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penultimate<00:10:08.860><c> chapter</c><00:10:09.259><c> of</c><00:10:09.419><c> the</c><00:10:09.559><c> Gospel.</c>

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They<00:10:10.740><c> should</c><00:10:10.960><c> be</c><00:10:11.259><c> sort</c><00:10:11.419><c> of</c><00:10:11.539><c> at</c><00:10:12.000><c> the</c><00:10:12.259><c> top</c><00:10:12.740><c> of</c><00:10:14.100><c> our</c><00:10:14.440><c> page</c><00:10:14.820><c> when</c><00:10:15.039><c> we're</c><00:10:15.320><c> thinking</c><00:10:15.600><c> about</c><00:10:15.919><c> any</c><00:10:16.200><c> of</c>

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But<00:10:21.220><c> you</c><00:10:21.460><c> see,</c><00:10:22.779><c> we</c><00:10:22.960><c> read</c><00:10:23.240><c> here</c><00:10:23.559><c> in</c><00:10:23.740><c> verse</c><00:10:24.000><c> 3,</c><00:10:26.139><c> there</c><00:10:26.200><c> was</c><00:10:26.659><c> a</c><00:10:27.019><c> great</c><00:10:27.860><c> multitude</c><00:10:29.179><c> of</c>

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impotent<00:10:31.000><c> folk,</c><00:10:31.539><c> blind,</c>

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holed,<00:10:34.440><c> withered.</c>

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He<00:10:46.419><c> doesn't</c><00:10:46.679><c> do</c><00:10:46.899><c> anything</c><00:10:47.200><c> about</c><00:10:47.580><c> those.</c>

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And<00:10:49.820><c> yet,</c><00:10:50.000><c> as</c><00:10:50.120><c> we</c><00:10:50.299><c> shall</c><00:10:50.500><c> see</c><00:10:51.039><c> in</c><00:10:51.519><c> a</c><00:10:51.679><c> couple</c><00:10:51.899><c> of</c><00:10:52.120><c> days,</c><00:10:52.440><c> God</c><00:10:52.600><c> willing,</c><00:10:53.879><c> he</c>

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brings<00:10:54.580><c> sight</c><00:10:54.919><c> to</c><00:10:55.159><c> a</c><00:10:55.360><c> blind</c><00:10:55.559><c> man.</c>

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So<00:10:56.039><c> why</c><00:10:56.379><c> choose</c><00:10:56.759><c> this</c><00:10:57.019><c> particular</c><00:10:57.580><c> man</c><00:10:58.000><c> on</c><00:10:58.899><c> this</c><00:10:59.139><c> particular</c><00:10:59.659><c> occasion?</c>

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And<00:11:01.659><c> the</c><00:11:01.820><c> reason?</c>

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I<00:11:03.240><c> hope</c><00:11:03.500><c> I</c><00:11:03.740><c> indicated</c><00:11:04.159><c> when</c><00:11:04.639><c> I</c><00:11:04.940><c> gave</c><00:11:05.100><c> my</c><00:11:05.419><c> introductory</c><00:11:05.960><c> talk</c>

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on<00:11:07.700><c> Monday</c><00:11:08.600><c> morning.</c>

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Gosh,<00:11:11.039><c> that</c><00:11:11.480><c> seems</c><00:11:11.840><c> an</c><00:11:12.059><c> awful</c><00:11:12.240><c> long</c><00:11:12.539><c> time</c><00:11:12.779><c> ago,</c><00:11:13.139><c> doesn't</c><00:11:13.399><c> it?</c>

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Yes,<00:11:16.980><c> on</c><00:11:17.220><c> Monday</c><00:11:17.519><c> morning</c><00:11:17.860><c> when</c><00:11:18.059><c> we</c><00:11:18.240><c> were</c><00:11:18.419><c> thinking</c><00:11:18.740><c> about</c><00:11:19.120><c> the</c><00:11:19.419><c> structure</c><00:11:19.899><c> of</c>

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the<00:11:20.639><c> Gospel.</c>

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This<00:11:24.620><c> man</c><00:11:25.259><c> typifies</c><00:11:26.559><c> each</c><00:11:28.200><c> one</c><00:11:28.460><c> of</c><00:11:28.639><c> us,</c><00:11:30.200><c> brethren</c><00:11:30.360><c> and</c><00:11:30.620><c> sisters,</c><00:11:32.320><c> every</c>

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single<00:11:33.580><c> one</c><00:11:33.840><c> of</c><00:11:33.960><c> us.</c>

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What<00:11:36.240><c> do</c><00:11:36.399><c> we</c><00:11:36.559><c> read</c><00:11:36.720><c> about</c><00:11:37.039><c> him?</c>

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Well,<00:11:39.379><c> we</c><00:11:39.559><c> read</c><00:11:39.779><c> this</c><00:11:40.059><c> in</c><00:11:40.259><c> verse</c><00:11:40.500><c> 5.</c>

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And<00:11:42.500><c> a</c><00:11:43.519><c> certain</c><00:11:44.379><c> man</c><00:11:45.240><c> was</c><00:11:46.580><c> there</c><00:11:47.000><c> which</c><00:11:47.279><c> had</c><00:11:47.580><c> an</c><00:11:47.899><c> infirmity</c>

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When<00:11:52.799><c> Jesus</c><00:11:53.259><c> saw</c><00:11:53.600><c> him</c><00:11:53.980><c> lie</c><00:11:54.179><c> and</c><00:11:54.399><c> knew</c><00:11:54.899><c> that</c><00:11:55.519><c> he</c><00:11:55.799><c> had</c><00:11:56.159><c> been</c><00:11:56.519><c> now</c>

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You<00:11:59.340><c> see,</c><00:12:00.080><c> Jesus</c><00:12:00.559><c> knew</c><00:12:00.860><c> that</c><00:12:01.320><c> and</c><00:12:01.720><c> that's</c><00:12:02.059><c> why</c><00:12:02.320><c> he</c><00:12:02.580><c> chose</c><00:12:02.879><c> him.</c>

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He<00:12:04.720><c> said</c><00:12:04.879><c> unto</c><00:12:05.059><c> him,</c><00:12:05.879><c> Wilt</c><00:12:06.159><c> thou</c><00:12:06.399><c> be</c><00:12:06.600><c> made</c><00:12:06.940><c> whole?</c>

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Now<00:12:09.360><c> the</c><00:12:09.559><c> parallel</c><00:12:10.000><c> is</c><00:12:10.279><c> immediate,</c><00:12:10.940><c> brethren</c><00:12:11.059><c> and</c><00:12:11.299><c> sisters.</c>

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In<00:12:13.419><c> our</c><00:12:13.759><c> lives,</c><00:12:15.240><c> we</c><00:12:15.480><c> have</c><00:12:16.080><c> for</c><00:12:16.840><c> the</c><00:12:17.220><c> whole</c><00:12:17.480><c> of</c><00:12:17.779><c> our</c><00:12:17.960><c> lives</c><00:12:18.480><c> been</c>

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afflicted<00:12:20.200><c> by</c><00:12:20.519><c> the</c><00:12:21.059><c> effects</c><00:12:21.679><c> of</c><00:12:22.500><c> sin.</c>

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Haven't<00:12:25.840><c> we?</c>

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we<00:12:36.120><c> are</c><00:12:36.440><c> a</c><00:12:36.620><c> race</c><00:12:37.139><c> subject</c><00:12:37.899><c> to</c><00:12:38.279><c> sin,</c><00:12:39.120><c> disease</c><00:12:39.879><c> and</c><00:12:40.440><c> death.</c>

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That's<00:12:42.240><c> what</c><00:12:42.440><c> we're</c><00:12:42.740><c> like.</c>

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And<00:12:44.059><c> we</c><00:12:44.320><c> live</c><00:12:44.740><c> with</c><00:12:45.240><c> the</c><00:12:45.679><c> effects</c><00:12:46.139><c> of</c><00:12:47.460><c> that</c><00:12:47.840><c> sin</c><00:12:48.240><c> about</c><00:12:48.779><c> us</c><00:12:49.019><c> all</c>

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Wilt<00:13:29.580><c> thou</c><00:13:30.279><c> be</c><00:13:31.179><c> made</c><00:13:31.539><c> whole?</c>

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The<00:13:33.799><c> answer</c><00:13:34.440><c> is</c><00:13:35.820><c> with</c><00:13:36.059><c> us.</c>

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We<00:13:38.460><c> can</c><00:13:38.899><c> choose</c><00:13:39.399><c> to</c><00:13:41.059><c> say</c><00:13:41.879><c> yes.</c>

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water<00:14:00.100><c> is</c><00:14:00.419><c> troubled</c><00:14:00.799><c> to</c><00:14:01.039><c> put</c><00:14:01.240><c> me</c><00:14:01.500><c> into</c><00:14:01.740><c> the</c><00:14:02.039><c> pool.</c>

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When<00:14:05.320><c> I</c><00:14:05.580><c> read</c><00:14:05.799><c> those</c><00:14:06.179><c> words,</c><00:14:06.559><c> no</c><00:14:06.820><c> man,</c><00:14:07.059><c> I</c><00:14:07.279><c> think</c><00:14:07.580><c> immediately</c>

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of<00:14:08.519><c> the</c><00:14:08.759><c> Lord.</c>

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But<00:14:10.659><c> there</c><00:14:11.120><c> was</c><00:14:11.700><c> no</c><00:14:12.159><c> man,</c><00:14:14.299><c> neither</c><00:14:14.720><c> found</c><00:14:15.299><c> he</c><00:14:15.639><c> any,</c><00:14:16.879><c> to</c><00:14:17.259><c> comfort</c><00:14:17.659><c> him.</c>

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Jesus,<00:14:22.259><c> looking</c><00:14:23.200><c> forward</c><00:14:24.139><c> to</c><00:14:25.840><c> that</c><00:14:26.279><c> time</c><00:14:26.639><c> when</c><00:14:26.919><c> he</c><00:14:27.200><c> would</c><00:14:27.440><c> be</c>

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totally<00:14:28.639><c> alone,</c>

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There<00:14:40.620><c> isn't</c><00:14:41.220><c> a</c><00:14:41.440><c> solitary</c><00:14:41.879><c> one</c><00:14:42.259><c> of</c><00:14:42.419><c> us,</c><00:14:42.779><c> brethren</c><00:14:42.899><c> and</c><00:14:43.220><c> sisters,</c><00:14:44.179><c> who</c>

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can<00:14:45.679><c> save</c><00:14:47.159><c> ourselves.</c>

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We<00:14:56.139><c> cannot</c><00:14:56.720><c> do</c><00:14:57.440><c> anything</c><00:14:58.019><c> at</c><00:14:58.360><c> all</c><00:14:58.600><c> about</c><00:14:59.000><c> our</c><00:14:59.279><c> own</c><00:14:59.500><c> condition.</c>

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There<00:15:03.600><c> was</c><00:15:04.720><c> no</c><00:15:05.879><c> man.</c>

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And<00:15:11.039><c> Jesus</c><00:15:11.500><c> would</c><00:15:11.840><c> feel</c><00:15:12.080><c> at</c><00:15:12.379><c> one</c><00:15:13.019><c> with</c><00:15:14.240><c> this</c><00:15:14.519><c> impotent</c><00:15:14.960><c> man.</c>

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But<00:15:18.759><c> you</c><00:15:18.980><c> see,</c><00:15:19.139><c> then</c><00:15:19.360><c> the</c><00:15:19.539><c> unexpected</c><00:15:20.139><c> happens.</c>

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I<00:15:22.360><c> suppose</c><00:15:23.039><c> that</c><00:15:24.059><c> this</c><00:15:24.519><c> man</c><00:15:25.100><c> might</c><00:15:25.740><c> have</c><00:15:25.960><c> thought,</c><00:15:27.000><c> well,</c>

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here<00:15:28.440><c> at</c><00:15:28.679><c> last</c><00:15:28.940><c> is</c><00:15:29.159><c> someone</c><00:15:29.500><c> who's</c><00:15:29.799><c> going</c><00:15:29.980><c> to</c><00:15:30.279><c> pick</c><00:15:30.419><c> me</c><00:15:30.659><c> up</c><00:15:31.100><c> and</c>

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put<00:15:32.320><c> me</c><00:15:32.559><c> in</c><00:15:32.600><c> the</c><00:15:32.899><c> pool</c><00:15:33.080><c> at</c><00:15:33.360><c> exactly</c><00:15:33.840><c> the</c><00:15:34.100><c> right</c><00:15:34.379><c> time.</c>

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Great,<00:15:35.460><c> you</c><00:15:35.639><c> know,</c><00:15:35.799><c> you</c><00:15:35.940><c> can</c><00:15:36.220><c> feel</c><00:15:36.460><c> him</c><00:15:37.159><c> sort</c><00:15:37.399><c> of</c><00:15:37.980><c> hope</c><00:15:38.360><c> surging</c><00:15:38.919><c> up</c>

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within<00:15:39.500><c> him.</c>

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He'd<00:15:41.220><c> lain</c><00:15:41.460><c> at</c><00:15:41.740><c> the</c><00:15:42.059><c> side</c><00:15:42.279><c> of</c><00:15:42.519><c> that</c><00:15:42.879><c> pool</c><00:15:43.659><c> year</c><00:15:44.779><c> after</c><00:15:45.720><c> year.</c>

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But<00:15:50.360><c> Jesus</c><00:15:50.679><c> says</c><00:15:50.980><c> to</c><00:15:51.240><c> him,</c><00:15:53.899><c> rise,</c><00:15:55.580><c> take</c><00:15:55.860><c> up</c><00:15:56.120><c> thy</c><00:15:56.360><c> bed</c><00:15:56.960><c> and</c><00:15:58.200><c> walk.</c>

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Jesus<00:15:59.759><c> can</c><00:16:00.259><c> always</c><00:16:01.080><c> do</c><00:16:01.960><c> so</c><00:16:02.620><c> much</c><00:16:03.019><c> more</c><00:16:03.519><c> than</c><00:16:03.820><c> the</c><00:16:04.279><c> most</c><00:16:04.620><c> that</c>

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we<00:16:05.159><c> can</c><00:16:05.519><c> ever</c><00:16:05.940><c> expect.</c>

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That's<00:16:08.220><c> the</c><00:16:08.480><c> wonderful</c><00:16:08.899><c> thing</c><00:16:09.220><c> about</c><00:16:09.519><c> him.</c>

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Think<00:16:11.799><c> of</c><00:16:12.100><c> the</c><00:16:12.620><c> man</c><00:16:12.759><c> at</c><00:16:12.919><c> the</c><00:16:13.080><c> gate</c><00:16:13.259><c> beautiful</c><00:16:13.740><c> when</c><00:16:14.419><c> Peter</c><00:16:14.940><c> was</c><00:16:15.720><c> there.</c>

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And<00:16:17.059><c> he</c><00:16:17.120><c> was,</c><00:16:18.139><c> this</c><00:16:18.399><c> man</c><00:16:18.620><c> was</c><00:16:19.000><c> looking</c><00:16:19.440><c> for</c><00:16:19.720><c> money,</c><00:16:20.840><c> for</c><00:16:21.100><c> charity</c><00:16:21.559><c> as</c><00:16:21.759><c> we</c>

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call<00:16:22.139><c> it.</c>

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Peter<00:16:24.179><c> said,</c><00:16:25.480><c> in</c><00:16:25.539><c> the</c><00:16:25.820><c> name</c><00:16:26.139><c> of</c><00:16:26.480><c> Jesus</c><00:16:27.039><c> Christ</c><00:16:27.539><c> of</c><00:16:27.820><c> Nazareth.</c>

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And<00:16:31.700><c> the</c><00:16:31.820><c> man</c><00:16:31.980><c> got</c><00:16:32.139><c> up</c><00:16:32.360><c> and</c><00:16:32.639><c> walked.</c>

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Because<00:16:35.340><c> of</c><00:16:35.580><c> the</c><00:16:35.759><c> name</c><00:16:36.000><c> of</c><00:16:36.240><c> the</c><00:16:36.379><c> Lord,</c><00:16:37.639><c> more</c><00:16:37.980><c> can</c><00:16:38.279><c> be</c><00:16:38.600><c> achieved</c>

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than<00:16:40.179><c> ever</c><00:16:40.519><c> we</c><00:16:40.820><c> can</c><00:16:41.039><c> most</c><00:16:42.120><c> optimistically</c><00:16:43.120><c> hope</c><00:16:43.460><c> for.</c>

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No,<00:16:48.100><c> Jesus</c><00:16:48.340><c> is</c><00:16:48.700><c> not</c><00:16:48.980><c> here</c><00:16:49.460><c> just</c><00:16:50.039><c> as</c><00:16:50.360><c> the</c><00:16:50.659><c> healer</c><00:16:51.120><c> of</c><00:16:51.299><c> men's</c><00:16:51.840><c> bodies,</c>

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but<00:16:54.100><c> as</c><00:16:54.559><c> the</c><00:16:55.200><c> remover</c><00:16:55.720><c> of</c><00:16:56.340><c> sin</c><00:16:56.840><c> and</c><00:16:57.980><c> its</c><00:16:58.419><c> consequences.</c>

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Jesus<00:17:01.200><c> is</c><00:17:02.139><c> restoring</c><00:17:03.220><c> this</c><00:17:03.759><c> man.</c>

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So<00:17:07.000><c> this</c><00:17:07.339><c> is</c><00:17:07.500><c> how</c><00:17:07.880><c> this</c><00:17:08.259><c> sign</c><00:17:09.000><c> shows</c><00:17:09.779><c> us</c><00:17:10.160><c> the</c><00:17:10.319><c> Lord</c><00:17:10.539><c> Jesus.</c>

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As<00:17:12.559><c> the</c><00:17:12.859><c> one</c><00:17:13.119><c> who</c><00:17:13.339><c> can</c><00:17:13.640><c> do</c><00:17:13.960><c> so</c><00:17:14.380><c> much</c><00:17:14.640><c> more</c><00:17:15.140><c> than</c><00:17:15.299><c> we</c><00:17:15.519><c> can</c><00:17:15.740><c> ever</c>

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hope<00:17:16.319><c> for.</c>

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That<00:17:18.180><c> is</c><00:17:18.440><c> in</c><00:17:18.619><c> human</c><00:17:18.920><c> terms.</c>

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The<00:17:20.640><c> one</c><00:17:20.940><c> who</c><00:17:21.299><c> can</c><00:17:22.559><c> restore</c><00:17:23.480><c> us</c><00:17:24.140><c> by</c><00:17:24.680><c> God's</c><00:17:25.160><c> grace.</c>

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So<00:17:26.940><c> that</c><00:17:27.200><c> we</c><00:17:27.420><c> can</c><00:17:27.700><c> approach</c><00:17:28.279><c> through</c><00:17:28.660><c> Christ</c><00:17:29.240><c> into</c><00:17:30.039><c> the</c><00:17:30.319><c> presence</c><00:17:30.680><c> of</c>

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God<00:17:31.319><c> himself.</c>

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Yes,<00:17:34.099><c> the</c><00:17:34.160><c> remover</c><00:17:34.660><c> of</c><00:17:35.000><c> sin,</c><00:17:35.460><c> which</c><00:17:35.460><c> has</c><00:17:35.799><c> so</c><00:17:36.119><c> long</c><00:17:36.440><c> time</c><00:17:36.740><c> been</c>

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the<00:17:37.400><c> infirmity</c><00:17:38.240><c> of</c><00:17:39.279><c> the</c><00:17:39.480><c> human</c><00:17:39.740><c> race.</c>

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Now,<00:17:43.680><c> it</c><00:17:43.880><c> would</c><00:17:44.180><c> seem</c><00:17:44.420><c> to</c><00:17:44.619><c> me</c><00:17:44.859><c> by</c><00:17:45.160><c> the</c><00:17:45.359><c> answer</c><00:17:45.759><c> of</c><00:17:46.059><c> the</c><00:17:46.200><c> Lord</c><00:17:46.420><c> Jesus</c><00:17:46.900><c> in</c>

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verse<00:17:47.500><c> 14,</c>

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when<00:17:49.460><c> Jesus</c><00:17:49.880><c> found</c><00:17:50.220><c> him</c><00:17:50.420><c> in</c><00:17:50.599><c> the</c><00:17:50.779><c> temple</c><00:17:51.059><c> and</c><00:17:51.319><c> said</c><00:17:51.440><c> unto</c><00:17:51.619><c> him,</c>

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Behold,<00:17:53.019><c> thou</c><00:17:53.279><c> art</c><00:17:53.700><c> made</c><00:17:54.200><c> whole.</c>

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You've<00:17:55.200><c> been</c><00:17:55.519><c> restored.</c>

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Go,<00:17:59.000><c> sin</c><00:17:59.319><c> no</c><00:17:59.940><c> more.</c>

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As<00:18:02.000><c> I</c><00:18:02.200><c> said</c><00:18:02.400><c> yesterday,</c><00:18:03.019><c> you</c><00:18:03.160><c> can</c><00:18:03.380><c> imagine</c><00:18:03.779><c> the</c><00:18:03.960><c> Lord</c><00:18:04.200><c> Jesus</c>

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looking<00:18:05.500><c> him</c><00:18:05.980><c> straight</c><00:18:06.500><c> in</c><00:18:06.779><c> the</c><00:18:06.940><c> eye</c><00:18:07.140><c> and</c><00:18:07.359><c> saying,</c>

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And<00:18:09.660><c> don't</c><00:18:09.980><c> do</c><00:18:10.259><c> it</c><00:18:10.480><c> again.</c>

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And<00:18:15.460><c> I</c><00:18:15.680><c> know</c><00:18:16.140><c> it's</c><00:18:16.920><c> my</c><00:18:17.140><c> own</c><00:18:17.400><c> experience</c><00:18:18.019><c> when</c><00:18:19.180><c> I've</c><00:18:21.619><c> fallen</c><00:18:21.819><c> short,</c>

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which<00:18:25.480><c> we</c><00:18:25.740><c> all</c><00:18:25.980><c> do,</c>

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that<00:18:28.200><c> I</c><00:18:28.500><c> picture</c><00:18:28.839><c> the</c><00:18:29.099><c> Lord</c><00:18:29.319><c> looking</c><00:18:29.640><c> me</c><00:18:29.920><c> straight</c><00:18:30.240><c> in</c><00:18:30.480><c> the</c>

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eye<00:18:30.819><c> and</c><00:18:31.119><c> saying,</c>

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Don't<00:18:33.339><c> do</c><00:18:33.519><c> it</c><00:18:33.720><c> again.</c>

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I<00:18:37.559><c> think</c><00:18:37.720><c> we</c><00:18:37.880><c> should</c><00:18:38.079><c> all</c><00:18:38.940><c> try</c><00:18:39.500><c> to</c><00:18:39.720><c> have</c><00:18:39.859><c> that</c><00:18:40.140><c> experience.</c>

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Not<00:18:41.660><c> an</c><00:18:41.960><c> imaginative</c><00:18:42.539><c> experience,</c><00:18:43.119><c> it's</c><00:18:43.420><c> perfectly</c><00:18:43.759><c> real.</c>

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We<00:18:45.299><c> pray</c><00:18:45.680><c> for</c><00:18:46.079><c> forgiveness.</c>

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And<00:18:48.240><c> then</c><00:18:48.440><c> we</c><00:18:48.640><c> remember</c><00:18:49.140><c> the</c><00:18:49.339><c> words</c><00:18:49.579><c> of</c><00:18:49.799><c> the</c><00:18:49.940><c> Lord.</c>

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But<00:18:53.140><c> in</c><00:18:53.339><c> this</c><00:18:53.619><c> case,</c><00:18:54.140><c> something</c><00:18:54.359><c> more</c><00:18:54.680><c> was</c><00:18:54.880><c> added.</c>

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Go,<00:18:56.400><c> sin</c><00:18:56.500><c> no</c><00:18:56.859><c> more,</c><00:18:57.460><c> lest</c><00:18:57.720><c> a</c><00:18:58.299><c> worse</c><00:18:58.619><c> thing</c><00:18:59.079><c> come</c><00:18:59.380><c> upon</c><00:18:59.779><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:19:00.779><c> that</c><00:19:01.039><c> suggests</c><00:19:01.619><c> to</c><00:19:01.880><c> me,</c><00:19:02.180><c> brethren</c><00:19:02.240><c> and</c><00:19:02.539><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:19:03.460><c> this</c><00:19:03.819><c> man's</c><00:19:04.339><c> condition</c><00:19:05.000><c> was</c><00:19:05.960><c> directly</c><00:19:07.000><c> related</c><00:19:07.859><c> to</c><00:19:08.380><c> his</c>

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previous<00:19:10.019><c> manner</c><00:19:10.420><c> of</c><00:19:10.720><c> life.</c>

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Now<00:19:14.859><c> Jesus,</c><00:19:15.480><c> of</c><00:19:15.579><c> course,</c><00:19:15.819><c> goes</c><00:19:16.380><c> to</c><00:19:16.839><c> great</c><00:19:17.099><c> lengths</c><00:19:17.680><c> to</c><00:19:18.420><c> show</c>

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that<00:19:19.640><c> in</c><00:19:20.099><c> general</c><00:19:20.640><c> it</c><00:19:21.140><c> is</c><00:19:21.440><c> quite</c><00:19:21.799><c> false</c><00:19:22.400><c> to</c><00:19:22.819><c> believe</c>

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that<00:19:24.019><c> a</c><00:19:24.180><c> man's</c><00:19:24.720><c> misfortunes</c><00:19:25.779><c> are</c><00:19:26.759><c> always</c><00:19:27.720><c> directly</c><00:19:28.759><c> related</c>

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to<00:19:29.799><c> his</c><00:19:30.140><c> manner</c><00:19:30.420><c> of</c><00:19:30.720><c> life.</c>

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We<00:19:32.420><c> think</c><00:19:32.700><c> of</c><00:19:33.019><c> the</c><00:19:33.779><c> tower</c><00:19:34.039><c> at</c><00:19:34.319><c> Siloam.</c>

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I<00:19:36.119><c> mean,</c><00:19:36.279><c> that</c><00:19:36.519><c> is</c><00:19:36.799><c> the</c><00:19:37.019><c> example</c><00:19:37.519><c> which</c><00:19:37.859><c> the</c><00:19:38.079><c> Lord</c><00:19:38.339><c> Jesus</c><00:19:38.779><c> uses</c>

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to<00:19:39.880><c> refute</c><00:19:40.400><c> exactly</c><00:19:40.980><c> this</c><00:19:41.319><c> argument.</c>

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And<00:19:42.519><c> as</c><00:19:42.720><c> a</c><00:19:42.900><c> general</c><00:19:43.240><c> principle,</c><00:19:44.019><c> this</c><00:19:44.279><c> is</c><00:19:44.539><c> right.</c>

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But<00:19:46.680><c> this</c><00:19:46.960><c> is</c><00:19:47.180><c> one</c><00:19:47.380><c> of</c><00:19:47.519><c> the</c><00:19:47.599><c> reasons,</c><00:19:48.000><c> I</c><00:19:48.299><c> believe,</c><00:19:48.660><c> why</c><00:19:48.960><c> Jesus</c>

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chose<00:19:50.259><c> this</c><00:19:50.980><c> particular</c><00:19:51.740><c> man.</c>

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He<00:19:54.299><c> had</c><00:19:54.759><c> fallen</c><00:19:55.160><c> short.</c>

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He'd<00:19:56.359><c> lived</c><00:19:56.519><c> a</c><00:19:56.859><c> certain</c><00:19:57.299><c> quality</c><00:19:57.940><c> of</c><00:19:58.259><c> life.</c>

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And<00:19:59.019><c> as</c><00:19:59.339><c> the</c><00:19:59.539><c> result</c><00:19:59.980><c> of</c><00:20:00.180><c> that</c><00:20:00.460><c> quality</c><00:20:00.940><c> of</c><00:20:01.240><c> life,</c><00:20:01.839><c> he</c><00:20:02.160><c> was</c><00:20:02.640><c> crippled.</c>

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If<00:20:07.279><c> we</c><00:20:07.720><c> live</c><00:20:08.079><c> the</c><00:20:08.319><c> life</c><00:20:08.700><c> of</c><00:20:09.099><c> sin,</c><00:20:09.400><c> then</c><00:20:09.660><c> we</c><00:20:10.140><c> too</c><00:20:10.480><c> are</c><00:20:10.880><c> crippled.</c>

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And<00:20:11.960><c> we</c><00:20:12.160><c> shall</c><00:20:12.400><c> eventually</c><00:20:13.019><c> die</c><00:20:13.660><c> and</c><00:20:14.240><c> stay</c><00:20:14.539><c> dead.</c>

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And<00:20:16.920><c> it</c><00:20:17.000><c> is</c><00:20:17.160><c> then</c><00:20:17.420><c> that</c><00:20:17.619><c> we</c><00:20:17.779><c> realize</c><00:20:18.240><c> the</c><00:20:18.480><c> wonder</c><00:20:18.880><c> of</c><00:20:19.619><c> the</c><00:20:19.839><c> salvation</c><00:20:20.720><c> which</c><00:20:21.359><c> is</c>

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offered<00:20:22.420><c> us</c><00:20:23.039><c> in</c><00:20:24.140><c> Christ.</c>

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Now<00:20:28.319><c> notice</c><00:20:28.759><c> what</c><00:20:29.039><c> it</c><00:20:29.220><c> is</c><00:20:29.460><c> that</c><00:20:29.680><c> Jesus</c><00:20:30.099><c> says.</c>

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He<00:20:32.359><c> said</c><00:20:32.619><c> to</c><00:20:32.740><c> him,</c><00:20:33.940><c> rise,</c><00:20:35.279><c> take</c><00:20:35.500><c> up</c><00:20:35.720><c> thy</c><00:20:36.000><c> bed,</c><00:20:36.359><c> and</c><00:20:36.480><c> walk.</c>

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That's<00:20:37.420><c> verse</c><00:20:37.700><c> 8.</c>

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Now<00:20:40.200><c> let's</c><00:20:40.519><c> just</c><00:20:40.940><c> sort</c><00:20:41.140><c> of</c><00:20:41.319><c> stand</c><00:20:41.619><c> aside</c><00:20:42.099><c> from</c><00:20:42.319><c> the</c><00:20:42.599><c> story</c><00:20:42.839><c> for</c>

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a<00:20:43.359><c> moment</c><00:20:43.680><c> and</c><00:20:44.039><c> say,</c>

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well<00:20:44.599><c> now,</c><00:20:45.440><c> this</c><00:20:45.640><c> man</c><00:20:45.839><c> had</c><00:20:46.000><c> been</c><00:20:46.220><c> like</c><00:20:46.539><c> this</c><00:20:46.680><c> for</c><00:20:46.960><c> 38</c><00:20:47.539><c> years.</c>

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Couldn't<00:20:52.279><c> it</c><00:20:52.839><c> have</c><00:20:53.059><c> waited</c><00:20:53.319><c> till</c><00:20:53.680><c> Monday?</c>

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Then<00:20:54.579><c> Jesus</c><00:20:55.519><c> wouldn't</c><00:20:55.819><c> have</c><00:20:56.079><c> offended</c><00:20:56.460><c> the</c><00:20:56.740><c> Pharisees,</c><00:20:57.259><c> would</c><00:20:57.440><c> he?</c>

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It<00:20:58.099><c> could</c><00:20:58.319><c> have,</c><00:20:58.839><c> here's</c><00:20:59.099><c> me</c><00:20:59.279><c> saying</c><00:20:59.539><c> Monday,</c><00:21:00.079><c> sorry.</c>

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Couldn't<00:21:00.900><c> it</c><00:21:01.059><c> have</c><00:21:01.299><c> waited</c><00:21:01.539><c> until</c><00:21:01.940><c> Sunday,</c><00:21:02.700><c> you</c><00:21:02.880><c> know,</c><00:21:03.039><c> till</c>

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the<00:21:03.500><c> Sabbath</c><00:21:03.700><c> was</c><00:21:04.039><c> over?</c>

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They<00:21:07.000><c> wouldn't</c><00:21:07.220><c> have</c><00:21:07.400><c> been</c><00:21:07.599><c> offended</c><00:21:07.960><c> then.</c>

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So<00:21:09.779><c> why</c><00:21:10.160><c> did</c><00:21:10.460><c> Jesus</c><00:21:11.019><c> choose</c><00:21:11.640><c> to</c><00:21:11.859><c> do</c><00:21:12.059><c> it</c><00:21:12.279><c> on</c><00:21:12.539><c> that</c><00:21:12.799><c> day?</c>

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A<00:21:15.220><c> simple</c><00:21:15.519><c> count</c><00:21:15.839><c> of</c><00:21:16.000><c> the</c><00:21:16.200><c> miracles</c><00:21:16.579><c> of</c><00:21:16.779><c> the</c><00:21:16.940><c> Lord</c><00:21:17.119><c> Jesus</c><00:21:17.579><c> tells</c><00:21:17.940><c> me,</c>

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with<00:21:18.480><c> a</c><00:21:18.579><c> process</c><00:21:19.000><c> of</c><00:21:19.240><c> elementary</c><00:21:19.700><c> arithmetic,</c>

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that<00:21:20.920><c> we</c><00:21:21.140><c> know</c><00:21:21.940><c> that</c><00:21:22.319><c> about</c><00:21:22.680><c> a</c><00:21:23.039><c> third</c><00:21:23.500><c> of</c><00:21:23.920><c> the</c><00:21:24.140><c> miracles</c><00:21:24.480><c> that</c>

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are<00:21:25.019><c> recorded</c><00:21:25.420><c> of</c><00:21:25.640><c> the</c><00:21:25.819><c> Lord</c>

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were<00:21:26.279><c> actually</c><00:21:26.880><c> chosen</c><00:21:27.339><c> to</c><00:21:27.539><c> be</c><00:21:27.759><c> done</c><00:21:28.099><c> on</c><00:21:28.759><c> the</c><00:21:29.059><c> Sabbath</c><00:21:29.279><c> day.</c>

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Verse<00:21:34.339><c> 17.</c>

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My<00:21:36.359><c> father</c><00:21:37.119><c> worketh</c><00:21:37.799><c> hitherto,</c><00:21:40.279><c> and</c><00:21:40.920><c> I</c><00:21:41.720><c> work.</c>

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Jesus<00:21:45.480><c> is</c><00:21:45.940><c> using</c><00:21:46.480><c> the</c><00:21:46.859><c> Sabbath</c><00:21:47.099><c> day</c><00:21:47.599><c> for</c><00:21:47.920><c> the</c><00:21:48.220><c> reason</c><00:21:48.720><c> for</c><00:21:49.119><c> which</c><00:21:49.319><c> it</c>

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was<00:21:49.920><c> designed.</c>

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It's<00:21:52.339><c> a</c><00:21:52.460><c> day</c><00:21:52.599><c> of</c><00:21:52.859><c> rest,</c><00:21:53.980><c> but</c><00:21:54.160><c> rest</c><00:21:54.460><c> is</c><00:21:54.720><c> not</c><00:21:54.940><c> idleness.</c>

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It's<00:21:56.660><c> a</c><00:21:56.779><c> day</c><00:21:56.960><c> of</c><00:21:57.220><c> rest</c><00:21:57.460><c> from</c><00:21:57.700><c> the</c><00:21:57.980><c> ordinary</c><00:21:58.420><c> everyday</c><00:21:58.980><c> affairs</c>

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of<00:21:59.640><c> life,</c>

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earning<00:22:00.559><c> your</c><00:22:00.900><c> bread</c><00:22:01.119><c> and</c><00:22:01.240><c> butter</c><00:22:01.500><c> or</c><00:22:02.480><c> cream</c><00:22:02.819><c> cakes</c><00:22:03.259><c> or</c><00:22:04.420><c> whatever.</c>

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It's<00:22:08.019><c> a</c><00:22:08.180><c> day</c><00:22:08.500><c> which</c><00:22:08.799><c> we</c><00:22:09.180><c> devote</c><00:22:09.920><c> wholly</c><00:22:10.779><c> to</c><00:22:11.180><c> the</c><00:22:11.480><c> worship</c><00:22:12.019><c> and</c>

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the<00:22:12.839><c> service</c><00:22:13.200><c> of</c><00:22:13.500><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:15.859><c> surely</c><00:22:16.160><c> to</c><00:22:16.539><c> restore</c><00:22:17.200><c> a</c><00:22:17.480><c> man</c><00:22:18.079><c> on</c><00:22:20.380><c> such</c><00:22:20.640><c> a</c><00:22:20.880><c> day</c>

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makes<00:22:22.240><c> the</c><00:22:22.559><c> action</c><00:22:23.019><c> all</c><00:22:23.519><c> the</c><00:22:23.720><c> more</c><00:22:24.339><c> fitting</c><00:22:24.700><c> and</c><00:22:25.180><c> appropriate</c>

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that<00:22:26.259><c> it</c><00:22:26.559><c> should</c><00:22:26.740><c> be</c><00:22:27.039><c> done</c><00:22:27.200><c> on</c><00:22:27.420><c> that</c><00:22:27.619><c> day.</c>

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Jesus<00:22:28.660><c> showed</c><00:22:29.059><c> the</c><00:22:29.339><c> hypocrisy</c><00:22:30.000><c> of</c><00:22:30.180><c> the</c><00:22:30.380><c> Pharisees</c><00:22:30.880><c> and</c><00:22:31.039><c> the</c>

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Sadducees,<00:22:31.740><c> you</c><00:22:31.900><c> know,</c>

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well,<00:22:32.759><c> if</c><00:22:33.259><c> one</c><00:22:33.539><c> of</c><00:22:33.700><c> your</c><00:22:33.859><c> sheep</c><00:22:34.059><c> has</c><00:22:34.319><c> fallen</c><00:22:34.539><c> into</c><00:22:34.839><c> a</c><00:22:35.039><c> pit,</c><00:22:35.180><c> wouldn't</c><00:22:35.319><c> you</c>

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take<00:22:35.759><c> him</c><00:22:36.019><c> out?</c>

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The<00:22:39.259><c> depth</c><00:22:39.539><c> of</c><00:22:39.759><c> the</c><00:22:39.980><c> pit</c><00:22:40.160><c> into</c><00:22:40.460><c> which</c><00:22:40.740><c> this</c><00:22:41.019><c> poor</c><00:22:41.240><c> man</c><00:22:41.480><c> had</c><00:22:41.779><c> fallen</c><00:22:42.079><c> was</c>

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so<00:22:42.759><c> deep,</c>

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Jesus<00:22:43.880><c> did</c><00:22:44.700><c> the</c><00:22:44.960><c> miracle</c><00:22:45.259><c> on</c><00:22:45.519><c> the</c><00:22:45.700><c> Sabbath</c><00:22:45.940><c> day</c>

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and<00:22:47.480><c> showed</c><00:22:47.819><c> how</c><00:22:48.680><c> the</c><00:22:48.960><c> Sabbath</c><00:22:49.180><c> day</c><00:22:50.380><c> should</c><00:22:50.900><c> be</c><00:22:51.240><c> used.</c>

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Now<00:22:55.900><c> that</c><00:22:56.420><c> upon</c><00:22:56.859><c> which</c><00:22:57.279><c> the</c><00:22:57.519><c> man</c><00:22:57.720><c> used</c><00:22:58.079><c> to</c><00:22:58.319><c> rest</c>

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was<00:22:58.900><c> something</c><00:22:59.279><c> which</c><00:22:59.640><c> now</c><00:22:59.960><c> he</c><00:23:00.279><c> would</c><00:23:00.480><c> be</c><00:23:00.740><c> able</c><00:23:00.900><c> to</c><00:23:01.180><c> carry,</c>

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and<00:23:02.859><c> he</c><00:23:03.019><c> took</c><00:23:03.180><c> up</c><00:23:03.400><c> his</c><00:23:03.660><c> bed</c><00:23:04.220><c> and</c><00:23:06.299><c> walked.</c>

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Now,<00:23:12.359><c> you</c><00:23:13.000><c> could</c><00:23:13.220><c> get</c><00:23:13.420><c> the</c><00:23:13.619><c> wrong</c><00:23:13.819><c> idea</c><00:23:14.240><c> about</c><00:23:14.519><c> this</c><00:23:14.819><c> man</c><00:23:15.319><c> very</c><00:23:16.500><c> easily.</c>

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You<00:23:18.900><c> see,</c><00:23:20.180><c> because</c><00:23:20.180><c> it</c><00:23:20.599><c> says</c><00:23:20.859><c> in</c><00:23:21.019><c> verse</c><00:23:21.279><c> 15,</c>

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the<00:23:24.039><c> man</c><00:23:24.440><c> departed</c><00:23:25.200><c> and</c><00:23:25.519><c> told</c><00:23:25.940><c> the</c><00:23:26.279><c> Jews</c><00:23:26.619><c> that</c><00:23:26.940><c> it</c><00:23:27.200><c> was</c><00:23:27.579><c> Jesus</c>

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which<00:23:28.460><c> had</c><00:23:28.759><c> made</c><00:23:29.000><c> him</c><00:23:29.319><c> whole.</c>

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Soon<00:23:31.039><c> as</c><00:23:31.220><c> he'd</c><00:23:31.380><c> been</c><00:23:31.680><c> cured,</c><00:23:32.099><c> he</c><00:23:32.180><c> ran</c><00:23:32.400><c> off</c><00:23:32.640><c> to</c><00:23:32.799><c> the</c><00:23:32.980><c> Pharisees</c>

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and<00:23:34.700><c> said,</c>

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you<00:23:35.220><c> know,</c><00:23:35.420><c> he</c><00:23:35.720><c> split</c><00:23:35.900><c> on</c><00:23:36.119><c> him</c><00:23:36.240><c> and</c><00:23:36.440><c> said,</c><00:23:36.940><c> there</c><00:23:37.099><c> he</c><00:23:37.259><c> is,</c><00:23:37.480><c> that's</c><00:23:37.819><c> the</c>

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man<00:23:38.059><c> who</c><00:23:38.259><c> did</c><00:23:38.400><c> it.</c>

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Now<00:23:39.960><c> you</c><00:23:40.059><c> can</c><00:23:40.279><c> go</c><00:23:40.480><c> and</c><00:23:40.640><c> have</c><00:23:40.720><c> an</c><00:23:41.000><c> argument</c><00:23:41.259><c> with</c><00:23:41.480><c> him.</c>

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Well,<00:23:46.200><c> he</c><00:23:46.400><c> would</c><00:23:46.680><c> have</c><00:23:46.960><c> been</c><00:23:47.200><c> a</c><00:23:47.539><c> thoroughly,</c><00:23:50.019><c> well,</c><00:23:50.339><c> as</c><00:23:50.500><c> I</c><00:23:50.799><c> say,</c>

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a<00:23:51.220><c> miserable</c><00:23:51.880><c> scrimshanking</c><00:23:52.859><c> hound</c><00:23:53.680><c> if</c><00:23:54.180><c> he</c><00:23:54.440><c> had</c><00:23:54.619><c> been</c><00:23:55.180><c> that</c><00:23:56.119><c> sort</c><00:23:56.359><c> of</c><00:23:56.519><c> a</c>

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person,<00:23:57.279><c> wouldn't</c><00:23:57.539><c> he?</c>

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That<00:23:58.359><c> would</c><00:23:58.680><c> have</c><00:23:58.920><c> not</c><00:23:59.200><c> have</c><00:23:59.480><c> been</c><00:23:59.680><c> the</c><00:23:59.839><c> way</c><00:24:00.079><c> to</c><00:24:00.700><c> have</c><00:24:00.700><c> shown</c>

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his<00:24:01.319><c> gratitude.</c>

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Oh,<00:24:02.539><c> no,</c><00:24:02.759><c> I</c><00:24:03.000><c> think</c><00:24:03.460><c> rather,</c><00:24:04.180><c> brethren</c><00:24:04.339><c> and</c><00:24:04.640><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:24:05.700><c> he</c><00:24:06.079><c> is</c><00:24:06.400><c> championing</c><00:24:07.299><c> the</c><00:24:07.519><c> Lord</c><00:24:07.740><c> Jesus</c><00:24:08.519><c> and</c><00:24:09.599><c> justifying</c>

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his<00:24:10.700><c> action.</c>

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The<00:24:14.099><c> Lord</c><00:24:14.700><c> has,</c><00:24:15.380><c> this</c><00:24:15.900><c> man,</c><00:24:16.380><c> this</c><00:24:16.660><c> man</c><00:24:16.940><c> over</c><00:24:17.279><c> there,</c>

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I<00:24:18.279><c> don't</c><00:24:18.480><c> care</c><00:24:18.660><c> what</c><00:24:18.920><c> you</c><00:24:19.240><c> say</c><00:24:19.519><c> about</c><00:24:19.859><c> him,</c><00:24:20.539><c> I've</c><00:24:21.119><c> been</c><00:24:22.079><c> stricken</c><00:24:22.619><c> for</c>

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years<00:24:23.500><c> and</c><00:24:23.759><c> years.</c>

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He's<00:24:25.160><c> made</c><00:24:25.420><c> me</c><00:24:25.779><c> walk</c><00:24:26.059><c> and</c><00:24:26.660><c> I</c><00:24:26.900><c> can</c><00:24:27.220><c> carry</c><00:24:27.480><c> my</c><00:24:27.859><c> bed.</c>

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That<00:24:28.380><c> used</c><00:24:28.759><c> to</c><00:24:29.059><c> carry</c><00:24:29.259><c> me.</c>

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:37.859
I<00:24:33.000><c> bet</c><00:24:33.200><c> you</c><00:24:33.440><c> can't</c><00:24:33.900><c> argue</c><00:24:34.180><c> with</c><00:24:34.420><c> him.</c><00:24:35.880><c> He's</c><00:24:36.339><c> too</c><00:24:36.700><c> great.</c>

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:46.079
And<00:24:42.359><c> therefore</c><00:24:43.000><c> did</c><00:24:43.319><c> the</c><00:24:43.599><c> Jews</c><00:24:43.940><c> persecute</c><00:24:44.839><c> Jesus</c><00:24:45.319><c> and</c><00:24:45.779><c> sought</c>

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to<00:24:46.480><c> slay</c><00:24:46.720><c> him.</c>

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Why?<00:24:51.200><c> Isn't</c><00:24:51.660><c> it</c><00:24:51.960><c> tragic?</c><00:24:54.059><c> Isn't</c><00:24:54.339><c> the</c><00:24:54.640><c> reason</c><00:24:55.019><c> tragic?</c>

00:24:55.940 --> 00:25:01.579
They<00:24:56.420><c> entirely</c><00:24:57.359><c> omitted</c><00:24:58.099><c> to</c><00:24:58.539><c> think</c><00:24:58.859><c> about</c><00:24:59.240><c> the</c><00:24:59.440><c> fact</c><00:24:59.640><c> that</c><00:24:59.900><c> the</c><00:25:00.119><c> man</c><00:25:00.339><c> who</c><00:25:00.539><c> had</c><00:25:00.680><c> been</c><00:25:00.880><c> ill</c><00:25:01.099><c> for</c><00:25:01.319><c> so</c>

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many<00:25:01.819><c> years</c>

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was<00:25:02.359><c> now</c><00:25:02.640><c> restored</c><00:25:03.619><c> to</c><00:25:04.319><c> life</c><00:25:04.819><c> and</c><00:25:05.059><c> to</c><00:25:05.559><c> strength</c><00:25:05.980><c> and</c><00:25:06.200><c> to</c><00:25:06.460><c> health</c><00:25:06.700><c> and</c>

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to<00:25:07.119><c> hope.</c>

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Because<00:25:09.920><c> he</c><00:25:10.299><c> had</c><00:25:10.619><c> done</c><00:25:10.880><c> these</c><00:25:11.339><c> things</c><00:25:11.640><c> on</c><00:25:11.900><c> the</c><00:25:12.140><c> Sabbath</c><00:25:12.420><c> day.</c>

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Because<00:25:13.539><c> Jesus</c><00:25:14.079><c> had</c><00:25:14.460><c> used</c><00:25:14.819><c> the</c><00:25:15.180><c> Lord's</c><00:25:15.819><c> day</c><00:25:16.019><c> for</c><00:25:16.240><c> the</c><00:25:16.519><c> right</c>

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:19.400
thing,<00:25:17.539><c> they</c><00:25:17.740><c> were</c><00:25:17.960><c> going</c><00:25:18.140><c> to</c><00:25:18.359><c> complain.</c>

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The<00:25:22.779><c> Lord</c><00:25:23.079><c> said</c><00:25:23.339><c> many</c><00:25:23.680><c> lovely</c><00:25:24.099><c> things,</c>

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but<00:25:26.440><c> I'm</c><00:25:26.660><c> quite</c><00:25:27.059><c> sure</c><00:25:27.319><c> that</c><00:25:27.480><c> if</c><00:25:27.680><c> I</c><00:25:27.900><c> was</c><00:25:28.119><c> only</c><00:25:28.440><c> merely</c><00:25:28.799><c> listening</c><00:25:29.380><c> to</c><00:25:30.259><c> his</c>

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scathing<00:25:31.660><c> words</c><00:25:32.200><c> at</c><00:25:32.740><c> the</c><00:25:32.980><c> Pharisees,</c>

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I<00:25:34.619><c> would</c><00:25:34.859><c> have</c><00:25:35.079><c> been</c><00:25:35.200><c> like</c><00:25:35.519><c> a</c><00:25:35.859><c> shaking</c><00:25:36.160><c> leaf.</c>

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And<00:25:37.220><c> if</c><00:25:37.480><c> I'd</c><00:25:37.799><c> thought</c><00:25:37.940><c> they</c><00:25:38.200><c> were</c><00:25:38.440><c> in</c><00:25:38.619><c> any</c><00:25:38.839><c> way</c><00:25:39.059><c> directed</c><00:25:39.539><c> towards</c><00:25:39.980><c> me</c><00:25:40.359><c> personally,</c>

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I<00:25:41.160><c> would,</c><00:25:41.579><c> I</c><00:25:42.220><c> think,</c><00:25:42.500><c> hope</c><00:25:42.740><c> that</c><00:25:42.940><c> the</c><00:25:43.160><c> ground</c><00:25:43.319><c> would</c><00:25:43.619><c> open</c><00:25:43.859><c> up</c>

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and<00:25:44.420><c> swallow</c><00:25:44.599><c> me.</c>

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How<00:25:46.960><c> scathing</c><00:25:47.759><c> were</c><00:25:48.240><c> his</c><00:25:48.539><c> words</c><00:25:48.880><c> to</c><00:25:49.079><c> them.</c>

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They<00:25:50.339><c> totally</c><00:25:51.099><c> missed</c><00:25:51.619><c> the</c><00:25:51.940><c> point.</c>

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No,<00:25:57.559><c> he</c><00:25:58.019><c> wasn't</c><00:25:58.420><c> splitting</c><00:25:58.759><c> on</c><00:25:59.059><c> Jesus</c><00:25:59.480><c> at</c><00:25:59.779><c> all.</c>

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Not<00:26:01.500><c> in</c><00:26:01.680><c> the</c><00:26:01.880><c> slightest.</c>

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Well<00:26:07.680><c> now,</c><00:26:07.900><c> let</c><00:26:08.140><c> us</c><00:26:09.220><c> look</c><00:26:09.599><c> again</c><00:26:10.279><c> down</c><00:26:11.200><c> this</c><00:26:11.460><c> chapter</c>

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:18.339
and<00:26:13.519><c> just</c><00:26:14.339><c> collect</c><00:26:14.859><c> our</c><00:26:15.259><c> thoughts</c><00:26:15.720><c> as</c><00:26:16.720><c> far</c><00:26:16.900><c> as</c><00:26:17.079><c> we've</c><00:26:17.400><c> gone.</c>

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:26.000
There<00:26:20.380><c> is</c><00:26:20.660><c> this</c><00:26:20.940><c> man,</c><00:26:22.380><c> typical</c><00:26:22.880><c> of</c><00:26:23.099><c> all</c><00:26:23.299><c> of</c><00:26:23.440><c> us,</c><00:26:25.220><c> stricken</c><00:26:25.480><c> with</c><00:26:25.720><c> the</c>

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effects<00:26:26.279><c> of</c><00:26:26.619><c> sin.</c>

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Jesus<00:26:28.859><c> comes</c><00:26:29.279><c> and</c><00:26:29.559><c> asks</c><00:26:29.960><c> him</c><00:26:30.339><c> as</c><00:26:30.579><c> he</c><00:26:30.799><c> asks</c><00:26:31.119><c> us,</c>

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will<00:26:32.599><c> thou</c><00:26:32.859><c> be</c><00:26:33.079><c> made</c><00:26:33.380><c> whole?</c>

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The<00:26:35.339><c> act</c><00:26:35.640><c> is</c><00:26:35.900><c> sanctified</c><00:26:37.079><c> by</c><00:26:37.599><c> the</c><00:26:37.839><c> day</c><00:26:38.160><c> upon</c><00:26:38.440><c> which</c><00:26:38.700><c> it</c><00:26:38.880><c> is</c><00:26:39.140><c> done.</c>

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The<00:26:40.880><c> man</c><00:26:41.079><c> is</c><00:26:41.420><c> made</c><00:26:42.559><c> totally</c><00:26:43.440><c> whole.</c>

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We<00:26:47.880><c> too,</c><00:26:48.279><c> brethren</c><00:26:48.500><c> and</c><00:26:48.740><c> sisters,</c><00:26:50.839><c> are</c><00:26:51.059><c> made</c><00:26:52.099><c> whole</c>

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in<00:26:55.200><c> the</c><00:26:55.480><c> sight</c><00:26:55.700><c> of</c><00:26:55.960><c> God.</c>

00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:06.200
We<00:26:59.440><c> are</c><00:26:59.759><c> no</c><00:27:00.119><c> longer,</c><00:27:03.359><c> when</c><00:27:03.599><c> we</c><00:27:03.920><c> have</c><00:27:04.299><c> put</c><00:27:04.680><c> on</c><00:27:04.960><c> the</c><00:27:05.339><c> saving</c><00:27:05.700><c> name</c>

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:08.440
of<00:27:06.519><c> the</c><00:27:06.660><c> Lord</c><00:27:06.900><c> Jesus</c><00:27:07.380><c> Christ,</c>

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:17.799
we<00:27:09.539><c> are</c><00:27:09.839><c> no</c><00:27:10.140><c> longer</c><00:27:10.500><c> looked</c><00:27:10.819><c> on</c><00:27:11.559><c> as</c><00:27:13.079><c> sinners</c><00:27:14.059><c> walking</c><00:27:16.119><c> in</c><00:27:16.519><c> darkness,</c>

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:23.640
but<00:27:19.779><c> as</c><00:27:20.039><c> the</c><00:27:20.299><c> children</c><00:27:20.640><c> of</c><00:27:20.940><c> God</c><00:27:21.579><c> who</c><00:27:22.319><c> walk</c><00:27:22.660><c> in</c><00:27:22.859><c> the</c><00:27:23.059><c> light.</c>

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And<00:27:24.220><c> the</c><00:27:24.460><c> contrast</c><00:27:25.039><c> is</c><00:27:25.339><c> quite,</c><00:27:27.180><c> it</c><00:27:27.500><c> is</c><00:27:27.819><c> the</c><00:27:28.019><c> contrast</c><00:27:28.539><c> between</c>

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light<00:27:29.299><c> and</c><00:27:29.519><c> darkness.</c>

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Think<00:27:32.200><c> of</c><00:27:32.480><c> how</c><00:27:32.740><c> John</c><00:27:33.039><c> himself</c><00:27:33.759><c> in</c><00:27:34.079><c> that</c><00:27:34.880><c> letter</c><00:27:35.259><c> at</c><00:27:35.539><c> the</c><00:27:35.779><c> end</c>

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of<00:27:37.400><c> the</c><00:27:38.119><c> New</c><00:27:38.339><c> Testament,</c>

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the<00:27:39.200><c> first</c><00:27:39.500><c> letter</c><00:27:39.799><c> of</c><00:27:40.039><c> John,</c>

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and<00:27:41.339><c> the</c><00:27:43.859><c> opening</c><00:27:44.259><c> chapter.</c>

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Verse<00:27:58.619><c> five.</c>

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This<00:28:01.039><c> then</c><00:28:01.279><c> is</c><00:28:01.500><c> the</c><00:28:01.660><c> message</c><00:28:02.059><c> which</c><00:28:02.339><c> we</c><00:28:02.559><c> have</c><00:28:02.759><c> heard</c><00:28:02.980><c> of</c><00:28:03.160><c> him</c>

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:05.859
and<00:28:03.579><c> declared</c><00:28:03.960><c> unto</c><00:28:04.240><c> you</c><00:28:04.539><c> that</c><00:28:04.720><c> God</c><00:28:05.039><c> is</c><00:28:05.299><c> light</c>

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:09.579
and<00:28:06.920><c> in</c><00:28:07.279><c> him</c><00:28:07.500><c> is</c><00:28:07.779><c> no</c><00:28:08.079><c> darkness</c><00:28:08.700><c> at</c><00:28:09.099><c> all.</c>

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:14.319
If<00:28:10.680><c> we</c><00:28:10.980><c> say</c><00:28:11.299><c> that</c><00:28:11.619><c> we</c><00:28:11.819><c> have</c><00:28:12.079><c> fellowship</c><00:28:12.640><c> with</c><00:28:12.920><c> him</c><00:28:13.200><c> and</c><00:28:13.880><c> walk</c>

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in<00:28:14.660><c> darkness,</c>

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we<00:28:16.259><c> lie</c><00:28:16.759><c> and</c><00:28:17.400><c> do</c><00:28:17.759><c> not</c><00:28:18.099><c> the</c><00:28:18.400><c> truth.</c>

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:23.579
Notice<00:28:19.940><c> the</c><00:28:20.819><c> truth</c><00:28:21.099><c> is</c><00:28:21.339><c> something</c><00:28:21.599><c> you</c><00:28:21.920><c> do,</c><00:28:22.740><c> it's</c><00:28:23.019><c> not</c><00:28:23.299><c> just</c>

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:25.160
something<00:28:23.819><c> you</c><00:28:24.160><c> say.</c>

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But<00:28:26.279><c> if</c><00:28:26.559><c> we</c><00:28:26.819><c> walk</c><00:28:27.059><c> in</c><00:28:27.279><c> the</c><00:28:27.500><c> light</c><00:28:27.759><c> as</c><00:28:28.059><c> he</c><00:28:28.319><c> is</c><00:28:28.559><c> in</c><00:28:28.720><c> the</c><00:28:28.980><c> light,</c>

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:32.559
we<00:28:30.480><c> have</c><00:28:30.779><c> fellowship</c><00:28:31.359><c> one</c><00:28:31.720><c> with</c><00:28:32.000><c> another,</c>

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:40.000
and<00:28:34.039><c> the</c><00:28:34.240><c> blood</c><00:28:34.700><c> of</c><00:28:35.039><c> Jesus</c><00:28:35.700><c> Christ</c><00:28:36.160><c> his</c><00:28:36.519><c> son</c><00:28:37.240><c> is</c><00:28:38.599><c> cleansing</c><00:28:39.240><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:28:41.000><c> the</c><00:28:41.299><c> present</c><00:28:41.759><c> tense.</c>

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It's<00:28:43.000><c> a</c><00:28:43.279><c> constant</c><00:28:44.160><c> continuous</c><00:28:45.299><c> process</c><00:28:46.079><c> that</c><00:28:46.400><c> goes</c><00:28:46.740><c> on</c><00:28:47.160><c> throughout</c><00:28:47.539><c> our</c>

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lives<00:28:48.359><c> from</c><00:28:49.700><c> all</c><00:28:50.119><c> sin.</c>

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:59.000
If<00:28:52.799><c> we</c><00:28:53.119><c> confess</c><00:28:53.640><c> our</c><00:28:54.019><c> sins,</c><00:28:55.119><c> he</c><00:28:55.319><c> is</c><00:28:55.619><c> faithful</c><00:28:56.160><c> and</c><00:28:56.599><c> just</c><00:28:57.059><c> to</c><00:28:58.279><c> forgive</c><00:28:58.660><c> us</c>

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:00.250
our<00:28:59.299><c> sins</c>

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and<00:29:01.670><c> to</c><00:29:02.230><c> cleanse</c><00:29:02.589><c> us</c><00:29:03.529><c> from</c><00:29:03.950><c> all</c><00:29:04.289><c> unrighteousness.</c>

00:29:05.210 --> 00:29:15.289
That<00:29:05.410><c> is</c><00:29:05.609><c> something</c><00:29:05.910><c> that</c><00:29:06.170><c> is</c><00:29:06.450><c> going</c><00:29:06.730><c> on</c><00:29:07.849><c> steadily,</c><00:29:09.569><c> constantly</c><00:29:10.390><c> throughout</c><00:29:12.470><c> our</c><00:29:14.089><c> lives.</c>

00:29:19.349 --> 00:29:25.109
What<00:29:19.529><c> a</c><00:29:19.549><c> wonderful</c><00:29:19.970><c> thing</c><00:29:20.710><c> that</c><00:29:21.930><c> is,</c><00:29:23.569><c> brethren</c><00:29:23.710><c> and</c><00:29:23.890><c> sisters.</c>

00:29:25.609 --> 00:29:31.349
But<00:29:26.730><c> turning</c><00:29:26.970><c> back</c><00:29:27.470><c> to</c><00:29:28.390><c> John</c><00:29:29.069><c> chapter</c><00:29:30.009><c> five,</c>

00:29:31.910 --> 00:29:36.369
we<00:29:32.089><c> go</c><00:29:32.309><c> on</c><00:29:32.509><c> a</c><00:29:32.670><c> little</c><00:29:32.950><c> bit</c><00:29:33.750><c> down</c><00:29:34.230><c> the</c><00:29:34.789><c> chapter</c><00:29:35.309><c> and</c><00:29:35.950><c> look</c><00:29:36.170><c> at</c>

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verse<00:29:37.190><c> 21.</c>

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For<00:29:41.250><c> as</c><00:29:41.529><c> the</c><00:29:41.829><c> Father</c><00:29:42.230><c> raiseth</c><00:29:42.789><c> up</c><00:29:43.049><c> the</c><00:29:43.349><c> dead</c><00:29:44.029><c> and</c><00:29:45.029><c> quickeneth</c><00:29:45.589><c> them,</c>

00:29:47.170 --> 00:29:52.289
even<00:29:47.609><c> so</c><00:29:47.990><c> the</c><00:29:48.170><c> Son</c><00:29:49.089><c> quickeneth</c><00:29:50.730><c> whom</c><00:29:51.430><c> he</c><00:29:51.869><c> will,</c>

00:29:52.289 --> 00:30:01.509
Jesus<00:29:54.190><c> chose</c><00:29:54.990><c> that</c><00:29:55.910><c> particular</c><00:29:56.869><c> man</c><00:29:57.549><c> to</c><00:29:58.109><c> make</c><00:29:58.450><c> him</c><00:29:58.829><c> alive</c><00:29:59.589><c> compared</c><00:30:01.109><c> with</c><00:30:01.329><c> his</c>

00:30:01.509 --> 00:30:03.170
condition<00:30:01.990><c> before.</c>

00:30:04.289 --> 00:30:08.529
And<00:30:04.289><c> to</c><00:30:04.549><c> make</c><00:30:04.789><c> us</c><00:30:05.369><c> alive</c><00:30:06.250><c> compared</c><00:30:07.349><c> with</c><00:30:07.589><c> the</c><00:30:07.930><c> condition</c><00:30:08.289><c> in</c>

00:30:08.529 --> 00:30:09.769
which<00:30:08.750><c> we</c><00:30:08.970><c> were</c><00:30:09.190><c> before.</c>

00:30:10.029 --> 00:30:15.009
We<00:30:10.309><c> were</c><00:30:10.890><c> dead</c><00:30:11.609><c> in</c><00:30:12.309><c> trespasses</c><00:30:13.210><c> and</c><00:30:13.930><c> sins.</c>

00:30:15.509 --> 00:30:17.930
We<00:30:15.809><c> are</c><00:30:16.430><c> alive</c><00:30:17.190><c> in</c><00:30:17.589><c> Christ.</c>

00:30:17.930 --> 00:30:23.410
We<00:30:18.430><c> have</c><00:30:18.769><c> been</c><00:30:18.950><c> said</c><00:30:19.130><c> to</c><00:30:19.349><c> us</c><00:30:19.890><c> so</c><00:30:20.210><c> many</c><00:30:20.589><c> times</c><00:30:21.049><c> this</c><00:30:21.369><c> week</c><00:30:21.990><c> already.</c>

00:30:24.170 --> 00:30:31.130
And<00:30:24.329><c> that's</c><00:30:24.630><c> why</c><00:30:25.069><c> the</c><00:30:26.190><c> Lord</c><00:30:26.450><c> Jesus</c><00:30:27.390><c> goes</c><00:30:28.150><c> on,</c><00:30:29.589><c> verse</c><00:30:29.809><c> 24.</c>

00:30:32.029 --> 00:30:34.970
Verily,<00:30:32.750><c> verily,</c><00:30:33.150><c> I</c><00:30:33.349><c> say</c><00:30:33.549><c> unto</c><00:30:33.789><c> you,</c>

00:30:35.450 --> 00:30:41.009
He<00:30:35.829><c> that</c><00:30:36.250><c> heareth</c><00:30:36.589><c> my</c><00:30:37.029><c> word,</c><00:30:39.170><c> and</c><00:30:39.630><c> believeth</c><00:30:40.109><c> on</c><00:30:40.410><c> him</c><00:30:40.710><c> that</c>

00:30:41.009 --> 00:30:42.349
sent<00:30:41.269><c> me,</c>

00:30:42.349 --> 00:30:48.930
hath<00:30:43.289><c> everlasting</c><00:30:44.130><c> life,</c><00:30:45.990><c> and</c><00:30:46.210><c> shall</c><00:30:46.470><c> not</c><00:30:46.809><c> come</c><00:30:47.029><c> into</c><00:30:47.349><c> condemnation,</c>

00:30:49.349 --> 00:30:55.130
but<00:30:49.650><c> is</c><00:30:50.089><c> passed</c><00:30:50.809><c> from</c><00:30:51.509><c> death</c><00:30:52.710><c> unto</c><00:30:53.950><c> life.</c>

00:30:57.069 --> 00:31:05.230
Now<00:30:57.750><c> if</c><00:30:57.890><c> you</c><00:30:58.910><c> can</c><00:30:59.849><c> remember</c><00:31:00.269><c> as</c><00:31:00.529><c> far</c><00:31:00.730><c> back</c><00:31:01.029><c> as,</c><00:31:02.309><c> yes,</c><00:31:04.329><c> Monday</c><00:31:04.470><c> morning,</c><00:31:04.950><c> I</c>

00:31:05.230 --> 00:31:06.369
keep<00:31:05.450><c> forgetting</c><00:31:05.789><c> the</c><00:31:06.029><c> time,</c>

00:31:06.809 --> 00:31:08.990
as<00:31:07.049><c> far</c><00:31:07.269><c> back</c><00:31:07.509><c> as</c><00:31:07.690><c> Monday</c><00:31:07.970><c> morning,</c>

00:31:09.230 --> 00:31:13.190
you<00:31:09.849><c> may</c><00:31:10.049><c> remember</c><00:31:10.529><c> that</c><00:31:10.750><c> I</c><00:31:10.970><c> began</c><00:31:11.309><c> by</c><00:31:11.650><c> quoting</c><00:31:12.009><c> this</c><00:31:12.369><c> very</c><00:31:12.690><c> verse</c><00:31:13.009><c> as</c>

00:31:13.190 --> 00:31:17.230
one<00:31:13.369><c> of</c><00:31:13.529><c> the</c><00:31:13.750><c> very</c><00:31:14.049><c> verses</c><00:31:14.349><c> that</c><00:31:14.650><c> we</c><00:31:14.910><c> shy</c><00:31:15.109><c> away</c><00:31:15.450><c> from.</c>

00:31:18.450 --> 00:31:21.930
Because,<00:31:18.710><c> brethren</c><00:31:18.890><c> and</c><00:31:19.130><c> sisters,</c><00:31:19.529><c> we</c><00:31:19.950><c> confuse</c><00:31:20.829><c> a</c><00:31:21.430><c> certain</c>

00:31:21.930 --> 00:31:24.269
quality<00:31:22.670><c> of</c><00:31:23.069><c> life,</c>

00:31:24.950 --> 00:31:28.809
eternal<00:31:25.289><c> life,</c><00:31:25.730><c> the</c><00:31:25.930><c> life</c><00:31:26.170><c> of</c><00:31:26.410><c> the</c><00:31:26.589><c> age</c><00:31:26.849><c> to</c><00:31:27.150><c> come,</c><00:31:27.789><c> we</c><00:31:28.150><c> confuse</c>

00:31:28.809 --> 00:31:31.190
that<00:31:29.150><c> with</c><00:31:29.549><c> immortality.</c>

00:31:32.450 --> 00:31:35.430
Jesus<00:31:33.049><c> is</c><00:31:33.410><c> not</c><00:31:33.710><c> saying</c><00:31:34.089><c> here,</c>

00:31:36.210 --> 00:31:39.970
He<00:31:36.230><c> that</c><00:31:36.549><c> heareth</c><00:31:36.789><c> my</c><00:31:37.190><c> word,</c><00:31:37.670><c> and</c><00:31:37.890><c> believeth</c><00:31:38.150><c> on</c><00:31:38.390><c> him</c><00:31:38.589><c> that</c><00:31:38.849><c> sent</c><00:31:39.150><c> me,</c><00:31:39.690><c> is</c>

00:31:39.970 --> 00:31:40.789
now<00:31:40.289><c> immortal.</c>

00:31:41.029 --> 00:31:43.230
He's<00:31:41.210><c> not</c><00:31:41.450><c> saying</c><00:31:41.650><c> that</c><00:31:41.890><c> at</c><00:31:42.130><c> all.</c>

00:31:43.930 --> 00:31:50.089
Just<00:31:44.130><c> as</c><00:31:44.369><c> the</c><00:31:44.549><c> man</c><00:31:44.950><c> who</c><00:31:45.410><c> was</c><00:31:46.250><c> crippled,</c><00:31:47.690><c> just</c><00:31:47.990><c> as</c><00:31:48.210><c> we</c><00:31:48.470><c> are</c><00:31:48.750><c> crippled</c><00:31:49.269><c> in</c>

00:31:50.089 --> 00:31:51.769
trespasses<00:31:50.630><c> and</c><00:31:50.910><c> sins,</c>

00:31:51.849 --> 00:31:55.349
just<00:31:52.130><c> as</c><00:31:52.410><c> he</c><00:31:52.750><c> came</c><00:31:53.130><c> to</c><00:31:53.430><c> a</c><00:31:53.589><c> newness</c><00:31:53.890><c> of</c><00:31:54.130><c> life</c><00:31:54.490><c> so</c><00:31:54.890><c> that</c><00:31:55.029><c> he</c><00:31:55.130><c> could</c>

00:31:55.349 --> 00:31:58.569
walk<00:31:56.029><c> and</c><00:31:56.970><c> run</c><00:31:57.289><c> and</c><00:31:57.589><c> skip,</c>

00:31:59.069 --> 00:32:03.829
so<00:31:59.609><c> we</c><00:32:00.069><c> walk</c><00:32:00.630><c> in</c><00:32:01.009><c> a</c><00:32:01.490><c> total</c><00:32:02.009><c> newness</c><00:32:02.509><c> of</c><00:32:02.829><c> life.</c>

00:32:05.250 --> 00:32:11.309
And<00:32:05.349><c> it</c><00:32:05.529><c> is</c><00:32:05.809><c> something</c><00:32:06.349><c> of</c><00:32:07.750><c> a</c><00:32:08.009><c> foretaste</c><00:32:08.890><c> of</c><00:32:09.630><c> that</c><00:32:09.910><c> life</c><00:32:10.490><c> which</c>

00:32:11.309 --> 00:32:14.329
shall<00:32:11.589><c> be</c><00:32:11.849><c> when</c><00:32:12.049><c> the</c><00:32:12.309><c> Lord</c><00:32:12.869><c> returns.</c>

00:32:16.450 --> 00:32:21.930
But<00:32:16.769><c> it</c><00:32:17.009><c> is</c><00:32:17.369><c> a</c><00:32:17.650><c> quality</c><00:32:18.089><c> of</c><00:32:18.450><c> life</c><00:32:19.029><c> that</c><00:32:20.210><c> we</c><00:32:20.490><c> can</c><00:32:20.789><c> lose.</c>

00:32:23.109 --> 00:32:26.390
Oh<00:32:23.369><c> yes,</c><00:32:24.289><c> we</c><00:32:24.750><c> can</c><00:32:24.990><c> lose</c><00:32:25.269><c> it.</c>

00:32:26.730 --> 00:32:31.970
It's<00:32:27.410><c> not</c><00:32:27.589><c> something</c><00:32:27.990><c> that</c><00:32:28.289><c> is</c><00:32:28.690><c> irrevocably</c><00:32:29.470><c> given</c><00:32:30.049><c> in</c><00:32:30.569><c> that</c><00:32:30.869><c> sense.</c>

00:32:33.509 --> 00:32:39.809
Unless<00:32:34.190><c> we</c><00:32:34.869><c> confess</c><00:32:35.470><c> our</c><00:32:35.849><c> sins</c><00:32:36.329><c> and</c><00:32:37.490><c> ask</c><00:32:37.930><c> for</c><00:32:38.230><c> God's</c><00:32:38.730><c> forgiveness,</c>

00:32:40.809 --> 00:32:44.769
then<00:32:40.970><c> our</c><00:32:41.309><c> fellowship,</c><00:32:42.029><c> our</c><00:32:42.269><c> link</c><00:32:42.509><c> with</c><00:32:42.690><c> Him</c><00:32:42.869><c> is</c><00:32:43.089><c> broken,</c><00:32:44.049><c> and</c>

00:32:44.769 --> 00:32:46.609
our<00:32:44.970><c> link</c><00:32:45.230><c> with</c><00:32:45.470><c> life</c><00:32:45.809><c> is</c><00:32:46.049><c> broken,</c>

00:32:46.710 --> 00:32:50.670
and<00:32:47.809><c> we</c><00:32:48.029><c> shall</c><00:32:48.190><c> have</c><00:32:48.430><c> slipped</c><00:32:48.690><c> back</c><00:32:49.069><c> into</c><00:32:49.349><c> the</c><00:32:49.609><c> darkness,</c>

00:32:50.930 --> 00:32:54.769
and<00:32:51.230><c> we</c><00:32:51.450><c> shall</c><00:32:51.670><c> have</c><00:32:51.890><c> failed</c><00:32:52.470><c> to</c><00:32:52.970><c> raise</c><00:32:53.289><c> our</c><00:32:53.650><c> hands</c><00:32:54.069><c> to</c><00:32:54.269><c> the</c><00:32:54.430><c> Lord,</c>

00:32:55.069 --> 00:33:01.589
to<00:32:55.250><c> be</c><00:32:55.549><c> pulled</c><00:32:55.809><c> out</c><00:32:56.109><c> of</c><00:32:56.269><c> the</c><00:32:56.470><c> darkness</c><00:32:57.069><c> in</c><00:32:58.690><c> pleading</c><00:32:59.970><c> for</c><00:33:00.529><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:33:02.769 --> 00:33:05.769
There's<00:33:03.049><c> an</c><00:33:03.230><c> old</c><00:33:03.450><c> English</c><00:33:03.809><c> word,</c><00:33:05.289><c> beseech.</c>

00:33:06.210 --> 00:33:07.990
It's<00:33:06.609><c> in</c><00:33:06.829><c> the</c><00:33:07.109><c> authorized</c><00:33:07.630><c> version.</c>

00:33:08.150 --> 00:33:11.289
In<00:33:08.210><c> fact,</c><00:33:09.369><c> Brother</c><00:33:09.470><c> Bob</c><00:33:09.710><c> has</c><00:33:09.970><c> quoted</c><00:33:10.250><c> it</c><00:33:10.589><c> on</c><00:33:10.789><c> more</c><00:33:10.950><c> than</c><00:33:11.130><c> one</c>

00:33:11.289 --> 00:33:14.009
occasion<00:33:11.789><c> in</c><00:33:12.089><c> Romans</c><00:33:12.490><c> chapter</c><00:33:12.950><c> 12,</c><00:33:13.410><c> verse</c><00:33:13.650><c> 1.</c>

00:33:14.430 --> 00:33:17.950
I<00:33:14.630><c> beseech</c><00:33:15.430><c> thee</c><00:33:15.809><c> therefore,</c><00:33:16.349><c> brethren,</c><00:33:16.809><c> by</c><00:33:17.049><c> the</c><00:33:17.250><c> mercies</c><00:33:17.569><c> of</c><00:33:17.809><c> God.</c>

00:33:17.950 --> 00:33:21.609
What's<00:33:18.650><c> the</c><00:33:18.809><c> difference</c><00:33:19.170><c> between</c><00:33:19.670><c> beseeching</c><00:33:20.430><c> and</c><00:33:20.650><c> asking?</c>

00:33:23.069 --> 00:33:26.369
Mom,<00:33:24.609><c> I'd</c><00:33:24.809><c> like</c><00:33:24.970><c> an</c><00:33:25.170><c> ice</c><00:33:25.470><c> cream.</c>

00:33:26.829 --> 00:33:30.650
Most<00:33:27.109><c> mothers</c><00:33:27.390><c> hear</c><00:33:27.630><c> that</c><00:33:27.970><c> question</c><00:33:28.630><c> fairly</c><00:33:29.509><c> frequently.</c>

00:33:31.089 --> 00:33:32.670
They<00:33:31.230><c> always</c><00:33:31.430><c> go</c><00:33:31.569><c> to</c><00:33:31.690><c> mom,</c><00:33:31.930><c> they</c><00:33:31.990><c> never</c><00:33:32.190><c> go</c><00:33:32.410><c> to</c><00:33:32.569><c> dad.</c>

00:33:32.710 --> 00:33:35.069
Well,<00:33:32.910><c> I</c><00:33:33.029><c> don't</c><00:33:33.150><c> know,</c><00:33:33.410><c> but</c><00:33:33.490><c> they</c><00:33:33.630><c> never</c><00:33:33.849><c> seem</c><00:33:34.009><c> to</c><00:33:34.109><c> come</c><00:33:34.269><c> to</c><00:33:34.369><c> me,</c><00:33:34.630><c> my</c><00:33:34.769><c> children.</c>

00:33:35.130 --> 00:33:38.869
They<00:33:35.309><c> always</c><00:33:35.509><c> go</c><00:33:35.690><c> and</c><00:33:35.829><c> ask</c><00:33:35.990><c> mom,</c><00:33:37.589><c> I'd</c><00:33:38.009><c> like</c><00:33:38.150><c> an</c><00:33:38.309><c> ice</c><00:33:38.609><c> cream.</c>

00:33:38.990 --> 00:33:42.289
But<00:33:39.309><c> if</c><00:33:39.849><c> mom</c><00:33:40.049><c> says,</c><00:33:40.549><c> no,</c><00:33:40.769><c> not</c><00:33:40.970><c> now,</c><00:33:41.210><c> it's</c><00:33:41.490><c> nearly</c><00:33:41.670><c> dinner</c><00:33:41.990><c> time</c>

00:33:42.289 --> 00:33:43.170
or<00:33:42.670><c> whatever,</c>

00:33:43.170 --> 00:33:47.690
the<00:33:44.269><c> child</c><00:33:44.630><c> is</c><00:33:44.849><c> a</c><00:33:44.950><c> bit</c><00:33:45.130><c> disappointed</c><00:33:45.789><c> and</c><00:33:46.690><c> goes</c><00:33:46.910><c> away</c><00:33:47.289><c> and</c><00:33:47.470><c> says,</c>

00:33:47.930 --> 00:33:51.470
well,<00:33:48.009><c> I</c><00:33:48.009><c> can</c><00:33:48.230><c> ask</c><00:33:48.490><c> again</c><00:33:48.750><c> a</c><00:33:48.890><c> bit</c><00:33:48.990><c> later,</c><00:33:49.990><c> I</c><00:33:50.250><c> hope.</c>

00:33:53.089 --> 00:33:59.410
But<00:33:53.309><c> when</c><00:33:53.529><c> you</c><00:33:53.789><c> beseech,</c><00:33:56.170><c> then</c><00:33:56.390><c> the</c><00:33:56.630><c> answer</c><00:33:57.089><c> is</c><00:33:58.450><c> absolutely</c>

00:33:59.410 --> 00:34:02.170
vital,<00:34:00.170><c> the</c><00:34:00.450><c> answer</c><00:34:00.789><c> that</c><00:34:01.069><c> you</c><00:34:01.250><c> get.</c>

00:34:03.990 --> 00:34:08.809
When<00:34:04.329><c> we</c><00:34:04.730><c> beseech</c><00:34:05.430><c> God</c><00:34:05.809><c> to</c><00:34:06.130><c> forgive</c><00:34:06.369><c> us</c><00:34:06.690><c> our</c><00:34:06.990><c> sins,</c><00:34:07.809><c> the</c><00:34:08.110><c> answer</c><00:34:08.550><c> that</c>

00:34:08.809 --> 00:34:09.530
we<00:34:09.130><c> want,</c>

00:34:09.530 --> 00:34:13.769
the<00:34:10.150><c> answer</c><00:34:10.550><c> that</c><00:34:11.050><c> we</c><00:34:11.809><c> know</c><00:34:12.150><c> if</c><00:34:12.429><c> only</c><00:34:12.690><c> we</c><00:34:12.929><c> have</c><00:34:13.070><c> the</c><00:34:13.429><c> faith</c>

00:34:13.769 --> 00:34:17.550
and<00:34:14.590><c> we</c><00:34:14.769><c> are</c><00:34:15.070><c> prepared</c><00:34:15.429><c> to</c><00:34:15.730><c> forgive</c><00:34:15.949><c> others</c><00:34:16.230><c> to</c><00:34:16.429><c> the</c><00:34:16.650><c> same</c><00:34:16.889><c> extent,</c>

00:34:17.869 --> 00:34:22.210
the<00:34:18.690><c> answer</c><00:34:19.050><c> that</c><00:34:19.289><c> we</c><00:34:19.510><c> get</c><00:34:19.869><c> matters</c><00:34:20.510><c> to</c><00:34:20.829><c> us</c><00:34:20.989><c> more</c><00:34:21.269><c> than</c><00:34:21.469><c> anything</c><00:34:21.869><c> else</c>

00:34:22.210 --> 00:34:22.929
in<00:34:22.449><c> life.</c>

00:34:23.130 --> 00:34:26.630
And<00:34:23.630><c> that's</c><00:34:23.889><c> why</c><00:34:24.210><c> we</c><00:34:25.130><c> beseech</c><00:34:26.150><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:34:26.710 --> 00:34:32.050
We<00:34:27.010><c> don't</c><00:34:27.269><c> ask</c><00:34:27.590><c> for</c><00:34:27.849><c> forgiveness</c><00:34:28.389><c> because</c><00:34:30.030><c> it's</c><00:34:31.530><c> important</c>

00:34:32.050 --> 00:34:33.269
to<00:34:32.949><c> us.</c>

00:34:33.269 --> 00:34:39.090
It's<00:34:33.849><c> vitally</c><00:34:34.329><c> important</c><00:34:35.250><c> because</c><00:34:36.969><c> if</c><00:34:38.230><c> we</c><00:34:38.429><c> don't</c><00:34:38.630><c> ask</c><00:34:38.929><c> for</c>

00:34:39.090 --> 00:34:39.710
that<00:34:39.309><c> forgiveness</c>

00:34:39.710 --> 00:34:44.250
when<00:34:39.989><c> we've</c><00:34:41.849><c> missed</c><00:34:42.090><c> the</c><00:34:42.369><c> mark</c><00:34:42.590><c> and</c><00:34:42.869><c> fallen</c><00:34:43.150><c> away,</c>

00:34:44.570 --> 00:34:47.269
then<00:34:44.949><c> we're</c><00:34:45.190><c> slipping</c><00:34:45.530><c> towards</c><00:34:45.949><c> the</c><00:34:46.210><c> darkness</c>

00:34:47.409 --> 00:34:50.909
and<00:34:48.010><c> we</c><00:34:48.230><c> are</c><00:34:48.389><c> no</c><00:34:48.670><c> longer</c><00:34:49.010><c> living</c><00:34:49.369><c> in</c><00:34:49.670><c> that</c><00:34:49.929><c> quality</c><00:34:50.389><c> of</c><00:34:50.670><c> life</c>

00:34:50.909 --> 00:34:53.010
in<00:34:51.150><c> which</c><00:34:51.309><c> we</c><00:34:51.570><c> should</c><00:34:51.750><c> be</c><00:34:51.989><c> living.</c>

00:34:54.590 --> 00:34:58.510
That's<00:34:55.190><c> why</c><00:34:55.449><c> Jesus</c><00:34:56.449><c> prefaces</c><00:34:57.130><c> these</c><00:34:57.530><c> important</c><00:34:57.989><c> words</c><00:34:58.309><c> with</c>

00:34:58.510 --> 00:35:00.269
the<00:34:58.710><c> two</c><00:34:58.989><c> words,</c>

00:35:00.610 --> 00:35:04.849
verily,<00:35:01.849><c> verily,</c><00:35:02.650><c> truly</c><00:35:03.050><c> I</c><00:35:03.949><c> say</c><00:35:04.190><c> unto</c><00:35:04.469><c> you.</c>

00:35:05.190 --> 00:35:07.949
An<00:35:05.429><c> important</c><00:35:05.949><c> statement</c><00:35:06.369><c> of</c><00:35:06.630><c> Jesus</c><00:35:06.929><c> is</c><00:35:07.210><c> always</c><00:35:07.610><c> prefaced,</c>

00:35:07.969 --> 00:35:11.230
not<00:35:08.230><c> that</c><00:35:08.530><c> any</c><00:35:08.849><c> really</c><00:35:09.170><c> are</c><00:35:09.349><c> not</c><00:35:10.010><c> important</c><00:35:10.369><c> at</c><00:35:10.610><c> all,</c>

00:35:11.610 --> 00:35:14.769
but<00:35:11.690><c> some</c><00:35:12.170><c> of</c><00:35:12.269><c> the</c><00:35:12.469><c> really</c><00:35:12.809><c> important</c><00:35:13.329><c> ones</c><00:35:13.590><c> are</c><00:35:13.809><c> always</c><00:35:14.110><c> prefaced</c><00:35:14.489><c> by</c>

00:35:14.769 --> 00:35:18.750
the<00:35:14.969><c> word</c><00:35:15.269><c> truly,</c><00:35:17.809><c> verily.</c>

00:35:19.550 --> 00:35:23.050
In<00:35:19.710><c> verse</c><00:35:19.909><c> 25,</c><00:35:20.769><c> verily,</c><00:35:21.469><c> verily</c><00:35:21.769><c> I</c><00:35:21.989><c> say</c><00:35:22.190><c> unto</c><00:35:22.389><c> you,</c><00:35:22.610><c> the</c><00:35:22.769><c> hour</c>

00:35:23.050 --> 00:35:23.809
is<00:35:23.369><c> coming</c>

00:35:23.809 --> 00:35:30.610
and<00:35:24.929><c> now</c><00:35:25.929><c> is</c><00:35:26.969><c> when</c><00:35:27.849><c> the</c><00:35:28.250><c> dead</c><00:35:28.829><c> shall</c><00:35:29.329><c> hear</c><00:35:29.710><c> the</c><00:35:29.969><c> voice</c><00:35:30.269><c> of</c><00:35:30.489><c> the</c>

00:35:30.610 --> 00:35:31.550
Son<00:35:30.829><c> of</c><00:35:31.090><c> God</c>

00:35:31.550 --> 00:35:40.010
and<00:35:32.150><c> they</c><00:35:32.570><c> that</c><00:35:33.050><c> hear</c><00:35:33.510><c> shall</c><00:35:34.269><c> live</c><00:35:35.269><c> the</c><00:35:38.849><c> dead,</c>

00:35:40.170 --> 00:35:42.809
dead<00:35:40.469><c> in</c><00:35:40.809><c> trespasses</c><00:35:41.389><c> and</c><00:35:41.750><c> sins.</c>

00:35:43.730 --> 00:35:49.530
You<00:35:43.949><c> remember</c><00:35:44.250><c> Jesus</c><00:35:44.710><c> saying,</c><00:35:46.610><c> let</c><00:35:46.789><c> the</c><00:35:47.110><c> dead</c><00:35:47.909><c> bury</c><00:35:48.929><c> their</c><00:35:49.289><c> dead?</c>

00:35:49.530 --> 00:35:53.849
It<00:35:49.889><c> sounds</c><00:35:50.349><c> a</c><00:35:50.530><c> bit</c><00:35:50.690><c> odd,</c><00:35:52.090><c> but</c><00:35:52.230><c> we</c><00:35:52.409><c> know</c><00:35:52.550><c> what</c><00:35:52.769><c> he</c><00:35:53.010><c> meant.</c>

00:35:55.409 --> 00:35:59.730
Let<00:35:55.489><c> those</c><00:35:55.849><c> who</c><00:35:56.150><c> want</c><00:35:56.369><c> to</c><00:35:56.530><c> persist</c><00:35:56.949><c> in</c><00:35:57.170><c> a</c><00:35:57.369><c> life</c><00:35:57.590><c> away</c><00:35:57.969><c> from</c><00:35:58.269><c> God,</c><00:35:59.309><c> let</c>

00:35:59.730 --> 00:36:01.409
them<00:36:00.090><c> do</c><00:36:00.329><c> that.</c>

00:36:03.250 --> 00:36:05.550
Let<00:36:03.469><c> the</c><00:36:03.789><c> dead</c><00:36:04.050><c> bury</c><00:36:04.369><c> their</c><00:36:04.670><c> dead.</c>

00:36:06.190 --> 00:36:12.429
We<00:36:06.550><c> have</c><00:36:06.829><c> been</c><00:36:07.349><c> called</c><00:36:08.010><c> to</c><00:36:09.309><c> life,</c><00:36:10.949><c> brethren</c><00:36:11.210><c> and</c><00:36:11.469><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:12.929 --> 00:36:21.010
just<00:36:14.210><c> as</c><00:36:15.130><c> really</c><00:36:15.829><c> as</c><00:36:16.849><c> that</c><00:36:17.250><c> impotent</c><00:36:17.710><c> man</c><00:36:18.530><c> was</c><00:36:19.150><c> called</c><00:36:19.789><c> to</c><00:36:20.530><c> a</c>

00:36:21.010 --> 00:36:25.909
totally<00:36:21.530><c> new</c><00:36:22.769><c> concept</c><00:36:23.610><c> in</c><00:36:24.489><c> his</c><00:36:24.789><c> life.</c>

00:36:29.030 --> 00:36:35.070
Oh<00:36:29.210><c> yes,</c><00:36:31.110><c> but</c><00:36:31.250><c> notice</c><00:36:31.610><c> how</c><00:36:31.969><c> Jesus</c><00:36:32.449><c> leads</c><00:36:32.869><c> up</c><00:36:33.489><c> to</c><00:36:33.889><c> these</c><00:36:34.090><c> important</c><00:36:34.730><c> words.</c>

00:36:35.150 --> 00:36:38.070
Come<00:36:35.349><c> back</c><00:36:35.610><c> to</c><00:36:35.789><c> verse</c><00:36:36.710><c> 19.</c>

00:36:38.469 --> 00:36:43.730
Then<00:36:38.869><c> answered</c><00:36:39.289><c> Jesus</c><00:36:39.710><c> and</c><00:36:39.969><c> said</c><00:36:40.150><c> unto</c><00:36:40.309><c> them,</c><00:36:41.510><c> verily,</c><00:36:42.750><c> verily</c><00:36:43.170><c> I</c><00:36:43.449><c> say</c>

00:36:43.730 --> 00:36:45.010
unto<00:36:43.949><c> you,</c>

00:36:45.150 --> 00:36:49.309
the<00:36:45.369><c> Son</c><00:36:45.690><c> can</c><00:36:46.030><c> do</c><00:36:46.329><c> nothing</c><00:36:46.730><c> of</c><00:36:46.969><c> himself,</c><00:36:48.309><c> but</c><00:36:48.449><c> what</c><00:36:48.730><c> he</c><00:36:49.030><c> seeth</c>

00:36:49.309 --> 00:36:51.010
the<00:36:49.550><c> Father</c><00:36:49.869><c> do,</c>

00:36:51.369 --> 00:36:56.150
for<00:36:51.630><c> what</c><00:36:52.070><c> things</c><00:36:52.469><c> soever</c><00:36:53.070><c> he</c><00:36:53.630><c> doeth,</c><00:36:54.670><c> these</c><00:36:54.949><c> also</c><00:36:55.550><c> doeth</c><00:36:55.969><c> the</c>

00:36:56.150 --> 00:36:57.070
Son<00:36:56.429><c> likewise.</c>

00:36:57.389 --> 00:37:03.190
This<00:36:58.170><c> great</c><00:36:58.969><c> work</c><00:36:59.369><c> of</c><00:36:59.750><c> restoration</c><00:37:00.590><c> of</c><00:37:00.969><c> mankind</c><00:37:01.670><c> into</c><00:37:02.449><c> a</c><00:37:02.710><c> state</c><00:37:02.869><c> of</c>

00:37:03.190 --> 00:37:04.170
grace<00:37:03.429><c> with</c><00:37:03.710><c> God,</c>

00:37:04.170 --> 00:37:10.190
that<00:37:04.929><c> is</c><00:37:05.130><c> of</c><00:37:05.530><c> divine</c><00:37:06.210><c> authorship</c><00:37:06.969><c> and</c><00:37:08.130><c> it</c><00:37:08.289><c> is</c><00:37:08.530><c> the</c><00:37:08.710><c> Lord</c><00:37:09.010><c> Jesus</c><00:37:09.510><c> Christ</c>

00:37:10.190 --> 00:37:13.809
who<00:37:10.570><c> is</c><00:37:10.809><c> the</c><00:37:10.969><c> means</c><00:37:11.230><c> whereby</c><00:37:11.690><c> that</c><00:37:12.530><c> can</c><00:37:12.929><c> come</c><00:37:13.210><c> to</c><00:37:13.389><c> the</c><00:37:13.590><c> likes</c>

00:37:13.809 --> 00:37:15.409
of<00:37:14.050><c> you</c><00:37:14.170><c> and</c><00:37:14.389><c> me.</c>

00:37:15.869 --> 00:37:19.829
For<00:37:15.869><c> the</c><00:37:16.170><c> Father</c><00:37:16.610><c> loveth</c><00:37:17.050><c> the</c><00:37:17.309><c> Son</c><00:37:17.849><c> and</c><00:37:18.909><c> showeth</c><00:37:19.250><c> him</c><00:37:19.449><c> all</c>

00:37:19.829 --> 00:37:22.230
things<00:37:20.230><c> that</c><00:37:20.489><c> himself</c><00:37:21.050><c> doeth,</c>

00:37:22.769 --> 00:37:26.869
that<00:37:22.989><c> he</c><00:37:23.349><c> will</c><00:37:23.650><c> show</c><00:37:23.969><c> him</c><00:37:24.269><c> greater</c><00:37:24.809><c> works</c><00:37:25.250><c> than</c><00:37:25.670><c> these</c><00:37:26.230><c> that</c>

00:37:26.869 --> 00:37:27.849
ye<00:37:27.070><c> may</c><00:37:27.269><c> marvel.</c>

00:37:27.849 --> 00:37:31.090
And<00:37:28.550><c> of</c><00:37:28.789><c> course,</c><00:37:30.010><c> Jesus</c><00:37:30.090><c> is</c><00:37:30.409><c> there,</c><00:37:30.610><c> I</c><00:37:30.789><c> think.</c>

00:37:31.190 --> 00:37:36.010
Well,<00:37:31.329><c> I</c><00:37:31.510><c> think</c><00:37:31.670><c> he</c><00:37:31.889><c> is</c><00:37:32.130><c> referring</c><00:37:32.489><c> down</c><00:37:33.190><c> to</c><00:37:33.989><c> the</c><00:37:34.730><c> resurrection</c><00:37:35.269><c> referred</c><00:37:35.769><c> to</c>

00:37:36.010 --> 00:37:38.510
in<00:37:36.210><c> verse</c><00:37:36.489><c> 28.</c>

00:37:39.090 --> 00:37:42.670
For<00:37:39.150><c> as</c><00:37:39.409><c> the</c><00:37:39.710><c> Father</c><00:37:40.030><c> raiseth</c><00:37:40.530><c> up</c><00:37:40.730><c> the</c><00:37:40.989><c> dead</c><00:37:41.190><c> and</c><00:37:41.630><c> quickeneth</c><00:37:42.170><c> them,</c>

00:37:43.030 --> 00:37:46.710
even<00:37:43.449><c> so</c><00:37:43.769><c> the</c><00:37:43.929><c> Son</c><00:37:44.550><c> quickeneth</c><00:37:45.329><c> whom</c><00:37:45.610><c> he</c><00:37:45.969><c> will.</c>

00:37:47.210 --> 00:37:49.130
It's<00:37:47.849><c> a</c><00:37:48.030><c> lovely</c><00:37:48.510><c> sequence.</c>

00:37:49.489 --> 00:37:53.949
It<00:37:49.710><c> shows</c><00:37:49.989><c> us</c><00:37:50.289><c> the</c><00:37:50.929><c> wonderful</c><00:37:51.510><c> relation</c><00:37:52.090><c> which</c><00:37:52.429><c> the</c><00:37:52.610><c> Lord</c><00:37:52.829><c> Jesus</c><00:37:53.250><c> Christ</c><00:37:53.650><c> has</c>

00:37:53.949 --> 00:37:54.869
with<00:37:54.150><c> his</c><00:37:54.429><c> Father</c>

00:37:54.869 --> 00:38:00.030
and<00:37:56.090><c> that</c><00:37:56.429><c> which</c><00:37:56.690><c> his</c><00:37:57.010><c> Father</c><00:37:57.489><c> has</c><00:37:58.150><c> with</c><00:37:58.409><c> the</c><00:37:58.530><c> Lord</c><00:37:58.750><c> Jesus.</c>

00:38:00.750 --> 00:38:05.989
Total<00:38:01.570><c> cooperation,</c><00:38:04.369><c> willing</c><00:38:04.550><c> obedience,</c>

00:38:06.630 --> 00:38:10.989
and<00:38:06.849><c> it</c><00:38:07.010><c> is</c><00:38:07.210><c> to</c><00:38:07.349><c> that</c><00:38:07.590><c> quality</c><00:38:08.170><c> of</c><00:38:08.530><c> sonship</c><00:38:09.309><c> that</c><00:38:10.010><c> you</c><00:38:10.230><c> and</c><00:38:10.469><c> I,</c>

00:38:11.170 --> 00:38:13.909
brethren<00:38:11.269><c> and</c><00:38:11.530><c> sisters,</c><00:38:12.710><c> are</c><00:38:12.929><c> called.</c>

00:38:15.449 --> 00:38:20.389
Yes,<00:38:15.909><c> the</c><00:38:16.110><c> Lord</c><00:38:16.449><c> Jesus</c><00:38:16.969><c> is</c><00:38:17.429><c> worthy</c><00:38:17.889><c> of</c><00:38:19.090><c> double</c><00:38:19.409><c> honor.</c>

00:38:21.050 --> 00:38:25.530
We<00:38:21.730><c> read</c><00:38:22.090><c> in</c><00:38:23.070><c> Philippians</c><00:38:23.610><c> chapter</c><00:38:24.150><c> 2,</c><00:38:24.530><c> don't</c><00:38:24.809><c> we,</c>

00:38:25.869 --> 00:38:30.630
that<00:38:26.050><c> God</c><00:38:26.409><c> hath</c><00:38:26.869><c> given</c><00:38:27.170><c> him</c><00:38:27.429><c> a</c><00:38:27.590><c> name</c><00:38:27.849><c> that</c><00:38:28.090><c> is</c><00:38:28.289><c> above</c><00:38:28.489><c> every</c><00:38:28.909><c> name,</c><00:38:29.369><c> that</c><00:38:29.489><c> hath</c><00:38:29.590><c> the</c><00:38:29.710><c> name</c><00:38:29.989><c> of</c><00:38:30.210><c> Jesus.</c>

00:38:31.070 --> 00:38:34.750
Every<00:38:31.489><c> knee</c><00:38:31.829><c> should</c><00:38:32.110><c> bow</c><00:38:32.449><c> and</c><00:38:32.710><c> every</c><00:38:33.130><c> tongue</c><00:38:33.409><c> confess</c>

00:38:34.889 --> 00:38:42.150
because<00:38:35.389><c> of</c><00:38:36.769><c> the</c><00:38:37.170><c> willing</c><00:38:37.610><c> obedience</c><00:38:38.530><c> which</c><00:38:38.869><c> he</c><00:38:39.110><c> gave</c><00:38:39.769><c> to</c><00:38:40.989><c> his</c><00:38:41.269><c> Father.</c>

00:38:42.329 --> 00:38:45.909
This<00:38:42.570><c> is</c><00:38:42.829><c> why</c><00:38:43.150><c> he</c><00:38:43.329><c> is</c><00:38:43.610><c> worthy</c><00:38:44.010><c> of</c><00:38:44.750><c> double</c><00:38:45.030><c> honor.</c>

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:51.110
And<00:38:46.449><c> this</c><00:38:47.250><c> sign</c><00:38:47.710><c> too</c><00:38:48.170><c> shows</c><00:38:48.510><c> us</c><00:38:48.969><c> the</c><00:38:49.289><c> great</c><00:38:49.650><c> work</c><00:38:49.989><c> of</c><00:38:50.250><c> the</c><00:38:50.409><c> Lord</c><00:38:50.590><c> Jesus.</c>

00:38:51.469 --> 00:38:57.090
He<00:38:51.889><c> destroys</c><00:38:52.769><c> in</c><00:38:53.150><c> this</c><00:38:53.510><c> man</c><00:38:53.969><c> the</c><00:38:54.670><c> effects</c><00:38:55.429><c> of</c><00:38:56.190><c> sin.</c>

00:38:57.789 --> 00:39:00.650
That<00:38:58.010><c> man</c><00:38:58.329><c> was</c><00:38:58.690><c> crippled</c><00:38:59.110><c> because</c><00:38:59.590><c> of</c><00:38:59.809><c> the</c><00:38:59.989><c> life</c><00:39:00.170><c> he'd</c><00:39:00.489><c> lived.</c>

00:39:01.050 --> 00:39:04.090
Jesus<00:39:01.530><c> removes</c><00:39:02.230><c> the</c><00:39:02.570><c> effect</c><00:39:02.909><c> of</c><00:39:03.210><c> sin.</c>

00:39:04.789 --> 00:39:07.309
And<00:39:05.050><c> yet</c><00:39:05.170><c> the</c><00:39:05.449><c> wonder</c><00:39:05.750><c> of</c><00:39:06.010><c> the</c><00:39:06.130><c> Lord</c><00:39:06.289><c> Jesus</c><00:39:06.690><c> Christ,</c><00:39:07.150><c> brethren</c>

00:39:07.309 --> 00:39:07.829
and<00:39:07.510><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:07.829 --> 00:39:15.070
is<00:39:08.369><c> that</c><00:39:08.670><c> he</c><00:39:08.929><c> does</c><00:39:09.230><c> that</c><00:39:09.949><c> while</c><00:39:10.670><c> he</c><00:39:11.449><c> is</c><00:39:12.050><c> in</c><00:39:12.530><c> a</c><00:39:12.929><c> body</c><00:39:13.349><c> of</c><00:39:13.909><c> flesh.</c>

00:39:18.550 --> 00:39:26.789
You<00:39:18.670><c> see,</c><00:39:20.550><c> sin</c><00:39:20.889><c> can</c><00:39:22.769><c> only</c><00:39:23.429><c> express</c><00:39:24.150><c> itself</c><00:39:24.889><c> through</c><00:39:26.309><c> a</c><00:39:26.449><c> body</c>

00:39:26.789 --> 00:39:27.409
of<00:39:27.070><c> human</c><00:39:27.329><c> flesh.</c>

00:39:27.550 --> 00:39:29.650
Only<00:39:27.789><c> human</c><00:39:28.150><c> beings</c><00:39:28.550><c> sin.</c>

00:39:30.489 --> 00:39:34.110
And<00:39:30.849><c> sin</c><00:39:31.289><c> is</c><00:39:32.050><c> master</c><00:39:32.449><c> of</c><00:39:32.630><c> that</c><00:39:32.849><c> body</c>

00:39:34.610 --> 00:39:38.989
and<00:39:35.750><c> controls</c><00:39:36.349><c> it</c><00:39:36.809><c> and</c><00:39:37.070><c> directs</c><00:39:37.730><c> it</c>

00:39:40.309 --> 00:39:44.650
unless<00:39:41.429><c> the</c><00:39:41.849><c> person</c><00:39:42.409><c> yields</c><00:39:43.170><c> himself</c><00:39:43.889><c> unto</c><00:39:44.230><c> God.</c>

00:39:44.829 --> 00:39:48.230
And<00:39:44.949><c> Jesus</c><00:39:45.329><c> did</c><00:39:45.650><c> that</c><00:39:46.750><c> perfectly.</c>

00:39:49.429 --> 00:39:56.809
He<00:39:50.550><c> never</c><00:39:51.130><c> once</c><00:39:52.230><c> submitted</c><00:39:53.650><c> to</c><00:39:54.550><c> the</c><00:39:54.829><c> promptings</c><00:39:55.329><c> of</c><00:39:55.530><c> the</c><00:39:55.789><c> flesh.</c>

00:39:57.090 --> 00:40:02.409
He<00:39:57.949><c> became</c><00:39:58.449><c> master</c><00:39:59.389><c> of</c><00:40:00.590><c> the</c><00:40:00.849><c> passions</c><00:40:01.250><c> within</c><00:40:01.610><c> him</c>

00:40:02.409 --> 00:40:06.750
which<00:40:03.429><c> would</c><00:40:03.730><c> have</c><00:40:04.090><c> directed</c><00:40:04.590><c> him</c><00:40:04.869><c> away</c><00:40:05.190><c> from</c><00:40:05.469><c> God.</c>

00:40:08.010 --> 00:40:10.610
It's<00:40:08.670><c> a</c><00:40:08.869><c> wonderful</c><00:40:09.309><c> thing.</c>

00:40:11.190 --> 00:40:16.510
And<00:40:11.809><c> therefore</c><00:40:12.489><c> Jesus</c><00:40:13.789><c> is</c><00:40:14.690><c> alive</c><00:40:15.090><c> for</c><00:40:15.349><c> evermore.</c>

00:40:16.949 --> 00:40:22.030
And<00:40:17.710><c> because</c><00:40:18.010><c> of</c><00:40:18.210><c> that</c><00:40:18.789><c> we</c><00:40:19.889><c> have</c><00:40:20.190><c> been</c><00:40:20.550><c> moved</c><00:40:20.929><c> from</c><00:40:21.309><c> the</c><00:40:21.590><c> realm</c>

00:40:22.030 --> 00:40:23.630
of<00:40:22.630><c> sin</c><00:40:22.829><c> and</c><00:40:23.110><c> death</c>

00:40:23.630 --> 00:40:31.230
to<00:40:25.090><c> the</c><00:40:25.329><c> realm</c><00:40:26.309><c> of</c><00:40:27.590><c> obedience</c><00:40:28.610><c> and</c><00:40:30.190><c> life.</c>

00:40:31.730 --> 00:40:34.869
The<00:40:32.489><c> transformation</c><00:40:33.630><c> that</c><00:40:34.090><c> takes</c><00:40:34.449><c> place,</c>

00:40:35.269 --> 00:40:38.250
and<00:40:35.289><c> we</c><00:40:35.690><c> heard</c><00:40:35.949><c> the</c><00:40:36.170><c> word</c><00:40:36.469><c> transformation</c><00:40:37.250><c> explained</c><00:40:37.869><c> to</c><00:40:38.050><c> us</c>

00:40:38.250 --> 00:40:39.469
in<00:40:38.510><c> detail,</c>

00:40:39.570 --> 00:40:44.969
the<00:40:39.710><c> metamorphosis</c><00:40:40.829><c> that</c><00:40:41.110><c> takes</c><00:40:41.409><c> place</c><00:40:42.329><c> gradually</c><00:40:43.130><c> throughout</c><00:40:43.630><c> our</c><00:40:44.010><c> lives,</c>

00:40:45.730 --> 00:40:50.449
we<00:40:46.170><c> live</c><00:40:46.710><c> in</c><00:40:47.110><c> that</c><00:40:47.650><c> new</c><00:40:48.030><c> realm,</c><00:40:49.030><c> brethren</c><00:40:49.190><c> and</c><00:40:49.429><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:51.190 --> 00:40:54.829
Death<00:40:51.510><c> is</c><00:40:51.809><c> no</c><00:40:52.070><c> more</c><00:40:53.210><c> our</c><00:40:53.769><c> master.</c>

00:40:55.489 --> 00:40:59.989
And<00:40:56.210><c> perhaps</c><00:40:56.590><c> now</c><00:40:56.949><c> we're</c><00:40:58.190><c> prepared</c><00:40:58.630><c> enough</c><00:40:58.989><c> to</c><00:40:59.309><c> turn</c><00:40:59.650><c> again</c>

00:40:59.989 --> 00:41:02.230
to<00:41:00.170><c> that</c><00:41:00.429><c> first</c><00:41:00.710><c> letter</c><00:41:00.989><c> of</c><00:41:01.230><c> John,</c>

00:41:02.650 --> 00:41:18.849
but<00:41:02.889><c> now</c><00:41:03.170><c> to</c><00:41:03.389><c> chapter</c><00:41:03.750><c> 3,</c><00:41:17.130><c> verse</c><00:41:17.530><c> 14.</c>

00:41:23.670 --> 00:41:29.110
We<00:41:24.590><c> know,</c><00:41:28.650><c> know,</c>

00:41:29.110 --> 00:41:33.550
how<00:41:30.130><c> important</c><00:41:30.710><c> that</c><00:41:31.010><c> word</c><00:41:31.230><c> is</c><00:41:31.449><c> as</c><00:41:31.630><c> we've</c><00:41:31.849><c> gone</c><00:41:32.030><c> along</c><00:41:32.269><c> in</c><00:41:32.489><c> our</c><00:41:32.670><c> studies,</c>

00:41:33.889 --> 00:41:41.050
we<00:41:34.349><c> know</c><00:41:35.170><c> that</c><00:41:35.909><c> we</c><00:41:36.309><c> have</c><00:41:36.650><c> passed</c><00:41:37.349><c> from</c><00:41:38.070><c> death</c><00:41:38.989><c> unto</c><00:41:39.570><c> life</c>

00:41:43.250 --> 00:41:46.650
because<00:41:43.929><c> we</c><00:41:44.610><c> love</c><00:41:45.070><c> the</c><00:41:45.389><c> brethren.</c>

00:41:50.949 --> 00:41:54.170
Brother<00:41:51.269><c> Alfred</c><00:41:52.030><c> Nichols'</c><00:41:52.969><c> father,</c>

00:41:55.530 --> 00:41:58.829
who<00:41:56.090><c> distinctively</c><00:41:56.889><c> is</c><00:41:57.150><c> known</c><00:41:57.369><c> as</c><00:41:57.570><c> Brother</c><00:41:57.909><c> Alf</c><00:41:58.269><c> Nichols,</c>

00:41:59.050 --> 00:42:02.329
so<00:41:59.190><c> that</c><00:41:59.349><c> there's</c><00:41:59.530><c> no</c><00:41:59.789><c> confusion</c><00:42:00.289><c> between</c><00:42:00.750><c> Alf</c><00:42:00.949><c> and</c><00:42:01.150><c> Alfred,</c>

00:42:03.369 --> 00:42:06.250
always<00:42:03.650><c> used</c><00:42:03.969><c> to</c><00:42:04.130><c> say,</c><00:42:04.210><c> well,</c><00:42:04.590><c> still</c><00:42:04.909><c> does</c><00:42:05.170><c> say,</c>

00:42:07.010 --> 00:42:10.090
whenever<00:42:07.650><c> it</c><00:42:08.070><c> says</c><00:42:08.610><c> the</c><00:42:09.190><c> brethren,</c>

00:42:10.269 --> 00:42:13.369
it<00:42:10.449><c> always</c><00:42:10.869><c> means</c><00:42:11.250><c> the</c><00:42:11.550><c> brethren</c><00:42:11.849><c> and</c><00:42:12.150><c> sisters</c><00:42:12.510><c> because</c><00:42:13.050><c> the</c>

00:42:13.369 --> 00:42:15.389
brethren<00:42:13.670><c> embrace</c><00:42:14.170><c> the</c><00:42:14.409><c> sisters.</c>

00:42:15.650 --> 00:42:17.570
And<00:42:15.949><c> I'm</c><00:42:16.150><c> sure</c><00:42:16.369><c> he's</c><00:42:16.670><c> right.</c>

00:42:19.510 --> 00:42:21.309
I'm<00:42:19.949><c> sure</c><00:42:20.170><c> he's</c><00:42:20.429><c> right.</c>

00:42:21.349 --> 00:42:24.010
So<00:42:21.650><c> sisters</c><00:42:22.030><c> don't</c><00:42:22.969><c> feel</c><00:42:23.170><c> left</c><00:42:23.510><c> out.</c>

00:42:24.269 --> 00:42:25.650
It<00:42:24.469><c> doesn't</c><00:42:24.710><c> mean</c><00:42:24.929><c> that</c><00:42:25.170><c> at</c><00:42:25.409><c> all.</c>

00:42:26.050 --> 00:42:29.130
The<00:42:26.349><c> brethren</c><00:42:26.869><c> embrace</c><00:42:27.929><c> the</c><00:42:28.210><c> sisters.</c>

00:42:29.409 --> 00:42:32.269
But<00:42:29.829><c> what</c><00:42:30.150><c> a</c><00:42:30.469><c> lovely</c><00:42:30.829><c> thing</c><00:42:31.210><c> this</c><00:42:31.530><c> is,</c><00:42:31.750><c> isn't</c><00:42:31.949><c> it?</c>

00:42:32.269 --> 00:42:36.389
How<00:42:32.869><c> do</c><00:42:33.150><c> we</c><00:42:33.269><c> know</c><00:42:33.650><c> we've</c><00:42:34.150><c> passed</c><00:42:34.349><c> from</c><00:42:34.710><c> death</c><00:42:34.929><c> unto</c><00:42:35.210><c> life?</c>

00:42:36.530 --> 00:42:41.190
Because<00:42:37.429><c> we</c><00:42:38.610><c> love</c><00:42:39.489><c> the</c><00:42:40.070><c> brethren.</c>

00:42:43.269 --> 00:42:45.469
Herein<00:42:43.809><c> is</c><00:42:44.210><c> love,</c>

00:42:47.030 --> 00:42:49.289
not<00:42:47.250><c> that</c><00:42:47.530><c> we</c><00:42:47.969><c> loved</c><00:42:48.210><c> God,</c>

00:42:50.510 --> 00:42:53.730
but<00:42:50.730><c> that</c><00:42:51.010><c> God</c><00:42:51.869><c> loved</c><00:42:52.369><c> us</c>

00:42:54.269 --> 00:43:00.429
and<00:42:54.769><c> sent</c><00:42:55.150><c> His</c><00:42:55.489><c> Son</c><00:42:55.750><c> to</c><00:42:56.070><c> be</c><00:42:56.389><c> the</c><00:42:56.849><c> propitiation</c><00:42:57.849><c> for</c><00:42:59.210><c> our</c><00:42:59.489><c> sins.</c>

00:43:01.429 --> 00:43:04.630
That's<00:43:02.010><c> the</c><00:43:02.210><c> definition</c><00:43:02.989><c> of</c><00:43:03.389><c> love.</c>

00:43:07.250 --> 00:43:10.969
It's<00:43:07.389><c> easy</c><00:43:07.710><c> to</c><00:43:07.969><c> like</c><00:43:08.309><c> people</c><00:43:08.969><c> who</c><00:43:09.510><c> are</c><00:43:09.809><c> likable,</c>

00:43:12.030 --> 00:43:17.369
but<00:43:12.170><c> we've</c><00:43:12.610><c> got</c><00:43:12.849><c> to</c><00:43:13.190><c> act</c><00:43:13.590><c> towards</c><00:43:14.530><c> all</c><00:43:15.130><c> people</c><00:43:15.969><c> as</c><00:43:16.829><c> if</c><00:43:17.090><c> we</c>

00:43:17.369 --> 00:43:18.630
liked<00:43:17.570><c> them.</c>

00:43:18.650 --> 00:43:20.429
That's<00:43:18.949><c> what</c><00:43:19.170><c> love</c><00:43:19.349><c> is</c><00:43:19.570><c> about.</c>

00:43:20.929 --> 00:43:23.570
Even<00:43:21.170><c> if,</c><00:43:21.670><c> to</c><00:43:21.869><c> quote</c><00:43:22.070><c> those</c><00:43:22.329><c> words</c><00:43:22.570><c> I</c><00:43:22.769><c> used</c><00:43:22.929><c> a</c><00:43:23.090><c> moment</c><00:43:23.269><c> ago,</c>

00:43:23.750 --> 00:43:26.690
even<00:43:23.869><c> if</c><00:43:24.030><c> they</c><00:43:24.210><c> are</c><00:43:24.489><c> to</c><00:43:24.610><c> us</c><00:43:24.809><c> miserable,</c><00:43:25.590><c> scrimshanking</c><00:43:26.110><c> hounds,</c>

00:43:26.690 --> 00:43:30.869
we've<00:43:27.369><c> still</c><00:43:27.710><c> got</c><00:43:28.030><c> to</c><00:43:28.250><c> act</c><00:43:28.610><c> towards</c><00:43:29.050><c> them</c><00:43:29.429><c> as</c><00:43:29.849><c> if</c><00:43:30.110><c> we</c><00:43:30.449><c> liked</c><00:43:30.630><c> them</c>

00:43:30.869 --> 00:43:32.510
like<00:43:31.070><c> we</c><00:43:31.329><c> like</c><00:43:31.550><c> our</c><00:43:31.809><c> best</c><00:43:32.090><c> friend,</c>

00:43:32.989 --> 00:43:36.550
someone<00:43:33.230><c> with</c><00:43:33.550><c> whom</c><00:43:33.690><c> we</c><00:43:33.949><c> have</c><00:43:34.090><c> a</c><00:43:34.369><c> really</c><00:43:34.809><c> close</c><00:43:35.130><c> association.</c>

00:43:37.730 --> 00:43:43.590
Hereby<00:43:38.409><c> we</c><00:43:38.750><c> know</c><00:43:39.469><c> that</c><00:43:40.309><c> we</c><00:43:40.650><c> have</c><00:43:40.949><c> passed</c><00:43:41.349><c> from</c><00:43:41.730><c> death</c><00:43:42.389><c> into</c><00:43:42.789><c> life</c>

00:43:43.590 --> 00:43:47.690
because<00:43:44.730><c> we</c><00:43:46.269><c> love</c><00:43:46.610><c> the</c><00:43:46.889><c> brethren.</c>

00:43:48.170 --> 00:43:53.630
I<00:43:48.369><c> think</c><00:43:48.570><c> perhaps</c><00:43:49.210><c> that</c><00:43:49.889><c> verse,</c><00:43:50.269><c> that</c><00:43:50.750><c> 1</c><00:43:51.030><c> John</c><00:43:51.250><c> 3,</c><00:43:51.650><c> verse</c><00:43:52.510><c> 14,</c>

00:43:54.469 --> 00:43:58.809
perhaps<00:43:55.309><c> collects</c><00:43:56.150><c> together</c><00:43:56.730><c> the</c><00:43:57.610><c> thoughts.</c>

00:44:00.969 --> 00:44:03.869
Whosoever,<00:44:01.670><c> but</c><00:44:01.869><c> here's</c><00:44:02.130><c> the</c><00:44:02.369><c> black</c><00:44:02.670><c> side,</c><00:44:03.070><c> verse</c><00:44:03.389><c> 15,</c>

00:44:04.210 --> 00:44:07.250
whosoever<00:44:04.710><c> hateth</c><00:44:05.110><c> his</c><00:44:05.389><c> brother</c><00:44:05.789><c> is</c><00:44:06.550><c> a</c><00:44:06.769><c> murderer.</c>

00:44:07.570 --> 00:44:09.929
It's<00:44:07.969><c> as</c><00:44:08.369><c> strong</c><00:44:08.590><c> as</c><00:44:08.889><c> that.</c>

00:44:12.710 --> 00:44:16.550
And<00:44:13.130><c> ye</c><00:44:13.630><c> know</c><00:44:14.449><c> that</c><00:44:15.170><c> no</c><00:44:15.670><c> murderer</c>

00:44:16.550 --> 00:44:26.769
hath<00:44:17.570><c> eternal</c><00:44:18.690><c> life</c><00:44:20.050><c> abiding</c><00:44:21.849><c> in</c><00:44:22.670><c> him,</c><00:44:25.429><c> abiding.</c>

00:44:27.389 --> 00:44:29.349
If<00:44:27.630><c> you</c><00:44:27.869><c> go</c><00:44:28.050><c> to</c><00:44:28.409><c> abide</c><00:44:28.750><c> with</c><00:44:29.050><c> somebody,</c>

00:44:29.570 --> 00:44:33.550
you<00:44:29.590><c> go</c><00:44:29.849><c> to</c><00:44:30.130><c> stay</c><00:44:30.349><c> for</c><00:44:30.710><c> a</c><00:44:31.090><c> long,</c><00:44:32.050><c> long</c><00:44:32.989><c> time.</c>

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It's<00:44:33.750><c> not</c><00:44:33.929><c> just</c><00:44:34.210><c> a</c><00:44:34.369><c> visit.</c>

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You<00:44:36.530><c> visit</c><00:44:36.809><c> a</c><00:44:37.030><c> hotel,</c><00:44:37.989><c> you</c><00:44:38.110><c> stay</c><00:44:38.309><c> there</c><00:44:38.570><c> a</c><00:44:38.690><c> night,</c><00:44:38.949><c> two</c><00:44:39.190><c> nights,</c><00:44:39.510><c> three</c><00:44:39.769><c> nights,</c>

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but<00:44:41.110><c> then</c><00:44:41.289><c> you</c><00:44:41.429><c> go</c><00:44:41.690><c> back</c><00:44:41.929><c> home</c><00:44:42.230><c> when</c><00:44:42.369><c> it's</c><00:44:42.630><c> all</c><00:44:42.909><c> over.</c>

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And<00:44:44.869><c> much</c><00:44:45.090><c> as</c><00:44:45.329><c> I</c><00:44:45.489><c> love</c><00:44:45.630><c> you,</c><00:44:46.050><c> brethren</c><00:44:46.050><c> and</c><00:44:46.269><c> sisters,</c>

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I've<00:44:46.769><c> not</c><00:44:46.989><c> come</c><00:44:47.269><c> to</c><00:44:47.570><c> abide</c><00:44:48.269><c> with</c><00:44:48.849><c> you.</c>

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I've<00:44:49.829><c> merely</c><00:44:50.110><c> come</c><00:44:50.389><c> on</c><00:44:50.670><c> a</c><00:44:50.809><c> visit.</c>

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And<00:44:53.510><c> God</c><00:44:53.690><c> willing,</c><00:44:53.969><c> I</c><00:44:54.210><c> shall</c><00:44:54.449><c> be</c><00:44:54.750><c> going</c><00:44:55.090><c> back</c><00:44:55.670><c> home.</c>

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That's<00:44:57.750><c> in</c><00:44:57.949><c> the</c><00:44:58.130><c> human</c><00:44:58.409><c> sense.</c>

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And<00:45:00.909><c> so</c><00:45:01.050><c> we</c><00:45:01.190><c> must</c><00:45:01.469><c> ask</c><00:45:01.849><c> ourselves,</c>

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with<00:45:04.309><c> whom</c><00:45:04.849><c> do</c><00:45:05.690><c> we</c><00:45:06.110><c> really</c><00:45:06.670><c> want</c><00:45:07.070><c> to</c><00:45:07.369><c> live?</c>

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With<00:45:08.989><c> whom</c><00:45:09.190><c> do</c><00:45:09.369><c> we</c><00:45:09.590><c> want</c><00:45:09.789><c> to</c><00:45:10.050><c> abide?</c>

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That's<00:45:11.070><c> the</c><00:45:11.190><c> question,</c><00:45:11.590><c> isn't</c><00:45:11.789><c> it?</c>

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Do<00:45:13.449><c> we</c><00:45:13.690><c> want</c><00:45:13.889><c> to</c><00:45:14.150><c> abide</c><00:45:14.630><c> with</c><00:45:16.389><c> the</c><00:45:16.610><c> brethren</c><00:45:16.829><c> and</c><00:45:17.090><c> sisters</c>

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because<00:45:18.849><c> we</c><00:45:19.110><c> love</c><00:45:19.349><c> one</c><00:45:19.590><c> another?</c>

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Do<00:45:21.650><c> we</c><00:45:21.869><c> want</c><00:45:22.090><c> to</c><00:45:22.329><c> abide</c><00:45:23.030><c> ultimately?</c>

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And<00:45:26.409><c> it's</c><00:45:26.929><c> too</c><00:45:27.250><c> majestic</c><00:45:27.829><c> a</c><00:45:28.090><c> thought,</c><00:45:28.329><c> isn't</c><00:45:28.530><c> it?</c>

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Do<00:45:29.650><c> we</c><00:45:29.889><c> want</c><00:45:30.090><c> to</c><00:45:30.329><c> abide</c><00:45:31.670><c> with</c><00:45:33.690><c> God?</c>

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My<00:45:38.829><c> final</c><00:45:39.570><c> words,</c><00:45:40.090><c> brethren</c><00:45:40.170><c> and</c><00:45:40.429><c> sisters,</c>

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must<00:45:41.570><c> surely</c><00:45:42.369><c> be</c><00:45:42.690><c> having</c><00:45:43.230><c> said</c><00:45:43.829><c> that</c><00:45:44.389><c> from</c><00:45:45.389><c> the</c><00:45:45.570><c> Gospel</c><00:45:45.909><c> of</c><00:45:46.090><c> John.</c>

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And<00:45:48.710><c> chapter</c><00:45:49.030><c> 14,</c><00:45:58.190><c> verse</c><00:45:58.489><c> 23,</c>

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Jesus<00:46:01.630><c> answered</c><00:46:02.170><c> and</c><00:46:02.449><c> said</c><00:46:02.670><c> unto</c><00:46:02.969><c> him,</c>

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If<00:46:05.030><c> a</c><00:46:05.389><c> man</c><00:46:05.670><c> love</c><00:46:05.989><c> me,</c><00:46:07.349><c> he</c><00:46:08.429><c> will</c><00:46:08.829><c> keep</c><00:46:09.630><c> my</c><00:46:10.349><c> words,</c>

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and<00:46:12.670><c> my</c><00:46:13.010><c> father</c><00:46:13.389><c> will</c><00:46:13.750><c> love</c><00:46:14.010><c> him,</c>

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and<00:46:17.090><c> we</c><00:46:17.590><c> will</c><00:46:17.969><c> come</c><00:46:18.309><c> unto</c><00:46:18.690><c> him</c><00:46:19.050><c> and</c><00:46:19.369><c> make</c><00:46:19.789><c> our</c><00:46:20.389><c> abode</c><00:46:20.809><c> with</c><00:46:21.170><c> him.</c>

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I<00:46:22.570><c> mean,</c><00:46:22.809><c> it's</c><00:46:23.210><c> a</c><00:46:23.429><c> marvellous</c><00:46:23.909><c> thing</c><00:46:24.090><c> to</c><00:46:24.329><c> think</c>

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that<00:46:24.789><c> ultimately</c><00:46:25.309><c> we</c><00:46:25.530><c> may</c><00:46:25.809><c> make</c><00:46:26.090><c> our</c><00:46:26.389><c> abode</c><00:46:26.670><c> with</c><00:46:26.909><c> God.</c>

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But<00:46:27.750><c> even</c><00:46:28.150><c> now,</c><00:46:28.610><c> brethren</c><00:46:28.750><c> and</c><00:46:28.969><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:46:29.789><c> quality</c><00:46:30.250><c> of</c><00:46:30.469><c> the</c><00:46:30.730><c> life</c><00:46:30.989><c> that</c><00:46:31.250><c> we</c><00:46:31.469><c> can</c><00:46:31.769><c> live</c><00:46:31.989><c> in</c><00:46:32.250><c> Christ</c>

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is<00:46:32.969><c> such</c><00:46:33.329><c> that</c><00:46:34.150><c> the</c><00:46:34.550><c> Lord</c><00:46:34.869><c> Jesus</c><00:46:35.969><c> and</c><00:46:37.730><c> God</c><00:46:38.010><c> Himself</c>

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will<00:46:40.570><c> make</c><00:46:41.010><c> their</c><00:46:41.349><c> abode</c><00:46:42.190><c> with</c><00:46:43.510><c> us.</c>

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We<00:46:46.510><c> are</c><00:46:46.869><c> the</c><00:46:47.070><c> temple</c><00:46:47.710><c> of</c><00:46:49.010><c> the</c><00:46:49.170><c> Living</c><00:46:49.449><c> God.</c>