baptism,</c><00:21:13.880><c> He</c><00:21:14.000><c> says,</c><00:21:14.259><c> to</c><00:21:14.420><c> be</c><00:21:14.640><c> baptized</c><00:21:15.039><c> with,</c>

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and<00:21:15.680><c> how</c><00:21:16.000><c> I</c><00:21:16.140><c> am</c><00:21:16.420><c> straightened</c><00:21:16.839><c> until</c><00:21:17.000><c> it</c><00:21:17.160><c> be</c><00:21:17.339><c> accomplished.</c>

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Now,<00:21:19.640><c> we</c><00:21:19.799><c> learn,</c><00:21:20.480><c> and</c><00:21:20.640><c> we</c><00:21:20.839><c> learn</c><00:21:20.980><c> this</c><00:21:21.500><c> fundamentally</c>

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when<00:21:22.500><c> we're</c><00:21:23.019><c> studying</c><00:21:23.359><c> for</c><00:21:23.640><c> baptism,</c>

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we<00:21:24.440><c> learn,</c><00:21:24.779><c> brothers</c><00:21:25.039><c> and</c><00:21:25.259><c> sisters,</c><00:21:25.579><c> that</c><00:21:26.059><c> it</c><00:21:26.380><c> was</c><00:21:26.640><c> scriptural</c>

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that<00:21:28.079><c> nobody</c><00:21:28.500><c> could</c><00:21:28.799><c> be</c><00:21:29.079><c> baptized</c><00:21:29.660><c> without</c><00:21:30.039><c> a</c><00:21:30.259><c> confession</c><00:21:30.680><c> of</c><00:21:30.980><c> faith.</c>

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It<00:21:32.299><c> wasn't</c><00:21:32.599><c> so</c><00:21:32.880><c> much</c><00:21:33.099><c> an</c><00:21:33.339><c> examination,</c><00:21:33.940><c> though</c><00:21:34.059><c> that,</c><00:21:34.259><c> of</c><00:21:34.400><c> course,</c><00:21:34.559><c> was</c><00:21:34.779><c> involved.</c>

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They<00:21:36.720><c> weren't</c><00:21:36.980><c> really</c><00:21:37.460><c> making</c><00:21:37.680><c> an</c><00:21:37.960><c> examination,</c>

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they<00:21:38.539><c> were</c><00:21:38.700><c> making</c><00:21:39.039><c> a</c><00:21:39.240><c> confession.</c>

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That's<00:21:40.720><c> what</c><00:21:40.900><c> we</c><00:21:41.119><c> should</c><00:21:41.220><c> be</c><00:21:41.440><c> doing</c><00:21:41.819><c> when</c><00:21:42.079><c> we</c><00:21:42.220><c> come</c><00:21:42.359><c> to</c><00:21:42.559><c> baptism,</c>

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it's<00:21:43.119><c> a</c><00:21:43.259><c> confession.</c>

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And<00:21:45.339><c> Peter</c><00:21:45.440><c> makes</c><00:21:45.779><c> reference</c><00:21:46.079><c> to</c><00:21:46.259><c> that</c><00:21:46.440><c> in</c><00:21:46.880><c> a</c><00:21:47.119><c> chapter</c>

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which<00:21:47.500><c> we'll</c><00:21:47.720><c> look</c><00:21:47.940><c> at</c><00:21:48.039><c> later</c><00:21:48.339><c> on,</c>

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in<00:21:48.880><c> the</c><00:21:49.019><c> 1</c><00:21:49.220><c> Peter</c><00:21:49.480><c> 3</c><00:21:50.059><c> and</c><00:21:50.200><c> verse</c><00:21:50.420><c> 21,</c><00:21:50.900><c> he</c><00:21:51.039><c> says,</c>

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it's<00:21:51.740><c> the</c><00:21:51.960><c> answer</c><00:21:52.400><c> of</c><00:21:52.640><c> a</c><00:21:52.779><c> good</c><00:21:53.019><c> conscience.</c>

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And<00:21:55.359><c> you</c><00:21:55.539><c> take</c><00:21:55.799><c> those</c><00:21:56.140><c> words</c><00:21:56.380><c> of</c><00:21:56.539><c> Peter,</c>

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as<00:21:57.880><c> John</c><00:21:58.140><c> took</c><00:21:58.380><c> each</c><00:21:58.660><c> man</c><00:21:58.859><c> into</c><00:21:59.039><c> the</c><00:21:59.240><c> water</c>

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and<00:21:59.579><c> looked</c><00:21:59.740><c> him</c><00:21:59.880><c> in</c><00:22:00.079><c> the</c><00:22:00.140><c> face</c><00:22:00.319><c> and</c><00:22:00.440><c> said,</c>

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right,<00:22:01.019><c> you're</c><00:22:01.259><c> going</c><00:22:01.339><c> to</c><00:22:01.460><c> be</c><00:22:01.579><c> prepared</c><00:22:01.920><c> for</c><00:22:02.119><c> the</c><00:22:02.259><c> Royal</c><00:22:02.500><c> Majesty.</c>

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The<00:22:03.319><c> Royal</c><00:22:03.619><c> Majesty</c><00:22:04.019><c> will</c><00:22:04.259><c> see</c><00:22:04.460><c> right</c><00:22:04.799><c> through</c><00:22:05.119><c> you.</c>

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There's<00:22:06.119><c> no</c><00:22:06.420><c> way</c><00:22:06.599><c> you're</c><00:22:06.779><c> going</c><00:22:06.839><c> to</c><00:22:06.940><c> be</c><00:22:07.099><c> acceptable</c><00:22:07.339><c> to</c><00:22:07.539><c> him</c>

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unless<00:22:07.940><c> you're</c><00:22:08.220><c> prepared.</c>

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Now,<00:22:08.799><c> look,</c><00:22:08.920><c> what</c><00:22:09.099><c> is</c><00:22:09.240><c> it</c><00:22:09.299><c> you</c><00:22:09.400><c> want</c><00:22:09.519><c> to</c><00:22:09.700><c> tell</c><00:22:09.839><c> me?</c>

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And<00:22:10.420><c> they</c><00:22:10.519><c> would</c><00:22:10.640><c> say,</c><00:22:10.799><c> look,</c><00:22:10.980><c> I</c><00:22:11.079><c> want</c><00:22:11.259><c> to</c><00:22:11.420><c> repent</c><00:22:11.640><c> of</c><00:22:11.799><c> this</c><00:22:11.920><c> and</c><00:22:12.059><c> repent</c><00:22:12.339><c> of</c><00:22:12.460><c> that.</c>

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I'm<00:22:12.740><c> ashamed</c><00:22:13.059><c> of</c><00:22:13.180><c> myself.</c><00:22:13.420><c> I</c><00:22:13.519><c> want</c><00:22:13.740><c> to</c><00:22:13.920><c> fuddle</c><00:22:14.099><c> up</c><00:22:14.200><c> with</c><00:22:14.319><c> the</c>

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Royal<00:22:14.660><c> Majesty.</c>

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I<00:22:15.660><c> hope</c><00:22:15.859><c> and</c><00:22:16.119><c> pray</c><00:22:16.359><c> this</c><00:22:16.680><c> will</c><00:22:16.859><c> be</c><00:22:17.059><c> sufficient.</c>

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And<00:22:17.819><c> John</c><00:22:17.960><c> would</c><00:22:18.160><c> send</c><00:22:18.339><c> them</c><00:22:18.480><c> away,</c><00:22:18.859><c> brothers</c><00:22:18.960><c> and</c><00:22:19.220><c> sisters,</c>

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encouraged<00:22:20.859><c> and</c><00:22:21.119><c> enthused</c><00:22:21.519><c> because</c><00:22:21.819><c> they</c><00:22:22.019><c> had</c><00:22:22.180><c> made</c><00:22:22.339><c> those</c><00:22:22.619><c> confessions,</c>

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one<00:22:23.640><c> after</c><00:22:23.839><c> the</c><00:22:24.119><c> other.</c>

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And<00:22:25.380><c> then</c><00:22:25.660><c> comes</c><00:22:25.960><c> the</c><00:22:26.259><c> answer</c><00:22:26.640><c> of</c><00:22:26.980><c> a</c><00:22:27.220><c> good</c><00:22:27.460><c> conscience.</c>

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And<00:22:29.059><c> you</c><00:22:29.160><c> can</c><00:22:29.339><c> only</c><00:22:29.519><c> wonder</c><00:22:29.839><c> at</c><00:22:30.019><c> what</c><00:22:30.160><c> went</c><00:22:30.359><c> on,</c>

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as<00:22:30.819><c> the</c><00:22:30.859><c> Lord</c><00:22:31.160><c> Jesus</c><00:22:31.640><c> Christ</c><00:22:32.420><c> shouldered</c><00:22:32.839><c> his</c><00:22:32.960><c> way</c><00:22:33.200><c> through</c>

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Who's<00:22:34.099><c> going</c><00:22:34.220><c> to</c><00:22:34.299><c> be</c><00:22:34.400><c> next?</c>

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And<00:22:34.940><c> he</c><00:22:35.059><c> shouldered</c><00:22:35.400><c> his</c><00:22:35.519><c> way</c><00:22:35.740><c> through</c><00:22:35.980><c> the</c><00:22:36.180><c> crowd.</c>

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Here<00:22:36.579><c> he</c><00:22:36.799><c> comes.</c>

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And<00:22:37.920><c> into</c><00:22:38.240><c> that</c><00:22:38.480><c> water</c><00:22:38.700><c> he</c><00:22:38.960><c> walked.</c>

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What<00:22:39.819><c> an</c><00:22:40.079><c> embarrassment</c><00:22:40.500><c> for</c><00:22:40.779><c> John.</c>

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You<00:22:41.099><c> know,</c><00:22:41.680><c> John</c><00:22:41.839><c> says,</c><00:22:42.779><c> and</c><00:22:42.779><c> John</c><00:22:43.119><c> the</c><00:22:43.299><c> apostle,</c><00:22:43.660><c> that</c><00:22:43.839><c> is,</c>

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says<00:22:44.240><c> in</c><00:22:44.380><c> his</c><00:22:44.579><c> first</c><00:22:44.859><c> chapter</c><00:22:45.119><c> of</c><00:22:45.279><c> his</c><00:22:45.420><c> Gospel</c><00:22:45.740><c> record</c>

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that<00:22:46.980><c> John</c><00:22:47.480><c> knew</c><00:22:47.740><c> him</c><00:22:47.960><c> not.</c>

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It<00:22:51.000><c> doesn't</c><00:22:51.460><c> mean</c><00:22:51.660><c> he</c><00:22:51.740><c> didn't</c><00:22:52.000><c> know</c><00:22:52.240><c> him</c><00:22:52.420><c> as</c><00:22:52.640><c> a</c><00:22:52.779><c> personality.</c>

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The<00:22:54.420><c> context</c><00:22:54.900><c> of</c><00:22:55.140><c> John's</c><00:22:55.619><c> words</c><00:22:55.799><c> is</c><00:22:55.940><c> that</c><00:22:56.039><c> he</c><00:22:56.099><c> didn't</c><00:22:56.359><c> know</c>

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who<00:22:57.279><c> the</c><00:22:57.460><c> Messiah</c><00:22:57.880><c> was.</c>

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One<00:22:59.339><c> cometh</c><00:22:59.660><c> who's</c><00:23:00.039><c> mightier</c><00:23:00.319><c> than</c><00:23:00.400><c> I,</c><00:23:00.680><c> said</c><00:23:00.819><c> John,</c>

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whose<00:23:01.640><c> shoes</c><00:23:01.980><c> latcheth,</c><00:23:02.400><c> I'm</c><00:23:02.579><c> not</c><00:23:02.720><c> worthy</c><00:23:03.000><c> one</c><00:23:03.259><c> loose.</c>

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I<00:23:04.140><c> knew</c><00:23:04.420><c> him</c><00:23:04.779><c> not.</c>

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He<00:23:05.519><c> didn't</c><00:23:05.880><c> know</c><00:23:06.119><c> who</c><00:23:06.279><c> was</c><00:23:06.440><c> going</c><00:23:06.559><c> to</c><00:23:06.599><c> be</c><00:23:06.740><c> the</c><00:23:06.859><c> Messiah,</c><00:23:07.160><c> but</c>

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he<00:23:07.420><c> knew</c><00:23:07.619><c> that</c><00:23:07.900><c> man.</c>

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Brethren<00:23:09.859><c> and</c><00:23:10.059><c> sisters,</c><00:23:10.799><c> there</c><00:23:10.960><c> was</c><00:23:11.220><c> hardly</c><00:23:11.559><c> anyone</c><00:23:11.940><c> in</c><00:23:12.220><c> Galilee</c><00:23:12.519><c> who</c>

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didn't<00:23:13.220><c> know</c><00:23:13.460><c> him.</c>

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Luke<00:23:15.160><c> says</c><00:23:16.000><c> that</c><00:23:16.700><c> as</c><00:23:16.819><c> he</c><00:23:17.000><c> grew</c><00:23:17.119><c> from</c><00:23:17.319><c> the</c><00:23:17.500><c> ages</c><00:23:17.700><c> of</c><00:23:17.980><c> 12</c><00:23:18.259><c> to</c><00:23:18.779><c> 30,</c>

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in<00:23:19.619><c> those</c><00:23:19.839><c> 18</c><00:23:20.180><c> years,</c><00:23:20.839><c> he</c><00:23:21.140><c> grew</c><00:23:21.400><c> in</c><00:23:21.839><c> favour</c><00:23:22.160><c> with</c><00:23:22.680><c> God</c><00:23:23.160><c> and</c><00:23:23.539><c> man.</c>

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What<00:23:26.359><c> a</c><00:23:26.640><c> marvellous</c><00:23:27.079><c> record</c><00:23:27.400><c> that</c><00:23:27.599><c> is.</c>

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And<00:23:28.960><c> he</c><00:23:29.039><c> comes</c><00:23:29.400><c> down</c><00:23:30.079><c> to</c><00:23:30.420><c> make</c><00:23:30.640><c> the</c><00:23:31.099><c> answer</c><00:23:31.480><c> of</c><00:23:31.859><c> a</c><00:23:32.160><c> good</c><00:23:32.539><c> confession.</c>

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And<00:23:35.519><c> you</c><00:23:35.640><c> can</c><00:23:35.819><c> imagine</c><00:23:36.119><c> that</c><00:23:36.420><c> confession.</c>

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We<00:23:38.400><c> can</c><00:23:38.539><c> only</c><00:23:38.720><c> surmise</c><00:23:39.180><c> what</c><00:23:39.319><c> would</c><00:23:39.500><c> have</c><00:23:39.599><c> been</c><00:23:39.779><c> said</c>

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as<00:23:41.400><c> John</c><00:23:41.619><c> would</c><00:23:41.779><c> have</c><00:23:41.940><c> stood</c><00:23:42.099><c> there</c><00:23:42.420><c> embarrassed</c><00:23:42.980><c> with</c><00:23:43.180><c> the</c><00:23:43.299><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:23:45.079><c> the</c><00:23:45.200><c> Lord</c><00:23:45.380><c> Jesus</c><00:23:45.799><c> Christ</c><00:23:46.079><c> with</c><00:23:46.259><c> a</c><00:23:46.500><c> steady</c><00:23:46.759><c> gaze</c>

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of<00:23:47.980><c> a</c><00:23:48.119><c> man</c><00:23:48.319><c> unashamed</c><00:23:48.920><c> and</c><00:23:49.079><c> unafraid</c><00:23:49.720><c> to</c><00:23:49.960><c> front</c><00:23:50.079><c> up</c><00:23:50.259><c> to</c><00:23:50.420><c> anybody</c>

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would<00:23:51.819><c> have</c><00:23:52.039><c> looked</c><00:23:52.180><c> at</c><00:23:52.420><c> John</c><00:23:52.539><c> with</c><00:23:52.700><c> a</c><00:23:52.940><c> kindly</c><00:23:53.240><c> look</c><00:23:53.460><c> and</c><00:23:53.680><c> said,</c>

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I<00:23:55.500><c> have</c><00:23:55.740><c> lived</c><00:23:55.960><c> in</c><00:23:56.200><c> all</c><00:23:56.380><c> good</c><00:23:56.559><c> conscience</c><00:23:57.000><c> before</c><00:23:57.400><c> God</c><00:23:57.720><c> till</c>

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this<00:23:58.200><c> day.</c>

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I<00:24:00.420><c> know</c><00:24:00.619><c> of</c><00:24:00.920><c> no</c><00:24:01.180><c> hindrance</c><00:24:01.640><c> whatever,</c>

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that<00:24:03.680><c> at</c><00:24:03.859><c> any</c><00:24:04.099><c> time</c><00:24:04.319><c> I</c><00:24:04.460><c> could</c><00:24:04.660><c> stand</c><00:24:04.940><c> before</c><00:24:05.240><c> my</c><00:24:05.460><c> Heavenly</c>

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Father<00:24:06.660><c> unabashed.</c>

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I<00:24:08.339><c> am</c><00:24:08.680><c> in</c><00:24:09.200><c> total</c><00:24:09.920><c> preparation,</c><00:24:12.160><c> in</c><00:24:12.440><c> absolute</c><00:24:12.859><c> total</c><00:24:13.480><c> readiness</c>

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to<00:24:14.720><c> stand</c><00:24:15.079><c> before</c><00:24:15.980><c> divinity.</c>

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That's<00:24:19.000><c> the</c><00:24:19.119><c> sort</c><00:24:19.220><c> of</c><00:24:19.319><c> thing</c><00:24:19.400><c> he</c><00:24:19.539><c> would</c><00:24:19.660><c> have</c><00:24:19.839><c> said.</c>

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Because<00:24:20.559><c> that's</c><00:24:20.759><c> what</c><00:24:20.920><c> John's</c><00:24:21.279><c> baptism</c><00:24:21.480><c> was</c><00:24:21.700><c> about.</c>

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Prepare<00:24:23.779><c> for</c><00:24:23.980><c> the</c><00:24:24.140><c> Royal</c><00:24:24.339><c> Majesty.</c>

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The<00:24:25.440><c> Son</c><00:24:25.660><c> of</c><00:24:25.859><c> God</c><00:24:25.980><c> was</c><00:24:26.240><c> preparing</c><00:24:26.539><c> for</c><00:24:26.740><c> that,</c><00:24:27.039><c> brethren</c><00:24:27.160><c> and</c><00:24:27.400><c> sisters.</c>

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They<00:24:28.539><c> had</c><00:24:28.740><c> to</c><00:24:28.920><c> face</c><00:24:29.099><c> him.</c><00:24:29.680><c> He</c><00:24:29.920><c> was</c><00:24:30.099><c> going</c><00:24:30.220><c> to</c><00:24:30.400><c> face</c><00:24:30.539><c> his</c><00:24:30.819><c> father.</c>

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And<00:24:33.259><c> he</c><00:24:33.400><c> was</c><00:24:33.660><c> prepared</c><00:24:34.000><c> at</c><00:24:34.279><c> any</c><00:24:34.500><c> stage</c><00:24:34.779><c> of</c><00:24:34.920><c> his</c><00:24:35.140><c> life</c>

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he<00:24:35.920><c> could</c><00:24:36.079><c> have</c><00:24:36.339><c> walked</c><00:24:36.579><c> into</c><00:24:36.779><c> the</c><00:24:37.059><c> presence</c><00:24:37.359><c> of</c><00:24:37.740><c> God.</c>

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Were<00:24:40.519><c> it</c><00:24:40.660><c> not</c><00:24:40.799><c> for</c><00:24:40.940><c> his</c><00:24:41.140><c> nature,</c>

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which<00:24:43.140><c> needed</c><00:24:43.440><c> of</c><00:24:43.700><c> course</c><00:24:43.900><c> to</c><00:24:44.079><c> be</c><00:24:44.299><c> changed</c><00:24:44.579><c> and</c><00:24:44.880><c> transformed,</c>

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we<00:24:45.420><c> know</c><00:24:45.640><c> that.</c>

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But<00:24:46.579><c> I'm</c><00:24:46.839><c> speaking</c><00:24:47.079><c> of</c><00:24:47.359><c> morality.</c>

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And<00:24:48.900><c> if</c><00:24:49.140><c> those</c><00:24:49.319><c> people</c><00:24:49.640><c> over</c><00:24:49.859><c> there</c><00:24:50.200><c> had</c><00:24:50.319><c> to</c><00:24:50.440><c> confess</c><00:24:50.920><c> their</c>

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readiness<00:24:51.500><c> to</c><00:24:51.759><c> face</c><00:24:52.000><c> him,</c>

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and<00:24:54.220><c> none</c><00:24:54.400><c> of</c><00:24:54.519><c> them</c><00:24:54.599><c> really</c><00:24:54.920><c> were</c><00:24:55.119><c> ready,</c>

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it<00:24:56.819><c> was</c><00:24:57.000><c> John's</c><00:24:58.079><c> compassion</c><00:24:58.579><c> and</c><00:24:58.839><c> graciousness</c>

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which<00:24:59.539><c> he</c><00:24:59.779><c> came</c><00:25:00.000><c> to</c><00:25:00.180><c> present</c><00:25:00.380><c> on</c><00:25:00.579><c> behalf</c><00:25:00.859><c> of</c><00:25:01.019><c> the</c><00:25:01.140><c> Father</c><00:25:01.359><c> that</c>

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made<00:25:01.880><c> them</c><00:25:02.079><c> ready.</c>

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This<00:25:02.940><c> one,</c><00:25:03.240><c> brethren</c><00:25:03.400><c> and</c><00:25:03.619><c> sisters,</c><00:25:03.960><c> had</c><00:25:04.079><c> spent</c><00:25:04.339><c> the</c><00:25:05.480><c> first</c>

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part<00:25:06.019><c> of</c><00:25:06.160><c> his</c><00:25:06.339><c> life</c>

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in<00:25:07.160><c> preparation</c><00:25:07.619><c> to</c><00:25:07.920><c> face</c><00:25:08.200><c> his</c><00:25:08.460><c> Heavenly</c><00:25:09.000><c> Father.</c>

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And<00:25:11.160><c> he</c><00:25:11.220><c> would</c><00:25:11.359><c> have</c><00:25:11.500><c> told</c><00:25:11.720><c> John</c><00:25:12.099><c> something</c><00:25:12.599><c> like</c><00:25:13.039><c> that.</c>

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Of<00:25:14.980><c> course,</c><00:25:15.500><c> John</c><00:25:15.519><c> is</c><00:25:15.940><c> greatly</c><00:25:16.460><c> overcome.</c>

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And<00:25:18.220><c> although</c><00:25:18.460><c> John</c><00:25:18.779><c> didn't</c><00:25:19.039><c> know</c><00:25:19.359><c> him,</c><00:25:19.759><c> that</c><00:25:19.819><c> he</c><00:25:19.960><c> was</c><00:25:20.500><c> going</c>

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to<00:25:20.740><c> be</c><00:25:20.839><c> the</c><00:25:20.980><c> Messiah,</c>

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he<00:25:21.700><c> would</c><00:25:21.900><c> know</c><00:25:22.059><c> of</c><00:25:22.180><c> his</c><00:25:22.400><c> character.</c><00:25:22.680><c> He</c><00:25:22.779><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:23.059><c> doubt</c><00:25:23.420><c> that,</c><00:25:23.660><c> brethren</c><00:25:23.920><c> and</c><00:25:24.180><c> sisters.</c>

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John<00:25:25.160><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:25.380><c> have</c><00:25:25.619><c> to</c><00:25:25.759><c> send</c><00:25:25.900><c> anyone</c><00:25:26.259><c> running</c><00:25:26.539><c> to</c><00:25:26.720><c> get</c><00:25:26.880><c> evidence</c><00:25:27.160><c> of</c>

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that<00:25:27.559><c> confession.</c>

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He<00:25:28.740><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:29.000><c> accuse</c><00:25:29.380><c> him</c><00:25:29.599><c> of</c><00:25:29.700><c> being</c><00:25:29.900><c> an</c><00:25:30.079><c> egotist.</c>

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He<00:25:31.859><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:32.079><c> say</c><00:25:32.319><c> to</c><00:25:32.380><c> him,</c><00:25:32.740><c> look,</c><00:25:32.960><c> you're</c><00:25:33.220><c> a</c><00:25:33.400><c> liar,</c>

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yet<00:25:33.839><c> no</c><00:25:34.119><c> man</c><00:25:34.299><c> can</c><00:25:34.680><c> live</c><00:25:34.859><c> a</c><00:25:34.960><c> perfect</c><00:25:35.279><c> life.</c>

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Because<00:25:35.960><c> he'd</c><00:25:36.299><c> heard</c><00:25:36.500><c> about</c><00:25:36.720><c> him,</c><00:25:37.140><c> all</c><00:25:37.400><c> of</c><00:25:37.640><c> Galilee</c><00:25:37.940><c> would</c>

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have<00:25:38.220><c> known</c><00:25:38.440><c> about</c><00:25:38.700><c> him.</c>

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The<00:25:39.559><c> very</c><00:25:39.859><c> deportment</c><00:25:40.319><c> of</c><00:25:40.460><c> the</c><00:25:40.599><c> man,</c><00:25:40.980><c> the</c><00:25:41.099><c> very</c><00:25:41.380><c> confession,</c>

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the<00:25:42.140><c> earnestness</c><00:25:42.660><c> of</c><00:25:42.799><c> it,</c>

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the<00:25:43.140><c> very</c><00:25:43.380><c> look</c><00:25:43.680><c> of</c><00:25:43.799><c> him,</c><00:25:44.019><c> brethren</c><00:25:44.240><c> and</c><00:25:44.460><c> sisters,</c><00:25:44.859><c> he</c><00:25:45.000><c> knew</c>

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he<00:25:45.480><c> was</c><00:25:45.579><c> telling</c><00:25:45.839><c> the</c><00:25:46.099><c> truth.</c>

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What's<00:25:47.900><c> he</c><00:25:47.900><c> going</c><00:25:48.059><c> to</c><00:25:48.279><c> do?</c>

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I<00:25:51.099><c> have</c><00:25:51.420><c> need</c><00:25:51.779><c> to</c><00:25:52.519><c> be</c><00:25:52.720><c> baptized</c><00:25:53.359><c> of</c><00:25:53.779><c> thee.</c>

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Now<00:25:54.460><c> look</c><00:25:54.680><c> at</c><00:25:54.839><c> the</c><00:25:55.000><c> answer.</c>

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Verse<00:25:57.579><c> 15,</c><00:25:58.819><c> Jesus</c><00:25:59.180><c> answering</c><00:25:59.700><c> said</c><00:25:59.920><c> unto</c><00:26:00.200><c> him,</c><00:26:02.180><c> suffer</c><00:26:02.400><c> it</c><00:26:02.700><c> to</c>

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be<00:26:03.180><c> so</c><00:26:03.460><c> now.</c>

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And<00:26:05.660><c> you</c><00:26:05.759><c> know,</c><00:26:05.980><c> brethren</c><00:26:06.180><c> and</c><00:26:06.460><c> sisters,</c>

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some<00:26:07.299><c> people</c><00:26:07.519><c> find</c><00:26:07.839><c> difficulty</c><00:26:08.339><c> with</c><00:26:08.539><c> the</c><00:26:08.700><c> fact</c><00:26:08.859><c> of</c><00:26:09.079><c> the</c><00:26:09.220><c> Lord</c>

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letting<00:26:09.779><c> John</c><00:26:10.160><c> baptize</c><00:26:10.779><c> him</c>

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when<00:26:11.319><c> clearly</c><00:26:12.019><c> John</c><00:26:12.380><c> was</c><00:26:12.680><c> right</c><00:26:12.960><c> in</c><00:26:13.200><c> the</c><00:26:13.319><c> sense</c><00:26:13.759><c> that</c><00:26:14.359><c> the</c><00:26:14.660><c> virtue</c><00:26:15.000><c> had</c>

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been<00:26:15.279><c> on</c><00:26:15.420><c> the</c><00:26:15.539><c> other</c><00:26:15.839><c> foot.</c>

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But<00:26:16.799><c> you</c><00:26:17.000><c> see,</c><00:26:17.759><c> I</c><00:26:18.039><c> believe</c><00:26:18.339><c> the</c><00:26:18.599><c> emphasis</c><00:26:18.960><c> in</c><00:26:19.160><c> that</c><00:26:19.400><c> first</c><00:26:19.720><c> expression</c><00:26:20.299><c> is</c>

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on<00:26:20.759><c> the</c><00:26:20.920><c> word</c><00:26:21.339><c> now.</c>

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John,<00:26:24.799><c> suffer</c><00:26:25.359><c> it</c><00:26:25.519><c> to</c><00:26:25.680><c> be</c><00:26:25.980><c> so</c><00:26:26.579><c> now.</c>

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The<00:26:29.619><c> time</c><00:26:29.859><c> would</c><00:26:30.059><c> come,</c><00:26:30.420><c> brethren</c><00:26:30.640><c> and</c><00:26:30.940><c> sisters,</c>

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when<00:26:32.319><c> all</c><00:26:32.660><c> men</c><00:26:32.859><c> would</c><00:26:33.119><c> need</c><00:26:33.259><c> to</c><00:26:33.440><c> be</c><00:26:33.619><c> baptized</c><00:26:34.079><c> of</c><00:26:34.299><c> him</c><00:26:34.460><c> in</c><00:26:34.619><c> the</c>

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sense<00:26:35.000><c> that</c>

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only<00:26:35.859><c> his</c><00:26:36.140><c> baptism</c><00:26:36.420><c> was</c><00:26:36.700><c> efficacious</c><00:26:37.180><c> for</c><00:26:37.440><c> salvation.</c>

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There's<00:26:38.440><c> no</c><00:26:38.779><c> other</c><00:26:39.119><c> name</c><00:26:39.640><c> given</c><00:26:40.059><c> unto</c><00:26:40.319><c> heaven.</c>

00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:45.380
But<00:26:41.000><c> Jesus</c><00:26:41.339><c> said,</c><00:26:41.640><c> John,</c><00:26:42.480><c> now</c><00:26:43.500><c> suffer</c><00:26:44.019><c> it</c><00:26:44.140><c> to</c><00:26:44.299><c> be</c><00:26:44.519><c> so.</c>

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Why?

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Because<00:26:47.559><c> being</c><00:26:47.920><c> found</c><00:26:48.299><c> in</c><00:26:48.640><c> fashion</c><00:26:48.960><c> as</c><00:26:49.299><c> a</c><00:26:49.519><c> man,</c>

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:54.799
he<00:26:51.700><c> humbled</c><00:26:51.980><c> himself</c><00:26:52.420><c> and</c><00:26:52.680><c> became</c><00:26:52.980><c> obedient</c><00:26:53.440><c> unto</c><00:26:53.779><c> death.</c>

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It's<00:26:55.420><c> now.</c>

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:59.700
And<00:26:57.640><c> John's</c><00:26:58.000><c> got</c><00:26:58.079><c> to</c><00:26:58.180><c> submit</c><00:26:58.539><c> to</c><00:26:58.720><c> that,</c><00:26:59.019><c> brethren</c><00:26:59.180><c> and</c><00:26:59.420><c> sisters.</c>

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:02.559
And<00:27:00.279><c> the</c><00:27:00.440><c> two</c><00:27:00.660><c> of</c><00:27:00.740><c> them</c><00:27:00.859><c> are</c><00:27:00.960><c> going</c><00:27:01.059><c> to</c><00:27:01.140><c> do</c><00:27:01.259><c> it</c><00:27:01.460><c> together.</c>

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:04.160
For<00:27:02.819><c> thus</c><00:27:03.039><c> it</c><00:27:03.259><c> become</c><00:27:03.519><c> of</c><00:27:03.799><c> us.</c>

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:06.000
Why<00:27:04.880><c> the</c><00:27:05.039><c> two</c><00:27:05.259><c> of</c><00:27:05.359><c> them?</c>

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:08.579
Well,<00:27:06.759><c> you</c><00:27:06.900><c> see,</c><00:27:07.160><c> the</c><00:27:07.200><c> whole</c><00:27:07.519><c> point</c><00:27:07.779><c> was</c><00:27:07.960><c> being</c><00:27:08.259><c> made.</c>

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What<00:27:08.819><c> was</c><00:27:09.059><c> the</c><00:27:09.180><c> Lord</c><00:27:09.339><c> saying?</c>

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:13.920
The<00:27:11.180><c> Lord</c><00:27:11.400><c> hadn't</c><00:27:11.680><c> come</c><00:27:12.160><c> into</c><00:27:12.740><c> the</c><00:27:12.980><c> water,</c><00:27:13.359><c> brethren</c><00:27:13.539><c> and</c><00:27:13.759><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:16.680
to<00:27:14.140><c> proclaim</c><00:27:14.519><c> himself</c><00:27:15.039><c> one</c><00:27:15.259><c> with</c><00:27:15.480><c> his</c><00:27:15.680><c> Father.</c>

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:20.500
He<00:27:17.859><c> stepped</c><00:27:18.220><c> into</c><00:27:18.460><c> the</c><00:27:18.619><c> water</c><00:27:19.039><c> to</c><00:27:19.380><c> proclaim</c><00:27:19.740><c> himself</c><00:27:20.200><c> one</c>

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with<00:27:20.839><c> humankind.</c>

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When<00:27:22.720><c> he</c><00:27:22.920><c> walked</c><00:27:23.119><c> out</c><00:27:23.420><c> of</c><00:27:23.480><c> that</c><00:27:23.680><c> water,</c><00:27:24.319><c> the</c><00:27:24.460><c> Father</c><00:27:24.740><c> met</c><00:27:25.000><c> him.</c>

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:28.680
It<00:27:26.400><c> was</c><00:27:26.640><c> then</c><00:27:26.980><c> the</c><00:27:27.220><c> proclamation</c><00:27:27.720><c> that</c><00:27:27.839><c> was</c><00:27:28.019><c> made</c><00:27:28.240><c> that</c><00:27:28.359><c> they</c>

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:30.339
were<00:27:28.859><c> one</c><00:27:29.059><c> and</c><00:27:29.359><c> together,</c>

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:32.180
the<00:27:30.539><c> God</c><00:27:30.720><c> in</c><00:27:30.940><c> heaven</c><00:27:31.200><c> and</c><00:27:31.480><c> the</c><00:27:31.640><c> Son</c><00:27:31.799><c> on</c><00:27:32.000><c> earth.</c>

00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:33.819
There<00:27:32.720><c> the</c><00:27:32.980><c> proclamation</c><00:27:33.420><c> was</c><00:27:33.660><c> made.</c>

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:36.640
But<00:27:34.099><c> he</c><00:27:34.299><c> got</c><00:27:34.480><c> into</c><00:27:34.700><c> that</c><00:27:34.980><c> water</c><00:27:35.220><c> to</c><00:27:35.539><c> proclaim</c><00:27:35.920><c> his</c><00:27:36.220><c> oneness</c>

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with<00:27:37.000><c> John.</c>

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You<00:27:38.839><c> look</c><00:27:39.039><c> at</c><00:27:39.160><c> Hebrews</c><00:27:39.519><c> chapter</c><00:27:39.920><c> 2</c><00:27:40.519><c> and</c><00:27:40.940><c> think</c><00:27:41.200><c> about</c><00:27:41.460><c> that</c><00:27:41.740><c> statement.</c>

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:44.619
Thus<00:27:42.720><c> it</c><00:27:42.920><c> become</c><00:27:43.180><c> of</c><00:27:43.319><c> us</c><00:27:43.480><c> to</c><00:27:43.640><c> fulfill</c><00:27:43.940><c> all</c><00:27:44.200><c> righteousness.</c>

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:47.140
And<00:27:45.160><c> you</c><00:27:45.299><c> read</c><00:27:45.500><c> this</c><00:27:45.740><c> statement</c><00:27:45.980><c> in</c><00:27:46.200><c> Hebrews</c><00:27:46.500><c> 2</c>

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:50.299
of<00:27:47.480><c> the</c><00:27:47.680><c> Apostle</c><00:27:48.019><c> Paul's</c><00:27:48.500><c> estimation</c><00:27:48.940><c> of</c><00:27:49.140><c> our</c><00:27:49.299><c> Lord</c>

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:52.859
as<00:27:50.880><c> being</c><00:27:51.079><c> made</c><00:27:51.339><c> a</c><00:27:51.440><c> little</c><00:27:51.599><c> lower</c><00:27:51.859><c> than</c><00:27:52.019><c> the</c><00:27:52.220><c> angels</c><00:27:52.460><c> for</c><00:27:52.640><c> the</c>

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suffering<00:27:53.079><c> of</c><00:27:53.339><c> death.</c>

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Thus<00:27:54.619><c> it</c><00:27:54.759><c> become</c><00:27:55.000><c> of</c><00:27:55.180><c> us,</c><00:27:55.380><c> he</c><00:27:55.539><c> said,</c><00:27:55.779><c> to</c><00:27:55.839><c> fulfill</c><00:27:56.160><c> all</c><00:27:56.420><c> righteousness.</c>

00:27:58.119 --> 00:28:02.000
So<00:27:58.420><c> in</c><00:27:58.539><c> Hebrews</c><00:27:58.819><c> 2</c><00:27:59.200><c> verses</c><00:27:59.519><c> 9</c><00:27:59.839><c> and</c><00:28:00.000><c> 10</c><00:28:00.200><c> we</c><00:28:00.380><c> read</c><00:28:00.640><c> these</c><00:28:00.900><c> words.</c>

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:06.900
But<00:28:03.920><c> we</c><00:28:04.180><c> see</c><00:28:04.380><c> Jesus</c><00:28:04.859><c> who</c><00:28:05.000><c> was</c><00:28:05.279><c> made</c><00:28:05.579><c> a</c><00:28:05.720><c> little</c><00:28:05.960><c> lower</c><00:28:06.240><c> than</c><00:28:06.400><c> the</c><00:28:06.660><c> angels</c>

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:10.480
for<00:28:07.119><c> the</c><00:28:07.339><c> suffering</c><00:28:07.599><c> of</c><00:28:07.880><c> death,</c><00:28:09.339><c> crowned</c><00:28:09.579><c> with</c><00:28:09.779><c> glory</c><00:28:10.039><c> and</c><00:28:10.220><c> honor,</c>

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:13.720
that<00:28:10.779><c> he</c><00:28:10.940><c> by</c><00:28:11.180><c> the</c><00:28:11.440><c> grace</c><00:28:11.720><c> of</c><00:28:11.980><c> God</c><00:28:12.200><c> should</c><00:28:12.500><c> taste</c><00:28:12.900><c> death</c><00:28:13.259><c> for</c>

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every<00:28:14.099><c> man.</c>

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For<00:28:15.900><c> it</c><00:28:16.160><c> became</c><00:28:16.740><c> him</c><00:28:17.559><c> for</c><00:28:18.640><c> whom</c><00:28:18.859><c> are</c><00:28:19.059><c> all</c><00:28:19.279><c> things</c><00:28:19.460><c> and</c><00:28:19.640><c> by</c><00:28:20.039><c> whom</c>

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.839
are<00:28:20.380><c> all</c><00:28:20.559><c> things</c>

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:23.519
in<00:28:21.180><c> bringing</c><00:28:21.440><c> many</c><00:28:21.799><c> sons</c><00:28:22.059><c> under</c><00:28:22.339><c> glory</c><00:28:22.680><c> to</c><00:28:22.779><c> make</c><00:28:22.980><c> the</c><00:28:23.299><c> captain</c>

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of<00:28:23.680><c> their</c><00:28:23.880><c> salvation</c>

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:26.480
perfect<00:28:24.940><c> through</c><00:28:25.299><c> supplication.</c>

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For<00:28:27.259><c> both</c><00:28:28.099><c> he</c><00:28:28.599><c> that</c><00:28:29.000><c> sanctify</c><00:28:29.720><c> it</c><00:28:31.380><c> and</c><00:28:31.700><c> they</c><00:28:32.400><c> who</c><00:28:32.940><c> are</c><00:28:33.599><c> sanctified</c><00:28:34.599><c> are</c><00:28:35.700><c> all</c>

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of<00:28:36.500><c> one.</c>

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For<00:28:38.599><c> which</c><00:28:38.859><c> cause</c><00:28:39.279><c> he</c><00:28:39.480><c> is</c><00:28:39.640><c> not</c><00:28:39.819><c> ashamed</c><00:28:40.259><c> to</c><00:28:40.599><c> call</c><00:28:40.779><c> them</c><00:28:41.140><c> brethren.</c>

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See<00:28:43.019><c> the</c><00:28:43.240><c> point,</c><00:28:43.680><c> brothers</c><00:28:43.680><c> and</c><00:28:43.900><c> sisters?</c>

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:48.579
When<00:28:45.700><c> the</c><00:28:45.839><c> Lord</c><00:28:45.960><c> went</c><00:28:46.119><c> into</c><00:28:46.279><c> that</c><00:28:46.539><c> water,</c><00:28:46.920><c> it</c><00:28:46.960><c> was</c><00:28:47.140><c> to</c><00:28:47.299><c> proclaim</c><00:28:47.640><c> his</c><00:28:48.039><c> oneness</c>

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:53.539
in<00:28:49.140><c> the</c><00:28:49.319><c> water</c><00:28:49.619><c> there</c><00:28:50.160><c> as</c><00:28:50.779><c> the</c><00:28:51.000><c> water</c><00:28:51.759><c> flowed</c><00:28:52.279><c> past</c><00:28:52.640><c> their</c><00:28:52.880><c> bodies</c>

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:56.740
symbolically<00:28:54.500><c> carrying</c><00:28:54.920><c> them</c><00:28:55.099><c> into</c><00:28:55.339><c> the</c><00:28:55.539><c> stagnation</c><00:28:56.180><c> of</c><00:28:56.440><c> death,</c>

00:28:57.160 --> 00:29:02.279
both<00:28:57.460><c> him</c><00:28:57.759><c> and</c><00:28:58.019><c> John</c><00:28:58.400><c> stood</c><00:28:58.660><c> in</c><00:28:58.960><c> exactly</c><00:28:59.779><c> the</c><00:29:00.099><c> same</c><00:29:00.440><c> relationship</c><00:29:01.059><c> in</c><00:29:01.279><c> that</c><00:29:01.519><c> water.</c>

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:04.819
He<00:29:02.619><c> that</c><00:29:02.920><c> sanctified</c><00:29:03.519><c> the</c><00:29:03.680><c> Lord</c><00:29:03.920><c> Jesus</c><00:29:04.319><c> Christ</c>

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:07.880
and<00:29:05.240><c> John</c><00:29:05.579><c> who</c><00:29:05.859><c> was</c><00:29:06.200><c> sanctified</c><00:29:06.819><c> were</c><00:29:07.039><c> all</c><00:29:07.299><c> of</c><00:29:07.519><c> one</c>

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because<00:29:08.359><c> he</c><00:29:08.559><c> was</c><00:29:08.839><c> there</c><00:29:09.140><c> made</c><00:29:09.380><c> a</c><00:29:09.519><c> little</c><00:29:09.680><c> lower</c><00:29:09.980><c> than</c><00:29:10.140><c> the</c><00:29:10.400><c> angels</c>

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:18.420
that<00:29:11.819><c> by</c><00:29:12.200><c> God's</c><00:29:13.240><c> grace</c><00:29:14.059><c> he</c><00:29:15.700><c> might</c><00:29:16.079><c> taste</c><00:29:16.539><c> death</c><00:29:16.920><c> for</c><00:29:17.220><c> every</c><00:29:17.480><c> man.</c>

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:21.019
That<00:29:19.220><c> was</c><00:29:19.440><c> God's</c><00:29:19.940><c> grace.</c>

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:25.140
And<00:29:22.200><c> John</c><00:29:22.440><c> was</c><00:29:22.700><c> there</c><00:29:22.960><c> the</c><00:29:23.299><c> grace</c><00:29:23.779><c> of</c><00:29:24.200><c> God</c>

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:29.740
facing<00:29:26.039><c> the</c><00:29:26.339><c> one</c><00:29:26.480><c> who</c><00:29:26.599><c> was</c><00:29:26.720><c> going</c><00:29:26.859><c> to</c><00:29:27.200><c> taste</c><00:29:27.559><c> death</c><00:29:28.000><c> for</c><00:29:28.279><c> John</c><00:29:28.519><c> himself.</c>

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:33.480
Thus<00:29:29.859><c> it</c><00:29:30.119><c> becomeeth</c><00:29:30.640><c> us,</c><00:29:30.980><c> John.</c><00:29:31.779><c> Do</c><00:29:32.000><c> it</c><00:29:32.380><c> now.</c>

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:37.099
Later<00:29:33.940><c> on,</c><00:29:34.380><c> brethren</c><00:29:34.480><c> and</c><00:29:34.759><c> sisters,</c><00:29:35.099><c> that</c><00:29:35.339><c> could</c><00:29:35.640><c> never</c><00:29:35.960><c> be</c><00:29:36.160><c> done</c>

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:40.980
because<00:29:38.859><c> it</c><00:29:39.380><c> had</c><00:29:39.380><c> behoved</c><00:29:39.779><c> in</c><00:29:39.960><c> every</c><00:29:40.220><c> man</c><00:29:40.440><c> to</c><00:29:40.579><c> come</c><00:29:40.779><c> to</c><00:29:40.920><c> the</c>

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.920
Lord<00:29:41.160><c> Jesus</c><00:29:41.599><c> Christ</c>

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:44.119
and<00:29:42.079><c> to</c><00:29:42.279><c> see</c><00:29:42.380><c> him</c><00:29:42.559><c> as</c><00:29:42.700><c> the</c><00:29:42.839><c> risen</c><00:29:43.079><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:47.039
Never<00:29:44.940><c> again</c><00:29:45.359><c> would</c><00:29:45.480><c> he</c><00:29:45.680><c> stand</c><00:29:45.880><c> in</c><00:29:46.160><c> that</c><00:29:46.420><c> relationship</c>

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:49.380
but<00:29:47.599><c> he</c><00:29:47.799><c> stood</c><00:29:48.000><c> that</c><00:29:48.319><c> day</c><00:29:48.519><c> there</c><00:29:48.720><c> with</c><00:29:48.920><c> John.</c>

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:52.539
Thus<00:29:50.099><c> it</c><00:29:50.680><c> becomeeth</c><00:29:51.680><c> us,</c><00:29:52.359><c> John.</c>

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:55.779
What<00:29:53.019><c> a</c><00:29:53.339><c> marvellous</c><00:29:53.759><c> thing</c><00:29:53.920><c> that</c><00:29:54.160><c> was,</c><00:29:54.599><c> brethren</c><00:29:54.740><c> and</c><00:29:55.019><c> sisters.</c>

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:58.019
And<00:29:56.180><c> he</c><00:29:56.279><c> was</c><00:29:56.500><c> unashamed,</c><00:29:57.140><c> wasn't</c><00:29:57.339><c> he,</c><00:29:57.440><c> to</c><00:29:57.579><c> do</c><00:29:57.759><c> that?</c>

00:29:58.140 --> 00:30:00.619
He's<00:29:58.539><c> not</c><00:29:58.720><c> ashamed</c><00:29:59.140><c> to</c><00:29:59.440><c> call</c><00:29:59.619><c> them</c><00:29:59.779><c> brethren.</c>

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And<00:30:02.000><c> you</c><00:30:02.099><c> know,</c><00:30:02.579><c> we</c><00:30:02.740><c> need</c><00:30:02.940><c> to</c><00:30:03.140><c> take</c><00:30:03.359><c> heed</c><00:30:03.539><c> to</c><00:30:03.740><c> those</c><00:30:03.900><c> words</c><00:30:04.119><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:04.519><c> book</c><00:30:04.700><c> of</c><00:30:04.880><c> Hebrews.</c>

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That<00:30:05.619><c> was</c><00:30:05.839><c> our</c><00:30:06.079><c> Lord's</c><00:30:06.480><c> attitude</c>

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because<00:30:07.099><c> of</c><00:30:07.299><c> the</c><00:30:07.420><c> oneness</c><00:30:07.640><c> he</c><00:30:07.799><c> had</c><00:30:08.019><c> with</c><00:30:08.220><c> us</c><00:30:08.319><c> with</c><00:30:08.700><c> his</c><00:30:08.859><c> nature.</c>

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And<00:30:09.700><c> when</c><00:30:09.799><c> we</c><00:30:10.000><c> come</c><00:30:10.119><c> to</c><00:30:10.259><c> our</c><00:30:10.420><c> next</c><00:30:10.599><c> study</c>

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which<00:30:10.980><c> will</c><00:30:11.140><c> be</c><00:30:11.259><c> on</c><00:30:11.380><c> the</c><00:30:11.559><c> temptation</c><00:30:11.980><c> of</c><00:30:12.220><c> Christ,</c><00:30:12.619><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:30:12.980><c> sisters,</c>

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I'm<00:30:13.839><c> looking</c><00:30:14.220><c> eagerly</c><00:30:14.859><c> forward</c><00:30:15.140><c> to</c><00:30:15.279><c> that</c>

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because<00:30:16.359><c> I</c><00:30:16.599><c> feel</c><00:30:17.059><c> that</c><00:30:17.279><c> we</c><00:30:17.380><c> need</c><00:30:17.799><c> to</c><00:30:18.059><c> come</c><00:30:18.220><c> to</c><00:30:18.500><c> grips</c><00:30:18.680><c> with</c><00:30:18.920><c> the</c>

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marvel<00:30:19.480><c> of</c><00:30:19.740><c> that</c>

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and<00:30:20.940><c> to</c><00:30:21.160><c> see</c><00:30:21.319><c> the</c><00:30:21.599><c> oneness</c><00:30:21.920><c> that</c><00:30:22.119><c> our</c><00:30:22.259><c> Lord</c><00:30:22.400><c> had</c><00:30:22.640><c> with</c><00:30:22.900><c> us</c>

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as<00:30:23.660><c> far</c><00:30:23.900><c> as</c><00:30:24.039><c> our</c><00:30:24.220><c> nature</c><00:30:24.460><c> was</c><00:30:24.700><c> concerned.</c>

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:28.019
There<00:30:25.420><c> needs</c><00:30:25.740><c> to</c><00:30:25.900><c> be</c><00:30:26.039><c> an</c><00:30:26.319><c> equal</c><00:30:26.720><c> opportunity</c><00:30:27.539><c> for</c><00:30:27.839><c> us</c>

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:31.500
to<00:30:28.519><c> place</c><00:30:28.779><c> emphasis</c><00:30:29.240><c> on</c><00:30:29.599><c> both</c><00:30:29.880><c> aspects</c><00:30:30.420><c> of</c><00:30:30.599><c> our</c><00:30:30.759><c> Lord's</c><00:30:31.160><c> life.</c>

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:35.279
We<00:30:32.180><c> need</c><00:30:32.380><c> to</c><00:30:32.680><c> understand</c><00:30:33.119><c> him</c><00:30:33.279><c> as</c><00:30:33.420><c> the</c><00:30:33.559><c> son</c><00:30:33.680><c> of</c><00:30:33.859><c> God</c><00:30:34.019><c> and</c><00:30:34.299><c> appreciate</c><00:30:34.859><c> him.</c>

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And<00:30:35.519><c> we</c><00:30:35.579><c> need</c><00:30:35.819><c> to</c><00:30:36.140><c> deeply</c><00:30:36.539><c> appreciate</c><00:30:37.119><c> him</c><00:30:37.299><c> as</c><00:30:37.420><c> the</c><00:30:37.519><c> son</c><00:30:37.720><c> of</c><00:30:37.940><c> man.</c>

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And<00:30:39.619><c> there</c><00:30:39.839><c> he</c><00:30:40.019><c> was.</c><00:30:40.740><c> Thus</c><00:30:40.880><c> it</c><00:30:41.099><c> becomeeth</c><00:30:41.500><c> us.</c>

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And<00:30:42.299><c> he's</c><00:30:42.500><c> not</c><00:30:42.720><c> ashamed</c><00:30:43.160><c> to</c><00:30:43.460><c> call</c><00:30:43.599><c> them</c><00:30:43.839><c> brethren.</c>

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And<00:30:45.579><c> I'd</c><00:30:45.900><c> like</c><00:30:45.980><c> to</c><00:30:46.160><c> make</c><00:30:46.279><c> this</c><00:30:46.599><c> point</c>

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while<00:30:46.940><c> we're</c><00:30:47.039><c> on</c><00:30:47.200><c> this</c><00:30:47.380><c> verse</c><00:30:47.579><c> of</c><00:30:47.740><c> Scripture,</c><00:30:48.180><c> brethren</c><00:30:48.259><c> and</c><00:30:48.500><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:53.819
that<00:30:49.460><c> is</c><00:30:50.019><c> no</c><00:30:50.559><c> authority</c><00:30:51.359><c> for</c><00:30:52.019><c> people</c><00:30:52.500><c> up</c><00:30:52.920><c> here</c><00:30:53.119><c> to</c><00:30:53.279><c> refer</c><00:30:53.619><c> to</c>

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:55.599
him<00:30:54.039><c> as</c><00:30:54.259><c> our</c><00:30:54.480><c> elder</c><00:30:54.700><c> brother.</c>

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:59.460
I<00:30:56.579><c> believe</c><00:30:56.759><c> that</c><00:30:56.900><c> is</c><00:30:57.319><c> totally</c><00:30:57.980><c> unscriptural.</c>

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:02.740
We<00:31:00.660><c> may</c><00:31:00.940><c> be</c><00:31:01.160><c> the</c><00:31:01.380><c> brethren</c><00:31:01.539><c> of</c><00:31:01.859><c> Christ.</c>

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It<00:31:03.720><c> is</c><00:31:04.039><c> his</c><00:31:04.420><c> prerogative</c><00:31:05.359><c> to</c><00:31:05.779><c> call</c><00:31:06.119><c> us</c><00:31:06.660><c> brethren.</c>

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But<00:31:08.720><c> he</c><00:31:08.980><c> is</c><00:31:09.359><c> not</c><00:31:09.920><c> our</c><00:31:10.160><c> elder</c><00:31:10.400><c> brother.</c>

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:17.099
Isaiah<00:31:12.960><c> calls</c><00:31:13.359><c> him</c><00:31:14.099><c> the</c><00:31:14.660><c> everlasting</c><00:31:15.579><c> father.</c>

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:19.220
And<00:31:17.519><c> in</c><00:31:17.640><c> this</c><00:31:17.900><c> very</c><00:31:18.220><c> chapter</c><00:31:18.619><c> here,</c>

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his<00:31:19.880><c> own</c><00:31:20.200><c> words</c><00:31:20.500><c> are,</c><00:31:21.640><c> I</c><00:31:21.680><c> and</c><00:31:22.220><c> the</c><00:31:22.740><c> children</c><00:31:23.220><c> which</c><00:31:23.539><c> God</c><00:31:23.740><c> has</c>

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given<00:31:24.059><c> me.</c>

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And<00:31:25.880><c> if</c><00:31:26.000><c> the</c><00:31:26.160><c> son</c><00:31:26.339><c> of</c><00:31:26.539><c> God,</c><00:31:27.579><c> our</c><00:31:27.839><c> spiritual</c><00:31:28.359><c> father,</c>

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representing<00:31:29.500><c> the</c><00:31:29.859><c> Father</c><00:31:30.019><c> in</c><00:31:30.160><c> the</c><00:31:30.279><c> heavens,</c><00:31:30.680><c> brethren</c><00:31:30.819><c> and</c><00:31:31.000><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:34.420
if<00:31:31.900><c> he</c><00:31:32.220><c> condesends</c><00:31:33.019><c> in</c><00:31:33.359><c> his</c><00:31:33.660><c> graciousness</c>

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:36.900
and<00:31:34.660><c> in</c><00:31:34.799><c> his</c><00:31:34.940><c> oneness</c><00:31:35.200><c> with</c><00:31:35.400><c> humanity</c><00:31:35.720><c> to</c><00:31:36.000><c> call</c><00:31:36.180><c> us</c><00:31:36.440><c> brethren,</c>

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let's<00:31:37.339><c> be</c><00:31:37.599><c> thankful.</c>

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That<00:31:38.220><c> is</c><00:31:38.440><c> not</c><00:31:38.740><c> an</c><00:31:38.940><c> authority</c><00:31:39.240><c> for</c><00:31:39.440><c> us</c><00:31:39.680><c> to</c><00:31:39.819><c> call</c><00:31:40.000><c> him</c><00:31:40.279><c> brother.</c>

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:46.500
No<00:31:42.539><c> such</c><00:31:42.839><c> title</c><00:31:43.420><c> can</c><00:31:44.759><c> be</c><00:31:44.940><c> leveled</c><00:31:45.200><c> at</c><00:31:45.220><c> him</c><00:31:45.460><c> by</c><00:31:45.720><c> flesh.</c>

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He's<00:31:47.240><c> above</c><00:31:47.539><c> that.</c>

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That's<00:31:48.900><c> his</c><00:31:49.119><c> prerogative.</c>

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And<00:31:50.299><c> that's</c><00:31:50.440><c> what</c><00:31:50.559><c> he</c><00:31:50.720><c> said</c><00:31:50.839><c> to</c><00:31:51.039><c> John.</c>

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It<00:31:51.519><c> wasn't</c><00:31:51.799><c> up</c><00:31:52.000><c> to</c><00:31:52.099><c> John</c><00:31:52.299><c> to</c><00:31:52.500><c> say,</c>

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listen,<00:31:53.259><c> you're</c><00:31:53.460><c> in</c><00:31:53.539><c> this</c><00:31:53.680><c> with</c><00:31:53.859><c> me.</c>

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You've<00:31:54.579><c> got</c><00:31:54.640><c> to</c><00:31:54.799><c> be</c><00:31:54.980><c> baptized.</c>

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.599
Don't<00:31:55.579><c> matter</c><00:31:55.700><c> what</c><00:31:55.900><c> your</c><00:31:56.119><c> state</c><00:31:56.259><c> it</c><00:31:56.400><c> is.</c>

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:58.480
It<00:31:56.859><c> was</c><00:31:56.880><c> not</c><00:31:57.079><c> for</c><00:31:57.259><c> John</c><00:31:57.400><c> to</c><00:31:57.599><c> say</c><00:31:57.700><c> that,</c><00:31:57.960><c> brethren</c><00:31:58.119><c> and</c><00:31:58.359><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:58.480 --> 00:32:00.880
It<00:31:58.700><c> was</c><00:31:58.880><c> for</c><00:31:59.079><c> the</c><00:31:59.220><c> Lord</c><00:31:59.380><c> to</c><00:31:59.619><c> say</c><00:31:59.759><c> it.</c>

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When<00:32:01.539><c> the</c><00:32:01.700><c> Lord</c><00:32:01.819><c> had</c><00:32:02.059><c> said</c><00:32:02.180><c> it,</c>

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:05.839
John<00:32:03.420><c> had</c><00:32:03.559><c> his</c><00:32:03.759><c> authority</c><00:32:04.279><c> to</c><00:32:04.720><c> go</c><00:32:04.960><c> ahead</c><00:32:05.240><c> with</c><00:32:05.440><c> that</c><00:32:05.579><c> action</c>

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of<00:32:06.059><c> baptism.</c>

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And<00:32:07.460><c> why</c><00:32:07.720><c> did</c><00:32:07.900><c> the</c><00:32:08.039><c> Lord</c><00:32:08.200><c> say,</c>

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:12.039
does<00:32:08.700><c> it</c><00:32:08.880><c> become</c><00:32:09.099><c> of</c><00:32:09.299><c> us</c><00:32:09.519><c> to</c><00:32:09.700><c> fulfill</c><00:32:10.000><c> all</c><00:32:10.980><c> righteousness?</c>

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:14.559
Notice<00:32:12.579><c> that</c><00:32:12.839><c> word</c><00:32:13.000><c> all</c><00:32:13.359><c> in</c><00:32:13.480><c> Matthew,</c><00:32:14.039><c> brethren</c><00:32:14.160><c> and</c><00:32:14.380><c> sisters.</c>

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It's<00:32:14.940><c> there.</c>

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All<00:32:17.059><c> righteousness.</c>

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:21.099
You<00:32:18.640><c> see,</c><00:32:19.460><c> it</c><00:32:19.480><c> was</c><00:32:19.680><c> necessary</c><00:32:20.099><c> for</c><00:32:20.259><c> the</c><00:32:20.380><c> Lord</c><00:32:20.519><c> to</c><00:32:20.740><c> say</c><00:32:20.880><c> that,</c>

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:21.759
brethren<00:32:21.339><c> and</c><00:32:21.559><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:25.119
You<00:32:21.960><c> see,</c><00:32:23.059><c> because</c><00:32:23.180><c> up</c><00:32:23.400><c> to</c><00:32:23.460><c> this</c><00:32:23.619><c> point</c><00:32:23.859><c> of</c><00:32:24.000><c> his</c><00:32:24.220><c> life,</c>

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:28.579
he<00:32:25.460><c> had</c><00:32:25.779><c> fulfilled</c><00:32:26.599><c> the</c><00:32:27.039><c> righteousness</c><00:32:27.460><c> of</c><00:32:27.759><c> God.</c>

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:32.700
There<00:32:29.420><c> was</c><00:32:29.720><c> nothing</c><00:32:30.000><c> lacking</c><00:32:30.579><c> in</c><00:32:30.859><c> what</c><00:32:30.980><c> he</c><00:32:31.119><c> was</c><00:32:31.319><c> asked</c><00:32:31.559><c> to</c><00:32:31.779><c> do.</c>

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:35.200
It<00:32:33.259><c> wasn't</c><00:32:33.400><c> as</c><00:32:33.579><c> if</c><00:32:33.700><c> the</c><00:32:33.920><c> Lord</c><00:32:34.099><c> was</c><00:32:34.460><c> progressing,</c>

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:37.279
overcoming<00:32:36.099><c> certain</c><00:32:36.500><c> little</c><00:32:36.799><c> difficulties,</c>

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:38.920
but<00:32:37.680><c> setting</c><00:32:37.900><c> back</c><00:32:38.119><c> in</c><00:32:38.359><c> a</c><00:32:38.480><c> handicap.</c>

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:44.059
The<00:32:39.500><c> Lord</c><00:32:39.740><c> had</c><00:32:40.059><c> fulfilled</c><00:32:40.720><c> every</c><00:32:41.599><c> single</c><00:32:42.220><c> stage</c><00:32:42.640><c> of</c><00:32:42.859><c> that</c><00:32:43.079><c> righteousness.</c>

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:48.359
But<00:32:44.400><c> there</c><00:32:44.640><c> was</c><00:32:45.000><c> a</c><00:32:45.279><c> question</c><00:32:45.619><c> of</c><00:32:46.460><c> all</c><00:32:47.200><c> righteousness.</c>

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:52.180
If<00:32:48.539><c> it</c><00:32:48.640><c> was</c><00:32:48.819><c> a</c><00:32:48.880><c> mere</c><00:32:49.039><c> question,</c><00:32:49.500><c> brethren</c><00:32:49.720><c> and</c><00:32:49.960><c> sisters,</c><00:32:50.740><c> of</c><00:32:51.079><c> morality,</c>

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:54.940
then<00:32:52.740><c> it</c><00:32:52.819><c> had</c><00:32:52.980><c> already</c><00:32:53.279><c> been</c><00:32:53.579><c> fulfilled</c><00:32:53.940><c> in</c><00:32:54.200><c> that</c><00:32:54.539><c> sense</c>

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:57.779
if<00:32:55.380><c> we're</c><00:32:55.519><c> talking</c><00:32:55.740><c> about</c><00:32:56.099><c> good</c><00:32:56.339><c> and</c><00:32:56.579><c> kind</c><00:32:56.859><c> deeds.</c>

00:32:58.900 --> 00:33:02.180
But<00:32:59.119><c> you</c><00:32:59.279><c> see,</c><00:32:59.779><c> there</c><00:33:00.039><c> is</c><00:33:00.359><c> more</c><00:33:00.700><c> to</c><00:33:00.900><c> the</c><00:33:01.119><c> righteousness</c><00:33:01.440><c> of</c><00:33:01.740><c> God</c>

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:05.380
than<00:33:03.160><c> merely</c><00:33:03.480><c> one</c><00:33:03.759><c> aspect</c><00:33:04.140><c> of</c><00:33:04.339><c> it.</c>

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:08.500
We<00:33:05.640><c> won't</c><00:33:05.859><c> turn</c><00:33:06.059><c> to</c><00:33:06.160><c> this</c><00:33:06.339><c> reference,</c><00:33:06.660><c> but</c><00:33:06.740><c> in</c><00:33:06.900><c> the</c><00:33:07.000><c> book</c><00:33:07.140><c> of</c><00:33:07.460><c> Samuel,</c>

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:13.900
it<00:33:08.960><c> uses</c><00:33:09.319><c> the</c><00:33:09.640><c> expression</c><00:33:09.900><c> in</c><00:33:10.079><c> the</c><00:33:10.319><c> plural</c><00:33:10.599><c> about</c><00:33:11.259><c> God's</c><00:33:11.859><c> righteousnesses.</c>

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:16.859
There's<00:33:14.539><c> a</c><00:33:14.680><c> plurality</c><00:33:15.140><c> about</c><00:33:15.420><c> God's</c><00:33:15.880><c> righteousness.</c>

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:20.019
And<00:33:17.440><c> you</c><00:33:17.579><c> see,</c><00:33:17.819><c> we</c><00:33:17.940><c> know</c><00:33:18.119><c> at</c><00:33:18.279><c> least</c><00:33:18.539><c> two</c><00:33:18.759><c> aspects</c><00:33:19.140><c> of</c><00:33:19.299><c> it,</c><00:33:19.400><c> brethren</c><00:33:19.660><c> and</c><00:33:19.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:21.660
and<00:33:20.200><c> they</c><00:33:20.339><c> are</c><00:33:20.460><c> these.</c>

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:25.940
That<00:33:22.180><c> God's</c><00:33:22.640><c> righteousness</c><00:33:23.079><c> is</c><00:33:23.660><c> a</c><00:33:24.220><c> moral</c><00:33:24.700><c> righteousness.</c>

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:29.720
So<00:33:26.799><c> that</c><00:33:26.960><c> people</c><00:33:27.160><c> need</c><00:33:27.539><c> to</c><00:33:27.740><c> live</c><00:33:27.920><c> good,</c><00:33:28.539><c> clean,</c><00:33:28.859><c> moral</c><00:33:29.279><c> lives</c>

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:31.559
if<00:33:30.000><c> they</c><00:33:30.220><c> are</c><00:33:30.339><c> to</c><00:33:30.440><c> have</c><00:33:30.700><c> God's</c><00:33:31.160><c> righteousness.</c>

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:33.180
That's<00:33:32.039><c> necessity.</c>

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:36.500
But<00:33:34.059><c> it</c><00:33:34.259><c> calls</c><00:33:34.680><c> upon</c><00:33:35.039><c> us,</c><00:33:36.000><c> nonetheless,</c>

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:40.099
to<00:33:36.839><c> make</c><00:33:37.099><c> a</c><00:33:37.380><c> declaration</c><00:33:38.099><c> that</c><00:33:38.400><c> it</c><00:33:38.759><c> is</c><00:33:39.279><c> His</c><00:33:39.619><c> righteousness</c>

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.960
and<00:33:40.339><c> not</c><00:33:40.519><c> our</c><00:33:40.759><c> own,</c>

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:44.599
which<00:33:41.559><c> isn't</c><00:33:41.839><c> something</c><00:33:42.240><c> that</c><00:33:42.420><c> we</c><00:33:42.519><c> have</c><00:33:42.740><c> developed</c><00:33:43.059><c> by</c><00:33:43.339><c> ourselves,</c>

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:48.039
but<00:33:45.319><c> which</c><00:33:45.619><c> is</c><00:33:46.359><c> imputed</c><00:33:46.660><c> unto</c><00:33:46.900><c> us</c><00:33:47.140><c> because</c><00:33:47.400><c> of</c><00:33:47.539><c> our</c><00:33:47.740><c> love</c><00:33:47.859><c> and</c>

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:49.619
our<00:33:48.279><c> faith</c><00:33:48.480><c> in</c><00:33:48.660><c> our</c><00:33:48.839><c> God.</c>

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:53.440
So<00:33:50.220><c> there</c><00:33:50.559><c> is</c><00:33:50.779><c> a</c><00:33:50.900><c> matter</c><00:33:51.099><c> of</c><00:33:51.400><c> plurality</c><00:33:51.900><c> in</c><00:33:52.640><c> the</c><00:33:52.799><c> righteousness</c><00:33:53.079><c> of</c><00:33:53.339><c> God.</c>

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:55.440
There<00:33:53.599><c> are</c><00:33:53.880><c> facets</c><00:33:54.259><c> to</c><00:33:54.539><c> it.</c>

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:57.079
There<00:33:55.980><c> was</c><00:33:56.160><c> a</c><00:33:56.240><c> mere</c><00:33:56.380><c> question</c><00:33:56.660><c> of</c><00:33:56.880><c> morality.</c>

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:58.619
The<00:33:57.319><c> Lord</c><00:33:57.519><c> needed</c><00:33:57.740><c> to</c><00:33:58.000><c> declare</c><00:33:58.240><c> nothing.</c>

00:33:58.619 --> 00:34:00.960
He<00:33:58.759><c> declared</c><00:33:59.299><c> that</c><00:33:59.500><c> at</c><00:33:59.680><c> every</c><00:33:59.940><c> stage</c><00:34:00.259><c> of</c><00:34:00.380><c> His</c><00:34:00.559><c> life.</c>

00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:03.619
But<00:34:01.240><c> now</c><00:34:01.599><c> comes</c><00:34:02.240><c> all</c><00:34:02.980><c> righteousness.</c>

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.740
Where<00:34:04.380><c> was</c><00:34:04.539><c> it?</c>

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:07.980
What<00:34:05.700><c> righteousness</c><00:34:06.359><c> did</c><00:34:06.539><c> our</c><00:34:06.759><c> Lord</c><00:34:07.039><c> fulfill</c><00:34:07.500><c> in</c><00:34:07.720><c> the</c><00:34:07.839><c> waters</c>

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.519
of<00:34:08.199><c> baptism?</c>

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:12.019
We<00:34:09.139><c> learned</c><00:34:09.320><c> that</c><00:34:09.440><c> it's</c><00:34:09.619><c> a</c><00:34:09.739><c> baptism</c><00:34:10.099><c> of</c><00:34:10.619><c> repentance.</c>

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:14.440
And<00:34:12.659><c> you</c><00:34:12.699><c> know,</c><00:34:12.900><c> the</c><00:34:12.980><c> way</c><00:34:13.179><c> the</c><00:34:13.360><c> Church</c><00:34:13.679><c> presents</c><00:34:14.059><c> our</c><00:34:14.280><c> Lord</c>

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.219
Jesus<00:34:14.840><c> Christ,</c>

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:17.780
it<00:34:15.559><c> makes</c><00:34:15.820><c> a</c><00:34:16.119><c> mockery</c><00:34:16.460><c> of</c><00:34:16.639><c> this</c><00:34:16.820><c> baptism.</c>

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:20.300
It<00:34:18.460><c> makes</c><00:34:18.699><c> it</c><00:34:18.860><c> like</c><00:34:19.119><c> a</c><00:34:19.340><c> play,</c>

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:23.300
as<00:34:20.760><c> if</c><00:34:20.880><c> He's</c><00:34:21.139><c> acting</c><00:34:21.539><c> apart</c><00:34:21.920><c> like</c><00:34:22.199><c> a</c><00:34:22.340><c> mere</c><00:34:22.539><c> hypocrite,</c>

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:26.420
saying<00:34:23.960><c> to</c><00:34:24.119><c> Himself,</c><00:34:24.800><c> well,</c><00:34:24.940><c> I'm</c><00:34:25.280><c> perfect,</c><00:34:25.659><c> they're</c><00:34:25.960><c> imperfect,</c>

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:29.360
but<00:34:26.860><c> I'll</c><00:34:27.159><c> be</c><00:34:27.360><c> baptized</c><00:34:27.900><c> just</c><00:34:28.360><c> to</c><00:34:28.579><c> show</c><00:34:28.719><c> them</c><00:34:28.880><c> an</c><00:34:29.079><c> example,</c>

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:31.300
even<00:34:29.719><c> though</c><00:34:29.960><c> I</c><00:34:30.059><c> don't</c><00:34:30.320><c> need</c><00:34:30.559><c> to</c><00:34:30.719><c> be</c><00:34:30.920><c> baptized.</c>

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:34.460
That's<00:34:31.699><c> how</c><00:34:31.860><c> the</c><00:34:32.019><c> Church</c><00:34:32.260><c> presents</c><00:34:32.639><c> our</c><00:34:32.820><c> Lord</c><00:34:33.000><c> Jesus</c><00:34:33.400><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:37.039
But,<00:34:35.519><c> brethren</c><00:34:35.639><c> and</c><00:34:35.840><c> sisters,</c><00:34:35.980><c> that's</c><00:34:36.360><c> not</c><00:34:36.579><c> righteousness.</c>

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:39.420
That's<00:34:37.820><c> deceit.</c>

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:43.179
Jesus<00:34:40.579><c> is</c><00:34:40.800><c> in</c><00:34:40.900><c> that</c><00:34:41.139><c> water</c><00:34:41.300><c> on</c><00:34:41.559><c> equality</c><00:34:42.420><c> with</c><00:34:42.719><c> John</c>

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:45.400
as<00:34:43.940><c> far</c><00:34:44.219><c> as</c><00:34:44.380><c> that</c><00:34:44.639><c> water</c><00:34:44.840><c> is</c><00:34:45.119><c> concerned</c>

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:47.500
because<00:34:45.619><c> it</c><00:34:45.980><c> represented</c><00:34:46.400><c> both</c><00:34:46.760><c> of</c><00:34:46.880><c> them</c><00:34:46.960><c> in</c><00:34:47.099><c> the</c><00:34:47.260><c> nature</c>

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.699
they<00:34:47.840><c> bore.</c>

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:51.920
And<00:34:50.019><c> the</c><00:34:50.260><c> righteousness</c><00:34:50.679><c> of</c><00:34:50.960><c> God</c><00:34:51.219><c> on</c><00:34:51.400><c> that</c><00:34:51.579><c> occasion</c>

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:54.820
is<00:34:52.280><c> clearly</c><00:34:52.780><c> seen</c><00:34:53.059><c> in</c><00:34:53.280><c> these</c><00:34:53.579><c> words,</c><00:34:54.019><c> brethren</c><00:34:54.219><c> and</c><00:34:54.500><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:57.199
when<00:34:55.340><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:55.940><c> said,</c>

00:34:57.559 --> 00:35:01.960
John<00:34:57.820><c> said,</c><00:34:58.699><c> I</c><00:34:58.800><c> am</c><00:34:59.019><c> the</c><00:34:59.260><c> voice</c><00:34:59.659><c> of</c><00:34:59.780><c> him</c><00:35:00.079><c> that</c><00:35:00.440><c> cryeth</c><00:35:00.739><c> in</c><00:35:00.900><c> the</c><00:35:01.059><c> wilderness.</c>

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:04.739
Then<00:35:02.820><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:03.199><c> said,</c><00:35:03.619><c> and</c><00:35:03.639><c> the</c><00:35:03.780><c> voice</c><00:35:04.000><c> said,</c><00:35:04.440><c> cry.</c>

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:08.559
And<00:35:04.980><c> he</c><00:35:05.079><c> said,</c><00:35:06.559><c> what</c><00:35:07.019><c> shall</c><00:35:07.420><c> I</c><00:35:07.679><c> cry?</c>

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:12.840
All<00:35:11.159><c> flesh</c><00:35:11.619><c> is</c><00:35:12.579><c> grass.</c>

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:14.840
Not<00:35:13.500><c> some</c><00:35:13.780><c> of</c><00:35:13.920><c> it.</c>

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:18.239
Not<00:35:15.300><c> everybody</c><00:35:15.800><c> except</c><00:35:16.559><c> the</c><00:35:16.760><c> Lord</c><00:35:16.920><c> Jesus</c><00:35:17.380><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:21.940
All<00:35:19.739><c> flesh</c><00:35:20.320><c> is</c><00:35:20.940><c> grass.</c>

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:27.739
Thus<00:35:22.900><c> it</c><00:35:23.099><c> become</c><00:35:23.400><c> of</c><00:35:23.659><c> us,</c><00:35:24.139><c> John,</c><00:35:24.320><c> to</c><00:35:24.460><c> fulfill</c><00:35:25.340><c> all</c><00:35:26.679><c> righteousness.</c>

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.619
See<00:35:28.139><c> the</c><00:35:28.400><c> point?</c>

00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:31.920
So<00:35:28.960><c> the</c><00:35:29.139><c> word</c><00:35:29.420><c> all</c><00:35:30.079><c> stands</c><00:35:31.039><c> up</c><00:35:31.260><c> in</c><00:35:31.400><c> that</c><00:35:31.579><c> record</c>

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:34.280
as<00:35:32.320><c> it</c><00:35:32.780><c> stands</c><00:35:33.000><c> up</c><00:35:33.260><c> in</c><00:35:33.440><c> Isaiah's</c><00:35:34.019><c> record.</c>

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:37.320
If<00:35:35.099><c> all</c><00:35:35.800><c> flesh</c><00:35:36.159><c> is</c><00:35:36.420><c> grass,</c>

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:41.960
then<00:35:38.179><c> Jesus</c><00:35:38.599><c> has</c><00:35:38.900><c> got</c><00:35:39.039><c> to</c><00:35:39.199><c> submit</c><00:35:39.559><c> to</c><00:35:40.340><c> all</c><00:35:40.940><c> righteousness.</c>

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:44.059
And<00:35:42.360><c> if</c><00:35:42.480><c> He's</c><00:35:42.659><c> perfect,</c><00:35:43.300><c> brethren</c><00:35:43.460><c> and</c><00:35:43.739><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:47.119
it's<00:35:44.719><c> because</c><00:35:45.239><c> God</c><00:35:45.639><c> is</c><00:35:46.000><c> perfect.</c>

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:53.119
He<00:35:48.400><c> has</c><00:35:48.659><c> made</c><00:35:48.960><c> him</c><00:35:49.320><c> wisdom,</c><00:35:50.739><c> sanctification,</c><00:35:52.179><c> redemption.</c>

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:56.699
God's<00:35:54.559><c> made</c><00:35:54.840><c> him</c><00:35:55.039><c> all</c><00:35:55.179><c> that</c><00:35:55.420><c> he</c><00:35:55.440><c> is</c><00:35:55.860><c> at</c><00:35:56.039><c> this</c><00:35:56.260><c> present</c><00:35:56.440><c> moment</c>

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.179
of<00:35:56.940><c> time</c>

00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:58.940
and<00:35:57.480><c> will</c><00:35:57.679><c> go</c><00:35:57.980><c> on</c><00:35:58.199><c> making</c><00:35:58.460><c> him.</c>

00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:01.079
Whatever<00:35:59.519><c> he</c><00:35:59.659><c> is,</c><00:36:00.019><c> he</c><00:36:00.019><c> is</c><00:36:00.280><c> by</c><00:36:00.500><c> God</c>

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:04.300
because<00:36:01.860><c> all</c><00:36:02.699><c> flesh</c><00:36:03.059><c> can</c><00:36:03.280><c> do</c><00:36:03.440><c> nothing.</c>

00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:08.880
And<00:36:05.500><c> so</c><00:36:05.860><c> all</c><00:36:06.800><c> righteousness</c><00:36:07.280><c> has</c><00:36:07.559><c> got</c><00:36:07.659><c> to</c><00:36:07.780><c> be</c><00:36:07.960><c> declared.</c>

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:10.980
And<00:36:09.179><c> he</c><00:36:09.280><c> says,</c><00:36:09.420><c> as</c><00:36:09.519><c> far</c><00:36:09.820><c> as</c><00:36:09.860><c> that</c><00:36:10.039><c> is</c><00:36:10.320><c> concerned,</c><00:36:10.820><c> John,</c>

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:13.260
as<00:36:11.460><c> far</c><00:36:11.679><c> as</c><00:36:11.900><c> all</c><00:36:12.320><c> flesh</c><00:36:12.579><c> is</c><00:36:12.880><c> concerned,</c>

00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:17.099
you<00:36:13.840><c> and</c><00:36:13.980><c> I</c><00:36:14.219><c> stand</c><00:36:14.480><c> this</c><00:36:14.820><c> day</c><00:36:15.179><c> in</c><00:36:15.619><c> exactly</c><00:36:16.099><c> the</c><00:36:16.340><c> same</c><00:36:16.559><c> relationship.</c>

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:20.760
Let<00:36:17.380><c> us</c><00:36:17.659><c> together</c><00:36:18.260><c> declare</c><00:36:18.960><c> all</c><00:36:19.679><c> righteousness.</c>

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:23.280
And<00:36:21.800><c> that's</c><00:36:21.960><c> where</c><00:36:22.159><c> the</c><00:36:22.340><c> righteousness</c><00:36:22.559><c> of</c><00:36:22.780><c> God</c><00:36:22.900><c> stood</c><00:36:23.119><c> on</c>

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:23.619
that<00:36:23.400><c> day,</c>

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:25.139
brothers<00:36:23.880><c> and</c><00:36:24.159><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:25.340 --> 00:36:28.559
And<00:36:25.500><c> on</c><00:36:25.739><c> the</c><00:36:25.940><c> cross</c><00:36:26.380><c> did</c><00:36:27.099><c> not</c><00:36:27.300><c> our</c><00:36:27.579><c> Apostle</c><00:36:28.059><c> Paul</c><00:36:28.340><c> say</c>

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:29.960
in<00:36:28.739><c> the</c><00:36:28.880><c> third</c><00:36:29.099><c> chapter</c><00:36:29.400><c> of</c><00:36:29.619><c> Romans</c>

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:33.260
to<00:36:30.679><c> declare,</c><00:36:31.099><c> I</c><00:36:31.400><c> say,</c><00:36:31.920><c> his</c><00:36:32.219><c> righteousness.</c>

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:35.739
As<00:36:34.380><c> I</c><00:36:34.599><c> said</c><00:36:34.699><c> before,</c><00:36:35.199><c> he</c><00:36:35.219><c> says</c><00:36:35.320><c> it</c><00:36:35.519><c> again,</c>

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:37.960
to<00:36:36.079><c> declare</c><00:36:36.659><c> his</c><00:36:37.280><c> righteousness</c>

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:40.380
and<00:36:38.519><c> dare</c><00:36:38.719><c> up</c><00:36:38.880><c> on</c><00:36:39.000><c> that</c><00:36:39.239><c> cross,</c><00:36:39.440><c> brothers</c><00:36:39.739><c> and</c><00:36:40.099><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:41.960
in<00:36:40.840><c> exactly</c><00:36:41.320><c> the</c><00:36:41.539><c> same</c><00:36:41.760><c> way,</c>

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:44.920
but<00:36:42.079><c> now</c><00:36:42.360><c> more</c><00:36:42.679><c> emphatically</c><00:36:43.480><c> and</c><00:36:43.860><c> more</c><00:36:44.360><c> painfully</c>

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:47.059
he's<00:36:45.260><c> declaring</c><00:36:45.599><c> exactly</c><00:36:46.400><c> what</c><00:36:46.599><c> he</c><00:36:46.840><c> declared</c>

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:48.860
on<00:36:47.239><c> the</c><00:36:47.380><c> bank</c><00:36:47.500><c> of</c><00:36:47.659><c> the</c><00:36:47.739><c> River</c><00:36:47.940><c> Jordan.</c>

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:50.739
And<00:36:49.460><c> hanging</c><00:36:49.699><c> there</c><00:36:49.920><c> on</c><00:36:50.119><c> that</c><00:36:50.340><c> cross</c>

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:53.639
was<00:36:51.280><c> the</c><00:36:51.440><c> Lord</c><00:36:51.659><c> Jesus</c><00:36:52.099><c> Christ</c><00:36:52.480><c> and</c><00:36:52.860><c> John</c><00:36:53.119><c> the</c><00:36:53.340><c> Baptist</c>

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:56.500
and<00:36:54.139><c> all</c><00:36:54.420><c> believers</c><00:36:54.840><c> before</c><00:36:55.320><c> and</c><00:36:55.579><c> since,</c>

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:58.699
all<00:36:57.239><c> in</c><00:36:57.380><c> that</c><00:36:57.639><c> relationship,</c>

00:36:59.159 --> 00:37:01.760
to<00:36:59.340><c> fulfill</c><00:36:59.940><c> all</c><00:37:00.679><c> righteousness</c>

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:03.780
before<00:37:02.219><c> our</c><00:37:02.440><c> Heavenly</c><00:37:02.760><c> Father.</c>

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:05.760
That's<00:37:04.320><c> what</c><00:37:04.480><c> it</c><00:37:04.599><c> was</c><00:37:04.679><c> all</c><00:37:04.920><c> about.</c>

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:08.059
And<00:37:06.719><c> Matthew</c><00:37:07.000><c> says</c><00:37:07.260><c> in</c><00:37:07.380><c> verse</c><00:37:07.619><c> 16,</c>

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:09.920
when<00:37:08.380><c> he</c><00:37:08.559><c> was</c><00:37:08.800><c> baptized,</c>

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:12.539
it's<00:37:10.820><c> rather</c><00:37:11.119><c> a</c><00:37:11.360><c> feature</c><00:37:11.619><c> of</c><00:37:11.880><c> Luke's</c><00:37:12.260><c> Gospel,</c>

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.300
brothers<00:37:12.860><c> and</c><00:37:12.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:14.800
that<00:37:13.519><c> it's</c><00:37:13.780><c> Luke</c><00:37:14.039><c> that</c><00:37:14.320><c> records</c>

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:16.599
most<00:37:15.239><c> of</c><00:37:15.420><c> the</c><00:37:15.639><c> prayers</c><00:37:16.039><c> of</c><00:37:16.260><c> our</c><00:37:16.420><c> Lord.</c>

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:17.900
And<00:37:16.860><c> we</c><00:37:17.079><c> won't</c><00:37:17.280><c> turn</c><00:37:17.500><c> to</c><00:37:17.579><c> the</c><00:37:17.719><c> reference</c>

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:19.179
because<00:37:18.139><c> it</c><00:37:18.380><c> merely</c><00:37:18.579><c> says</c><00:37:18.820><c> in</c><00:37:19.019><c> Luke,</c>

00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:20.900
the<00:37:19.460><c> little</c><00:37:19.719><c> difference</c><00:37:20.059><c> in</c><00:37:20.219><c> Luke</c><00:37:20.480><c> is</c>

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:23.579
that<00:37:21.219><c> when</c><00:37:21.380><c> he</c><00:37:21.500><c> was</c><00:37:21.679><c> baptized,</c><00:37:22.039><c> he</c><00:37:22.179><c> was</c><00:37:22.480><c> praying.</c>

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:26.780
Look<00:37:24.360><c> at</c><00:37:24.639><c> that</c><00:37:24.920><c> point</c><00:37:25.119><c> in</c><00:37:25.239><c> his</c><00:37:25.400><c> third</c><00:37:25.699><c> chapter</c><00:37:25.940><c> in</c><00:37:26.079><c> verse</c><00:37:26.300><c> 21,</c>

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:28.699
and<00:37:27.179><c> he</c><00:37:27.260><c> was</c><00:37:27.559><c> praying.</c>

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:31.400
What<00:37:29.420><c> a</c><00:37:29.559><c> marvelous</c><00:37:29.840><c> little</c><00:37:30.079><c> touch</c><00:37:30.300><c> that</c><00:37:30.559><c> is.</c>

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:33.280
And<00:37:31.739><c> you'll</c><00:37:32.000><c> find</c><00:37:32.119><c> it's</c><00:37:32.300><c> a</c><00:37:32.380><c> very</c><00:37:32.679><c> profitable</c><00:37:33.000><c> thing</c>

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:35.099
and<00:37:33.539><c> somewhere</c><00:37:33.760><c> in</c><00:37:34.019><c> the</c><00:37:34.400><c> Gospel</c><00:37:34.679><c> of</c><00:37:34.840><c> Luke,</c>

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:37.400
and<00:37:35.480><c> I'd</c><00:37:35.780><c> suggest</c><00:37:35.980><c> probably</c><00:37:36.219><c> at</c><00:37:36.360><c> the</c><00:37:36.440><c> bottom</c><00:37:36.659><c> of</c><00:37:36.860><c> chapter</c><00:37:37.099><c> 3,</c>

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:38.260
if<00:37:37.400><c> you</c><00:37:37.400><c> do</c><00:37:37.559><c> what</c><00:37:37.679><c> I've</c><00:37:37.960><c> done,</c>

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:40.539
put<00:37:38.659><c> a</c><00:37:38.800><c> little</c><00:37:39.059><c> block</c><00:37:39.300><c> there</c><00:37:39.539><c> at</c><00:37:39.619><c> the</c><00:37:39.679><c> bottom</c><00:37:39.880><c> of</c><00:37:40.039><c> your</c><00:37:40.199><c> Bible</c>

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:42.900
and<00:37:40.980><c> list</c><00:37:41.159><c> all</c><00:37:41.420><c> the</c><00:37:41.579><c> prayers</c><00:37:41.880><c> of</c><00:37:42.099><c> Luke.</c>

00:37:43.739 --> 00:37:45.960
And<00:37:43.860><c> you'll</c><00:37:44.079><c> learn</c><00:37:44.260><c> that</c><00:37:44.420><c> when</c><00:37:45.559><c> the</c><00:37:45.760><c> Lord</c>

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:47.840
made<00:37:46.360><c> major</c><00:37:46.739><c> decisions</c><00:37:47.139><c> in</c><00:37:47.300><c> his</c><00:37:47.500><c> life,</c>

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:49.820
it<00:37:48.119><c> is</c><00:37:48.360><c> Luke</c><00:37:48.679><c> and</c><00:37:48.780><c> almost</c><00:37:49.119><c> Luke</c><00:37:49.500><c> alone</c>

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:51.559
that<00:37:50.059><c> tells</c><00:37:50.219><c> us</c><00:37:50.400><c> that</c><00:37:50.539><c> he</c><00:37:50.800><c> prayed</c><00:37:51.119><c> this</c><00:37:51.440><c> time</c>

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:52.719
and<00:37:51.699><c> he</c><00:37:52.000><c> prayed</c><00:37:52.280><c> that</c><00:37:52.519><c> time</c>

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:54.599
and<00:37:52.860><c> he</c><00:37:53.139><c> prayed</c><00:37:53.400><c> that</c><00:37:53.739><c> time.</c>

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:57.039
And<00:37:55.039><c> we</c><00:37:55.159><c> are</c><00:37:55.440><c> indebted</c><00:37:55.820><c> to</c><00:37:55.960><c> Luke,</c><00:37:56.280><c> brothers</c><00:37:56.400><c> and</c><00:37:56.619><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:59.440
to<00:37:57.539><c> see</c><00:37:57.820><c> our</c><00:37:58.039><c> Lord</c><00:37:58.260><c> Jesus</c><00:37:58.800><c> Christ</c>

00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:02.559
going<00:38:00.079><c> into</c><00:38:00.300><c> the</c><00:38:00.559><c> water</c><00:38:00.900><c> with</c><00:38:01.380><c> a</c><00:38:01.619><c> prayer.</c>

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:05.199
You<00:38:04.139><c> think</c><00:38:04.380><c> about</c><00:38:04.659><c> that.</c>

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:07.739
Is<00:38:06.059><c> that</c><00:38:06.260><c> what</c><00:38:06.440><c> you</c><00:38:06.679><c> do</c><00:38:06.860><c> when</c><00:38:07.059><c> you</c><00:38:07.239><c> were</c><00:38:07.420><c> baptized?</c>

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:09.760
I<00:38:07.920><c> can't</c><00:38:08.199><c> remember</c><00:38:08.519><c> what</c><00:38:08.679><c> I</c><00:38:08.880><c> did</c><00:38:08.980><c> when</c><00:38:09.099><c> I</c><00:38:09.199><c> was</c><00:38:09.380><c> baptized</c>

00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:10.940
so<00:38:10.000><c> long</c><00:38:10.159><c> ago</c><00:38:10.420><c> now.</c>

00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:12.900
I<00:38:11.500><c> remember</c><00:38:11.639><c> the</c><00:38:11.960><c> excitement.</c>

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:15.019
I<00:38:13.440><c> can</c><00:38:13.619><c> remember</c><00:38:13.900><c> the</c><00:38:14.159><c> feeling.</c>

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:17.260
I'll<00:38:15.599><c> never</c><00:38:15.840><c> forget</c><00:38:16.159><c> it.</c><00:38:16.280><c> It's</c><00:38:16.440><c> never</c><00:38:16.719><c> left</c><00:38:16.960><c> me.</c>

00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:19.059
But<00:38:17.800><c> I</c><00:38:17.880><c> can't</c><00:38:18.159><c> remember</c><00:38:18.400><c> what</c><00:38:18.559><c> I</c><00:38:18.679><c> was</c><00:38:18.840><c> saying</c>

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:20.719
or<00:38:19.280><c> doing</c><00:38:19.460><c> at</c><00:38:19.639><c> the</c><00:38:19.840><c> time.</c>

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:23.559
But<00:38:21.199><c> thanks</c><00:38:21.480><c> be</c><00:38:21.659><c> to</c><00:38:21.820><c> Luke,</c><00:38:22.199><c> we</c><00:38:22.340><c> see</c><00:38:22.500><c> the</c><00:38:22.679><c> Lord</c><00:38:22.880><c> Jesus</c><00:38:23.280><c> Christ</c>

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:25.980
going<00:38:23.880><c> down</c><00:38:24.059><c> into</c><00:38:24.159><c> the</c><00:38:24.320><c> water</c><00:38:24.579><c> with</c><00:38:24.960><c> a</c><00:38:25.179><c> prayer.</c>

00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:28.480
And<00:38:26.219><c> you</c><00:38:26.300><c> can</c><00:38:26.480><c> imagine</c><00:38:26.780><c> what</c><00:38:26.980><c> that</c><00:38:27.219><c> prayer</c><00:38:27.420><c> would</c><00:38:27.519><c> be</c><00:38:27.699><c> like.</c>

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:32.559
We<00:38:28.980><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:29.199><c> even</c><00:38:29.539><c> be</c><00:38:31.360><c> bold</c><00:38:31.639><c> enough</c><00:38:31.900><c> to</c><00:38:32.159><c> surmise</c>

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:34.219
what<00:38:32.739><c> it</c><00:38:33.340><c> would</c><00:38:33.539><c> actually</c><00:38:33.940><c> be,</c>

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:35.380
brothers<00:38:34.360><c> and</c><00:38:34.500><c> sisters.</c>

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:37.019
But<00:38:35.539><c> I</c><00:38:35.860><c> think</c><00:38:36.039><c> we</c><00:38:36.179><c> could</c><00:38:36.360><c> rest</c><00:38:36.619><c> assured</c>

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:39.139
it<00:38:37.159><c> would</c><00:38:37.320><c> be</c><00:38:37.599><c> a</c><00:38:37.739><c> prayer</c><00:38:38.079><c> for</c><00:38:38.440><c> God's</c><00:38:38.920><c> presence</c>

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:40.360
to<00:38:39.340><c> be</c><00:38:39.579><c> ever</c><00:38:39.780><c> with</c><00:38:40.000><c> him</c>

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:42.760
as<00:38:41.320><c> he</c><00:38:41.500><c> went</c><00:38:41.699><c> beneath</c><00:38:42.099><c> that</c><00:38:42.400><c> water</c>

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:44.659
which<00:38:43.219><c> was</c><00:38:43.460><c> symbolic</c><00:38:43.920><c> of</c><00:38:44.119><c> the</c><00:38:44.320><c> life</c>

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:47.260
when<00:38:45.099><c> the</c><00:38:45.519><c> floods</c><00:38:45.860><c> of</c><00:38:46.119><c> ungodly</c><00:38:46.920><c> men</c>

00:38:47.260 --> 00:38:48.860
had<00:38:47.619><c> compassed</c><00:38:47.900><c> him,</c>

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:50.360
when<00:38:49.239><c> the</c><00:38:49.400><c> iniquity</c><00:38:49.780><c> of</c><00:38:49.880><c> his</c><00:38:50.079><c> heels</c>

00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:51.500
had<00:38:50.679><c> compassed</c><00:38:51.000><c> him</c><00:38:51.179><c> about</c>

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:54.239
and<00:38:52.019><c> the</c><00:38:52.340><c> constant</c><00:38:52.780><c> expression</c><00:38:53.360><c> in</c><00:38:53.539><c> the</c><00:38:53.820><c> Psalms</c>

00:38:54.239 --> 00:38:56.659
of<00:38:54.559><c> the</c><00:38:54.920><c> floods</c><00:38:55.179><c> of</c><00:38:55.380><c> this</c><00:38:55.539><c> and</c><00:38:55.719><c> the</c><00:38:56.019><c> floods</c><00:38:56.239><c> of</c><00:38:56.480><c> that</c>

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:58.440
and<00:38:56.920><c> that</c><00:38:57.119><c> God</c><00:38:57.320><c> took</c><00:38:57.579><c> him</c><00:38:57.760><c> out</c><00:38:57.900><c> of</c><00:38:58.000><c> the</c><00:38:58.219><c> floods,</c>

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:59.340
says<00:38:58.659><c> the</c><00:38:58.920><c> Psalmist,</c>

00:38:59.340 --> 00:39:00.780
he<00:38:59.519><c> took</c><00:38:59.739><c> me</c><00:38:59.920><c> out</c><00:38:59.980><c> of</c><00:39:00.059><c> the</c><00:39:00.300><c> great</c><00:39:00.500><c> waters,</c>

00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:03.440
out<00:39:00.940><c> of</c><00:39:01.019><c> the</c><00:39:01.199><c> turbulent</c><00:39:01.619><c> streams,</c><00:39:02.340><c> out</c><00:39:02.440><c> of</c><00:39:02.500><c> the</c><00:39:02.739><c> great</c><00:39:03.000><c> deeps</c>

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:05.320
and<00:39:03.539><c> he</c><00:39:03.820><c> stood</c><00:39:03.960><c> me</c><00:39:04.179><c> in</c><00:39:04.219><c> a</c><00:39:04.500><c> large</c><00:39:04.800><c> place.</c>

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:07.219
And<00:39:05.659><c> I</c><00:39:05.719><c> can</c><00:39:05.840><c> imagine</c><00:39:06.159><c> the</c><00:39:06.320><c> Lord</c><00:39:06.519><c> Jesus</c><00:39:06.920><c> Christ</c>

00:39:07.219 --> 00:39:09.179
he<00:39:07.380><c> went</c><00:39:07.480><c> beneath</c><00:39:07.880><c> that</c><00:39:08.179><c> water</c><00:39:08.420><c> thinking</c><00:39:08.840><c> about</c>

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:11.179
the<00:39:09.599><c> floods</c><00:39:09.900><c> that</c><00:39:10.019><c> were</c><00:39:10.159><c> going</c><00:39:10.280><c> to</c><00:39:10.519><c> engulf</c><00:39:10.820><c> him</c>

00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:13.420
and<00:39:11.360><c> all</c><00:39:11.599><c> the</c><00:39:11.840><c> temptations</c><00:39:12.360><c> which</c><00:39:12.539><c> would</c><00:39:12.780><c> have</c><00:39:12.860><c> beset</c><00:39:13.019><c> him</c>

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:14.840
according<00:39:13.760><c> to</c><00:39:13.940><c> his</c><00:39:14.119><c> own</c><00:39:14.460><c> flesh.</c>

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:16.780
And<00:39:15.239><c> then</c><00:39:15.400><c> God</c><00:39:15.639><c> had</c><00:39:15.800><c> him</c><00:39:16.079><c> step</c><00:39:16.340><c> out</c><00:39:16.500><c> of</c><00:39:16.599><c> the</c><00:39:16.699><c> water</c>

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:20.000
in<00:39:17.039><c> a</c><00:39:17.159><c> large</c><00:39:17.559><c> place</c><00:39:17.840><c> and</c><00:39:17.980><c> he</c><00:39:18.260><c> stood</c><00:39:18.380><c> there</c><00:39:18.679><c> clean</c><00:39:18.960><c> and</c><00:39:19.260><c> dry.</c>

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:22.380
I<00:39:20.559><c> can</c><00:39:20.780><c> imagine</c><00:39:21.280><c> that</c><00:39:21.579><c> prayer.</c>

00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:24.340
Luke<00:39:22.760><c> says</c><00:39:23.000><c> he</c><00:39:23.159><c> was</c><00:39:23.460><c> praying.</c>

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:26.159
Do<00:39:25.159><c> you</c><00:39:25.159><c> know</c><00:39:25.260><c> it</c><00:39:25.300><c> was</c><00:39:25.559><c> the</c><00:39:25.739><c> baptism</c>

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:27.659
of<00:39:26.440><c> our</c><00:39:26.599><c> Lord</c><00:39:26.800><c> Jesus</c><00:39:27.300><c> Christ,</c>

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:28.619
brothers<00:39:27.920><c> and</c><00:39:27.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:30.760
and<00:39:29.039><c> I'm</c><00:39:29.320><c> not</c><00:39:29.340><c> now</c><00:39:29.519><c> only</c><00:39:29.719><c> referring</c><00:39:30.019><c> to</c><00:39:30.179><c> this</c><00:39:30.420><c> baptism</c>

00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:32.960
but<00:39:30.920><c> his</c><00:39:31.179><c> ultimate</c><00:39:31.539><c> baptism</c><00:39:31.960><c> on</c><00:39:32.380><c> the</c><00:39:32.619><c> cross</c>

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:35.480
that<00:39:33.559><c> gained</c><00:39:33.840><c> for</c><00:39:34.139><c> us</c><00:39:34.599><c> the</c><00:39:34.980><c> forgiveness</c>

00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:36.920
of<00:39:35.719><c> our</c><00:39:35.980><c> sins.</c>

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:39.860
Much<00:39:37.920><c> has</c><00:39:38.219><c> been</c><00:39:38.460><c> said</c><00:39:38.699><c> about</c><00:39:39.000><c> John's</c><00:39:39.579><c> baptism.</c>

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:41.619
Was<00:39:40.340><c> it</c><00:39:40.619><c> efficacious</c><00:39:41.219><c> for</c><00:39:41.500><c> the</c>

00:39:41.619 --> 00:39:43.139
forgiveness<00:39:41.980><c> of</c><00:39:42.340><c> sins?</c>

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:45.800
Well,<00:39:43.559><c> look</c><00:39:43.699><c> at</c><00:39:43.880><c> Luke.</c><00:39:44.199><c> Luke</c><00:39:44.480><c> says</c><00:39:44.699><c> this.</c>

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:47.599
In<00:39:46.480><c> the</c><00:39:46.719><c> third</c><00:39:46.920><c> chapter</c><00:39:47.239><c> of</c><00:39:47.380><c> Luke</c>

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:48.760
in<00:39:47.739><c> verse</c><00:39:47.960><c> 3</c><00:39:48.219><c> we</c><00:39:48.380><c> read</c>

00:39:48.760 --> 00:39:51.579
And<00:39:49.380><c> he</c><00:39:49.480><c> came</c><00:39:49.780><c> into</c><00:39:50.000><c> all</c><00:39:50.340><c> the</c><00:39:50.519><c> country</c><00:39:50.800><c> about</c><00:39:51.099><c> Jordan</c>

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:53.619
preaching<00:39:52.199><c> the</c><00:39:52.599><c> baptism</c><00:39:53.019><c> of</c>

00:39:53.619 --> 00:39:55.480
repentance<00:39:54.139><c> for</c><00:39:55.219><c> the</c>

00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:58.519
remission<00:39:55.760><c> of</c><00:39:56.059><c> sins.</c><00:39:56.679><c> Luke</c><00:39:56.840><c> 3</c><00:39:57.139><c> and</c><00:39:57.280><c> verse</c><00:39:57.480><c> 3.</c>

00:39:58.619 --> 00:39:59.840
He<00:39:58.679><c> came</c><00:39:59.000><c> into</c><00:39:59.139><c> all</c><00:39:59.440><c> the</c><00:39:59.579><c> regions</c>

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:01.059
of<00:40:00.139><c> Jordan,</c><00:40:00.440><c> this</c><00:40:00.619><c> is</c><00:40:00.800><c> John,</c>

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:03.420
preaching<00:40:01.760><c> the</c><00:40:02.059><c> baptism</c><00:40:02.420><c> of</c><00:40:02.659><c> repentance</c>

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:04.780
for<00:40:03.800><c> the</c><00:40:04.019><c> remission</c><00:40:04.360><c> of</c><00:40:04.639><c> sins.</c>

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:06.880
And<00:40:05.139><c> there</c><00:40:05.260><c> are</c><00:40:05.320><c> those</c><00:40:05.559><c> who</c><00:40:05.800><c> quote</c><00:40:06.059><c> that</c><00:40:06.300><c> verse</c><00:40:06.500><c> and</c><00:40:06.679><c> say</c>

00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:09.159
it<00:40:07.219><c> clearly</c><00:40:07.840><c> says</c><00:40:08.219><c> that</c><00:40:08.440><c> John's</c><00:40:08.900><c> baptism</c>

00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:10.599
was<00:40:09.659><c> for</c><00:40:09.840><c> the</c><00:40:09.960><c> remission</c><00:40:10.219><c> of</c><00:40:10.460><c> sins.</c>

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:12.699
I<00:40:11.019><c> don't</c><00:40:11.159><c> think</c><00:40:11.239><c> it</c><00:40:11.480><c> clearly</c><00:40:11.699><c> says</c><00:40:11.880><c> anything</c><00:40:12.179><c> of</c><00:40:12.340><c> the</c><00:40:12.500><c> sort.</c>

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:15.320
If<00:40:13.119><c> you</c><00:40:13.260><c> come</c><00:40:13.440><c> back</c><00:40:13.639><c> to</c><00:40:13.760><c> chapter</c><00:40:14.019><c> 1</c><00:40:14.239><c> and</c><00:40:14.380><c> verse</c><00:40:14.639><c> 77</c>

00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:17.119
brothers<00:40:15.679><c> and</c><00:40:15.860><c> sisters,</c><00:40:16.260><c> this</c><00:40:16.480><c> is</c><00:40:16.599><c> what</c><00:40:16.760><c> we</c><00:40:16.960><c> read</c>

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:19.260
that<00:40:17.340><c> John's</c><00:40:17.780><c> work</c><00:40:17.920><c> was</c><00:40:18.079><c> all</c><00:40:18.340><c> about.</c>

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:21.300
Here's<00:40:20.320><c> the</c><00:40:20.440><c> whole</c><00:40:20.699><c> purpose</c><00:40:21.079><c> of</c>

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:23.860
John's<00:40:21.699><c> work</c><00:40:21.900><c> epitomized</c><00:40:22.519><c> in</c><00:40:22.679><c> this</c><00:40:22.900><c> verse</c><00:40:23.119><c> of</c>

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:25.219
scripture.

00:40:25.699 --> 00:40:27.539
Luke<00:40:25.880><c> 1</c><00:40:26.179><c> and</c><00:40:26.320><c> verse</c><00:40:26.519><c> 77,</c><00:40:27.039><c> his</c><00:40:27.119><c> own</c>

00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:29.360
father<00:40:27.880><c> Zechariah</c><00:40:28.500><c> said</c><00:40:28.719><c> this</c>

00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:31.400
that<00:40:29.860><c> John</c><00:40:30.139><c> was</c><00:40:30.420><c> to</c><00:40:30.539><c> give</c><00:40:30.739><c> knowledge</c><00:40:31.179><c> of</c>

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:33.519
salvation<00:40:31.940><c> unto</c><00:40:32.199><c> his</c><00:40:32.460><c> people</c><00:40:32.940><c> by</c>

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:34.940
the<00:40:33.679><c> remission</c><00:40:34.019><c> of</c><00:40:34.199><c> their</c><00:40:34.440><c> sins</c>

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:37.119
through<00:40:35.480><c> the</c><00:40:35.760><c> tender</c><00:40:36.039><c> mercy</c><00:40:36.360><c> of</c><00:40:36.579><c> our</c><00:40:36.780><c> God</c>

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:39.519
whereby<00:40:37.780><c> the</c><00:40:38.239><c> day</c><00:40:38.599><c> spring</c><00:40:39.000><c> from</c><00:40:39.239><c> on</c>

00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:41.019
high<00:40:39.780><c> hath</c><00:40:40.219><c> visited</c><00:40:40.659><c> us.</c>

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:43.320
John<00:40:41.659><c> was</c><00:40:41.940><c> not</c><00:40:42.500><c> the</c><00:40:42.800><c> day</c><00:40:43.079><c> spring</c>

00:40:43.320 --> 00:40:44.760
from<00:40:43.559><c> on</c><00:40:43.820><c> high.</c>

00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:47.639
John<00:40:45.960><c> came,</c><00:40:46.480><c> brothers</c><00:40:46.599><c> and</c><00:40:46.820><c> sisters,</c><00:40:47.099><c> to</c><00:40:47.340><c> teach</c>

00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:49.139
Israel<00:40:48.239><c> that</c>

00:40:49.139 --> 00:40:51.699
forgiveness<00:40:49.659><c> comes</c><00:40:50.059><c> through</c><00:40:50.320><c> the</c><00:40:50.480><c> remission</c><00:40:50.900><c> of</c><00:40:51.320><c> sins</c>

00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:54.460
not<00:40:52.320><c> by</c><00:40:52.780><c> Jewish</c><00:40:53.159><c> works.</c>

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:58.199
He<00:40:56.019><c> came</c><00:40:56.239><c> to</c><00:40:56.460><c> tell</c><00:40:56.619><c> them</c><00:40:56.920><c> that</c><00:40:57.119><c> the</c><00:40:57.300><c> forgiveness</c><00:40:57.639><c> of</c><00:40:57.960><c> sins</c>

00:40:58.199 --> 00:41:00.099
was<00:40:58.639><c> because</c><00:40:59.039><c> God</c><00:40:59.440><c> would</c>

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:01.719
visit<00:41:00.420><c> them</c><00:41:00.800><c> and</c><00:41:01.079><c> not</c><00:41:01.340><c> because</c>

00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:04.659
they<00:41:02.000><c> would</c><00:41:02.280><c> visit</c><00:41:02.559><c> God</c><00:41:03.000><c> with</c><00:41:03.219><c> their</c><00:41:03.420><c> good</c><00:41:03.639><c> deeds.</c>

00:41:05.699 --> 00:41:07.639
John<00:41:05.880><c> was</c><00:41:06.099><c> to</c><00:41:06.260><c> bring</c><00:41:06.400><c> Israel</c><00:41:06.699><c> to</c><00:41:06.880><c> the</c><00:41:07.079><c> knowledge</c><00:41:07.340><c> of</c><00:41:07.519><c> the</c>

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:09.260
remission<00:41:07.920><c> of</c><00:41:08.159><c> sins,</c><00:41:08.480><c> brothers</c><00:41:08.639><c> and</c><00:41:08.880><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:11.940
when<00:41:09.639><c> they</c><00:41:09.780><c> never</c><00:41:10.079><c> had</c><00:41:10.320><c> a</c><00:41:10.539><c> clue</c><00:41:10.900><c> how</c><00:41:11.119><c> it</c><00:41:11.179><c> would</c><00:41:11.360><c> happen.</c>

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:13.699
When<00:41:12.619><c> they</c><00:41:12.880><c> thought</c><00:41:13.199><c> that</c><00:41:13.400><c> God</c>

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:16.579
forgave<00:41:14.199><c> them</c><00:41:14.460><c> because</c><00:41:14.780><c> of</c><00:41:14.860><c> their</c><00:41:15.159><c> own</c><00:41:15.460><c> virtues.</c>

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:20.820
John<00:41:17.579><c> was</c><00:41:17.820><c> to</c><00:41:17.980><c> show</c><00:41:18.199><c> them</c><00:41:18.619><c> that</c><00:41:18.820><c> that</c><00:41:19.039><c> was</c><00:41:19.380><c> a</c><00:41:19.840><c> fallacy.</c>

00:41:21.699 --> 00:41:24.059
Therefore<00:41:22.059><c> when</c><00:41:22.340><c> Luke</c><00:41:22.579><c> says</c><00:41:23.159><c> he</c><00:41:23.559><c> baptized</c>

00:41:24.059 --> 00:41:25.880
with<00:41:24.300><c> the</c><00:41:24.460><c> baptism</c><00:41:24.739><c> of</c><00:41:25.360><c> repentance</c>

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:27.639
for<00:41:26.659><c> the</c><00:41:26.679><c> remission</c><00:41:27.059><c> of</c><00:41:27.340><c> sins</c>

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:29.739
Luke<00:41:28.139><c> is</c><00:41:28.400><c> telling</c><00:41:28.599><c> us</c><00:41:28.940><c> that</c><00:41:29.159><c> what</c><00:41:29.380><c> John</c><00:41:29.539><c> is</c>

00:41:29.739 --> 00:41:31.860
doing<00:41:29.980><c> is</c><00:41:30.260><c> teaching</c><00:41:30.739><c> the</c><00:41:30.980><c> people</c><00:41:31.119><c> what</c><00:41:31.320><c> will</c><00:41:31.579><c> be</c>

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:34.400
necessary<00:41:32.380><c> for</c><00:41:32.639><c> the</c><00:41:32.820><c> forgiveness</c><00:41:33.179><c> of</c><00:41:33.420><c> their</c><00:41:33.619><c> sins.</c>

00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:35.860
To<00:41:35.099><c> give</c><00:41:35.239><c> them</c><00:41:35.460><c> knowledge</c>

00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:37.900
of<00:41:36.119><c> that</c><00:41:36.360><c> and</c><00:41:36.739><c> that</c><00:41:36.860><c> would</c><00:41:37.179><c> never</c><00:41:37.480><c> happen</c>

00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:39.820
until<00:41:38.539><c> the</c><00:41:39.059><c> day</c><00:41:39.480><c> spring</c>

00:41:39.820 --> 00:41:41.880
on<00:41:40.219><c> high</c><00:41:40.500><c> had</c><00:41:40.760><c> visited</c><00:41:41.039><c> them.</c>

00:41:42.219 --> 00:41:43.980
And<00:41:42.340><c> we</c><00:41:42.440><c> know</c><00:41:42.619><c> that</c><00:41:43.159><c> that</c><00:41:43.440><c> day</c><00:41:43.739><c> spring</c>

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:45.380
that<00:41:44.340><c> shaft</c><00:41:44.699><c> of</c><00:41:44.980><c> light</c>

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:47.679
was<00:41:46.059><c> the</c><00:41:46.199><c> Lord</c><00:41:46.400><c> Jesus</c><00:41:46.820><c> Christ</c><00:41:47.139><c> and</c><00:41:47.440><c> not</c>

00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:49.760
John<00:41:47.900><c> the</c><00:41:48.079><c> Baptist.</c><00:41:49.219><c> We</c><00:41:49.519><c> learn</c>

00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:51.380
we<00:41:49.880><c> won't</c><00:41:50.119><c> turn</c><00:41:50.360><c> this</c><00:41:50.559><c> up</c><00:41:50.699><c> but</c><00:41:50.780><c> when</c><00:41:50.880><c> we</c><00:41:50.980><c> come</c><00:41:51.099><c> to</c><00:41:51.239><c> the</c>

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:53.699
19th<00:41:51.760><c> chapter</c><00:41:52.019><c> of</c><00:41:52.219><c> Acts</c><00:41:52.579><c> Paul</c><00:41:52.980><c> met</c><00:41:53.179><c> a</c><00:41:53.360><c> group</c><00:41:53.519><c> of</c>

00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:55.579
men<00:41:53.920><c> from</c><00:41:54.159><c> Ephesus,</c>

00:41:55.719 --> 00:41:57.139
from<00:41:55.880><c> the</c><00:41:56.079><c> Ecclesiastical</c><00:41:56.460><c> Ephesus,</c>

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:59.239
who<00:41:57.679><c> knew</c><00:41:57.920><c> nothing</c><00:41:58.199><c> but</c><00:41:58.400><c> John's</c><00:41:58.880><c> baptism</c>

00:41:59.239 --> 00:42:02.219
and<00:41:59.679><c> they</c><00:41:59.820><c> had</c><00:42:00.019><c> to</c><00:42:00.179><c> be</c><00:42:00.420><c> baptized</c><00:42:00.820><c> again.</c>

00:42:03.800 --> 00:42:05.519
Because<00:42:04.059><c> John's</c><00:42:04.500><c> baptism</c><00:42:04.780><c> was</c><00:42:05.320><c> but</c>

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:07.059
a<00:42:05.760><c> preparation,</c><00:42:06.519><c> brothers</c><00:42:06.559><c> and</c><00:42:06.780><c> sisters.</c>

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:10.099
It<00:42:07.380><c> was</c><00:42:07.599><c> to</c><00:42:07.780><c> give</c><00:42:07.940><c> knowledge</c><00:42:08.639><c> of</c><00:42:08.880><c> the</c><00:42:09.059><c> forgiveness</c><00:42:09.340><c> of</c><00:42:09.679><c> sins</c>

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:11.500
but<00:42:10.820><c> it</c><00:42:10.920><c> could</c><00:42:11.059><c> only</c><00:42:11.280><c> be</c>

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:13.760
procured<00:42:12.059><c> in</c><00:42:12.960><c> Jesus</c><00:42:13.380><c> Christ</c>

00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:15.619
our<00:42:14.019><c> Lord.</c><00:42:15.059><c> And</c><00:42:15.280><c> so</c><00:42:15.400><c> when</c>

00:42:15.619 --> 00:42:17.760
he<00:42:15.880><c> was</c><00:42:16.119><c> baptized</c><00:42:16.739><c> there</c><00:42:17.500><c> was</c>

00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:20.039
the<00:42:18.039><c> basis,</c><00:42:18.460><c> brothers</c><00:42:18.780><c> and</c><00:42:18.800><c> sisters,</c><00:42:19.260><c> of</c><00:42:19.519><c> the</c><00:42:19.699><c> forgiveness</c>

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of<00:42:20.300><c> sins.</c><00:42:20.659><c> Now</c><00:42:20.840><c> you</c><00:42:20.920><c> just</c><00:42:21.179><c> think</c><00:42:21.340><c> for</c><00:42:21.460><c> a</c><00:42:21.599><c> moment</c>

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how<00:42:21.940><c> that</c><00:42:22.079><c> was</c><00:42:22.280><c> done.</c>

00:42:23.980 --> 00:42:26.039
Here<00:42:24.380><c> is</c><00:42:24.719><c> the</c><00:42:24.820><c> River</c><00:42:25.000><c> Jordan.</c>

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:28.039
This<00:42:27.119><c> is</c><00:42:27.300><c> all</c><00:42:27.619><c> flesh</c>

00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:30.239
going<00:42:28.679><c> into</c><00:42:28.920><c> the</c><00:42:29.019><c> Dead</c><00:42:29.360><c> Sea.</c>

00:42:31.340 --> 00:42:31.960
When<00:42:31.539><c> men</c><00:42:31.760><c> and</c>

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:33.900
women<00:42:32.219><c> went</c><00:42:32.460><c> in</c><00:42:32.659><c> there</c><00:42:32.760><c> with</c><00:42:32.980><c> John</c><00:42:33.179><c> they</c><00:42:33.440><c> confessed</c>

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before<00:42:34.280><c> John</c><00:42:34.559><c> that</c><00:42:34.920><c> all</c><00:42:35.380><c> flesh</c><00:42:35.679><c> is</c>

00:42:35.900 --> 00:42:37.920
grass<00:42:36.239><c> but</c><00:42:36.760><c> there</c><00:42:36.980><c> was</c><00:42:37.340><c> a</c><00:42:37.699><c> floor</c>

00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:39.400
in<00:42:38.139><c> their</c><00:42:38.480><c> confession.</c>

00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:42.179
Every<00:42:40.920><c> single</c><00:42:41.440><c> confession</c>

00:42:42.179 --> 00:42:43.659
made<00:42:42.719><c> in</c><00:42:42.840><c> that</c><00:42:43.059><c> water</c><00:42:43.320><c> had</c>

00:42:43.659 --> 00:42:45.420
flaws<00:42:44.079><c> in</c><00:42:44.239><c> it.</c>

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Because,<00:42:46.360><c> you</c><00:42:46.360><c> see,</c><00:42:46.639><c> assuming</c><00:42:46.920><c> that</c><00:42:47.199><c> I</c>

00:42:47.400 --> 00:42:49.019
went<00:42:47.639><c> in</c><00:42:47.840><c> there,</c>

00:42:49.699 --> 00:42:50.940
and<00:42:49.860><c> we</c><00:42:50.059><c> do,</c><00:42:50.420><c> brothers</c><00:42:50.599><c> and</c><00:42:50.800><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:52.960
every<00:42:51.280><c> one</c><00:42:51.400><c> of</c><00:42:51.500><c> us</c><00:42:51.639><c> has</c><00:42:51.760><c> been</c><00:42:51.940><c> in</c><00:42:52.139><c> there.</c>

00:42:53.420 --> 00:42:55.039
It<00:42:53.539><c> might</c><00:42:53.599><c> not</c><00:42:53.760><c> be</c><00:42:53.900><c> in</c><00:42:54.059><c> Jordan</c><00:42:54.239><c> but</c><00:42:54.380><c> in</c><00:42:54.559><c> the</c><00:42:54.679><c> waters</c><00:42:54.840><c> of</c>

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:56.619
baptism<00:42:55.280><c> we've</c><00:42:55.440><c> been</c><00:42:55.639><c> there</c><00:42:55.940><c> in</c><00:42:56.199><c> principle</c>

00:42:56.619 --> 00:42:58.840
and<00:42:57.219><c> we've</c><00:42:57.500><c> gone</c><00:42:57.679><c> to</c><00:42:57.780><c> that</c><00:42:58.019><c> water</c><00:42:58.139><c> and</c><00:42:58.280><c> we've</c><00:42:58.460><c> said</c>

00:42:58.840 --> 00:43:00.679
all<00:42:59.679><c> flesh</c><00:43:00.019><c> is</c><00:43:00.280><c> grass.</c>

00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:03.519
But<00:43:01.360><c> before</c><00:43:01.860><c> we</c><00:43:02.000><c> went</c><00:43:02.099><c> into</c><00:43:02.199><c> that</c><00:43:02.400><c> water</c>

00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:05.960
and<00:43:04.099><c> after</c><00:43:04.539><c> we</c><00:43:04.739><c> come</c><00:43:04.960><c> out</c>

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:07.280
we<00:43:06.920><c> think</c>

00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:09.320
little<00:43:07.559><c> things</c><00:43:08.039><c> and</c><00:43:08.260><c> we</c><00:43:08.420><c> do</c><00:43:08.639><c> little</c><00:43:08.900><c> things.</c>

00:43:09.380 --> 00:43:11.159
We<00:43:09.679><c> think</c><00:43:09.860><c> some</c><00:43:10.139><c> big</c><00:43:10.400><c> things</c><00:43:10.699><c> and</c><00:43:10.860><c> we</c><00:43:11.079><c> do</c>

00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:13.099
some<00:43:11.420><c> big</c><00:43:11.679><c> things</c><00:43:11.960><c> which</c><00:43:12.199><c> tell</c><00:43:12.400><c> us</c>

00:43:13.099 --> 00:43:15.559
that<00:43:13.440><c> we</c><00:43:13.599><c> do</c><00:43:13.860><c> not</c><00:43:14.099><c> believe</c><00:43:14.659><c> that</c><00:43:15.019><c> all</c><00:43:15.300><c> flesh</c>

00:43:15.559 --> 00:43:18.480
is<00:43:15.820><c> grass.</c><00:43:16.119><c> We</c><00:43:16.420><c> really</c><00:43:16.739><c> don't</c><00:43:17.019><c> believe</c><00:43:17.320><c> it.</c>

00:43:19.340 --> 00:43:21.019
And<00:43:19.480><c> there's</c><00:43:19.719><c> a</c><00:43:20.000><c> flaw</c><00:43:20.239><c> in</c><00:43:20.420><c> our</c><00:43:20.619><c> confession</c>

00:43:21.019 --> 00:43:23.099
in<00:43:21.219><c> that</c><00:43:21.460><c> sense</c><00:43:21.739><c> because</c><00:43:22.219><c> our</c><00:43:22.559><c> actions</c>

00:43:23.099 --> 00:43:25.199
belie<00:43:23.820><c> that</c><00:43:24.139><c> confession.</c>

00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:27.139
Now<00:43:25.480><c> you</c><00:43:25.599><c> think</c><00:43:25.820><c> about</c><00:43:26.139><c> that</c><00:43:26.320><c> man</c><00:43:26.480><c> in</c><00:43:26.619><c> the</c><00:43:26.780><c> water</c>

00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:29.179
and<00:43:27.840><c> as</c><00:43:28.000><c> he</c><00:43:28.159><c> goes</c><00:43:28.420><c> beneath</c><00:43:28.739><c> the</c><00:43:29.000><c> water</c>

00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:30.579
with<00:43:29.360><c> a</c><00:43:29.659><c> prayer</c>

00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:33.139
he<00:43:31.460><c> would,</c><00:43:32.139><c> somewhere</c><00:43:32.440><c> in</c><00:43:32.699><c> that</c><00:43:32.900><c> prayer</c>

00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:35.599
would<00:43:33.300><c> have</c><00:43:33.420><c> been</c><00:43:33.539><c> an</c><00:43:33.719><c> acknowledgement</c><00:43:34.079><c> that</c><00:43:34.920><c> all</c>

00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:37.320
flesh<00:43:35.880><c> is</c><00:43:36.139><c> grass.</c><00:43:36.820><c> And</c><00:43:37.039><c> when</c><00:43:37.139><c> he</c>

00:43:37.320 --> 00:43:39.840
stood<00:43:37.420><c> on</c><00:43:37.639><c> the</c><00:43:37.679><c> banks</c><00:43:37.800><c> of</c><00:43:37.900><c> that</c><00:43:38.039><c> Jordan,</c><00:43:38.340><c> brothers</c><00:43:38.639><c> and</c><00:43:38.880><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:40.739 --> 00:43:41.480
there<00:43:41.099><c> was</c>

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in<00:43:41.619><c> his</c><00:43:42.099><c> life</c>

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no

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single<00:43:46.380><c> flaw</c>

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about<00:43:47.719><c> that</c><00:43:48.019><c> confession.</c>

00:43:50.059 --> 00:43:51.500
That's<00:43:50.219><c> why</c><00:43:50.539><c> forgiveness</c><00:43:50.880><c> of</c><00:43:51.199><c> sins</c>

00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:53.500
is<00:43:51.780><c> in</c><00:43:51.920><c> that</c><00:43:52.119><c> man</c><00:43:52.280><c> and</c><00:43:52.340><c> that</c><00:43:52.500><c> man</c><00:43:52.719><c> only.</c><00:43:53.099><c> It</c><00:43:53.099><c> can't</c><00:43:53.340><c> be</c>

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any<00:43:53.639><c> other</c><00:43:53.860><c> way.</c>

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Because<00:43:55.980><c> there's</c><00:43:56.320><c> a</c><00:43:56.860><c> flawless</c><00:43:57.219><c> confession</c>

00:43:58.920 --> 00:43:59.699
both<00:43:59.519><c> with</c>

00:43:59.699 --> 00:44:01.119
his<00:43:59.900><c> lips</c><00:44:00.179><c> and</c><00:44:00.440><c> with</c><00:44:00.599><c> his</c><00:44:00.860><c> feet</c>

00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:03.519
that<00:44:01.900><c> all</c><00:44:02.639><c> flesh</c><00:44:03.059><c> is</c>

00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:05.400
grass<00:44:03.800><c> and</c><00:44:03.980><c> the</c><00:44:04.119><c> father</c><00:44:04.380><c> accepts</c><00:44:04.820><c> nothing</c>

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less<00:44:05.920><c> than</c><00:44:06.280><c> that.</c>

00:44:07.960 --> 00:44:09.719
And<00:44:08.099><c> when</c><00:44:08.179><c> that</c><00:44:08.380><c> was</c><00:44:08.599><c> done</c>

00:44:10.219 --> 00:44:11.099
Matthew<00:44:10.659><c> says</c>

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Luke<00:44:11.659><c> and</c><00:44:12.280><c> Mark</c><00:44:12.699><c> says</c>

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straight<00:44:14.460><c> way</c><00:44:14.900><c> he'd</c><00:44:15.039><c> come</c>

00:44:15.239 --> 00:44:17.239
up<00:44:15.340><c> out</c><00:44:15.440><c> of</c><00:44:15.519><c> the</c><00:44:15.619><c> water.</c><00:44:16.059><c> Now</c><00:44:16.139><c> that</c><00:44:16.280><c> was</c><00:44:16.500><c> the</c><00:44:16.619><c> furthest</c><00:44:16.900><c> comment.</c>

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How<00:44:17.519><c> else</c><00:44:17.699><c> would</c><00:44:17.840><c> you</c><00:44:17.900><c> come</c><00:44:18.059><c> out</c><00:44:18.239><c> of</c><00:44:18.360><c> the</c><00:44:18.519><c> water</c><00:44:18.519><c> except</c><00:44:18.880><c> straight</c><00:44:19.239><c> way?</c>

00:44:21.639 --> 00:44:22.900
How<00:44:21.880><c> else</c><00:44:22.139><c> would</c><00:44:22.300><c> you</c><00:44:22.400><c> come</c><00:44:22.599><c> up?</c>

00:44:23.320 --> 00:44:24.659
And<00:44:23.559><c> when</c><00:44:23.659><c> you</c><00:44:23.780><c> think</c><00:44:23.940><c> about</c><00:44:24.179><c> that</c>

00:44:24.659 --> 00:44:27.119
it<00:44:25.119><c> wasn't</c><00:44:25.340><c> as</c><00:44:25.500><c> if</c><00:44:25.619><c> the</c><00:44:25.699><c> Lord</c><00:44:25.860><c> Jesus</c><00:44:26.260><c> Christ</c><00:44:26.420><c> would</c><00:44:26.699><c> run</c><00:44:26.860><c> up</c>

00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:29.699
the<00:44:27.400><c> bank</c><00:44:27.559><c> of</c><00:44:27.719><c> the</c><00:44:27.719><c> river</c><00:44:27.920><c> Jordan</c><00:44:28.239><c> in</c><00:44:28.480><c> some</c><00:44:28.659><c> great</c><00:44:28.880><c> ostentatious</c>

00:44:29.699 --> 00:44:31.460
display<00:44:30.199><c> that</c><00:44:30.539><c> he'd</c><00:44:30.659><c> been</c><00:44:30.960><c> baptized.</c>

00:44:31.679 --> 00:44:34.039
He<00:44:31.820><c> would</c><00:44:32.039><c> simply</c><00:44:32.300><c> walk</c><00:44:32.539><c> out</c><00:44:32.739><c> of</c><00:44:32.800><c> the</c><00:44:32.920><c> water.</c>

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Dignified.

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He<00:44:37.000><c> would</c><00:44:37.179><c> walk</c>

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out<00:44:37.539><c> of</c><00:44:37.579><c> that</c><00:44:37.780><c> water.</c><00:44:38.360><c> But</c><00:44:38.460><c> you</c><00:44:38.579><c> see</c>

00:44:38.900 --> 00:44:40.960
Matthew<00:44:39.420><c> and</c><00:44:39.659><c> Mark</c><00:44:39.880><c> want</c><00:44:40.079><c> us</c><00:44:40.260><c> to</c><00:44:40.440><c> understand</c>

00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:42.780
there's<00:44:41.619><c> a</c><00:44:41.780><c> straightness</c><00:44:42.159><c> about</c><00:44:42.420><c> that.</c>

00:44:42.920 --> 00:44:44.940
As<00:44:43.079><c> if</c><00:44:43.239><c> he'd</c><00:44:43.460><c> got</c><00:44:43.559><c> up,</c><00:44:44.239><c> looked</c><00:44:44.440><c> to</c><00:44:44.639><c> the</c><00:44:44.780><c> bank</c>

00:44:44.940 --> 00:44:47.199
and<00:44:45.179><c> walked</c><00:44:45.460><c> straight</c><00:44:45.900><c> out</c><00:44:46.059><c> of</c><00:44:46.119><c> that</c><00:44:46.320><c> water.</c>

00:44:48.519 --> 00:44:49.539
A<00:44:48.719><c> superfluous</c><00:44:49.239><c> comment</c>

00:44:49.539 --> 00:44:51.260
really<00:44:49.840><c> if</c><00:44:49.900><c> you're</c><00:44:50.019><c> just</c><00:44:50.260><c> describing</c><00:44:50.719><c> the</c><00:44:50.980><c> action.</c>

00:44:51.500 --> 00:44:53.219
But<00:44:51.619><c> what</c><00:44:51.739><c> they</c><00:44:52.079><c> both</c><00:44:52.320><c> want</c><00:44:52.500><c> us</c><00:44:52.659><c> to</c><00:44:52.840><c> understand</c>

00:44:53.219 --> 00:44:55.519
is<00:44:53.840><c> that</c><00:44:54.780><c> the</c><00:44:55.019><c> great</c>

00:44:55.519 --> 00:44:57.340
emphasis<00:44:56.079><c> in</c><00:44:56.300><c> our</c><00:44:56.500><c> Lord's</c><00:44:57.000><c> life</c>

00:44:57.340 --> 00:44:59.280
was<00:44:57.699><c> not</c><00:44:57.980><c> so</c><00:44:58.219><c> much</c><00:44:58.400><c> in</c><00:44:58.559><c> the</c><00:44:58.739><c> declaration</c>

00:44:59.280 --> 00:45:01.300
that<00:44:59.480><c> all</c><00:44:59.719><c> flesh</c><00:45:00.000><c> is</c><00:45:00.320><c> grass</c>

00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:03.639
but<00:45:01.900><c> the</c><00:45:02.320><c> Spirit</c><00:45:02.840><c> gives</c><00:45:03.199><c> life.</c>

00:45:03.800 --> 00:45:05.699
That<00:45:04.079><c> was</c><00:45:04.340><c> the</c><00:45:04.519><c> declaration</c><00:45:04.900><c> he</c><00:45:05.039><c> wanted</c><00:45:05.219><c> to</c><00:45:05.420><c> make.</c>

00:45:05.699 --> 00:45:07.760
And<00:45:06.340><c> if</c><00:45:06.559><c> there</c><00:45:06.719><c> was</c><00:45:06.920><c> a</c><00:45:07.179><c> painful</c>

00:45:07.760 --> 00:45:09.719
submission<00:45:08.340><c> in</c><00:45:08.639><c> humility</c><00:45:09.019><c> in</c><00:45:09.239><c> that</c><00:45:09.440><c> water</c>

00:45:09.719 --> 00:45:11.840
there<00:45:10.119><c> was</c><00:45:10.380><c> an</c><00:45:10.800><c> eagerness</c><00:45:11.159><c> to</c><00:45:11.440><c> walk</c><00:45:11.579><c> out</c><00:45:11.739><c> of</c>

00:45:11.840 --> 00:45:13.820
that<00:45:12.019><c> water</c><00:45:12.280><c> and</c><00:45:12.599><c> to</c><00:45:12.760><c> proclaim</c><00:45:13.139><c> before</c><00:45:13.539><c> all</c>

00:45:13.820 --> 00:45:15.880
men<00:45:14.059><c> that</c><00:45:14.440><c> the</c><00:45:14.739><c> way</c><00:45:15.199><c> through</c><00:45:15.619><c> life</c>

00:45:15.880 --> 00:45:17.679
through<00:45:16.159><c> death</c><00:45:16.519><c> brothers</c><00:45:16.760><c> and</c><00:45:17.059><c> sisters</c><00:45:17.260><c> is</c>

00:45:17.679 --> 00:45:19.960
into<00:45:18.019><c> life.</c><00:45:19.000><c> It's</c><00:45:19.300><c> the</c><00:45:19.639><c> Spirit</c>

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that<00:45:20.280><c> quickened</c><00:45:20.519><c> it.</c><00:45:21.059><c> Now</c><00:45:21.219><c> here's</c><00:45:21.480><c> an</c><00:45:21.659><c> interesting</c>

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thing.<00:45:22.980><c> You</c><00:45:23.139><c> think</c><00:45:23.320><c> about</c><00:45:23.579><c> this</c>

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we're<00:45:25.280><c> reading</c><00:45:25.480><c> the</c><00:45:25.679><c> end</c>

00:45:25.800 --> 00:45:27.760
of<00:45:25.940><c> Matthew</c><00:45:26.300><c> 3.</c><00:45:26.900><c> Matthew</c><00:45:27.079><c> 4</c><00:45:27.480><c> verse</c>

00:45:27.760 --> 00:45:29.900
1<00:45:28.139><c> says,</c><00:45:28.619><c> and</c><00:45:28.619><c> he</c><00:45:28.719><c> was</c><00:45:29.019><c> led</c><00:45:29.440><c> of</c>

00:45:29.900 --> 00:45:32.139
the<00:45:30.219><c> Spirit</c><00:45:30.559><c> into</c><00:45:30.880><c> the</c><00:45:31.119><c> wilderness.</c>

00:45:32.860 --> 00:45:33.699
Immediately<00:45:33.360><c> after</c>

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his<00:45:33.900><c> baptism,</c><00:45:34.860><c> he's</c><00:45:35.039><c> led</c><00:45:35.280><c> of</c><00:45:35.440><c> the</c><00:45:35.659><c> Spirit</c>

00:45:35.820 --> 00:45:38.000
into<00:45:36.000><c> the</c><00:45:36.119><c> wilderness.</c><00:45:36.619><c> So</c><00:45:36.800><c> he</c><00:45:36.860><c> comes</c><00:45:37.360><c> straight</c>

00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:39.659
out<00:45:38.139><c> of</c><00:45:38.179><c> the</c><00:45:38.360><c> water</c><00:45:38.679><c> and</c><00:45:39.199><c> he's</c><00:45:39.420><c> led</c>

00:45:39.659 --> 00:45:41.780
by<00:45:39.900><c> the</c><00:45:40.079><c> Spirit.</c><00:45:41.579><c> Now</c>

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forget<00:45:41.980><c> about</c><00:45:42.260><c> the</c><00:45:42.440><c> wilderness,</c><00:45:43.239><c> forget</c><00:45:43.440><c> about</c>

00:45:43.679 --> 00:45:45.659
the<00:45:43.840><c> temptation</c><00:45:44.320><c> which</c><00:45:44.500><c> will</c><00:45:44.699><c> come</c><00:45:44.880><c> later.</c><00:45:45.380><c> Just</c>

00:45:45.659 --> 00:45:48.380
think<00:45:45.860><c> for</c><00:45:46.039><c> the</c><00:45:46.179><c> moment,</c><00:45:46.619><c> he's</c><00:45:47.000><c> led</c><00:45:47.179><c> of</c><00:45:47.320><c> the</c><00:45:47.500><c> Spirit.</c>

00:45:48.480 --> 00:45:49.780
That's<00:45:48.780><c> why</c><00:45:48.940><c> Matthew's</c><00:45:49.500><c> using</c><00:45:49.619><c> the</c>

00:45:49.780 --> 00:45:51.659
word<00:45:50.119><c> straight</c><00:45:50.599><c> way.</c><00:45:51.260><c> That's</c><00:45:51.500><c> why</c>

00:45:51.659 --> 00:45:53.780
Mark's<00:45:52.460><c> using</c><00:45:52.579><c> the</c><00:45:52.719><c> word</c><00:45:53.019><c> straight</c><00:45:53.460><c> way</c>

00:45:53.780 --> 00:45:55.920
because<00:45:54.099><c> the</c><00:45:54.420><c> Spirit</c><00:45:54.579><c> was</c><00:45:54.780><c> waiting</c><00:45:55.079><c> for</c><00:45:55.340><c> him</c><00:45:55.500><c> out</c>

00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:58.059
there,<00:45:56.559><c> not</c><00:45:56.780><c> under</c><00:45:56.960><c> the</c><00:45:57.139><c> water.</c>

00:45:58.760 --> 00:45:59.840
And<00:45:58.920><c> knowing</c><00:45:59.119><c> that</c><00:45:59.380><c> brothers</c><00:45:59.639><c> and</c>

00:45:59.840 --> 00:46:01.920
sisters,<00:46:00.320><c> he</c><00:46:00.579><c> walked</c><00:46:00.820><c> out</c><00:46:01.119><c> there</c><00:46:01.380><c> and</c><00:46:01.679><c> the</c>

00:46:01.920 --> 00:46:04.360
Spirit<00:46:02.139><c> led</c><00:46:02.420><c> him</c><00:46:02.639><c> wherever</c><00:46:02.880><c> he</c><00:46:03.460><c> went.</c>

00:46:05.219 --> 00:46:06.599
Now<00:46:05.320><c> you</c><00:46:05.420><c> read</c><00:46:05.679><c> with</c><00:46:05.840><c> me</c>

00:46:06.739 --> 00:46:08.559
Romans<00:46:07.139><c> chapter</c><00:46:07.639><c> 8</c>

00:46:09.539 --> 00:46:10.300
and<00:46:10.059><c> you</c>

00:46:10.300 --> 00:46:11.940
just<00:46:11.079><c> make</c><00:46:11.380><c> a</c><00:46:11.539><c> note</c><00:46:11.659><c> of</c><00:46:11.820><c> where</c>

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:13.539
these<00:46:12.300><c> words</c><00:46:12.500><c> come</c><00:46:12.800><c> from</c>

00:46:13.539 --> 00:46:16.079
and<00:46:14.360><c> see</c><00:46:14.559><c> where</c><00:46:14.780><c> the</c><00:46:14.960><c> apostle</c><00:46:15.280><c> is</c><00:46:15.500><c> building</c><00:46:15.760><c> his</c>

00:46:16.079 --> 00:46:17.739
doctrine<00:46:16.340><c> about</c><00:46:16.599><c> our</c><00:46:16.860><c> walk</c><00:46:17.099><c> in</c><00:46:17.239><c> the</c><00:46:17.400><c> truth</c>

00:46:17.739 --> 00:46:19.800
and<00:46:18.019><c> how</c><00:46:18.179><c> it</c><00:46:18.340><c> relates</c><00:46:18.539><c> to</c><00:46:18.739><c> our</c><00:46:18.860><c> Lord</c><00:46:19.059><c> Jesus</c><00:46:19.480><c> Christ</c>

00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:22.079
baptism.<00:46:20.940><c> Notice</c><00:46:21.280><c> the</c><00:46:21.440><c> connection</c><00:46:21.800><c> of</c>

00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:24.239
thought<00:46:22.239><c> here.</c><00:46:23.820><c> Verse</c><00:46:23.880><c> 9</c>

00:46:24.239 --> 00:46:26.440
of<00:46:24.400><c> Romans</c><00:46:24.699><c> 8</c><00:46:25.059><c> reads</c><00:46:25.340><c> like</c><00:46:25.679><c> this.</c>

00:46:28.219 --> 00:46:30.639
But<00:46:28.420><c> you're</c><00:46:28.539><c> not</c><00:46:28.739><c> in</c><00:46:28.860><c> the</c><00:46:29.099><c> flesh,</c><00:46:29.400><c> but</c><00:46:29.539><c> in</c><00:46:29.659><c> the</c><00:46:29.880><c> Spirit.</c>

00:46:31.420 --> 00:46:33.139
If<00:46:31.940><c> so,</c><00:46:32.400><c> be</c><00:46:32.440><c> the</c><00:46:32.579><c> Spirit</c><00:46:32.800><c> of</c><00:46:32.880><c> God</c>

00:46:33.139 --> 00:46:34.539
dwell<00:46:33.320><c> in</c><00:46:33.500><c> you.</c>

00:46:35.219 --> 00:46:36.780
Now<00:46:35.380><c> if</c><00:46:35.539><c> any</c><00:46:35.679><c> man</c><00:46:35.860><c> have</c><00:46:36.119><c> not</c><00:46:36.340><c> the</c><00:46:36.519><c> Spirit</c>

00:46:36.780 --> 00:46:38.940
of<00:46:36.940><c> Christ,</c><00:46:37.440><c> he's</c><00:46:37.579><c> none</c><00:46:37.719><c> of</c><00:46:37.920><c> his.</c>

00:46:39.860 --> 00:46:41.059
And<00:46:39.980><c> if</c><00:46:40.179><c> Christ</c><00:46:40.500><c> be</c><00:46:40.699><c> in</c><00:46:40.900><c> you</c>

00:46:41.059 --> 00:46:42.840
the<00:46:41.199><c> body</c><00:46:41.500><c> is</c><00:46:41.860><c> dead</c><00:46:42.119><c> because</c><00:46:42.440><c> of</c><00:46:42.679><c> sin</c>

00:46:42.840 --> 00:46:44.679
but<00:46:43.119><c> the</c><00:46:43.480><c> Spirit</c><00:46:43.780><c> is</c><00:46:44.059><c> life</c><00:46:44.320><c> because</c>

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of<00:46:44.920><c> righteousness.</c>

00:46:46.820 --> 00:46:48.739
But<00:46:46.980><c> if</c><00:46:47.159><c> the</c><00:46:47.320><c> Spirit</c><00:46:47.599><c> of</c><00:46:47.760><c> him</c><00:46:47.920><c> that</c><00:46:48.300><c> raised</c>

00:46:48.739 --> 00:46:50.820
up<00:46:49.039><c> Jesus</c><00:46:49.420><c> from</c><00:46:49.699><c> the</c><00:46:49.800><c> dead</c><00:46:49.980><c> dwell</c><00:46:50.179><c> in</c><00:46:50.420><c> you</c>

00:46:50.820 --> 00:46:52.800
he<00:46:51.659><c> that</c><00:46:51.900><c> raised</c><00:46:52.199><c> up</c><00:46:52.500><c> Christ</c>

00:46:52.800 --> 00:46:54.719
from<00:46:52.980><c> the</c><00:46:53.119><c> dead</c><00:46:53.260><c> shall</c><00:46:53.420><c> also</c><00:46:53.880><c> quicken</c><00:46:54.199><c> your</c><00:46:54.420><c> mortal</c>

00:46:54.719 --> 00:46:56.559
bodies<00:46:55.260><c> by</c><00:46:55.860><c> his</c><00:46:56.159><c> Spirit</c>

00:46:56.559 --> 00:46:58.599
that<00:46:57.000><c> dwelleth</c><00:46:57.260><c> in</c><00:46:57.400><c> you.</c><00:46:57.820><c> Therefore</c><00:46:58.260><c> brethren</c>

00:46:58.599 --> 00:47:00.500
we<00:46:58.860><c> are</c><00:46:59.099><c> debtors,</c><00:46:59.699><c> not</c><00:46:59.900><c> for</c><00:47:00.059><c> the</c><00:47:00.280><c> flesh</c>

00:47:00.500 --> 00:47:02.639
to<00:47:00.659><c> live</c><00:47:00.860><c> after</c><00:47:01.079><c> the</c><00:47:01.300><c> flesh,</c><00:47:01.860><c> for</c><00:47:01.940><c> if</c><00:47:02.099><c> you</c><00:47:02.179><c> live</c><00:47:02.340><c> after</c>

00:47:02.639 --> 00:47:04.340
the<00:47:02.699><c> flesh</c><00:47:02.800><c> you</c><00:47:02.900><c> shall</c><00:47:03.159><c> die.</c>

00:47:04.659 --> 00:47:06.559
But<00:47:04.780><c> if</c><00:47:04.960><c> through</c><00:47:05.139><c> the</c><00:47:05.380><c> Spirit</c><00:47:05.719><c> you</c><00:47:06.000><c> do</c><00:47:06.159><c> mortify</c>

00:47:06.559 --> 00:47:08.440
the<00:47:06.719><c> deeds</c><00:47:06.880><c> of</c><00:47:07.059><c> the</c><00:47:07.199><c> body</c><00:47:07.519><c> you</c><00:47:07.739><c> shall</c><00:47:08.139><c> live.</c>

00:47:08.519 --> 00:47:10.739
Now<00:47:08.760><c> what's</c><00:47:09.179><c> the</c><00:47:09.360><c> tenor</c><00:47:09.539><c> of</c><00:47:09.659><c> those</c><00:47:09.860><c> words?</c>

00:47:10.820 --> 00:47:12.400
The<00:47:10.960><c> tenor</c><00:47:11.199><c> of</c><00:47:11.340><c> those</c><00:47:11.480><c> words</c><00:47:11.699><c> is</c><00:47:11.960><c> this</c>

00:47:12.400 --> 00:47:15.039
that<00:47:12.860><c> the</c><00:47:13.199><c> flesh</c><00:47:13.500><c> owes</c><00:47:13.860><c> us</c><00:47:14.219><c> nothing.</c>

00:47:15.659 --> 00:47:16.380
I'm<00:47:15.900><c> not</c><00:47:16.039><c> in</c><00:47:16.300><c> debt</c>

00:47:16.380 --> 00:47:18.619
to<00:47:16.559><c> the</c><00:47:16.719><c> flesh.</c><00:47:18.019><c> I</c><00:47:18.159><c> look</c><00:47:18.300><c> back</c><00:47:18.500><c> on</c>

00:47:18.619 --> 00:47:19.880
my<00:47:18.840><c> life</c><00:47:18.980><c> and</c><00:47:19.139><c> I</c><00:47:19.199><c> say</c><00:47:19.340><c> to</c><00:47:19.460><c> myself</c>

00:47:19.880 --> 00:47:22.099
when<00:47:20.460><c> I've</c><00:47:20.679><c> followed</c><00:47:20.880><c> my</c><00:47:21.079><c> own</c><00:47:21.340><c> inclinations</c>

00:47:22.099 --> 00:47:24.500
when<00:47:22.659><c> I've</c><00:47:22.840><c> gone</c><00:47:23.019><c> my</c><00:47:23.260><c> own</c><00:47:23.500><c> way,</c><00:47:23.940><c> when</c><00:47:24.059><c> I've</c><00:47:24.260><c> allowed</c>

00:47:24.500 --> 00:47:26.480
the<00:47:24.800><c> thought</c><00:47:24.940><c> for</c><00:47:25.119><c> the</c><00:47:25.300><c> world</c><00:47:25.500><c> to</c><00:47:25.679><c> come</c><00:47:25.719><c> into</c><00:47:25.880><c> my</c><00:47:26.219><c> mind</c>

00:47:26.480 --> 00:47:28.300
an<00:47:26.940><c> evil</c><00:47:27.219><c> thinking</c><00:47:27.460><c> to</c><00:47:27.699><c> take</c><00:47:27.960><c> over</c>

00:47:28.300 --> 00:47:30.579
what<00:47:28.539><c> has</c><00:47:29.000><c> it</c><00:47:29.179><c> done</c><00:47:29.300><c> to</c><00:47:29.500><c> me?</c><00:47:30.079><c> When</c><00:47:30.239><c> I've</c><00:47:30.420><c> come</c>

00:47:30.579 --> 00:47:32.539
out<00:47:30.760><c> of</c><00:47:30.780><c> that</c><00:47:30.960><c> later</c><00:47:31.239><c> on</c><00:47:31.699><c> with</c><00:47:32.119><c> a</c><00:47:32.260><c> guilty</c>

00:47:32.539 --> 00:47:34.559
conscience,<00:47:34.059><c> with</c><00:47:34.139><c> a</c><00:47:34.360><c> sick</c>

00:47:34.559 --> 00:47:37.079
heart<00:47:34.980><c> and</c><00:47:35.239><c> a</c><00:47:35.380><c> sick</c><00:47:35.579><c> stomach</c><00:47:35.900><c> very</c><00:47:36.239><c> often</c>

00:47:37.119 --> 00:47:38.440
and<00:47:37.559><c> a</c><00:47:37.719><c> feeling</c><00:47:37.900><c> of</c><00:47:38.199><c> shame</c>

00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:40.440
and<00:47:38.619><c> inefficiency</c><00:47:39.380><c> that</c><00:47:39.719><c> I</c><00:47:39.739><c> don't</c><00:47:39.900><c> even</c><00:47:40.039><c> want</c><00:47:40.139><c> to</c><00:47:40.280><c> mingle</c>

00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:42.619
with<00:47:40.579><c> my</c><00:47:40.800><c> brothers</c><00:47:41.000><c> and</c><00:47:41.260><c> sisters,</c><00:47:41.780><c> what</c><00:47:42.239><c> do</c>

00:47:42.619 --> 00:47:44.739
I<00:47:42.820><c> owe</c><00:47:43.019><c> the</c><00:47:43.239><c> flesh</c><00:47:43.559><c> for</c><00:47:43.840><c> that?</c>

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Am<00:47:45.340><c> I</c><00:47:45.639><c> a</c><00:47:45.760><c> debtor</c><00:47:45.960><c> because</c><00:47:46.119><c> it's</c><00:47:46.300><c> done</c>

00:47:46.519 --> 00:47:48.579
that<00:47:46.739><c> to</c><00:47:46.940><c> me?</c><00:47:48.079><c> I</c><00:47:48.300><c> try</c><00:47:48.420><c> to</c>

00:47:48.579 --> 00:47:50.559
turn<00:47:48.760><c> my</c><00:47:48.940><c> back</c><00:47:49.099><c> on</c><00:47:49.320><c> it.</c><00:47:49.980><c> I</c><00:47:50.179><c> owe</c><00:47:50.340><c> it</c>

00:47:50.559 --> 00:47:52.320
nothing.<00:47:50.840><c> It's</c><00:47:51.159><c> done</c><00:47:51.280><c> nothing</c><00:47:51.619><c> for</c><00:47:51.900><c> me.</c>

00:47:52.539 --> 00:47:55.179
It's<00:47:52.880><c> reduced</c><00:47:53.179><c> me</c><00:47:53.420><c> to</c><00:47:53.559><c> rags.</c>

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When<00:47:55.679><c> I</c><00:47:55.760><c> look</c><00:47:55.880><c> at</c><00:47:56.019><c> the</c><00:47:56.099><c> Lord</c><00:47:56.280><c> Jesus</c><00:47:56.679><c> Christ</c>

00:47:57.019 --> 00:47:58.940
and<00:47:57.179><c> I</c><00:47:57.340><c> find</c><00:47:57.480><c> that</c><00:47:57.840><c> the</c><00:47:58.099><c> spirit</c><00:47:58.300><c> of</c><00:47:58.460><c> his</c><00:47:58.659><c> life</c>

00:47:58.940 --> 00:48:00.760
brothers<00:47:59.199><c> and</c><00:47:59.440><c> sisters</c><00:47:59.719><c> is</c><00:48:00.019><c> what</c><00:48:00.179><c> ought</c><00:48:00.300><c> to</c><00:48:00.480><c> dominate</c>

00:48:00.760 --> 00:48:02.659
me<00:48:01.079><c> and</c><00:48:01.360><c> if</c><00:48:01.699><c> there</c><00:48:01.940><c> are</c><00:48:02.119><c> perchance</c>

00:48:02.659 --> 00:48:04.940
by<00:48:02.920><c> God's</c><00:48:03.320><c> grace</c><00:48:03.519><c> I'm</c><00:48:03.860><c> able</c><00:48:03.960><c> to</c><00:48:04.099><c> put</c><00:48:04.199><c> that</c><00:48:04.420><c> into</c><00:48:04.619><c> practice</c>

00:48:04.940 --> 00:48:06.940
and<00:48:05.280><c> I</c><00:48:05.420><c> look</c><00:48:05.539><c> back</c><00:48:05.719><c> on</c><00:48:05.860><c> the</c><00:48:06.000><c> lovely</c><00:48:06.239><c> things</c><00:48:06.420><c> in</c><00:48:06.619><c> my</c><00:48:06.800><c> life</c>

00:48:06.940 --> 00:48:08.940
the<00:48:07.119><c> things</c><00:48:07.260><c> that</c><00:48:07.500><c> God</c><00:48:07.840><c> might</c><00:48:08.119><c> have</c><00:48:08.300><c> accomplished</c><00:48:08.699><c> in</c>

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me<00:48:09.199><c> and</c><00:48:09.500><c> the</c><00:48:09.679><c> joys</c><00:48:09.940><c> of</c><00:48:10.119><c> all</c><00:48:10.300><c> that,</c><00:48:10.579><c> I</c>

00:48:10.860 --> 00:48:12.780
owe<00:48:11.019><c> that</c><00:48:11.280><c> everything.</c><00:48:12.139><c> I</c><00:48:12.300><c> ought</c><00:48:12.460><c> therefore</c>

00:48:12.780 --> 00:48:14.699
to<00:48:12.980><c> go</c><00:48:13.300><c> straight</c><00:48:13.800><c> way</c><00:48:14.179><c> that</c><00:48:14.440><c> way</c>

00:48:14.699 --> 00:48:16.079
not<00:48:14.900><c> the</c><00:48:15.139><c> other</c><00:48:15.340><c> way.</c>

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Now<00:48:17.500><c> look</c><00:48:17.739><c> what</c><00:48:18.019><c> verse</c><00:48:18.320><c> 14</c>

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says.

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For<00:48:21.039><c> as</c><00:48:21.460><c> many</c><00:48:21.800><c> as</c><00:48:22.159><c> are</c>

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fed

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by<00:48:25.199><c> the</c><00:48:25.440><c> spirit</c><00:48:25.659><c> of</c><00:48:25.880><c> God</c>

00:48:26.099 --> 00:48:29.579
are<00:48:26.519><c> the</c><00:48:26.980><c> sons</c><00:48:27.659><c> of</c><00:48:28.059><c> God.</c>

00:48:30.780 --> 00:48:32.260
And<00:48:30.920><c> Paul</c><00:48:31.079><c> is</c><00:48:31.440><c> obviously</c>

00:48:32.260 --> 00:48:34.440
paraphrasing<00:48:32.980><c> that</c><00:48:33.300><c> little</c><00:48:33.559><c> section</c>

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on<00:48:35.199><c> the</c><00:48:35.420><c> incident</c><00:48:35.860><c> in</c>

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Jordan<00:48:36.679><c> which</c><00:48:36.860><c> was</c><00:48:37.239><c> practiced</c><00:48:37.719><c> out</c><00:48:37.980><c> by</c><00:48:38.179><c> our</c><00:48:38.320><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:48:38.920><c> Christ.</c><00:48:39.519><c> He</c><00:48:39.739><c> would</c><00:48:39.920><c> have</c><00:48:40.139><c> risen</c><00:48:40.380><c> out</c>

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of<00:48:40.659><c> the</c><00:48:40.840><c> water.</c><00:48:41.280><c> He</c><00:48:41.420><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:41.719><c> have</c><00:48:42.059><c> downed</c><00:48:42.360><c> there</c>

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a<00:48:42.760><c> second.</c><00:48:43.000><c> He</c><00:48:43.099><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:43.320><c> have</c><00:48:43.559><c> gone</c><00:48:43.659><c> out</c><00:48:43.980><c> in</c>

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undignified<00:48:45.099><c> haste</c><00:48:45.960><c> but</c><00:48:46.059><c> he</c><00:48:46.179><c> would</c><00:48:46.360><c> have</c>

00:48:46.460 --> 00:48:48.219
come<00:48:46.599><c> up</c><00:48:46.739><c> out</c><00:48:46.880><c> of</c><00:48:46.940><c> the</c><00:48:47.039><c> water</c><00:48:47.260><c> straight</c><00:48:47.619><c> like</c><00:48:47.880><c> that.</c><00:48:48.000><c> He</c><00:48:48.059><c> would</c>

00:48:48.219 --> 00:48:48.599
have<00:48:48.300><c> got</c><00:48:48.420><c> up</c>

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and<00:48:48.719><c> he</c><00:48:48.719><c> would</c><00:48:48.920><c> have</c><00:48:49.099><c> strayed</c><00:48:49.260><c> out</c><00:48:49.400><c> of</c><00:48:49.460><c> the</c><00:48:49.539><c> water</c><00:48:49.699><c> quickly</c>

00:48:50.019 --> 00:48:50.619
like<00:48:50.239><c> that</c>

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on<00:48:50.880><c> the</c><00:48:50.880><c> bank</c><00:48:51.079><c> and</c><00:48:51.380><c> then</c><00:48:51.519><c> whenever</c><00:48:51.760><c> the</c><00:48:51.980><c> spirit</c><00:48:52.139><c> of</c><00:48:52.199><c> God</c><00:48:52.420><c> went</c>

00:48:52.639 --> 00:48:55.360
he<00:48:52.960><c> went.</c><00:48:53.260><c> He</c><00:48:53.320><c> owed</c><00:48:53.579><c> nothing</c><00:48:54.179><c> to</c><00:48:54.360><c> the</c><00:48:54.559><c> Jordan.</c>

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All<00:48:56.019><c> that</c><00:48:56.260><c> Jordan</c><00:48:56.460><c> could</c>

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ever<00:48:57.000><c> do</c><00:48:57.119><c> for</c><00:48:57.400><c> him</c><00:48:57.679><c> was</c><00:48:58.000><c> to</c><00:48:58.280><c> carry</c><00:48:58.480><c> him</c>

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down<00:48:58.860><c> and</c><00:48:59.280><c> drown</c><00:48:59.559><c> him</c><00:48:59.739><c> in</c><00:48:59.820><c> the</c><00:48:59.940><c> Dead</c><00:49:00.280><c> Sea.</c>

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He<00:49:02.019><c> owed</c><00:49:02.219><c> everything</c>

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to<00:49:02.760><c> the</c><00:49:02.880><c> one</c><00:49:03.000><c> that</c><00:49:03.119><c> was</c><00:49:03.199><c> on</c><00:49:03.380><c> that</c><00:49:03.659><c> bank.</c>

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And<00:49:05.000><c> Paul's</c><00:49:05.320><c> point</c><00:49:05.460><c> is</c><00:49:05.679><c> this</c><00:49:05.840><c> that</c><00:49:05.920><c> if</c><00:49:06.099><c> the</c><00:49:06.320><c> spirit</c><00:49:06.500><c> of</c>

00:49:06.679 --> 00:49:08.480
him<00:49:07.280><c> dominate</c><00:49:07.860><c> our</c><00:49:08.159><c> lives</c>

00:49:08.480 --> 00:49:10.679
we<00:49:08.860><c> will</c><00:49:09.039><c> go</c><00:49:09.420><c> straight</c><00:49:09.719><c> way</c><00:49:09.900><c> towards</c><00:49:10.219><c> that</c><00:49:10.440><c> because</c>

00:49:10.679 --> 00:49:12.679
we<00:49:10.880><c> owe</c><00:49:11.019><c> everything</c><00:49:11.400><c> to</c><00:49:11.639><c> it</c><00:49:11.880><c> and</c><00:49:12.119><c> we'll</c><00:49:12.380><c> be</c><00:49:12.519><c> led</c>

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by<00:49:12.920><c> the</c><00:49:13.119><c> spirit</c><00:49:13.280><c> and</c><00:49:13.440><c> we</c><00:49:13.599><c> are</c><00:49:13.820><c> the</c><00:49:14.260><c> sons</c>

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of<00:49:14.820><c> God</c><00:49:14.920><c> because</c><00:49:15.079><c> he</c><00:49:15.340><c> was</c>

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and<00:49:16.760><c> the</c><00:49:17.079><c> spirit</c><00:49:17.400><c> led</c><00:49:17.800><c> him</c><00:49:18.019><c> immediately.</c>

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So<00:49:19.940><c> Paul's</c><00:49:20.360><c> comment</c>

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is<00:49:20.920><c> very</c><00:49:21.199><c> wonderful</c><00:49:21.500><c> when</c><00:49:21.659><c> we</c><00:49:21.699><c> look</c><00:49:21.860><c> at</c><00:49:22.019><c> the</c><00:49:22.480><c> baptism</c>

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of<00:49:23.019><c> our</c><00:49:23.139><c> Lord</c><00:49:23.300><c> Jesus</c><00:49:23.699><c> Christ.</c>

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Now<00:49:26.539><c> I</c><00:49:26.639><c> have</c>

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a<00:49:27.019><c> matter</c><00:49:27.199><c> to</c><00:49:27.440><c> show</c><00:49:27.659><c> you</c><00:49:27.840><c> brothers</c><00:49:28.059><c> and</c><00:49:28.260><c> sisters</c>

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which<00:49:30.880><c> is</c>

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superb.

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It<00:49:33.360><c> really</c><00:49:34.000><c> is</c><00:49:34.380><c> and</c><00:49:34.539><c> it's</c>

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not<00:49:35.019><c> easy</c><00:49:35.239><c> to</c><00:49:35.500><c> follow.</c>

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But<00:49:37.260><c> it's</c><00:49:37.820><c> absolutely</c>

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marvellous<00:49:39.159><c> concerning</c><00:49:39.539><c> the</c><00:49:39.820><c> baptism</c><00:49:39.980><c> of</c><00:49:40.199><c> our</c><00:49:40.320><c> Lord</c><00:49:40.460><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ.<00:49:41.280><c> If</c><00:49:41.380><c> you'll</c><00:49:41.619><c> turn</c><00:49:41.760><c> with</c><00:49:41.920><c> me</c><00:49:42.059><c> to</c><00:49:42.260><c> Mark's</c>

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Gospel.

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It<00:49:44.880><c> is</c><00:49:45.460><c> absolutely</c><00:49:46.239><c> wonderful</c>

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what<00:49:47.139><c> Mark</c><00:49:47.480><c> says</c><00:49:47.739><c> here</c><00:49:48.400><c> concerning</c>

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our<00:49:49.739><c> Lord's</c><00:49:50.139><c> baptism</c><00:49:50.480><c> and</c><00:49:50.679><c> when</c><00:49:50.760><c> he</c>

00:49:50.920 --> 00:49:52.480
came<00:49:51.159><c> up</c><00:49:51.300><c> out</c><00:49:51.420><c> of</c><00:49:51.420><c> that</c><00:49:51.639><c> water.</c>

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It's<00:49:53.460><c> Mark</c><00:49:53.840><c> alone</c><00:49:54.400><c> that</c><00:49:54.659><c> says</c><00:49:54.820><c> this</c>

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in<00:49:56.460><c> verse</c><00:49:56.739><c> 10</c>

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of<00:49:57.639><c> Mark</c><00:49:57.940><c> chapter</c><00:49:58.219><c> 1.</c>

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And<00:50:00.900><c> straight</c><00:50:01.420><c> way</c>

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coming<00:50:02.119><c> up</c><00:50:02.400><c> out</c><00:50:02.599><c> of</c><00:50:02.699><c> the</c><00:50:02.860><c> water</c>

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he<00:50:03.239><c> saw</c><00:50:03.440><c> the</c><00:50:03.719><c> heavens</c><00:50:04.019><c> open.</c>

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Now<00:50:04.760><c> let</c><00:50:04.920><c> me</c><00:50:05.099><c> pause</c><00:50:05.340><c> here</c><00:50:05.519><c> and</c><00:50:05.599><c> say</c><00:50:05.840><c> this.</c>

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Matthew,<00:50:07.480><c> which</c><00:50:07.619><c> we</c><00:50:07.760><c> should</c><00:50:07.920><c> have</c><00:50:08.079><c> stayed</c><00:50:08.280><c> with</c><00:50:08.420><c> Matthew</c><00:50:08.719><c> for</c><00:50:08.940><c> a</c>

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second<00:50:09.260><c> longer,</c><00:50:09.980><c> Matthew</c><00:50:10.340><c> adds</c><00:50:10.579><c> this</c><00:50:10.820><c> little</c>

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point.<00:50:11.280><c> It</c><00:50:11.400><c> shows</c><00:50:11.539><c> you</c><00:50:11.659><c> how</c><00:50:11.820><c> careful</c><00:50:12.059><c> you've</c><00:50:12.239><c> got</c><00:50:12.239><c> to</c><00:50:12.340><c> be</c><00:50:12.420><c> when</c>

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you<00:50:12.699><c> read</c>

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the<00:50:13.000><c> Gospel</c><00:50:13.280><c> records</c><00:50:13.679><c> together.</c><00:50:14.639><c> Matthew</c>

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adds<00:50:15.159><c> this</c><00:50:15.460><c> point.</c><00:50:15.739><c> He</c><00:50:15.739><c> says</c><00:50:16.219><c> the</c><00:50:16.820><c> heavens</c>

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were<00:50:17.579><c> opened</c>

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unto<00:50:19.380><c> him.</c>

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Think<00:50:21.000><c> about</c><00:50:21.280><c> that.</c>

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So<00:50:22.840><c> when</c><00:50:23.099><c> the</c><00:50:23.280><c> heavens</c><00:50:23.500><c> opened,</c><00:50:24.059><c> brothers</c><00:50:24.179><c> and</c><00:50:24.380><c> sisters</c>

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it<00:50:25.320><c> wasn't</c>

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to<00:50:27.460><c> let</c><00:50:27.679><c> God</c><00:50:27.960><c> through.</c>

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It<00:50:30.739><c> was</c>

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opened<00:50:31.679><c> to</c><00:50:32.280><c> him.</c>

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So<00:50:34.360><c> what</c><00:50:34.619><c> God</c>

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did<00:50:35.139><c> was</c><00:50:35.320><c> not,</c><00:50:35.500><c> as</c><00:50:35.659><c> I</c><00:50:35.760><c> say,</c><00:50:35.960><c> to</c><00:50:36.099><c> open</c><00:50:36.260><c> the</c><00:50:36.440><c> heavens</c><00:50:36.579><c> that</c><00:50:36.699><c> he</c>

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might<00:50:37.179><c> shine</c><00:50:37.619><c> through</c><00:50:37.880><c> the</c><00:50:38.059><c> heavens</c>

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but<00:50:39.179><c> he</c><00:50:39.460><c> opened</c><00:50:39.639><c> the</c><00:50:39.860><c> heavens</c><00:50:40.179><c> to</c><00:50:40.420><c> his</c><00:50:40.679><c> son.</c>

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What<00:50:41.960><c> Matthew</c><00:50:42.280><c> says.</c>

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Isn't<00:50:44.059><c> that</c><00:50:44.320><c> absolutely</c><00:50:44.599><c> beautiful?</c>

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As<00:50:45.380><c> if</c><00:50:45.519><c> God</c><00:50:45.719><c> was</c><00:50:45.940><c> saying</c>

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you're<00:50:47.019><c> all</c><00:50:47.159><c> preparing</c><00:50:47.480><c> for</c><00:50:47.659><c> the</c><00:50:47.780><c> Royal</c><00:50:47.980><c> Majesty.</c>

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You're<00:50:49.460><c> all</c><00:50:49.579><c> coming</c><00:50:49.780><c> to</c><00:50:49.920><c> the</c><00:50:50.039><c> baptism</c><00:50:50.300><c> of</c><00:50:50.480><c> repentance</c>

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to<00:50:51.400><c> face</c><00:50:51.619><c> my</c><00:50:51.960><c> son.</c><00:50:52.340><c> Look</c><00:50:52.559><c> at</c><00:50:52.719><c> him.</c>

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He<00:50:54.099><c> can</c><00:50:54.340><c> come</c><00:50:54.480><c> to</c><00:50:54.539><c> you</c>

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and<00:50:54.699><c> he</c><00:50:54.800><c> can</c><00:50:54.860><c> tell</c><00:50:54.920><c> you</c><00:50:55.079><c> lies.</c><00:50:56.179><c> Morally</c><00:50:56.579><c> though.</c>

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We<00:50:57.960><c> know</c><00:50:58.219><c> of</c><00:50:58.320><c> course</c>

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the<00:50:58.659><c> necessity</c><00:50:59.000><c> of</c><00:50:59.199><c> change</c><00:50:59.440><c> of</c><00:50:59.659><c> nature.</c><00:50:59.900><c> We're</c><00:51:00.039><c> all</c><00:51:00.159><c> well</c><00:51:00.280><c> aware</c><00:51:00.480><c> of</c><00:51:00.599><c> that</c>

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and<00:51:00.940><c> I'm</c><00:51:01.139><c> speaking</c><00:51:01.340><c> morally.</c><00:51:02.119><c> And</c><00:51:02.219><c> the</c><00:51:02.340><c> heavens</c>

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were<00:51:02.860><c> opened</c><00:51:03.199><c> unto</c><00:51:03.440><c> him.</c><00:51:04.360><c> As</c><00:51:04.500><c> if</c><00:51:04.599><c> God</c>

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said<00:51:05.159><c> he</c><00:51:05.480><c> can</c><00:51:05.659><c> stand</c><00:51:05.880><c> in</c><00:51:06.059><c> my</c><00:51:06.320><c> presence</c>

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whenever<00:51:07.079><c> he</c><00:51:07.260><c> likes.</c><00:51:07.440><c> And</c><00:51:07.599><c> he</c><00:51:07.880><c> did.</c>

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Him<00:51:08.900><c> and</c><00:51:09.039><c> the</c><00:51:09.219><c> Father</c><00:51:09.420><c> were</c><00:51:09.800><c> one.</c>

00:51:10.119 --> 00:51:13.380
He<00:51:11.099><c> was</c><00:51:11.679><c> never</c><00:51:12.119><c> alone.</c>

00:51:14.300 --> 00:51:16.500
And<00:51:14.380><c> the</c><00:51:14.440><c> very</c><00:51:14.739><c> principle</c><00:51:15.059><c> of</c><00:51:15.219><c> John's</c><00:51:15.639><c> baptism</c><00:51:15.920><c> was</c><00:51:16.219><c> there</c>

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seen<00:51:16.659><c> in</c><00:51:16.920><c> him.</c><00:51:17.800><c> But</c><00:51:17.980><c> now</c>

00:51:18.400 --> 00:51:20.199
Mark<00:51:18.619><c> says</c><00:51:19.820><c> the</c>

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heavens<00:51:20.440><c> were</c><00:51:20.679><c> opened.</c><00:51:21.079><c> And</c><00:51:21.079><c> if</c><00:51:21.199><c> you've</c><00:51:21.460><c> got</c><00:51:21.599><c> a</c><00:51:21.780><c> marginal</c>

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reference,<00:51:22.739><c> brothers</c><00:51:22.780><c> and</c><00:51:23.019><c> sisters,</c><00:51:23.380><c> alongside</c><00:51:23.760><c> that</c><00:51:24.000><c> word</c>

00:51:24.159 --> 00:51:26.139
open,<00:51:24.920><c> you're</c><00:51:25.159><c> reading</c><00:51:25.320><c> the</c><00:51:25.599><c> margin</c>

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cloven<00:51:26.880><c> or</c><00:51:27.360><c> rent.</c>

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And<00:51:29.900><c> familiar</c>

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readers<00:51:30.860><c> with</c><00:51:31.079><c> the</c><00:51:31.340><c> Bible</c><00:51:31.619><c> won't</c>

00:51:32.139 --> 00:51:34.079
miss<00:51:32.519><c> that</c><00:51:32.800><c> echo.</c><00:51:33.460><c> It's</c><00:51:33.679><c> Mark</c>

00:51:34.079 --> 00:51:36.059
alone<00:51:34.559><c> that</c><00:51:34.900><c> uses</c><00:51:35.139><c> that</c><00:51:35.539><c> Greek</c><00:51:35.780><c> word</c>

00:51:36.059 --> 00:51:38.820
which<00:51:36.280><c> means</c><00:51:36.639><c> the</c><00:51:36.980><c> heavens</c><00:51:37.320><c> were</c><00:51:37.840><c> rent.</c>

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Isaiah<00:51:40.599><c> 64.</c>

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Do<00:51:41.780><c> you</c><00:51:41.800><c> ever</c><00:51:41.940><c> look</c><00:51:42.079><c> at</c><00:51:42.239><c> this?</c>

00:51:44.739 --> 00:51:46.699
What<00:51:44.940><c> a</c><00:51:45.380><c> marvelous</c><00:51:45.980><c> application</c>

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of<00:51:46.920><c> scripture</c><00:51:47.159><c> this</c><00:51:47.440><c> is.</c>

00:51:48.400 --> 00:51:51.380
You<00:51:48.599><c> just</c><00:51:48.840><c> follow</c><00:51:49.019><c> this</c><00:51:49.239><c> carefully</c><00:51:49.579><c> with</c><00:51:49.760><c> me,</c><00:51:50.159><c> brothers</c><00:51:50.239><c> and</c><00:51:50.460><c> sisters.</c>

00:51:52.079 --> 00:51:52.980
And<00:51:52.179><c> you'll</c><00:51:52.300><c> have</c><00:51:52.400><c> to</c><00:51:52.559><c> follow</c><00:51:52.739><c> it</c>

00:51:52.980 --> 00:51:54.300
carefully.<00:51:53.260><c> And</c><00:51:53.280><c> I'll</c><00:51:53.480><c> try</c><00:51:53.659><c> and</c><00:51:53.739><c> go</c><00:51:53.960><c> slow</c>

00:51:54.300 --> 00:51:56.440
and<00:51:54.400><c> you'll</c><00:51:54.659><c> follow</c><00:51:54.900><c> this.</c><00:51:56.179><c> This</c><00:51:56.320><c> is</c>

00:51:56.440 --> 00:51:58.260
where<00:51:56.559><c> Mark</c><00:51:56.860><c> is</c><00:51:57.039><c> getting</c><00:51:57.179><c> it</c><00:51:57.460><c> from.</c>

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Isaiah<00:51:58.719><c> 64.</c>

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O<00:52:01.599><c> that</c><00:52:01.840><c> thou</c><00:52:02.219><c> wouldst</c>

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rend<00:52:03.340><c> the</c><00:52:03.679><c> heavens</c>

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that<00:52:05.519><c> thou</c><00:52:05.719><c> wouldst</c><00:52:05.960><c> come</c><00:52:06.179><c> down</c>

00:52:06.440 --> 00:52:08.559
that<00:52:06.440><c> the</c><00:52:06.639><c> mountains</c><00:52:06.960><c> might</c><00:52:07.320><c> flow</c><00:52:07.539><c> down</c><00:52:07.719><c> at</c><00:52:07.840><c> thy</c><00:52:08.039><c> presence</c>

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as<00:52:09.380><c> when</c><00:52:09.559><c> the</c><00:52:09.699><c> melting</c><00:52:09.960><c> fire</c>

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burneth<00:52:10.760><c> the</c><00:52:10.940><c> fire</c><00:52:11.360><c> causeth</c><00:52:11.719><c> the</c><00:52:11.900><c> waters</c>

00:52:12.219 --> 00:52:14.719
to<00:52:12.440><c> boil</c><00:52:12.599><c> to</c><00:52:12.800><c> make</c><00:52:12.960><c> thy</c><00:52:13.179><c> name</c><00:52:13.420><c> known</c><00:52:13.739><c> to</c><00:52:13.860><c> thy</c><00:52:13.980><c> adversaries</c>

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that<00:52:15.059><c> the</c><00:52:15.280><c> nations</c><00:52:15.780><c> may</c>

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tremble<00:52:17.360><c> at</c><00:52:17.440><c> thy</c><00:52:17.699><c> presence</c>

00:52:18.980 --> 00:52:20.300
when<00:52:19.420><c> thou</c><00:52:19.599><c> didst</c><00:52:19.900><c> terrible</c>

00:52:20.300 --> 00:52:22.440
things<00:52:20.619><c> which</c><00:52:20.760><c> we</c><00:52:20.960><c> look</c><00:52:21.199><c> not</c><00:52:21.579><c> for</c>

00:52:22.440 --> 00:52:24.400
thou<00:52:22.820><c> camest</c><00:52:23.159><c> down</c><00:52:23.480><c> the</c><00:52:23.619><c> mountains</c><00:52:24.039><c> flowed</c>

00:52:24.400 --> 00:52:26.760
down<00:52:24.579><c> at</c><00:52:24.739><c> thy</c><00:52:24.960><c> presence.</c><00:52:25.699><c> And</c><00:52:25.800><c> so</c><00:52:25.940><c> on</c><00:52:26.159><c> and</c><00:52:26.380><c> so</c><00:52:26.519><c> on.</c>

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And<00:52:27.019><c> so</c><00:52:27.219><c> Isaiah</c><00:52:27.519><c> the</c><00:52:27.679><c> prophet</c>

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thinking<00:52:29.059><c> back</c><00:52:29.360><c> to</c><00:52:29.539><c> the</c><00:52:29.760><c> manifestation</c>

00:52:30.300 --> 00:52:32.440
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all<00:52:32.960><c> that</c><00:52:33.059><c> you</c><00:52:33.239><c> would</c><00:52:33.340><c> do</c><00:52:33.460><c> it</c><00:52:33.679><c> again,</c><00:52:34.039><c> do</c><00:52:34.119><c> it</c><00:52:34.340><c> again</c>

00:52:34.719 --> 00:52:36.860
rend<00:52:35.119><c> the</c><00:52:35.400><c> heavens</c><00:52:35.579><c> and</c><00:52:35.840><c> come</c><00:52:36.059><c> down,</c><00:52:36.860><c> boil</c>

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the<00:52:37.139><c> mountains</c><00:52:37.420><c> that</c><00:52:38.099><c> the</c><00:52:38.280><c> nations</c><00:52:38.599><c> might</c>

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tremble<00:52:39.619><c> at</c><00:52:39.760><c> your</c><00:52:40.000><c> presence</c>

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when<00:52:40.960><c> he</c><00:52:41.159><c> said</c><00:52:41.380><c> you</c><00:52:41.599><c> do</c><00:52:42.019><c> things</c><00:52:42.320><c> that</c><00:52:42.460><c> we</c><00:52:42.599><c> didn't</c>

00:52:42.820 --> 00:52:44.719
look<00:52:43.159><c> for.</c><00:52:43.960><c> Brothers</c><00:52:44.079><c> and</c><00:52:44.300><c> sisters</c>

00:52:44.719 --> 00:52:46.880
the<00:52:45.260><c> point</c><00:52:45.460><c> that</c><00:52:45.760><c> Mark's</c><00:52:46.159><c> going</c><00:52:46.280><c> to</c><00:52:46.420><c> make</c><00:52:46.639><c> is</c>

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this.

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He<00:52:49.739><c> rent</c><00:52:50.000><c> the</c><00:52:50.239><c> heavens</c><00:52:50.500><c> again</c>

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and<00:52:52.260><c> did</c>

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something<00:52:53.440><c> that</c><00:52:53.739><c> Israel</c><00:52:54.119><c> were</c><00:52:54.380><c> not</c>

00:52:54.860 --> 00:52:56.420
looking<00:52:55.320><c> for.</c>

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They<00:52:58.039><c> didn't</c><00:52:58.340><c> see</c><00:52:58.619><c> a</c><00:52:58.820><c> mountain</c>

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boil.

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They<00:53:01.360><c> didn't</c><00:53:01.599><c> see</c><00:53:01.840><c> the</c><00:53:02.039><c> mountains</c><00:53:02.380><c> flow</c><00:53:02.739><c> down</c>

00:53:02.860 --> 00:53:04.360
at<00:53:02.940><c> God's</c><00:53:03.420><c> presence.</c>

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They<00:53:05.519><c> saw</c><00:53:05.840><c> a</c><00:53:06.159><c> dove</c>

00:53:07.039 --> 00:53:09.400
and<00:53:07.519><c> they</c><00:53:07.800><c> weren't</c><00:53:08.059><c> looking</c><00:53:08.360><c> for</c><00:53:08.619><c> that.</c>

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Now<00:53:10.679><c> what</c>

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was<00:53:11.059><c> the</c><00:53:11.199><c> point</c><00:53:11.380><c> of</c><00:53:11.539><c> that?</c><00:53:12.179><c> What</c><00:53:12.320><c> was</c><00:53:12.539><c> the</c><00:53:12.619><c> point</c>

00:53:12.860 --> 00:53:14.519
of<00:53:13.000><c> all</c><00:53:13.179><c> that?</c><00:53:13.780><c> Well</c><00:53:13.960><c> you</c><00:53:14.139><c> see</c>

00:53:14.519 --> 00:53:16.679
if<00:53:15.159><c> you</c><00:53:15.400><c> read</c><00:53:15.599><c> these</c><00:53:15.900><c> chapters</c><00:53:16.159><c> of</c><00:53:16.400><c> Isaiah</c>

00:53:16.679 --> 00:53:18.860
carefully<00:53:17.219><c> what</c><00:53:17.460><c> you</c><00:53:17.639><c> find</c><00:53:17.880><c> is</c><00:53:18.119><c> this,</c><00:53:18.500><c> that</c><00:53:18.539><c> in</c><00:53:18.679><c> the</c>

00:53:18.860 --> 00:53:20.920
context<00:53:19.179><c> of</c><00:53:19.360><c> each,</c><00:53:19.539><c> and</c><00:53:19.619><c> this</c><00:53:19.780><c> is</c><00:53:20.039><c> necessary</c><00:53:20.400><c> to</c><00:53:20.699><c> grasp</c>

00:53:20.920 --> 00:53:22.719
this<00:53:21.199><c> point,</c><00:53:21.400><c> you'll</c><00:53:21.639><c> see</c><00:53:21.780><c> the</c><00:53:21.940><c> connection</c><00:53:22.179><c> I'm</c><00:53:22.440><c> sure</c>

00:53:22.719 --> 00:53:24.820
at<00:53:22.920><c> the</c><00:53:22.980><c> end</c><00:53:23.099><c> of</c><00:53:23.179><c> it,</c><00:53:23.260><c> but</c><00:53:23.480><c> follow</c><00:53:23.760><c> it</c><00:53:24.000><c> carefully.</c>

00:53:24.980 --> 00:53:27.320
If<00:53:25.179><c> you</c><00:53:25.460><c> read</c><00:53:25.599><c> these</c><00:53:25.900><c> prophecies</c><00:53:26.219><c> of</c><00:53:26.460><c> Isaiah</c>

00:53:27.360 --> 00:53:28.840
you'll<00:53:27.840><c> read</c><00:53:28.039><c> that</c><00:53:28.179><c> it's</c><00:53:28.420><c> a</c><00:53:28.559><c> mixed</c>

00:53:28.840 --> 00:53:31.460
up<00:53:29.139><c> appeal</c><00:53:29.659><c> from</c><00:53:30.119><c> Jews</c><00:53:30.500><c> and</c><00:53:30.719><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:53:31.559 --> 00:53:33.340
You<00:53:32.079><c> find</c><00:53:32.340><c> for</c><00:53:32.539><c> example</c><00:53:32.860><c> the</c><00:53:33.099><c> Jews</c>

00:53:33.340 --> 00:53:35.219
are<00:53:33.599><c> appealing</c><00:53:33.800><c> to</c><00:53:34.079><c> God,</c><00:53:34.519><c> you'll</c><00:53:34.920><c> find</c><00:53:34.980><c> the</c>

00:53:35.219 --> 00:53:37.079
Gentiles<00:53:35.619><c> appealing</c><00:53:35.960><c> to</c><00:53:36.199><c> God.</c>

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For<00:53:37.320><c> example</c><00:53:37.699><c> you'll</c><00:53:38.019><c> find</c><00:53:38.119><c> the</c><00:53:38.380><c> Jews</c><00:53:38.699><c> in</c>

00:53:39.199 --> 00:53:41.360
verse<00:53:40.019><c> 18</c><00:53:40.400><c> and</c><00:53:40.539><c> 19</c><00:53:40.860><c> of</c><00:53:41.079><c> chapter</c>

00:53:41.360 --> 00:53:43.280
63,<00:53:42.059><c> the</c><00:53:42.179><c> last</c><00:53:42.460><c> two</c><00:53:42.719><c> verses</c><00:53:43.000><c> said</c>

00:53:43.280 --> 00:53:45.079
the<00:53:43.679><c> people</c><00:53:44.019><c> of</c><00:53:44.179><c> thy</c><00:53:44.380><c> holiness</c><00:53:44.820><c> have</c>

00:53:45.079 --> 00:53:47.179
possessed<00:53:45.500><c> it,</c><00:53:45.679><c> that</c><00:53:45.780><c> is</c><00:53:45.940><c> the</c><00:53:46.119><c> land,</c><00:53:46.760><c> but</c><00:53:46.860><c> a</c><00:53:46.980><c> little</c>

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while.<00:53:48.320><c> Our</c><00:53:48.619><c> adversaries</c>

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have<00:53:49.239><c> trodden</c><00:53:49.440><c> down</c><00:53:49.659><c> thy</c><00:53:49.880><c> sanctuary,</c><00:53:50.519><c> we</c><00:53:50.840><c> are</c>

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thine,<00:53:51.659><c> thou</c><00:53:51.760><c> never</c><00:53:52.139><c> bear</c><00:53:52.340><c> us</c><00:53:52.480><c> rule</c><00:53:52.679><c> over</c><00:53:52.920><c> them</c>

00:53:53.139 --> 00:53:54.880
they<00:53:53.480><c> were</c><00:53:53.699><c> not</c><00:53:53.920><c> called</c><00:53:54.099><c> by</c><00:53:54.380><c> your</c><00:53:54.639><c> name.</c>

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So<00:53:55.239><c> the</c><00:53:55.440><c> Jews</c><00:53:55.619><c> are</c><00:53:55.940><c> appealing</c><00:53:56.159><c> to</c><00:53:56.400><c> God</c><00:53:56.559><c> to</c><00:53:56.800><c> recognise</c>

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their<00:53:57.599><c> exalted</c><00:53:58.059><c> position.</c>

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But<00:53:59.340><c> there</c><00:53:59.519><c> are</c><00:53:59.639><c> another</c><00:53:59.840><c> group</c><00:54:00.059><c> appealing</c><00:54:00.360><c> to</c><00:54:00.539><c> God</c>

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verse<00:54:01.199><c> 16</c>

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of<00:54:02.739><c> Isaiah</c><00:54:03.139><c> 63</c>

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Doubtless<00:54:05.420><c> this</c><00:54:05.679><c> group</c><00:54:05.860><c> says</c><00:54:06.139><c> thou</c><00:54:06.300><c> art</c><00:54:06.500><c> our</c>

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father,<00:54:07.460><c> thou</c><00:54:07.500><c> Abraham</c><00:54:07.960><c> be</c><00:54:08.239><c> acknowledged</c>

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and

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Israel<00:54:11.300><c> acknowledges</c><00:54:11.960><c> not</c>

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thou<00:54:14.440><c> art</c>

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Yahweh<00:54:15.099><c> our</c><00:54:15.300><c> father,</c><00:54:15.739><c> our</c><00:54:15.840><c> redeemer,</c><00:54:16.519><c> thy</c>

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name<00:54:16.880><c> is</c><00:54:17.019><c> from</c><00:54:17.199><c> everlasting.</c><00:54:18.179><c> This</c><00:54:18.239><c> is</c><00:54:18.400><c> a</c><00:54:18.579><c> people</c>

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brothers<00:54:19.059><c> and</c><00:54:19.340><c> sisters</c><00:54:19.480><c> who</c><00:54:19.699><c> are</c><00:54:19.860><c> not</c><00:54:20.000><c> of</c><00:54:20.219><c> Israel</c>

00:54:20.599 --> 00:54:22.760
Abraham<00:54:21.199><c> doesn't</c><00:54:21.539><c> know</c><00:54:21.760><c> them</c>

00:54:22.760 --> 00:54:24.480
Israel<00:54:23.320><c> doesn't</c><00:54:23.719><c> acknowledge</c><00:54:24.239><c> them</c>

00:54:24.480 --> 00:54:26.280
but<00:54:24.679><c> they're</c><00:54:24.940><c> appealing</c><00:54:25.159><c> to</c><00:54:25.400><c> God.</c>

00:54:27.079 --> 00:54:28.639
So<00:54:27.559><c> in</c><00:54:27.739><c> chapter</c><00:54:27.980><c> 65</c>

00:54:28.639 --> 00:54:30.179
and<00:54:28.820><c> verse</c><00:54:29.059><c> 1</c><00:54:29.300><c> God</c><00:54:29.579><c> says</c>

00:54:30.179 --> 00:54:32.000
I<00:54:31.119><c> am</c><00:54:31.380><c> sought</c><00:54:31.619><c> of</c><00:54:31.820><c> them</c>

00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:34.059
that<00:54:32.239><c> ask</c><00:54:32.559><c> not</c><00:54:32.840><c> for</c><00:54:33.079><c> me</c>

00:54:34.699 --> 00:54:35.960
I<00:54:35.179><c> am</c><00:54:35.420><c> found</c><00:54:35.699><c> of</c><00:54:35.820><c> them</c>

00:54:35.960 --> 00:54:38.019
that<00:54:36.179><c> sought</c><00:54:36.320><c> me</c><00:54:36.519><c> not,</c><00:54:36.780><c> I</c><00:54:36.780><c> said</c><00:54:36.980><c> behold</c><00:54:37.420><c> me,</c><00:54:37.719><c> behold</c>

00:54:38.019 --> 00:54:40.039
me<00:54:38.280><c> unto</c><00:54:38.500><c> a</c><00:54:38.739><c> nation</c><00:54:39.000><c> that</c><00:54:39.119><c> was</c><00:54:39.380><c> not</c><00:54:39.739><c> called</c>

00:54:40.039 --> 00:54:42.300
by<00:54:40.380><c> my</c><00:54:40.639><c> name.</c><00:54:41.019><c> And</c><00:54:41.199><c> so</c><00:54:41.360><c> God</c><00:54:41.840><c> hears</c>

00:54:42.300 --> 00:54:44.340
this<00:54:42.639><c> appeal.</c><00:54:43.599><c> He</c><00:54:43.840><c> acknowledges</c>

00:54:44.340 --> 00:54:46.039
that<00:54:44.500><c> there</c><00:54:44.639><c> are</c><00:54:44.739><c> people</c><00:54:45.119><c> seeking</c><00:54:45.480><c> him</c><00:54:45.800><c> who</c>

00:54:46.039 --> 00:54:48.099
are<00:54:46.199><c> not</c><00:54:46.320><c> of</c><00:54:46.460><c> Israel.</c><00:54:47.719><c> And</c><00:54:47.860><c> in</c><00:54:47.980><c> order</c>

00:54:48.099 --> 00:54:50.000
that<00:54:48.239><c> he</c><00:54:48.320><c> might</c><00:54:48.579><c> bring</c><00:54:48.860><c> them</c><00:54:48.940><c> to</c><00:54:49.119><c> himself</c><00:54:49.460><c> he</c><00:54:49.719><c> read</c>

00:54:50.000 --> 00:54:51.820
to<00:54:50.239><c> heaven</c><00:54:50.480><c> that</c><00:54:50.639><c> he</c><00:54:50.820><c> did</c><00:54:51.039><c> something</c><00:54:51.320><c> that</c><00:54:51.539><c> Israel</c>

00:54:51.820 --> 00:54:53.480
weren't<00:54:52.119><c> looking</c><00:54:52.500><c> for.</c>

00:54:54.860 --> 00:54:55.420
He

00:54:55.420 --> 00:54:57.519
was<00:54:55.599><c> going</c><00:54:55.739><c> to</c><00:54:55.860><c> call</c><00:54:56.019><c> all</c><00:54:56.340><c> men</c><00:54:56.579><c> to</c><00:54:56.739><c> his</c><00:54:57.019><c> feet</c>

00:54:57.519 --> 00:54:59.480
through<00:54:57.920><c> the</c><00:54:58.019><c> Lord</c><00:54:58.199><c> Jesus</c><00:54:58.639><c> Christ.</c>

00:55:00.059 --> 00:55:01.500
Now<00:55:00.239><c> listen</c><00:55:00.519><c> to</c><00:55:00.719><c> this</c>

00:55:02.260 --> 00:55:03.380
verse<00:55:02.820><c> 5</c>

00:55:03.380 --> 00:55:05.719
of<00:55:03.760><c> chapter</c><00:55:04.039><c> 64</c>

00:55:06.579 --> 00:55:07.139
So

00:55:07.139 --> 00:55:09.099
the<00:55:07.320><c> Gentiles</c><00:55:07.820><c> are</c><00:55:08.059><c> calling</c><00:55:08.320><c> for</c><00:55:08.619><c> help</c><00:55:08.820><c> as</c>

00:55:09.099 --> 00:55:11.079
would<00:55:09.239><c> the</c><00:55:09.420><c> Jews.</c><00:55:09.860><c> God</c><00:55:10.159><c> rends</c><00:55:10.780><c> the</c><00:55:10.900><c> heavens</c>

00:55:11.079 --> 00:55:13.139
on<00:55:11.300><c> their</c><00:55:11.480><c> behalf.</c><00:55:13.019><c> And</c>

00:55:13.139 --> 00:55:15.340
verse<00:55:13.320><c> 5</c><00:55:13.579><c> says</c><00:55:14.119><c> thou</c><00:55:14.760><c> meetest</c>

00:55:15.340 --> 00:55:17.199
him<00:55:15.679><c> that</c><00:55:16.019><c> rejoiceth</c><00:55:16.679><c> and</c>

00:55:17.199 --> 00:55:18.400
worketh<00:55:17.719><c> righteousness.</c>

00:55:18.860 --> 00:55:20.719
Don't<00:55:19.159><c> forget</c><00:55:19.440><c> those</c><00:55:19.679><c> words</c><00:55:19.920><c> brethren</c><00:55:20.199><c> and</c><00:55:20.400><c> sisters</c>

00:55:20.719 --> 00:55:23.000
Think<00:55:21.159><c> about</c><00:55:21.420><c> them.</c><00:55:22.179><c> Thou</c><00:55:22.320><c> meetest</c><00:55:22.739><c> him</c>

00:55:23.000 --> 00:55:25.059
that<00:55:23.340><c> rejoiceth</c><00:55:24.000><c> and</c><00:55:24.480><c> worketh</c>

00:55:25.059 --> 00:55:27.059
righteousness.<00:55:26.679><c> Those</c>

00:55:27.059 --> 00:55:28.900
that<00:55:27.440><c> remember</c><00:55:28.119><c> thee</c><00:55:28.460><c> in</c><00:55:28.699><c> thy</c>

00:55:28.900 --> 00:55:30.980
ways.<00:55:30.500><c> And</c><00:55:30.619><c> then</c><00:55:30.780><c> these</c>

00:55:30.980 --> 00:55:33.000
people<00:55:31.219><c> say</c><00:55:31.440><c> to</c><00:55:31.539><c> God,</c><00:55:32.679><c> behold</c>

00:55:33.000 --> 00:55:34.500
thou<00:55:33.239><c> art</c><00:55:33.500><c> wrath</c>

00:55:34.719 --> 00:55:37.219
for<00:55:35.179><c> we</c><00:55:35.579><c> have</c><00:55:35.860><c> sinned.</c>

00:55:37.480 --> 00:55:38.760
In<00:55:38.199><c> those</c>

00:55:38.760 --> 00:55:41.280
is<00:55:39.519><c> continuance</c>

00:55:41.579 --> 00:55:42.820
and<00:55:42.300><c> we</c><00:55:42.579><c> shall</c>

00:55:42.820 --> 00:55:44.260
be<00:55:43.239><c> saved.</c>

00:55:44.880 --> 00:55:46.860
Now<00:55:45.179><c> another</c><00:55:45.500><c> translation</c><00:55:46.039><c> puts</c><00:55:46.280><c> it</c><00:55:46.500><c> like</c><00:55:46.619><c> this</c>

00:55:46.860 --> 00:55:48.340
brethren<00:55:47.139><c> and</c><00:55:47.440><c> sisters</c>

00:55:48.900 --> 00:55:51.920
We<00:55:49.619><c> have</c><00:55:50.099><c> sinned</c>

00:55:51.920 --> 00:55:52.260
and

00:55:52.260 --> 00:55:54.440
we<00:55:52.820><c> have</c><00:55:53.219><c> been</c><00:55:53.500><c> a</c><00:55:53.940><c> long</c>

00:55:54.440 --> 00:55:56.239
time<00:55:55.280><c> in</c><00:55:55.800><c> our</c>

00:55:56.239 --> 00:55:57.460
sins.

00:55:58.800 --> 00:56:00.019
Who<00:55:58.980><c> had</c><00:55:59.440><c> been</c>

00:56:00.019 --> 00:56:01.900
a<00:56:00.619><c> long</c><00:56:01.300><c> time</c>

00:56:01.900 --> 00:56:03.179
left<00:56:02.340><c> in</c><00:56:02.579><c> their</c><00:56:02.800><c> sins?</c>

00:56:03.619 --> 00:56:06.519
Well<00:56:03.780><c> I</c><00:56:03.940><c> tell</c><00:56:04.079><c> you</c><00:56:04.179><c> who</c><00:56:04.420><c> hadn't</c><00:56:04.780><c> been.</c><00:56:05.400><c> Israel.</c>

00:56:08.079 --> 00:56:09.780
If<00:56:08.440><c> Israel</c><00:56:08.800><c> were</c><00:56:09.039><c> in</c><00:56:09.260><c> their</c><00:56:09.500><c> sins</c>

00:56:09.780 --> 00:56:11.940
brethren<00:56:10.139><c> and</c><00:56:10.340><c> sisters,</c><00:56:10.619><c> they</c><00:56:10.800><c> hadn't</c><00:56:11.019><c> been</c><00:56:11.320><c> left</c><00:56:11.619><c> in</c><00:56:11.760><c> them.</c>

00:56:11.960 --> 00:56:14.579
God<00:56:12.260><c> had</c><00:56:12.519><c> made</c><00:56:12.840><c> preparation</c><00:56:13.480><c> for</c><00:56:13.659><c> them.</c>

00:56:15.079 --> 00:56:15.920
The<00:56:15.519><c> shadow</c>

00:56:15.920 --> 00:56:18.099
system<00:56:16.260><c> of</c><00:56:16.400><c> the</c><00:56:16.559><c> law</c><00:56:16.820><c> which</c><00:56:17.039><c> had</c><00:56:17.239><c> the</c><00:56:17.500><c> form</c><00:56:17.699><c> and</c><00:56:17.880><c> knowledge</c>

00:56:18.099 --> 00:56:20.019
of<00:56:18.280><c> the</c><00:56:18.440><c> truth</c><00:56:18.619><c> was</c><00:56:18.960><c> there.</c>

00:56:20.480 --> 00:56:21.940
God<00:56:20.800><c> did</c><00:56:21.179><c> not</c><00:56:21.619><c> leave</c>

00:56:21.940 --> 00:56:23.320
them<00:56:22.079><c> in</c><00:56:22.280><c> their</c><00:56:22.480><c> sins.</c>

00:56:24.340 --> 00:56:25.860
But<00:56:24.500><c> there</c><00:56:24.639><c> were</c><00:56:24.940><c> a</c><00:56:25.119><c> class</c><00:56:25.400><c> of</c><00:56:25.619><c> people</c>

00:56:25.860 --> 00:56:27.539
of<00:56:26.099><c> whom</c><00:56:26.320><c> Abraham</c><00:56:26.780><c> was</c><00:56:27.059><c> ignorant.</c>

00:56:27.880 --> 00:56:29.579
And<00:56:28.059><c> Israel</c><00:56:28.300><c> didn't</c><00:56:28.619><c> acknowledge</c><00:56:29.019><c> them.</c>

00:56:29.820 --> 00:56:32.739
That<00:56:29.920><c> had</c><00:56:30.059><c> been</c><00:56:30.179><c> a</c><00:56:30.519><c> long</c><00:56:31.039><c> time</c><00:56:31.380><c> in</c><00:56:31.579><c> their</c><00:56:31.840><c> sins.</c>

00:56:33.579 --> 00:56:33.940
But<00:56:33.739><c> they</c>

00:56:33.940 --> 00:56:35.860
were<00:56:34.119><c> a</c><00:56:34.280><c> people</c><00:56:34.460><c> that</c><00:56:34.659><c> when</c><00:56:34.820><c> they</c><00:56:35.139><c> learned</c><00:56:35.320><c> to</c><00:56:35.599><c> work</c>

00:56:35.860 --> 00:56:38.000
righteousness,<00:56:36.579><c> God</c><00:56:36.880><c> would</c><00:56:37.199><c> remember</c><00:56:37.659><c> them.</c>

00:56:38.280 --> 00:56:40.800
Now<00:56:38.500><c> think</c><00:56:38.820><c> of</c><00:56:38.920><c> those</c><00:56:39.159><c> two</c><00:56:39.340><c> things</c><00:56:39.519><c> I've</c><00:56:39.699><c> just</c><00:56:39.980><c> said.</c>

00:56:41.179 --> 00:56:42.039
There<00:56:41.380><c> were</c><00:56:41.599><c> people</c>

00:56:42.039 --> 00:56:43.800
who<00:56:42.579><c> would</c><00:56:42.880><c> work</c><00:56:43.219><c> righteousness</c>

00:56:43.800 --> 00:56:45.719
because<00:56:43.960><c> God</c><00:56:44.239><c> would</c><00:56:44.559><c> remember</c><00:56:44.840><c> them.</c><00:56:45.039><c> He</c><00:56:45.039><c> would</c><00:56:45.340><c> render</c>

00:56:45.719 --> 00:56:47.559
heavens<00:56:46.019><c> on</c><00:56:46.199><c> their</c><00:56:46.480><c> behalf.</c>

00:56:48.239 --> 00:56:49.860
And<00:56:48.300><c> there</c><00:56:48.420><c> was</c><00:56:48.659><c> a</c><00:56:48.800><c> man,</c><00:56:49.219><c> brothers</c><00:56:49.320><c> and</c><00:56:49.599><c> sisters</c>

00:56:49.860 --> 00:56:51.460
who<00:56:50.139><c> became</c>

00:56:51.460 --> 00:56:55.019
the<00:56:51.900><c> representative</c><00:56:52.519><c> of</c><00:56:52.760><c> the</c><00:56:54.619><c> first</c>

00:56:55.019 --> 00:56:55.900
Gentile<00:56:55.579><c> convert</c>

00:56:55.900 --> 00:56:58.059
representative<00:56:56.639><c> of</c><00:56:56.940><c> all</c><00:56:57.320><c> the</c><00:56:57.500><c> nations</c>

00:56:58.059 --> 00:56:59.900
Cornelius<00:56:59.079><c> by</c><00:56:59.360><c> name</c>

00:56:59.900 --> 00:57:02.099
whose<00:57:00.760><c> prayers</c>

00:57:02.739 --> 00:57:04.019
came<00:57:03.360><c> up</c><00:57:03.619><c> before</c>

00:57:04.019 --> 00:57:06.300
God<00:57:04.340><c> as</c><00:57:04.760><c> a</c><00:57:05.179><c> remembrance.</c>

00:57:07.460 --> 00:57:08.039
And<00:57:07.780><c> when</c>

00:57:08.039 --> 00:57:09.519
Peter<00:57:08.280><c> came</c><00:57:08.599><c> to</c><00:57:08.780><c> him</c><00:57:08.880><c> and</c><00:57:09.000><c> he</c><00:57:09.179><c> says</c>

00:57:09.519 --> 00:57:11.940
I<00:57:10.260><c> perceive</c><00:57:10.780><c> that</c><00:57:11.119><c> God</c><00:57:11.320><c> is</c><00:57:11.599><c> no</c>

00:57:11.940 --> 00:57:13.960
specter<00:57:12.579><c> of</c><00:57:12.739><c> persons</c>

00:57:14.500 --> 00:57:16.440
but<00:57:15.059><c> he</c><00:57:15.619><c> that</c>

00:57:18.119 --> 00:57:19.239
workers<00:57:18.679><c> righteousness</c>

00:57:19.239 --> 00:57:20.179
is<00:57:19.920><c> accepted</c>

00:57:20.179 --> 00:57:22.380
with<00:57:20.400><c> him,</c><00:57:20.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:57:20.980><c> 64.</c>

00:57:23.059 --> 00:57:24.039
And<00:57:23.260><c> there</c><00:57:23.440><c> was</c><00:57:23.639><c> a</c><00:57:23.719><c> man</c>

00:57:24.039 --> 00:57:26.380
standing<00:57:24.420><c> there</c><00:57:24.800><c> dressed</c><00:57:25.059><c> as</c><00:57:25.300><c> a</c><00:57:25.460><c> centurion</c>

00:57:26.380 --> 00:57:28.059
representing<00:57:27.119><c> a</c><00:57:27.420><c> people</c>

00:57:28.059 --> 00:57:30.699
who<00:57:28.519><c> had</c><00:57:28.519><c> been</c><00:57:28.699><c> a</c><00:57:28.920><c> long</c><00:57:29.239><c> time</c><00:57:29.480><c> in</c><00:57:29.659><c> their</c><00:57:29.920><c> sins.</c>

00:57:31.920 --> 00:57:32.440
But<00:57:32.039><c> the</c><00:57:32.239><c> heavens</c>

00:57:32.440 --> 00:57:34.500
were<00:57:32.719><c> ripped,</c><00:57:33.119><c> brothers</c><00:57:33.260><c> and</c><00:57:33.420><c> sisters.</c>

00:57:35.059 --> 00:57:36.019
And<00:57:35.239><c> that</c><00:57:35.480><c> long</c>

00:57:36.019 --> 00:57:38.280
period<00:57:36.340><c> of</c><00:57:36.539><c> waiting</c><00:57:36.800><c> was</c><00:57:37.179><c> over.</c>

00:57:39.559 --> 00:57:40.239
And<00:57:39.719><c> God</c><00:57:39.940><c> did</c>

00:57:40.239 --> 00:57:43.139
something<00:57:40.639><c> that</c><00:57:40.860><c> Israel</c><00:57:41.360><c> didn't</c><00:57:41.780><c> look</c><00:57:42.159><c> for.</c>

00:57:44.239 --> 00:57:46.179
And<00:57:44.340><c> instead</c><00:57:44.579><c> of</c><00:57:44.800><c> boiling</c><00:57:45.059><c> mountains</c>

00:57:46.239 --> 00:57:48.059
he<00:57:46.599><c> sent</c><00:57:46.800><c> a</c><00:57:47.000><c> dove</c>

00:57:48.260 --> 00:57:50.099
as<00:57:48.940><c> a</c><00:57:49.159><c> symbol</c>

00:57:50.440 --> 00:57:52.199
of<00:57:51.119><c> a</c><00:57:51.300><c> new</c><00:57:51.539><c> world</c>

00:57:52.199 --> 00:57:54.920
when<00:57:53.119><c> all</c><00:57:53.639><c> flesh</c>

00:57:55.480 --> 00:57:56.500
had<00:57:56.159><c> been</c>

00:57:56.500 --> 00:57:58.059
cleaned<00:57:56.820><c> from</c><00:57:57.019><c> the</c><00:57:57.199><c> face</c><00:57:57.400><c> of</c><00:57:57.599><c> the</c><00:57:57.719><c> earth.</c>

00:57:58.559 --> 00:58:00.139
A<00:57:58.780><c> new</c><00:57:59.099><c> world</c>

00:57:59.940 --> 00:58:02.019
where<00:58:00.280><c> there</c><00:58:00.400><c> would</c><00:58:00.500><c> be</c><00:58:00.659><c> a</c><00:58:00.860><c> recreation</c><00:58:01.480><c> of</c><00:58:01.780><c> all</c>

00:58:02.019 --> 00:58:04.239
God's<00:58:02.440><c> people,</c><00:58:03.179><c> including</c><00:58:03.960><c> a</c>

00:58:04.239 --> 00:58:06.260
people<00:58:04.800><c> who</c><00:58:05.280><c> had</c><00:58:05.340><c> been</c><00:58:05.500><c> a</c><00:58:05.760><c> long</c>

00:58:06.260 --> 00:58:08.440
time<00:58:06.599><c> in</c><00:58:06.800><c> their</c><00:58:07.059><c> sins</c><00:58:07.320><c> that</c><00:58:07.719><c> God</c><00:58:08.059><c> now</c>

00:58:08.440 --> 00:58:11.440
remembered<00:58:08.840><c> because</c><00:58:09.179><c> they</c><00:58:09.539><c> worked</c><00:58:10.199><c> righteousness.</c>

00:58:12.139 --> 00:58:12.699
Isn't<00:58:12.440><c> that</c>

00:58:12.699 --> 00:58:14.599
an<00:58:12.840><c> absolute</c><00:58:13.260><c> marvel</c><00:58:13.820><c> of</c><00:58:14.099><c> exposition</c>

00:58:14.599 --> 00:58:16.320
by<00:58:15.059><c> Mark</c><00:58:15.400><c> in</c><00:58:15.559><c> that</c><00:58:15.780><c> one</c><00:58:16.039><c> word</c>

00:58:16.320 --> 00:58:18.400
rent<00:58:16.800><c> as</c><00:58:17.380><c> he</c><00:58:17.659><c> springs</c><00:58:17.920><c> onto</c><00:58:18.119><c> that</c>

00:58:18.400 --> 00:58:20.260
chapter<00:58:18.659><c> and</c><00:58:18.900><c> sees</c><00:58:19.059><c> the</c><00:58:19.340><c> whole</c><00:58:19.699><c> panorama</c>

00:58:20.260 --> 00:58:23.320
of<00:58:20.639><c> God's</c><00:58:21.079><c> preface</c><00:58:21.260><c> with</c><00:58:21.500><c> all</c><00:58:21.760><c> men,</c><00:58:22.219><c> brothers</c><00:58:22.219><c> and</c><00:58:22.400><c> sisters?</c>

00:58:24.059 --> 00:58:24.539
Absolutely

00:58:24.539 --> 00:58:26.519
remarkable<00:58:25.260><c> when</c><00:58:25.460><c> you</c><00:58:25.599><c> read</c><00:58:25.760><c> that</c><00:58:25.980><c> chapter</c><00:58:26.179><c> like</c>

00:58:26.519 --> 00:58:28.239
that.<00:58:27.159><c> And</c><00:58:27.260><c> you</c><00:58:27.360><c> see</c><00:58:27.460><c> its</c><00:58:27.699><c> application</c>

00:58:28.239 --> 00:58:30.320
in<00:58:28.440><c> those</c><00:58:28.639><c> two</c><00:58:29.000><c> expressions</c><00:58:29.519><c> of</c><00:58:29.760><c> Peter</c>

00:58:30.320 --> 00:58:32.500
concerning<00:58:30.940><c> Cornelius</c><00:58:31.659><c> that</c><00:58:31.980><c> he</c><00:58:32.179><c> worked</c>

00:58:32.500 --> 00:58:35.320
righteousness<00:58:33.079><c> and</c><00:58:33.480><c> God</c><00:58:33.739><c> remembered</c><00:58:34.199><c> him.</c>

00:58:35.519 --> 00:58:36.360
And<00:58:35.860><c> no</c><00:58:36.079><c> longer</c>

00:58:36.360 --> 00:58:38.780
were<00:58:36.940><c> the</c><00:58:37.099><c> Gentiles</c><00:58:38.099><c> a</c><00:58:38.500><c> long</c>

00:58:38.780 --> 00:58:40.500
time<00:58:39.000><c> in</c><00:58:39.139><c> their</c><00:58:39.340><c> sins.</c><00:58:39.780><c> An</c><00:58:39.900><c> opportunity</c><00:58:40.280><c> was</c>

00:58:40.500 --> 00:58:42.500
given<00:58:40.679><c> for</c><00:58:40.960><c> all</c><00:58:41.179><c> men</c><00:58:41.400><c> to</c><00:58:41.559><c> come</c><00:58:41.739><c> to</c><00:58:41.840><c> the</c><00:58:41.900><c> Lord</c><00:58:42.099><c> Jesus</c>

00:58:42.500 --> 00:58:44.440
Christ.<00:58:43.099><c> And</c><00:58:43.199><c> that</c><00:58:43.519><c> happened</c><00:58:43.920><c> when</c><00:58:44.159><c> he</c><00:58:44.239><c> came</c>

00:58:44.440 --> 00:58:45.920
out<00:58:44.579><c> of</c><00:58:44.639><c> the</c><00:58:44.739><c> wars</c><00:58:44.900><c> of</c><00:58:45.059><c> baptism.</c>

00:58:46.960 --> 00:58:48.079
Why<00:58:47.199><c> a</c><00:58:47.400><c> dove?</c>

00:58:50.099 --> 00:58:50.539
Well,

00:58:50.840 --> 00:58:52.280
the<00:58:50.840><c> Hebrew</c><00:58:51.039><c> word</c><00:58:51.260><c> of</c><00:58:51.440><c> course</c><00:58:51.679><c> is</c><00:58:51.940><c> Jonah.</c>

00:58:52.699 --> 00:58:54.480
Some<00:58:53.000><c> say,</c><00:58:53.360><c> and</c><00:58:53.460><c> I</c><00:58:53.679><c> suppose</c><00:58:53.960><c> there's</c><00:58:54.179><c> some</c>

00:58:54.480 --> 00:58:56.360
justification<00:58:55.099><c> for</c><00:58:55.320><c> it,</c><00:58:55.659><c> that</c><00:58:55.760><c> here</c><00:58:56.039><c> was</c><00:58:56.280><c> the</c>

00:58:56.360 --> 00:58:58.500
great<00:58:56.659><c> sign</c><00:58:56.920><c> of</c><00:58:57.159><c> Jonah.</c><00:58:57.539><c> Three</c><00:58:57.760><c> days</c><00:58:58.079><c> and</c><00:58:58.260><c> three</c>

00:58:58.500 --> 00:59:00.500
nights<00:58:58.739><c> in</c><00:58:58.920><c> the</c><00:58:58.980><c> heart</c><00:58:59.139><c> of</c><00:58:59.300><c> the</c><00:58:59.400><c> earth</c><00:58:59.739><c> and</c><00:59:00.340><c> the</c>

00:59:00.500 --> 00:59:02.300
resurrection.<00:59:02.099><c> You</c><00:59:02.159><c> know,</c>

00:59:02.420 --> 00:59:04.019
brothers<00:59:02.539><c> and</c><00:59:02.699><c> sisters,</c><00:59:02.980><c> I</c><00:59:03.179><c> rather</c><00:59:03.500><c> feel</c>

00:59:04.019 --> 00:59:06.619
that<00:59:04.840><c> it's</c><00:59:05.219><c> a</c><00:59:05.320><c> pointed</c><00:59:05.619><c> reference</c><00:59:06.039><c> to</c><00:59:06.260><c> the</c><00:59:06.480><c> flood,</c>

00:59:06.719 --> 00:59:07.780
is<00:59:06.800><c> it</c><00:59:06.980><c> not?</c>

00:59:08.300 --> 00:59:10.260
When<00:59:08.500><c> Noah</c><00:59:08.679><c> floated</c><00:59:09.139><c> on</c><00:59:09.340><c> that</c><00:59:09.559><c> ark</c><00:59:09.739><c> above</c>

00:59:10.260 --> 00:59:12.300
flesh,<00:59:11.579><c> the</c><00:59:11.780><c> light</c><00:59:12.059><c> figure</c>

00:59:12.300 --> 00:59:14.440
where<00:59:12.480><c> I</c><00:59:12.679><c> do</c><00:59:12.780><c> even</c><00:59:13.300><c> baptism</c><00:59:13.699><c> doth</c><00:59:13.960><c> also</c>

00:59:14.440 --> 00:59:16.440
save<00:59:14.679><c> us.</c><00:59:15.300><c> And</c><00:59:15.400><c> when</c><00:59:15.599><c> it</c><00:59:15.760><c> says</c><00:59:15.940><c> that</c>

00:59:16.440 --> 00:59:18.760
all<00:59:17.199><c> flesh</c><00:59:17.679><c> died,</c>

00:59:18.880 --> 00:59:20.760
a<00:59:19.199><c> dove</c><00:59:19.340><c> came</c><00:59:19.699><c> to</c><00:59:19.940><c> Noah.</c>

00:59:20.860 --> 00:59:21.940
Can't<00:59:21.119><c> miss</c><00:59:21.300><c> it.</c>

00:59:23.019 --> 00:59:24.260
We<00:59:23.460><c> might</c><00:59:23.900><c> say</c><00:59:24.139><c> to</c>

00:59:24.260 --> 00:59:26.059
ourselves,<00:59:25.119><c> well,</c><00:59:25.219><c> why</c><00:59:25.460><c> a</c><00:59:25.719><c> dove</c><00:59:25.880><c> then?</c>

00:59:26.079 --> 00:59:28.119
Why<00:59:26.320><c> not</c><00:59:26.539><c> some</c><00:59:26.659><c> other</c><00:59:26.840><c> symbol?</c><00:59:27.659><c> There</c><00:59:27.699><c> are</c><00:59:27.920><c> two</c>

00:59:28.119 --> 00:59:30.139
things,<00:59:28.619><c> among</c><00:59:28.920><c> others,</c><00:59:29.500><c> that</c><00:59:29.500><c> we</c><00:59:29.619><c> learn</c><00:59:29.739><c> about</c><00:59:29.900><c> the</c>

00:59:30.139 --> 00:59:32.159
dove.<00:59:30.380><c> There</c><00:59:30.500><c> are</c><00:59:30.679><c> several</c><00:59:30.960><c> features</c><00:59:31.219><c> we</c><00:59:31.420><c> know</c><00:59:31.579><c> about</c><00:59:31.739><c> the</c><00:59:31.960><c> dove.</c>

00:59:32.159 --> 00:59:34.920
But<00:59:32.539><c> I</c><00:59:32.900><c> believe,</c><00:59:33.619><c> and</c><00:59:33.719><c> I'm</c><00:59:34.199><c> firmly</c><00:59:34.500><c> convinced</c>

00:59:34.920 --> 00:59:36.460
of<00:59:35.119><c> this,</c><00:59:35.760><c> that</c><00:59:35.940><c> these</c><00:59:36.179><c> are</c>

00:59:36.460 --> 00:59:38.300
the<00:59:36.679><c> two</c><00:59:37.199><c> principal</c><00:59:37.820><c> features</c>

00:59:38.300 --> 00:59:40.179
that<00:59:38.519><c> we</c><00:59:38.659><c> need</c><00:59:39.000><c> to</c><00:59:39.179><c> remember</c><00:59:39.480><c> when</c><00:59:39.599><c> it</c><00:59:39.719><c> comes</c><00:59:39.960><c> to</c><00:59:40.099><c> the</c>

00:59:40.179 --> 00:59:42.599
Lord<00:59:40.380><c> Jesus</c><00:59:40.800><c> Christ.</c><00:59:41.860><c> Song</c><00:59:42.019><c> of</c><00:59:42.219><c> Solomon</c>

00:59:42.599 --> 00:59:44.760
tells<00:59:42.940><c> us</c><00:59:43.199><c> that</c><00:59:43.360><c> the</c><00:59:43.619><c> dove</c><00:59:43.699><c> is</c><00:59:44.000><c> clean.</c>

00:59:46.920 --> 00:59:48.059
It's<00:59:47.059><c> an</c><00:59:47.239><c> under</c><00:59:47.460><c> file</c><00:59:47.739><c> bird.</c>

00:59:48.260 --> 00:59:49.460
And<00:59:48.320><c> it</c><00:59:48.480><c> is.</c>

00:59:50.460 --> 00:59:52.420
It's<00:59:50.800><c> habits,</c><00:59:51.199><c> a</c><00:59:51.440><c> dove</c><00:59:51.559><c> will</c><00:59:52.000><c> not</c>

00:59:52.420 --> 00:59:53.820
walk<00:59:52.800><c> in</c><00:59:53.119><c> mud.</c>

00:59:54.059 --> 00:59:56.400
If<00:59:54.239><c> it</c><00:59:54.440><c> does,</c><00:59:54.800><c> it</c><00:59:54.880><c> washes</c><00:59:55.179><c> its</c><00:59:55.559><c> feet</c><00:59:55.679><c> as</c><00:59:55.840><c> quickly</c><00:59:56.059><c> as</c><00:59:56.179><c> it</c>

00:59:56.400 --> 00:59:58.500
can.<00:59:57.559><c> It's</c><00:59:57.739><c> a</c><00:59:57.800><c> very</c><00:59:58.199><c> clean</c>

00:59:58.500 --> 01:00:00.360
feeder.<00:59:59.260><c> It</c><00:59:59.619><c> preens</c><00:59:59.880><c> itself</c>

01:00:00.360 --> 01:00:02.579
constantly.<01:00:01.440><c> It's</c><01:00:01.599><c> a</c><01:00:01.699><c> very</c><01:00:02.179><c> dainty,</c>

01:00:02.800 --> 01:00:04.380
delicate,<01:00:03.159><c> and</c><01:00:03.400><c> clean</c><01:00:03.599><c> little</c><01:00:03.900><c> bird.</c><01:00:04.179><c> Point</c>

01:00:04.380 --> 01:00:05.480
number<01:00:04.699><c> one.</c>

01:00:06.320 --> 01:00:08.360
And<01:00:06.420><c> the</c><01:00:06.559><c> other</c><01:00:06.760><c> point</c><01:00:06.900><c> we</c><01:00:07.139><c> learn</c><01:00:07.260><c> from</c><01:00:07.460><c> Isaiah</c><01:00:07.920><c> 60</c>

01:00:08.360 --> 01:00:10.440
and<01:00:08.539><c> verse</c><01:00:08.780><c> 8</c><01:00:09.079><c> is</c><01:00:09.699><c> that</c><01:00:10.139><c> coming</c>

01:00:10.440 --> 01:00:12.539
from<01:00:10.639><c> the</c><01:00:10.880><c> pigeon</c><01:00:11.159><c> family,</c><01:00:12.059><c> it</c><01:00:12.219><c> has</c>

01:00:12.539 --> 01:00:14.659
very<01:00:13.139><c> strong</c><01:00:13.900><c> homing</c>

01:00:14.659 --> 01:00:16.679
instincts.<01:00:15.980><c> Who</c><01:00:16.219><c> are</c><01:00:16.420><c> these</c>

01:00:16.679 --> 01:00:18.500
that<01:00:17.019><c> fly</c><01:00:17.360><c> like</c><01:00:17.840><c> doves</c><01:00:18.199><c> to</c><01:00:18.400><c> their</c>

01:00:18.500 --> 01:00:19.380
window?

01:00:20.639 --> 01:00:22.340
Now<01:00:20.860><c> you</c><01:00:20.940><c> think</c><01:00:21.159><c> about</c><01:00:21.420><c> that,</c><01:00:21.539><c> you</c><01:00:21.659><c> say,</c><01:00:21.860><c> why</c><01:00:22.039><c> would</c><01:00:22.239><c> I</c>

01:00:22.340 --> 01:00:24.739
emphasize<01:00:22.679><c> that?</c><01:00:23.280><c> Well,</c><01:00:23.480><c> can't</c><01:00:23.739><c> you</c><01:00:23.980><c> see</c>

01:00:24.860 --> 01:00:26.340
the<01:00:25.340><c> Lord</c><01:00:25.599><c> Jesus</c><01:00:26.000><c> Christ</c>

01:00:26.340 --> 01:00:28.440
has<01:00:26.579><c> stepped</c><01:00:26.719><c> into</c><01:00:26.940><c> Jordan,</c><01:00:27.440><c> a</c><01:00:27.639><c> muddy,</c><01:00:28.260><c> filthy</c>

01:00:28.440 --> 01:00:30.659
river.<01:00:30.139><c> But</c><01:00:30.320><c> having</c>

01:00:30.659 --> 01:00:33.199
acknowledged<01:00:31.239><c> that</c><01:00:31.500><c> all</c><01:00:31.800><c> flesh</c><01:00:32.039><c> is</c><01:00:32.280><c> grass,</c>

01:00:33.219 --> 01:00:34.579
he<01:00:33.280><c> walks</c><01:00:33.639><c> onto</c><01:00:33.900><c> the</c><01:00:34.099><c> bank,</c><01:00:34.579><c> brothers</c>

01:00:34.579 --> 01:00:36.659
and<01:00:34.780><c> sisters,</c><01:00:36.119><c> clean</c>

01:00:36.659 --> 01:00:38.960
as<01:00:36.880><c> the</c><01:00:37.019><c> driven</c><01:00:37.219><c> snow,</c><01:00:37.800><c> morally,</c>

01:00:39.199 --> 01:00:40.239
and<01:00:39.340><c> the</c><01:00:39.559><c> spirit</c>

01:00:40.239 --> 01:00:42.500
homes<01:00:41.079><c> in</c><01:00:41.340><c> where</c><01:00:41.480><c> it</c><01:00:41.619><c> belongs.</c>

01:00:43.380 --> 01:00:45.039
You<01:00:43.480><c> can't</c><01:00:43.880><c> separate</c><01:00:44.300><c> them.</c>

01:00:46.440 --> 01:00:48.639
And<01:00:46.579><c> that's</c><01:00:46.679><c> why</c><01:00:46.840><c> the</c><01:00:47.000><c> dove</c><01:00:47.099><c> come</c><01:00:47.340><c> home,</c><01:00:47.619><c> didn't</c><01:00:47.820><c> he?</c>

01:00:48.880 --> 01:00:50.420
Nowhere<01:00:49.199><c> else.</c><01:00:49.360><c> He's</c><01:00:49.440><c> not</c><01:00:49.559><c> going</c><01:00:49.699><c> to</c><01:00:49.800><c> settle</c><01:00:49.920><c> in</c><01:00:50.000><c> with</c><01:00:50.119><c> anybody</c><01:00:50.179><c> else.</c>

01:00:50.480 --> 01:00:52.400
He<01:00:50.659><c> lives</c><01:00:50.900><c> there.</c><01:00:51.739><c> He's</c><01:00:52.079><c> clean</c>

01:00:52.400 --> 01:00:54.699
and<01:00:52.579><c> he</c><01:00:52.940><c> homes</c><01:00:53.280><c> in</c><01:00:53.500><c> where</c><01:00:53.659><c> he</c><01:00:53.780><c> belongs.</c>

01:00:56.000 --> 01:00:56.800
And<01:00:56.500><c> Peter</c>

01:00:56.800 --> 01:00:59.400
puts<01:00:57.400><c> all</c><01:00:57.739><c> that</c><01:00:57.900><c> together,</c><01:00:58.440><c> doesn't</c><01:00:58.619><c> he?</c>

01:00:59.780 --> 01:01:00.860
He<01:00:59.880><c> puts</c><01:01:00.079><c> all</c><01:01:00.420><c> that</c><01:01:00.579><c> together</c>

01:01:00.860 --> 01:01:02.380
in<01:01:01.000><c> his</c><01:01:01.179><c> first</c><01:01:01.440><c> epistle,</c><01:01:01.820><c> chapter</c><01:01:02.139><c> 3.</c>

01:01:02.400 --> 01:01:05.420
Have<01:01:02.539><c> a</c><01:01:02.579><c> look</c><01:01:02.699><c> at</c><01:01:02.800><c> it.</c><01:01:03.559><c> Brings</c><01:01:03.780><c> all</c><01:01:04.039><c> that</c><01:01:04.239><c> together.</c>

01:01:05.820 --> 01:01:07.440
And<01:01:05.940><c> he</c><01:01:06.039><c> says</c><01:01:06.280><c> this.</c>

01:01:08.980 --> 01:01:10.420
The<01:01:09.179><c> cleanness,</c>

01:01:10.880 --> 01:01:12.500
the<01:01:11.119><c> homing</c><01:01:11.519><c> instincts,</c>

01:01:13.519 --> 01:01:14.880
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01:01:15.000 --> 01:01:16.679
all<01:01:15.300><c> flesh.</c><01:01:16.239><c> Listen</c><01:01:16.500><c> to</c>

01:01:16.679 --> 01:01:18.480
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01:01:18.480 --> 01:01:20.780
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01:01:21.420 --> 01:01:22.500
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01:01:22.500 --> 01:01:24.619
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01:01:24.619 --> 01:01:26.659
suffering<01:01:24.900><c> of</c><01:01:25.059><c> God</c><01:01:25.320><c> waited</c><01:01:25.760><c> in</c><01:01:25.960><c> the</c><01:01:26.079><c> days</c><01:01:26.260><c> of</c><01:01:26.480><c> Noah</c>

01:01:26.659 --> 01:01:28.500
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01:01:28.800 --> 01:01:30.460
wherein<01:01:29.019><c> few</c><01:01:29.300><c> that</c><01:01:29.460><c> his</c><01:01:29.619><c> eight</c><01:01:29.820><c> souls</c><01:01:30.159><c> were</c>

01:01:30.460 --> 01:01:32.559
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01:01:32.559 --> 01:01:34.639
even<01:01:32.940><c> baptismed</c><01:01:33.500><c> up</c><01:01:33.659><c> almost.</c><01:01:34.039><c> So</c><01:01:34.139><c> now</c><01:01:34.360><c> save</c>

01:01:34.639 --> 01:01:36.599
us,<01:01:35.380><c> not</c><01:01:35.760><c> the</c><01:01:36.000><c> putting</c><01:01:36.199><c> away</c>

01:01:36.599 --> 01:01:38.400
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01:01:39.059 --> 01:01:40.500
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01:01:40.500 --> 01:01:42.800
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01:01:42.800 --> 01:01:44.320
resurrection<01:01:43.239><c> of</c><01:01:43.460><c> Jesus</c><01:01:43.880><c> Christ,</c>

01:01:44.480 --> 01:01:47.280
who<01:01:44.719><c> is</c><01:01:45.239><c> God</c><01:01:45.820><c> into</c><01:01:46.119><c> heaven.</c>

01:01:49.079 --> 01:01:50.659
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01:01:50.659 --> 01:01:52.380
That's<01:01:51.099><c> where</c><01:01:51.300><c> he</c><01:01:51.460><c> belonged.</c>

01:01:53.679 --> 01:01:54.960
And<01:01:53.719><c> when</c><01:01:53.840><c> he</c><01:01:54.000><c> came</c><01:01:54.320><c> to</c><01:01:54.440><c> make</c><01:01:54.559><c> a</c><01:01:54.760><c> good</c>

01:01:54.960 --> 01:01:56.699
confession,<01:01:55.820><c> which</c><01:01:55.920><c> had</c><01:01:56.139><c> nothing</c><01:01:56.400><c> to</c><01:01:56.619><c> do</c>

01:01:56.699 --> 01:01:58.679
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01:01:58.679 --> 01:02:00.760
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01:02:00.940 --> 01:02:03.260
he<01:02:01.119><c> went</c><01:02:01.480><c> straight</c><01:02:01.980><c> to</c><01:02:02.239><c> heaven.</c>

01:02:04.440 --> 01:02:04.820
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01:02:04.820 --> 01:02:06.440
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01:02:06.659 --> 01:02:08.679
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01:02:09.019 --> 01:02:10.559
Noah,<01:02:10.559><c> the</c>

01:02:10.559 --> 01:02:12.579
cleanness,<01:02:11.719><c> the</c><01:02:11.940><c> homing</c><01:02:12.320><c> instincts,</c>

01:02:12.659 --> 01:02:14.440
they're<01:02:12.820><c> all</c><01:02:13.079><c> there.</c><01:02:13.699><c> And</c><01:02:13.840><c> that</c><01:02:14.099><c> spirit</c>

01:02:14.440 --> 01:02:16.820
coming<01:02:14.739><c> like</c><01:02:15.019><c> a</c><01:02:15.199><c> dove,</c><01:02:15.500><c> brothers</c><01:02:15.619><c> and</c><01:02:15.860><c> sisters,</c><01:02:16.119><c> had</c><01:02:16.320><c> all</c><01:02:16.559><c> that</c>

01:02:16.820 --> 01:02:19.320
symbolism<01:02:17.360><c> packed</c><01:02:18.019><c> in</c><01:02:18.119><c> that</c><01:02:18.260><c> little</c><01:02:18.539><c> bird.</c>

01:02:19.340 --> 01:02:21.460
This<01:02:19.739><c> is</c><01:02:19.960><c> my</c><01:02:20.179><c> beloved</c><01:02:20.559><c> son,</c>

01:02:21.539 --> 01:02:23.260
in<01:02:21.639><c> whom</c><01:02:21.820><c> I</c><01:02:22.000><c> am</c><01:02:22.099><c> well</c><01:02:22.380><c> pleased.</c>

01:02:24.079 --> 01:02:25.340
Now<01:02:24.239><c> there's</c><01:02:24.300><c> something</c><01:02:24.639><c> else</c>

01:02:26.599 --> 01:02:27.679
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01:02:27.679 --> 01:02:29.440
pile<01:02:27.840><c> me</c><01:02:28.019><c> to</c><01:02:28.219><c> turn</c><01:02:28.340><c> all</c><01:02:28.500><c> these</c><01:02:28.719><c> references</c><01:02:29.019><c> up,</c>

01:02:29.500 --> 01:02:30.860
that<01:02:29.599><c> will</c><01:02:29.840><c> have</c><01:02:30.119><c> to</c><01:02:30.320><c> shift</c><01:02:30.539><c> quote</c><01:02:30.659><c> from</c>

01:02:31.320 --> 01:02:32.900
verbatim.<01:02:31.920><c> Remember</c><01:02:32.099><c> what</c><01:02:32.300><c> I</c><01:02:32.440><c> said</c><01:02:32.539><c> to</c><01:02:32.679><c> you,</c><01:02:32.820><c> that</c>

01:02:32.900 --> 01:02:35.039
there<01:02:33.019><c> was</c><01:02:33.239><c> no</c><01:02:33.579><c> more</c><01:02:33.880><c> significant</c><01:02:34.320><c> spot</c><01:02:34.519><c> on</c><01:02:34.719><c> the</c><01:02:34.860><c> face</c>

01:02:35.039 --> 01:02:37.059
of<01:02:35.199><c> the</c><01:02:35.300><c> earth,</c><01:02:35.519><c> not</c><01:02:35.659><c> only</c><01:02:35.880><c> because</c><01:02:36.199><c> of</c><01:02:36.360><c> the</c><01:02:36.480><c> matter</c><01:02:36.659><c> of</c><01:02:36.860><c> all</c>

01:02:37.059 --> 01:02:39.099
flesh<01:02:37.280><c> is</c><01:02:37.519><c> grass,</c><01:02:38.159><c> but</c><01:02:38.320><c> I</c><01:02:38.420><c> want</c><01:02:38.579><c> you</c><01:02:38.719><c> to</c><01:02:38.880><c> think</c>

01:02:39.099 --> 01:02:41.440
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01:02:41.460 --> 01:02:43.119
Think<01:02:41.659><c> of</c><01:02:41.780><c> the</c><01:02:42.079><c> marvel</c><01:02:42.400><c> of</c><01:02:42.519><c> what</c><01:02:42.599><c> I'm</c><01:02:42.679><c> going</c><01:02:42.739><c> to</c><01:02:42.880><c> tell</c><01:02:42.980><c> you</c>

01:02:43.119 --> 01:02:44.619
now.<01:02:43.380><c> It's</c><01:02:43.739><c> a</c><01:02:43.940><c> marvelous</c><01:02:44.320><c> thing.</c>

01:02:45.119 --> 01:02:46.820
Many<01:02:45.360><c> of</c><01:02:45.519><c> you</c><01:02:45.599><c> would</c><01:02:45.739><c> have</c><01:02:45.840><c> heard</c><01:02:46.039><c> this</c><01:02:46.239><c> years</c><01:02:46.480><c> ago.</c>

01:02:46.820 --> 01:02:49.219
Those<01:02:47.360><c> of</c><01:02:47.559><c> you</c><01:02:47.659><c> who</c><01:02:47.880><c> have</c><01:02:47.880><c> been</c><01:02:48.719><c> baptized</c>

01:02:49.219 --> 01:02:51.000
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01:02:51.000 --> 01:02:53.360
never<01:02:51.260><c> heard</c><01:02:51.519><c> this,</c><01:02:51.920><c> but</c><01:02:52.179><c> think</c><01:02:52.460><c> of</c><01:02:52.599><c> it.</c>

01:02:54.300 --> 01:02:54.900
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01:02:54.900 --> 01:02:56.679
only<01:02:55.139><c> three</c><01:02:55.460><c> men</c>

01:02:57.440 --> 01:02:59.099
who<01:02:57.960><c> by</c><01:02:58.300><c> coming</c><01:02:58.679><c> up</c>

01:02:59.099 --> 01:03:01.300
out<01:02:59.340><c> of</c><01:02:59.559><c> Jordan</c><01:03:00.000><c> were</c><01:03:00.559><c> magnified</c>

01:03:01.300 --> 01:03:02.679
by<01:03:01.559><c> God.</c>

01:03:03.119 --> 01:03:05.059
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01:03:05.059 --> 01:03:06.960
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01:03:06.960 --> 01:03:08.900
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01:03:08.900 --> 01:03:10.519
3<01:03:09.199><c> and</c><01:03:09.360><c> verse</c><01:03:09.539><c> 7,</c>

01:03:10.880 --> 01:03:12.619
that<01:03:11.179><c> Yahweh</c><01:03:11.559><c> magnified</c>

01:03:12.619 --> 01:03:14.840
Joshua<01:03:13.199><c> that</c><01:03:13.739><c> day.</c>

01:03:15.539 --> 01:03:16.880
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01:03:16.880 --> 01:03:18.480
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01:03:18.480 --> 01:03:20.500
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01:03:20.500 --> 01:03:22.699
people<01:03:20.800><c> as</c><01:03:21.079><c> Moses</c><01:03:21.500><c> had</c><01:03:21.699><c> been</c><01:03:21.900><c> magnified.</c>

01:03:23.099 --> 01:03:24.400
And<01:03:23.179><c> he</c><01:03:23.360><c> had</c><01:03:23.420><c> just</c><01:03:23.760><c> crossed</c><01:03:24.119><c> the</c><01:03:24.219><c> river</c>

01:03:24.400 --> 01:03:26.300
Jordan.<01:03:25.480><c> Point</c><01:03:25.619><c> number</c><01:03:25.880><c> one.</c>

01:03:26.699 --> 01:03:28.119
Point<01:03:26.880><c> number</c><01:03:27.159><c> two.</c>

01:03:28.679 --> 01:03:30.840
In<01:03:28.739><c> the</c><01:03:28.980><c> second</c><01:03:29.219><c> of</c><01:03:29.420><c> Kings</c><01:03:29.659><c> chapter</c><01:03:30.000><c> 2,</c>

01:03:31.280 --> 01:03:32.659
50<01:03:31.739><c> men</c><01:03:32.000><c> of</c><01:03:32.139><c> the</c><01:03:32.360><c> prophets</c>

01:03:32.659 --> 01:03:34.360
came<01:03:33.079><c> down</c><01:03:33.300><c> to</c><01:03:33.400><c> the</c><01:03:33.539><c> bank</c><01:03:33.679><c> of</c><01:03:33.800><c> the</c><01:03:33.840><c> river</c><01:03:34.019><c> Jordan</c>

01:03:34.360 --> 01:03:36.559
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01:03:36.559 --> 01:03:38.539
and<01:03:36.940><c> they</c><01:03:37.400><c> all</c><01:03:37.860><c> wanted</c><01:03:38.239><c> Elijah's</c>

01:03:39.019 --> 01:03:40.099
job.

01:03:40.679 --> 01:03:42.559
They're<01:03:40.900><c> called</c><01:03:41.159><c> mighty</c><01:03:41.659><c> men.</c>

01:03:43.199 --> 01:03:44.559
And<01:03:43.639><c> they</c><01:03:43.719><c> obviously</c>

01:03:45.340 --> 01:03:46.420
envied<01:03:45.780><c> that</c><01:03:46.099><c> job</c>

01:03:46.420 --> 01:03:48.039
of<01:03:46.659><c> Elijah</c><01:03:47.019><c> as</c><01:03:47.340><c> being</c><01:03:47.599><c> the</c><01:03:47.800><c> chief</c>

01:03:48.039 --> 01:03:50.199
prophet<01:03:48.340><c> of</c><01:03:48.599><c> Yahweh,</c><01:03:49.099><c> but</c><01:03:49.260><c> Elisha</c><01:03:49.659><c> wanted</c><01:03:49.880><c> it</c><01:03:50.099><c> above</c>

01:03:50.199 --> 01:03:52.219
all<01:03:50.440><c> of</c><01:03:50.480><c> them.</c><01:03:50.559><c> He</c><01:03:50.679><c> wanted</c><01:03:50.920><c> to</c><01:03:51.239><c> carry</c><01:03:51.440><c> on</c><01:03:51.639><c> the</c><01:03:51.760><c> work</c><01:03:51.960><c> of</c>

01:03:52.219 --> 01:03:54.059
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01:03:54.059 --> 01:03:56.119
they<01:03:54.260><c> watched</c><01:03:54.460><c> what</c><01:03:54.659><c> he</c><01:03:54.800><c> went</c><01:03:54.920><c> on.</c><01:03:55.480><c> And</c><01:03:55.559><c> when</c><01:03:55.739><c> the</c><01:03:55.900><c> two</c><01:03:56.039><c> of</c>

01:03:56.119 --> 01:03:58.099
them<01:03:56.239><c> crossed</c><01:03:56.559><c> the</c><01:03:56.679><c> river</c><01:03:56.820><c> Jordan</c><01:03:57.239><c> by</c><01:03:57.480><c> the</c><01:03:57.699><c> smiting</c><01:03:57.960><c> of</c>

01:03:58.099 --> 01:04:00.179
his<01:03:58.300><c> mantle,</c><01:03:58.840><c> the</c><01:03:58.940><c> river</c><01:03:59.139><c> Jordan</c><01:03:59.480><c> parted</c><01:03:59.800><c> in</c><01:03:59.920><c> the</c><01:04:00.059><c> way</c>

01:04:00.179 --> 01:04:02.119
they<01:04:00.380><c> went</c><01:04:00.639><c> across</c><01:04:01.039><c> and</c><01:04:01.480><c> then</c><01:04:01.639><c> when</c><01:04:01.780><c> Elisha</c>

01:04:02.119 --> 01:04:03.940
came<01:04:02.300><c> back</c><01:04:02.539><c> alone,</c><01:04:02.980><c> this</c><01:04:03.199><c> is</c><01:04:03.440><c> the</c><01:04:03.579><c> test,</c>

01:04:04.179 --> 01:04:06.239
yes<01:04:04.420><c> Elijah</c><01:04:04.760><c> could</c><01:04:04.940><c> do</c><01:04:05.019><c> it</c><01:04:05.099><c> because</c><01:04:05.179><c> they</c><01:04:05.420><c> all</c><01:04:05.780><c> recognized</c>

01:04:06.239 --> 01:04:08.179
him<01:04:06.420><c> as</c><01:04:06.599><c> the</c><01:04:06.719><c> leader.</c><01:04:07.340><c> But</c><01:04:07.599><c> is</c><01:04:07.900><c> this</c>

01:04:08.179 --> 01:04:10.079
man<01:04:08.440><c> the</c><01:04:08.619><c> leader</c><01:04:08.780><c> or</c><01:04:09.079><c> not?</c><01:04:09.440><c> And</c><01:04:09.699><c> he</c><01:04:09.840><c> hits</c>

01:04:10.079 --> 01:04:12.280
that<01:04:10.280><c> water</c><01:04:10.559><c> and</c><01:04:10.719><c> says</c><01:04:10.840><c> where</c><01:04:11.239><c> is</c><01:04:11.619><c> Yahweh</c><01:04:11.960><c> Elohim</c>

01:04:12.280 --> 01:04:14.440
of<01:04:12.460><c> Elijah?</c><01:04:12.880><c> And</c><01:04:12.980><c> the</c><01:04:13.059><c> waters</c><01:04:13.219><c> went</c><01:04:13.579><c> whoosh</c>

01:04:14.440 --> 01:04:16.000
and<01:04:14.800><c> he</c><01:04:14.980><c> came</c><01:04:15.360><c> up</c><01:04:15.500><c> out</c><01:04:15.599><c> of</c><01:04:15.679><c> the</c><01:04:15.780><c> water</c>

01:04:16.000 --> 01:04:17.900
and<01:04:16.340><c> the</c><01:04:16.539><c> record</c><01:04:16.840><c> says</c>

01:04:18.039 --> 01:04:20.139
and<01:04:18.519><c> they</c><01:04:18.840><c> all</c><01:04:19.239><c> knew</c><01:04:19.579><c> him</c>

01:04:20.139 --> 01:04:22.760
to<01:04:20.539><c> be</c><01:04:20.639><c> the</c><01:04:20.820><c> prophet</c><01:04:21.059><c> of</c><01:04:21.260><c> Yahweh.</c>

01:04:22.940 --> 01:04:23.920
Elisha.

01:04:24.159 --> 01:04:26.820
And<01:04:24.320><c> we</c><01:04:24.460><c> come</c><01:04:24.619><c> to</c><01:04:24.739><c> the</c><01:04:24.880><c> Lord</c><01:04:25.119><c> Jesus</c><01:04:25.579><c> Christ.</c>

01:04:27.599 --> 01:04:28.320
And<01:04:27.639><c> he's</c><01:04:27.800><c> the</c><01:04:27.940><c> only</c><01:04:28.059><c> other</c>

01:04:28.320 --> 01:04:29.940
one.<01:04:28.579><c> Now</c><01:04:28.719><c> you</c><01:04:28.920><c> say,</c><01:04:29.340><c> well</c><01:04:29.400><c> so</c><01:04:29.619><c> what?</c>

01:04:30.360 --> 01:04:32.679
Just<01:04:30.619><c> this.</c><01:04:31.340><c> Look</c><01:04:31.460><c> at</c><01:04:31.619><c> their</c><01:04:31.739><c> names.</c>

01:04:33.460 --> 01:04:34.440
Joshua,

01:04:35.519 --> 01:04:36.980
Elisha,<01:04:36.000><c> Joshua.</c>

01:04:37.940 --> 01:04:38.900
The<01:04:38.420><c> salvation</c>

01:04:38.900 --> 01:04:40.760
of<01:04:39.159><c> Yahweh,</c><01:04:39.699><c> the</c><01:04:39.800><c> salvation</c><01:04:40.280><c> of</c><01:04:40.460><c> God,</c>

01:04:40.940 --> 01:04:43.179
the<01:04:41.139><c> salvation</c><01:04:41.500><c> of</c><01:04:41.719><c> Yahweh.</c>

01:04:43.519 --> 01:04:44.719
And<01:04:43.639><c> what</c><01:04:43.800><c> they're</c><01:04:43.960><c> telling</c><01:04:44.179><c> us</c><01:04:44.360><c> is</c><01:04:44.480><c> this</c>

01:04:44.719 --> 01:04:46.699
brethren<01:04:45.019><c> and</c><01:04:45.219><c> sisters,</c><01:04:45.579><c> that</c><01:04:45.719><c> when</c><01:04:45.840><c> God</c><01:04:46.099><c> magnified</c>

01:04:46.699 --> 01:04:48.619
those<01:04:47.059><c> three</c><01:04:47.340><c> men,</c><01:04:48.300><c> two</c>

01:04:48.619 --> 01:04:50.980
of<01:04:48.780><c> them,</c><01:04:50.079><c> he</c><01:04:50.619><c> only</c>

01:04:50.980 --> 01:04:52.719
magnified<01:04:51.440><c> in</c><01:04:51.619><c> the</c><01:04:51.800><c> sense</c><01:04:51.920><c> that</c><01:04:52.039><c> they</c><01:04:52.099><c> were</c><01:04:52.340><c> types</c>

01:04:52.719 --> 01:04:54.619
of<01:04:52.920><c> our</c><01:04:53.039><c> Lord</c><01:04:53.159><c> Jesus</c><01:04:53.559><c> Christ.</c><01:04:53.920><c> The</c><01:04:54.239><c> last</c><01:04:54.480><c> one</c>

01:04:54.619 --> 01:04:56.880
was<01:04:54.800><c> the</c><01:04:55.000><c> real</c><01:04:55.280><c> thing.</c><01:04:55.960><c> But</c><01:04:56.300><c> every</c>

01:04:56.880 --> 01:04:58.780
one<01:04:57.039><c> of</c><01:04:57.159><c> them</c><01:04:57.300><c> was</c><01:04:57.519><c> giving</c><01:04:57.760><c> forth</c><01:04:58.039><c> this</c><01:04:58.300><c> principle</c>

01:04:58.780 --> 01:05:00.820
that<01:04:59.420><c> no</c><01:04:59.880><c> man</c><01:05:00.280><c> can</c><01:05:00.500><c> walk</c>

01:05:00.820 --> 01:05:02.579
through<01:05:01.059><c> the</c><01:05:01.239><c> Jordan.</c><01:05:01.800><c> No</c><01:05:02.119><c> man</c>

01:05:02.579 --> 01:05:04.179
can<01:05:02.780><c> walk</c><01:05:03.019><c> through</c><01:05:03.199><c> the</c><01:05:03.360><c> Jordan.</c>

01:05:04.300 --> 01:05:05.800
But<01:05:04.780><c> God</c><01:05:05.039><c> can.</c>

01:05:06.900 --> 01:05:07.880
And<01:05:07.119><c> when</c><01:05:07.340><c> those</c><01:05:07.619><c> three</c>

01:05:07.880 --> 01:05:10.000
stood<01:05:08.119><c> on</c><01:05:08.300><c> the</c><01:05:08.460><c> other</c><01:05:08.699><c> side</c><01:05:08.840><c> of</c><01:05:08.940><c> that</c><01:05:09.119><c> Jordan,</c>

01:05:10.119 --> 01:05:11.800
they<01:05:10.340><c> stood</c><01:05:10.619><c> there,</c><01:05:11.420><c> symbolic</c>

01:05:11.800 --> 01:05:13.820
and<01:05:12.059><c> emblematic</c><01:05:12.500><c> of</c><01:05:12.679><c> the</c><01:05:12.800><c> fact</c><01:05:13.099><c> that</c>

01:05:13.820 --> 01:05:15.699
Yahweh<01:05:14.219><c> alone</c><01:05:14.780><c> is</c><01:05:15.019><c> victorious</c>

01:05:15.699 --> 01:05:17.800
over<01:05:16.000><c> the</c><01:05:16.239><c> flesh.</c><01:05:16.679><c> Nobody</c><01:05:17.039><c> else.</c><01:05:17.420><c> And</c><01:05:17.519><c> their</c><01:05:17.619><c> names</c>

01:05:17.800 --> 01:05:19.739
all<01:05:18.079><c> meant</c><01:05:18.239><c> the</c><01:05:18.519><c> same</c><01:05:18.840><c> thing.</c>

01:05:20.760 --> 01:05:21.800
And<01:05:20.920><c> they're</c><01:05:21.079><c> the</c><01:05:21.159><c> only</c><01:05:21.460><c> three</c>

01:05:21.800 --> 01:05:23.980
men<01:05:21.960><c> to</c><01:05:22.199><c> cross</c><01:05:22.360><c> the</c><01:05:22.539><c> Jordan</c><01:05:22.760><c> like</c><01:05:23.099><c> that.</c>

01:05:24.079 --> 01:05:25.880
And<01:05:24.300><c> when</c><01:05:24.460><c> the</c><01:05:24.579><c> Lord</c><01:05:24.760><c> Jesus</c><01:05:25.199><c> Christ</c><01:05:25.539><c> walked</c>

01:05:25.880 --> 01:05:27.719
up<01:05:26.059><c> on</c><01:05:26.239><c> that</c><01:05:26.480><c> bank</c><01:05:26.659><c> as</c><01:05:26.920><c> the</c><01:05:27.139><c> anti</c><01:05:27.400><c>-type</c><01:05:27.519><c> of</c>

01:05:27.719 --> 01:05:30.099
the<01:05:27.840><c> other</c><01:05:28.079><c> two,</c><01:05:28.679><c> Yahoshua</c><01:05:29.260><c> and</c><01:05:29.440><c> Elisha,</c>

01:05:30.440 --> 01:05:31.900
when<01:05:30.579><c> he</c><01:05:30.800><c> stood</c><01:05:31.019><c> there</c><01:05:31.300><c> brethren</c><01:05:31.599><c> and</c>

01:05:31.900 --> 01:05:33.920
sisters,<01:05:32.000><c> they</c><01:05:32.219><c> all</c><01:05:32.420><c> looked</c><01:05:32.699><c> at</c><01:05:32.960><c> him.</c>

01:05:34.179 --> 01:05:36.039
Everyone<01:05:34.659><c> would</c><01:05:34.980><c> know</c><01:05:35.219><c> that</c><01:05:35.360><c> had</c><01:05:35.480><c> any</c><01:05:35.739><c> brain</c>

01:05:36.039 --> 01:05:37.940
that<01:05:36.199><c> they</c><01:05:36.280><c> didn't</c><01:05:36.480><c> know</c><01:05:36.659><c> it</c><01:05:36.860><c> then,</c><01:05:36.960><c> they'd</c><01:05:37.239><c> know</c><01:05:37.340><c> it</c><01:05:37.539><c> later,</c>

01:05:38.320 --> 01:05:39.880
that<01:05:38.420><c> when</c><01:05:38.539><c> he</c><01:05:38.699><c> came</c><01:05:39.039><c> up</c><01:05:39.280><c> out</c><01:05:39.480><c> of</c><01:05:39.559><c> that</c>

01:05:39.880 --> 01:05:42.000
tomb<01:05:40.039><c> in</c><01:05:40.219><c> the</c><01:05:40.400><c> Garden</c><01:05:40.599><c> of</c><01:05:40.800><c> Gethsemane,</c><01:05:41.880><c> God</c>

01:05:42.000 --> 01:05:44.460
alone<01:05:42.480><c> could</c><01:05:42.719><c> walk</c><01:05:43.039><c> through</c><01:05:43.400><c> death</c>

01:05:44.679 --> 01:05:45.960
and<01:05:45.199><c> bring</c><01:05:45.460><c> men</c><01:05:45.619><c> out</c><01:05:45.800><c> of</c><01:05:45.860><c> it</c>

01:05:45.960 --> 01:05:47.639
because<01:05:46.159><c> they</c><01:05:46.400><c> were</c><01:05:46.679><c> unconscious.</c>

01:05:48.840 --> 01:05:49.880
He's<01:05:49.360><c> Yahweh's</c>

01:05:49.880 --> 01:05:52.639
salvation.<01:05:51.699><c> He's</c>

01:05:52.960 --> 01:05:54.500
God's<01:05:53.480><c> salvation.</c>

01:05:55.159 --> 01:05:56.199
God<01:05:55.679><c> alone</c>

01:05:56.199 --> 01:05:57.760
can<01:05:56.380><c> deal</c><01:05:56.579><c> with</c><01:05:56.780><c> problems</c><01:05:57.099><c> like</c><01:05:57.380><c> that.</c>

01:05:58.219 --> 01:05:59.679
And<01:05:58.420><c> those</c><01:05:58.760><c> three</c><01:05:59.199><c> men</c>

01:05:59.679 --> 01:06:01.940
bridging<01:06:00.139><c> the</c><01:06:00.300><c> Bible</c><01:06:00.639><c> in</c><01:06:00.900><c> Joshua,</c><01:06:01.719><c> Kings,</c>

01:06:02.099 --> 01:06:03.480
and<01:06:02.179><c> in</c><01:06:02.360><c> Matthew,</c><01:06:02.719><c> and</c><01:06:02.840><c> Mark,</c><01:06:03.119><c> and</c><01:06:03.239><c> Luke,</c>

01:06:03.800 --> 01:06:05.619
all<01:06:04.119><c> tell</c><01:06:04.360><c> us,</c><01:06:04.500><c> brethren</c><01:06:04.739><c> and</c><01:06:04.980><c> sisters,</c><01:06:05.179><c> of</c><01:06:05.360><c> that</c>

01:06:05.619 --> 01:06:07.260
wonderful<01:06:06.219><c> principle.</c>

01:06:08.019 --> 01:06:09.639
Who<01:06:08.340><c> shall</c><01:06:08.780><c> deliver</c><01:06:09.239><c> me</c><01:06:09.500><c> from</c>

01:06:09.639 --> 01:06:11.639
the<01:06:09.940><c> body</c><01:06:10.159><c> of</c><01:06:10.360><c> this</c><01:06:10.659><c> death?</c>

01:06:11.880 --> 01:06:14.079
I<01:06:12.340><c> thank</c><01:06:12.920><c> God!</c>

01:06:15.900 --> 01:06:17.960
Through<01:06:16.059><c> our</c><01:06:16.239><c> Lord</c><01:06:16.420><c> Jesus</c><01:06:16.860><c> Christ,</c><01:06:17.300><c> said</c><01:06:17.340><c> the</c><01:06:17.539><c> Apostle.</c>

01:06:18.159 --> 01:06:20.239
Who<01:06:18.440><c> could</c><01:06:18.699><c> deliver</c><01:06:18.960><c> them</c><01:06:19.119><c> from</c><01:06:19.320><c> Jordan?</c>

01:06:20.579 --> 01:06:21.639
Joshua<01:06:21.039><c> thanked</c><01:06:21.380><c> God,</c>

01:06:21.739 --> 01:06:23.960
Elisha<01:06:22.199><c> thanked</c><01:06:22.460><c> him,</c><01:06:22.619><c> and</c><01:06:22.860><c> Jesus</c><01:06:23.159><c> Christ</c><01:06:23.519><c> thanked</c><01:06:23.780><c> him.</c>

01:06:24.119 --> 01:06:25.599
The<01:06:24.300><c> salvation</c><01:06:24.840><c> of</c><01:06:25.159><c> Yahweh,</c><01:06:25.460><c> the</c>

01:06:25.599 --> 01:06:27.579
salvation<01:06:26.139><c> of</c><01:06:26.340><c> God.</c><01:06:26.860><c> Who</c><01:06:27.300><c> else</c>

01:06:27.579 --> 01:06:29.800
could<01:06:27.679><c> do</c><01:06:27.920><c> it?</c><01:06:28.699><c> And</c><01:06:28.820><c> there</c><01:06:28.960><c> they</c><01:06:29.139><c> were,</c><01:06:29.480><c> the</c><01:06:29.579><c> only</c>

01:06:29.800 --> 01:06:31.639
three<01:06:30.039><c> that</c><01:06:30.199><c> did</c><01:06:30.300><c> like</c><01:06:30.559><c> that,</c><01:06:31.139><c> and</c><01:06:31.219><c> there</c><01:06:31.340><c> the</c><01:06:31.519><c> meeting</c>

01:06:31.639 --> 01:06:33.500
with<01:06:31.820><c> their</c><01:06:31.980><c> name.</c><01:06:33.059><c> That's</c><01:06:33.280><c> quite</c>

01:06:33.500 --> 01:06:35.380
incredible,<01:06:34.199><c> isn't</c><01:06:34.199><c> it?</c>

01:06:35.480 --> 01:06:37.559
And<01:06:35.619><c> then</c><01:06:35.800><c> Matthew</c><01:06:36.079><c> finishes</c><01:06:36.679><c> the</c><01:06:37.000><c> record</c><01:06:37.219><c> of</c><01:06:37.400><c> his</c>

01:06:37.559 --> 01:06:39.860
baptism<01:06:37.820><c> with</c><01:06:38.139><c> these</c><01:06:38.320><c> words,</c><01:06:38.719><c> brethren</c><01:06:38.840><c> and</c><01:06:39.079><c> sisters.</c>

01:06:40.119 --> 01:06:41.480
And<01:06:40.300><c> again,</c><01:06:41.019><c> they</c><01:06:41.099><c> are</c><01:06:41.219><c> the</c><01:06:41.320><c> words</c>

01:06:41.480 --> 01:06:42.719
of<01:06:41.659><c> the</c><01:06:41.820><c> prophets.</c>

01:06:43.900 --> 01:06:45.739
The<01:06:44.119><c> last</c><01:06:44.440><c> verse</c><01:06:44.679><c> of</c><01:06:44.840><c> our</c><01:06:44.960><c> reading</c><01:06:45.159><c> for</c><01:06:45.320><c> this</c><01:06:45.480><c> evening</c>

01:06:45.739 --> 01:06:46.739
says,

01:06:47.739 --> 01:06:49.800
And<01:06:47.900><c> lo,</c><01:06:48.659><c> a</c><01:06:48.840><c> voice</c><01:06:49.119><c> from</c><01:06:49.400><c> heaven</c>

01:06:49.800 --> 01:06:51.559
saying,<01:06:51.059><c> This</c>

01:06:51.559 --> 01:06:53.820
is<01:06:51.980><c> my</c><01:06:52.219><c> beloved</c><01:06:52.599><c> son,</c>

01:06:54.139 --> 01:06:56.099
in<01:06:54.340><c> whom</c><01:06:54.519><c> I</c><01:06:54.719><c> am</c><01:06:54.800><c> well</c><01:06:55.139><c> pleased.</c>

01:06:56.739 --> 01:06:59.380
Brother<01:06:57.179><c> Ham</c><01:06:57.460><c> puts</c><01:06:57.719><c> it,</c>

01:06:59.639 --> 01:07:00.039
in<01:06:59.820><c> whom</c>

01:07:00.039 --> 01:07:01.239
I<01:07:00.219><c> delight.</c>

01:07:03.280 --> 01:07:03.659
And<01:07:03.380><c> you</c><01:07:03.500><c> know</c>

01:07:03.659 --> 01:07:05.800
exactly<01:07:04.260><c> where</c><01:07:04.420><c> that's</c><01:07:04.659><c> coming</c><01:07:04.920><c> from.</c>

01:07:05.900 --> 01:07:07.739
But<01:07:06.000><c> before</c><01:07:06.300><c> we</c><01:07:06.400><c> go</c><01:07:06.599><c> to</c><01:07:06.780><c> Isaiah</c><01:07:07.139><c> 42,</c>

01:07:07.800 --> 01:07:09.679
where<01:07:07.920><c> those</c><01:07:08.139><c> words</c><01:07:08.340><c> are</c><01:07:08.579><c> taken</c><01:07:08.800><c> from,</c><01:07:09.239><c> brethren</c><01:07:09.280><c> and</c><01:07:09.559><c> sisters,</c>

01:07:09.760 --> 01:07:11.579
they<01:07:09.960><c> are</c><01:07:10.099><c> also</c><01:07:10.559><c> found</c>

01:07:11.599 --> 01:07:13.699
in<01:07:11.900><c> the</c><01:07:12.119><c> Greek</c><01:07:12.340><c> version</c><01:07:12.860><c> of</c><01:07:13.280><c> Genesis</c>

01:07:14.199 --> 01:07:15.139
22.

01:07:16.500 --> 01:07:18.460
Take<01:07:16.920><c> thy</c><01:07:17.280><c> son,</c>

01:07:18.599 --> 01:07:19.679
thine<01:07:18.780><c> only</c><01:07:19.119><c> beloved,</c>

01:07:20.099 --> 01:07:21.659
said<01:07:20.219><c> God</c><01:07:20.440><c> to</c><01:07:20.599><c> Abraham.</c><01:07:21.360><c> And</c><01:07:21.559><c> he</c>

01:07:21.659 --> 01:07:23.400
took<01:07:21.880><c> him</c><01:07:22.000><c> by</c><01:07:22.219><c> the</c><01:07:22.400><c> hand,</c><01:07:22.659><c> brethren</c><01:07:22.940><c> and</c><01:07:23.199><c> sisters.</c>

01:07:23.400 --> 01:07:25.679
Took<01:07:23.840><c> him</c><01:07:23.980><c> by</c><01:07:24.199><c> the</c><01:07:24.340><c> hand</c><01:07:24.519><c> and</c><01:07:24.760><c> led</c><01:07:24.980><c> him</c><01:07:25.199><c> to</c><01:07:25.320><c> the</c><01:07:25.460><c> place</c>

01:07:25.679 --> 01:07:27.599
of<01:07:25.880><c> Moriah,</c><01:07:26.440><c> there</c><01:07:26.639><c> to</c><01:07:26.800><c> make</c><01:07:26.940><c> a</c><01:07:27.159><c> sacrifice</c>

01:07:27.599 --> 01:07:29.599
of<01:07:27.820><c> him.</c><01:07:28.659><c> The</c><01:07:28.840><c> Greek</c><01:07:29.159><c> version</c>

01:07:29.599 --> 01:07:31.340
of<01:07:30.139><c> the</c><01:07:30.920><c> Genesis</c>

01:07:31.340 --> 01:07:33.340
record<01:07:31.960><c> is</c><01:07:32.360><c> exactly</c><01:07:33.039><c> that</c>

01:07:33.340 --> 01:07:35.500
expression.<01:07:35.000><c> And</c><01:07:35.179><c> what</c><01:07:35.420><c> do</c>

01:07:35.500 --> 01:07:37.579
you<01:07:35.699><c> find?</c><01:07:37.119><c> You</c><01:07:37.320><c> find</c>

01:07:37.579 --> 01:07:39.460
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01:07:39.460 --> 01:07:41.420
up<01:07:39.559><c> up</c><01:07:39.719><c> his</c><01:07:39.980><c> son,</c><01:07:40.440><c> and</c><01:07:40.559><c> God</c><01:07:40.739><c> looked</c><01:07:40.920><c> down</c><01:07:41.159><c> and</c><01:07:41.260><c> was</c>

01:07:41.420 --> 01:07:43.900
well<01:07:41.880><c> pleased</c><01:07:42.380><c> with</c><01:07:42.820><c> Abraham's</c>

01:07:44.119 --> 01:07:45.420
face,<01:07:44.119><c> the</c><01:07:44.400><c> face</c><01:07:44.639><c> brother,</c><01:07:44.960><c> what</c><01:07:45.119><c> do</c><01:07:45.219><c> we</c><01:07:45.340><c> read</c>

01:07:45.420 --> 01:07:47.500
in<01:07:45.519><c> the</c><01:07:45.679><c> record?</c><01:07:46.039><c> What</c><01:07:46.300><c> do</c><01:07:46.579><c> we</c><01:07:46.739><c> read</c><01:07:46.920><c> in</c><01:07:47.079><c> the</c><01:07:47.199><c> record?</c>

01:07:47.820 --> 01:07:49.440
That<01:07:48.059><c> God</c><01:07:48.320><c> called</c><01:07:48.619><c> him</c><01:07:48.860><c> out</c><01:07:49.139><c> of</c>

01:07:49.440 --> 01:07:50.519
heaven.

01:07:51.900 --> 01:07:52.519
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01:07:52.519 --> 01:07:54.239
the<01:07:52.639><c> Lord</c><01:07:52.880><c> Jesus</c><01:07:53.360><c> Christ</c>

01:07:54.239 --> 01:07:55.880
walking<01:07:54.860><c> onto</c><01:07:55.159><c> the</c><01:07:55.400><c> banks,</c>

01:07:56.300 --> 01:07:58.079
as<01:07:56.340><c> if</c><01:07:56.519><c> God</c><01:07:56.760><c> is</c><01:07:57.139><c> reaching</c><01:07:57.440><c> down</c><01:07:57.760><c> to</c><01:07:57.920><c> take</c>

01:07:58.079 --> 01:08:00.059
his<01:07:58.300><c> own</c><01:07:58.579><c> son</c><01:07:58.739><c> by</c><01:07:58.980><c> the</c><01:07:59.179><c> hand.</c>

01:08:00.719 --> 01:08:02.000
And<01:08:00.900><c> leading</c><01:08:01.119><c> him</c><01:08:01.320><c> up</c><01:08:01.420><c> out</c><01:08:01.539><c> of</c><01:08:01.579><c> that</c><01:08:01.800><c> water,</c>

01:08:02.079 --> 01:08:04.139
knowing<01:08:02.400><c> that</c><01:08:02.619><c> what</c><01:08:02.699><c> he'd</c><01:08:02.880><c> done</c><01:08:03.019><c> in</c><01:08:03.199><c> the</c><01:08:03.300><c> water</c><01:08:03.440><c> he</c><01:08:03.619><c> would</c><01:08:03.960><c> do</c>

01:08:04.139 --> 01:08:05.940
on<01:08:04.360><c> the</c><01:08:04.579><c> cross,</c>

01:08:06.280 --> 01:08:08.199
called<01:08:06.400><c> him</c><01:08:06.579><c> out</c><01:08:06.800><c> of</c><01:08:06.960><c> heaven</c><01:08:07.119><c> and</c><01:08:07.300><c> said,</c><01:08:07.760><c> this</c><01:08:07.980><c> is</c>

01:08:08.199 --> 01:08:10.119
my<01:08:08.360><c> son,</c><01:08:08.900><c> my</c><01:08:09.079><c> well</c><01:08:09.239><c> beloved.</c><01:08:09.679><c> That's</c>

01:08:10.119 --> 01:08:12.460
exactly<01:08:10.639><c> what</c><01:08:11.000><c> the</c><01:08:11.260><c> angel</c><01:08:11.500><c> did</c>

01:08:12.480 --> 01:08:14.099
to<01:08:12.920><c> Abraham</c><01:08:13.360><c> and</c><01:08:13.840><c> to</c>

01:08:14.099 --> 01:08:16.000
Isaac.<01:08:15.400><c> But</c><01:08:15.659><c> now</c><01:08:15.820><c> to</c>

01:08:16.000 --> 01:08:17.539
conclude<01:08:16.319><c> our</c><01:08:16.579><c> study</c><01:08:16.760><c> for</c><01:08:16.939><c> this</c><01:08:17.079><c> evening,</c>

01:08:17.539 --> 01:08:20.039
Isaiah<01:08:18.420><c> 42.</c>

01:08:21.079 --> 01:08:22.100
Rotherham's

01:08:23.039 --> 01:08:23.659
rendition

01:08:23.659 --> 01:08:26.000
of<01:08:24.439><c> the</c><01:08:24.579><c> words</c><01:08:24.899><c> of</c><01:08:25.140><c> Matthew</c>

01:08:26.180 --> 01:08:27.579
were,<01:08:27.500><c> my</c>

01:08:27.579 --> 01:08:30.300
son,<01:08:27.920><c> the</c><01:08:28.119><c> beloved,</c><01:08:28.819><c> in</c><01:08:28.979><c> whom</c><01:08:29.119><c> I</c><01:08:29.319><c> delight.</c>

01:08:32.300 --> 01:08:33.659
So<01:08:32.520><c> Isaiah</c><01:08:32.859><c> 42</c><01:08:33.359><c> says,</c>

01:08:33.800 --> 01:08:36.380
behold<01:08:34.119><c> my</c><01:08:34.500><c> servant,</c><01:08:35.000><c> whom</c><01:08:35.100><c> I</c><01:08:35.340><c> uphold,</c>

01:08:36.939 --> 01:08:38.100
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01:08:39.100 --> 01:08:39.560
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01:08:39.560 --> 01:08:41.640
my<01:08:39.920><c> soul</c><01:08:40.699><c> delight.</c>

01:08:42.560 --> 01:08:43.659
And<01:08:43.180><c> here</c><01:08:43.380><c> brothers</c>

01:08:43.659 --> 01:08:45.680
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01:08:45.680 --> 01:08:47.979
caption<01:08:46.039><c> that</c><01:08:46.039><c> was</c><01:08:46.220><c> written</c><01:08:46.479><c> over</c><01:08:46.840><c> the</c><01:08:47.079><c> top</c><01:08:47.260><c> of</c><01:08:47.460><c> our</c><01:08:47.579><c> Lord's</c>

01:08:47.979 --> 01:08:49.840
baptism.<01:08:48.560><c> And</c><01:08:48.720><c> as</c><01:08:48.840><c> the</c><01:08:49.000><c> Lord</c><01:08:49.140><c> came</c><01:08:49.380><c> up</c><01:08:49.500><c> out</c><01:08:49.579><c> of</c><01:08:49.659><c> the</c>

01:08:49.840 --> 01:08:51.680
water<01:08:50.020><c> he</c><01:08:50.140><c> would</c><01:08:50.399><c> read,</c><01:08:50.699><c> he</c><01:08:50.800><c> would</c><01:08:51.000><c> remember</c><01:08:51.300><c> the</c><01:08:51.460><c> words</c>

01:08:51.680 --> 01:08:53.819
of<01:08:51.899><c> verse</c><01:08:52.140><c> 6</c><01:08:52.380><c> that</c><01:08:52.520><c> says,</c><01:08:53.779><c> I</c>

01:08:53.819 --> 01:08:55.720
Yahweh<01:08:54.420><c> have</c><01:08:54.760><c> called</c><01:08:55.060><c> thee</c>

01:08:55.720 --> 01:08:57.819
in<01:08:56.520><c> righteousness.</c>

01:08:58.279 --> 01:09:00.100
Thus<01:08:58.439><c> it</c><01:08:58.619><c> becomeeth</c><01:08:58.979><c> us</c><01:08:59.220><c> John.</c>

01:09:00.279 --> 01:09:01.680
I<01:09:00.560><c> will</c><01:09:00.920><c> hold</c><01:09:01.399><c> thy</c>

01:09:01.680 --> 01:09:03.659
hand,<01:09:03.460><c> will</c>

01:09:03.659 --> 01:09:05.739
keep<01:09:04.000><c> thee,</c><01:09:05.180><c> and</c><01:09:05.399><c> give</c><01:09:05.600><c> thee</c>

01:09:05.739 --> 01:09:07.699
for<01:09:05.920><c> a</c><01:09:06.119><c> covenant</c><01:09:06.279><c> of</c><01:09:06.439><c> the</c><01:09:06.619><c> people</c><01:09:07.100><c> for</c>

01:09:07.699 --> 01:09:09.460
a<01:09:07.920><c> life</c><01:09:08.060><c> of</c><01:09:08.260><c> the</c><01:09:08.359><c> Gentiles.</c>

01:09:09.699 --> 01:09:11.460
The<01:09:09.939><c> heavens</c><01:09:10.140><c> were</c><01:09:10.500><c> rent</c>

01:09:11.680 --> 01:09:13.779
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01:09:13.779 --> 01:09:16.539
sins<01:09:13.960><c> were</c><01:09:14.180><c> no</c><01:09:14.399><c> longer</c><01:09:14.659><c> left</c><01:09:14.939><c> in</c><01:09:15.119><c> their</c><01:09:15.319><c> sins.</c>

01:09:16.739 --> 01:09:18.079
What<01:09:16.760><c> does</c><01:09:17.000><c> the</c><01:09:17.020><c> last</c><01:09:17.380><c> verse</c><01:09:17.600><c> of</c><01:09:17.739><c> Isaiah</c>

01:09:18.079 --> 01:09:19.659
42<01:09:18.560><c> say?</c>

01:09:20.859 --> 01:09:21.659
Yahweh

01:09:21.659 --> 01:09:23.920
is<01:09:22.920><c> well</c><01:09:23.319><c> pleased</c>

01:09:23.920 --> 01:09:25.880
for<01:09:25.159><c> his</c>

01:09:25.880 --> 01:09:27.739
righteousness<01:09:26.579><c> sake.</c>

01:09:28.399 --> 01:09:30.140
Now<01:09:28.939><c> the</c><01:09:29.479><c> Hebraists</c>

01:09:30.140 --> 01:09:32.119
tell<01:09:30.479><c> us,</c><01:09:30.779><c> brothers</c><01:09:30.899><c> and</c><01:09:31.180><c> sisters,</c>

01:09:32.739 --> 01:09:34.100
that<01:09:32.960><c> it's</c><01:09:33.199><c> not</c><01:09:33.640><c> saying</c>

01:09:34.100 --> 01:09:36.100
here<01:09:34.779><c> that</c><01:09:35.439><c> Yahweh</c>

01:09:36.100 --> 01:09:37.920
is<01:09:36.500><c> well</c><01:09:36.899><c> pleased</c><01:09:37.159><c> because</c><01:09:37.539><c> of</c><01:09:37.760><c> the</c>

01:09:37.920 --> 01:09:40.560
Lord<01:09:38.159><c> Jesus</c><01:09:38.699><c> Christ's</c><01:09:39.539><c> righteousness.</c>

01:09:41.460 --> 01:09:41.880
They

01:09:41.880 --> 01:09:44.199
say<01:09:42.119><c> that</c><01:09:42.760><c> the</c><01:09:43.739><c> measure</c>

01:09:44.199 --> 01:09:46.359
of<01:09:44.500><c> the</c><01:09:44.680><c> Greek</c><01:09:44.859><c> here,</c><01:09:45.279><c> the</c><01:09:45.279><c> expression</c><01:09:45.659><c> is</c>

01:09:46.359 --> 01:09:48.000
that<01:09:46.819><c> Yahweh</c><01:09:47.119><c> is</c><01:09:47.479><c> well</c><01:09:47.779><c> pleased</c>

01:09:48.000 --> 01:09:50.159
because<01:09:48.460><c> of</c><01:09:48.659><c> his</c><01:09:48.840><c> own</c><01:09:49.159><c> righteousness.</c>

01:09:50.720 --> 01:09:52.000
And<01:09:50.819><c> that's</c><01:09:51.220><c> exactly</c>

01:09:52.000 --> 01:09:54.319
how<01:09:52.380><c> Robert</c><01:09:52.659><c> Hamm</c><01:09:52.819><c> renders</c><01:09:53.180><c> that</c><01:09:53.479><c> verse.</c>

01:09:55.140 --> 01:09:56.060
He<01:09:55.359><c> is</c><01:09:55.659><c> well</c>

01:09:56.060 --> 01:09:58.500
pleased<01:09:56.520><c> for</c><01:09:57.159><c> his</c><01:09:57.699><c> own</c>

01:09:58.899 --> 01:10:00.600
righteousness<01:09:59.500><c> sake.</c>

01:10:01.920 --> 01:10:02.680
So<01:10:02.180><c> here</c><01:10:02.340><c> he</c><01:10:02.399><c> comes</c>

01:10:02.680 --> 01:10:04.079
out<01:10:02.840><c> of</c><01:10:02.920><c> the</c><01:10:03.079><c> water,</c><01:10:03.399><c> this</c><01:10:03.619><c> is</c><01:10:03.880><c> my</c>

01:10:04.079 --> 01:10:06.020
beloved<01:10:04.520><c> in</c><01:10:05.159><c> whom</c><01:10:05.319><c> I</c><01:10:05.539><c> delight,</c>

01:10:06.460 --> 01:10:07.979
behold<01:10:06.840><c> my</c><01:10:07.260><c> servant</c><01:10:07.640><c> in</c>

01:10:07.979 --> 01:10:09.920
whom<01:10:08.119><c> my</c><01:10:08.439><c> soul</c><01:10:08.640><c> delighteth,</c><01:10:09.359><c> I'll</c><01:10:09.619><c> take</c><01:10:09.779><c> him</c>

01:10:09.920 --> 01:10:11.899
by<01:10:10.079><c> the</c><01:10:10.300><c> hand,</c><01:10:11.020><c> I'll</c><01:10:11.079><c> give</c><01:10:11.180><c> him</c><01:10:11.340><c> as</c><01:10:11.520><c> the</c><01:10:11.720><c> covenant</c>

01:10:11.899 --> 01:10:14.140
of<01:10:12.119><c> the</c><01:10:12.199><c> Gentiles</c><01:10:12.640><c> even,</c><01:10:12.899><c> for</c><01:10:13.000><c> the</c><01:10:13.199><c> people</c><01:10:13.420><c> and</c><01:10:13.600><c> the</c><01:10:13.739><c> Gentiles,</c>

01:10:14.239 --> 01:10:15.939
the<01:10:14.380><c> heavens</c><01:10:14.600><c> are</c><01:10:14.840><c> rent.</c><01:10:15.479><c> And</c><01:10:15.720><c> God</c>

01:10:15.939 --> 01:10:18.020
said,<01:10:16.880><c> but</c><01:10:17.000><c> he</c><01:10:17.100><c> looked</c><01:10:17.279><c> at</c><01:10:17.460><c> that</c><01:10:17.699><c> son,</c>

01:10:18.520 --> 01:10:20.199
I<01:10:18.739><c> am</c><01:10:19.060><c> well</c><01:10:19.439><c> pleased</c><01:10:19.699><c> in</c><01:10:19.920><c> him</c>

01:10:20.199 --> 01:10:22.600
because<01:10:20.619><c> of</c><01:10:20.859><c> my</c><01:10:21.239><c> own</c><01:10:21.619><c> righteousness.</c>

01:10:23.859 --> 01:10:24.539
And<01:10:24.180><c> there</c><01:10:24.380><c> was,</c>

01:10:24.760 --> 01:10:26.119
brothers<01:10:24.840><c> and</c><01:10:25.100><c> sisters,</c><01:10:25.279><c> on</c><01:10:25.479><c> that</c><01:10:25.720><c> day</c>

01:10:26.119 --> 01:10:28.600
a<01:10:26.560><c> complete</c><01:10:26.979><c> and</c><01:10:27.260><c> utter</c><01:10:27.500><c> fulfillment</c>

01:10:29.140 --> 01:10:30.100
of<01:10:29.619><c> all</c>

01:10:30.100 --> 01:10:32.140
righteousness,<01:10:31.140><c> God's</c><01:10:31.640><c> righteousness.</c>

01:10:32.420 --> 01:10:34.319
And<01:10:32.899><c> that's</c><01:10:33.220><c> what</c><01:10:33.399><c> made</c><01:10:33.659><c> the</c><01:10:33.939><c> Father</c>

01:10:34.319 --> 01:10:36.119
so<01:10:35.079><c> pleased</c><01:10:35.439><c> on</c><01:10:35.659><c> that</c><01:10:35.779><c> wonderful</c>

01:10:36.119 --> 01:10:38.000
occasion.<01:10:37.399><c> And</c><01:10:37.680><c> our</c><01:10:37.840><c> Lord</c>

01:10:38.000 --> 01:10:39.539
was<01:10:38.140><c> from</c><01:10:38.359><c> that</c><01:10:38.600><c> moment</c><01:10:38.840><c> onwards</c>

01:10:39.539 --> 01:10:42.100
both<01:10:40.359><c> led</c><01:10:40.699><c> and</c><01:10:41.279><c> driven,</c>

01:10:42.640 --> 01:10:44.159
we<01:10:42.659><c> will</c><01:10:42.800><c> read</c><01:10:43.000><c> later</c><01:10:43.260><c> on,</c>

01:10:44.199 --> 01:10:45.640
led<01:10:44.239><c> and</c><01:10:44.699><c> driven</c><01:10:44.939><c> by</c><01:10:45.180><c> the</c><01:10:45.380><c> Spirit</c>

01:10:45.640 --> 01:10:48.199
into<01:10:46.220><c> the</c><01:10:46.420><c> wilderness</c><01:10:46.720><c> to</c><01:10:47.640><c> put</c><01:10:47.899><c> that</c>

01:10:48.199 --> 01:10:50.079
to<01:10:48.380><c> a</c><01:10:48.439><c> very</c><01:10:48.880><c> powerful</c><01:10:49.319><c> and</c><01:10:49.680><c> practical</c>

01:10:50.079 --> 01:10:52.079
test.<01:10:51.300><c> And</c><01:10:51.420><c> it</c><01:10:51.520><c> will</c><01:10:51.619><c> be</c><01:10:51.760><c> our</c><01:10:51.920><c> good</c>

01:10:52.079 --> 01:10:54.159
pleasure,<01:10:52.619><c> brothers</c><01:10:52.619><c> and</c><01:10:52.819><c> sisters,</c><01:10:53.140><c> under</c><01:10:53.340><c> God's</c><01:10:53.739><c> grace</c>

01:10:54.159 --> 01:10:56.039
when<01:10:54.420><c> we</c><01:10:54.539><c> come</c><01:10:54.739><c> back</c><01:10:54.899><c> next</c><01:10:55.180><c> time</c><01:10:55.340><c> to</c><01:10:55.539><c> consider</c><01:10:55.760><c> those</c>

01:10:56.039 --> 01:10:57.199
matters<01:10:56.319><c> together.</c>