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that</c><00:11:19.740><c> it</c><00:11:19.840><c> was</c><00:11:19.960><c> the</c><00:11:20.200><c> apostles</c><00:11:20.759><c> that</c><00:11:21.419><c> were</c><00:11:21.600><c> the</c><00:11:21.759><c> writers</c><00:11:21.960><c> of</c><00:11:22.340><c> most</c><00:11:22.600><c> of</c> 00:11:22.779 --> 00:11:23.039 the<00:11:22.840><c> New</c> 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:24.059 Testament. 00:11:24.299 --> 00:11:26.360 And<00:11:24.500><c> so</c><00:11:24.580><c> there's</c><00:11:24.799><c> an</c><00:11:24.980><c> argument</c><00:11:25.259><c> that</c><00:11:25.419><c> we</c><00:11:25.539><c> can</c><00:11:25.639><c> keep</c><00:11:25.779><c> in</c><00:11:25.899><c> the</c><00:11:26.039><c> back</c><00:11:26.179><c> of</c> 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:27.500 our<00:11:26.519><c> mind</c><00:11:26.759><c> when</c><00:11:26.980><c> our</c><00:11:27.240><c> JW</c> 00:11:27.500 --> 00:11:30.399 friends<00:11:27.840><c> come</c><00:11:28.080><c> along</c><00:11:28.320><c> and</c><00:11:28.519><c> tell</c><00:11:28.659><c> us</c><00:11:29.080><c> what</c><00:11:29.539><c> we</c><00:11:29.759><c> have</c><00:11:29.940><c> to</c><00:11:30.100><c> do</c><00:11:30.200><c> in</c> 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:32.080 regard<00:11:30.639><c> to</c><00:11:30.820><c> the</c><00:11:30.899><c> name</c><00:11:31.019><c> of</c><00:11:31.259><c> God.</c> 00:11:32.179 --> 00:11:33.500 I<00:11:32.620><c> like</c><00:11:32.840><c> the</c><00:11:33.039><c> name</c><00:11:33.240><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:11:33.500 --> 00:11:38.220 I<00:11:33.659><c> think</c><00:11:33.759><c> it</c><00:11:33.940><c> carries</c><00:11:34.240><c> with</c><00:11:34.399><c> it</c><00:11:34.740><c> wonderful</c><00:11:35.100><c> meaning</c><00:11:35.620><c> and</c><00:11:36.379><c> uplifts</c><00:11:36.879><c> us</c><00:11:37.220><c> spiritually.</c> 00:11:38.299 --> 00:11:39.980 But<00:11:38.460><c> it's</c><00:11:38.679><c> not</c><00:11:38.899><c> an</c><00:11:39.100><c> absolute</c><00:11:39.440><c> necessity.</c> 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:43.960 But<00:11:40.620><c> what</c><00:11:40.799><c> we</c><00:11:40.960><c> can</c><00:11:41.299><c> certainly</c><00:11:41.580><c> be</c><00:11:41.840><c> sure</c><00:11:42.019><c> of</c><00:11:42.139><c> is</c><00:11:42.700><c> that</c><00:11:43.039><c> we're</c><00:11:43.379><c> not</c><00:11:43.679><c> to</c> 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:44.899 take<00:11:44.200><c> the</c><00:11:44.379><c> name</c><00:11:44.559><c> of</c><00:11:44.759><c> the</c> 00:11:44.899 --> 00:11:47.120 Lord<00:11:45.100><c> our</c><00:11:45.399><c> God</c><00:11:45.899><c> in</c><00:11:46.340><c> vain.</c> 00:11:47.259 --> 00:11:50.879 And<00:11:47.480><c> we</c><00:11:47.639><c> can</c><00:11:47.759><c> be</c><00:11:47.919><c> very</c><00:11:48.240><c> happy</c><00:11:48.740><c> that</c><00:11:49.240><c> even</c><00:11:49.480><c> though</c><00:11:49.720><c> we</c><00:11:50.000><c> hear</c><00:11:50.500><c> the</c> 00:11:50.879 --> 00:11:52.340 terms<00:11:51.080><c> 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to</c><00:13:20.100><c> do</c><00:13:20.179><c> with</c><00:13:20.379><c> that.</c> 00:13:21.139 --> 00:13:22.519 Thou<00:13:21.379><c> shalt</c><00:13:21.679><c> do</c><00:13:22.019><c> no</c><00:13:22.200><c> murder.</c> 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:23.720 Why? 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:26.720 Oh,<00:13:25.000><c> probably</c><00:13:25.340><c> because</c><00:13:25.620><c> it's</c><00:13:25.820><c> going</c><00:13:25.940><c> to</c><00:13:25.960><c> hurt</c><00:13:26.159><c> the</c><00:13:26.340><c> person</c><00:13:26.539><c> we</c> 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:27.580 might<00:13:26.960><c> murder.</c> 00:13:28.059 --> 00:13:29.440 Well,<00:13:28.200><c> that's</c><00:13:28.519><c> a</c><00:13:28.620><c> reason.</c> 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:31.220 And<00:13:29.799><c> it's</c><00:13:29.960><c> going</c><00:13:30.120><c> to</c><00:13:30.220><c> deprive</c><00:13:30.519><c> them</c><00:13:30.700><c> of</c><00:13:30.840><c> their</c><00:13:31.019><c> life.</c> 00:13:31.259 --> 00:13:32.860 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there's</c><00:14:06.980><c> certainly</c><00:14:07.299><c> plenty</c><00:14:07.539><c> of</c><00:14:07.700><c> reasons</c><00:14:07.940><c> we</c><00:14:08.080><c> can</c><00:14:08.259><c> give</c> 00:14:08.460 --> 00:14:09.679 for<00:14:08.679><c> it.</c> 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:11.720 But<00:14:10.220><c> we</c><00:14:10.360><c> do</c><00:14:10.580><c> find</c><00:14:10.799><c> a</c><00:14:10.960><c> rather</c><00:14:11.139><c> important</c><00:14:11.559><c> point.</c> 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:13.460 I<00:14:11.840><c> know</c><00:14:11.980><c> there's</c><00:14:12.100><c> been</c><00:14:12.259><c> a</c><00:14:12.360><c> lot</c><00:14:12.519><c> said</c><00:14:12.679><c> at</c><00:14:12.820><c> this</c><00:14:13.019><c> Bible</c><00:14:13.259><c> school</c> 00:14:13.460 --> 00:14:16.519 this<00:14:13.700><c> week</c><00:14:14.100><c> in</c><00:14:14.600><c> regard</c><00:14:14.820><c> to</c><00:14:15.000><c> family</c><00:14:15.279><c> relationships.</c> 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:22.100 But<00:14:17.059><c> you</c><00:14:17.320><c> know,</c><00:14:18.500><c> the</c><00:14:18.620><c> husband</c><00:14:18.840><c> and</c><00:14:19.039><c> wife</c><00:14:19.600><c> are</c><00:14:20.419><c> a</c><00:14:20.679><c> living</c><00:14:21.240><c> type</c> 00:14:22.100 --> 00:14:24.559 of<00:14:22.659><c> the</c><00:14:22.919><c> relation</c><00:14:23.200><c> between</c><00:14:23.679><c> Christ</c><00:14:24.139><c> and</c><00:14:24.279><c> His</c> 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:25.759 Church. 00:14:26.659 --> 00:14:29.279 Committing<00:14:27.059><c> adultery</c><00:14:27.600><c> is</c><00:14:27.860><c> paramount</c><00:14:28.279><c> to</c><00:14:28.460><c> being</c><00:14:28.759><c> unfaithful</c> 00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:30.440 to<00:14:29.379><c> Christ.</c> 00:14:30.820 --> 00:14:32.019 It<00:14:31.059><c> certainly</c><00:14:31.460><c> is.</c> 00:14:32.220 --> 00:14:36.279 Could<00:14:32.480><c> we</c><00:14:32.759><c> imagine</c><00:14:33.500><c> the</c><00:14:34.080><c> husband</c><00:14:34.440><c> in</c><00:14:34.720><c> that</c><00:14:35.059><c> remarkable</c><00:14:35.740><c> union</c> 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:41.200 of<00:14:37.299><c> Christ</c><00:14:37.759><c> and</c><00:14:37.879><c> His</c><00:14:38.159><c> Church</c><00:14:38.960><c> being</c><00:14:39.860><c> unfaithful</c> 00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:44.000 to<00:14:42.779><c> His</c><00:14:43.019><c> Church?</c> 00:14:44.350 --> 00:14:46.659 It<00:14:44.679><c> just</c><00:14:45.200><c> wouldn't</c><00:14:45.659><c> make</c><00:14:46.000><c> sense.</c> 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:49.519 Certain<00:14:47.460><c> promises</c><00:14:48.120><c> have</c><00:14:48.360><c> been</c><00:14:48.539><c> made.</c> 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:52.639 And<00:14:49.820><c> adultery</c><00:14:50.220><c> is</c><00:14:50.460><c> a</c><00:14:50.519><c> lack</c><00:14:50.720><c> of</c><00:14:50.960><c> keeping</c><00:14:51.240><c> those</c><00:14:51.580><c> promises.</c> 00:14:53.179 --> 00:14:55.659 And<00:14:53.320><c> so</c><00:14:53.440><c> thou</c><00:14:53.600><c> shalt</c><00:14:53.879><c> commit</c><00:14:54.279><c> no</c><00:14:54.679><c> adultery.</c> 00:14:55.799 --> 00:15:00.220 Their<00:14:56.460><c> family</c><00:14:57.179><c> relationship</c><00:14:58.220><c> should</c><00:14:59.480><c> be</c><00:14:59.639><c> on</c><00:14:59.799><c> the</c><00:14:59.980><c> highest</c> 00:15:00.220 --> 00:15:02.620 plane<00:15:00.539><c> and</c><00:15:00.759><c> reflect</c><00:15:01.179><c> the</c><00:15:01.440><c> relationship</c> 00:15:02.629 --> 00:15:04.519 that<00:15:02.960><c> exists</c><00:15:03.519><c> in</c><00:15:04.139><c> Israel.</c> 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:07.419 Between<00:15:04.860><c> Israel</c><00:15:05.200><c> and</c><00:15:05.279><c> God,</c><00:15:05.580><c> did</c><00:15:05.720><c> you</c><00:15:05.779><c> know</c><00:15:05.899><c> God</c><00:15:06.120><c> is</c><00:15:06.279><c> often</c><00:15:06.559><c> spoken</c><00:15:06.940><c> of</c> 00:15:07.419 --> 00:15:09.259 as<00:15:08.200><c> the</c><00:15:08.399><c> husband</c><00:15:08.679><c> and</c><00:15:08.879><c> Israel</c> 00:15:09.259 --> 00:15:11.399 as<00:15:09.440><c> His</c><00:15:09.620><c> wife</c><00:15:10.179><c> in</c><00:15:10.899><c> the</c><00:15:11.100><c> Scriptures?</c> 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:14.399 There<00:15:11.779><c> should</c><00:15:12.059><c> be</c><00:15:12.279><c> a</c><00:15:12.460><c> faithfulness</c><00:15:12.980><c> between</c><00:15:13.259><c> the</c><00:15:13.460><c> two.</c> 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:19.399 And<00:15:15.240><c> likewise,</c><00:15:16.500><c> Christ</c><00:15:16.500><c> and</c><00:15:16.720><c> the</c><00:15:16.779><c> Church</c><00:15:17.679><c> are</c><00:15:18.320><c> supposed</c><00:15:18.620><c> to</c><00:15:18.960><c> be</c><00:15:19.039><c> a</c> 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:21.620 living,<00:15:19.720><c> our</c><00:15:20.240><c> family</c><00:15:20.580><c> relationships</c><00:15:21.179><c> are</c> 00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:24.240 a<00:15:21.740><c> living</c><00:15:21.980><c> type</c><00:15:22.340><c> of</c><00:15:22.480><c> Christ</c><00:15:22.840><c> and</c><00:15:23.200><c> the</c><00:15:23.340><c> Church.</c> 00:15:24.299 --> 00:15:25.879 It's<00:15:24.559><c> a</c><00:15:24.679><c> beautiful</c><00:15:25.019><c> thing.</c> 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:28.279 And<00:15:26.080><c> then</c><00:15:26.279><c> the</c><00:15:26.419><c> thought</c><00:15:26.580><c> goes</c><00:15:26.879><c> on</c><00:15:27.080><c> even</c><00:15:27.379><c> further.</c> 00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:30.960 Thou<00:15:28.600><c> shalt</c><00:15:29.059><c> not</c><00:15:29.899><c> steal.</c> 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:34.200 God<00:15:32.259><c> has</c><00:15:32.480><c> given</c><00:15:32.600><c> us</c><00:15:32.899><c> everything</c><00:15:33.340><c> that</c><00:15:33.559><c> we</c><00:15:33.779><c> have.</c> 00:15:34.659 --> 00:15:37.340 Every<00:15:35.100><c> single</c><00:15:35.460><c> thing</c><00:15:35.679><c> we</c><00:15:35.899><c> have</c><00:15:36.100><c> has</c><00:15:36.320><c> come</c><00:15:36.500><c> from</c><00:15:36.639><c> God</c><00:15:36.980><c> directly</c> 00:15:37.340 --> 00:15:39.200 or<00:15:37.580><c> indirectly,</c><00:15:38.340><c> really</c><00:15:38.700><c> directly</c><00:15:39.039><c> to</c> 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:39.820 begin<00:15:39.460><c> with.</c> 00:15:39.820 --> 00:15:45.779 And<00:15:40.820><c> if</c><00:15:41.000><c> we</c><00:15:41.259><c> take</c><00:15:41.580><c> something</c><00:15:42.659><c> that</c><00:15:43.220><c> God</c><00:15:44.059><c> has</c><00:15:44.240><c> given</c><00:15:44.340><c> to</c><00:15:44.559><c> someone</c><00:15:44.759><c> else,</c> 00:15:46.460 --> 00:15:47.419 we're<00:15:46.700><c> stealing</c><00:15:46.960><c> what</c><00:15:47.200><c> God</c> 00:15:47.419 --> 00:15:48.799 has<00:15:47.600><c> given</c><00:15:47.799><c> them.</c> 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:53.960 And<00:15:50.000><c> actually,</c><00:15:50.740><c> by</c><00:15:51.019><c> implication,</c><00:15:51.779><c> we're</c><00:15:52.100><c> stealing</c><00:15:52.500><c> from</c><00:15:52.799><c> God.</c> 00:15:55.100 --> 00:15:57.700 And<00:15:55.379><c> again,</c><00:15:55.860><c> our</c><00:15:56.019><c> thoughts</c><00:15:56.240><c> come</c><00:15:56.519><c> back</c><00:15:56.759><c> to</c><00:15:56.940><c> the</c><00:15:57.120><c> very</c><00:15:57.399><c> reason</c> 00:15:57.700 --> 00:16:00.480 for<00:15:57.919><c> all</c><00:15:58.179><c> of</c><00:15:58.279><c> the</c><00:15:59.000><c> plagues</c><00:15:59.279><c> in</c><00:15:59.500><c> Egypt,</c><00:16:00.220><c> to</c> 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:03.679 direct<00:16:00.740><c> our</c><00:16:01.059><c> thoughts</c><00:16:01.500><c> to</c><00:16:01.860><c> Yahweh,</c><00:16:02.179><c> the</c><00:16:02.360><c> God</c><00:16:02.519><c> of</c><00:16:02.659><c> Israel.</c> 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:07.679 And<00:16:04.440><c> then</c><00:16:04.539><c> it</c><00:16:04.659><c> says,</c><00:16:05.039><c> thou</c><00:16:05.039><c> shalt</c><00:16:05.399><c> not</c><00:16:05.779><c> bear</c><00:16:06.139><c> false</c><00:16:06.580><c> witness.</c> 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:13.539 We<00:16:08.960><c> find</c><00:16:09.299><c> that</c><00:16:09.559><c> God,</c><00:16:09.919><c> indeed,</c><00:16:11.659><c> has</c><00:16:11.899><c> brought</c><00:16:12.120><c> us</c><00:16:12.299><c> into</c><00:16:12.580><c> a</c><00:16:12.799><c> relationship</c><00:16:13.259><c> with</c> 00:16:13.539 --> 00:16:15.940 Him<00:16:14.480><c> and</c><00:16:15.320><c> others</c><00:16:15.600><c> into</c> 00:16:15.940 --> 00:16:17.240 a<00:16:16.120><c> relationship.</c> 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:20.659 He's<00:16:18.059><c> gone</c><00:16:18.320><c> way</c><00:16:18.580><c> out</c><00:16:18.720><c> of</c><00:16:18.840><c> our</c><00:16:19.019><c> way</c><00:16:19.179><c> to</c><00:16:19.340><c> bring</c><00:16:19.539><c> about</c><00:16:19.840><c> that</c><00:16:20.100><c> relationship.</c> 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:24.899 And<00:16:21.100><c> to</c><00:16:21.279><c> lift</c><00:16:21.440><c> up</c><00:16:21.740><c> our</c><00:16:22.100><c> voice</c><00:16:22.379><c> and</c><00:16:22.700><c> testify</c><00:16:23.259><c> against</c><00:16:24.279><c> anyone</c> 00:16:24.899 --> 00:16:26.799 that<00:16:25.220><c> the</c><00:16:25.379><c> Lord</c><00:16:25.600><c> God</c><00:16:25.860><c> has</c><00:16:26.019><c> gone</c><00:16:26.240><c> out</c><00:16:26.480><c> of</c><00:16:26.580><c> His</c> 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:30.039 way<00:16:27.379><c> to</c><00:16:27.899><c> bring</c><00:16:28.100><c> into</c><00:16:28.379><c> a</c><00:16:28.620><c> relationship</c><00:16:29.080><c> that</c><00:16:29.340><c> ultimately</c><00:16:29.759><c> will</c> 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:34.019 bring<00:16:30.200><c> life</c><00:16:30.840><c> would</c><00:16:31.779><c> certainly</c><00:16:32.179><c> be</c><00:16:32.460><c> very</c><00:16:32.879><c> inappropriate.</c> 00:16:34.259 --> 00:16:37.600 Thou<00:16:34.740><c> shalt</c><00:16:35.120><c> not</c><00:16:35.559><c> bear</c><00:16:35.879><c> false</c><00:16:36.360><c> witness.</c> 00:16:37.820 --> 00:16:40.639 And<00:16:37.960><c> then</c><00:16:38.179><c> we</c><00:16:38.320><c> come</c><00:16:38.539><c> to</c><00:16:38.720><c> the</c><00:16:38.919><c> tenth,</c><00:16:39.220><c> which</c><00:16:39.399><c> is</c><00:16:39.679><c> probably</c><00:16:40.120><c> the</c> 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:42.460 most<00:16:41.080><c> all</c><00:16:41.460><c>-encompassing</c><00:16:42.100><c> of</c><00:16:42.240><c> all.</c> 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:46.100 Because<00:16:42.860><c> if</c><00:16:43.019><c> we're</c><00:16:43.120><c> going</c><00:16:43.259><c> to</c><00:16:43.399><c> abide</c><00:16:43.679><c> by</c><00:16:43.899><c> the</c><00:16:44.120><c> tenth,</c><00:16:45.679><c> we're</c> 00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:47.679 not<00:16:46.379><c> going</c><00:16:46.559><c> to</c><00:16:46.659><c> be</c><00:16:46.799><c> committing</c><00:16:47.039><c> some</c><00:16:47.340><c> 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the</c><00:17:35.079><c> scribes,</c><00:17:35.519><c> the</c><00:17:35.680><c> Pharisees,</c><00:17:36.740><c> they</c> 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:38.839 came<00:17:37.039><c> to</c><00:17:37.200><c> the</c><00:17:37.279><c> Lord</c><00:17:37.480><c> Jesus</c><00:17:37.859><c> and</c><00:17:38.039><c> they</c><00:17:38.099><c> said,</c> 00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:42.819 the<00:17:39.180><c> rabbi</c><00:17:39.480><c> said</c><00:17:39.680><c> to</c><00:17:39.779><c> them,</c><00:17:39.980><c> which</c><00:17:40.259><c> is</c><00:17:40.480><c> the</c><00:17:40.740><c> greatest</c><00:17:41.160><c> commandment</c><00:17:41.680><c> in</c><00:17:41.819><c> the</c><00:17:41.980><c> law?</c> 00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:44.960 Did<00:17:43.680><c> you</c><00:17:43.819><c> notice</c><00:17:44.099><c> something?</c> 00:17:45.099 --> 00:17:48.079 He<00:17:45.420><c> didn't</c><00:17:45.720><c> mention</c><00:17:46.119><c> one</c><00:17:46.460><c> of</c><00:17:46.579><c> these</c><00:17:46.799><c> 10</c><00:17:47.079><c> commandments.</c> 00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:50.480 Oh,<00:17:48.740><c> in</c><00:17:48.859><c> a</c><00:17:48.960><c> way,</c><00:17:49.200><c> it</c><00:17:49.420><c> starts</c><00:17:49.619><c> out</c><00:17:49.880><c> that</c><00:17:50.119><c> way.</c> 00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:54.839 In<00:17:51.099><c> the</c><00:17:51.299><c> passage</c><00:17:51.559><c> that</c><00:17:51.700><c> he</c><00:17:51.819><c> was</c><00:17:52.039><c> quoting</c><00:17:52.240><c> from</c><00:17:52.599><c> in</c><00:17:52.799><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:17:53.339><c> 6,</c><00:17:53.940><c> incidentally,</c><00:17:54.740><c> our</c> 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:55.240 other<00:17:55.000><c> teachers</c> 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:57.539 have<00:17:55.460><c> both</c><00:17:55.660><c> referred</c><00:17:55.900><c> to</c><00:17:56.059><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:17:56.559><c> 6.</c> 00:17:57.660 --> 00:18:00.220 You<00:17:57.880><c> notice</c><00:17:58.119><c> that,</c><00:17:58.519><c> here,</c><00:17:59.019><c> O</c><00:17:59.079><c> Israel,</c><00:17:59.359><c> the</c><00:17:59.539><c> Lord</c><00:17:59.680><c> our</c><00:17:59.859><c> God</c><00:18:00.019><c> is</c> 00:18:00.220 --> 00:18:00.799 one<00:18:00.480><c> Lord.</c> 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:04.119 But<00:18:01.460><c> then</c><00:18:01.740><c> that</c><00:18:01.940><c> next</c><00:18:02.240><c> statement,</c><00:18:02.599><c> that's</c><00:18:02.960><c> the</c><00:18:03.079><c> one</c><00:18:03.220><c> that</c><00:18:03.380><c> Jesus</c><00:18:03.680><c> says</c><00:18:03.900><c> is</c> 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:05.519 the<00:18:04.339><c> greatest</c><00:18:04.660><c> commandment.</c> 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:11.220 Thou<00:18:06.160><c> shalt</c><00:18:06.400><c> love</c><00:18:06.740><c> the</c><00:18:06.880><c> Lord</c><00:18:07.059><c> thy</c><00:18:07.380><c> God</c><00:18:08.339><c> with</c><00:18:08.980><c> thy</c><00:18:09.519><c> heart,</c><00:18:09.940><c> strength,</c><00:18:10.359><c> soul,</c><00:18:10.599><c> and</c><00:18:10.839><c> mind.</c> 00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:13.480 Well,<00:18:11.680><c> that's</c><00:18:11.940><c> a</c><00:18:12.160><c> complete</c><00:18:12.359><c> statement</c><00:18:12.720><c> in</c><00:18:12.940><c> the</c><00:18:13.039><c> New</c><00:18:13.200><c> Testament.</c> 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:15.380 I<00:18:13.619><c> know</c><00:18:13.759><c> there's</c><00:18:13.920><c> just</c><00:18:14.140><c> three</c><00:18:14.339><c> in</c><00:18:14.480><c> Deuteronomy.</c> 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:17.700 But<00:18:15.859><c> we</c><00:18:16.279><c> notice</c><00:18:16.539><c> what</c><00:18:16.720><c> he</c><00:18:16.920><c> said.</c> 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:19.960 And<00:18:18.019><c> he</c><00:18:18.180><c> said,</c><00:18:18.440><c> thou</c><00:18:18.599><c> shalt</c><00:18:18.740><c> love</c><00:18:18.960><c> thy</c><00:18:19.140><c> neighbor</c><00:18:19.440><c> as</c><00:18:19.579><c> thyself.</c> 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:21.740 He<00:18:20.119><c> 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us,</c><00:20:29.180><c> because</c><00:20:29.619><c> of</c><00:20:29.819><c> the</c><00:20:30.059><c> love</c> 00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:31.500 that<00:20:30.420><c> we</c><00:20:30.619><c> have</c><00:20:30.839><c> for</c><00:20:31.059><c> God.</c> 00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:36.240 And<00:20:32.359><c> consequently,</c><00:20:33.140><c> that</c><00:20:33.539><c> indeed</c><00:20:34.140><c> is</c><00:20:34.779><c> the</c><00:20:35.019><c> first</c><00:20:35.440><c> and</c><00:20:35.920><c> the</c> 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:38.420 greatest<00:20:36.559><c> commandment,</c><00:20:37.599><c> greater</c><00:20:37.920><c> even</c> 00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:42.359 than<00:20:38.539><c> these</c><00:20:38.819><c> wonderful</c><00:20:40.019><c> Ten</c><00:20:40.440><c> Commandments</c><00:20:41.000><c> that</c><00:20:41.160><c> we've</c><00:20:41.380><c> been</c><00:20:41.559><c> given.</c> 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:45.579 And<00:20:43.299><c> now</c><00:20:43.440><c> we</c><00:20:43.559><c> 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up</c><00:30:17.359><c> there,</c><00:30:18.059><c> God</c><00:30:18.299><c> tells</c><00:30:18.579><c> him</c><00:30:18.759><c> about</c><00:30:18.960><c> what's</c><00:30:19.180><c> going</c><00:30:19.440><c> on</c> 00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.279 down<00:30:19.759><c> in</c><00:30:19.900><c> the</c><00:30:20.039><c> valley,</c> 00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:24.319 and<00:30:20.759><c> he</c><00:30:20.819><c> says</c><00:30:21.000><c> get</c><00:30:21.339><c> yourself</c><00:30:21.700><c> down,</c><00:30:23.299><c> and</c><00:30:23.519><c> told</c><00:30:23.700><c> them</c><00:30:23.880><c> how</c><00:30:24.079><c> they</c> 00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:27.059 had<00:30:24.920><c> made</c><00:30:25.359><c> a</c><00:30:25.539><c> golden</c><00:30:25.779><c> calf,</c><00:30:26.559><c> and</c><00:30:26.720><c> Moses</c> 00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:32.099 went<00:30:27.240><c> down,</c><00:30:27.660><c> he</c><00:30:28.019><c> and</c><00:30:29.259><c> Joshua,</c><00:30:30.700><c> Joshua</c><00:30:31.099><c> 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they</c><00:31:59.940><c> had</c><00:32:00.160><c> to</c><00:32:00.299><c> be</c><00:32:00.559><c> attached</c><00:32:01.119><c> to</c> 00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:03.619 the<00:32:01.779><c> world,</c><00:32:02.920><c> and</c><00:32:03.160><c> the</c><00:32:03.359><c> last</c> 00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:07.940 era<00:32:03.839><c> would</c><00:32:04.019><c> have</c><00:32:04.140><c> been</c><00:32:04.220><c> worse</c><00:32:04.480><c> than</c><00:32:04.640><c> the</c><00:32:04.839><c> first,</c><00:32:05.920><c> and</c><00:32:06.259><c> consequently</c><00:32:06.779><c> he</c><00:32:07.200><c> pleaded</c><00:32:07.680><c> with</c> 00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:09.440 God,<00:32:09.220><c> and</c> 00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:14.460 it<00:32:09.720><c> said</c><00:32:09.859><c> that</c><00:32:10.140><c> God</c><00:32:10.539><c> repented</c><00:32:11.519><c> of</c><00:32:12.240><c> the</c><00:32:12.500><c> evil</c><00:32:12.680><c> that</c><00:32:12.859><c> he</c><00:32:13.039><c> had</c><00:32:13.339><c> 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the</c><00:42:31.079><c> case,</c><00:42:31.980><c> do</c><00:42:32.139><c> you</c><00:42:32.179><c> notice</c><00:42:32.440><c> what</c><00:42:32.579><c> we</c><00:42:32.780><c> have</c><00:42:33.000><c> here,</c> 00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:35.599 not<00:42:34.239><c> something</c><00:42:34.519><c> they're</c><00:42:34.760><c> worshipping,</c> 00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:37.940 but<00:42:36.079><c> something</c><00:42:36.500><c> which</c><00:42:36.719><c> is</c><00:42:36.880><c> put</c><00:42:37.099><c> up</c><00:42:37.280><c> there</c><00:42:37.420><c> that</c><00:42:37.519><c> they</c><00:42:37.679><c> could</c> 00:42:37.940 --> 00:42:41.039 see<00:42:38.099><c> its</c><00:42:38.380><c> destruction,</c><00:42:40.179><c> it</c><00:42:40.340><c> was</c><00:42:40.619><c> impaled</c> 00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:46.179 upon<00:42:41.340><c> the</c><00:42:41.599><c> pole,</c><00:42:42.440><c> the</c><00:42:42.719><c> serpent</c><00:42:43.159><c> represented</c><00:42:43.960><c> sin,</c><00:42:45.639><c> and</c><00:42:45.920><c> sin</c> 00:42:46.179 --> 00:42:48.119 when<00:42:46.400><c> it</c><00:42:46.599><c> bites</c><00:42:46.840><c> us</c><00:42:47.019><c> can</c><00:42:47.320><c> kill</c><00:42:47.480><c> us,</c><00:42:47.880><c> it's</c> 00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:53.699 poisonous,<00:42:49.579><c> the</c><00:42:49.739><c> wages</c><00:42:50.059><c> of</c><00:42:50.360><c> sin</c><00:42:50.519><c> is</c><00:42:50.739><c> death,</c><00:42:51.739><c> and</c><00:42:51.980><c> we</c><00:42:52.159><c> know</c><00:42:52.460><c> that</c><00:42:52.659><c> this</c><00:42:52.880><c> represented</c><00:42:53.500><c> the</c> 00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:54.440 Lord<00:42:53.960><c> Jesus</c> 00:42:54.440 --> 00:43:00.019 Christ,<00:42:55.219><c> we're</c><00:42:55.519><c> told</c><00:42:55.760><c> in</c><00:42:55.880><c> the</c><00:42:55.980><c> book</c><00:42:56.500><c> of</c><00:42:57.739><c> John</c><00:42:58.159><c> chapter</c><00:42:58.599><c> 3</c><00:42:59.039><c> verse</c><00:42:59.280><c> 14,</c> 00:43:00.519 --> 00:43:02.039 as<00:43:00.699><c> Moses</c><00:43:01.199><c> lifted</c><00:43:01.480><c> up</c><00:43:01.719><c> the</c><00:43:01.860><c> serpent</c> 00:43:02.039 --> 00:43:06.699 in<00:43:02.219><c> the</c><00:43:02.320><c> wilderness,</c><00:43:03.280><c> even</c><00:43:03.639><c> so</c><00:43:03.920><c> must</c><00:43:04.179><c> the</c><00:43:04.440><c> Son</c><00:43:04.559><c> of</c><00:43:04.800><c> Man</c><00:43:05.059><c> be</c><00:43:05.780><c> lifted</c><00:43:06.119><c> up,</c> 00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:09.300 and<00:43:07.340><c> here</c><00:43:07.519><c> we</c><00:43:07.780><c> find</c><00:43:08.099><c> now</c><00:43:08.639><c> that</c> 00:43:09.300 --> 00:43:13.000 this<00:43:09.780><c> brazen</c><00:43:10.099><c> serpent</c><00:43:10.679><c> represented</c><00:43:11.639><c> the</c><00:43:11.820><c> Lord</c><00:43:12.019><c> Jesus</c><00:43:12.519><c> Christ</c> 00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:15.280 being<00:43:13.400><c> lifted</c><00:43:13.699><c> up</c><00:43:13.940><c> on</c><00:43:14.079><c> the</c><00:43:14.300><c> cross,</c><00:43:14.780><c> and</c><00:43:14.980><c> we're</c> 00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:20.539 told<00:43:15.539><c> that</c><00:43:15.820><c> he</c><00:43:15.980><c> became</c><00:43:16.579><c> sin</c><00:43:17.039><c> for</c><00:43:17.599><c> us,</c><00:43:18.059><c> the</c><00:43:18.219><c> serpent</c><00:43:18.619><c> represents</c><00:43:19.320><c> sin,</c><00:43:20.440><c> and</c> 00:43:20.539 --> 00:43:21.480 Christ<00:43:20.900><c> although</c><00:43:21.159><c> he</c><00:43:21.300><c> knew</c> 00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:27.539 no<00:43:21.800><c> sin,</c><00:43:22.219><c> he</c><00:43:22.320><c> never</c><00:43:22.559><c> committed</c><00:43:22.960><c> a</c><00:43:23.239><c> sin,</c><00:43:23.659><c> he</c><00:43:23.820><c> became</c><00:43:24.280><c> sin</c><00:43:24.760><c> on</c><00:43:25.179><c> our</c><00:43:25.460><c> behalf,</c><00:43:27.000><c> and</c><00:43:27.079><c> there</c><00:43:27.400><c> he</c> 00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:28.539 is<00:43:27.719><c> on</c><00:43:27.880><c> that</c> 00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:33.420 pole<00:43:28.860><c> and</c><00:43:29.059><c> it</c><00:43:29.139><c> said,</c><00:43:29.699><c> whosoever</c><00:43:30.179><c> looketh</c><00:43:30.480><c> upon</c><00:43:30.780><c> him</c><00:43:30.980><c> shall</c><00:43:31.260><c> live,</c><00:43:32.820><c> and</c><00:43:33.219><c> we</c> 00:43:33.420 --> 00:43:36.119 notice<00:43:33.699><c> our</c><00:43:34.000><c> theme,</c><00:43:35.539><c> let</c><00:43:35.780><c> my</c> 00:43:36.119 --> 00:43:39.900 people<00:43:36.420><c> go,</c><00:43:37.920><c> and</c><00:43:38.099><c> that's</c><00:43:38.280><c> what</c><00:43:38.480><c> Moses</c><00:43:38.780><c> was</c><00:43:39.039><c> sent</c><00:43:39.179><c> into</c><00:43:39.360><c> Egypt</c> 00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:41.880 to<00:43:40.380><c> demand</c><00:43:40.760><c> that</c><00:43:41.119><c> Pharaoh</c><00:43:41.380><c> let</c><00:43:41.579><c> his</c> 00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:46.059 people<00:43:42.099><c> go,</c><00:43:43.260><c> but</c><00:43:43.820><c> it's</c><00:43:43.980><c> only</c><00:43:44.280><c> a</c><00:43:44.440><c> temporary</c><00:43:45.119><c> letting</c><00:43:45.420><c> go,</c> 00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:48.820 they're<00:43:46.840><c> still</c><00:43:47.139><c> mortal,</c><00:43:48.340><c> they're</c><00:43:48.559><c> still</c> 00:43:48.820 --> 00:43:54.460 going<00:43:49.019><c> to</c><00:43:49.219><c> die,</c><00:43:49.820><c> they</c><00:43:50.059><c> can</c><00:43:50.360><c> still</c><00:43:50.539><c> be</c><00:43:50.800><c> bitten</c><00:43:50.980><c> by</c><00:43:51.260><c> these</c><00:43:51.659><c> brazen</c><00:43:52.119><c> serpents,</c><00:43:54.199><c> and</c> 00:43:54.460 --> 00:43:55.239 there's<00:43:54.659><c> only</c><00:43:55.019><c> one</c> 00:43:55.239 --> 00:43:58.719 way<00:43:55.500><c> that</c><00:43:55.659><c> they</c><00:43:55.760><c> can</c><00:43:55.980><c> be</c><00:43:56.159><c> freed</c><00:43:56.320><c> by</c><00:43:56.579><c> that,</c><00:43:57.659><c> by</c><00:43:57.920><c> looking</c><00:43:58.219><c> upon</c> 00:43:58.719 --> 00:44:02.179 Christ<00:43:59.239><c> on</c><00:43:59.460><c> the</c><00:43:59.679><c> cross,</c><00:44:01.059><c> and</c><00:44:01.400><c> what</c><00:44:01.599><c> do</c><00:44:01.780><c> we</c><00:44:01.880><c> find</c> 00:44:02.179 --> 00:44:08.800 as<00:44:02.440><c> being</c><00:44:02.760><c> said</c><00:44:03.199><c> at</c><00:44:03.800><c> that</c><00:44:04.119><c> time,</c><00:44:05.739><c> let</c><00:44:06.000><c> my</c><00:44:06.320><c> people</c><00:44:06.599><c> go,</c><00:44:08.019><c> from</c><00:44:08.260><c> the</c><00:44:08.460><c> law</c><00:44:08.559><c> of</c> 00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:09.880 sin<00:44:08.960><c> and</c><00:44:09.199><c> death,</c><00:44:09.480><c> that's</c> 00:44:09.880 --> 00:44:14.460 one<00:44:10.039><c> point,</c><00:44:11.599><c> Christ</c><00:44:12.039><c> on</c><00:44:12.320><c> the</c><00:44:12.559><c> cross</c><00:44:12.800><c> is</c><00:44:13.000><c> the</c><00:44:13.159><c> way</c><00:44:13.360><c> that</c><00:44:13.519><c> we</c><00:44:13.800><c> have</c><00:44:14.059><c> out</c> 00:44:14.460 --> 00:44:17.420 of<00:44:15.619><c> a</c><00:44:15.900><c> world,</c><00:44:16.900><c> and</c><00:44:17.099><c> that's</c><00:44:17.300><c> what</c> 00:44:17.420 --> 00:44:22.119 Egypt<00:44:17.639><c> represented</c><00:44:18.099><c> the</c><00:44:18.280><c> world,</c><00:44:19.260><c> of</c><00:44:19.460><c> a</c><00:44:19.559><c> world</c><00:44:19.940><c> of</c><00:44:20.360><c> sin</c><00:44:20.500><c> and</c><00:44:20.760><c> death,</c><00:44:21.760><c> and</c><00:44:21.920><c> so</c> 00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:23.320 we<00:44:22.300><c> find</c><00:44:22.599><c> that</c><00:44:22.840><c> our</c><00:44:23.039><c> classes</c> 00:44:23.320 --> 00:44:27.880 come<00:44:23.639><c> to</c><00:44:23.860><c> a</c><00:44:23.960><c> close</c><00:44:24.360><c> with</c><00:44:25.539><c> a</c><00:44:26.380><c> wonderful</c><00:44:26.739><c> type</c><00:44:27.079><c> looking</c><00:44:27.500><c> forward</c> 00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:30.380 to<00:44:28.059><c> the</c><00:44:28.239><c> time</c><00:44:28.619><c> when</c><00:44:29.239><c> there</c><00:44:29.519><c> shall</c><00:44:29.780><c> really</c> 00:44:30.380 --> 00:44:35.260 be<00:44:30.699><c> a</c><00:44:30.860><c> letting</c><00:44:31.079><c> go</c><00:44:32.099><c> of</c><00:44:32.820><c> all</c><00:44:33.260><c> the</c><00:44:33.460><c> people</c><00:44:33.639><c> of</c><00:44:33.820><c> the</c><00:44:33.980><c> world,</c><00:44:34.980><c> as</c> 00:44:35.260 --> 00:44:38.420 John<00:44:35.559><c> the</c><00:44:35.739><c> Baptist</c><00:44:36.019><c> said,</c><00:44:37.559><c> behold</c><00:44:38.000><c> the</c><00:44:38.199><c> Lamb</c> 00:44:38.420 --> 00:44:43.539 of<00:44:38.619><c> God</c><00:44:39.199><c> that</c><00:44:40.179><c> taketh</c><00:44:40.500><c> away</c><00:44:41.039><c> the</c><00:44:41.739><c> sins</c><00:44:42.119><c> of</c><00:44:42.300><c> the</c><00:44:42.500><c> world,</c><00:44:43.079><c> that's</c> 00:44:43.539 --> 00:44:46.380 the<00:44:43.699><c> point,</c><00:44:44.960><c> and</c><00:44:45.219><c> so</c><00:44:45.380><c> we</c><00:44:45.579><c> leave</c><00:44:45.820><c> with</c><00:44:46.079><c> this</c> 00:44:46.380 --> 00:44:50.519 thought<00:44:46.760><c> that</c><00:44:47.320><c> through</c><00:44:47.579><c> the</c><00:44:47.760><c> sacrifice</c><00:44:48.199><c> of</c><00:44:48.739><c> Christ</c><00:44:49.199><c> the</c><00:44:50.260><c> cry</c> 00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:54.579 goes<00:44:50.920><c> forth,</c><00:44:52.059><c> let</c><00:44:52.380><c> my</c><00:44:52.900><c> people</c><00:44:53.539><c> go.</c>