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basis,<00:13:47.070><c> the</c><00:13:47.330><c> basis</c><00:13:47.710><c> that</c><00:13:47.990><c> God</c><00:13:48.269><c> has</c><00:13:48.610><c> defined,</c><00:13:50.450><c> and</c><00:13:50.509><c> the</c><00:13:50.730><c> sinful</c>

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righteousness.<00:14:26.750><c> And</c><00:14:26.990><c> in</c><00:14:27.250><c> this</c><00:14:27.529><c> process,</c>

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sinful<00:14:54.830><c> man?</c>

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piece<00:15:08.230><c> of</c><00:15:08.629><c> confession</c><00:15:09.070><c> of</c><00:15:09.450><c> sin.</c><00:15:10.750><c> If</c><00:15:10.870><c> we</c><00:15:11.110><c> confess</c><00:15:11.450><c> our</c><00:15:11.789><c> sins,</c><00:15:13.269><c> the</c><00:15:13.370><c> apostle</c><00:15:13.690><c> John</c><00:15:13.929><c> writes</c><00:15:14.289><c> in</c><00:15:14.549><c> 1</c>

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someone<00:15:37.850><c> else</c><00:15:38.309><c> for</c><00:15:38.570><c> why</c><00:15:38.730><c> they</c><00:15:38.950><c> occurred.</c>

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This<00:15:40.350><c> is</c><00:15:40.570><c> the</c><00:15:40.830><c> same</c><00:15:41.350><c> righteous</c><00:15:41.870><c> requirement</c><00:15:42.429><c> mentioned</c><00:15:42.870><c> in</c>

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connection<00:15:43.470><c> with</c><00:15:43.649><c> the</c><00:15:43.830><c> baptism</c><00:15:44.190><c> of</c><00:15:44.370><c> John.</c>

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In<00:15:45.870><c> Mark</c><00:15:46.110><c> 1</c><00:15:46.309><c> verse</c><00:15:46.610><c> 5,</c><00:15:47.269><c> we</c><00:15:47.269><c> read,</c><00:15:47.649><c> and</c><00:15:47.649><c> there</c><00:15:47.870><c> went</c><00:15:48.129><c> out</c><00:15:48.429><c> unto</c>

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him<00:15:49.090><c> all</c><00:15:49.549><c> the</c><00:15:49.750><c> land</c><00:15:49.950><c> of</c><00:15:50.129><c> Judea</c><00:15:50.649><c> and</c><00:15:50.830><c> they</c><00:15:50.990><c> of</c><00:15:51.169><c> Jerusalem</c>

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and<00:15:52.429><c> were</c><00:15:52.590><c> all</c><00:15:52.809><c> baptized</c><00:15:53.289><c> of</c><00:15:53.590><c> him</c><00:15:53.870><c> in</c><00:15:54.090><c> the</c><00:15:54.230><c> river</c><00:15:54.450><c> of</c><00:15:54.750><c> Jordan,</c>

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confessing<00:15:56.429><c> their</c><00:15:56.809><c> sins.</c>

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If<00:16:01.870><c> we</c><00:16:02.649><c> turn</c><00:16:02.850><c> to</c><00:16:02.970><c> Acts</c><00:16:03.289><c> chapter</c><00:16:03.710><c> 3,</c><00:16:04.289><c> we</c><00:16:04.289><c> find</c><00:16:04.590><c> requirements</c><00:16:05.250><c> 2</c>

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and<00:16:05.769><c> 3</c><00:16:06.710><c> identified</c><00:16:07.450><c> for</c><00:16:07.750><c> us.</c>

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Recall<00:16:09.850><c> the</c><00:16:10.190><c> incident</c><00:16:10.710><c> in</c><00:16:10.889><c> which</c><00:16:11.129><c> Peter</c><00:16:11.470><c> and</c><00:16:11.649><c> John</c><00:16:12.009><c> have</c><00:16:12.230><c> just</c>

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healed<00:16:12.830><c> the</c><00:16:13.090><c> lame</c><00:16:13.269><c> man.</c>

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When<00:16:14.970><c> they</c><00:16:15.110><c> entered</c><00:16:15.350><c> the</c><00:16:15.570><c> temple</c><00:16:16.230><c> and</c><00:16:16.590><c> off</c><00:16:16.750><c> he</c><00:16:16.909><c> goes,</c><00:16:17.710><c> walking</c>

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with<00:16:18.350><c> them,</c><00:16:18.830><c> leaping</c><00:16:19.409><c> and</c><00:16:19.710><c> praising</c><00:16:20.110><c> God.</c>

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And<00:16:21.470><c> a</c><00:16:21.590><c> great</c><00:16:22.049><c> crowd</c><00:16:22.509><c> gathers</c><00:16:23.210><c> and</c><00:16:23.429><c> there's</c><00:16:23.809><c> the</c><00:16:24.009><c> healed</c><00:16:24.230><c> man</c>

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clinging<00:16:25.389><c> to</c><00:16:25.909><c> Peter</c><00:16:26.169><c> and</c><00:16:26.350><c> John</c><00:16:26.750><c> and</c><00:16:26.970><c> Peter</c><00:16:27.309><c> addresses</c>

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the<00:16:28.029><c> crowd.</c><00:16:29.230><c> And</c><00:16:29.370><c> he</c><00:16:29.490><c> recounts</c><00:16:29.990><c> to</c><00:16:30.070><c> them,</c><00:16:30.309><c> as</c><00:16:30.470><c> we</c><00:16:30.590><c> know,</c><00:16:30.909><c> how</c>

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they<00:16:31.269><c> had</c><00:16:31.570><c> put</c><00:16:31.990><c> Jesus</c><00:16:32.490><c> to</c><00:16:32.789><c> death,</c>

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having<00:16:33.929><c> delivered</c><00:16:34.330><c> him</c><00:16:34.629><c> to</c><00:16:34.909><c> Pilate,</c><00:16:35.690><c> who</c><00:16:35.909><c> would</c><00:16:36.129><c> have</c><00:16:36.309><c> released</c><00:16:36.669><c> him.</c>

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And<00:16:37.950><c> in</c><00:16:38.110><c> verses</c><00:16:38.950><c> 13</c><00:16:39.470><c> to</c><00:16:39.590><c> 15,</c>

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he<00:16:40.210><c> tells</c><00:16:40.529><c> them</c><00:16:40.730><c> that</c><00:16:40.870><c> they</c><00:16:41.029><c> had</c><00:16:41.289><c> denied</c><00:16:41.850><c> the</c><00:16:42.210><c> holy</c><00:16:42.429><c> one.</c><00:16:43.429><c> This</c>

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is<00:16:43.809><c> in</c><00:16:43.950><c> Acts</c><00:16:44.110><c> 3,</c><00:16:44.929><c> the</c><00:16:45.110><c> holy</c><00:16:45.409><c> and</c><00:16:45.690><c> just</c><00:16:45.929><c> one.</c>

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You<00:16:46.929><c> killed</c><00:16:47.389><c> the</c><00:16:47.629><c> prince</c><00:16:47.909><c> of</c><00:16:48.149><c> life,</c><00:16:48.610><c> but</c><00:16:48.710><c> God</c><00:16:48.950><c> has</c><00:16:49.210><c> raised</c><00:16:49.490><c> him</c>

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from<00:16:49.970><c> the</c><00:16:50.129><c> dead.</c>

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did<00:16:55.289><c> their</c><00:16:55.509><c> rulers.</c>

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And<00:16:57.230><c> the</c><00:16:57.429><c> prophets</c><00:16:57.870><c> had</c><00:16:58.250><c> foretold</c><00:16:58.769><c> it</c><00:16:59.070><c> all</c><00:16:59.309><c> would</c><00:16:59.509><c> come</c><00:16:59.669><c> to</c><00:16:59.909><c> pass.</c>

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In<00:17:01.169><c> verse</c><00:17:01.350><c> 19,</c><00:17:01.990><c> then,</c><00:17:02.129><c> he</c><00:17:02.350><c> identifies</c><00:17:03.149><c> the</c><00:17:03.889><c> second</c><00:17:04.289><c> righteous</c><00:17:04.849><c> requirement,</c>

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the<00:17:06.349><c> steps</c><00:17:06.569><c> they</c><00:17:06.849><c> needed</c><00:17:07.029><c> to</c><00:17:07.309><c> take</c><00:17:07.509><c> to</c><00:17:07.690><c> have</c><00:17:07.849><c> their</c><00:17:08.089><c> sins</c><00:17:08.289><c> forgiven.</c>

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Repent<00:17:11.029><c> ye</c><00:17:11.230><c> therefore</c><00:17:11.589><c> and</c><00:17:11.750><c> be</c><00:17:11.970><c> converted,</c><00:17:12.990><c> that</c><00:17:13.069><c> your</c><00:17:13.329><c> sins</c>

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may<00:17:13.869><c> be</c><00:17:14.089><c> blotted</c><00:17:14.269><c> out</c><00:17:14.609><c> when</c><00:17:14.769><c> the</c><00:17:14.970><c> times</c><00:17:15.210><c> of</c><00:17:15.569><c> refreshing</c>

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shall<00:17:16.130><c> come</c><00:17:16.430><c> from</c><00:17:16.609><c> the</c><00:17:16.849><c> presence</c><00:17:17.089><c> of</c><00:17:17.309><c> the</c><00:17:17.450><c> Lord.</c><00:17:18.349><c> So</c><00:17:18.569><c> the</c><00:17:18.829><c> second</c><00:17:19.230><c> righteous</c><00:17:19.670><c> requirement</c><00:17:20.210><c> then</c>

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is<00:17:20.869><c> repentance.</c>

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The<00:17:22.690><c> Greek</c><00:17:23.009><c> word</c><00:17:23.309><c> mateneo,</c><00:17:24.170><c> number</c><00:17:24.509><c> 3340,</c><00:17:25.630><c> means</c><00:17:25.750><c> to</c><00:17:26.109><c> think</c>

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differently.<00:17:28.710><c> And</c><00:17:28.890><c> it's</c><00:17:29.069><c> worth</c><00:17:29.309><c> reflecting</c><00:17:29.809><c> upon</c>

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the<00:17:30.410><c> meaning</c><00:17:30.589><c> of</c><00:17:30.789><c> the</c><00:17:30.930><c> word,</c><00:17:31.470><c> both</c><00:17:31.750><c> for</c><00:17:32.109><c> repentance</c><00:17:32.710><c> and</c><00:17:33.410><c> in</c>

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that<00:17:35.890><c> of</c><00:17:36.150><c> being</c><00:17:36.390><c> converted.</c><00:17:37.730><c> To</c><00:17:37.930><c> repent</c><00:17:38.529><c> means</c><00:17:38.950><c> to</c><00:17:39.309><c> reconsider.</c><00:17:40.970><c> Vines</c><00:17:41.210><c> says</c><00:17:41.410><c> it</c>

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one's<00:17:43.150><c> mind</c><00:17:43.410><c> or</c><00:17:43.789><c> purpose.</c><00:17:45.069><c> Therefore,</c><00:17:45.690><c> repentance</c><00:17:46.309><c> has</c><00:17:46.670><c> to</c>

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do<00:17:47.049><c> with</c><00:17:47.289><c> the</c><00:17:47.549><c> mental</c><00:17:47.930><c> part,</c><00:17:49.250><c> the</c><00:17:49.609><c> changing</c><00:17:49.970><c> of</c><00:17:50.349><c> one's</c>

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mind.<00:17:51.349><c> It</c><00:17:51.549><c> conveys</c><00:17:51.890><c> the</c><00:17:52.150><c> idea</c><00:17:52.569><c> of</c><00:17:52.849><c> a</c><00:17:53.049><c> mental</c><00:17:54.089><c> reformation.</c><00:17:56.289><c> And</c><00:17:56.390><c> it</c>

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also<00:17:56.849><c> includes</c><00:17:57.309><c> the</c><00:17:57.549><c> idea</c><00:17:57.910><c> of</c><00:17:58.289><c> repudiating</c><00:17:59.089><c> the</c>

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it.<00:18:05.769><c> The</c><00:18:05.990><c> third</c><00:18:06.250><c> righteous</c><00:18:06.650><c> requirement</c>

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then<00:18:07.450><c> is</c><00:18:07.609><c> to</c><00:18:07.809><c> be</c><00:18:08.029><c> converted.</c><00:18:09.430><c> The</c><00:18:09.650><c> Greek</c><00:18:09.849><c> word</c><00:18:10.069><c> here</c><00:18:10.349><c> is</c><00:18:10.529><c> epistrefo,</c><00:18:11.250><c> and</c>

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it<00:18:11.450><c> means</c><00:18:11.650><c> to</c><00:18:11.930><c> turn</c><00:18:12.210><c> around,</c>

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do<00:18:17.569><c> with</c><00:18:17.869><c> a</c><00:18:18.210><c> mental</c><00:18:18.930><c> reformation,</c>

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repudiating<00:18:21.470><c> the</c><00:18:21.650><c> way</c><00:18:21.789><c> of</c><00:18:22.130><c> sin.</c><00:18:23.109><c> Conversion</c><00:18:23.730><c> here</c><00:18:24.250><c> has</c><00:18:24.589><c> to</c><00:18:24.809><c> do</c>

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with<00:18:25.369><c> turning</c><00:18:25.769><c> our</c><00:18:26.170><c> life</c><00:18:26.470><c> around.</c>

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The<00:18:28.230><c> word</c><00:18:28.390><c> means</c><00:18:28.970><c> strefo,</c><00:18:29.750><c> to</c><00:18:30.029><c> turn</c><00:18:30.410><c> quite</c><00:18:30.710><c> around</c><00:18:31.170><c> or</c><00:18:31.589><c> reverse.</c><00:18:32.109><c> The</c><00:18:32.309><c> RSV</c><00:18:32.750><c> has</c><00:18:32.950><c> it</c>

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to<00:18:33.410><c> turn</c><00:18:33.789><c> again,</c>

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to<00:18:35.450><c> turn</c><00:18:35.789><c> to</c><00:18:36.009><c> God,</c><00:18:36.450><c> especially</c><00:18:36.869><c> after</c><00:18:37.269><c> having</c><00:18:37.529><c> put</c><00:18:38.069><c> his</c><00:18:38.490><c> son</c>

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to<00:18:39.009><c> death</c><00:18:39.309><c> as</c><00:18:39.529><c> they</c><00:18:39.829><c> did.</c><00:18:41.329><c> So</c><00:18:41.710><c> to</c><00:18:41.890><c> be</c><00:18:42.130><c> converted</c><00:18:42.490><c> then</c>

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means<00:18:43.089><c> to</c><00:18:43.309><c> be</c><00:18:43.609><c> acting</c><00:18:44.049><c> differently,</c><00:18:45.309><c> to</c><00:18:45.650><c> changing</c><00:18:46.089><c> one's</c><00:18:46.769><c> walk,</c><00:18:47.210><c> to</c>

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walk<00:18:47.750><c> in</c><00:18:47.950><c> a</c><00:18:48.190><c> different</c><00:18:48.509><c> direction.</c>

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And<00:18:50.289><c> these</c><00:18:50.430><c> things</c><00:18:50.630><c> don't</c><00:18:50.890><c> just</c><00:18:51.210><c> pertain</c><00:18:51.769><c> to</c><00:18:51.990><c> baptism,</c><00:18:52.829><c> brethren</c><00:18:52.950><c> and</c>

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sisters.<00:18:53.470><c> What</c><00:18:53.650><c> we'll</c><00:18:53.869><c> look</c><00:18:54.069><c> at</c><00:18:54.289><c> today,</c>

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those<00:19:01.250><c> who</c><00:19:01.430><c> are</c><00:19:01.670><c> baptized</c><00:19:02.170><c> and</c><00:19:02.509><c> seek</c><00:19:02.690><c> to</c><00:19:03.009><c> enter</c><00:19:03.170><c> into</c><00:19:03.369><c> the</c><00:19:03.589><c> covenant</c><00:19:03.809><c> name,</c><00:19:04.329><c> and</c>

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they<00:19:05.410><c> are</c><00:19:05.730><c> applied</c><00:19:05.970><c> equally</c><00:19:06.549><c> to</c>

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immortality.<00:20:05.930><c> And</c><00:20:06.049><c> he</c><00:20:06.230><c> described</c>

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yesterday.<00:20:18.849><c> So</c><00:20:19.009><c> do</c><00:20:19.150><c> you</c><00:20:19.190><c> see</c><00:20:19.309><c> how</c><00:20:19.549><c> Peter</c><00:20:19.809><c> is</c><00:20:20.109><c> linking</c><00:20:20.390><c> forgiveness,</c><00:20:21.329><c> that</c><00:20:21.529><c> your</c><00:20:21.849><c> sins</c><00:20:22.150><c> may</c><00:20:22.410><c> be</c>

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walk,<00:20:44.509><c> then</c><00:20:44.670><c> God</c><00:20:44.910><c> will</c><00:20:45.170><c> forgive</c><00:20:45.390><c> them.</c>

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him,<00:20:55.170><c> sorry,</c><00:20:55.650><c> for</c><00:20:55.849><c> him</c><00:20:56.029><c> to</c><00:20:56.289><c> forgive</c><00:20:56.490><c> us.</c>

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repentance?<00:23:05.509><c> And</c><00:23:05.970><c> the</c><00:23:06.309><c> assurance</c><00:23:06.730><c> of</c><00:23:07.190><c> scripture</c><00:23:07.789><c> is</c><00:23:08.609><c> that</c><00:23:08.849><c> God</c><00:23:09.369><c> will</c><00:23:10.069><c> forgive</c><00:23:10.450><c> us</c>

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occurs<00:23:21.490><c> in</c><00:23:21.710><c> our</c><00:23:21.890><c> life.</c>

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And<00:23:24.509><c> we</c><00:23:24.690><c> declare</c><00:23:25.029><c> to</c><00:23:25.250><c> him,</c><00:23:25.529><c> that</c><00:23:25.690><c> is</c><00:23:26.089><c> not</c><00:23:26.529><c> how</c><00:23:26.769><c> I</c><00:23:26.930><c> want</c><00:23:27.109><c> to</c><00:23:27.349><c> live.</c>

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I<00:23:29.529><c> do</c><00:23:29.809><c> not</c><00:23:30.109><c> want</c><00:23:30.450><c> sin</c><00:23:30.710><c> to</c><00:23:30.930><c> be</c><00:23:31.150><c> master</c><00:23:31.630><c> of</c><00:23:31.890><c> my</c><00:23:32.150><c> life.</c><00:23:32.549><c> I</c><00:23:32.589><c> have</c><00:23:32.950><c> failed</c><00:23:33.269><c> you</c><00:23:33.769><c> again.</c>

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And<00:23:42.589><c> we</c><00:23:42.789><c> make</c><00:23:42.970><c> a</c><00:23:43.390><c> commitment</c><00:23:43.730><c> to</c><00:23:44.029><c> him</c><00:23:44.430><c> to</c><00:23:44.710><c> walk</c><00:23:45.069><c> in</c><00:23:45.289><c> a</c>

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through<00:24:19.809><c> situations</c><00:24:20.430><c> in</c><00:24:20.710><c> my</c><00:24:20.990><c> life</c>

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in<00:24:21.650><c> which</c><00:24:23.049><c> it</c><00:24:23.329><c> seemed</c><00:24:23.490><c> that</c><00:24:23.789><c> that</c><00:24:24.089><c> particular</c><00:24:24.829><c> sin</c><00:24:25.150><c> would</c><00:24:25.549><c> dominate</c><00:24:26.109><c> my</c><00:24:26.470><c> life.</c>

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But<00:24:28.450><c> each</c><00:24:28.809><c> time</c><00:24:29.190><c> we</c><00:24:29.670><c> repudiate</c><00:24:30.309><c> it</c><00:24:30.970><c> and</c><00:24:31.150><c> we</c><00:24:31.349><c> declare</c><00:24:31.710><c> before</c><00:24:32.130><c> God,</c><00:24:33.509><c> that</c><00:24:33.670><c> is</c><00:24:33.970><c> not</c><00:24:34.349><c> how</c><00:24:34.529><c> I</c>

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want<00:24:34.910><c> to</c><00:24:35.170><c> live.</c>

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Peter<00:24:38.970><c> goes</c><00:24:39.210><c> on</c><00:24:39.490><c> in</c><00:24:39.609><c> verses</c><00:24:39.869><c> 20</c><00:24:41.170><c> to</c><00:24:41.430><c> 24</c><00:24:42.069><c> to</c><00:24:42.970><c> show</c><00:24:43.170><c> how</c><00:24:43.390><c> Moses</c>

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forgiveness<00:24:51.589><c> that</c><00:24:52.049><c> he</c><00:24:52.190><c> would</c><00:24:52.369><c> bring.</c><00:24:53.529><c> And</c><00:24:53.569><c> verse</c><00:24:53.789><c> 25</c><00:24:54.390><c> notes</c>

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saying<00:25:07.190><c> unto</c><00:25:07.609><c> Abraham,</c><00:25:08.609><c> and</c><00:25:08.730><c> in</c><00:25:08.910><c> thy</c><00:25:09.269><c> seed</c><00:25:09.650><c> shall</c><00:25:09.849><c> all</c><00:25:10.069><c> the</c><00:25:10.230><c> kindreds</c><00:25:10.670><c> of</c>

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as<00:25:17.450><c> God</c><00:25:17.730><c> promised</c><00:25:18.130><c> back</c><00:25:18.410><c> in</c><00:25:18.630><c> Genesis</c><00:25:18.890><c> 12</c><00:25:19.349><c> and</c><00:25:19.529><c> in</c><00:25:19.730><c> Genesis</c><00:25:19.950><c> 22.</c>

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blessing<00:26:39.890><c> of</c><00:26:40.269><c> forgiveness</c><00:26:40.930><c> would</c><00:26:41.730><c> be</c><00:26:42.089><c> included</c><00:26:42.609><c> in</c><00:26:42.930><c> those</c><00:26:43.309><c> who</c><00:26:43.650><c> turn</c><00:26:43.930><c> to</c>

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God.<00:26:45.769><c> God</c><00:26:46.009><c> had</c><00:26:46.329><c> promised</c><00:26:47.150><c> to</c><00:26:47.869><c> Abraham</c>

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that<00:26:49.349><c> his</c><00:26:49.750><c> seed,</c><00:26:51.089><c> the</c><00:26:51.210><c> Lord</c><00:26:51.410><c> Jesus</c><00:26:51.809><c> Christ,</c><00:26:52.369><c> would</c><00:26:52.529><c> make</c><00:26:52.769><c> this</c>

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wonderful<00:26:53.630><c> blessing</c><00:26:54.069><c> of</c><00:26:54.430><c> forgiveness</c>

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available<00:26:56.309><c> to</c><00:26:56.750><c> all</c><00:26:57.049><c> throughout</c><00:26:57.390><c> the</c><00:26:57.630><c> earth.</c><00:26:58.930><c> And</c><00:26:59.089><c> it's</c><00:26:59.230><c> worth</c>

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noting<00:26:59.950><c> that</c><00:27:00.230><c> Peter,</c><00:27:00.609><c> when</c><00:27:00.970><c> citing</c><00:27:01.190><c> the</c><00:27:01.609><c> promised</c>

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blessing<00:27:02.430><c> of</c><00:27:02.829><c> forgiveness,</c><00:27:04.849><c> focuses</c><00:27:04.910><c> on</c><00:27:05.390><c> the</c><00:27:05.690><c> moral</c><00:27:06.170><c> impact</c>

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of<00:27:07.250><c> forgiveness.</c><00:27:08.589><c> It</c><00:27:08.609><c> is</c><00:27:08.970><c> not</c><00:27:09.470><c> simply</c><00:27:09.950><c> to</c><00:27:10.390><c> wipe,</c>

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clean<00:27:11.289><c> our</c><00:27:11.789><c> slate.</c><00:27:13.289><c> The</c><00:27:13.529><c> moral</c><00:27:13.890><c> impact</c><00:27:14.369><c> of</c><00:27:14.670><c> forgiveness.</c><00:27:15.230><c> Why</c>

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does<00:27:15.630><c> God</c><00:27:15.869><c> forgive</c><00:27:16.250><c> us?</c><00:27:17.009><c> Because</c><00:27:17.289><c> he's</c><00:27:17.529><c> looking</c><00:27:17.849><c> to</c>

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turn<00:27:18.410><c> us</c><00:27:18.869><c> away</c><00:27:19.369><c> from</c><00:27:19.769><c> our</c><00:27:20.230><c> iniquities</c><00:27:20.930><c> and</c><00:27:21.630><c> to</c><00:27:21.950><c> turn</c><00:27:22.150><c> us</c><00:27:22.750><c> back</c>

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to<00:27:23.349><c> him.</c><00:27:24.910><c> Forgiveness</c><00:27:25.369><c> is</c><00:27:25.970><c> intended</c><00:27:26.549><c> to</c><00:27:26.970><c> turn</c><00:27:27.150><c> us</c>

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from<00:27:27.670><c> sin,</c><00:27:28.089><c> not</c><00:27:28.430><c> just</c><00:27:28.930><c> at</c><00:27:29.109><c> our</c><00:27:29.289><c> baptism.</c><00:27:30.309><c> And</c><00:27:30.490><c> I</c><00:27:30.569><c> realize</c><00:27:30.910><c> he</c><00:27:31.089><c> is</c><00:27:31.309><c> appealing</c><00:27:31.569><c> to</c><00:27:31.789><c> the</c><00:27:31.990><c> Jews</c><00:27:32.170><c> here</c><00:27:32.430><c> in</c><00:27:32.589><c> Acts</c><00:27:32.789><c> 3</c>

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to<00:27:33.769><c> make</c>

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a<00:27:34.450><c> commitment</c><00:27:34.730><c> to</c><00:27:34.990><c> enter</c><00:27:35.250><c> into</c><00:27:35.589><c> a</c><00:27:35.849><c> covenant</c><00:27:36.109><c> relationship,</c>

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to<00:27:37.069><c> repent</c><00:27:37.390><c> and</c><00:27:37.630><c> be</c><00:27:37.890><c> baptized.</c><00:27:39.210><c> But</c><00:27:39.390><c> the</c><00:27:39.650><c> principles</c><00:27:40.089><c> of</c>

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forgiveness<00:27:40.890><c> are</c><00:27:41.210><c> as</c><00:27:41.529><c> applicable</c><00:27:41.869><c> to</c><00:27:42.269><c> an</c><00:27:43.009><c> unbaptized</c><00:27:43.849><c> sinner</c>

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who<00:27:44.450><c> repents</c><00:27:45.289><c> as</c><00:27:45.769><c> they</c><00:27:46.029><c> are</c><00:27:46.210><c> to</c><00:27:46.450><c> an</c><00:27:46.769><c> 80</c><00:27:46.950><c> or</c><00:27:47.230><c> 90</c>

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year<00:27:47.910><c> old</c><00:27:48.069><c> brother</c><00:27:48.329><c> who's</c><00:27:48.569><c> been</c><00:27:48.750><c> in</c><00:27:48.869><c> the</c><00:27:49.089><c> truth</c><00:27:49.269><c> their</c><00:27:49.450><c> entire</c>

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lifetime.<00:27:52.349><c> But</c><00:27:52.529><c> Peter</c><00:27:52.769><c> points</c><00:27:53.150><c> out</c><00:27:53.430><c> God</c><00:27:53.710><c> forgives</c>

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us<00:27:54.529><c> with</c><00:27:54.789><c> the</c><00:27:54.970><c> purpose</c><00:27:55.750><c> that</c><00:27:56.450><c> we</c><00:27:56.609><c> will</c><00:27:56.890><c> turn</c><00:27:57.250><c> from</c><00:27:57.650><c> sin,</c><00:27:58.069><c> that</c>

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we<00:27:58.250><c> will</c><00:27:58.549><c> change</c><00:27:58.970><c> our</c><00:27:59.349><c> mind,</c><00:28:00.690><c> that</c><00:28:00.789><c> we</c><00:28:00.910><c> will</c><00:28:01.190><c> change</c>

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our<00:28:01.869><c> walk</c><00:28:02.130><c> and</c><00:28:02.390><c> go</c><00:28:02.650><c> in</c><00:28:02.869><c> a</c><00:28:03.069><c> new</c><00:28:03.329><c> direction.</c><00:28:05.029><c> If</c><00:28:05.289><c> we</c><00:28:05.589><c> only</c><00:28:06.150><c> see</c><00:28:06.710><c> forgiveness</c><00:28:07.490><c> as</c>

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God's<00:28:10.269><c> means</c><00:28:10.569><c> of</c><00:28:10.950><c> wiping</c><00:28:11.269><c> clean</c>

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our<00:28:12.210><c> slate</c><00:28:12.750><c> without</c><00:28:14.130><c> seeing</c><00:28:14.609><c> the</c><00:28:14.930><c> moral</c><00:28:15.230><c> impact</c><00:28:15.789><c> it</c><00:28:15.950><c> is</c><00:28:16.210><c> intended</c><00:28:16.529><c> to</c><00:28:16.789><c> have</c><00:28:16.950><c> upon</c><00:28:17.250><c> us</c>

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and<00:28:17.890><c> turning</c><00:28:18.109><c> us</c><00:28:18.390><c> from</c><00:28:18.650><c> sin</c>

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and<00:28:20.089><c> creating</c><00:28:20.349><c> within</c><00:28:20.609><c> us</c><00:28:20.809><c> a</c><00:28:21.109><c> changed</c><00:28:21.470><c> heart</c><00:28:21.730><c> and</c><00:28:21.930><c> a</c><00:28:22.069><c> new</c><00:28:22.250><c> walk.</c>

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We<00:28:23.750><c> miss</c><00:28:24.049><c> entirely</c><00:28:24.769><c> the</c><00:28:25.289><c> divine</c><00:28:25.769><c> moral</c><00:28:26.329><c> objective</c><00:28:27.029><c> behind</c><00:28:27.569><c> forgiveness.</c>

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There<00:28:34.309><c> are</c><00:28:34.730><c> other</c><00:28:35.210><c> additional</c><00:28:36.130><c> references</c><00:28:36.849><c> to</c><00:28:38.410><c> these</c><00:28:38.730><c> three</c>

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aspects,<00:28:40.269><c> these</c><00:28:40.549><c> three</c><00:28:40.910><c> righteous</c>

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requirements<00:28:42.009><c> that</c><00:28:42.269><c> we've</c><00:28:42.509><c> spoken</c><00:28:42.890><c> of.</c><00:28:43.230><c> But</c><00:28:43.349><c> just</c><00:28:43.509><c> to</c><00:28:43.750><c> demonstrate</c><00:28:44.130><c> that</c><00:28:44.289><c> this</c><00:28:44.470><c> is</c><00:28:44.670><c> not</c><00:28:44.910><c> a</c>

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New<00:28:45.809><c> Testament</c>

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doctrine<00:28:48.130><c> so</c><00:28:48.569><c> to</c><00:28:48.789><c> speak.</c><00:28:50.390><c> None</c><00:28:50.569><c> of</c><00:28:50.710><c> these</c><00:28:50.930><c> refer</c><00:28:51.210><c> to</c><00:28:51.369><c> baptism,</c>

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you'll<00:28:52.250><c> notice.</c><00:28:53.529><c> They</c><00:28:53.690><c> all</c><00:28:53.930><c> refer</c><00:28:54.170><c> to</c><00:28:54.349><c> those</c>

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in<00:28:54.849><c> the</c><00:28:54.990><c> household</c><00:28:55.369><c> of</c><00:28:55.710><c> faith,</c><00:28:56.210><c> those</c><00:28:56.529><c> who</c><00:28:56.730><c> have</c><00:28:57.029><c> sinned</c><00:28:57.450><c> and</c>

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are<00:28:57.809><c> in</c><00:28:57.930><c> need</c><00:28:58.109><c> of</c><00:28:58.289><c> repentance.</c><00:28:59.750><c> In</c><00:28:59.890><c> Proverbs</c><00:29:00.170><c> 28</c><00:29:00.549><c> at</c>

00:29:00.750 --> 00:29:04.430
verse<00:29:00.930><c> 13,</c><00:29:01.490><c> he</c><00:29:01.589><c> that</c><00:29:01.869><c> covered</c><00:29:02.190><c> his</c><00:29:02.589><c> sins</c><00:29:02.890><c> shall</c><00:29:03.130><c> not</c><00:29:03.390><c> prosper,</c>

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but<00:29:04.710><c> who</c><00:29:04.910><c> so</c><00:29:05.369><c> confesseth</c><00:29:06.089><c> and</c><00:29:06.670><c> forsaketh</c><00:29:07.349><c> them</c>

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shall<00:29:08.430><c> have</c><00:29:08.769><c> mercy.</c><00:29:10.250><c> So</c><00:29:10.509><c> confession</c><00:29:11.029><c> and</c><00:29:11.410><c> forsaking,</c><00:29:12.230><c> the</c><00:29:12.250><c> word</c><00:29:12.430><c> therefore</c><00:29:12.890><c> forsaking</c><00:29:13.490><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:13.829><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:13.990><c> means</c>

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to<00:29:14.650><c> abandon,</c><00:29:15.369><c> to</c><00:29:15.450><c> leave</c><00:29:15.750><c> behind.</c><00:29:17.369><c> We</c><00:29:17.470><c> need</c><00:29:17.710><c> to</c><00:29:17.930><c> repudiate</c><00:29:18.849><c> sin</c>

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in<00:29:19.829><c> our</c><00:29:20.029><c> life</c><00:29:20.549><c> and</c><00:29:21.089><c> you</c><00:29:21.329><c> see</c><00:29:21.509><c> when</c><00:29:22.029><c> we</c><00:29:22.329><c> sin</c><00:29:22.529><c> we</c><00:29:22.650><c> have</c><00:29:22.869><c> a</c>

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choice<00:29:23.230><c> to</c><00:29:23.490><c> make.</c><00:29:24.470><c> We</c><00:29:24.609><c> can</c><00:29:24.829><c> either</c><00:29:25.150><c> attempt</c><00:29:25.569><c> to</c><00:29:25.869><c> cover</c><00:29:26.150><c> our</c><00:29:26.609><c> sin</c><00:29:26.990><c> and</c><00:29:27.630><c> not</c><00:29:27.910><c> confess</c><00:29:28.309><c> it</c>

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or<00:29:29.690><c> to</c><00:29:29.950><c> confess</c><00:29:30.470><c> our</c><00:29:30.950><c> sin</c>

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and<00:29:32.210><c> look</c><00:29:32.450><c> to</c><00:29:32.670><c> God</c><00:29:32.990><c> to</c><00:29:33.269><c> provide</c><00:29:33.529><c> the</c><00:29:33.809><c> covering</c><00:29:34.130><c> for</c><00:29:34.490><c> us.</c><00:29:35.829><c> In</c><00:29:36.029><c> 2</c>

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Chronicles<00:29:36.750><c> 7</c><00:29:37.150><c> verse</c><00:29:37.390><c> 14</c><00:29:37.950><c> at</c><00:29:38.170><c> the</c><00:29:38.349><c> time</c><00:29:38.529><c> of</c><00:29:38.750><c> the</c>

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dedication.<00:29:41.930><c> We</c><00:29:42.069><c> read</c><00:29:42.329><c> if</c><00:29:42.490><c> my</c><00:29:42.809><c> people,</c><00:29:43.529><c> this</c><00:29:43.529><c> is</c><00:29:43.769><c> God's</c><00:29:44.150><c> in</c><00:29:44.309><c> response</c><00:29:44.910><c> to</c>

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Solomon's<00:29:45.809><c> prayer,</c><00:29:46.069><c> which</c><00:29:46.210><c> are</c><00:29:46.529><c> called</c>

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by<00:29:47.009><c> my</c><00:29:47.269><c> name</c><00:29:47.490><c> shall</c><00:29:47.769><c> humble</c><00:29:48.089><c> themselves</c><00:29:48.869><c> and</c><00:29:49.769><c> pray</c><00:29:50.130><c> and</c><00:29:50.529><c> seek</c>

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my<00:29:51.210><c> face</c><00:29:51.750><c> and</c><00:29:52.430><c> turn</c><00:29:52.890><c> from</c><00:29:53.109><c> their</c><00:29:53.289><c> wicked</c><00:29:53.549><c> ways,</c>

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then<00:29:54.970><c> will</c><00:29:55.170><c> I</c><00:29:55.349><c> hear</c><00:29:55.490><c> from</c><00:29:55.730><c> heaven</c><00:29:56.069><c> and</c><00:29:56.369><c> will</c><00:29:56.809><c> forgive</c><00:29:57.150><c> their</c>

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sin<00:29:57.869><c> and</c><00:29:58.490><c> will</c><00:29:58.769><c> heal</c><00:29:59.490><c> their</c><00:29:59.910><c> land.</c><00:30:01.170><c> The</c><00:30:01.349><c> word</c><00:30:01.569><c> humble</c>

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themselves<00:30:02.690><c> there</c><00:30:03.049><c> means</c><00:30:03.349><c> that</c><00:30:03.529><c> we</c><00:30:03.650><c> are</c><00:30:03.789><c> to</c><00:30:03.970><c> acknowledge</c><00:30:04.509><c> our</c>

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sinful<00:30:05.230><c> ways.</c><00:30:06.730><c> If</c><00:30:07.049><c> you</c><00:30:07.730><c> check</c><00:30:07.970><c> that</c><00:30:08.269><c> with</c><00:30:08.690><c> 2</c>

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Chronicles<00:30:09.410><c> 12</c><00:30:09.789><c> verse</c><00:30:10.049><c> 6,</c><00:30:10.349><c> which</c><00:30:10.529><c> we</c><00:30:10.710><c> won't</c><00:30:10.849><c> take</c><00:30:11.089><c> the</c><00:30:11.269><c> time</c>

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to,<00:30:12.170><c> it</c><00:30:12.349><c> also</c><00:30:12.650><c> means</c><00:30:12.970><c> to</c><00:30:13.210><c> acknowledge</c><00:30:13.849><c> that</c><00:30:14.230><c> God's</c>

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ways<00:30:15.029><c> are</c><00:30:15.470><c> right</c><00:30:15.990><c> to</c><00:30:16.710><c> declare</c><00:30:17.329><c> God's</c><00:30:18.150><c> righteousness</c><00:30:18.650><c> in</c><00:30:19.210><c> the</c>

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case<00:30:19.710><c> of</c><00:30:19.950><c> our</c><00:30:20.190><c> sin</c><00:30:20.569><c> and</c><00:30:21.829><c> they</c><00:30:22.009><c> are</c><00:30:22.130><c> to</c><00:30:22.369><c> turn</c><00:30:22.569><c> from</c>

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their<00:30:22.950><c> wicked</c><00:30:23.190><c> ways.</c><00:30:23.569><c> God</c><00:30:23.890><c> says</c><00:30:24.309><c> there</c><00:30:24.890><c> again</c><00:30:25.109><c> is</c><00:30:25.349><c> the</c><00:30:25.529><c> idea</c><00:30:25.829><c> of</c><00:30:26.130><c> being</c><00:30:26.450><c> converted</c><00:30:27.029><c> to</c><00:30:27.450><c> walk</c><00:30:27.730><c> in</c><00:30:27.990><c> a</c>

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new<00:30:28.369><c> direction.</c>

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they<00:30:33.130><c> are</c><00:30:33.269><c> to</c><00:30:33.569><c> seek</c><00:30:33.750><c> my</c><00:30:34.210><c> face</c><00:30:34.690><c> to</c><00:30:35.049><c> turn</c><00:30:35.450><c> to</c><00:30:35.849><c> God,</c>

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having<00:30:36.470><c> turned</c><00:30:36.890><c> away</c><00:30:37.349><c> from</c><00:30:37.670><c> sin.</c><00:30:39.250><c> In</c><00:30:39.410><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:39.690><c> 55</c><00:30:40.230><c> verse</c><00:30:40.609><c> 7,</c><00:30:42.089><c> it's</c><00:30:42.289><c> within</c><00:30:42.470><c> the</c><00:30:42.769><c> context,</c><00:30:43.369><c> remember</c><00:30:43.849><c> verse</c><00:30:44.150><c> 9</c><00:30:44.509><c> in</c>

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which<00:30:44.849><c> God</c><00:30:45.109><c> declares</c><00:30:45.930><c> that</c><00:30:46.490><c> his</c><00:30:46.750><c> ways</c><00:30:46.970><c> are</c><00:30:47.210><c> so</c><00:30:47.369><c> much</c><00:30:47.549><c> higher</c>

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than<00:30:48.029><c> man's</c><00:30:48.509><c> ways.</c><00:30:49.789><c> Let</c><00:30:49.930><c> the</c><00:30:50.170><c> wicked</c><00:30:50.430><c> forsake</c>

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his<00:30:51.549><c> way</c><00:30:51.849><c> and</c><00:30:52.069><c> the</c><00:30:52.349><c> unrighteous</c><00:30:52.849><c> man</c><00:30:53.190><c> his</c><00:30:53.630><c> thoughts</c><00:30:54.170><c> and</c><00:30:54.710><c> let</c>

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him<00:30:55.049><c> return</c><00:30:55.470><c> unto</c><00:30:55.869><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:56.410><c> and</c><00:30:56.569><c> he</c><00:30:56.690><c> will</c><00:30:56.829><c> have</c><00:30:57.029><c> mercy</c>

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upon<00:30:57.670><c> him</c><00:30:58.190><c> and</c><00:30:58.690><c> to</c><00:30:58.930><c> our</c><00:30:59.130><c> God</c><00:30:59.410><c> for</c><00:30:59.650><c> he</c><00:30:59.890><c> will</c><00:31:00.230><c> abundantly</c><00:31:01.549><c> pardon.</c><00:31:02.809><c> So</c><00:31:03.069><c> the</c>

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wicked<00:31:03.569><c> are</c><00:31:03.849><c> to</c><00:31:04.069><c> forsake</c><00:31:04.670><c> or</c><00:31:04.990><c> to</c>

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impudiate<00:31:06.529><c> his</c><00:31:06.930><c> evil</c><00:31:07.390><c> way</c><00:31:08.250><c> and</c><00:31:10.410><c> God</c><00:31:10.829><c> will</c><00:31:12.130><c> provide</c><00:31:12.750><c> forgiveness</c><00:31:13.470><c> and</c><00:31:13.730><c> you</c>

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notice<00:31:14.170><c> the</c><00:31:14.589><c> thought,</c><00:31:15.490><c> the</c><00:31:15.630><c> heart</c>

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and<00:31:16.170><c> the</c><00:31:16.430><c> mind</c><00:31:16.769><c> are</c><00:31:17.130><c> involved</c><00:31:17.829><c> in</c><00:31:18.569><c> the</c><00:31:18.930><c> acknowledgement</c><00:31:19.390><c> of</c>

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the<00:31:19.990><c> sin</c><00:31:20.410><c> as</c><00:31:22.069><c> are</c><00:31:22.410><c> the</c><00:31:22.730><c> actions</c><00:31:23.150><c> and</c><00:31:23.490><c> the</c><00:31:23.710><c> behavior.</c>

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Return<00:31:24.789><c> unto</c><00:31:25.170><c> Yahweh,</c><00:31:25.910><c> he</c><00:31:26.170><c> says,</c><00:31:26.509><c> after</c><00:31:26.869><c> forsaking</c><00:31:27.470><c> the</c><00:31:27.650><c> way</c>

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of<00:31:28.130><c> sin</c><00:31:28.390><c> and</c><00:31:29.069><c> be</c><00:31:29.549><c> converted.</c><00:31:30.910><c> Change</c><00:31:31.470><c> your</c>

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in<00:31:32.430><c> life.</c><00:31:33.690><c> So</c><00:31:33.849><c> one</c><00:31:33.990><c> of</c><00:31:34.069><c> the</c><00:31:34.170><c> points</c><00:31:34.349><c> we</c><00:31:34.549><c> want</c><00:31:34.690><c> to</c><00:31:34.970><c> establish</c><00:31:35.250><c> this</c><00:31:35.509><c> morning</c><00:31:35.769><c> is</c>

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that<00:31:36.450><c> forgiveness</c><00:31:37.009><c> does</c><00:31:37.470><c> not</c><00:31:37.910><c> happen</c>

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automatically.<00:31:40.309><c> If</c><00:31:40.470><c> we</c><00:31:40.650><c> are</c><00:31:40.910><c> simply</c><00:31:41.309><c> saying</c><00:31:41.650><c> the</c><00:31:41.910><c> words</c><00:31:42.170><c> to</c>

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God,<00:31:43.009><c> forgive</c><00:31:43.289><c> my</c><00:31:43.750><c> sins</c><00:31:44.529><c> and</c><00:31:45.529><c> we</c><00:31:45.750><c> are</c><00:31:46.069><c> not</c>

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incorporating<00:31:47.150><c> and</c><00:31:47.529><c> conforming</c><00:31:48.250><c> our</c><00:31:48.569><c> lives</c><00:31:48.930><c> to</c><00:31:49.130><c> these</c><00:31:49.390><c> other</c>

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righteous<00:31:50.329><c> requirements</c><00:31:51.089><c> that</c><00:31:51.390><c> God</c><00:31:51.769><c> has</c>

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established<00:31:53.250><c> that</c><00:31:53.990><c> allows</c><00:31:54.430><c> him</c><00:31:54.730><c> to</c><00:31:54.990><c> forgive</c><00:31:55.289><c> us</c><00:31:55.650><c> righteously</c>

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without<00:31:57.170><c> compromising</c><00:31:58.009><c> his</c><00:31:58.329><c> character</c>

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and<00:31:58.930><c> his</c><00:31:59.089><c> principles.</c><00:32:00.589><c> If</c><00:32:00.950><c> all</c><00:32:01.309><c> we're</c><00:32:01.549><c> doing</c><00:32:01.829><c> is</c><00:32:02.210><c> saying</c><00:32:02.470><c> the</c>

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words,<00:32:03.210><c> brethren</c><00:32:03.349><c> and</c><00:32:03.589><c> sisters,</c>

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we're<00:32:04.630><c> coming</c><00:32:04.849><c> up</c><00:32:05.170><c> short.</c><00:32:06.730><c> It</c><00:32:06.849><c> would</c><00:32:07.130><c> not</c><00:32:07.390><c> be</c><00:32:07.630><c> righteous</c><00:32:08.049><c> of</c>

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God<00:32:08.990><c> to</c><00:32:09.470><c> forgive</c><00:32:09.789><c> the</c><00:32:10.049><c> wicked</c><00:32:10.470><c> if</c><00:32:10.970><c> they</c><00:32:11.190><c> do</c><00:32:11.470><c> not</c>

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forsake<00:32:12.430><c> their</c><00:32:12.730><c> way</c><00:32:13.289><c> or</c><00:32:14.369><c> to</c><00:32:14.670><c> forgive</c><00:32:14.890><c> the</c><00:32:15.289><c> unrighteous</c><00:32:15.869><c> man</c>

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who<00:32:16.509><c> does</c><00:32:16.829><c> not</c><00:32:17.150><c> forsake</c><00:32:17.730><c> his</c><00:32:18.049><c> unrighteous</c><00:32:18.690><c> thoughts.</c>

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God<00:32:20.349><c> would</c><00:32:20.789><c> be</c><00:32:21.049><c> guaranteeing</c><00:32:21.869><c> perpetual</c><00:32:22.470><c> sin</c><00:32:23.130><c> if</c><00:32:24.049><c> all</c><00:32:24.289><c> he</c><00:32:24.509><c> did</c>

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was<00:32:24.890><c> to</c><00:32:25.230><c> forgive</c><00:32:25.509><c> sins</c><00:32:26.009><c> without</c><00:32:26.470><c> regard</c><00:32:27.029><c> to</c><00:32:27.250><c> these</c>

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righteous<00:32:27.869><c> requirements.</c><00:32:30.349><c> And</c><00:32:30.869><c> hopefully</c><00:32:31.150><c> you</c><00:32:31.250><c> can</c><00:32:31.509><c> see</c><00:32:31.690><c> how</c>

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these<00:32:32.170><c> righteous</c><00:32:32.509><c> requirements</c><00:32:33.150><c> are</c><00:32:33.490><c> designed</c>

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and<00:32:34.990><c> intended</c><00:32:35.490><c> to</c><00:32:35.789><c> encourage</c><00:32:36.289><c> a</c><00:32:36.690><c> sinner</c><00:32:37.069><c> unto</c><00:32:37.869><c> holiness,</c><00:32:39.109><c> to</c>

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return<00:32:39.990><c> to</c><00:32:40.289><c> righteousness.</c><00:32:41.009><c> This</c><00:32:41.289><c> is</c><00:32:41.609><c> the</c><00:32:41.890><c> moral</c>

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power<00:32:43.210><c> for</c><00:32:43.609><c> good</c><00:32:44.049><c> behind</c><00:32:45.309><c> the</c><00:32:45.609><c> gracious</c><00:32:46.049><c> and</c><00:32:46.450><c> wonderful</c><00:32:46.990><c> provision</c><00:32:47.630><c> of</c>

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forgiveness.<00:32:49.309><c> It's</c><00:32:49.950><c> offered</c><00:32:50.410><c> to</c><00:32:50.730><c> only</c>

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those<00:32:51.490><c> who</c><00:32:51.730><c> repudiate</c><00:32:52.390><c> the</c><00:32:52.670><c> evil</c><00:32:52.950><c> and</c><00:32:53.230><c> seek</c><00:32:53.529><c> after</c><00:32:53.869><c> God.</c><00:32:56.029><c> Another</c><00:32:56.289><c> example</c><00:32:56.970><c> of</c>

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forgiveness<00:32:57.869><c> that's</c><00:32:58.269><c> helpful</c><00:32:58.609><c> in</c>

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instructing<00:32:59.410><c> us</c><00:32:59.650><c> is</c><00:32:59.789><c> found</c><00:33:00.089><c> in</c><00:33:00.250><c> Ezekiel</c><00:33:00.650><c> 18.</c><00:33:02.250><c> Remember</c><00:33:02.490><c> this</c>

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is<00:33:02.890><c> the</c><00:33:03.069><c> chapter</c><00:33:03.410><c> that</c><00:33:03.750><c> clarifies</c><00:33:04.349><c> the</c><00:33:04.730><c> eternal</c>

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judgment<00:33:06.009><c> of</c><00:33:06.450><c> man.</c><00:33:07.789><c> The</c><00:33:07.930><c> soul</c><00:33:08.190><c> that</c><00:33:08.450><c> sins,</c><00:33:08.789><c> it</c><00:33:09.089><c> shall</c><00:33:09.369><c> die.</c><00:33:10.990><c> But</c><00:33:11.150><c> the</c><00:33:11.349><c> soul</c><00:33:11.569><c> that</c><00:33:11.769><c> does</c><00:33:11.990><c> righteous,</c><00:33:12.829><c> it</c>

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shall<00:33:13.430><c> live.</c>

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This<00:33:14.990><c> was</c><00:33:15.230><c> an</c><00:33:15.490><c> answer</c><00:33:15.890><c> as</c><00:33:16.089><c> we</c><00:33:16.250><c> know</c><00:33:16.410><c> to</c><00:33:16.589><c> the</c><00:33:16.829><c> false</c><00:33:17.089><c> claim</c><00:33:17.430><c> by</c>

00:33:17.650 --> 00:33:20.650
the<00:33:17.849><c> people</c><00:33:18.349><c> that</c><00:33:18.910><c> the</c><00:33:19.150><c> children</c><00:33:19.450><c> were</c><00:33:19.809><c> suffering</c><00:33:20.369><c> for</c>

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sins<00:33:21.210><c> of</c><00:33:21.390><c> their</c><00:33:21.690><c> parents.</c><00:33:22.910><c> In</c><00:33:23.009><c> fact,</c><00:33:23.329><c> in</c><00:33:23.470><c> verse</c><00:33:23.690><c> two,</c><00:33:24.049><c> the</c><00:33:24.210><c> people</c><00:33:24.490><c> had</c>

00:33:24.829 --> 00:33:26.950
coined<00:33:25.069><c> the</c><00:33:25.369><c> phrase,</c><00:33:25.990><c> the</c><00:33:26.089><c> fathers</c><00:33:26.470><c> have</c><00:33:26.730><c> eaten</c>

00:33:26.950 --> 00:33:32.130
sour<00:33:27.329><c> grapes</c><00:33:27.950><c> and</c><00:33:28.829><c> the</c><00:33:29.109><c> children's</c><00:33:29.789><c> teeth</c><00:33:30.109><c> are</c><00:33:30.589><c> set</c><00:33:30.890><c> on</c><00:33:31.210><c> edge.</c>

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So<00:33:32.509><c> God</c><00:33:32.710><c> in</c><00:33:32.849><c> this</c><00:33:33.069><c> chapter</c><00:33:33.410><c> will</c><00:33:33.690><c> set</c><00:33:33.970><c> the</c><00:33:34.329><c> record</c>

00:33:34.630 --> 00:33:39.329
straight<00:33:35.309><c> regarding</c><00:33:36.109><c> man's</c><00:33:36.869><c> accountability</c><00:33:37.470><c> to</c><00:33:37.829><c> God</c><00:33:38.329><c> with</c>

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respect<00:33:39.789><c> to</c><00:33:39.990><c> his</c><00:33:40.230><c> sins</c><00:33:40.849><c> and</c><00:33:41.750><c> to</c><00:33:42.029><c> eliminate</c><00:33:42.450><c> this</c>

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from<00:33:43.430><c> being</c><00:33:43.829><c> spoken</c><00:33:44.349><c> further.</c><00:33:45.809><c> If</c><00:33:45.869><c> a</c><00:33:46.150><c> man</c><00:33:46.289><c> is</c><00:33:46.670><c> righteous,</c><00:33:47.789><c> if</c>

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he<00:33:48.410><c> practices</c><00:33:49.069><c> righteousness,</c>

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as<00:33:50.910><c> the</c><00:33:51.089><c> apostle</c><00:33:52.430><c> John</c><00:33:52.829><c> describes</c><00:33:53.369><c> in</c><00:33:53.569><c> his</c><00:33:53.809><c> epistle</c><00:33:54.829><c> and</c><00:33:55.349><c> does</c>

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what<00:33:55.849><c> is</c><00:33:56.130><c> lawful</c><00:33:56.609><c> and</c><00:33:56.930><c> right.</c><00:33:57.309><c> And</c><00:33:57.430><c> then</c><00:33:57.549><c> in</c><00:33:57.690><c> the</c>

00:33:57.890 --> 00:34:02.529
chapter,<00:33:58.289><c> God</c><00:33:58.589><c> goes</c><00:33:58.789><c> on</c><00:33:59.029><c> to</c><00:33:59.289><c> describe</c><00:33:59.730><c> what</c><00:33:59.890><c> it</c><00:34:00.150><c> means</c><00:34:00.410><c> to</c><00:34:00.710><c> practice</c><00:34:01.089><c> righteousness.</c><00:34:02.150><c> This</c><00:34:02.349><c> is</c>

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what<00:34:02.710><c> the</c><00:34:02.930><c> man</c><00:34:03.089><c> does</c>

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and<00:34:03.750><c> this</c><00:34:03.930><c> is</c><00:34:04.109><c> what</c><00:34:04.210><c> the</c><00:34:04.430><c> man</c><00:34:04.789><c> refrains</c><00:34:05.309><c> from</c><00:34:05.589><c> doing.</c><00:34:06.990><c> If</c><00:34:07.190><c> a</c><00:34:07.390><c> man</c><00:34:07.569><c> practices</c><00:34:08.190><c> righteousness,</c><00:34:08.889><c> if</c>

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he<00:34:09.389><c> is</c><00:34:09.570><c> righteous,</c>

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he<00:34:10.269><c> shall</c><00:34:10.570><c> live,</c><00:34:11.829><c> he</c><00:34:11.929><c> shall</c><00:34:12.130><c> be</c><00:34:12.309><c> judged</c><00:34:12.570><c> worthy.</c><00:34:14.110><c> But</c><00:34:14.230><c> if</c><00:34:14.389><c> a</c><00:34:14.530><c> man</c><00:34:14.670><c> pursues</c><00:34:15.369><c> a</c>

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life<00:34:16.110><c> of</c><00:34:16.489><c> sin,</c>

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and<00:34:17.690><c> then</c><00:34:17.849><c> Ezekiel</c><00:34:18.210><c> paints</c><00:34:18.449><c> a</c><00:34:18.809><c> different</c><00:34:19.150><c> picture</c><00:34:19.610><c> of</c><00:34:19.869><c> what</c>

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that<00:34:20.489><c> kind</c><00:34:20.750><c> of</c><00:34:20.929><c> life</c><00:34:21.150><c> looks</c><00:34:21.469><c> like,</c>

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he<00:34:23.530><c> shall</c><00:34:23.809><c> surely</c><00:34:24.190><c> die</c><00:34:24.929><c> because</c><00:34:25.309><c> he</c><00:34:25.429><c> will</c><00:34:25.670><c> be</c><00:34:25.849><c> judged</c><00:34:26.210><c> unworthy.</c><00:34:27.829><c> The</c>

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eternal<00:34:28.690><c> outcome</c><00:34:29.230><c> could</c><00:34:29.570><c> change</c>

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both<00:34:30.670><c> ways</c><00:34:31.210><c> as</c><00:34:31.489><c> we</c><00:34:31.650><c> know</c><00:34:31.849><c> during</c><00:34:32.130><c> one's</c><00:34:32.530><c> lifetime,</c><00:34:33.030><c> depending</c>

00:34:33.309 --> 00:34:35.349
how<00:34:33.550><c> you</c><00:34:33.789><c> live</c><00:34:34.190><c> and</c><00:34:34.750><c> depending</c><00:34:35.050><c> which</c>

00:34:35.349 --> 00:34:39.090
path<00:34:35.570><c> you</c><00:34:35.789><c> chose.</c><00:34:36.730><c> So</c><00:34:36.789><c> the</c><00:34:36.989><c> righteous</c><00:34:37.329><c> who</c><00:34:37.610><c> forsake</c><00:34:38.030><c> the</c><00:34:38.250><c> righteous</c><00:34:38.530><c> way</c>

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could<00:34:39.769><c> become</c><00:34:40.269><c> those</c><00:34:40.809><c> who</c><00:34:40.969><c> now</c>

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follow<00:34:41.489><c> on</c><00:34:41.670><c> the</c><00:34:41.769><c> path</c><00:34:41.989><c> of</c><00:34:42.190><c> wickedness.</c><00:34:43.289><c> And</c><00:34:43.510><c> those</c><00:34:43.690><c> who</c><00:34:43.849><c> are</c>

00:34:43.989 --> 00:34:45.610
following<00:34:44.269><c> on</c><00:34:44.550><c> the</c><00:34:44.710><c> path</c><00:34:44.929><c> of</c><00:34:45.150><c> wickedness,</c>

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if<00:34:45.809><c> they</c><00:34:46.090><c> forsook</c><00:34:46.550><c> those</c><00:34:46.889><c> ways,</c><00:34:47.750><c> could</c><00:34:47.909><c> then</c><00:34:48.090><c> enter</c><00:34:48.489><c> the</c><00:34:48.809><c> path</c>

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of<00:34:49.409><c> righteousness</c><00:34:49.829><c> and</c><00:34:50.170><c> they</c><00:34:50.369><c> would</c><00:34:50.570><c> live.</c>

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Verse<00:34:52.030><c> 26</c><00:34:52.550><c> is</c><00:34:52.750><c> where</c><00:34:52.889><c> we</c><00:34:53.030><c> pick</c><00:34:53.190><c> up</c><00:34:53.329><c> the</c><00:34:53.530><c> record.</c><00:34:54.469><c> When</c><00:34:54.570><c> a</c><00:34:54.789><c> righteous</c><00:34:55.090><c> man</c>

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turneth<00:34:56.150><c> away</c><00:34:56.530><c> from</c><00:34:56.710><c> his</c><00:34:56.949><c> righteousness</c>

00:34:57.429 --> 00:35:05.190
and<00:34:58.170><c> committeth</c><00:34:58.849><c> iniquity</c><00:34:59.989><c> and</c><00:35:00.570><c> dieth</c><00:35:01.030><c> in</c><00:35:01.349><c> them</c><00:35:01.829><c> for</c><00:35:02.550><c> his</c><00:35:02.829><c> iniquity,</c><00:35:03.869><c> sorry,</c><00:35:04.949><c> and</c>

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committeth<00:35:05.469><c> iniquity</c><00:35:06.030><c> and</c>

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dieth<00:35:06.670><c> in</c><00:35:06.849><c> them</c><00:35:07.170><c> for</c><00:35:07.550><c> his</c><00:35:07.829><c> iniquity</c><00:35:08.210><c> that</c><00:35:08.349><c> he</c><00:35:08.530><c> hath</c><00:35:08.710><c> done</c><00:35:09.010><c> shall</c><00:35:09.309><c> he</c>

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die.<00:35:10.670><c> Verse</c><00:35:10.829><c> 27,</c><00:35:11.510><c> again,</c><00:35:12.090><c> when</c><00:35:12.210><c> the</c><00:35:12.369><c> wicked</c>

00:35:12.590 --> 00:35:17.150
man<00:35:12.909><c> turneth</c><00:35:13.389><c> away</c><00:35:14.010><c> from</c><00:35:14.269><c> his</c><00:35:14.610><c> wickedness</c><00:35:15.170><c> that</c><00:35:15.409><c> he</c><00:35:15.610><c> hath</c><00:35:15.750><c> committed</c><00:35:16.269><c> and</c>

00:35:17.150 --> 00:35:19.329
doeth<00:35:17.530><c> that</c><00:35:17.849><c> which</c><00:35:18.010><c> is</c><00:35:18.269><c> lawful</c><00:35:18.690><c> and</c><00:35:18.989><c> right,</c>

00:35:19.710 --> 00:35:24.449
he<00:35:19.969><c> shall</c><00:35:20.269><c> save</c><00:35:20.710><c> his</c><00:35:21.070><c> soul</c><00:35:21.389><c> alive</c><00:35:21.969><c> because</c><00:35:23.050><c> he</c><00:35:23.750><c> considereth</c>

00:35:24.449 --> 00:35:27.289
and<00:35:25.070><c> turneth</c><00:35:25.469><c> away</c><00:35:25.789><c> from</c><00:35:26.050><c> all</c><00:35:26.250><c> his</c><00:35:26.550><c> transgressions</c><00:35:27.130><c> that</c>

00:35:27.289 --> 00:35:30.610
he<00:35:27.449><c> hath</c><00:35:27.750><c> committed.</c><00:35:28.650><c> He</c><00:35:28.829><c> shall</c><00:35:29.130><c> surely</c><00:35:29.469><c> live,</c><00:35:29.909><c> he</c><00:35:30.070><c> shall</c><00:35:30.349><c> not</c>

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die.<00:35:31.750><c> And</c><00:35:31.949><c> verse</c><00:35:32.150><c> 29,</c><00:35:32.710><c> then</c><00:35:32.929><c> God</c><00:35:33.070><c> makes</c><00:35:33.349><c> an</c><00:35:33.610><c> appeal</c>

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to<00:35:34.110><c> the</c><00:35:34.269><c> nation</c><00:35:34.570><c> to</c><00:35:34.869><c> reconsider</c><00:35:35.530><c> their</c><00:35:36.150><c> walk</c><00:35:36.469><c> and</c><00:35:36.710><c> their</c><00:35:36.909><c> ways.</c><00:35:37.829><c> And</c>

00:35:37.949 --> 00:35:40.489
as<00:35:38.150><c> we</c><00:35:38.329><c> read</c><00:35:38.530><c> through</c><00:35:38.829><c> verses</c><00:35:39.130><c> 29</c><00:35:39.690><c> to</c><00:35:39.809><c> 32,</c>

00:35:40.909 --> 00:35:44.769
look<00:35:41.289><c> for</c><00:35:41.489><c> those</c><00:35:41.789><c> three</c><00:35:42.150><c> righteous</c><00:35:42.550><c> requirements</c><00:35:43.250><c> of</c><00:35:44.010><c> confessing</c><00:35:44.530><c> their</c>

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sin,<00:35:45.269><c> of</c><00:35:45.409><c> repenting,</c>

00:35:46.449 --> 00:35:50.329
and<00:35:46.710><c> of</c><00:35:46.909><c> being</c><00:35:47.130><c> converted.</c><00:35:48.269><c> Verse</c><00:35:48.429><c> 29,</c><00:35:49.150><c> yet</c><00:35:49.510><c> saith</c><00:35:49.849><c> the</c><00:35:50.050><c> house</c>

00:35:50.329 --> 00:35:52.949
of<00:35:50.489><c> Israel,</c><00:35:51.409><c> the</c><00:35:51.530><c> way</c><00:35:51.670><c> of</c><00:35:51.869><c> the</c><00:35:51.989><c> Lord</c><00:35:52.130><c> is</c><00:35:52.349><c> not</c><00:35:52.530><c> equal,</c>

00:35:52.949 --> 00:35:59.949
O<00:35:53.349><c> house</c><00:35:53.590><c> of</c><00:35:53.789><c> Israel,</c><00:35:54.389><c> are</c><00:35:54.429><c> not</c><00:35:54.769><c> my</c><00:35:55.150><c> ways</c><00:35:55.510><c> equal,</c><00:35:56.650><c> are</c><00:35:56.809><c> not</c><00:35:57.110><c> your</c><00:35:57.429><c> ways</c><00:35:57.849><c> unequal.</c><00:35:59.329><c> Therefore</c><00:35:59.670><c> I</c>

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will<00:36:00.190><c> judge</c><00:36:00.429><c> you,</c>

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O<00:36:00.869><c> house</c><00:36:01.110><c> of</c><00:36:01.369><c> Israel,</c><00:36:02.369><c> everyone</c><00:36:02.670><c> according</c><00:36:03.050><c> to</c><00:36:03.269><c> his</c><00:36:03.530><c> ways,</c>

00:36:04.670 --> 00:36:09.929
saith<00:36:05.210><c> Adonai</c><00:36:05.909><c> Yahweh.</c><00:36:07.789><c> Repent,</c><00:36:08.690><c> turn</c><00:36:09.090><c> yourselves</c><00:36:09.690><c> from</c>

00:36:09.929 --> 00:36:13.530
all<00:36:10.170><c> your</c><00:36:10.489><c> transgressions</c><00:36:11.449><c> so</c><00:36:11.989><c> iniquity</c><00:36:12.530><c> shall</c><00:36:12.750><c> not</c><00:36:13.030><c> be</c><00:36:13.289><c> your</c>

00:36:13.530 --> 00:36:17.210
ruin.<00:36:14.530><c> Cast</c><00:36:14.889><c> away</c><00:36:15.309><c> from</c><00:36:15.570><c> you</c><00:36:15.929><c> all</c><00:36:16.230><c> your</c><00:36:16.610><c> transgressions</c>

00:36:17.210 --> 00:36:21.070
whereby<00:36:17.510><c> ye</c><00:36:17.750><c> hath</c><00:36:18.150><c> transgressed</c><00:36:19.429><c> and</c><00:36:19.630><c> make</c><00:36:19.849><c> you</c><00:36:20.230><c> a</c><00:36:20.449><c> new</c><00:36:20.670><c> heart</c>

00:36:21.070 --> 00:36:25.250
and<00:36:21.349><c> a</c><00:36:21.449><c> new</c><00:36:21.730><c> spirit.</c><00:36:23.250><c> For</c><00:36:23.269><c> why</c><00:36:24.010><c> will</c><00:36:24.349><c> ye</c><00:36:24.590><c> die,</c><00:36:25.090><c> O</c>

00:36:25.250 --> 00:36:28.829
house<00:36:25.489><c> of</c><00:36:25.690><c> Israel?</c><00:36:27.050><c> For</c><00:36:27.150><c> I</c><00:36:27.349><c> have</c><00:36:27.469><c> no</c><00:36:27.789><c> pleasure</c><00:36:28.210><c> in</c><00:36:28.469><c> the</c><00:36:28.630><c> death</c>

00:36:28.829 --> 00:36:32.050
of<00:36:29.030><c> him</c><00:36:29.170><c> that</c><00:36:29.469><c> dieth,</c><00:36:30.789><c> saith</c><00:36:30.929><c> Adonai</c><00:36:31.530><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:36:32.369 --> 00:36:39.170
Wherefore<00:36:32.909><c> turn</c><00:36:33.369><c> yourselves</c><00:36:34.110><c> and</c><00:36:34.550><c> live</c><00:36:34.849><c> ye.</c><00:36:36.050><c> So</c><00:36:36.269><c> you</c><00:36:36.449><c> see</c><00:36:36.610><c> those</c><00:36:36.829><c> three</c><00:36:37.090><c> righteous</c><00:36:37.449><c> principles</c><00:36:37.969><c> which</c><00:36:38.269><c> God</c><00:36:38.650><c> appeals</c>

00:36:39.170 --> 00:36:43.550
to<00:36:39.389><c> the</c><00:36:39.570><c> nation</c><00:36:39.889><c> to</c><00:36:40.130><c> conform</c><00:36:40.590><c> to.</c><00:36:41.610><c> Despite</c><00:36:42.250><c> all</c><00:36:42.690><c> their</c><00:36:42.929><c> sins,</c>

00:36:43.969 --> 00:36:46.670
if<00:36:44.190><c> you</c><00:36:44.409><c> are</c><00:36:44.630><c> willing</c><00:36:44.889><c> to</c><00:36:45.210><c> repent,</c><00:36:45.769><c> he</c><00:36:46.210><c> says,</c>

00:36:46.670 --> 00:36:50.630
defined<00:36:47.510><c> here</c><00:36:47.789><c> as</c><00:36:47.949><c> having</c><00:36:48.170><c> a</c><00:36:48.389><c> new</c><00:36:48.610><c> heart</c><00:36:48.969><c> and</c><00:36:49.170><c> a</c><00:36:49.289><c> new</c><00:36:49.429><c> mind.</c>

00:36:51.070 --> 00:36:54.809
Verse<00:36:51.190><c> 28,</c><00:36:51.789><c> you</c><00:36:51.789><c> notice</c><00:36:52.150><c> the</c><00:36:52.369><c> man</c><00:36:52.789><c> who</c><00:36:53.130><c> sins</c><00:36:53.570><c> considereth.</c>

00:36:55.309 --> 00:37:00.690
He<00:36:55.409><c> reflects</c><00:36:55.949><c> in</c><00:36:56.170><c> his</c><00:36:56.389><c> own</c><00:36:56.630><c> mind</c><00:36:56.929><c> on</c><00:36:57.170><c> what</c><00:36:57.329><c> his</c><00:36:57.610><c> walk</c><00:36:57.809><c> is</c><00:36:58.429><c> and</c><00:36:59.010><c> recognizes</c><00:36:59.550><c> the</c><00:36:59.909><c> need</c><00:37:00.150><c> for</c><00:37:00.409><c> a</c>

00:37:00.690 --> 00:37:02.449
change<00:37:00.969><c> in</c><00:37:01.210><c> his</c><00:37:01.449><c> life.</c>

00:37:02.710 --> 00:37:06.230
Secondly,<00:37:03.150><c> if</c><00:37:03.329><c> you</c><00:37:03.610><c> turn</c><00:37:03.989><c> away</c><00:37:04.510><c> from</c><00:37:04.769><c> your</c><00:37:05.110><c> sin</c><00:37:05.349><c> and</c><00:37:05.590><c> you</c><00:37:05.949><c> cast</c>

00:37:06.230 --> 00:37:09.309
away<00:37:06.590><c> your</c><00:37:06.929><c> transgression,</c><00:37:08.469><c> defined</c><00:37:08.730><c> as</c><00:37:08.949><c> walking</c>

00:37:09.309 --> 00:37:13.670
in<00:37:09.469><c> a</c><00:37:09.750><c> new</c><00:37:09.949><c> direction,</c><00:37:10.650><c> away</c><00:37:11.230><c> from</c><00:37:11.590><c> sin</c><00:37:12.030><c> and</c><00:37:12.630><c> toward</c><00:37:13.030><c> God</c><00:37:13.409><c> with</c>

00:37:13.670 --> 00:37:17.369
a<00:37:13.829><c> new</c><00:37:14.230><c> spirit.</c><00:37:15.550><c> And</c><00:37:15.730><c> that</c><00:37:15.949><c> phrase</c><00:37:16.190><c> new</c><00:37:16.530><c> spirit</c><00:37:16.889><c> implies</c>

00:37:17.369 --> 00:37:21.130
a<00:37:17.690><c> new</c><00:37:17.889><c> way</c><00:37:18.130><c> of</c><00:37:18.409><c> life.</c><00:37:19.570><c> If</c><00:37:19.650><c> they</c><00:37:19.809><c> would</c><00:37:20.030><c> conform</c><00:37:20.489><c> to</c><00:37:20.710><c> these</c><00:37:20.909><c> two</c>

00:37:21.130 --> 00:37:24.130
righteous<00:37:21.469><c> principles,</c><00:37:22.809><c> then</c><00:37:22.949><c> God</c><00:37:23.130><c> was</c><00:37:23.389><c> ready</c><00:37:23.730><c> and</c>

00:37:24.130 --> 00:37:27.190
willing<00:37:24.369><c> to</c><00:37:24.670><c> forgive</c><00:37:24.909><c> them</c><00:37:25.329><c> and</c><00:37:26.309><c> their</c><00:37:26.510><c> iniquity</c><00:37:26.849><c> would</c><00:37:27.050><c> not</c>

00:37:27.190 --> 00:37:31.289
be<00:37:27.349><c> their</c><00:37:27.530><c> ruin.</c><00:37:28.889><c> Verses</c><00:37:29.170><c> 21</c><00:37:29.550><c> to</c><00:37:29.750><c> 22</c><00:37:30.110><c> in</c><00:37:30.289><c> the</c><00:37:30.469><c> chapter</c>

00:37:31.349 --> 00:37:35.409
state<00:37:31.829><c> that</c><00:37:32.030><c> God</c><00:37:32.329><c> was</c><00:37:32.650><c> prepared</c><00:37:33.090><c> to</c><00:37:33.409><c> forgive</c><00:37:34.070><c> everything,</c>

00:37:35.650 --> 00:37:38.690
everything,<00:37:36.949><c> everything</c><00:37:37.349><c> they</c><00:37:37.550><c> had</c><00:37:37.750><c> done.</c>

00:37:40.369 --> 00:37:44.670
But<00:37:40.929><c> if</c><00:37:41.210><c> the</c><00:37:41.429><c> wicked</c><00:37:41.949><c> will</c><00:37:42.610><c> turn</c><00:37:42.969><c> from</c><00:37:43.349><c> all</c><00:37:43.630><c> his</c><00:37:43.909><c> sins</c><00:37:44.269><c> that</c><00:37:44.510><c> he</c>

00:37:44.670 --> 00:37:47.230
hath<00:37:44.829><c> committed</c><00:37:45.210><c> and</c><00:37:45.869><c> keep</c><00:37:46.150><c> all</c><00:37:46.329><c> my</c><00:37:46.590><c> statutes</c>

00:37:47.230 --> 00:37:50.449
and<00:37:47.469><c> do</c><00:37:47.610><c> that</c><00:37:47.809><c> which</c><00:37:47.949><c> is</c><00:37:48.150><c> lawful</c><00:37:48.469><c> and</c><00:37:48.690><c> right,</c><00:37:49.090><c> he</c><00:37:49.369><c> shall</c><00:37:49.690><c> surely</c><00:37:50.130><c> live,</c>

00:37:50.449 --> 00:37:53.929
he<00:37:50.670><c> shall</c><00:37:50.909><c> not</c><00:37:51.150><c> die.</c><00:37:52.250><c> All</c><00:37:52.809><c> his</c><00:37:53.250><c> transgressions</c>

00:37:53.929 --> 00:37:56.449
that<00:37:54.130><c> he</c><00:37:54.309><c> hath</c><00:37:54.469><c> committed,</c><00:37:55.230><c> they</c><00:37:55.530><c> shall</c><00:37:55.750><c> not</c><00:37:56.010><c> be</c><00:37:56.190><c> mentioned</c>

00:37:56.449 --> 00:37:59.130
unto<00:37:56.690><c> him.</c><00:37:57.369><c> In</c><00:37:57.610><c> his</c><00:37:57.849><c> righteousness</c><00:37:58.269><c> that</c><00:37:58.610><c> he</c><00:37:58.730><c> hath</c><00:37:58.869><c> done,</c>

00:37:59.170 --> 00:38:03.869
he<00:37:59.389><c> shall</c><00:37:59.590><c> live.</c><00:38:00.510><c> This</c><00:38:00.909><c> is</c><00:38:01.130><c> why</c><00:38:01.309><c> Manasseh</c><00:38:01.829><c> could</c><00:38:02.010><c> have</c><00:38:02.250><c> 50</c><00:38:02.690><c> plus</c><00:38:03.030><c> years</c><00:38:03.409><c> of</c>

00:38:03.869 --> 00:38:06.829
wicked<00:38:04.349><c> living</c><00:38:05.030><c> and</c><00:38:05.989><c> take</c><00:38:06.269><c> the</c><00:38:06.510><c> nation</c>

00:38:06.829 --> 00:38:09.949
on<00:38:07.050><c> a</c><00:38:07.269><c> course</c><00:38:07.489><c> from</c><00:38:07.750><c> which</c><00:38:07.929><c> they</c><00:38:08.090><c> would</c><00:38:08.369><c> never</c><00:38:08.650><c> recover</c>

00:38:11.130 --> 00:38:16.289
but<00:38:11.730><c> repent</c><00:38:12.030><c> himself</c><00:38:12.869><c> because</c><00:38:13.949><c> he</c><00:38:14.349><c> recognized</c><00:38:14.909><c> finally</c><00:38:15.489><c> all</c>

00:38:16.289 --> 00:38:18.510
of<00:38:16.429><c> the</c><00:38:16.750><c> spiritual</c><00:38:17.210><c> damage</c><00:38:17.610><c> and</c><00:38:17.949><c> tragedy</c>

00:38:18.510 --> 00:38:23.989
that<00:38:19.090><c> he</c><00:38:19.230><c> had</c><00:38:19.409><c> created</c><00:38:19.650><c> for</c><00:38:19.869><c> the</c><00:38:20.010><c> nation.</c><00:38:20.989><c> And</c><00:38:21.230><c> when</c><00:38:21.429><c> he</c><00:38:21.730><c> repented</c><00:38:22.250><c> because</c><00:38:22.750><c> our</c><00:38:23.170><c> God</c><00:38:23.449><c> is</c><00:38:23.769><c> a</c>

00:38:23.989 --> 00:38:25.610
forgiving<00:38:24.409><c> God</c>

00:38:25.789 --> 00:38:30.489
and<00:38:26.150><c> because</c><00:38:26.429><c> he</c><00:38:26.789><c> lives</c><00:38:27.070><c> to</c><00:38:27.409><c> forgive</c><00:38:27.710><c> and</c><00:38:27.929><c> he</c><00:38:28.090><c> is</c><00:38:28.409><c> ready</c><00:38:28.690><c> to</c><00:38:29.030><c> pardon</c><00:38:29.510><c> and</c><00:38:30.269><c> he</c>

00:38:30.489 --> 00:38:32.449
is<00:38:30.710><c> looking</c><00:38:30.969><c> for</c><00:38:31.329><c> the</c><00:38:31.550><c> wicked</c><00:38:31.829><c> to</c><00:38:32.150><c> turn</c>

00:38:32.449 --> 00:38:39.010
from<00:38:32.610><c> their</c><00:38:32.829><c> ways,</c><00:38:35.030><c> every</c><00:38:35.309><c> single</c><00:38:35.869><c> sin</c><00:38:36.150><c> of</c><00:38:36.429><c> Manasseh</c><00:38:37.090><c> was</c><00:38:37.349><c> forgiven.</c><00:38:38.789><c> He</c>

00:38:39.010 --> 00:38:41.329
couldn't<00:38:39.289><c> undo</c><00:38:39.610><c> the</c><00:38:39.949><c> consequences</c>

00:38:41.570 --> 00:38:45.989
nor<00:38:42.250><c> could</c><00:38:42.429><c> Josiah</c><00:38:43.130><c> but</c><00:38:44.150><c> the</c><00:38:44.469><c> forgiveness</c><00:38:44.889><c> of</c><00:38:45.230><c> Manasseh</c><00:38:45.769><c> was</c>

00:38:45.989 --> 00:38:49.889
guaranteed<00:38:46.789><c> because</c><00:38:47.989><c> he</c><00:38:48.349><c> personally</c><00:38:48.829><c> came</c><00:38:49.210><c> to</c><00:38:49.530><c> see</c>

00:38:49.889 --> 00:38:53.269
the<00:38:50.230><c> error</c><00:38:50.409><c> of</c><00:38:50.630><c> his</c><00:38:50.809><c> ways.</c><00:38:51.730><c> If</c><00:38:51.929><c> the</c><00:38:52.150><c> rest</c><00:38:52.329><c> of</c><00:38:52.530><c> the</c><00:38:52.670><c> nation</c><00:38:52.969><c> had</c>

00:38:53.269 --> 00:38:54.769
followed<00:38:53.570><c> his</c><00:38:53.929><c> path,</c>

00:38:55.550 --> 00:39:00.090
God<00:38:56.130><c> would</c><00:38:56.309><c> have</c><00:38:56.510><c> been</c><00:38:56.730><c> just</c><00:38:57.210><c> as</c><00:38:58.170><c> forgiving</c><00:38:58.469><c> towards</c><00:38:58.949><c> them.</c>

00:39:01.090 --> 00:39:03.329
So<00:39:01.269><c> in</c><00:39:01.489><c> summary</c><00:39:01.769><c> then,</c>

00:39:04.289 --> 00:39:08.010
God<00:39:04.510><c> is</c><00:39:04.710><c> looking</c><00:39:04.949><c> for</c><00:39:05.210><c> us</c><00:39:06.130><c> to</c><00:39:06.730><c> confess</c><00:39:07.110><c> or</c><00:39:07.329><c> acknowledge</c><00:39:07.730><c> our</c>

00:39:08.010 --> 00:39:11.269
sins,<00:39:09.610><c> to</c><00:39:09.710><c> repent,</c><00:39:10.309><c> to</c><00:39:10.389><c> think</c><00:39:10.610><c> differently,</c>

00:39:11.730 --> 00:39:14.489
involving<00:39:11.969><c> a</c><00:39:12.210><c> mental</c><00:39:12.469><c> reformation,</c><00:39:13.530><c> a</c><00:39:13.670><c> change</c><00:39:13.869><c> of</c><00:39:14.150><c> heart</c><00:39:14.289><c> and</c>

00:39:14.489 --> 00:39:17.409
mind<00:39:14.869><c> and</c><00:39:15.070><c> purpose,</c><00:39:16.289><c> involving</c><00:39:16.570><c> the</c><00:39:16.909><c> repudiation</c>

00:39:17.409 --> 00:39:21.690
of<00:39:17.710><c> sin</c><00:39:18.030><c> and</c><00:39:18.750><c> he's</c><00:39:18.989><c> looking</c><00:39:19.289><c> for</c><00:39:19.530><c> us</c><00:39:19.769><c> to</c><00:39:19.949><c> be</c><00:39:20.190><c> converted</c><00:39:20.710><c> not</c><00:39:21.190><c> just</c><00:39:21.530><c> at</c>

00:39:21.690 --> 00:39:24.250
our<00:39:21.869><c> baptism</c><00:39:22.329><c> but</c><00:39:23.230><c> turning</c><00:39:23.630><c> away</c><00:39:24.110><c> from</c>

00:39:24.250 --> 00:39:27.869
sin,<00:39:24.909><c> forsaking</c><00:39:25.449><c> it</c><00:39:25.989><c> and</c><00:39:26.150><c> turning</c><00:39:26.489><c> back</c><00:39:26.809><c> to</c><00:39:26.949><c> him</c><00:39:27.269><c> and</c><00:39:27.469><c> walking</c>

00:39:27.869 --> 00:39:30.630
in<00:39:28.150><c> a</c><00:39:28.269><c> new</c><00:39:28.469><c> direction.</c><00:39:29.869><c> This</c><00:39:30.030><c> is</c><00:39:30.190><c> what</c><00:39:30.329><c> God</c>

00:39:30.630 --> 00:39:35.070
requires<00:39:31.250><c> of</c><00:39:31.710><c> sinful</c><00:39:32.030><c> man</c><00:39:32.489><c> before</c><00:39:33.530><c> right</c><00:39:33.530><c> before</c><00:39:33.769><c> forgiveness</c><00:39:34.289><c> will</c><00:39:34.670><c> be</c>

00:39:35.070 --> 00:39:37.670
extended.<00:39:36.630><c> And</c><00:39:37.230><c> it's</c><00:39:37.449><c> right</c>

00:39:37.670 --> 00:39:40.849
that<00:39:37.889><c> he</c><00:39:38.070><c> do</c><00:39:38.289><c> so,</c><00:39:38.710><c> brethren</c><00:39:38.849><c> and</c><00:39:39.090><c> sisters,</c><00:39:39.449><c> because</c><00:39:39.769><c> when</c><00:39:40.050><c> these</c><00:39:40.230><c> steps</c><00:39:40.510><c> are</c>

00:39:40.849 --> 00:39:43.130
followed<00:39:41.230><c> the</c><00:39:41.889><c> way</c><00:39:42.050><c> of</c><00:39:42.349><c> sin</c><00:39:42.489><c> is</c><00:39:42.869><c> cast</c>

00:39:43.130 --> 00:39:48.309
down<00:39:43.630><c> and</c><00:39:43.989><c> condemned.</c><00:39:46.389><c> One</c><00:39:46.909><c> of</c><00:39:47.010><c> the</c><00:39:47.170><c> many</c><00:39:47.369><c> wonderful</c><00:39:47.750><c> aspects</c>

00:39:48.309 --> 00:39:50.510
of<00:39:48.630><c> forgiveness</c><00:39:49.050><c> is</c><00:39:49.389><c> that</c><00:39:49.530><c> God</c><00:39:49.750><c> has</c><00:39:50.010><c> made</c><00:39:50.190><c> it</c>

00:39:50.510 --> 00:39:57.449
so<00:39:51.170><c> simple</c><00:39:52.090><c> and</c><00:39:53.030><c> so</c><00:39:53.590><c> attainable.</c><00:39:55.010><c> There's</c><00:39:55.590><c> no</c><00:39:55.869><c> penance</c><00:39:56.349><c> to</c><00:39:56.610><c> pay.</c><00:39:56.969><c> There's</c><00:39:57.110><c> no</c>

00:39:57.449 --> 00:40:00.010
six<00:39:57.789><c>-month</c><00:39:58.170><c> delay</c><00:39:58.710><c> between</c><00:39:59.110><c> a</c><00:39:59.469><c> request</c>

00:40:00.010 --> 00:40:04.590
and<00:40:00.550><c> the</c><00:40:00.789><c> prayer</c><00:40:00.969><c> being</c><00:40:01.289><c> answered.</c><00:40:01.829><c> There's</c><00:40:02.070><c> no</c><00:40:02.329><c> public</c><00:40:02.730><c> humiliation</c><00:40:04.269><c> that</c>

00:40:04.590 --> 00:40:06.590
God<00:40:04.789><c> is</c><00:40:05.050><c> looking</c><00:40:05.309><c> for</c><00:40:05.570><c> to</c><00:40:05.829><c> exact</c><00:40:06.309><c> from</c>

00:40:06.590 --> 00:40:11.469
a<00:40:06.809><c> person</c><00:40:07.429><c> before</c><00:40:08.110><c> he</c><00:40:08.349><c> will</c><00:40:08.610><c> forgive</c><00:40:08.929><c> them.</c><00:40:10.070><c> There's</c><00:40:10.449><c> no</c><00:40:11.010><c> vain</c>

00:40:11.469 --> 00:40:15.929
repetition<00:40:12.250><c> of</c><00:40:12.670><c> words</c><00:40:13.630><c> such</c><00:40:14.489><c> as</c><00:40:14.690><c> 20</c><00:40:15.010><c> Hail</c><00:40:15.269><c> Marys</c><00:40:15.730><c> or</c>

00:40:15.929 --> 00:40:21.449
10<00:40:16.150><c> Our</c><00:40:16.469><c> Fathers.</c><00:40:17.030><c> There's</c><00:40:17.250><c> no</c><00:40:17.489><c> community</c><00:40:18.010><c> service</c><00:40:18.550><c> or</c><00:40:19.050><c> any</c><00:40:19.369><c> such</c><00:40:19.650><c> penalty.</c><00:40:20.809><c> It's</c><00:40:21.070><c> not</c><00:40:21.250><c> a</c>

00:40:21.449 --> 00:40:22.809
righteous<00:40:21.789><c> basis</c><00:40:22.389><c> to</c>

00:40:22.809 --> 00:40:26.630
exact<00:40:23.030><c> a</c><00:40:23.409><c> penalty</c><00:40:23.889><c> for</c><00:40:24.469><c> someone</c><00:40:24.849><c> to</c><00:40:25.170><c> pay</c><00:40:25.489><c> to</c><00:40:25.730><c> have</c><00:40:25.989><c> their</c><00:40:26.309><c> sins</c>

00:40:26.630 --> 00:40:29.550
removed<00:40:27.329><c> or</c><00:40:27.809><c> to</c><00:40:28.050><c> impose</c><00:40:28.349><c> some</c><00:40:28.710><c> ritual</c><00:40:29.190><c> that</c><00:40:29.349><c> they</c>

00:40:29.550 --> 00:40:33.289
have<00:40:29.730><c> to</c><00:40:29.909><c> go</c><00:40:30.130><c> through.</c><00:40:31.230><c> That</c><00:40:31.389><c> is</c><00:40:31.750><c> not</c><00:40:32.130><c> the</c><00:40:32.349><c> basis</c><00:40:32.750><c> upon</c><00:40:33.050><c> which</c>

00:40:33.289 --> 00:40:36.909
God<00:40:33.610><c> forgives</c><00:40:34.050><c> us.</c><00:40:35.909><c> Forgiveness</c><00:40:36.269><c> is</c><00:40:36.530><c> based</c><00:40:36.750><c> on</c>

00:40:36.909 --> 00:40:42.969
his<00:40:37.190><c> character,</c><00:40:37.769><c> not</c><00:40:38.110><c> exacting</c><00:40:38.750><c> some</c><00:40:40.050><c> remuneration</c><00:40:41.130><c> or</c><00:40:41.389><c> ritual.</c><00:40:42.690><c> It's</c>

00:40:42.969 --> 00:40:45.789
done<00:40:43.050><c> as</c><00:40:43.289><c> a</c><00:40:43.429><c> result</c><00:40:43.690><c> of</c><00:40:43.949><c> mercy</c><00:40:44.349><c> and</c><00:40:44.650><c> grace</c>

00:40:45.929 --> 00:40:49.110
because<00:40:46.230><c> he</c><00:40:46.329><c> is</c><00:40:46.610><c> long</c><00:40:46.829><c>-suffering</c><00:40:47.389><c> and</c><00:40:47.510><c> full</c><00:40:47.730><c> of</c><00:40:47.869><c> loving</c><00:40:48.150><c> kindness</c><00:40:48.769><c> and</c>

00:40:49.110 --> 00:40:52.369
truthfulness.<00:40:51.070><c> It's</c><00:40:51.230><c> not</c><00:40:51.409><c> money</c><00:40:51.769><c> from</c><00:40:52.030><c> our</c>

00:40:52.369 --> 00:40:58.329
pocket<00:40:52.690><c> or</c><00:40:52.929><c> words</c><00:40:53.389><c> from</c><00:40:53.690><c> our</c><00:40:53.929><c> lips</c><00:40:54.190><c> that</c><00:40:54.349><c> God</c><00:40:54.550><c> is</c><00:40:54.750><c> looking</c><00:40:55.030><c> for.</c><00:40:55.409><c> It's</c><00:40:55.650><c> a</c><00:40:55.929><c> changed</c><00:40:56.469><c> heart.</c><00:40:57.949><c> It's</c><00:40:58.170><c> a</c>

00:40:58.329 --> 00:40:59.429
repudiation<00:40:59.150><c> of</c>

00:40:59.429 --> 00:41:03.030
the<00:40:59.750><c> sin.</c><00:41:00.449><c> It's</c><00:41:00.710><c> a</c><00:41:00.929><c> commitment</c><00:41:01.150><c> to</c><00:41:01.510><c> walk</c><00:41:01.769><c> in</c><00:41:01.969><c> a</c><00:41:02.130><c> new</c><00:41:02.289><c> direction</c>

00:41:03.030 --> 00:41:07.050
because<00:41:04.949><c> he</c><00:41:05.150><c> knows</c><00:41:05.610><c> that</c><00:41:05.829><c> if</c><00:41:05.949><c> we</c><00:41:06.210><c> are</c><00:41:06.530><c> genuine</c>

00:41:07.050 --> 00:41:11.269
in<00:41:07.429><c> changing</c><00:41:07.769><c> our</c><00:41:08.210><c> heart,</c><00:41:08.469><c> it</c><00:41:08.630><c> will</c><00:41:08.949><c> change</c><00:41:09.409><c> our</c><00:41:09.789><c> walk.</c><00:41:10.989><c> And</c>

00:41:11.269 --> 00:41:13.409
regardless<00:41:11.590><c> of</c><00:41:11.789><c> what</c><00:41:11.989><c> we</c><00:41:12.190><c> have</c><00:41:12.409><c> done,</c><00:41:12.670><c> if</c><00:41:12.949><c> we</c><00:41:13.130><c> are</c>

00:41:13.409 --> 00:41:17.349
genuine<00:41:13.769><c> in</c><00:41:13.949><c> our</c><00:41:14.269><c> repentance,</c><00:41:14.769><c> he</c><00:41:14.929><c> will</c><00:41:15.349><c> gladly</c><00:41:15.789><c> forgive</c><00:41:16.170><c> us</c>

00:41:17.349 --> 00:41:20.070
because<00:41:18.170><c> as</c><00:41:18.389><c> we</c><00:41:18.550><c> begin</c><00:41:18.750><c> to</c><00:41:19.030><c> walk</c><00:41:19.190><c> in</c><00:41:19.349><c> a</c><00:41:19.449><c> new</c><00:41:19.590><c> direction,</c>

00:41:20.090 --> 00:41:24.130
we<00:41:20.250><c> can</c><00:41:20.489><c> now</c><00:41:20.789><c> walk</c><00:41:21.050><c> to</c><00:41:21.250><c> that</c><00:41:21.469><c> future</c><00:41:21.849><c> purpose.</c><00:41:23.269><c> We</c><00:41:23.409><c> can</c><00:41:23.610><c> now</c><00:41:23.769><c> walk</c><00:41:23.989><c> in</c>

00:41:24.130 --> 00:41:26.489
the<00:41:24.289><c> direction</c><00:41:24.530><c> of</c><00:41:24.750><c> putting</c><00:41:24.949><c> on</c><00:41:25.250><c> that</c><00:41:25.530><c> character</c>

00:41:26.489 --> 00:41:29.949
or<00:41:26.969><c> being</c><00:41:27.190><c> part</c><00:41:27.530><c> of</c><00:41:27.750><c> that</c><00:41:27.949><c> memorial</c><00:41:28.409><c> name.</c><00:41:29.449><c> And</c><00:41:29.630><c> that's</c><00:41:29.789><c> why</c>

00:41:29.949 --> 00:41:33.050
God<00:41:30.170><c> can</c><00:41:30.449><c> say</c><00:41:30.610><c> it</c><00:41:30.789><c> doesn't</c><00:41:31.210><c> matter</c><00:41:31.530><c> what</c><00:41:31.769><c> you've</c><00:41:32.150><c> done</c>

00:41:33.289 --> 00:41:39.289
if<00:41:33.769><c> you</c><00:41:34.010><c> are</c><00:41:34.309><c> genuine</c><00:41:34.789><c> in</c><00:41:35.170><c> changing</c><00:41:35.570><c> your</c><00:41:36.010><c> walk.</c><00:41:38.769><c> As</c><00:41:38.969><c> soon</c><00:41:39.110><c> as</c>

00:41:39.289 --> 00:41:41.570
a<00:41:39.409><c> person</c><00:41:39.650><c> tries</c><00:41:39.929><c> to</c><00:41:40.110><c> put</c><00:41:40.210><c> a</c><00:41:40.489><c> price</c><00:41:40.789><c> tag</c><00:41:40.989><c> or</c><00:41:41.170><c> some</c><00:41:41.309><c> other</c>

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type<00:41:41.789><c> of</c><00:41:42.110><c> work</c><00:41:42.329><c> or</c><00:41:42.630><c> penance</c><00:41:42.969><c> or</c><00:41:43.210><c> ritual</c><00:41:43.570><c> on</c><00:41:43.869><c> forgiveness,</c><00:41:45.409><c> they</c><00:41:45.610><c> actually</c><00:41:46.130><c> rob</c>

00:41:46.570 --> 00:41:49.309
God<00:41:46.989><c> of</c><00:41:47.230><c> his</c><00:41:47.489><c> glory</c><00:41:48.110><c> and</c><00:41:48.929><c> they</c>

00:41:49.309 --> 00:41:53.829
adulterate<00:41:50.030><c> the</c><00:41:50.250><c> righteous</c><00:41:50.650><c> basis</c><00:41:51.130><c> upon</c><00:41:51.469><c> which</c><00:41:51.690><c> he</c><00:41:51.949><c> forgives.</c><00:41:53.449><c> So</c><00:41:53.630><c> we</c>

00:41:53.829 --> 00:41:55.050
see<00:41:53.989><c> then</c><00:41:54.150><c> that</c><00:41:54.329><c> the</c><00:41:54.510><c> church</c><00:41:54.690><c> has</c><00:41:54.949><c> done</c>

00:41:55.050 --> 00:42:00.130
a<00:41:55.469><c> terrible</c><00:41:56.150><c> disservice</c><00:41:57.449><c> to</c><00:41:58.230><c> this</c><00:41:58.489><c> wonderful</c><00:41:59.070><c> principle</c><00:41:59.730><c> of</c>

00:42:00.130 --> 00:42:03.469
forgiveness<00:42:00.829><c> and</c><00:42:01.929><c> associating</c><00:42:02.510><c> it</c><00:42:02.710><c> with</c><00:42:02.969><c> money</c><00:42:03.250><c> and</c>

00:42:03.469 --> 00:42:09.789
all<00:42:03.630><c> the</c><00:42:03.809><c> other</c><00:42:04.030><c> things</c><00:42:04.369><c> they've</c><00:42:04.710><c> associated</c><00:42:05.210><c> with.</c><00:42:09.389><c> God's</c>

00:42:09.789 --> 00:42:13.809
wonderful<00:42:10.110><c> offer</c><00:42:10.469><c> of</c><00:42:10.789><c> forgiveness</c><00:42:11.289><c> is</c><00:42:11.909><c> so</c><00:42:12.610><c> simple</c>

00:42:14.369 --> 00:42:19.090
and<00:42:15.090><c> so</c><00:42:15.449><c> easily</c><00:42:15.989><c> attainable</c><00:42:16.829><c> that</c><00:42:17.829><c> there</c><00:42:18.010><c> is</c><00:42:18.230><c> a</c><00:42:18.389><c> danger</c><00:42:18.809><c> that</c>

00:42:19.090 --> 00:42:21.090
we<00:42:19.309><c> will</c><00:42:19.510><c> take</c><00:42:19.909><c> advantage</c><00:42:20.349><c> of</c><00:42:20.570><c> it.</c>

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If<00:42:21.750><c> we</c><00:42:21.829><c> turn</c><00:42:21.989><c> to</c><00:42:22.150><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:22.449><c> 1,</c><00:42:23.710><c> we</c><00:42:23.889><c> see</c><00:42:24.130><c> the</c><00:42:24.349><c> danger</c><00:42:24.969><c> of</c><00:42:25.389><c> presuming</c><00:42:25.949><c> upon</c>

00:42:26.309 --> 00:42:28.730
God's<00:42:26.750><c> grace.</c><00:42:27.849><c> We're</c><00:42:28.070><c> well</c><00:42:28.289><c> familiar</c>

00:42:28.730 --> 00:42:33.730
with<00:42:28.949><c> this</c><00:42:29.630><c> incident</c><00:42:30.250><c> so</c><00:42:30.469><c> we'll</c><00:42:30.590><c> go</c><00:42:30.849><c> through</c><00:42:31.050><c> it</c><00:42:31.289><c> rather</c><00:42:31.550><c> quickly.</c><00:42:33.429><c> Israel</c><00:42:33.469><c> we</c>

00:42:33.730 --> 00:42:35.989
know<00:42:33.949><c> presumed</c><00:42:34.789><c> upon</c><00:42:35.150><c> God's</c><00:42:35.670><c> grace</c>

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and<00:42:36.269><c> upon</c><00:42:36.489><c> God's</c><00:42:36.969><c> forgiveness</c><00:42:37.449><c> repeatedly.</c><00:42:39.489><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:39.590><c> 1</c><00:42:39.769><c> is</c><00:42:39.929><c> one</c><00:42:40.090><c> of</c>

00:42:40.190 --> 00:42:43.869
the<00:42:40.469><c> obvious</c><00:42:41.489><c> instances</c><00:42:42.130><c> where</c><00:42:42.409><c> this</c><00:42:42.650><c> is</c><00:42:42.909><c> recorded.</c>

00:42:44.130 --> 00:42:48.809
They<00:42:44.250><c> were</c><00:42:44.489><c> approaching</c><00:42:45.050><c> God</c><00:42:45.630><c> seeking</c><00:42:46.389><c> forgiveness</c><00:42:47.150><c> and</c><00:42:48.690><c> we</c>

00:42:48.809 --> 00:42:50.889
will<00:42:48.989><c> see</c><00:42:49.150><c> this</c><00:42:49.369><c> in</c><00:42:49.530><c> the</c><00:42:49.650><c> chapter.</c><00:42:50.010><c> They</c><00:42:50.250><c> brought</c><00:42:50.530><c> their</c>

00:42:50.889 --> 00:42:53.369
sacrifices,<00:42:51.789><c> they</c><00:42:51.869><c> brought</c><00:42:52.110><c> their</c><00:42:52.449><c> incense,</c><00:42:52.989><c> they</c><00:42:53.170><c> brought</c>

00:42:53.369 --> 00:42:55.650
their<00:42:53.650><c> prayers,</c><00:42:54.590><c> they</c><00:42:54.730><c> brought</c><00:42:54.949><c> their</c><00:42:55.230><c> general</c>

00:42:55.650 --> 00:42:59.190
assemblies.<00:42:56.750><c> They</c><00:42:57.250><c> had</c><00:42:57.449><c> all</c><00:42:57.710><c> the</c><00:42:57.849><c> right</c><00:42:58.090><c> rituals</c><00:42:58.449><c> or</c><00:42:58.789><c> so</c><00:42:58.949><c> they</c>

00:42:59.190 --> 00:43:02.550
thought<00:42:59.630><c> but</c><00:43:00.809><c> they</c><00:43:00.989><c> were</c><00:43:01.309><c> approaching</c><00:43:01.630><c> God</c><00:43:02.090><c> in</c><00:43:02.349><c> the</c>

00:43:02.550 --> 00:43:08.909
wrong<00:43:02.789><c> way.</c><00:43:03.909><c> So</c><00:43:04.110><c> the</c><00:43:04.329><c> multitude</c><00:43:04.809><c> of</c><00:43:05.250><c> sacrifices</c><00:43:05.929><c> and</c><00:43:07.630><c> the</c><00:43:07.949><c> multitude</c><00:43:08.630><c> of</c>

00:43:08.909 --> 00:43:11.110
incense<00:43:09.389><c> that</c><00:43:09.690><c> they</c><00:43:09.949><c> brought</c><00:43:10.489><c> with</c><00:43:10.849><c> all</c>

00:43:11.110 --> 00:43:14.130
the<00:43:11.329><c> oblations,</c><00:43:12.150><c> keeping</c><00:43:12.449><c> all</c><00:43:12.909><c> the</c><00:43:13.090><c> feast</c><00:43:13.369><c> days</c><00:43:13.650><c> and</c><00:43:13.829><c> the</c><00:43:13.949><c> new</c>

00:43:14.130 --> 00:43:17.750
moons<00:43:14.670><c> and</c><00:43:15.329><c> the</c><00:43:15.570><c> gathering</c><00:43:15.889><c> in</c><00:43:16.090><c> the</c><00:43:16.329><c> large</c><00:43:16.650><c> assemblies</c>

00:43:18.090 --> 00:43:21.809
and<00:43:18.650><c> praying</c><00:43:18.949><c> for</c><00:43:19.250><c> God</c><00:43:19.469><c> to</c><00:43:19.710><c> hear</c><00:43:19.889><c> them</c><00:43:20.150><c> and</c><00:43:20.309><c> to</c><00:43:20.530><c> forgive</c><00:43:20.690><c> them</c>

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was<00:43:22.849><c> all</c><00:43:23.050><c> a</c><00:43:23.170><c> waste</c><00:43:23.369><c> of</c><00:43:23.530><c> their</c><00:43:23.750><c> time</c>

00:43:25.150 --> 00:43:28.570
because<00:43:25.710><c> they</c><00:43:25.929><c> were</c><00:43:26.170><c> doing</c><00:43:26.369><c> it</c><00:43:26.670><c> in</c><00:43:26.829><c> the</c><00:43:27.010><c> wrong</c><00:43:27.309><c> way</c><00:43:27.769><c> with</c><00:43:28.329><c> the</c>

00:43:28.570 --> 00:43:33.269
wrong<00:43:28.809><c> heart.</c><00:43:30.329><c> God</c><00:43:30.650><c> rejected</c><00:43:31.449><c> it</c><00:43:31.769><c> all</c><00:43:32.309><c> and</c><00:43:32.889><c> declared</c>

00:43:33.269 --> 00:43:37.030
their<00:43:33.530><c> efforts</c><00:43:33.909><c> were</c><00:43:34.289><c> all</c><00:43:34.650><c> in</c><00:43:34.929><c> vain.</c><00:43:35.809><c> He</c><00:43:36.070><c> would</c><00:43:36.389><c> not</c><00:43:36.670><c> forgive</c>

00:43:37.030 --> 00:43:40.409
them<00:43:37.849><c> and</c><00:43:38.309><c> he</c><00:43:38.510><c> would</c><00:43:38.789><c> not</c><00:43:38.969><c> listen</c><00:43:39.269><c> to</c><00:43:39.469><c> them.</c>

00:43:40.849 --> 00:43:44.409
These<00:43:41.070><c> are</c><00:43:41.250><c> the</c><00:43:41.329><c> words</c><00:43:41.610><c> of</c><00:43:41.809><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:42.110><c> 1.</c><00:43:43.269><c> Verse</c><00:43:43.469><c> 10,</c><00:43:44.050><c> hear</c><00:43:44.210><c> the</c>

00:43:44.409 --> 00:43:46.949
word<00:43:44.610><c> of</c><00:43:44.869><c> Yahweh,</c><00:43:45.369><c> ye</c><00:43:45.489><c> rulers</c><00:43:45.789><c> of</c><00:43:46.150><c> Sodom,</c><00:43:46.550><c> give</c><00:43:46.710><c> ear</c>

00:43:46.949 --> 00:43:50.909
under<00:43:47.170><c> the</c><00:43:47.309><c> law</c><00:43:47.610><c> of</c><00:43:47.829><c> our</c><00:43:48.010><c> God,</c><00:43:48.489><c> ye</c><00:43:48.590><c> people</c><00:43:48.989><c> of</c><00:43:49.210><c> Gomorrah.</c><00:43:50.570><c> To</c>

00:43:50.909 --> 00:43:53.530
what<00:43:51.210><c> purpose</c><00:43:51.690><c> is</c><00:43:51.889><c> the</c><00:43:52.110><c> multitude</c><00:43:52.530><c> of</c><00:43:52.710><c> your</c><00:43:52.949><c> sacrifices</c>

00:43:53.530 --> 00:43:57.650
unto<00:43:53.789><c> me,</c><00:43:54.210><c> saith</c><00:43:54.369><c> Yahweh?</c><00:43:55.630><c> I</c><00:43:55.690><c> am</c><00:43:55.949><c> full</c><00:43:56.190><c> of</c><00:43:56.349><c> the</c><00:43:56.510><c> burnt</c><00:43:56.710><c> offerings</c><00:43:57.090><c> of</c><00:43:57.369><c> rams</c>

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and<00:43:57.829><c> the</c><00:43:58.010><c> fat</c><00:43:58.130><c> of</c><00:43:58.349><c> fed</c><00:43:58.489><c> beasts</c><00:43:58.909><c> and</c>

00:43:59.150 --> 00:44:01.590
I<00:43:59.349><c> delight</c><00:43:59.530><c> not</c><00:43:59.789><c> in</c><00:43:59.949><c> the</c><00:44:00.050><c> blood</c><00:44:00.210><c> of</c><00:44:00.449><c> bullocks</c><00:44:00.769><c> or</c><00:44:00.949><c> of</c><00:44:01.170><c> lambs</c><00:44:01.429><c> or</c>

00:44:01.590 --> 00:44:05.010
of<00:44:01.769><c> goats.</c><00:44:02.969><c> When</c><00:44:03.210><c> ye</c><00:44:03.530><c> come</c><00:44:03.809><c> to</c><00:44:04.070><c> appear</c><00:44:04.309><c> before</c><00:44:04.750><c> me,</c>

00:44:05.010 --> 00:44:09.010
verse<00:44:05.269><c> 12,</c><00:44:06.190><c> who</c><00:44:06.409><c> hath</c><00:44:06.730><c> required</c><00:44:07.150><c> this</c><00:44:07.369><c> at</c><00:44:07.510><c> your</c><00:44:07.730><c> hand</c><00:44:08.050><c> to</c><00:44:08.329><c> tread</c><00:44:08.610><c> my</c>

00:44:09.010 --> 00:44:14.050
courts?<00:44:10.170><c> Bring</c><00:44:10.710><c> no</c><00:44:11.510><c> more</c><00:44:12.130><c> vain</c><00:44:12.670><c> oblations.</c>

00:44:14.369 --> 00:44:18.550
Incense<00:44:14.909><c> is</c><00:44:15.230><c> an</c><00:44:15.469><c> abomination</c><00:44:16.090><c> unto</c><00:44:16.530><c> me.</c><00:44:17.329><c> The</c><00:44:17.590><c> new</c><00:44:17.849><c> moons</c><00:44:18.130><c> and</c>

00:44:18.550 --> 00:44:20.610
Sabbaths,<00:44:19.250><c> the</c><00:44:19.429><c> calling</c><00:44:19.730><c> of</c><00:44:20.090><c> assemblies,</c>

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I<00:44:20.929><c> cannot</c><00:44:21.349><c> away</c><00:44:21.730><c> with.</c><00:44:22.550><c> It</c><00:44:22.730><c> is</c><00:44:22.989><c> iniquity,</c><00:44:23.730><c> even</c><00:44:24.110><c> the</c><00:44:24.489><c> solemn</c>

00:44:24.869 --> 00:44:27.590
meeting.<00:44:26.110><c> Your</c><00:44:26.289><c> new</c><00:44:26.510><c> moons</c><00:44:26.849><c> and</c><00:44:27.050><c> your</c><00:44:27.289><c> appointed</c>

00:44:27.590 --> 00:44:33.670
feasts<00:44:28.210><c> my</c><00:44:28.789><c> soul</c><00:44:29.750><c> hateth.</c><00:44:31.190><c> They</c><00:44:31.570><c> are</c><00:44:31.909><c> a</c><00:44:32.210><c> trouble</c><00:44:32.590><c> unto</c><00:44:32.989><c> me.</c><00:44:33.369><c> I</c>

00:44:33.670 --> 00:44:37.769
am<00:44:34.170><c> weary</c><00:44:34.489><c> to</c><00:44:34.789><c> bear</c><00:44:34.949><c> them.</c><00:44:36.550><c> And</c><00:44:36.809><c> when</c><00:44:36.869><c> ye</c><00:44:37.130><c> spread</c><00:44:37.429><c> forth</c>

00:44:37.769 --> 00:44:42.369
your<00:44:38.110><c> hands</c><00:44:38.750><c> in</c><00:44:39.210><c> prayer,</c><00:44:40.090><c> I</c><00:44:40.369><c> will</c><00:44:40.670><c> hide</c><00:44:41.090><c> mine</c><00:44:41.369><c> eyes</c><00:44:41.750><c> from</c><00:44:42.010><c> you.</c>

00:44:42.429 --> 00:44:45.690
Yea,<00:44:42.710><c> when</c><00:44:42.909><c> ye</c><00:44:43.190><c> make</c><00:44:43.409><c> many</c><00:44:43.769><c> prayers,</c><00:44:44.710><c> I</c><00:44:45.110><c> will</c><00:44:45.409><c> not</c>

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hear.<00:44:46.289><c> Your</c><00:44:46.650><c> hands</c><00:44:47.289><c> are</c><00:44:47.889><c> full</c><00:44:48.190><c> of</c><00:44:48.349><c> blood.</c><00:44:49.650><c> Israel</c><00:44:50.170><c> was</c><00:44:50.869><c> mocking</c><00:44:51.369><c> this</c>

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wonderful<00:44:53.250><c> provision</c><00:44:53.789><c> that</c><00:44:54.090><c> God</c><00:44:54.329><c> has</c>

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provided<00:44:55.010><c> for</c><00:44:55.289><c> us</c><00:44:56.110><c> in</c><00:44:56.489><c> the</c><00:44:56.670><c> blessing</c><00:44:57.110><c> of</c><00:44:57.550><c> forgiveness.</c><00:44:59.210><c> They</c>

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scheduled<00:45:00.030><c> their</c><00:45:00.289><c> meetings.</c><00:45:02.949><c> They</c><00:45:03.230><c> performed</c>

00:45:04.150 --> 00:45:09.570
their<00:45:04.630><c> rituals.</c><00:45:06.710><c> But</c><00:45:06.969><c> participation</c><00:45:07.710><c> in</c><00:45:08.090><c> rituals</c><00:45:08.630><c> does</c><00:45:09.070><c> not</c>

00:45:09.570 --> 00:45:13.550
bring<00:45:10.130><c> forgiveness.</c><00:45:11.789><c> Their</c><00:45:12.070><c> heart</c><00:45:12.449><c> was</c><00:45:12.849><c> not</c><00:45:13.250><c> right</c>

00:45:13.550 --> 00:45:18.909
with<00:45:13.809><c> God.</c><00:45:14.570><c> They</c><00:45:14.630><c> continued</c><00:45:15.309><c> to</c><00:45:15.710><c> practice</c><00:45:16.250><c> their</c><00:45:16.909><c> sinful</c><00:45:17.329><c> ways.</c><00:45:18.909><c> And</c>

00:45:18.909 --> 00:45:21.010
as<00:45:19.070><c> a</c><00:45:19.170><c> result,</c><00:45:19.809><c> even</c><00:45:20.150><c> though</c><00:45:20.369><c> they</c><00:45:20.670><c> assembled</c>

00:45:21.010 --> 00:45:23.929
to<00:45:21.289><c> seek</c><00:45:21.510><c> forgiveness,</c><00:45:22.789><c> and</c><00:45:23.030><c> even</c><00:45:23.190><c> though</c><00:45:23.369><c> they</c><00:45:23.570><c> would</c><00:45:23.730><c> have</c>

00:45:23.929 --> 00:45:26.230
had<00:45:24.070><c> what</c><00:45:24.309><c> would</c><00:45:24.570><c> appear</c><00:45:24.809><c> to</c><00:45:24.989><c> be</c><00:45:25.289><c> sincere</c><00:45:25.869><c> and</c>

00:45:26.230 --> 00:45:29.750
earnest<00:45:26.510><c> prayers</c><00:45:27.110><c> asking</c><00:45:27.530><c> God</c><00:45:27.869><c> to</c><00:45:28.150><c> forgive</c><00:45:28.349><c> them,</c><00:45:29.210><c> and</c><00:45:29.530><c> even</c>

00:45:29.750 --> 00:45:32.349
though<00:45:29.909><c> they</c><00:45:30.210><c> offered</c><00:45:30.489><c> incense</c><00:45:31.210><c> and</c><00:45:31.789><c> sacrifices</c>

00:45:32.349 --> 00:45:37.469
to<00:45:33.070><c> obtain</c><00:45:33.429><c> forgiveness,</c><00:45:35.010><c> God</c><00:45:35.369><c> says</c><00:45:35.690><c> that</c><00:45:35.909><c> they</c><00:45:36.210><c> remained</c><00:45:36.809><c> an</c>

00:45:37.469 --> 00:45:41.030
unforgiving,<00:45:38.989><c> unforgiven</c><00:45:40.010><c> people.</c>

00:45:41.389 --> 00:45:44.789
In<00:45:41.909><c> verse</c><00:45:42.130><c> 16,</c><00:45:42.670><c> he</c><00:45:42.869><c> identifies</c><00:45:43.449><c> the</c><00:45:43.789><c> steps</c><00:45:44.050><c> they</c><00:45:44.269><c> needed</c><00:45:44.489><c> to</c>

00:45:44.789 --> 00:45:48.030
take.<00:45:46.329><c> See</c><00:45:46.429><c> if</c><00:45:46.550><c> you</c><00:45:46.690><c> can</c><00:45:46.929><c> identify</c><00:45:47.389><c> the</c><00:45:47.730><c> three</c>

00:45:48.030 --> 00:45:50.409
righteous<00:45:48.510><c> requirements</c><00:45:49.190><c> that</c><00:45:49.469><c> we</c><00:45:49.590><c> have</c><00:45:49.710><c> been</c><00:45:49.889><c> speaking</c><00:45:50.190><c> of</c>

00:45:50.409 --> 00:45:54.210
this<00:45:50.690><c> morning</c><00:45:51.010><c> before</c><00:45:52.130><c> God</c><00:45:52.570><c> would</c><00:45:52.869><c> forgive</c><00:45:53.150><c> them.</c>

00:45:54.630 --> 00:45:58.829
Wash<00:45:54.809><c> you,</c><00:45:55.090><c> he</c><00:45:55.309><c> says</c><00:45:55.469><c> in</c><00:45:55.650><c> verse</c><00:45:55.869><c> 16.</c><00:45:56.690><c> Make</c><00:45:56.849><c> you</c><00:45:57.190><c> clean.</c><00:45:57.809><c> Put</c><00:45:57.929><c> away</c><00:45:58.190><c> the</c><00:45:58.449><c> evil</c><00:45:58.670><c> of</c>

00:45:58.829 --> 00:46:00.869
your<00:45:59.050><c> doings</c><00:45:59.550><c> from</c><00:45:59.690><c> before</c><00:46:00.050><c> mine</c><00:46:00.309><c> eyes.</c>

00:46:01.250 --> 00:46:04.710
Cease<00:46:01.670><c> to</c><00:46:01.889><c> do</c><00:46:02.110><c> evil.</c><00:46:03.250><c> You</c><00:46:03.349><c> don't</c><00:46:03.550><c> see</c><00:46:03.750><c> the</c><00:46:03.949><c> word</c><00:46:04.150><c> confession</c>

00:46:04.710 --> 00:46:06.710
there,<00:46:05.050><c> but</c><00:46:05.250><c> God</c><00:46:05.489><c> is</c><00:46:05.769><c> telling</c><00:46:05.909><c> them</c><00:46:06.090><c> they</c><00:46:06.230><c> needed</c><00:46:06.449><c> to</c>

00:46:06.710 --> 00:46:11.269
confess<00:46:07.110><c> their</c><00:46:07.489><c> sins,</c><00:46:08.510><c> to</c><00:46:08.630><c> acknowledge</c><00:46:09.250><c> their</c><00:46:09.570><c> sinful</c><00:46:09.989><c> condition,</c><00:46:11.110><c> that</c>

00:46:11.269 --> 00:46:13.250
they<00:46:11.429><c> were</c><00:46:11.849><c> steeped</c><00:46:12.289><c> in</c><00:46:12.550><c> sin</c><00:46:12.789><c> and</c><00:46:13.010><c> they</c>

00:46:13.250 --> 00:46:18.710
couldn't<00:46:13.550><c> see</c><00:46:13.869><c> it.</c><00:46:16.170><c> Confession</c><00:46:16.550><c> is</c><00:46:16.829><c> clearly</c><00:46:17.210><c> implied</c><00:46:17.730><c> as</c><00:46:18.010><c> they</c><00:46:18.250><c> needed</c><00:46:18.429><c> to</c>

00:46:18.710 --> 00:46:20.750
admit<00:46:19.289><c> that</c><00:46:19.630><c> the</c><00:46:19.809><c> direction</c><00:46:20.269><c> in</c><00:46:20.570><c> which</c>

00:46:20.750 --> 00:46:25.030
they<00:46:20.969><c> were</c><00:46:21.170><c> walking</c><00:46:21.510><c> was</c><00:46:21.849><c> an</c><00:46:22.110><c> evil</c><00:46:22.309><c> one.</c><00:46:23.889><c> Secondly,</c><00:46:24.289><c> they</c><00:46:24.429><c> needed</c><00:46:24.670><c> to</c>

00:46:25.030 --> 00:46:27.269
repent,<00:46:25.610><c> to</c><00:46:25.710><c> be</c><00:46:25.989><c> cleansed.</c><00:46:26.730><c> Not</c><00:46:27.030><c> their</c>

00:46:27.269 --> 00:46:32.789
physical<00:46:27.710><c> body</c><00:46:28.070><c> that</c><00:46:28.269><c> needed</c><00:46:28.469><c> to</c><00:46:28.670><c> be</c><00:46:28.869><c> cleansed,</c><00:46:29.829><c> but</c><00:46:29.969><c> their</c><00:46:30.269><c> mind</c><00:46:30.849><c> needed</c><00:46:31.230><c> to</c><00:46:31.429><c> be</c><00:46:31.670><c> cleansed.</c><00:46:31.989><c> They</c><00:46:32.150><c> needed</c><00:46:32.510><c> a</c>

00:46:32.789 --> 00:46:34.070
new<00:46:32.989><c> heart.</c>

00:46:34.130 --> 00:46:39.409
And<00:46:34.409><c> they</c><00:46:34.570><c> needed</c><00:46:34.869><c> thirdly</c><00:46:35.369><c> to</c><00:46:35.590><c> turn</c><00:46:35.949><c> from</c><00:46:36.190><c> their</c><00:46:36.530><c> sin,</c><00:46:36.989><c> to</c><00:46:37.090><c> forsake</c><00:46:37.610><c> their</c><00:46:37.869><c> evil</c><00:46:38.190><c> way,</c><00:46:39.190><c> to</c>

00:46:39.409 --> 00:46:40.250
make<00:46:39.650><c> a</c><00:46:39.969><c> commitment</c>

00:46:40.250 --> 00:46:44.769
to<00:46:40.530><c> God</c><00:46:40.809><c> to</c><00:46:41.010><c> walk</c><00:46:41.329><c> in</c><00:46:41.530><c> a</c><00:46:41.670><c> new</c><00:46:41.829><c> direction.</c><00:46:42.590><c> And</c><00:46:42.789><c> then</c><00:46:42.889><c> he</c><00:46:43.110><c> provides</c><00:46:43.510><c> for</c><00:46:43.750><c> them.</c><00:46:44.530><c> He</c>

00:46:44.769 --> 00:46:46.010
defines<00:46:45.210><c> for</c><00:46:45.429><c> them</c><00:46:45.630><c> what</c><00:46:45.769><c> that</c>

00:46:46.010 --> 00:46:50.289
new<00:46:46.210><c> direction</c><00:46:46.610><c> would</c><00:46:46.809><c> be</c><00:46:46.989><c> in</c><00:46:47.130><c> verse</c><00:46:47.329><c> 17.</c><00:46:48.550><c> Learn</c><00:46:49.050><c> instead,</c><00:46:49.989><c> so</c>

00:46:50.289 --> 00:46:53.849
to<00:46:50.449><c> speak,</c><00:46:50.750><c> to</c><00:46:50.909><c> do</c><00:46:51.150><c> well.</c><00:46:52.190><c> Seek</c><00:46:52.550><c> judgment.</c><00:46:53.610><c> Relieve</c>

00:46:53.849 --> 00:46:58.710
the<00:46:54.130><c> oppressed.</c><00:46:54.969><c> Judge</c><00:46:55.289><c> the</c><00:46:55.590><c> fatherless.</c><00:46:56.349><c> Plead</c><00:46:56.590><c> for</c><00:46:56.789><c> the</c><00:46:56.909><c> widow.</c><00:46:58.409><c> If</c>

00:46:58.710 --> 00:47:01.570
they<00:46:58.949><c> would</c><00:46:59.250><c> fulfill</c><00:47:00.110><c> these</c><00:47:00.789><c> three</c><00:47:01.110><c> righteous</c>

00:47:01.570 --> 00:47:06.010
requirements,<00:47:02.369><c> God</c><00:47:02.750><c> assures</c><00:47:03.389><c> them</c><00:47:03.829><c> that</c><00:47:04.730><c> they</c><00:47:04.929><c> would</c><00:47:05.130><c> be</c><00:47:05.409><c> forgiven</c><00:47:05.730><c> in</c>

00:47:06.010 --> 00:47:09.210
verse<00:47:06.250><c> 18.</c><00:47:07.989><c> Come</c><00:47:08.050><c> now</c><00:47:08.369><c> and</c><00:47:08.510><c> let</c><00:47:08.630><c> us</c><00:47:08.869><c> reason</c>

00:47:09.210 --> 00:47:12.929
together,<00:47:10.070><c> saith</c><00:47:10.210><c> Yahweh.</c><00:47:10.690><c> Though</c><00:47:10.789><c> your</c><00:47:11.130><c> sins</c><00:47:11.349><c> be</c><00:47:11.610><c> as</c><00:47:11.949><c> scarlet,</c><00:47:12.730><c> they</c>

00:47:12.929 --> 00:47:15.130
shall<00:47:13.070><c> be</c><00:47:13.309><c> white</c><00:47:13.510><c> as</c><00:47:13.809><c> snow.</c><00:47:14.789><c> Though</c><00:47:14.949><c> they</c>

00:47:15.130 --> 00:47:18.869
be<00:47:15.269><c> red</c><00:47:15.469><c> like</c><00:47:15.769><c> crimson,</c><00:47:16.210><c> they</c><00:47:16.409><c> shall</c><00:47:16.590><c> be</c><00:47:16.829><c> as</c><00:47:17.130><c> wool.</c><00:47:18.409><c> Our</c><00:47:18.670><c> sins,</c>

00:47:18.869 --> 00:47:22.849
you<00:47:19.110><c> see,</c><00:47:19.510><c> are</c><00:47:19.809><c> striking.</c><00:47:21.650><c> Striking</c><00:47:22.090><c> as</c><00:47:22.469><c> bright</c>

00:47:22.849 --> 00:47:27.010
scarlet<00:47:23.570><c> in</c><00:47:23.789><c> God's</c><00:47:24.250><c> eyes,</c><00:47:24.530><c> like</c><00:47:24.909><c> red</c><00:47:25.389><c> crimson.</c><00:47:26.730><c> That's</c><00:47:26.849><c> how</c>

00:47:27.010 --> 00:47:31.710
he<00:47:27.309><c> sees</c><00:47:27.590><c> them.</c><00:47:27.889><c> He</c><00:47:28.050><c> can't</c><00:47:28.550><c> see</c><00:47:28.829><c> them</c><00:47:29.269><c> in</c><00:47:29.769><c> any</c><00:47:30.190><c> other</c><00:47:30.670><c> way.</c>

00:47:31.969 --> 00:47:36.710
You<00:47:32.349><c> can't</c><00:47:32.789><c> hide</c><00:47:33.269><c> a</c><00:47:33.630><c> scarlet</c><00:47:34.070><c> stain</c><00:47:34.469><c> on</c><00:47:34.750><c> a</c><00:47:34.949><c> pure</c><00:47:35.150><c> white</c><00:47:35.469><c> cloth.</c>

00:47:37.570 --> 00:47:40.829
You<00:47:37.730><c> can't</c><00:47:38.130><c> hide</c><00:47:38.329><c> it,</c><00:47:38.909><c> but</c><00:47:39.010><c> it</c><00:47:39.230><c> can</c><00:47:39.510><c> be</c><00:47:39.889><c> forgiven.</c>

00:47:41.489 --> 00:47:48.329
It<00:47:41.670><c> can</c><00:47:41.969><c> become</c><00:47:42.369><c> white</c><00:47:42.730><c> as</c><00:47:43.150><c> snow</c><00:47:43.469><c> or</c><00:47:43.730><c> like</c><00:47:43.989><c> wool.</c><00:47:44.730><c> The</c><00:47:45.050><c> red</c><00:47:45.409><c> becomes</c><00:47:46.070><c> white</c><00:47:46.849><c> by</c>

00:47:48.329 --> 00:47:50.789
virtue<00:47:48.809><c> of</c><00:47:49.070><c> God's</c><00:47:49.590><c> forgiveness,</c>

00:47:51.389 --> 00:47:56.150
if<00:47:51.829><c> we</c><00:47:52.090><c> will</c><00:47:52.329><c> fulfill</c><00:47:52.769><c> his</c><00:47:53.070><c> righteous</c><00:47:53.489><c> requirements.</c><00:47:55.210><c> So</c><00:47:55.389><c> what</c><00:47:55.510><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:55.849><c> 1</c>

00:47:56.150 --> 00:47:59.170
is<00:47:56.550><c> also</c><00:47:57.070><c> showing</c><00:47:57.530><c> is</c><00:47:58.610><c> that</c><00:47:58.829><c> God</c>

00:47:59.170 --> 00:48:04.550
links<00:47:59.650><c> forgiveness</c><00:48:00.409><c> with</c><00:48:00.849><c> rituals.</c><00:48:03.170><c> Not</c><00:48:03.510><c> that</c><00:48:03.849><c> the</c><00:48:04.170><c> ritual</c>

00:48:04.550 --> 00:48:08.110
itself<00:48:05.710><c> leads</c><00:48:06.610><c> to</c><00:48:06.889><c> forgiveness,</c>

00:48:09.590 --> 00:48:13.809
but<00:48:09.789><c> the</c><00:48:10.050><c> ritual</c><00:48:10.710><c> will</c><00:48:11.590><c> generate,</c><00:48:12.090><c> hopefully</c><00:48:12.670><c> in</c><00:48:13.010><c> the</c><00:48:13.289><c> minds</c>

00:48:13.809 --> 00:48:16.650
of<00:48:14.050><c> those</c><00:48:14.389><c> participating</c><00:48:15.170><c> in</c><00:48:15.550><c> it,</c>

00:48:17.349 --> 00:48:21.130
the<00:48:17.550><c> kind</c><00:48:17.789><c> of</c><00:48:18.010><c> mental</c><00:48:18.429><c> outlook</c><00:48:18.969><c> that</c><00:48:19.570><c> will</c><00:48:19.849><c> lead</c><00:48:20.070><c> them</c><00:48:20.489><c> to</c><00:48:20.889><c> a</c>

00:48:21.130 --> 00:48:25.090
condition<00:48:21.869><c> in</c><00:48:23.409><c> which</c><00:48:23.610><c> they</c><00:48:23.829><c> confess</c><00:48:24.250><c> their</c><00:48:24.550><c> sins,</c>

00:48:25.090 --> 00:48:28.369
they<00:48:25.449><c> repent</c><00:48:25.849><c> of</c><00:48:26.050><c> them,</c><00:48:26.769><c> and</c><00:48:27.010><c> they</c><00:48:27.190><c> are</c><00:48:27.429><c> converted</c><00:48:27.889><c> and</c><00:48:28.170><c> make</c>

00:48:28.369 --> 00:48:30.849
a<00:48:28.630><c> commitment</c><00:48:28.849><c> to</c><00:48:29.110><c> walk</c><00:48:29.369><c> in</c><00:48:29.530><c> a</c><00:48:29.650><c> new</c><00:48:29.769><c> direction.</c>

00:48:31.329 --> 00:48:34.389
So<00:48:31.590><c> that's</c><00:48:32.010><c> the</c><00:48:32.230><c> value</c><00:48:32.610><c> and</c><00:48:32.909><c> the</c><00:48:33.110><c> wisdom</c><00:48:33.429><c> and</c><00:48:33.730><c> the</c><00:48:33.909><c> beauty</c><00:48:34.150><c> of</c>

00:48:34.389 --> 00:48:39.030
the<00:48:34.570><c> ritual.</c><00:48:36.110><c> The</c><00:48:36.289><c> ritual,</c><00:48:37.110><c> if</c><00:48:37.250><c> properly</c><00:48:37.909><c> followed,</c>

00:48:39.309 --> 00:48:43.889
will<00:48:39.550><c> bring</c><00:48:39.849><c> a</c><00:48:40.190><c> person</c><00:48:40.630><c> to</c><00:48:40.969><c> these</c><00:48:41.389><c> three</c><00:48:41.769><c> points</c><00:48:42.409><c> so</c><00:48:43.389><c> that</c><00:48:43.590><c> on</c>

00:48:43.889 --> 00:48:46.230
Sunday<00:48:44.230><c> morning</c><00:48:44.630><c> we</c><00:48:44.789><c> can</c><00:48:45.030><c> end</c><00:48:45.230><c> up</c><00:48:45.409><c> like</c><00:48:45.650><c> Israel</c><00:48:46.090><c> if</c>

00:48:46.230 --> 00:48:50.130
we're<00:48:46.409><c> not</c><00:48:46.630><c> careful</c><00:48:47.269><c> and</c><00:48:48.170><c> wrongly</c><00:48:48.670><c> conclude</c><00:48:49.070><c> that</c><00:48:49.250><c> a</c><00:48:49.429><c> few</c><00:48:49.570><c> words</c><00:48:49.909><c> and</c>

00:48:50.130 --> 00:48:53.030
a<00:48:50.309><c> prayer</c><00:48:50.789><c> or</c><00:48:51.849><c> a</c><00:48:51.909><c> little</c><00:48:52.090><c> piece</c><00:48:52.349><c> of</c><00:48:52.630><c> bread</c><00:48:52.789><c> or</c>

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sip<00:48:53.269><c> of</c><00:48:53.630><c> wine</c><00:48:53.929><c> can</c><00:48:54.309><c> somehow</c><00:48:54.869><c> result</c><00:48:55.670><c> in</c><00:48:56.989><c> God</c><00:48:57.269><c> mystically</c><00:48:57.989><c> forgiving</c><00:48:58.409><c> us.</c>

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It<00:49:00.730><c> won't</c><00:49:00.929><c> happen,</c><00:49:01.489><c> brothers</c><00:49:01.650><c> and</c><00:49:01.909><c> sisters,</c>

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not<00:49:07.550><c> participation</c><00:49:08.489><c> in</c><00:49:08.829><c> the</c><00:49:09.070><c> ritual</c><00:49:09.429><c> that</c><00:49:09.710><c> brings</c>

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forgiveness.<00:49:11.929><c> The</c><00:49:12.150><c> ritual</c><00:49:12.469><c> is</c><00:49:12.809><c> intended</c><00:49:13.110><c> to</c><00:49:13.469><c> remind</c><00:49:13.849><c> us</c><00:49:14.130><c> of</c>

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the<00:49:14.590><c> righteous</c><00:49:15.110><c> basis</c><00:49:15.929><c> upon</c><00:49:16.690><c> which</c><00:49:16.949><c> God</c><00:49:17.309><c> forgives</c>

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and<00:49:18.070><c> the</c><00:49:18.309><c> righteous</c><00:49:18.710><c> requirements</c><00:49:19.590><c> that</c><00:49:20.389><c> we</c><00:49:20.570><c> need</c><00:49:20.829><c> to</c><00:49:21.030><c> uphold</c>

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in<00:49:21.570><c> order</c><00:49:21.789><c> to</c><00:49:22.030><c> be</c><00:49:22.230><c> forgiven,</c>

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which<00:49:24.429><c> is</c><00:49:24.590><c> why</c><00:49:24.789><c> we</c><00:49:24.969><c> are</c><00:49:25.130><c> instructed</c><00:49:25.610><c> to</c><00:49:25.969><c> examine</c><00:49:26.269><c> ourselves</c>

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and<00:49:27.030><c> to</c><00:49:27.289><c> confess</c><00:49:27.489><c> our</c><00:49:27.809><c> sins</c><00:49:28.489><c> and</c><00:49:29.130><c> to</c><00:49:29.309><c> repent</c><00:49:29.590><c> before</c><00:49:29.949><c> him.</c>

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Now<00:49:32.349><c> we</c><00:49:32.429><c> won't</c><00:49:32.610><c> take</c><00:49:32.869><c> the</c><00:49:33.070><c> time,</c><00:49:33.349><c> but</c><00:49:33.469><c> in</c><00:49:33.630><c> Nehemiah</c><00:49:34.030><c> 9,</c><00:49:35.550><c> if</c><00:49:35.710><c> you</c>

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take<00:49:36.030><c> a</c><00:49:36.190><c> look</c><00:49:36.590><c> at</c><00:49:37.030><c> the</c><00:49:37.409><c> prayer</c><00:49:37.710><c> of</c><00:49:37.949><c> Ezra,</c>

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you<00:49:39.449><c> will</c><00:49:39.730><c> find</c><00:49:39.969><c> that</c><00:49:40.150><c> it</c><00:49:40.210><c> is</c><00:49:40.469><c> not</c><00:49:40.710><c> so</c><00:49:40.929><c> much</c><00:49:41.210><c> a</c><00:49:42.110><c> prayer,</c><00:49:43.650><c> an</c><00:49:43.889><c> appeal</c><00:49:44.550><c> recounting</c><00:49:45.429><c> the</c>

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history<00:49:46.190><c> of</c><00:49:46.429><c> Israel,</c>

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though<00:49:47.050><c> it's</c><00:49:47.230><c> a</c><00:49:47.550><c> wonderful</c><00:49:47.949><c> chapter</c><00:49:48.369><c> to</c><00:49:48.550><c> take</c><00:49:48.710><c> a</c><00:49:48.909><c> Sunday</c><00:49:49.150><c> school</c><00:49:49.409><c> scholar</c><00:49:49.750><c> through</c><00:49:50.329><c> because</c><00:49:50.969><c> it</c>

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kind<00:49:51.369><c> of</c><00:49:51.590><c> summarizes</c>

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everything<00:49:52.510><c> from</c><00:49:52.789><c> the</c><00:49:52.969><c> time</c><00:49:53.150><c> of</c><00:49:53.329><c> Abraham</c><00:49:53.789><c> right</c><00:49:54.449><c> up</c><00:49:54.650><c> until</c><00:49:54.909><c> the</c><00:49:55.110><c> time</c><00:49:55.289><c> of</c>

00:49:55.510 --> 00:49:57.269
Ezra.<00:49:56.409><c> And</c><00:49:56.610><c> you</c><00:49:56.750><c> can</c><00:49:56.929><c> have</c><00:49:57.050><c> the</c>

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Sunday<00:49:57.489><c> school</c><00:49:57.769><c> scholars</c><00:49:58.110><c> go</c><00:49:58.690><c> through</c><00:49:58.889><c> and</c><00:49:59.150><c> identify</c><00:49:59.650><c> the</c><00:50:00.050><c> period</c><00:50:00.289><c> of</c>

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the<00:50:00.650><c> judges</c><00:50:00.969><c> and</c><00:50:01.210><c> the</c><00:50:01.349><c> other</c><00:50:01.550><c> periods,</c>

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so<00:50:02.269><c> it's</c><00:50:02.789><c> a</c><00:50:03.130><c> wonderful</c><00:50:03.610><c> chapter</c><00:50:04.050><c> to</c><00:50:04.349><c> review</c><00:50:04.590><c> Israel's</c><00:50:05.190><c> history.</c><00:50:06.730><c> Nehemiah</c><00:50:07.250><c> 9</c><00:50:07.650><c> is</c>

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primarily<00:50:08.869><c> and</c><00:50:09.550><c> principally</c>

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focused<00:50:10.610><c> on</c><00:50:11.269><c> the</c><00:50:11.449><c> aspect</c><00:50:11.849><c> of</c><00:50:12.110><c> forgiveness.</c><00:50:13.349><c> If</c><00:50:13.590><c> you</c><00:50:13.730><c> take</c><00:50:13.909><c> the</c>

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time<00:50:14.409><c> to</c><00:50:14.570><c> go</c><00:50:14.789><c> through</c><00:50:15.010><c> there,</c><00:50:15.409><c> you</c><00:50:15.670><c> will</c><00:50:15.929><c> see</c><00:50:16.070><c> in</c><00:50:16.190><c> the</c>

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part<00:50:16.730><c> of</c><00:50:16.869><c> the</c><00:50:17.030><c> chapter,</c><00:50:17.469><c> Israel</c><00:50:17.889><c> is</c><00:50:18.230><c> repenting</c><00:50:19.349><c> and</c><00:50:19.670><c> confessing</c><00:50:20.230><c> their</c>

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sins<00:50:21.030><c> and</c><00:50:21.670><c> being</c><00:50:21.989><c> converted.</c>

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And<00:50:23.409><c> by</c><00:50:23.590><c> the</c><00:50:23.690><c> end</c><00:50:23.849><c> of</c><00:50:24.070><c> chapter</c><00:50:24.329><c> 9,</c><00:50:24.670><c> they</c><00:50:24.789><c> will</c><00:50:24.989><c> make</c><00:50:25.210><c> a</c><00:50:25.630><c> covenant</c><00:50:25.929><c> with</c><00:50:26.329><c> Yahweh</c><00:50:26.889><c> to</c>

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declare<00:50:27.469><c> themselves</c>

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to<00:50:28.210><c> be</c><00:50:28.429><c> lifelong</c><00:50:28.869><c> servants</c><00:50:29.269><c> of</c><00:50:29.469><c> him.</c><00:50:31.050><c> And</c><00:50:31.170><c> in</c><00:50:31.369><c> that</c><00:50:31.710><c> prayer</c><00:50:32.010><c> of</c>

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Ezra,<00:50:32.550><c> you</c><00:50:32.650><c> will</c><00:50:32.889><c> note</c><00:50:33.070><c> that</c><00:50:33.250><c> he</c><00:50:33.489><c> cites</c><00:50:33.730><c> both</c><00:50:34.030><c> Exodus</c>

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32<00:50:35.489><c> and</c><00:50:36.269><c> Numbers</c><00:50:36.710><c> 14</c><00:50:37.550><c> to</c><00:50:38.610><c> recount</c><00:50:39.070><c> to</c><00:50:39.349><c> Israel</c><00:50:39.789><c> just</c><00:50:40.110><c> how</c><00:50:40.449><c> forgiving</c><00:50:40.969><c> God</c>

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is.<00:50:42.809><c> And</c><00:50:43.090><c> he</c><00:50:43.329><c> cites</c><00:50:43.530><c> those</c><00:50:43.869><c> two</c><00:50:44.130><c> horrendous</c>

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sins<00:50:45.409><c> to</c><00:50:45.650><c> underscore</c><00:50:46.150><c> the</c><00:50:46.429><c> fact</c><00:50:46.949><c> that</c><00:50:47.969><c> God</c><00:50:48.210><c> will</c><00:50:48.530><c> forgive,</c><00:50:49.710><c> provided</c><00:50:50.210><c> we</c>

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approach<00:50:50.869><c> him</c><00:50:51.010><c> on</c><00:50:51.150><c> the</c><00:50:51.269><c> right</c><00:50:51.449><c> basis.</c>

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But<00:50:53.130><c> there</c><00:50:53.309><c> are</c><00:50:53.550><c> two</c><00:50:53.909><c> other</c><00:50:54.250><c> aspects</c><00:50:54.710><c> of</c><00:50:55.030><c> forgiveness</c><00:50:55.530><c> that</c>

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we<00:50:56.150><c> need</c><00:50:56.289><c> to</c><00:50:56.489><c> add</c><00:50:56.630><c> to</c><00:50:56.809><c> our</c><00:50:56.989><c> list</c><00:50:57.289><c> before</c><00:50:57.630><c> we</c><00:50:57.889><c> conclude.</c>

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The<00:51:01.429><c> first</c><00:51:01.670><c> three</c><00:51:02.230><c> apply</c><00:51:02.769><c> equally</c><00:51:03.269><c> between</c><00:51:03.630><c> an</c><00:51:03.889><c> unbaptized</c><00:51:04.489><c> sinner</c><00:51:04.809><c> and</c><00:51:05.150><c> a</c>

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baptized<00:51:05.710><c> sinner.</c>

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The<00:51:08.130><c> fourth</c><00:51:08.409><c> requirement</c><00:51:08.909><c> is</c><00:51:09.230><c> that</c><00:51:09.369><c> we</c><00:51:09.550><c> walk</c><00:51:09.889><c> in</c><00:51:10.090><c> the</c><00:51:10.250><c> light.</c>

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As<00:51:11.690><c> John</c><00:51:12.010><c> says</c><00:51:12.289><c> in</c><00:51:12.449><c> 1</c><00:51:12.690><c> John</c><00:51:12.929><c> 1,</c><00:51:13.289><c> this</c><00:51:13.510><c> is</c><00:51:13.889><c> the</c>

00:51:14.030 --> 00:51:18.010
verse<00:51:14.650><c> 5,</c><00:51:15.929><c> which</c><00:51:16.230><c> we</c><00:51:16.369><c> have</c><00:51:16.570><c> heard</c><00:51:16.769><c> of</c><00:51:16.949><c> him</c><00:51:17.230><c> and</c><00:51:17.429><c> declare</c><00:51:17.730><c> unto</c>

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you<00:51:18.269><c> that</c><00:51:18.409><c> God</c><00:51:18.650><c> is</c><00:51:18.909><c> light</c><00:51:19.150><c> and</c><00:51:19.389><c> in</c><00:51:19.550><c> him</c><00:51:19.670><c> is</c><00:51:19.909><c> no</c>

00:51:20.090 --> 00:51:24.130
darkness<00:51:20.489><c> at</c><00:51:20.789><c> all.</c><00:51:21.710><c> If</c><00:51:21.829><c> we</c><00:51:22.050><c> say</c><00:51:22.210><c> that</c><00:51:22.409><c> we</c><00:51:22.530><c> have</c><00:51:22.750><c> fellowship</c><00:51:23.170><c> with</c><00:51:23.369><c> him</c><00:51:23.590><c> and</c><00:51:23.809><c> walk</c><00:51:23.949><c> in</c>

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darkness,<00:51:24.610><c> we</c><00:51:24.789><c> lie</c><00:51:25.110><c> and</c><00:51:25.710><c> do</c><00:51:25.949><c> not</c>

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practice<00:51:26.670><c> the</c><00:51:26.969><c> truth.</c><00:51:28.110><c> But</c><00:51:28.329><c> if</c><00:51:28.570><c> we</c><00:51:28.829><c> walk</c><00:51:29.150><c> in</c><00:51:29.409><c> the</c><00:51:29.590><c> light,</c><00:51:30.230><c> as</c>

00:51:30.449 --> 00:51:32.710
he<00:51:30.690><c> is</c><00:51:30.849><c> in</c><00:51:30.989><c> the</c><00:51:31.130><c> light,</c><00:51:31.289><c> we</c><00:51:31.489><c> have</c><00:51:31.710><c> fellowship</c><00:51:32.130><c> one</c><00:51:32.409><c> with</c>

00:51:32.710 --> 00:51:38.070
another<00:51:33.030><c> and</c><00:51:33.690><c> the</c><00:51:33.869><c> blood</c><00:51:34.170><c> of</c><00:51:34.409><c> the</c><00:51:34.530><c> Lord</c><00:51:34.690><c> Jesus</c><00:51:35.090><c> Christ</c><00:51:35.630><c> cleanses</c><00:51:36.489><c> us</c><00:51:36.929><c> from</c><00:51:37.449><c> all</c>

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sin.<00:51:39.369><c> So</c><00:51:39.590><c> there's</c><00:51:39.849><c> a</c><00:51:40.050><c> fourth</c>

00:51:40.309 --> 00:51:44.730
requirement<00:51:40.929><c> that</c><00:51:41.190><c> God</c><00:51:41.389><c> has</c><00:51:41.690><c> for</c><00:51:41.929><c> us</c><00:51:42.130><c> before</c><00:51:42.469><c> he</c><00:51:42.630><c> will</c><00:51:42.889><c> forgive</c><00:51:43.110><c> us.</c><00:51:44.210><c> And</c><00:51:44.409><c> that</c><00:51:44.510><c> is</c>

00:51:44.730 --> 00:51:46.190
we<00:51:44.869><c> must</c><00:51:45.150><c> be</c><00:51:45.429><c> walking</c><00:51:45.730><c> in</c><00:51:46.010><c> the</c>

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light.<00:51:47.190><c> An</c><00:51:47.329><c> example</c><00:51:47.769><c> of</c><00:51:47.989><c> what</c><00:51:48.130><c> it</c><00:51:48.289><c> means</c><00:51:48.650><c> to</c><00:51:48.909><c> ask</c><00:51:49.170><c> for</c><00:51:49.489><c> forgiveness</c><00:51:49.869><c> and</c><00:51:50.170><c> not</c>

00:51:50.329 --> 00:51:51.489
be<00:51:50.570><c> walking</c><00:51:50.789><c> in</c><00:51:50.969><c> the</c><00:51:51.130><c> light</c>

00:51:51.489 --> 00:51:56.409
is<00:51:52.070><c> provided</c><00:51:52.409><c> in</c><00:51:52.650><c> chapter</c><00:51:52.969><c> 2</c><00:51:53.449><c> from</c><00:51:53.670><c> verses</c><00:51:53.949><c> 9</c><00:51:54.269><c> to</c><00:51:54.449><c> 11,</c><00:51:56.269><c> where</c>

00:51:56.409 --> 00:51:58.929
some<00:51:56.650><c> were</c><00:51:57.510><c> declaring</c><00:51:57.989><c> that</c><00:51:58.269><c> they</c><00:51:58.449><c> were</c><00:51:58.610><c> walking</c>

00:51:58.929 --> 00:52:02.730
in<00:51:59.150><c> the</c><00:51:59.309><c> light</c><00:51:59.530><c> and</c><00:51:59.750><c> yet</c><00:51:59.929><c> hating</c><00:52:00.369><c> their</c><00:52:00.690><c> brethren.</c><00:52:02.269><c> And</c><00:52:02.489><c> John</c>

00:52:02.730 --> 00:52:04.730
points<00:52:03.130><c> out</c><00:52:03.449><c> that</c><00:52:03.630><c> that</c><00:52:03.789><c> is</c><00:52:04.030><c> inconsistent</c>

00:52:04.730 --> 00:52:09.269
with<00:52:05.230><c> walking</c><00:52:05.590><c> in</c><00:52:05.849><c> the</c><00:52:05.989><c> light.</c><00:52:07.230><c> The</c><00:52:07.429><c> second</c><00:52:07.750><c> aspect</c><00:52:08.510><c> that</c><00:52:09.050><c> is</c>

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added,<00:52:09.889><c> which</c><00:52:10.050><c> becomes</c><00:52:10.369><c> number</c><00:52:10.730><c> five</c><00:52:10.949><c> on</c><00:52:11.110><c> our</c><00:52:11.289><c> list,</c>

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is<00:52:13.469><c> the</c><00:52:13.630><c> need</c><00:52:13.829><c> to</c><00:52:14.130><c> forgive</c><00:52:14.429><c> one</c><00:52:14.690><c> another.</c><00:52:16.289><c> And</c><00:52:16.510><c> we</c><00:52:16.590><c> will</c><00:52:16.730><c> take</c>

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later<00:52:19.369><c> on</c><00:52:19.550><c> this</c><00:52:19.829><c> week.</c><00:52:20.050><c> But</c><00:52:20.210><c> do</c><00:52:20.449><c> you</c><00:52:20.510><c> see</c><00:52:20.829><c> the</c><00:52:21.190><c> wisdom</c><00:52:21.530><c> behind</c>

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the<00:52:22.110><c> righteous</c><00:52:22.429><c> requirements</c><00:52:23.050><c> of</c><00:52:23.269><c> God</c><00:52:23.510><c> adding</c>

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the<00:52:24.530><c> need</c><00:52:24.710><c> for</c><00:52:24.909><c> us</c><00:52:25.030><c> to</c><00:52:25.190><c> walk</c><00:52:25.449><c> in</c><00:52:25.650><c> the</c><00:52:25.829><c> light</c><00:52:26.250><c> and</c><00:52:26.789><c> to</c><00:52:27.070><c> forgive</c>

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one<00:52:27.610><c> another?</c><00:52:28.610><c> How</c><00:52:28.889><c> would</c><00:52:29.050><c> it</c><00:52:29.190><c> be</c><00:52:29.389><c> right</c><00:52:29.650><c> for</c>

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to<00:52:30.230><c> forgive</c><00:52:30.670><c> a</c><00:52:30.969><c> believer</c><00:52:31.309><c> who</c><00:52:31.550><c> is</c><00:52:31.789><c> content</c><00:52:32.309><c> to</c><00:52:32.650><c> live</c><00:52:32.989><c> in</c><00:52:33.250><c> darkness?</c><00:52:35.269><c> He</c><00:52:35.369><c> would</c><00:52:35.510><c> only</c><00:52:35.769><c> forgive</c><00:52:36.010><c> the</c><00:52:36.230><c> person</c><00:52:36.469><c> to</c>

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have<00:52:36.789><c> them</c><00:52:36.949><c> go</c><00:52:37.130><c> on</c><00:52:37.449><c> sinning</c><00:52:37.909><c> and</c><00:52:38.130><c> presuming</c><00:52:38.670><c> upon</c><00:52:38.929><c> his</c><00:52:39.230><c> grace,</c>

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guaranteeing<00:52:40.989><c> perpetual</c><00:52:41.449><c> sin.</c><00:52:42.769><c> And</c><00:52:42.989><c> where</c><00:52:43.150><c> is</c>

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the<00:52:43.489><c> moral</c><00:52:43.690><c> basis</c><00:52:44.130><c> to</c><00:52:44.429><c> encourage</c><00:52:45.710><c> righteousness</c><00:52:46.449><c> in</c><00:52:46.809><c> a</c><00:52:47.030><c> person's</c><00:52:47.510><c> life</c>

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who<00:52:47.909><c> will</c><00:52:48.170><c> not</c><00:52:48.389><c> forgive</c><00:52:48.650><c> others,</c>

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who<00:52:50.170><c> feels</c><00:52:50.349><c> they</c><00:52:50.550><c> are</c><00:52:50.809><c> free</c><00:52:50.989><c> to</c><00:52:51.309><c> hold</c><00:52:51.590><c> grudges</c><00:52:52.750><c> and</c><00:52:53.730><c> to</c><00:52:53.869><c> withhold</c><00:52:54.230><c> the</c>

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very<00:52:54.789><c> mercy</c><00:52:55.150><c> from</c><00:52:55.469><c> others</c><00:52:55.829><c> that</c><00:52:56.050><c> they</c>

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expect<00:52:56.710><c> God</c><00:52:57.030><c> to</c><00:52:57.250><c> show</c><00:52:57.469><c> to</c><00:52:57.670><c> them?</c><00:52:58.869><c> How</c><00:52:59.070><c> could</c><00:52:59.230><c> God</c><00:52:59.449><c> ever</c><00:52:59.869><c> hope</c>

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to<00:53:00.389><c> develop</c><00:53:00.690><c> his</c><00:53:01.090><c> character</c><00:53:01.550><c> in</c><00:53:01.829><c> their</c><00:53:02.150><c> character,</c>

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the<00:53:03.610><c> character</c><00:53:03.849><c> of</c><00:53:04.090><c> mercy</c><00:53:04.469><c> and</c><00:53:04.809><c> grace</c><00:53:05.190><c> and</c><00:53:05.429><c> long</c><00:53:05.670><c>-suffering</c>

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and<00:53:06.250><c> loving</c><00:53:06.449><c> kindness</c>

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and<00:53:08.210><c> truth,</c><00:53:08.869><c> and</c><00:53:09.130><c> the</c><00:53:09.369><c> character</c><00:53:09.690><c> of</c><00:53:09.949><c> an</c><00:53:10.130><c> individual</c><00:53:10.670><c> who</c><00:53:11.369><c> was</c>

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unwilling<00:53:12.289><c> to</c><00:53:13.269><c> forgive</c><00:53:13.610><c> those</c><00:53:14.070><c> who</c><00:53:14.269><c> had</c><00:53:14.510><c> sinned</c>

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against<00:53:15.130><c> him?</c>