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his<00:11:23.059><c> words</c><00:11:23.659><c> thinking</c><00:11:24.259><c> that</c><00:11:24.460><c> you</c><00:11:24.600><c> didn't</c><00:11:25.039><c> almost</c><00:11:25.580><c> read</c><00:11:26.879><c> anything</c><00:11:28.100><c> at</c><00:11:28.340><c> all,</c><00:11:29.639><c> unless</c><00:11:29.919><c> you</c>

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word<00:11:34.679><c> righteousness</c><00:11:35.139><c> may</c><00:11:35.500><c> mean</c><00:11:35.759><c> to</c>

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you,<00:11:37.159><c> but</c><00:11:37.320><c> what</c><00:11:37.519><c> the</c><00:11:37.679><c> word</c><00:11:37.860><c> righteousness</c><00:11:38.340><c> means</c><00:11:38.779><c> to</c><00:11:38.960><c> God.</c>

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He<00:11:39.340><c> says</c><00:11:39.600><c> in</c><00:11:39.740><c> verse</c><00:11:40.000><c> 19,</c><00:11:40.559><c> I</c><00:11:40.580><c> will</c><00:11:40.820><c> betroth</c><00:11:41.059><c> you</c><00:11:41.179><c> to</c><00:11:41.360><c> me</c><00:11:41.480><c> forever.</c>

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Yes,<00:11:42.799><c> I</c><00:11:42.919><c> will</c><00:11:43.200><c> betroth</c><00:11:43.519><c> you</c><00:11:43.700><c> to</c><00:11:43.940><c> me</c><00:11:44.179><c> in</c><00:11:44.500><c> righteousness.</c>

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So,<00:11:48.580><c> when</c><00:11:48.700><c> God</c><00:11:48.879><c> thinks</c><00:11:49.120><c> about</c><00:11:49.399><c> marriage,</c><00:11:49.860><c> he</c><00:11:49.940><c> thinks</c><00:11:50.200><c> about</c>

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righteousness,<00:11:51.019><c> and</c><00:11:51.220><c> so</c><00:11:51.419><c> should</c><00:11:51.580><c> you.</c>

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And<00:11:54.840><c> judgment,</c><00:11:55.399><c> says</c><00:11:55.539><c> in</c><00:11:55.700><c> King</c><00:11:55.840><c> James,</c><00:11:56.120><c> justice,</c><00:11:56.740><c> New</c><00:11:56.820><c> King</c><00:11:57.000><c> James.</c>

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So,<00:11:59.320><c> when</c><00:11:59.419><c> God</c><00:11:59.639><c> thinks</c><00:11:59.980><c> about</c><00:12:00.279><c> marriage,</c><00:12:00.799><c> he</c><00:12:00.919><c> thinks</c><00:12:01.220><c> about</c><00:12:01.500><c> judgment.</c>

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Well,<00:12:04.379><c> what</c><00:12:04.440><c> does</c><00:12:04.580><c> that</c><00:12:04.759><c> mean?</c>

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What<00:12:05.980><c> is</c><00:12:06.179><c> betrothal</c><00:12:06.700><c> and</c><00:12:06.860><c> judgment?</c>

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In<00:12:08.620><c> loving</c><00:12:08.860><c>-kindness</c><00:12:09.340><c> and</c><00:12:09.460><c> mercy</c><00:12:09.840><c> and</c><00:12:10.039><c> so</c><00:12:10.279><c> on.</c>

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Going<00:12:12.600><c> down</c><00:12:12.899><c> the</c><00:12:13.080><c> list,</c><00:12:14.559><c> there</c><00:12:16.000><c> are</c><00:12:16.259><c> five</c><00:12:16.580><c> things</c><00:12:16.960><c> that</c><00:12:17.139><c> God</c><00:12:17.360><c> describes</c><00:12:18.120><c> as</c><00:12:19.279><c> being</c><00:12:19.639><c> the,</c><00:12:20.399><c> I</c>

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would<00:12:20.860><c> say,</c>

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of<00:12:24.340><c> necessity,</c><00:12:25.100><c> make</c><00:12:25.200><c> up</c><00:12:25.539><c> the</c><00:12:25.919><c> complete</c>

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picture<00:12:26.679><c> of</c><00:12:27.179><c> what</c><00:12:27.379><c> marriage</c><00:12:27.679><c> in</c><00:12:27.899><c> the</c><00:12:28.059><c> mind</c><00:12:28.259><c> of</c><00:12:28.440><c> God</c><00:12:28.600><c> is.</c>

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It's<00:12:29.559><c> righteousness,</c><00:12:30.620><c> judgment,</c><00:12:32.220><c> loving</c><00:12:32.399><c>-kindness,</c><00:12:34.139><c> mercy,</c>

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and<00:12:35.879><c> infaithfulness.</c>

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In<00:12:38.080><c> other</c><00:12:38.340><c> words,</c><00:12:39.419><c> using</c><00:12:39.779><c> the</c><00:12:40.220><c> interpretations</c><00:12:40.740><c> of</c><00:12:40.960><c> the</c><00:12:41.139><c> terms</c><00:12:41.360><c> from</c>

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the<00:12:42.100><c> concordance</c><00:12:42.519><c> and</c><00:12:42.659><c> from</c>

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their<00:12:43.100><c> use</c><00:12:43.340><c> in</c><00:12:43.620><c> Scripture,</c><00:12:44.899><c> moral</c><00:12:45.299><c> and</c><00:12:45.720><c> doctrinal</c><00:12:46.320><c> righteousness</c><00:12:47.120><c> is</c><00:12:49.320><c> the</c><00:12:49.500><c> first</c><00:12:49.879><c> pillar</c><00:12:50.159><c> of</c><00:12:50.399><c> marriage.</c>

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By<00:12:52.799><c> formal</c><00:12:53.360><c> decree,</c><00:12:53.919><c> there</c><00:12:53.940><c> would</c><00:12:54.100><c> be</c><00:12:54.320><c> a</c><00:12:54.519><c> covenant</c><00:12:54.820><c> made.</c>

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That's<00:12:56.639><c> the</c><00:12:56.899><c> second</c><00:12:57.860><c> pillar</c><00:12:58.320><c> of</c><00:12:58.500><c> marriage</c><00:12:58.840><c> in</c><00:12:59.019><c> the</c><00:12:59.179><c> mind</c><00:12:59.340><c> of</c>

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God,<00:13:00.440><c> something</c><00:13:00.759><c> that</c><00:13:00.940><c> won't</c><00:13:01.139><c> be</c><00:13:01.399><c> broken.</c>

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that<00:13:06.759><c> it</c><00:13:06.980><c> wasn't</c><00:13:07.220><c> just</c><00:13:07.659><c> involved</c>

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but<00:13:13.080><c> works,</c><00:13:13.840><c> deeds,</c><00:13:14.659><c> actions,</c>

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things<00:13:15.460><c> that</c><00:13:15.620><c> went</c><00:13:15.779><c> beyond</c><00:13:16.159><c> words.</c>

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When<00:13:18.279><c> he</c><00:13:18.399><c> said</c><00:13:18.580><c> he</c><00:13:18.639><c> would</c><00:13:18.860><c> betroth</c><00:13:19.100><c> them</c><00:13:19.220><c> in</c><00:13:19.460><c> mercy,</c><00:13:19.820><c> he</c><00:13:19.860><c> meant</c>

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That<00:13:22.679><c> is</c><00:13:22.860><c> as</c><00:13:23.139><c> distinct</c><00:13:23.639><c> from</c><00:13:23.980><c> the</c><00:13:24.299><c> flesh</c><00:13:24.500><c> that,</c><00:13:25.679><c> with</c><00:13:25.840><c> its</c><00:13:26.120><c> grudges</c><00:13:26.620><c> and</c>

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its<00:13:27.019><c> hate,</c><00:13:27.220><c> its</c><00:13:27.559><c> murderous</c><00:13:27.980><c> hatred,</c>

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and<00:13:29.240><c> the</c><00:13:29.620><c> constant</c><00:13:30.200><c> breakdown</c><00:13:30.799><c> between</c><00:13:31.279><c> relationships</c><00:13:32.039><c> in</c><00:13:34.100><c> a</c>

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where<00:13:38.799><c> people</c><00:13:39.200><c> stand</c><00:13:39.740><c> against</c><00:13:40.240><c> the</c><00:13:40.580><c> life</c><00:13:40.960><c> of</c><00:13:41.440><c> their</c><00:13:41.740><c> spouse,</c>

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they<00:13:42.539><c> stand</c><00:13:42.960><c> against</c><00:13:43.299><c> the</c><00:13:43.500><c> life</c><00:13:43.659><c> of</c><00:13:43.840><c> their</c>

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neighbor,<00:13:44.620><c> they</c><00:13:44.980><c> stand</c><00:13:45.340><c> against</c><00:13:45.899><c> the</c><00:13:46.080><c> life</c><00:13:46.340><c> of</c><00:13:46.500><c> their</c><00:13:46.759><c> children,</c><00:13:48.059><c> they</c>

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stand<00:13:48.820><c> against</c><00:13:49.320><c> the</c><00:13:49.519><c> life,</c><00:13:49.799><c> and</c>

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we're<00:13:50.600><c> told</c><00:13:50.899><c> from</c><00:13:51.100><c> the</c><00:13:51.240><c> love</c><00:13:51.340><c> of</c><00:13:51.559><c> God,</c><00:13:51.860><c> do</c><00:13:52.000><c> not</c><00:13:52.320><c> stand</c><00:13:52.740><c> against</c>

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the<00:13:53.279><c> life</c><00:13:53.519><c> of</c><00:13:53.720><c> your</c><00:13:53.940><c> neighbor.</c>

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Instead,<00:13:56.980><c> mercy</c><00:13:57.519><c> is</c><00:13:58.200><c> there</c><00:13:58.399><c> for</c><00:13:58.559><c> the</c><00:13:58.940><c> protection</c><00:13:59.440><c> of</c><00:13:59.879><c> that</c><00:14:00.080><c> life.</c>

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And<00:14:01.799><c> in</c><00:14:01.960><c> faithfulness,</c><00:14:04.080><c> that</c><00:14:04.220><c> means</c><00:14:04.419><c> there</c><00:14:04.600><c> would</c><00:14:04.779><c> be</c><00:14:04.960><c> an</c><00:14:05.240><c> unchanging</c><00:14:06.059><c> quality</c><00:14:06.720><c> about</c><00:14:07.820><c> the</c><00:14:08.080><c> commitment.</c>

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So<00:14:10.159><c> those</c><00:14:10.519><c> are</c><00:14:11.080><c> the</c><00:14:11.340><c> five</c><00:14:12.980><c> pillars,</c><00:14:14.940><c> the</c><00:14:15.120><c> five</c><00:14:15.659><c> primary</c><00:14:16.120><c> elements</c><00:14:16.720><c> that</c>

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make<00:14:17.379><c> up</c><00:14:17.559><c> marriage</c><00:14:17.860><c> in</c><00:14:18.019><c> the</c><00:14:18.179><c> mind</c><00:14:18.340><c> of</c><00:14:18.580><c> God.</c>

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In<00:14:20.179><c> simple</c><00:14:20.500><c> terms,</c><00:14:22.240><c> in</c><00:14:22.419><c> right,</c><00:14:23.720><c> marriage</c><00:14:24.000><c> in</c><00:14:24.279><c> law,</c><00:14:25.779><c> marriage</c>

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in<00:14:26.419><c> deed,</c><00:14:27.639><c> in</c><00:14:27.779><c> weakness,</c><00:14:29.220><c> and</c><00:14:29.379><c> in</c><00:14:29.659><c> trust.</c>

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Which<00:14:34.019><c> of</c><00:14:34.159><c> these</c><00:14:34.299><c> would</c><00:14:34.460><c> you</c><00:14:34.639><c> leave</c><00:14:34.820><c> out?</c>

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Just<00:14:36.600><c> to</c><00:14:36.860><c> explore</c><00:14:37.379><c> the</c><00:14:37.679><c> idea,</c><00:14:38.519><c> is</c><00:14:38.620><c> this</c><00:14:38.879><c> really</c><00:14:39.139><c> a</c><00:14:39.460><c> complete</c>

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picture<00:14:40.059><c> or</c><00:14:40.379><c> not?</c>

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Think<00:14:42.159><c> of</c><00:14:42.299><c> what</c><00:14:42.440><c> it</c><00:14:42.539><c> would</c><00:14:42.740><c> be</c><00:14:43.240><c> if</c><00:14:44.100><c> you</c><00:14:44.480><c> said,</c><00:14:45.039><c> well,</c><00:14:45.200><c> we</c><00:14:45.399><c> really</c><00:14:45.779><c> do</c><00:14:46.080><c> want</c><00:14:46.200><c> to</c>

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do<00:14:46.500><c> what's</c><00:14:46.860><c> right,</c><00:14:47.159><c> and</c>

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we<00:14:47.320><c> want</c><00:14:47.480><c> to</c><00:14:47.720><c> have</c><00:14:48.220><c> a</c><00:14:48.379><c> live</c><00:14:48.480><c> an</c><00:14:48.740><c> ethical</c><00:14:49.000><c> life,</c><00:14:49.720><c> and</c><00:14:50.159><c> we</c><00:14:50.340><c> also</c>

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no<00:14:54.580><c> really</c><00:14:54.840><c> need</c><00:14:55.120><c> for</c><00:14:55.340><c> us</c><00:14:55.519><c> to</c><00:14:55.960><c> make</c><00:14:56.120><c> a</c><00:14:56.340><c> covenant</c><00:14:56.559><c> together,</c>

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let's<00:14:57.320><c> just</c><00:14:57.759><c> move</c><00:14:58.000><c> in,</c><00:14:58.559><c> let's</c><00:14:58.779><c> live</c><00:14:58.960><c> together.</c>

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Well,<00:15:01.419><c> what,</c><00:15:01.539><c> and</c><00:15:01.960><c> you</c><00:15:02.039><c> may,</c><00:15:02.519><c> the</c><00:15:02.779><c> others</c><00:15:03.000><c> may</c><00:15:03.299><c> follow,</c><00:15:03.820><c> but</c>

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what<00:15:04.399><c> happens</c><00:15:04.700><c> if</c><00:15:04.840><c> you</c><00:15:05.000><c> leave</c><00:15:05.460><c> law</c><00:15:05.759><c> out,</c><00:15:06.940><c> some</c>

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kind<00:15:07.440><c> of</c><00:15:07.659><c> public</c><00:15:08.019><c> declaration</c><00:15:08.779><c> of</c><00:15:09.320><c> the</c><00:15:09.500><c> marriage,</c><00:15:10.159><c> a</c><00:15:10.240><c> formal,</c>

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what<00:15:10.740><c> happens?</c>

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Well,<00:15:12.080><c> then</c><00:15:12.220><c> what</c><00:15:12.379><c> happens</c><00:15:12.659><c> is</c><00:15:12.840><c> you're</c><00:15:13.100><c> pretending</c><00:15:13.460><c> that</c><00:15:13.720><c> your</c><00:15:13.919><c> marriage</c><00:15:14.360><c> exists</c><00:15:15.139><c> apart</c><00:15:15.600><c> from</c><00:15:15.860><c> the</c><00:15:16.019><c> rest</c>

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of<00:15:16.440><c> society,</c><00:15:17.200><c> and</c><00:15:17.519><c> that</c><00:15:17.740><c> other</c><00:15:17.919><c> people</c><00:15:18.299><c> have</c><00:15:18.779><c> no</c><00:15:19.139><c> concern</c><00:15:19.480><c> or</c>

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regard<00:15:20.019><c> whatever,</c><00:15:20.600><c> if</c><00:15:20.700><c> especially</c><00:15:21.200><c> in</c><00:15:21.500><c> the</c><00:15:21.659><c> Ecclesia</c>

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in<00:15:22.139><c> the</c><00:15:22.240><c> Christadelphian</c><00:15:22.639><c> community,</c><00:15:23.059><c> no</c><00:15:23.279><c> regard</c><00:15:23.620><c> whatever</c>

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for<00:15:24.879><c> your</c><00:15:25.120><c> relationship,</c><00:15:25.700><c> and</c><00:15:25.840><c> there</c>

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is<00:15:26.379><c> no</c><00:15:26.379><c> relationship</c><00:15:26.899><c> between</c><00:15:27.279><c> your</c><00:15:27.600><c> marriage</c><00:15:28.059><c> and</c><00:15:28.440><c> the</c><00:15:28.720><c> other</c><00:15:28.899><c> marriages</c><00:15:29.220><c> that</c>

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exist<00:15:30.000><c> either</c>

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in<00:15:30.759><c> a</c><00:15:30.960><c> community</c><00:15:31.320><c> or</c><00:15:31.580><c> in</c><00:15:31.679><c> the</c><00:15:31.820><c> Ecclesia</c><00:15:32.179><c> or</c><00:15:32.440><c> in</c><00:15:32.639><c> society.</c>

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Well,<00:15:35.080><c> then</c><00:15:35.159><c> what</c><00:15:35.299><c> happens</c><00:15:35.659><c> is</c><00:15:35.919><c> nobody</c><00:15:36.159><c> knows</c><00:15:36.399><c> whether</c><00:15:36.559><c> you're</c><00:15:36.700><c> married</c><00:15:36.960><c> or</c><00:15:37.059><c> not.</c>

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You<00:15:38.940><c> may</c><00:15:39.179><c> be</c><00:15:39.399><c> married,</c><00:15:39.679><c> you</c><00:15:39.840><c> may</c><00:15:40.100><c> not</c><00:15:40.379><c> be,</c><00:15:40.559><c> you</c><00:15:40.759><c> may</c><00:15:41.039><c> think</c><00:15:41.220><c> you're</c><00:15:41.440><c> married</c><00:15:41.759><c> today</c><00:15:42.080><c> in</c>

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your<00:15:42.519><c> common</c>

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law<00:15:43.120><c> situation,</c><00:15:43.899><c> and</c><00:15:44.200><c> you</c><00:15:44.360><c> may</c><00:15:44.580><c> not</c><00:15:44.860><c> be</c><00:15:45.059><c> married</c><00:15:45.320><c> tomorrow,</c>

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you<00:15:45.879><c> may</c><00:15:46.059><c> get</c><00:15:46.240><c> frustrated</c><00:15:46.659><c> and</c><00:15:46.899><c> say,</c>

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I'm<00:15:47.120><c> out</c><00:15:47.299><c> of</c><00:15:47.399><c> here,</c><00:15:48.539><c> without</c><00:15:48.960><c> a</c><00:15:49.419><c> covenant</c><00:15:49.799><c> that</c><00:15:50.519><c> is</c><00:15:50.679><c> an</c><00:15:51.019><c> expressed</c><00:15:51.320><c> formal</c>

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agreement,<00:15:52.820><c> other</c><00:15:53.100><c> people</c>

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and<00:15:53.759><c> even</c><00:15:54.240><c> the</c><00:15:54.679><c> two</c><00:15:54.879><c> parties</c><00:15:55.220><c> involved</c><00:15:55.840><c> don't</c><00:15:56.419><c> know</c><00:15:56.620><c> that</c>

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they're<00:15:56.919><c> married</c><00:15:57.259><c> necessarily.</c>

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So<00:15:59.360><c> there's</c><00:15:59.580><c> a</c><00:15:59.740><c> need</c><00:15:59.840><c> for</c><00:16:00.100><c> a</c><00:16:00.240><c> covenant.</c>

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So<00:16:02.580><c> what</c><00:16:02.720><c> if</c><00:16:02.799><c> you</c><00:16:03.080><c> have</c><00:16:04.059><c> moral</c><00:16:04.559><c> rectitude</c><00:16:05.299><c> and</c><00:16:06.059><c> a</c><00:16:06.320><c> covenant,</c>

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but<00:16:07.700><c> it's</c><00:16:08.159><c> just</c><00:16:08.440><c> words,</c><00:16:08.960><c> it's</c><00:16:09.120><c> just</c>

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the<00:16:10.240><c> covenant</c><00:16:10.940><c> was</c><00:16:11.179><c> written</c><00:16:11.360><c> on</c><00:16:11.659><c> paper,</c><00:16:11.799><c> you've</c><00:16:11.940><c> got</c><00:16:12.019><c> a</c><00:16:12.179><c> marriage</c><00:16:12.440><c> license,</c><00:16:12.899><c> it's</c>

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got<00:16:13.139><c> a</c><00:16:13.240><c> couple</c>

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of<00:16:13.879><c> signatures</c><00:16:13.919><c> on</c><00:16:14.220><c> it,</c><00:16:15.019><c> your</c><00:16:15.340><c> name</c><00:16:15.740><c> is</c><00:16:15.940><c> on</c><00:16:16.039><c> it,</c><00:16:16.159><c> yeah,</c><00:16:16.360><c> that's</c>

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right,<00:16:17.419><c> and</c><00:16:17.659><c> there</c><00:16:17.779><c> were</c><00:16:17.980><c> concepts,</c><00:16:18.519><c> yeah,</c>

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we<00:16:18.820><c> want</c><00:16:18.940><c> to</c><00:16:19.000><c> do</c><00:16:19.139><c> it</c><00:16:19.259><c> this</c><00:16:19.480><c> way</c><00:16:19.720><c> and</c><00:16:19.840><c> we</c><00:16:19.980><c> want</c><00:16:20.159><c> to</c><00:16:20.820><c> do</c><00:16:20.919><c> what's</c><00:16:21.220><c> right</c><00:16:21.480><c> and</c><00:16:22.240><c> we</c>

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like<00:16:22.840><c> this</c><00:16:23.460><c> set</c><00:16:23.659><c> of</c><00:16:23.899><c> ideas</c>

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and<00:16:24.460><c> this</c><00:16:24.580><c> kind</c><00:16:24.759><c> of</c><00:16:24.919><c> philosophy</c><00:16:25.299><c> and</c><00:16:25.460><c> even</c><00:16:25.659><c> if</c><00:16:25.799><c> it's</c><00:16:25.980><c> in</c><00:16:26.100><c> the</c>

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truth,<00:16:27.460><c> what</c><00:16:27.720><c> if</c><00:16:27.919><c> it's</c><00:16:28.159><c> the</c><00:16:28.460><c> truth</c><00:16:28.740><c> and</c>

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you<00:16:29.159><c> love</c><00:16:29.500><c> mercy</c><00:16:30.139><c> because</c><00:16:30.720><c> mercy</c><00:16:31.059><c> overcomes</c><00:16:31.480><c> everything</c><00:16:31.759><c> and</c>

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you<00:16:32.100><c> love</c><00:16:33.220><c> God's</c><00:16:33.919><c> Word</c><00:16:34.320><c> and</c><00:16:35.399><c> you</c><00:16:35.580><c> get</c><00:16:35.879><c> married</c>

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and<00:16:37.539><c> there's</c><00:16:37.899><c> no</c><00:16:39.360><c> actions</c><00:16:39.980><c> to</c><00:16:40.299><c> follow,</c><00:16:41.740><c> there's</c><00:16:42.019><c> no</c><00:16:42.200><c> good</c><00:16:42.419><c> deeds.</c>

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He<00:16:43.840><c> doesn't</c><00:16:44.080><c> do</c><00:16:44.279><c> anything</c><00:16:44.600><c> for</c><00:16:44.779><c> her</c><00:16:45.379><c> and</c><00:16:45.679><c> she</c><00:16:45.840><c> doesn't</c><00:16:46.100><c> do</c><00:16:46.320><c> anything</c><00:16:46.639><c> for</c><00:16:46.799><c> him.</c>

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When<00:16:48.659><c> it</c><00:16:48.779><c> comes</c><00:16:49.080><c> time</c><00:16:49.360><c> for</c><00:16:49.519><c> the</c><00:16:49.740><c> service,</c><00:16:50.759><c> the</c><00:16:50.940><c> washing</c><00:16:51.159><c> of</c><00:16:51.360><c> the</c><00:16:51.559><c> feet,</c><00:16:53.000><c> the</c><00:16:53.139><c> little</c><00:16:53.419><c> things</c><00:16:53.740><c> that</c><00:16:53.940><c> make</c><00:16:54.139><c> so</c>

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much<00:16:54.600><c> difference</c><00:16:54.940><c> in</c><00:16:55.100><c> the</c><00:16:55.279><c> day</c><00:16:55.460><c> by</c><00:16:55.720><c> day</c><00:16:56.100><c> to</c><00:16:56.580><c> people,</c><00:16:57.220><c> the</c><00:16:57.379><c> gestures</c><00:16:57.759><c> of</c>

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kindness,<00:16:58.539><c> the</c><00:16:58.679><c> hands</c><00:16:59.460><c> on</c><00:17:00.200><c> tired</c>

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brows<00:17:01.080><c> and</c><00:17:02.120><c> the</c><00:17:02.419><c> backing</c><00:17:02.659><c> off</c><00:17:03.100><c> when,</c><00:17:03.539><c> well,</c><00:17:03.659><c> okay,</c><00:17:04.180><c> that's</c><00:17:04.799><c> okay</c><00:17:05.059><c> for</c><00:17:05.299><c> now,</c><00:17:05.539><c> we</c>

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won't,<00:17:06.940><c> all</c><00:17:07.400><c> that</c><00:17:07.599><c> kind</c>

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of<00:17:07.960><c> stuff,</c><00:17:08.220><c> there's</c><00:17:08.539><c> no</c><00:17:08.740><c> deeds,</c><00:17:09.460><c> how</c><00:17:09.700><c> can</c><00:17:09.839><c> it</c><00:17:10.000><c> work?</c>

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Or<00:17:12.539><c> if</c><00:17:12.599><c> there's</c><00:17:12.759><c> all</c><00:17:12.980><c> that</c><00:17:13.460><c> righteousness</c><00:17:13.880><c> and</c><00:17:14.180><c> judgment,</c><00:17:14.640><c> even</c><00:17:15.279><c> deeds,</c><00:17:15.700><c> he</c>

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washes<00:17:16.160><c> the</c><00:17:16.420><c> dishes</c><00:17:16.619><c> for</c><00:17:16.880><c> her</c>

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and<00:17:17.539><c> she</c><00:17:17.880><c> gives</c><00:17:18.140><c> him</c><00:17:18.460><c> a</c><00:17:18.660><c> back</c><00:17:18.859><c> rub</c><00:17:19.000><c> every</c><00:17:19.240><c> once</c><00:17:19.460><c> in</c><00:17:19.579><c> a</c><00:17:19.680><c> while.</c>

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But<00:17:23.279><c> when</c><00:17:23.920><c> they</c><00:17:24.079><c> make</c><00:17:24.220><c> a</c><00:17:24.440><c> serious</c><00:17:24.920><c> mistake,</c><00:17:27.480><c> there's</c><00:17:27.660><c> nothing</c>

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there<00:17:28.759><c> to</c><00:17:29.940><c> protect</c><00:17:30.259><c> them</c><00:17:30.460><c> in</c><00:17:30.619><c> weakness.</c>

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The<00:17:34.359><c> mistake</c><00:17:34.579><c> is</c><00:17:34.819><c> held</c><00:17:34.960><c> against</c><00:17:35.400><c> you,</c><00:17:36.880><c> there's</c><00:17:37.059><c> nothing</c><00:17:37.319><c> that</c>

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covers<00:17:37.900><c> sin.</c>

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It<00:17:39.599><c> turns</c><00:17:39.859><c> into</c><00:17:40.119><c> a</c><00:17:40.380><c> grudge</c><00:17:40.839><c> with</c><00:17:42.140><c> folks</c><00:17:42.460><c> in</c><00:17:42.640><c> the</c><00:17:42.799><c> background,</c>

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it<00:17:43.319><c> turns</c><00:17:43.559><c> into</c><00:17:43.759><c> murmuring</c><00:17:44.359><c> and</c><00:17:45.279><c> gossip.</c>

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That<00:17:46.880><c> turns</c><00:17:47.160><c> into</c><00:17:47.440><c> hatred</c><00:17:47.900><c> and</c><00:17:48.240><c> feeds</c><00:17:48.500><c> on</c><00:17:48.799><c> more</c><00:17:49.039><c> suspicion.</c>

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That's<00:17:50.920><c> what</c><00:17:51.039><c> happens</c><00:17:51.299><c> if</c><00:17:51.420><c> there's</c><00:17:51.660><c> nothing</c><00:17:51.900><c> there</c><00:17:52.140><c> to</c><00:17:52.339><c> cover</c><00:17:52.519><c> weakness.</c>

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If<00:17:53.960><c> there's</c><00:17:54.200><c> no</c><00:17:54.380><c> mercy,</c><00:17:55.220><c> it</c><00:17:55.359><c> can't</c><00:17:55.720><c> last.</c>

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Sin<00:17:56.940><c> will</c><00:17:57.220><c> kill</c><00:17:57.380><c> it.</c>

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There<00:17:58.880><c> has</c><00:17:59.119><c> to</c><00:17:59.259><c> be</c><00:17:59.380><c> a</c><00:17:59.500><c> provision</c><00:17:59.779><c> for</c><00:17:59.980><c> weakness</c><00:18:00.259><c> because</c><00:18:00.759><c> we're</c><00:18:01.619><c> all</c><00:18:01.799><c> weak.</c>

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If<00:18:04.319><c> there's</c><00:18:04.539><c> no</c><00:18:04.759><c> trust,</c><00:18:05.960><c> you</c><00:18:06.140><c> might</c><00:18:06.319><c> have</c><00:18:06.480><c> all</c><00:18:06.720><c> that,</c><00:18:07.519><c> but</c>

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something<00:18:07.980><c> could</c><00:18:08.180><c> come</c><00:18:08.440><c> along,</c><00:18:09.180><c> some</c><00:18:09.460><c> calamity,</c>

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some<00:18:10.359><c> sickness,</c><00:18:11.599><c> some</c><00:18:11.759><c> other</c><00:18:11.960><c> woman,</c><00:18:12.460><c> something.</c>

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And<00:18:14.720><c> when</c><00:18:15.019><c> faithfulness</c><00:18:15.660><c> is</c><00:18:15.839><c> needed,</c><00:18:17.720><c> it's</c><00:18:17.980><c> not</c><00:18:18.200><c> there</c><00:18:18.779><c> because</c><00:18:20.140><c> it</c>

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wasn't<00:18:20.619><c> something</c><00:18:21.019><c> that</c><00:18:21.140><c> was</c><00:18:21.319><c> going</c>

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to<00:18:21.460><c> go</c><00:18:21.680><c> all</c><00:18:21.960><c> the</c><00:18:22.039><c> way</c><00:18:22.259><c> through,</c><00:18:22.980><c> like</c><00:18:23.180><c> the</c><00:18:23.359><c> vow</c><00:18:23.519><c> says,</c><00:18:24.359><c> even</c>

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until<00:18:25.079><c> death.</c>

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You<00:18:26.839><c> see,</c><00:18:27.400><c> you</c><00:18:27.579><c> can't</c><00:18:27.859><c> leave</c><00:18:28.299><c> anything</c><00:18:28.740><c> out</c><00:18:29.079><c> of</c><00:18:29.200><c> this</c><00:18:29.400><c> picture,</c><00:18:29.740><c> so</c><00:18:30.000><c> in</c>

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these<00:18:30.700><c> five</c><00:18:31.259><c> simple</c><00:18:31.700><c> words,</c>

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God<00:18:32.920><c> gives</c><00:18:33.140><c> us</c><00:18:33.339><c> a</c><00:18:33.539><c> description</c><00:18:33.880><c> of</c><00:18:34.079><c> marriage</c><00:18:34.359><c> which</c><00:18:34.640><c> is</c><00:18:35.299><c> like,</c>

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is<00:18:36.880><c> typical</c><00:18:37.180><c> of</c><00:18:37.339><c> His</c><00:18:37.539><c> reasoning.</c>

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It's<00:18:38.140><c> perfect,</c><00:18:39.339><c> it's</c><00:18:39.680><c> complete.</c>

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It<00:18:40.480><c> has</c><00:18:40.720><c> all</c><00:18:40.980><c> the</c><00:18:41.140><c> components</c><00:18:41.500><c> of</c><00:18:41.700><c> something</c><00:18:41.980><c> that</c><00:18:42.119><c> will</c><00:18:42.319><c> make</c>

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marriage<00:18:42.940><c> between</c><00:18:43.299><c> two</c><00:18:43.640><c> human</c><00:18:43.920><c> beings</c>

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righteous<00:18:45.740><c> and</c><00:18:46.259><c> beautiful</c><00:18:46.680><c> and</c><00:18:47.119><c> wonderful</c><00:18:47.480><c> and</c><00:18:47.920><c> successful</c>

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and<00:18:48.700><c> happy,</c>

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regardless<00:18:50.019><c> of</c><00:18:50.700><c> what</c><00:18:50.900><c> happens</c><00:18:51.220><c> in</c><00:18:51.460><c> life.</c>

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And<00:18:52.759><c> a</c><00:18:52.859><c> lot</c><00:18:52.960><c> will</c><00:18:53.180><c> happen.</c>

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This<00:18:57.579><c> handles</c><00:18:58.000><c> any</c><00:18:58.460><c> circumstance</c><00:18:59.119><c> that</c><00:18:59.319><c> it</c><00:18:59.460><c> can</c><00:18:59.619><c> exist</c><00:19:00.099><c> in</c>

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human<00:19:00.779><c> affairs,</c><00:19:02.259><c> trials</c><00:19:02.519><c> and</c><00:19:02.759><c> tribulations,</c>

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cares<00:19:03.900><c> and</c><00:19:04.279><c> pleasures,</c><00:19:05.680><c> sickness</c><00:19:06.079><c> and</c><00:19:06.599><c> sorrow,</c><00:19:09.660><c> and</c><00:19:09.880><c> long</c><00:19:10.380><c> suffering.</c>

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It<00:19:13.359><c> handles</c><00:19:13.700><c> them</c><00:19:13.980><c> all.</c>

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That's<00:19:16.500><c> what</c><00:19:16.640><c> marriage</c><00:19:16.920><c> in</c><00:19:17.339><c> the</c><00:19:17.500><c> mind</c><00:19:17.680><c> of</c><00:19:17.819><c> God</c><00:19:18.039><c> is.</c>

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It's<00:19:19.079><c> perfect.</c>

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It's<00:19:21.059><c> made</c><00:19:21.799><c> for</c><00:19:23.579><c> its</c><00:19:23.779><c> circumstance.</c>

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Let's<00:19:26.420><c> look</c><00:19:26.779><c> at</c><00:19:27.259><c> marriage</c><00:19:27.579><c> in</c><00:19:27.759><c> righteousness.</c>

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When<00:19:31.680><c> God</c><00:19:31.980><c> said</c><00:19:32.180><c> He</c><00:19:32.279><c> would</c><00:19:32.579><c> betroth</c><00:19:33.480><c> us</c><00:19:34.400><c> to</c><00:19:34.480><c> Him</c><00:19:34.680><c> in</c><00:19:34.900><c> righteousness,</c>

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He<00:19:35.819><c> meant</c><00:19:36.039><c> that</c><00:19:36.220><c> He</c><00:19:36.299><c> would</c><00:19:36.519><c> base</c><00:19:36.720><c> His</c><00:19:36.980><c> whole</c><00:19:37.779><c> relationship</c>

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with<00:19:38.880><c> you</c>

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on<00:19:40.359><c> an</c><00:19:40.720><c> absolute</c><00:19:41.400><c> standard</c><00:19:41.960><c> of</c><00:19:42.099><c> what</c><00:19:42.259><c> is</c><00:19:42.440><c> right</c><00:19:42.619><c> and</c><00:19:42.839><c> true.</c>

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Righteousness<00:19:43.960><c> isn't</c><00:19:45.400><c> sort</c><00:19:45.880><c> of</c><00:19:46.019><c> a</c><00:19:46.200><c> partial</c><00:19:46.619><c> idea</c><00:19:47.019><c> of</c><00:19:47.259><c> right,</c>

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right<00:19:47.819><c> depending</c><00:19:48.140><c> on</c><00:19:48.279><c> the</c><00:19:48.460><c> circumstances,</c><00:19:49.660><c> right</c><00:19:49.900><c> depending</c>

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on<00:19:50.400><c> your</c><00:19:50.660><c> opinion,</c>

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right<00:19:51.799><c> depending</c><00:19:52.299><c> on</c><00:19:52.720><c> what</c><00:19:52.920><c> happens</c><00:19:53.539><c> here</c><00:19:54.079><c> and</c><00:19:54.299><c> now</c><00:19:54.480><c> but</c><00:19:54.599><c> maybe</c><00:19:54.839><c> not</c>

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necessarily<00:19:55.859><c> there</c><00:19:56.400><c> and</c><00:19:56.660><c> then.</c>

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It<00:19:57.880><c> is</c><00:19:58.220><c> right</c><00:19:58.440><c> on</c><00:19:58.619><c> an</c><00:19:59.000><c> absolute</c><00:19:59.400><c> standard.</c>

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It<00:20:00.000><c> isn't</c><00:20:01.539><c> relative,</c><00:20:02.240><c> in</c><00:20:02.480><c> other</c><00:20:02.700><c> words.</c>

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It<00:20:03.079><c> isn't</c><00:20:03.339><c> relative</c><00:20:03.720><c> to</c><00:20:03.980><c> anything,</c><00:20:04.940><c> to</c><00:20:05.140><c> people,</c><00:20:05.720><c> to</c><00:20:05.819><c> cultures,</c><00:20:07.599><c> to</c><00:20:08.000><c> different</c><00:20:09.160><c> kinds</c>

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of<00:20:10.519><c> situations.</c>

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That<00:20:12.460><c> it's</c><00:20:12.720><c> absolute</c><00:20:13.160><c> because</c><00:20:14.140><c> it</c><00:20:14.339><c> comes</c><00:20:14.539><c> from</c><00:20:14.759><c> God.</c>

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Now,<00:20:15.819><c> as</c><00:20:16.079><c> we</c><00:20:16.220><c> go</c><00:20:16.420><c> through</c><00:20:16.599><c> this,</c><00:20:16.819><c> let</c><00:20:16.960><c> me</c><00:20:17.140><c> add</c><00:20:17.420><c> here</c><00:20:17.640><c> parenthetically</c>

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that<00:20:21.380><c> what</c><00:20:21.779><c> we</c><00:20:21.980><c> would</c><00:20:22.200><c> like</c><00:20:22.420><c> to</c><00:20:22.619><c> do</c><00:20:23.460><c> is</c><00:20:24.559><c> speak</c><00:20:24.799><c> about</c><00:20:26.180><c> God</c><00:20:26.759><c> and</c>

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His<00:20:27.319><c> reasoning,</c><00:20:27.900><c> His</c><00:20:28.099><c> mind.</c>

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That<00:20:29.559><c> means</c><00:20:30.019><c> that</c><00:20:30.339><c> we</c><00:20:30.420><c> won't</c><00:20:30.619><c> be</c><00:20:30.880><c> speaking</c><00:20:31.359><c> from</c><00:20:32.359><c> our</c><00:20:32.940><c> perspective</c><00:20:33.539><c> so</c><00:20:33.880><c> much</c>

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except<00:20:34.640><c> that</c><00:20:34.859><c> we're</c><00:20:35.079><c> involved</c><00:20:35.640><c> in</c><00:20:35.900><c> His</c><00:20:36.180><c> perspective.</c>

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And<00:20:38.019><c> it</c><00:20:38.160><c> means</c><00:20:38.539><c> that</c><00:20:39.460><c> we're</c><00:20:40.579><c> going</c><00:20:40.660><c> to</c><00:20:40.720><c> be</c><00:20:40.940><c> speaking</c><00:20:41.140><c> about</c><00:20:41.460><c> something,</c>

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especially<00:20:42.359><c> marriage,</c><00:20:43.019><c> where</c><00:20:43.180><c> there</c><00:20:43.339><c> are</c><00:20:43.480><c> a</c><00:20:43.519><c> lot</c><00:20:43.680><c> of</c><00:20:44.039><c> strong</c><00:20:44.299><c> feelings.</c>

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There<00:20:44.900><c> are</c><00:20:45.039><c> a</c><00:20:45.079><c> lot</c><00:20:45.259><c> of</c><00:20:45.619><c> experiences,</c><00:20:46.339><c> ecclesial</c><00:20:46.759><c> and</c><00:20:47.059><c> personal,</c>

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where<00:20:48.599><c> some</c><00:20:49.079><c> of</c><00:20:49.200><c> us</c><00:20:49.339><c> may</c><00:20:49.579><c> have</c><00:20:49.779><c> more</c><00:20:50.059><c> exposure</c><00:20:50.500><c> than</c><00:20:50.720><c> others.</c>

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Our<00:20:51.940><c> lives</c><00:20:52.200><c> may</c><00:20:52.420><c> not</c><00:20:52.559><c> have</c><00:20:52.700><c> worked</c><00:20:52.880><c> out</c><00:20:53.140><c> the</c><00:20:53.279><c> way</c><00:20:53.400><c> we</c><00:20:53.559><c> wanted</c><00:20:53.759><c> to.</c>

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There<00:20:54.400><c> could</c><00:20:54.599><c> have</c><00:20:54.779><c> been</c><00:20:54.960><c> sins</c><00:20:55.259><c> involved,</c><00:20:56.059><c> an</c><00:20:56.259><c> enormous</c><00:20:56.660><c> disappointment.</c>

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But<00:20:58.480><c> remember</c><00:20:58.740><c> this,</c><00:21:00.500><c> what</c><00:21:00.839><c> we're</c><00:21:01.019><c> talking</c><00:21:01.319><c> about</c><00:21:02.039><c> today</c><00:21:02.519><c> and</c><00:21:02.740><c> tomorrow</c>

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isn't<00:21:03.380><c> about</c><00:21:03.720><c> you</c><00:21:03.960><c> and</c><00:21:04.079><c> it</c><00:21:04.240><c> isn't</c><00:21:04.359><c> about</c><00:21:04.720><c> me.</c>

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It<00:21:06.200><c> isn't</c><00:21:06.380><c> about</c><00:21:06.700><c> the</c><00:21:06.799><c> way</c><00:21:07.000><c> we</c><00:21:07.339><c> feel</c><00:21:07.539><c> above</c><00:21:07.799><c> all</c><00:21:08.140><c> else.</c>

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It<00:21:08.640><c> doesn't</c><00:21:08.759><c> have</c><00:21:08.900><c> anything</c><00:21:09.160><c> to</c><00:21:09.440><c> do</c><00:21:09.599><c> with</c><00:21:09.819><c> that.</c>

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We<00:21:10.960><c> may</c><00:21:11.279><c> respond</c><00:21:11.980><c> with</c><00:21:12.299><c> feelings</c><00:21:12.759><c> but</c><00:21:13.240><c> it's</c><00:21:13.500><c> about</c><00:21:13.799><c> God,</c><00:21:15.140><c> His</c><00:21:15.400><c> Word,</c>

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His<00:21:16.660><c> mind,</c><00:21:17.740><c> His</c><00:21:18.000><c> reasoning,</c><00:21:19.079><c> His</c><00:21:19.240><c> righteousness.</c>

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And<00:21:20.980><c> we</c><00:21:21.279><c> hunger</c><00:21:21.619><c> and</c><00:21:22.019><c> thirst</c><00:21:22.380><c> after</c><00:21:23.000><c> that</c><00:21:23.359><c> righteousness.</c>

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That<00:21:24.579><c> means</c><00:21:24.839><c> we</c><00:21:25.000><c> can</c><00:21:25.299><c> set</c><00:21:25.420><c> ourselves</c><00:21:26.019><c> aside</c>

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and<00:21:27.299><c> even</c><00:21:27.700><c> if</c><00:21:27.960><c> we</c><00:21:28.160><c> are</c><00:21:28.420><c> found</c><00:21:28.720><c> mortal</c><00:21:29.339><c> and</c><00:21:30.039><c> unrighteous</c>

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and<00:21:32.099><c> exposed</c><00:21:33.059><c> in</c><00:21:33.559><c> sin</c><00:21:33.940><c> before</c><00:21:34.579><c> the</c><00:21:34.779><c> righteousness</c><00:21:35.160><c> of</c><00:21:35.480><c> God,</c>

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we<00:21:36.180><c> are</c><00:21:36.519><c> pleased</c><00:21:37.019><c> as</c><00:21:37.440><c> was</c><00:21:37.660><c> the</c><00:21:37.799><c> Lord</c><00:21:37.960><c> Jesus</c><00:21:38.339><c> Christ</c><00:21:38.640><c> when</c><00:21:38.759><c> He</c>

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found<00:21:39.200><c> Himself</c><00:21:39.660><c> on</c><00:21:39.960><c> the</c><00:21:40.200><c> cross,</c>

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despising<00:21:41.500><c> the</c><00:21:41.799><c> shame</c><00:21:42.059><c> of</c><00:21:42.220><c> His</c><00:21:42.420><c> nakedness,</c>

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was<00:21:43.759><c> pleased</c><00:21:44.039><c> to</c><00:21:44.299><c> declare</c><00:21:44.500><c> the</c><00:21:44.720><c> righteousness</c><00:21:45.099><c> of</c><00:21:45.359><c> His</c><00:21:45.539><c> Father.</c>

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We<00:21:47.680><c> can</c><00:21:47.839><c> be</c><00:21:48.119><c> pleased.</c>

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We<00:21:49.000><c> won't</c><00:21:49.180><c> be</c><00:21:49.420><c> any</c><00:21:49.660><c> more</c><00:21:49.839><c> exposed</c><00:21:50.519><c> than</c><00:21:50.819><c> the</c><00:21:50.960><c> Lord</c><00:21:51.099><c> Jesus</c><00:21:51.480><c> Christ</c><00:21:51.819><c> was.</c>

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So<00:21:53.619><c> if</c><00:21:53.680><c> you</c><00:21:53.839><c> feel</c><00:21:53.940><c> a</c><00:21:54.059><c> little</c><00:21:54.220><c> uncomfortable</c><00:21:54.920><c> when</c><00:21:55.539><c> we</c><00:21:55.740><c> talk</c>

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about<00:21:56.180><c> absolute</c><00:21:56.599><c> standards,</c>

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when<00:21:57.279><c> God</c><00:21:57.519><c> gets</c><00:21:57.859><c> into</c><00:21:58.160><c> the</c><00:21:58.359><c> subject</c><00:21:58.660><c> of</c><00:21:58.900><c> righteousness</c><00:21:59.299><c> as</c><00:21:59.539><c> it</c>

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relates<00:21:59.940><c> to</c><00:22:00.140><c> marriage,</c>

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you<00:22:01.660><c> won't</c><00:22:01.839><c> be</c><00:22:01.960><c> any</c><00:22:02.160><c> more</c><00:22:02.319><c> uncomfortable</c><00:22:02.779><c> than</c><00:22:03.000><c> the</c><00:22:03.160><c> Lord</c><00:22:03.180><c> Jesus</c><00:22:03.559><c> Christ</c><00:22:03.839><c> was</c>

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when<00:22:04.480><c> He</c><00:22:04.759><c> was</c><00:22:04.980><c> doing</c><00:22:05.240><c> the</c><00:22:05.460><c> work</c><00:22:05.619><c> of</c><00:22:05.880><c> declaring</c><00:22:06.200><c> His</c><00:22:06.460><c> Father's</c><00:22:06.900><c> righteousness</c>

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because<00:22:08.000><c> He</c><00:22:08.240><c> hungered</c><00:22:08.579><c> and</c><00:22:08.740><c> thirsted</c><00:22:09.140><c> after</c><00:22:09.420><c> it</c><00:22:09.539><c> just</c><00:22:09.740><c> like</c>

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we<00:22:10.180><c> do.</c>

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It's<00:22:12.160><c> absolute</c><00:22:12.640><c> and</c><00:22:13.000><c> it's</c><00:22:13.220><c> a</c><00:22:13.359><c> standard</c><00:22:13.599><c> of</c><00:22:13.819><c> right</c><00:22:14.019><c> and</c><00:22:14.359><c> truth.</c>

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It's<00:22:15.579><c> where</c><00:22:15.900><c> mercy,</c><00:22:17.539><c> moral</c><00:22:17.900><c> rightness,</c><00:22:18.819><c> and</c><00:22:19.019><c> truth,</c><00:22:19.559><c> doctrinal</c><00:22:19.900><c> rightness,</c><00:22:20.839><c> go</c><00:22:20.940><c> together.</c>

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So<00:22:22.000><c> often</c><00:22:22.200><c> in</c><00:22:22.440><c> Ecclesias</c><00:22:22.839><c> these</c><00:22:23.119><c> ideas</c><00:22:23.599><c> of</c><00:22:23.839><c> mercy</c><00:22:24.140><c> and</c><00:22:24.359><c> truth,</c>

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well<00:22:24.839><c> the</c><00:22:24.940><c> truth</c><00:22:25.200><c> is</c><00:22:25.539><c> divorce</c><00:22:25.880><c> is</c><00:22:26.119><c> wrong</c>

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and<00:22:28.079><c> if</c><00:22:28.640><c> you</c><00:22:29.119><c> think</c><00:22:29.660><c> that</c><00:22:29.920><c> that's</c><00:22:30.259><c> mercy,</c><00:22:30.720><c> you're</c><00:22:30.880><c> wrong</c>

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and<00:22:31.259><c> I</c><00:22:31.440><c> can't</c><00:22:32.240><c> break</c><00:22:32.519><c> bread</c><00:22:32.700><c> with</c><00:22:32.940><c> you</c><00:22:33.259><c> anymore</c><00:22:33.759><c> because</c><00:22:34.319><c> of</c>

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that<00:22:34.720><c> idea</c><00:22:35.000><c> of</c><00:22:35.200><c> mercy</c>

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or<00:22:35.579><c> the</c><00:22:35.700><c> person</c><00:22:36.019><c> of</c><00:22:36.200><c> mercy,</c><00:22:36.519><c> you're</c><00:22:36.599><c> so</c><00:22:36.920><c> hard</c><00:22:37.200><c>-hearted.</c>

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You<00:22:38.460><c> live</c><00:22:38.660><c> in</c><00:22:38.779><c> a</c><00:22:38.980><c> legalistic</c><00:22:39.460><c> world</c><00:22:39.859><c> where</c><00:22:40.480><c> everything</c><00:22:40.920><c> is</c><00:22:41.220><c> a</c>

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standard<00:22:41.940><c> of</c><00:22:42.680><c> right</c><00:22:42.900><c> and</c><00:22:43.140><c> wrong.</c>

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It's<00:22:43.480><c> black</c><00:22:43.720><c> and</c><00:22:44.000><c> white</c><00:22:44.160><c> to</c><00:22:44.380><c> you.</c>

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What<00:22:45.160><c> about</c><00:22:45.579><c> sin</c><00:22:45.859><c> and</c><00:22:46.079><c> forgiveness?</c>

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What<00:22:46.700><c> about</c><00:22:47.000><c> God's</c><00:22:47.500><c> provision</c><00:22:48.019><c> which</c><00:22:48.579><c> would</c><00:22:49.000><c> spare</c><00:22:49.240><c> us</c><00:22:49.819><c> our</c>

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lives<00:22:50.319><c> when</c><00:22:50.519><c> we</c><00:22:50.740><c> repent</c><00:22:50.980><c> from</c><00:22:51.220><c> our</c><00:22:51.400><c> sins?</c>

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And<00:22:53.640><c> so</c><00:22:54.140><c> you</c><00:22:54.240><c> see</c><00:22:54.380><c> these</c><00:22:54.579><c> two</c><00:22:54.839><c> sides</c><00:22:55.160><c> forming</c>

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and<00:22:56.000><c> how</c><00:22:56.359><c> many</c><00:22:56.680><c> times</c><00:22:57.059><c> have</c><00:22:57.240><c> they</c><00:22:57.539><c> formed</c><00:22:58.220><c> in</c><00:22:58.920><c> our</c>

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experiences,<00:22:59.859><c> Christadelphians,</c>

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to<00:23:00.799><c> say</c><00:23:00.960><c> nothing</c><00:23:01.259><c> of</c><00:23:01.440><c> the</c><00:23:01.640><c> history</c><00:23:01.960><c> of</c><00:23:02.200><c> Christianity</c><00:23:02.700><c> going</c>

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all<00:23:03.220><c> the</c><00:23:03.279><c> way</c><00:23:03.440><c> back.</c>

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This<00:23:04.079><c> is</c><00:23:04.299><c> a</c><00:23:04.440><c> common</c><00:23:04.980><c> issue</c><00:23:05.839><c> because</c><00:23:06.440><c> marriage</c><00:23:06.819><c> is</c><00:23:07.000><c> right</c><00:23:07.200><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:07.740><c> heart</c>

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of<00:23:08.480><c> everything</c><00:23:08.880><c> that</c><00:23:09.140><c> we</c><00:23:09.279><c> feel</c><00:23:09.599><c> and</c><00:23:10.460><c> believe</c><00:23:10.980><c> in</c>

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and<00:23:11.740><c> a</c><00:23:11.960><c> lot</c><00:23:12.119><c> of</c><00:23:12.299><c> things</c><00:23:12.480><c> get</c><00:23:12.720><c> involved.</c>

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So<00:23:14.460><c> do</c><00:23:14.980><c> these</c><00:23:15.200><c> things</c><00:23:15.400><c> really</c><00:23:15.900><c> oppose</c><00:23:16.319><c> one</c><00:23:16.539><c> another,</c><00:23:18.579><c> right</c>

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and<00:23:19.059><c> true,</c><00:23:19.440><c> mercy</c><00:23:19.720><c> and</c><00:23:20.000><c> truth?</c>

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Mercy<00:23:20.900><c> and</c><00:23:21.000><c> truth</c><00:23:21.200><c> are</c><00:23:21.400><c> spoken</c><00:23:21.619><c> about</c><00:23:21.819><c> in</c><00:23:21.960><c> the</c><00:23:22.119><c> same</c><00:23:22.319><c> breath</c>

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in<00:23:22.799><c> so</c><00:23:22.960><c> many</c><00:23:23.119><c> scriptures.</c>

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They're<00:23:24.000><c> inseparable.</c>

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You<00:23:25.099><c> can't</c><00:23:25.400><c> take</c><00:23:25.680><c> the</c><00:23:25.900><c> sacrifice</c><00:23:26.339><c> of</c><00:23:26.539><c> Christ</c><00:23:26.799><c> and</c><00:23:27.000><c> make</c><00:23:27.119><c> it</c>

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true<00:23:27.519><c> and</c><00:23:27.680><c> not</c><00:23:27.920><c> merciful</c>

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or<00:23:28.460><c> merciful</c><00:23:28.839><c> and</c><00:23:29.059><c> not</c><00:23:29.319><c> true</c><00:23:29.599><c> or</c><00:23:30.339><c> anything</c><00:23:30.680><c> like</c><00:23:31.059><c> that</c>

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and<00:23:31.420><c> neither</c><00:23:31.480><c> can</c><00:23:31.700><c> you</c><00:23:31.759><c> do</c><00:23:31.900><c> the</c><00:23:32.059><c> same</c><00:23:32.240><c> thing</c><00:23:32.420><c> with</c><00:23:32.619><c> marriage</c>

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or<00:23:33.240><c> anything</c><00:23:33.680><c> pertaining</c><00:23:34.200><c> to</c><00:23:34.400><c> marriage,</c><00:23:34.839><c> even</c><00:23:35.380><c> conflicts</c><00:23:35.940><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:36.279><c> ecclesia.</c>

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You<00:23:37.079><c> don't</c><00:23:37.359><c> separate</c><00:23:37.880><c> mercy</c><00:23:38.240><c> and</c><00:23:38.519><c> truth.</c>

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They<00:23:39.119><c> go</c><00:23:39.319><c> hand</c><00:23:39.599><c> in</c><00:23:39.720><c> hand</c><00:23:40.160><c> like</c><00:23:40.420><c> marriage.</c>

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They<00:23:41.240><c> work</c><00:23:41.559><c> together.</c>

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Together<00:23:43.000><c> they</c><00:23:43.200><c> make</c><00:23:43.420><c> the</c><00:23:43.579><c> right</c><00:23:43.819><c> picture,</c><00:23:44.720><c> not</c><00:23:45.000><c> separated.</c>

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That's<00:23:47.559><c> what</c><00:23:47.980><c> righteousness</c><00:23:48.359><c> is</c><00:23:48.680><c> to</c><00:23:48.839><c> God.</c>

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It<00:23:49.359><c> involves</c><00:23:49.539><c> a</c><00:23:49.700><c> lot</c><00:23:49.920><c> of</c><00:23:50.099><c> choices</c><00:23:50.480><c> on</c><00:23:50.740><c> an</c><00:23:50.980><c> individual</c><00:23:51.319><c> level</c>

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and<00:23:52.180><c> on</c><00:23:52.319><c> an</c><00:23:52.480><c> ecclesial</c><00:23:52.900><c> level.</c>

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That<00:23:53.380><c> is</c><00:23:53.599><c> to</c><00:23:53.759><c> say</c><00:23:53.960><c> between</c><00:23:54.319><c> the</c><00:23:54.519><c> man</c><00:23:54.680><c> and</c><00:23:54.759><c> the</c><00:23:54.940><c> woman</c><00:23:55.220><c> who</c><00:23:55.400><c> are</c><00:23:55.559><c> married</c>

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and<00:23:56.500><c> between</c><00:23:56.940><c> the</c><00:23:57.200><c> bride,</c><00:23:58.220><c> the</c><00:23:58.400><c> members</c><00:23:58.740><c> who</c><00:23:59.180><c> make</c><00:23:59.380><c> up</c><00:23:59.640><c> the</c><00:23:59.779><c> bride</c><00:24:00.019><c> of</c><00:24:00.200><c> Christ.</c>

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In<00:24:00.779><c> their</c><00:24:01.000><c> understanding</c><00:24:01.539><c> of</c><00:24:01.740><c> the</c><00:24:01.859><c> marriage.</c>

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So<00:24:03.259><c> here's</c><00:24:03.519><c> the</c><00:24:03.700><c> point.</c>

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Marriage<00:24:04.220><c> from</c><00:24:04.400><c> the</c><00:24:04.559><c> mind</c><00:24:04.700><c> of</c><00:24:04.839><c> God</c><00:24:05.140><c> is</c><00:24:05.640><c> first</c><00:24:05.960><c> based</c><00:24:06.319><c> upon</c><00:24:06.519><c> an</c>

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absolute<00:24:07.119><c> standard</c>

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of<00:24:07.819><c> moral</c><00:24:08.119><c> and</c><00:24:08.480><c> doctrinal</c><00:24:09.000><c> rightness.</c>

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So<00:24:10.960><c> what</c><00:24:11.339><c> does</c><00:24:11.519><c> moral</c><00:24:11.859><c> rightness</c><00:24:12.279><c> have</c><00:24:12.480><c> to</c><00:24:12.619><c> do</c><00:24:12.680><c> with</c><00:24:12.880><c> marriage?</c>

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You<00:24:15.319><c> might</c><00:24:15.519><c> say,</c><00:24:15.900><c> isn't</c><00:24:16.000><c> it</c><00:24:16.319><c> kind</c><00:24:16.440><c> of</c><00:24:16.640><c> obvious?</c>

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Or<00:24:17.140><c> you</c><00:24:17.259><c> might</c><00:24:17.500><c> say,</c><00:24:18.220><c> yeah,</c><00:24:19.039><c> I</c><00:24:19.119><c> mean,</c><00:24:19.259><c> where</c><00:24:19.420><c> are</c><00:24:19.480><c> you</c><00:24:19.500><c> going</c>

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with<00:24:19.799><c> that?</c>

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Well,<00:24:21.039><c> we'll</c><00:24:21.180><c> see.</c>

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What<00:24:21.559><c> does</c><00:24:21.700><c> doctrinal</c><00:24:22.180><c> rightness</c><00:24:22.839><c> have</c><00:24:23.220><c> to</c><00:24:23.319><c> do</c><00:24:23.359><c> with</c><00:24:23.539><c> marriage?</c>

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I<00:24:24.220><c> mean,</c><00:24:24.279><c> doctrinal</c><00:24:24.559><c> rightness</c><00:24:25.400><c> is</c><00:24:25.900><c> what</c><00:24:26.279><c> we</c><00:24:26.539><c> do</c><00:24:26.680><c> when</c><00:24:26.839><c> we</c><00:24:27.059><c> believe</c><00:24:27.319><c> the</c><00:24:27.579><c> truth.</c>

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It<00:24:27.940><c> has</c><00:24:28.099><c> to</c><00:24:28.200><c> do</c><00:24:28.279><c> with</c><00:24:28.519><c> baptism.</c>

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It<00:24:29.200><c> has</c><00:24:29.460><c> to</c><00:24:29.619><c> do</c><00:24:29.700><c> with</c><00:24:29.859><c> being</c><00:24:30.140><c> a</c><00:24:31.140><c> Christadelphian.</c>

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It<00:24:32.039><c> has</c><00:24:32.259><c> to</c><00:24:32.380><c> do</c><00:24:32.480><c> with</c><00:24:32.599><c> reading</c><00:24:32.920><c> God's</c><00:24:33.480><c> Word</c><00:24:33.759><c> and</c><00:24:33.900><c> understanding</c><00:24:34.460><c> what</c><00:24:35.299><c> it</c>

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really<00:24:35.859><c> means</c>

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when<00:24:36.440><c> it</c><00:24:36.559><c> talks</c><00:24:36.819><c> about</c><00:24:37.099><c> things</c><00:24:37.380><c> like</c><00:24:37.619><c> the</c><00:24:37.819><c> sacrifice</c><00:24:38.319><c> of</c><00:24:38.559><c> Christ</c><00:24:38.839><c> and</c>

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so<00:24:39.160><c> on</c><00:24:39.319><c> and</c><00:24:39.519><c> righteousness.</c>

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But<00:24:41.079><c> what</c><00:24:41.259><c> does</c><00:24:41.380><c> it</c><00:24:41.500><c> have</c><00:24:41.660><c> to</c><00:24:41.819><c> do</c><00:24:41.940><c> with</c><00:24:42.119><c> marriage?</c>

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I<00:24:42.660><c> mean,</c><00:24:42.759><c> you're</c><00:24:42.900><c> talking</c><00:24:43.099><c> about</c><00:24:43.420><c> doctrines</c><00:24:43.900><c> and</c><00:24:44.160><c> marriage.</c>

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Well,<00:24:46.200><c> we</c><00:24:46.359><c> say</c><00:24:46.599><c> we</c><00:24:46.720><c> call</c><00:24:46.960><c> it</c><00:24:47.160><c> marriage</c><00:24:47.480><c> in</c><00:24:47.779><c> the</c><00:24:47.980><c> truth.</c>

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So<00:24:48.920><c> there's</c><00:24:49.339><c> one</c><00:24:49.980><c> doctrinal</c><00:24:50.740><c> relationship</c><00:24:51.380><c> and</c><00:24:51.579><c> we</c><00:24:51.740><c> also</c><00:24:52.000><c> call</c><00:24:52.140><c> it</c>

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in<00:24:52.460><c> the</c><00:24:52.660><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:24:53.779><c> that</c><00:24:54.059><c> should</c><00:24:54.319><c> be</c><00:24:54.660><c> a</c><00:24:54.880><c> moral</c><00:24:55.279><c> relationship.</c>

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What<00:24:57.599><c> does</c><00:24:57.759><c> it</c><00:24:57.859><c> have</c><00:24:57.980><c> to</c><00:24:58.119><c> do</c><00:24:58.200><c> with</c><00:24:58.359><c> the</c><00:24:58.500><c> choices</c><00:24:58.859><c> that</c><00:24:59.119><c> we</c><00:24:59.279><c> make?</c>

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Well,<00:25:02.960><c> I</c><00:25:03.059><c> just</c><00:25:03.259><c> want</c><00:25:03.380><c> to</c><00:25:03.519><c> tell</c><00:25:03.640><c> you</c><00:25:03.940><c> just</c><00:25:04.160><c> briefly</c><00:25:04.440><c> in</c><00:25:04.680><c> passing</c>

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about<00:25:05.220><c> a</c><00:25:05.519><c> conversation</c>

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that<00:25:06.240><c> I've</c><00:25:06.420><c> had</c><00:25:06.579><c> with</c><00:25:06.819><c> my</c><00:25:07.000><c> wife</c><00:25:07.220><c> Jean</c><00:25:07.519><c> for</c><00:25:07.880><c> years</c><00:25:08.400><c> and</c><00:25:09.019><c> years.</c>

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On<00:25:10.019><c> the</c><00:25:10.200><c> day</c><00:25:10.359><c> that</c><00:25:10.559><c> I</c><00:25:10.759><c> asked</c><00:25:10.980><c> her</c><00:25:11.180><c> to</c><00:25:11.380><c> marry</c><00:25:11.579><c> me,</c>

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and<00:25:12.779><c> this</c><00:25:12.940><c> is</c><00:25:13.079><c> more</c><00:25:13.240><c> for</c><00:25:13.380><c> the</c><00:25:13.559><c> benefit</c><00:25:13.839><c> of</c><00:25:14.619><c> you</c><00:25:15.000><c> young</c><00:25:15.200><c> folks</c>

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out<00:25:15.640><c> there,</c>

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I<00:25:18.000><c> asked</c><00:25:18.259><c> her</c><00:25:18.579><c> one</c><00:25:18.819><c> evening,</c><00:25:19.519><c> and</c><00:25:19.660><c> as</c><00:25:19.940><c> I</c><00:25:20.140><c> remember</c><00:25:20.380><c> we</c><00:25:20.500><c> were</c><00:25:20.660><c> on</c>

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the<00:25:21.000><c> beach</c>

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and<00:25:21.420><c> I</c><00:25:21.500><c> got</c><00:25:22.019><c> so</c><00:25:23.279><c> many,</c><00:25:24.440><c> the</c><00:25:24.759><c> mosquitoes</c><00:25:25.140><c> were</c><00:25:25.400><c> out</c><00:25:25.559><c> that</c><00:25:25.819><c> night.</c>

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And<00:25:26.640><c> I</c><00:25:26.720><c> was</c><00:25:26.940><c> busy</c><00:25:27.200><c> asking</c><00:25:27.599><c> her</c><00:25:27.880><c> to</c><00:25:28.099><c> marry</c><00:25:28.359><c> me</c><00:25:28.740><c> and</c><00:25:28.880><c> I</c><00:25:29.140><c> remember</c>

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later<00:25:30.339><c> on</c><00:25:30.599><c> realizing</c>

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that<00:25:31.339><c> I</c><00:25:31.500><c> had</c><00:25:31.839><c> what</c><00:25:32.500><c> seemed</c><00:25:32.700><c> to</c><00:25:32.839><c> be</c><00:25:32.980><c> several</c><00:25:33.220><c> hundred</c><00:25:33.599><c> mosquito</c>

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bites<00:25:34.440><c> on</c><00:25:35.339><c> my</c><00:25:35.519><c> leg.</c>

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I<00:25:35.700><c> never</c><00:25:36.000><c> felt</c><00:25:36.480><c> one</c><00:25:37.059><c> of</c><00:25:37.220><c> them</c><00:25:37.619><c> because</c><00:25:38.700><c> I</c><00:25:38.880><c> was</c><00:25:39.039><c> so</c><00:25:39.339><c> in</c><00:25:39.539><c> love.</c>

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And<00:25:41.619><c> she</c><00:25:42.180><c> was</c><00:25:42.460><c> that</c><00:25:42.740><c> distracting</c><00:25:43.279><c> to</c><00:25:43.579><c> me.</c>

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:49.180
But<00:25:45.759><c> the</c><00:25:46.299><c> next</c><00:25:46.619><c> day</c><00:25:46.980><c> I</c><00:25:47.180><c> took</c><00:25:47.400><c> her</c><00:25:47.680><c> out</c><00:25:47.880><c> to</c><00:25:48.039><c> Virginia</c><00:25:48.279><c> Beach</c><00:25:48.640><c> where</c><00:25:48.960><c> we</c>

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walked<00:25:49.359><c> along</c><00:25:49.599><c> the</c><00:25:49.799><c> boardwalk.</c>

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And<00:25:50.279><c> we</c><00:25:50.640><c> really</c><00:25:50.880><c> walked</c><00:25:51.140><c> along</c><00:25:51.380><c> the</c><00:25:51.579><c> beach</c><00:25:51.859><c> all</c><00:25:52.680><c> day.</c>

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It<00:25:53.059><c> was</c><00:25:53.279><c> about</c><00:25:53.660><c> ten</c><00:25:53.900><c> hours</c><00:25:54.220><c> I</c><00:25:54.420><c> think.</c>

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And<00:25:55.240><c> all</c><00:25:55.420><c> day</c><00:25:55.619><c> long</c><00:25:55.980><c> we</c><00:25:56.839><c> talked</c><00:25:57.180><c> about</c><00:25:57.640><c> righteousness</c><00:25:58.079><c> in</c><00:25:58.380><c> marriage.</c>

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We<00:25:59.220><c> said,</c><00:25:59.500><c> all</c><00:25:59.539><c> right,</c><00:25:59.579><c> we're</c><00:25:59.680><c> going</c><00:25:59.799><c> to</c><00:25:59.880><c> get</c><00:26:00.039><c> married,</c><00:26:00.299><c> what</c>

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will<00:26:00.619><c> be</c><00:26:00.819><c> right?</c>

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What<00:26:01.079><c> does</c><00:26:01.220><c> the</c><00:26:01.359><c> Bible</c><00:26:01.599><c> say</c><00:26:01.980><c> about</c><00:26:02.359><c> what</c><00:26:02.839><c> a</c><00:26:02.980><c> marriage</c><00:26:03.220><c> is?</c>

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And<00:26:03.500><c> this</c><00:26:03.660><c> has</c><00:26:03.779><c> just</c><00:26:03.940><c> sort</c><00:26:04.059><c> of</c><00:26:04.299><c> happened</c><00:26:04.700><c> spontaneously</c>

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because<00:26:06.059><c> we</c><00:26:06.220><c> were</c><00:26:06.440><c> both</c><00:26:06.940><c> very</c><00:26:07.759><c> enthusiastic</c><00:26:08.339><c> about</c><00:26:08.640><c> the</c><00:26:08.880><c> truth</c>

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and<00:26:09.599><c> we</c><00:26:09.779><c> wanted</c><00:26:10.019><c> our</c><00:26:10.299><c> marriage</c><00:26:10.599><c> to</c><00:26:10.799><c> be</c><00:26:11.079><c> right.</c>

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So<00:26:13.859><c> we</c><00:26:14.039><c> talked</c><00:26:14.299><c> about</c><00:26:14.619><c> that</c><00:26:14.900><c> and</c><00:26:15.319><c> I</c><00:26:15.519><c> have</c><00:26:15.700><c> to</c><00:26:15.920><c> tell</c><00:26:16.059><c> you,</c>

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I<00:26:16.460><c> only</c><00:26:16.680><c> brought</c><00:26:16.880><c> this</c><00:26:17.059><c> up</c><00:26:17.200><c> in</c><00:26:17.440><c> passing</c><00:26:17.700><c> because</c><00:26:19.079><c> that</c><00:26:20.680><c> conversation</c><00:26:21.319><c> never</c><00:26:21.640><c> ended.</c>

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:24.799
We've<00:26:22.039><c> been</c><00:26:22.140><c> married</c><00:26:22.400><c> now</c><00:26:22.619><c> for</c><00:26:22.740><c> over</c><00:26:23.319><c> 26</c><00:26:23.819><c> years.</c>

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:30.579
I've<00:26:25.460><c> raised</c><00:26:25.880><c> three</c><00:26:26.119><c> children</c><00:26:26.859><c> and</c><00:26:27.720><c> in</c><00:26:28.920><c> the</c><00:26:29.039><c> morning</c><00:26:29.319><c> every</c><00:26:29.740><c> day</c><00:26:30.039><c> we</c><00:26:30.259><c> have</c><00:26:30.460><c> a</c>

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kind<00:26:30.660><c> of</c><00:26:30.799><c> a</c><00:26:31.000><c> coffee</c><00:26:31.220><c> clutch.</c>

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And<00:26:31.940><c> in</c><00:26:32.059><c> that</c><00:26:32.319><c> coffee</c><00:26:32.740><c> clutch</c><00:26:33.259><c> that</c><00:26:34.279><c> conversation</c><00:26:34.920><c> has</c><00:26:35.259><c> continued</c><00:26:35.759><c> every</c>

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day<00:26:36.420><c> of</c><00:26:36.579><c> our</c><00:26:36.740><c> lives</c><00:26:36.960><c> for</c><00:26:37.160><c> 26</c><00:26:37.819><c> years.</c>

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Not<00:26:39.279><c> really</c><00:26:39.500><c> to</c><00:26:39.660><c> our</c><00:26:39.920><c> credit,</c><00:26:40.420><c> it's</c><00:26:40.700><c> to</c><00:26:40.839><c> God's</c><00:26:41.180><c> credit</c><00:26:41.400><c> because</c><00:26:41.640><c> it</c><00:26:41.779><c> isn't</c><00:26:41.960><c> about</c><00:26:42.259><c> us,</c>

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it's<00:26:42.720><c> about</c><00:26:42.900><c> Him.</c>

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It's<00:26:43.480><c> about</c><00:26:43.740><c> His</c><00:26:44.000><c> Word</c><00:26:44.180><c> and</c><00:26:44.339><c> His</c><00:26:44.579><c> righteousness</c><00:26:45.039><c> as</c><00:26:45.960><c> it</c><00:26:46.140><c> works</c>

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:49.779
its<00:26:46.720><c> way</c><00:26:47.039><c> into</c><00:26:47.380><c> every</c><00:26:47.700><c> little</c><00:26:48.480><c> detail</c><00:26:49.039><c> of</c><00:26:49.319><c> our</c><00:26:49.539><c> lives.</c>

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:52.039
And<00:26:49.980><c> those</c><00:26:50.180><c> details</c><00:26:50.619><c> are</c><00:26:50.839><c> usually</c><00:26:51.119><c> the</c><00:26:51.299><c> ones</c><00:26:51.480><c> in</c><00:26:51.619><c> which</c><00:26:51.759><c> we're</c>

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:54.480
examining<00:26:52.619><c> what's</c><00:26:53.700><c> right,</c><00:26:53.880><c> what's</c><00:26:54.299><c> wrong,</c>

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:56.799
what's<00:26:54.839><c> holy,</c><00:26:55.099><c> what's</c><00:26:55.500><c> profane,</c><00:26:55.940><c> how's</c><00:26:56.220><c> this</c><00:26:56.319><c> going</c><00:26:56.460><c> to</c><00:26:56.579><c> work</c>

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out<00:26:57.019><c> against</c><00:26:57.380><c> God's</c><00:26:57.839><c> Word</c><00:26:58.259><c> and</c><00:26:59.119><c> based</c><00:26:59.380><c> on</c><00:26:59.500><c> His</c><00:26:59.740><c> righteousness.</c>

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And<00:27:00.519><c> that's</c><00:27:00.759><c> because</c><00:27:01.079><c> the</c><00:27:01.220><c> two</c><00:27:01.400><c> of</c><00:27:01.539><c> us,</c><00:27:01.740><c> recognizing</c><00:27:02.299><c> there</c>

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isn't<00:27:02.720><c> any</c><00:27:02.960><c> righteousness</c><00:27:03.319><c> in</c><00:27:03.619><c> ourselves,</c>

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hunger<00:27:05.420><c> and</c><00:27:05.660><c> thirst</c><00:27:06.000><c> after</c><00:27:06.380><c> the</c><00:27:06.579><c> righteousness</c><00:27:06.960><c> of</c><00:27:07.200><c> God.</c>

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:12.460
And<00:27:08.299><c> really</c><00:27:08.940><c> with</c><00:27:09.140><c> all</c><00:27:09.319><c> our</c><00:27:09.460><c> hearts</c><00:27:09.720><c> we</c><00:27:09.839><c> want</c><00:27:10.039><c> to</c><00:27:10.180><c> do</c><00:27:10.339><c> what</c><00:27:10.500><c> will</c><00:27:10.799><c> declare</c><00:27:11.039><c> His</c><00:27:11.359><c> righteousness.</c>

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:16.180
So<00:27:13.019><c> that's</c><00:27:13.380><c> not</c><00:27:13.599><c> a</c><00:27:13.740><c> bad</c><00:27:13.900><c> idea</c><00:27:14.259><c> for</c><00:27:14.519><c> anybody's</c><00:27:15.740><c> marriage.</c>

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If<00:27:16.920><c> there's</c><00:27:17.259><c> some</c><00:27:17.519><c> kind</c><00:27:17.700><c> of</c><00:27:17.839><c> an</c><00:27:17.960><c> ongoing</c><00:27:18.660><c> attention</c><00:27:19.400><c> given</c><00:27:19.859><c> to</c>

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:23.299
what<00:27:20.319><c> is</c><00:27:20.599><c> right</c><00:27:21.000><c> from</c><00:27:22.099><c> God's</c><00:27:22.579><c> point</c><00:27:22.740><c> of</c><00:27:22.940><c> view,</c>

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:28.539
not<00:27:23.920><c> what</c><00:27:24.039><c> I</c><00:27:24.359><c> feel</c><00:27:24.559><c> is</c><00:27:24.779><c> right</c><00:27:24.940><c> in</c><00:27:25.099><c> my</c><00:27:25.400><c> heart,</c><00:27:26.640><c> in</c><00:27:26.819><c> my</c><00:27:27.059><c> secret</c><00:27:27.460><c> heart,</c>

00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:32.539
not<00:27:28.720><c> what</c><00:27:28.900><c> we</c><00:27:29.140><c> feel</c><00:27:29.359><c> for</c><00:27:29.559><c> the</c><00:27:29.720><c> moment,</c><00:27:30.180><c> what</c><00:27:30.440><c> God,</c><00:27:30.980><c> what</c><00:27:31.180><c> continues</c><00:27:32.039><c> to</c><00:27:32.359><c> be</c>

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right<00:27:32.759><c> consistently</c><00:27:33.519><c> from</c><00:27:33.859><c> God's</c><00:27:34.299><c> Word.</c>

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:38.099
Well,<00:27:35.400><c> that</c><00:27:35.599><c> isn't</c><00:27:35.819><c> the</c><00:27:35.920><c> way</c><00:27:36.059><c> it</c><00:27:36.140><c> works</c><00:27:36.400><c> out</c><00:27:36.599><c> in</c><00:27:36.819><c> human</c><00:27:37.059><c> reasoning.</c>

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:41.380
The<00:27:39.319><c> humanist</c><00:27:39.720><c> position</c><00:27:40.200><c> on</c><00:27:40.579><c> right,</c><00:27:40.740><c> and</c><00:27:40.859><c> I'm</c><00:27:41.000><c> going</c><00:27:41.059><c> to</c><00:27:41.160><c> be</c>

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:45.019
referring<00:27:41.700><c> in</c><00:27:42.619><c> these,</c><00:27:42.740><c> in</c><00:27:43.180><c> the</c><00:27:43.259><c> next</c><00:27:43.640><c> five</c><00:27:44.619><c> studies,</c>

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:49.680
to<00:27:45.700><c> the</c><00:27:45.920><c> Humanist</c><00:27:46.200><c> Manifesto,</c><00:27:47.259><c> the</c><00:27:47.660><c> one</c><00:27:47.779><c> in</c><00:27:48.039><c> 73,</c><00:27:49.200><c> I</c><00:27:49.359><c> think</c><00:27:49.519><c> it</c>

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:52.559
was,<00:27:50.400><c> early</c><00:27:50.680><c> 70s,</c><00:27:51.099><c> if</c><00:27:51.200><c> it</c><00:27:51.359><c> wasn't</c><00:27:51.500><c> 73,</c>

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:56.339
which<00:27:54.119><c> was</c><00:27:54.380><c> a</c><00:27:54.519><c> description</c><00:27:55.000><c> pretty</c><00:27:55.339><c> much</c><00:27:55.579><c> of</c><00:27:55.799><c> the</c><00:27:55.900><c> way</c><00:27:56.019><c> people</c>

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:58.900
reason<00:27:56.779><c> if</c><00:27:57.059><c> they</c><00:27:57.279><c> have</c><00:27:57.420><c> no</c><00:27:57.619><c> faith</c><00:27:57.839><c> in</c><00:27:58.079><c> God.</c>

00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:04.640
There's<00:27:59.619><c> a</c><00:27:59.720><c> lot</c><00:27:59.799><c> of</c><00:27:59.940><c> things</c><00:28:00.059><c> that</c><00:28:00.240><c> went</c><00:28:00.339><c> into</c><00:28:00.619><c> it,</c><00:28:01.559><c> but</c><00:28:02.019><c> it</c><00:28:02.839><c> goes</c><00:28:03.160><c> into</c><00:28:03.579><c> things</c><00:28:03.920><c> like</c><00:28:04.200><c> right</c><00:28:04.440><c> and</c>

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:06.059
wrong<00:28:04.880><c> and</c><00:28:05.160><c> morals</c><00:28:05.460><c> and</c><00:28:05.700><c> so</c><00:28:05.880><c> on.</c>

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:10.960
And<00:28:06.319><c> basically</c><00:28:07.400><c> the</c><00:28:08.579><c> Humanist</c><00:28:08.940><c> Manifesto</c><00:28:09.559><c> is</c><00:28:09.759><c> in</c><00:28:09.900><c> the</c><00:28:10.140><c> background,</c><00:28:10.759><c> it's</c>

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:13.220
kind<00:28:11.140><c> of</c><00:28:11.259><c> like</c><00:28:11.420><c> an</c><00:28:11.640><c> embedded</c><00:28:12.000><c> background</c><00:28:12.700><c> statement</c>

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:17.119
that<00:28:13.660><c> describes</c><00:28:14.140><c> exactly</c><00:28:14.680><c> the</c><00:28:14.880><c> way</c><00:28:15.819><c> the</c><00:28:16.180><c> secular</c><00:28:16.480><c> culture</c><00:28:16.920><c> in</c>

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:19.400
the<00:28:17.240><c> U</c><00:28:17.400><c>.S.</c><00:28:17.519><c> and</c><00:28:17.579><c> the</c><00:28:17.660><c> rest</c><00:28:17.799><c> of</c><00:28:17.980><c> the</c><00:28:18.019><c> world,</c><00:28:18.299><c> in</c><00:28:18.619><c> fact,</c>

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:22.500
thinks<00:28:19.759><c> these</c><00:28:20.220><c> days</c><00:28:20.680><c> that</c><00:28:21.140><c> right</c><00:28:21.339><c> is</c><00:28:21.579><c> determined</c><00:28:21.900><c> individually.</c>

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:25.000
You<00:28:22.779><c> know,</c><00:28:22.859><c> I</c><00:28:23.019><c> decide</c><00:28:23.359><c> what's</c><00:28:23.660><c> right</c><00:28:23.880><c> for</c><00:28:24.079><c> me</c><00:28:24.339><c> and</c><00:28:24.480><c> you</c><00:28:24.720><c> decide</c>

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what's<00:28:25.299><c> right</c><00:28:25.500><c> for</c><00:28:25.700><c> you.</c>

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And<00:28:25.960><c> if</c><00:28:26.779><c> what</c><00:28:26.980><c> I</c><00:28:27.140><c> think</c><00:28:27.299><c> is</c><00:28:27.480><c> right</c><00:28:27.579><c> is</c><00:28:27.759><c> not</c><00:28:27.920><c> right</c><00:28:28.119><c> for</c><00:28:28.299><c> you,</c><00:28:28.539><c> well,</c><00:28:28.740><c> okay,</c><00:28:29.039><c> we'll</c><00:28:29.240><c> agree</c><00:28:29.400><c> to</c>

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part<00:28:29.759><c> company</c><00:28:30.160><c> on</c><00:28:30.839><c> those</c><00:28:31.079><c> terms.</c>

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That<00:28:32.740><c> right</c><00:28:33.160><c> is</c><00:28:33.900><c> self</c><00:28:34.160><c>-fulfillment.</c>

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I<00:28:35.779><c> mean,</c><00:28:36.299><c> don't</c><00:28:36.440><c> you</c><00:28:36.519><c> go</c><00:28:36.660><c> to</c><00:28:36.859><c> college</c><00:28:37.160><c> and</c><00:28:37.319><c> get</c><00:28:37.480><c> a</c><00:28:37.660><c> career</c><00:28:38.000><c> and</c>

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do<00:28:41.119><c> your</c><00:28:41.339><c> own</c><00:28:41.660><c> thing</c><00:28:42.180><c> so</c><00:28:42.559><c> that</c><00:28:42.720><c> you</c><00:28:42.799><c> can</c><00:28:42.980><c> be</c><00:28:43.220><c> fulfilled?</c>

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I<00:28:44.059><c> mean,</c><00:28:45.000><c> didn't</c><00:28:45.180><c> you</c><00:28:45.339><c> learn</c><00:28:45.539><c> in</c><00:28:45.839><c> psychology</c><00:28:46.279><c> class,</c><00:28:46.599><c> those</c>

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of<00:28:46.940><c> you</c><00:28:47.079><c> who've</c><00:28:47.160><c> had</c><00:28:47.259><c> it</c><00:28:47.420><c> so</c><00:28:47.559><c> far,</c>

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that<00:28:48.420><c> you</c><00:28:48.819><c> want</c><00:28:48.960><c> to</c><00:28:49.079><c> be</c><00:28:49.279><c> self</c><00:28:49.579><c>-actualized?</c><00:28:50.420><c> Didn't</c><00:28:50.539><c> you</c><00:28:50.700><c> learn</c><00:28:50.900><c> that?</c>

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I<00:28:52.599><c> mean,</c><00:28:52.700><c> isn't</c><00:28:52.880><c> there</c><00:28:53.079><c> a</c><00:28:53.079><c> lot</c><00:28:53.299><c> of</c><00:28:53.480><c> emphasis</c><00:28:53.779><c> on</c><00:28:53.980><c> what</c><00:28:54.140><c> happens</c>

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to<00:28:54.859><c> yourself</c><00:28:55.579><c> ultimately</c><00:28:56.900><c> in</c><00:28:57.319><c> this</c><00:28:57.539><c> life?</c>

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And<00:28:58.200><c> if</c><00:28:58.500><c> it's</c><00:28:58.720><c> not</c><00:28:59.039><c> making</c><00:28:59.319><c> you</c><00:28:59.619><c> happy,</c><00:29:00.119><c> well,</c><00:29:00.319><c> then</c><00:29:00.460><c> it</c><00:29:00.599><c> must</c>

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not<00:29:01.160><c> be</c><00:29:01.660><c> right</c><00:29:02.220><c> for</c><00:29:03.059><c> you.</c>

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The<00:29:03.599><c> ultimate</c><00:29:03.839><c> goal,</c><00:29:04.359><c> of</c><00:29:04.440><c> course,</c><00:29:05.400><c> being</c><00:29:05.500><c> self</c><00:29:05.859><c> or</c><00:29:06.079><c> personal,</c>

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individual,<00:29:07.839><c> happiness</c><00:29:08.119><c> and</c><00:29:08.480><c> fulfillment.</c>

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And<00:29:09.819><c> so</c><00:29:10.299><c> right</c><00:29:10.519><c> is</c><00:29:10.799><c> basically</c><00:29:11.819><c> the</c><00:29:12.559><c> thing</c><00:29:12.819><c> that</c><00:29:13.400><c> sets</c><00:29:13.799><c> those</c>

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things<00:29:14.420><c> up</c><00:29:14.680><c> for</c><00:29:14.900><c> you.</c>

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This<00:29:15.259><c> is</c><00:29:15.380><c> what</c><00:29:15.480><c> it</c><00:29:15.700><c> says</c><00:29:15.839><c> specifically.</c>

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The<00:29:17.099><c> preciousness</c><00:29:17.660><c> and</c><00:29:17.839><c> dignity</c><00:29:18.180><c> of</c><00:29:18.359><c> the</c><00:29:18.599><c> individual</c><00:29:19.000><c> person</c>

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is<00:29:19.740><c> central</c><00:29:20.400><c> humanist</c><00:29:21.039><c> value.</c>

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Individuals<00:29:22.460><c> should</c><00:29:22.619><c> be</c><00:29:22.839><c> encouraged</c><00:29:23.140><c> to</c><00:29:23.380><c> realize</c><00:29:23.680><c> their</c><00:29:23.920><c> own</c>

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talents<00:29:24.380><c> and</c><00:29:24.640><c> desires.</c>

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We<00:29:26.099><c> reject,</c><00:29:26.640><c> say</c><00:29:27.079><c> the</c><00:29:27.339><c> humanists,</c><00:29:28.039><c> all</c><00:29:28.319><c> religious,</c><00:29:29.640><c> ideological</c><00:29:30.140><c> or</c><00:29:30.319><c> moral</c><00:29:30.660><c> codes</c>

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that<00:29:31.259><c> denigrate</c><00:29:32.019><c> the</c><00:29:32.400><c> individual.</c>

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Ultimately,<00:29:34.299><c> the</c><00:29:34.480><c> individual</c><00:29:35.059><c> is</c><00:29:35.420><c> the</c><00:29:35.619><c> ultimate</c><00:29:36.140><c> determination</c><00:29:36.900><c> of</c><00:29:37.140><c> what</c><00:29:37.279><c> is</c>

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right<00:29:37.960><c> for</c><00:29:38.599><c> him</c><00:29:39.019><c> or</c><00:29:39.359><c> her.</c>

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In<00:29:40.880><c> other</c><00:29:41.099><c> words,</c><00:29:41.359><c> we</c><00:29:41.539><c> believe,</c><00:29:41.900><c> they</c><00:29:42.160><c> say,</c><00:29:42.420><c> in</c><00:29:42.700><c> maximum</c>

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individual<00:29:44.579><c> autonomy.</c>

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Well,<00:29:47.500><c> at</c><00:29:47.619><c> the</c><00:29:47.619><c> end</c><00:29:47.839><c> of</c><00:29:48.000><c> Hosea,</c><00:29:48.380><c> we</c><00:29:48.460><c> read</c><00:29:48.640><c> the</c><00:29:48.779><c> concluding</c><00:29:49.279><c> verse.</c>

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The<00:29:51.440><c> Lord</c><00:29:51.460><c> is</c><00:29:51.920><c> right.</c>

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Not<00:29:53.700><c> the</c><00:29:53.839><c> ways</c><00:29:54.079><c> of</c><00:29:54.259><c> the</c><00:29:54.480><c> individual,</c><00:29:54.960><c> the</c><00:29:55.059><c> ways</c><00:29:55.240><c> of</c><00:29:55.420><c> the</c><00:29:55.579><c> Lord.</c>

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What<00:29:56.319><c> you</c><00:29:56.599><c> read</c><00:29:56.779><c> in</c><00:29:56.920><c> the</c><00:29:57.099><c> Bible</c><00:29:57.440><c> is</c><00:29:58.000><c> right.</c>

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That's<00:29:59.660><c> what</c><00:29:59.819><c> describes</c><00:30:00.299><c> what</c><00:30:00.440><c> is</c><00:30:00.660><c> right</c><00:30:00.900><c> and</c><00:30:01.039><c> what</c><00:30:01.180><c> is</c><00:30:01.400><c> wrong.</c>

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And<00:30:02.480><c> you</c><00:30:02.539><c> won't</c><00:30:02.779><c> know</c><00:30:02.980><c> unless</c><00:30:03.220><c> you</c><00:30:03.480><c> really</c><00:30:03.839><c> read</c><00:30:04.039><c> the</c><00:30:04.180><c> Bible.</c>

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That<00:30:04.660><c> means</c><00:30:04.920><c> when</c><00:30:05.059><c> you</c><00:30:05.279><c> open</c><00:30:05.480><c> it</c><00:30:05.680><c> up</c><00:30:05.940><c> and</c><00:30:06.359><c> you</c><00:30:06.619><c> read</c><00:30:06.779><c> a</c><00:30:06.980><c> passage</c>

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like<00:30:07.579><c> Hosea</c><00:30:07.960><c> 19</c>

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and<00:30:08.980><c> you</c><00:30:09.160><c> look</c><00:30:09.299><c> at</c><00:30:09.500><c> those</c><00:30:09.740><c> words,</c><00:30:10.140><c> you</c><00:30:10.319><c> really</c><00:30:10.660><c> think</c><00:30:10.880><c> about</c>

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what<00:30:11.299><c> he</c><00:30:11.480><c> means</c><00:30:11.720><c> when</c><00:30:11.880><c> he</c><00:30:12.079><c> says</c><00:30:12.240><c> that.</c>

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Then<00:30:13.059><c> and</c><00:30:13.180><c> only</c><00:30:13.359><c> then</c><00:30:13.599><c> will</c><00:30:13.759><c> you</c><00:30:13.920><c> understand</c><00:30:14.380><c> what</c><00:30:14.619><c> right</c><00:30:14.900><c> is.</c>

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The<00:30:15.880><c> ways</c><00:30:16.200><c> of</c><00:30:16.380><c> the</c><00:30:16.599><c> Lord</c><00:30:16.799><c> are</c><00:30:17.079><c> right.</c>

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The<00:30:18.119><c> marriage</c><00:30:18.400><c> that</c><00:30:18.579><c> we're</c><00:30:18.799><c> describing</c><00:30:19.279><c> from</c><00:30:19.660><c> his</c><00:30:19.980><c> word,</c>

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that's<00:30:21.259><c> right.</c>

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The<00:30:23.880><c> upright</c><00:30:24.240><c> walk</c><00:30:24.640><c> in</c><00:30:24.779><c> them.</c>

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But<00:30:26.460><c> isn't</c><00:30:26.640><c> it</c><00:30:26.880><c> interesting?</c><00:30:27.220><c> Look</c><00:30:27.339><c> what</c><00:30:27.500><c> happens.</c>

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Transgressors<00:30:29.799><c> stumble</c><00:30:30.319><c> in</c><00:30:30.519><c> them.</c>

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A<00:30:32.680><c> transgressor</c><00:30:33.160><c> will</c><00:30:33.359><c> read</c><00:30:33.579><c> God's</c><00:30:34.000><c> Word</c><00:30:34.559><c> and</c><00:30:35.579><c> it</c><00:30:35.680><c> will</c><00:30:35.799><c> make</c>

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him<00:30:36.180><c> trip.</c>

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He'll<00:30:38.259><c> trip</c><00:30:38.420><c> right</c><00:30:38.640><c> over</c><00:30:38.859><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:30:39.759><c> in</c><00:30:39.859><c> his</c><00:30:40.079><c> way.</c>

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It<00:30:41.599><c> blocks</c><00:30:41.980><c> his</c><00:30:42.279><c> self</c><00:30:42.480><c>-fulfillment.</c>

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He<00:30:43.720><c> can't</c><00:30:43.980><c> use</c><00:30:44.299><c> things</c><00:30:44.640><c> that</c><00:30:45.059><c> stop</c><00:30:45.299><c> him,</c><00:30:46.059><c> that</c><00:30:46.259><c> make</c><00:30:46.440><c> him</c><00:30:46.700><c> falter.</c>

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God's<00:30:48.920><c> Word</c><00:30:49.039><c> doesn't</c><00:30:49.339><c> work</c><00:30:49.700><c> right</c><00:30:50.000><c> for</c><00:30:50.180><c> people</c><00:30:50.539><c> who</c><00:30:51.720><c> love</c><00:30:52.140><c> transgression.</c>

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They<00:30:53.680><c> stumble</c><00:30:54.160><c> in</c><00:30:54.339><c> it,</c><00:30:55.559><c> but</c><00:30:55.779><c> they're</c><00:30:55.960><c> still</c><00:30:56.200><c> right.</c>

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That's<00:30:58.259><c> the</c><00:30:58.420><c> truth.</c>

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So<00:31:00.099><c> we're</c><00:31:00.359><c> talking</c><00:31:00.660><c> now</c><00:31:01.019><c> in</c><00:31:01.220><c> the</c><00:31:01.440><c> humanist</c><00:31:01.799><c> mentality</c><00:31:02.240><c> about</c>

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right<00:31:02.920><c> and</c><00:31:03.200><c> autonomy.</c>

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The<00:31:05.240><c> ways</c><00:31:05.480><c> of</c><00:31:05.680><c> the</c><00:31:05.839><c> Lord,</c><00:31:06.180><c> as</c><00:31:06.420><c> we</c><00:31:06.640><c> said,</c><00:31:07.079><c> are</c><00:31:07.240><c> right.</c>

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Autonomy<00:31:09.160><c> is</c><00:31:09.420><c> an</c><00:31:09.559><c> interesting</c><00:31:09.940><c> term.</c>

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When<00:31:10.740><c> it</c><00:31:10.819><c> came</c><00:31:11.019><c> up</c><00:31:11.180><c> in</c><00:31:11.319><c> the</c><00:31:11.440><c> Ecclesial</c><00:31:11.880><c> Guide,</c><00:31:12.599><c> it</c><00:31:12.700><c> came</c><00:31:12.880><c> up</c>

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for<00:31:13.460><c> one</c><00:31:13.599><c> and</c><00:31:13.759><c> only</c><00:31:14.180><c> one</c><00:31:14.420><c> reason.</c>

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When<00:31:15.599><c> Robert</c><00:31:15.900><c> Roberts</c><00:31:16.200><c> wrote</c><00:31:16.400><c> the</c><00:31:16.559><c> Ecclesial</c><00:31:16.859><c> Guide,</c>

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it<00:31:17.720><c> wasn't</c><00:31:18.059><c> a</c><00:31:18.279><c> time</c><00:31:18.599><c> when</c><00:31:19.500><c> humanism</c><00:31:19.980><c> had</c><00:31:20.279><c> taken</c><00:31:20.579><c> the</c><00:31:20.940><c> form</c><00:31:21.140><c> that</c><00:31:21.319><c> it</c>

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has<00:31:21.640><c> in</c><00:31:21.839><c> our</c><00:31:22.099><c> times</c>

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and<00:31:22.960><c> where</c><00:31:23.220><c> autonomy</c><00:31:23.640><c> got</c><00:31:23.880><c> to</c><00:31:24.039><c> be</c><00:31:24.220><c> a</c><00:31:24.319><c> way</c><00:31:24.480><c> of</c><00:31:24.759><c> life.</c>

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:30.960
Autonomy<00:31:26.619><c> in</c><00:31:27.119><c> the</c><00:31:27.319><c> Ecclesial</c><00:31:27.579><c> Guide</c><00:31:27.839><c> was</c><00:31:28.019><c> there</c><00:31:28.279><c> simply</c><00:31:28.579><c> because</c><00:31:29.619><c> the</c>

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autocracy<00:31:31.700><c> of</c><00:31:32.079><c> the</c><00:31:32.299><c> Church</c>

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had<00:31:33.200><c> imposed</c><00:31:33.579><c> so</c><00:31:34.140><c> much</c><00:31:34.440><c> on</c><00:31:34.740><c> people</c><00:31:35.200><c> that</c><00:31:35.779><c> now</c><00:31:36.519><c> basically</c><00:31:37.400><c> Christadelphians</c><00:31:37.980><c> were</c><00:31:38.200><c> saying,</c>

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the<00:31:39.079><c> Bible</c><00:31:39.359><c> is</c><00:31:39.539><c> something</c><00:31:39.779><c> each</c><00:31:40.160><c> of</c><00:31:40.299><c> us</c><00:31:40.440><c> has</c><00:31:40.700><c> to</c><00:31:40.920><c> take</c><00:31:41.099><c> for</c><00:31:41.359><c> himself.</c>

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It<00:31:42.500><c> can't</c><00:31:42.880><c> come</c><00:31:43.200><c> from</c><00:31:43.400><c> a</c><00:31:43.619><c> clergy</c><00:31:43.920><c> and</c><00:31:44.480><c> therefore</c><00:31:44.880><c> Ecclesias</c>

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must<00:31:45.759><c> have</c><00:31:46.000><c> necessity</c>

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to<00:31:47.039><c> prevent</c><00:31:47.240><c> a</c><00:31:47.539><c> clergy</c><00:31:47.779><c> from</c><00:31:48.180><c> dominating</c><00:31:48.660><c> them</c><00:31:48.900><c> like</c><00:31:49.359><c> the</c><00:31:49.539><c> Catholic</c><00:31:49.839><c> Church</c><00:31:50.180><c> had</c>

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done<00:31:50.599><c> for</c><00:31:50.859><c> so</c><00:31:51.019><c> many</c><00:31:51.220><c> years.</c>

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:55.200
Now<00:31:52.299><c> Ecclesias</c><00:31:52.819><c> must</c><00:31:53.059><c> think</c><00:31:53.359><c> for</c><00:31:53.519><c> themselves</c><00:31:54.160><c> directly</c><00:31:54.880><c> with</c>

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.960
God's<00:31:55.700><c> Word.</c>

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:58.819
They<00:31:56.339><c> can't</c><00:31:56.640><c> take</c><00:31:56.880><c> it</c><00:31:57.000><c> from</c><00:31:57.220><c> the</c><00:31:57.420><c> pulpit.</c>

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:02.200
But<00:31:59.859><c> autonomy</c><00:32:00.200><c> now</c><00:32:00.500><c> is</c><00:32:00.660><c> a</c><00:32:00.819><c> different</c><00:32:00.980><c> thing.</c>

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:05.099
Autonomy<00:32:02.660><c> is</c><00:32:02.940><c> self</c><00:32:03.140><c>-rule.</c><00:32:03.319><c> That's</c><00:32:03.539><c> what</c><00:32:03.700><c> the</c><00:32:03.859><c> word</c><00:32:04.000><c> means.</c>

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:09.380
Well,<00:32:06.099><c> look</c><00:32:06.380><c> at</c><00:32:06.440><c> what</c><00:32:06.599><c> the</c><00:32:06.819><c> Bible</c><00:32:07.079><c> says</c><00:32:07.420><c> about</c><00:32:07.740><c> rule</c><00:32:08.079><c> just</c><00:32:08.539><c> in</c>

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:11.000
connection<00:32:09.740><c> with</c><00:32:10.079><c> autonomy.</c>

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:15.000
First<00:32:11.720><c> it</c><00:32:11.859><c> says</c><00:32:12.039><c> the</c><00:32:12.180><c> most</c><00:32:12.519><c> high</c><00:32:12.799><c> rules</c><00:32:13.140><c> in</c><00:32:13.359><c> the</c><00:32:13.460><c> kingdoms</c><00:32:13.759><c> of</c><00:32:14.059><c> men.</c>

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:19.380
Christ<00:32:16.420><c> is</c><00:32:16.720><c> the</c><00:32:16.960><c> ruler</c><00:32:17.339><c> of</c><00:32:18.140><c> the</c><00:32:18.339><c> world,</c><00:32:18.579><c> of</c><00:32:18.759><c> this</c><00:32:18.940><c> world.</c>

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:21.940
He's<00:32:20.339><c> the</c><00:32:20.619><c> head</c><00:32:21.000><c> of</c><00:32:21.359><c> the</c><00:32:21.559><c> Church.</c>

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:25.240
The<00:32:22.400><c> Church</c><00:32:22.579><c> is</c><00:32:22.839><c> ruled</c><00:32:23.019><c> by</c><00:32:23.259><c> the</c><00:32:23.480><c> authority</c><00:32:23.839><c> of</c><00:32:24.059><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:29.940
The<00:32:27.779><c> elders</c><00:32:28.059><c> of</c><00:32:28.240><c> the</c><00:32:28.380><c> Church</c><00:32:28.579><c> also</c><00:32:29.000><c> rule.</c>

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:34.000
The<00:32:31.380><c> deacons</c><00:32:31.640><c> should</c><00:32:32.000><c> rule</c><00:32:32.339><c> their</c><00:32:32.700><c> households.</c>

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:38.059
Husbands<00:32:35.039><c> would</c><00:32:35.319><c> rule</c><00:32:36.200><c> over</c><00:32:36.740><c> their</c><00:32:36.960><c> wives.</c>

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:42.519
Yes,<00:32:41.339><c> that's</c><00:32:41.599><c> that.</c>

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:48.640
Neither<00:32:44.819><c> husbands</c><00:32:45.299><c> nor</c><00:32:45.640><c> wives</c><00:32:46.099><c> would</c><00:32:46.460><c> rule</c><00:32:46.839><c> over</c><00:32:47.119><c> their</c><00:32:47.380><c> own</c><00:32:47.640><c> bodies.</c>

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:55.480
That<00:32:51.019><c> his</c><00:32:51.339><c> peace,</c><00:32:51.960><c> his</c><00:32:52.339><c> peace,</c><00:32:53.240><c> should</c><00:32:53.480><c> rule</c><00:32:53.880><c> in</c><00:32:54.119><c> our</c><00:32:54.319><c> hearts.</c>

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:58.819
Where<00:32:56.299><c> in</c><00:32:56.440><c> any</c><00:32:56.680><c> of</c><00:32:56.819><c> this</c><00:32:57.039><c> is</c><00:32:57.480><c> the</c><00:32:57.680><c> principle</c><00:32:58.059><c> of</c><00:32:58.319><c> self</c><00:32:58.579><c>-rule,</c>

00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.960
of<00:32:59.079><c> autonomy?</c>

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:04.380
You<00:33:00.579><c> see</c><00:33:00.759><c> how</c><00:33:01.160><c> the</c><00:33:01.640><c> ways</c><00:33:01.940><c> of</c><00:33:02.140><c> the</c><00:33:02.279><c> Lord</c><00:33:02.420><c> are</c><00:33:02.740><c> right,</c><00:33:03.160><c> the</c><00:33:03.420><c> upright</c><00:33:03.940><c> walk</c>

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:04.759
in<00:33:04.500><c> them.</c>

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:08.140
They<00:33:05.220><c> submit</c><00:33:05.740><c> themselves</c><00:33:06.240><c> to</c><00:33:06.500><c> the</c><00:33:06.720><c> authority</c><00:33:07.079><c> of</c><00:33:07.279><c> God</c><00:33:07.460><c> in</c><00:33:07.619><c> His</c><00:33:07.819><c> Word</c>

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:12.819
and<00:33:08.460><c> to</c><00:33:08.740><c> all</c><00:33:09.079><c> forms</c><00:33:09.500><c> of</c><00:33:10.740><c> rules,</c><00:33:10.839><c> rule</c><00:33:11.240><c> in</c><00:33:11.759><c> rules.</c>

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:19.160
But<00:33:15.519><c> transgressors</c><00:33:16.160><c> would</c><00:33:16.539><c> find</c><00:33:17.000><c> every</c><00:33:17.740><c> single</c><00:33:18.059><c> one</c><00:33:18.259><c> of</c><00:33:18.420><c> these</c><00:33:18.579><c> to</c><00:33:18.759><c> be</c><00:33:19.019><c> a</c>

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:20.799
stone<00:33:19.359><c> in</c><00:33:19.539><c> his</c><00:33:19.779><c> path.</c>

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:28.519
So<00:33:25.319><c> we</c><00:33:25.960><c> aren't</c><00:33:26.200><c> really</c><00:33:26.619><c> all</c><00:33:26.880><c> that</c><00:33:27.099><c> autonomous,</c><00:33:28.119><c> are</c><00:33:28.339><c> we?</c>

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:33.500
This<00:33:28.799><c> is</c><00:33:29.500><c> a</c><00:33:29.799><c> baby</c><00:33:30.160><c> humanist</c><00:33:30.859><c> and</c><00:33:31.599><c> they</c><00:33:32.299><c> don't</c><00:33:32.539><c> change</c><00:33:32.960><c> much</c><00:33:33.279><c> as</c>

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:34.660
they<00:33:33.799><c> grow</c><00:33:34.099><c> and</c><00:33:34.400><c> grow.</c>

00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:39.019
It's<00:33:35.019><c> really</c><00:33:35.359><c> all</c><00:33:35.640><c> the</c><00:33:35.859><c> same</c><00:33:36.059><c> in</c><00:33:36.240><c> the</c><00:33:36.380><c> background</c><00:33:36.839><c> of</c><00:33:37.259><c> the</c><00:33:37.599><c> work</c><00:33:37.779><c> environment</c><00:33:38.339><c> where</c><00:33:38.579><c> I</c><00:33:38.880><c> am.</c>

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:41.799
That's<00:33:39.380><c> basically</c><00:33:39.779><c> the</c><00:33:40.059><c> disposition</c><00:33:40.539><c> of</c><00:33:40.819><c> all</c><00:33:40.980><c> the</c><00:33:41.240><c> people</c>

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:45.000
who<00:33:43.140><c> stand</c><00:33:43.460><c> around</c><00:33:43.859><c> half</c><00:33:44.200><c> their</c><00:33:44.460><c> time</c>

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:48.720
getting<00:33:45.359><c> paid</c><00:33:45.779><c> to</c><00:33:46.160><c> do</c><00:33:46.440><c> this</c><00:33:47.059><c> in</c><00:33:47.359><c> their</c><00:33:47.680><c> minds.</c>

00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:52.859
But<00:33:49.599><c> when</c><00:33:49.819><c> they</c><00:33:50.059><c> grow</c><00:33:50.299><c> up</c><00:33:50.799><c> they're</c><00:33:51.140><c> a</c><00:33:51.240><c> little</c><00:33:51.440><c> less</c><00:33:52.140><c> humorous</c>

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:54.299
to<00:33:53.059><c> consider</c><00:33:53.480><c> it.</c>

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:57.259
This<00:33:54.519><c> is</c><00:33:54.700><c> what</c><00:33:54.880><c> Bertrand</c><00:33:55.279><c> Russell</c><00:33:55.640><c> said</c><00:33:55.859><c> about</c><00:33:56.160><c> righteousness</c><00:33:56.599><c> in</c><00:33:56.859><c> his</c><00:33:57.079><c> book</c>

00:33:57.259 --> 00:34:00.140
Why<00:33:57.680><c> I</c><00:33:57.880><c> Am</c><00:33:58.019><c> Not</c><00:33:58.299><c> a</c><00:33:58.559><c> Christian,</c><00:33:58.960><c> if</c><00:33:59.099><c> you've</c><00:33:59.319><c> never</c><00:33:59.519><c> heard</c><00:33:59.720><c> of</c><00:33:59.880><c> some</c><00:34:00.019><c> of</c>

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:01.539
the<00:34:00.259><c> things</c><00:34:00.440><c> that</c><00:34:00.619><c> he</c><00:34:00.799><c> wrote.</c>

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:06.319
He<00:34:03.559><c> says</c><00:34:04.000><c> the</c><00:34:04.180><c> intolerance,</c><00:34:04.960><c> this</c><00:34:05.200><c> is</c><00:34:05.480><c> in</c><00:34:05.660><c> a</c><00:34:05.819><c> chapter</c><00:34:06.039><c> called</c>

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:08.260
The<00:34:06.519><c> Idea</c><00:34:07.119><c> of</c><00:34:07.640><c> Righteousness</c>

00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:12.300
and<00:34:08.460><c> even</c><00:34:08.719><c> in</c><00:34:08.920><c> the</c><00:34:09.000><c> title</c><00:34:09.199><c> of</c><00:34:09.400><c> the</c><00:34:09.539><c> chapter</c><00:34:09.880><c> he</c><00:34:10.519><c> mocks</c><00:34:10.920><c> the</c><00:34:11.119><c> righteousness</c><00:34:11.539><c> of</c><00:34:11.820><c> God.</c>

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:16.159
He<00:34:12.860><c> says</c><00:34:13.019><c> the</c><00:34:13.179><c> intolerance</c><00:34:13.780><c> that</c><00:34:14.079><c> spread</c><00:34:14.179><c> over</c><00:34:14.420><c> the</c><00:34:14.579><c> world</c><00:34:14.760><c> with</c><00:34:14.960><c> the</c><00:34:15.219><c> advent</c><00:34:15.440><c> of</c><00:34:15.719><c> Christianity</c>

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:18.800
is<00:34:16.320><c> one</c><00:34:16.460><c> of</c><00:34:16.559><c> the</c><00:34:16.659><c> most</c><00:34:16.860><c> curious</c><00:34:17.219><c> features,</c><00:34:17.739><c> do</c><00:34:17.880><c> I</c><00:34:18.059><c> think,</c><00:34:18.539><c> to</c>

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:19.199
the<00:34:19.000><c> Jewish.</c>

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:21.539
He's<00:34:19.460><c> making</c><00:34:19.739><c> the</c><00:34:20.059><c> connection</c><00:34:20.420><c> that</c><00:34:20.739><c> the</c><00:34:20.880><c> one</c><00:34:21.019><c> grew</c><00:34:21.199><c> from</c><00:34:21.380><c> the</c>

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:23.639
other,<00:34:22.099><c> belief</c><00:34:22.380><c> in</c><00:34:22.639><c> righteousness.</c>

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:28.099
However,<00:34:24.019><c> he</c><00:34:24.159><c> says,</c><00:34:24.400><c> it</c><00:34:24.500><c> may</c><00:34:24.719><c> be</c><00:34:24.940><c> that</c><00:34:25.219><c> the</c><00:34:25.579><c> prophets</c><00:34:25.940><c> invented</c><00:34:27.179><c> emphasis</c><00:34:27.800><c> upon</c>

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:29.179
personal<00:34:28.559><c> righteousness</c>

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:34.780
and<00:34:30.099><c> the</c><00:34:30.260><c> idea</c><00:34:30.860><c> that</c><00:34:31.199><c> it</c><00:34:31.760><c> is</c><00:34:32.039><c> wicked</c><00:34:32.360><c> to</c><00:34:32.739><c> tolerate</c><00:34:33.159><c> any</c><00:34:33.659><c> religion</c><00:34:34.159><c> except</c><00:34:34.639><c> one.</c>

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:36.840
He<00:34:34.940><c> was</c><00:34:35.059><c> writing</c><00:34:35.260><c> this</c><00:34:35.480><c> back</c><00:34:35.679><c> in</c><00:34:35.840><c> the</c><00:34:35.940><c> 20s</c><00:34:36.159><c> and</c><00:34:36.260><c> you</c><00:34:36.460><c> see</c><00:34:36.599><c> how</c>

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:38.219
the<00:34:37.000><c> idea</c><00:34:37.400><c> of</c><00:34:37.599><c> toleration</c>

00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:42.139
is<00:34:38.760><c> starting</c><00:34:39.019><c> to</c><00:34:39.239><c> get</c><00:34:39.639><c> expressed</c><00:34:40.239><c> in</c><00:34:40.719><c> full</c><00:34:41.019><c> form.</c>

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:47.920
The<00:34:43.579><c> idea</c><00:34:43.920><c> of</c><00:34:44.219><c> righteousness,</c><00:34:45.119><c> he</c><00:34:45.340><c> says</c><00:34:45.579><c> here,</c><00:34:45.980><c> is</c><00:34:46.079><c> what</c><00:34:46.300><c> causes</c><00:34:46.760><c> people</c><00:34:47.219><c> not</c>

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:51.480
to<00:34:48.300><c> tolerate</c><00:34:49.880><c> other</c><00:34:50.400><c> religions.</c>

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:55.619
So<00:34:52.099><c> he</c><00:34:52.179><c> continues,</c><00:34:53.420><c> the</c><00:34:53.579><c> third</c><00:34:54.000><c> psychological</c><00:34:54.679><c> impulse</c><00:34:55.179><c> which</c><00:34:55.420><c> is</c>

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:56.519
embodied<00:34:55.920><c> in</c><00:34:56.199><c> religion</c>

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:59.599
is<00:34:56.699><c> that</c><00:34:56.940><c> which</c><00:34:57.099><c> has</c><00:34:57.360><c> led</c><00:34:57.480><c> to</c><00:34:57.739><c> the</c><00:34:57.860><c> conception</c><00:34:58.300><c> of</c><00:34:58.659><c> righteousness.</c>

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:02.679
The<00:34:59.960><c> psychological</c><00:35:00.539><c> analysis</c><00:35:01.019><c> of</c><00:35:01.239><c> the</c><00:35:01.340><c> idea</c><00:35:01.500><c> of</c><00:35:01.739><c> righteousness</c><00:35:01.980><c> seems</c><00:35:02.380><c> to</c><00:35:02.579><c> me</c>

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:05.820
that<00:35:02.820><c> it</c><00:35:02.980><c> is</c><00:35:03.119><c> rooted</c><00:35:03.320><c> in</c><00:35:03.599><c> undesirable</c><00:35:04.159><c> passions</c><00:35:04.940><c> and</c><00:35:05.659><c> ought</c>

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:08.559
not<00:35:06.099><c> to</c><00:35:06.360><c> be</c><00:35:06.659><c> strengthened</c><00:35:07.039><c> by</c><00:35:07.519><c> the</c><00:35:07.960><c> imprimatur</c>

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:10.739
or<00:35:08.820><c> the</c><00:35:09.099><c> publishing,</c><00:35:09.599><c> and</c><00:35:09.739><c> I</c><00:35:09.840><c> think</c><00:35:09.960><c> he's</c><00:35:10.179><c> referring</c><00:35:10.460><c> to</c><00:35:10.639><c> the</c>

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:13.219
Bible,<00:35:12.019><c> of</c><00:35:12.239><c> reason.</c>

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:17.559
That<00:35:13.780><c> is,</c><00:35:14.579><c> reason</c><00:35:14.780><c> that</c><00:35:15.059><c> reinforces</c><00:35:15.699><c> this</c><00:35:16.340><c> concept</c><00:35:16.900><c> which</c><00:35:17.159><c> is</c>

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:18.460
strange<00:35:17.900><c> to</c><00:35:18.079><c> him,</c>

00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:25.119
a<00:35:18.960><c> stumbling</c><00:35:19.320><c> block</c><00:35:19.860><c> to</c><00:35:20.380><c> him</c><00:35:20.639><c> and</c><00:35:20.840><c> anybody</c><00:35:21.320><c> who</c><00:35:21.539><c> would</c><00:35:21.619><c> be</c><00:35:21.840><c> a</c><00:35:22.019><c> human</c><00:35:22.199><c> who</c><00:35:22.460><c> reasons</c><00:35:22.820><c> like</c><00:35:23.099><c> a</c><00:35:23.320><c> man</c>

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:27.360
concerning<00:35:26.380><c> righteousness.</c>

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:29.780
Righteousness<00:35:27.880><c> and</c><00:35:28.019><c> unrighteousness</c><00:35:28.559><c> must</c><00:35:28.739><c> be</c><00:35:28.940><c> taken</c><00:35:29.119><c> together,</c><00:35:29.500><c> he</c><00:35:29.659><c> says.</c>

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:31.619
Now,<00:35:30.059><c> what</c><00:35:30.119><c> is</c><00:35:30.340><c> unrighteousness</c><00:35:31.019><c> in</c><00:35:31.239><c> practice?</c>

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:35.119
It<00:35:32.219><c> is</c><00:35:32.480><c> in</c><00:35:32.579><c> practice</c><00:35:33.000><c> behavior</c><00:35:33.500><c> of</c><00:35:33.679><c> a</c><00:35:33.800><c> kind</c><00:35:33.940><c> disliked</c><00:35:34.460><c> by</c><00:35:34.679><c> the</c><00:35:34.960><c> herd.</c>

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:37.099
You<00:35:35.579><c> could</c><00:35:35.719><c> look</c><00:35:35.840><c> at</c><00:35:35.960><c> an</c><00:35:36.119><c> ecclesia</c><00:35:36.380><c> like</c><00:35:36.639><c> this</c><00:35:36.820><c> and</c><00:35:36.960><c> say,</c>

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:39.739
if<00:35:37.239><c> the</c><00:35:37.280><c> ecclesia</c><00:35:37.559><c> doesn't</c><00:35:37.860><c> like</c><00:35:38.199><c> the</c><00:35:38.659><c> behavior</c><00:35:38.960><c> of</c><00:35:39.139><c> that</c><00:35:39.300><c> person,</c>

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:43.440
well<00:35:40.380><c> then</c><00:35:40.920><c> you</c><00:35:41.500><c> could</c><00:35:41.739><c> say</c><00:35:41.940><c> that</c><00:35:42.139><c> behavior</c><00:35:42.579><c> is</c><00:35:42.880><c> unrighteous.</c>

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:46.219
And<00:35:44.039><c> so</c><00:35:44.239><c> I</c><00:35:44.539><c> think</c><00:35:44.719><c> he</c><00:35:44.920><c> rightly</c><00:35:45.159><c> observes</c><00:35:45.579><c> the</c><00:35:45.760><c> way</c><00:35:45.840><c> this</c><00:35:46.059><c> kind</c>

00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:47.599
of<00:35:46.380><c> works</c><00:35:46.559><c> out</c><00:35:46.780><c> in</c><00:35:46.980><c> natural</c><00:35:47.280><c> terms</c>

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:51.000
by<00:35:48.000><c> calling</c><00:35:48.360><c> it</c><00:35:48.599><c> unrighteous</c><00:35:49.159><c> and</c><00:35:49.460><c> by</c><00:35:49.739><c> arranging</c><00:35:50.019><c> an</c><00:35:50.280><c> elaborate</c><00:35:50.639><c> system</c>

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:52.460
of<00:35:51.320><c> ethics</c><00:35:51.500><c> around</c><00:35:51.780><c> this</c><00:35:52.039><c> conception.</c>

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:55.760
The<00:35:52.960><c> herd</c><00:35:53.179><c> justifies</c><00:35:53.880><c> itself</c><00:35:54.239><c> in</c><00:35:54.440><c> wreaking</c><00:35:54.719><c> punishment</c><00:35:55.179><c> upon</c>

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:57.380
the<00:35:56.159><c> objects</c><00:35:56.500><c> of</c><00:35:56.679><c> its</c><00:35:56.840><c> own</c><00:35:57.039><c> dislike,</c>

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:59.480
while<00:35:57.719><c> at</c><00:35:57.860><c> the</c><00:35:58.019><c> same</c><00:35:58.280><c> time,</c><00:35:58.519><c> since</c><00:35:58.679><c> the</c><00:35:58.880><c> herd</c><00:35:58.960><c> is</c><00:35:59.179><c> righteous</c>

00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:00.320
by<00:35:59.780><c> definition,</c>

00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:04.199
it<00:36:00.960><c> enhances</c><00:36:01.380><c> its</c><00:36:01.659><c> own</c><00:36:01.900><c> self</c><00:36:02.139><c>-esteem</c><00:36:02.579><c> at</c><00:36:03.119><c> the</c><00:36:03.320><c> very</c><00:36:03.559><c> moment</c><00:36:03.900><c> when</c><00:36:04.079><c> it</c>

00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:06.800
lets<00:36:04.440><c> loose</c><00:36:04.840><c> its</c><00:36:05.079><c> own</c><00:36:05.280><c> impulse</c><00:36:05.599><c> to</c><00:36:05.880><c> cruelty.</c>

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:09.880
This<00:36:07.519><c> is</c><00:36:07.780><c> the</c><00:36:07.940><c> psychology</c><00:36:08.460><c> of</c><00:36:08.699><c> lynching</c><00:36:09.019><c> and</c><00:36:09.260><c> the</c><00:36:09.480><c> other</c><00:36:09.639><c> ways</c>

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:11.179
in<00:36:10.039><c> which</c><00:36:10.199><c> criminals</c><00:36:10.559><c> are</c><00:36:10.820><c> punished.</c>

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:14.059
The<00:36:11.719><c> essence</c><00:36:12.019><c> of</c><00:36:12.260><c> the</c><00:36:12.400><c> conception</c><00:36:12.699><c> of</c><00:36:13.039><c> righteousness</c><00:36:13.300><c> is</c><00:36:13.579><c> therefore</c>

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:20.239
to<00:36:14.559><c> afford</c><00:36:14.800><c> an</c><00:36:15.139><c> outlet</c><00:36:15.420><c> for</c><00:36:15.820><c> sadism</c><00:36:16.219><c> by</c><00:36:16.739><c> cloaking</c><00:36:17.340><c> cruelty</c><00:36:18.099><c> as</c><00:36:19.119><c> justice.</c>

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:24.340
Now,<00:36:20.860><c> if</c><00:36:21.079><c> that</c><00:36:21.300><c> makes</c><00:36:21.679><c> you</c><00:36:22.219><c> sick,</c><00:36:23.300><c> it</c><00:36:23.400><c> makes</c><00:36:23.719><c> me,</c><00:36:23.960><c> I</c><00:36:24.039><c> want</c><00:36:24.219><c> to</c>

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:26.039
assure<00:36:24.519><c> you</c><00:36:24.659><c> it</c><00:36:24.760><c> makes</c><00:36:25.000><c> me</c><00:36:25.440><c> sick</c><00:36:25.739><c> too.</c>

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:32.380
And<00:36:26.380><c> you</c><00:36:26.480><c> can</c><00:36:26.860><c> see</c><00:36:27.400><c> how</c><00:36:28.980><c> evil,</c><00:36:30.340><c> how</c><00:36:30.659><c> destructive</c><00:36:31.619><c> this</c><00:36:32.159><c> kind</c>

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:33.199
of<00:36:32.599><c> reasoning</c><00:36:32.820><c> is</c>

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:37.340
because<00:36:34.099><c> somebody</c><00:36:35.480><c> that's</c><00:36:35.719><c> not</c><00:36:36.019><c> sharp</c><00:36:36.440><c> would</c><00:36:36.739><c> say,</c><00:36:37.139><c> well</c>

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:39.079
yeah,<00:36:37.519><c> that's</c><00:36:37.820><c> right,</c><00:36:38.760><c> that's</c><00:36:39.019><c> right.</c>

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:42.840
You<00:36:39.239><c> have</c><00:36:39.420><c> to</c><00:36:39.519><c> be</c><00:36:39.739><c> sharp</c><00:36:39.900><c> and</c><00:36:40.059><c> you</c><00:36:40.179><c> have</c><00:36:40.380><c> to</c><00:36:41.219><c> really</c><00:36:41.500><c> understand</c><00:36:42.019><c> what</c><00:36:42.239><c> God</c>

00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:44.360
means<00:36:43.239><c> is</c><00:36:43.460><c> righteousness.</c>

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:45.800
So,<00:36:44.960><c> right?</c><00:36:45.139><c> What</c><00:36:45.280><c> is</c><00:36:45.519><c> right?</c>

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:51.059
We<00:36:46.699><c> cut</c><00:36:46.940><c> this</c><00:36:47.119><c> off</c><00:36:47.320><c> a</c><00:36:47.579><c> calendar</c><00:36:47.900><c> that</c><00:36:49.380><c> came</c><00:36:49.760><c> through</c><00:36:50.000><c> the</c><00:36:50.179><c> house.</c>

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:54.840
The<00:36:51.380><c> heart</c><00:36:51.760><c> is</c><00:36:52.000><c> the</c><00:36:52.179><c> temple</c><00:36:52.719><c> wherein</c><00:36:53.260><c> all</c><00:36:53.739><c> truth</c><00:36:54.280><c> resides.</c>

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:57.340
This<00:36:55.219><c> is</c><00:36:55.380><c> the</c><00:36:55.480><c> way</c><00:36:55.599><c> people</c><00:36:55.920><c> reason</c><00:36:56.260><c> nowadays,</c><00:36:56.860><c> so</c><00:36:56.960><c> much</c><00:36:57.099><c> so</c>

00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:57.860
that<00:36:57.400><c> they</c><00:36:57.639><c> would,</c>

00:36:57.880 --> 00:37:01.539
and<00:36:58.119><c> look</c><00:36:58.280><c> at</c><00:36:58.380><c> how</c><00:36:58.539><c> they</c><00:36:58.860><c> sell</c><00:36:59.000><c> the</c><00:36:59.260><c> idea,</c><00:37:00.059><c> isn't</c><00:37:00.300><c> she</c><00:37:00.519><c> lovely?</c>

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:06.699
That<00:37:02.940><c> fair</c><00:37:03.320><c> face</c><00:37:03.820><c> and</c><00:37:04.539><c> sort</c><00:37:04.800><c> of</c><00:37:04.920><c> the</c><00:37:05.179><c> innocence</c><00:37:05.519><c> of</c><00:37:05.920><c> closed</c><00:37:06.260><c> eyes.</c>

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:09.559
I<00:37:06.860><c> guess</c><00:37:07.019><c> she's</c><00:37:07.500><c> reading</c><00:37:07.760><c> her</c><00:37:08.039><c> future</c><00:37:08.280><c> or</c><00:37:08.480><c> something</c><00:37:08.719><c> in</c><00:37:08.920><c> that</c>

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:10.719
lovely<00:37:09.980><c> blonde</c><00:37:10.380><c> hair</c>

00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:20.159
and<00:37:10.920><c> all</c><00:37:11.079><c> the</c><00:37:11.500><c> flowers</c><00:37:12.039><c> and</c><00:37:13.599><c> stars</c><00:37:14.760><c> and</c><00:37:16.260><c> you</c><00:37:17.340><c> know,</c><00:37:20.039><c> isn't</c>

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:21.380
that<00:37:20.500><c> sweet?</c>

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:25.559
How<00:37:21.739><c> they</c><00:37:21.900><c> can</c><00:37:22.079><c> use</c><00:37:22.360><c> women</c><00:37:23.260><c> to</c><00:37:23.800><c> sell</c><00:37:23.960><c> false</c><00:37:24.480><c> concepts</c><00:37:25.139><c> of</c><00:37:25.400><c> what</c>

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:27.420
is<00:37:25.920><c> right</c><00:37:26.460><c> in</c><00:37:27.199><c> this</c><00:37:27.380><c> world.</c>

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:31.340
Don't<00:37:27.980><c> underestimate</c><00:37:28.679><c> the</c><00:37:29.000><c> subtlety</c><00:37:29.900><c> of</c><00:37:30.639><c> that</c><00:37:30.860><c> image.</c>

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:35.059
It<00:37:32.019><c> comes</c><00:37:32.179><c> out</c><00:37:32.420><c> in</c><00:37:32.760><c> a</c><00:37:32.960><c> lot</c><00:37:33.079><c> of</c><00:37:33.260><c> other</c><00:37:33.480><c> forms</c><00:37:33.800><c> as</c><00:37:34.119><c> well.</c>

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:37.880
To<00:37:36.000><c> thine</c><00:37:36.119><c> own</c><00:37:36.380><c> self</c><00:37:36.659><c> be</c><00:37:36.960><c> true.</c>

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:42.119
We<00:37:38.619><c> heard</c><00:37:39.039><c> a</c><00:37:39.239><c> young</c><00:37:39.860><c> person</c><00:37:40.300><c> in</c><00:37:40.739><c> a</c><00:37:41.000><c> study</c><00:37:41.219><c> group</c><00:37:41.480><c> one</c><00:37:41.739><c> time</c><00:37:41.980><c> say,</c>

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:44.599
it<00:37:42.179><c> says</c><00:37:42.380><c> someplace</c><00:37:42.739><c> in</c><00:37:42.920><c> the</c><00:37:43.019><c> Bible,</c><00:37:43.340><c> to</c><00:37:43.440><c> thine</c><00:37:43.599><c> own</c><00:37:43.800><c> self</c><00:37:44.039><c> be</c><00:37:44.340><c> true.</c>

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:48.159
And<00:37:45.000><c> everybody</c><00:37:45.219><c> went,</c><00:37:47.139><c> what?</c>

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:53.019
You<00:37:50.000><c> know,</c><00:37:50.119><c> she</c><00:37:50.280><c> was</c><00:37:50.559><c> a</c><00:37:50.800><c> little,</c><00:37:51.039><c> to</c><00:37:51.260><c> say</c><00:37:51.420><c> the</c><00:37:51.559><c> least,</c><00:37:51.980><c> mixed</c><00:37:52.079><c> up.</c>

00:37:53.139 --> 00:37:55.559
But<00:37:53.320><c> you</c><00:37:53.480><c> see</c><00:37:53.699><c> what</c><00:37:53.940><c> happens?</c><00:37:54.639><c> Look,</c><00:37:54.880><c> it</c><00:37:55.139><c> happens.</c>

00:37:55.880 --> 00:37:58.099
You<00:37:56.079><c> send</c><00:37:56.260><c> your</c><00:37:56.460><c> kids</c><00:37:56.619><c> to</c><00:37:56.900><c> school</c><00:37:57.219><c> or</c><00:37:57.400><c> they</c><00:37:57.579><c> hang</c><00:37:57.780><c> around</c><00:37:58.000><c> or</c>

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.860
they<00:37:58.260><c> read</c><00:37:58.539><c> stuff</c>

00:37:58.860 --> 00:38:01.019
and<00:37:59.039><c> then</c><00:37:59.219><c> it</c><00:37:59.380><c> goes</c><00:37:59.539><c> in</c><00:37:59.699><c> their</c><00:37:59.900><c> mind</c><00:38:00.139><c> and</c><00:38:00.280><c> they</c><00:38:00.480><c> speak</c><00:38:00.659><c> half</c><00:38:00.900><c> in</c>

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:02.739
the<00:38:01.199><c> language</c><00:38:01.659><c> of</c><00:38:02.300><c> the</c><00:38:02.519><c> truth</c>

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:04.679
and<00:38:03.099><c> half</c><00:38:03.340><c> in</c><00:38:03.500><c> the</c><00:38:03.699><c> language</c><00:38:03.920><c> of</c><00:38:04.059><c> the</c><00:38:04.280><c> culture</c>

00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:08.039
and<00:38:05.099><c> suddenly</c><00:38:05.699><c> in</c><00:38:06.320><c> a</c><00:38:06.639><c> conversation</c><00:38:07.119><c> that's</c><00:38:07.420><c> supposed</c><00:38:07.699><c> to</c><00:38:07.880><c> be</c>

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:09.119
a<00:38:08.219><c> Bible</c><00:38:08.659><c> study,</c>

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:10.380
you<00:38:09.539><c> hear</c><00:38:09.780><c> that.</c>

00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:13.860
And<00:38:11.019><c> it's</c><00:38:11.199><c> all</c><00:38:11.619><c> changed</c><00:38:12.019><c> around,</c><00:38:12.679><c> mixed</c><00:38:12.940><c> up,</c><00:38:13.219><c> and</c><00:38:13.300><c> it's</c><00:38:13.539><c> not</c>

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:14.619
right<00:38:14.099><c> anymore.</c>

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:16.440
This<00:38:15.119><c> isn't</c><00:38:15.460><c> true.</c>

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:18.480
The<00:38:17.480><c> kingdom</c><00:38:17.739><c> is</c><00:38:17.980><c> within</c><00:38:18.219><c> you.</c>

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:23.980
Jesus<00:38:19.099><c> said</c><00:38:19.380><c> that,</c><00:38:19.760><c> but</c><00:38:19.880><c> by</c><00:38:20.159><c> the</c><00:38:20.380><c> time</c><00:38:20.539><c> it</c><00:38:20.679><c> turns</c><00:38:21.099><c> into</c><00:38:22.199><c> a</c><00:38:22.699><c> concept</c><00:38:23.179><c> of</c><00:38:23.500><c> rightness,</c>

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:27.199
if<00:38:24.400><c> that's</c><00:38:24.699><c> the</c><00:38:24.880><c> case,</c><00:38:25.119><c> then</c><00:38:25.360><c> you</c><00:38:25.619><c> decide</c><00:38:26.199><c> what</c><00:38:26.619><c> your</c><00:38:26.960><c> kingdom</c>

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:28.460
is<00:38:27.400><c> going</c><00:38:27.539><c> to</c><00:38:27.679><c> be.</c>

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:29.980
I<00:38:29.199><c> found</c><00:38:29.400><c> my</c><00:38:29.699><c> soulmate.</c>

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:32.760
I<00:38:30.159><c> think</c><00:38:30.340><c> this</c><00:38:30.539><c> is</c><00:38:30.699><c> the</c><00:38:30.719><c> most</c><00:38:31.000><c> destructive</c><00:38:31.780><c> phrase</c><00:38:32.340><c> that,</c><00:38:32.619><c> and</c>

00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:33.280
I'm<00:38:32.940><c> serious,</c>

00:38:33.280 --> 00:38:35.559
I<00:38:33.519><c> think</c><00:38:33.679><c> this</c><00:38:33.860><c> is</c><00:38:34.039><c> the</c><00:38:34.119><c> most</c><00:38:34.340><c> destructive</c><00:38:34.820><c> phrase</c><00:38:35.159><c> that</c><00:38:35.320><c> has</c>

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:37.440
ever<00:38:35.820><c> come</c><00:38:36.019><c> into</c><00:38:36.280><c> existence</c><00:38:36.719><c> in</c><00:38:36.920><c> our</c><00:38:37.079><c> culture</c>

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:40.380
because<00:38:38.440><c> I</c><00:38:38.659><c> have</c><00:38:38.820><c> heard</c><00:38:38.940><c> it</c><00:38:39.219><c> over</c><00:38:39.519><c> and</c><00:38:39.659><c> over</c><00:38:39.860><c> and</c><00:38:39.960><c> over</c><00:38:40.159><c> again.</c>

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:44.139
Every<00:38:40.760><c> time</c><00:38:40.980><c> there's</c><00:38:41.199><c> a</c><00:38:41.320><c> case</c><00:38:41.599><c> where</c><00:38:42.039><c> somebody</c><00:38:42.619><c> treacherously</c><00:38:43.599><c> betrays</c>

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:44.800
their<00:38:44.380><c> spouse</c>

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:46.199
in<00:38:45.260><c> marriage</c><00:38:45.579><c> and</c><00:38:45.719><c> the</c><00:38:45.920><c> truth,</c>

00:38:46.360 --> 00:38:49.159
it<00:38:46.639><c> was</c><00:38:46.840><c> because</c><00:38:47.219><c> they</c><00:38:47.619><c> think</c><00:38:47.780><c> they</c><00:38:48.079><c> found</c><00:38:48.320><c> their</c><00:38:48.659><c> soulmate</c>

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:53.099
and<00:38:49.719><c> there's</c><00:38:50.039><c> something</c><00:38:50.380><c> right</c><00:38:50.679><c> about</c><00:38:51.380><c> not</c><00:38:52.039><c> being</c><00:38:52.619><c> with</c><00:38:52.940><c> the</c>

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:54.460
one<00:38:53.340><c> God</c><00:38:53.659><c> put</c><00:38:53.920><c> you</c><00:38:54.159><c> with</c>

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:59.860
and<00:38:55.039><c> it</c><00:38:55.519><c> must</c><00:38:55.860><c> be</c><00:38:56.139><c> right,</c><00:38:56.360><c> mustn't</c><00:38:56.719><c> it,</c><00:38:57.440><c> to</c><00:38:57.659><c> be</c><00:38:57.840><c> with</c><00:38:58.639><c> your</c><00:38:59.079><c> soulmate?</c>

00:38:59.860 --> 00:39:02.519
Whatever<00:39:01.000><c> that</c><00:39:01.280><c> means.</c>

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:06.179
Treacherous<00:39:03.940><c> words,</c><00:39:05.119><c> torn</c><00:39:05.340><c> between</c><00:39:05.780><c> two</c><00:39:06.039><c> lovers,</c>

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:11.500
as<00:39:06.539><c> if</c><00:39:07.139><c> love</c><00:39:07.340><c> can</c><00:39:07.519><c> be</c><00:39:07.780><c> so</c><00:39:08.119><c> big</c><00:39:08.380><c> that</c><00:39:08.760><c> it's</c><00:39:09.059><c> right</c><00:39:09.300><c> now</c><00:39:09.780><c> to</c><00:39:10.079><c> have</c><00:39:10.460><c> adultery.</c>

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:13.320
We've<00:39:12.900><c> grown</c><00:39:13.019><c> apart.</c>

00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:16.219
That's<00:39:13.639><c> another</c><00:39:13.860><c> thing,</c><00:39:14.139><c> that</c><00:39:14.260><c> people</c><00:39:14.500><c> start</c><00:39:14.800><c> to</c><00:39:15.340><c> lie</c><00:39:15.699><c> to</c><00:39:15.880><c> themselves</c>

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:19.440
and<00:39:16.400><c> they</c><00:39:16.539><c> say</c><00:39:16.599><c> it's</c><00:39:16.840><c> right</c><00:39:17.300><c> that</c><00:39:18.340><c> since</c><00:39:18.659><c> we've</c><00:39:18.920><c> grown</c><00:39:19.119><c> apart</c>

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:24.500
for<00:39:19.679><c> us</c><00:39:19.840><c> to</c><00:39:20.420><c> manifest</c><00:39:21.219><c> that</c><00:39:22.019><c> separation</c><00:39:22.719><c> in</c><00:39:23.519><c> a</c><00:39:23.719><c> physical</c><00:39:24.079><c> or</c>

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.960
marital<00:39:24.840><c> separation.</c>

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:31.219
There's<00:39:27.679><c> a</c><00:39:27.840><c> way,</c><00:39:28.440><c> and</c><00:39:28.579><c> all</c><00:39:28.780><c> these</c><00:39:29.059><c> seem</c><00:39:29.440><c> right</c><00:39:29.880><c> in</c><00:39:30.079><c> our</c><00:39:30.340><c> culture</c><00:39:30.659><c> to</c><00:39:30.920><c> people,</c>

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:34.219
that<00:39:31.780><c> seems</c><00:39:32.059><c> right</c><00:39:32.360><c> to</c><00:39:32.599><c> a</c><00:39:32.719><c> man,</c><00:39:32.960><c> but</c><00:39:33.079><c> the</c><00:39:33.280><c> end</c><00:39:33.480><c> thereof</c><00:39:33.860><c> is</c><00:39:34.099><c> the</c>

00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:34.860
way<00:39:34.420><c> of</c><00:39:34.639><c> death.</c>

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:38.159
You<00:39:35.500><c> don't</c><00:39:35.659><c> say</c><00:39:35.900><c> this</c><00:39:36.199><c> condemningly</c><00:39:36.800><c> of</c><00:39:36.920><c> people</c><00:39:37.199><c> who</c><00:39:37.380><c> may</c><00:39:37.500><c> have</c><00:39:37.659><c> thought</c><00:39:37.820><c> this</c><00:39:38.039><c> way</c>

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:38.780
in<00:39:38.320><c> the</c><00:39:38.480><c> past</c>

00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:41.739
or<00:39:39.199><c> experienced</c><00:39:39.780><c> a</c><00:39:40.039><c> relationship</c><00:39:40.500><c> in</c><00:39:40.679><c> which</c><00:39:40.920><c> these</c><00:39:41.239><c> kinds</c><00:39:41.539><c> of</c>

00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:43.519
things<00:39:41.920><c> manifested</c><00:39:42.519><c> themselves.</c>

00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:48.460
We<00:39:44.619><c> are</c><00:39:44.860><c> all</c><00:39:45.159><c> only</c><00:39:46.280><c> here</c><00:39:46.800><c> today,</c><00:39:47.400><c> which</c><00:39:47.579><c> is</c><00:39:47.780><c> the</c><00:39:47.900><c> first</c><00:39:48.159><c> day</c><00:39:48.340><c> of</c>

00:39:48.460 --> 00:39:49.559
the<00:39:48.559><c> rest</c><00:39:48.800><c> of</c><00:39:49.000><c> our</c><00:39:49.179><c> lives,</c>

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:54.019
if<00:39:50.219><c> you</c><00:39:50.480><c> realize</c><00:39:50.840><c> something</c><00:39:51.219><c> today</c><00:39:51.780><c> in</c><00:39:52.760><c> the</c><00:39:52.960><c> righteous</c><00:39:53.260><c> standards</c><00:39:53.619><c> of</c><00:39:53.860><c> God</c>

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:56.219
that<00:39:54.119><c> you</c><00:39:54.360><c> maybe</c><00:39:54.800><c> didn't</c><00:39:55.059><c> know</c><00:39:55.300><c> before,</c><00:39:55.739><c> that</c><00:39:55.860><c> you</c><00:39:56.059><c> weren't</c>

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:57.260
committed<00:39:56.619><c> to</c><00:39:56.860><c> before,</c>

00:39:57.440 --> 00:40:00.139
it's<00:39:57.840><c> never</c><00:39:58.019><c> too</c><00:39:58.260><c> late</c><00:39:58.380><c> to</c><00:39:58.639><c> start</c><00:39:58.800><c> at</c><00:39:59.079><c> this</c><00:39:59.360><c> point</c><00:39:59.539><c> and</c><00:39:59.800><c> face</c>

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:02.400
God,<00:40:00.900><c> turn</c><00:40:01.219><c> toward</c><00:40:01.500><c> him,</c>

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:04.900
and<00:40:02.760><c> hunger</c><00:40:03.000><c> and</c><00:40:03.179><c> thirst</c><00:40:03.380><c> after</c><00:40:03.719><c> righteousness</c><00:40:04.139><c> from</c><00:40:04.420><c> this</c><00:40:04.719><c> point.</c>

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:09.119
But<00:40:05.239><c> all</c><00:40:05.480><c> of</c><00:40:05.639><c> this</c><00:40:05.800><c> is</c><00:40:06.059><c> used</c><00:40:06.619><c> to</c><00:40:07.780><c> make</c><00:40:07.960><c> adultery.</c>

00:40:09.300 --> 00:40:14.420
And<00:40:09.519><c> adultery</c><00:40:09.920><c> is</c><00:40:10.239><c> the</c><00:40:10.500><c> epitome,</c><00:40:11.639><c> the</c><00:40:11.880><c> epitome</c><00:40:12.780><c> of</c><00:40:13.079><c> unfaithfulness.</c>

00:40:17.679 --> 00:40:20.920
Marriage<00:40:18.320><c> and</c><00:40:18.539><c> righteousness</c><00:40:18.940><c> doesn't</c><00:40:19.280><c> make</c><00:40:19.539><c> sense</c><00:40:20.380><c> to</c>

00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:22.300
natural<00:40:21.239><c> reasoning.</c>

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:29.239
Look<00:40:25.340><c> at</c><00:40:25.480><c> how</c><00:40:26.500><c> this</c><00:40:26.860><c> works</c><00:40:27.159><c> out</c><00:40:27.539><c> in</c><00:40:28.039><c> being</c><00:40:28.420><c> right</c><00:40:28.780><c> to</c><00:40:28.960><c> people</c>

00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:30.159
who<00:40:29.539><c> walk</c><00:40:29.719><c> in</c><00:40:29.860><c> them,</c>

00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:35.019
but<00:40:30.579><c> a</c><00:40:30.940><c> stumbling</c><00:40:31.320><c> block</c><00:40:31.780><c> to</c><00:40:32.980><c> transgressors,</c><00:40:34.480><c> marry</c><00:40:34.659><c> only</c><00:40:34.900><c> in</c>

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:35.340
the<00:40:35.159><c> Lord.</c>

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:39.380
Well,<00:40:35.719><c> if</c><00:40:35.960><c> you</c><00:40:36.280><c> love</c><00:40:36.519><c> God,</c><00:40:37.579><c> there's</c><00:40:37.820><c> no</c><00:40:37.960><c> way</c><00:40:38.099><c> you</c><00:40:38.239><c> can</c><00:40:38.460><c> not</c><00:40:38.860><c> marry</c><00:40:39.219><c> in</c>

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:40.400
the<00:40:39.519><c> Lord.</c>

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:43.900
You<00:40:41.500><c> couldn't</c><00:40:41.840><c> conceive</c><00:40:42.320><c> of</c><00:40:42.599><c> being</c><00:40:43.079><c> one</c><00:40:43.480><c> flesh,</c>

00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:48.980
with<00:40:44.539><c> a</c><00:40:44.719><c> person</c><00:40:45.159><c> that</c><00:40:45.659><c> doesn't</c><00:40:46.079><c> share</c><00:40:46.579><c> in</c><00:40:47.719><c> your</c><00:40:48.019><c> mind</c><00:40:48.480><c> that</c>

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:50.659
great<00:40:49.300><c> appreciation</c><00:40:50.000><c> for</c><00:40:50.320><c> God</c>

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:54.500
and<00:40:50.940><c> his</c><00:40:51.400><c> Word</c><00:40:51.760><c> and</c><00:40:51.900><c> his</c><00:40:52.119><c> purpose</c><00:40:52.519><c> and</c><00:40:53.179><c> the</c><00:40:53.420><c> commands</c><00:40:53.860><c> of</c><00:40:54.119><c> Christ</c>

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:57.820
that<00:40:55.219><c> at</c><00:40:55.519><c> the</c><00:40:55.679><c> very</c><00:40:56.000><c> least</c><00:40:56.260><c> get</c><00:40:56.440><c> us</c><00:40:56.619><c> up</c><00:40:56.760><c> on</c><00:40:57.000><c> Sunday</c><00:40:57.260><c> morning</c><00:40:57.599><c> to</c>

00:40:57.820 --> 00:41:00.300
go<00:40:57.920><c> and</c><00:40:58.239><c> spend</c><00:40:58.800><c> a</c><00:40:59.239><c> couple</c><00:40:59.480><c> hours</c>

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:04.219
remembering<00:41:00.900><c> his</c><00:41:01.239><c> name</c><00:41:01.460><c> and</c><00:41:01.639><c> offering</c><00:41:01.900><c> a</c><00:41:02.159><c> pure</c><00:41:02.380><c> offer</c><00:41:02.659><c> of</c><00:41:02.800><c> worship</c><00:41:03.179><c> to</c><00:41:03.420><c> him.</c>

00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:08.119
But<00:41:05.280><c> to</c><00:41:05.440><c> the</c><00:41:05.579><c> person</c><00:41:05.940><c> who</c><00:41:06.119><c> wants</c><00:41:06.400><c> to</c><00:41:06.659><c> transgress,</c><00:41:07.219><c> like</c><00:41:07.639><c> I</c><00:41:07.880><c> dig</c>

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:08.760
that<00:41:08.380><c> person,</c>

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:10.639
I've<00:41:09.340><c> got</c><00:41:09.340><c> to</c><00:41:09.460><c> be</c><00:41:09.639><c> happy,</c><00:41:09.940><c> they're</c><00:41:10.199><c> cool.</c>

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:12.920
What<00:41:11.559><c> do</c><00:41:12.000><c> you</c><00:41:12.000><c> mean</c><00:41:12.139><c> marry</c><00:41:12.460><c> only</c><00:41:12.639><c> in</c><00:41:12.780><c> the</c><00:41:12.840><c> Lord?</c>

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:15.800
That's<00:41:13.179><c> going</c><00:41:14.019><c> to</c><00:41:14.119><c> put</c><00:41:14.239><c> an</c><00:41:14.400><c> obstacle</c><00:41:14.780><c> in</c><00:41:14.960><c> my</c><00:41:15.219><c> path.</c><00:41:15.420><c> I</c><00:41:15.539><c> can't</c>

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.900
go<00:41:16.059><c> there.</c>

00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:19.440
That's<00:41:17.179><c> going</c><00:41:17.380><c> to</c><00:41:17.400><c> limit</c><00:41:17.659><c> me.</c><00:41:18.039><c> It's</c><00:41:18.119><c> going</c><00:41:18.239><c> to</c><00:41:18.380><c> restrict</c><00:41:18.719><c> all</c><00:41:19.000><c> these...</c>

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:22.659
What<00:41:19.679><c> about</c><00:41:19.900><c> my</c><00:41:20.239><c> friends?</c><00:41:21.760><c> What</c><00:41:21.900><c> about</c><00:41:22.079><c> her</c><00:41:22.400><c> or</c><00:41:22.480><c> him?</c>

00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:27.360
He's<00:41:23.300><c> a</c><00:41:23.460><c> hunk,</c><00:41:23.679><c> she's</c><00:41:23.980><c> a</c><00:41:24.099><c> babe.</c><00:41:24.679><c> We've</c><00:41:25.119><c> got</c><00:41:25.119><c> to</c><00:41:26.219><c> get</c><00:41:26.380><c> together.</c>

00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:30.199
We've<00:41:27.579><c> got</c><00:41:27.639><c> to</c><00:41:27.760><c> manifest</c><00:41:28.199><c> our</c><00:41:28.519><c> happiness.</c><00:41:29.440><c> We've</c><00:41:29.880><c> got</c><00:41:29.960><c> to</c><00:41:30.019><c> go</c>

00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:31.239
for<00:41:30.420><c> that.</c>

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:35.900
You<00:41:32.400><c> see</c><00:41:32.519><c> how</c><00:41:32.719><c> it</c><00:41:32.880><c> works</c><00:41:33.159><c> out</c><00:41:33.380><c> to</c><00:41:33.539><c> be</c><00:41:33.820><c> right</c><00:41:34.519><c> when</c><00:41:35.440><c> you</c><00:41:35.599><c> walk</c><00:41:35.780><c> in</c>

00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:37.760
them<00:41:36.079><c> or</c><00:41:36.320><c> a</c><00:41:36.539><c> stumbling</c><00:41:36.820><c> block.</c>

00:41:37.860 --> 00:41:39.760
Wives<00:41:38.380><c> be</c><00:41:38.599><c> submissive</c><00:41:39.159><c> to</c><00:41:39.280><c> your</c><00:41:39.460><c> husbands.</c>

00:41:40.219 --> 00:41:44.679
Well,<00:41:41.079><c> to</c><00:41:41.300><c> the</c><00:41:41.420><c> woman</c><00:41:41.719><c> who</c><00:41:42.300><c> understands</c><00:41:42.900><c> her</c><00:41:43.159><c> role</c><00:41:43.440><c> in</c><00:41:43.679><c> Christ,</c>

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:47.800
she's<00:41:45.760><c> already</c><00:41:46.119><c> accounted</c><00:41:46.519><c> in</c><00:41:46.719><c> all</c><00:41:46.940><c> this</c><00:41:47.159><c> for</c><00:41:47.320><c> the</c><00:41:47.480><c> fact</c><00:41:47.659><c> that</c>

00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:48.280
her<00:41:48.000><c> husband</c>

00:41:48.280 --> 00:41:51.000
is<00:41:48.460><c> going</c><00:41:48.539><c> to</c><00:41:48.639><c> be</c><00:41:48.840><c> directing</c><00:41:49.199><c> his</c><00:41:49.480><c> affairs</c><00:41:49.780><c> toward</c><00:41:50.159><c> God.</c>

00:41:51.340 --> 00:41:53.400
That's<00:41:51.860><c> what</c><00:41:52.079><c> made</c><00:41:52.239><c> her</c><00:41:52.460><c> fall</c><00:41:52.659><c> in</c><00:41:52.800><c> love</c><00:41:52.920><c> with</c><00:41:53.039><c> him</c><00:41:53.139><c> in</c><00:41:53.300><c> the</c>

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:54.539
first<00:41:53.599><c> place.</c>

00:41:54.659 --> 00:41:58.039
So<00:41:54.760><c> the</c><00:41:55.599><c> choices</c><00:41:56.019><c> tend</c><00:41:56.579><c> to</c><00:41:56.760><c> be</c><00:41:57.019><c> dependent</c><00:41:57.360><c> on</c><00:41:57.599><c> one</c><00:41:57.780><c> another</c>

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:59.260
and<00:41:58.159><c> they</c><00:41:58.440><c> follow</c><00:41:58.780><c> one</c><00:41:59.039><c> another.</c>

00:41:59.400 --> 00:42:04.739
So<00:41:59.519><c> now</c><00:41:59.880><c> in</c><00:42:00.440><c> her</c><00:42:00.719><c> marriage,</c><00:42:01.079><c> when</c><00:42:01.219><c> it</c><00:42:01.360><c> comes</c><00:42:01.760><c> to</c><00:42:02.900><c> her</c><00:42:03.440><c> relationship</c><00:42:04.059><c> with</c><00:42:04.260><c> her</c><00:42:04.440><c> husband,</c>

00:42:04.739 --> 00:42:07.460
she<00:42:05.159><c> will</c><00:42:05.420><c> willfully</c><00:42:05.820><c> be</c><00:42:06.099><c> submissive</c><00:42:06.539><c> to</c><00:42:06.659><c> him</c><00:42:06.860><c> because</c><00:42:07.139><c> he's</c>

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:08.300
submissive<00:42:07.900><c> to</c><00:42:08.099><c> Christ.</c>

00:42:08.340 --> 00:42:11.059
There<00:42:08.480><c> isn't</c><00:42:08.679><c> an</c><00:42:08.880><c> issue.</c><00:42:09.420><c> And</c><00:42:09.579><c> even</c><00:42:09.800><c> if</c><00:42:09.940><c> he</c><00:42:10.079><c> isn't,</c><00:42:10.760><c> the</c><00:42:10.920><c> Lord</c>

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:11.500
told<00:42:11.320><c> her,</c>

00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:14.429
by<00:42:11.699><c> the</c><00:42:11.940><c> imperishable</c><00:42:12.460><c> jewel</c><00:42:12.679><c> of</c><00:42:12.840><c> a</c><00:42:12.940><c> gentle</c><00:42:13.179><c> and</c><00:42:13.440><c> quiet</c><00:42:13.719><c> spirit,</c>

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:16.360
she<00:42:15.159><c> might</c><00:42:15.400><c> win</c><00:42:15.599><c> into</c><00:42:15.820><c> Christ.</c>

00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:18.980
So<00:42:16.739><c> she</c><00:42:16.920><c> even</c><00:42:17.239><c> understands</c><00:42:17.599><c> a</c><00:42:17.820><c> higher</c><00:42:18.079><c> purpose</c><00:42:18.360><c> of</c><00:42:18.619><c> submission</c>

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:21.300
if<00:42:19.519><c> there's</c><00:42:19.880><c> a</c><00:42:20.000><c> disparity</c><00:42:20.579><c> in</c><00:42:20.760><c> the</c><00:42:20.920><c> marriage.</c>

00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:23.019
She<00:42:21.880><c> finds</c><00:42:22.179><c> herself</c><00:42:22.579><c> there.</c>

00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:25.380
But<00:42:23.480><c> to</c><00:42:23.679><c> a</c><00:42:23.820><c> woman</c><00:42:24.119><c> to</c><00:42:24.360><c> whom</c><00:42:24.559><c> the</c><00:42:24.719><c> ways</c><00:42:24.860><c> of</c><00:42:25.079><c> the</c><00:42:25.199><c> Lord,</c>

00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:27.380
the<00:42:25.699><c> right</c><00:42:25.860><c> ways</c><00:42:26.039><c> of</c><00:42:26.199><c> the</c><00:42:26.320><c> Lord</c><00:42:26.420><c> are</c><00:42:26.599><c> a</c><00:42:26.739><c> stumbling</c><00:42:27.019><c> block,</c>

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:29.059
what<00:42:27.960><c> do</c><00:42:28.019><c> you</c><00:42:28.019><c> mean</c><00:42:28.179><c> be</c><00:42:28.400><c> submissive?</c>

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:32.079
If<00:42:29.400><c> I</c><00:42:29.579><c> have</c><00:42:29.739><c> to</c><00:42:29.860><c> do</c><00:42:29.960><c> what</c><00:42:30.099><c> he</c><00:42:30.300><c> tells</c><00:42:30.559><c> me</c><00:42:30.780><c> to</c><00:42:30.960><c> do,</c><00:42:31.519><c> I'm</c><00:42:31.719><c> not</c><00:42:31.960><c> going</c>

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:33.159
to<00:42:32.159><c> be</c><00:42:32.360><c> happy.</c>

00:42:33.300 --> 00:42:35.360
You<00:42:33.739><c> know,</c><00:42:33.880><c> I</c><00:42:33.900><c> might</c><00:42:34.059><c> have</c><00:42:34.260><c> to</c><00:42:34.380><c> give</c><00:42:34.639><c> in.</c>

00:42:35.780 --> 00:42:38.179
I<00:42:35.920><c> might</c><00:42:36.099><c> have</c><00:42:36.280><c> to</c><00:42:36.440><c> just</c><00:42:36.659><c> simply</c><00:42:36.960><c> act</c><00:42:37.280><c> like</c><00:42:37.519><c> I'm</c><00:42:37.739><c> obeying</c><00:42:38.059><c> him.</c>

00:42:38.179 --> 00:42:40.599
He's<00:42:38.360><c> just</c><00:42:38.539><c> a</c><00:42:38.679><c> man.</c><00:42:39.099><c> Why</c><00:42:39.360><c> should</c><00:42:39.599><c> I</c><00:42:39.840><c> obey</c><00:42:40.159><c> a</c><00:42:40.400><c> man?</c>

00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:42.159
What<00:42:40.920><c> if</c><00:42:41.019><c> he's</c><00:42:41.219><c> wrong?</c>

00:42:42.340 --> 00:42:44.559
What<00:42:42.519><c> if</c><00:42:42.639><c> I</c><00:42:42.800><c> think</c><00:42:42.940><c> his</c><00:42:43.199><c> judgment</c><00:42:43.460><c> is</c><00:42:43.760><c> bad?</c>

00:42:45.099 --> 00:42:46.360
What<00:42:45.260><c> if</c><00:42:45.360><c> I</c><00:42:45.840><c> disagree?</c>

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:48.059
What<00:42:46.659><c> if</c><00:42:46.760><c> I</c><00:42:46.880><c> don't</c><00:42:47.119><c> feel</c><00:42:47.440><c> right</c><00:42:47.719><c> about</c><00:42:47.960><c> it?</c>

00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:52.760
All<00:42:48.239><c> these</c><00:42:48.440><c> things</c><00:42:48.659><c> come</c><00:42:48.860><c> in</c><00:42:48.960><c> and</c><00:42:49.280><c> it</c><00:42:49.460><c> will</c><00:42:49.679><c> be</c><00:42:50.059><c> a</c><00:42:50.280><c> stumbling</c><00:42:50.659><c> block</c><00:42:51.199><c> to</c><00:42:51.820><c> a</c><00:42:51.940><c> woman.</c>

00:42:53.199 --> 00:42:54.340
How<00:42:53.360><c> much</c><00:42:53.539><c> of</c><00:42:53.739><c> a</c><00:42:53.840><c> stumbling</c><00:42:54.119><c> block?</c>

00:42:54.380 --> 00:42:59.000
More<00:42:54.619><c> so</c><00:42:54.920><c> in</c><00:42:55.059><c> a</c><00:42:55.280><c> culture</c><00:42:55.599><c> that</c><00:42:56.420><c> pushes</c><00:42:56.800><c> this</c><00:42:57.300><c> off</c><00:42:57.599><c> on</c><00:42:57.960><c> us</c><00:42:58.400><c> every</c>

00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:00.360
minute<00:42:59.440><c> of</c><00:42:59.840><c> the</c><00:43:00.039><c> day.</c>

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:04.780
In<00:43:00.980><c> everything</c><00:43:01.300><c> we</c><00:43:01.480><c> watch</c><00:43:01.739><c> on</c><00:43:01.920><c> television,</c><00:43:02.199><c> every</c><00:43:02.460><c> movie,</c><00:43:02.780><c> every</c><00:43:03.079><c> magazine</c><00:43:03.440><c> we</c><00:43:03.699><c> read.</c>

00:43:06.099 --> 00:43:07.420
You<00:43:06.199><c> know,</c><00:43:06.239><c> the</c><00:43:06.380><c> Pharisees</c><00:43:06.719><c> came</c><00:43:06.960><c> to</c><00:43:07.059><c> him</c><00:43:07.079><c> with</c><00:43:07.219><c> this</c>

00:43:07.420 --> 00:43:08.360
terrible<00:43:07.900><c> problem.</c>

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:10.980
You<00:43:08.539><c> know,</c><00:43:08.739><c> in</c><00:43:08.840><c> what</c><00:43:09.119><c> way,</c><00:43:09.440><c> how</c><00:43:09.699><c> many</c><00:43:09.960><c> ways</c><00:43:10.300><c> can</c><00:43:10.519><c> you</c><00:43:10.679><c> divorce</c>

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:11.440
a<00:43:11.179><c> man?</c>

00:43:11.699 --> 00:43:14.280
Is<00:43:11.840><c> every</c><00:43:12.099><c> way,</c><00:43:12.940><c> is</c><00:43:13.219><c> it</c><00:43:13.280><c> just</c><00:43:13.480><c> what</c><00:43:13.679><c> Moses</c><00:43:14.039><c> said?</c>

00:43:14.320 --> 00:43:16.079
What<00:43:14.440><c> do</c><00:43:14.519><c> you</c><00:43:14.699><c> think,</c><00:43:15.219><c> Jesus?</c>

00:43:17.980 --> 00:43:19.599
And<00:43:18.460><c> he</c><00:43:18.599><c> said,</c>

00:43:21.260 --> 00:43:24.219
Oh,<00:43:21.340><c> what</c><00:43:21.519><c> God</c><00:43:21.739><c> has</c><00:43:21.860><c> put</c><00:43:22.039><c> together,</c><00:43:22.559><c> let</c><00:43:22.719><c> no</c><00:43:22.940><c> man</c><00:43:23.099><c> put</c><00:43:23.320><c> asunder.</c>

00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:28.599
Put<00:43:26.360><c> asunder</c><00:43:26.820><c> means</c><00:43:27.159><c> split</c><00:43:27.519><c> apart.</c>

00:43:29.440 --> 00:43:31.260
I<00:43:30.000><c> mean,</c><00:43:30.179><c> God</c><00:43:30.380><c> is</c><00:43:30.619><c> doing</c><00:43:30.840><c> something.</c>

00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:34.179
And<00:43:31.480><c> God</c><00:43:31.880><c> understands</c><00:43:32.320><c> all</c><00:43:32.659><c> the</c><00:43:32.820><c> materials</c><00:43:33.159><c> that</c><00:43:33.300><c> he's</c><00:43:33.420><c> working</c><00:43:33.739><c> with.</c>

00:43:34.679 --> 00:43:37.099
They<00:43:34.940><c> may</c><00:43:35.159><c> not</c><00:43:35.440><c> seem</c><00:43:35.679><c> like</c><00:43:35.900><c> they're</c><00:43:36.119><c> working</c><00:43:36.400><c> right</c><00:43:36.659><c> to</c><00:43:36.920><c> us.</c>

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:41.079
There<00:43:37.239><c> may</c><00:43:37.380><c> be</c><00:43:37.480><c> a</c><00:43:38.019><c> lot</c><00:43:38.219><c> of</c><00:43:38.739><c> tension</c><00:43:39.099><c> or</c><00:43:39.400><c> stress</c><00:43:39.820><c> as</c><00:43:40.219><c> the</c><00:43:40.500><c> potter</c>

00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:43.179
shapes<00:43:41.639><c> that</c><00:43:42.119><c> pot</c>

00:43:43.780 --> 00:43:46.239
and<00:43:44.340><c> is</c><00:43:44.360><c> in</c><00:43:44.800><c> the</c><00:43:44.980><c> process</c><00:43:45.300><c> of</c><00:43:45.579><c> creating</c><00:43:45.800><c> his</c><00:43:46.099><c> work.</c>

00:43:46.239 --> 00:43:49.340
But<00:43:46.380><c> that</c><00:43:46.599><c> work</c><00:43:46.739><c> can</c><00:43:46.900><c> be</c><00:43:47.099><c> interrupted</c><00:43:47.460><c> if</c><00:43:47.699><c> man</c><00:43:47.980><c> splits</c><00:43:48.300><c> it</c><00:43:48.519><c> apart.</c>

00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:51.420
Man<00:43:49.639><c> puts</c><00:43:49.860><c> the</c><00:43:50.159><c> fracture</c><00:43:50.440><c> in.</c>

00:43:51.739 --> 00:43:55.000
God<00:43:52.019><c> would</c><00:43:52.179><c> have</c><00:43:52.860><c> made</c><00:43:53.059><c> that</c><00:43:53.460><c> fracture</c><00:43:53.820><c> work,</c><00:43:54.219><c> but</c><00:43:54.500><c> man</c><00:43:54.760><c> puts</c>

00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:55.239
it<00:43:55.159><c> in.</c>

00:43:55.239 --> 00:43:57.460
Jesus<00:43:55.519><c> said,</c><00:43:55.800><c> don't</c><00:43:55.860><c> do</c><00:43:56.099><c> that.</c>

00:44:01.679 --> 00:44:05.719
Jesus<00:44:01.960><c> said</c><00:44:02.360><c> in</c><00:44:02.460><c> Matthew</c><00:44:02.820><c> 5</c><00:44:03.320><c> that</c>

00:44:05.719 --> 00:44:09.099
whoso<00:44:05.900><c> puts</c><00:44:06.199><c> away</c><00:44:06.619><c> his</c><00:44:06.880><c> wife,</c><00:44:07.079><c> he</c><00:44:07.280><c> causes</c><00:44:07.519><c> her</c><00:44:07.719><c> to</c><00:44:07.880><c> commit</c><00:44:08.039><c> adultery.</c>

00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:12.179
We'll<00:44:09.760><c> be</c><00:44:09.940><c> talking</c><00:44:10.119><c> a</c><00:44:10.239><c> little</c><00:44:10.380><c> bit</c><00:44:10.500><c> more</c><00:44:10.639><c> about</c><00:44:10.800><c> that</c><00:44:10.960><c> later</c><00:44:11.219><c> on.</c>

00:44:12.260 --> 00:44:14.480
He<00:44:12.460><c> causes</c><00:44:12.800><c> her</c><00:44:13.019><c> to</c><00:44:13.199><c> commit</c><00:44:13.340><c> adultery.</c>

00:44:15.780 --> 00:44:16.679
So<00:44:16.039><c> where</c><00:44:16.159><c> does</c><00:44:16.260><c> the</c><00:44:16.400><c> blame?</c>

00:44:16.940 --> 00:44:19.900
Well,<00:44:17.179><c> it's</c><00:44:17.420><c> her</c><00:44:17.639><c> adultery,</c><00:44:18.059><c> but</c><00:44:18.400><c> he</c><00:44:18.760><c> caused</c><00:44:18.960><c> her</c><00:44:19.139><c> to</c><00:44:19.320><c> commit</c><00:44:19.460><c> it.</c>

00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:21.559
So<00:44:20.340><c> where's</c><00:44:20.619><c> the</c><00:44:20.760><c> blame?</c>

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:23.559
It's<00:44:22.679><c> an</c><00:44:22.840><c> interesting</c><00:44:23.159><c> thought.</c>

00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:26.139
We'll<00:44:23.920><c> talk</c><00:44:24.159><c> about</c><00:44:24.340><c> it</c><00:44:24.500><c> a</c><00:44:24.539><c> little</c><00:44:24.679><c> bit</c><00:44:24.800><c> more</c><00:44:24.940><c> later</c><00:44:25.179><c> on.</c>

00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:30.679
All<00:44:27.139><c> these</c><00:44:27.420><c> things</c><00:44:27.800><c> turn</c><00:44:28.239><c> into</c><00:44:28.960><c> stumbling</c><00:44:29.519><c> blocks.</c>

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:31.659
All<00:44:31.260><c> of</c><00:44:31.420><c> this.</c>

00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:35.639
You<00:44:32.159><c> see</c><00:44:32.260><c> how</c><00:44:32.619><c> inappropriate</c><00:44:33.300><c> this</c><00:44:33.579><c> is</c><00:44:33.980><c> in</c><00:44:34.340><c> our</c><00:44:34.679><c> world,</c>

00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:41.119
where<00:44:36.000><c> to</c><00:44:36.900><c> describe</c><00:44:37.420><c> women</c><00:44:37.719><c> as</c><00:44:37.900><c> the</c><00:44:38.079><c> weaker</c><00:44:38.440><c> sex</c><00:44:39.300><c> would</c><00:44:39.639><c> be</c><00:44:40.199><c> pejoric</c>

00:44:41.119 --> 00:44:44.179
in<00:44:41.980><c> its</c><00:44:42.239><c> most</c><00:44:42.639><c> innocuous</c><00:44:43.219><c> form,</c>

00:44:44.760 --> 00:44:48.780
but<00:44:45.119><c> an</c><00:44:45.780><c> utter</c><00:44:46.039><c> insult</c><00:44:46.619><c> in</c><00:44:46.940><c> the</c><00:44:47.079><c> most</c><00:44:47.320><c> serious</c><00:44:47.679><c> form.</c>

00:44:51.280 --> 00:44:54.500
Ultimately,<00:44:52.340><c> the</c><00:44:52.460><c> idea</c><00:44:52.800><c> is</c><00:44:53.039><c> to</c><00:44:53.239><c> glorify</c><00:44:53.599><c> God</c><00:44:53.820><c> with</c><00:44:54.039><c> one</c><00:44:54.199><c> voice,</c>

00:44:54.519 --> 00:44:57.360
but<00:44:54.739><c> how</c><00:44:54.960><c> can</c><00:44:55.119><c> you</c><00:44:55.280><c> have</c><00:44:55.539><c> your</c><00:44:55.820><c> individual</c><00:44:56.300><c> voice</c>

00:44:57.559 --> 00:44:59.340
if<00:44:58.079><c> you're</c><00:44:58.280><c> glorifying</c><00:44:58.659><c> God</c><00:44:58.940><c> with</c><00:44:59.139><c> one</c><00:44:59.260><c> voice?</c>

00:44:59.340 --> 00:45:03.480
You<00:44:59.500><c> see</c><00:44:59.639><c> how</c><00:45:00.019><c> these</c><00:45:00.360><c> work</c><00:45:00.920><c> as</c><00:45:01.679><c> right,</c><00:45:02.360><c> the</c><00:45:02.599><c> upright</c><00:45:02.960><c> walk</c><00:45:03.239><c> in</c><00:45:03.380><c> them,</c>

00:45:03.500 --> 00:45:07.719
but<00:45:03.659><c> they're</c><00:45:04.019><c> stumbling</c><00:45:04.460><c> blocks</c><00:45:05.280><c> to</c><00:45:07.059><c> transgressors.</c>

00:45:07.780 --> 00:45:10.420
That<00:45:07.940><c> is,</c><00:45:08.099><c> to</c><00:45:08.219><c> people</c><00:45:08.420><c> who</c><00:45:08.559><c> don't</c><00:45:08.800><c> mind</c><00:45:09.159><c> going</c><00:45:09.440><c> against</c><00:45:09.900><c> the</c><00:45:10.199><c> wisdom</c>

00:45:10.420 --> 00:45:11.860
and<00:45:10.559><c> the</c><00:45:10.699><c> Word</c><00:45:10.840><c> of</c><00:45:11.079><c> God.</c>

00:45:12.360 --> 00:45:16.000
So<00:45:12.619><c> he</c><00:45:12.719><c> says</c><00:45:13.039><c> in</c><00:45:13.400><c> Hosea,</c><00:45:13.900><c> so</c><00:45:14.079><c> to</c><00:45:14.219><c> yourselves</c><00:45:14.760><c> in</c><00:45:15.239><c> righteousness.</c>

00:45:17.260 --> 00:45:18.619
Reap<00:45:17.820><c> in</c><00:45:17.940><c> mercy.</c>

00:45:19.119 --> 00:45:20.920
Break<00:45:19.320><c> up</c><00:45:19.539><c> your</c><00:45:19.880><c> fallow</c><00:45:20.219><c> ground,</c>

00:45:21.340 --> 00:45:22.659
for<00:45:21.440><c> it</c><00:45:21.559><c> is</c><00:45:21.679><c> time</c><00:45:21.860><c> to</c><00:45:22.079><c> seek</c><00:45:22.219><c> the</c><00:45:22.440><c> Lord,</c>

00:45:22.739 --> 00:45:26.199
till<00:45:22.840><c> he</c><00:45:23.039><c> come</c><00:45:23.260><c> and</c><00:45:23.519><c> reign</c><00:45:23.820><c> righteousness</c><00:45:24.400><c> upon</c><00:45:24.880><c> you.</c>

00:45:26.980 --> 00:45:30.900
That's<00:45:27.539><c> the</c><00:45:27.780><c> lesson</c><00:45:28.519><c> for</c><00:45:29.639><c> marriage.</c>

00:45:31.639 --> 00:45:35.300
So<00:45:31.840><c> to</c><00:45:31.960><c> yourselves</c><00:45:32.340><c> in</c><00:45:32.579><c> righteousness</c><00:45:33.079><c> and</c><00:45:33.900><c> reap</c><00:45:34.139><c> in</c><00:45:34.360><c> mercy.</c>

00:45:48.360 --> 00:45:50.360
Is<00:45:48.800><c> there</c><00:45:49.119><c> anything</c><00:45:49.139><c> wrong</c><00:45:49.280><c> with</c><00:45:49.500><c> that</c><00:45:49.679><c> verse?</c>

00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:52.039
Of<00:45:51.280><c> course</c><00:45:51.400><c> you</c><00:45:51.539><c> don't.</c>

00:45:52.199 --> 00:45:54.260
You<00:45:52.280><c> wouldn't</c><00:45:52.480><c> be</c><00:45:52.739><c> here</c><00:45:52.920><c> if</c><00:45:53.099><c> you</c><00:45:53.219><c> thought</c><00:45:53.380><c> there</c><00:45:53.500><c> was</c><00:45:53.739><c> anything</c><00:45:53.980><c> wrong</c>

00:45:54.260 --> 00:45:55.460
with<00:45:54.480><c> any</c><00:45:54.719><c> verse,</c>

00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:59.659
but<00:45:56.239><c> really,</c><00:45:56.760><c> I</c><00:45:56.760><c> mean,</c><00:45:57.639><c> intrinsically,</c><00:45:58.019><c> if</c><00:45:58.099><c> you</c><00:45:58.280><c> think</c><00:45:58.460><c> about</c><00:45:58.739><c> that,</c>

00:46:00.119 --> 00:46:01.940
why<00:46:00.320><c> would</c><00:46:00.480><c> the</c><00:46:00.639><c> righteous</c><00:46:00.940><c> need</c><00:46:01.179><c> to</c><00:46:01.400><c> reap</c><00:46:01.500><c> in</c><00:46:01.679><c> mercy?</c>

00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:04.519
Didn't<00:46:02.599><c> Jesus</c><00:46:02.940><c> come</c><00:46:03.179><c> to</c><00:46:03.400><c> save</c><00:46:03.619><c> sinners?</c>

00:46:05.760 --> 00:46:07.719
See,<00:46:05.940><c> it</c><00:46:06.119><c> kind</c><00:46:06.179><c> of</c><00:46:06.239><c> gets</c><00:46:06.460><c> tangly</c><00:46:06.880><c> when</c><00:46:07.000><c> you</c><00:46:07.099><c> put</c><00:46:07.260><c> it</c><00:46:07.420><c> in</c><00:46:07.539><c> those</c>

00:46:07.719 --> 00:46:08.260
terms,<00:46:08.079><c> doesn't</c><00:46:08.139><c> it?</c>

00:46:08.260 --> 00:46:11.179
I<00:46:08.320><c> mean,</c><00:46:09.119><c> why</c><00:46:09.380><c> doesn't</c><00:46:09.579><c> it</c><00:46:09.739><c> say</c><00:46:09.900><c> so</c><00:46:10.119><c> to</c><00:46:10.239><c> yourselves</c><00:46:10.539><c> in</c><00:46:10.940><c> sin</c>

00:46:11.179 --> 00:46:12.659
because<00:46:11.500><c> you</c><00:46:11.699><c> will</c><00:46:11.960><c> reap</c><00:46:12.219><c> in</c><00:46:12.420><c> mercy?</c>

00:46:12.659 --> 00:46:14.500
That's<00:46:12.940><c> what</c><00:46:13.119><c> the</c><00:46:13.320><c> Atonement</c><00:46:13.679><c> is</c><00:46:13.900><c> for,</c><00:46:14.039><c> isn't</c><00:46:14.239><c> it?</c>

00:46:14.500 --> 00:46:15.920
It<00:46:14.639><c> doesn't</c><00:46:14.880><c> say</c><00:46:15.139><c> that,</c><00:46:15.400><c> does</c><00:46:15.539><c> it?</c>

00:46:16.059 --> 00:46:19.219
It<00:46:16.199><c> doesn't</c><00:46:16.420><c> say</c><00:46:16.820><c> so</c><00:46:17.199><c> in</c><00:46:17.500><c> sin</c><00:46:17.719><c> and</c><00:46:18.300><c> reap</c><00:46:18.539><c> in</c><00:46:18.760><c> righteousness.</c>

00:46:19.360 --> 00:46:20.980
That<00:46:19.559><c> would</c><00:46:19.739><c> be</c><00:46:20.019><c> wrong.</c>

00:46:21.559 --> 00:46:22.960
That's<00:46:21.940><c> a</c><00:46:22.079><c> wrong</c><00:46:22.340><c> idea.</c>

00:46:23.179 --> 00:46:25.699
That<00:46:23.380><c> if</c><00:46:23.599><c> I</c><00:46:23.880><c> sin,</c><00:46:24.340><c> I</c><00:46:24.619><c> will</c><00:46:24.880><c> reap</c><00:46:25.079><c> in</c><00:46:25.280><c> mercy.</c>

00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:29.199
That<00:46:26.260><c> if</c><00:46:26.400><c> there's</c><00:46:26.679><c> sin</c><00:46:26.880><c> in</c><00:46:27.019><c> the</c><00:46:27.159><c> marriage,</c><00:46:27.800><c> the</c><00:46:27.940><c> marriage</c><00:46:28.139><c> will</c><00:46:28.400><c> reap</c><00:46:28.619><c> in</c><00:46:28.800><c> mercy.</c>

00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:31.960
That<00:46:29.599><c> is</c><00:46:29.800><c> individual</c><00:46:30.280><c> sin,</c><00:46:30.980><c> they</c><00:46:31.219><c> reap</c><00:46:31.480><c> in</c><00:46:31.679><c> mercy.</c>

00:46:32.059 --> 00:46:35.159
So<00:46:32.280><c> a</c><00:46:32.579><c> worldview</c><00:46:32.940><c> and</c><00:46:33.260><c> a</c><00:46:33.480><c> life</c><00:46:33.760><c> that</c><00:46:34.280><c> accepts</c><00:46:34.639><c> sin</c>

00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:39.000
will<00:46:35.719><c> result</c><00:46:36.199><c> in</c><00:46:36.400><c> the</c><00:46:36.519><c> mercy</c><00:46:36.760><c> of</c><00:46:36.940><c> God</c><00:46:37.119><c> as</c><00:46:37.380><c> a</c><00:46:37.579><c> result</c><00:46:37.780><c> of</c><00:46:37.940><c> the</c><00:46:38.139><c> sacrifice</c><00:46:38.539><c> of</c><00:46:38.739><c> Christ.</c>

00:46:39.239 --> 00:46:41.900
That's<00:46:39.599><c> an</c><00:46:39.880><c> error.</c><00:46:40.340><c> It's</c><00:46:40.679><c> wrong.</c><00:46:41.059><c> It's</c><00:46:41.280><c> not</c><00:46:41.500><c> right.</c>

00:46:41.900 --> 00:46:46.780
What<00:46:42.920><c> is</c><00:46:43.219><c> right</c><00:46:44.179><c> about</c><00:46:45.619><c> betrothal</c><00:46:46.179><c> and</c><00:46:46.340><c> righteousness</c>

00:46:46.780 --> 00:46:49.360
is<00:46:47.300><c> sow</c><00:46:47.679><c> in</c><00:46:48.039><c> righteousness,</c>

00:46:50.300 --> 00:46:55.260
and<00:46:51.039><c> you</c><00:46:51.320><c> still</c><00:46:51.599><c> will</c><00:46:52.239><c> need</c><00:46:52.400><c> to</c><00:46:53.300><c> reap</c><00:46:53.300><c> in</c><00:46:54.340><c> mercy.</c>

00:46:59.619 --> 00:47:04.420
So<00:47:00.360><c> how</c><00:47:01.099><c> can</c><00:47:01.280><c> you</c><00:47:01.460><c> expect</c><00:47:01.860><c> to</c><00:47:02.099><c> reap</c><00:47:02.260><c> in</c><00:47:02.460><c> mercy</c><00:47:02.760><c> if</c><00:47:03.039><c> you</c><00:47:03.280><c> sow</c><00:47:03.420><c> in</c><00:47:03.699><c> sin?</c>

00:47:04.820 --> 00:47:06.940
That's<00:47:05.019><c> not</c><00:47:05.219><c> a</c><00:47:05.300><c> biblical</c><00:47:05.599><c> concept.</c>

00:47:08.039 --> 00:47:12.079
Sowing<00:47:08.599><c> in</c><00:47:08.880><c> sin</c><00:47:08.980><c> and</c><00:47:09.139><c> reaping</c><00:47:09.480><c> in</c><00:47:09.679><c> mercy</c><00:47:10.039><c> is</c><00:47:11.179><c> sinning</c><00:47:11.639><c> so</c><00:47:11.900><c> that</c>

00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:13.820
grace<00:47:12.320><c> may</c><00:47:12.559><c> abound.</c>

00:47:16.500 --> 00:47:21.119
Let's<00:47:16.579><c> see</c><00:47:16.639><c> if</c><00:47:16.679><c> we</c><00:47:16.780><c> can</c><00:47:16.920><c> get</c><00:47:17.079><c> by</c><00:47:17.260><c> these</c><00:47:18.719><c> in</c><00:47:19.260><c> the</c><00:47:19.360><c> next</c><00:47:19.840><c> few</c><00:47:20.340><c> minutes.</c>

00:47:23.800 --> 00:47:27.420
Betrothal<00:47:24.159><c> and</c><00:47:24.300><c> righteousness</c><00:47:24.699><c> describes</c><00:47:25.300><c> a</c><00:47:25.500><c> kind</c><00:47:25.639><c> of</c><00:47:25.880><c> royal</c><00:47:26.300><c> love,</c>

00:47:27.940 --> 00:47:30.639
and<00:47:28.320><c> here's</c><00:47:28.460><c> what</c><00:47:28.599><c> I</c><00:47:28.760><c> mean</c><00:47:28.840><c> by</c><00:47:29.119><c> that.</c>

00:47:32.340 --> 00:47:36.380
In<00:47:32.960><c> Genesis,</c><00:47:34.099><c> God</c><00:47:34.380><c> told</c><00:47:34.619><c> Adam,</c><00:47:34.820><c> Genesis</c><00:47:35.159><c> 2</c><00:47:35.420><c>.24,</c>

00:47:36.820 --> 00:47:38.860
that<00:47:36.940><c> a</c><00:47:37.079><c> man</c><00:47:37.179><c> would</c><00:47:37.360><c> leave</c><00:47:37.539><c> his</c><00:47:37.780><c> father</c><00:47:38.019><c> and</c><00:47:38.119><c> his</c><00:47:38.360><c> mother</c><00:47:38.559><c> and</c>

00:47:38.860 --> 00:47:41.780
cleave<00:47:39.519><c> unto</c><00:47:39.840><c> his</c><00:47:40.719><c> wife.</c>

00:47:42.340 --> 00:47:46.860
That<00:47:42.699><c> would</c><00:47:42.900><c> mean</c><00:47:43.119><c> that</c><00:47:44.460><c> you</c><00:47:44.679><c> and</c><00:47:44.880><c> I</c><00:47:45.840><c> involved</c><00:47:46.340><c> in</c><00:47:46.519><c> marriage</c>

00:47:46.860 --> 00:47:50.619
would<00:47:47.219><c> cleave</c><00:47:47.599><c> to</c><00:47:47.840><c> our</c><00:47:48.139><c> spouse</c><00:47:48.840><c> in</c><00:47:49.639><c> righteousness.</c>

00:47:51.099 --> 00:47:54.659
Let's<00:47:51.400><c> look</c><00:47:51.579><c> at</c><00:47:51.699><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:47:52.199><c> 30</c><00:47:52.940><c> and</c><00:47:53.099><c> 20.</c>

00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:15.400
Deuteronomy<00:48:15.400><c> 30</c><00:48:15.400><c> and</c><00:48:15.400><c> 20</c>

00:48:15.400 --> 00:48:16.199
Beginning<00:48:15.400><c> at</c><00:48:15.599><c> 19,</c>

00:48:16.280 --> 00:48:18.920
I<00:48:16.480><c> call</c><00:48:16.739><c> heaven</c><00:48:16.960><c> and</c><00:48:17.139><c> earth</c><00:48:17.320><c> as</c><00:48:17.480><c> witnesses</c><00:48:17.900><c> today</c><00:48:18.320><c> against</c><00:48:18.719><c> you,</c>

00:48:18.980 --> 00:48:20.980
that<00:48:19.039><c> I</c><00:48:19.199><c> have</c><00:48:19.420><c> set</c><00:48:19.579><c> before</c><00:48:19.940><c> you</c><00:48:20.159><c> life</c><00:48:20.400><c> and</c><00:48:20.639><c> death.</c>

00:48:21.420 --> 00:48:24.159
Think<00:48:21.619><c> of</c><00:48:21.739><c> this</c><00:48:21.900><c> now</c><00:48:22.059><c> in</c><00:48:22.219><c> the</c><00:48:22.360><c> context</c><00:48:22.739><c> of</c><00:48:22.920><c> marriage.</c>

00:48:24.400 --> 00:48:25.760
Blessing<00:48:24.800><c> and</c><00:48:24.960><c> cursing.</c>

00:48:26.079 --> 00:48:27.940
It<00:48:26.280><c> can</c><00:48:26.420><c> go</c><00:48:26.599><c> either</c><00:48:26.800><c> way</c><00:48:27.000><c> in</c><00:48:27.179><c> marriage,</c><00:48:27.639><c> can</c><00:48:27.780><c> it?</c>

00:48:27.940 --> 00:48:31.360
Just<00:48:28.179><c> like</c><00:48:28.460><c> life,</c><00:48:29.079><c> because</c><00:48:29.239><c> marriage</c><00:48:29.519><c> is</c><00:48:29.820><c> a</c><00:48:29.840><c> lot</c><00:48:29.960><c> like</c><00:48:30.219><c> life.</c>

00:48:32.400 --> 00:48:34.059
Therefore,<00:48:32.679><c> choose</c><00:48:33.019><c> life.</c>

00:48:34.539 --> 00:48:37.440
Both<00:48:34.780><c> you</c><00:48:35.099><c> and</c><00:48:35.300><c> your</c><00:48:35.579><c> descendants</c><00:48:36.159><c> may</c><00:48:36.480><c> live.</c>

00:48:38.019 --> 00:48:40.280
That<00:48:38.400><c> might</c><00:48:38.579><c> be</c><00:48:38.719><c> your</c><00:48:38.940><c> children</c><00:48:39.280><c> in</c><00:48:39.460><c> a</c><00:48:39.579><c> marital</c><00:48:39.880><c> concept.</c>

00:48:40.539 --> 00:48:41.860
That<00:48:40.599><c> you</c><00:48:40.760><c> may</c><00:48:40.920><c> love</c><00:48:41.199><c> the</c><00:48:41.340><c> Lord</c><00:48:41.500><c> your</c><00:48:41.639><c> God,</c>

00:48:41.980 --> 00:48:44.699
that<00:48:42.059><c> you</c><00:48:42.239><c> may</c><00:48:42.380><c> obey</c><00:48:42.619><c> his</c><00:48:42.940><c> voice,</c><00:48:43.480><c> and</c><00:48:43.760><c> that</c><00:48:43.900><c> you</c><00:48:44.019><c> may</c><00:48:44.300><c> cleave</c>

00:48:44.699 --> 00:48:45.039
to<00:48:44.820><c> him.</c>

00:48:45.360 --> 00:48:47.719
You<00:48:45.559><c> see,</c><00:48:45.820><c> the</c><00:48:46.039><c> same</c><00:48:46.400><c> language</c><00:48:46.860><c> now</c><00:48:47.179><c> of</c><00:48:47.360><c> love</c>

00:48:47.719 --> 00:48:50.800
that<00:48:48.099><c> was</c><00:48:48.340><c> used</c><00:48:48.679><c> to</c><00:48:49.059><c> describe</c><00:48:49.380><c> Adam's</c><00:48:49.840><c> relationship</c><00:48:50.340><c> with</c><00:48:50.619><c> Eve</c>

00:48:50.800 --> 00:48:52.699
or<00:48:51.059><c> a</c><00:48:51.239><c> man's</c><00:48:51.579><c> relationship</c><00:48:52.039><c> with</c><00:48:52.219><c> his</c><00:48:52.420><c> wife</c>

00:48:52.699 --> 00:48:56.039
is<00:48:53.320><c> used</c><00:48:53.519><c> to</c><00:48:53.900><c> describe</c><00:48:54.159><c> our</c><00:48:54.460><c> relationship</c><00:48:55.119><c> to</c><00:48:55.679><c> God.</c>

00:48:56.039 --> 00:48:58.739
That<00:48:56.539><c> you</c><00:48:56.739><c> may</c><00:48:57.000><c> cleave</c><00:48:57.280><c> to</c><00:48:57.400><c> him,</c><00:48:57.719><c> for</c><00:48:57.739><c> he</c><00:48:57.960><c> is</c><00:48:58.039><c> your</c><00:48:58.260><c> life,</c>

00:48:58.920 --> 00:49:01.280
and<00:48:59.119><c> the</c><00:48:59.219><c> length</c><00:48:59.440><c> of</c><00:48:59.619><c> your</c><00:48:59.840><c> days</c><00:49:00.119><c> that</c><00:49:00.340><c> you</c><00:49:00.500><c> may</c><00:49:00.639><c> dwell</c><00:49:00.800><c> in</c><00:49:00.940><c> the</c><00:49:01.099><c> land</c>

00:49:01.280 --> 00:49:03.619
which<00:49:01.460><c> the</c><00:49:01.579><c> Lord</c><00:49:01.780><c> swore</c><00:49:02.079><c> to</c><00:49:03.039><c> your</c><00:49:03.280><c> fathers,</c>

00:49:03.679 --> 00:49:07.039
to<00:49:03.860><c> Abraham,</c><00:49:04.260><c> Isaac,</c><00:49:04.920><c> and</c><00:49:05.099><c> Jacob,</c><00:49:05.420><c> to</c><00:49:05.619><c> give</c><00:49:05.820><c> them.</c>

00:49:07.219 --> 00:49:11.599
But<00:49:07.639><c> the</c><00:49:07.800><c> whole</c><00:49:08.099><c> idea</c><00:49:08.480><c> comes</c><00:49:08.780><c> together</c><00:49:09.239><c> in</c><00:49:09.500><c> Joshua</c><00:49:10.119><c> chapter</c><00:49:10.920><c> 23.</c>

00:49:12.079 --> 00:49:13.960
Let's<00:49:12.260><c> look</c><00:49:12.440><c> at</c><00:49:12.599><c> that.</c>

00:49:25.280 --> 00:49:28.420
Therefore,<00:49:25.980><c> take</c><00:49:26.219><c> careful</c><00:49:26.679><c> heed</c><00:49:26.860><c> to</c><00:49:27.159><c> yourselves</c>

00:49:28.900 --> 00:49:31.440
that<00:49:29.420><c> you</c><00:49:29.599><c> love</c><00:49:29.880><c> the</c><00:49:30.039><c> Lord</c><00:49:30.199><c> your</c><00:49:30.400><c> God,</c>

00:49:32.239 --> 00:49:33.380
that<00:49:32.360><c> you</c><00:49:32.500><c> love</c><00:49:32.699><c> your</c><00:49:32.980><c> spouse,</c>

00:49:33.679 --> 00:49:36.960
that<00:49:33.780><c> husbands</c><00:49:34.139><c> love</c><00:49:34.420><c> your</c><00:49:34.659><c> wives,</c><00:49:35.059><c> and</c><00:49:35.239><c> wives</c><00:49:35.440><c> love</c><00:49:35.679><c> your</c><00:49:35.840><c> husbands.</c>

00:49:37.659 --> 00:49:41.099
Or<00:49:38.019><c> else,</c><00:49:38.380><c> if</c><00:49:38.659><c> indeed</c><00:49:39.079><c> you</c><00:49:39.519><c> do,</c><00:49:40.420><c> go</c><00:49:40.639><c> back</c>

00:49:41.099 --> 00:49:43.440
and<00:49:41.679><c> cling</c><00:49:41.900><c> or</c><00:49:42.239><c> cleave</c><00:49:42.440><c> to</c><00:49:42.619><c> the</c><00:49:42.820><c> remnant</c><00:49:43.099><c> of</c><00:49:43.280><c> these</c><00:49:43.440><c> names.</c>

00:49:45.159 --> 00:49:48.059
That<00:49:45.719><c> these</c><00:49:46.280><c> that</c><00:49:47.199><c> remain</c><00:49:47.579><c> among</c><00:49:47.900><c> you</c>

00:49:48.059 --> 00:49:52.039
and<00:49:48.239><c> make</c><00:49:48.400><c> marriages</c><00:49:48.820><c> with</c><00:49:49.099><c> them</c><00:49:49.280><c> and</c><00:49:49.440><c> go</c><00:49:49.639><c> into</c><00:49:49.900><c> them</c><00:49:50.440><c> and</c><00:49:51.099><c> they</c><00:49:51.420><c> to</c><00:49:51.659><c> you</c>

00:49:52.039 --> 00:49:53.920
know<00:49:52.320><c> for</c><00:49:52.659><c> certain</c><00:49:52.880><c> that</c><00:49:53.159><c> the</c><00:49:53.340><c> Lord</c><00:49:53.519><c> your</c><00:49:53.719><c> God</c>

00:49:53.920 --> 00:49:56.599
will<00:49:54.119><c> no</c><00:49:54.360><c> longer</c><00:49:54.619><c> drive</c><00:49:54.920><c> out</c><00:49:55.199><c> these</c><00:49:55.420><c> nations</c><00:49:55.840><c> from</c><00:49:56.139><c> before</c><00:49:56.460><c> you.</c>

00:49:56.760 --> 00:50:00.699
In<00:49:56.760><c> other</c><00:49:56.960><c> words,</c><00:49:58.400><c> if</c><00:49:58.739><c> we're</c><00:49:59.420><c> cleaving</c><00:49:59.719><c> ourselves</c><00:50:00.320><c> to</c><00:50:00.539><c> the</c>

00:50:00.699 --> 00:50:01.219
Lord<00:50:00.900><c> God</c>

00:50:01.219 --> 00:50:05.219
and<00:50:01.659><c> we</c><00:50:01.940><c> cleave</c><00:50:02.179><c> to</c><00:50:02.340><c> one</c><00:50:02.440><c> another</c><00:50:02.900><c> in</c><00:50:03.539><c> marriage</c><00:50:03.840><c> in</c><00:50:04.000><c> the</c><00:50:04.159><c> Lord,</c>

00:50:05.480 --> 00:50:08.719
then<00:50:05.940><c> there</c><00:50:06.199><c> can</c><00:50:06.460><c> be</c><00:50:06.719><c> no</c><00:50:07.019><c> cleaving</c><00:50:07.380><c> to</c><00:50:07.659><c> people</c><00:50:08.119><c> who</c><00:50:08.500><c> are</c><00:50:08.599><c> not</c>

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in<00:50:08.860><c> the</c><00:50:09.019><c> Lord.</c>

00:50:09.940 --> 00:50:11.360
Those<00:50:10.179><c> are</c><00:50:10.320><c> the</c><00:50:10.420><c> nations</c><00:50:10.679><c> around</c><00:50:11.039><c> Israel.</c>

00:50:11.360 --> 00:50:13.880
The<00:50:11.539><c> same</c><00:50:11.820><c> thing</c><00:50:12.059><c> works</c><00:50:12.300><c> on</c><00:50:12.559><c> all</c><00:50:12.880><c> levels.</c>

00:50:14.079 --> 00:50:18.619
If<00:50:14.599><c> Israel</c><00:50:15.059><c> was</c><00:50:15.260><c> supposed</c><00:50:15.559><c> to</c><00:50:16.019><c> remain</c><00:50:16.739><c> faithful</c><00:50:17.380><c> and</c><00:50:17.860><c> true</c><00:50:18.079><c> to</c><00:50:18.239><c> God</c>

00:50:18.619 --> 00:50:22.159
and<00:50:19.039><c> marry</c><00:50:19.380><c> inside</c><00:50:20.199><c> of</c><00:50:20.440><c> the</c><00:50:20.599><c> same</c><00:50:20.920><c> stock</c><00:50:21.139><c> of</c><00:50:21.320><c> the</c><00:50:21.340><c> stock</c><00:50:21.639><c> of</c><00:50:21.760><c> Israel,</c>

00:50:22.480 --> 00:50:24.000
then<00:50:22.579><c> the</c><00:50:22.780><c> same</c><00:50:23.019><c> thing</c><00:50:23.199><c> applies</c><00:50:23.579><c> to</c><00:50:23.820><c> us.</c>

00:50:24.059 --> 00:50:27.039
In<00:50:24.179><c> our</c><00:50:24.440><c> cleaving</c><00:50:24.760><c> to</c><00:50:24.940><c> each</c><00:50:25.179><c> other</c><00:50:25.539><c> and</c><00:50:25.900><c> that</c><00:50:26.119><c> marriage</c><00:50:26.400><c> cleaving</c><00:50:26.860><c> to</c>

00:50:27.039 --> 00:50:27.460
the<00:50:27.219><c> Lord,</c>

00:50:27.780 --> 00:50:30.679
there<00:50:28.000><c> can</c><00:50:28.360><c> be</c><00:50:28.619><c> no</c><00:50:29.000><c> cleaving</c><00:50:29.400><c> to</c><00:50:29.599><c> the</c><00:50:29.800><c> world.</c>

00:50:30.699 --> 00:50:32.039
So<00:50:30.960><c> adultery</c><00:50:31.340><c> is</c><00:50:31.599><c> unthinkable.</c>

00:50:32.139 --> 00:50:34.659
Marriage<00:50:32.400><c> out</c><00:50:32.539><c> of</c><00:50:32.639><c> the</c><00:50:32.860><c> Lord</c><00:50:33.079><c> is</c><00:50:33.320><c> unthinkable.</c>

00:50:34.900 --> 00:50:36.619
Flirting<00:50:35.280><c> at</c><00:50:35.639><c> work</c><00:50:35.860><c> is</c><00:50:36.079><c> unthinkable.</c>

00:50:36.619 --> 00:50:41.800
All<00:50:36.860><c> those</c><00:50:37.119><c> things</c><00:50:37.599><c> where</c><00:50:39.079><c> our</c><00:50:39.380><c> eyes</c><00:50:39.860><c> even</c><00:50:40.300><c> indulge</c><00:50:40.820><c> in</c><00:50:41.019><c> beholding</c>

00:50:41.800 --> 00:50:45.059
the<00:50:42.059><c> adultery</c><00:50:42.599><c> or</c><00:50:43.019><c> the</c><00:50:43.420><c> faithlessness,</c><00:50:44.099><c> the</c><00:50:44.239><c> ungodliness</c><00:50:44.840><c> of</c>

00:50:45.059 --> 00:50:45.360
the<00:50:45.199><c> world,</c>

00:50:45.440 --> 00:50:49.260
all<00:50:45.699><c> of</c><00:50:45.840><c> those</c><00:50:46.099><c> things</c><00:50:46.420><c> are</c><00:50:46.860><c> unthinkable</c><00:50:47.860><c> if</c><00:50:48.619><c> we're</c><00:50:48.940><c> cleaving</c>

00:50:49.260 --> 00:50:50.019
to<00:50:49.460><c> God</c><00:50:49.659><c> in</c><00:50:49.900><c> love.</c>

00:50:50.159 --> 00:50:54.619
So<00:50:50.559><c> if</c><00:50:51.420><c> we</c><00:50:51.659><c> cleave</c><00:50:51.840><c> to</c><00:50:52.039><c> our</c><00:50:52.320><c> spouse</c><00:50:52.679><c> and</c><00:50:52.980><c> God</c><00:50:53.280><c> in</c><00:50:53.559><c> righteousness,</c>

00:50:55.400 --> 00:50:58.059
we're<00:50:55.559><c> loving</c><00:50:55.780><c> them</c><00:50:56.039><c> with</c><00:50:56.239><c> all</c><00:50:56.380><c> our</c><00:50:56.579><c> heart</c><00:50:56.800><c> and</c><00:50:57.000><c> soul</c><00:50:57.260><c> and</c><00:50:57.480><c> strength</c><00:50:57.760><c> and</c><00:50:57.960><c> mind.</c>

00:50:58.139 --> 00:51:00.139
The<00:50:58.400><c> second</c><00:50:58.760><c> command</c><00:50:59.119><c> is</c><00:50:59.300><c> like</c><00:50:59.500><c> unto</c><00:50:59.739><c> itself,</c>

00:51:00.619 --> 00:51:02.179
but<00:51:00.699><c> in</c><00:51:00.880><c> righteousness</c><00:51:01.320><c> you</c><00:51:01.619><c> shall</c><00:51:01.880><c> judge.</c>

00:51:02.179 --> 00:51:06.519
In<00:51:03.099><c> righteousness</c><00:51:03.599><c> you</c><00:51:03.880><c> shall</c><00:51:04.079><c> love</c><00:51:04.300><c> your</c><00:51:04.539><c> neighbor</c><00:51:04.920><c> and</c><00:51:05.280><c> your</c><00:51:05.539><c> wife</c><00:51:05.840><c> as</c><00:51:06.079><c> yourself.</c>

00:51:06.800 --> 00:51:08.519
Look<00:51:06.940><c> at</c><00:51:07.079><c> Leviticus</c><00:51:07.519><c> 19,</c><00:51:07.980><c> 18.</c>

00:51:08.880 --> 00:51:13.440
This<00:51:09.059><c> I</c><00:51:09.280><c> find</c><00:51:09.539><c> is</c><00:51:10.079><c> an</c><00:51:10.420><c> astonishingly</c><00:51:12.179><c> consistent</c><00:51:12.880><c> passage,</c>

00:51:13.840 --> 00:51:15.519
one<00:51:14.000><c> of</c><00:51:14.119><c> my</c><00:51:14.300><c> favorite</c><00:51:14.619><c> chapters</c><00:51:15.000><c> in</c><00:51:15.199><c> the</c><00:51:15.340><c> Bible,</c>

00:51:15.659 --> 00:51:18.519
because<00:51:15.940><c> of</c><00:51:16.099><c> the</c><00:51:16.199><c> way</c><00:51:16.300><c> it</c><00:51:16.719><c> specifies</c><00:51:17.420><c> righteousness.</c>

00:51:18.699 --> 00:51:21.519
I<00:51:18.800><c> wish</c><00:51:18.940><c> I</c><00:51:19.019><c> had</c><00:51:19.219><c> time</c><00:51:19.500><c> to</c><00:51:19.639><c> go</c><00:51:19.840><c> into</c><00:51:20.340><c> the</c><00:51:20.659><c> specifics</c><00:51:21.039><c> of</c><00:51:21.199><c> what</c><00:51:21.340><c> I</c>

00:51:21.519 --> 00:51:22.099
mean<00:51:21.639><c> by</c><00:51:21.880><c> that,</c>

00:51:22.119 --> 00:51:25.559
but<00:51:22.800><c> just</c><00:51:23.260><c> look</c><00:51:23.420><c> at</c><00:51:23.579><c> the</c><00:51:23.719><c> eighteenth</c><00:51:24.199><c> verse.</c>

00:51:29.039 --> 00:51:32.679
You<00:51:29.559><c> shall</c><00:51:29.820><c> not</c><00:51:30.119><c> take</c><00:51:30.420><c> vengeance</c><00:51:30.960><c> or</c><00:51:31.280><c> bear</c><00:51:31.460><c> any</c><00:51:31.760><c> grudge</c><00:51:32.119><c> against</c><00:51:32.460><c> the</c>

00:51:32.679 --> 00:51:34.340
children<00:51:32.960><c> of</c><00:51:33.139><c> your</c><00:51:33.320><c> people,</c>

00:51:34.460 --> 00:51:37.239
but<00:51:34.639><c> you</c><00:51:34.840><c> shall</c><00:51:34.980><c> love</c><00:51:35.380><c> your</c><00:51:35.679><c> neighbor</c><00:51:35.980><c> as</c><00:51:36.179><c> yourself.</c>

00:51:37.300 --> 00:51:39.360
I<00:51:37.820><c> am</c><00:51:38.300><c> the</c><00:51:38.519><c> Lord.</c>

00:51:39.760 --> 00:51:43.980
Well,<00:51:40.059><c> what</c><00:51:40.199><c> if</c><00:51:40.300><c> you</c><00:51:40.440><c> were</c><00:51:40.519><c> to</c><00:51:40.679><c> convert</c><00:51:41.059><c> that</c><00:51:41.460><c> concept</c><00:51:41.940><c> to</c><00:51:42.239><c> righteousness</c><00:51:42.659><c> in</c><00:51:42.960><c> marriage?</c>

00:51:44.739 --> 00:51:48.539
You<00:51:44.980><c> shall</c><00:51:45.159><c> not</c><00:51:45.380><c> take</c><00:51:45.579><c> vengeance</c><00:51:46.059><c> or</c><00:51:46.260><c> bear</c><00:51:46.460><c> any</c><00:51:46.719><c> grudge</c><00:51:46.940><c> against</c><00:51:47.239><c> your</c><00:51:47.559><c> spouse,</c>

00:51:48.900 --> 00:51:50.340
your<00:51:49.099><c> wife</c><00:51:49.340><c> or</c><00:51:49.460><c> your</c><00:51:49.639><c> husband.</c>

00:51:50.360 --> 00:51:51.599
They'll<00:51:50.880><c> make</c><00:51:51.019><c> mistakes.</c>

00:51:51.840 --> 00:51:53.159
They'll<00:51:52.099><c> say</c><00:51:52.300><c> things</c><00:51:52.559><c> they</c><00:51:52.739><c> don't</c><00:51:53.019><c> mean.</c>

00:51:53.219 --> 00:51:54.460
They'll<00:51:53.360><c> get</c><00:51:53.539><c> angry</c><00:51:53.800><c> and</c><00:51:53.920><c> look</c><00:51:54.119><c> awful,</c>

00:51:54.460 --> 00:51:58.159
and<00:51:54.860><c> there</c><00:51:55.500><c> will</c><00:51:55.659><c> be</c><00:51:55.820><c> horrible</c><00:51:56.139><c> things</c><00:51:56.480><c> that</c><00:51:56.719><c> can</c><00:51:56.940><c> happen</c><00:51:57.480><c> as</c>

00:51:58.159 --> 00:52:00.059
the<00:51:58.380><c> flesh</c><00:51:58.599><c> asserts</c><00:51:59.139><c> itself.</c>

00:52:00.099 --> 00:52:01.980
But<00:52:00.300><c> don't</c><00:52:00.500><c> take</c><00:52:00.719><c> any</c><00:52:01.000><c> vengeance.</c>

00:52:02.519 --> 00:52:05.179
Don't<00:52:02.840><c> bear</c><00:52:03.000><c> any</c><00:52:03.300><c> grudges</c><00:52:03.920><c> in</c><00:52:04.300><c> your</c><00:52:04.519><c> marriage,</c>

00:52:05.179 --> 00:52:10.940
because<00:52:06.239><c> husbands,</c><00:52:08.300><c> you</c><00:52:08.480><c> know</c><00:52:08.559><c> what</c><00:52:08.679><c> it</c><00:52:08.900><c> says</c><00:52:09.159><c> in</c><00:52:09.360><c> Ephesians</c><00:52:09.760><c> 5,</c>

00:52:11.380 --> 00:52:12.880
just<00:52:11.679><c> like</c><00:52:11.920><c> Christ</c><00:52:12.199><c> loved</c><00:52:12.380><c> the</c><00:52:12.599><c> church,</c>

00:52:13.280 --> 00:52:16.920
you'll<00:52:13.659><c> love</c><00:52:13.920><c> your</c><00:52:14.280><c> wife</c><00:52:14.880><c> as</c><00:52:15.800><c> yourself.</c>

00:52:17.360 --> 00:52:19.519
And<00:52:18.000><c> he</c><00:52:18.119><c> gave</c><00:52:18.320><c> himself</c><00:52:18.719><c> for</c><00:52:19.039><c> her.</c>

00:52:19.519 --> 00:52:23.179
There<00:52:20.420><c> were</c><00:52:20.619><c> no</c><00:52:20.840><c> grudges.</c>

00:52:26.440 --> 00:52:31.019
There<00:52:26.599><c> couldn't</c><00:52:26.780><c> have</c><00:52:26.960><c> been</c><00:52:27.059><c> any</c><00:52:27.320><c> vengeance</c><00:52:28.059><c> at</c><00:52:29.380><c> our</c><00:52:29.639><c> failings.</c>

00:52:32.340 --> 00:52:36.460
Just<00:52:33.059><c> a</c><00:52:33.179><c> perfect</c><00:52:33.539><c> love</c><00:52:34.300><c> as</c><00:52:35.440><c> himself.</c>

00:52:37.099 --> 00:52:41.179
So<00:52:37.280><c> let's</c><00:52:37.440><c> read</c><00:52:37.599><c> it.</c><00:52:37.800><c> It's</c><00:52:37.900><c> in</c><00:52:38.179><c> the</c><00:52:38.340><c> twentieth</c><00:52:38.719><c> verse</c><00:52:39.420><c> of</c><00:52:39.639><c> Ephesians</c><00:52:40.079><c> 5.</c>

00:52:59.159 --> 00:53:01.539
A<00:52:59.719><c> little</c><00:52:59.940><c> passage</c><00:53:00.360><c> about</c><00:53:00.639><c> Christ</c><00:53:00.920><c> and</c><00:53:01.079><c> the</c><00:53:01.199><c> church,</c>

00:53:01.719 --> 00:53:07.920
but<00:53:01.719><c> he</c><00:53:01.880><c> says,</c><00:53:03.059><c> correlating</c><00:53:04.340><c> to</c><00:53:04.980><c> the</c><00:53:05.739><c> idea</c><00:53:06.199><c> of</c><00:53:06.420><c> the</c><00:53:06.639><c> royal</c><00:53:06.900><c> command</c><00:53:07.500><c> in</c>

00:53:07.920 --> 00:53:08.860
Leviticus<00:53:08.380><c> 19,</c>

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so<00:53:09.099><c> husbands</c><00:53:09.639><c> ought</c><00:53:10.199><c> to</c><00:53:10.380><c> love</c><00:53:10.579><c> their</c><00:53:10.820><c> own</c><00:53:11.059><c> wives</c><00:53:11.340><c> as</c><00:53:11.679><c> their</c>

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own<00:53:12.179><c> bodies.</c>

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He<00:53:13.500><c> who</c><00:53:13.659><c> loves</c><00:53:13.900><c> his</c><00:53:14.179><c> wife</c><00:53:14.639><c> loves</c><00:53:15.360><c> himself.</c>

00:53:16.059 --> 00:53:17.579
You<00:53:16.260><c> see,</c><00:53:16.360><c> it's</c><00:53:16.559><c> the</c><00:53:16.800><c> same</c><00:53:17.099><c> thing.</c>

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It's<00:53:18.139><c> the</c><00:53:18.420><c> royal</c><00:53:18.699><c> command.</c>

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It's<00:53:19.320><c> a</c><00:53:19.519><c> royal</c><00:53:19.840><c> love</c><00:53:20.199><c> that</c><00:53:20.400><c> God</c><00:53:20.639><c> had</c><00:53:20.920><c> when</c><00:53:21.099><c> he</c><00:53:21.239><c> thought</c><00:53:21.400><c> about</c>

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marriage<00:53:21.980><c> and</c><00:53:22.179><c> righteousness.</c>

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For<00:53:23.239><c> no</c><00:53:23.460><c> one</c><00:53:23.579><c> ever</c><00:53:23.800><c> hated</c><00:53:24.000><c> his</c><00:53:24.239><c> own</c><00:53:24.480><c> flesh,</c>

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but<00:53:25.019><c> nourishes</c><00:53:25.380><c> and</c><00:53:25.599><c> cherishes</c><00:53:25.980><c> it</c><00:53:26.460><c> just</c><00:53:26.739><c> as</c><00:53:26.960><c> the</c><00:53:27.079><c> Lord</c><00:53:27.400><c> does</c>

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the<00:53:28.179><c> church.</c>

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So<00:53:29.440><c> that's</c><00:53:29.760><c> the</c><00:53:29.860><c> idea.</c>

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And<00:53:30.239><c> if</c><00:53:30.340><c> you</c><00:53:30.440><c> look</c><00:53:30.599><c> at</c><00:53:30.820><c> this,</c><00:53:31.099><c> what</c><00:53:31.219><c> he's</c><00:53:31.619><c> saying,</c>

00:53:32.920 --> 00:53:35.559
what<00:53:33.159><c> cleaving</c><00:53:33.599><c> to</c><00:53:33.820><c> God</c><00:53:34.139><c> and</c><00:53:34.579><c> your</c><00:53:34.760><c> spouse</c><00:53:34.980><c> in</c><00:53:35.219><c> righteousness</c>

00:53:35.559 --> 00:53:39.239
and<00:53:35.920><c> loving</c><00:53:36.139><c> your</c><00:53:36.360><c> wife</c><00:53:36.539><c> as</c><00:53:36.739><c> yourself</c><00:53:37.179><c> is</c><00:53:38.079><c> the</c><00:53:38.480><c> same</c><00:53:38.800><c> thing</c>

00:53:39.239 --> 00:53:42.099
as<00:53:39.619><c> loving</c><00:53:39.820><c> God</c><00:53:40.099><c> with</c><00:53:40.280><c> all</c><00:53:40.420><c> your</c><00:53:40.619><c> heart,</c><00:53:40.940><c> soul,</c><00:53:41.179><c> strength</c><00:53:41.480><c> and</c><00:53:41.699><c> mind</c>

00:53:42.099 --> 00:53:45.880
and<00:53:42.940><c> loving</c><00:53:43.179><c> your</c><00:53:43.400><c> wife</c><00:53:43.880><c> as</c><00:53:44.860><c> yourself.</c>

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It's<00:53:46.800><c> a</c><00:53:46.960><c> royal</c><00:53:47.179><c> love.</c>

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That's<00:53:49.840><c> marriage</c><00:53:50.079><c> and</c><00:53:50.280><c> righteousness,</c>

00:53:50.820 --> 00:53:55.539
and<00:53:50.880><c> it</c><00:53:51.019><c> involves</c><00:53:51.320><c> self</c><00:53:51.679><c>-sacrifice,</c><00:53:53.719><c> not</c><00:53:53.920><c> self</c><00:53:54.199><c>-fulfillment.</c>

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Did<00:53:57.500><c> you</c><00:53:57.619><c> get</c><00:53:57.840><c> that?</c>

00:53:58.699 --> 00:54:02.980
It's<00:53:58.920><c> self</c><00:53:59.119><c>-sacrifice,</c><00:54:01.019><c> not</c><00:54:01.219><c> self</c><00:54:01.679><c>-fulfillment.</c>

00:54:03.099 --> 00:54:04.400
This<00:54:03.300><c> is</c><00:54:03.480><c> marriage</c><00:54:03.739><c> and</c><00:54:03.940><c> righteousness.</c>

00:54:04.840 --> 00:54:09.019
The<00:54:05.019><c> land</c><00:54:05.280><c> shall</c><00:54:05.460><c> be</c><00:54:05.659><c> thorns</c><00:54:05.960><c> and</c><00:54:06.179><c> briars,</c><00:54:07.460><c> deserted</c><00:54:07.760><c> cities,</c>

00:54:09.059 --> 00:54:11.840
until<00:54:09.300><c> the</c><00:54:09.500><c> wilderness</c><00:54:09.800><c> becomes</c><00:54:10.239><c> a</c><00:54:10.519><c> fruitful</c><00:54:10.800><c> field.</c>

00:54:11.920 --> 00:54:13.519
Then<00:54:12.119><c> justice</c><00:54:12.480><c> will</c><00:54:12.719><c> dwell</c><00:54:12.900><c> in</c><00:54:13.059><c> the</c><00:54:13.179><c> wilderness,</c>

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and<00:54:13.820><c> righteousness</c><00:54:14.300><c> abide</c><00:54:14.699><c> in</c><00:54:14.880><c> the</c><00:54:15.019><c> fruitful</c><00:54:15.260><c> field,</c>

00:54:16.159 --> 00:54:18.000
and<00:54:16.219><c> the</c><00:54:16.460><c> effect</c><00:54:16.639><c> of</c><00:54:16.860><c> righteousness</c><00:54:17.219><c> will</c><00:54:17.460><c> be</c><00:54:17.659><c> peace,</c>

00:54:18.400 --> 00:54:22.340
and<00:54:18.480><c> the</c><00:54:18.659><c> result</c><00:54:18.880><c> of</c><00:54:19.099><c> righteousness,</c><00:54:19.579><c> quietness</c><00:54:20.900><c> and</c><00:54:21.519><c> trust</c><00:54:21.880><c> forever.</c>

00:54:22.639 --> 00:54:28.079
And<00:54:22.820><c> the</c><00:54:22.960><c> result</c><00:54:23.239><c> of</c><00:54:23.420><c> marriage</c><00:54:23.719><c> and</c><00:54:23.920><c> righteousness</c><00:54:24.480><c> is</c><00:54:25.960><c> quietness</c>

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and<00:54:29.280><c> trust</c><00:54:30.000><c> and</c><00:54:32.719><c> peace.</c>

00:54:35.579 --> 00:54:37.760
That's<00:54:36.039><c> betrothal</c><00:54:36.480><c> and</c><00:54:36.639><c> righteousness.</c>

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Dysfunctionality?

00:54:39.719 --> 00:54:44.260
That's<00:54:40.320><c> when</c><00:54:40.800><c> marriage</c><00:54:41.800><c> is</c><00:54:42.099><c> interpreted</c><00:54:42.500><c> in</c><00:54:42.820><c> human</c><00:54:43.099><c> terms.</c>

00:54:44.699 --> 00:54:49.300
In<00:54:44.820><c> God's</c><00:54:45.260><c> mind,</c><00:54:46.260><c> it</c><00:54:46.539><c> produces</c><00:54:46.940><c> quietness</c><00:54:47.619><c> and</c><00:54:47.840><c> trust</c><00:54:48.059><c> and</c><00:54:48.340><c> peace.</c>

00:54:50.219 --> 00:54:53.099
Surely<00:54:50.460><c> his</c><00:54:50.760><c> salvation</c><00:54:51.239><c> is</c><00:54:51.519><c> at</c><00:54:51.719><c> hand</c><00:54:51.880><c> for</c><00:54:52.059><c> those</c><00:54:52.300><c> who</c><00:54:52.559><c> fear</c><00:54:52.699><c> him,</c>

00:54:53.460 --> 00:54:54.900
that<00:54:53.619><c> glory</c><00:54:53.960><c> may</c><00:54:54.199><c> dwell</c><00:54:54.400><c> in</c><00:54:54.579><c> our</c><00:54:54.760><c> land.</c>

00:54:55.000 --> 00:54:58.079
And<00:54:55.139><c> look</c><00:54:55.239><c> at</c><00:54:55.360><c> the</c><00:54:55.639><c> picture</c><00:54:56.019><c> of</c><00:54:56.760><c> the</c><00:54:57.000><c> reunion</c><00:54:57.400><c> of</c><00:54:57.619><c> Christ</c><00:54:57.880><c> with</c>

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his<00:54:58.280><c> bride.</c>

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Steadfast<00:55:00.599><c> love</c><00:55:00.880><c> and</c><00:55:01.199><c> faithfulness</c><00:55:01.780><c> will</c><00:55:02.039><c> meet.</c>

00:55:04.260 --> 00:55:07.440
Steadfast<00:55:04.780><c> love</c><00:55:05.119><c> and</c><00:55:05.360><c> faithfulness.</c>

00:55:07.519 --> 00:55:11.579
Righteousness<00:55:08.000><c> and</c><00:55:08.159><c> peace</c><00:55:08.880><c> will</c><00:55:09.920><c> kiss</c><00:55:10.159><c> each</c><00:55:10.420><c> other.</c>

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That's<00:55:12.619><c> the</c><00:55:12.780><c> wedding.</c>

00:55:15.460 --> 00:55:18.099
Faithfulness<00:55:15.920><c> will</c><00:55:16.280><c> spring</c><00:55:16.460><c> up</c><00:55:16.679><c> from</c><00:55:16.860><c> the</c><00:55:17.099><c> ground,</c>

00:55:18.699 --> 00:55:21.719
and<00:55:18.800><c> righteousness</c><00:55:19.260><c> will</c><00:55:19.559><c> look</c><00:55:19.739><c> down</c><00:55:20.079><c> from</c><00:55:20.300><c> the</c><00:55:20.519><c> sky.</c>

00:55:22.300 --> 00:55:23.639
And<00:55:22.340><c> yea,</c><00:55:22.460><c> the</c><00:55:22.619><c> Lord</c><00:55:22.760><c> will</c><00:55:22.960><c> give</c><00:55:23.119><c> what</c><00:55:23.300><c> is</c><00:55:23.500><c> good,</c>

00:55:23.719 --> 00:55:26.300
and<00:55:23.840><c> our</c><00:55:23.980><c> land</c><00:55:24.239><c> will</c><00:55:25.199><c> yield</c><00:55:25.599><c> its</c><00:55:25.840><c> increase.</c>

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And<00:55:26.519><c> there's</c><00:55:26.760><c> the</c><00:55:26.940><c> fruitfulness.</c>

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There's<00:55:27.840><c> always</c><00:55:28.179><c> new</c><00:55:28.380><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:55:29.420><c> a</c><00:55:29.599><c> product</c><00:55:29.780><c> of</c><00:55:29.940><c> God's</c><00:55:30.960><c> marriage</c><00:55:31.300><c> and</c><00:55:31.519><c> righteousness.</c>

00:55:34.099 --> 00:55:36.059
I<00:55:34.579><c> will</c><00:55:34.780><c> greatly</c><00:55:35.099><c> rejoice</c><00:55:35.539><c> in</c><00:55:35.699><c> the</c><00:55:35.860><c> Lord.</c>

00:55:36.059 --> 00:55:38.000
And<00:55:36.360><c> my</c><00:55:36.360><c> soul</c><00:55:36.599><c> shall</c><00:55:36.820><c> be</c><00:55:37.059><c> joyful</c><00:55:37.360><c> in</c><00:55:37.539><c> my</c><00:55:37.800><c> God,</c>

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for<00:55:38.199><c> he</c><00:55:38.420><c> hath</c><00:55:38.599><c> clothed</c><00:55:39.000><c> me</c><00:55:39.199><c> with</c><00:55:39.420><c> the</c><00:55:39.619><c> garments</c><00:55:39.840><c> of</c><00:55:40.119><c> salvation.</c>

00:55:42.619 --> 00:55:45.260
He<00:55:42.860><c> covered</c><00:55:43.079><c> me</c><00:55:43.360><c> with</c><00:55:43.559><c> a</c><00:55:43.739><c> robe</c><00:55:43.880><c> of</c><00:55:44.179><c> righteousness,</c>

00:55:45.599 --> 00:55:48.000
as<00:55:45.780><c> a</c><00:55:45.980><c> bridegroom</c><00:55:46.440><c> decks</c><00:55:46.760><c> himself</c><00:55:47.260><c> with</c><00:55:47.500><c> ornaments,</c>

00:55:48.460 --> 00:55:51.539
and<00:55:48.559><c> as</c><00:55:48.719><c> a</c><00:55:48.920><c> bride</c><00:55:49.159><c> adorneth</c><00:55:49.659><c> herself</c><00:55:50.119><c> with</c><00:55:50.340><c> her</c><00:55:50.539><c> jewels.</c>

00:55:52.199 --> 00:55:54.480
For<00:55:52.320><c> as</c><00:55:52.440><c> the</c><00:55:52.599><c> earth</c><00:55:52.800><c> bringeth</c><00:55:53.179><c> forth</c><00:55:53.380><c> her</c><00:55:53.679><c> bud,</c>

00:55:54.739 --> 00:55:56.219
and<00:55:54.840><c> as</c><00:55:54.980><c> the</c><00:55:55.119><c> garden</c><00:55:55.340><c> causes</c><00:55:55.739><c> the</c><00:55:56.019><c> things</c>

00:55:56.219 --> 00:55:58.679
that<00:55:56.360><c> are</c><00:55:56.599><c> sewn</c><00:55:56.739><c> into</c><00:55:57.019><c> it</c><00:55:57.239><c> to</c><00:55:57.500><c> spring</c><00:55:57.699><c> forth,</c>

00:55:59.199 --> 00:56:01.619
so<00:55:59.400><c> the</c><00:55:59.539><c> Lord</c><00:55:59.719><c> God</c><00:55:59.920><c> will</c><00:56:00.179><c> cause</c><00:56:00.420><c> righteousness</c><00:56:00.900><c> and</c><00:56:01.320><c> praise</c>

00:56:01.619 --> 00:56:03.639
to<00:56:01.920><c> spring</c><00:56:02.139><c> forth</c><00:56:02.519><c> before</c><00:56:02.860><c> all</c><00:56:03.099><c> the</c><00:56:03.260><c> nations.</c>

00:56:03.639 --> 00:56:08.559
The<00:56:05.019><c> covering</c><00:56:05.480><c> is</c><00:56:07.199><c> full</c><00:56:07.380><c> of</c><00:56:07.579><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:56:08.920 --> 00:56:10.780
That's<00:56:09.219><c> marriage</c><00:56:09.539><c> and</c><00:56:09.739><c> righteousness.</c>

00:56:14.420 --> 00:56:19.719
I<00:56:14.679><c> will</c><00:56:14.940><c> betroth</c><00:56:15.360><c> you</c><00:56:15.579><c> to</c><00:56:15.820><c> me,</c><00:56:15.980><c> God</c><00:56:16.280><c> said,</c><00:56:18.320><c> in</c><00:56:18.559><c> righteousness.</c>