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occurs,<00:10:31.600><c> God</c><00:10:31.919><c> can</c><00:10:32.220><c> then</c><00:10:32.460><c> righteously</c><00:10:33.000><c> forgive</c><00:10:33.440><c> the</c><00:10:33.679><c> individual</c><00:10:34.159><c> because</c>

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forgiveness<00:10:45.379><c> without</c><00:10:45.879><c> having</c><00:10:46.240><c> to</c><00:10:46.519><c> compromise</c><00:10:47.299><c> any</c><00:10:48.120><c> of</c><00:10:48.240><c> his</c>

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righteous<00:10:48.860><c> principles.</c><00:10:49.799><c> When</c><00:10:50.019><c> those</c><00:10:50.340><c> righteous</c>

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requirements<00:10:51.320><c> are</c><00:10:51.740><c> missing,</c><00:10:52.120><c> there's</c><00:10:52.399><c> no</c><00:10:52.779><c> basis</c><00:10:53.240><c> for</c><00:10:53.519><c> God</c><00:10:53.899><c> to</c>

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extend<00:10:54.679><c> forgiveness.</c><00:10:56.100><c> He</c><00:10:56.379><c> will</c><00:10:56.659><c> not</c><00:10:56.820><c> extend</c>

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forgiveness<00:10:57.659><c> to</c><00:10:57.820><c> someone</c><00:10:58.100><c> who</c><00:10:58.240><c> simply</c><00:10:58.559><c> says,</c><00:10:59.000><c> God</c><00:10:59.000><c> forgive</c>

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compromised.<00:11:55.120><c> Sin</c><00:11:55.360><c> has</c><00:11:55.639><c> been</c><00:11:55.799><c> exposed</c><00:11:56.379><c> for</c><00:11:56.840><c> what</c><00:11:57.039><c> it</c><00:11:57.179><c> is.</c><00:11:58.440><c> And</c>

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forsaketh<00:12:29.899><c> them</c><00:12:30.179><c> shall</c><00:12:30.379><c> have</c><00:12:30.600><c> mercy.</c><00:12:31.679><c> Second</c><00:12:31.860><c> Chronicles</c><00:12:32.279><c> seven,</c><00:12:32.600><c> when</c><00:12:32.840><c> Solomon</c><00:12:33.159><c> is</c>

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heal<00:12:54.000><c> their</c><00:12:54.580><c> land.</c><00:12:55.580><c> God</c><00:12:55.799><c> doesn't</c><00:12:56.059><c> say</c><00:12:56.279><c> if</c><00:12:56.419><c> my</c><00:12:56.700><c> people</c><00:12:56.879><c> just</c><00:12:57.120><c> turn</c><00:12:57.299><c> and</c><00:12:57.440><c> ask</c><00:12:57.659><c> me</c>

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will<00:13:11.679><c> have</c><00:13:11.860><c> mercy</c><00:13:12.159><c> upon</c><00:13:12.440><c> him</c><00:13:12.940><c> and</c><00:13:13.279><c> to</c><00:13:13.480><c> our</c><00:13:13.659><c> God</c><00:13:13.919><c> for</c><00:13:14.139><c> he</c><00:13:14.360><c> will</c>

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abundantly<00:13:15.159><c> pardon.</c><00:13:16.659><c> An</c><00:13:17.220><c> excellent</c><00:13:17.820><c> example</c><00:13:18.440><c> of</c>

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how<00:13:18.740><c> this</c><00:13:18.940><c> shows</c><00:13:19.179><c> up</c><00:13:19.379><c> in</c><00:13:19.519><c> the</c><00:13:19.580><c> Old</c><00:13:19.779><c> Testament</c><00:13:20.120><c> is</c><00:13:20.340><c> what</c><00:13:20.500><c> happens</c><00:13:20.860><c> in</c><00:13:21.200><c> Nineveh.</c><00:13:22.460><c> There's</c><00:13:22.580><c> at</c>

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individuals<00:13:24.940><c> who</c><00:13:25.200><c> are</c><00:13:25.539><c> converted</c><00:13:26.279><c> in</c><00:13:27.539><c> the</c><00:13:27.720><c> city</c><00:13:28.139><c> of</c><00:13:28.379><c> Nineveh,</c>

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same<00:13:31.759><c> three</c><00:13:32.200><c> steps.</c><00:13:32.759><c> They</c><00:13:33.039><c> confess</c><00:13:33.620><c> their</c><00:13:33.919><c> sin</c><00:13:34.340><c> and</c><00:13:35.559><c> they</c><00:13:35.840><c> repent.</c><00:13:37.360><c> They</c><00:13:37.620><c> adopt</c><00:13:38.000><c> a</c>

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changed<00:13:38.840><c> heart</c><00:13:39.480><c> and</c><00:13:40.559><c> then</c><00:13:40.720><c> they</c>

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are<00:13:41.080><c> converted.</c><00:13:41.539><c> They</c><00:13:41.820><c> commit</c><00:13:42.200><c> to</c><00:13:42.539><c> walking</c><00:13:42.860><c> in</c><00:13:43.179><c> a</c><00:13:43.279><c> new</c><00:13:43.440><c> way</c><00:13:43.740><c> and</c><00:13:43.899><c> they</c><00:13:44.080><c> do</c>

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it<00:13:44.320><c> all</c><00:13:44.460><c> by</c><00:13:44.740><c> faith</c><00:13:45.259><c> because</c><00:13:46.200><c> they</c><00:13:46.460><c> have</c>

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no<00:13:47.000><c> guarantee</c><00:13:47.740><c> that</c><00:13:48.940><c> God</c><00:13:49.179><c> will</c><00:13:49.460><c> spare</c><00:13:49.700><c> them.</c><00:13:50.700><c> If</c><00:13:50.860><c> you</c><00:13:50.960><c> look</c><00:13:51.120><c> down</c><00:13:51.299><c> in</c>

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verse<00:13:51.620><c> nine,</c><00:13:52.000><c> who</c><00:13:52.259><c> can</c><00:13:52.679><c> tell</c><00:13:53.200><c> if</c><00:13:53.779><c> God</c>

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will<00:13:54.200><c> turn</c><00:13:54.440><c> and</c><00:13:54.639><c> repent?</c><00:13:55.620><c> So</c><00:13:55.639><c> in</c><00:13:55.799><c> verse</c><00:13:55.980><c> five,</c><00:13:56.419><c> the</c><00:13:56.480><c> people</c><00:13:56.820><c> of</c>

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Nineveh<00:13:58.320><c> believed</c><00:13:58.799><c> God</c><00:13:59.340><c> and</c><00:13:59.879><c> proclaimed</c>

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a<00:14:00.580><c> fast</c><00:14:00.840><c> and</c><00:14:01.039><c> put</c><00:14:01.159><c> on</c><00:14:01.440><c> sackcloth.</c><00:14:02.460><c> Verse</c><00:14:02.679><c> six,</c><00:14:03.120><c> for</c><00:14:03.120><c> word</c><00:14:03.259><c> came</c>

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unto<00:14:03.659><c> the</c><00:14:03.759><c> king</c><00:14:03.919><c> of</c><00:14:04.080><c> Nineveh</c><00:14:04.340><c> and</c><00:14:04.480><c> he</c><00:14:04.639><c> rose</c><00:14:04.820><c> from</c>

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his<00:14:05.200><c> throne</c><00:14:05.360><c> and</c><00:14:05.539><c> he</c><00:14:05.700><c> laid</c><00:14:05.759><c> his</c><00:14:05.960><c> robe</c><00:14:06.139><c> from</c><00:14:06.379><c> him</c><00:14:06.639><c> and</c><00:14:07.159><c> covered</c>

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him<00:14:07.580><c> with</c><00:14:07.840><c> sackcloth</c><00:14:08.399><c> and</c><00:14:08.700><c> sat</c><00:14:08.919><c> in</c><00:14:09.179><c> ashes.</c>

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And<00:14:09.960><c> he</c><00:14:10.120><c> proclaimed</c><00:14:10.440><c> and</c><00:14:10.700><c> published</c><00:14:10.899><c> through</c><00:14:11.080><c> Nineveh</c><00:14:11.759><c> by</c><00:14:11.980><c> the</c><00:14:12.220><c> decree</c><00:14:12.360><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:12.639><c> king</c><00:14:12.759><c> and</c><00:14:12.899><c> his</c><00:14:13.100><c> nobles</c><00:14:13.379><c> saying,</c>

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let<00:14:14.000><c> neither</c><00:14:14.360><c> man</c><00:14:14.700><c> nor</c><00:14:14.980><c> beast,</c><00:14:15.879><c> herd</c><00:14:16.019><c> nor</c><00:14:16.299><c> flock,</c><00:14:16.620><c> taste</c><00:14:16.879><c> anything,</c><00:14:17.399><c> let</c>

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them<00:14:17.720><c> not</c><00:14:18.000><c> feed</c><00:14:18.299><c> nor</c><00:14:18.639><c> drink</c><00:14:18.940><c> water.</c>

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So<00:14:19.940><c> we're</c><00:14:20.080><c> going</c><00:14:20.179><c> to</c><00:14:20.299><c> proclaim</c><00:14:20.580><c> a</c><00:14:20.879><c> fast</c><00:14:21.100><c> of</c><00:14:21.399><c> food</c><00:14:21.700><c> and</c><00:14:22.019><c> water,</c>

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but<00:14:22.500><c> let</c><00:14:22.759><c> man</c><00:14:23.080><c> and</c><00:14:23.299><c> beast</c><00:14:23.460><c> be</c><00:14:23.740><c> covered</c><00:14:23.980><c> with</c>

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sackcloth<00:14:24.840><c> and</c><00:14:25.360><c> cry</c><00:14:25.779><c> mightily</c><00:14:26.500><c> unto</c><00:14:26.799><c> God</c><00:14:27.419><c> and</c><00:14:27.960><c> let</c><00:14:28.179><c> them</c><00:14:28.440><c> turn</c>

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everyone<00:14:29.480><c> from</c><00:14:29.740><c> his</c><00:14:30.000><c> evil</c><00:14:30.179><c> way</c><00:14:30.500><c> and</c><00:14:30.679><c> from</c><00:14:30.860><c> the</c>

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violence<00:14:31.379><c> that</c><00:14:31.580><c> is</c><00:14:31.720><c> in</c><00:14:31.820><c> their</c><00:14:32.039><c> hearts.</c><00:14:32.899><c> And</c><00:14:33.159><c> there's</c><00:14:33.440><c> their</c><00:14:33.639><c> commitment.</c><00:14:34.080><c> They</c><00:14:34.259><c> hadn't</c><00:14:34.500><c> done</c><00:14:34.679><c> a</c><00:14:34.860><c> thing,</c>

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but<00:14:36.539><c> he's</c><00:14:36.779><c> saying</c><00:14:36.940><c> we</c><00:14:37.179><c> need</c><00:14:37.559><c> to</c><00:14:37.919><c> repent.</c><00:14:38.600><c> We</c><00:14:38.759><c> need</c><00:14:38.980><c> to</c><00:14:39.360><c> change</c>

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our<00:14:40.000><c> heart.</c><00:14:40.580><c> We</c><00:14:40.799><c> need</c><00:14:41.019><c> to</c><00:14:41.240><c> forsake</c><00:14:41.799><c> the</c><00:14:42.000><c> way</c><00:14:42.120><c> of</c>

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God.<00:14:46.320><c> And</c><00:14:46.320><c> they</c><00:14:46.360><c> all</c><00:14:46.639><c> do</c><00:14:46.860><c> it</c><00:14:47.059><c> because</c><00:14:47.279><c> verse</c><00:14:47.580><c> 10</c><00:14:47.820><c> then</c><00:14:48.139><c> says</c>

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they<00:14:48.480><c> did</c><00:14:48.720><c> it.</c><00:14:49.799><c> And</c><00:14:49.919><c> what</c><00:14:50.080><c> does</c><00:14:50.279><c> God</c><00:14:50.500><c> do?</c>

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He<00:14:52.320><c> forgives</c><00:14:52.799><c> them</c><00:14:53.299><c> because</c><00:14:54.059><c> that's</c><00:14:54.860><c> what</c><00:14:55.200><c> our</c><00:14:55.539><c> God</c><00:14:55.799><c> does</c><00:14:56.500><c> when</c><00:14:57.519><c> sinners,</c><00:14:58.279><c> whether</c><00:14:58.559><c> there's</c><00:14:58.960><c> one</c>

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or<00:14:59.580><c> 120</c><00:15:00.179><c>,000,</c>

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confess<00:15:01.940><c> and</c><00:15:02.899><c> repent</c><00:15:03.480><c> and</c><00:15:04.240><c> change</c><00:15:04.620><c> their</c><00:15:04.860><c> ways.</c><00:15:06.840><c> It</c><00:15:06.960><c> was</c><00:15:07.220><c> a</c><00:15:07.399><c> life</c><00:15:07.759><c>-changing</c><00:15:08.159><c> moment</c><00:15:08.580><c> for</c><00:15:08.860><c> the</c><00:15:09.019><c> people</c><00:15:09.360><c> of</c><00:15:09.539><c> Nineveh</c>

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because<00:15:11.820><c> they</c><00:15:12.080><c> now</c><00:15:12.460><c> will</c><00:15:12.700><c> walk</c><00:15:13.080><c> in</c><00:15:13.279><c> a</c><00:15:13.440><c> new</c><00:15:13.580><c> direction.</c><00:15:14.259><c> It</c><00:15:14.259><c> is</c>

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much<00:15:14.899><c> to</c><00:15:15.220><c> Jonah's</c><00:15:15.759><c> displeasure,</c><00:15:16.379><c> as</c><00:15:16.480><c> we</c><00:15:16.679><c> know,</c>

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which<00:15:17.039><c> is</c><00:15:17.259><c> a</c><00:15:17.399><c> warning</c><00:15:17.679><c> to</c><00:15:18.120><c> all</c><00:15:18.419><c> of</c><00:15:18.519><c> us</c><00:15:18.980><c> that</c><00:15:19.720><c> when</c><00:15:19.899><c> a</c><00:15:20.139><c> brother</c><00:15:20.340><c> or</c><00:15:20.600><c> sister</c><00:15:21.000><c> or</c><00:15:21.259><c> a</c>

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group<00:15:21.980><c> repent,</c><00:15:22.919><c> there</c><00:15:22.980><c> is</c><00:15:23.220><c> this</c><00:15:23.440><c> natural</c>

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response<00:15:24.799><c> that</c><00:15:25.419><c> sometimes</c><00:15:25.919><c> isn't</c><00:15:26.279><c> always</c><00:15:26.700><c> in</c><00:15:26.879><c> keeping</c><00:15:27.159><c> with</c>

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God's<00:15:28.299><c> righteous</c><00:15:28.580><c> ways.</c><00:15:29.659><c> But</c><00:15:29.919><c> the</c><00:15:30.059><c> men</c><00:15:30.220><c> of</c><00:15:30.379><c> Nineveh</c>

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provide<00:15:31.120><c> a</c><00:15:31.480><c> remarkable</c><00:15:32.159><c> vindication</c><00:15:33.100><c> of</c><00:15:33.539><c> the</c><00:15:33.820><c> moral</c><00:15:34.419><c> reason</c>

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God<00:15:35.480><c> forgives.</c><00:15:36.600><c> He</c><00:15:36.840><c> doesn't</c><00:15:37.139><c> forgive</c><00:15:37.460><c> just</c>

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because<00:15:37.820><c> he's</c><00:15:38.000><c> a</c><00:15:38.279><c> good</c><00:15:38.460><c> old</c><00:15:38.779><c> God</c><00:15:39.139><c> that</c><00:15:39.340><c> likes</c><00:15:39.620><c> to</c><00:15:39.860><c> forgive.</c><00:15:40.340><c> He</c>

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forgives<00:15:41.659><c> so</c><00:15:42.019><c> that</c><00:15:42.139><c> he</c><00:15:42.220><c> can</c><00:15:42.440><c> win</c><00:15:42.679><c> people</c><00:15:43.059><c> back</c><00:15:43.399><c> to</c><00:15:43.580><c> the</c>

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way<00:15:43.799><c> of</c><00:15:44.059><c> righteousness</c><00:15:44.600><c> and</c><00:15:45.799><c> have</c><00:15:46.259><c> them</c><00:15:46.679><c> depart</c><00:15:47.120><c> from</c><00:15:47.340><c> the</c><00:15:47.460><c> way</c><00:15:47.639><c> of</c>

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sin.<00:15:49.559><c> We</c><00:15:49.580><c> don't</c><00:15:49.779><c> have</c><00:15:49.899><c> the</c><00:15:50.059><c> time</c><00:15:50.200><c> to</c><00:15:50.340><c> go</c><00:15:50.539><c> through</c>

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it.<00:15:51.259><c> It</c><00:15:51.259><c> would</c><00:15:51.519><c> draw</c><00:15:51.740><c> your</c><00:15:51.960><c> attention</c><00:15:52.360><c> to</c><00:15:53.500><c> number</c><00:15:53.720><c> 19</c><00:15:54.259><c> in</c><00:15:54.460><c> the</c>

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handout<00:15:54.980><c> of</c><00:15:56.519><c> Daniel</c><00:15:56.919><c> Nine.</c><00:15:59.340><c> Daniel</c><00:15:59.720><c> understood</c>

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the<00:16:00.879><c> righteous</c><00:16:01.360><c> requirements,</c><00:16:02.879><c> the</c><00:16:03.019><c> need</c><00:16:03.120><c> to</c><00:16:03.440><c> confess</c><00:16:03.860><c> our</c>

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sin<00:16:04.460><c> and</c><00:16:04.740><c> to</c><00:16:05.000><c> repent</c><00:16:05.460><c> and</c><00:16:05.960><c> to</c><00:16:06.120><c> be</c><00:16:06.320><c> converted.</c>

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He<00:16:07.460><c> understood</c><00:16:07.919><c> these</c><00:16:08.240><c> requirements</c><00:16:08.659><c> and</c><00:16:08.879><c> they're</c><00:16:09.080><c> all</c><00:16:09.320><c> part</c>

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of<00:16:09.580><c> his</c><00:16:09.840><c> prayer.</c><00:16:11.000><c> The</c><00:16:11.139><c> focus</c><00:16:11.460><c> of</c><00:16:11.679><c> his</c><00:16:11.879><c> prayer</c><00:16:12.039><c> is</c><00:16:12.259><c> not</c>

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simply<00:16:12.899><c> bringing</c><00:16:13.299><c> the</c><00:16:13.759><c> end</c><00:16:13.919><c> of</c><00:16:14.100><c> the</c><00:16:14.259><c> captivity</c><00:16:14.740><c> to</c><00:16:15.559><c> the</c><00:16:15.720><c> nation.</c><00:16:16.679><c> The</c>

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focus<00:16:17.120><c> of</c><00:16:17.320><c> his</c><00:16:17.580><c> prayer</c><00:16:17.759><c> is</c><00:16:18.080><c> about</c><00:16:18.399><c> forgiveness.</c>

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So<00:16:19.159><c> he</c><00:16:19.360><c> begins</c><00:16:20.059><c> the</c><00:16:20.580><c> prayer</c><00:16:20.980><c> in</c><00:16:21.320><c> contrition</c><00:16:21.879><c> and</c><00:16:22.179><c> repentance</c>

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in<00:16:23.299><c> verse</c><00:16:23.539><c> 3</c><00:16:23.779><c> of</c><00:16:23.960><c> chapter</c><00:16:24.220><c> 9.</c><00:16:24.639><c> And</c><00:16:24.679><c> we're</c>

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referring<00:16:25.100><c> to</c><00:16:25.320><c> the</c><00:16:25.440><c> notes</c><00:16:25.639><c> now.</c><00:16:26.279><c> And</c><00:16:26.340><c> he</c><00:16:26.440><c> makes</c><00:16:26.700><c> confession</c>

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for<00:16:27.519><c> his</c><00:16:27.759><c> own</c><00:16:28.019><c> sin</c><00:16:28.179><c> and</c><00:16:28.360><c> the</c><00:16:28.480><c> sin</c><00:16:28.559><c> of</c><00:16:28.700><c> his</c><00:16:28.899><c> people.</c>

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people.<00:16:34.159><c> Daniel</c><00:16:34.460><c> did</c><00:16:34.720><c> not</c><00:16:34.960><c> believe</c><00:16:35.220><c> in</c><00:16:35.460><c> substitution.</c>

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There<00:16:36.279><c> is</c><00:16:36.600><c> nothing</c><00:16:37.120><c> glorifying</c><00:16:37.960><c> to</c><00:16:38.200><c> God</c><00:16:39.200><c> by</c><00:16:39.980><c> taking</c><00:16:40.919><c> myself</c>

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and<00:16:42.120><c> linking</c><00:16:42.460><c> myself</c><00:16:42.960><c> to</c><00:16:43.159><c> the</c><00:16:43.360><c> sins</c><00:16:43.600><c> of</c><00:16:43.820><c> others</c>

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that<00:16:46.320><c> does</c><00:16:46.679><c> not</c><00:16:46.899><c> bring</c><00:16:47.080><c> glory</c><00:16:47.340><c> to</c><00:16:47.600><c> God.</c><00:16:48.080><c> So</c><00:16:48.200><c> Daniel</c><00:16:48.639><c> acknowledged</c><00:16:49.419><c> his</c><00:16:49.820><c> own</c>

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sin<00:16:51.000><c> in</c><00:16:52.000><c> appealing</c><00:16:52.440><c> to</c><00:16:52.679><c> God</c>

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and<00:16:53.879><c> he</c><00:16:54.120><c> yoked</c><00:16:54.580><c> himself</c><00:16:54.879><c> or</c><00:16:55.200><c> he</c><00:16:55.519><c> united</c><00:16:55.759><c> himself</c><00:16:56.360><c> to</c><00:16:56.639><c> the</c><00:16:56.820><c> people.</c><00:16:57.200><c> We</c>

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have<00:16:57.840><c> sinned.</c><00:16:58.539><c> We</c><00:16:58.820><c> have</c><00:16:59.080><c> rebelled.</c>

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We<00:17:00.179><c> have</c><00:17:00.399><c> not</c><00:17:00.659><c> obeyed.</c><00:17:01.919><c> He</c><00:17:01.919><c> is</c><00:17:02.220><c> genuine</c><00:17:02.639><c> in</c><00:17:03.059><c> confessing</c><00:17:03.519><c> his</c>

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own<00:17:04.039><c> sin</c><00:17:04.380><c> as</c><00:17:04.660><c> verse</c><00:17:04.920><c> 20</c><00:17:05.200><c> shows</c><00:17:05.559><c> and</c><00:17:06.359><c> reflects</c><00:17:06.720><c> the</c>

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demeanor<00:17:07.400><c> of</c><00:17:07.640><c> a</c><00:17:07.900><c> repentant</c><00:17:08.559><c> sinner</c><00:17:08.819><c> with</c><00:17:09.220><c> fasting</c><00:17:09.700><c> and</c><00:17:10.319><c> sackcloth</c><00:17:10.839><c> and</c>

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ashes<00:17:11.420><c> just</c><00:17:11.880><c> like</c><00:17:12.440><c> the</c><00:17:12.839><c> men</c><00:17:13.140><c> of</c><00:17:13.380><c> Nineveh.</c>

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In<00:17:15.220><c> fact,</c><00:17:15.700><c> we</c><00:17:15.799><c> won't</c><00:17:16.000><c> take</c><00:17:16.220><c> the</c><00:17:16.400><c> time.</c><00:17:16.680><c> It's</c><00:17:16.779><c> there</c><00:17:16.920><c> in</c><00:17:17.019><c> the</c><00:17:17.140><c> notes.</c><00:17:17.319><c> If</c>

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you<00:17:17.579><c> go</c><00:17:17.740><c> back</c><00:17:18.000><c> and</c><00:17:18.279><c> look</c>

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at<00:17:19.380><c> Solomon's</c><00:17:20.099><c> prayer</c><00:17:20.359><c> in</c><00:17:20.680><c> 2</c><00:17:20.900><c> Kings</c><00:17:21.259><c> 7,</c><00:17:23.279><c> Daniel</c><00:17:23.759><c> quotes.</c><00:17:24.460><c> We</c>

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know<00:17:24.880><c> that</c><00:17:25.099><c> because</c><00:17:25.460><c> several</c><00:17:25.779><c> of</c><00:17:25.940><c> the</c><00:17:26.099><c> same</c><00:17:26.279><c> words</c>

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show<00:17:26.779><c> up</c><00:17:27.019><c> in</c><00:17:27.140><c> Daniel's</c><00:17:27.619><c> prayer.</c><00:17:27.980><c> Daniel</c><00:17:28.119><c> goes</c><00:17:28.380><c> back</c><00:17:28.680><c> and</c><00:17:28.859><c> he</c>

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realizes<00:17:29.519><c> the</c><00:17:30.720><c> nation</c><00:17:31.299><c> in</c><00:17:31.740><c> captivity</c><00:17:32.380><c> in</c><00:17:33.579><c> Persia</c><00:17:34.299><c> is</c>

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in<00:17:34.720><c> the</c><00:17:34.900><c> very</c><00:17:35.220><c> place</c><00:17:36.079><c> that</c><00:17:36.920><c> Solomon</c><00:17:37.359><c> spoke</c><00:17:37.940><c> of,</c><00:17:38.480><c> that</c><00:17:38.779><c> God</c><00:17:39.160><c> made</c><00:17:39.599><c> reference</c><00:17:39.940><c> to</c>

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when<00:17:40.299><c> the</c><00:17:40.500><c> temple</c><00:17:40.619><c> was</c><00:17:40.859><c> dedicated.</c>

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And<00:17:41.920><c> we</c><00:17:42.079><c> now</c><00:17:42.380><c> need</c><00:17:42.619><c> to</c><00:17:42.940><c> do</c><00:17:43.259><c> in</c><00:17:43.579><c> captivity</c><00:17:44.180><c> the</c><00:17:44.920><c> very</c><00:17:45.259><c> thing</c><00:17:45.519><c> that</c><00:17:45.700><c> God</c>

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spoke<00:17:46.299><c> of</c><00:17:46.480><c> back</c><00:17:46.720><c> when</c><00:17:46.839><c> the</c><00:17:47.079><c> temple</c>

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was<00:17:47.500><c> being</c><00:17:47.759><c> dedicated</c><00:17:48.160><c> so</c><00:17:48.400><c> that</c><00:17:48.559><c> God</c><00:17:48.759><c> will</c><00:17:49.059><c> forgive</c><00:17:49.319><c> us</c><00:17:50.299><c> and</c>

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we<00:17:51.079><c> can</c><00:17:51.259><c> return</c><00:17:51.599><c> back</c><00:17:51.900><c> to</c><00:17:52.019><c> the</c><00:17:52.160><c> land.</c><00:17:53.220><c> So</c><00:17:53.400><c> you</c><00:17:53.500><c> see,</c>

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Solomon<00:17:54.059><c> understood</c><00:17:54.519><c> the</c><00:17:54.799><c> principles.</c><00:17:55.279><c> Daniel</c><00:17:55.640><c> understands</c>

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the<00:17:56.400><c> principles</c><00:17:56.700><c> and</c><00:17:56.940><c> he's</c><00:17:57.119><c> actually</c>

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citing<00:17:57.880><c> them</c><00:17:58.259><c> because</c><00:17:59.400><c> he</c><00:17:59.599><c> realized</c><00:18:00.059><c> that</c><00:18:00.420><c> the</c><00:18:00.539><c> nation</c><00:18:00.799><c> stood</c>

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in<00:18:01.940><c> the</c><00:18:02.039><c> very</c><00:18:02.279><c> place</c><00:18:02.720><c> of</c><00:18:02.940><c> 1</c><00:18:03.160><c> Kings</c><00:18:03.420><c> 8.</c>

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One<00:18:07.259><c> of</c><00:18:07.400><c> the</c><00:18:08.140><c> many</c><00:18:08.980><c> wonderful</c><00:18:09.559><c> aspects</c><00:18:10.140><c> of</c><00:18:10.440><c> forgiveness</c><00:18:10.900><c> is</c>

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that<00:18:11.839><c> God</c><00:18:12.099><c> has</c><00:18:12.380><c> made</c><00:18:12.579><c> it</c><00:18:12.839><c> all</c><00:18:13.180><c> so</c><00:18:13.519><c> simple</c><00:18:13.900><c> and</c>

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attainable.<00:18:15.339><c> There's</c><00:18:15.660><c> no</c><00:18:16.140><c> penance</c><00:18:16.779><c> involved</c><00:18:17.319><c> in</c><00:18:17.619><c> forgiveness.</c><00:18:18.599><c> There's</c><00:18:18.859><c> no</c>

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six<00:18:19.539><c>-month</c><00:18:19.920><c> delay</c>

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between<00:18:21.440><c> our</c><00:18:21.920><c> requesting</c><00:18:22.279><c> for</c><00:18:22.700><c> forgiveness</c><00:18:23.059><c> and</c><00:18:23.240><c> God's</c><00:18:23.720><c> response.</c><00:18:24.799><c> There's</c><00:18:25.119><c> no</c>

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public<00:18:26.079><c> humiliation.</c>

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There's<00:18:28.119><c> no</c><00:18:28.420><c> vain</c><00:18:28.660><c> repetition</c><00:18:29.420><c> of</c><00:18:29.819><c> words.</c><00:18:30.599><c> There's</c><00:18:30.700><c> no</c><00:18:30.980><c> 20</c><00:18:31.319><c> Hail</c><00:18:31.599><c> Marys.</c><00:18:32.579><c> There's</c><00:18:32.880><c> no</c>

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10<00:18:33.500><c> Our</c><00:18:33.900><c> Fathers.</c>

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There's<00:18:35.220><c> no</c><00:18:35.420><c> community</c><00:18:35.900><c> service</c><00:18:36.380><c> that's</c><00:18:36.720><c> required.</c><00:18:37.619><c> The</c><00:18:37.839><c> church</c><00:18:38.140><c> has</c>

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done<00:18:38.740><c> a</c><00:18:39.359><c> tremendous</c><00:18:40.279><c> disservice</c>

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to<00:18:41.660><c> this</c><00:18:41.839><c> subject</c><00:18:42.180><c> of</c><00:18:42.440><c> forgiveness</c><00:18:42.859><c> and</c><00:18:43.460><c> has</c><00:18:43.720><c> confused</c><00:18:44.319><c> people</c><00:18:44.859><c> all</c>

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over<00:18:45.460><c> the</c><00:18:45.579><c> earth.</c>

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Forgiveness<00:18:47.380><c> is</c><00:18:47.819><c> not</c><00:18:48.220><c> something</c><00:18:48.880><c> in</c><00:18:49.160><c> which</c><00:18:49.440><c> you</c><00:18:49.779><c> exact</c><00:18:50.160><c> a</c><00:18:50.500><c> penalty</c><00:18:50.960><c> or</c>

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you<00:18:51.920><c> cause</c><00:18:52.180><c> someone</c><00:18:52.599><c> to</c><00:18:52.799><c> have</c><00:18:52.980><c> to</c><00:18:53.160><c> pay</c>

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something<00:18:53.839><c> or</c><00:18:54.079><c> you</c><00:18:54.339><c> impose</c><00:18:54.660><c> some</c><00:18:55.059><c> ritual</c><00:18:55.599><c> that</c><00:18:56.000><c> they</c><00:18:56.180><c> have</c><00:18:56.359><c> to</c>

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go<00:18:56.660><c> through.</c><00:18:57.980><c> Forgiveness</c><00:18:58.599><c> is</c><00:18:59.059><c> a</c><00:18:59.099><c> result</c><00:18:59.660><c> of</c><00:19:00.000><c> God's</c>

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character,<00:19:02.480><c> not</c><00:19:02.740><c> exacting</c><00:19:03.339><c> some</c><00:19:03.599><c> remuneration</c><00:19:04.420><c> or</c><00:19:05.279><c> ritual.</c>

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It's<00:19:06.539><c> done</c><00:19:06.660><c> as</c><00:19:06.880><c> a</c><00:19:06.940><c> result</c><00:19:07.220><c> of</c><00:19:07.460><c> mercy</c><00:19:07.839><c> and</c><00:19:08.200><c> grace</c>

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and<00:19:08.920><c> God</c><00:19:09.119><c> being</c><00:19:09.339><c> long</c><00:19:09.660><c>-suffering</c><00:19:10.640><c> and</c><00:19:11.000><c> full</c><00:19:11.200><c> of</c><00:19:11.339><c> loving</c><00:19:11.619><c> kindness</c><00:19:12.220><c> and</c>

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because<00:19:12.819><c> he</c><00:19:12.980><c> is</c><00:19:13.240><c> faithful.</c>

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It's<00:19:15.160><c> not</c><00:19:15.299><c> money</c><00:19:15.740><c> from</c><00:19:16.000><c> our</c><00:19:16.299><c> pocket</c><00:19:16.660><c> or</c><00:19:16.940><c> words</c><00:19:17.240><c> on</c><00:19:17.440><c> our</c><00:19:17.619><c> lips</c><00:19:17.839><c> that</c><00:19:17.980><c> he's</c><00:19:18.140><c> looking</c><00:19:18.440><c> for.</c><00:19:18.859><c> It's</c><00:19:19.119><c> a</c>

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changed<00:19:20.119><c> heart.</c>

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That's<00:19:22.220><c> the</c><00:19:22.480><c> righteous</c><00:19:22.859><c> basis</c><00:19:23.420><c> upon</c><00:19:23.759><c> which</c><00:19:24.059><c> God</c><00:19:24.359><c> can</c><00:19:24.680><c> forgive</c>

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us.<00:19:25.819><c> As</c><00:19:26.119><c> soon</c><00:19:26.380><c> as</c><00:19:26.539><c> we</c><00:19:26.740><c> put</c><00:19:26.880><c> a</c><00:19:27.200><c> price</c><00:19:27.500><c> tag</c>

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or<00:19:29.039><c> some</c><00:19:29.359><c> type</c><00:19:29.660><c> of</c><00:19:30.000><c> worth</c><00:19:30.339><c> or</c><00:19:30.839><c> penance</c><00:19:31.240><c> or</c><00:19:31.500><c> ritual</c><00:19:32.140><c> on</c><00:19:32.799><c> forgiveness,</c><00:19:33.720><c> we</c><00:19:34.099><c> rob</c>

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God<00:19:35.519><c> of</c><00:19:36.480><c> his</c><00:19:36.819><c> glory</c><00:19:37.279><c> and</c><00:19:38.019><c> of</c><00:19:38.259><c> his</c>

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adulterated<00:19:40.599><c> character.</c><00:19:41.180><c> That's</c><00:19:41.700><c> what</c><00:19:41.880><c> the</c><00:19:42.019><c> church</c><00:19:42.200><c> has</c><00:19:42.420><c> done.</c><00:19:42.619><c> It</c>

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has<00:19:43.140><c> adulterated</c><00:19:43.819><c> the</c><00:19:43.980><c> righteous</c><00:19:44.299><c> basis.</c>

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They're<00:19:45.640><c> saying,</c><00:19:46.059><c> no,</c><00:19:46.059><c> it</c><00:19:46.160><c> isn't</c><00:19:46.380><c> just</c><00:19:46.759><c> confession</c><00:19:47.259><c> and</c><00:19:47.519><c> repentance</c><00:19:47.940><c> and</c>

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conversion.<00:19:48.619><c> There's</c><00:19:48.779><c> these</c><00:19:49.039><c> other</c>

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things<00:19:49.660><c> that</c><00:19:50.059><c> you</c><00:19:50.240><c> have</c><00:19:50.460><c> to</c><00:19:50.599><c> do</c><00:19:50.740><c> in</c><00:19:51.000><c> addition</c><00:19:51.299><c> to</c><00:19:51.559><c> that</c><00:19:51.940><c> and</c>

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only<00:19:52.759><c> then</c><00:19:53.500><c> will</c><00:19:53.940><c> you</c><00:19:54.119><c> find</c><00:19:54.380><c> forgiveness.</c>

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God's<00:20:02.000><c> wonderful</c><00:20:02.359><c> offer</c><00:20:02.799><c> of</c><00:20:03.339><c> forgiveness</c><00:20:03.779><c> is</c><00:20:04.319><c> so</c><00:20:04.680><c> simple.</c><00:20:05.180><c> Again,</c><00:20:05.460><c> we</c>

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don't<00:20:05.740><c> have</c><00:20:05.880><c> time</c><00:20:06.059><c> to</c><00:20:06.180><c> go</c><00:20:06.380><c> through</c><00:20:06.500><c> it,</c>

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draw<00:20:07.000><c> your</c><00:20:07.279><c> attention</c><00:20:07.619><c> to</c><00:20:07.900><c> number</c><00:20:08.220><c> 16</c><00:20:08.720><c> on</c><00:20:08.960><c> the</c><00:20:09.099><c> handout.</c><00:20:10.900><c> There's</c><00:20:11.039><c> a</c><00:20:11.200><c> tendency</c><00:20:11.680><c> to</c>

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right<00:20:17.660><c> motions.</c><00:20:19.279><c> Israel</c><00:20:19.859><c> repeatedly</c>

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we<00:20:43.099><c> read.</c><00:20:43.720><c> They</c><00:20:43.880><c> kept</c><00:20:44.140><c> all</c><00:20:44.420><c> the</c><00:20:44.599><c> feast</c><00:20:44.880><c> days</c>

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will<00:20:53.359><c> be</c><00:20:53.599><c> no</c><00:20:53.900><c> forgiveness</c>

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that<00:20:55.640><c> I</c><00:20:55.819><c> will</c><00:20:56.099><c> extend</c><00:20:56.460><c> in</c><00:20:56.660><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:56.980><c> chapter</c><00:20:57.440><c> 1</c><00:20:57.759><c> until</c><00:20:58.920><c> you</c><00:21:00.740><c> confess</c><00:21:01.220><c> your</c>

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sin,<00:21:02.799><c> you</c><00:21:02.880><c> repent</c><00:21:03.500><c> and</c><00:21:04.339><c> you</c><00:21:04.539><c> begin</c><00:21:04.740><c> to</c><00:21:05.059><c> walk</c>

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couple<00:21:09.900><c> of</c><00:21:10.039><c> them</c><00:21:10.180><c> you</c><00:21:10.319><c> will,</c>

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a<00:21:20.900><c> result</c><00:21:21.140><c> of</c><00:21:21.519><c> participating</c><00:21:22.240><c> in</c>

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rituals<00:21:23.119><c> and</c><00:21:24.660><c> we</c><00:21:24.740><c> have</c><00:21:25.059><c> to</c><00:21:25.180><c> be</c><00:21:25.319><c> careful</c><00:21:25.660><c> of</c><00:21:25.859><c> that.</c><00:21:27.279><c> Forgiveness</c><00:21:27.700><c> does</c><00:21:28.160><c> not</c><00:21:28.460><c> come</c><00:21:28.700><c> as</c><00:21:28.900><c> a</c>

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we're<00:21:48.039><c> well</c><00:21:48.240><c> familiar</c><00:21:48.539><c> with</c>

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that<00:21:58.259><c> God</c><00:21:58.519><c> is</c><00:21:58.779><c> light</c><00:21:59.019><c> and</c><00:21:59.240><c> in</c><00:21:59.420><c> him</c><00:21:59.559><c> is</c>

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no<00:21:59.940><c> darkness</c><00:22:00.299><c> at</c><00:22:00.559><c> all.</c><00:22:01.480><c> If</c><00:22:01.599><c> we</c><00:22:01.799><c> say</c><00:22:01.960><c> that</c><00:22:02.160><c> we</c><00:22:02.259><c> have</c><00:22:02.480><c> fellowship</c>

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sin.<00:22:18.660><c> It's</c><00:22:18.839><c> a</c><00:22:18.940><c> simple</c><00:22:19.359><c> requirement</c><00:22:19.980><c> that</c><00:22:20.420><c> God</c><00:22:20.680><c> says</c><00:22:21.000><c> if</c><00:22:21.240><c> you</c>

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others?<00:23:16.420><c> How</c><00:23:16.700><c> would</c><00:23:16.859><c> it</c><00:23:16.940><c> be</c><00:23:17.200><c> right</c><00:23:17.400><c> for</c><00:23:17.640><c> God</c><00:23:17.940><c> to</c><00:23:18.200><c> forgive</c><00:23:18.579><c> a</c><00:23:18.960><c> believer</c><00:23:19.279><c> who</c><00:23:19.819><c> is</c>

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content<00:23:20.779><c> to</c><00:23:21.019><c> live</c><00:23:21.220><c> in</c><00:23:21.460><c> darkness?</c>

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Well,<00:23:23.059><c> God,</c><00:23:23.259><c> I</c><00:23:23.259><c> want</c><00:23:23.400><c> you</c><00:23:23.559><c> to</c><00:23:23.740><c> forgive</c><00:23:24.019><c> me,</c><00:23:24.319><c> but</c><00:23:24.359><c> I'm</c><00:23:24.500><c> going</c><00:23:24.640><c> to</c>

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continue<00:23:25.019><c> to</c><00:23:25.200><c> walk</c><00:23:25.339><c> in</c><00:23:25.579><c> darkness.</c><00:23:26.380><c> I'm</c><00:23:26.440><c> going</c><00:23:26.500><c> to</c>

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continue<00:23:27.200><c> to</c><00:23:27.420><c> pursue</c><00:23:27.640><c> the</c><00:23:27.799><c> way</c><00:23:27.940><c> of</c><00:23:28.099><c> sin.</c><00:23:29.180><c> How</c><00:23:29.380><c> would</c><00:23:29.519><c> that</c><00:23:29.680><c> be</c>

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leading<00:23:30.000><c> a</c><00:23:30.279><c> person</c><00:23:30.460><c> away</c><00:23:30.759><c> from</c><00:23:31.200><c> sin</c><00:23:31.480><c> and</c><00:23:31.660><c> back</c><00:23:31.839><c> to</c>

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righteousness?<00:23:32.480><c> How</c><00:23:32.599><c> could</c><00:23:32.759><c> that</c><00:23:32.980><c> be</c><00:23:33.140><c> right</c><00:23:33.359><c> for</c><00:23:33.619><c> God</c><00:23:33.799><c> to</c><00:23:34.140><c> forgive</c><00:23:34.660><c> such</c><00:23:35.319><c> a</c>

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person?<00:23:36.579><c> Now</c><00:23:36.819><c> that</c><00:23:37.000><c> doesn't</c><00:23:37.339><c> mean</c><00:23:37.640><c> for</c>

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a<00:23:38.079><c> moment</c><00:23:38.480><c> that</c><00:23:39.319><c> some</c><00:23:39.559><c> of</c><00:23:39.680><c> us</c><00:23:39.799><c> don't</c><00:23:40.099><c> struggle</c><00:23:40.460><c> with</c><00:23:40.700><c> the</c><00:23:40.980><c> same</c>

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sin<00:23:41.660><c> over</c><00:23:42.319><c> and</c><00:23:42.799><c> over</c><00:23:43.240><c> and</c><00:23:43.599><c> over</c><00:23:44.059><c> again.</c>

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To<00:23:44.700><c> our</c><00:23:44.940><c> shame.</c><00:23:46.240><c> But</c><00:23:46.299><c> God</c><00:23:46.559><c> says,</c><00:23:47.099><c> as</c><00:23:47.299><c> long</c><00:23:47.680><c> as</c><00:23:47.960><c> you</c><00:23:48.180><c> repudiate</c>

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that<00:23:49.440><c> sin</c><00:23:49.819><c> and</c><00:23:50.740><c> you</c><00:23:51.000><c> recognize</c><00:23:51.539><c> that</c><00:23:51.740><c> it</c><00:23:51.859><c> is</c>

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wrong<00:23:52.700><c> and</c><00:23:53.019><c> you</c><00:23:53.220><c> don't</c><00:23:53.480><c> want</c><00:23:53.640><c> it</c><00:23:53.839><c> to</c><00:23:54.039><c> dominate</c><00:23:54.420><c> your</c><00:23:54.799><c> life</c><00:23:55.240><c> and</c>

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you<00:23:56.140><c> will</c><00:23:56.380><c> repent</c><00:23:56.759><c> of</c><00:23:57.039><c> it,</c><00:23:57.460><c> I</c><00:23:57.779><c> will</c><00:23:58.019><c> forgive</c><00:23:58.319><c> you.</c>

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It's<00:24:00.500><c> only</c><00:24:00.740><c> when</c><00:24:00.960><c> we</c><00:24:01.220><c> make</c><00:24:01.440><c> peace</c><00:24:01.839><c> with</c><00:24:02.099><c> that</c><00:24:02.420><c> sin</c><00:24:02.700><c> and</c><00:24:02.920><c> we</c><00:24:03.099><c> say,</c><00:24:03.259><c> well,</c><00:24:03.380><c> God,</c><00:24:03.799><c> that's</c><00:24:04.140><c> just</c><00:24:04.440><c> who</c>

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I<00:24:04.960><c> am.</c>

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That's<00:24:06.339><c> just</c><00:24:06.640><c> how</c><00:24:06.920><c> I</c><00:24:07.160><c> am.</c><00:24:08.640><c> That</c><00:24:08.819><c> we're</c><00:24:08.960><c> no</c><00:24:09.160><c> longer</c><00:24:09.339><c> walking</c><00:24:09.640><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:09.960><c> light.</c><00:24:11.180><c> And</c><00:24:11.440><c> that</c><00:24:11.700><c> sin,</c><00:24:12.140><c> scripture</c><00:24:12.380><c> says,</c>

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will<00:24:12.859><c> not</c><00:24:13.220><c> be</c><00:24:13.500><c> forgiven</c><00:24:13.859><c> because</c><00:24:14.779><c> it</c><00:24:14.900><c> is</c><00:24:15.160><c> not</c><00:24:15.400><c> conforming</c><00:24:15.960><c> to</c>

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God's<00:24:16.480><c> righteous</c><00:24:16.779><c> requirements.</c>

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Similarly,<00:24:19.039><c> how</c><00:24:19.160><c> would</c><00:24:19.319><c> it</c><00:24:19.440><c> be</c><00:24:19.599><c> right</c><00:24:19.779><c> for</c><00:24:20.039><c> God</c><00:24:20.240><c> to</c><00:24:20.500><c> forgive</c><00:24:20.759><c> a</c>

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brother<00:24:21.319><c> or</c><00:24:21.559><c> sister</c><00:24:22.039><c> who</c><00:24:22.319><c> refuses</c><00:24:22.819><c> to</c>

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forgive<00:24:23.339><c> others?</c><00:24:25.059><c> Where</c><00:24:25.359><c> is</c><00:24:25.539><c> the</c><00:24:25.819><c> moral</c><00:24:26.059><c> basis</c><00:24:26.700><c> to</c><00:24:27.039><c> encourage</c>

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righteousness<00:24:28.099><c> in</c><00:24:28.480><c> a</c><00:24:28.680><c> person's</c><00:24:29.220><c> life</c><00:24:29.440><c> who</c>

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is<00:24:30.039><c> free</c><00:24:30.440><c> to</c><00:24:30.940><c> hold</c><00:24:31.220><c> grudges</c><00:24:31.720><c> against</c><00:24:32.119><c> others?</c><00:24:33.519><c> And</c><00:24:33.799><c> that's</c><00:24:33.960><c> why</c><00:24:34.140><c> God</c><00:24:34.400><c> says,</c><00:24:34.839><c> if</c>

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you<00:24:35.140><c> don't</c><00:24:35.380><c> forgive</c><00:24:35.720><c> them,</c>

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if<00:24:36.880><c> you</c><00:24:37.059><c> won't</c><00:24:37.339><c> show</c><00:24:37.559><c> them</c><00:24:37.859><c> the</c><00:24:38.099><c> very</c><00:24:38.420><c> mercy</c><00:24:38.779><c> that</c><00:24:38.960><c> you're</c><00:24:39.200><c> asking</c><00:24:39.539><c> of</c><00:24:39.819><c> me,</c>

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then<00:24:41.339><c> don't</c><00:24:41.660><c> look</c><00:24:41.920><c> for</c><00:24:42.160><c> me</c><00:24:42.400><c> to</c><00:24:42.619><c> forgive</c><00:24:42.839><c> you.</c><00:24:43.779><c> And</c><00:24:43.900><c> you</c><00:24:44.059><c> see,</c>

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how<00:24:44.400><c> could</c><00:24:44.619><c> God</c><00:24:44.880><c> ever</c><00:24:45.380><c> hope</c><00:24:45.880><c> to</c><00:24:46.740><c> develop</c><00:24:47.019><c> his</c>

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character,<00:24:48.680><c> his</c><00:24:48.940><c> mercy</c><00:24:49.420><c> and</c><00:24:49.819><c> grace</c><00:24:50.259><c> and</c><00:24:50.539><c> long</c><00:24:50.740><c> suffering</c><00:24:51.140><c> and</c>

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loving<00:24:51.539><c> kindness</c><00:24:52.079><c> and</c><00:24:52.339><c> truth?</c>

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How<00:24:53.000><c> could</c><00:24:53.079><c> he</c><00:24:53.240><c> ever</c><00:24:53.500><c> hope</c><00:24:53.680><c> to</c><00:24:53.960><c> develop</c><00:24:54.160><c> that</c><00:24:54.460><c> in</c><00:24:54.640><c> me?</c><00:24:56.519><c> If</c><00:24:56.720><c> my</c><00:24:57.019><c> view</c><00:24:57.180><c> is</c><00:24:57.519><c> I</c>

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am<00:24:58.019><c> not</c><00:24:58.259><c> going</c><00:24:58.500><c> to</c><00:24:58.819><c> forgive</c><00:24:59.059><c> those</c>

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who<00:24:59.700><c> sin</c><00:24:59.819><c> against</c><00:25:00.140><c> me.</c><00:25:01.019><c> He</c><00:25:01.240><c> couldn't</c><00:25:01.480><c> do</c><00:25:01.720><c> it.</c><00:25:02.619><c> He</c><00:25:02.819><c> couldn't</c><00:25:03.059><c> develop</c><00:25:03.440><c> his</c><00:25:03.779><c> character</c><00:25:04.140><c> in</c><00:25:04.420><c> me</c>

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if<00:25:05.660><c> I'm</c><00:25:06.160><c> unwilling</c><00:25:06.559><c> to</c><00:25:06.940><c> reflect</c><00:25:07.299><c> that</c><00:25:07.660><c> character</c><00:25:08.039><c> in</c><00:25:08.420><c> the</c><00:25:08.500><c> way</c>

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of<00:25:08.880><c> forgiveness</c>

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towards<00:25:10.019><c> others.</c><00:25:12.059><c> Now</c><00:25:12.180><c> we</c><00:25:12.200><c> need</c><00:25:12.359><c> to</c><00:25:12.460><c> be</c><00:25:12.660><c> careful</c><00:25:13.019><c> in</c><00:25:13.240><c> all</c><00:25:13.440><c> of</c>

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this.<00:25:13.799><c> We</c><00:25:13.819><c> don't</c><00:25:13.980><c> want</c><00:25:14.099><c> to</c><00:25:14.220><c> leave</c><00:25:14.299><c> anyone</c><00:25:14.640><c> with</c><00:25:14.880><c> the</c>

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wrong<00:25:15.740><c> impression</c><00:25:16.180><c> or</c><00:25:16.339><c> the</c><00:25:16.460><c> wrong</c><00:25:16.660><c> understanding.</c><00:25:18.339><c> We</c><00:25:18.700><c> are</c>

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not<00:25:19.359><c> saying</c><00:25:19.880><c> that</c><00:25:20.539><c> we</c><00:25:20.680><c> can</c><00:25:21.000><c> earn</c><00:25:21.359><c> our</c><00:25:21.779><c> forgiveness</c>

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or<00:25:23.700><c> that</c><00:25:23.900><c> obedience</c><00:25:24.420><c> of</c><00:25:24.819><c> any</c><00:25:25.140><c> kind</c><00:25:25.559><c> will</c><00:25:25.940><c> earn</c><00:25:26.240><c> the</c><00:25:26.539><c> right</c><00:25:26.839><c> to</c>

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being<00:25:27.559><c> forgiven.</c><00:25:28.079><c> We</c><00:25:28.180><c> don't</c><00:25:28.480><c> earn</c><00:25:28.779><c> forgiveness.</c>

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And<00:25:29.920><c> we</c><00:25:31.680><c> don't</c><00:25:31.819><c> want</c><00:25:31.980><c> to</c><00:25:32.059><c> confuse</c><00:25:32.460><c> that</c><00:25:32.980><c> confession</c><00:25:33.640><c> of</c><00:25:34.019><c> sin</c>

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and<00:25:34.640><c> repentance</c><00:25:35.140><c> and</c><00:25:35.460><c> forsaking</c><00:25:36.119><c> the</c><00:25:37.240><c> way</c><00:25:37.480><c> of</c><00:25:37.740><c> sin</c>

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and<00:25:38.220><c> walking</c><00:25:38.480><c> in</c><00:25:38.700><c> the</c><00:25:38.839><c> light</c><00:25:39.019><c> and</c><00:25:39.259><c> forgiving</c><00:25:39.539><c> others.</c><00:25:40.400><c> We</c><00:25:40.420><c> don't</c><00:25:40.619><c> do</c>

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that<00:25:41.079><c> and</c><00:25:41.240><c> then</c><00:25:41.440><c> turn</c><00:25:41.619><c> around</c><00:25:41.839><c> to</c><00:25:42.019><c> God</c><00:25:42.220><c> and</c>

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say,<00:25:42.579><c> well,</c><00:25:42.740><c> now</c><00:25:42.880><c> I've</c><00:25:43.079><c> done</c><00:25:43.220><c> that.</c><00:25:43.539><c> You</c><00:25:43.759><c> owe</c><00:25:43.940><c> me</c><00:25:44.200><c> forgiveness.</c><00:25:44.680><c> That</c><00:25:44.839><c> is</c><00:25:45.119><c> not</c>

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the<00:25:45.960><c> picture</c><00:25:46.220><c> portrayed</c>

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in<00:25:46.819><c> scripture.</c><00:25:48.000><c> The</c><00:25:48.200><c> righteous</c><00:25:48.619><c> requirements</c><00:25:49.299><c> don't</c><00:25:49.660><c> mean</c>

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that<00:25:50.059><c> we</c><00:25:50.259><c> earn</c><00:25:50.640><c> anything.</c><00:25:52.240><c> It</c><00:25:52.460><c> simply</c><00:25:52.779><c> means</c><00:25:53.079><c> that</c>

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God<00:25:53.539><c> takes</c><00:25:53.920><c> us</c><00:25:54.279><c> as</c><00:25:54.680><c> sinners.</c><00:25:55.160><c> And</c><00:25:55.279><c> if</c><00:25:55.420><c> we</c><00:25:55.599><c> will</c><00:25:55.759><c> conform</c><00:25:56.180><c> ourselves</c><00:25:56.880><c> to</c>

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his<00:25:57.720><c> righteous</c><00:25:58.119><c> requirements,</c>

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then<00:26:00.019><c> we</c><00:26:00.299><c> place</c><00:26:00.559><c> ourselves</c><00:26:01.099><c> within</c><00:26:01.400><c> the</c><00:26:01.799><c> scope</c><00:26:02.079><c> of</c><00:26:02.359><c> those</c><00:26:02.640><c> who</c>

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will<00:26:03.019><c> receive</c><00:26:03.420><c> his</c><00:26:03.700><c> mercy.</c>

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We<00:26:04.660><c> have</c><00:26:05.119><c> not</c><00:26:05.400><c> earned</c><00:26:05.619><c> it</c><00:26:06.039><c> in</c><00:26:06.319><c> any</c><00:26:06.680><c> stretch.</c><00:26:07.859><c> Just</c><00:26:08.099><c> like</c><00:26:08.299><c> our</c>

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salvation,<00:26:09.059><c> we</c><00:26:09.099><c> can't</c><00:26:09.359><c> go</c><00:26:09.500><c> out</c><00:26:09.740><c> and</c><00:26:10.059><c> earn</c><00:26:10.339><c> our</c>

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salvation.<00:26:12.019><c> But</c><00:26:12.119><c> God</c><00:26:12.299><c> says,</c><00:26:12.900><c> you</c><00:26:12.900><c> take</c><00:26:13.220><c> on</c><00:26:13.500><c> the</c><00:26:13.700><c> name</c><00:26:13.880><c> of</c><00:26:14.119><c> Christ</c><00:26:14.460><c> and</c>

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make<00:26:14.960><c> him</c><00:26:15.240><c> your</c><00:26:15.599><c> captain</c><00:26:16.079><c> and</c><00:26:16.720><c> live</c><00:26:16.960><c> like</c>

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:21.539
he<00:26:17.660><c> did.</c><00:26:18.359><c> You</c><00:26:18.599><c> will</c><00:26:18.859><c> not</c><00:26:19.119><c> earn</c><00:26:19.380><c> salvation,</c><00:26:20.059><c> but</c><00:26:20.220><c> you</c><00:26:20.460><c> put</c><00:26:20.619><c> yourself</c><00:26:21.019><c> within</c><00:26:21.259><c> the</c>

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righteous<00:26:21.859><c> parameters</c>

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of<00:26:23.279><c> those</c><00:26:23.799><c> whom</c><00:26:24.480><c> I</c><00:26:24.759><c> will</c><00:26:25.079><c> save.</c><00:26:26.759><c> And</c><00:26:27.019><c> unless</c><00:26:27.359><c> we</c><00:26:27.640><c> conform</c><00:26:28.279><c> to</c>

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God's<00:26:29.640><c> righteous</c><00:26:30.059><c> requirements,</c>

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we<00:26:31.640><c> leave</c><00:26:31.880><c> ourselves</c><00:26:32.599><c> outside</c><00:26:33.259><c> of</c><00:26:33.420><c> that</c><00:26:33.619><c> scope.</c><00:26:34.380><c> So</c><00:26:34.559><c> we</c><00:26:34.759><c> don't</c>

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deserve<00:26:35.680><c> forgiveness.</c><00:26:36.559><c> We</c><00:26:36.819><c> don't</c><00:26:37.299><c> earn</c>

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forgiveness.<00:26:39.299><c> We</c><00:26:39.460><c> receive</c><00:26:39.940><c> forgiveness</c><00:26:40.440><c> because</c><00:26:40.859><c> God</c><00:26:41.259><c> is</c><00:26:41.640><c> merciful.</c><00:26:42.980><c> But</c><00:26:43.140><c> scripture</c><00:26:43.440><c> is</c>

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teaching<00:26:43.920><c> us,</c>

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he<00:26:44.259><c> will</c><00:26:44.559><c> only</c><00:26:44.900><c> extend</c><00:26:45.299><c> his</c><00:26:45.700><c> mercy</c><00:26:46.259><c> to</c><00:26:47.240><c> those</c><00:26:47.559><c> who</c><00:26:47.839><c> confess</c><00:26:48.259><c> their</c><00:26:48.599><c> sin</c><00:26:48.940><c> and</c><00:26:49.460><c> repent</c><00:26:50.019><c> and</c><00:26:50.339><c> commit</c><00:26:50.579><c> to</c>

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in<00:26:51.130><c> a</c><00:26:51.289><c> new</c><00:26:51.509><c> way</c><00:26:51.930><c> and</c><00:26:52.210><c> choose</c><00:26:52.410><c> to</c><00:26:52.609><c> walk</c><00:26:52.829><c> in</c><00:26:52.970><c> the</c><00:26:53.130><c> light</c><00:26:53.430><c> and</c><00:26:53.849><c> are</c>

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willing<00:26:54.210><c> to</c><00:26:54.470><c> forgive</c><00:26:54.630><c> others.</c>

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Now,<00:26:58.390><c> we</c><00:26:58.509><c> also</c><00:26:58.829><c> don't</c><00:26:59.049><c> want</c><00:26:59.170><c> to</c><00:26:59.289><c> lose</c><00:26:59.430><c> sight</c><00:26:59.609><c> of</c><00:26:59.789><c> the</c><00:26:59.910><c> fact</c>

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that<00:27:00.950><c> while</c><00:27:01.589><c> these</c><00:27:02.150><c> five</c><00:27:02.809><c> righteous</c>

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requirements<00:27:03.910><c> of</c><00:27:04.269><c> confession,</c><00:27:05.049><c> repentance,</c><00:27:06.869><c> being</c><00:27:07.190><c> converted</c><00:27:07.710><c> or</c><00:27:07.990><c> walking</c><00:27:08.309><c> in</c><00:27:08.490><c> a</c>

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new<00:27:08.750><c> light,</c>

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walking<00:27:09.670><c> in</c><00:27:09.849><c> a</c><00:27:09.910><c> new</c><00:27:10.089><c> way,</c><00:27:10.509><c> walking</c><00:27:10.849><c> in</c><00:27:11.049><c> the</c><00:27:11.170><c> light</c><00:27:11.549><c> and</c><00:27:11.910><c> forgiving</c><00:27:12.210><c> others,</c><00:27:13.150><c> while</c>

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those<00:27:13.650><c> are</c><00:27:14.069><c> righteous</c>

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requirements<00:27:15.069><c> that</c><00:27:15.309><c> God</c><00:27:15.470><c> has</c><00:27:15.769><c> established</c><00:27:16.150><c> for</c><00:27:16.410><c> us,</c><00:27:16.549><c> there</c>

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is<00:27:16.950><c> one</c><00:27:17.630><c> additional</c><00:27:18.470><c> requirement.</c><00:27:19.069><c> Brother</c>

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Roberts<00:27:19.630><c> called</c><00:27:19.910><c> it</c><00:27:20.190><c> the</c><00:27:20.670><c> requirement.</c><00:27:21.950><c> And</c><00:27:22.049><c> that</c><00:27:22.210><c> is</c><00:27:22.470><c> that</c>

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we<00:27:22.829><c> be</c><00:27:23.049><c> in</c><00:27:23.230><c> the</c><00:27:23.329><c> Lord</c><00:27:23.490><c> Jesus</c><00:27:23.849><c> Christ.</c>

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Just<00:27:25.089><c> a</c><00:27:25.250><c> couple</c><00:27:25.410><c> of</c><00:27:25.509><c> words</c><00:27:25.730><c> on</c><00:27:25.930><c> this</c><00:27:26.150><c> and</c><00:27:26.329><c> then</c><00:27:26.769><c> we'll</c><00:27:26.950><c> move</c><00:27:27.210><c> on.</c><00:27:27.970><c> But</c><00:27:28.109><c> he</c>

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called<00:27:28.529><c> it</c><00:27:28.829><c> the</c><00:27:29.390><c> requirement.</c>

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As<00:27:31.930><c> he</c><00:27:32.190><c> says,</c><00:27:32.490><c> quoting</c><00:27:32.670><c> from</c><00:27:32.869><c> the</c><00:27:32.970><c> blood</c><00:27:33.130><c> of</c><00:27:33.250><c> Christ,</c><00:27:33.589><c> God</c><00:27:33.769><c> does</c><00:27:34.069><c> not</c>

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offer<00:27:34.670><c> forgiveness</c><00:27:35.150><c> indiscriminately.</c>

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He<00:27:36.730><c> does</c><00:27:36.970><c> not</c><00:27:37.210><c> say</c><00:27:37.390><c> he</c><00:27:37.509><c> will</c><00:27:37.750><c> forgive</c><00:27:37.970><c> the</c><00:27:38.210><c> sins</c><00:27:38.329><c> of</c><00:27:38.509><c> the</c><00:27:38.690><c> world,</c><00:27:38.950><c> whether</c><00:27:39.190><c> they</c>

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take<00:27:39.630><c> notice</c><00:27:39.869><c> of</c><00:27:40.029><c> him</c><00:27:40.170><c> or</c><00:27:40.329><c> not.</c>

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Very<00:27:42.309><c> far</c><00:27:42.569><c> from</c><00:27:42.869><c> this.</c><00:27:43.309><c> He</c><00:27:43.589><c> restricts</c><00:27:44.289><c> forgiveness</c><00:27:44.750><c> to</c><00:27:45.049><c> those</c>

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who<00:27:45.630><c> fear</c><00:27:45.809><c> him</c><00:27:46.289><c> and</c><00:27:46.910><c> submit</c><00:27:47.450><c> to</c><00:27:47.769><c> the</c><00:27:48.009><c> conditions</c>

00:27:48.490 --> 00:27:51.450
we<00:27:48.750><c> have</c><00:27:48.950><c> been</c><00:27:49.109><c> calling</c><00:27:49.369><c> them</c><00:27:50.029><c> righteous</c><00:27:50.390><c> requirements</c><00:27:51.029><c> that</c>

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he<00:27:51.650><c> has</c><00:27:51.930><c> provided.</c>

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The<00:27:55.170><c> question</c><00:27:55.490><c> is,</c><00:27:55.809><c> what</c><00:27:56.029><c> are</c><00:27:56.190><c> those</c><00:27:56.410><c> conditions?</c><00:27:57.210><c> There</c><00:27:57.369><c> are</c>

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various<00:27:57.930><c> conditions,</c><00:27:58.490><c> but</c><00:27:58.650><c> we</c><00:27:58.809><c> look</c><00:27:58.970><c> now</c><00:27:59.289><c> not</c><00:27:59.529><c> at</c>

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subsidiary<00:28:01.410><c> conditions,</c><00:28:01.970><c> which</c><00:28:02.109><c> we've</c><00:28:02.329><c> been</c><00:28:02.470><c> looking</c><00:28:02.710><c> at,</c>

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but<00:28:02.970><c> at</c><00:28:03.130><c> the</c><00:28:03.309><c> one</c><00:28:03.430><c> that</c><00:28:03.609><c> comes</c><00:28:03.849><c> before</c><00:28:04.250><c> all</c><00:28:04.470><c> others,</c>

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as<00:28:05.369><c> brought</c><00:28:05.569><c> forward</c><00:28:05.890><c> by</c><00:28:06.150><c> Paul</c><00:28:06.430><c> in</c><00:28:06.630><c> the</c><00:28:06.809><c> declaration</c><00:28:07.269><c> before</c>

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us,<00:28:08.450><c> the</c><00:28:08.650><c> propitiatory</c><00:28:11.230><c> setting</c><00:28:11.529><c> forth</c><00:28:11.849><c> of</c><00:28:12.009><c> Christ</c>

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as<00:28:12.829><c> an</c><00:28:13.009><c> object</c><00:28:13.430><c> of</c><00:28:13.710><c> faith</c><00:28:13.950><c> in</c><00:28:14.210><c> the</c><00:28:14.410><c> shedding</c><00:28:14.609><c> of</c><00:28:14.890><c> his</c><00:28:15.150><c> blood,</c>

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so<00:28:16.910><c> that</c><00:28:17.089><c> God,</c><00:28:17.289><c> as</c><00:28:17.450><c> we</c><00:28:17.609><c> know,</c><00:28:17.869><c> set</c><00:28:18.130><c> forth</c><00:28:18.450><c> Jesus</c>

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on<00:28:19.269><c> the</c><00:28:19.430><c> cross</c><00:28:19.970><c> in</c><00:28:20.609><c> all</c><00:28:21.109><c> its</c><00:28:21.450><c> repulsiveness</c><00:28:22.269><c> to</c><00:28:22.849><c> sinful</c><00:28:23.130><c> man.</c>

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And<00:28:24.289><c> he</c><00:28:24.509><c> set</c><00:28:24.690><c> forth</c><00:28:24.990><c> Jesus</c><00:28:25.430><c> as</c><00:28:25.670><c> an</c><00:28:25.910><c> object</c><00:28:26.309><c> of</c><00:28:26.650><c> faith.</c>

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This<00:28:28.109><c> is</c><00:28:28.509><c> the</c><00:28:28.730><c> way</c><00:28:28.970><c> to</c><00:28:29.250><c> life</c><00:28:29.730><c> by</c><00:28:30.549><c> condemning</c><00:28:31.309><c> sin</c><00:28:31.769><c> and</c><00:28:32.390><c> living</c>

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unto<00:28:33.250><c> righteousness.</c><00:28:34.670><c> You</c><00:28:34.890><c> die</c><00:28:35.170><c> to</c><00:28:35.529><c> sin</c><00:28:35.809><c> and</c>

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live<00:28:36.329><c> unto</c><00:28:36.650><c> righteousness,</c><00:28:37.710><c> and</c><00:28:37.730><c> regardless</c><00:28:38.190><c> of</c><00:28:38.430><c> how</c><00:28:38.710><c> foolish</c><00:28:39.289><c> the</c><00:28:40.269><c> world</c><00:28:40.549><c> may</c><00:28:40.990><c> see</c><00:28:41.589><c> that</c><00:28:42.410><c> setting</c><00:28:42.930><c> of</c>

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a<00:28:43.289><c> man</c>

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dying<00:28:43.829><c> on</c><00:28:44.089><c> the</c><00:28:44.170><c> cross,</c><00:28:45.509><c> you</c><00:28:45.690><c> will</c><00:28:45.990><c> have,</c><00:28:46.170><c> God</c><00:28:46.509><c> says,</c><00:28:47.069><c> eternal</c>

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life.<00:28:48.630><c> Brother</c><00:28:48.910><c> Roberts</c><00:28:49.170><c> continues,</c>

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why<00:28:51.289><c> is</c><00:28:51.529><c> the</c><00:28:51.609><c> death</c><00:28:51.750><c> of</c><00:28:51.890><c> Christ</c><00:28:52.150><c> a</c><00:28:52.430><c> sufficient</c><00:28:53.009><c> foundation</c><00:28:53.509><c> for</c><00:28:53.769><c> the</c><00:28:53.970><c> forgiveness</c><00:28:54.289><c> of</c>

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sin<00:28:54.730><c> unto</c><00:28:54.970><c> life</c><00:28:55.210><c> eternal</c><00:28:55.549><c> when</c>

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the<00:28:55.930><c> death</c><00:28:56.109><c> of</c><00:28:56.329><c> animals</c><00:28:56.529><c> was</c><00:28:56.829><c> not</c><00:28:57.089><c> so?</c><00:28:58.089><c> The</c><00:28:58.269><c> death</c><00:28:58.529><c> of</c><00:28:58.750><c> Christ</c>

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was<00:28:59.150><c> to</c><00:28:59.390><c> declare</c><00:28:59.769><c> the</c><00:29:00.109><c> righteousness</c><00:29:00.549><c> of</c><00:29:00.849><c> God</c>

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as<00:29:02.190><c> the</c><00:29:02.750><c> ground</c><00:29:03.089><c> of</c><00:29:03.410><c> the</c><00:29:03.549><c> exercise</c><00:29:04.029><c> of</c><00:29:04.190><c> his</c><00:29:04.450><c> forbearance.</c><00:29:05.650><c> That</c><00:29:05.829><c> is</c>

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to<00:29:06.329><c> say,</c><00:29:07.450><c> God</c><00:29:07.490><c> maintains</c><00:29:08.130><c> his</c><00:29:08.470><c> own</c><00:29:08.769><c> righteousness</c>

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and<00:29:09.849><c> his</c><00:29:10.009><c> own</c><00:29:10.289><c> supremacy</c><00:29:10.869><c> while</c><00:29:11.210><c> forgiving</c><00:29:11.529><c> us,</c><00:29:12.549><c> and</c><00:29:12.849><c> exacts</c>

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the<00:29:13.650><c> recognition</c><00:29:14.269><c> of</c><00:29:14.589><c> them</c><00:29:14.970><c> and</c><00:29:15.329><c> submission</c><00:29:15.910><c> to</c>

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them<00:29:16.630><c> as</c><00:29:17.069><c> the</c><00:29:17.250><c> condition</c><00:29:17.769><c> of</c><00:29:18.069><c> the</c><00:29:18.369><c> exercise</c><00:29:18.869><c> of</c><00:29:19.049><c> his</c><00:29:19.269><c> forbearance</c><00:29:19.849><c> and</c><00:29:20.069><c> the</c>

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remission<00:29:20.549><c> of</c><00:29:20.730><c> our</c><00:29:20.950><c> sins.</c>

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In<00:29:21.869><c> other</c><00:29:22.029><c> words,</c><00:29:22.269><c> what</c><00:29:22.410><c> he's</c><00:29:22.589><c> saying</c><00:29:22.930><c> is</c><00:29:23.150><c> God</c><00:29:23.349><c> has</c><00:29:23.710><c> established</c><00:29:24.150><c> these</c>

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righteous<00:29:24.869><c> requirements,</c>

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and<00:29:26.230><c> so</c><00:29:26.509><c> long</c><00:29:26.869><c> as</c><00:29:27.130><c> we</c><00:29:27.369><c> conform</c><00:29:27.849><c> to</c><00:29:28.150><c> them,</c><00:29:29.509><c> God</c><00:29:29.809><c> can</c><00:29:30.150><c> forgive</c><00:29:30.450><c> us</c>

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without<00:29:31.210><c> compromising</c><00:29:32.309><c> his</c><00:29:32.650><c> righteous</c>

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principles.<00:29:34.390><c> The</c><00:29:34.509><c> way</c><00:29:34.890><c> of</c><00:29:35.309><c> sin,</c><00:29:35.630><c> for</c><00:29:35.890><c> instance,</c><00:29:36.470><c> must</c><00:29:36.809><c> be</c><00:29:37.130><c> condemned.</c><00:29:38.309><c> It</c>

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must<00:29:38.869><c> be</c><00:29:39.089><c> put</c><00:29:39.250><c> to</c><00:29:39.450><c> death</c><00:29:39.730><c> is</c><00:29:40.029><c> one</c><00:29:40.250><c> of</c><00:29:40.410><c> the</c>

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lessons<00:29:40.829><c> Jesus</c><00:29:41.230><c> is</c><00:29:41.470><c> teaching</c><00:29:41.690><c> us</c><00:29:41.849><c> from</c><00:29:42.029><c> the</c><00:29:42.230><c> cross.</c><00:29:43.009><c> The</c><00:29:43.289><c> flesh</c><00:29:43.630><c> must</c>

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be<00:29:44.450><c> crucified.</c><00:29:45.450><c> It</c><00:29:45.869><c> is</c><00:29:46.470><c> the</c><00:29:46.630><c> real</c><00:29:47.049><c> enemy</c><00:29:47.450><c> of</c>

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God.<00:29:48.710><c> So</c><00:29:48.910><c> Jesus</c><00:29:49.190><c> tells</c><00:29:49.470><c> us,</c><00:29:49.789><c> don't</c><00:29:49.890><c> be</c><00:29:50.190><c> afraid</c><00:29:50.470><c> of</c><00:29:50.670><c> the</c><00:29:50.869><c> cross.</c>

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Don't<00:29:51.970><c> resent</c><00:29:52.349><c> it.</c><00:29:52.569><c> Make</c><00:29:52.829><c> it</c><00:29:53.009><c> your</c><00:29:53.170><c> way</c><00:29:53.430><c> of</c><00:29:53.650><c> life.</c>

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As<00:29:54.750><c> I</c><00:29:54.930><c> have</c><00:29:55.210><c> made</c><00:29:55.410><c> it</c><00:29:55.589><c> my</c><00:29:55.809><c> way</c><00:29:56.009><c> of</c><00:29:56.210><c> life,</c><00:29:56.470><c> which</c><00:29:56.609><c> is</c><00:29:56.710><c> what</c><00:29:56.809><c> he's</c>

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telling<00:29:57.230><c> us</c><00:29:57.450><c> from</c><00:29:57.630><c> the</c><00:29:57.869><c> cross,</c>

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and<00:29:58.849><c> that</c><00:29:58.950><c> God</c><00:29:59.130><c> is</c><00:29:59.329><c> ready</c><00:29:59.529><c> and</c><00:29:59.730><c> willing</c><00:29:59.910><c> to</c><00:30:00.210><c> save</c><00:30:00.450><c> and</c><00:30:00.670><c> forgive</c>

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in<00:30:15.789><c> need</c><00:30:15.930><c> of</c><00:30:16.210><c> deliverance.</c><00:30:17.750><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:17.890><c> 42,</c>

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Isaiah<00:30:19.289><c> 61,</c><00:30:20.049><c> our</c><00:30:20.730><c> references</c><00:30:21.150><c> that</c><00:30:21.450><c> talk</c><00:30:21.609><c> about</c><00:30:21.829><c> how</c><00:30:22.049><c> we</c><00:30:22.210><c> are</c>

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would<00:30:25.650><c> die</c><00:30:25.950><c> had</c><00:30:26.190><c> someone</c><00:30:26.569><c> not</c><00:30:26.910><c> come</c><00:30:27.150><c> along</c><00:30:27.750><c> and</c><00:30:28.390><c> provided</c><00:30:28.750><c> a</c>

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way<00:30:29.210><c> out.</c><00:30:30.869><c> And</c><00:30:30.970><c> the</c><00:30:31.049><c> Lord</c><00:30:31.230><c> Jesus</c><00:30:31.589><c> Christ,</c><00:30:31.809><c> as</c><00:30:31.950><c> we</c><00:30:32.109><c> know,</c>

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has<00:30:32.569><c> opened</c><00:30:32.990><c> the</c><00:30:33.210><c> door</c><00:30:33.670><c> out</c><00:30:34.190><c> of</c><00:30:34.329><c> the</c><00:30:34.529><c> prison</c><00:30:34.750><c> by</c><00:30:35.029><c> his</c><00:30:35.369><c> sinless</c>

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life<00:30:36.130><c> of</c><00:30:36.470><c> faithful</c><00:30:36.910><c> obedience,</c><00:30:37.769><c> and</c><00:30:38.289><c> he</c><00:30:38.450><c> is</c>

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able<00:30:38.890><c> to</c><00:30:39.170><c> lead</c><00:30:39.329><c> all</c><00:30:39.769><c> those</c><00:30:40.450><c> who</c><00:30:41.329><c> by</c><00:30:41.650><c> their</c><00:30:41.970><c> birth</c><00:30:42.470><c> would</c><00:30:42.769><c> be</c><00:30:43.029><c> left</c><00:30:43.269><c> in</c>

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that<00:30:43.730><c> prison.</c><00:30:44.009><c> He's</c><00:30:44.410><c> able</c><00:30:44.730><c> to</c><00:30:44.990><c> lead</c><00:30:45.289><c> captivity</c>

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as<00:30:46.750><c> we</c><00:30:47.529><c> see</c><00:30:47.829><c> in</c><00:30:48.049><c> Psalm</c><00:30:48.309><c> 68</c><00:30:49.049><c> and</c><00:30:49.410><c> Ephesians</c><00:30:49.769><c> 4.</c><00:30:50.730><c> So</c><00:30:50.789><c> that</c><00:30:51.069><c> all</c><00:30:51.410><c> who</c><00:30:51.650><c> by</c>

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faith<00:30:52.369><c> take</c><00:30:52.750><c> on</c><00:30:52.930><c> his</c><00:30:53.170><c> name,</c>

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this<00:30:54.630><c> is</c><00:30:54.809><c> what</c><00:30:54.910><c> God</c><00:30:55.190><c> tells</c><00:30:55.509><c> us,</c><00:30:55.710><c> you</c><00:30:55.930><c> take</c><00:30:56.089><c> on</c><00:30:56.230><c> his</c><00:30:56.509><c> name,</c><00:30:57.630><c> you</c>

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take<00:30:57.990><c> on</c><00:30:58.130><c> his</c><00:30:58.390><c> love,</c><00:30:59.490><c> you</c><00:30:59.589><c> take</c><00:30:59.829><c> on</c><00:30:59.950><c> his</c><00:31:00.230><c> teachings,</c>

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you<00:31:01.430><c> take</c><00:31:01.670><c> on</c><00:31:01.769><c> his</c><00:31:02.029><c> affections,</c><00:31:03.130><c> you</c><00:31:03.329><c> take</c><00:31:03.569><c> on</c><00:31:03.730><c> his</c><00:31:03.869><c> willingness</c><00:31:04.210><c> to</c><00:31:04.529><c> forgive,</c><00:31:05.029><c> you</c><00:31:05.170><c> take</c><00:31:05.470><c> all</c><00:31:05.789><c> of</c><00:31:05.930><c> that</c>

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on<00:31:06.529><c> and</c><00:31:07.089><c> you</c><00:31:07.490><c> make</c><00:31:07.690><c> it</c><00:31:07.970><c> your</c><00:31:08.309><c> own.</c><00:31:10.009><c> Then</c><00:31:10.329><c> I</c><00:31:10.569><c> can</c><00:31:10.950><c> forgive</c><00:31:11.329><c> you</c><00:31:11.690><c> and</c><00:31:11.829><c> I</c>

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can<00:31:12.329><c> save</c><00:31:12.609><c> you</c><00:31:12.890><c> and</c><00:31:13.009><c> you</c><00:31:13.109><c> can</c><00:31:13.369><c> pass</c><00:31:13.670><c> out</c><00:31:13.950><c> of</c>

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that<00:31:14.210><c> door</c><00:31:14.670><c> and</c><00:31:15.869><c> no</c><00:31:16.109><c> longer</c><00:31:16.369><c> be</c><00:31:16.769><c> captive</c><00:31:17.230><c> to</c><00:31:17.630><c> the</c><00:31:17.829><c> prison</c><00:31:18.150><c> of</c>

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sin,<00:31:19.430><c> provided</c><00:31:20.089><c> by</c><00:31:21.509><c> faith</c><00:31:21.990><c> you</c><00:31:22.609><c> have</c><00:31:22.869><c> united</c><00:31:23.349><c> yourself</c>

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to<00:31:24.529><c> the</c><00:31:24.609><c> Lord</c><00:31:24.829><c> Jesus</c><00:31:25.150><c> Christ.</c><00:31:26.890><c> If</c><00:31:27.170><c> you</c><00:31:27.390><c> recognize</c><00:31:28.029><c> your</c><00:31:28.269><c> position,</c><00:31:29.589><c> Brother</c><00:31:29.750><c> Roberts</c><00:31:30.069><c> goes</c>

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on<00:31:30.509><c> to</c><00:31:30.690><c> say,</c>

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and<00:31:31.049><c> repent</c><00:31:31.490><c> and</c><00:31:31.829><c> come</c><00:31:32.130><c> under</c><00:31:32.430><c> that</c><00:31:32.750><c> man's</c><00:31:33.250><c> wing,</c><00:31:34.210><c> I</c><00:31:34.470><c> will</c><00:31:34.730><c> receive</c><00:31:35.130><c> you</c>

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back<00:31:35.569><c> to</c><00:31:35.789><c> favor</c><00:31:35.990><c> and</c><00:31:36.210><c> forgive</c><00:31:36.490><c> you.</c>

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My<00:31:37.369><c> righteousness</c><00:31:37.829><c> has</c><00:31:38.109><c> been</c><00:31:38.289><c> declared</c><00:31:38.630><c> in</c><00:31:38.809><c> him.</c><00:31:39.009><c> I</c><00:31:39.150><c> have</c><00:31:39.369><c> crowned</c><00:31:39.509><c> him</c>

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with<00:31:39.930><c> everlasting</c><00:31:40.349><c> days</c><00:31:40.910><c> because</c><00:31:41.369><c> he</c><00:31:41.710><c> loved</c>

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righteousness<00:31:42.369><c> and</c><00:31:42.690><c> hated</c><00:31:42.890><c> iniquity</c><00:31:43.450><c> and</c><00:31:43.650><c> was</c><00:31:43.829><c> obedient</c><00:31:44.109><c> unto</c><00:31:44.490><c> death.</c><00:31:45.289><c> I</c>

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have<00:31:45.509><c> crowned</c><00:31:45.710><c> him</c><00:31:45.890><c> with</c><00:31:46.069><c> life</c><00:31:46.329><c> eternal.</c>

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a<00:31:55.109><c> confession</c><00:31:55.490><c> that</c><00:31:55.690><c> you</c><00:31:55.849><c> have</c><00:31:56.029><c> no</c><00:31:56.230><c> name</c><00:31:56.390><c> of</c><00:31:56.549><c> your</c><00:31:56.730><c> own</c><00:31:56.829><c> that</c><00:31:56.950><c> will</c><00:31:57.170><c> stand.</c><00:31:58.230><c> Obey</c><00:31:58.529><c> his</c><00:31:58.789><c> commandments</c><00:31:59.309><c> and</c><00:31:59.549><c> I</c><00:31:59.710><c> will</c>

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receive<00:32:00.269><c> you</c><00:32:00.569><c> and</c><00:32:00.809><c> forgive</c><00:32:01.069><c> you</c><00:32:01.289><c> for</c><00:32:01.509><c> his</c><00:32:01.809><c> sake</c><00:32:02.069><c> and</c><00:32:02.730><c> you</c><00:32:02.970><c> shall</c><00:32:03.069><c> be</c>

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my<00:32:03.630><c> sons</c><00:32:03.930><c> and</c><00:32:04.250><c> daughters.</c><00:32:05.470><c> Then</c><00:32:05.670><c> Brother</c>

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Roberts<00:32:06.150><c> goes</c><00:32:06.390><c> on</c><00:32:06.630><c> in</c><00:32:06.769><c> the</c><00:32:06.869><c> blood</c><00:32:06.990><c> of</c><00:32:07.210><c> Christ</c><00:32:07.589><c> to</c><00:32:07.950><c> contrast</c><00:32:08.410><c> the</c><00:32:08.730><c> truth</c><00:32:09.069><c> of</c>

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how<00:32:09.430><c> Jesus</c><00:32:09.809><c> is</c><00:32:10.049><c> a</c><00:32:10.309><c> representative</c>

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of<00:32:11.509><c> sacrifice</c><00:32:11.509><c> with</c><00:32:12.349><c> the</c><00:32:12.650><c> substitutionary</c><00:32:15.349><c> teaching</c><00:32:15.650><c> of</c><00:32:16.170><c> the</c>

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churches.<00:32:17.569><c> You</c><00:32:17.670><c> see</c><00:32:17.750><c> one</c><00:32:17.910><c> of</c><00:32:18.309><c> the</c><00:32:19.069><c> great</c><00:32:19.430><c> pitfalls</c>

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of<00:32:20.289><c> substitutionary</c><00:32:21.150><c> teaching</c><00:32:21.450><c> is</c><00:32:21.670><c> that</c><00:32:21.769><c> it</c><00:32:21.849><c> doesn't</c><00:32:22.190><c> forgive</c><00:32:22.890><c> because</c><00:32:24.230><c> it's</c><00:32:24.549><c> a</c>

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debt<00:32:24.789><c> that's</c><00:32:25.130><c> paid.</c><00:32:25.490><c> If</c><00:32:25.609><c> we</c>

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went<00:32:25.769><c> out</c><00:32:26.009><c> tonight</c><00:32:26.569><c> and</c><00:32:27.190><c> racked</c><00:32:27.430><c> up</c><00:32:27.589><c> some</c><00:32:28.250><c> bill</c><00:32:28.450><c> at</c><00:32:28.690><c> a</c><00:32:28.769><c> restaurant</c><00:32:29.390><c> and</c><00:32:30.650><c> then</c><00:32:30.849><c> I</c>

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walk<00:32:31.170><c> out</c><00:32:31.329><c> of</c><00:32:31.410><c> the</c><00:32:31.589><c> restaurant</c>

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and<00:32:32.170><c> then</c><00:32:32.289><c> you</c><00:32:32.410><c> come</c><00:32:32.630><c> along</c><00:32:32.869><c> behind</c><00:32:33.250><c> me</c><00:32:33.450><c> and</c><00:32:33.529><c> you</c><00:32:33.730><c> pay</c><00:32:33.910><c> my</c><00:32:34.210><c> bill,</c><00:32:35.670><c> I</c><00:32:36.309><c> wouldn't</c><00:32:36.509><c> turn</c><00:32:36.750><c> around</c><00:32:36.950><c> and</c><00:32:37.069><c> say</c><00:32:37.170><c> the</c><00:32:37.289><c> owner</c><00:32:37.509><c> of</c>

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that<00:32:38.329><c> establishment</c><00:32:38.329><c> is</c><00:32:38.589><c> merciful</c><00:32:39.009><c> and</c><00:32:39.309><c> gracious</c><00:32:39.630><c> and</c><00:32:39.829><c> long</c>

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-suffering<00:32:40.690><c> and</c><00:32:40.950><c> full</c><00:32:41.150><c> of</c><00:32:41.309><c> goodness</c><00:32:41.569><c> and</c><00:32:41.849><c> truth.</c>

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I<00:32:43.009><c> would</c><00:32:43.210><c> say</c><00:32:43.329><c> the</c><00:32:43.450><c> owner</c><00:32:43.589><c> of</c><00:32:43.650><c> that</c><00:32:43.829><c> restaurant</c><00:32:44.130><c> had</c><00:32:44.329><c> the</c><00:32:44.470><c> bill</c>

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paid.<00:32:46.490><c> That's</c><00:32:46.650><c> why</c><00:32:46.789><c> I</c><00:32:46.849><c> don't</c><00:32:46.910><c> have</c><00:32:47.069><c> a</c><00:32:47.190><c> debt</c><00:32:47.250><c> anymore</c>

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We<00:32:52.230><c> are</c><00:32:52.490><c> not</c><00:32:52.769><c> freed</c><00:32:52.970><c> from</c><00:32:53.369><c> sin</c><00:32:53.690><c> because</c><00:32:54.029><c> Jesus</c>

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paid<00:32:54.690><c> our</c><00:32:55.009><c> debt.</c><00:32:56.029><c> We</c><00:32:56.190><c> are</c><00:32:56.509><c> freed</c><00:32:56.750><c> from</c><00:32:57.150><c> sin</c><00:32:57.430><c> because</c><00:32:57.789><c> God</c><00:32:58.029><c> is</c>

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merciful<00:32:58.849><c> and</c><00:32:59.329><c> gracious</c><00:32:59.930><c> and</c><00:33:00.690><c> abounds</c><00:33:01.069><c> in</c><00:33:01.329><c> loving</c>

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kindness<00:33:02.109><c> and</c><00:33:03.789><c> is</c><00:33:04.289><c> long</c><00:33:04.609><c>-suffering</c><00:33:05.289><c> and</c><00:33:05.670><c> faithfulness.</c><00:33:06.250><c> There's</c><00:33:06.470><c> no</c>

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payment<00:33:07.089><c> of</c><00:33:07.490><c> debt</c><00:33:07.789><c> involved</c><00:33:08.349><c> in</c><00:33:08.650><c> forgiveness.</c>

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God<00:33:11.369><c> isn't</c><00:33:11.849><c> a</c><00:33:12.170><c> debt</c><00:33:12.470><c> collector.</c><00:33:13.269><c> He's</c><00:33:13.650><c> a</c><00:33:13.890><c> forgiver</c><00:33:14.490><c> and</c><00:33:15.470><c> we</c><00:33:15.650><c> need</c><00:33:15.849><c> to</c>

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remember<00:33:16.430><c> that</c><00:33:16.950><c> when</c><00:33:17.410><c> someone</c><00:33:17.930><c> sins</c><00:33:18.250><c> against</c>

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to<00:33:25.529><c> do</c><00:33:25.769><c> that</c><00:33:26.630><c> before</c><00:33:27.430><c> I'm</c><00:33:27.769><c> willing</c><00:33:28.109><c> to</c><00:33:28.450><c> forgive</c><00:33:28.730><c> you.</c><00:33:28.950><c> If</c><00:33:29.130><c> we</c>

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do<00:33:29.450><c> that</c><00:33:29.650><c> brethren</c><00:33:29.869><c> and</c><00:33:30.109><c> sisters</c><00:33:30.390><c> and</c><00:33:30.589><c> young</c><00:33:30.750><c> people</c>

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we<00:33:31.470><c> become</c><00:33:32.190><c> debt</c><00:33:32.569><c> collectors.</c><00:33:33.950><c> Pay</c><00:33:34.190><c> this</c><00:33:34.450><c> debt</c><00:33:34.690><c> and</c><00:33:34.869><c> I'll</c><00:33:35.109><c> forgive</c><00:33:35.329><c> you.</c><00:33:35.490><c> That's</c><00:33:35.890><c> not</c>

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the<00:33:36.309><c> God</c><00:33:36.470><c> we</c><00:33:36.710><c> worship.</c>

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truth<00:33:40.450><c> of</c><00:33:40.630><c> the</c><00:33:40.710><c> matter</c><00:33:40.869><c> is</c><00:33:41.049><c> that</c><00:33:41.170><c> God</c><00:33:41.410><c> forgives</c><00:33:41.990><c> our</c>

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sins.<00:33:43.990><c> Ephesians</c><00:33:44.329><c> 4</c><00:33:44.690><c> verse</c><00:33:44.930><c> 32</c><00:33:45.430><c> says</c><00:33:45.750><c> and</c><00:33:45.910><c> be</c><00:33:46.210><c> ye</c><00:33:46.509><c> kind</c><00:33:46.789><c> one</c><00:33:47.089><c> to</c>

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another<00:33:47.769><c> tender</c><00:33:48.490><c>-hearted</c><00:33:48.849><c> forgiving</c><00:33:49.329><c> one</c><00:33:49.630><c> another</c>

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even<00:33:50.430><c> as</c><00:33:50.690><c> God</c><00:33:50.970><c> for</c><00:33:51.190><c> Christ's</c><00:33:51.730><c> sake</c><00:33:52.109><c> has</c><00:33:52.569><c> forgiven</c><00:33:53.009><c> you.</c><00:33:55.329><c> Well</c>

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the<00:33:55.470><c> Lord</c><00:33:55.650><c> Jesus</c><00:33:55.990><c> Christ</c><00:33:56.250><c> teaches</c><00:33:56.529><c> us</c><00:33:56.789><c> a</c><00:33:56.910><c> great</c>

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deal<00:33:57.250><c> about</c><00:33:57.470><c> forgiveness</c><00:33:57.930><c> in</c><00:33:58.109><c> the</c><00:33:58.230><c> gospels.</c><00:33:59.690><c> During</c><00:33:59.910><c> his</c><00:34:00.130><c> three</c><00:34:00.269><c> and</c>

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should<00:34:02.210><c> love</c><00:34:02.390><c> our</c><00:34:02.609><c> enemies</c><00:34:02.970><c> and</c><00:34:03.250><c> bless</c><00:34:03.430><c> those</c><00:34:03.690><c> who</c><00:34:03.950><c> curse</c><00:34:04.109><c> us</c>

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and<00:34:04.569><c> do</c><00:34:04.750><c> good</c><00:34:04.890><c> unto</c><00:34:05.089><c> them</c><00:34:05.410><c> that</c><00:34:05.930><c> hate</c><00:34:06.130><c> us</c><00:34:06.450><c> and</c><00:34:06.710><c> turn</c>

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the<00:34:06.950><c> other</c><00:34:07.190><c> cheek</c><00:34:07.470><c> and</c><00:34:07.690><c> pray</c><00:34:07.869><c> for</c><00:34:08.050><c> them</c><00:34:08.250><c> that</c><00:34:08.550><c> despitefully</c>

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use<00:34:09.190><c> us</c><00:34:09.710><c> and</c><00:34:09.969><c> persecute</c><00:34:10.449><c> us.</c><00:34:11.289><c> You</c><00:34:11.510><c> know</c><00:34:11.690><c> you</c><00:34:11.690><c> can't</c><00:34:11.949><c> love</c>

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your<00:34:12.369><c> enemy</c><00:34:12.750><c> who</c><00:34:13.989><c> has</c><00:34:14.489><c> mistreated</c><00:34:15.010><c> you</c><00:34:16.010><c> unless</c><00:34:16.750><c> you</c><00:34:17.170><c> first</c>

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forgive<00:34:18.050><c> them.</c><00:34:18.789><c> You</c><00:34:18.989><c> can't</c><00:34:19.429><c> pray</c><00:34:19.710><c> for</c><00:34:19.929><c> those</c><00:34:20.250><c> who</c>

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despitefully<00:34:21.269><c> use</c><00:34:21.630><c> you</c><00:34:21.889><c> and</c><00:34:22.190><c> persecute</c><00:34:22.730><c> you</c><00:34:23.289><c> if</c><00:34:23.630><c> you're</c><00:34:23.809><c> retaining</c><00:34:24.269><c> anger</c><00:34:24.789><c> and</c>

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evil<00:34:25.289><c> thoughts</c><00:34:25.710><c> in</c><00:34:25.869><c> your</c><00:34:26.070><c> heart</c>

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toward<00:34:26.530><c> them.</c><00:34:27.730><c> But</c><00:34:28.010><c> the</c><00:34:28.449><c> single</c><00:34:28.969><c> most</c><00:34:29.469><c> significant</c><00:34:30.130><c> lesson</c>

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the<00:34:30.869><c> Lord</c><00:34:31.090><c> Jesus</c><00:34:31.469><c> Christ</c><00:34:31.730><c> teaches</c><00:34:32.010><c> us</c><00:34:32.250><c> about</c>

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forgiveness.<00:34:34.289><c> He</c><00:34:34.650><c> teaches</c><00:34:34.989><c> us</c><00:34:35.789><c> from</c><00:34:36.449><c> the</c><00:34:36.670><c> cross.</c><00:34:41.269><c> He</c><00:34:41.570><c> has</c><00:34:41.909><c> been</c><00:34:42.409><c> badgered</c><00:34:44.050><c> and</c>

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beaten<00:34:45.170><c> and</c><00:34:46.750><c> spit</c><00:34:47.210><c> upon</c><00:34:47.670><c> before</c><00:34:48.050><c> the</c>

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He's<00:34:50.030><c> been</c><00:34:50.429><c> mocked</c><00:34:51.369><c> by</c><00:34:51.789><c> Herod</c><00:34:52.250><c> and</c><00:34:52.530><c> his</c><00:34:52.789><c> men.</c><00:34:53.849><c> He's</c><00:34:54.130><c> been</c><00:34:54.610><c> scourged</c><00:34:55.210><c> before</c><00:34:55.630><c> Pilate</c><00:34:56.550><c> likely</c><00:34:57.050><c> involving</c><00:34:57.570><c> a</c><00:34:57.809><c> leather</c>

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whip<00:34:58.449><c> with</c><00:34:58.750><c> embedded</c><00:34:59.070><c> pieces</c><00:34:59.489><c> of</c><00:34:59.750><c> metal</c><00:34:59.949><c> or</c><00:35:00.289><c> stone</c><00:35:00.550><c> and</c><00:35:00.730><c> then</c>

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he<00:35:00.929><c> was</c><00:35:01.269><c> mocked</c><00:35:01.610><c> again</c><00:35:02.070><c> by</c><00:35:02.530><c> the</c><00:35:02.690><c> band</c><00:35:02.809><c> of</c><00:35:03.010><c> soldiers</c>

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and<00:35:03.570><c> the</c><00:35:03.690><c> praetorium</c><00:35:04.170><c> guard</c><00:35:04.510><c> and</c><00:35:05.090><c> then</c><00:35:05.349><c> platted</c><00:35:05.510><c> with</c><00:35:05.769><c> a</c><00:35:05.909><c> crown</c><00:35:06.090><c> of</c>

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thorns.<00:35:06.769><c> He's</c><00:35:07.030><c> been</c><00:35:07.409><c> shamed</c><00:35:07.869><c> and</c><00:35:08.489><c> ridiculed</c>

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by<00:35:09.349><c> all</c><00:35:09.650><c> who</c><00:35:09.809><c> were</c><00:35:09.949><c> present</c><00:35:10.150><c> that</c><00:35:10.449><c> day</c><00:35:10.789><c> on</c><00:35:11.230><c> the</c><00:35:11.349><c> way</c><00:35:11.449><c> to</c><00:35:11.610><c> Golgotha</c><00:35:12.110><c> and</c><00:35:12.789><c> finally</c><00:35:13.190><c> he</c>

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was<00:35:13.750><c> thrust</c><00:35:13.989><c> on</c><00:35:14.250><c> a</c><00:35:14.349><c> cross</c><00:35:14.650><c> and</c>

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nails<00:35:15.849><c> were</c><00:35:16.349><c> driven</c><00:35:16.590><c> into</c><00:35:16.809><c> his</c><00:35:17.070><c> hands</c><00:35:17.409><c> and</c><00:35:17.849><c> his</c><00:35:18.130><c> feet</c><00:35:18.570><c> and</c><00:35:19.750><c> then</c><00:35:19.909><c> he</c>

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was<00:35:20.289><c> lifted</c><00:35:20.530><c> up</c><00:35:20.869><c> high</c><00:35:21.090><c> and</c><00:35:21.309><c> dropped</c><00:35:21.510><c> into</c><00:35:21.750><c> a</c><00:35:22.010><c> hole</c>

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and<00:35:22.550><c> wedges</c><00:35:22.849><c> of</c><00:35:23.110><c> wood</c><00:35:23.550><c> were</c><00:35:24.289><c> likely</c><00:35:24.650><c> hammered</c><00:35:25.110><c> in</c><00:35:25.269><c> to</c><00:35:25.570><c> steady</c>

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it<00:35:25.949><c> and</c><00:35:26.090><c> to</c><00:35:26.409><c> support</c><00:35:26.570><c> it.</c><00:35:26.829><c> Further</c><00:35:27.170><c> adding</c><00:35:27.449><c> to</c>

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the<00:35:27.869><c> already</c><00:35:28.210><c> excruciating</c><00:35:28.929><c> pain</c><00:35:29.349><c> and</c><00:35:30.170><c> there</c><00:35:30.590><c> is</c><00:35:30.909><c> the</c><00:35:31.190><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:35:32.150><c> Christ</c><00:35:32.690><c> on</c><00:35:33.550><c> the</c><00:35:33.809><c> cross</c><00:35:34.409><c> having</c><00:35:35.090><c> been</c><00:35:35.570><c> beaten</c>

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and<00:35:36.429><c> tortured</c><00:35:37.030><c> and</c><00:35:37.590><c> humiliated</c><00:35:38.409><c> and</c><00:35:38.750><c> scorned</c><00:35:39.670><c> and</c><00:35:39.849><c> his</c><00:35:40.130><c> body</c>

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mangled<00:35:41.550><c> and</c><00:35:43.289><c> the</c><00:35:43.750><c> very</c><00:35:44.489><c> first</c><00:35:45.329><c> words</c>

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out<00:35:47.130><c> of</c><00:35:47.289><c> his</c><00:35:47.510><c> mouth</c><00:35:48.030><c> are</c><00:35:49.769><c> a</c><00:35:50.130><c> plea</c><00:35:50.530><c> and</c><00:35:51.250><c> a</c><00:35:51.650><c> prayer</c><00:35:52.150><c> to</c><00:35:52.730><c> his</c>

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heavenly<00:35:53.309><c> father.</c>

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Forgive<00:35:56.010><c> them</c><00:35:56.670><c> for</c><00:35:56.949><c> they</c><00:35:57.269><c> know</c><00:35:57.510><c> not</c><00:35:57.869><c> what</c><00:35:58.090><c> they</c><00:35:58.349><c> do.</c>

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This<00:36:00.889><c> incident,</c><00:36:01.789><c> brethren</c><00:36:01.909><c> and</c><00:36:02.190><c> sisters,</c><00:36:03.230><c> friends</c><00:36:03.570><c> and</c><00:36:03.789><c> young</c><00:36:03.989><c> people,</c><00:36:04.429><c> it</c>

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defines<00:36:05.829><c> the</c><00:36:06.789><c> forgiveness</c><00:36:07.349><c> of</c><00:36:07.690><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:36:08.010><c> Jesus</c><00:36:08.369><c> Christ.</c><00:36:09.389><c> It</c><00:36:09.590><c> defines</c><00:36:10.050><c> forgiveness</c><00:36:10.590><c> in</c><00:36:10.889><c> practical</c><00:36:11.329><c> terms.</c>

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It<00:36:12.190><c> defines</c><00:36:12.429><c> what</c><00:36:12.710><c> forgiveness</c><00:36:13.050><c> is</c>

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and<00:36:14.050><c> what</c><00:36:14.210><c> it</c><00:36:14.349><c> looks</c><00:36:14.590><c> like</c><00:36:14.869><c> when</c><00:36:14.989><c> you</c><00:36:15.170><c> forgive</c><00:36:15.369><c> others.</c><00:36:16.210><c> It</c><00:36:16.449><c> cuts</c><00:36:16.889><c> through</c><00:36:17.630><c> all</c><00:36:18.230><c> the</c><00:36:18.550><c> reasons</c><00:36:19.230><c> that</c><00:36:19.769><c> we</c>

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can<00:36:20.269><c> list</c>

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as<00:36:20.889><c> to</c><00:36:21.070><c> why</c><00:36:21.230><c> we</c><00:36:21.449><c> don't</c><00:36:21.690><c> have</c><00:36:21.969><c> to</c><00:36:22.190><c> forgive</c><00:36:22.429><c> others.</c><00:36:25.530><c> Why</c><00:36:25.690><c> forgive</c><00:36:26.050><c> them?</c>

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Maybe<00:36:26.789><c> he</c><00:36:26.929><c> hasn't</c><00:36:27.150><c> repented.</c>

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If<00:36:27.929><c> I</c><00:36:28.150><c> forgive</c><00:36:28.469><c> him,</c><00:36:28.670><c> maybe</c><00:36:28.889><c> he'll</c><00:36:29.070><c> do</c><00:36:29.230><c> it</c><00:36:29.349><c> again.</c><00:36:29.829><c> Maybe</c><00:36:30.030><c> he'll</c><00:36:30.190><c> do</c>

00:36:30.309 --> 00:36:33.349
it<00:36:30.449><c> to</c><00:36:30.610><c> others.</c><00:36:31.170><c> It</c><00:36:31.269><c> cuts</c><00:36:31.570><c> through</c><00:36:31.949><c> all</c><00:36:32.230><c> of</c><00:36:32.389><c> that.</c>

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Am<00:36:34.809><c> I</c><00:36:34.889><c> doing</c><00:36:35.050><c> him</c><00:36:35.210><c> a</c><00:36:35.289><c> disservice?</c><00:36:36.230><c> Have</c><00:36:36.389><c> I</c><00:36:36.489><c> forgiven</c><00:36:36.710><c> too</c><00:36:37.030><c> early?</c><00:36:37.630><c> Should</c><00:36:37.789><c> I</c><00:36:37.969><c> wait?</c><00:36:39.829><c> It</c>

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answers<00:36:40.590><c> any</c><00:36:41.130><c> and</c><00:36:41.329><c> all</c>

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questions<00:36:42.349><c> our</c><00:36:42.989><c> natural</c><00:36:43.449><c> and</c><00:36:43.789><c> deceitful</c><00:36:44.289><c> hearts</c><00:36:44.730><c> can</c><00:36:45.010><c> generate</c><00:36:45.369><c> that</c>

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would<00:36:47.050><c> prevent</c><00:36:47.329><c> us</c><00:36:47.610><c> from</c><00:36:47.909><c> forgiving</c>

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others.<00:36:48.590><c> This</c><00:36:48.949><c> incident</c><00:36:49.510><c> sets</c><00:36:49.969><c> the</c><00:36:50.429><c> standard,</c><00:36:51.190><c> the</c><00:36:51.690><c> standard</c>

00:36:52.309 --> 00:36:54.710
for<00:36:52.650><c> our</c><00:36:52.789><c> conduct</c><00:36:53.130><c> and</c><00:36:53.869><c> our</c><00:36:54.110><c> need</c><00:36:54.269><c> to</c><00:36:54.530><c> forgive</c>

00:36:54.710 --> 00:37:01.130
others<00:36:55.070><c> and</c><00:36:56.010><c> how</c><00:36:56.389><c> and</c><00:36:56.690><c> when</c><00:36:56.889><c> to</c><00:36:57.130><c> forgive</c><00:36:57.309><c> others.</c><00:36:59.050><c> This</c><00:36:59.269><c> is</c><00:36:59.630><c> the</c><00:36:59.869><c> forgiveness</c><00:37:00.309><c> displayed</c><00:37:00.849><c> by</c>

00:37:01.130 --> 00:37:02.150
our<00:37:01.349><c> Lord</c><00:37:01.570><c> and</c><00:37:01.809><c> Master</c>

00:37:02.150 --> 00:37:06.949
by<00:37:02.570><c> whose</c><00:37:02.889><c> name</c><00:37:03.409><c> and</c><00:37:04.710><c> our</c><00:37:05.289><c> faith</c><00:37:05.510><c> in</c><00:37:05.829><c> his</c><00:37:06.110><c> name</c><00:37:06.369><c> and</c><00:37:06.630><c> the</c><00:37:06.789><c> one</c>

00:37:06.949 --> 00:37:10.409
under<00:37:07.329><c> whose</c><00:37:07.570><c> wing</c><00:37:08.130><c> we</c><00:37:08.570><c> have</c><00:37:08.829><c> placed</c><00:37:09.070><c> ourselves</c>

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:17.210
to<00:37:10.869><c> find</c><00:37:11.070><c> salvation.</c><00:37:13.730><c> He's</c><00:37:14.389><c> teaching</c><00:37:14.710><c> us</c><00:37:15.150><c> about</c><00:37:15.369><c> the</c><00:37:15.690><c> character</c><00:37:16.050><c> of</c><00:37:16.309><c> God.</c>

00:37:17.869 --> 00:37:19.710
He's<00:37:18.329><c> teaching</c><00:37:18.590><c> us</c><00:37:18.929><c> about</c><00:37:19.170><c> love</c>

00:37:19.710 --> 00:37:24.309
and<00:37:20.170><c> he's</c><00:37:20.369><c> teaching</c><00:37:20.650><c> us</c><00:37:20.969><c> about</c><00:37:21.329><c> forgiveness</c><00:37:21.730><c> and</c><00:37:22.070><c> God</c><00:37:22.429><c> is</c><00:37:22.829><c> appealing</c><00:37:23.130><c> to</c><00:37:23.449><c> us.</c>

00:37:24.650 --> 00:37:30.250
See<00:37:25.369><c> my</c><00:37:25.969><c> son</c><00:37:26.510><c> and</c><00:37:27.130><c> take</c><00:37:27.489><c> on</c><00:37:27.869><c> his</c><00:37:28.269><c> character</c><00:37:28.730><c> and</c><00:37:29.090><c> become</c><00:37:29.550><c> like</c>

00:37:30.250 --> 00:37:33.989
him.<00:37:32.030><c> It's</c><00:37:32.489><c> the</c><00:37:32.610><c> very</c><00:37:32.909><c> same</c><00:37:33.130><c> character</c><00:37:33.590><c> and</c><00:37:33.829><c> love</c>

00:37:33.989 --> 00:37:37.889
and<00:37:34.289><c> forgiveness</c><00:37:34.849><c> we</c><00:37:35.889><c> are</c><00:37:36.150><c> called</c><00:37:36.309><c> upon</c><00:37:36.630><c> to</c><00:37:36.909><c> develop</c><00:37:37.150><c> and</c><00:37:37.429><c> reflect</c><00:37:37.750><c> on</c>

00:37:37.889 --> 00:37:41.369
our<00:37:38.090><c> walk.</c><00:37:38.789><c> When</c><00:37:39.030><c> a</c><00:37:39.389><c> brother</c><00:37:39.670><c> or</c><00:37:40.150><c> sister</c><00:37:40.789><c> sins</c>

00:37:41.369 --> 00:37:52.949
against<00:37:41.969><c> you,</c><00:37:44.590><c> forgive</c><00:37:45.210><c> them.</c><00:37:47.469><c> Full</c><00:37:47.730><c> stop.</c><00:37:50.230><c> It</c><00:37:50.690><c> doesn't</c><00:37:51.510><c> matter</c><00:37:52.190><c> what</c>

00:37:52.949 --> 00:37:56.110
they've<00:37:53.309><c> done.</c><00:37:54.550><c> It</c><00:37:54.750><c> doesn't</c><00:37:55.050><c> matter</c>

00:37:56.469 --> 00:38:02.690
because<00:37:57.070><c> when</c><00:37:57.309><c> I</c><00:37:57.670><c> take</c><00:37:58.429><c> the</c><00:37:59.750><c> pain</c><00:38:00.489><c> and</c><00:38:01.150><c> the</c><00:38:01.550><c> suffering</c><00:38:02.030><c> and</c>

00:38:02.690 --> 00:38:05.730
the<00:38:02.929><c> mental</c><00:38:03.269><c> anguish</c><00:38:04.090><c> and</c><00:38:04.630><c> the</c><00:38:04.849><c> humiliation</c>

00:38:05.730 --> 00:38:11.150
and<00:38:06.510><c> the</c><00:38:06.730><c> slander</c><00:38:07.510><c> and</c><00:38:07.789><c> the</c><00:38:08.090><c> false</c><00:38:08.389><c> accusation</c><00:38:09.750><c> and</c><00:38:10.230><c> the</c><00:38:10.510><c> ridicule</c><00:38:10.989><c> and</c>

00:38:11.150 --> 00:38:12.530
the<00:38:11.409><c> mocking</c><00:38:11.730><c> that</c><00:38:12.230><c> they</c>

00:38:12.530 --> 00:38:19.090
heaped<00:38:12.750><c> upon</c><00:38:13.130><c> Christ</c><00:38:13.550><c> that</c><00:38:14.030><c> day,</c><00:38:15.989><c> there</c><00:38:16.210><c> is</c><00:38:16.769><c> nothing,</c><00:38:18.050><c> nothing</c><00:38:18.510><c> anyone</c>

00:38:19.090 --> 00:38:21.289
could<00:38:19.429><c> ever</c><00:38:19.710><c> do</c><00:38:19.849><c> to</c><00:38:20.090><c> me</c>

00:38:21.489 --> 00:38:25.469
that<00:38:21.849><c> would</c><00:38:22.150><c> in</c><00:38:22.469><c> any</c><00:38:22.710><c> way</c><00:38:23.010><c> ever</c><00:38:23.309><c> measure</c><00:38:23.610><c> up</c><00:38:24.469><c> to</c><00:38:24.829><c> what</c><00:38:24.969><c> was</c><00:38:25.190><c> done</c><00:38:25.309><c> to</c>

00:38:25.469 --> 00:38:28.110
the<00:38:25.610><c> Lord</c><00:38:25.989><c> on</c><00:38:26.909><c> that</c><00:38:27.150><c> day.</c>

00:38:29.989 --> 00:38:34.869
And<00:38:30.630><c> the</c><00:38:31.170><c> first</c><00:38:31.489><c> word</c><00:38:31.730><c> out</c><00:38:31.909><c> of</c><00:38:32.030><c> his</c><00:38:32.230><c> mouth</c><00:38:33.429><c> was</c><00:38:34.329><c> a</c><00:38:34.429><c> prayer</c><00:38:34.610><c> for</c>

00:38:34.869 --> 00:38:39.750
forgiveness.<00:38:36.210><c> So</c><00:38:36.550><c> I</c><00:38:37.070><c> will</c><00:38:37.570><c> never</c><00:38:38.230><c> ever</c><00:38:39.210><c> be</c><00:38:39.510><c> in</c><00:38:39.630><c> a</c>

00:38:39.750 --> 00:38:43.949
situation<00:38:40.190><c> in</c><00:38:40.429><c> my</c><00:38:40.690><c> life</c><00:38:41.289><c> where</c><00:38:42.550><c> I</c><00:38:42.690><c> can</c><00:38:42.909><c> take</c><00:38:43.250><c> anything</c><00:38:43.730><c> that</c>

00:38:43.949 --> 00:38:46.789
anyone's<00:38:44.349><c> ever</c><00:38:44.630><c> done</c><00:38:44.750><c> to</c><00:38:45.010><c> me</c><00:38:45.769><c> and</c><00:38:46.269><c> place</c><00:38:46.550><c> it</c>

00:38:46.789 --> 00:38:53.849
alongside<00:38:47.250><c> of</c><00:38:47.530><c> my</c><00:38:47.710><c> Lord</c><00:38:47.989><c> and</c><00:38:48.570><c> somehow</c><00:38:50.110><c> rationalize</c><00:38:52.670><c> in</c><00:38:52.809><c> a</c><00:38:53.010><c> spiritual</c><00:38:53.329><c> way</c>

00:38:53.849 --> 00:38:56.409
that<00:38:54.590><c> I</c><00:38:54.730><c> can</c><00:38:54.909><c> withhold</c><00:38:55.250><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:38:56.869 --> 00:39:02.650
It<00:38:57.289><c> can't</c><00:38:57.630><c> be</c><00:38:57.809><c> done.</c><00:38:59.989><c> When</c><00:39:00.210><c> a</c><00:39:00.630><c> brother</c><00:39:00.929><c> or</c><00:39:01.329><c> sister</c><00:39:01.789><c> commits</c><00:39:02.230><c> a</c>

00:39:02.650 --> 00:39:05.170
personal<00:39:03.250><c> offense</c><00:39:03.750><c> against</c><00:39:04.269><c> you,</c>

00:39:05.690 --> 00:39:08.809
against<00:39:06.010><c> your</c><00:39:06.389><c> spouse,</c><00:39:07.389><c> against</c><00:39:07.769><c> your</c><00:39:08.110><c> children,</c><00:39:08.630><c> it</c>

00:39:08.809 --> 00:39:10.230
doesn't<00:39:09.170><c> matter.</c>

00:39:11.489 --> 00:39:18.730
Forgive<00:39:12.030><c> them.</c><00:39:14.489><c> That's</c><00:39:14.929><c> the</c><00:39:15.030><c> lesson</c><00:39:15.429><c> of</c><00:39:15.750><c> the</c><00:39:15.869><c> Lord</c><00:39:16.010><c> Jesus</c><00:39:16.289><c> Christ.</c><00:39:18.449><c> Now</c>

00:39:18.730 --> 00:39:22.289
we're<00:39:18.869><c> not</c><00:39:19.190><c> talking</c><00:39:19.510><c> about</c><00:39:19.989><c> what</c><00:39:20.289><c> the</c>

00:39:22.289 --> 00:39:28.610
of<00:39:22.630><c> that</c><00:39:22.829><c> incident.</c><00:39:23.829><c> Don't</c><00:39:24.190><c> mix</c><00:39:24.889><c> and</c><00:39:25.510><c> don't</c><00:39:25.809><c> confuse</c><00:39:26.409><c> your</c><00:39:27.210><c> responsibility</c><00:39:28.070><c> with</c><00:39:28.329><c> that</c><00:39:28.550><c> of</c>

00:39:28.610 --> 00:39:29.610
the<00:39:28.809><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:39:29.929 --> 00:39:33.789
The<00:39:30.170><c> Ecclesia</c><00:39:30.630><c> may</c><00:39:30.909><c> need</c><00:39:31.150><c> to</c><00:39:31.349><c> step</c><00:39:31.610><c> in</c><00:39:32.090><c> and</c><00:39:32.289><c> take</c><00:39:32.610><c> disciplinary</c><00:39:33.230><c> action.</c><00:39:33.730><c> We</c>

00:39:33.789 --> 00:39:34.409
are<00:39:34.050><c> talking</c>

00:39:34.409 --> 00:39:38.610
about<00:39:35.329><c> offenses</c><00:39:36.150><c> that</c><00:39:36.949><c> are</c><00:39:37.230><c> committed</c><00:39:37.590><c> against</c><00:39:38.150><c> you.</c><00:39:38.510><c> We're</c>

00:39:38.610 --> 00:39:39.989
not<00:39:38.829><c> talking</c><00:39:39.070><c> about</c><00:39:39.269><c> a</c><00:39:39.409><c> situation</c>

00:39:39.989 --> 00:39:42.429
where<00:39:40.510><c> somebody's</c><00:39:41.070><c> advocating</c><00:39:41.409><c> a</c><00:39:41.670><c> wrong</c><00:39:41.829><c> doctrine</c><00:39:42.230><c> or</c><00:39:42.429><c> a</c>

00:39:42.429 --> 00:39:45.269
wrong<00:39:42.750><c> belief.</c><00:39:43.789><c> We're</c><00:39:44.050><c> talking</c><00:39:44.409><c> about</c><00:39:44.769><c> personal</c>

00:39:45.269 --> 00:39:49.130
offenses<00:39:45.769><c> that</c><00:39:45.929><c> have</c><00:39:46.090><c> been</c><00:39:46.269><c> committed</c><00:39:46.670><c> against</c><00:39:47.210><c> you</c><00:39:48.070><c> or</c><00:39:48.789><c> your</c>

00:39:49.130 --> 00:39:51.130
spouse<00:39:49.449><c> or</c><00:39:49.710><c> your</c><00:39:50.010><c> family.</c>

00:39:51.710 --> 00:39:57.630
The<00:39:52.389><c> example</c><00:39:52.989><c> of</c><00:39:53.269><c> the</c><00:39:53.409><c> Lord</c><00:39:53.590><c> Jesus</c><00:39:54.010><c> Christ</c><00:39:54.710><c> is</c><00:39:56.989><c> to</c><00:39:57.230><c> forgive</c>

00:39:57.630 --> 00:40:01.030
them<00:39:58.570><c> and</c><00:39:59.210><c> forgive</c><00:39:59.630><c> them</c><00:39:59.949><c> from</c><00:40:00.170><c> your</c><00:40:00.409><c> heart</c>

00:40:01.030 --> 00:40:07.570
so<00:40:01.489><c> that</c><00:40:01.869><c> any</c><00:40:02.530><c> situation</c><00:40:03.349><c> in</c><00:40:03.670><c> your</c><00:40:03.949><c> life</c><00:40:05.389><c> pales</c><00:40:06.110><c> by</c><00:40:06.449><c> comparison</c><00:40:06.989><c> to</c><00:40:07.349><c> what</c>

00:40:07.570 --> 00:40:09.070
happened.<00:40:07.869><c> There's</c><00:40:08.130><c> no</c><00:40:08.389><c> bitterness</c>

00:40:09.070 --> 00:40:13.150
in<00:40:10.269><c> the</c><00:40:10.429><c> Lord</c><00:40:10.570><c> Jesus</c><00:40:11.010><c> Christ,</c><00:40:11.269><c> even</c><00:40:11.590><c> under</c><00:40:11.969><c> the</c><00:40:12.389><c> extremity</c><00:40:12.889><c> of</c>

00:40:13.150 --> 00:40:17.050
pain.<00:40:14.650><c> He's</c><00:40:14.889><c> in</c><00:40:15.070><c> the</c><00:40:15.269><c> midst</c><00:40:15.570><c> of</c><00:40:15.849><c> what</c><00:40:16.030><c> would</c><00:40:16.250><c> have</c><00:40:16.469><c> been</c>

00:40:17.050 --> 00:40:21.489
searing<00:40:17.730><c> pain</c><00:40:18.250><c> and</c><00:40:18.550><c> agony</c><00:40:19.030><c> of</c><00:40:19.650><c> the</c><00:40:19.829><c> kind</c><00:40:20.010><c> we</c><00:40:20.150><c> can't</c><00:40:20.389><c> imagine.</c>

00:40:23.610 --> 00:40:25.670
Despite<00:40:24.210><c> that</c><00:40:24.690><c> intense</c><00:40:25.090><c> agony,</c>

00:40:25.969 --> 00:40:30.010
you<00:40:25.969><c> see</c><00:40:26.210><c> where</c><00:40:26.369><c> his</c><00:40:26.630><c> focus</c><00:40:26.949><c> is.</c><00:40:27.570><c> His</c><00:40:27.829><c> focus</c><00:40:28.250><c> is</c><00:40:28.610><c> on</c><00:40:28.849><c> to</c><00:40:29.210><c> save</c>

00:40:30.010 --> 00:40:34.409
others.<00:40:32.829><c> He's</c><00:40:33.070><c> not</c><00:40:33.269><c> concerned</c><00:40:33.710><c> about</c><00:40:33.909><c> himself.</c>

00:40:34.630 --> 00:40:41.090
Remember,<00:40:34.949><c> that's</c><00:40:35.150><c> why</c><00:40:35.369><c> God</c><00:40:35.690><c> forgives.</c><00:40:37.030><c> God</c><00:40:37.409><c> forgives</c><00:40:37.889><c> to</c><00:40:38.269><c> save</c><00:40:38.670><c> people</c><00:40:39.070><c> from</c><00:40:39.409><c> sin</c><00:40:39.789><c> and</c><00:40:40.309><c> bring</c><00:40:40.530><c> them</c><00:40:40.670><c> back</c><00:40:40.929><c> to</c>

00:40:41.090 --> 00:40:44.269
righteousness.<00:40:42.489><c> Jesus</c><00:40:42.809><c> is</c><00:40:43.090><c> asking</c><00:40:43.349><c> for</c><00:40:43.650><c> forgiveness</c><00:40:43.969><c> upon</c>

00:40:44.269 --> 00:40:46.429
them<00:40:44.489><c> all,</c><00:40:44.710><c> the</c><00:40:44.869><c> soldiers,</c><00:40:45.449><c> the</c><00:40:45.610><c> people,</c><00:40:45.969><c> the</c><00:40:46.150><c> leaders,</c>

00:40:46.429 --> 00:40:49.869
all<00:40:46.829><c> who</c><00:40:47.010><c> contributed</c><00:40:47.449><c> to</c><00:40:47.650><c> his</c><00:40:47.829><c> death.</c><00:40:49.030><c> None</c><00:40:49.210><c> of</c><00:40:49.369><c> them</c><00:40:49.570><c> fully</c>

00:40:49.869 --> 00:40:51.369
understood<00:40:50.269><c> what</c><00:40:50.389><c> they're</c><00:40:50.570><c> doing,</c>

00:40:51.650 --> 00:40:53.929
but<00:40:51.789><c> Jesus</c><00:40:52.130><c> prays</c><00:40:52.530><c> that</c><00:40:52.650><c> God</c><00:40:52.829><c> would</c><00:40:52.989><c> look</c><00:40:53.190><c> upon</c><00:40:53.489><c> them</c><00:40:53.650><c> with</c>

00:40:53.929 --> 00:40:57.369
mercy<00:40:54.489><c> and</c><00:40:55.610><c> holds</c><00:40:55.989><c> nothing</c><00:40:56.590><c> against</c><00:40:57.150><c> them.</c>

00:40:57.469 --> 00:41:03.070
They<00:40:57.630><c> are</c><00:40:57.929><c> in</c><00:40:58.190><c> the</c><00:40:58.590><c> midst</c><00:40:59.090><c> of</c><00:40:59.449><c> their</c><00:40:59.769><c> sin</c><00:41:00.269><c> and</c><00:41:01.190><c> Jesus</c><00:41:01.769><c> is</c><00:41:02.130><c> in</c><00:41:02.289><c> the</c><00:41:02.510><c> midst</c><00:41:02.809><c> of</c>

00:41:03.070 --> 00:41:05.530
his<00:41:03.269><c> suffering.</c><00:41:04.570><c> They</c><00:41:04.769><c> are</c><00:41:04.969><c> in</c><00:41:05.110><c> the</c><00:41:05.309><c> act</c>

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of<00:41:05.909><c> crucifying</c><00:41:06.469><c> him</c><00:41:07.230><c> and</c><00:41:07.670><c> out</c><00:41:07.889><c> of</c><00:41:08.090><c> compassion</c><00:41:08.650><c> he</c><00:41:08.989><c> prays</c><00:41:09.349><c> for</c>

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their<00:41:09.769><c> forgiveness.</c><00:41:10.809><c> You</c><00:41:11.030><c> see</c><00:41:11.150><c> why</c><00:41:11.309><c> this</c><00:41:11.550><c> becomes</c>

00:41:11.929 --> 00:41:15.969
the<00:41:12.389><c> standard</c><00:41:12.809><c> by</c><00:41:13.130><c> which</c><00:41:13.409><c> we</c><00:41:13.849><c> should</c><00:41:14.090><c> follow,</c><00:41:14.969><c> because</c><00:41:15.329><c> he</c><00:41:15.590><c> is</c>

00:41:15.969 --> 00:41:19.989
forgiving<00:41:16.469><c> them</c><00:41:17.269><c> even</c><00:41:18.070><c> while</c><00:41:18.809><c> they</c><00:41:19.090><c> are</c><00:41:19.449><c> sinning</c>

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against<00:41:20.449><c> him.</c><00:41:22.170><c> That's</c><00:41:23.090><c> what</c><00:41:23.369><c> mercy</c><00:41:24.110><c> and</c><00:41:24.650><c> grace</c><00:41:25.389><c> and</c><00:41:26.349><c> long</c><00:41:26.650><c>-suffering</c><00:41:27.090><c> and</c>

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loving<00:41:27.489><c> kindness</c><00:41:27.989><c> and</c><00:41:28.289><c> faithfulness</c>

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will<00:41:29.409><c> produce</c><00:41:30.349><c> in</c><00:41:31.050><c> a</c><00:41:31.289><c> character</c><00:41:31.670><c> where</c><00:41:32.889><c> forgiveness</c><00:41:33.369><c> can</c><00:41:33.670><c> be</c>

00:41:33.989 --> 00:41:38.469
extended<00:41:34.550><c> even</c><00:41:35.110><c> as</c><00:41:35.570><c> the</c><00:41:35.909><c> sin</c><00:41:36.289><c> is</c><00:41:36.809><c> being</c><00:41:37.389><c> committed.</c>

00:41:42.869 --> 00:41:48.210
We<00:41:43.469><c> are</c><00:41:43.769><c> seeing</c><00:41:43.969><c> from</c><00:41:44.170><c> the</c><00:41:44.389><c> cross</c><00:41:44.869><c> what</c><00:41:45.530><c> that</c><00:41:45.829><c> forgiving</c><00:41:46.210><c> character</c><00:41:46.750><c> looks</c><00:41:47.130><c> like.</c><00:41:48.150><c> It's</c>

00:41:48.210 --> 00:41:49.550
no<00:41:48.429><c> doubt</c><00:41:48.750><c> he</c><00:41:49.030><c> was</c><00:41:49.289><c> the</c>

00:41:49.550 --> 00:41:55.610
word<00:41:49.909><c> and</c><00:41:50.190><c> the</c><00:41:50.489><c> character</c><00:41:50.769><c> of</c><00:41:50.969><c> the</c><00:41:51.170><c> Father</c><00:41:51.449><c> manifested</c><00:41:52.269><c> in</c><00:41:52.610><c> the</c><00:41:52.789><c> flesh,</c><00:41:53.150><c> the</c><00:41:54.329><c> very</c><00:41:54.809><c> character</c><00:41:55.289><c> we</c>

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are<00:41:55.849><c> called</c>

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upon<00:41:56.349><c> to</c><00:41:56.590><c> develop.</c><00:41:56.829><c> And</c><00:41:56.949><c> we</c><00:41:57.050><c> need</c><00:41:57.210><c> to</c><00:41:57.429><c> remember</c><00:41:57.769><c> this</c><00:41:58.070><c> in</c><00:41:58.230><c> our</c>

00:41:58.489 --> 00:42:02.869
interactions<00:41:58.909><c> with</c><00:41:59.150><c> each</c><00:41:59.429><c> other.</c><00:42:00.449><c> Don't</c><00:42:01.050><c> take</c><00:42:01.670><c> offense.</c>

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Remember<00:42:04.269><c> the</c><00:42:04.670><c> example</c><00:42:05.269><c> of</c><00:42:05.590><c> our</c><00:42:05.769><c> Lord.</c><00:42:07.389><c> It</c><00:42:07.489><c> doesn't</c><00:42:07.809><c> matter</c>

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how<00:42:08.329><c> difficult</c><00:42:08.789><c> they</c><00:42:09.050><c> have</c><00:42:09.230><c> made</c><00:42:09.429><c> my</c><00:42:09.710><c> life</c><00:42:09.989><c> or</c>

00:42:10.190 --> 00:42:13.829
miserably.<00:42:11.309><c> It</c><00:42:11.309><c> doesn't</c><00:42:11.610><c> matter</c><00:42:11.909><c> what</c><00:42:12.150><c> kind</c><00:42:12.329><c> of</c><00:42:12.510><c> hurt.</c><00:42:13.250><c> It</c><00:42:13.409><c> doesn't</c><00:42:13.530><c> matter</c><00:42:13.750><c> if</c>

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they've<00:42:14.269><c> apologized</c><00:42:14.670><c> or</c><00:42:14.909><c> not.</c>

00:42:15.389 --> 00:42:18.610
When<00:42:15.590><c> did</c><00:42:15.730><c> the</c><00:42:15.909><c> people</c><00:42:16.150><c> of</c><00:42:16.250><c> that</c><00:42:16.489><c> day</c><00:42:16.730><c> ever</c><00:42:17.090><c> apologize</c><00:42:17.630><c> to</c><00:42:17.809><c> Christ</c><00:42:18.150><c> and</c>

00:42:18.610 --> 00:42:20.489
there<00:42:18.869><c> he</c><00:42:19.010><c> is</c><00:42:19.289><c> offering</c><00:42:19.690><c> his</c><00:42:19.989><c> forgiveness</c>

00:42:20.489 --> 00:42:26.170
of<00:42:20.710><c> their</c><00:42:20.869><c> sins</c><00:42:21.110><c> against</c><00:42:21.429><c> him?</c><00:42:24.130><c> When</c><00:42:24.369><c> we</c><00:42:24.630><c> compare</c><00:42:25.050><c> his</c><00:42:25.329><c> situation</c><00:42:25.969><c> with</c>

00:42:26.170 --> 00:42:27.750
our<00:42:26.409><c> own</c><00:42:26.550><c> it</c><00:42:26.750><c> becomes</c><00:42:27.210><c> very,</c>

00:42:27.750 --> 00:42:32.730
very<00:42:28.489><c> clear,</c><00:42:29.809><c> crystal</c><00:42:30.130><c> clear</c><00:42:30.630><c> how</c><00:42:31.369><c> I</c><00:42:31.690><c> need</c><00:42:31.829><c> to</c><00:42:32.010><c> be</c><00:42:32.150><c> willing</c><00:42:32.409><c> to</c>

00:42:32.730 --> 00:42:34.409
learn<00:42:32.949><c> to</c><00:42:33.230><c> forgive</c><00:42:33.429><c> those</c><00:42:33.849><c> who</c><00:42:34.150><c> sin</c>

00:42:34.409 --> 00:42:39.289
against<00:42:34.809><c> me.</c><00:42:36.650><c> You</c><00:42:36.829><c> see</c><00:42:37.010><c> the</c><00:42:37.110><c> alternative</c><00:42:37.710><c> will</c><00:42:38.090><c> likely</c><00:42:38.409><c> destroy</c><00:42:38.849><c> us.</c>

00:42:39.750 --> 00:42:41.090
When<00:42:39.869><c> someone</c><00:42:40.130><c> sins</c><00:42:40.429><c> against</c><00:42:40.769><c> another</c>

00:42:41.090 --> 00:42:43.869
person<00:42:41.409><c> there's</c><00:42:41.670><c> an</c><00:42:41.949><c> evil</c><00:42:42.150><c> spirit</c><00:42:42.670><c> that's</c><00:42:43.030><c> unleashed.</c><00:42:43.789><c> I'm</c>

00:42:43.869 --> 00:42:45.670
not<00:42:43.989><c> talking</c><00:42:44.230><c> about</c><00:42:44.429><c> some</c><00:42:44.710><c> demon</c><00:42:44.969><c> or</c><00:42:45.190><c> devil</c><00:42:45.389><c> like</c>

00:42:45.670 --> 00:42:48.130
the<00:42:45.829><c> churches</c><00:42:46.050><c> around</c><00:42:46.369><c> us</c><00:42:46.650><c> believe.</c><00:42:47.110><c> But</c><00:42:47.269><c> there</c><00:42:47.469><c> is</c><00:42:47.630><c> an</c><00:42:47.889><c> evil</c>

00:42:48.130 --> 00:42:51.269
spirit<00:42:48.849><c> that's</c><00:42:49.489><c> unleashed.</c><00:42:50.690><c> It's</c><00:42:50.889><c> the</c><00:42:50.989><c> spirit</c><00:42:51.130><c> of</c>

00:42:51.269 --> 00:42:54.889
the<00:42:51.449><c> flesh.</c><00:42:52.429><c> And</c><00:42:52.570><c> there</c><00:42:52.650><c> was</c><00:42:52.889><c> plenty</c><00:42:53.349><c> of</c><00:42:53.769><c> evil</c><00:42:54.050><c> spirit</c><00:42:54.530><c> that</c>

00:42:54.889 --> 00:42:58.389
day<00:42:55.429><c> that</c><00:42:56.849><c> was</c><00:42:57.110><c> released</c><00:42:57.409><c> against</c><00:42:57.789><c> the</c><00:42:57.929><c> Lord</c><00:42:58.090><c> Jesus</c>

00:42:58.389 --> 00:43:02.369
Christ.<00:42:59.269><c> But</c><00:42:59.389><c> he</c><00:42:59.469><c> had</c><00:42:59.750><c> no</c><00:43:00.110><c> ill</c><00:43:00.409><c> will.</c><00:43:00.750><c> He</c><00:43:00.889><c> had</c><00:43:01.110><c> no</c><00:43:01.329><c> hard</c><00:43:01.610><c> feelings.</c><00:43:02.130><c> He</c><00:43:02.130><c> had</c>

00:43:02.369 --> 00:43:04.010
no<00:43:02.610><c> hatred.</c><00:43:03.389><c> Because</c><00:43:03.469><c> you</c><00:43:03.630><c> see</c><00:43:03.789><c> what</c>

00:43:04.010 --> 00:43:10.989
forgiveness<00:43:04.550><c> does</c><00:43:05.409><c> when</c><00:43:06.090><c> someone</c><00:43:06.550><c> sins</c><00:43:06.869><c> against</c><00:43:07.289><c> us?</c><00:43:08.849><c> Forgiveness</c><00:43:09.409><c> of</c><00:43:09.730><c> them</c><00:43:10.090><c> empties</c><00:43:10.769><c> the</c>

00:43:10.989 --> 00:43:12.530
situation<00:43:11.769><c> of</c><00:43:12.289><c> the</c>

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evil<00:43:12.829><c> spirit.</c><00:43:14.250><c> There's</c><00:43:14.449><c> no</c><00:43:14.750><c> grudge.</c><00:43:15.289><c> There's</c><00:43:15.550><c> no</c><00:43:15.750><c> grudge</c><00:43:16.030><c> seeds</c><00:43:16.309><c> that</c><00:43:16.510><c> are</c>

00:43:16.710 --> 00:43:18.110
sown<00:43:16.849><c> in</c><00:43:17.030><c> the</c><00:43:17.170><c> heart</c><00:43:17.329><c> of</c><00:43:17.530><c> the</c><00:43:17.630><c> Lord</c><00:43:17.769><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ.<00:43:19.630><c> His</c><00:43:19.909><c> prayer</c><00:43:20.409><c> directed</c><00:43:20.889><c> his</c><00:43:21.230><c> mind</c><00:43:21.550><c> and</c><00:43:21.869><c> thoughts</c><00:43:22.150><c> to</c>

00:43:22.389 --> 00:43:25.829
God<00:43:22.769><c> not</c><00:43:23.110><c> how</c><00:43:23.349><c> he</c><00:43:23.530><c> had</c><00:43:23.710><c> been</c><00:43:23.969><c> wrong.</c><00:43:25.230><c> The</c><00:43:25.489><c> Gospels</c>

00:43:25.829 --> 00:43:30.869
record<00:43:26.289><c> numerous</c><00:43:26.730><c> examples</c><00:43:27.429><c> and</c><00:43:27.650><c> occasions</c><00:43:28.110><c> when</c><00:43:28.329><c> people</c><00:43:28.710><c> sinned</c><00:43:29.050><c> against</c><00:43:29.329><c> Jesus.</c><00:43:30.550><c> But</c><00:43:30.650><c> he</c>

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never<00:43:31.210><c> held</c><00:43:31.469><c> a</c><00:43:31.670><c> grudge.</c>

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He<00:43:32.590><c> always</c><00:43:33.449><c> forgave.</c><00:43:35.530><c> Immediate</c><00:43:36.130><c> forgiveness</c><00:43:36.690><c> eliminates</c>

00:43:37.690 --> 00:43:39.929
the<00:43:37.989><c> grudge.</c><00:43:38.429><c> There's</c><00:43:38.530><c> no</c><00:43:38.809><c> opportunity</c><00:43:39.389><c> for</c><00:43:39.670><c> it</c><00:43:39.769><c> to</c>

00:43:39.929 --> 00:43:43.369
develop.<00:43:41.510><c> You</c><00:43:41.610><c> see</c><00:43:41.750><c> this</c><00:43:41.909><c> is</c><00:43:42.070><c> what</c><00:43:42.230><c> Christ</c><00:43:42.570><c> did</c><00:43:42.869><c> when</c><00:43:43.030><c> he</c><00:43:43.190><c> was</c>

00:43:43.369 --> 00:43:46.190
sinned<00:43:43.610><c> against.</c><00:43:44.110><c> You</c><00:43:44.250><c> can't</c><00:43:44.670><c> imagine</c><00:43:45.409><c> a</c><00:43:45.809><c> greater</c>

00:43:46.190 --> 00:43:52.469
accumulation<00:43:46.929><c> of</c><00:43:47.349><c> sin</c><00:43:47.590><c> against</c><00:43:48.050><c> him</c><00:43:48.610><c> than</c><00:43:49.130><c> what</c><00:43:49.329><c> was</c><00:43:49.710><c> assembled</c><00:43:50.889><c> that</c><00:43:51.190><c> day.</c><00:43:51.309><c> But</c><00:43:51.449><c> that's</c><00:43:51.630><c> what</c><00:43:51.809><c> the</c><00:43:52.030><c> love</c><00:43:52.170><c> of</c>

00:43:52.469 --> 00:43:57.050
Christ<00:43:52.769><c> does.</c><00:43:54.250><c> That's</c><00:43:54.429><c> what</c><00:43:54.630><c> the</c><00:43:54.829><c> forgiveness</c><00:43:55.269><c> of</c><00:43:55.670><c> Christ</c><00:43:56.050><c> does.</c><00:43:56.610><c> And</c><00:43:56.690><c> you</c><00:43:56.809><c> see</c><00:43:56.909><c> it</c>

00:43:57.050 --> 00:43:58.489
becomes<00:43:57.369><c> a</c><00:43:57.789><c> power</c><00:43:58.110><c> that</c><00:43:58.269><c> is</c>

00:43:58.489 --> 00:44:01.710
greater<00:43:58.789><c> than</c><00:43:59.010><c> the</c><00:43:59.269><c> sin.</c><00:44:00.190><c> Because</c><00:44:00.510><c> when</c><00:44:00.769><c> people</c><00:44:01.090><c> sin</c><00:44:01.329><c> against</c>

00:44:01.710 --> 00:44:04.230
us,<00:44:01.909><c> and</c><00:44:02.170><c> sometimes</c><00:44:02.630><c> it's</c><00:44:03.170><c> grievous</c><00:44:03.570><c> sins,</c>

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I<00:44:04.809><c> don't</c><00:44:04.889><c> want</c><00:44:05.010><c> to</c><00:44:05.130><c> mitigate</c><00:44:05.449><c> that.</c><00:44:05.809><c> I</c><00:44:05.889><c> don't</c><00:44:06.050><c> want</c><00:44:06.250><c> to</c><00:44:06.349><c> minimize</c><00:44:06.670><c> that.</c>

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There<00:44:07.090><c> are</c><00:44:07.530><c> grievous</c>

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sins<00:44:08.750><c> that</c><00:44:09.010><c> are</c><00:44:09.130><c> committed</c><00:44:09.369><c> against</c><00:44:09.670><c> us.</c><00:44:12.070><c> But</c><00:44:12.349><c> forgiveness</c>

00:44:13.050 --> 00:44:15.889
will<00:44:13.650><c> empty</c><00:44:14.150><c> the</c><00:44:14.590><c> situation</c>

00:44:16.110 --> 00:44:21.190
of<00:44:16.409><c> the</c><00:44:16.750><c> evil</c><00:44:17.010><c> that</c><00:44:17.230><c> it's</c><00:44:17.530><c> created.</c><00:44:17.929><c> Because</c><00:44:18.289><c> we</c><00:44:18.630><c> bring</c><00:44:19.030><c> to</c><00:44:19.309><c> that</c><00:44:19.590><c> situation</c><00:44:20.369><c> a</c>

00:44:21.190 --> 00:44:22.929
power<00:44:21.670><c> that</c><00:44:21.909><c> is</c><00:44:22.150><c> greater</c><00:44:22.590><c> than</c>

00:44:22.929 --> 00:44:26.590
the<00:44:23.170><c> sin</c><00:44:23.329><c> itself.</c><00:44:24.929><c> And</c><00:44:25.090><c> that's</c><00:44:25.230><c> why</c><00:44:25.409><c> it</c><00:44:25.690><c> really</c><00:44:26.030><c> is</c><00:44:26.329><c> a</c><00:44:26.469><c> better</c>

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way<00:44:26.789><c> to</c><00:44:27.010><c> live.</c><00:44:28.090><c> He</c><00:44:28.190><c> didn't</c><00:44:28.550><c> stoically,</c>

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Jesus<00:44:29.769><c> didn't</c><00:44:30.130><c> stoically</c><00:44:30.809><c> ignore</c><00:44:31.389><c> the</c><00:44:31.630><c> revilers,</c><00:44:32.909><c> slanders,</c>

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the<00:44:33.789><c> false</c><00:44:34.030><c> accusations,</c><00:44:34.650><c> and</c><00:44:34.809><c> the</c><00:44:34.989><c> physical</c>

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sufferings.<00:44:35.889><c> He</c><00:44:36.150><c> wasn't</c><00:44:36.369><c> up</c><00:44:36.590><c> there</c><00:44:36.730><c> just</c><00:44:37.050><c> ignoring</c><00:44:37.369><c> it</c><00:44:37.610><c> all</c><00:44:37.809><c> and</c><00:44:38.010><c> pretending,</c><00:44:38.510><c> well</c><00:44:38.510><c> I</c>

00:44:38.570 --> 00:44:39.829
just<00:44:38.789><c> got</c><00:44:38.889><c> a</c><00:44:39.030><c> few</c><00:44:39.170><c> hours</c><00:44:39.489><c> love.</c>

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He<00:44:39.829><c> forgave</c><00:44:41.289><c> his</c><00:44:41.570><c> detractors</c><00:44:42.230><c> and</c><00:44:42.409><c> he</c><00:44:42.710><c> left</c><00:44:42.989><c> the</c><00:44:43.289><c> matter</c><00:44:43.530><c> in</c>

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God's<00:44:44.210><c> hands.</c>

00:44:46.010 --> 00:44:49.929
First<00:44:46.130><c> Peter</c><00:44:46.429><c> 2,</c><00:44:47.269><c> who</c><00:44:47.510><c> when</c><00:44:47.829><c> he</c><00:44:48.090><c> was</c><00:44:48.389><c> reviled,</c><00:44:49.289><c> reviled</c><00:44:49.670><c> not</c>

00:44:49.929 --> 00:44:52.550
again.<00:44:50.869><c> When</c><00:44:50.989><c> he</c><00:44:51.289><c> suffered,</c><00:44:51.750><c> he</c><00:44:51.949><c> threatened</c><00:44:52.210><c> not,</c>

00:44:52.710 --> 00:45:00.510
but<00:44:52.769><c> committed</c><00:44:53.210><c> himself</c><00:44:54.030><c> to</c><00:44:54.590><c> him,</c><00:44:55.269><c> to</c><00:44:55.510><c> God,</c><00:44:56.409><c> who</c><00:44:56.670><c> judges</c><00:44:57.289><c> righteously.</c><00:44:59.769><c> Another</c><00:45:00.070><c> quote</c><00:45:00.349><c> from</c>

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Brother<00:45:00.670><c> Roberts</c>

00:45:01.010 --> 00:45:03.150
out<00:45:01.190><c> of</c><00:45:01.269><c> the</c><00:45:01.389><c> blood</c><00:45:01.489><c> of</c><00:45:01.730><c> Christ.</c><00:45:02.309><c> Sorry,</c><00:45:02.550><c> this</c><00:45:02.730><c> one's</c><00:45:02.869><c> out</c><00:45:03.030><c> of</c>

00:45:03.150 --> 00:45:05.769
the<00:45:03.269><c> Christadelphian.</c><00:45:04.429><c> Christ</c><00:45:04.750><c> was</c><00:45:04.969><c> a</c><00:45:05.090><c> man</c><00:45:05.210><c> of</c><00:45:05.510><c> sorrow</c>

00:45:05.769 --> 00:45:10.550
of<00:45:06.570><c> evil</c><00:45:07.250><c> men.</c><00:45:08.349><c> But</c><00:45:08.530><c> as</c><00:45:08.750><c> for</c><00:45:08.849><c> his</c><00:45:09.030><c> attitude</c><00:45:09.369><c> to</c><00:45:09.530><c> them,</c><00:45:09.909><c> he</c><00:45:09.989><c> prayed</c><00:45:10.369><c> for</c>

00:45:10.550 --> 00:45:11.869
them.<00:45:10.929><c> Father</c><00:45:11.190><c> forgive</c><00:45:11.630><c> them,</c>

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for<00:45:12.030><c> they</c><00:45:12.150><c> know</c><00:45:12.289><c> not</c><00:45:12.409><c> what</c><00:45:12.530><c> they</c><00:45:12.730><c> do.</c><00:45:13.530><c> Righteous</c><00:45:13.909><c> men</c><00:45:14.170><c> suffer</c>

00:45:14.630 --> 00:45:16.570
at<00:45:14.869><c> the</c><00:45:15.030><c> hands</c><00:45:15.230><c> of</c><00:45:15.510><c> evil</c><00:45:15.690><c> men,</c><00:45:16.050><c> but</c><00:45:16.070><c> they</c><00:45:16.250><c> have</c>

00:45:16.570 --> 00:45:19.429
none<00:45:16.769><c> of</c><00:45:16.869><c> the</c><00:45:16.969><c> vindictive</c><00:45:17.449><c> feelings</c><00:45:18.030><c> that</c><00:45:18.489><c> evil</c><00:45:18.710><c> men</c><00:45:18.929><c> bear</c><00:45:19.210><c> to</c>

00:45:19.429 --> 00:45:21.590
one<00:45:19.590><c> another.</c><00:45:20.210><c> They</c><00:45:20.530><c> do</c><00:45:20.869><c> not</c><00:45:21.070><c> nurse</c><00:45:21.289><c> anger,</c>

00:45:21.670 --> 00:45:24.789
they<00:45:21.849><c> do</c><00:45:22.070><c> not</c><00:45:22.250><c> plot</c><00:45:22.449><c> revenge,</c><00:45:23.030><c> they</c><00:45:23.170><c> are</c><00:45:23.369><c> ready</c><00:45:23.590><c> even</c><00:45:23.949><c> to</c><00:45:24.170><c> do</c><00:45:24.329><c> them</c><00:45:24.550><c> a</c>

00:45:24.789 --> 00:45:27.610
good<00:45:24.989><c> turn.</c><00:45:25.670><c> If</c><00:45:25.809><c> they</c><00:45:25.949><c> can</c><00:45:26.170><c> get</c><00:45:26.309><c> the</c><00:45:26.489><c> opportunity,</c>

00:45:27.670 --> 00:45:33.769
they<00:45:27.809><c> leave</c><00:45:28.349><c> the</c><00:45:28.949><c> matter,</c><00:45:29.469><c> sorry,</c><00:45:29.730><c> they</c><00:45:29.929><c> leave</c><00:45:30.170><c> them</c><00:45:30.530><c> entirely</c><00:45:31.170><c> in</c><00:45:31.889><c> God's</c><00:45:32.610><c> hands.</c><00:45:33.489><c> So</c>

00:45:33.769 --> 00:45:35.130
come<00:45:33.949><c> back</c><00:45:34.150><c> to</c><00:45:34.329><c> Matthew</c>

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5<00:45:35.750><c> and</c><00:45:36.250><c> we'll</c><00:45:36.949><c> see</c><00:45:37.130><c> the</c><00:45:37.269><c> value</c><00:45:37.690><c> and</c><00:45:37.889><c> the</c><00:45:38.070><c> power</c><00:45:38.469><c> of</c><00:45:39.090><c> forgiveness</c><00:45:39.469><c> as</c><00:45:39.710><c> Jesus</c>

00:45:40.050 --> 00:45:42.309
practices.<00:45:41.909><c> Because</c><00:45:42.110><c> in</c>

00:45:42.309 --> 00:45:47.849
Matthew<00:45:42.530><c> 5</c><00:45:42.869><c> verse</c><00:45:43.150><c> 44,</c><00:45:44.630><c> Jesus</c><00:45:44.650><c> says,</c><00:45:45.329><c> but</c><00:45:45.329><c> I</c><00:45:45.670><c> say</c><00:45:45.829><c> unto</c><00:45:46.070><c> you,</c>

00:45:48.389 --> 00:45:51.050
love<00:45:48.429><c> your</c><00:45:48.710><c> enemies,</c><00:45:49.849><c> bless</c><00:45:50.050><c> them</c><00:45:50.309><c> that</c><00:45:50.550><c> curse</c><00:45:50.809><c> you,</c>

00:45:51.190 --> 00:45:54.289
do<00:45:51.309><c> good</c><00:45:51.469><c> to</c><00:45:51.610><c> them</c><00:45:51.809><c> that</c><00:45:52.010><c> hate</c><00:45:52.170><c> you,</c><00:45:52.550><c> and</c><00:45:52.690><c> pray</c><00:45:52.869><c> for</c><00:45:52.989><c> them</c><00:45:53.170><c> which</c><00:45:53.449><c> despitefully</c><00:45:54.050><c> use</c>

00:45:54.289 --> 00:45:56.429
you<00:45:54.650><c> and</c><00:45:54.969><c> persecute</c><00:45:55.489><c> you.</c>

00:45:56.449 --> 00:46:00.389
There's<00:45:56.849><c> only</c><00:45:57.170><c> one</c><00:45:57.889><c> possible</c><00:45:58.349><c> way</c><00:45:58.730><c> to</c><00:45:58.969><c> love</c><00:45:59.190><c> your</c><00:45:59.409><c> enemies,</c>

00:46:00.469 --> 00:46:02.070
and<00:46:00.590><c> to</c><00:46:00.710><c> do</c><00:46:00.869><c> good</c><00:46:01.030><c> to</c><00:46:01.190><c> them</c><00:46:01.369><c> who</c><00:46:01.610><c> hate</c><00:46:01.769><c> you,</c>

00:46:02.070 --> 00:46:05.909
and<00:46:02.190><c> to</c><00:46:02.349><c> pray</c><00:46:02.489><c> for</c><00:46:02.630><c> them</c><00:46:02.849><c> which</c><00:46:03.230><c> despitefully</c><00:46:03.829><c> use</c><00:46:04.230><c> or</c><00:46:04.829><c> persecute</c><00:46:05.489><c> us.</c>

00:46:06.250 --> 00:46:07.889
The<00:46:06.650><c> only</c><00:46:06.949><c> way</c><00:46:07.150><c> that's</c><00:46:07.489><c> possible</c>

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is<00:46:08.170><c> to</c><00:46:08.369><c> first</c><00:46:08.590><c> forgive</c><00:46:08.989><c> them.</c><00:46:09.849><c> We</c><00:46:09.989><c> don't</c><00:46:10.329><c> wait</c><00:46:10.710><c> for</c><00:46:10.829><c> them</c><00:46:11.050><c> to</c>

00:46:11.269 --> 00:46:14.309
apologize,<00:46:11.969><c> we</c><00:46:12.130><c> don't</c><00:46:12.449><c> wait</c><00:46:12.730><c> for</c><00:46:12.889><c> them</c><00:46:13.090><c> to</c><00:46:13.289><c> repent.</c>

00:46:14.510 --> 00:46:19.929
By<00:46:14.909><c> definition,</c><00:46:16.429><c> enemies</c><00:46:16.769><c> don't</c><00:46:17.250><c> repent.</c><00:46:18.469><c> People</c><00:46:18.769><c> who</c><00:46:19.130><c> despitefully</c><00:46:19.630><c> use</c>

00:46:19.929 --> 00:46:21.690
you<00:46:20.230><c> don't</c><00:46:20.630><c> repent.</c>

00:46:22.389 --> 00:46:25.110
People<00:46:22.710><c> who</c><00:46:22.889><c> mistreat</c><00:46:23.269><c> you</c><00:46:23.530><c> don't</c><00:46:23.989><c> repent,</c><00:46:24.389><c> they</c><00:46:24.610><c> just</c><00:46:24.849><c> keep</c>

00:46:25.110 --> 00:46:26.590
on<00:46:25.349><c> mistreating</c><00:46:25.750><c> you.</c>

00:46:27.590 --> 00:46:33.230
And<00:46:28.150><c> yet</c><00:46:28.349><c> Jesus</c><00:46:28.650><c> says,</c><00:46:30.349><c> we</c><00:46:30.349><c> are</c><00:46:30.650><c> to</c><00:46:30.789><c> love</c><00:46:31.050><c> them,</c><00:46:32.389><c> and</c><00:46:32.949><c> we</c><00:46:32.989><c> are</c>

00:46:33.230 --> 00:46:34.630
to<00:46:33.349><c> do</c><00:46:33.489><c> good</c><00:46:33.710><c> to</c><00:46:33.929><c> them.</c>

00:46:36.309 --> 00:46:38.570
I<00:46:36.369><c> know</c><00:46:36.510><c> you</c><00:46:36.630><c> won't</c><00:46:36.829><c> find</c><00:46:37.110><c> the</c><00:46:37.190><c> word</c><00:46:37.389><c> forgiveness</c><00:46:37.889><c> mentioned</c>

00:46:38.570 --> 00:46:41.150
in<00:46:39.269><c> chapter</c><00:46:39.630><c> 5</c><00:46:39.989><c> of</c><00:46:40.170><c> Matthew</c><00:46:40.369><c> verse</c><00:46:40.690><c> 44,</c>

00:46:41.230 --> 00:46:44.710
but<00:46:41.329><c> it's</c><00:46:41.630><c> the</c><00:46:41.809><c> only</c><00:46:42.070><c> way</c><00:46:42.329><c> to</c><00:46:42.570><c> obey</c><00:46:42.829><c> Christ's</c><00:46:43.409><c> commands.</c><00:46:44.510><c> We</c>

00:46:44.710 --> 00:46:48.809
are<00:46:44.929><c> not</c><00:46:45.170><c> to</c><00:46:45.510><c> wait</c><00:46:45.730><c> to</c><00:46:46.030><c> forgive.</c><00:46:47.170><c> If</c><00:46:47.469><c> we</c><00:46:47.769><c> do,</c>

00:46:49.750 --> 00:46:53.590
we<00:46:49.949><c> may</c><00:46:50.230><c> never</c><00:46:50.590><c> fulfill</c><00:46:51.130><c> the</c><00:46:51.389><c> very</c><00:46:51.710><c> command</c><00:46:52.230><c> that</c><00:46:52.429><c> God</c><00:46:52.610><c> has</c><00:46:52.989><c> established</c><00:46:53.369><c> we</c>

00:46:53.590 --> 00:46:56.010
are<00:46:53.789><c> required</c><00:46:54.469><c> to</c><00:46:54.809><c> comply</c><00:46:55.190><c> with.</c>

00:46:56.090 --> 00:46:59.489
If<00:46:56.349><c> we</c><00:46:56.449><c> want</c><00:46:56.710><c> to</c><00:46:56.869><c> be</c><00:46:57.090><c> forgiven</c><00:46:57.289><c> ourselves.</c><00:46:58.469><c> So</c><00:46:58.469><c> if</c><00:46:58.789><c> I</c><00:46:59.090><c> elect</c><00:46:59.250><c> to</c>

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hang<00:46:59.809><c> on</c><00:47:00.110><c> to</c><00:47:00.269><c> the</c><00:47:00.550><c> sin</c><00:47:00.829><c> and</c><00:47:01.750><c> refuse</c><00:47:02.349><c> to</c><00:47:02.610><c> forgive</c>

00:47:02.869 --> 00:47:05.610
it<00:47:03.110><c> until</c><00:47:03.309><c> there</c><00:47:03.489><c> has</c><00:47:03.670><c> been</c><00:47:03.909><c> some</c><00:47:04.389><c> satisfactory</c><00:47:05.050><c> confession</c>

00:47:05.610 --> 00:47:08.449
on<00:47:06.230><c> the</c><00:47:06.409><c> part</c><00:47:06.530><c> of</c><00:47:06.730><c> the</c><00:47:06.869><c> sinner,</c><00:47:07.289><c> or</c><00:47:07.670><c> some</c><00:47:07.949><c> apology,</c>

00:47:08.570 --> 00:47:12.809
I<00:47:08.809><c> could</c><00:47:09.010><c> be</c><00:47:09.250><c> waiting</c><00:47:09.610><c> a</c><00:47:10.090><c> long,</c><00:47:10.750><c> long</c><00:47:11.090><c> time.</c><00:47:12.269><c> And</c><00:47:12.449><c> you</c><00:47:12.550><c> see,</c><00:47:12.670><c> if</c>

00:47:12.809 --> 00:47:18.110
I<00:47:12.929><c> go</c><00:47:13.130><c> this</c><00:47:13.409><c> route,</c><00:47:14.590><c> what</c><00:47:14.789><c> I'm</c><00:47:15.010><c> doing</c><00:47:15.469><c> is</c><00:47:16.510><c> I</c><00:47:16.690><c> am</c><00:47:17.489><c> now</c>

00:47:18.110 --> 00:47:23.329
attaching<00:47:18.610><c> myself</c><00:47:19.610><c> to</c><00:47:20.630><c> the</c><00:47:21.030><c> spirituality</c><00:47:21.710><c> or</c><00:47:22.210><c> lack</c><00:47:22.530><c> thereof</c>

00:47:23.329 --> 00:47:27.889
of<00:47:24.110><c> another</c><00:47:24.409><c> person.</c><00:47:25.889><c> So</c><00:47:26.050><c> I</c><00:47:26.269><c> won't</c><00:47:26.630><c> forgive</c><00:47:27.030><c> them</c>

00:47:28.070 --> 00:47:33.710
until<00:47:28.789><c> they</c><00:47:29.170><c> apologize.</c><00:47:30.949><c> And</c><00:47:31.250><c> if</c><00:47:31.389><c> they</c><00:47:31.809><c> never</c><00:47:32.250><c> apologize,</c><00:47:33.489><c> I</c>

00:47:33.710 --> 00:47:36.170
will<00:47:34.130><c> never</c><00:47:34.670><c> forgive</c><00:47:35.090><c> them.</c>

00:47:37.170 --> 00:47:40.170
And<00:47:37.389><c> God</c><00:47:37.610><c> says,</c><00:47:37.949><c> if</c><00:47:37.949><c> I</c><00:47:38.090><c> don't</c><00:47:38.269><c> forgive</c><00:47:38.550><c> them,</c><00:47:38.690><c> he</c><00:47:38.829><c> won't</c><00:47:39.010><c> forgive</c><00:47:39.309><c> me.</c>

00:47:41.590 --> 00:47:44.949
Figure<00:47:41.869><c> out</c><00:47:42.010><c> your</c><00:47:42.190><c> own</c><00:47:42.429><c> mind.</c><00:47:42.610><c> When</c><00:47:42.789><c> did</c><00:47:42.969><c> David</c><00:47:43.289><c> ever</c><00:47:43.690><c> forgive</c><00:47:43.949><c> Saul?</c>

00:47:45.969 --> 00:47:48.449
And<00:47:46.449><c> yet</c><00:47:46.650><c> he</c><00:47:46.809><c> continued</c><00:47:47.269><c> to</c><00:47:47.530><c> love</c><00:47:47.650><c> him,</c><00:47:47.949><c> even</c><00:47:48.070><c> though</c><00:47:48.309><c> Saul</c>

00:47:48.449 --> 00:47:50.489
was<00:47:48.710><c> chasing</c><00:47:48.989><c> him</c><00:47:49.210><c> around</c><00:47:49.389><c> the</c><00:47:49.570><c> countryside.</c>

00:47:51.949 --> 00:47:54.329
We'll<00:47:52.070><c> see</c><00:47:52.230><c> in</c><00:47:52.349><c> our</c><00:47:52.469><c> next</c><00:47:52.670><c> class.</c><00:47:53.070><c> Jesus</c><00:47:53.349><c> isn't</c><00:47:53.590><c> the</c><00:47:53.869><c> only</c><00:47:54.130><c> one</c>

00:47:54.329 --> 00:47:56.110
who<00:47:54.570><c> forgives</c><00:47:55.030><c> immediately.</c>

00:47:56.909 --> 00:48:01.630
There<00:47:57.130><c> are</c><00:47:57.510><c> several</c><00:47:57.909><c> others</c><00:47:58.210><c> in</c><00:47:58.489><c> scripture,</c><00:47:58.829><c> and</c><00:47:59.070><c> we</c><00:47:59.230><c> will</c><00:47:59.469><c> see</c><00:47:59.650><c> the</c><00:47:59.929><c> power</c><00:48:00.369><c> of</c>

00:48:01.630 --> 00:48:02.570
immediate<00:48:02.110><c> forgiveness,</c>

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because<00:48:02.949><c> it</c><00:48:03.070><c> can</c><00:48:03.269><c> take</c><00:48:03.489><c> a</c><00:48:03.730><c> person</c><00:48:03.969><c> who</c><00:48:04.150><c> is</c><00:48:04.349><c> heading</c><00:48:04.570><c> on</c><00:48:04.869><c> the</c><00:48:05.010><c> way</c><00:48:05.170><c> to</c>

00:48:05.469 --> 00:48:09.090
sin<00:48:05.849><c> and</c><00:48:07.250><c> arrest</c><00:48:07.969><c> them</c><00:48:08.170><c> in</c><00:48:08.329><c> their</c><00:48:08.570><c> tracks</c>

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and<00:48:09.869><c> turn</c><00:48:10.150><c> them</c><00:48:10.369><c> back</c><00:48:10.570><c> to</c><00:48:10.750><c> righteousness.</c><00:48:12.329><c> We'll</c><00:48:12.590><c> close</c><00:48:12.750><c> with</c>

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verse<00:48:13.170><c> 45.</c>

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Here's<00:48:14.769><c> also</c><00:48:15.150><c> why</c><00:48:15.309><c> we</c><00:48:15.449><c> need</c><00:48:15.650><c> to</c><00:48:15.849><c> learn</c><00:48:15.989><c> to</c><00:48:16.230><c> forgive.</c><00:48:17.409><c> You</c><00:48:17.409><c> know,</c><00:48:17.769><c> forgiveness</c><00:48:17.929><c> changes</c><00:48:18.489><c> our</c>

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heart<00:48:18.989><c> towards</c>

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our<00:48:19.469><c> enemies</c><00:48:19.750><c> and</c><00:48:19.949><c> our</c><00:48:20.150><c> brother</c><00:48:20.309><c> who</c><00:48:20.489><c> may</c><00:48:20.690><c> sin</c><00:48:20.849><c> against</c><00:48:21.190><c> us.</c>

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That<00:48:22.130><c> ye</c><00:48:22.329><c> may</c><00:48:22.469><c> be</c><00:48:22.690><c> children</c><00:48:23.010><c> of</c><00:48:23.190><c> your</c><00:48:23.349><c> father,</c>

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which<00:48:23.769><c> is</c><00:48:23.929><c> in</c><00:48:24.110><c> heaven,</c><00:48:24.389><c> for</c><00:48:24.469><c> he</c><00:48:24.670><c> maketh</c><00:48:24.929><c> his</c><00:48:25.150><c> son</c><00:48:25.289><c> to</c><00:48:25.489><c> rise</c><00:48:25.630><c> on</c>

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the<00:48:25.989><c> evil</c><00:48:26.130><c> and</c><00:48:26.269><c> on</c><00:48:26.409><c> the</c><00:48:26.570><c> good,</c>

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and<00:48:27.329><c> sendeth</c><00:48:27.610><c> rain</c><00:48:27.849><c> on</c><00:48:28.030><c> the</c><00:48:28.210><c> just</c><00:48:28.349><c> and</c><00:48:28.510><c> on</c><00:48:28.650><c> the</c><00:48:28.769><c> unjust.</c><00:48:29.769><c> When</c>

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we<00:48:30.150><c> learn</c><00:48:30.289><c> to</c><00:48:30.570><c> forgive</c><00:48:30.789><c> and</c><00:48:30.969><c> to</c><00:48:31.130><c> love</c><00:48:31.230><c> those</c><00:48:31.469><c> who</c>

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hate<00:48:31.849><c> us,</c><00:48:33.090><c> we</c><00:48:33.389><c> can</c><00:48:33.610><c> learn</c><00:48:33.829><c> to</c><00:48:34.110><c> be</c><00:48:34.230><c> like</c><00:48:34.449><c> our</c><00:48:34.690><c> father.</c><00:48:36.409><c> And</c><00:48:36.710><c> remember,</c><00:48:36.889><c> that's</c><00:48:37.170><c> how</c>

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his<00:48:37.829><c> character</c><00:48:38.230><c> was</c><00:48:38.670><c> back</c><00:48:38.969><c> in</c>

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Genesis<00:48:39.409><c> 34.</c><00:48:40.369><c> That's</c><00:48:40.849><c> the</c><00:48:41.010><c> same</c><00:48:41.309><c> character</c><00:48:41.869><c> he</c><00:48:42.349><c> asks</c><00:48:42.630><c> us</c><00:48:42.909><c> to</c>

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develop<00:48:43.510><c> in</c><00:48:44.110><c> our</c><00:48:44.269><c> formation.</c>