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the</c><00:24:51.440><c> Father</c><00:24:51.640><c> has</c><00:24:51.960><c> called</c><00:24:52.200><c> you,</c><00:24:53.200><c> and</c><00:24:54.220><c> there</c><00:24:54.440><c> never</c><00:24:54.799><c> was</c><00:24:55.039><c> a</c> 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:57.680 conversion<00:24:55.700><c> like</c><00:24:56.000><c> it.</c> 00:24:58.940 --> 00:25:04.380 From<00:24:59.380><c> the</c><00:24:59.819><c> vile</c><00:25:00.359><c> persecutor,</c><00:25:01.420><c> he</c><00:25:02.539><c> became</c><00:25:02.900><c> the</c><00:25:03.099><c> beloved</c><00:25:03.420><c> apostle.</c> 00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:09.099 If<00:25:06.299><c> you</c><00:25:06.460><c> have</c><00:25:06.599><c> your</c><00:25:06.720><c> books</c><00:25:06.839><c> open,</c><00:25:07.680><c> look</c><00:25:08.079><c> at</c><00:25:08.259><c> the</c><00:25:08.460><c> time.</c> 00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:13.599 If<00:25:09.519><c> you</c><00:25:09.680><c> have</c><00:25:09.779><c> your</c><00:25:09.900><c> books</c><00:25:10.099><c> open</c><00:25:10.579><c> to</c><00:25:11.119><c> Acts</c><00:25:11.460><c> chapter</c><00:25:12.619><c> 9,</c><00:25:13.039><c> brethren</c><00:25:13.180><c> and</c><00:25:13.359><c> sisters,</c> 00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:15.400 could<00:25:13.839><c> I</c><00:25:13.980><c> just</c><00:25:14.180><c> bring</c><00:25:14.279><c> you</c><00:25:14.420><c> to</c><00:25:14.500><c> one</c><00:25:14.619><c> more</c><00:25:14.819><c> point</c><00:25:15.000><c> before</c><00:25:15.240><c> we</c> 00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:16.519 must<00:25:15.599><c> leave</c><00:25:15.779><c> this?</c> 00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:22.559 When<00:25:20.200><c> the</c><00:25:20.420><c> apostle</c><00:25:20.799><c> said,</c><00:25:21.299><c> well</c><00:25:21.480><c> he</c><00:25:21.559><c> is</c><00:25:21.559><c> not</c><00:25:21.720><c> the</c><00:25:21.940><c> apostle</c><00:25:22.140><c> yet,</c><00:25:22.460><c> he</c> 00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:24.039 went<00:25:22.940><c> to</c><00:25:23.140><c> Saul</c><00:25:23.259><c> of</c><00:25:23.500><c> Tarsus,</c> 00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:28.440 said<00:25:24.619><c> in</c><00:25:24.859><c> verse</c><00:25:25.079><c> 6,</c><00:25:26.140><c> what</c><00:25:26.319><c> wilt</c><00:25:26.599><c> thou</c><00:25:26.839><c> have</c><00:25:27.099><c> me</c><00:25:27.319><c> to</c><00:25:27.500><c> do?</c> 00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:31.400 He<00:25:29.039><c> was</c><00:25:29.240><c> blind,</c><00:25:29.579><c> wasn't</c><00:25:29.819><c> he?</c> 00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:36.940 Do<00:25:34.319><c> you</c><00:25:34.480><c> know</c><00:25:34.700><c> the</c><00:25:34.859><c> next</c><00:25:35.140><c> time</c><00:25:35.420><c> we</c><00:25:35.599><c> hear</c><00:25:35.779><c> him</c><00:25:36.039><c> speak?</c> 00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:41.160 Do<00:25:38.359><c> you</c><00:25:38.359><c> know</c><00:25:38.539><c> the</c><00:25:38.619><c> next</c><00:25:38.920><c> time</c><00:25:39.119><c> we</c><00:25:39.279><c> hear</c><00:25:39.460><c> the</c><00:25:39.680><c> apostle</c><00:25:39.980><c> say</c><00:25:40.299><c> anything?</c> 00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:46.539 Well<00:25:42.680><c> it</c><00:25:42.799><c> is</c><00:25:42.900><c> in</c><00:25:43.039><c> chapter</c><00:25:43.279><c> 11,</c><00:25:44.259><c> chapter</c><00:25:44.519><c> 13,</c><00:25:45.000><c> I</c><00:25:45.039><c> beg</c><00:25:45.220><c> your</c><00:25:45.380><c> pardon,</c> 00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:50.599 chapter<00:25:47.579><c> 13</c><00:25:48.019><c> and</c><00:25:48.740><c> verse</c><00:25:49.039><c> 11.</c> 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:54.400 We<00:25:52.119><c> are</c><00:25:52.259><c> now</c><00:25:52.400><c> calling</c><00:25:52.539><c> in</c><00:25:52.799><c> Paul,</c><00:25:53.079><c> not</c><00:25:53.299><c> Saul,</c><00:25:53.539><c> and</c><00:25:53.640><c> he</c><00:25:53.779><c> and</c><00:25:53.880><c> Barnabas</c><00:25:54.220><c> have</c> 00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:56.740 been<00:25:54.579><c> sent</c><00:25:54.799><c> to</c><00:25:54.960><c> the</c><00:25:55.059><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:25:58.279 --> 00:26:01.180 And<00:25:58.339><c> they</c><00:25:58.460><c> come</c><00:25:58.599><c> to</c><00:25:58.779><c> Antioch</c><00:25:59.180><c> where</c><00:25:59.380><c> they</c><00:25:59.640><c> find</c><00:25:59.880><c> this</c><00:26:00.319><c> wretched</c><00:26:00.599><c> man,</c> 00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.779 Bar<00:26:01.779><c>-Jesus.</c> 00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:05.519 What<00:26:03.359><c> was</c><00:26:03.539><c> this</c><00:26:03.759><c> man</c><00:26:03.980><c> doing,</c><00:26:04.440><c> this</c><00:26:04.680><c> Jew,</c><00:26:04.900><c> this</c><00:26:05.180><c> sorcerer?</c> 00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:09.099 Verse<00:26:05.759><c> 6,</c><00:26:06.220><c> brethren</c><00:26:06.339><c> and</c><00:26:06.559><c> sisters,</c><00:26:07.240><c> a</c><00:26:07.480><c> certain</c><00:26:07.740><c> sorcerer,</c><00:26:08.299><c> false</c><00:26:08.519><c> prophet,</c><00:26:08.920><c> a</c><00:26:09.019><c> Jew,</c> 00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:10.220 whose<00:26:09.279><c> name</c><00:26:09.400><c> was</c><00:26:09.599><c> Bar</c><00:26:09.900><c>-Jesus.</c> 00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:13.859 Was<00:26:10.660><c> he</c><00:26:10.799><c> passing</c><00:26:11.079><c> himself</c><00:26:11.480><c> off</c><00:26:11.700><c> as</c><00:26:11.839><c> the</c><00:26:11.960><c> son</c><00:26:12.140><c> of</c><00:26:12.319><c> Jesus,</c><00:26:13.400><c> this</c> 00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:14.779 wretched<00:26:14.240><c> man?</c> 00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:18.160 I<00:26:15.460><c> am</c><00:26:15.880><c> the</c><00:26:15.980><c> son</c><00:26:16.160><c> of</c><00:26:16.359><c> Jesus,</c><00:26:16.680><c> is</c><00:26:16.859><c> that</c><00:26:17.019><c> what</c><00:26:17.119><c> he</c><00:26:17.279><c> is</c><00:26:17.279><c> saying?</c> 00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:22.039 I<00:26:18.720><c> cannot</c><00:26:18.960><c> be</c><00:26:19.220><c> sure,</c><00:26:19.680><c> but</c><00:26:19.799><c> the</c><00:26:19.880><c> word</c><00:26:20.099><c> of</c><00:26:20.240><c> God</c><00:26:20.440><c> leads</c><00:26:20.740><c> me</c><00:26:20.940><c> to</c><00:26:21.059><c> believe</c><00:26:21.460><c> that</c><00:26:21.900><c> he</c> 00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:23.380 probably<00:26:22.440><c> was.</c> 00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:26.079 And<00:26:24.079><c> the</c><00:26:24.220><c> next</c><00:26:24.460><c> time</c><00:26:24.700><c> we</c><00:26:24.839><c> hear,</c><00:26:25.299><c> remember</c><00:26:25.619><c> the</c><00:26:25.720><c> last</c><00:26:25.859><c> time</c><00:26:26.019><c> we</c> 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:27.460 heard<00:26:26.220><c> him</c><00:26:26.359><c> speak</c><00:26:26.579><c> on</c><00:26:26.740><c> the</c><00:26:26.880><c> Damascus</c><00:26:27.220><c> road?</c> 00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:30.039 He<00:26:27.759><c> was</c><00:26:27.880><c> on</c><00:26:28.059><c> his</c><00:26:28.180><c> knees</c><00:26:28.319><c> and</c><00:26:28.480><c> he</c><00:26:28.519><c> was</c><00:26:28.700><c> blind</c><00:26:29.000><c> and</c><00:26:29.140><c> he</c><00:26:29.220><c> said,</c><00:26:29.380><c> Lord</c><00:26:29.599><c> what</c><00:26:29.759><c> will</c><00:26:29.940><c> you</c> 00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:31.180 have<00:26:30.140><c> me</c><00:26:30.339><c> do?</c> 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:36.279 And<00:26:31.619><c> the</c><00:26:31.700><c> Lord</c><00:26:31.859><c> says,</c><00:26:34.079><c> go</c><00:26:34.200><c> and</c><00:26:34.680><c> be</c><00:26:34.880><c> baptised.</c> 00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:41.920 Chapter<00:26:39.000><c> 13</c><00:26:39.359><c> of</c><00:26:39.539><c> Acts</c><00:26:39.960><c> and</c><00:26:41.079><c> verse</c><00:26:41.359><c> 10.</c> 00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:44.980 Oh,<00:26:42.500><c> full</c><00:26:42.680><c> of</c><00:26:42.839><c> all</c><00:26:43.119><c> subtlety</c><00:26:43.500><c> and</c><00:26:43.700><c> all</c><00:26:43.900><c> mischief,</c><00:26:44.420><c> thou</c><00:26:44.539><c> child</c> 00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.480 of<00:26:45.140><c> the</c><00:26:45.279><c> devil,</c> 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:48.259 thou<00:26:45.960><c> enemy</c><00:26:46.259><c> of</c><00:26:46.460><c> all</c><00:26:46.680><c> righteousness,</c><00:26:47.500><c> wilt</c><00:26:47.619><c> thou</c><00:26:47.779><c> not</c><00:26:48.079><c> cease</c> 00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:49.779 to<00:26:48.500><c> pervert</c><00:26:48.720><c> the</c><00:26:48.900><c> right</c><00:26:49.119><c> ways</c><00:26:49.319><c> of</c><00:26:49.480><c> the</c><00:26:49.619><c> Lord?</c> 00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:53.200 And<00:26:49.920><c> now</c><00:26:50.200><c> behold,</c><00:26:50.920><c> the</c><00:26:50.980><c> hand</c><00:26:51.180><c> of</c><00:26:51.299><c> the</c><00:26:51.400><c> Lord</c><00:26:51.559><c> is</c><00:26:51.740><c> upon</c><00:26:51.940><c> thee,</c><00:26:52.119><c> and</c><00:26:52.240><c> thou</c><00:26:52.420><c> shalt</c><00:26:52.579><c> be</c><00:26:52.819><c> blind,</c> 00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.779 not<00:26:53.640><c> seeing</c><00:26:53.880><c> the</c><00:26:54.039><c> sun</c><00:26:54.160><c> for</c><00:26:54.400><c> a</c><00:26:54.559><c> season.</c> 00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:57.440 And<00:26:55.259><c> immediately</c><00:26:55.680><c> there</c><00:26:55.900><c> fell</c><00:26:56.059><c> on</c><00:26:56.200><c> him</c><00:26:56.400><c> a</c><00:26:56.500><c> mist</c><00:26:56.680><c> and</c><00:26:56.859><c> a</c><00:26:57.019><c> darkness,</c> 00:26:57.700 --> 00:27:00.380 and<00:26:57.859><c> he</c><00:26:57.900><c> went</c><00:26:58.059><c> about</c><00:26:58.359><c> seeking</c><00:26:58.660><c> some</c><00:26:58.859><c> to</c><00:26:59.019><c> lead</c><00:26:59.160><c> him</c><00:26:59.259><c> by</c><00:26:59.480><c> the</c><00:26:59.619><c> hand.</c> 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:04.200 An<00:27:00.880><c> exact</c><00:27:01.279><c> parallel</c><00:27:01.819><c> of</c><00:27:02.119><c> what</c><00:27:02.400><c> happened</c><00:27:02.619><c> on</c><00:27:02.799><c> the</c><00:27:02.960><c> Damascus</c><00:27:03.319><c> road.</c> 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hear</c><00:27:15.559><c> the</c><00:27:15.740><c> Apostle</c><00:27:16.079><c> speak,</c><00:27:16.500><c> brethren</c><00:27:16.680><c> and</c><00:27:16.920><c> sisters.</c> 00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:22.539 Why<00:27:18.660><c> do</c><00:27:18.960><c> you</c><00:27:19.000><c> think</c><00:27:19.640><c> he</c><00:27:20.680><c> wrought</c><00:27:21.059><c> such</c><00:27:21.279><c> a</c><00:27:21.519><c> terrible</c><00:27:21.819><c> work</c><00:27:22.180><c> upon</c> 00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.960 Bar<00:27:23.099><c>-Jesus?</c> 00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:27.180 I<00:27:25.279><c> put</c><00:27:25.480><c> to</c><00:27:25.680><c> you</c><00:27:25.779><c> that</c><00:27:25.900><c> he</c><00:27:25.980><c> was</c><00:27:26.119><c> hoping</c><00:27:26.420><c> that</c><00:27:26.640><c> the</c><00:27:26.880><c> conversion</c> 00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:28.740 would<00:27:27.359><c> be</c><00:27:27.480><c> the</c><00:27:27.619><c> same</c><00:27:27.759><c> as</c><00:27:27.920><c> his,</c> 00:27:28.960 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please</c><00:27:40.299><c> God,</c><00:27:40.480><c> it</c><00:27:40.579><c> will</c><00:27:40.759><c> work</c><00:27:40.960><c> for</c><00:27:41.140><c> you.</c> 00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:45.920 Blindness<00:27:44.160><c> brought</c><00:27:44.359><c> me</c><00:27:44.519><c> to</c><00:27:44.680><c> my</c><00:27:44.859><c> knees</c><00:27:45.059><c> and</c><00:27:45.180><c> I</c><00:27:45.299><c> was</c><00:27:45.420><c> led</c><00:27:45.539><c> by</c><00:27:45.740><c> the</c> 00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.940 hand<00:27:46.220><c> to</c><00:27:46.460><c> the</c><00:27:46.640><c> believers.</c> 00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:50.220 Please<00:27:47.640><c> God,</c><00:27:47.920><c> this</c><00:27:48.119><c> is</c><00:27:48.240><c> what</c><00:27:48.319><c> will</c><00:27:48.519><c> happen</c><00:27:48.660><c> to</c><00:27:48.900><c> you.</c> 00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:54.640 And<00:27:52.339><c> there's</c><00:27:52.539><c> a</c><00:27:52.740><c> lovely</c><00:27:53.039><c> prophecy,</c><00:27:53.640><c> if</c><00:27:53.900><c> we</c><00:27:54.059><c> could</c><00:27:54.180><c> just</c><00:27:54.420><c> come</c> 00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:56.819 to<00:27:55.220><c> Job</c><00:27:55.619><c> chapter</c><00:27:56.559><c> 5.</c> 00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:59.839 Would<00:27:56.940><c> you</c><00:27:57.059><c> just</c><00:27:57.220><c> have</c><00:27:57.339><c> a</c><00:27:57.359><c> look</c><00:27:57.480><c> at</c><00:27:57.619><c> Job</c><00:27:57.839><c> chapter</c><00:27:58.119><c> 5</c><00:27:58.420><c> with</c><00:27:58.640><c> me?</c> 00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:06.960 As<00:28:02.940><c> we</c><00:28:03.400><c> read</c><00:28:03.640><c> these</c><00:28:03.900><c> verses,</c><00:28:04.259><c> will</c><00:28:05.259><c> you</c><00:28:05.380><c> think</c><00:28:05.619><c> of</c><00:28:06.259><c> Saul</c><00:28:06.660><c> on</c> 00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:08.539 the<00:28:07.119><c> Damascus</c><00:28:07.539><c> road?</c> 00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:13.539 Job<00:28:11.319><c> chapter</c><00:28:11.680><c> 5.</c> 00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:20.819 I'm<00:28:17.099><c> going</c><00:28:17.279><c> to</c><00:28:17.480><c> read</c><00:28:17.660><c> verse</c><00:28:18.380><c> 12</c><00:28:19.160><c> to</c><00:28:19.359><c> verse</c><00:28:19.599><c> 17.</c> 00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:23.559 See,<00:28:21.920><c> Job</c><00:28:22.160><c> 5.</c> 00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:26.279 He<00:28:24.640><c> disappointeth</c><00:28:25.119><c> the</c><00:28:25.380><c> devices</c><00:28:25.759><c> of</c><00:28:25.960><c> the</c><00:28:26.099><c> crafty.</c> 00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:28.779 I<00:28:26.380><c> mean,</c><00:28:26.440><c> you</c><00:28:26.519><c> are</c><00:28:26.720><c> thinking</c><00:28:26.960><c> of</c><00:28:27.200><c> Saul</c><00:28:27.339><c> on</c><00:28:27.500><c> the</c><00:28:27.619><c> Damascus</c><00:28:27.960><c> road,</c><00:28:28.160><c> aren't</c><00:28:28.380><c> you?</c> 00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:31.880 He<00:28:29.359><c> disappointeth</c><00:28:29.920><c> the</c><00:28:30.099><c> devices</c><00:28:30.440><c> of</c><00:28:30.640><c> the</c><00:28:30.819><c> crafty,</c> 00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:35.220 so<00:28:32.259><c> that</c><00:28:32.400><c> their</c><00:28:32.599><c> hands</c><00:28:32.859><c> cannot</c><00:28:33.180><c> perform</c><00:28:33.680><c> their</c><00:28:34.059><c> enterprise.</c> 00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:37.960 He<00:28:36.059><c> taketh</c><00:28:36.299><c> the</c><00:28:36.559><c> wise</c><00:28:36.740><c> in</c><00:28:36.920><c> their</c><00:28:37.119><c> own</c><00:28:37.380><c> craftiness,</c> 00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:41.339 and<00:28:38.500><c> the</c><00:28:38.680><c> counsel</c><00:28:38.940><c> of</c><00:28:39.180><c> the</c><00:28:39.359><c> froward</c><00:28:39.619><c> is</c><00:28:40.000><c> carried</c><00:28:40.259><c> headlong.</c> 00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:44.019 They<00:28:41.759><c> meet</c><00:28:41.980><c> with</c><00:28:42.259><c> darkness</c><00:28:42.740><c> in</c><00:28:42.960><c> the</c><00:28:43.140><c> daytime,</c> 00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:47.160 and<00:28:44.680><c> grope</c><00:28:44.960><c> in</c><00:28:45.099><c> the</c><00:28:45.279><c> noonday,</c><00:28:45.779><c> as</c><00:28:45.920><c> in</c><00:28:46.119><c> the</c><00:28:46.279><c> night.</c> 00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:50.660 But<00:28:48.039><c> he</c><00:28:48.319><c> saveth</c><00:28:48.579><c> the</c><00:28:48.859><c> poor</c><00:28:49.000><c> from</c><00:28:49.319><c> the</c><00:28:49.559><c> sword,</c> 00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:54.400 from<00:28:51.740><c> their</c><00:28:51.920><c> mouth,</c><00:28:53.039><c> and</c><00:28:53.240><c> from</c><00:28:53.460><c> the</c><00:28:53.599><c> hand</c><00:28:53.720><c> of</c><00:28:53.900><c> the</c><00:28:54.059><c> mighty.</c> 00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:58.700 So<00:28:55.420><c> the</c><00:28:55.700><c> poor</c><00:28:55.859><c> hath</c><00:28:56.099><c> hope,</c><00:28:57.220><c> and</c><00:28:57.440><c> iniquity</c><00:28:57.920><c> stoppeth</c><00:28:58.319><c> her</c><00:28:58.519><c> mouth.</c> 00:28:58.900 --> 00:29:02.339 Behold,<00:28:59.940><c> happy</c><00:29:00.099><c> is</c><00:29:00.259><c> the</c><00:29:00.420><c> man</c><00:29:00.599><c> whom</c><00:29:00.779><c> God</c><00:29:01.079><c> correcteth,</c> 00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:06.140 therefore<00:29:03.299><c> despise</c><00:29:03.859><c> not</c><00:29:04.099><c> thou</c><00:29:04.279><c> the</c><00:29:04.519><c> chastening</c><00:29:04.920><c> of</c><00:29:05.119><c> the</c><00:29:05.259><c> Almighty.</c> 00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:11.440 Now<00:29:07.640><c> if</c><00:29:07.920><c> that</c><00:29:08.259><c> isn't</c><00:29:08.579><c> a</c><00:29:08.859><c> prophecy</c><00:29:09.299><c> of</c><00:29:10.059><c> Saul</c><00:29:10.240><c> on</c><00:29:10.480><c> the</c><00:29:10.619><c> Damascus</c><00:29:11.099><c> road,</c> 00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:14.059 you<00:29:12.019><c> and</c><00:29:12.220><c> I</c><00:29:12.359><c> are</c><00:29:12.480><c> reading</c><00:29:12.779><c> different</c><00:29:13.099><c> books.</c> 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the</c><00:29:30.839><c> light,</c><00:29:31.480><c> are</c><00:29:31.700><c> converted.</c> 00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:37.000 Elisha<00:29:33.720><c> in</c><00:29:33.900><c> Dothan,</c><00:29:34.259><c> you'll</c><00:29:34.579><c> remember</c><00:29:34.819><c> the</c><00:29:35.039><c> time</c><00:29:35.200><c> when</c><00:29:35.839><c> the</c><00:29:36.079><c> Syrians,</c> 00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:39.539 the<00:29:37.619><c> enemy</c><00:29:37.859><c> of</c><00:29:38.000><c> Israel,</c><00:29:38.720><c> were</c><00:29:38.920><c> struck</c><00:29:39.119><c> blind,</c> 00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:43.180 and<00:29:39.740><c> having</c><00:29:39.940><c> been</c><00:29:40.160><c> given</c><00:29:40.380><c> food</c><00:29:40.619><c> and</c><00:29:40.819><c> drink,</c><00:29:41.359><c> the</c><00:29:41.500><c> enmity</c><00:29:41.940><c> ceases.</c> 00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:51.440 And<00:29:45.140><c> Saul,</c><00:29:46.660><c> means</c><00:29:47.700><c> a</c><00:29:48.279><c> big</c><00:29:48.460><c> name,</c><00:29:49.980><c> Saul</c><00:29:50.339><c> the</c><00:29:50.619><c> proud</c><00:29:50.940><c> man.</c> 00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:57.200 Saul<00:29:52.339><c> of</c><00:29:52.500><c> Benjamin,</c><00:29:55.579><c> who</c><00:29:55.640><c> wanted</c><00:29:55.859><c> to</c><00:29:56.039><c> be</c><00:29:56.240><c> big</c><00:29:56.420><c> like</c><00:29:56.660><c> the</c><00:29:56.880><c> first</c> 00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:58.920 king<00:29:57.519><c> of</c><00:29:57.720><c> Israel,</c> 00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:02.500 becomes<00:29:59.700><c> Paul</c><00:30:00.819><c> the</c><00:30:01.180><c> small</c><00:30:01.460><c> one.</c> 00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:05.539 He<00:30:03.519><c> never</c><00:30:03.759><c> forgot</c><00:30:04.099><c> it,</c><00:30:04.259><c> you</c><00:30:04.420><c> see.</c> 00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:10.859 And<00:30:06.900><c> in</c><00:30:07.059><c> Colossians</c><00:30:07.519><c> chapter</c><00:30:07.819><c> 3,</c><00:30:09.180><c> he's</c><00:30:09.519><c> regularly,</c> 00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:13.079 repeatedly<00:30:11.539><c> exhorting</c><00:30:12.259><c> those</c><00:30:12.539><c> whom</c><00:30:12.660><c> he</c><00:30:12.779><c> loves,</c> 00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:15.259 but<00:30:13.579><c> whom</c><00:30:13.700><c> he</c><00:30:13.799><c> hasn't</c><00:30:14.119><c> seen,</c> 00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:20.539 to<00:30:18.140><c> get</c><00:30:18.400><c> their</c><00:30:18.859><c> eyes</c><00:30:19.380><c> elevated.</c> 00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:23.240 If<00:30:20.980><c> ye</c><00:30:21.299><c> then</c><00:30:21.519><c> be</c><00:30:21.720><c> risen</c><00:30:21.920><c> with</c><00:30:22.180><c> Christ,</c> 00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:25.220 seek<00:30:23.640><c> those</c><00:30:24.019><c> things</c><00:30:24.339><c> which</c><00:30:24.599><c> are</c><00:30:24.839><c> above,</c> 00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:28.740 where<00:30:25.940><c> Christ</c><00:30:26.460><c> sitteth</c><00:30:26.839><c> on</c><00:30:26.980><c> the</c><00:30:27.160><c> right</c><00:30:27.359><c> hand</c><00:30:27.599><c> of</c><00:30:27.759><c> God.</c> 00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:32.079 If<00:30:29.579><c> ye</c><00:30:29.980><c> then</c><00:30:30.240><c> be</c><00:30:30.519><c> risen</c><00:30:30.720><c> with</c><00:30:31.019><c> Christ.</c> 00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:36.119 Look<00:30:33.200><c> up.</c><00:30:33.660><c> This</c><00:30:33.900><c> was</c><00:30:34.180><c> Israel's</c><00:30:34.900><c> problem,</c><00:30:35.319><c> brothers</c><00:30:35.480><c> and</c><00:30:35.700><c> sisters.</c> 00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:38.490 They<00:30:36.700><c> always</c><00:30:37.220><c> were</c><00:30:37.420><c> looking</c><00:30:37.720><c> down.</c> 00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:41.420 You're<00:30:39.079><c> looking</c><00:30:39.420><c> in</c><00:30:39.579><c> the</c><00:30:39.740><c> wrong</c><00:30:39.940><c> direction,</c><00:30:40.720><c> said</c><00:30:40.720><c> the</c><00:30:40.960><c> Apostle.</c> 00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:44.039 Get<00:30:41.940><c> your</c><00:30:42.140><c> eyes</c><00:30:42.319><c> up</c><00:30:42.579><c> there,</c><00:30:42.720><c> that's</c><00:30:42.960><c> where</c><00:30:43.160><c> our</c><00:30:43.359><c> salvation</c><00:30:43.779><c> is.</c> 00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:45.640 That's<00:30:44.500><c> where</c><00:30:44.660><c> our</c><00:30:44.980><c> blessings</c><00:30:45.279><c> are.</c> 00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:48.180 That's<00:30:46.180><c> from</c><00:30:46.400><c> where</c><00:30:46.559><c> our</c><00:30:46.799><c> Lord</c><00:30:46.980><c> will</c><00:30:47.240><c> come.</c> 00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:52.900 And<00:30:50.880><c> would</c><00:30:51.079><c> God,</c><00:30:51.500><c> would</c><00:30:51.740><c> God</c><00:30:51.940><c> we</c><00:30:52.079><c> had</c><00:30:52.319><c> died</c><00:30:52.460><c> in</c><00:30:52.660><c> Egypt.</c> 00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:55.220 I'll<00:30:53.160><c> tell</c><00:30:53.240><c> you</c><00:30:53.339><c> what,</c><00:30:53.579><c> brother</c><00:30:53.720><c> Chairman,</c><00:30:54.259><c> we</c><00:30:54.380><c> must</c><00:30:54.500><c> be</c><00:30:54.660><c> very</c><00:30:54.960><c> careful.</c> 00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.900 We<00:30:55.740><c> must</c><00:30:55.740><c> be</c><00:30:55.859><c> very</c><00:30:56.119><c> careful</c><00:30:56.319><c> how</c><00:30:56.519><c> we</c><00:30:56.720><c> pray,</c> 00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:58.480 because<00:30:57.180><c> the</c><00:30:57.359><c> Lord</c><00:30:57.519><c> grants</c><00:30:57.819><c> our</c><00:30:58.059><c> ambitions.</c> 00:30:58.940 --> 00:31:00.839 Would<00:30:59.160><c> God</c><00:30:59.380><c> we</c><00:30:59.519><c> had</c><00:30:59.759><c> died</c><00:30:59.900><c> in</c><00:31:00.059><c> the</c><00:31:00.240><c> desert,</c><00:31:00.460><c> they</c><00:31:00.680><c> said.</c> 00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:02.180 Is<00:31:01.099><c> that</c><00:31:01.200><c> what</c><00:31:01.299><c> you</c><00:31:01.500><c> want?</c> 00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:04.539 Very<00:31:02.680><c> well</c><00:31:02.839><c> then,</c><00:31:02.980><c> you</c><00:31:03.099><c> will</c><00:31:03.279><c> have</c><00:31:03.380><c> it,</c><00:31:03.500><c> and</c><00:31:03.579><c> they</c><00:31:03.779><c> did.</c> 00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:08.299 We'll<00:31:06.700><c> never</c><00:31:06.960><c> get</c><00:31:07.160><c> into</c><00:31:07.319><c> this</c><00:31:07.539><c> kingdom,</c><00:31:07.859><c> they</c><00:31:08.119><c> said.</c> 00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:10.680 Look<00:31:08.680><c> at</c><00:31:08.799><c> the</c><00:31:08.940><c> walls</c><00:31:09.200><c> of</c><00:31:09.460><c> Jericho,</c><00:31:10.019><c> walled</c><00:31:10.220><c> up</c><00:31:10.380><c> to</c><00:31:10.519><c> heaven.</c> 00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:12.099 We'll<00:31:11.420><c> never</c><00:31:11.619><c> get</c><00:31:11.799><c> in</c><00:31:11.960><c> there.</c> 00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:15.339 You<00:31:12.220><c> don't</c><00:31:12.339><c> want</c><00:31:12.460><c> to</c><00:31:12.559><c> go</c><00:31:12.680><c> in?</c><00:31:12.880><c> Very</c><00:31:13.160><c> well,</c><00:31:13.319><c> you</c><00:31:13.480><c> won't.</c> 00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.579 On<00:31:15.839><c> the</c><00:31:15.920><c> other</c><00:31:16.079><c> side</c><00:31:16.200><c> of</c><00:31:16.380><c> the</c><00:31:16.460><c> coin,</c> 00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:18.460 you<00:31:16.680><c> want</c><00:31:16.880><c> access</c><00:31:17.160><c> to</c><00:31:17.319><c> the</c><00:31:17.400><c> kingdom</c><00:31:17.640><c> of</c><00:31:17.839><c> God?</c><00:31:17.980><c> I</c><00:31:18.200><c> do.</c> 00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.799 Then<00:31:18.819><c> you</c><00:31:19.039><c> will.</c> 00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:23.779 Come<00:31:21.500><c> on,</c><00:31:22.019><c> brethren,</c><00:31:22.400><c> let's</c><00:31:22.900><c> pray</c><00:31:23.200><c> for</c><00:31:23.380><c> the</c><00:31:23.559><c> kingdom.</c> 00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:25.839 Let's<00:31:24.420><c> pray</c><00:31:24.740><c> for</c><00:31:24.960><c> our</c><00:31:25.099><c> mission.</c> 00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:29.000 We<00:31:26.420><c> said</c><00:31:26.720><c> yesterday</c><00:31:27.160><c> we</c><00:31:27.420><c> cannot</c><00:31:27.779><c> earn</c><00:31:28.099><c> it.</c> 00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:32.299 There's<00:31:29.440><c> nothing</c><00:31:29.779><c> I</c><00:31:30.019><c> can</c><00:31:30.319><c> do</c><00:31:30.500><c> which</c><00:31:30.740><c> will</c><00:31:30.960><c> justify</c><00:31:31.559><c> me</c><00:31:31.980><c> in</c><00:31:32.160><c> the</c> 00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:32.759 sight<00:31:32.440><c> of</c><00:31:32.680><c> God.</c> 00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:35.960 I'm<00:31:33.359><c> not</c><00:31:33.720><c> worthy</c><00:31:34.119><c> of</c><00:31:34.500><c> the</c><00:31:34.799><c> least</c><00:31:35.119><c> of</c><00:31:35.380><c> the</c><00:31:35.519><c> blessings</c><00:31:35.759><c> which</c> 00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.440 I'm<00:31:36.119><c> given,</c> 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:39.420 and<00:31:36.920><c> yet</c><00:31:37.039><c> I</c><00:31:37.180><c> have</c><00:31:37.420><c> boldness</c><00:31:37.900><c> to</c><00:31:38.099><c> ask</c><00:31:38.279><c> for</c><00:31:38.460><c> the</c><00:31:38.619><c> greatest.</c> 00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:42.279 Come<00:31:40.619><c> on,</c><00:31:40.859><c> we're</c><00:31:41.200><c> exhorted</c><00:31:41.640><c> to</c><00:31:41.880><c> do</c><00:31:42.039><c> it.</c> 00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:44.220 The<00:31:42.619><c> Father</c><00:31:42.859><c> wants</c><00:31:43.240><c> to</c><00:31:43.440><c> give</c><00:31:43.519><c> us</c><00:31:43.700><c> the</c><00:31:43.900><c> kingdom.</c> 00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:46.000 Why<00:31:44.640><c> are</c><00:31:44.799><c> we</c><00:31:44.900><c> so</c><00:31:45.059><c> hesitant?</c> 00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:48.460 I<00:31:46.640><c> don't</c><00:31:46.740><c> want</c><00:31:46.900><c> to</c><00:31:47.240><c> scrape</c><00:31:47.460><c> into</c><00:31:47.660><c> the</c><00:31:47.819><c> kingdom</c><00:31:48.099><c> of</c><00:31:48.339><c> God</c> 00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:50.059 by<00:31:48.640><c> the</c><00:31:48.839><c> skin</c><00:31:48.960><c> of</c><00:31:49.119><c> my</c><00:31:49.299><c> teeth,</c><00:31:49.539><c> do</c><00:31:49.660><c> you?</c> 00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:52.319 Do<00:31:50.599><c> you</c><00:31:50.619><c> want</c><00:31:50.759><c> to</c><00:31:50.859><c> be</c><00:31:51.019><c> confronted</c><00:31:51.359><c> by</c><00:31:51.559><c> the</c><00:31:51.700><c> Master</c><00:31:51.940><c> who</c><00:31:52.119><c> says,</c> 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:56.539 well,<00:31:53.220><c> come</c><00:31:53.460><c> on</c><00:31:53.680><c> then,</c><00:31:54.619><c> all</c><00:31:54.839><c> right,</c><00:31:55.900><c> come</c><00:31:56.119><c> on.</c> 00:31:56.880 --> 00:32:00.220 I<00:31:57.079><c> want</c><00:31:57.279><c> to</c><00:31:57.440><c> be</c><00:31:57.700><c> welcomed.</c><00:31:58.160><c> I've</c><00:31:58.299><c> waited</c><00:31:58.740><c> for</c><00:31:59.019><c> this.</c> 00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.839 Israel<00:32:02.940><c> never</c><00:32:03.339><c> learned</c><00:32:03.539><c> the</c><00:32:03.700><c> lesson.</c> 00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:05.519 When<00:32:04.319><c> they</c><00:32:04.460><c> came</c><00:32:04.619><c> out</c><00:32:04.799><c> of</c><00:32:04.920><c> Egypt,</c><00:32:05.240><c> they</c><00:32:05.279><c> said,</c> 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:07.420 you<00:32:05.779><c> know</c><00:32:06.180><c> what</c><00:32:06.279><c> we</c><00:32:06.519><c> missed</c><00:32:06.720><c> more</c><00:32:07.000><c> than</c><00:32:07.200><c> anything?</c> 00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:09.940 We<00:32:07.700><c> missed</c><00:32:08.140><c> the</c><00:32:08.680><c> leeks</c><00:32:08.960><c> and</c><00:32:09.079><c> the</c><00:32:09.240><c> garlic</c><00:32:09.460><c> and</c><00:32:09.640><c> the</c><00:32:09.759><c> onions</c> 00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:12.299 and<00:32:10.119><c> the</c><00:32:10.220><c> cucumber</c><00:32:10.480><c> and</c><00:32:10.680><c> the</c><00:32:10.779><c> melons</c><00:32:10.980><c> and</c><00:32:11.099><c> the</c><00:32:11.259><c> fish.</c> 00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.880 Do<00:32:13.279><c> you</c><00:32:13.279><c> notice</c><00:32:13.559><c> the</c><00:32:13.759><c> common</c><00:32:13.940><c> denominator?</c> 00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:16.500 You<00:32:15.359><c> pick</c><00:32:15.500><c> it</c><00:32:15.640><c> up.</c> 00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:19.940 All<00:32:17.480><c> things</c><00:32:17.920><c> that</c><00:32:18.380><c> grow</c><00:32:18.460><c> on</c><00:32:18.759><c> the</c><00:32:18.779><c> floor.</c> 00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.420 And<00:32:23.259><c> God</c><00:32:23.500><c> said</c><00:32:23.799><c> to</c><00:32:24.000><c> them,</c> 00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:27.200 I'll<00:32:25.160><c> give</c><00:32:25.279><c> you</c><00:32:25.440><c> bread</c><00:32:25.619><c> from</c><00:32:25.859><c> heaven.</c> 00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:29.279 Manor. 00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:31.619 And<00:32:30.079><c> they</c><00:32:30.259><c> said,</c><00:32:30.599><c> what</c><00:32:30.740><c> is</c><00:32:30.980><c> it?</c> 00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.299 Manor. 00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:34.380 And<00:32:32.660><c> subsequently</c><00:32:33.220><c> they</c><00:32:33.480><c> are</c><00:32:33.700><c> to</c><00:32:33.900><c> say,</c> 00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:39.140 as<00:32:35.299><c> for</c><00:32:35.480><c> this</c><00:32:35.759><c> manor,</c><00:32:36.680><c> our</c><00:32:36.759><c> soul</c><00:32:37.359><c> loatheth</c><00:32:37.880><c> it.</c> 00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:41.900 And<00:32:40.420><c> they</c><00:32:40.619><c> were</c><00:32:40.880><c> condemned.</c> 00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:43.980 Immediately<00:32:42.839><c> they</c><00:32:43.160><c> said</c><00:32:43.400><c> it.</c> 00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:45.640 Serpents<00:32:44.680><c> came</c><00:32:44.900><c> in</c><00:32:45.099><c> and</c><00:32:45.200><c> bit</c><00:32:45.339><c> them.</c> 00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:47.000 And<00:32:45.960><c> this</c><00:32:46.059><c> is</c><00:32:46.180><c> what</c><00:32:46.359><c> the</c><00:32:46.460><c> Apostle</c><00:32:46.819><c> means</c> 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:50.200 when<00:32:48.019><c> writing</c><00:32:48.299><c> to</c><00:32:48.519><c> one</c><00:32:48.640><c> of</c><00:32:48.759><c> the</c><00:32:48.880><c> Ecclesiastes,</c><00:32:49.319><c> he</c><00:32:49.339><c> says,</c> 00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:52.200 they<00:32:50.420><c> tempted</c><00:32:50.799><c> Christ</c><00:32:51.160><c> in</c><00:32:51.339><c> the</c><00:32:51.480><c> desert.</c> 00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:54.220 They<00:32:53.319><c> did.</c> 00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:56.440 They<00:32:54.539><c> said,</c><00:32:54.819><c> this</c><00:32:54.960><c> bread</c><00:32:55.240><c> which</c><00:32:55.539><c> represented</c><00:32:55.960><c> Jesus,</c> 00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.599 our<00:32:56.839><c> soul</c><00:32:57.019><c> loatheth</c><00:32:57.380><c> it.</c> 00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:59.579 And<00:32:57.900><c> immediately</c><00:32:58.279><c> they</c><00:32:58.460><c> were</c><00:32:58.599><c> bitten</c><00:32:58.779><c> by</c><00:32:59.059><c> serpents</c><00:32:59.339><c> which</c> 00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:00.400 killed<00:32:59.799><c> them.</c> 00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:04.130 Serpent<00:33:01.140><c> representing</c><00:33:01.680><c> sin,</c><00:33:02.460><c> bread</c><00:33:02.700><c> representing</c><00:33:03.359><c> Jesus,</c> 00:33:04.150 --> 00:33:06.009 reject<00:33:04.670><c> Jesus</c><00:33:05.109><c> and</c><00:33:05.410><c> you're</c><00:33:05.630><c> dead.</c> 00:33:06.509 --> 00:33:07.670 That's<00:33:06.730><c> the</c><00:33:06.849><c> lesson.</c> 00:33:08.470 --> 00:33:10.029 Get<00:33:08.690><c> your</c><00:33:08.910><c> eyes</c><00:33:09.130><c> up.</c> 00:33:10.450 --> 00:33:13.089 In<00:33:10.630><c> Colossae,</c><00:33:11.049><c> you</c><00:33:11.049><c> see,</c><00:33:11.650><c> the</c><00:33:11.789><c> Jews</c><00:33:12.089><c> were</c><00:33:12.650><c> contradicting</c> 00:33:13.089 --> 00:33:14.869 the<00:33:13.289><c> Apostle's</c><00:33:13.789><c> teaching</c><00:33:14.009><c> that</c><00:33:14.230><c> the</c><00:33:14.410><c> law</c><00:33:14.490><c> was</c><00:33:14.710><c> dead.</c> 00:33:15.009 --> 00:33:17.069 He<00:33:15.029><c> said,</c><00:33:15.710><c> don't</c><00:33:15.809><c> ask</c><00:33:16.190><c> what</c><00:33:16.329><c> you</c><00:33:16.470><c> can</c><00:33:16.710><c> do.</c> 00:33:17.269 --> 00:33:18.829 The<00:33:17.410><c> law</c><00:33:17.650><c> is</c><00:33:17.990><c> dead,</c><00:33:18.190><c> it's</c><00:33:18.529><c> finished.</c> 00:33:19.029 --> 00:33:21.970 Only<00:33:19.329><c> faith</c><00:33:19.670><c> in</c><00:33:19.890><c> God</c><00:33:20.170><c> and</c><00:33:20.329><c> His</c><00:33:20.490><c> grace</c><00:33:20.849><c> can</c><00:33:21.250><c> give</c><00:33:21.390><c> you</c><00:33:21.549><c> salvation.</c> 00:33:22.269 --> 00:33:24.609 The<00:33:22.410><c> law</c><00:33:22.670><c> has</c><00:33:22.930><c> been</c><00:33:23.190><c> superseded.</c> 00:33:26.369 --> 00:33:29.190 And<00:33:26.630><c> part</c><00:33:26.809><c> of</c><00:33:26.950><c> the</c><00:33:27.029><c> problem</c><00:33:27.309><c> in</c><00:33:27.450><c> Colossae</c><00:33:28.230><c> was</c> 00:33:29.309 --> 00:33:32.089 the<00:33:29.829><c> Jews</c><00:33:30.089><c> were</c><00:33:30.289><c> always</c><00:33:30.589><c> multiplying</c><00:33:31.309><c> God's</c><00:33:31.789><c> laws.</c> 00:33:32.089 --> 00:33:35.289 You<00:33:33.029><c> know,</c><00:33:33.509><c> they've</c><00:33:33.609><c> got</c><00:33:33.789><c> a</c><00:33:33.890><c> law</c><00:33:33.990><c> for</c><00:33:34.230><c> everything.</c> 00:33:36.450 --> 00:33:37.950 I've<00:33:36.730><c> read</c><00:33:36.829><c> the</c><00:33:37.029><c> Pentateuch</c><00:33:37.390><c> many</c><00:33:37.650><c> times.</c> 00:33:38.190 --> 00:33:39.970 I'm<00:33:38.529><c> not</c><00:33:38.730><c> saying</c><00:33:38.869><c> that</c><00:33:39.029><c> with</c><00:33:39.230><c> pride.</c> 00:33:40.349 --> 00:33:41.730 There<00:33:40.430><c> are</c><00:33:40.569><c> people</c><00:33:40.849><c> in</c><00:33:40.970><c> this</c><00:33:41.170><c> house</c><00:33:41.390><c> today</c> 00:33:41.730 --> 00:33:44.650 who've<00:33:42.029><c> read</c><00:33:42.089><c> it</c><00:33:42.230><c> a</c><00:33:42.250><c> good</c><00:33:42.450><c> deal</c><00:33:42.789><c> more</c><00:33:43.150><c> times</c><00:33:43.410><c> than</c><00:33:43.589><c> me.</c> 00:33:44.849 --> 00:33:47.089 But<00:33:45.029><c> I</c><00:33:45.089><c> can</c><00:33:45.349><c> find</c><00:33:45.470><c> no</c><00:33:45.750><c> reference</c><00:33:46.029><c> to</c><00:33:46.289><c> fasting.</c> 00:33:48.210 --> 00:33:50.289 I<00:33:48.390><c> cannot</c><00:33:48.529><c> find</c><00:33:48.769><c> anywhere</c><00:33:49.109><c> where</c><00:33:49.269><c> it</c><00:33:49.349><c> tells</c><00:33:49.549><c> me</c><00:33:49.730><c> I</c><00:33:49.789><c> must</c><00:33:49.970><c> 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at</c><00:34:04.589><c> it.</c> 00:34:06.150 --> 00:34:08.530 They<00:34:06.369><c> had</c><00:34:06.609><c> a</c><00:34:06.750><c> law</c><00:34:06.849><c> for</c><00:34:07.130><c> everything.</c> 00:34:11.429 --> 00:34:14.369 Chapter<00:34:11.909><c> 2</c><00:34:12.389><c> of</c><00:34:13.170><c> Colossians.</c> 00:34:17.369 --> 00:34:18.070 And<00:34:17.469><c> verse</c><00:34:17.650><c> 20.</c> 00:34:18.429 --> 00:34:20.429 Wherefore,<00:34:19.130><c> if</c><00:34:19.369><c> ye</c><00:34:19.510><c> be</c><00:34:19.650><c> dead</c><00:34:19.809><c> with</c><00:34:20.070><c> Christ</c> 00:34:20.429 --> 00:34:22.690 from<00:34:20.670><c> the</c><00:34:20.909><c> rudiments</c><00:34:21.309><c> of</c><00:34:21.510><c> the</c><00:34:21.730><c> world,</c> 00:34:22.750 --> 00:34:24.230 why,<00:34:23.050><c> as</c><00:34:23.170><c> though</c><00:34:23.349><c> living</c><00:34:23.610><c> in</c><00:34:23.789><c> the</c><00:34:24.010><c> world,</c> 00:34:24.230 --> 00:34:26.010 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will</c><00:34:36.190><c>-worship</c><00:34:36.510><c> and</c><00:34:36.769><c> humility</c> 00:34:37.329 --> 00:34:39.269 and<00:34:38.010><c> neglecting</c><00:34:38.469><c> of</c><00:34:38.630><c> the</c><00:34:38.750><c> body,</c> 00:34:39.610 --> 00:34:42.530 not<00:34:39.809><c> in</c><00:34:40.030><c> any</c><00:34:40.269><c> honour</c><00:34:40.449><c> to</c><00:34:40.650><c> the</c><00:34:40.869><c> satisfying</c><00:34:41.289><c> of</c><00:34:41.550><c> the</c><00:34:41.730><c> flesh.</c> 00:34:43.269 --> 00:34:46.130 What<00:34:43.670><c> he's</c><00:34:43.909><c> saying</c><00:34:44.170><c> is</c><00:34:44.409><c> this,</c><00:34:44.730><c> brethren</c><00:34:44.869><c> and</c><00:34:45.150><c> sisters.</c> 00:34:46.969 --> 00:34:48.869 All<00:34:47.329><c> these</c><00:34:47.590><c> things</c><00:34:47.769><c> which</c><00:34:47.929><c> you</c><00:34:48.090><c> are</c><00:34:48.230><c> compelled</c><00:34:48.570><c> to</c><00:34:48.750><c> do</c> 00:34:48.869 --> 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ashes</c><00:35:28.590><c> on</c><00:35:28.809><c> my</c><00:35:28.929><c> head.</c> 00:35:29.909 --> 00:35:31.210 God<00:35:30.130><c> must</c><00:35:30.329><c> be</c><00:35:30.570><c> pleased</c><00:35:30.730><c> with</c><00:35:30.949><c> me.</c> 00:35:31.449 --> 00:35:33.690 Jesus<00:35:31.789><c> said,</c><00:35:32.650><c> you</c><00:35:32.869><c> haven't</c><00:35:33.110><c> an</c><00:35:33.329><c> inkling</c> 00:35:33.690 --> 00:35:35.230 of<00:35:33.809><c> what</c><00:35:33.969><c> it's</c><00:35:34.110><c> all</c><00:35:34.309><c> about.</c> 00:35:36.809 --> 00:35:41.630 You<00:35:37.369><c> see,</c><00:35:40.150><c> the</c><00:35:40.489><c> appearance</c><00:35:40.969><c> of</c><00:35:41.210><c> wisdom</c> 00:35:41.630 --> 00:35:45.130 and<00:35:42.250><c> the</c><00:35:42.530><c> appearance</c><00:35:42.869><c> of</c><00:35:43.489><c> promotion</c><00:35:43.869><c> of</c><00:35:44.110><c> rigour</c> 00:35:45.130 --> 00:35:48.070 and<00:35:46.130><c> devotion</c><00:35:46.670><c> and</c><00:35:47.050><c> self</c><00:35:47.289><c>-abasement</c> 00:35:48.070 --> 00:35:51.449 will<00:35:48.670><c> do</c><00:35:49.110><c> nothing</c><00:35:49.909><c> in</c><00:35:51.170><c> checking</c> 00:35:51.449 --> 00:35:53.650 the<00:35:51.829><c> indulgence</c><00:35:52.289><c> of</c><00:35:52.510><c> the</c><00:35:52.710><c> flesh.</c> 00:35:54.750 --> 00:35:56.889 It's<00:35:54.869><c> not</c><00:35:55.110><c> what</c><00:35:55.289><c> is</c><00:35:55.469><c> on</c><00:35:55.610><c> the</c><00:35:55.769><c> outside,</c> 00:35:57.510 --> 00:35:59.409 it's<00:35:57.630><c> what's</c><00:35:57.929><c> going</c><00:35:58.090><c> on</c><00:35:58.289><c> inside</c><00:35:58.750><c> the</c><00:35:59.110><c> problem,</c> 00:35:59.429 --> 00:36:00.889 where<00:35:59.610><c> the</c><00:35:59.809><c> problem</c><00:36:00.070><c> lies.</c> 00:36:02.269 --> 00:36:04.489 I<00:36:02.550><c> can</c><00:36:02.769><c> give</c><00:36:02.909><c> 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Jews</c><00:36:16.789><c> bring</c><00:36:17.030><c> you</c><00:36:17.210><c> back</c><00:36:17.389><c> to</c><00:36:17.530><c> the</c><00:36:17.690><c> law,</c> 00:36:17.869 --> 00:36:19.750 it<00:36:17.949><c> will</c><00:36:18.210><c> kill</c><00:36:18.469><c> you,</c><00:36:18.769><c> says</c><00:36:18.869><c> the</c><00:36:19.070><c> Apostle,</c> 00:36:19.750 --> 00:36:22.590 chapter<00:36:20.250><c> 2</c><00:36:20.469><c> and</c><00:36:20.630><c> verse</c><00:36:20.769><c> 13.</c> 00:36:23.889 --> 00:36:25.369 And<00:36:23.889><c> you</c><00:36:24.130><c> being</c><00:36:24.429><c> dead</c><00:36:24.690><c> in</c><00:36:24.909><c> your</c><00:36:25.170><c> sins</c> 00:36:25.369 --> 00:36:27.170 and<00:36:25.650><c> uncircumcision</c><00:36:26.329><c> of</c><00:36:26.530><c> your</c><00:36:26.789><c> flesh,</c> 00:36:27.369 --> 00:36:28.909 hath<00:36:27.469><c> he</c><00:36:27.670><c> quickened</c><00:36:27.989><c> together</c><00:36:28.369><c> with</c><00:36:28.610><c> him,</c> 00:36:29.110 --> 00:36:31.590 having<00:36:29.349><c> forgiven</c><00:36:29.829><c> you</c><00:36:30.269><c> all</c><00:36:30.829><c> trespasses,</c> 00:36:31.929 --> 00:36:33.909 blotting<00:36:32.170><c> out</c><00:36:32.369><c> the</c><00:36:32.610><c> handwriting</c><00:36:33.030><c> and</c><00:36:33.309><c> ordinances</c> 00:36:33.909 --> 00:36:35.769 that<00:36:34.230><c> was</c><00:36:34.429><c> against</c><00:36:34.750><c> us,</c> 00:36:35.849 --> 00:36:37.570 which<00:36:36.110><c> was</c><00:36:36.429><c> contrary</c><00:36:36.789><c> to</c><00:36:36.989><c> us,</c> 00:36:37.969 --> 00:36:41.309 and<00:36:38.150><c> took</c><00:36:38.250><c> it</c><00:36:38.429><c> out</c><00:36:38.590><c> of</c><00:36:38.730><c> the</c><00:36:38.869><c> way</c><00:36:39.050><c> and</c><00:36:39.210><c> nailed</c><00:36:39.570><c> it</c><00:36:39.869><c> to</c><00:36:39.989><c> his</c><00:36:40.250><c> cross.</c> 00:36:41.710 --> 00:36:43.750 Ah,<00:36:42.070><c> these</c><00:36:42.210><c> words</c><00:36:42.510><c> ought</c><00:36:42.710><c> to</c><00:36:42.829><c> be</c><00:36:42.989><c> etched</c><00:36:43.170><c> on</c><00:36:43.309><c> our</c><00:36:43.570><c> hearts,</c> 00:36:43.889 --> 00:36:45.170 brethren<00:36:44.090><c> and</c><00:36:44.269><c> sisters.</c> 00:36:45.949 --> 00:36:46.989 Blotting<00:36:46.469><c> out,</c> 00:36:46.989 --> 00:36:48.769 blotting<00:36:47.849><c> out</c> 00:36:48.769 --> 00:36:51.090 handwriting<00:36:49.610><c> and</c><00:36:49.809><c> ordinances.</c> 00:36:51.449 --> 00:36:52.989 It<00:36:51.650><c> means</c> 00:36:53.349 --> 00:36:55.369 forgiveness<00:36:53.869><c> of</c><00:36:54.190><c> our</c><00:36:54.449><c> sins.</c> 00:36:55.670 --> 00:36:57.670 Now,<00:36:55.829><c> when</c><00:36:55.989><c> you</c><00:36:56.170><c> have</c><00:36:56.349><c> a</c><00:36:56.550><c> sin</c><00:36:56.670><c> forgiven,</c> 00:36:58.190 --> 00:36:59.429 you<00:36:58.230><c> don't</c><00:36:58.469><c> really</c><00:36:58.789><c> forget</c><00:36:59.070><c> the</c><00:36:59.289><c> sin,</c> 00:36:59.570 --> 00:36:59.889 do<00:36:59.610><c> you?</c> 00:37:00.150 --> 00:37:02.949 I<00:37:00.250><c> mean,</c><00:37:00.369><c> if</c><00:37:00.530><c> you</c><00:37:00.750><c> offend</c><00:37:01.190><c> me</c> 00:37:03.530 --> 00:37:04.989 and<00:37:04.050><c> come</c><00:37:04.250><c> and</c><00:37:04.510><c> apologise,</c> 00:37:05.170 --> 00:37:06.210 I<00:37:05.269><c> say,</c> 00:37:07.349 --> 00:37:08.349 forget<00:37:07.789><c> it,</c> 00:37:08.730 --> 00:37:10.650 forget<00:37:08.989><c> it,</c><00:37:09.190><c> thanks</c><00:37:09.449><c> for...</c> 00:37:10.489 --> 00:37:11.849 Alright,<00:37:10.809><c> yes,</c><00:37:10.969><c> it</c><00:37:11.050><c> did</c><00:37:11.329><c> cause</c><00:37:11.590><c> offence,</c> 00:37:11.849 --> 00:37:13.309 I<00:37:12.050><c> forgive</c><00:37:12.269><c> you</c><00:37:12.489><c> totally,</c><00:37:12.909><c> and</c><00:37:12.989><c> you</c><00:37:13.130><c> say,</c> 00:37:13.550 --> 00:37:14.829 thanks<00:37:13.710><c> very</c><00:37:13.929><c> much</c><00:37:14.110><c> indeed.</c> 00:37:15.329 --> 00:37:17.670 Forget<00:37:15.570><c> it,</c><00:37:15.789><c> I</c><00:37:15.929><c> say.</c><00:37:16.369><c> I</c><00:37:16.610><c> haven't</c><00:37:16.750><c> actually</c><00:37:17.050><c> forgotten</c><00:37:17.329><c> it.</c> 00:37:17.929 --> 00:37:18.829 I'm<00:37:18.110><c> exalting</c><00:37:18.369><c> him</c><00:37:18.550><c> to</c><00:37:18.650><c> it.</c> 00:37:19.130 --> 00:37:21.630 If<00:37:19.289><c> he</c><00:37:19.409><c> does</c><00:37:19.570><c> it</c><00:37:19.750><c> again,</c><00:37:19.949><c> I'll</c><00:37:20.070><c> say,</c><00:37:20.210><c> hang</c><00:37:20.349><c> on</c><00:37:20.469><c> a</c><00:37:20.530><c> bit,</c><00:37:20.650><c> you</c><00:37:20.650><c> did</c><00:37:20.829><c> that.</c> 00:37:21.670 --> 00:37:23.869 You<00:37:21.789><c> know,</c><00:37:21.929><c> that's</c><00:37:22.130><c> the</c><00:37:22.210><c> second</c><00:37:22.449><c> time</c><00:37:22.650><c> you've</c><00:37:22.789><c> done</c><00:37:22.989><c> that.</c> 00:37:25.889 --> 00:37:27.329 Don't<00:37:26.289><c> confuse</c><00:37:26.690><c> my</c><00:37:27.010><c> forgiveness</c> 00:37:27.329 --> 00:37:29.849 with<00:37:27.550><c> the</c><00:37:27.730><c> forgiveness</c><00:37:27.969><c> of</c><00:37:28.150><c> the</c><00:37:28.309><c> Father,</c><00:37:28.670><c> will</c><00:37:28.789><c> you?</c> 00:37:30.170 --> 00:37:31.869 When<00:37:30.389><c> the</c><00:37:30.590><c> Father</c><00:37:30.789><c> says</c><00:37:31.030><c> he</c><00:37:31.170><c> will</c><00:37:31.429><c> forgive</c><00:37:31.650><c> us,</c> 00:37:31.909 --> 00:37:33.269 do<00:37:32.010><c> you</c><00:37:32.010><c> know</c><00:37:32.090><c> what</c><00:37:32.190><c> it</c><00:37:32.369><c> means?</c> 00:37:34.110 --> 00:37:35.769 Literal<00:37:34.510><c> interpretation</c><00:37:34.909><c> of</c><00:37:35.110><c> the</c><00:37:35.269><c> Colossian</c> 00:37:35.769 --> 00:37:37.289 verse<00:37:36.110><c> 14</c><00:37:36.530><c> in</c><00:37:36.670><c> chapter</c><00:37:36.889><c> 2</c> 00:37:37.289 --> 00:37:39.449 means<00:37:37.710><c> he</c><00:37:38.010><c> will</c><00:37:38.289><c> lift</c><00:37:38.550><c> it</c><00:37:38.730><c> off</c><00:37:38.869><c> the</c><00:37:39.070><c> page.</c> 00:37:39.449 --> 00:37:42.230 He<00:37:40.030><c> doesn't</c><00:37:40.429><c> issue</c><00:37:40.989><c> a</c><00:37:41.590><c> credit</c><00:37:41.849><c> note</c> 00:37:42.230 --> 00:37:43.190 to<00:37:42.610><c> cover</c><00:37:42.769><c> the</c><00:37:42.989><c> debit,</c> 00:37:43.329 --> 00:37:45.409 he<00:37:43.889><c> doesn't</c><00:37:44.289><c> strike</c><00:37:44.590><c> it</c><00:37:44.829><c> through</c><00:37:44.949><c> initially</c> 00:37:45.409 --> 00:37:46.570 to<00:37:45.630><c> show</c><00:37:45.809><c> that</c><00:37:45.949><c> it's</c><00:37:46.230><c> authentic,</c> 00:37:46.929 --> 00:37:48.289 he<00:37:47.170><c> takes</c><00:37:47.449><c> it</c><00:37:47.610><c> off</c><00:37:47.789><c> the</c><00:37:48.010><c> page.</c> 00:37:48.429 --> 00:37:49.730 In<00:37:48.550><c> other</c><00:37:48.769><c> words,</c><00:37:48.969><c> it</c><00:37:49.010><c> was</c><00:37:49.210><c> never</c><00:37:49.449><c> there.</c> 00:37:49.889 --> 00:37:52.429 Your<00:37:50.090><c> next</c><00:37:50.510><c> sin,</c><00:37:50.909><c> sir,</c><00:37:50.949><c> is</c><00:37:51.110><c> your</c><00:37:51.269><c> first</c><00:37:51.550><c> one.</c> 00:37:52.610 --> 00:37:54.590 That's<00:37:52.989><c> the</c><00:37:53.150><c> forgiveness</c><00:37:53.429><c> of</c><00:37:53.670><c> our</c><00:37:53.809><c> Lord.</c> 00:37:54.750 --> 00:37:56.809 This<00:37:55.210><c> is</c><00:37:55.369><c> why</c><00:37:55.550><c> we</c><00:37:55.690><c> have</c><00:37:55.889><c> peace</c><00:37:56.150><c> in</c><00:37:56.369><c> our</c><00:37:56.550><c> heart.</c> 00:37:57.090 --> 00:37:59.489 This<00:37:57.309><c> is</c><00:37:57.530><c> the</c><00:37:57.730><c> extent</c><00:37:58.150><c> of</c><00:37:58.349><c> our</c><00:37:58.570><c> forgiveness.</c> 00:38:00.590 --> 00:38:03.150 We<00:38:01.070><c> are</c><00:38:01.469><c> sinless</c><00:38:02.010><c> people,</c> 00:38:03.170 --> 00:38:04.429 thank<00:38:03.469><c> God.</c> 00:38:06.650 --> 00:38:09.550 Do<00:38:07.030><c> we</c><00:38:07.409><c> have</c><00:38:07.550><c> time</c><00:38:07.750><c> to</c><00:38:07.889><c> go</c><00:38:08.030><c> to</c><00:38:08.230><c> Psalm</c><00:38:08.369><c> 103?</c> 00:38:10.849 --> 00:38:12.130 I<00:38:11.010><c> would</c><00:38:11.150><c> just</c><00:38:11.329><c> like</c><00:38:11.489><c> to</c><00:38:11.710><c> show</c><00:38:11.869><c> you</c> 00:38:12.130 --> 00:38:14.989 the<00:38:12.650><c> promise</c><00:38:13.130><c> of</c><00:38:13.690><c> forgiveness.</c> 00:38:22.070 --> 00:38:24.090 Psalm<00:38:22.449><c> 103,</c><00:38:22.889><c> I'll</c><00:38:23.070><c> start</c><00:38:23.250><c> reading</c><00:38:23.449><c> at</c><00:38:23.650><c> verse</c><00:38:23.809><c> 8,</c> 00:38:24.269 --> 00:38:26.750 you<00:38:24.369><c> catch</c><00:38:24.590><c> up</c><00:38:24.710><c> when</c><00:38:24.869><c> you've</c><00:38:25.050><c> found</c><00:38:25.210><c> it.</c> 00:38:26.769 --> 00:38:28.909 Psalms<00:38:27.030><c> is</c><00:38:27.190><c> about</c><00:38:27.409><c> in</c><00:38:27.550><c> the</c><00:38:27.610><c> middle</c><00:38:27.750><c> of</c><00:38:27.909><c> the</c><00:38:28.010><c> book.</c> 00:38:29.889 --> 00:38:32.030 If<00:38:30.030><c> you</c><00:38:30.210><c> have</c><00:38:30.349><c> trouble,</c><00:38:30.630><c> go</c><00:38:30.789><c> to</c><00:38:30.949><c> the</c><00:38:31.150><c> index.</c> 00:38:33.389 --> 00:38:33.909 Verse<00:38:33.690><c> 8,</c> 00:38:33.909 --> 00:38:35.269 The<00:38:34.030><c> Lord</c><00:38:34.250><c> is</c><00:38:34.409><c> merciful</c><00:38:34.769><c> and</c><00:38:35.050><c> gracious,</c> 00:38:35.469 --> 00:38:37.050 slow<00:38:35.550><c> to</c><00:38:35.730><c> anger,</c><00:38:36.130><c> and</c><00:38:36.269><c> plenteous</c><00:38:36.590><c> in</c><00:38:36.789><c> mercy.</c> 00:38:37.389 --> 00:38:38.989 He<00:38:37.449><c> will</c><00:38:37.650><c> not</c><00:38:37.809><c> always</c><00:38:38.190><c> chide,</c><00:38:38.510><c> neither</c><00:38:38.690><c> will</c><00:38:38.869><c> he</c> 00:38:38.989 --> 00:38:39.929 keep<00:38:39.150><c> his</c><00:38:39.309><c> anger</c><00:38:39.469><c> forever.</c> 00:38:40.389 --> 00:38:42.250 He<00:38:40.449><c> hath</c><00:38:40.610><c> not</c><00:38:40.889><c> dealt</c><00:38:41.090><c> with</c><00:38:41.250><c> us</c><00:38:41.429><c> after</c><00:38:41.670><c> our</c><00:38:41.929><c> sins,</c> 00:38:42.610 --> 00:38:44.570 nor<00:38:42.750><c> rewarded</c><00:38:43.150><c> us</c><00:38:43.429><c> according</c><00:38:43.710><c> to</c><00:38:43.909><c> our</c><00:38:44.110><c> iniquity.</c> 00:38:44.869 --> 00:38:46.550 For<00:38:44.969><c> as</c><00:38:45.210><c> the</c><00:38:45.329><c> heaven</c><00:38:45.510><c> is</c><00:38:45.710><c> high</c><00:38:45.869><c> above</c><00:38:46.050><c> the</c><00:38:46.250><c> earth,</c> 00:38:46.769 --> 00:38:48.929 so<00:38:46.989><c> great</c><00:38:47.190><c> is</c><00:38:47.349><c> his</c><00:38:47.489><c> mercy</c><00:38:47.849><c> toward</c><00:38:48.090><c> them</c><00:38:48.250><c> that</c><00:38:48.469><c> fear</c><00:38:48.630><c> him.</c> 00:38:49.429 --> 00:38:51.090 As<00:38:49.650><c> far</c><00:38:49.829><c> as</c><00:38:49.969><c> the</c><00:38:50.090><c> east</c><00:38:50.269><c> is</c><00:38:50.409><c> from</c><00:38:50.630><c> the</c><00:38:50.789><c> west,</c> 00:38:51.309 --> 00:38:53.469 so<00:38:51.510><c> far</c><00:38:51.650><c> hath</c><00:38:51.750><c> he</c><00:38:52.010><c> removed</c><00:38:52.269><c> our</c><00:38:52.610><c> transgressions</c><00:38:53.030><c> from</c><00:38:53.230><c> us.</c> 00:38:53.750 --> 00:38:55.429 Like<00:38:53.909><c> as</c><00:38:54.070><c> a</c><00:38:54.250><c> father</c><00:38:54.449><c> pitieth</c><00:38:54.829><c> his</c><00:38:55.050><c> children,</c> 00:38:55.710 --> 00:38:57.489 so<00:38:55.869><c> the</c><00:38:55.989><c> Lord</c><00:38:56.230><c> pitieth</c><00:38:56.650><c> them</c><00:38:56.869><c> that</c><00:38:57.090><c> fear</c><00:38:57.230><c> him.</c> 00:38:57.690 --> 00:38:59.409 Will<00:38:57.869><c> you</c><00:38:58.050><c> hear</c><00:38:58.190><c> these</c><00:38:58.449><c> words,</c><00:38:58.769><c> brethren</c><00:38:59.050><c> and</c><00:38:59.210><c> sisters,</c> 00:38:59.429 --> 00:39:01.050 not<00:38:59.650><c> mine,</c><00:38:59.989><c> the</c><00:39:00.130><c> Psalmists?</c> 00:39:01.130 --> 00:39:03.269 Will<00:39:01.550><c> you</c><00:39:01.730><c> hear</c><00:39:01.869><c> these</c><00:39:02.110><c> words</c><00:39:02.429><c> and</c><00:39:02.610><c> understand</c><00:39:02.989><c> this?</c> 00:39:03.610 --> 00:39:05.329 Why<00:39:03.929><c> does</c><00:39:04.190><c> the</c><00:39:04.409><c> Psalmist</c><00:39:04.829><c> say</c> 00:39:05.329 --> 00:39:07.630 as<00:39:06.070><c> far</c><00:39:06.349><c> as</c><00:39:06.469><c> the</c><00:39:06.610><c> east</c><00:39:06.809><c> is</c><00:39:06.989><c> from</c><00:39:07.210><c> the</c><00:39:07.349><c> west,</c> 00:39:07.869 --> 00:39:10.349 so<00:39:08.050><c> far</c><00:39:08.269><c> hath</c><00:39:08.429><c> the</c><00:39:08.610><c> Lord</c><00:39:08.789><c> removed</c><00:39:09.130><c> our</c><00:39:09.469><c> transgressions</c><00:39:09.869><c> from</c><00:39:10.090><c> us?</c> 00:39:10.510 --> 00:39:11.130 Why<00:39:10.710><c> is</c><00:39:10.869><c> it?</c> 00:39:11.150 --> 00:39:14.349 Why<00:39:11.389><c> doesn't</c><00:39:11.630><c> he</c><00:39:11.829><c> say</c><00:39:12.170><c> as</c><00:39:12.469><c> far</c><00:39:12.590><c> as</c><00:39:12.730><c> the</c><00:39:12.869><c> north</c><00:39:13.070><c> is</c><00:39:13.190><c> from</c><00:39:13.369><c> the</c><00:39:13.530><c> south?</c> 00:39:16.130 --> 00:39:17.730 Well,<00:39:16.550><c> you're</c><00:39:16.969><c> well</c><00:39:17.289><c> taught</c><00:39:17.469><c> here</c> 00:39:17.730 --> 00:39:19.050 and<00:39:17.849><c> you</c><00:39:17.989><c> don't</c><00:39:18.150><c> need</c><00:39:18.309><c> me.</c> 00:39:20.650 --> 00:39:21.849 Oh,<00:39:20.769><c> we</c><00:39:20.889><c> will</c><00:39:20.989><c> anyway.</c> 00:39:24.010 --> 00:39:25.690 You<00:39:24.429><c> see,</c><00:39:25.010><c> if</c><00:39:25.150><c> it</c><00:39:25.309><c> said</c> 00:39:26.150 --> 00:39:27.130 Lord,<00:39:26.610><c> the</c><00:39:26.789><c> Lord,</c> 00:39:27.570 --> 00:39:29.130 am<00:39:27.730><c> I</c><00:39:27.789><c> giving</c><00:39:27.989><c> you</c><00:39:28.309><c> chaps</c><00:39:28.429><c> trouble</c><00:39:28.610><c> at</c><00:39:28.769><c> the</c><00:39:28.909><c> back?</c> 00:39:29.130 --> 00:39:30.150 No. 00:39:33.429 --> 00:39:34.670 If<00:39:33.829><c> he</c><00:39:34.030><c> had</c><00:39:34.250><c> said,</c> 00:39:35.050 --> 00:39:37.230 the<00:39:35.050><c> Lord</c><00:39:35.289><c> will</c><00:39:35.530><c> remove</c><00:39:35.809><c> your</c><00:39:36.070><c> iniquities</c><00:39:36.489><c> from</c><00:39:37.030><c> him</c> 00:39:37.230 --> 00:39:38.710 as<00:39:37.409><c> far</c><00:39:37.590><c> as</c><00:39:37.710><c> the</c><00:39:37.829><c> north</c><00:39:38.030><c> is</c><00:39:38.150><c> from</c><00:39:38.329><c> the</c><00:39:38.489><c> south,</c> 00:39:38.889 --> 00:39:40.889 he<00:39:39.010><c> would</c><00:39:39.170><c> have</c><00:39:39.250><c> put</c><00:39:39.389><c> a</c><00:39:39.510><c> limit</c><00:39:39.650><c> to</c><00:39:39.829><c> God's</c><00:39:40.170><c> forgiveness.</c> 00:39:41.429 --> 00:39:42.989 Just<00:39:41.650><c> imagine</c><00:39:41.949><c> that</c><00:39:42.110><c> you</c><00:39:42.190><c> are</c><00:39:42.389><c> a</c><00:39:42.550><c> giant</c> 00:39:42.989 --> 00:39:45.150 and<00:39:43.750><c> you</c><00:39:43.889><c> can</c><00:39:44.130><c> stand</c><00:39:44.309><c> on</c><00:39:44.449><c> the</c><00:39:44.630><c> north</c><00:39:44.829><c> pole</c> 00:39:45.150 --> 00:39:46.550 and<00:39:45.590><c> walk</c><00:39:45.889><c> south.</c> 00:39:46.789 --> 00:39:49.050 You<00:39:46.989><c> walk</c><00:39:47.230><c> south</c><00:39:47.670><c> and</c><00:39:48.030><c> you</c><00:39:48.130><c> come</c><00:39:48.210><c> to</c><00:39:48.349><c> the</c><00:39:48.530><c> south</c><00:39:48.750><c> pole</c> 00:39:49.050 --> 00:39:51.590 and<00:39:49.349><c> without</c><00:39:49.550><c> changing</c><00:39:49.949><c> direction</c><00:39:50.469><c> you</c><00:39:50.690><c> begin</c><00:39:50.869><c> to</c><00:39:51.030><c> go</c><00:39:51.150><c> north.</c> 00:39:52.010 --> 00:39:53.190 And<00:39:52.130><c> you</c><00:39:52.170><c> come</c><00:39:52.289><c> over</c><00:39:52.510><c> the</c><00:39:52.650><c> top</c><00:39:52.769><c> and</c><00:39:52.949><c> without</c> 00:39:53.190 --> 00:39:55.590 changing<00:39:53.530><c> direction</c><00:39:54.010><c> you</c><00:39:54.250><c> begin</c><00:39:54.469><c> to</c><00:39:54.610><c> go</c><00:39:54.730><c> south.</c> 00:39:56.469 --> 00:39:57.550 But<00:39:56.670><c> let</c><00:39:56.789><c> me</c><00:39:56.909><c> tell</c><00:39:57.070><c> you</c><00:39:57.230><c> this,</c> 00:39:57.550 --> 00:39:59.849 if<00:39:57.889><c> you</c><00:39:58.070><c> stand</c><00:39:58.250><c> on</c><00:39:58.429><c> the</c><00:39:58.650><c> equator</c><00:39:58.949><c> and</c><00:39:59.190><c> you</c><00:39:59.349><c> go</c><00:39:59.489><c> east,</c> 00:40:00.170 --> 00:40:01.909 you<00:40:00.250><c> never</c><00:40:00.409><c> begin</c><00:40:00.670><c> to</c><00:40:00.849><c> go</c><00:40:00.949><c> west.</c> 00:40:04.050 --> 00:40:05.710 They<00:40:04.130><c> don't</c><00:40:04.250><c> believe</c><00:40:04.489><c> me,</c><00:40:04.710><c> you</c><00:40:04.829><c> know</c><00:40:04.969><c> that?</c> 00:40:06.610 --> 00:40:07.789 Right,<00:40:06.969><c> when</c><00:40:07.329><c> you</c><00:40:07.449><c> get</c><00:40:07.570><c> home</c> 00:40:07.789 --> 00:40:10.150 and<00:40:07.909><c> you've</c><00:40:08.110><c> got</c><00:40:08.289><c> the</c><00:40:08.670><c> children's</c><00:40:09.329><c> globe,</c> 00:40:11.449 --> 00:40:12.469 put<00:40:11.610><c> your</c><00:40:11.750><c> finger</c><00:40:11.909><c> on</c><00:40:12.070><c> the</c><00:40:12.250><c> equator</c> 00:40:12.469 --> 00:40:14.010 and<00:40:12.610><c> go</c><00:40:12.769><c> east,</c><00:40:13.010><c> you</c><00:40:13.090><c> never</c><00:40:13.269><c> begin</c><00:40:13.489><c> to</c><00:40:13.650><c> go</c><00:40:13.750><c> west.</c> 00:40:14.110 --> 00:40:15.050 You<00:40:14.210><c> won't,</c><00:40:14.530><c> I</c><00:40:14.550><c> promise</c><00:40:14.710><c> you.</c> 00:40:15.210 --> 00:40:18.170 Or<00:40:15.409><c> go</c><00:40:15.550><c> the</c><00:40:15.670><c> other</c><00:40:15.889><c> way,</c><00:40:16.190><c> go</c><00:40:16.369><c> west,</c><00:40:16.590><c> you</c><00:40:16.650><c> never</c><00:40:16.809><c> begin</c><00:40:17.070><c> to</c><00:40:17.210><c> go</c><00:40:17.309><c> east.</c> 00:40:18.309 --> 00:40:19.329 You<00:40:18.510><c> see,</c> 00:40:19.409 --> 00:40:21.650 there<00:40:19.630><c> is</c><00:40:19.789><c> no</c><00:40:20.010><c> measurement,</c><00:40:20.650><c> that's</c><00:40:21.150><c> what</c><00:40:21.289><c> I'm</c> 00:40:21.650 --> 00:40:22.849 mumbling<00:40:21.989><c> to</c><00:40:22.289><c> tell</c><00:40:22.469><c> you,</c> 00:40:23.349 --> 00:40:26.389 in<00:40:23.530><c> God's</c><00:40:23.889><c> forgiveness.</c><00:40:24.570><c> That's</c><00:40:24.769><c> what</c><00:40:24.889><c> I'm</c><00:40:25.190><c> mithering</c><00:40:25.570><c> about.</c> 00:40:27.750 --> 00:40:28.789 It's<00:40:28.269><c> boundless.</c> 00:40:29.070 --> 00:40:30.690 God's<00:40:29.469><c> forgiveness</c><00:40:29.750><c> is</c><00:40:30.090><c> boundless.</c> 00:40:30.929 --> 00:40:32.570 He<00:40:31.010><c> says,</c><00:40:31.349><c> I</c><00:40:31.349><c> want</c><00:40:31.690><c> to</c><00:40:31.909><c> forgive</c><00:40:32.150><c> you.</c> 00:40:32.869 --> 00:40:34.489 I<00:40:33.050><c> don't</c><00:40:33.190><c> want</c><00:40:33.369><c> a</c><00:40:33.570><c> sinner</c><00:40:33.750><c> before</c><00:40:34.110><c> me.</c> 00:40:34.789 --> 00:40:36.550 No<00:40:35.050><c> sinners</c><00:40:35.210><c> are</c><00:40:35.369><c> going</c><00:40:35.469><c> to</c><00:40:35.570><c> be</c><00:40:35.670><c> in</c><00:40:35.750><c> the</c><00:40:35.889><c> kingdom</c><00:40:36.110><c> of</c><00:40:36.309><c> God.</c> 00:40:36.750 --> 00:40:38.489 What<00:40:36.909><c> about</c><00:40:37.250><c> it?</c><00:40:37.630><c> Would</c><00:40:37.710><c> you</c><00:40:37.829><c> like</c><00:40:37.989><c> forgiveness?</c> 00:40:38.849 --> 00:40:40.110 Total,<00:40:39.469><c> utterly</c><00:40:39.849><c> incomplete</c> 00:40:40.489 --> 00:40:43.050 and<00:40:40.909><c> your</c><00:40:41.090><c> next</c><00:40:41.429><c> sin</c><00:40:41.590><c> is</c><00:40:41.769><c> your</c><00:40:41.929><c> first</c><00:40:42.190><c> one.</c> 00:40:43.110 --> 00:40:45.389 Thank<00:40:43.489><c> God</c><00:40:44.090><c> we</c><00:40:44.730><c> have</c><00:40:45.010><c> forgiveness.</c> 00:40:45.650 --> 00:40:47.849 And<00:40:45.769><c> this</c><00:40:45.929><c> is</c><00:40:46.030><c> what</c><00:40:46.190><c> brings</c><00:40:46.449><c> us</c><00:40:46.710><c> peace.</c> 00:40:49.489 --> 00:40:51.250 And<00:40:49.809><c> this</c><00:40:49.949><c> is</c><00:40:50.210><c> achieved</c> 00:40:51.590 --> 00:40:54.289 not<00:40:52.110><c> through</c><00:40:52.349><c> the</c><00:40:52.510><c> law</c><00:40:52.909><c> of</c><00:40:53.210><c> sacrifice.</c> 00:40:54.449 --> 00:40:56.329 This<00:40:54.969><c> is</c><00:40:55.230><c> achieved</c><00:40:55.590><c> not</c><00:40:55.789><c> by</c> 00:40:56.329 --> 00:40:57.710 lambs<00:40:56.690><c> and</c><00:40:56.849><c> rams</c><00:40:57.130><c> and</c><00:40:57.329><c> bullocks.</c> 00:40:58.170 --> 00:40:59.570 This<00:40:58.329><c> is</c><00:40:58.590><c> achieved</c><00:40:58.949><c> not</c><00:40:59.150><c> by</c> 00:40:59.570 --> 00:41:01.489 meat<00:40:59.809><c> offerings</c><00:41:00.150><c> and</c><00:41:00.349><c> drink</c><00:41:00.590><c> offerings.</c> 00:41:01.690 --> 00:41:03.409 This<00:41:01.829><c> is</c><00:41:02.090><c> achieved</c><00:41:02.489><c> by</c><00:41:02.730><c> one</c><00:41:02.949><c> man</c> 00:41:03.409 --> 00:41:06.010 who<00:41:04.349><c> took</c><00:41:04.570><c> our</c><00:41:04.789><c> iniquity</c><00:41:05.210><c> and</c><00:41:05.449><c> nailed</c><00:41:05.750><c> it</c> 00:41:06.010 --> 00:41:07.110 to<00:41:06.110><c> the</c><00:41:06.289><c> cross.</c> 00:41:10.170 --> 00:41:12.670 Jews<00:41:10.690><c> also,</c><00:41:11.289><c> brethren</c><00:41:11.469><c> and</c><00:41:11.710><c> sisters,</c> 00:41:12.710 --> 00:41:14.070 placed<00:41:13.050><c> great</c><00:41:13.650><c> emphasis</c> 00:41:14.070 --> 00:41:15.409 upon<00:41:14.409><c> angelic</c><00:41:14.849><c> ministration.</c> 00:41:15.670 --> 00:41:17.710 Which<00:41:15.849><c> is</c><00:41:16.010><c> why</c><00:41:16.170><c> the</c><00:41:16.369><c> apostle,</c><00:41:16.650><c> when</c><00:41:16.789><c> he</c><00:41:16.949><c> wrote</c><00:41:17.090><c> to</c><00:41:17.289><c> the</c><00:41:17.409><c> Ecclesia</c> 00:41:17.710 --> 00:41:20.150 in<00:41:17.909><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:41:18.610><c> which</c><00:41:18.789><c> we</c><00:41:19.030><c> call</c><00:41:19.210><c> Hebrews,</c> 00:41:20.809 --> 00:41:22.550 which<00:41:20.989><c> is</c><00:41:21.110><c> why</c><00:41:21.389><c> he</c><00:41:21.610><c> said</c> 00:41:22.710 --> 00:41:24.969 Jesus<00:41:23.110><c> is</c><00:41:23.409><c> greater</c><00:41:23.710><c> than</c><00:41:23.909><c> the</c><00:41:24.150><c> angels.</c> 00:41:25.150 --> 00:41:26.469 You<00:41:25.170><c> see,</c><00:41:25.369><c> the</c><00:41:25.469><c> Jews</c><00:41:25.590><c> made</c><00:41:25.809><c> great</c><00:41:26.050><c> play</c><00:41:26.230><c> of</c><00:41:26.329><c> this.</c> 00:41:26.570 --> 00:41:28.210 They<00:41:26.570><c> said,</c><00:41:26.889><c> we</c><00:41:27.010><c> can't</c><00:41:27.369><c> really</c><00:41:27.610><c> forsake</c><00:41:27.929><c> the</c><00:41:28.070><c> law.</c> 00:41:28.670 --> 00:41:29.889 We've<00:41:29.070><c> got</c><00:41:29.150><c> this</c><00:41:29.309><c> lovely</c><00:41:29.690><c> law.</c> 00:41:29.969 --> 00:41:30.849 Do<00:41:30.010><c> you</c><00:41:30.030><c> know</c><00:41:30.130><c> how</c><00:41:30.269><c> it</c><00:41:30.369><c> was</c><00:41:30.530><c> delivered?</c> 00:41:31.070 --> 00:41:32.429 It<00:41:31.409><c> was</c><00:41:31.409><c> delivered</c><00:41:31.550><c> to</c><00:41:31.690><c> us</c><00:41:31.809><c> by</c><00:41:32.090><c> angels.</c> 00:41:32.610 --> 00:41:34.570 Now<00:41:32.889><c> would</c><00:41:33.110><c> God</c><00:41:33.349><c> revoke</c><00:41:33.750><c> that?</c> 00:41:34.690 --> 00:41:37.610 Would<00:41:35.090><c> God</c><00:41:35.449><c> revoke</c><00:41:35.969><c> a</c><00:41:36.130><c> law</c><00:41:36.329><c> which</c><00:41:36.550><c> he</c><00:41:36.789><c> delivered</c><00:41:36.989><c> to</c><00:41:37.170><c> us</c> 00:41:37.610 --> 00:41:39.650 angelically?<00:41:38.590><c> Of</c><00:41:38.889><c> course</c><00:41:39.090><c> he</c><00:41:39.230><c> wouldn't.</c> 00:41:39.989 --> 00:41:41.989 The<00:41:40.130><c> apostle</c><00:41:40.389><c> said</c><00:41:40.610><c> he</c><00:41:40.750><c> would,</c><00:41:40.969><c> you</c><00:41:41.150><c> know,</c> 00:41:42.090 --> 00:41:43.670 because<00:41:42.489><c> the</c><00:41:42.670><c> one</c><00:41:42.829><c> who</c><00:41:42.989><c> brings</c><00:41:43.170><c> the</c><00:41:43.369><c> new</c><00:41:43.550><c> law</c> 00:41:43.670 --> 00:41:46.409 is<00:41:43.889><c> greater</c><00:41:44.190><c> than</c><00:41:44.349><c> the</c><00:41:44.489><c> ones</c><00:41:44.650><c> who</c><00:41:44.889><c> delivered</c><00:41:45.070><c> the</c><00:41:45.269><c> earlier</c><00:41:45.510><c> law.</c> 00:41:46.769 --> 00:41:47.949 Not<00:41:46.929><c> only</c><00:41:47.150><c> is</c><00:41:47.289><c> the</c><00:41:47.429><c> law</c><00:41:47.590><c> better,</c> 00:41:48.130 --> 00:41:50.349 the<00:41:48.250><c> means</c><00:41:48.449><c> of</c><00:41:48.570><c> its</c><00:41:48.829><c> bringing</c><00:41:49.210><c> is</c><00:41:49.429><c> better.</c> 00:41:50.949 --> 00:41:52.510 Jesus,<00:41:51.909><c> our</c><00:41:52.110><c> captain,</c> 00:41:52.989 --> 00:41:54.360 Jesus<00:41:53.309><c> our</c><00:41:53.570><c> saviour.</c> 00:41:56.150 --> 00:41:58.389 This<00:41:56.289><c> is</c><00:41:56.489><c> why</c><00:41:56.710><c> in</c><00:41:56.969><c> the</c><00:41:57.570><c> great</c><00:41:57.889><c> letter</c> 00:41:58.389 --> 00:42:00.349 to<00:41:58.769><c> the</c><00:41:58.849><c> Hebrew</c><00:41:59.110><c> church</c> 00:42:00.610 --> 00:42:01.809 the<00:42:01.190><c> apostle</c><00:42:01.510><c> says,</c> 00:42:01.969 --> 00:42:04.389 I<00:42:01.969><c> want</c><00:42:02.269><c> to</c><00:42:02.530><c> show</c><00:42:02.710><c> you</c><00:42:03.070><c> clearly</c><00:42:03.369><c> from</c><00:42:03.710><c> the</c><00:42:03.929><c> word</c> 00:42:04.389 --> 00:42:06.489 that<00:42:04.929><c> the</c><00:42:05.150><c> sun</c><00:42:05.309><c> is</c><00:42:05.510><c> greater</c><00:42:05.829><c> than</c><00:42:06.010><c> the</c><00:42:06.210><c> angels.</c> 00:42:06.969 --> 00:42:08.289 And<00:42:07.110><c> six</c><00:42:07.309><c> times</c><00:42:07.630><c> he</c><00:42:07.789><c> tells</c><00:42:08.050><c> us</c> 00:42:08.289 --> 00:42:09.849 in<00:42:08.570><c> wondrous</c><00:42:08.909><c> ways.</c> 00:42:10.010 --> 00:42:11.570 And<00:42:10.170><c> if</c><00:42:10.309><c> the</c><00:42:10.469><c> time</c><00:42:10.710><c> weren't</c><00:42:11.030><c> where</c><00:42:11.250><c> it</c><00:42:11.429><c> is</c> 00:42:11.570 --> 00:42:14.050 we<00:42:12.170><c> would</c><00:42:12.650><c> be</c><00:42:12.889><c> tempted</c><00:42:13.210><c> to</c> 00:42:14.050 --> 00:42:16.349 have<00:42:14.190><c> another</c><00:42:14.429><c> deviation,</c><00:42:15.230><c> but</c><00:42:15.230><c> we</c><00:42:15.550><c> mustn't.</c> 00:42:17.409 --> 00:42:18.670 But<00:42:17.670><c> there</c><00:42:17.769><c> is</c><00:42:17.929><c> a</c><00:42:18.090><c> responsibility</c> 00:42:18.670 --> 00:42:21.070 too<00:42:18.909><c> on</c><00:42:19.070><c> the</c><00:42:19.190><c> part</c><00:42:19.329><c> of</c><00:42:19.510><c> the</c><00:42:19.570><c> recipients</c><00:42:19.989><c> of</c><00:42:20.150><c> this</c><00:42:20.309><c> grace.</c> 00:42:21.150 --> 00:42:23.170 You<00:42:21.289><c> can't</c><00:42:21.630><c> treat</c><00:42:21.829><c> God's</c> 00:42:24.170 --> 00:42:24.610 forgiveness 00:42:24.610 --> 00:42:27.150 in<00:42:25.409><c> a</c><00:42:25.449><c> high</c><00:42:25.650><c>-handed</c><00:42:25.909><c> sort</c><00:42:26.150><c> of</c><00:42:26.309><c> way.</c> 00:42:27.469 --> 00:42:28.630 You<00:42:27.510><c> cannot</c><00:42:27.730><c> say,</c><00:42:28.190><c> thanks</c><00:42:28.190><c> very</c><00:42:28.409><c> much,</c> 00:42:28.869 --> 00:42:30.730 I'll<00:42:29.130><c> continue</c><00:42:29.489><c> to</c><00:42:29.650><c> live</c><00:42:29.730><c> in</c><00:42:29.929><c> sin</c><00:42:30.070><c> and</c><00:42:30.309><c> I'm</c><00:42:30.570><c> glad</c> 00:42:30.730 --> 00:42:32.670 of<00:42:30.849><c> the</c><00:42:30.989><c> grace</c><00:42:31.170><c> of</c><00:42:31.389><c> forgiveness.</c><00:42:31.809><c> You</c><00:42:31.949><c> cannot</c><00:42:32.050><c> do</c><00:42:32.250><c> it.</c> 00:42:33.110 --> 00:42:35.329 Do<00:42:33.269><c> you</c><00:42:33.269><c> remember</c><00:42:33.469><c> the</c> 00:42:35.610 --> 00:42:36.550 parable 00:42:38.769 --> 00:42:39.949 in<00:42:39.210><c> the</c><00:42:39.409><c> Gospels</c> 00:42:39.949 --> 00:42:40.750 where<00:42:40.369><c> the</c><00:42:40.550><c> man</c> 00:42:40.750 --> 00:42:42.929 is<00:42:41.030><c> forgiven</c><00:42:41.409><c> a</c><00:42:41.889><c> huge</c><00:42:42.150><c> debt?</c> 00:42:43.829 --> 00:42:44.829 Have<00:42:44.070><c> you</c><00:42:44.409><c> ever</c><00:42:44.590><c> thought</c> 00:42:44.829 --> 00:42:45.550 about<00:42:45.030><c> that</c><00:42:45.250><c> debt?</c> 00:42:45.550 --> 00:42:47.630 I<00:42:46.030><c> mean,</c><00:42:46.849><c> the</c><00:42:46.929><c> man</c><00:42:47.130><c> owed</c> 00:42:47.630 --> 00:42:49.650 in<00:42:48.289><c> your</c><00:42:48.510><c> currency</c><00:42:48.949><c> about</c><00:42:49.190><c> eighteen</c> 00:42:49.650 --> 00:42:51.090 million<00:42:50.090><c> dollars.</c> 00:42:51.989 --> 00:42:53.170 Some<00:42:52.269><c> overdraft,</c><00:42:53.010><c> eh?</c> 00:42:53.610 --> 00:42:56.550 I<00:42:53.650><c> mean,</c><00:42:54.650><c> how</c><00:42:54.730><c> on</c><00:42:54.829><c> earth</c><00:42:54.969><c> could</c><00:42:56.349><c> you</c> 00:42:56.550 --> 00:42:58.170 accrue<00:42:57.210><c> an</c><00:42:57.730><c> overdraft</c> 00:42:58.170 --> 00:43:00.170 of<00:42:58.329><c> eighteen</c><00:42:58.769><c> million</c><00:42:59.250><c> dollars?</c> 00:43:00.630 --> 00:43:01.489 My<00:43:00.889><c> bank</c><00:43:01.150><c> money,</c> 00:43:01.630 --> 00:43:03.409 well,<00:43:02.789><c> there's</c><00:43:02.949><c> no</c><00:43:03.250><c> way</c> 00:43:03.409 --> 00:43:05.110 I<00:43:03.570><c> could</c><00:43:03.750><c> get</c><00:43:03.969><c> anywhere</c><00:43:04.510><c> like</c><00:43:04.849><c> that.</c> 00:43:05.469 --> 00:43:07.889 How<00:43:05.690><c> on</c><00:43:05.769><c> earth</c><00:43:05.929><c> did</c><00:43:06.110><c> he</c><00:43:06.349><c> run</c><00:43:06.550><c> up</c><00:43:06.690><c> a</c><00:43:06.809><c> debt</c><00:43:06.909><c> of</c><00:43:07.050><c> eighteen</c><00:43:07.349><c> million</c><00:43:07.610><c> dollars?</c> 00:43:08.329 --> 00:43:10.949 The<00:43:08.550><c> truth</c><00:43:08.750><c> is</c><00:43:08.969><c> he</c><00:43:09.070><c> didn't,</c><00:43:09.389><c> he</c><00:43:09.610><c> inherited</c><00:43:09.909><c> it.</c> 00:43:11.909 --> 00:43:13.429 His<00:43:12.210><c> father,</c><00:43:12.510><c> when</c><00:43:12.670><c> he</c><00:43:12.869><c> died,</c><00:43:13.150><c> you</c><00:43:13.269><c> see,</c> 00:43:13.429 --> 00:43:15.690 instead<00:43:13.670><c> of</c><00:43:13.849><c> saying,</c><00:43:14.170><c> I've</c><00:43:14.269><c> got</c><00:43:14.389><c> some</c><00:43:15.289><c> good</c><00:43:15.510><c> news</c> 00:43:15.690 --> 00:43:17.170 and<00:43:16.190><c> some</c><00:43:16.429><c> bad</c><00:43:16.590><c> news</c><00:43:16.789><c> for</c><00:43:16.989><c> you,</c> 00:43:17.269 --> 00:43:18.809 only<00:43:18.050><c> had</c><00:43:18.230><c> bad</c><00:43:18.489><c> news.</c> 00:43:19.130 --> 00:43:21.409 When<00:43:19.269><c> his</c><00:43:19.449><c> father</c><00:43:19.690><c> died,</c><00:43:20.010><c> he</c><00:43:20.130><c> said,</c><00:43:20.349><c> I've</c><00:43:20.929><c> left</c><00:43:21.050><c> everything</c> 00:43:21.409 --> 00:43:23.570 to<00:43:21.690><c> you.</c><00:43:22.789><c> Eighteen</c><00:43:23.269><c> million</c> 00:43:23.570 --> 00:43:24.550 dollars! 00:43:28.170 --> 00:43:29.130 So<00:43:28.650><c> this</c> 00:43:29.130 --> 00:43:29.590 man<00:43:29.349><c> you</c><00:43:29.449><c> see</c> 00:43:29.590 --> 00:43:31.389 inherited<00:43:30.090><c> his</c><00:43:30.469><c> debt,</c> 00:43:31.469 --> 00:43:33.030 just<00:43:31.630><c> like</c><00:43:31.789><c> you</c><00:43:31.929><c> and</c><00:43:32.010><c> me.</c> 00:43:33.389 --> 00:43:35.630 I've<00:43:33.650><c> inherited</c><00:43:34.070><c> what</c><00:43:35.210><c> I</c> 00:43:35.630 --> 00:43:37.449 own<00:43:36.090><c> from</c><00:43:36.730><c> my</c><00:43:36.969><c> forefathers</c> 00:43:37.449 --> 00:43:39.030 and<00:43:37.590><c> it's</c><00:43:37.869><c> called</c><00:43:38.030><c> sin.</c> 00:43:40.510 --> 00:43:41.489 And<00:43:40.730><c> the</c><00:43:40.849><c> Lord</c><00:43:41.050><c> said</c><00:43:41.289><c> to</c> 00:43:41.489 --> 00:43:43.989 him,<00:43:41.690><c> I'll</c><00:43:42.309><c> freely</c><00:43:42.710><c> forgive</c><00:43:43.190><c> you.</c> 00:43:44.769 --> 00:43:45.849 Wrote<00:43:44.989><c> it</c><00:43:45.190><c> off</c> 00:43:46.309 --> 00:43:47.869 as<00:43:46.710><c> he</c><00:43:46.849><c> will</c><00:43:46.949><c> for</c><00:43:47.170><c> us.</c> 00:43:48.429 --> 00:43:49.610 But<00:43:48.530><c> when</c><00:43:48.730><c> the</c><00:43:48.909><c> servant</c><00:43:49.050><c> got</c><00:43:49.210><c> back</c><00:43:49.449><c> home</c> 00:43:49.610 --> 00:43:51.429 and<00:43:49.690><c> found</c><00:43:49.889><c> a</c><00:43:50.050><c> sub</c><00:43:50.269><c>-servant</c><00:43:50.489><c> who</c><00:43:50.610><c> owed</c><00:43:50.730><c> him</c><00:43:50.929><c> seventy</c><00:43:51.289><c>-five</c> 00:43:51.429 --> 00:43:53.190 cents,<00:43:51.989><c> he</c><00:43:52.110><c> took</c><00:43:52.250><c> him</c><00:43:52.389><c> by</c><00:43:52.530><c> the</c><00:43:52.690><c> throat</c><00:43:52.829><c> and</c><00:43:52.969><c> he</c><00:43:53.070><c> said,</c> 00:43:53.309 --> 00:43:55.550 pay<00:43:53.530><c> that</c><00:43:53.650><c> thou</c><00:43:53.849><c> owest</c><00:43:54.090><c> or</c><00:43:54.230><c> I'll</c><00:43:54.389><c> put</c><00:43:54.469><c> you</c><00:43:54.610><c> in</c><00:43:54.730><c> prison.</c> 00:43:55.929 --> 00:43:57.869 And<00:43:56.050><c> when</c><00:43:56.150><c> he</c><00:43:56.289><c> couldn't</c><00:43:56.530><c> and</c><00:43:56.650><c> asked</c><00:43:56.829><c> forgiveness,</c> 00:43:59.090 --> 00:43:59.510 his<00:43:59.250><c> Lord</c> 00:43:59.510 --> 00:44:01.469 said,<00:44:00.429><c> I'll</c><00:44:00.769><c> commit</c><00:44:00.889><c> you</c><00:44:01.050><c> to</c><00:44:01.130><c> prison</c> 00:44:01.469 --> 00:44:02.829 till<00:44:01.650><c> you've</c><00:44:01.889><c> paid.</c> 00:44:03.670 --> 00:44:05.989 And<00:44:03.909><c> when</c><00:44:04.050><c> he</c><00:44:04.250><c> got</c><00:44:04.489><c> to</c><00:44:04.710><c> the</c><00:44:04.869><c> great</c><00:44:05.150><c> Lord,</c> 00:44:07.170 --> 00:44:07.570 he 00:44:07.570 --> 00:44:09.030 revoked<00:44:07.809><c> the</c><00:44:08.110><c> forgiveness.</c> 00:44:09.750 --> 00:44:10.949 It<00:44:10.389><c> terrifies</c> 00:44:10.949 --> 00:44:12.630 me,<00:44:11.110><c> brethren</c><00:44:11.389><c> and</c><00:44:11.610><c> sisters.</c> 00:44:13.130 --> 00:44:14.690 May<00:44:13.269><c> I</c><00:44:13.389><c> speak</c><00:44:13.610><c> to</c><00:44:13.710><c> you</c><00:44:13.849><c> honestly?</c> 00:44:14.969 --> 00:44:16.329 It<00:44:15.250><c> terrifies</c><00:44:15.690><c> me</c> 00:44:16.329 --> 00:44:18.570 that<00:44:16.690><c> the</c><00:44:16.909><c> forgiveness</c><00:44:17.190><c> which</c><00:44:17.449><c> is</c><00:44:17.829><c> freely</c><00:44:18.130><c> and</c> 00:44:18.570 --> 00:44:20.889 willingly<00:44:18.969><c> given</c><00:44:19.289><c> to</c><00:44:19.510><c> me</c><00:44:19.750><c> and</c><00:44:19.849><c> which</c><00:44:20.010><c> is</c><00:44:20.230><c> complete</c> 00:44:20.889 --> 00:44:22.909 could<00:44:21.730><c> be</c><00:44:21.989><c> negated</c> 00:44:22.909 --> 00:44:25.369 by<00:44:23.389><c> my</c><00:44:23.710><c> own</c><00:44:23.989><c> foolishness.</c> 00:44:29.489 --> 00:44:30.369 Would<00:44:29.909><c> Christ,</c> 00:44:30.369 --> 00:44:33.389 we<00:44:30.730><c> ask,</c><00:44:31.730><c> cheat</c><00:44:31.969><c> the</c><00:44:32.329><c> church?</c> 00:44:33.750 --> 00:44:34.610 Then<00:44:34.389><c> the</c> 00:44:34.610 --> 00:44:36.469 apostle<00:44:34.909><c> comes</c><00:44:35.230><c> on</c><00:44:35.449><c> to</c><00:44:35.670><c> say,</c> 00:44:36.650 --> 00:44:38.030 neither<00:44:37.210><c> should</c><00:44:37.510><c> you</c> 00:44:38.030 --> 00:44:40.690 cheat<00:44:38.389><c> each</c><00:44:38.650><c> other.</c> 00:44:41.289 --> 00:44:42.469 Could<00:44:41.429><c> we</c><00:44:41.590><c> just</c> 00:44:43.010 --> 00:44:44.130 finally<00:44:43.570><c> say,</c> 00:44:44.630 --> 00:44:46.510 come<00:44:44.829><c> to</c><00:44:44.969><c> chapter</c><00:44:45.190><c> three</c><00:44:45.409><c> and</c><00:44:45.570><c> verse</c><00:44:45.730><c> five,</c> 00:44:50.110 --> 00:44:51.889 mortify<00:44:50.630><c> therefore,</c><00:44:51.230><c> this</c><00:44:51.389><c> is</c><00:44:51.590><c> Colossians</c> 00:44:51.889 --> 00:44:54.050 chapter<00:44:52.170><c> three,</c><00:44:52.550><c> verse</c><00:44:52.610><c> five,</c><00:44:53.210><c> mortify</c><00:44:53.670><c> therefore</c> 00:44:54.050 --> 00:44:56.130 your<00:44:54.250><c> members</c><00:44:54.570><c> which</c><00:44:54.750><c> are</c><00:44:54.949><c> upon</c><00:44:55.150><c> the</c><00:44:55.349><c> earth,</c> 00:44:56.349 --> 00:44:58.070 fornication,<00:44:57.030><c> uncleanness,</c><00:44:57.690><c> inordinate</c> 00:44:58.070 --> 00:45:00.150 affection,<00:44:58.989><c> evil</c><00:44:59.269><c> concupiscence</c> 00:45:00.150 --> 00:45:02.570 and<00:45:00.489><c> covetousness</c><00:45:00.989><c> which</c><00:45:01.170><c> is</c><00:45:01.409><c> idolatry.</c> 00:45:03.170 --> 00:45:04.190 We<00:45:03.489><c> don't</c><00:45:03.489><c> very</c><00:45:03.610><c> often</c><00:45:03.769><c> use</c><00:45:03.969><c> these</c> 00:45:04.190 --> 00:45:05.610 words<00:45:04.369><c> today,</c><00:45:04.909><c> do</c><00:45:04.909><c> we?</c> 00:45:05.829 --> 00:45:07.969 You're<00:45:06.090><c> full</c><00:45:06.309><c> of</c><00:45:06.469><c> inordinate</c><00:45:06.909><c> affection.</c> 00:45:09.190 --> 00:45:09.730 Or, 00:45:09.909 --> 00:45:12.690 my<00:45:10.170><c> trouble</c><00:45:10.369><c> is</c><00:45:10.570><c> evil</c><00:45:10.789><c> concupiscence.</c> 00:45:14.469 --> 00:45:15.989 Words<00:45:14.949><c> which</c><00:45:15.429><c> don't</c><00:45:15.710><c> form</c> 00:45:15.989 --> 00:45:17.630 part<00:45:16.289><c> of</c><00:45:16.429><c> our</c><00:45:16.630><c> normal</c><00:45:16.929><c> vocabulary,</c> 00:45:17.829 --> 00:45:19.150 well,<00:45:18.010><c> I</c><00:45:18.130><c> don't</c><00:45:18.349><c> mind.</c> 00:45:19.929 --> 00:45:21.730 Backward<00:45:20.409><c> in</c><00:45:20.489><c> England,</c><00:45:20.809><c> maybe</c><00:45:20.989><c> they</c><00:45:21.190><c> do</c><00:45:21.289><c> in</c><00:45:21.409><c> America,</c> 00:45:21.750 --> 00:45:23.929 I<00:45:21.869><c> don't</c><00:45:21.989><c> know.</c><00:45:22.610><c> What</c><00:45:22.769><c> it</c><00:45:22.949><c> really</c><00:45:23.190><c> means</c><00:45:23.449><c> is</c> 00:45:23.929 --> 00:45:26.690 you're<00:45:24.369><c> full</c><00:45:24.710><c> of</c><00:45:25.510><c> fornication,</c> 00:45:27.230 --> 00:45:28.130 impurity,<00:45:27.869><c> passion,</c> 00:45:28.369 --> 00:45:29.849 evil<00:45:28.570><c> desire</c><00:45:28.969><c> and</c><00:45:29.190><c> covetousness.</c> 00:45:30.030 --> 00:45:32.690 That's<00:45:30.170><c> what</c><00:45:30.269><c> he's</c><00:45:30.429><c> talking</c><00:45:30.730><c> about,</c><00:45:31.210><c> which</c><00:45:31.309><c> is</c><00:45:31.550><c> idolatry.</c> 00:45:32.690 --> 00:45:36.170 Strange<00:45:33.489><c> to</c><00:45:33.730><c> think</c><00:45:33.909><c> that</c><00:45:34.130><c> covetousness</c><00:45:34.570><c> is</c><00:45:34.789><c> idolatry.</c> 00:45:36.530 --> 00:45:37.550 Lovely<00:45:36.730><c> touch,</c><00:45:37.050><c> isn't</c><00:45:37.210><c> it?</c> 00:45:37.690 --> 00:45:39.530 He<00:45:37.809><c> says,</c><00:45:38.210><c> mortify</c><00:45:38.829><c> them.</c> 00:45:39.710 --> 00:45:41.070 These<00:45:40.010><c> Jews</c><00:45:40.269><c> are</c><00:45:40.510><c> telling</c><00:45:40.590><c> you</c><00:45:40.750><c> to</c><00:45:40.949><c> fast,</c> 00:45:41.110 --> 00:45:42.829 are<00:45:41.250><c> they?</c><00:45:42.050><c> Telling</c><00:45:42.289><c> you</c><00:45:42.389><c> to</c><00:45:42.550><c> fast</c> 00:45:42.829 --> 00:45:45.010 so<00:45:43.329><c> that</c><00:45:43.409><c> you</c><00:45:43.469><c> look</c><00:45:43.670><c> like</c><00:45:43.829><c> a</c><00:45:43.969><c> skeleton</c><00:45:44.250><c> and</c><00:45:44.409><c> people</c><00:45:44.650><c> can</c><00:45:44.909><c> see</c> 00:45:45.010 --> 00:45:46.989 how<00:45:45.190><c> good</c><00:45:45.349><c> you</c><00:45:45.530><c> are?</c><00:45:45.750><c> I'll</c><00:45:45.969><c> tell</c><00:45:46.030><c> you</c><00:45:46.170><c> to</c><00:45:46.329><c> fast.</c> 00:45:47.050 --> 00:45:48.570 Mortify<00:45:47.449><c> these</c><00:45:47.650><c> things,</c><00:45:47.909><c> kill</c><00:45:48.150><c> them,</c> 00:45:48.829 --> 00:45:50.969 put<00:45:48.989><c> them</c><00:45:49.170><c> to</c><00:45:49.329><c> death,</c><00:45:49.690><c> make</c><00:45:49.829><c> no</c><00:45:50.130><c> provision</c><00:45:50.449><c> for</c><00:45:50.670><c> the</c><00:45:50.809><c> flesh.</c> 00:45:51.130 --> 00:45:52.170 That's<00:45:51.289><c> what</c><00:45:51.449><c> the</c><00:45:51.630><c> apostle</c><00:45:51.829><c> is</c><00:45:51.989><c> saying.</c> 00:45:52.389 --> 00:45:54.769 That's<00:45:52.710><c> the</c><00:45:52.869><c> fast</c><00:45:53.010><c> to</c><00:45:53.190><c> which</c><00:45:53.329><c> I</c><00:45:53.530><c> bring</c><00:45:53.650><c> you,</c><00:45:54.269><c> sir.</c> 00:45:55.610 --> 00:45:56.570 Not<00:45:55.809><c> your</c><00:45:56.030><c> daily</c><00:45:56.289><c> bread,</c> 00:45:56.750 --> 00:45:58.409 give<00:45:56.929><c> thanks</c><00:45:57.210><c> to</c><00:45:57.429><c> that.</c> 00:45:58.690 --> 00:45:59.550 But, 00:46:02.409 --> 00:46:03.349 fast 00:46:03.610 --> 00:46:04.510 from<00:46:04.050><c> the</c><00:46:04.250><c> things</c> 00:46:04.510 --> 00:46:06.090 which<00:46:04.750><c> offend</c><00:46:05.050><c> God</c> 00:46:06.409 --> 00:46:08.110 and<00:46:06.849><c> you</c><00:46:07.030><c> will</c><00:46:07.289><c> live.</c> 00:46:09.329 --> 00:46:10.170 The<00:46:09.769><c> problem</c><00:46:10.010><c> is</c> 00:46:10.170 --> 00:46:12.489 nobody<00:46:10.369><c> can</c><00:46:10.610><c> see</c><00:46:10.730><c> me</c><00:46:10.869><c> doing</c><00:46:11.050><c> it.</c> 00:46:12.989 --> 00:46:13.989 And<00:46:13.110><c> I</c><00:46:13.789><c> like</c> 00:46:13.989 --> 00:46:16.050 my<00:46:14.170><c> brethren</c><00:46:14.389><c> and</c><00:46:14.590><c> sisters</c><00:46:14.809><c> to</c><00:46:15.030><c> think</c><00:46:15.170><c> I'm</c><00:46:15.269><c> better</c><00:46:15.449><c> than</c><00:46:15.570><c> I</c><00:46:15.769><c> am.</c> 00:46:16.429 --> 00:46:18.070 Nobody<00:46:16.670><c> can</c><00:46:16.929><c> tell</c><00:46:17.010><c> what's</c><00:46:17.250><c> going</c><00:46:17.429><c> on</c><00:46:17.610><c> inside</c> 00:46:18.530 --> 00:46:19.829 and<00:46:18.969><c> the</c><00:46:19.090><c> temptation</c><00:46:19.469><c> is</c> 00:46:19.829 --> 00:46:21.590 to<00:46:20.210><c> fast</c><00:46:20.409><c> on</c><00:46:20.570><c> the</c><00:46:20.710><c> outwards</c><00:46:20.929><c> so</c><00:46:21.170><c> that</c> 00:46:21.590 --> 00:46:23.889 people<00:46:21.829><c> can</c><00:46:22.090><c> see</c><00:46:22.190><c> me</c><00:46:22.389><c> and</c><00:46:22.469><c> say,</c><00:46:22.650><c> good</c><00:46:22.750><c> fellow,</c> 00:46:24.570 --> 00:46:26.389 valueless<00:46:24.909><c> in</c><00:46:25.110><c> the</c><00:46:25.269><c> sight</c><00:46:25.409><c> of</c><00:46:25.630><c> God.</c> 00:46:27.030 --> 00:46:28.070 And<00:46:27.269><c> of</c><00:46:27.369><c> course</c><00:46:27.489><c> we</c><00:46:27.610><c> have</c><00:46:27.809><c> to</c><00:46:27.949><c> do</c> 00:46:28.070 --> 00:46:29.829 something<00:46:28.329><c> about</c> 00:46:30.010 --> 00:46:31.789 replacing<00:46:30.369><c> these</c><00:46:30.730><c> things.</c><00:46:31.230><c> When</c><00:46:31.409><c> these</c><00:46:31.610><c> things</c> 00:46:31.789 --> 00:46:34.389 which<00:46:31.969><c> are</c><00:46:32.090><c> dead</c><00:46:32.250><c> inside</c><00:46:32.630><c> us,</c><00:46:32.789><c> they</c><00:46:32.889><c> must</c><00:46:33.210><c> be</c><00:46:33.510><c> replaced.</c> 00:46:34.769 --> 00:46:36.170 And<00:46:34.849><c> the</c><00:46:34.969><c> apostle</c><00:46:35.210><c> says,</c><00:46:35.530><c> I'll</c><00:46:35.630><c> tell</c><00:46:35.730><c> you</c><00:46:35.789><c> what</c><00:46:35.949><c> to</c><00:46:36.070><c> do.</c> 00:46:36.250 --> 00:46:38.070 Remember,<00:46:36.510><c> will</c><00:46:36.650><c> you,</c><00:46:37.010><c> the</c><00:46:37.210><c> parable</c><00:46:37.489><c> of</c><00:46:37.789><c> the</c><00:46:37.909><c> man</c> 00:46:38.070 --> 00:46:40.030 who<00:46:38.289><c> swept</c><00:46:38.449><c> his</c><00:46:38.610><c> house</c><00:46:38.829><c> clean</c><00:46:39.210><c> and</c><00:46:39.489><c> said,</c><00:46:39.610><c> what</c><00:46:39.730><c> a</c><00:46:39.829><c> lovely</c> 00:46:40.030 --> 00:46:41.969 clean<00:46:40.230><c> house</c><00:46:40.429><c> I</c><00:46:40.670><c> have,</c><00:46:41.190><c> got</c><00:46:41.309><c> rid</c><00:46:41.469><c> of</c><00:46:41.610><c> the</c><00:46:41.730><c> devil.</c> 00:46:42.309 --> 00:46:43.690 Very<00:46:42.590><c> good,</c><00:46:43.190><c> swept</c><00:46:43.309><c> it</c><00:46:43.530><c> out.</c> 00:46:43.949 --> 00:46:45.809 And<00:46:44.130><c> seven</c><00:46:44.289><c> of</c><00:46:44.429><c> his</c><00:46:44.570><c> mates</c><00:46:44.750><c> came</c><00:46:45.010><c> back,</c><00:46:45.289><c> you</c><00:46:45.289><c> know,</c><00:46:45.650><c> and</c> 00:46:45.809 --> 00:46:48.170 occupied<00:46:46.070><c> him</c><00:46:46.369><c> totally</c><00:46:46.610><c> and</c><00:46:46.710><c> he</c><00:46:46.829><c> was</c><00:46:47.329><c> totally</c><00:46:47.769><c> full.</c> 00:46:48.289 --> 00:46:50.269 Seven,<00:46:48.690><c> he</c><00:46:48.769><c> was</c><00:46:48.949><c> completely</c><00:46:49.489><c> full</c><00:46:49.849><c> of</c> 00:46:50.269 --> 00:46:52.110 evil.<00:46:51.289><c> The</c><00:46:51.449><c> apostle</c><00:46:51.670><c> says,</c><00:46:51.909><c> don't</c><00:46:52.050><c> let</c> 00:46:52.110 --> 00:46:53.730 that<00:46:52.349><c> happen</c><00:46:52.550><c> to</c><00:46:52.730><c> you,</c><00:46:52.849><c> will</c><00:46:52.969><c> you?</c> 00:46:54.309 --> 00:46:55.829 Get<00:46:54.570><c> rid</c><00:46:54.750><c> of</c><00:46:54.929><c> these</c><00:46:55.130><c> evil</c><00:46:55.349><c> desires</c> 00:46:55.829 --> 00:46:57.989 and<00:46:56.110><c> then</c><00:46:56.329><c> do</c><00:46:56.570><c> something</c><00:46:56.809><c> about</c><00:46:57.130><c> it.</c><00:46:57.590><c> Here</c><00:46:57.630><c> we</c><00:46:57.809><c> are,</c> 00:46:58.090 --> 00:46:59.769 verse<00:46:58.170><c> 16.</c><00:46:58.710><c> Let</c><00:46:58.989><c> the</c><00:46:59.130><c> word</c><00:46:59.349><c> of</c><00:46:59.469><c> Christ</c> 00:46:59.769 --> 00:47:02.010 dwell<00:47:00.050><c> in</c><00:47:00.190><c> you</c><00:47:00.369><c> richly</c><00:47:00.750><c> in</c><00:47:00.889><c> all</c><00:47:01.070><c> wisdom.</c> 00:47:02.050 --> 00:47:03.929 Get<00:47:02.210><c> rid</c><00:47:02.369><c> of</c><00:47:02.489><c> these</c><00:47:02.690><c> things</c><00:47:02.889><c> and</c><00:47:03.070><c> replace</c><00:47:03.409><c> it</c><00:47:03.550><c> with</c><00:47:03.690><c> the</c><00:47:03.789><c> word</c> 00:47:03.929 --> 00:47:05.030 of<00:47:04.110><c> God.</c> 00:47:07.170 --> 00:47:07.949 And<00:47:07.670><c> it's</c> 00:47:07.949 --> 00:47:09.309 applicable<00:47:08.170><c> to</c><00:47:08.449><c> all.</c> 00:47:09.929 --> 00:47:11.849 I'd<00:47:10.170><c> like,</c><00:47:10.389><c> brethren</c><00:47:10.690><c> and</c><00:47:10.969><c> sisters,</c><00:47:11.269><c> tomorrow</c> 00:47:11.849 --> 00:47:13.789 if<00:47:12.530><c> we</c><00:47:12.710><c> could</c><00:47:12.869><c> just</c><00:47:13.269><c> start</c> 00:47:13.789 --> 00:47:15.889 with<00:47:14.210><c> a</c><00:47:14.409><c> comment</c><00:47:14.849><c> about</c> 00:47:15.889 --> 00:47:17.530 chapter<00:47:16.250><c> four</c><00:47:16.530><c> and</c><00:47:16.690><c> verse</c><00:47:16.949><c> two.</c> 00:47:17.829 --> 00:47:19.969 Continuing<00:47:18.329><c> prayer</c><00:47:18.989><c> and</c><00:47:19.650><c> watching</c> 00:47:19.969 --> 00:47:21.110 the<00:47:20.289><c> same.</c> 00:47:22.929 --> 00:47:23.929 Now<00:47:23.150><c> the</c><00:47:23.650><c> time</c> 00:47:23.929 --> 00:47:26.170 has<00:47:24.050><c> already</c><00:47:24.329><c> been</c><00:47:24.610><c> exceeded</c><00:47:25.010><c> and</c><00:47:25.650><c> we</c><00:47:25.829><c> must</c> 00:47:26.170 --> 00:47:27.289 stop. 00:47:28.289 --> 00:47:30.289 Shame<00:47:28.849><c> that</c><00:47:29.409><c> Demas,</c> 00:47:30.769 --> 00:47:32.750 who<00:47:30.869><c> was</c><00:47:31.349><c> with</c><00:47:31.610><c> the</c><00:47:31.769><c> apostle</c> 00:47:33.250 --> 00:47:34.369 in<00:47:33.809><c> Colossi,</c> 00:47:34.489 --> 00:47:36.469 when<00:47:34.710><c> he</c><00:47:34.869><c> wrote</c><00:47:35.010><c> the</c><00:47:35.190><c> Colossian</c><00:47:35.530><c> letter,</c> 00:47:36.570 --> 00:47:37.969 when<00:47:36.750><c> he</c><00:47:36.869><c> wrote</c><00:47:37.070><c> to</c><00:47:37.969><c> these</c> 00:47:37.969 --> 00:47:40.190 people<00:47:38.349><c> from</c><00:47:38.630><c> prison,</c><00:47:39.369><c> he</c><00:47:39.469><c> was</c><00:47:39.650><c> able</c><00:47:39.829><c> to</c><00:47:40.050><c> say,</c> 00:47:40.329 --> 00:47:41.949 Luke,<00:47:40.530><c> the</c><00:47:40.630><c> beloved</c><00:47:40.889><c> physician,</c> 00:47:42.070 --> 00:47:44.050 and<00:47:42.250><c> Demas</c><00:47:42.610><c> greet</c><00:47:42.929><c> you.</c> 00:47:44.869 --> 00:47:45.909 Demas<00:47:45.329><c> regrettably</c> 00:47:45.909 --> 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away</c><00:47:57.590><c> we</c><00:47:57.750><c> shall</c><00:47:57.889><c> lose</c> 00:47:58.170 --> 00:48:00.489 our<00:47:58.429><c> path.</c><00:47:59.409><c> Our</c><00:47:59.590><c> prayer</c><00:47:59.789><c> is</c><00:48:00.110><c> that</c> 00:48:00.489 --> 00:48:02.210 by<00:48:00.750><c> God's</c><00:48:01.130><c> grace</c><00:48:01.469><c> we</c><00:48:02.010><c> shall</c> 00:48:02.210 --> 00:48:04.150 stay<00:48:02.469><c> the</c><00:48:02.710><c> course</c><00:48:03.010><c> and</c><00:48:03.489><c> run</c><00:48:03.690><c> the</c><00:48:03.869><c> race</c> 00:48:04.150 --> 00:48:06.170 and<00:48:05.090><c> with</c><00:48:05.269><c> the</c><00:48:05.469><c> great</c><00:48:05.610><c> apostle</c> 00:48:06.170 --> 00:48:08.610 receive<00:48:07.090><c> a</c><00:48:07.250><c> crown</c><00:48:07.449><c> of</c><00:48:07.710><c> righteousness.</c>