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not<00:11:51.440><c> only</c><00:11:51.740><c> in</c><00:11:51.940><c> that</c><00:11:52.100><c> generation,</c><00:11:53.240><c> but</c><00:11:53.279><c> down</c><00:11:53.580><c> through</c><00:11:53.779><c> the</c><00:11:53.960><c> ages</c>

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You<00:12:05.200><c> are</c><00:12:05.539><c> my</c><00:12:05.860><c> children,</c><00:12:07.620><c> and</c><00:12:07.980><c> I</c><00:12:08.200><c> am</c><00:12:08.379><c> your</c><00:12:08.679><c> spiritual</c><00:12:09.299><c> father.</c>

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Look<00:12:11.279><c> to</c><00:12:11.580><c> me.</c><00:12:12.379><c> Gaze</c><00:12:12.700><c> upon</c><00:12:13.100><c> me.</c>

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to<00:12:26.399><c> cling</c><00:12:26.600><c> to</c><00:12:26.799><c> one</c><00:12:26.940><c> another,</c><00:12:27.840><c> to</c><00:12:28.000><c> unite</c><00:12:28.440><c> together.</c>

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You<00:12:30.019><c> must</c><00:12:30.340><c> not</c><00:12:30.639><c> allow</c><00:12:30.980><c> the</c><00:12:31.399><c> pressures</c><00:12:31.679><c> of</c><00:12:31.840><c> an</c><00:12:32.019><c> evil</c><00:12:32.379><c> world</c>

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You<00:12:40.620><c> must</c><00:12:40.879><c> be</c><00:12:41.259><c> moved</c><00:12:41.519><c> by</c><00:12:41.799><c> the</c><00:12:42.259><c> spirit</c><00:12:42.440><c> of</c><00:12:42.620><c> the</c><00:12:42.840><c> truth,</c>

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That's<00:12:48.580><c> what</c><00:12:48.679><c> he</c><00:12:48.860><c> is</c><00:12:49.000><c> saying.</c>

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He<00:12:50.700><c> asked</c><00:12:51.100><c> no</c><00:12:51.559><c> man</c><00:12:51.799><c> to</c><00:12:52.120><c> compromise</c><00:12:52.740><c> the</c><00:12:53.100><c> principles</c><00:12:53.519><c> of</c><00:12:53.700><c> the</c><00:12:53.860><c> truth.</c>

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He<00:12:55.700><c> asked</c><00:12:56.320><c> no</c><00:12:56.700><c> man</c><00:12:56.860><c> to</c><00:12:57.039><c> make</c><00:12:57.259><c> concessions</c><00:12:58.200><c> to</c><00:12:58.720><c> error</c><00:12:59.059><c> within</c>

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The<00:13:27.720><c> Greek</c><00:13:27.940><c> word</c><00:13:28.299><c> kenos.</c>

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And<00:15:22.179><c> do</c><00:15:22.320><c> you</c><00:15:22.320><c> know,</c><00:15:22.620><c> brethren</c><00:15:22.779><c> and</c><00:15:23.039><c> sisters,</c><00:15:23.559><c> even</c><00:15:23.899><c> to</c><00:15:24.059><c> be</c>

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doctrinally<00:15:25.039><c> sound</c>

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will<00:15:26.240><c> not</c><00:15:26.580><c> in</c><00:15:26.700><c> itself</c><00:15:27.399><c> fulfill</c><00:15:28.279><c> this</c><00:15:28.659><c> requirement</c><00:15:29.279><c> of</c><00:15:29.940><c> the</c><00:15:30.120><c> Lord.</c>

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That<00:15:31.279><c> alone,</c><00:15:32.659><c> the</c><00:15:32.759><c> matter</c><00:15:33.019><c> of</c><00:15:33.320><c> boasting</c><00:15:33.639><c> in</c><00:15:33.860><c> one's</c><00:15:34.240><c> doctrinal</c><00:15:34.779><c> soundness</c>

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or<00:15:36.179><c> alleging</c><00:15:36.679><c> one's</c><00:15:37.080><c> doctrinal</c><00:15:37.480><c> soundness</c><00:15:37.919><c> would</c><00:15:38.120><c> perhaps</c>

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be<00:15:39.899><c> better,</c>

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is<00:15:41.460><c> not</c><00:15:41.679><c> in</c><00:15:41.799><c> itself</c><00:15:42.200><c> a</c><00:15:42.360><c> fulfillment</c><00:15:42.799><c> of</c><00:15:42.940><c> what</c><00:15:43.139><c> the</c><00:15:43.279><c> Lord</c><00:15:43.440><c> is</c>

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saying<00:15:44.000><c> here.</c>

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He<00:15:45.059><c> is</c><00:15:45.240><c> saying</c><00:15:45.500><c> that</c><00:15:45.700><c> the</c><00:15:46.019><c> truth</c><00:15:46.460><c> must</c><00:15:46.960><c> be</c><00:15:47.320><c> maturely</c><00:15:48.259><c> understood,</c>

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but<00:15:50.200><c> then</c><00:15:50.740><c> it</c><00:15:51.019><c> must</c><00:15:51.320><c> take</c><00:15:51.740><c> deep</c><00:15:52.240><c> root</c><00:15:52.700><c> within</c><00:15:53.659><c> the</c><00:15:54.059><c> heart</c><00:15:54.299><c> and</c>

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the<00:15:54.759><c> mind</c><00:15:55.000><c> of</c><00:15:55.220><c> the</c><00:15:55.399><c> individual.</c>

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And<00:15:56.500><c> it</c><00:15:56.679><c> must</c><00:15:56.940><c> become</c><00:15:57.440><c> the</c><00:15:57.879><c> motivating</c><00:15:58.419><c> force</c>

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directing<00:16:00.840><c> those</c><00:16:01.220><c> individuals</c><00:16:01.879><c> toward</c><00:16:02.500><c> the</c><00:16:02.779><c> Father</c><00:16:03.120><c> and</c><00:16:03.379><c> toward</c><00:16:03.580><c> the</c><00:16:03.879><c> Son</c>

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and<00:16:04.360><c> toward</c><00:16:04.720><c> one</c><00:16:05.000><c> another</c><00:16:05.480><c> in</c><00:16:06.740><c> a</c><00:16:07.019><c> mutual</c><00:16:07.360><c> recognition</c><00:16:08.120><c> of</c><00:16:08.460><c> what</c><00:16:08.659><c> is</c>

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holy<00:16:09.200><c> and</c><00:16:09.580><c> just</c><00:16:09.940><c> and</c><00:16:10.240><c> good.</c>

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And<00:16:11.759><c> above</c><00:16:12.000><c> all</c><00:16:12.360><c> else,</c><00:16:12.899><c> a</c><00:16:13.139><c> mutual</c><00:16:13.559><c> recognition</c><00:16:14.259><c> of</c><00:16:15.179><c> those</c><00:16:15.500><c> things</c>

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that<00:16:15.919><c> bring</c><00:16:16.279><c> honor</c><00:16:16.820><c> and</c><00:16:17.379><c> glory</c><00:16:17.940><c> to</c><00:16:18.500><c> the</c><00:16:18.659><c> great</c><00:16:18.980><c> Creator.</c>

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And<00:16:20.639><c> so</c><00:16:20.840><c> in</c><00:16:20.980><c> verse</c><00:16:21.220><c> 35</c><00:16:21.759><c> he</c><00:16:21.940><c> said</c><00:16:22.159><c> to</c><00:16:22.220><c> them,</c>

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By<00:16:22.879><c> this</c><00:16:23.419><c> shall</c><00:16:23.720><c> all</c><00:16:24.039><c> men</c><00:16:24.200><c> know</c><00:16:24.740><c> that</c><00:16:25.039><c> ye</c><00:16:25.279><c> are</c><00:16:25.559><c> my</c><00:16:25.899><c> disciples.</c>

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In<00:16:27.679><c> other</c><00:16:27.960><c> words,</c><00:16:28.639><c> they</c><00:16:28.779><c> would</c><00:16:28.980><c> be</c><00:16:29.179><c> manifesting</c><00:16:29.679><c> the</c><00:16:29.960><c> truth</c><00:16:30.419><c> as</c><00:16:30.960><c> a</c>

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way<00:16:31.259><c> of</c><00:16:31.500><c> life.</c>

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And<00:16:32.620><c> whether</c><00:16:32.820><c> other</c><00:16:33.000><c> men</c><00:16:33.259><c> liked</c><00:16:33.580><c> it</c><00:16:33.820><c> or</c><00:16:34.059><c> not,</c>

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whether<00:16:34.940><c> they</c><00:16:35.179><c> decided</c><00:16:35.539><c> to</c><00:16:35.799><c> copy</c><00:16:36.039><c> them</c><00:16:36.240><c> or</c><00:16:36.440><c> reject</c><00:16:36.799><c> them,</c><00:16:37.000><c> it</c>

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wouldn't<00:16:37.460><c> matter.</c>

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They<00:16:38.960><c> would</c><00:16:39.200><c> be</c><00:16:39.500><c> manifesting</c><00:16:40.080><c> the</c><00:16:40.440><c> truth</c><00:16:40.799><c> as</c><00:16:41.139><c> a</c><00:16:41.460><c> way</c><00:16:41.639><c> of</c><00:16:41.919><c> life.</c>

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The<00:16:43.120><c> moral</c><00:16:43.500><c> attributes</c><00:16:44.259><c> of</c><00:16:44.539><c> Christ's</c><00:16:45.320><c> character</c><00:16:45.600><c> would</c><00:16:45.799><c> be</c>

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seen<00:16:46.460><c> in</c><00:16:46.899><c> them.</c>

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And<00:16:48.519><c> so</c><00:16:48.960><c> whereas</c><00:16:49.379><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:50.059><c> in</c><00:16:50.539><c> 42</c><00:16:51.059><c> and</c><00:16:51.299><c> verse</c><00:16:51.580><c> 1</c><00:16:51.840><c> had</c><00:16:52.100><c> said,</c>

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Behold<00:16:53.320><c> my</c><00:16:53.779><c> servant!</c>

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And<00:16:55.399><c> then</c><00:16:55.679><c> had</c><00:16:55.919><c> uttered</c><00:16:56.419><c> the</c><00:16:56.559><c> words,</c><00:16:57.559><c> Whom</c><00:16:57.919><c> I</c><00:16:58.419><c> uphold.</c>

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Those<00:17:01.179><c> same</c><00:17:01.539><c> words</c><00:17:01.899><c> would</c><00:17:02.120><c> apply</c><00:17:02.419><c> in</c><00:17:02.559><c> the</c><00:17:02.740><c> ultimate</c><00:17:03.100><c> to</c><00:17:04.079><c> the</c>

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body<00:17:04.460><c> of</c><00:17:04.720><c> believers.</c>

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They<00:17:06.599><c> like</c><00:17:06.960><c> the</c><00:17:07.119><c> Lord</c><00:17:07.319><c> Jesus</c><00:17:07.799><c> Christ</c><00:17:08.500><c> would</c><00:17:09.059><c> become</c><00:17:09.900><c> the</c><00:17:10.599><c> servant</c><00:17:10.839><c> of</c>

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Almighty<00:17:11.440><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:12.599><c> if</c><00:17:12.839><c> that</c><00:17:13.119><c> were</c><00:17:13.339><c> the</c><00:17:13.480><c> case,</c>

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and<00:17:14.500><c> if</c><00:17:14.640><c> they</c><00:17:14.940><c> should</c><00:17:15.180><c> prove</c><00:17:15.500><c> to</c><00:17:15.660><c> be</c><00:17:15.880><c> faithful</c><00:17:16.220><c> to</c><00:17:16.420><c> Christ,</c>

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then<00:17:17.339><c> God</c><00:17:17.680><c> would</c><00:17:17.960><c> uphold</c><00:17:18.420><c> them</c><00:17:18.799><c> no</c><00:17:19.000><c> matter</c><00:17:19.180><c> what</c><00:17:19.460><c> happened.</c>

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Now<00:17:21.579><c> we</c><00:17:21.759><c> find</c><00:17:22.000><c> in</c><00:17:22.140><c> verse</c><00:17:22.400><c> 37</c><00:17:23.119><c> that</c><00:17:24.059><c> Peter</c><00:17:24.559><c> finds</c><00:17:25.200><c> his</c><00:17:25.519><c> tongue</c>

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once<00:17:26.220><c> again.</c>

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And<00:17:27.839><c> Peter</c><00:17:28.140><c> as</c><00:17:28.359><c> spokesman</c><00:17:28.880><c> says</c><00:17:29.119><c> in</c><00:17:29.259><c> verse</c><00:17:29.519><c> 37,</c>

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Lord,<00:17:31.640><c> why</c><00:17:31.960><c> cannot</c><00:17:32.299><c> I</c><00:17:32.680><c> follow</c><00:17:32.940><c> thee</c><00:17:33.200><c> now?</c>

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I<00:17:33.900><c> will</c><00:17:34.099><c> lay</c><00:17:34.299><c> down</c><00:17:34.500><c> my</c><00:17:34.740><c> life</c><00:17:34.960><c> for</c><00:17:35.119><c> thy</c><00:17:35.319><c> sake.</c>

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There's<00:17:38.500><c> something</c><00:17:38.819><c> wonderful</c><00:17:39.240><c> about</c><00:17:39.559><c> that.</c>

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And<00:17:40.920><c> there's</c><00:17:41.079><c> something</c><00:17:41.359><c> rather</c><00:17:41.839><c> tragic</c><00:17:42.240><c> as</c><00:17:42.480><c> well.</c>

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You<00:17:44.160><c> know,</c><00:17:44.440><c> Peter</c><00:17:44.559><c> doesn't</c><00:17:44.920><c> say,</c>

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Why<00:17:46.740><c> can't</c><00:17:47.299><c> we</c><00:17:47.799><c> follow</c><00:17:48.319><c> thee</c><00:17:48.559><c> now?</c>

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We<00:17:50.240><c> will</c><00:17:50.599><c> lay</c><00:17:50.880><c> down</c><00:17:51.279><c> our</c><00:17:51.779><c> lives</c><00:17:52.339><c> for</c><00:17:52.640><c> thy</c><00:17:52.880><c> sake.</c>

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He<00:17:54.339><c> says,</c><00:17:54.640><c> I.</c>

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And<00:17:57.880><c> as</c><00:17:58.000><c> the</c><00:17:58.140><c> Lord</c><00:17:58.299><c> taught</c><00:17:58.619><c> him</c><00:17:58.779><c> on</c><00:17:58.960><c> that</c><00:17:59.160><c> night,</c>

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Peter<00:18:00.440><c> still</c><00:18:00.740><c> had</c><00:18:00.980><c> a</c><00:18:01.160><c> great</c><00:18:01.339><c> deal</c><00:18:01.539><c> to</c><00:18:01.740><c> learn</c><00:18:02.039><c> about</c><00:18:02.700><c> the</c><00:18:02.940><c> truth.</c>

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The<00:18:05.000><c> mercy</c><00:18:05.339><c> is</c><00:18:05.579><c> that</c><00:18:05.759><c> he</c><00:18:05.960><c> learned.</c>

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You<00:18:08.000><c> just</c><00:18:08.279><c> make</c><00:18:08.500><c> a</c><00:18:08.819><c> careful</c><00:18:09.220><c> study</c><00:18:09.660><c> of</c><00:18:10.000><c> the</c><00:18:10.339><c> first</c><00:18:10.599><c> and</c><00:18:10.920><c> second</c>

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epistles<00:18:11.619><c> of</c><00:18:11.900><c> Peter</c>

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and<00:18:12.619><c> see</c><00:18:12.920><c> how</c><00:18:13.160><c> the</c><00:18:13.460><c> truth</c><00:18:13.700><c> transformed</c><00:18:14.700><c> that</c><00:18:15.019><c> man</c>

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and<00:18:17.559><c> caused</c><00:18:17.960><c> him</c><00:18:18.200><c> to</c><00:18:18.539><c> humbly</c><00:18:19.039><c> submit</c><00:18:19.619><c> to</c><00:18:20.200><c> the</c><00:18:20.420><c> example</c><00:18:20.960><c> of</c><00:18:21.240><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:18:22.039><c> manifested</c><00:18:22.799><c> in</c><00:18:22.980><c> his</c><00:18:23.200><c> own</c><00:18:23.420><c> life.</c>

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Peter<00:18:25.279><c> is</c><00:18:25.480><c> an</c><00:18:25.619><c> outstanding</c><00:18:26.359><c> example</c><00:18:27.019><c> of</c><00:18:27.359><c> a</c><00:18:27.519><c> man</c><00:18:27.740><c> being</c><00:18:28.180><c> changed</c>

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utterly<00:18:29.599><c> transformed,</c><00:18:31.819><c> subduing</c><00:18:32.539><c> self,</c>

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thinking<00:18:34.400><c> only</c><00:18:35.119><c> of</c><00:18:35.420><c> his</c><00:18:35.740><c> responsibilities</c><00:18:36.500><c> to</c><00:18:36.940><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:18:37.660><c> his</c><00:18:37.920><c> obligations</c><00:18:38.599><c> to</c><00:18:38.859><c> his</c><00:18:39.099><c> brethren,</c>

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caring<00:18:40.059><c> nothing</c><00:18:40.519><c> for</c><00:18:40.759><c> himself,</c>

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giving<00:18:41.900><c> himself,</c><00:18:42.880><c> sacrificing</c><00:18:43.359><c> himself</c><00:18:43.980><c> for</c><00:18:45.059><c> the</c><00:18:45.279><c> cause</c><00:18:45.440><c> of</c><00:18:45.680><c> Christ.</c>

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But<00:18:48.160><c> at</c><00:18:48.319><c> this</c><00:18:48.579><c> stage,</c><00:18:49.779><c> Peter</c><00:18:50.019><c> still</c><00:18:50.559><c> had</c><00:18:50.759><c> a</c><00:18:50.880><c> great</c><00:18:51.019><c> deal</c><00:18:51.259><c> to</c><00:18:51.440><c> learn.</c>

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And<00:18:52.440><c> with</c><00:18:52.680><c> all</c><00:18:52.920><c> due</c><00:18:53.039><c> respect</c><00:18:53.500><c> to</c><00:18:53.700><c> Peter's</c><00:18:54.160><c> sincerity,</c>

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I<00:18:55.119><c> don't</c><00:18:55.420><c> doubt</c><00:18:55.660><c> for</c><00:18:55.900><c> one</c><00:18:56.160><c> moment</c>

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that<00:18:57.019><c> he</c><00:18:57.140><c> would</c><00:18:57.319><c> have</c><00:18:57.500><c> laid</c><00:18:57.740><c> down</c><00:18:57.980><c> his</c><00:18:58.160><c> life</c><00:18:58.500><c> there</c><00:18:58.859><c> and</c><00:18:58.960><c> then</c>

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for<00:18:59.259><c> the</c><00:18:59.380><c> Lord</c><00:18:59.720><c> if</c><00:19:00.019><c> need</c><00:19:00.319><c> be.</c>

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Yet<00:19:01.500><c> we</c><00:19:01.720><c> have</c><00:19:02.039><c> got</c><00:19:02.220><c> to</c><00:19:02.380><c> look</c><00:19:02.519><c> at</c><00:19:02.640><c> those</c><00:19:02.960><c> words</c><00:19:03.339><c> from</c><00:19:03.579><c> a</c><00:19:03.880><c> single</c>

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point<00:19:04.579><c> of</c><00:19:04.779><c> view</c><00:19:04.980><c> just</c><00:19:05.240><c> for</c><00:19:05.400><c> the</c><00:19:05.559><c> moment.</c>

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And<00:19:07.359><c> it</c><00:19:07.500><c> is</c><00:19:07.680><c> this.</c>

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Anyone<00:19:10.140><c> could</c><00:19:10.400><c> say</c><00:19:10.660><c> that.</c>

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Anyone.

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Why<00:19:14.619><c> cannot</c><00:19:14.980><c> I</c><00:19:15.279><c> follow</c><00:19:15.599><c> thee</c><00:19:15.839><c> now?</c>

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I<00:19:16.539><c> will</c><00:19:16.740><c> lay</c><00:19:17.000><c> down</c><00:19:17.299><c> my</c><00:19:17.680><c> life</c><00:19:18.299><c> for</c><00:19:18.759><c> thy</c><00:19:19.059><c> sake.</c>

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Those<00:19:20.900><c> words</c><00:19:21.220><c> sound</c><00:19:21.700><c> very</c><00:19:22.140><c> fine.</c>

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But<00:19:23.680><c> they</c><00:19:24.000><c> are</c><00:19:24.119><c> meaningless</c><00:19:24.779><c> without</c><00:19:25.819><c> the</c><00:19:26.240><c> actions</c><00:19:26.839><c> which</c>

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must<00:19:28.059><c> accompany</c><00:19:28.680><c> them.</c>

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And<00:19:30.500><c> Peter</c><00:19:30.740><c> was</c><00:19:31.000><c> one</c><00:19:31.220><c> who</c><00:19:31.519><c> learned</c><00:19:31.799><c> to</c><00:19:32.140><c> live</c><00:19:32.299><c> by</c><00:19:32.579><c> the</c><00:19:32.859><c> Spirit</c>

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at<00:19:33.519><c> John</c><00:19:33.819><c> 13,</c><00:19:34.400><c> 14,</c><00:19:35.019><c> 15</c><00:19:35.400><c> and</c><00:19:35.559><c> 16.</c>

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Those<00:19:37.059><c> last</c><00:19:37.579><c> words</c><00:19:37.940><c> that</c><00:19:38.140><c> the</c><00:19:38.299><c> Lord</c><00:19:38.500><c> delivered</c><00:19:38.779><c> into</c><00:19:39.000><c> their</c>

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hands<00:19:39.500><c> before</c><00:19:39.799><c> he</c><00:19:39.960><c> was</c><00:19:40.119><c> taken</c><00:19:40.400><c> from</c><00:19:40.640><c> them.</c>

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He<00:19:41.680><c> learned</c><00:19:41.980><c> to</c><00:19:42.200><c> live</c><00:19:42.319><c> by</c><00:19:42.579><c> those</c><00:19:42.880><c> principles</c><00:19:43.519><c> afterwards.</c>

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And<00:19:46.700><c> that</c><00:19:46.819><c> is</c><00:19:47.099><c> exactly</c><00:19:47.579><c> what</c><00:19:47.779><c> the</c><00:19:47.960><c> Lord</c><00:19:48.119><c> Jesus</c><00:19:48.559><c> Christ</c><00:19:49.000><c> said</c>

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to<00:19:49.460><c> him</c><00:19:49.700><c> in</c><00:19:50.119><c> verse</c><00:19:50.420><c> 36.</c>

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Simon<00:19:52.079><c> Peter</c><00:19:52.420><c> said</c><00:19:52.619><c> unto</c><00:19:52.859><c> him,</c><00:19:53.359><c> Lord,</c><00:19:53.880><c> whither</c><00:19:54.039><c> goest</c><00:19:54.420><c> thou?</c>

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Jesus<00:19:55.500><c> answered</c><00:19:55.819><c> him,</c><00:19:56.359><c> Whither</c><00:19:56.519><c> I</c><00:19:56.799><c> go,</c><00:19:57.480><c> thou</c><00:19:57.660><c> canst</c><00:19:58.140><c> not</c><00:19:58.319><c> follow</c><00:19:58.640><c> me</c><00:19:59.380><c> now.</c>

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But<00:20:00.960><c> thou</c><00:20:01.440><c> shalt</c><00:20:01.819><c> follow</c><00:20:02.180><c> me</c><00:20:02.900><c> afterwards.</c>

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And<00:20:05.579><c> they</c><00:20:05.680><c> are</c><00:20:05.740><c> magnificent</c><00:20:06.339><c> words.</c>

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Thou<00:20:07.660><c> shalt</c><00:20:08.000><c> follow</c><00:20:08.339><c> me</c><00:20:08.720><c> afterwards.</c>

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Not<00:20:09.480><c> now</c><00:20:09.779><c> Peter,</c><00:20:10.579><c> afterwards.</c>

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And<00:20:12.640><c> he</c><00:20:12.940><c> did</c><00:20:13.220><c> that.</c>

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Not<00:20:14.660><c> only</c><00:20:15.079><c> literally</c><00:20:15.759><c> in</c><00:20:16.420><c> the</c><00:20:16.700><c> form</c><00:20:16.960><c> of</c><00:20:17.279><c> death</c><00:20:17.539><c> that</c><00:20:17.880><c> he</c>

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should<00:20:18.259><c> undergo.</c>

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But<00:20:20.160><c> also</c><00:20:20.640><c> in</c><00:20:20.799><c> his</c><00:20:21.119><c> application</c><00:20:21.880><c> of</c><00:20:22.640><c> the</c><00:20:22.900><c> wonderful</c><00:20:23.519><c> principles</c><00:20:24.160><c> for</c><00:20:24.480><c> life</c>

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that<00:20:25.400><c> he</c><00:20:25.539><c> had</c><00:20:25.700><c> been</c><00:20:25.940><c> taught</c><00:20:26.400><c> by</c><00:20:26.859><c> his</c><00:20:27.240><c> Lord</c><00:20:27.660><c> and</c><00:20:28.279><c> his</c><00:20:28.559><c> Master.</c>

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Thou<00:20:30.099><c> shalt</c><00:20:30.539><c> follow</c><00:20:31.019><c> me</c><00:20:31.880><c> afterwards.</c>

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And<00:20:33.839><c> primarily</c><00:20:34.259><c> that</c><00:20:34.599><c> means</c><00:20:34.960><c> after</c><00:20:35.680><c> you</c><00:20:35.960><c> have</c><00:20:36.259><c> learned</c><00:20:36.619><c> to</c><00:20:37.019><c> do</c>

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the<00:20:37.539><c> will</c><00:20:37.640><c> of</c><00:20:37.839><c> the</c><00:20:38.039><c> Father.</c>

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And<00:20:41.019><c> so</c><00:20:41.200><c> after</c><00:20:41.460><c> this</c><00:20:41.720><c> exchange</c><00:20:42.299><c> of</c><00:20:42.660><c> words,</c><00:20:44.200><c> Peter</c><00:20:44.559><c> remained</c><00:20:45.500><c> silent.</c>

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And<00:20:47.500><c> we</c><00:20:47.660><c> might</c><00:20:47.859><c> ask</c><00:20:48.180><c> ourselves,</c><00:20:49.259><c> what</c><00:20:49.400><c> would</c><00:20:49.619><c> the</c><00:20:49.839><c> others</c>

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have<00:20:50.660><c> been</c><00:20:51.019><c> thinking?</c>

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When<00:20:53.319><c> they</c><00:20:53.599><c> heard</c><00:20:53.839><c> this</c><00:20:54.099><c> exchange</c><00:20:54.579><c> between</c><00:20:55.079><c> Peter</c><00:20:55.440><c> and</c><00:20:55.700><c> the</c><00:20:55.880><c> Lord.</c>

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Because<00:20:57.079><c> the</c><00:20:57.460><c> others</c><00:20:57.660><c> knew</c><00:20:58.259><c> that</c><00:20:58.880><c> Peter</c><00:20:59.180><c> had</c><00:20:59.400><c> more</c><00:20:59.720><c> courage</c><00:21:00.259><c> and</c><00:21:00.720><c> a</c>

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stronger<00:21:01.400><c> will</c><00:21:02.000><c> than</c><00:21:02.640><c> they</c><00:21:02.880><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:21:04.960><c> if</c><00:21:05.240><c> he</c><00:21:05.599><c> would</c><00:21:06.000><c> fail,</c><00:21:07.380><c> how</c><00:21:07.720><c> could</c><00:21:08.059><c> they</c><00:21:08.460><c> ever</c><00:21:08.700><c> hope</c><00:21:08.859><c> to</c><00:21:09.079><c> succeed</c><00:21:09.420><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:09.779><c> truth?</c>

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How<00:21:12.660><c> helpless</c><00:21:13.119><c> they</c><00:21:13.339><c> must</c><00:21:13.579><c> have</c><00:21:13.839><c> felt.</c>

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How<00:21:15.180><c> hopeless</c><00:21:15.960><c> their</c><00:21:16.240><c> position</c><00:21:16.819><c> must</c><00:21:17.220><c> have</c><00:21:17.480><c> seen.</c>

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And<00:21:18.660><c> the</c><00:21:18.900><c> Lord</c><00:21:19.200><c> knew</c><00:21:19.599><c> that</c><00:21:19.740><c> they</c><00:21:19.940><c> were</c><00:21:20.079><c> thinking</c><00:21:20.339><c> that</c><00:21:20.660><c> way.</c>

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And<00:21:21.839><c> hence</c><00:21:22.119><c> we</c><00:21:22.380><c> have</c><00:21:22.519><c> his</c><00:21:22.759><c> words</c><00:21:23.019><c> of</c><00:21:23.339><c> comfort</c><00:21:23.700><c> in</c><00:21:24.079><c> chapter</c><00:21:24.380><c> 14</c>

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and<00:21:25.380><c> verse</c><00:21:25.700><c> 1.</c>

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Let<00:21:26.880><c> not</c><00:21:27.279><c> your</c><00:21:27.640><c> heart</c><00:21:27.980><c> be</c><00:21:28.319><c> troubled.</c>

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Let<00:21:30.359><c> not</c><00:21:30.779><c> your</c><00:21:31.200><c> heart</c><00:21:31.759><c> be</c><00:21:32.119><c> troubled.</c>

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And<00:21:33.500><c> what</c><00:21:33.680><c> he's</c><00:21:33.920><c> got</c><00:21:34.039><c> to</c><00:21:34.259><c> teach</c><00:21:34.460><c> them,</c><00:21:34.660><c> brethren</c><00:21:34.940><c> and</c><00:21:35.279><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:21:36.400><c> that</c><00:21:36.700><c> what</c><00:21:36.900><c> was</c><00:21:37.240><c> wanted</c><00:21:37.480><c> at</c><00:21:37.720><c> that</c><00:21:38.000><c> time</c><00:21:38.519><c> was</c><00:21:39.099><c> not</c><00:21:39.480><c> merely</c><00:21:39.839><c> the</c><00:21:40.119><c> qualities</c><00:21:40.420><c> of</c><00:21:40.779><c> courage</c><00:21:41.140><c> and</c><00:21:41.380><c> a</c>

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strong<00:21:41.940><c> will.</c>

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It<00:21:43.420><c> was</c><00:21:43.759><c> a</c><00:21:44.059><c> realization</c><00:21:44.819><c> of</c><00:21:45.599><c> the</c><00:21:45.940><c> true</c><00:21:46.180><c> meaning</c><00:21:46.660><c> of</c><00:21:47.180><c> what</c><00:21:47.539><c> life</c>

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in<00:21:48.180><c> the</c><00:21:48.440><c> truth</c><00:21:48.720><c> was</c><00:21:49.039><c> all</c><00:21:49.339><c> about.</c>

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And<00:21:52.400><c> these</c><00:21:52.740><c> men</c><00:21:53.680><c> gathered</c><00:21:54.279><c> together</c><00:21:54.779><c> in</c><00:21:55.079><c> this</c><00:21:55.460><c> upper</c><00:21:55.880><c> room</c><00:21:56.539><c> had</c><00:21:57.240><c> left</c><00:21:57.519><c> all</c><00:21:58.200><c> to</c>

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follow<00:21:59.339><c> the</c><00:21:59.920><c> Lord</c><00:22:00.119><c> Jesus</c><00:22:00.579><c> Christ.</c>

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But<00:22:02.339><c> now</c><00:22:02.720><c> they</c><00:22:02.960><c> have</c><00:22:03.119><c> to</c><00:22:03.440><c> learn</c><00:22:03.880><c> that</c><00:22:04.339><c> to</c><00:22:04.759><c> follow</c><00:22:05.460><c> didn't</c><00:22:06.039><c> mean</c>

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to<00:22:06.579><c> simply</c><00:22:06.940><c> traipse</c><00:22:07.339><c> along</c><00:22:07.579><c> after</c><00:22:08.000><c> him</c><00:22:08.259><c> literally</c><00:22:08.680><c> in</c><00:22:08.859><c> his</c><00:22:09.079><c> footsteps.</c>

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And<00:22:10.279><c> listen</c><00:22:10.500><c> to</c><00:22:10.660><c> what</c><00:22:10.819><c> he</c><00:22:11.099><c> says</c><00:22:11.319><c> and</c><00:22:11.500><c> how</c><00:22:11.619><c> he</c><00:22:11.779><c> handles</c><00:22:12.180><c> men</c><00:22:12.579><c> and</c>

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how<00:22:13.000><c> he</c><00:22:13.220><c> deals</c><00:22:13.440><c> with</c><00:22:13.720><c> situations.</c>

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They<00:22:16.059><c> have</c><00:22:16.420><c> to</c><00:22:16.740><c> learn</c><00:22:17.079><c> in</c><00:22:17.480><c> John</c><00:22:17.819><c> chapter</c><00:22:18.220><c> 14</c><00:22:18.779><c> and</c><00:22:19.039><c> chapter</c><00:22:19.339><c> 15</c>

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that<00:22:20.559><c> to</c><00:22:21.039><c> follow</c><00:22:21.400><c> him</c><00:22:21.940><c> in</c><00:22:22.619><c> the</c><00:22:22.920><c> ultimate</c><00:22:23.359><c> sense</c><00:22:24.079><c> means</c><00:22:24.740><c> to</c><00:22:25.000><c> become</c><00:22:25.539><c> a</c>

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part<00:22:26.339><c> of</c><00:22:26.539><c> him.</c>

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To<00:22:28.380><c> follow</c><00:22:28.700><c> him</c><00:22:29.299><c> means</c><00:22:29.680><c> to</c><00:22:30.000><c> become</c><00:22:30.579><c> an</c><00:22:31.240><c> extension</c><00:22:31.880><c> of</c><00:22:32.460><c> him.</c>

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And<00:22:33.779><c> what</c><00:22:34.000><c> he</c><00:22:34.339><c> teaches</c><00:22:34.720><c> them</c><00:22:35.279><c> in</c><00:22:35.839><c> chapter</c><00:22:36.200><c> 14</c><00:22:36.700><c> and</c><00:22:36.859><c> 15</c><00:22:37.539><c> is</c><00:22:38.079><c> that</c>

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they<00:22:38.640><c> can</c><00:22:39.039><c> do</c><00:22:39.440><c> this</c><00:22:40.259><c> even</c><00:22:41.740><c> though</c><00:22:42.119><c> his</c><00:22:42.420><c> physical</c><00:22:42.900><c> presence</c><00:22:43.519><c> would</c><00:22:44.440><c> no</c>

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longer<00:22:45.359><c> be</c><00:22:46.039><c> with</c><00:22:46.279><c> them.</c>

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You<00:22:48.500><c> just</c><00:22:48.799><c> think</c><00:22:49.319><c> back</c><00:22:49.900><c> over</c><00:22:50.140><c> those</c><00:22:50.339><c> years.</c>

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For<00:22:51.799><c> three</c><00:22:52.059><c> and</c><00:22:52.200><c> a</c><00:22:52.279><c> half</c><00:22:52.480><c> years</c><00:22:53.140><c> these</c><00:22:53.740><c> men</c><00:22:53.960><c> had</c><00:22:54.259><c> thought</c><00:22:54.579><c> that</c>

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life<00:22:55.240><c> in</c><00:22:55.420><c> the</c><00:22:55.660><c> truth</c><00:22:55.900><c> was</c><00:22:56.240><c> tremendous.</c>

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They<00:22:58.099><c> had</c><00:22:58.400><c> followed</c><00:22:58.740><c> the</c><00:22:58.980><c> Lord</c><00:22:59.180><c> in</c><00:22:59.339><c> his</c><00:22:59.579><c> ministry.</c>

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They<00:23:00.900><c> had</c><00:23:01.160><c> listened</c><00:23:01.400><c> to</c><00:23:01.559><c> his</c><00:23:01.740><c> words</c><00:23:02.480><c> with</c><00:23:02.799><c> an</c><00:23:02.960><c> air</c><00:23:03.099><c> of</c><00:23:03.440><c> wonder</c>

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and<00:23:04.200><c> sometimes</c><00:23:04.759><c> a</c><00:23:05.000><c> degree</c><00:23:05.160><c> of</c><00:23:05.460><c> puzzlement.</c>

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They<00:23:07.039><c> had</c><00:23:07.319><c> observed</c><00:23:08.039><c> with</c><00:23:08.619><c> intense</c><00:23:09.099><c> satisfaction</c><00:23:09.960><c> the</c><00:23:10.460><c> way</c>

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in<00:23:10.819><c> which</c><00:23:10.960><c> he</c><00:23:11.119><c> had</c><00:23:11.400><c> dealt</c><00:23:11.559><c> with</c><00:23:11.779><c> his</c><00:23:11.940><c> enemies.</c>

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They<00:23:13.859><c> had</c><00:23:14.259><c> seen</c><00:23:14.740><c> often</c><00:23:15.579><c> with</c><00:23:15.900><c> a</c><00:23:16.019><c> glow</c><00:23:16.160><c> of</c><00:23:16.460><c> wonder</c><00:23:16.799><c> the</c><00:23:17.240><c> miracles</c><00:23:17.680><c> that</c><00:23:17.859><c> he</c>

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had<00:23:18.160><c> performed.</c>

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They<00:23:19.299><c> had</c><00:23:19.640><c> burned</c><00:23:19.980><c> with</c><00:23:20.460><c> an</c><00:23:20.619><c> inner</c><00:23:21.200><c> excitement</c><00:23:22.019><c> at</c><00:23:22.839><c> the</c><00:23:23.140><c> prospect</c><00:23:23.579><c> of</c><00:23:23.920><c> the</c><00:23:24.099><c> coming</c><00:23:24.339><c> restoration</c><00:23:25.019><c> of</c>

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Israel's<00:23:26.140><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:23:27.279><c> they</c><00:23:27.500><c> had</c><00:23:27.759><c> been</c><00:23:28.039><c> quite</c><00:23:28.460><c> content</c><00:23:29.059><c> to</c><00:23:29.420><c> let</c><00:23:29.660><c> the</c><00:23:29.960><c> Lord</c><00:23:30.339><c> work</c>

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everything<00:23:31.319><c> out</c><00:23:31.640><c> in</c><00:23:31.779><c> his</c><00:23:32.019><c> own</c><00:23:32.319><c> way</c><00:23:32.680><c> and</c><00:23:32.980><c> in</c><00:23:33.380><c> his</c><00:23:33.579><c> own</c><00:23:34.000><c> time.</c>

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And<00:23:35.500><c> he</c><00:23:35.579><c> was</c><00:23:35.839><c> always</c><00:23:36.279><c> there</c><00:23:36.779><c> and</c><00:23:37.180><c> at</c><00:23:37.319><c> a</c><00:23:37.460><c> moment</c><00:23:37.619><c> of</c><00:23:38.079><c> weakness</c><00:23:38.619><c> or</c><00:23:38.880><c> a</c>

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moment<00:23:39.160><c> of</c><00:23:39.420><c> trouble</c><00:23:39.680><c> or</c><00:23:39.980><c> trial</c><00:23:40.240><c> or</c><00:23:40.460><c> difficulty</c><00:23:40.799><c> they</c><00:23:41.079><c> had</c><00:23:41.279><c> many</c><00:23:41.460><c> to</c>

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turn<00:23:41.900><c> to</c><00:23:42.019><c> him</c><00:23:42.339><c> and</c><00:23:42.539><c> he</c><00:23:42.660><c> would</c><00:23:42.900><c> provide</c><00:23:43.140><c> the</c><00:23:43.359><c> answers.</c>

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That's<00:23:44.960><c> how</c><00:23:45.099><c> they</c><00:23:45.259><c> had</c><00:23:45.440><c> lived</c><00:23:45.759><c> with</c><00:23:46.380><c> the</c><00:23:46.539><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:23:48.539><c> the</c><00:23:48.900><c> tender</c><00:23:49.079><c> message</c><00:23:49.859><c> of</c><00:23:50.380><c> John</c><00:23:50.680><c> chapter</c><00:23:51.019><c> 14</c><00:23:51.500><c> and</c><00:23:51.680><c> 15</c><00:23:52.359><c> was</c>

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to<00:23:53.279><c> instruct</c><00:23:53.740><c> these</c><00:23:54.140><c> men</c><00:23:54.500><c> that</c><00:23:54.940><c> life</c><00:23:55.339><c> in</c><00:23:55.579><c> the</c><00:23:55.839><c> truth</c><00:23:56.160><c> was</c><00:23:56.640><c> really</c><00:23:57.200><c> not</c>

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like<00:23:58.140><c> that</c><00:23:58.579><c> at</c><00:23:58.839><c> all.</c>

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Throughout<00:24:02.119><c> the</c><00:24:02.339><c> Lord's</c><00:24:02.720><c> ministry</c><00:24:03.140><c> they</c><00:24:04.140><c> had</c><00:24:04.480><c> depended</c><00:24:04.980><c> upon</c><00:24:05.319><c> him.</c>

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But<00:24:06.859><c> now</c><00:24:07.279><c> he</c><00:24:07.420><c> was</c><00:24:07.660><c> going</c><00:24:07.759><c> to</c><00:24:07.900><c> be</c><00:24:08.160><c> taken</c><00:24:08.400><c> away</c><00:24:08.839><c> from</c><00:24:09.000><c> them.</c>

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The<00:24:09.880><c> true</c><00:24:10.200><c> Israelite</c><00:24:11.220><c> would</c><00:24:11.700><c> no</c><00:24:12.039><c> longer</c><00:24:12.319><c> be</c><00:24:12.700><c> visibly</c><00:24:13.140><c> present</c>

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in<00:24:13.720><c> their</c><00:24:13.859><c> midst.</c>

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What<00:24:15.519><c> were</c><00:24:15.700><c> they</c><00:24:15.880><c> to</c><00:24:16.099><c> do?</c>

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Well,<00:24:17.740><c> they</c><00:24:17.839><c> were</c><00:24:18.000><c> to</c><00:24:18.160><c> continue</c><00:24:18.819><c> to</c><00:24:19.079><c> be</c><00:24:19.259><c> depended</c><00:24:19.599><c> upon</c><00:24:19.960><c> him</c><00:24:20.339><c> but</c><00:24:21.359><c> in</c><00:24:21.539><c> a</c>

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different<00:24:21.980><c> way.</c>

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Instead<00:24:23.839><c> of</c><00:24:24.039><c> the</c><00:24:24.160><c> Lord</c><00:24:24.299><c> being</c><00:24:24.559><c> there</c><00:24:24.779><c> to</c><00:24:24.920><c> say,</c><00:24:25.160><c> Lord,</c><00:24:25.460><c> what</c><00:24:25.599><c> do</c>

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we<00:24:25.759><c> do</c><00:24:25.859><c> at</c><00:24:26.000><c> this</c><00:24:26.220><c> moment?</c>

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Lord,<00:24:27.440><c> how</c><00:24:27.619><c> do</c><00:24:27.740><c> we</c><00:24:27.880><c> handle</c><00:24:28.079><c> this</c><00:24:28.240><c> situation?</c>

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Lord,<00:24:30.099><c> I'm</c><00:24:30.400><c> having</c><00:24:30.579><c> a</c><00:24:30.680><c> very</c><00:24:30.960><c> difficult</c><00:24:31.220><c> time</c><00:24:31.500><c> with</c><00:24:31.640><c> this</c><00:24:31.839><c> gentleman</c><00:24:32.119><c> here</c>

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who<00:24:32.599><c> seems</c><00:24:32.839><c> to</c><00:24:33.000><c> know</c><00:24:33.079><c> more</c><00:24:33.279><c> about</c><00:24:33.480><c> the</c><00:24:33.660><c> Bible</c><00:24:33.839><c> than</c><00:24:34.019><c> I</c><00:24:34.220><c> do.</c>

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Would<00:24:34.539><c> you</c><00:24:34.660><c> come</c><00:24:34.859><c> and</c><00:24:35.000><c> deal</c><00:24:35.099><c> with</c><00:24:35.240><c> him</c><00:24:35.359><c> for</c><00:24:35.579><c> me?</c>

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That<00:24:36.640><c> was</c><00:24:36.799><c> all</c><00:24:37.000><c> going</c><00:24:37.119><c> to</c><00:24:37.299><c> change</c><00:24:37.779><c> and</c><00:24:38.259><c> it</c><00:24:38.319><c> was</c><00:24:38.519><c> all</c><00:24:38.700><c> going</c><00:24:38.779><c> to</c>

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be<00:24:39.059><c> gone.</c>

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And<00:24:40.140><c> there</c><00:24:40.279><c> was</c><00:24:40.420><c> only</c><00:24:40.819><c> one</c><00:24:41.279><c> answer</c><00:24:41.960><c> to</c><00:24:42.599><c> the</c><00:24:42.779><c> way</c><00:24:42.960><c> in</c><00:24:43.140><c> which</c><00:24:43.299><c> they</c><00:24:43.500><c> would</c><00:24:43.720><c> handle</c><00:24:44.019><c> the</c>

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problems<00:24:44.700><c> and</c><00:24:44.920><c> the</c><00:24:45.200><c> trials</c><00:24:45.460><c> of</c><00:24:45.759><c> life</c><00:24:46.119><c> and</c><00:24:47.079><c> develop</c><00:24:47.519><c> themselves</c><00:24:48.039><c> at</c><00:24:48.240><c> the</c>

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same<00:24:48.799><c> time</c><00:24:49.039><c> for</c><00:24:49.220><c> the</c><00:24:49.460><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:24:51.579><c> that</c><00:24:51.839><c> would</c><00:24:52.160><c> be</c><00:24:53.400><c> each</c><00:24:54.200><c> one</c><00:24:54.420><c> of</c><00:24:54.640><c> them</c><00:24:55.519><c> becoming</c><00:24:56.339><c> an</c><00:24:56.960><c> extension</c><00:24:57.480><c> of</c><00:24:57.980><c> what</c><00:24:58.140><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:24:58.480><c> Jesus</c><00:24:58.880><c> Christ</c><00:24:59.200><c> was.</c>

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As<00:25:01.299><c> the</c><00:25:01.660><c> Son</c><00:25:01.960><c> was</c><00:25:02.180><c> an</c><00:25:02.480><c> extension</c><00:25:02.900><c> of</c><00:25:03.059><c> the</c><00:25:03.200><c> Father,</c><00:25:04.299><c> so</c><00:25:04.519><c> they</c><00:25:04.720><c> must</c><00:25:04.980><c> become</c><00:25:05.339><c> an</c>

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extension<00:25:06.299><c> or</c><00:25:06.920><c> a</c><00:25:07.140><c> further</c><00:25:07.359><c> manifestation</c><00:25:08.099><c> of</c><00:25:09.099><c> the</c><00:25:09.440><c> Son</c><00:25:09.619><c> himself.</c>

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Which<00:25:11.859><c> means</c><00:25:12.140><c> that</c><00:25:12.319><c> what</c><00:25:12.460><c> he</c><00:25:12.700><c> taught</c><00:25:12.880><c> them</c><00:25:13.339><c> was</c><00:25:13.900><c> that</c><00:25:14.119><c> they</c>

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must<00:25:14.720><c> take</c><00:25:15.339><c> his</c><00:25:15.880><c> character</c><00:25:16.460><c> and</c><00:25:17.039><c> his</c><00:25:17.400><c> purpose,</c><00:25:18.420><c> his</c><00:25:18.700><c> words,</c>

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his<00:25:19.579><c> ways,</c><00:25:20.220><c> his</c><00:25:20.519><c> deeds</c><00:25:21.079><c> into</c><00:25:22.039><c> their</c><00:25:22.299><c> own</c><00:25:22.539><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:25:24.400><c> to</c><00:25:24.599><c> make</c><00:25:24.759><c> them</c><00:25:25.339><c> their</c><00:25:25.759><c> own.</c>

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And<00:25:27.359><c> to</c><00:25:27.539><c> insist</c><00:25:28.200><c> in</c><00:25:28.339><c> their</c><00:25:28.559><c> own</c><00:25:28.819><c> lives</c><00:25:29.220><c> that</c><00:25:29.599><c> his</c><00:25:29.920><c> influence</c>

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should<00:25:31.059><c> continue</c><00:25:31.539><c> with</c><00:25:31.779><c> them</c><00:25:32.119><c> in</c><00:25:32.519><c> that</c><00:25:32.740><c> way.</c>

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And<00:25:34.500><c> so</c><00:25:34.700><c> in</c><00:25:34.880><c> Chapter</c><00:25:35.140><c> 14,</c><00:25:36.160><c> where</c><00:25:36.279><c> really</c><00:25:36.500><c> there</c><00:25:36.700><c> should</c><00:25:36.839><c> be</c><00:25:37.039><c> no</c>

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break<00:25:37.559><c> in</c><00:25:37.740><c> the</c><00:25:37.900><c> chapter</c><00:25:38.119><c> at</c><00:25:38.359><c> all,</c><00:25:38.779><c> no</c><00:25:39.140><c> break</c><00:25:39.400><c> in</c><00:25:39.700><c> thought,</c><00:25:40.039><c> it's</c><00:25:40.299><c> a</c>

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continuing<00:25:40.940><c> narrative.</c>

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The<00:25:41.720><c> Lord</c><00:25:41.980><c> then</c><00:25:42.259><c> turns</c><00:25:42.579><c> to</c><00:25:42.779><c> them,</c><00:25:43.079><c> seeing</c><00:25:43.440><c> their</c><00:25:43.720><c> puzzlement,</c>

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their<00:25:44.500><c> bewilderment,</c><00:25:45.799><c> their</c><00:25:46.059><c> need.</c>

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And<00:25:47.359><c> he</c><00:25:47.539><c> says</c><00:25:47.779><c> to</c><00:25:47.920><c> them,</c><00:25:48.420><c> let</c><00:25:48.619><c> not</c><00:25:48.900><c> your</c><00:25:49.259><c> heart</c><00:25:49.640><c> be</c><00:25:49.980><c> troubled.</c>

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And<00:25:51.819><c> the</c><00:25:52.039><c> authorised</c><00:25:52.500><c> version</c><00:25:52.819><c> leads</c><00:25:53.119><c> us</c><00:25:53.319><c> a</c><00:25:53.359><c> little</c><00:25:53.619><c> stray</c><00:25:53.940><c> here.</c>

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Because<00:25:55.140><c> it</c><00:25:55.400><c> seems</c><00:25:55.640><c> that</c><00:25:55.859><c> the</c><00:25:55.960><c> Lord</c><00:25:56.079><c> is</c><00:25:56.400><c> complimenting</c><00:25:56.940><c> them.</c>

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He<00:25:57.359><c> says,</c><00:25:58.319><c> ye</c><00:25:58.319><c> believe</c><00:25:58.700><c> in</c><00:25:58.900><c> God,</c><00:26:00.460><c> believe</c><00:26:00.720><c> also</c><00:26:01.240><c> in</c><00:26:01.740><c> me.</c>

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That's<00:26:03.180><c> not</c><00:26:03.319><c> quite</c><00:26:03.579><c> correct.</c>

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Literally<00:26:05.420><c> it</c><00:26:05.559><c> should</c><00:26:05.779><c> be</c><00:26:05.980><c> rendered</c><00:26:06.220><c> this.</c>

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It's<00:26:06.859><c> a</c><00:26:07.019><c> commandment.</c>

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It's<00:26:08.160><c> not</c><00:26:08.339><c> a</c><00:26:08.539><c> compliment.</c>

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Literally<00:26:10.099><c> the</c><00:26:10.299><c> Lord</c><00:26:10.559><c> says,</c><00:26:12.000><c> believe</c><00:26:12.420><c> into</c><00:26:12.819><c> God</c><00:26:13.440><c> and</c><00:26:14.240><c> believe</c>

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into<00:26:15.099><c> me.</c>

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That's<00:26:16.559><c> what</c><00:26:16.700><c> those</c><00:26:16.980><c> words</c><00:26:17.240><c> mean.</c>

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Believe<00:26:19.019><c> into</c><00:26:19.420><c> God</c><00:26:19.900><c> and</c><00:26:20.440><c> believe</c><00:26:20.859><c> into</c><00:26:21.180><c> me.</c>

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Now<00:26:22.839><c> they</c><00:26:23.099><c> would</c><00:26:23.339><c> have</c><00:26:23.500><c> most</c><00:26:23.880><c> vehemently</c><00:26:24.680><c> claimed</c><00:26:25.039><c> that</c><00:26:25.539><c> they</c>

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did<00:26:26.220><c> believe</c><00:26:26.759><c> into</c><00:26:27.079><c> God.</c>

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But<00:26:28.299><c> the</c><00:26:28.579><c> Lord</c><00:26:28.779><c> did</c><00:26:29.140><c> not</c><00:26:29.420><c> waste</c><00:26:29.680><c> words.</c>

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He<00:26:31.839><c> was</c><00:26:32.140><c> not</c><00:26:32.400><c> one</c><00:26:32.599><c> for</c><00:26:32.980><c> idle</c><00:26:33.400><c> chatter.</c>

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He<00:26:36.119><c> would</c><00:26:36.359><c> talk</c><00:26:36.660><c> painstakingly.</c>

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He<00:26:38.720><c> would</c><00:26:39.000><c> talk</c><00:26:39.480><c> at</c><00:26:39.799><c> length</c><00:26:40.099><c> to</c><00:26:40.400><c> somebody</c><00:26:40.619><c> about</c><00:26:40.839><c> the</c><00:26:41.099><c> truth.</c>

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But<00:26:42.339><c> he</c><00:26:42.460><c> was</c><00:26:42.759><c> not</c><00:26:43.059><c> one</c><00:26:43.299><c> to</c><00:26:43.539><c> waste</c><00:26:43.759><c> words.</c>

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Why<00:26:45.539><c> then</c><00:26:46.119><c> does</c><00:26:46.359><c> he</c><00:26:46.519><c> make</c><00:26:46.720><c> this</c><00:26:47.019><c> call</c><00:26:47.180><c> upon</c><00:26:47.480><c> them</c><00:26:47.819><c> at</c><00:26:48.140><c> that</c>

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particular<00:26:48.980><c> time?</c>

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And<00:26:50.440><c> the</c><00:26:50.599><c> answer</c><00:26:50.940><c> is</c><00:26:51.539><c> that</c><00:26:51.940><c> the</c><00:26:52.240><c> closing</c><00:26:52.640><c> section</c><00:26:53.099><c> of</c><00:26:53.279><c> John</c><00:26:53.539><c> chapter</c><00:26:53.880><c> 13</c>

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has<00:26:55.039><c> indicated</c>

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that<00:26:56.140><c> they</c><00:26:56.380><c> were</c><00:26:56.700><c> not</c><00:26:57.000><c> really</c><00:26:57.559><c> practising</c><00:26:58.220><c> such</c><00:26:58.519><c> a</c><00:26:58.740><c> belief.</c>

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Which<00:27:00.359><c> is</c><00:27:00.599><c> a</c><00:27:00.819><c> reminder</c><00:27:01.279><c> that</c><00:27:02.420><c> belief</c><00:27:03.099><c> requires</c><00:27:04.019><c> doing.</c>

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:08.359
You<00:27:06.119><c> know</c><00:27:06.319><c> that</c><00:27:06.519><c> the</c><00:27:06.779><c> biblical</c><00:27:07.160><c> word</c><00:27:07.480><c> in</c><00:27:07.640><c> the</c><00:27:07.720><c> New</c><00:27:07.920><c> Testament</c>

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:11.440
for<00:27:08.680><c> belief</c><00:27:09.259><c> and</c><00:27:09.779><c> faith</c><00:27:10.119><c> are</c><00:27:10.539><c> almost</c><00:27:10.859><c> identical.</c>

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:14.559
And<00:27:12.059><c> you</c><00:27:12.200><c> know</c><00:27:12.420><c> that</c><00:27:12.559><c> they</c><00:27:12.799><c> are</c><00:27:13.039><c> both</c><00:27:13.299><c> words</c><00:27:13.700><c> which</c><00:27:13.980><c> indicate</c>

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a<00:27:15.359><c> very,</c><00:27:15.759><c> very</c><00:27:16.160><c> sound</c><00:27:16.640><c> conviction.</c>

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And<00:27:18.380><c> therefore</c><00:27:18.799><c> by</c><00:27:19.200><c> implication</c><00:27:19.960><c> that</c><00:27:20.539><c> conviction</c><00:27:21.140><c> must</c><00:27:21.500><c> produce</c><00:27:22.119><c> a</c>

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way<00:27:22.640><c> of</c><00:27:22.940><c> life</c><00:27:23.200><c> in</c><00:27:23.720><c> harmony</c><00:27:24.019><c> with</c><00:27:24.240><c> the</c><00:27:24.380><c> conviction.</c>

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:29.599
And<00:27:26.359><c> they</c><00:27:26.640><c> didn't</c><00:27:26.900><c> yet</c><00:27:27.180><c> quite</c><00:27:27.500><c> know</c><00:27:27.740><c> how</c><00:27:27.920><c> to</c><00:27:28.220><c> accomplish</c><00:27:28.619><c> this.</c>

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:31.539
It's<00:27:30.079><c> as</c><00:27:30.200><c> though</c><00:27:30.380><c> the</c><00:27:30.559><c> Lord</c><00:27:30.700><c> is</c><00:27:30.980><c> saying</c><00:27:31.180><c> to</c><00:27:31.319><c> them,</c>

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there<00:27:32.079><c> is</c><00:27:32.339><c> no</c><00:27:32.799><c> need</c><00:27:33.460><c> that</c><00:27:34.720><c> you</c><00:27:35.000><c> should</c><00:27:35.420><c> be</c><00:27:35.660><c> dismayed</c><00:27:36.200><c> at</c><00:27:36.319><c> the</c>

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:39.019
fact<00:27:36.599><c> that</c><00:27:36.779><c> I'm</c><00:27:37.160><c> not</c><00:27:37.420><c> going</c><00:27:37.579><c> to</c><00:27:37.880><c> remain</c><00:27:38.099><c> physically</c><00:27:38.519><c> with</c><00:27:38.779><c> you.</c>

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:42.500
There<00:27:39.619><c> is</c><00:27:39.900><c> an</c><00:27:40.039><c> answer</c><00:27:40.480><c> to</c><00:27:40.920><c> the</c><00:27:41.099><c> distress</c><00:27:41.480><c> that</c><00:27:41.680><c> you</c><00:27:41.859><c> feel</c><00:27:42.220><c> at</c>

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this<00:27:42.640><c> particular</c><00:27:43.099><c> moment.</c>

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And<00:27:44.059><c> it</c><00:27:44.160><c> is</c><00:27:44.359><c> simply</c><00:27:44.579><c> this.</c>

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You<00:27:45.720><c> must</c><00:27:46.019><c> now</c><00:27:46.380><c> learn</c><00:27:46.539><c> to</c><00:27:46.759><c> become</c><00:27:47.079><c> a</c><00:27:47.539><c> real</c><00:27:47.799><c> and</c><00:27:48.039><c> a</c><00:27:48.119><c> living</c><00:27:48.319><c> part</c>

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:52.019
of<00:27:49.299><c> what</c><00:27:49.500><c> the</c><00:27:49.740><c> Father</c><00:27:49.980><c> is</c><00:27:50.339><c> and</c><00:27:50.640><c> of</c><00:27:50.799><c> what</c><00:27:50.920><c> I</c><00:27:51.180><c> am.</c>

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That's<00:27:52.519><c> what</c><00:27:52.640><c> he</c><00:27:52.839><c> is</c><00:27:52.839><c> saying.</c>

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And<00:27:53.779><c> that's</c><00:27:54.000><c> why</c><00:27:54.220><c> he</c><00:27:54.420><c> says</c><00:27:54.680><c> in</c><00:27:54.859><c> verse</c><00:27:55.160><c> 2,</c>

00:27:55.799 --> 00:28:00.119
in<00:27:55.920><c> my</c><00:27:56.279><c> father's</c><00:27:56.759><c> house</c><00:27:57.200><c> are</c><00:27:57.779><c> many</c><00:27:58.359><c> abiding</c><00:27:59.059><c> places.</c>

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It's<00:28:01.500><c> as</c><00:28:01.660><c> though</c><00:28:01.779><c> he</c><00:28:01.940><c> is</c><00:28:02.099><c> saying,</c>

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do<00:28:02.799><c> not</c><00:28:03.059><c> be</c><00:28:03.259><c> depressed</c><00:28:03.700><c> at</c><00:28:03.859><c> the</c><00:28:04.079><c> idea</c><00:28:04.619><c> of</c><00:28:05.160><c> my</c><00:28:05.619><c> departing</c><00:28:06.319><c> from</c><00:28:06.599><c> you.</c>

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It's<00:28:07.940><c> not</c><00:28:08.119><c> as</c><00:28:08.339><c> though</c><00:28:08.519><c> I'm</c><00:28:08.839><c> going</c><00:28:08.980><c> to</c><00:28:09.079><c> be</c><00:28:09.200><c> the</c><00:28:09.339><c> only</c><00:28:09.500><c> one</c><00:28:09.640><c> in</c><00:28:09.799><c> the</c><00:28:09.940><c> kingdom</c><00:28:10.140><c> of</c><00:28:10.380><c> God,</c>

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:12.980
which<00:28:11.079><c> is</c><00:28:11.259><c> what</c><00:28:11.339><c> he</c><00:28:11.519><c> is</c><00:28:11.700><c> really</c><00:28:12.140><c> saying</c><00:28:12.420><c> to</c><00:28:12.640><c> them.</c>

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There<00:28:13.519><c> will</c><00:28:13.740><c> be</c><00:28:13.940><c> room</c><00:28:14.220><c> for</c><00:28:14.519><c> many.</c>

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:18.619
There<00:28:16.200><c> will</c><00:28:16.420><c> be</c><00:28:16.599><c> room</c><00:28:16.799><c> for</c><00:28:17.119><c> all</c><00:28:17.420><c> of</c><00:28:17.599><c> you</c><00:28:17.759><c> and</c><00:28:18.019><c> many,</c><00:28:18.619><c> many</c>

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teeming<00:28:19.039><c> others.</c>

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But<00:28:21.119><c> just</c><00:28:21.480><c> learn</c><00:28:21.740><c> what</c><00:28:21.920><c> it</c><00:28:22.220><c> means</c><00:28:22.480><c> to</c><00:28:22.799><c> really</c><00:28:23.160><c> believe</c><00:28:23.599><c> into</c>

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God<00:28:24.460><c> and</c><00:28:25.059><c> to</c><00:28:25.359><c> believe</c><00:28:25.660><c> into</c><00:28:26.059><c> the</c><00:28:26.319><c> Son</c><00:28:26.500><c> of</c><00:28:26.759><c> God.</c>

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And<00:28:27.299><c> you</c><00:28:27.420><c> will</c><00:28:27.640><c> gain</c><00:28:27.819><c> the</c><00:28:28.079><c> kingdom</c><00:28:28.319><c> with</c><00:28:28.619><c> me.</c>

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That's<00:28:30.240><c> what</c><00:28:30.299><c> he</c><00:28:30.460><c> is</c><00:28:30.559><c> saying.</c>

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In<00:28:32.220><c> my</c><00:28:32.660><c> father's</c><00:28:33.700><c> house</c><00:28:34.279><c> are</c><00:28:35.519><c> many</c><00:28:36.299><c> abiding</c><00:28:36.859><c> places.</c>

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:43.140
And<00:28:39.019><c> being</c><00:28:39.440><c> Jews,</c><00:28:40.500><c> when</c><00:28:40.619><c> the</c><00:28:40.799><c> Lord</c><00:28:41.019><c> spoke</c><00:28:41.380><c> of</c><00:28:41.839><c> my</c><00:28:42.180><c> father's</c><00:28:42.640><c> house,</c>

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:46.740
they<00:28:43.880><c> would</c><00:28:44.099><c> immediately</c><00:28:44.599><c> think</c><00:28:44.940><c> of</c><00:28:45.059><c> only</c><00:28:45.319><c> one</c><00:28:45.680><c> place.</c>

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:49.960
Not<00:28:47.200><c> heaven</c><00:28:47.720><c> as</c><00:28:48.319><c> deluded</c><00:28:48.779><c> Christianity,</c>

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:52.960
but<00:28:50.680><c> the</c><00:28:51.059><c> temple</c><00:28:51.500><c> in</c><00:28:51.759><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:59.500
So<00:28:54.940><c> that</c><00:28:55.220><c> that</c><00:28:55.559><c> phrase</c><00:28:55.880><c> to</c><00:28:56.119><c> the</c><00:28:56.359><c> Jews</c><00:28:56.660><c> always</c><00:28:57.680><c> meant</c><00:28:58.119><c> the</c><00:28:58.519><c> temple.</c>

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:04.680
The<00:29:00.700><c> abiding</c><00:29:01.339><c> place</c><00:29:02.039><c> of</c><00:29:02.880><c> Yahweh's</c><00:29:03.680><c> glory.</c>

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:10.680
But<00:29:06.559><c> now,</c><00:29:07.579><c> since</c><00:29:08.039><c> the</c><00:29:08.279><c> days</c><00:29:08.579><c> of</c><00:29:09.180><c> Ezekiel,</c>

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the<00:29:11.140><c> glory</c><00:29:11.519><c> had</c><00:29:11.880><c> departed.</c>

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We<00:29:12.880><c> read</c><00:29:13.099><c> of</c><00:29:13.200><c> it</c><00:29:13.319><c> in</c><00:29:13.440><c> Ezekiel</c><00:29:13.920><c> 10</c><00:29:14.180><c> and</c><00:29:14.359><c> 11.</c>

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:18.339
He<00:29:15.500><c> saw</c><00:29:15.740><c> the</c><00:29:16.019><c> glory</c><00:29:16.279><c> depart</c><00:29:16.819><c> out</c><00:29:17.019><c> of</c><00:29:17.119><c> the</c><00:29:17.299><c> temple.</c>

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:20.500
So<00:29:19.000><c> that</c><00:29:19.160><c> that</c><00:29:19.460><c> temple</c><00:29:19.720><c> of</c><00:29:19.900><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:23.119
which<00:29:20.920><c> the</c><00:29:21.180><c> Jews</c><00:29:21.380><c> would</c><00:29:21.619><c> regard</c><00:29:21.940><c> as</c><00:29:22.079><c> the</c><00:29:22.319><c> father's</c><00:29:22.700><c> house,</c>

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:27.819
had<00:29:23.680><c> now</c><00:29:24.019><c> become</c><00:29:24.380><c> a</c><00:29:24.640><c> temple</c><00:29:25.240><c> in</c><00:29:26.460><c> name</c><00:29:26.779><c> only.</c>

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:32.000
So<00:29:29.880><c> that</c><00:29:30.059><c> the</c><00:29:30.279><c> question</c><00:29:30.660><c> now</c><00:29:31.019><c> was,</c>

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:36.759
where<00:29:32.779><c> would</c><00:29:33.160><c> God's</c><00:29:33.740><c> glory</c><00:29:34.119><c> dwell</c><00:29:34.660><c> on</c><00:29:35.640><c> the</c><00:29:35.859><c> earth?</c>

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:39.240
And<00:29:37.859><c> the</c><00:29:38.039><c> answer</c><00:29:38.359><c> is,</c>

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:44.740
in<00:29:40.220><c> the</c><00:29:40.799><c> hearts</c><00:29:41.259><c> and</c><00:29:41.799><c> minds</c><00:29:42.400><c> of</c><00:29:43.099><c> men</c><00:29:43.460><c> and</c><00:29:43.859><c> women.</c>

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:49.700
And<00:29:46.720><c> I</c><00:29:46.859><c> know</c><00:29:47.000><c> that</c><00:29:47.200><c> very</c><00:29:47.519><c> often</c><00:29:47.759><c> we</c><00:29:47.940><c> look</c><00:29:48.119><c> at</c><00:29:48.259><c> John</c><00:29:48.539><c> chapter</c><00:29:49.000><c> 14</c>

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and<00:29:49.900><c> verse</c><00:29:50.180><c> 2,</c>

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and<00:29:51.039><c> in</c><00:29:51.240><c> our</c><00:29:51.440><c> endeavor</c><00:29:51.740><c> to</c><00:29:52.380><c> counter</c><00:29:52.599><c> the</c><00:29:52.819><c> immortal</c><00:29:53.180><c> solist</c>

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and<00:29:53.819><c> the</c><00:29:53.940><c> trinitarian,</c>

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:57.059
we<00:29:55.039><c> argue</c><00:29:55.339><c> that</c><00:29:55.519><c> the</c><00:29:55.740><c> father's</c><00:29:56.140><c> house</c><00:29:56.440><c> is</c><00:29:56.740><c> something</c>

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:59.599
that<00:29:57.160><c> will</c><00:29:57.339><c> be</c><00:29:57.579><c> established</c><00:29:57.920><c> upon</c><00:29:58.220><c> earth</c><00:29:58.380><c> in</c><00:29:58.559><c> the</c><00:29:58.680><c> future.</c>

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:01.420
But<00:29:59.920><c> that's</c><00:30:00.180><c> only</c><00:30:00.480><c> half</c><00:30:00.759><c> the</c><00:30:00.960><c> answer.</c>

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:04.559
The<00:30:02.000><c> Lord</c><00:30:02.200><c> was</c><00:30:02.480><c> inviting</c><00:30:03.000><c> them</c><00:30:03.180><c> to</c><00:30:03.380><c> come</c><00:30:03.519><c> into</c><00:30:03.700><c> the</c><00:30:03.839><c> house</c><00:30:04.059><c> of</c><00:30:04.319><c> God,</c>

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there<00:30:05.059><c> and</c><00:30:05.339><c> then.</c>

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Paul<00:30:08.500><c> says</c><00:30:08.759><c> in</c><00:30:09.019><c> Hebrews</c><00:30:09.319><c> 3,</c><00:30:09.839><c> doesn't</c><00:30:10.000><c> he,</c>

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whose<00:30:10.819><c> house</c><00:30:11.339><c> are</c><00:30:11.839><c> we?</c>

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:14.519
And<00:30:13.240><c> it's</c><00:30:13.400><c> not</c><00:30:13.559><c> in</c><00:30:13.720><c> the</c><00:30:13.839><c> future</c><00:30:14.200><c> tense,</c>

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it's<00:30:15.019><c> in</c><00:30:15.200><c> the</c><00:30:15.359><c> present</c><00:30:15.660><c> tense.</c>

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:20.380
I<00:30:16.599><c> think</c><00:30:16.759><c> from</c><00:30:16.980><c> memory</c><00:30:17.160><c> it's</c><00:30:17.460><c> Hebrews</c><00:30:17.700><c> 3</c><00:30:18.079><c> verses</c><00:30:18.359><c> 3</c><00:30:19.759><c> to</c><00:30:19.900><c> 6,</c>

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and<00:30:20.720><c> Hebrews</c><00:30:21.000><c> chapter</c><00:30:21.339><c> 3,</c>

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whose<00:30:22.119><c> house</c><00:30:22.539><c> are</c><00:30:22.900><c> we?</c>

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If<00:30:23.700><c> we</c><00:30:23.900><c> continue</c><00:30:24.240><c> in</c><00:30:24.400><c> the</c><00:30:24.559><c> truth.</c>

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That's<00:30:25.900><c> what</c><00:30:26.059><c> the</c><00:30:26.240><c> Lord</c><00:30:26.359><c> was</c><00:30:26.599><c> inviting</c><00:30:26.980><c> them</c><00:30:27.279><c> to</c><00:30:27.460><c> do,</c>

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to<00:30:28.480><c> become</c><00:30:28.740><c> a</c><00:30:29.140><c> part,</c>

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:32.880
to<00:30:29.759><c> find</c><00:30:30.000><c> an</c><00:30:30.259><c> abiding</c><00:30:30.680><c> place</c><00:30:31.059><c> in</c><00:30:31.500><c> the</c><00:30:31.880><c> house</c><00:30:32.200><c> of</c><00:30:32.539><c> God,</c>

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:34.460
there<00:30:33.400><c> and</c><00:30:33.660><c> then.</c>

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:36.799
The<00:30:34.819><c> temple</c><00:30:35.140><c> was</c><00:30:35.500><c> bricks</c><00:30:35.799><c> and</c><00:30:36.039><c> mortar.</c>

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:40.299
The<00:30:37.160><c> glory</c><00:30:37.460><c> of</c><00:30:37.680><c> God</c><00:30:37.819><c> had</c><00:30:38.119><c> departed</c><00:30:38.480><c> from</c><00:30:38.740><c> it</c><00:30:39.019><c> long</c><00:30:39.259><c> hence.</c>

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:44.700
Now<00:30:41.819><c> the</c><00:30:42.299><c> Lord</c><00:30:42.759><c> was</c><00:30:43.160><c> about</c><00:30:43.539><c> to</c><00:30:43.839><c> introduce</c><00:30:44.339><c> them</c>

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:47.240
to<00:30:45.200><c> a</c><00:30:45.700><c> new</c><00:30:46.079><c> abiding</c><00:30:46.720><c> place,</c>

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:49.740
to<00:30:47.740><c> the</c><00:30:48.039><c> glory</c><00:30:48.440><c> of</c><00:30:48.759><c> the</c><00:30:48.940><c> Father.</c>

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:53.539
And<00:30:50.779><c> don't</c><00:30:51.099><c> think</c><00:30:51.279><c> that</c><00:30:51.400><c> we're</c><00:30:51.599><c> talking</c><00:30:51.940><c> of</c><00:30:52.200><c> the</c><00:30:52.480><c> Shekinah</c><00:30:52.980><c> glory,</c>

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:57.279
as<00:30:54.119><c> we</c><00:30:54.339><c> find</c><00:30:54.519><c> the</c><00:30:54.720><c> Lord</c><00:30:54.880><c> is</c><00:30:55.099><c> often</c><00:30:55.400><c> depicted</c><00:30:55.859><c> in</c><00:30:56.200><c> the</c><00:30:56.720><c> Medieval</c>

00:30:57.279 --> 00:31:03.099
or<00:30:57.559><c> Dark</c><00:30:58.039><c> Ages</c><00:30:58.799><c> portraitures</c><00:31:01.259><c> and</c><00:31:01.980><c> paintings</c><00:31:02.400><c> and</c><00:31:02.640><c> so</c><00:31:02.900><c> forth,</c>

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:06.019
with<00:31:03.339><c> a</c><00:31:03.539><c> great</c><00:31:03.779><c> golden</c><00:31:04.099><c> halo</c><00:31:04.519><c> around</c><00:31:04.880><c> his</c><00:31:05.160><c> head.</c>

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:09.960
We<00:31:07.200><c> speak</c><00:31:07.440><c> of</c><00:31:07.559><c> the</c><00:31:07.759><c> glory</c><00:31:07.980><c> that</c><00:31:08.180><c> John</c><00:31:08.460><c> spoke</c><00:31:08.819><c> of</c><00:31:08.960><c> in</c><00:31:09.140><c> chapter</c><00:31:09.460><c> 1,</c>

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:11.140
at<00:31:10.119><c> verse</c><00:31:10.460><c> 14,</c>

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:14.140
when<00:31:11.599><c> he</c><00:31:11.779><c> says</c><00:31:11.960><c> that</c><00:31:12.140><c> the</c><00:31:12.220><c> Lord</c><00:31:12.440><c> Jesus</c><00:31:12.880><c> Christ</c><00:31:13.359><c> really</c><00:31:13.880><c> held</c>

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:15.539
his<00:31:14.480><c> glory.</c>

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:21.180
And<00:31:19.079><c> he</c><00:31:19.799><c> tabernacled</c><00:31:20.500><c> among</c><00:31:20.720><c> us.</c>

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:23.660
What<00:31:21.599><c> a</c><00:31:21.900><c> magnificent</c><00:31:22.559><c> expression.</c>

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:26.680
We<00:31:24.319><c> beheld</c><00:31:24.880><c> his</c><00:31:25.160><c> glory,</c><00:31:25.579><c> says</c><00:31:25.740><c> John,</c>

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:29.279
and<00:31:27.059><c> he</c><00:31:27.460><c> tabernacled</c><00:31:28.000><c> among</c><00:31:28.259><c> us.</c>

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:32.920
The<00:31:29.920><c> language</c><00:31:30.359><c> indicates</c><00:31:31.000><c> that</c><00:31:31.319><c> as</c><00:31:31.539><c> the</c><00:31:31.839><c> tabernacle</c><00:31:32.220><c> in</c><00:31:32.400><c> the</c><00:31:32.539><c> wilderness</c>

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:36.460
had<00:31:33.299><c> a</c><00:31:33.579><c> holy</c><00:31:33.839><c> place</c><00:31:34.240><c> and</c><00:31:34.559><c> a</c><00:31:34.720><c> most</c><00:31:34.960><c> holy</c><00:31:35.220><c> place,</c>

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:39.380
and<00:31:37.079><c> that</c><00:31:37.259><c> the</c><00:31:37.480><c> Shekinah</c><00:31:38.059><c> glory</c><00:31:38.500><c> of</c><00:31:38.799><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:41.740
indicating<00:31:39.960><c> his</c><00:31:40.359><c> presence</c><00:31:40.720><c> among</c><00:31:41.000><c> his</c><00:31:41.299><c> people,</c>

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:43.940
was<00:31:42.259><c> there</c><00:31:42.619><c> between</c><00:31:43.019><c> the</c><00:31:43.339><c> Cherubim,</c>

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:46.900
upon<00:31:44.680><c> the</c><00:31:44.940><c> mercy</c><00:31:45.220><c> seat,</c><00:31:45.519><c> above</c><00:31:45.700><c> the</c><00:31:46.019><c> ark.</c>

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:51.359
So<00:31:47.539><c> in</c><00:31:47.759><c> John's</c><00:31:48.180><c> language,</c><00:31:48.839><c> that</c><00:31:49.079><c> glory</c><00:31:49.440><c> had</c><00:31:49.619><c> now</c><00:31:49.900><c> come</c><00:31:50.279><c> to</c><00:31:50.539><c> dwell</c><00:31:50.720><c> in</c><00:31:50.880><c> Israel,</c>

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:54.039
in<00:31:51.839><c> the</c><00:31:52.039><c> personage</c><00:31:52.420><c> of</c><00:31:52.599><c> the</c><00:31:52.700><c> Son</c><00:31:52.859><c> of</c><00:31:53.059><c> God.</c>

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:57.940
But<00:31:54.839><c> it</c><00:31:54.960><c> was</c><00:31:55.140><c> not</c><00:31:55.380><c> a</c><00:31:55.539><c> visible</c><00:31:55.799><c> glory</c><00:31:56.359><c> to</c><00:31:56.640><c> make</c><00:31:56.839><c> men</c><00:31:57.099><c> turn</c><00:31:57.480><c> away</c>

00:31:57.940 --> 00:32:00.180
and<00:31:58.400><c> shun</c><00:31:58.559><c> it</c><00:31:58.700><c> because</c><00:31:58.940><c> of</c><00:31:59.079><c> its</c><00:31:59.220><c> brightness.</c>

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:05.099
The<00:32:00.799><c> glory</c><00:32:01.480><c> was</c><00:32:02.740><c> the</c><00:32:03.019><c> perfection</c><00:32:03.619><c> of</c><00:32:03.920><c> the</c><00:32:04.099><c> divine</c><00:32:04.440><c> character</c>

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:07.160
in<00:32:05.859><c> Adamic</c><00:32:06.200><c> nature.</c>

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:10.779
That's<00:32:08.539><c> what</c><00:32:08.720><c> John</c><00:32:09.000><c> spoke</c><00:32:09.380><c> of</c><00:32:09.660><c> in</c><00:32:09.980><c> chapter</c><00:32:10.319><c> 1,</c>

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:12.859
and<00:32:11.279><c> verse</c><00:32:11.480><c> 14.</c>

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:16.160
And<00:32:13.980><c> we</c><00:32:14.119><c> know</c><00:32:14.319><c> that</c><00:32:14.480><c> under</c><00:32:14.619><c> the</c><00:32:14.799><c> Mosaic</c><00:32:15.220><c> dispensation,</c>

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:19.359
there<00:32:16.559><c> was</c><00:32:16.819><c> only</c><00:32:17.200><c> one</c><00:32:17.880><c> abiding</c><00:32:18.359><c> place.</c>

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:21.339
But<00:32:20.039><c> now</c><00:32:20.480><c> through</c><00:32:20.819><c> Christ,</c>

00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:24.839
there<00:32:21.940><c> would</c><00:32:22.220><c> be</c><00:32:22.759><c> many</c><00:32:23.200><c> abiding</c><00:32:23.799><c> places.</c>

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:28.180
You<00:32:26.019><c> see,</c><00:32:26.140><c> it's</c><00:32:26.339><c> not</c><00:32:26.579><c> a</c><00:32:26.700><c> difficult</c><00:32:27.079><c> verse</c><00:32:27.359><c> to</c><00:32:27.680><c> understand</c>

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:30.680
once<00:32:28.640><c> we</c><00:32:28.940><c> understand</c><00:32:29.359><c> what</c><00:32:29.519><c> it's</c><00:32:29.900><c> saying.</c>

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:34.740
As<00:32:32.000><c> there</c><00:32:32.259><c> was</c><00:32:32.440><c> to</c><00:32:32.559><c> be</c><00:32:32.759><c> a</c><00:32:32.960><c> change</c><00:32:33.200><c> of</c><00:32:33.559><c> priesthood,</c>

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:38.400
so<00:32:35.259><c> there</c><00:32:35.440><c> was</c><00:32:35.640><c> also</c><00:32:36.000><c> to</c><00:32:36.180><c> be</c><00:32:36.339><c> a</c><00:32:36.619><c> change</c><00:32:36.940><c> of</c><00:32:37.400><c> temple.</c>

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:43.000
And<00:32:39.400><c> that</c><00:32:39.559><c> is</c><00:32:39.720><c> why</c><00:32:39.960><c> Paul</c><00:32:40.339><c> says</c><00:32:40.779><c> in</c><00:32:41.240><c> 1</c><00:32:41.539><c> Corinthians</c><00:32:42.160><c> chapter</c><00:32:42.579><c> 3</c>

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:44.180
and<00:32:43.160><c> at</c><00:32:43.319><c> verse</c><00:32:43.500><c> 16,</c>

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:49.440
Know<00:32:44.880><c> ye</c><00:32:45.160><c> not</c><00:32:45.640><c> that</c><00:32:46.180><c> ye</c><00:32:46.640><c> are</c><00:32:46.940><c> the</c><00:32:47.180><c> temple</c><00:32:47.559><c> of</c><00:32:47.819><c> the</c><00:32:47.960><c> living</c><00:32:48.180><c> God?</c>

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:52.599
And<00:32:51.319><c> that</c><00:32:51.500><c> was</c><00:32:51.640><c> to</c><00:32:51.819><c> be</c><00:32:52.000><c> developed</c>

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:57.500
during<00:32:53.740><c> Christ's</c><00:32:54.640><c> absence</c><00:32:55.099><c> from</c><00:32:56.099><c> the</c><00:32:56.279><c> earth.</c>

00:32:58.460 --> 00:33:01.259
But<00:32:58.599><c> there</c><00:32:58.759><c> was</c><00:32:58.980><c> something</c><00:32:59.359><c> that</c><00:32:59.599><c> still</c><00:32:59.839><c> had</c><00:32:59.980><c> to</c><00:33:00.160><c> be</c><00:33:00.299><c> done.</c>

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:04.099
Their<00:33:01.819><c> eternal</c><00:33:02.440><c> well</c><00:33:02.759><c>-being</c><00:33:03.119><c> had</c><00:33:03.339><c> to</c><00:33:03.559><c> be</c><00:33:03.799><c> safeguarded,</c>

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:05.980
and<00:33:04.680><c> not</c><00:33:04.940><c> merely</c><00:33:05.299><c> their</c><00:33:05.579><c> development</c>

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:08.640
in<00:33:06.279><c> this</c><00:33:06.500><c> present</c><00:33:07.000><c> mortal</c><00:33:07.440><c> existence.</c>

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:10.859
And<00:33:09.119><c> so</c><00:33:09.299><c> he</c><00:33:09.460><c> says</c><00:33:09.759><c> to</c><00:33:09.920><c> them</c><00:33:09.980><c> in</c><00:33:10.160><c> verse</c><00:33:10.460><c> 2,</c>

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:14.240
I<00:33:11.259><c> go</c><00:33:11.799><c> to</c><00:33:12.039><c> prepare</c><00:33:12.480><c> a</c><00:33:12.859><c> place</c><00:33:13.099><c> for</c><00:33:13.420><c> you.</c>

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:16.740
And<00:33:14.460><c> he</c><00:33:14.599><c> is</c><00:33:14.759><c> at</c><00:33:14.880><c> the</c><00:33:15.140><c> right</c><00:33:15.420><c> hand</c><00:33:15.640><c> of</c><00:33:15.920><c> the</c><00:33:16.000><c> Father</c><00:33:16.279><c> now,</c>

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:19.319
preparing,<00:33:18.059><c> laying</c><00:33:18.400><c> the</c><00:33:18.660><c> foundation,</c>

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:22.220
getting<00:33:19.960><c> ready</c><00:33:20.240><c> to</c><00:33:20.559><c> build</c><00:33:20.799><c> the</c><00:33:21.099><c> temple</c><00:33:21.420><c> of</c><00:33:21.619><c> the</c><00:33:21.700><c> living</c><00:33:21.900><c> God</c>

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:25.720
of<00:33:22.539><c> the</c><00:33:22.819><c> future</c><00:33:23.160><c> age</c><00:33:23.640><c> when</c><00:33:24.019><c> he</c><00:33:24.180><c> returns</c><00:33:24.579><c> to</c><00:33:24.759><c> the</c><00:33:24.940><c> earth.</c>

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:28.240
And<00:33:26.019><c> in</c><00:33:26.240><c> verse</c><00:33:26.460><c> 2,</c><00:33:26.700><c> he</c><00:33:26.779><c> makes</c><00:33:27.000><c> a</c><00:33:27.220><c> beautiful</c><00:33:27.700><c> statement.</c>

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:33.799
He<00:33:29.039><c> says,</c><00:33:30.019><c> if</c><00:33:30.019><c> it</c><00:33:30.200><c> were</c><00:33:30.359><c> not</c><00:33:30.660><c> so,</c><00:33:31.440><c> I</c><00:33:31.700><c> would</c><00:33:31.900><c> have</c><00:33:32.119><c> told</c><00:33:32.460><c> you.</c>

00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:36.079
And<00:33:34.339><c> that's</c><00:33:34.599><c> another</c><00:33:34.799><c> way</c><00:33:35.019><c> of</c><00:33:35.240><c> saying,</c>

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:39.920
I<00:33:36.400><c> have</c><00:33:36.779><c> never</c><00:33:37.200><c> deceived</c><00:33:37.859><c> you</c><00:33:38.119><c> with</c><00:33:38.440><c> false</c><00:33:38.839><c> promises.</c>

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:42.960
That's<00:33:41.579><c> what</c><00:33:41.680><c> he</c><00:33:41.859><c> really</c><00:33:42.119><c> means.</c>

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:46.579
I<00:33:43.299><c> have</c><00:33:43.720><c> never</c><00:33:44.140><c> deceived</c><00:33:44.759><c> you</c><00:33:44.980><c> with</c><00:33:45.200><c> false</c><00:33:45.519><c> promises.</c>

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:49.339
You<00:33:47.400><c> see</c><00:33:47.579><c> how</c><00:33:47.759><c> we</c><00:33:47.900><c> can</c><00:33:48.180><c> trust</c><00:33:48.380><c> him?</c>

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:51.299
And<00:33:49.680><c> you</c><00:33:49.859><c> see</c><00:33:50.000><c> how</c><00:33:50.119><c> that's</c><00:33:50.460><c> telling</c><00:33:50.579><c> us</c><00:33:50.759><c> something</c><00:33:51.059><c> else</c>

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:52.359
that's<00:33:51.559><c> very</c><00:33:51.799><c> important.</c>

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:56.900
He<00:33:53.160><c> had</c><00:33:53.539><c> never</c><00:33:53.980><c> ever</c><00:33:54.440><c> discouraged</c><00:33:55.140><c> them</c><00:33:55.319><c> in</c><00:33:55.440><c> the</c><00:33:55.660><c> truth.</c>

00:33:58.960 --> 00:34:00.059
And<00:33:59.000><c> you</c><00:33:59.099><c> know,</c><00:33:59.480><c> brethren</c><00:33:59.599><c> and</c><00:33:59.859><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:03.299
sometimes<00:34:01.180><c> we</c><00:34:02.160><c> become</c><00:34:02.519><c> so</c><00:34:02.880><c> involved</c>

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:05.079
in<00:34:03.440><c> the</c><00:34:03.660><c> negative</c><00:34:04.000><c> sides</c><00:34:04.359><c> of</c><00:34:04.559><c> life</c>

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:08.840
that<00:34:06.039><c> we</c><00:34:06.359><c> become</c><00:34:06.740><c> guilty</c><00:34:07.359><c> of</c><00:34:08.179><c> discouraging</c>

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:10.960
one<00:34:09.059><c> another</c><00:34:09.320><c> in</c><00:34:09.440><c> the</c><00:34:09.659><c> truth.</c>

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:14.460
Whilst<00:34:12.039><c> we</c><00:34:12.260><c> are</c><00:34:12.380><c> never</c><00:34:12.639><c> called</c><00:34:12.940><c> upon</c><00:34:13.300><c> to</c><00:34:13.619><c> compromise</c>

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:16.800
important<00:34:15.539><c> principles</c><00:34:16.099><c> of</c><00:34:16.280><c> the</c><00:34:16.539><c> truth</c>

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:19.420
for<00:34:17.099><c> the</c><00:34:17.340><c> sake</c><00:34:17.500><c> of</c><00:34:17.820><c> peace</c><00:34:18.099><c> and</c><00:34:18.460><c> quiet,</c>

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:21.280
yet<00:34:19.920><c> at</c><00:34:20.099><c> the</c><00:34:20.380><c> same</c><00:34:20.739><c> time,</c>

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:23.880
we<00:34:21.500><c> are</c><00:34:21.820><c> never</c><00:34:22.039><c> called</c><00:34:22.380><c> upon</c><00:34:22.840><c> to</c><00:34:23.340><c> discourage</c>

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:25.639
one<00:34:24.099><c> another</c><00:34:24.340><c> in</c><00:34:24.500><c> the</c><00:34:24.699><c> truth.</c>

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:27.239
The<00:34:26.079><c> Lord</c><00:34:26.239><c> never</c><00:34:26.559><c> ever</c><00:34:26.719><c> did</c><00:34:26.880><c> that.</c>

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:29.260
There<00:34:27.519><c> were</c><00:34:27.679><c> times</c><00:34:27.980><c> when</c><00:34:28.139><c> he</c><00:34:28.400><c> reprimanded</c><00:34:28.920><c> them.</c>

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:32.760
There<00:34:29.539><c> were</c><00:34:29.780><c> times</c><00:34:30.400><c> when</c><00:34:30.559><c> he</c><00:34:30.840><c> spoke</c><00:34:31.059><c> a</c><00:34:31.119><c> little</c><00:34:31.440><c> sharpish.</c>

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:36.380
But<00:34:33.059><c> he</c><00:34:33.380><c> never</c><00:34:33.679><c> ever</c><00:34:34.119><c> discouraged</c><00:34:34.699><c> them</c><00:34:35.019><c> in</c><00:34:35.340><c> the</c><00:34:35.579><c> truth.</c>

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:40.199
Under<00:34:37.280><c> this</c><00:34:37.519><c> very</c><00:34:37.800><c> day,</c><00:34:38.480><c> we</c><00:34:38.639><c> must</c><00:34:38.860><c> see</c><00:34:39.059><c> that</c><00:34:39.239><c> principle.</c>

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.780
And<00:34:40.940><c> so</c><00:34:41.079><c> he</c><00:34:41.239><c> says</c><00:34:41.500><c> to</c><00:34:41.619><c> them,</c>

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:45.019
Whither<00:34:41.980><c> I</c><00:34:42.300><c> go,</c><00:34:42.860><c> ye</c><00:34:43.079><c> know,</c><00:34:43.579><c> and</c><00:34:43.699><c> the</c><00:34:43.860><c> way</c><00:34:43.980><c> ye</c><00:34:44.219><c> know.</c>

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:46.280
But<00:34:45.300><c> Thomas</c><00:34:45.559><c> said</c><00:34:45.739><c> unto</c><00:34:45.960><c> him,</c>

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:48.400
Lord,<00:34:46.800><c> we</c><00:34:47.019><c> know</c><00:34:47.179><c> not</c><00:34:47.420><c> whither</c><00:34:47.599><c> thou</c><00:34:47.920><c> goest,</c>

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:51.940
and<00:34:48.960><c> how</c><00:34:49.280><c> can</c><00:34:49.780><c> we</c><00:34:50.320><c> know</c><00:34:50.800><c> the</c><00:34:51.099><c> way?</c>

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:53.340
So<00:34:52.679><c> Thomas</c><00:34:52.960><c> says,</c>

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:55.039
We<00:34:53.679><c> don't</c><00:34:54.000><c> know</c><00:34:54.199><c> where</c><00:34:54.420><c> you're</c><00:34:54.659><c> going,</c>

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:57.300
nor<00:34:55.599><c> do</c><00:34:55.780><c> we</c><00:34:55.900><c> know</c><00:34:56.159><c> the</c><00:34:56.440><c> road.</c>

00:34:58.260 --> 00:34:59.840
And<00:34:58.400><c> the</c><00:34:58.539><c> Lord</c><00:34:58.760><c> says,</c>

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:02.360
The<00:35:00.079><c> only</c><00:35:00.619><c> road</c><00:35:01.000><c> that</c><00:35:01.340><c> matters</c>

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:04.519
is<00:35:02.619><c> the</c><00:35:03.019><c> one</c><00:35:03.260><c> that</c><00:35:03.440><c> will</c><00:35:03.820><c> bring</c><00:35:04.019><c> you</c>

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:07.320
to<00:35:05.079><c> fellowship</c><00:35:05.659><c> with</c><00:35:06.019><c> the</c><00:35:06.260><c> Father,</c>

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:09.940
and<00:35:08.219><c> I</c><00:35:08.599><c> am</c><00:35:08.760><c> that</c><00:35:09.000><c> way.</c>

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:12.780
I<00:35:11.360><c> am</c><00:35:11.559><c> that</c><00:35:11.820><c> way.</c>

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:15.340
Look<00:35:13.679><c> at</c><00:35:13.840><c> verse</c><00:35:14.079><c> 6</c><00:35:14.320><c> with</c><00:35:14.559><c> me.</c>

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:17.099
Jesus<00:35:16.000><c> saith</c><00:35:16.239><c> unto</c><00:35:16.559><c> him,</c>

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:20.940
I<00:35:18.460><c> am</c><00:35:19.199><c> the</c><00:35:19.699><c> way,</c>

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.739
the<00:35:21.760><c> truth,</c>

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:25.679
and<00:35:24.000><c> the</c><00:35:24.719><c> life.</c>

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:30.559
What<00:35:27.539><c> he</c><00:35:27.800><c> means</c><00:35:28.059><c> in</c><00:35:28.320><c> the</c><00:35:28.559><c> broader</c><00:35:28.840><c> sense</c><00:35:29.280><c> is,</c>

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:33.019
there<00:35:30.960><c> is</c><00:35:31.260><c> a</c><00:35:31.579><c> new</c><00:35:31.780><c> way</c>

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:35.000
into<00:35:33.440><c> a</c><00:35:33.639><c> new</c><00:35:33.960><c> house,</c>

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:38.539
the<00:35:36.960><c> house</c><00:35:37.239><c> of</c><00:35:37.400><c> his</c><00:35:37.619><c> God.</c>

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:41.800
The<00:35:39.480><c> way</c><00:35:39.920><c> into</c><00:35:40.400><c> the</c><00:35:40.679><c> house</c><00:35:40.960><c> of</c><00:35:41.260><c> God</c>

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:44.639
through<00:35:42.780><c> a</c><00:35:43.239><c> new</c><00:35:43.619><c> high</c><00:35:44.039><c> priest,</c>

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:47.599
a<00:35:45.260><c> priest</c><00:35:45.699><c> forever,</c><00:35:46.380><c> not</c><00:35:46.480><c> under</c><00:35:46.800><c> Aaron,</c>

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:51.079
but<00:35:47.739><c> after</c><00:35:48.059><c> the</c><00:35:48.320><c> order</c><00:35:48.659><c> of</c><00:35:49.460><c> Melchizedek.</c>

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:54.539
And<00:35:51.679><c> we</c><00:35:51.940><c> know</c><00:35:52.280><c> that</c><00:35:52.579><c> under</c><00:35:52.840><c> the</c><00:35:53.000><c> Mosaic</c><00:35:53.440><c> dispensation,</c>

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:56.920
no<00:35:55.219><c> Israelite</c><00:35:55.900><c> other</c><00:35:56.159><c> than</c><00:35:56.340><c> a</c><00:35:56.599><c> priest</c>

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:59.460
could<00:35:57.440><c> enter</c><00:35:57.820><c> the</c><00:35:58.039><c> house</c><00:35:58.340><c> of</c><00:35:58.599><c> God.</c>

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:01.980
But<00:36:00.340><c> now,</c><00:36:01.019><c> he</c><00:36:01.239><c> is</c><00:36:01.400><c> telling</c><00:36:01.659><c> them,</c>

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:05.199
the<00:36:02.679><c> way</c><00:36:03.000><c> into</c><00:36:03.260><c> God's</c><00:36:03.679><c> house</c><00:36:04.059><c> will</c><00:36:04.260><c> be</c><00:36:04.539><c> made</c><00:36:04.800><c> open</c>

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:08.840
to<00:36:05.840><c> all</c><00:36:06.579><c> who</c><00:36:07.659><c> would</c><00:36:08.000><c> follow</c><00:36:08.280><c> Christ</c>

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:11.019
in<00:36:09.239><c> the</c><00:36:09.659><c> spirit</c><00:36:09.820><c> of</c><00:36:10.000><c> the</c><00:36:10.199><c> truth,</c>

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:14.119
so<00:36:11.539><c> that</c><00:36:11.739><c> they</c><00:36:12.119><c> all</c><00:36:12.840><c> would</c><00:36:13.119><c> become</c><00:36:13.420><c> classified</c>

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:17.659
as<00:36:14.800><c> priests</c><00:36:15.519><c> of</c><00:36:16.619><c> a</c><00:36:16.860><c> different</c><00:36:17.059><c> order</c>

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:19.440
to<00:36:18.239><c> that</c><00:36:18.420><c> of</c><00:36:18.619><c> Aaron.</c>

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:22.440
I<00:36:20.659><c> am</c><00:36:20.980><c> the</c><00:36:21.239><c> way,</c>

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:24.019
the<00:36:22.980><c> truth,</c>

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:25.880
and<00:36:24.659><c> the</c><00:36:24.860><c> life.</c>

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:28.920
And<00:36:27.099><c> the</c><00:36:27.320><c> theme</c><00:36:27.460><c> of</c><00:36:27.679><c> these</c><00:36:27.880><c> verses</c>

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:31.260
is<00:36:29.420><c> the</c><00:36:29.659><c> house</c><00:36:29.900><c> of</c><00:36:30.159><c> God.</c>

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:36.659
What<00:36:33.260><c> a</c><00:36:33.880><c> glorious</c><00:36:34.360><c> expression</c><00:36:34.960><c> we</c><00:36:35.260><c> have</c><00:36:35.400><c> here.</c>

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:39.139
And<00:36:37.699><c> in</c><00:36:37.860><c> its</c><00:36:38.159><c> meaning,</c>

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:41.619
it<00:36:39.380><c> is</c><00:36:39.659><c> quite</c><00:36:40.059><c> utterly</c><00:36:40.780><c> breathtaking</c>

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:42.980
to<00:36:42.400><c> me</c><00:36:42.619><c> anyway.</c>

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:45.820
He<00:36:43.599><c> mentions</c><00:36:44.019><c> three</c><00:36:44.500><c> things,</c>

00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:50.340
the<00:36:46.400><c> way,</c><00:36:47.260><c> the</c><00:36:47.619><c> truth,</c><00:36:48.539><c> and</c><00:36:48.699><c> the</c><00:36:49.039><c> life.</c>

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:53.559
And<00:36:51.679><c> you</c><00:36:51.820><c> know,</c><00:36:52.199><c> brethren</c><00:36:52.360><c> and</c><00:36:52.679><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:56.360
that<00:36:53.739><c> in</c><00:36:53.920><c> the</c><00:36:54.099><c> very</c><00:36:54.719><c> heart</c><00:36:55.079><c> of</c><00:36:55.340><c> the</c><00:36:55.519><c> house</c><00:36:55.739><c> of</c><00:36:56.039><c> God,</c>

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:58.219
in<00:36:56.820><c> the</c><00:36:57.099><c> tabernacle,</c>

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:59.760
there<00:36:58.619><c> was</c><00:36:58.940><c> that</c><00:36:59.380><c> part</c>

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:02.300
to<00:37:00.440><c> which</c><00:37:00.739><c> every</c><00:37:01.239><c> Israelite,</c>

00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:05.119
true<00:37:02.920><c> Israelite</c><00:37:03.559><c> in</c><00:37:03.980><c> spirit,</c>

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:06.699
would<00:37:05.420><c> aspire</c><00:37:06.019><c> to</c><00:37:06.400><c> enter.</c>

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:09.659
And<00:37:07.420><c> in</c><00:37:07.539><c> the</c><00:37:07.639><c> very</c><00:37:08.159><c> heart</c><00:37:08.480><c> of</c><00:37:08.659><c> the</c><00:37:08.800><c> house</c><00:37:09.079><c> of</c><00:37:09.340><c> God</c>

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:12.239
was<00:37:10.039><c> the</c><00:37:10.460><c> ark</c><00:37:10.760><c> of</c><00:37:11.059><c> the</c><00:37:11.260><c> covenant.</c>

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:18.320
And<00:37:14.699><c> in</c><00:37:15.059><c> that</c><00:37:15.320><c> ark</c><00:37:15.960><c> were</c><00:37:16.559><c> three</c><00:37:16.940><c> things,</c>

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:21.619
the<00:37:20.860><c> manna,</c>

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:24.420
which<00:37:22.239><c> spoke</c><00:37:22.579><c> of</c><00:37:22.860><c> the</c><00:37:23.119><c> way</c><00:37:23.300><c> of</c><00:37:23.539><c> life,</c>

00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:27.780
the<00:37:26.039><c> tables</c><00:37:26.480><c> of</c><00:37:26.679><c> the</c><00:37:26.880><c> law,</c>

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:30.960
which<00:37:28.639><c> set</c><00:37:28.900><c> forth</c><00:37:29.579><c> truth,</c>

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:34.619
and<00:37:32.579><c> the</c><00:37:32.920><c> rod</c><00:37:33.179><c> that</c><00:37:33.559><c> budded,</c>

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:37.320
which<00:37:35.480><c> spoke</c><00:37:35.880><c> of</c><00:37:36.239><c> life.</c>

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:40.400
The<00:37:38.360><c> manna</c><00:37:39.039><c> was</c><00:37:39.280><c> the</c><00:37:39.519><c> way.</c>

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:41.820
The<00:37:40.619><c> tables</c><00:37:41.019><c> of</c><00:37:41.260><c> stone</c>

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:44.000
typified<00:37:42.519><c> the</c><00:37:42.780><c> truth</c><00:37:42.960><c> and</c><00:37:43.239><c> was</c><00:37:43.440><c> the</c><00:37:43.679><c> truth.</c>

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:47.900
The<00:37:44.639><c> rod</c><00:37:44.880><c> that</c><00:37:45.199><c> budded</c><00:37:45.719><c> represented</c><00:37:46.420><c> the</c><00:37:47.059><c> life.</c>

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:49.719
And<00:37:48.579><c> these</c><00:37:48.960><c> three</c><00:37:49.300><c> things,</c>

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:52.900
the<00:37:50.139><c> manna,</c><00:37:50.480><c> the</c><00:37:50.679><c> tables</c><00:37:51.000><c> of</c><00:37:51.300><c> law,</c><00:37:51.659><c> and</c><00:37:51.800><c> the</c><00:37:52.039><c> rod,</c>

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:54.760
together<00:37:53.480><c> with</c><00:37:53.699><c> the</c><00:37:53.940><c> three</c><00:37:54.239><c> points</c>

00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:56.260
of<00:37:55.440><c> identification,</c>

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:58.599
which<00:37:56.739><c> the</c><00:37:56.980><c> Lord</c><00:37:57.199><c> here</c><00:37:57.539><c> stresses</c><00:37:57.900><c> of</c><00:37:58.099><c> Himself</c>

00:37:58.599 --> 00:38:00.920
in<00:37:59.079><c> verse</c><00:37:59.440><c> 6,</c>

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:04.519
stresses<00:38:01.380><c> the</c><00:38:02.019><c> way,</c><00:38:02.420><c> the</c><00:38:02.760><c> truth,</c><00:38:03.099><c> and</c><00:38:03.320><c> the</c><00:38:03.519><c> life.</c>

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:07.960
And<00:38:05.320><c> do</c><00:38:05.539><c> you</c><00:38:05.619><c> realize</c><00:38:06.099><c> that</c><00:38:06.360><c> those</c><00:38:06.619><c> three</c><00:38:06.980><c> things</c>

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:11.619
also<00:38:08.300><c> represent</c><00:38:09.059><c> the</c><00:38:09.739><c> three</c><00:38:10.219><c>-fold</c><00:38:10.619><c> transformation</c>

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:14.679
that<00:38:11.920><c> God</c><00:38:12.199><c> will</c><00:38:12.820><c> work</c><00:38:13.159><c> upon</c><00:38:13.440><c> us</c>

00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:17.320
through<00:38:15.139><c> the</c><00:38:15.440><c> power</c><00:38:15.659><c> of</c><00:38:15.840><c> His</c><00:38:15.960><c> living</c><00:38:16.179><c> Word?</c>

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:21.079
The<00:38:18.300><c> way</c><00:38:18.880><c> will</c><00:38:19.480><c> change</c><00:38:19.800><c> us</c><00:38:20.119><c> mentally.</c>

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:24.679
The<00:38:21.800><c> truth</c><00:38:22.400><c> will</c><00:38:23.000><c> change</c><00:38:23.340><c> us</c><00:38:23.739><c> morally.</c>

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:29.400
And<00:38:25.519><c> the</c><00:38:25.940><c> life</c><00:38:26.559><c> will</c><00:38:27.099><c> change</c><00:38:27.500><c> us</c><00:38:28.340><c> physically,</c>

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:31.500
giving<00:38:30.019><c> us</c><00:38:30.460><c> divine</c><00:38:30.760><c> nature,</c>

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:34.800
such<00:38:32.039><c> as</c><00:38:32.219><c> the</c><00:38:32.400><c> Lord</c><00:38:32.599><c> Jesus</c><00:38:33.179><c> has</c><00:38:33.719><c> Himself.</c>

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:38.820
Now,<00:38:37.019><c> the</c><00:38:37.380><c> disciples</c><00:38:37.780><c> listened</c><00:38:38.119><c> very</c><00:38:38.480><c> carefully</c>

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:40.320
to<00:38:39.079><c> these</c><00:38:39.280><c> words.</c>

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:43.179
And<00:38:41.239><c> Philip,</c><00:38:41.500><c> apparently,</c><00:38:41.820><c> was</c><00:38:41.980><c> a</c><00:38:42.079><c> very</c><00:38:42.320><c> practical</c><00:38:42.719><c> man,</c>

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:45.480
because<00:38:43.800><c> in</c><00:38:44.059><c> verse</c><00:38:44.300><c> 8,</c><00:38:44.699><c> Philip</c><00:38:44.820><c> said</c><00:38:45.000><c> unto</c><00:38:45.239><c> him,</c>

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:48.960
Lord,<00:38:46.300><c> show</c><00:38:46.380><c> us</c><00:38:46.539><c> the</c><00:38:46.760><c> Father,</c><00:38:47.300><c> and</c><00:38:47.480><c> it</c><00:38:47.659><c> suffices</c><00:38:48.079><c> thee.</c>

00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:51.800
He<00:38:50.300><c> had</c><00:38:50.460><c> been</c><00:38:50.659><c> listening,</c>

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:55.320
but<00:38:52.739><c> I</c><00:38:52.880><c> must</c><00:38:53.039><c> say,</c><00:38:53.480><c> not</c><00:38:53.880><c> terribly</c><00:38:54.300><c> carefully,</c>

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:58.659
because<00:38:56.320><c> he</c><00:38:56.780><c> should</c><00:38:56.940><c> have</c><00:38:57.059><c> been</c><00:38:57.320><c> asking</c><00:38:57.719><c> questions</c>

00:38:59.139 --> 00:39:01.400
rather<00:38:59.579><c> than</c><00:38:59.760><c> making</c><00:39:00.079><c> requests.</c>

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.840
He<00:39:02.059><c> was</c><00:39:02.239><c> practical.</c>

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:06.380
Lord,<00:39:03.820><c> show</c><00:39:03.960><c> us</c><00:39:04.099><c> the</c><00:39:04.300><c> Father,</c><00:39:04.840><c> and</c><00:39:05.000><c> it</c><00:39:05.079><c> suffices</c><00:39:05.539><c> thee.</c>

00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:09.039
Now,<00:39:07.480><c> you</c><00:39:07.639><c> think</c><00:39:07.840><c> about</c><00:39:08.099><c> that.</c>

00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:12.420
That<00:39:09.619><c> might</c><00:39:09.800><c> be</c><00:39:10.019><c> a</c><00:39:10.199><c> fair</c><00:39:10.340><c> question</c><00:39:10.780><c> in</c><00:39:10.960><c> a</c><00:39:11.099><c> certain</c><00:39:11.340><c> context.</c>

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:14.880
Look,<00:39:13.719><c> we</c><00:39:13.900><c> know</c><00:39:14.039><c> you're</c><00:39:14.199><c> the</c><00:39:14.300><c> Son</c><00:39:14.460><c> of</c><00:39:14.659><c> God.</c>

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:16.340
We<00:39:15.139><c> know</c><00:39:15.300><c> you're</c><00:39:15.539><c> the</c><00:39:15.599><c> promised</c><00:39:15.840><c> Messiah.</c>

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:18.440
All<00:39:16.880><c> right,</c><00:39:17.039><c> you're</c><00:39:17.239><c> going</c><00:39:17.340><c> to</c><00:39:17.519><c> die</c><00:39:17.699><c> for</c><00:39:17.940><c> our</c><00:39:18.159><c> sins.</c>

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.719
They<00:39:18.739><c> didn't</c><00:39:18.880><c> really</c><00:39:19.159><c> understand</c><00:39:19.559><c> that,</c>

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:21.659
but<00:39:19.820><c> let's</c><00:39:20.079><c> grant</c><00:39:20.300><c> them</c><00:39:20.460><c> even</c><00:39:20.659><c> that.</c>

00:39:23.159 --> 00:39:24.699
We<00:39:23.519><c> understand</c><00:39:23.980><c> what</c><00:39:24.139><c> you're</c><00:39:24.360><c> saying.</c>

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:26.119
They<00:39:24.960><c> didn't</c><00:39:25.159><c> understand.</c>

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:28.920
But<00:39:26.940><c> look,</c><00:39:27.719><c> everything</c><00:39:28.039><c> will</c><00:39:28.239><c> be</c><00:39:28.360><c> all</c><00:39:28.519><c> right</c><00:39:28.639><c> for</c><00:39:28.800><c> us.</c>

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:31.239
You<00:39:29.360><c> just</c><00:39:29.619><c> show</c><00:39:29.840><c> us</c><00:39:30.159><c> a</c><00:39:30.400><c> vision</c><00:39:30.579><c> of</c><00:39:30.719><c> the</c><00:39:30.940><c> Father,</c>

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.539
just<00:39:31.820><c> ever</c><00:39:32.059><c> so</c><00:39:32.380><c> quick.</c>

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.559
It<00:39:32.739><c> doesn't</c><00:39:32.840><c> matter</c><00:39:33.039><c> how</c><00:39:33.300><c> long.</c>

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:35.340
Show<00:39:34.079><c> us</c><00:39:34.300><c> a</c><00:39:34.539><c> picture</c><00:39:34.719><c> of</c><00:39:34.880><c> the</c><00:39:35.039><c> Father,</c>

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:36.579
and<00:39:35.699><c> everything</c><00:39:35.920><c> will</c><00:39:36.119><c> be</c><00:39:36.280><c> all</c><00:39:36.420><c> right.</c>

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:38.320
That<00:39:36.739><c> will</c><00:39:36.980><c> suffice</c><00:39:37.340><c> us</c><00:39:37.480><c> up.</c>

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:42.260
We<00:39:39.420><c> know</c><00:39:39.539><c> that</c><00:39:39.699><c> the</c><00:39:39.840><c> Word</c><00:39:40.039><c> says</c><00:39:40.300><c> that</c><00:39:40.519><c> no</c><00:39:40.760><c> man</c><00:39:41.019><c> has</c><00:39:41.260><c> ever</c><00:39:41.519><c> seen</c><00:39:41.820><c> God,</c>

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:45.199
and<00:39:42.739><c> that</c><00:39:42.960><c> no</c><00:39:43.219><c> man</c><00:39:43.440><c> can</c><00:39:43.679><c> look</c><00:39:43.900><c> upon</c><00:39:44.219><c> God</c><00:39:44.559><c> and</c><00:39:44.960><c> live.</c>

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:46.519
So<00:39:45.539><c> it</c><00:39:45.599><c> was</c><00:39:45.760><c> an</c><00:39:45.940><c> impossibility.</c>

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:49.360
But<00:39:46.980><c> let's</c><00:39:47.280><c> look</c><00:39:47.480><c> beyond</c><00:39:47.920><c> the</c><00:39:48.199><c> impossibility.</c>

00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:53.019
What<00:39:50.519><c> if</c><00:39:50.699><c> the</c><00:39:50.900><c> Lord</c><00:39:51.099><c> had</c><00:39:51.420><c> granted</c><00:39:51.679><c> that</c><00:39:51.960><c> request?</c>

00:39:53.659 --> 00:39:54.719
What<00:39:53.840><c> if</c><00:39:53.940><c> He</c><00:39:54.079><c> had</c><00:39:54.159><c> said,</c><00:39:54.440><c> very</c><00:39:54.559><c> well,</c>

00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:56.619
Philip,<00:39:54.920><c> that's</c><00:39:55.199><c> reasonable</c><00:39:55.539><c> under</c><00:39:55.780><c> the</c><00:39:56.039><c> circumstances.</c>

00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:58.380
I'm<00:39:57.119><c> going</c><00:39:57.260><c> to</c><00:39:57.440><c> go.</c><00:39:57.599><c> You're</c><00:39:57.780><c> going</c><00:39:57.880><c> to</c><00:39:57.940><c> miss</c><00:39:58.179><c> me.</c>

00:39:58.559 --> 00:40:00.659
You've<00:39:58.760><c> got</c><00:39:58.800><c> to</c><00:39:58.900><c> have</c><00:39:59.000><c> the</c><00:39:59.239><c> faith</c><00:39:59.420><c> to</c><00:39:59.659><c> carry</c><00:39:59.840><c> on</c><00:40:00.059><c> while</c><00:40:00.199><c> I'm</c><00:40:00.360><c> away.</c>

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:01.559
I<00:40:00.920><c> understand</c><00:40:01.300><c> that.</c>

00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:02.400
Right,<00:40:01.980><c> get</c><00:40:02.139><c> ready.</c>

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:04.699
I'm<00:40:02.880><c> going</c><00:40:02.980><c> to</c><00:40:03.099><c> introduce</c><00:40:03.480><c> you</c><00:40:03.699><c> to</c><00:40:03.820><c> a</c><00:40:03.960><c> picture</c><00:40:04.159><c> of</c><00:40:04.420><c> exactly</c>

00:40:04.699 --> 00:40:07.360
what<00:40:04.860><c> the</c><00:40:05.079><c> Father</c><00:40:05.280><c> looks</c><00:40:05.519><c> like</c><00:40:05.820><c> sitting</c><00:40:06.079><c> upon</c><00:40:06.320><c> His</c><00:40:06.599><c> throne.</c>

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:11.900
Would<00:40:09.760><c> that</c><00:40:09.940><c> have</c><00:40:10.139><c> made</c><00:40:10.320><c> them</c><00:40:10.559><c> any</c><00:40:10.800><c> better</c><00:40:11.019><c> men?</c>

00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:15.900
Would<00:40:13.679><c> that</c><00:40:13.900><c> have</c><00:40:14.199><c> transformed</c><00:40:14.840><c> their</c><00:40:15.139><c> thinking?</c>

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:21.159
Would<00:40:17.280><c> it</c><00:40:17.519><c> have</c><00:40:17.679><c> in</c><00:40:17.800><c> any</c><00:40:18.119><c> sense</c><00:40:18.400><c> affected</c><00:40:18.980><c> their</c><00:40:19.639><c> mental</c><00:40:20.239><c> exercise</c>

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:22.579
of<00:40:21.360><c> their</c><00:40:21.699><c> intellect?</c>

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:27.579
It<00:40:23.860><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:24.159><c> have</c><00:40:24.400><c> done</c><00:40:24.679><c> anything</c><00:40:25.119><c> for</c><00:40:25.460><c> them</c><00:40:26.239><c> at</c><00:40:26.579><c> all,</c>

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:33.300
except<00:40:28.420><c> perhaps</c><00:40:29.019><c> to</c><00:40:29.739><c> renew</c><00:40:30.300><c> a</c><00:40:30.780><c> deeper</c><00:40:31.099><c> faith</c><00:40:31.679><c> in</c><00:40:32.320><c> God.</c>

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:36.699
But<00:40:33.599><c> there</c><00:40:33.840><c> was</c><00:40:34.139><c> a</c><00:40:34.400><c> better</c><00:40:34.639><c> way</c><00:40:35.059><c> for</c><00:40:35.219><c> that</c><00:40:35.380><c> to</c><00:40:35.559><c> be</c><00:40:35.760><c> done.</c>

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:38.960
In<00:40:37.099><c> verse</c><00:40:37.460><c> 9,</c><00:40:37.940><c> the</c><00:40:38.039><c> Lord</c><00:40:38.239><c> says</c><00:40:38.519><c> to</c><00:40:38.780><c> Philip,</c>

00:40:39.219 --> 00:40:41.239
you<00:40:39.440><c> don't</c><00:40:39.860><c> need</c><00:40:40.239><c> that.</c>

00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:44.780
You<00:40:41.800><c> have</c><00:40:42.179><c> seen</c><00:40:42.500><c> the</c><00:40:42.800><c> Father</c><00:40:43.159><c> in</c><00:40:43.679><c> me.</c>

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:47.420
It's<00:40:46.760><c> as</c><00:40:46.880><c> though</c><00:40:47.039><c> He's</c><00:40:47.320><c> saying,</c>

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:50.719
why<00:40:47.820><c> do</c><00:40:48.000><c> you</c><00:40:48.159><c> ask</c><00:40:48.500><c> me</c><00:40:48.699><c> for</c><00:40:48.820><c> me</c><00:40:49.059><c> to</c><00:40:49.519><c> show</c><00:40:49.800><c> you</c><00:40:50.019><c> the</c><00:40:50.219><c> Father</c>

00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:53.500
when<00:40:51.159><c> for</c><00:40:51.500><c> three</c><00:40:51.760><c> and</c><00:40:51.940><c> a</c><00:40:51.980><c> half</c><00:40:52.219><c> years</c><00:40:52.500><c> you</c><00:40:52.760><c> have</c><00:40:53.099><c> walked</c>

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:57.000
with<00:40:53.780><c> the</c><00:40:54.079><c> Father</c><00:40:54.559><c> manifested</c><00:40:55.440><c> in</c><00:40:55.860><c> flesh?</c>

00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:01.800
If<00:40:59.079><c> you</c><00:40:59.260><c> look</c><00:40:59.420><c> at</c><00:40:59.739><c> me,</c><00:41:00.320><c> you</c><00:41:00.699><c> see</c><00:41:01.059><c> the</c><00:41:01.400><c> Father,</c>

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:04.059
the<00:41:02.420><c> Father's</c><00:41:03.039><c> character.</c>

00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:07.900
It's<00:41:05.199><c> here,</c><00:41:05.820><c> says</c><00:41:05.980><c> the</c><00:41:06.219><c> Lord</c><00:41:06.420><c> Jesus</c><00:41:06.820><c> Christ.</c>

00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:10.079
And<00:41:08.880><c> so</c><00:41:09.099><c> in</c><00:41:09.300><c> verse</c><00:41:09.619><c> 10,</c>

00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:12.619
believeest<00:41:10.719><c> thou</c><00:41:10.880><c> not</c><00:41:11.260><c> that</c><00:41:11.559><c> I</c><00:41:11.840><c> am</c><00:41:11.940><c> in</c><00:41:12.039><c> the</c><00:41:12.280><c> Father</c>

00:41:12.619 --> 00:41:13.920
and<00:41:12.880><c> the</c><00:41:13.099><c> Father</c><00:41:13.380><c> in</c><00:41:13.579><c> me?</c>

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:15.840
The<00:41:14.340><c> words</c><00:41:14.659><c> that</c><00:41:14.860><c> I</c><00:41:15.099><c> speak</c><00:41:15.280><c> unto</c><00:41:15.579><c> you,</c>

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:17.500
I<00:41:16.260><c> speak</c><00:41:16.519><c> not</c><00:41:16.719><c> of</c><00:41:16.820><c> myself,</c>

00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:19.440
but<00:41:17.820><c> the</c><00:41:18.079><c> Father</c><00:41:18.420><c> that</c><00:41:18.659><c> dwelleth</c><00:41:18.900><c> in</c><00:41:19.139><c> me,</c>

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:21.380
He<00:41:19.760><c> doeth</c><00:41:20.059><c> the</c><00:41:20.260><c> works.</c>

00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:24.619
And<00:41:22.460><c> He</c><00:41:22.619><c> reminds</c><00:41:23.199><c> them</c><00:41:23.559><c> that</c><00:41:24.019><c> everything</c>

00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:26.519
that<00:41:24.880><c> He</c><00:41:24.960><c> had</c><00:41:25.119><c> ever</c><00:41:25.480><c> done</c><00:41:25.699><c> in</c><00:41:25.880><c> His</c><00:41:26.179><c> life</c>

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:29.280
was<00:41:27.039><c> brought</c><00:41:27.440><c> to</c><00:41:27.800><c> fruition</c><00:41:28.239><c> and</c><00:41:28.539><c> to</c><00:41:28.679><c> fulfillment</c>

00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:33.599
by<00:41:29.940><c> the</c><00:41:30.659><c> direct</c><00:41:31.320><c> influence</c><00:41:31.980><c> of</c><00:41:32.260><c> the</c><00:41:32.639><c> Father's</c><00:41:33.320><c> character</c>

00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:34.880
in<00:41:33.739><c> His</c><00:41:33.960><c> life.</c>

00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:39.199
And<00:41:35.860><c> it</c><00:41:36.019><c> took</c><00:41:36.199><c> them</c><00:41:36.440><c> just</c><00:41:36.980><c> so</c><00:41:37.539><c> long</c><00:41:38.000><c> to</c><00:41:38.440><c> discover</c><00:41:38.920><c> that</c>

00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:40.519
and<00:41:39.500><c> to</c><00:41:39.820><c> find</c><00:41:40.000><c> that</c><00:41:40.219><c> out</c>

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:43.239
and<00:41:40.699><c> to</c><00:41:41.019><c> really</c><00:41:41.239><c> be</c><00:41:41.579><c> persuaded</c><00:41:42.199><c> of</c><00:41:42.500><c> that.</c>

00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:45.739
And<00:41:43.679><c> so</c><00:41:43.860><c> He</c><00:41:44.099><c> tells</c><00:41:44.559><c> them</c><00:41:44.739><c> what</c><00:41:44.880><c> they</c><00:41:45.119><c> must</c><00:41:45.320><c> do.</c>

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:48.000
And<00:41:46.300><c> in</c><00:41:46.539><c> verse</c><00:41:46.800><c> 15,</c><00:41:47.420><c> He</c><00:41:47.579><c> says,</c>

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:52.239
If<00:41:48.619><c> ye</c><00:41:49.039><c> love</c><00:41:49.400><c> Me,</c><00:41:50.119><c> keep</c><00:41:50.579><c> My</c><00:41:51.019><c> commandments.</c>

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:56.840
Very<00:41:54.480><c> straightforward,</c><00:41:55.239><c> isn't</c><00:41:55.380><c> it?</c>

00:41:57.139 --> 00:41:59.480
But<00:41:57.460><c> let's</c><00:41:57.760><c> look</c><00:41:58.000><c> at</c><00:41:58.079><c> what</c><00:41:58.280><c> it</c><00:41:58.460><c> means.</c>

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:06.300
The<00:42:01.679><c> only</c><00:42:02.300><c> true</c><00:42:02.840><c> test</c><00:42:03.559><c> of</c><00:42:04.739><c> sincere</c><00:42:05.539><c> love</c>

00:42:06.300 --> 00:42:09.480
of<00:42:07.059><c> the</c><00:42:07.340><c> Father</c><00:42:07.820><c> and</c><00:42:08.179><c> the</c><00:42:08.440><c> Son</c>

00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:13.159
is<00:42:10.320><c> the</c><00:42:10.599><c> test</c><00:42:10.960><c> of</c><00:42:11.920><c> obedience.</c>

00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:17.480
And<00:42:14.480><c> that</c><00:42:14.900><c> obedience</c><00:42:15.639><c> has</c><00:42:16.139><c> got</c><00:42:16.280><c> to</c><00:42:16.480><c> be</c><00:42:16.739><c> seen</c>

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:21.340
by<00:42:18.219><c> the</c><00:42:18.500><c> Father</c><00:42:18.900><c> and</c><00:42:19.940><c> by</c><00:42:20.159><c> the</c><00:42:20.380><c> Son.</c>

00:42:22.179 --> 00:42:25.500
We<00:42:22.320><c> can</c><00:42:22.579><c> talk</c><00:42:22.920><c> forever</c><00:42:23.539><c> about</c><00:42:23.920><c> how</c><00:42:24.179><c> much</c><00:42:24.340><c> we</c><00:42:24.579><c> love</c><00:42:24.739><c> Jesus</c>

00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:28.880
with<00:42:26.000><c> the</c><00:42:26.280><c> tears</c><00:42:26.579><c> coursing</c><00:42:27.199><c> down</c><00:42:27.400><c> our</c><00:42:27.639><c> cheeks.</c>

00:42:30.460 --> 00:42:32.159
But<00:42:30.619><c> if</c><00:42:30.820><c> we</c><00:42:31.059><c> treat</c><00:42:31.219><c> His</c><00:42:31.480><c> commandments</c>

00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:35.340
and<00:42:32.900><c> His</c><00:42:33.079><c> way</c><00:42:33.320><c> of</c><00:42:33.579><c> life</c><00:42:33.860><c> with</c><00:42:34.099><c> indifference,</c>

00:42:36.219 --> 00:42:40.199
then<00:42:36.300><c> our</c><00:42:36.679><c> claim</c><00:42:36.880><c> is</c><00:42:37.219><c> empty,</c><00:42:39.340><c> vain,</c>

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:44.440
and<00:42:40.860><c> what</c><00:42:41.000><c> is</c><00:42:41.300><c> worse,</c><00:42:42.599><c> untrue.</c>

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:49.400
None<00:42:46.099><c> of</c><00:42:46.219><c> us</c><00:42:46.380><c> will</c><00:42:46.579><c> ever</c><00:42:46.780><c> attain</c><00:42:47.159><c> to</c><00:42:47.699><c> perfect</c><00:42:48.199><c> obedience.</c>

00:42:51.300 --> 00:42:53.659
We<00:42:51.559><c> happen</c><00:42:51.760><c> to</c><00:42:51.920><c> be</c><00:42:52.139><c> born</c><00:42:52.460><c> of</c><00:42:52.820><c> a</c><00:42:52.960><c> mortal</c><00:42:53.260><c> mother</c>

00:42:53.659 --> 00:42:55.900
and<00:42:54.539><c> a</c><00:42:54.619><c> mortal</c><00:42:54.920><c> father.</c>

00:42:56.860 --> 00:43:00.559
The<00:42:57.039><c> Lord</c><00:42:57.260><c> was</c><00:42:57.579><c> born</c><00:42:58.000><c> of</c><00:42:58.420><c> a</c><00:42:58.599><c> woman</c><00:42:58.780><c> of</c><00:42:59.059><c> Adam's</c><00:42:59.440><c> race,</c>

00:43:01.659 --> 00:43:03.840
but<00:43:01.719><c> He</c><00:43:01.900><c> had</c><00:43:02.179><c> God</c><00:43:02.500><c> for</c><00:43:02.699><c> His</c><00:43:02.900><c> father.</c>

00:43:04.920 --> 00:43:07.320
He<00:43:05.199><c> was</c><00:43:05.460><c> a</c><00:43:05.659><c> very</c><00:43:06.000><c> special</c><00:43:06.420><c> man.</c>

00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:10.820
Let<00:43:08.539><c> us</c><00:43:08.739><c> remember,</c><00:43:09.320><c> brethren</c><00:43:09.460><c> and</c><00:43:09.760><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:14.360
that<00:43:11.219><c> in</c><00:43:11.480><c> our</c><00:43:11.739><c> abhorrence</c><00:43:12.539><c> of</c><00:43:12.800><c> the</c><00:43:12.940><c> doctrine</c><00:43:13.179><c> of</c><00:43:13.360><c> the</c><00:43:13.500><c> Trinity,</c>

00:43:14.699 --> 00:43:16.940
that<00:43:14.900><c> we</c><00:43:15.159><c> do</c><00:43:15.440><c> not</c><00:43:15.619><c> go</c><00:43:15.860><c> to</c><00:43:16.019><c> the</c><00:43:16.139><c> other</c><00:43:16.340><c> extreme</c>

00:43:16.940 --> 00:43:19.920
and<00:43:17.820><c> reduce</c><00:43:18.420><c> the</c><00:43:18.639><c> Lord</c><00:43:18.840><c> Jesus</c><00:43:19.300><c> Christ</c>

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:22.840
to<00:43:20.579><c> being</c><00:43:20.820><c> a</c><00:43:21.179><c> mere</c><00:43:21.500><c> Son</c><00:43:21.840><c> of</c><00:43:22.000><c> Adam.</c>

00:43:23.179 --> 00:43:24.500
He<00:43:23.400><c> was</c><00:43:23.739><c> not.</c>

00:43:24.639 --> 00:43:28.300
He<00:43:24.800><c> was</c><00:43:25.000><c> the</c><00:43:25.420><c> Son</c><00:43:25.579><c> of</c><00:43:25.820><c> God</c><00:43:26.500><c> in</c><00:43:26.960><c> Adamic</c><00:43:27.340><c> nature.</c>

00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:30.860
Let<00:43:29.300><c> us</c><00:43:29.500><c> remember</c><00:43:29.860><c> that.</c>

00:43:31.179 --> 00:43:33.900
But<00:43:31.340><c> though</c><00:43:31.699><c> He</c><00:43:32.139><c> attained</c><00:43:32.559><c> to</c><00:43:32.960><c> perfect</c><00:43:33.300><c> obedience</c>

00:43:33.900 --> 00:43:34.940
before<00:43:34.300><c> His</c><00:43:34.519><c> Father,</c>

00:43:34.940 --> 00:43:38.579
and<00:43:35.400><c> though</c><00:43:35.639><c> we</c><00:43:35.900><c> confess</c><00:43:36.340><c> that</c><00:43:36.519><c> we</c><00:43:36.719><c> shall</c><00:43:36.960><c> never</c><00:43:37.300><c> be</c><00:43:37.500><c> as</c><00:43:37.719><c> perfect</c><00:43:38.000><c> as</c><00:43:38.199><c> He,</c>

00:43:38.800 --> 00:43:40.920
yet<00:43:39.079><c> that</c><00:43:39.480><c> is</c><00:43:39.820><c> the</c><00:43:40.099><c> standard,</c>

00:43:41.139 --> 00:43:43.519
and<00:43:41.300><c> we</c><00:43:41.440><c> can</c><00:43:41.659><c> accept</c><00:43:42.059><c> nothing</c><00:43:42.440><c> less.</c>

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:47.199
We<00:43:45.000><c> cannot</c><00:43:45.320><c> explain</c><00:43:45.940><c> away</c><00:43:46.320><c> sin.</c>

00:43:47.340 --> 00:43:49.639
We<00:43:47.460><c> cannot</c><00:43:47.860><c> make</c><00:43:48.480><c> apologetic</c><00:43:49.139><c> answers</c>

00:43:49.639 --> 00:43:52.900
for<00:43:49.820><c> that</c><00:43:50.000><c> which</c><00:43:50.179><c> is</c><00:43:50.480><c> evil</c><00:43:50.880><c> or</c><00:43:51.400><c> false</c><00:43:51.800><c> to</c><00:43:52.039><c> God.</c>

00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:56.119
The<00:43:53.420><c> standard</c><00:43:53.780><c> of</c><00:43:54.159><c> perfection</c><00:43:54.559><c> is</c><00:43:54.940><c> seen</c><00:43:55.119><c> in</c><00:43:55.300><c> the</c><00:43:55.519><c> Son</c><00:43:55.639><c> of</c><00:43:55.880><c> God,</c>

00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:58.699
and<00:43:56.480><c> our</c><00:43:56.820><c> sights</c><00:43:57.000><c> have</c><00:43:57.179><c> got</c><00:43:57.260><c> to</c><00:43:57.400><c> be</c><00:43:57.679><c> set</c><00:43:57.800><c> upon</c><00:43:58.000><c> that</c><00:43:58.300><c> standard,</c>

00:43:59.019 --> 00:44:01.960
and<00:43:59.139><c> it's</c><00:43:59.420><c> the</c><00:43:59.780><c> standard</c><00:44:00.119><c> by</c><00:44:00.340><c> which</c><00:44:00.460><c> we</c><00:44:00.639><c> have</c><00:44:00.739><c> got</c><00:44:00.840><c> to</c><00:44:00.920><c> live</c><00:44:01.139><c> day</c><00:44:01.460><c> by</c><00:44:01.739><c> day.</c>

00:44:02.019 --> 00:44:03.219
We've<00:44:02.300><c> got</c><00:44:02.360><c> to</c><00:44:02.599><c> struggle</c><00:44:02.960><c> on.</c>

00:44:03.219 --> 00:44:04.699
We've<00:44:03.440><c> got</c><00:44:03.559><c> to</c><00:44:03.840><c> strengthen</c><00:44:04.219><c> one</c><00:44:04.460><c> another.</c>

00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:06.400
We've<00:44:05.059><c> got</c><00:44:05.159><c> to</c><00:44:05.320><c> encourage</c><00:44:05.800><c> one</c><00:44:06.039><c> another,</c>

00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:11.139
because<00:44:07.019><c> there</c><00:44:07.420><c> is</c><00:44:07.719><c> the</c><00:44:07.880><c> Lord</c><00:44:08.079><c> Jesus</c><00:44:08.539><c> Christ</c><00:44:09.019><c> ever</c><00:44:09.519><c> before</c><00:44:09.920><c> us.</c>

00:44:12.500 --> 00:44:14.900
And<00:44:12.760><c> so</c><00:44:12.860><c> we</c><00:44:13.039><c> pass</c><00:44:13.360><c> on</c><00:44:13.619><c> down</c><00:44:13.820><c> ever</c><00:44:14.079><c> so</c><00:44:14.280><c> regretfully</c>

00:44:14.900 --> 00:44:18.280
to<00:44:15.260><c> verse</c><00:44:15.599><c> 22</c><00:44:16.320><c> and</c><00:44:16.719><c> verse</c><00:44:17.059><c> 23.</c>

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:22.539
We<00:44:19.320><c> find</c><00:44:19.619><c> that</c><00:44:20.500><c> the</c><00:44:20.719><c> word</c><00:44:21.039><c> that</c><00:44:21.199><c> has</c><00:44:21.420><c> occurred</c><00:44:21.679><c> in</c><00:44:21.880><c> verse</c><00:44:22.159><c> 1</c>

00:44:22.539 --> 00:44:24.019
occurs<00:44:22.960><c> again.</c>

00:44:24.340 --> 00:44:30.440
In<00:44:24.659><c> verse</c><00:44:25.400><c> 22,</c><00:44:27.500><c> we</c><00:44:27.760><c> find</c><00:44:28.119><c> that</c><00:44:28.519><c> Judas</c><00:44:28.900><c> here,</c><00:44:29.679><c> not</c><00:44:29.860><c> Ascariot</c>

00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:31.300
the<00:44:30.840><c> other,</c>

00:44:31.300 --> 00:44:34.920
says,<00:44:32.300><c> Lord,</c><00:44:32.559><c> how</c><00:44:32.880><c> is</c><00:44:33.079><c> it</c><00:44:33.199><c> that</c><00:44:33.360><c> thou</c><00:44:33.519><c> wilt</c><00:44:33.820><c> manifest</c><00:44:34.380><c> thyself</c>

00:44:34.920 --> 00:44:35.500
under<00:44:35.199><c> us</c>

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:37.639
and<00:44:35.940><c> not</c><00:44:36.179><c> under</c><00:44:36.420><c> the</c><00:44:36.679><c> world?</c>

00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:41.900
When<00:44:39.639><c> we</c><00:44:39.860><c> ask</c><00:44:40.039><c> what</c><00:44:40.320><c> prompted</c><00:44:40.659><c> that</c><00:44:40.980><c> question,</c>

00:44:42.079 --> 00:44:46.340
just<00:44:42.340><c> make</c><00:44:42.559><c> a</c><00:44:42.719><c> note</c><00:44:42.820><c> of</c><00:44:42.940><c> John</c><00:44:43.239><c> chapter</c><00:44:43.579><c> 12</c><00:44:44.099><c> and</c><00:44:44.420><c> verse</c><00:44:44.679><c> 12</c><00:44:45.000><c> and</c><00:44:45.119><c> 13.</c>

00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:49.199
Only<00:44:47.340><c> four</c><00:44:47.739><c> days</c><00:44:48.059><c> earlier,</c>

00:44:49.239 --> 00:44:51.500
when<00:44:49.420><c> the</c><00:44:49.639><c> Lord</c><00:44:49.800><c> had</c><00:44:49.960><c> come</c><00:44:50.119><c> into</c><00:44:50.300><c> the</c><00:44:50.440><c> city</c><00:44:50.599><c> of</c><00:44:50.880><c> Jerusalem</c><00:44:51.280><c> for</c>

00:44:51.500 --> 00:44:52.300
the<00:44:51.639><c> last</c><00:44:51.980><c> time,</c>

00:44:52.599 --> 00:45:00.280
the<00:44:52.719><c> multitudes</c><00:44:53.280><c> were</c><00:44:53.599><c> out,</c><00:44:54.519><c> wading</c><00:44:54.880><c> palms,</c><00:44:55.739><c> cheering,</c><00:44:56.280><c> Hosanna,</c><00:44:58.679><c> glory</c><00:44:59.019><c> to</c><00:44:59.320><c> God.</c>

00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:02.519
Fabulous!

00:45:03.679 --> 00:45:04.760
And<00:45:03.679><c> now</c><00:45:03.920><c> the</c><00:45:04.019><c> Lord</c><00:45:04.199><c> is</c><00:45:04.380><c> telling</c><00:45:04.599><c> them,</c>

00:45:04.900 --> 00:45:06.519
look,<00:45:04.960><c> there</c><00:45:05.039><c> are</c><00:45:05.159><c> very</c><00:45:05.519><c> few</c><00:45:05.679><c> who</c><00:45:05.820><c> are</c><00:45:05.920><c> going</c><00:45:06.019><c> to</c><00:45:06.219><c> see</c><00:45:06.360><c> what</c>

00:45:06.519 --> 00:45:08.739
I'm<00:45:06.719><c> telling</c><00:45:06.980><c> you.</c>

00:45:09.239 --> 00:45:11.019
Judas,<00:45:09.840><c> really,</c><00:45:10.260><c> his</c><00:45:10.420><c> question</c><00:45:10.739><c> was,</c>

00:45:11.199 --> 00:45:14.199
why<00:45:11.519><c> is</c><00:45:11.739><c> it</c><00:45:11.900><c> the</c><00:45:12.119><c> whole</c><00:45:12.519><c> world</c><00:45:12.800><c> going</c><00:45:13.019><c> to</c><00:45:13.239><c> see</c><00:45:13.360><c> you</c><00:45:13.639><c> manifested?</c>

00:45:14.579 --> 00:45:17.539
As<00:45:14.739><c> you've</c><00:45:15.039><c> said,</c><00:45:15.219><c> you're</c><00:45:15.400><c> going</c><00:45:15.519><c> to</c><00:45:15.639><c> be</c><00:45:15.860><c> manifested</c><00:45:16.300><c> to</c><00:45:16.519><c> us.</c>

00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:22.179
The<00:45:18.360><c> Lord</c><00:45:18.539><c> gives</c><00:45:18.760><c> him</c><00:45:18.940><c> the</c><00:45:19.079><c> answer</c><00:45:19.360><c> in</c><00:45:19.559><c> verse</c><00:45:19.800><c> 23</c><00:45:20.420><c> and</c><00:45:20.719><c> verse</c><00:45:21.039><c> 24.</c>

00:45:22.500 --> 00:45:25.739
The<00:45:22.679><c> answer</c><00:45:23.059><c> is</c><00:45:23.400><c> that</c><00:45:23.699><c> to</c><00:45:23.960><c> really</c><00:45:24.300><c> see</c><00:45:24.619><c> Christ</c><00:45:25.019><c> manifested</c>

00:45:25.739 --> 00:45:28.760
is<00:45:26.219><c> not</c><00:45:26.480><c> to</c><00:45:26.679><c> behold</c><00:45:27.039><c> a</c><00:45:27.360><c> sudden</c><00:45:27.679><c> dramatic</c><00:45:28.139><c> picture,</c>

00:45:28.760 --> 00:45:31.099
such<00:45:29.579><c> as</c><00:45:29.820><c> his</c><00:45:29.960><c> entry</c><00:45:30.300><c> into</c><00:45:30.480><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:45:31.420 --> 00:45:34.340
when<00:45:31.619><c> people</c><00:45:32.019><c> were</c><00:45:32.400><c> moved</c><00:45:32.719><c> by</c><00:45:33.039><c> the</c><00:45:33.320><c> emotion</c><00:45:33.679><c> of</c><00:45:33.840><c> the</c><00:45:34.019><c> moment</c>

00:45:34.340 --> 00:45:39.099
and<00:45:34.840><c> perhaps</c><00:45:35.219><c> to</c><00:45:35.420><c> a</c><00:45:35.619><c> degree</c><00:45:35.900><c> a</c><00:45:36.360><c> superficial</c><00:45:36.900><c> form</c><00:45:37.260><c> of</c><00:45:37.539><c> hero</c><00:45:37.820><c> worship.</c>

00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:41.940
Mere<00:45:39.760><c> superficial</c><00:45:40.380><c> contact</c><00:45:41.139><c> with</c><00:45:41.460><c> the</c><00:45:41.699><c> truth</c>

00:45:41.940 --> 00:45:45.820
will<00:45:42.280><c> not</c><00:45:42.500><c> bring</c><00:45:42.659><c> men</c><00:45:42.840><c> and</c><00:45:43.019><c> women</c><00:45:43.179><c> to</c><00:45:43.579><c> see</c><00:45:44.139><c> the</c><00:45:45.059><c> manifestation</c>

00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:48.139
of<00:45:46.079><c> the</c><00:45:46.139><c> Son</c><00:45:46.320><c> of</c><00:45:46.559><c> God.</c>

00:45:48.280 --> 00:45:52.460
Verse<00:45:48.460><c> 23</c><00:45:49.039><c> says,</c><00:45:50.079><c> if</c><00:45:50.280><c> a</c><00:45:50.840><c> man</c><00:45:51.159><c> loved</c><00:45:51.539><c> me,</c>

00:45:52.940 --> 00:45:57.380
and<00:45:53.119><c> he</c><00:45:53.260><c> means</c><00:45:53.480><c> any</c><00:45:53.880><c> man</c><00:45:54.079><c> in</c><00:45:54.239><c> that</c><00:45:54.480><c> sense,</c><00:45:54.920><c> but</c><00:45:55.139><c> it</c><00:45:55.340><c> places</c><00:45:55.679><c> obligations.</c>

00:45:57.539 --> 00:46:01.659
There<00:45:58.139><c> in</c><00:45:58.360><c> verse</c><00:45:58.639><c> 23,</c><00:45:59.619><c> there</c><00:45:59.639><c> are</c><00:45:59.880><c> tremendous</c><00:46:00.519><c> words.</c>

00:46:02.079 --> 00:46:04.079
There<00:46:02.139><c> are</c><00:46:02.400><c> many</c><00:46:02.619><c> who</c><00:46:03.000><c> claim</c><00:46:03.219><c> to</c><00:46:03.420><c> love</c><00:46:03.559><c> Christ,</c>

00:46:04.380 --> 00:46:07.320
but<00:46:04.440><c> the</c><00:46:04.679><c> only</c><00:46:05.000><c> claims</c><00:46:05.340><c> he</c><00:46:05.500><c> will</c><00:46:05.699><c> recognize</c><00:46:06.440><c> will</c><00:46:06.860><c> be</c><00:46:07.079><c> from</c>

00:46:07.320 --> 00:46:10.039
those<00:46:07.719><c> who</c><00:46:08.300><c> keep</c><00:46:08.619><c> his</c><00:46:09.019><c> words.</c>

00:46:10.219 --> 00:46:14.320
And<00:46:10.380><c> then</c><00:46:10.500><c> in</c><00:46:10.780><c> verse</c><00:46:11.039><c> 23,</c><00:46:12.320><c> if</c><00:46:12.420><c> a</c><00:46:12.659><c> man</c><00:46:12.860><c> loved</c><00:46:13.199><c> me,</c><00:46:13.599><c> he</c><00:46:13.760><c> will</c><00:46:14.039><c> keep</c>

00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:15.039
my<00:46:14.659><c> words,</c>

00:46:15.239 --> 00:46:17.139
and<00:46:15.380><c> my</c><00:46:15.679><c> father</c><00:46:16.000><c> will</c><00:46:16.239><c> love</c><00:46:16.500><c> him,</c>

00:46:17.260 --> 00:46:23.699
and<00:46:17.699><c> we</c><00:46:18.099><c> will</c><00:46:18.380><c> come</c><00:46:18.659><c> unto</c><00:46:18.900><c> him</c><00:46:19.360><c> and</c><00:46:19.980><c> make</c><00:46:20.400><c> our</c><00:46:21.300><c> abode</c><00:46:22.039><c> with</c><00:46:22.699><c> him.</c>

00:46:24.860 --> 00:46:27.739
Now<00:46:25.340><c> tragically,</c><00:46:25.860><c> people</c><00:46:26.199><c> don't</c><00:46:26.599><c> understand</c><00:46:27.119><c> those</c><00:46:27.420><c> words</c>

00:46:27.739 --> 00:46:28.480
in<00:46:27.900><c> the</c><00:46:28.019><c> majority.</c>

00:46:28.860 --> 00:46:30.820
They<00:46:29.039><c> think</c><00:46:29.239><c> that</c><00:46:29.460><c> by</c><00:46:29.639><c> some</c><00:46:29.780><c> miraculous</c><00:46:30.320><c> means,</c>

00:46:31.260 --> 00:46:33.760
Jesus<00:46:31.400><c> and</c><00:46:31.619><c> God</c><00:46:31.900><c> come</c><00:46:32.280><c> and</c><00:46:32.599><c> get</c><00:46:32.760><c> right</c><00:46:33.019><c> into</c><00:46:33.179><c> our</c><00:46:33.480><c> heart,</c>

00:46:33.900 --> 00:46:35.980
and<00:46:33.980><c> they</c><00:46:34.119><c> live</c><00:46:34.260><c> there</c><00:46:34.460><c> by</c><00:46:34.760><c> faith,</c><00:46:35.000><c> and</c><00:46:35.119><c> they</c><00:46:35.320><c> touch</c><00:46:35.539><c> us</c><00:46:35.820><c> in</c>

00:46:35.980 --> 00:46:37.579
some<00:46:36.119><c> miraculous</c><00:46:36.599><c> way.</c>

00:46:37.679 --> 00:46:40.699
People<00:46:37.880><c> who</c><00:46:38.139><c> say</c><00:46:38.320><c> that</c><00:46:38.500><c> do</c><00:46:38.699><c> not</c><00:46:38.900><c> understand</c><00:46:39.300><c> the</c><00:46:39.460><c> Gospel</c><00:46:39.719><c> of</c><00:46:39.880><c> John,</c>

00:46:40.840 --> 00:46:42.820
and<00:46:40.980><c> probably</c><00:46:41.440><c> tragically,</c><00:46:41.880><c> they</c><00:46:42.000><c> don't</c><00:46:42.159><c> understand</c><00:46:42.579><c> the</c>

00:46:42.820 --> 00:46:43.860
truth<00:46:42.980><c> either.</c>

00:46:43.880 --> 00:46:46.059
You<00:46:44.119><c> see,</c><00:46:44.260><c> there's</c><00:46:44.460><c> a</c><00:46:44.679><c> connection</c><00:46:44.960><c> here</c><00:46:45.239><c> between</c><00:46:45.619><c> this</c><00:46:45.900><c> and</c>

00:46:46.059 --> 00:46:47.960
the<00:46:46.280><c> opening</c><00:46:46.519><c> thought</c><00:46:46.880><c> in</c><00:46:47.260><c> verse</c><00:46:47.599><c> 2.</c>

00:46:48.119 --> 00:46:51.260
In<00:46:48.280><c> my</c><00:46:48.619><c> father's</c><00:46:49.199><c> house</c><00:46:49.739><c> are</c><00:46:50.039><c> many</c><00:46:50.219><c> mansions,</c>

00:46:51.260 --> 00:46:55.000
because<00:46:51.900><c> the</c><00:46:52.179><c> word</c><00:46:52.599><c> abode</c><00:46:53.239><c> here</c><00:46:53.719><c> in</c><00:46:54.059><c> verse</c><00:46:54.320><c> 23</c>

00:46:55.000 --> 00:46:59.619
is<00:46:55.599><c> the</c><00:46:55.820><c> same</c><00:46:56.400><c> word</c><00:46:56.780><c> as</c><00:46:57.119><c> rendered,</c><00:46:58.079><c> or</c><00:46:58.280><c> it</c><00:46:58.440><c> should</c><00:46:58.579><c> be</c><00:46:58.780><c> rendered,</c>

00:46:59.840 --> 00:47:02.800
abiding<00:47:00.079><c> places</c><00:47:00.679><c> in</c><00:47:01.260><c> verse</c><00:47:01.760><c> 2.</c>

00:47:03.199 --> 00:47:06.860
The<00:47:03.480><c> Greek</c><00:47:03.780><c> word</c><00:47:04.179><c> mone,</c><00:47:04.880><c> M</c><00:47:05.300><c>-O</c><00:47:05.579><c>-M</c><00:47:05.920><c>-E.</c>

00:47:07.179 --> 00:47:10.980
And<00:47:07.599><c> these</c><00:47:07.920><c> are</c><00:47:08.300><c> the</c><00:47:08.500><c> only</c><00:47:09.039><c> two</c><00:47:09.659><c> occurrences</c><00:47:10.179><c> of</c><00:47:10.420><c> this</c><00:47:10.719><c> word</c>

00:47:10.980 --> 00:47:13.000
in<00:47:11.260><c> the</c><00:47:11.420><c> entire</c><00:47:11.900><c> Bible.</c>

00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:15.079
Search<00:47:14.420><c> as</c><00:47:14.579><c> you</c><00:47:14.800><c> will.</c>

00:47:15.159 --> 00:47:17.260
You'll<00:47:15.519><c> find</c><00:47:15.699><c> them</c><00:47:15.860><c> only</c><00:47:16.059><c> in</c><00:47:16.239><c> these</c><00:47:16.480><c> two</c><00:47:16.760><c> places.</c>

00:47:17.260 --> 00:47:23.480
So<00:47:18.420><c> obviously,</c><00:47:19.619><c> the</c><00:47:19.639><c> Lord</c><00:47:19.860><c> is</c><00:47:20.079><c> linking</c><00:47:20.420><c> verse</c><00:47:20.920><c> 2</c><00:47:21.440><c> with</c><00:47:21.719><c> verse</c><00:47:22.099><c> 23.</c>

00:47:25.139 --> 00:47:29.239
It's<00:47:25.400><c> absolutely</c><00:47:26.159><c> breathtaking</c><00:47:27.119><c> to</c><00:47:27.380><c> consider</c><00:47:27.900><c> the</c><00:47:28.360><c> connection.</c>

00:47:30.739 --> 00:47:34.440
The<00:47:30.960><c> father</c><00:47:31.440><c> dwelt</c><00:47:31.820><c> in</c><00:47:32.000><c> the</c><00:47:32.219><c> tabernacle</c><00:47:32.659><c> in</c><00:47:32.880><c> a</c><00:47:33.039><c> literal</c><00:47:33.380><c> sense.</c>

00:47:34.960 --> 00:47:39.280
Now<00:47:35.280><c> the</c><00:47:35.519><c> father</c><00:47:35.840><c> will</c><00:47:36.280><c> dwell</c><00:47:36.539><c> in</c><00:47:36.920><c> men</c><00:47:37.099><c> and</c><00:47:37.320><c> women</c><00:47:37.679><c> in</c><00:47:38.719><c> an</c>

00:47:39.280 --> 00:47:41.099
intellectual<00:47:39.900><c> sense.</c>

00:47:41.780 --> 00:47:45.179
They<00:47:42.079><c> will</c><00:47:42.340><c> be</c><00:47:42.860><c> fired</c><00:47:43.239><c> by</c><00:47:43.579><c> an</c><00:47:44.000><c> intellectual</c><00:47:44.460><c> understanding</c>

00:47:45.179 --> 00:47:46.519
of<00:47:45.340><c> what</c><00:47:45.500><c> the</c><00:47:45.739><c> Lord</c><00:47:45.920><c> has</c><00:47:46.260><c> taught.</c>

00:47:46.519 --> 00:47:49.000
It<00:47:47.079><c> will</c><00:47:47.340><c> become</c><00:47:47.719><c> their</c><00:47:48.039><c> way</c><00:47:48.320><c> of</c><00:47:48.599><c> life.</c>

00:47:49.260 --> 00:47:51.039
They<00:47:49.420><c> will</c><00:47:49.659><c> respond</c><00:47:50.360><c> to</c><00:47:50.599><c> him.</c>

00:47:51.320 --> 00:47:55.019
And<00:47:51.440><c> so</c><00:47:51.739><c> therefore,</c><00:47:52.639><c> they</c><00:47:52.940><c> will</c><00:47:53.239><c> become</c><00:47:54.119><c> manifestations,</c>

00:47:55.800 --> 00:47:57.219
ever<00:47:55.880><c> so</c><00:47:56.099><c> imperfectly</c><00:47:56.860><c> perhaps,</c>

00:47:57.519 --> 00:48:02.500
but<00:47:57.719><c> nevertheless</c><00:47:58.400><c> manifestations</c><00:47:59.619><c> of</c><00:48:00.119><c> the</c><00:48:00.420><c> father</c><00:48:00.880><c> and</c><00:48:01.440><c> the</c><00:48:01.679><c> son.</c>

00:48:03.219 --> 00:48:07.260
And<00:48:03.440><c> so</c><00:48:03.699><c> we</c><00:48:03.940><c> come</c><00:48:04.139><c> to</c><00:48:04.420><c> the</c><00:48:04.860><c> end</c><00:48:05.320><c> of</c><00:48:05.860><c> this</c><00:48:06.280><c> chapter.</c>

00:48:07.539 --> 00:48:11.900
And<00:48:07.760><c> we</c><00:48:08.000><c> find</c><00:48:08.219><c> that</c><00:48:08.960><c> the</c><00:48:09.219><c> Lord</c><00:48:09.480><c> goes</c><00:48:09.900><c> on</c><00:48:10.460><c> to</c><00:48:10.900><c> tell</c><00:48:11.079><c> them,</c>

00:48:12.559 --> 00:48:15.659
I<00:48:12.840><c> really</c><00:48:13.139><c> did</c><00:48:13.320><c> want</c><00:48:13.440><c> to</c><00:48:13.619><c> deal</c><00:48:13.739><c> with</c><00:48:13.940><c> verse</c><00:48:14.179><c> 17,</c><00:48:14.719><c> 18</c><00:48:15.079><c> and</c><00:48:15.219><c> 19,</c>

00:48:15.659 --> 00:48:17.159
but<00:48:15.800><c> I'm</c><00:48:16.039><c> afraid</c><00:48:16.239><c> time</c><00:48:16.559><c> doesn't</c><00:48:16.840><c> permit.</c>

00:48:17.519 --> 00:48:19.320
If<00:48:17.579><c> anyone</c><00:48:17.820><c> would</c><00:48:18.079><c> like</c><00:48:18.239><c> me</c><00:48:18.460><c> to,</c><00:48:18.579><c> they</c><00:48:18.699><c> can</c><00:48:18.860><c> remember</c><00:48:19.139><c> that</c>

00:48:19.320 --> 00:48:20.860
for<00:48:19.460><c> the</c><00:48:19.679><c> question</c><00:48:20.019><c> session.</c>

00:48:21.159 --> 00:48:24.659
But<00:48:21.679><c> our</c><00:48:22.199><c> time</c><00:48:22.380><c> has</c><00:48:22.639><c> come</c><00:48:22.820><c> where</c><00:48:22.980><c> we</c><00:48:23.159><c> must</c><00:48:23.340><c> come</c><00:48:23.539><c> to</c><00:48:23.699><c> the</c><00:48:23.860><c> concluding</c><00:48:24.340><c> words</c>

00:48:24.659 --> 00:48:26.639
of<00:48:25.019><c> John</c><00:48:25.280><c> chapter</c><00:48:25.559><c> 14.</c>

00:48:26.780 --> 00:48:29.500
And<00:48:26.940><c> we</c><00:48:27.179><c> find</c><00:48:27.360><c> that</c><00:48:27.619><c> in</c><00:48:27.780><c> the</c><00:48:27.960><c> 27th</c><00:48:28.659><c> verse,</c>

00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:32.739
just<00:48:30.000><c> before</c><00:48:30.519><c> they</c><00:48:30.760><c> were</c><00:48:30.860><c> to</c><00:48:31.119><c> leave</c><00:48:31.340><c> the</c><00:48:31.579><c> upper</c><00:48:31.800><c> room,</c>

00:48:32.900 --> 00:48:35.199
in<00:48:33.159><c> verse</c><00:48:33.420><c> 27</c><00:48:34.059><c> the</c><00:48:34.199><c> Lord</c><00:48:34.480><c> says</c><00:48:34.760><c> to</c><00:48:34.900><c> them,</c>

00:48:35.420 --> 00:48:37.840
Peace<00:48:35.960><c> I</c><00:48:36.340><c> leave</c><00:48:36.599><c> with</c><00:48:36.860><c> you.</c>

00:48:37.940 --> 00:48:40.119
My<00:48:38.400><c> peace</c><00:48:38.780><c> I</c><00:48:39.139><c> give</c><00:48:39.280><c> unto</c><00:48:39.539><c> you.</c>

00:48:40.579 --> 00:48:43.559
Not<00:48:40.940><c> as</c><00:48:41.300><c> the</c><00:48:41.599><c> world</c><00:48:41.860><c> giveth,</c><00:48:42.579><c> give</c><00:48:42.739><c> I</c><00:48:42.900><c> unto</c><00:48:43.119><c> you.</c>

00:48:43.559 --> 00:48:46.159
Let<00:48:44.420><c> not</c><00:48:44.780><c> your</c><00:48:45.059><c> hearts</c><00:48:45.380><c> be</c><00:48:45.739><c> troubled.</c>

00:48:46.340 --> 00:48:49.019
The<00:48:46.619><c> same</c><00:48:46.900><c> word</c><00:48:47.159><c> as</c><00:48:47.300><c> in</c><00:48:47.440><c> verse</c><00:48:47.679><c> 1,</c><00:48:47.920><c> incidentally.</c>

00:48:49.460 --> 00:48:51.579
Neither<00:48:49.739><c> let</c><00:48:50.179><c> it</c><00:48:50.360><c> be</c><00:48:50.579><c> afraid.</c>

00:48:51.880 --> 00:48:53.760
Ye<00:48:52.019><c> have</c><00:48:52.260><c> heard</c><00:48:52.579><c> how</c><00:48:52.860><c> I</c><00:48:53.079><c> said</c><00:48:53.219><c> unto</c><00:48:53.460><c> you,</c>

00:48:54.019 --> 00:48:57.980
I<00:48:54.219><c> go</c><00:48:54.559><c> away,</c><00:48:55.699><c> and</c><00:48:56.000><c> come</c><00:48:56.400><c> again</c><00:48:56.880><c> unto</c><00:48:57.360><c> you.</c>

00:48:58.440 --> 00:49:00.840
If<00:48:58.699><c> ye</c><00:48:58.960><c> loved</c><00:48:59.199><c> me,</c><00:48:59.780><c> ye</c><00:48:59.960><c> would</c><00:49:00.159><c> rejoice,</c>

00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:03.340
because<00:49:01.320><c> I</c><00:49:01.599><c> said,</c><00:49:02.119><c> I</c><00:49:02.239><c> go</c><00:49:02.460><c> unto</c><00:49:02.739><c> the</c><00:49:02.940><c> Father,</c>

00:49:03.659 --> 00:49:06.780
for<00:49:03.860><c> my</c><00:49:04.239><c> Father</c><00:49:04.599><c> is</c><00:49:05.019><c> greater</c><00:49:05.400><c> than</c><00:49:05.800><c> I.</c>

00:49:07.360 --> 00:49:09.719
Now<00:49:07.659><c> when</c><00:49:07.820><c> he</c><00:49:08.039><c> says,</c><00:49:08.500><c> I</c><00:49:08.519><c> will</c><00:49:08.739><c> leave</c><00:49:08.920><c> you</c><00:49:09.159><c> peace,</c>

00:49:09.719 --> 00:49:13.059
he<00:49:10.440><c> doesn't</c><00:49:10.820><c> mean</c><00:49:11.079><c> that</c><00:49:11.300><c> life</c><00:49:11.559><c> was</c><00:49:11.780><c> going</c><00:49:11.900><c> to</c><00:49:12.019><c> be</c><00:49:12.280><c> absolutely</c>

00:49:13.059 --> 00:49:15.139
like<00:49:13.639><c> a</c><00:49:13.840><c> ride</c><00:49:13.960><c> on</c><00:49:14.159><c> a</c><00:49:14.400><c> magic</c><00:49:14.739><c> carpet</c>

00:49:15.139 --> 00:49:17.739
from<00:49:15.400><c> there</c><00:49:15.659><c> all</c><00:49:15.940><c> the</c><00:49:16.059><c> way</c><00:49:16.199><c> to</c><00:49:16.340><c> the</c><00:49:16.420><c> kingdom</c><00:49:16.659><c> of</c><00:49:16.920><c> God.</c>

00:49:18.519 --> 00:49:23.099
He<00:49:18.559><c> is</c><00:49:18.920><c> speaking</c><00:49:19.300><c> of</c><00:49:19.719><c> the</c><00:49:20.000><c> security</c><00:49:20.760><c> of</c><00:49:21.360><c> mind</c><00:49:21.840><c> that</c><00:49:22.659><c> the</c><00:49:22.940><c> truth</c>

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gives<00:49:23.380><c> us.</c>

00:49:24.340 --> 00:49:26.460
You<00:49:24.500><c> think</c><00:49:24.719><c> about</c><00:49:24.960><c> that</c><00:49:25.400><c> and</c><00:49:25.539><c> you'll</c><00:49:25.800><c> find</c><00:49:25.920><c> it's</c><00:49:26.219><c> right.</c>

00:49:26.780 --> 00:49:29.179
He's<00:49:27.219><c> saying</c><00:49:27.320><c> the</c><00:49:27.719><c> peace</c><00:49:27.940><c> that</c><00:49:28.260><c> I</c><00:49:28.559><c> give</c><00:49:28.800><c> you.</c>

00:49:29.519 --> 00:49:33.079
And<00:49:29.619><c> so</c><00:49:29.900><c> therefore,</c><00:49:30.659><c> it</c><00:49:30.739><c> has</c><00:49:31.019><c> got</c><00:49:31.159><c> to</c><00:49:31.360><c> be</c><00:49:31.539><c> a</c><00:49:31.800><c> peace</c><00:49:32.179><c> that</c><00:49:32.820><c> he</c>

00:49:33.079 --> 00:49:35.400
had<00:49:33.380><c> personally</c><00:49:33.960><c> found</c><00:49:34.300><c> himself,</c>

00:49:35.679 --> 00:49:37.980
that<00:49:35.880><c> he</c><00:49:36.000><c> had</c><00:49:36.360><c> personally</c><00:49:36.880><c> tested.</c>

00:49:38.360 --> 00:49:44.079
And<00:49:39.119><c> yet</c><00:49:39.260><c> he</c><00:49:39.460><c> was</c><00:49:39.679><c> a</c><00:49:39.880><c> man</c><00:49:40.380><c> who</c><00:49:40.820><c> in</c><00:49:41.000><c> a</c><00:49:41.219><c> few</c><00:49:41.420><c> hours</c><00:49:42.019><c> was</c><00:49:42.500><c> to</c><00:49:42.760><c> go</c><00:49:43.059><c> forth</c><00:49:43.320><c> to</c><00:49:43.719><c> suffer</c>

00:49:44.079 --> 00:49:47.599
one<00:49:44.579><c> of</c><00:49:44.679><c> the</c><00:49:44.820><c> most</c><00:49:45.239><c> cruel</c><00:49:45.619><c> forms</c><00:49:46.099><c> of</c><00:49:46.420><c> death</c><00:49:46.800><c> imaginable.</c>

00:49:47.599 --> 00:49:50.800
But<00:49:48.079><c> that's</c><00:49:48.500><c> what</c><00:49:48.699><c> the</c><00:49:49.079><c> truth</c><00:49:49.280><c> really</c><00:49:49.719><c> is.</c>

00:49:51.139 --> 00:49:54.320
It's<00:49:51.760><c> something</c><00:49:51.960><c> that</c><00:49:52.340><c> burns</c><00:49:52.780><c> within</c><00:49:53.480><c> through</c><00:49:53.920><c> an</c>

00:49:54.320 --> 00:49:55.460
intellectual<00:49:54.800><c> enlightenment.</c>

00:49:55.940 --> 00:49:59.440
It<00:49:56.260><c> lightens</c><00:49:56.659><c> the</c><00:49:56.960><c> eyes</c><00:49:57.440><c> to</c><00:49:57.960><c> all</c><00:49:58.239><c> the</c><00:49:58.480><c> affairs</c><00:49:58.739><c> of</c><00:49:59.039><c> life.</c>

00:49:59.699 --> 00:50:03.579
And<00:50:00.179><c> it</c><00:50:00.460><c> guides</c><00:50:00.840><c> the</c><00:50:01.239><c> way</c><00:50:01.519><c> to</c><00:50:01.719><c> the</c><00:50:01.980><c> kingdom</c><00:50:02.219><c> of</c><00:50:02.500><c> God.</c>

00:50:04.440 --> 00:50:07.659
And<00:50:05.039><c> in</c><00:50:05.239><c> verse</c><00:50:05.519><c> 30,</c><00:50:05.920><c> the</c><00:50:06.079><c> Lord</c><00:50:06.239><c> warns</c><00:50:06.639><c> them.</c>

00:50:07.719 --> 00:50:11.800
And<00:50:07.860><c> he</c><00:50:08.059><c> says,</c><00:50:08.599><c> Hereafter</c><00:50:09.099><c> I</c><00:50:09.659><c> will</c><00:50:09.900><c> not</c><00:50:10.139><c> talk</c><00:50:10.440><c> much</c><00:50:10.699><c> with</c><00:50:11.000><c> you,</c>

00:50:11.840 --> 00:50:15.340
for<00:50:12.099><c> the</c><00:50:12.500><c> prince</c><00:50:12.900><c> of</c><00:50:13.280><c> this</c><00:50:13.719><c> world</c><00:50:14.079><c> cometh,</c>

00:50:15.719 --> 00:50:18.219
and<00:50:16.019><c> hath</c><00:50:16.260><c> nothing</c><00:50:16.820><c> in</c><00:50:17.219><c> me.</c>

00:50:18.719 --> 00:50:21.039
Who<00:50:19.280><c> was</c><00:50:19.460><c> the</c><00:50:19.639><c> prince</c><00:50:19.780><c> of</c><00:50:19.960><c> this</c><00:50:20.199><c> world?</c>

00:50:21.940 --> 00:50:25.280
The<00:50:22.280><c> powers</c><00:50:22.840><c> that</c><00:50:23.860><c> came</c><00:50:24.079><c> to</c><00:50:24.340><c> take</c><00:50:24.559><c> him,</c>

00:50:25.639 --> 00:50:27.780
and<00:50:25.739><c> to</c><00:50:25.940><c> destroy</c><00:50:26.320><c> him,</c>

00:50:27.880 --> 00:50:30.019
and<00:50:28.019><c> to</c><00:50:28.199><c> put</c><00:50:28.280><c> his</c><00:50:28.539><c> life</c><00:50:28.800><c> to</c><00:50:29.019><c> an</c><00:50:29.159><c> end.</c>

00:50:30.219 --> 00:50:33.480
And<00:50:30.920><c> how</c><00:50:31.139><c> did</c><00:50:31.400><c> Christ</c><00:50:31.780><c> meet</c><00:50:32.059><c> him,</c><00:50:32.380><c> that</c><00:50:32.579><c> power?</c>

00:50:34.119 --> 00:50:37.280
He<00:50:34.360><c> says,</c><00:50:35.360><c> He</c><00:50:35.460><c> hath</c><00:50:35.739><c> nothing</c><00:50:36.099><c> in</c><00:50:36.360><c> me.</c>

00:50:37.820 --> 00:50:40.320
But<00:50:37.980><c> it</c><00:50:38.079><c> doesn't</c><00:50:38.380><c> quite</c><00:50:38.739><c> capture</c><00:50:39.119><c> the</c><00:50:39.440><c> idea.</c>

00:50:40.840 --> 00:50:42.940
The<00:50:40.980><c> Revised</c><00:50:41.380><c> Standard</c><00:50:41.739><c> Version</c><00:50:42.159><c> renders</c><00:50:42.519><c> it,</c>

00:50:43.280 --> 00:50:46.099
has<00:50:43.760><c> no</c><00:50:44.300><c> power</c><00:50:44.800><c> over</c><00:50:45.159><c> me.</c>

00:50:46.320 --> 00:50:49.340
And<00:50:46.519><c> that's</c><00:50:46.760><c> a</c><00:50:46.820><c> very</c><00:50:47.019><c> good</c><00:50:47.260><c> translation</c><00:50:47.860><c> of</c><00:50:48.280><c> what</c><00:50:48.400><c> is</c><00:50:48.619><c> meant.</c>

00:50:49.679 --> 00:50:52.260
The<00:50:49.920><c> prince</c><00:50:50.280><c> of</c><00:50:50.480><c> this</c><00:50:50.780><c> world</c><00:50:51.139><c> cometh,</c>

00:50:52.340 --> 00:50:55.380
and<00:50:52.460><c> we</c><00:50:52.559><c> might</c><00:50:52.739><c> expect</c><00:50:53.239><c> the</c><00:50:53.460><c> Lord</c><00:50:53.619><c> to</c><00:50:54.039><c> cringe</c><00:50:54.639><c> at</c><00:50:54.820><c> this</c><00:50:55.039><c> moment,</c>

00:50:55.380 --> 00:50:59.559
to<00:50:56.199><c> step</c><00:50:56.619><c> back,</c><00:50:57.400><c> to</c><00:50:57.480><c> do</c><00:50:57.719><c> everything</c><00:50:58.139><c> possible</c><00:50:58.619><c> to</c><00:50:58.900><c> avoid</c><00:50:59.340><c> that</c>

00:50:59.559 --> 00:51:01.400
which<00:50:59.780><c> lay</c><00:50:59.980><c> before</c><00:51:00.340><c> him.</c>

00:51:01.699 --> 00:51:04.079
But<00:51:01.840><c> he</c><00:51:02.019><c> says</c><00:51:02.300><c> to</c><00:51:02.599><c> Pilate,</c>

00:51:05.599 --> 00:51:08.099
for<00:51:05.739><c> this</c><00:51:06.039><c> end</c><00:51:06.199><c> came</c><00:51:06.619><c> I</c><00:51:06.780><c> into</c><00:51:06.900><c> the</c><00:51:07.159><c> world.</c>

00:51:09.760 --> 00:51:12.119
He<00:51:10.119><c> stands</c><00:51:10.599><c> there</c><00:51:10.920><c> before</c><00:51:11.239><c> those</c><00:51:11.559><c> disciples,</c>

00:51:12.460 --> 00:51:15.280
having<00:51:12.679><c> shown</c><00:51:13.019><c> them</c><00:51:13.239><c> the</c><00:51:13.500><c> way,</c><00:51:13.880><c> the</c><00:51:14.079><c> truth,</c><00:51:14.380><c> and</c><00:51:14.500><c> the</c><00:51:14.699><c> life.</c>

00:51:15.699 --> 00:51:18.639
And<00:51:15.840><c> he</c><00:51:16.000><c> says,</c><00:51:16.400><c> The</c><00:51:16.460><c> prince</c><00:51:16.800><c> of</c><00:51:16.940><c> this</c><00:51:17.199><c> world</c><00:51:17.559><c> cometh,</c>

00:51:18.900 --> 00:51:22.360
and<00:51:19.320><c> has</c><00:51:19.800><c> no</c><00:51:20.300><c> power</c><00:51:20.820><c> over</c><00:51:21.300><c> me.</c>

00:51:23.780 --> 00:51:27.179
And<00:51:24.340><c> that</c><00:51:24.639><c> is</c><00:51:24.840><c> the</c><00:51:25.000><c> way</c><00:51:25.179><c> in</c><00:51:25.340><c> which</c><00:51:25.519><c> we</c><00:51:25.800><c> have</c><00:51:25.980><c> to</c><00:51:26.219><c> face,</c>

00:51:27.360 --> 00:51:29.159
the<00:51:27.539><c> prince</c><00:51:27.880><c> of</c><00:51:28.079><c> this</c><00:51:28.340><c> world,</c>

00:51:29.480 --> 00:51:32.440
the<00:51:29.699><c> darkness</c><00:51:30.199><c> that</c><00:51:30.360><c> is</c><00:51:30.559><c> without</c><00:51:30.860><c> the</c><00:51:31.039><c> body</c><00:51:31.260><c> of</c><00:51:31.480><c> Christ.</c>

00:51:33.039 --> 00:51:37.219
To<00:51:33.179><c> be</c><00:51:33.480><c> so</c><00:51:34.079><c> filled</c><00:51:34.619><c> with</c><00:51:35.579><c> the</c><00:51:36.019><c> ideas,</c>

00:51:37.940 --> 00:51:40.440
the<00:51:38.059><c> beliefs,</c><00:51:38.719><c> the</c><00:51:38.920><c> knowledge,</c><00:51:39.659><c> the</c><00:51:39.980><c> faith,</c>

00:51:40.840 --> 00:51:42.440
that<00:51:40.980><c> the</c><00:51:41.159><c> Lord</c><00:51:41.360><c> Jesus</c><00:51:41.840><c> Christ</c><00:51:42.219><c> had,</c>

00:51:42.639 --> 00:51:44.179
to<00:51:42.800><c> be</c><00:51:43.059><c> filled</c><00:51:43.340><c> with</c><00:51:43.559><c> those</c><00:51:43.860><c> things,</c>

00:51:44.360 --> 00:51:48.039
is<00:51:44.539><c> to</c><00:51:44.860><c> arm</c><00:51:45.139><c> ourselves</c><00:51:45.760><c> for</c><00:51:46.139><c> the</c><00:51:46.539><c> way</c><00:51:46.840><c> that</c><00:51:47.099><c> leads</c><00:51:47.460><c> into</c><00:51:47.760><c> the</c>

00:51:48.039 --> 00:51:48.780
Kingdom<00:51:48.239><c> of</c><00:51:48.460><c> God,</c>

00:51:48.780 --> 00:51:51.760
no<00:51:49.199><c> matter</c><00:51:49.480><c> what</c><00:51:49.820><c> there</c><00:51:50.039><c> might</c><00:51:50.320><c> be</c><00:51:50.739><c> to</c><00:51:50.940><c> be</c><00:51:51.159><c> dealt</c><00:51:51.380><c> with,</c>

00:51:51.860 --> 00:51:54.059
and<00:51:51.940><c> to</c><00:51:52.079><c> be</c><00:51:52.239><c> confronted</c><00:51:52.719><c> on</c><00:51:53.039><c> the</c><00:51:53.199><c> way.</c>

00:51:54.780 --> 00:51:56.780
And<00:51:54.960><c> so</c><00:51:55.119><c> having</c><00:51:55.380><c> uttered</c><00:51:55.639><c> these</c><00:51:55.920><c> wonderful</c><00:51:56.380><c> words,</c>

00:51:57.059 --> 00:51:59.960
having<00:51:57.320><c> spoken</c><00:51:57.719><c> to</c><00:51:57.840><c> them</c><00:51:57.960><c> of</c><00:51:58.119><c> these</c><00:51:58.420><c> glorious</c><00:51:58.880><c> things,</c>

00:52:00.059 --> 00:52:03.179
his<00:52:00.320><c> final</c><00:52:00.679><c> words</c><00:52:01.019><c> in</c><00:52:01.179><c> the</c><00:52:01.320><c> upper</c><00:52:01.559><c> room</c><00:52:01.760><c> were</c><00:52:02.000><c> simply,</c>

00:52:03.420 --> 00:52:06.599
Arise,<00:52:05.000><c> let</c><00:52:05.159><c> us</c><00:52:05.380><c> go</c><00:52:05.719><c> hence.</c>

00:52:07.739 --> 00:52:09.579
And<00:52:08.159><c> where</c><00:52:08.340><c> was</c><00:52:08.500><c> he</c><00:52:08.679><c> going?</c>

00:52:10.320 --> 00:52:12.000
To<00:52:10.639><c> his</c><00:52:10.920><c> death.</c>

00:52:13.639 --> 00:52:15.179
Incredible,<00:52:14.260><c> isn't</c><00:52:14.380><c> it?</c>

00:52:15.179 --> 00:52:18.900
Arise,<00:52:17.159><c> let</c><00:52:17.239><c> us</c><00:52:17.480><c> go</c><00:52:17.880><c> hence.</c>

00:52:19.719 --> 00:52:23.679
They<00:52:19.840><c> are</c><00:52:20.079><c> words</c><00:52:20.480><c> that</c><00:52:20.659><c> were</c><00:52:20.960><c> uttered</c><00:52:21.900><c> with</c><00:52:22.139><c> a</c><00:52:22.559><c> confidence</c>

00:52:24.030 --> 00:52:28.000
and<00:52:24.420><c> a</c><00:52:24.820><c> oneness</c><00:52:25.179><c> of</c><00:52:25.619><c> mind</c><00:52:26.039><c> which</c><00:52:26.519><c> only</c><00:52:27.260><c> comes</c>

00:52:28.000 --> 00:52:31.139
through<00:52:29.099><c> knowing</c><00:52:29.559><c> all</c><00:52:30.239><c> the</c><00:52:30.539><c> things</c>

00:52:31.139 --> 00:52:33.260
that<00:52:31.820><c> he's</c><00:52:32.019><c> just</c><00:52:32.280><c> been</c><00:52:32.539><c> talking</c><00:52:32.880><c> about</c>

00:52:33.260 --> 00:52:37.420
in<00:52:33.760><c> chapter</c><00:52:34.079><c> 13</c><00:52:34.739><c> and</c><00:52:35.320><c> in</c><00:52:35.579><c> chapter</c><00:52:36.159><c> 14.</c>

00:52:37.500 --> 00:52:40.739
It<00:52:37.780><c> means</c><00:52:38.079><c> going</c><00:52:38.480><c> out</c><00:52:38.840><c> to</c><00:52:39.059><c> meet</c><00:52:39.199><c> the</c><00:52:39.559><c> prince</c><00:52:39.800><c> of</c><00:52:39.940><c> this</c><00:52:40.280><c> world</c>

00:52:40.739 --> 00:52:43.940
for<00:52:41.719><c> the</c><00:52:41.980><c> last</c><00:52:42.300><c> time</c><00:52:42.599><c> in</c><00:52:42.739><c> his</c><00:52:42.960><c> mortal</c><00:52:43.239><c> existence</c>

00:52:43.940 --> 00:52:46.179
so<00:52:44.579><c> far</c><00:52:44.960><c> as</c><00:52:45.340><c> he</c><00:52:45.539><c> was</c><00:52:45.760><c> concerned.</c>

00:52:46.480 --> 00:52:48.739
And<00:52:46.800><c> all</c><00:52:47.099><c> the</c><00:52:47.300><c> things</c><00:52:47.460><c> that</c><00:52:47.619><c> he'd</c><00:52:47.820><c> been</c><00:52:47.980><c> talking</c><00:52:48.380><c> about,</c>

00:52:48.820 --> 00:52:52.340
he<00:52:49.059><c> was</c><00:52:49.340><c> now</c><00:52:49.559><c> going</c><00:52:49.719><c> to</c><00:52:49.960><c> show</c><00:52:50.099><c> them</c><00:52:50.300><c> actually</c><00:52:50.760><c> put</c><00:52:51.019><c> into</c><00:52:51.260><c> action,</c>

00:52:52.820 --> 00:52:54.619
as<00:52:52.960><c> he</c><00:52:53.099><c> would</c><00:52:53.300><c> go</c><00:52:53.599><c> forth</c><00:52:53.960><c> resolutely</c>

00:52:54.619 --> 00:52:58.360
to<00:52:55.280><c> face</c><00:52:55.699><c> the</c><00:52:56.159><c> death</c><00:52:56.579><c> that</c><00:52:57.000><c> awaited</c><00:52:57.460><c> him.</c>

00:52:58.719 --> 00:53:00.719
And<00:52:58.900><c> that's</c><00:52:59.119><c> the</c><00:52:59.340><c> final</c><00:52:59.599><c> example</c><00:53:00.119><c> that</c><00:53:00.280><c> we</c><00:53:00.519><c> have</c>

00:53:00.719 --> 00:53:03.579
from<00:53:00.940><c> the</c><00:53:01.119><c> Son</c><00:53:01.239><c> of</c><00:53:01.480><c> God</c><00:53:01.800><c> in</c><00:53:02.280><c> the</c><00:53:02.420><c> upper</c><00:53:02.659><c> room.</c>

00:53:03.760 --> 00:53:08.219
He<00:53:04.079><c> was</c><00:53:04.340><c> going</c><00:53:04.679><c> forth</c><00:53:05.500><c> to</c><00:53:06.639><c> his</c><00:53:06.880><c> death.</c>

00:53:09.460 --> 00:53:11.059
But<00:53:09.619><c> what</c><00:53:09.780><c> of</c><00:53:09.880><c> the</c><00:53:10.039><c> disciples?</c>

00:53:11.760 --> 00:53:14.320
Did<00:53:12.340><c> they</c><00:53:12.559><c> follow</c><00:53:12.820><c> him?</c>

00:53:16.099 --> 00:53:19.099
The<00:53:16.320><c> words</c><00:53:16.599><c> of</c><00:53:16.800><c> Zechariah</c><00:53:17.300><c> were</c><00:53:17.539><c> fulfilled</c><00:53:17.840><c> that</c><00:53:18.139><c> night.</c>

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The<00:53:19.739><c> shepherd</c><00:53:20.079><c> shall</c><00:53:20.300><c> be</c><00:53:20.539><c> taken</c>

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and<00:53:21.800><c> the</c><00:53:22.119><c> sheep</c><00:53:22.320><c> shall</c><00:53:22.599><c> be</c><00:53:23.199><c> scattered.</c>

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Why?

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Because<00:53:27.280><c> they</c><00:53:27.599><c> didn't</c><00:53:27.880><c> have</c><00:53:28.340><c> up</c><00:53:28.739><c> here</c><00:53:29.420><c> what</c><00:53:29.960><c> the</c><00:53:30.139><c> Lord</c><00:53:30.320><c> had.</c>

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They<00:53:31.699><c> were</c><00:53:31.900><c> wonderful</c><00:53:32.340><c> men.</c>

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They<00:53:33.340><c> were</c><00:53:33.579><c> loyal.</c>

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They<00:53:34.460><c> loved</c><00:53:34.739><c> him.</c>

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They<00:53:35.320><c> would</c><00:53:35.460><c> have</c><00:53:35.659><c> laid</c><00:53:35.880><c> down</c><00:53:36.159><c> their</c><00:53:36.360><c> lives</c><00:53:36.579><c> for</c><00:53:36.780><c> him,</c>

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but<00:53:37.340><c> they</c><00:53:37.519><c> were</c><00:53:37.719><c> not</c><00:53:37.960><c> yet</c><00:53:38.239><c> ready.</c>

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The<00:53:41.380><c> shepherd</c><00:53:41.639><c> was</c><00:53:41.940><c> taken,</c><00:53:42.500><c> but</c><00:53:42.739><c> the</c><00:53:43.039><c> sheep</c><00:53:43.199><c> was</c><00:53:43.579><c> scattered.</c>

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Why?

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Because<00:53:45.360><c> the</c><00:53:45.699><c> sheep</c><00:53:45.840><c> didn't</c><00:53:46.059><c> know</c><00:53:46.260><c> how</c><00:53:46.460><c> to</c><00:53:46.639><c> stay</c><00:53:46.860><c> together.</c>

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The<00:53:47.980><c> sheep</c><00:53:48.179><c> that</c><00:53:48.420><c> night</c><00:53:48.679><c> didn't</c><00:53:48.940><c> know</c><00:53:49.119><c> how</c><00:53:49.320><c> to</c><00:53:49.579><c> follow</c><00:53:49.780><c> the</c><00:53:50.039><c> shepherd.</c>

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But<00:53:52.420><c> later</c><00:53:52.679><c> they</c><00:53:52.960><c> learned.</c>

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And<00:53:54.780><c> they</c><00:53:55.079><c> turned</c><00:53:55.500><c> into</c><00:53:55.699><c> men</c>

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who<00:53:56.579><c> were</c><00:53:56.739><c> going</c><00:53:56.840><c> to</c><00:53:56.960><c> be</c><00:53:57.119><c> revealed</c><00:53:57.599><c> in</c><00:53:57.820><c> the</c><00:53:58.000><c> kingdom</c><00:53:58.219><c> age</c>

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as<00:53:58.960><c> the</c><00:53:59.440><c> salt</c><00:53:59.599><c> of</c><00:53:59.780><c> the</c><00:53:59.960><c> earth.</c>

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Because<00:54:02.059><c> they</c><00:54:02.460><c> learned.</c>

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They<00:54:03.579><c> studied.</c>

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They<00:54:04.559><c> applied</c><00:54:04.940><c> themselves</c><00:54:05.400><c> to</c><00:54:05.579><c> the</c><00:54:05.800><c> teaching</c><00:54:06.039><c> of</c><00:54:06.199><c> their</c><00:54:06.360><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:54:06.880><c> King.</c>

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They<00:54:07.639><c> learned</c><00:54:07.900><c> more</c><00:54:08.119><c> of</c><00:54:08.239><c> His</c><00:54:08.480><c> character.</c>

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They<00:54:09.280><c> went</c><00:54:09.559><c> back</c><00:54:09.820><c> through</c><00:54:10.019><c> the</c><00:54:10.199><c> things</c><00:54:10.340><c> that</c><00:54:10.480><c> He</c><00:54:10.579><c> had</c><00:54:10.800><c> taught</c><00:54:10.980><c> them.</c>

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And<00:54:11.639><c> they</c><00:54:11.820><c> took</c><00:54:12.000><c> them</c><00:54:12.139><c> into</c><00:54:12.280><c> their</c><00:54:12.519><c> own</c><00:54:12.760><c> minds.</c>

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And<00:54:13.820><c> they</c><00:54:13.960><c> learned</c><00:54:14.139><c> to</c><00:54:14.519><c> mold</c><00:54:14.739><c> and</c><00:54:14.920><c> develop</c>

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and<00:54:15.679><c> shape</c><00:54:15.900><c> their</c><00:54:16.260><c> own</c><00:54:16.519><c> lives</c>

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so<00:54:18.280><c> that</c><00:54:18.480><c> they</c><00:54:18.679><c> could</c><00:54:19.019><c> follow</c><00:54:19.480><c> in</c><00:54:19.780><c> His</c><00:54:19.980><c> footsteps.</c>

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And<00:54:21.820><c> join</c><00:54:22.199><c> Him</c><00:54:22.579><c> ultimately</c><00:54:23.099><c> in</c><00:54:23.260><c> a</c><00:54:23.619><c> frame</c><00:54:23.820><c> of</c><00:54:24.139><c> mind</c>

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in<00:54:24.800><c> which</c><00:54:25.000><c> they</c><00:54:25.179><c> would</c><00:54:25.360><c> be</c><00:54:25.559><c> at</c><00:54:25.820><c> one</c><00:54:26.000><c> with</c><00:54:26.300><c> Him</c>

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when<00:54:27.119><c> He</c><00:54:27.539><c> says</c><00:54:27.860><c> to</c><00:54:28.239><c> all</c><00:54:28.559><c> His</c><00:54:28.800><c> disciples,</c>

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Arise!

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Let<00:54:32.139><c> us</c><00:54:32.460><c> go</c><00:54:32.860><c> His.</c>